1889-01-18; Clare Democrat

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"What a Utile thing a letter,
1 m &o Miueii ii may aotnam,
Written thoiiglns tmd mute expressions,
Full of pleasure fraught with pain,"
Yet sometimes a- single letter   .
IL'ums'uie. auiiajuuuie xmo s/jade,
Olillls our efforts, elotids our prospects,
Blights our hopes and makes them fade.
Thomas Pickard was in the Saginaws
dusters
£
Tuesday.
C.-H. Sutherland made a trip to Far-
weJl Tuesday.
. Call and ask to see those wool
■   aj&W.H.EIden's..
.- X':B. -Hiistod was hi Mt. Pleasant yesterday on "business.
Hand in your local j terns*   We are always glad to get them.
Constable Qrtb was at Evart last Monday on official business.
Sheriff Doty is clown 'from Harrison
£oday on official business.
Will Curtis received his first  lesson in
. • Pyihianisni Tuesday, night.
'   The Seed City Democrat says:   Bert
Bainey spent Sunday in Clare.
Attorney'W. A. Burritt-, of Harrison.
..  was iu the village Wednesday.
Behctsants of last years' wall paper at
yoMr own price at W. H.Eldeu's.-
;      .*f. Schilling and son visited with rel-
^Myes at Shepherd over Sunday.
."W. ILElden lias received a large stock
; ef wall paper.   Call and see samples,
Mrs. Thos. Presley visited with her
daughter near Mt. Pleasant over Sunday,
r   * Beve. Goodman was up from Loom is
*.v snd visited with 1.1s parents in: Clare last
'"Sunday./ -. *'"■■
Gha% ,^eck- and Pat Norton* of Harrison,
were-' fasdoxig the visitors at Clare last
. Saturday.
J, C. Boekafellow.and Will   Goodman
;   attended jftasonic lodge at.Farwell Tues-
V clay .night,.   :'    , ...    ■:■:'•.■
•-' ilesdames Bqckafeilow and YanBrunt
Yisited at MX * Pleasant a couple   of days.
tills week.
severity was intense, no damages.haye as i business
yet been reported.
A special   meeting   of  the
an Harris©;?, and will- transfer
i their Interests   to tliv south and corn-
common »nieuce lumbering ant* cutting theirpine.
■J-and  Mrs."'J.  Mason were guests,
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- of Mr. ami Mrs. S. O. Zeiter, at Loomis,:
last Sunday.'
•It yon are wanting a  piano  or orj^i
, call on W.. H, Plden, who sells the' be&f
'and cheapest-- ■-.:■' £
A, J. Doherty, accompanied by Jis
little daughter, Lydia.'were at East feja&ir
na\V, Monday. • '
,    Do not forget Tbeo. Boge's great clearing out sale' of shoes.    He oilers sojte
. Mne bargains.
* Cotters and sleighs were discarded ye sjf
" terdnvand wheeled vehicles/again ruacta
'*■$&££ a:ppearaneer
Mh$ Florence   Cunningham  aud-ter
little neice, Jennie Bradley, arc quite sick
3vitlLf5.carlet.rash. .   .
t'C:ti'Qlt Wednesday mid liiuis^ay onl^gsil
\md other business.'■ " ';■.' - \
IS, B. Hloseman. fiie clothier...made a
hurried business trip to Ltetruit "Tuesday
ret urn lug the fcam e day.
A Filth street husband calls his wife an
anarchist, because he says she is always
trjiiig to blow him up.   ,   -""
council was held Monday evening. No
business of importance was transacted
except the auditing of a few hundred dollars worth of accounts.
Mrs. E. J. McCrea, recently of Gladwin, is visiting relatives and friends in
Clare at present. She states that she will
join her husband in Indiana in the course
of a couple-of tveeks. where they will
take up their abode.
Ed. A. White, the jeweler, desires to-
give notice that he is at his old stand
ready for business and extends a cordial
invitation to all his old friends and customers to call on him when in want of
anything in his line.
Theo. Bogehas made a great success of
his clearing out sale of shoes. He is now
ottering Bheu & Youngs' ladies' fine
shoes,former price #3. for only $2.25.
Eemember that these prices are good for
thirty dajrs, and no longer.
An eclipse of the moon occured Wed
nesday night berweeu the hours of 11.
and 1:2 o'clock. Avery high wind prevailed, clearing the sky of clouds and
affording an excellent view—so say those
who remained up to witness it.
