1891-08-21; Clare Democrat and Press

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ESTABLISHED:
Democrat, Dec, 1884.
-Press, April, 1878.
CLARE, MICH., FRIDAWAUGUST 21. (891.
Official Paper for
Glare County and CITY.
NEW SERIES NO. 108,
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
OT A DTjMetropolis of Clare county; ineorpor-
iiii-llt ated city of about 2300 people; at the
junction of tlie Elint & Pere Marquette and
Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Michigan
railroads, and at southern terminus of Sagi-
,naw & Clare County railroad. Clare is 50
miles north-west of Saginaw; in the southeast corner bf Clare -county; geographically
. speaking, near the center of the lower peninsula of Michigan. The "Mother Eearth" upon
which Clare now stands was, previous to
1868, an- unbroken forest.    About that time
. people were attracted this way by the valuable timber and rich farming lands, when
the town w_s founded and the country sur-
" rounding began to be settled, upon. In the
spring of 1871 the ''iron horse" made its advent into this section. The city's rowthhas
been steady and permanent and today
is classed as the liveliest and most important
city in Central Michigan. Its business may
he briefly summarized as follows: A pail
and tub factory, employing 40 to 50 hands the
.-year 'round,. 3 saw mills, 2 shingle mills,
fWaning mill and sash and door factory,  a
oundry, tannery, grist mill, turning   mill,
Eorison's novelty works, a modern union depot, <_ churches, good.schools (an $16,000 briek
„ school building, also an elegant 3-story briek
- hotel and several business blocks will be completed by Sept. 1) a fine new operahouse, just |
. completed, lighted by gas and electricity, together with the usual number of mercantile
establishments, shops, etc.    Tne city islo-
-*3__.ted lit the center of a rich and prosperous
agricultural district, surrounded by whole-
souled, honest and well-to-do tillers of the
soil. .Our business men are young,   active
and' enterprising and have made Clare one of
the best markets in which to sell farm pro-
' dupe and buy the necessities of life in the
.state.   Situated atthe junction of three rail-
■ roads, Clare is one of the best points on, the
" globe for the location of manufacturing  establishments.  Timber of all kinds is plentiful, cheap-jand easily obtained.    The city is
- noted for   its   substantial  buildings,   fine
ehurehes, pleasant  homes, pretty women,
energetic business  men,  pure well water,.
good hunting and   fishing and promising""
future.  For additional and complete particulars read '.
'    THE'CLAKE KEMOCRAT-PEESS,
the best local paper in Northern Michigan,
published every Friday for the small sum of
. $1.50 per year, cash in advance.
^___^V__EKST
CwTlP_B^lB__ft*5r,
• -     ATTORNEY.
Office-up stairs over the Clare County Bank,
C|are.
JOHIV GIBEI-SOI-*,
ATTORNEY AT LA*W.
AU business placed -with 'me will receive
prompt and careful attention. Dunlop
block; Clare.
" ATTORNEY AT LAW
- Office over Doherty's Hardware store.
Clare, Mich.
WA. BURRITT,
•- - ATTORNEY AT LAW.
-Houses - arid lots and vacant lots in village of
Harrison, farms and farming lands for sale
or trade at- bargains. Office over "Wilson
Bro.*. store, Harrison, Prosecuting attorney
for Clare" county.
,: .^^PtiilC-Ss^B SUKGEONST
^^_l_^P^y--^R>"_^jll*i^;-j;b^x-.
drae-.;- 'Office and'store •south of "railroad,-
-Clare.       .  .- •
He
Satin
His door
At noonday
Looking lonely
And sad.   The flies
Were buzzing around
Him, led by a blue-winged
Gad ; not a customer darkened
His portal, not a sign of business was
There. But the flies kept on buzzing
around the old man's" hair. At last in
his misery he shouted, " Great Scott,
I'm covered with flies!" And the
zephyrs that toyed with his whiskers
said, "Why don't you advertise."—Ex
_:ew days..
TODD, M. JO.