The King's daughters will meet next
Wednesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Jacob Brown, and supper will be
Edwin   Stearns.    The
served  by Mrs
Stormy weather prevented the meeting
of the society last Wednesday, as announced, :..-.■• •'■'
The Marion, Herald says: "With a
recent issue the Clare Democrat began
its fifth year.' To say that Edrfor Eaton
gets out a splendid paper would be putting it mild, as the I>emqcraT is one of
the best and newsiest country papers in
the state. *-/ *
One of the largest specimens of lien
fruit ever exhibited at the 1?emoceat
office wras, handed to us one day the fir?t
>g1 the week by Mrs. Hugh McKiunon. of
Sheridan township. "The egg measures
6^ inches in eirenmference one way and
8Jg inches the otlifrr.  '     ".
-C'outv^treasurer Goodman gave a bond
#for fBO; ClOO; coroner Todd, f4,000; eir-
cuit court commissioner V^'ickham..^3,000,
f^lerk Stopev". #3,000, with an additional
]§5.Q00, as ' i^gisterin^schanceiy, all of
which have-been duly '.approved by the
b,€>ard of supervisors.
The Salvation Arnry  opened -in'.due
The excellent auaKty of job printing
executed at'the DE^OCjrat office is tin*
secret of'i-he large, aujomit of work done
atour.rooniSi1 Eiiteiytising and consistent business men will not send out oi
.town when tliiey can*£*e& a good quality
of \vork' at. reasons'-'^ prices of their
home printer. Wear" constantly adding
new type faces, ooiders, etc., and are
bound tcrgive -safcisiacfiioh in every instance. ^     •'"•■/-
.The frame work.of Charley Whitney's
new paint shop, situated oh Main street
jtrst north of "the G. A- 111 hall', lias been
lowering skyward tbfc.week. Judging
fi'bra present. appeanraee., the building
will be a large and commodious one, well
finished and an ornameiiE to that locality.
Charley is hustling t&tf work in order
lo have the building r3:«Iv" to use when
the rush of hnslness in t'le. spring will
come upon him. :.
With commendable enterprise the
Wftst Branch Democrat; lags week announced that ifc,\vould jjiijcard- Us ready-
print and hereafter ap-gpsr , semi-weekly
as a fom- page paper. The' Democrat is
only four months oliU yet.it exhibits
more vim than the majorliy ofitsaii'ed
contemporaries. The papei'bas a iivelj-
newsgatherer at its helir^ and being published in a live 'own ivy the benefit of
an entei-prising peopled«orfi is no doubt
of the success of the vent v.re.
The weather of Wedn,t-*day discounted
anything in the memory of the oldest inhabitants, considering tb; time .of j'ear.
A pelting rain prevail- 1 all day, and
rapidly did away with \\ hut little sleighing we had been favored with for the
p*st week. Lunibernieii begin , to look
discouraged again. Th** weather took a
severe cold during the nljhi and yesterday morning found the wnlks- and/roads
a glaring sheet of ice.   Too
f nearly every.kmd'that is man-
i,.and in  $6 df-zr'ag' I'.received"
-rfonnJaSt Friday night- for a • seige of at
vi :*
Presiding-elder John White and wife,
of the F. M, church, have been visiting
friends In Claie this week.
You can always trust a deaf man to
hear what you wouldn't for the world
&ave him know you eyer said.
//least three months" duration on rh*? poor
ifnnersof Clare. They are having large
crowds- and good meeting.   The hall was-
crowded to its utmost capacity the, first
ni&ht of thcrir appearance.
Lumbermen prophesy that unless they
get sleighing .very soon the price of ]um-
ber.wilfbe advanced to .$2 a. rbousjmd.
-Ihc1'; v&-o?0gxf£ a £x.u lij;r.g Xg*'~ hf-avy
dealers, but means hard times for those'
lumbf-Ting districts where are only small
dealers and manufacturers.
Cedex Springs wants a starch factory
to use' up the surplus potatoes raised
there. How, here's a "pointer". Wiry
coulden't such an industry be made a profitable investment at Clare. Let some of
our men v ho .have a little spare change
look into thf "merits of the matter.
About eight months ago the little to\ur
of Marion was first started on the-.Toledo,*
kim Arbor & J^orth Michigan railroad
between Clare and Cadillac, and now its
sparkling little nevrspaper,*tbe Herald,,,
f * Junius Boss made a tri p to Mt. Pleasant f boasts that the village has 140 good and
not
pcjftiay.  He pielers that   you do
mention the fact to hi hi, he>wever.
We are-pleased tonotetlnitH.N'.Cood-
enow has received notice that be 'lias
leen awarded an increase of pension.
Gladwin Eecoid: The Clare-Demo-
€KAT, ahvajs filled to overflowing with
live local news, enters upon volume 5„
Mrs, Mills, of Midland, and Mr. Keeler.
af Ontario* t-h-tti* a*nd nepht-w of Mrs.. W,
A. Bioi\n, visited in CJare over Sunday.
IVm. H. McLwan, of Bay City, who is
w,el]-l<no\M> in Clartv, was married on the
9th inst. to Miss Anna L. Braddock, of
that city.
' -L, J. Calkins, of Harrison, was Jn Clr.re
Wednesday on his way.to ("adillac. hav-
.|»g buiint'ss ^yth the* T. & A. railway
company.     ■.>'■'■ ;■
il.F. Lambec'k has traded his property
in.Cknv lorn iiiiiu in tb< soi tlH-rn i.art < f
the sttite. where he inteuYs moyiug with
Jiis-family.
Y\ by wniild it not be*a prt per caper to
Lit the LiisiiAf-s M« nV iUsoc intion on its
rout
feet again.   We  need tn ■ tpera  houfce,
jsjanulacturies, etc.
"{T For  Sale:—A   quantify   of
winter api>ieN
either tooting
choice
or eating.
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pj 'lev, $-2 per hbl. * Enquire of W.
Becker, the drayman.
1 he Flint- & Fere Marquette railroad
eosnj.anys.pay car iradeiismonthl} visit
£o .this "town" Wefnesdav, and its employees now look Lappn r.
L^ufs Brown has sold out his interest
Ho the Clare Press fo his partntr, and
.I30\v W. 8. Cooley is sole manager and
snanipniator of-the shears. '
Kemarkeda prominent business man
oi East Sag imnv last Tuesday; 1 have
lived here since I was 7 years of age, aiad
1 never saw business so dull as now.
Masters Giles and Charles Boss gave a
¥<?ry pleasant party to a large circle of
their young acquaintances at the home
of their parents on 5th street last Fiiday
evening.
The school board advertised for 100
eonh of wood. Edward Pratt atrerd to
furnish the desired quantity at ninety
growth
substantial buildings, and is progressing
finely,   So one tbiirg assists the
as much as the Her; id.
A newspaper to be successful must consider the wants of many kinds of people.
It's field, therefore.'is broad. It is not
expected that every one who takes a
newspaper will read or be interested in
everything that is published, but it should
be the aim of the publisher to give a variety that will best pleaee in the community in which it is located.
. !KTow is the time to have 3rour dental
work done, as M. J, X.ostsing. the 'Clare
dentist, h<ts made a large reduction in
price on all kinds of fillings. Egypiian
cement, or what i? known as bone filling,
at 50 cents; amalgam or silver. filling. 50
lo 75 -cent.*; gold filling. $1 t^ ..?3.f0.
Cr< wn, bridgf and metal plate work have
bein reuueui in {nice a< eordihidy.
rlhe custom of publishing a "card of
thanks" lor kindness shown to the fan>
ily upon the death of a member is no
longer considered in good taste and for
excellent reasons. Persons assisting in
caring lor sick or dij-eaf-ed m»Vhi ors are
only doing what c'omWn bumai ity.demands of them and tl eir leviard W'ill
(M»me when they are obliged to accept
like services.
IST.ew suLscriptlpns to the Democsat
are coming very fast. The people de-
maud a good local and county paper and
when they subscribe for the Democrat
they know that that is what ih*y. ate
getting. At the present rate of increase
it will not belong before this pajier has
"fhrible the circulation of any paper published in these parts. Advertisers, make
a note of this.
The new law regarding notorial com-
illusions; went into eflegl'-^ith the new.
yenr. The regulation formula"now is to-
secure a blank frem the connfjCclf^k. and
after signing it obtain the end^rsementd "juice of tlu
of tli^ Circuit court, probate judge or a
njeikfet^ the legislature, and then forward the same to Gov. Luce with a dollar, v. ho will in return forward the commission foi fom* years following.
, Messrs. W. H. and Will Wilson, of Hor-
ffrif-M). took the T. & A. train at Clare
<sents per cord and he was awarded thXpfouday afternoon on their way to Ala-
contract.
The wind of Wednesday night was thef
jBtost ferocious that has visited this section of the coiin try i n years.