. • - PHYSICIAN, SUR&EON AlCD ACCOTJCHEUR
Graduate of-the University of SOchfgan. All
"calls promptly attended to day or night.
Office over the Clare County Bank- '
^ISC-E_-_L-_NFJOUS.
J'C. ROCKAF-JB^llJ^O^VV
• INSURANCE AGENT.
Represents the following first-class .companies: American Fire, of Philadelphia;
Home, of New York; Niagara* Fire, of New-
York; , Fireman's Fund, of California, and
Commercial Union, of London. Dwelling
houses for sale or rent, office corner of
Main and west 4th streets, up stairs, Clare.
GHAS. I. BIGLEY,
Real Estate and Insurance Agent,
■ Eepresents the best and oldest line of fire insurance companies in America.    Accident
Insurance at actual cost.    Village property,
wild and improved farming lands, for sale on
-easy terms.  Houses to rent.   Conveyancing,
collecting, etc.    Office ever Dunlop's drug
' store, opp. bank, Clare.
•  ' '   NOTARY PUBLIC
. and collection agent. Deeds and mortgages
drawn on short notice.   Clare, Mich.
MONEY TO LOAN
IN AMOUNTS OF
$50 anl Upwards
On Heal Estate in Clare or Isabella county.
Call on or address,
J. _*_.. LIVINGSTON,
Mt Pleasant, MM.
Room 6,
Commercial Block.
T¥TM.  A. UNICVME,
TDBUIAB WELL Mffl
I Warrant My Wells Never to
" Fail as Long as the Metal Lasts,
and to Give. Sufficient Water for
any   CAMP,   MILL or FARM.
Correspondence Solicited.
%   CLARE, - - MICH.
Clqi-e Goq__cfy
Teachers'Examiriations
FOR.   1890-I.
Notice is hereby given that special examinations of teachers for clare county for the
> ensuing school year have been as follows;
Last Friday in September 1890, Harrison.
" .October     ""   Clare.
" . November  "    Farwell.
" March        1891 clare.
.    - -      " April "  Harrison,
" - August        "  Farwell.
Also two (21 r6sular examination to be Jiol-
- den at Harrison the first Thursdays of March
•ana August, I891.
.  Examination begins at 9 o'clock a. m.
A. J.- Dohebtt        )
L. L. Kellet ^Examiners.
W. W. Gbeen, Sec.;
• Dated. Harrison. Sept. _th. 1890.
Try " R, M. M." cigar.
Michigan will have an enormous-grape
crop.
Jas. Warren was at Saginaw on busi%
ness Wednesday.
Joe. Horning made a business trip to
Bay City on Tuesday.
Mrs. W. A. Ryan visited friends at Mt.
Pleasant on Wednesday.
Mrs. H. Douglass, of Chicago, is visiting -her sister, Mrs. Thos. Holbrook,
in this city.
Everybody attend Wolsky's grand
opening next Monday. It will be worth
your while.
Fifty-four excursion tickets were sold
at Clare to Barnum & Bailey's show in
Saginaw on Monday.
Mrs. Chas.I_ee departed last week for
a visit with relatives and friends at
Kirth, Kent Co., Ont.
Mrs. Jas. Warren and little son, Albert, visited friends at Mt. Pleasant a
couple of days this week.
This is the year to put up lots of fruit.
It will be a surprising thing it we do
not have it to put up next year.
3. W. Fitzmaurice, traveling correspondent for the Grand Rapids Daily
Democrat, was in town Wednesday.
Mrs. H. Wendell and little son,,Leo,
of Toledo, are visiting in Clare, the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Sam'l Levington.
Miss Doraa Benner returned from
Reed City on Wednesday, where she.
had been visiting friends for the-^past^
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Fishing tackle, all kinds, at Mussell's.
John McDonald is home from Missaukee county.
Mrs. E. J. Tatman is very ill at- her
home on West 7th street.
Rev. Floyd Field was at the camp
meeting at Reed City this week.
The K. P. band will furnish music
for Wolsky's grand opening next Monday.
Mrs. J. Wells, of Albion, Pa:, is the
guest of her grand-daughter, Mrs. J. H.
Wilson, in this city.
"Aristo" photographs, fadeless, superb 'definition, enamel finish. Try
them, at DeVogt's.
Miss Douglass, of Reed City, arrived
in Clare on Wednesday for a, week's
visit with her friend, Miss Dorna Benner. .;;
Mrs. Judge Pierce, of Big Rapids, arrived in Clare on Wednesday, for a visit
with her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Wilson,
in this city. .       *      .
D. E. Alward returned from South
Bend, Ind., on. Monday, where he had
been in attendance at the funeral of his
brother, R. H. Alward. . ]  ' -.'
The Ladies' Congregational Union
will meet with Mrs. Sexsmith Aug. 28th.
All members are requested to attend.
A^cordial invitation to visitors.,
.Wolsky has fitted up his new store
in grand style. A finer store can't be
found in Northern Michigan. It will
be quite a treat to see it next Monday v
Everybody should see that the alleys
back of their place of business is kept
clean these dry hot days ;. decayed mat1
ter very soon generates sickness andl
disease. ■
Douglass Meeks, who is employed in
Wm. Giberson's dry goods establishment, departed on Monday for a.two
.weeks' visit with his parents and friends
at Grass Lake. - :-
Thomas Presley hasnloved his-family
into camp near Park Lake,6n the Toledo
&■ Ann Arbor railroad, where; h^'has.Ja
job of lumbering, and will remain during the coming winter. *    '   :'<:- \ "
Thos. J. Dwyer?s post office address is
Nelson Station, "Algoha Branc__j"0.*P.
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Monday morning from Petoskey, where
they had been visiting friends for' a
couple of, weeks past.
The members of the Congregational
Sunday school held a picnic at Stevenson Lake on Wednesday. A large number were present and all had a good
time.
Mr. and Mrs. Rev. L. L. Tower are the
parents of a little son, which was born
on Thursday evening. Both mother
I and child are in a very dangerous condition.
St. Louis has an ordinance whereby
any sidewalk considered dangerous may
be declared a nuisance. Under such an
ordinance what a number of nuisances
we would have in Clare.
L. T. Olds . and little grandson, Rex
DeVogt, went to Reed City on Wednesday. They returned home the same
evening accompanied by Mr. Old's
niece, Miss Lusk, of Kalamazoo.
Herrick & Harris have a standing order for 10 bushels of "Crawford"
peaches per day, which are expected
every day, except Mondays, as long as
they last.
The infant boy of Mrs. Saginase died
at an early hour this morning. Cholera
infantum was the cause of death. The
little fellow was but 19 months old. The
funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
There is a rumor that J. H. Galliver,,
who has been local agent for the F. &
P. M. Ry. company here for several
years, is to be transferred to a position
at Manistee. Harry's numerous friends
in this city sincerely hope that 'tis no
more than a "rumor," and that it will
result in nothing more.
Now comes the saddest time of year,
when mothers watch and quake with
fear, by little cots and cribs and beds,
whereon lie Johnnys, Bills, and Neds.
The darlings have been indiscreet and
tackled food unfit to eat. Ah I Burn away
ye midnight lamps ! Light up the scene !
Shine on the cramps ! Then when the
day begins to dawn, and mothers sleep
all pale and wan, forth go the scamps,
forgetting pain, to tackle unripe fruit
again. Come drop the sympathetic tear!
This is the saddest time of year.
On Tuesday nigh t Messrs. J. C. Rockafellow, Will Goodman, Charles Friedeborn, C. H. Sutherland, E. H. DeVogt,
Wm. Wolsky, Thomas Holbrook, A. H.
Rockafellow and Mr. Hatch, of this
city; David and John Johnson, Allen
Gerow and W. A. Morrison, of Sheridan, and Wm. VanConant, of Arthur,
attended Masonic lodge at Farwell fog**
the purpose of negotiating with the
brethren in that vicinity regarding the
establishment of a lodge of the F. & A.