Though its
s[blsna, where they In ve a large tract of
pine. If is currently reported that the
Wilson Bros, are soon to discontinue
(heir • mercantile,  mill| and .lumbering
Allegan Journal pertinently remarks: "It
is folly for county papers.to attempt to
compete iu price with the great nietio-
politan weeklies which are made up of
type set for the dailies and though there
a larger amount of reading they do not
give the items in which tlie farmer is
most interested, the happenings, markets,
marriages, deaths, etc. The man who
pays $1 for a city paper and refuses to
pay $1.50 for his county paper, which is
doing its best to build up his own county,
dof3s not show good business judgment,
and yet is generally one of the first to ask
his home paper to notice some fine horse
he has bought or some other personal
item."
Last week the Democrat contained
an account of the shooting of Edward
Plonte, from a 38-caiibre revolver in his
own hands, and stated that the prospects
for his recovery were very favorable, the
symptoms so indicating up to an early
hour Friday morning, at which time he
took a change for the worse, gradually
sinking until about* 9 o'clock Saturday
evening, at which hour he died. The funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Congregational
church; the funeral services being conducted by the pastor, Be v. C. F. Tutfcle.
The remains were interred in the Clare
cemetery: a goodly number of h'is friends
pajing tribute to the last sad rites. As
stated last week, Plonte, on the morning:
■of ■ Wednesday, January 9,-according to
his oath to Justice Mclntyre, was enr
deavoring to pull the cylencler-pin from
a 3v-nalibre American bull-dog revolver
in order to take it apart and clean it.
The hammer was raised, his hand slipped
and struck the trigger, the muzzle being
pointed toward him. the cartridge ex-,
plodad, the bulletstriking hirn in the left
breast, passing diagonally down through
the body, lodging just under the.skin,
about four inches from the back bone.
££« 'menus*, r evpr'smce.
ice. "I oo much bare
ground protrudes. , now^yer, to make
good sleighing. ' _,    '
I recently bought a lot'of sample shoes,
including
iifaetured
them for almost nothing.    In ''order, to
close them out (every.patv  m"»sb go)   I
will offer them for the in-;:& thirty\daysl
almost at your own price.     Don't  %is/
the opportunity if you ay*.* m  need Vf
footwear.    I  am' -oiferiy# ladies''' fim^
shoes worth $2;6f> for $lf>$,   Kememper^
that you can secure sotne' ^leat bargiiins
for the next thirty days .t« Tteo. Beige's,
the exeiftsfve boot and H.«m dealer. %
| Mr. Archie-'Waters, .of I Jig Bapi.ds, was
in to<vn Wednesday trying rorent ajsiore
building for the purpo^f of opening up.
and engaging in therV^-recant tailojing
.business in. C'lare, t\-\ V»": \c-rs has the,
reputation of being a 'r.-^c.^-s^-liter and
iiitvi\ and beitu^ nk -;A^^^J|.^---> c.oin-fp-
'heivijust the kind of 4*£pN?iv that this
town has long been v>*ai£&g for, > He expects his stock to arrive and toibeiocated
and ready for business about the -oth of
February. Read'^his. adveiaisement else-
win re iii this paper, '        *
Evidently the,White Caps are 'Spreading to Michiganic A eo-lored man named
Jackson appro»b&edca well knoVcrn attorney atEast Saginiiw on Tuesday^handed
him a letter signe'd "By order 'of -White
Caps of Saginaw and county," and asked
him what he thought of it. The epistle
wasyyritten in red ink and bore-; on its
top pictures of a club and eafco\n3rie.'tails,
underneath which dangled a 'n'qo's.e: aha
above which was a rude pictfife- of a
mask. Jackson was charged witl^-'ljving
with a white woman, to wheni h^M not
married.   He denies the aeQufaiff'ori.
We are In receipt of an open 'letter issued by D. P. Breed, of Eeed City, chairman of committee of the Northern Central Association, addressed to members of
Congregational chinches and friends of
"Christian higher education in Northern
Michigan." announcing & meeting to be
held at Cadillac Tuesday and Wednesday.
the 22nd and 23rd of the present month.
Fr< m this meeting i t is hoped will arrow a
sentiment that will finally result in the
erection at some favorable point in Korth-
ern Michigan a college or institution of
learning." Clare might do well by endeavoring to seemed the location of the
college.