M. in this city—fine quarters having
been arranged for that purpose in Wol-
j sky's new block.
Cause and Effect.
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winter
Co.,—and he is just the boy that can do
it. " -
The main building of W. A, Patterson's carriage factory at Flint was totally destroyed by fire Saturday morning, the total loss being $25,000; insurance, $10,000. Cause of fire unknown.
About 100 men will be thrown out of
work for some time to come. -
'Lige Tatman went to Saginaw on
Friday to be present at the laying of
the corner stone of the Masonic Temple in that city. He returned home on
Tuesday, accompanied by his wife and
wife's sisters, Mrs. Augusta Truckner
and Miss Jennie Bradey. -
Midland Sun: Information relative to
the whereabouts of Fred Boyer, aged
15, black hair and eyes, scar on forehead, cataract on right eye, .will be
gratefully received by his anxious mother. He left home July 28th. Address
the Sun, or Laura J. Boyer, Midland.
Exchanges please copy.
Now are the days when the morning
sun sees the ladies, maidens, and children starting out with eager and expectant v looks for the far . distant berry
patch. Behold the declining rays of
the setting sun reveal the same parties,
with torn bedraggled clothing, dishevelled locks, weary footsteps, and discontented looks slowly wending.their way
homeward with—half a pint of berries.
Mason & Boyd have rented the south
store front in Wolsky's new brick block
and will move their grocery store therein as soon as the place is finished. Their
large and increasing trade has compelled them to seek more commodious
quarters—hence the change. Ed. A.
White is compelled to vacate his quarters in a part of Razek's clothing store
and will move his stock of jewelery in
with Mason & Boyd for the time being.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Doherty and Miss
Lydia returned home to Clare Wednesday noon after an absence of about sixteen days, during which time they enjoyed a most delightful trip. Leaving
Clare Monday morning, Aug. 3rd, they
went to Detroit, where they witnessed
the G. A. R. encampment until Thursday, when they took the "steamer " City
of Alpena " touching at many points of
interest along the Huron shore. They
spent two days on the island of Mackinac, visited at Sault St. Marie and at
various points in the upper peninsula ]
along the Lake Superior shore and at
Duluth and West Superior. They reach-
—[Stolen.
••-men of many minds,
". men of many kinds,
*•■ man of a different size,
kman did not advertise.
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*__[." cigar at Mussell's, 5 cts.
Sexsmith, Dodge, Monday.
?hase was at Mt. Pleasant yes-
l business,
hammocks, very  cheap, at
;*(3.*drug store.
-'--Vtabie'. of ."Meredith, has been
the past •"w'eek with Delia Sax-
EttieFine.
photographs, fadeless, su-
ifinition,   enamel  finish.     Try
."DeVogt's.
d-jNIrs. John Sweetman have
ced housekeeping  in one  of
fs houses on west 7th street.
.Grayson, and  little  daughter,
_ p£ Saginaw City, are the guests
_$G. Martell, her sister-in-law.
Burnham was up from the Ag-
Cjollege at Lansing over Sun-
iting his parents and old school
Anna Lineen  and-Mrs. Wm.
ent to. Saginaw on Monday for
gg&ays* visit with relatives   and
juting Attorney Burritt, of Har-
ihanged cars here yesterday on
i__l*\wlr to;. Coleman and" Mt. Pleasant
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less:    -    .        ,        '  .   .
ey Chase thinks himself $1,000
lep the 10th inst., and all„ be-
* darling7littie boy at',his home.
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m_fty*imfre?*tfz *. y^sjgsfr
s. S. F. Fine ehtertained Mrs. 'W.
H. Bowen, of Lansingviiie, and her sister, Mrs. Gibson, of St. Johns, Clinton
county, this week.
Royal baking powder was condemned
by the New York legislature, because*
of its containing amonia and other
poisonous ingredients.
* Wm. Tunnicliffe, of Erie, Pa., recently of the tub and pail factory of Clare,
passed through the city Monday morning on the west bound train.
Mrs:.Jas.- Louch and daughter Louie,
returned home last Friday night aftpr
a short visit with friends and relatives
at Cass City, Sanilac county.
Heniy Holbrook had his left foot severely cut, and also two or three toes
broken, by a box falling on it which he
was carrying up stairs while at work on
the Calkins.
Dr. Todd, reports a boy baby at Mr.
and' Mrs. John Lansing's, at Lansingviiie, on the 13th; and a girl baby at
Mr. and'Mrs. D. W. Denno's, in Arthur
township, on the 15th.
The funeral services of the infant
son of James E. Hill will take place in
the Baptist church next Sabbath morning. Friends will meet at the residence
on West 7th street at 9:30 a. m.
The funeral of the one-year-old child
Of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Archamboldt, of
Vernon, was held this (Friday) morning
at the M. E. church, Rev. J. Lown officiating. Spinal meningitis was the
cause pf its death, which occurred on
Wednesday evening at about 8 o'clock.
Herrick & Harris state that they enjoyed the biggest retail grocery trade
last Saturday that they have ever received on any one day during their business career in this city. Their manner of doing business is winning for
them the confidence of the people and
a large share of the public patronage.
A. S. Rhoadeshas purchased of C. H.
Sutherland the two lots on north Main
street, opposite A. Van Brunt's residence. They are beautifully located,
and. "-tis. stated that Mr. Rhoades wiU
commence the erection of a handsome
and commodious residence thereon
early next spring.
Hon. Giles Ross arrived in Clare Wednesday from his summer home at Rogers Park, just on the outskirts of the
city, of Chicago. He will remain here
j for a few days looking after his business
interests and to visit with his son, Wm.
Ross. Mr. Ross has made numerous
friends and acquaintances here during
Hotnoughf oryou ?
Some very refreshing showers the
first of the week.
S. Ave. Wilson, of Harrison, was in
the city yesterday.
Mrs. Sarah Roe visited friends in
Sheridan this week.
Bert Higgins, of Sanford, is visiting
his sister, Mrs. W. A. Ryan.
The best *5" ct. smoke on the market is
the "R. M. M." at Mussell's.   .
Try Green's barber shop for a shave
or hair cut.   Halstead building.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stevens are visiting friends at Sanford over Sunday.
Giberson is " in it." Don't forget
that we are headquarters for big bargains.
Forty-five baskets of peaches were
sold at* retail lasts-Saturday by Herrick
& Harris.
Hugh Nickles, of Corunna, is the
guest of his uncle, M. A. Herrick, in
this city. "     '
"Aristo" photographs, fadeless, superb definition, enamel finish. Try
them, at DeVogt's.
C. H. O'Donald was at Howard City
and Grand Rapids last Thursday and
Friday on business. •
How-many things there are to laugh
at in this world to the girl who has pretty teeth and dimples.
Four ball croquet sets, 50 cents; 6
ball sets, 70 cents ; 8 ball sets 99 cents,
at Mussell's drug store.
The King's Daughters will meet with
Mrs. O. B. Davis next Thursday, Aug.
27th.   All members please attend.
Mrs. Henry Holbrook went to Baldwin Monday for.a few weeks' visit with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Hardy.-
In a few days-Herrick &- Harris can
furnish you with almost any quantity
Of fine " Crawford" peaches at low
prices. ,
E. A. Green, the barber in the Hal-
stead building, wants to do your shaving and hair cutting, and is confident
he can please you.
A large crowd of men and teams
turned out to the bee yesterday and
did agoodjob in claying west 5th street
to the union, depot.      " - .".*..-
*.;.:I_buie. O^olsky" isVup- from Saginaw
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THE SUNNY SO UT ti
ed Bayfield, Wis., last Saturday* evening iSfre^entTviits, to whom it afford
and visited with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mussell over Sunday, having a most enjoyable time. They went by rail via Chicago to Milwaukee, where they took an
F. & P. M. steamer for Ludington and
home. Al. thinks the northern country
is greatly overestimated as well as overdone, and that he is perfectly contented to remain in Clare and do business.
much pleasure to grasp his hand and
gaze into his always cheerful and frank
countenaTice. Mr. Ross tells of meeting Will Stevens quite frequently. Will
was once a Clare boy, who went to Chicago a few years ago, learned the den-
tists'-trade and is now doing business
for himself, having thoroughly mastered the profession and worked up a very
large patronage.
ing his father while moving'his stoc
into his new. store building.
Wolsky extends a cordial invitation
to all the people of Clare and vicinity
to the opening of his new' store on
Monday next from 1 to 10 o'clock p. m.
Miss Lula Whitney "returned to her
home at Mt. Pleasant on Monday after
a three or four days' visit with her
friend, Miss Lottie Parrish, of this city.
Fred Hickey returned home last evening after an absence of three or four
days. Fred is subject to heart trouble
and visited Ann Arbor for medical examination.
W. S. Hancock Post and the Relief!
Corps will hold a camp fire at the G. A.
R.    hall   next    Wednesday   evening.
Everybody invited to attend and bring
their friends.
Messrs. Wm. Chard and Henry Orth
went to Calkinsville last Sunday and
instituted a Loyal Orange Lodge with
twenty-six charter members. Thomas
Fagah was installed as W. M.
Did your paper bear a blue mark last
week, and are you one of the number
owing us on subscription ? Remember
that we are in need of the money, and
if you have not already settled, please
do so at an early date.
Frank Armstrong has been taken
from his old run on the Meredith division and given abetter one on the main
line of the F. &P. M., which runs between Saginaw and Manistee. This is
a good thing for Frank, and he deserves
it.
E. A. Green has rented Geo. Hal-
stead's store building on Main street
and opened a barber shop therein. He
also handles a line pf soft drinks and
fine cigars, and extends a cordial invitation to everybody to call and see him,
guaranteeing satisfaction in all work in
the tonsorial line.
One day last week while moving a
portion of the Alger House one of the
chains that was being used broke and a
piece of one of the links flew and broke
one of the plate glass windows in Geo.
Dawson's saloon.  The glass was insured
■o*
in a company represented here by
Charley Bigley, and they will undoubtedly replace it. The glass is valued at
about $50.
A man was recently heavily fined for
sending false news to a newspaper. The
supreme court in its review of the case,
and decision sustaining the fine, points
out how the editor of a newspaper is
compelled to depend on the good faith
of its informant in cases where he
could have no personal knowledge to
guide him. The practical joker or malicious liar who considers it rather a
clever thing to take in a newspaper in
this way will in the future be wise in
remembering that it is a dangerous
game to play, even if the editor is
neither pugnatioiis nor a good shot.
A Few tines from Two Clare Boys Who
are Spending Their Vacation
in Kentucky,
Vancebueg-, Ky., Aug. 17, 'SI.
Editor Democrat-Press, Clare. Mich.:
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Dear Sir :—We take pleasure in writ-
ing a short letter to your valuable;, pa-.,
per, trusting some of theananyreaders "
would like to read a short description
of    paradise.     The    country,- which-
abounds in fast horses, good whiskey,
and pretty girls, is bounded on the   *
north by the magnificent La Belie, on' V,
the east by the mother states, south by -
the  state  which  ascends  above  the;"-_
clouds, and west by the great Mississippi,
river, lies the beautiful state-of JKenT';_
tucky. , .-■_.' ._-•   ";
We  departed from  Clare j Monday,'*/
Aug: 10th, at 6:15 a. m. via the* T. & AV-7"
railroad to Toledo, where we arrived at'.
1:20 p. m.   Thence we took the C. H.'&./-*
D., and arrived at "Cincinnati at 12 m.
We retired at 1 a. m. for a few. hours -.
rest.   We arose at 7. a. m., and af tei-.pai--. „,
taking of a bountiful breakfast, we proceeded to take in the town.   We first
.visited the wonderful and magnificeht.
suspension bridge which connects Cin--.
cinnati with Covington and Newport, :
after which we visited the Globe tbbac-*-
co warehouse, where the products of
Kentucky are sold.   The immense stor-f
age and sales-room of this company,   '
which is the largest leaf company; in
the world, formed a very interesting.,
and novel sight.   We then proceeded
by electric  car  to visit  Cincinnati^  -
great and beautiful resort, known as the -
Zoological Gardens.   Situated as it is,.",,
nearly one thousand feet above the'ci*fev%.
proper,it presents a sight almost - iii-'-
describable.   The garden containshear-
ly three hundred acres of glens" and
valleys, dotted here ahd  there -with .
{miniture lakas, thousands of beautiful *
shade trees, tropical plants ancL flctWeirsy'■"
"•forming a sight qnce.„seen nfever .to She.
forgotten.   After five ho-_rs/p#^igh--- *
seeing at this lovely spbt^we; tpolr;.6ur"-;"'
departure for the' .city.   At:^p!!m:''we..
left on the^legantisteamerj ';St^La^-i'-
rence, for ?Vanceburg,^J^
arrived' jafter>ra pleasant^xide'/of-iten. .
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valleys" along- the. river presents some of -
the finest picturesque scenery to be.
found  in  the " sunny • south* (Dixie.^ '--
Vanceburg is situated at the junction
of the <Ohio and Salt Lick rivers,! is
nestled in a very fertile valley: at the
base of  a towering - mountain" which
ascends to a height of-twelve hundred
feet.   It is indeed a quaint old southern
city,- with 2,500 inhabitants, of whieh
one-fourth are Colored.   Friday morning we took our departure overland for .
the famous summer resort known as
Esculapia Springs.   It  is located be-;
tween two lofty mountains, twenty-five
miles south of Vanceburg.   The hotel,
which is constructed of  wood, is of
ancient architecture, is 75x350 ft., four
stories high, and contains four hundred   rooms.    The  vineclad   porches,
which, encircle   the   entire   building
makes it, as a place of rest and recreation, all the heart could desire.   The ■
sulphur and iron springs are situated
on the mountainside about one-quarter
of a mile from the hotel.   The springs
are visited morning and evening by the
guests to partake of the mineral waters -
which flow from the mountain in abundance.   Beautiful drives,  lawn tennis, --
rustic arbors, swings, band, and the ball '
room, which is  by no means a small
one, compose the enjoyments   of the
numerous guests that congregate from
all the southern   states.   At "present
there are over four hundred guests enjoying the pleasures of this famous resort.   We must confess that a more
sociable and jolly class of people we
never met.   Thursday and Friday we
expect .to attend Kentucky's great, blue
ribbon fair.and races,leaving Monday
for West Virginia to visit points of .interest in that state.
With  regards, to   our  many  Clare
friends, we are       '.
Sincerely Yours,
SCHOITIELD AND __Si.
The following amounts have been
paid on subscription to the Democrat-"
Press since our last issue :
$
Jno. W. Nusbaum, Clare,..
Jno, Foots, "    ..
B.H. Tatman, •'    ..
"W.J. Hell ey,
Geo. "W". Lee,
H. A. Holmes,
H. Ortla,
Mrs. E.J3. -_oster,
T. S. Dorsey,
M. O. Austin,
E. Trainer, -
J.Redson,
Mrs. O. Friedeborn,-
ALEox,
Win. Manns,
Mrs. Wm. Thompson, Dover, .-_....
H. C.Miekle, .-■ "     ...'. *.
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- Wm. Giberson
has a good store for rent, best location
in the city. Also a quantity of lumber
for sale cheap. Big advance in sugar,
but Giberson sells granulated at 5 cts.
per 5). -     . .-".-.""
If you intend to paint get your dolors-
at Mussell's drug store. -
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