F. L. Ea<on,1he expert accountant, who
has been at w oi k upon the county treasurer's b(vbks for the, past few weeks, presented his bill for #328.60 ;for services,
which was duly allowed bythe honorable
beard of supervisors., There^itltrdf his labors have not as yet been road^ :|#ldi< —
and probabiy never will. If thea0}.($i£ <d"
some of the members of -the aforesaid
honorable body were given an airing, it
would prdbabijr rf]s?uit quite- profitably
to the taxpayers in the end. A few more
such "dil lies" on the board as the corn
salye vender and the ex-confidential clerk
ai d hook-keepj r would cast the county
into bankru} tcy. .   *
Br<iwted oyf-ters on tqa'fe: Open two
dozen latge 03 sters, keeping them sepa*
1 ate from thetr juice. Tin n mix smooth
the yolk of two eggs with a little Hour;
beard the oysters and season them with
salt and pepper; then dip them separately
in the mist tire oi egg and flour, place
.them in^3;fauce»pan"and."brown them in a
little claj-fhVd butter. When' brown take
them out of''the sauce-pan and pour the
oysters into the butter remaining in the pan. Thicken this with
a little Hour, and, after Pimmering it
gently for two or three minutes, put in
the oysters and let them remain until they
get thoroughly hot. then- take th**m out
and serve on slices of toasted bread.
The Masen News reduced its «t*bs;Tipf,»
ion price one year ago to $L00 p» r ve.-.r,
but found this didn't pay. It has.theie-
fore, returned to $1.50 per annum, which
is as Uw as any good county paper can
be published for.^Keferring to thl3,  the
Last Monday evening about one-half
the inhabitants of the village congregate!:!'
at the big hill at the south end oi town
to spending the evening in coasting.
Men, women and children wee .in"attendance and .everybody were having a
good time. A pair of bob-sleighs had
been filched, brought into services and
loaded to their utmost capacity. The
first-part of the joifrney was serene and
greatly en joyed, but when about half way
down the hill the vehicle became frightened and unmanageable, the air-brakes
Refused to work, and turning off to one
side, plunged down a steep embankment,
bearing with it its load of human freight.
It- was a sorry conglomeration of. bum a^*
"ity. stumps aiicbbothsleighs upon1. whi.e.b:
a fi'rUy moon cast its rays. Bob-sleighs
and stumps were not a& badly damaged
as humanity,, judging from the blood-,
curdling ye.ilf^ and" groans-that emihated
from the promiscuous heap, ^'oi^-^hii^j.^
About two years ago Isaac, the young
'son or Bernard Heller, of Harrison, shot
himself in the no. & with a 22-calibre revolver because of a severe reprimand
from his father. He recovered from the
effects of his foolish act and last weefe
submitted to a surgical operation at the
hands of Dr. Witherspoon, who extracted
the bullet.
When a Harrison girl, just from board-'
mg school, wants her brother to bring in
a stick of wood, she says:   4>*Wiil>m"9.
will you please transpose from tfoere-
enmbent collection  of combustible material across the threshold of this ' edifies-
one of the curtailed' excresenees of 4a de- '
funct  log?"     Her  brother  opens   his
mouth but does not speak  until his father yells out:   '-Bill, fetch Sis some wood,"'
and he fetches it.
The board of supervisors of Gladwin
county have closed a week's session, haying appointed the clerk and chairman a.
committee to investigate the accounts of
the county treasurer, who has held the
office for five years past. It is reported"
that there is $4,000 that he has failed to
account for. Vcri !y, the temptations and
pathways that affront a county treasurer
are-exceedingly dangerous.
Saginaw Courier:    Messrs. Coltbn &
Smith, of Eyart, have   taken of A. P.
Waite, of the same place, a job .of lumbering 6,000 acres of land in and around
the present site of Campbell City. -Collins & Smith will put" in. a large mill afe
Campbell City the coming year, and as-
there-is a large quantity  of pine,  bom-
lock^aple, asbvetc., within their limits/
they" will  do<; an   extensive   business.' .
Campbell City & on the T. & A* rajiroad;. ■
between Clare"and Marlon.      '"'•":'  .
AFor the first,£ime iu-the history of Mid- ;
land County provision has been made for
the payment o,£-every -outstanding order
against the cauntyC ' If .any person boicfe-
aitf order against-the comity, no sacriiace-
on i!tneed be'made,!for its fate in spot-
cash wil} be paid on presentation, to County Treasurer Larkin. The era oi specw°
lation in county and town orders, by
which w'ojf-k for the county has cost more
than it ought and holders thereof compelled to lose a portion of their hard-
earned labor by way of discount, in order-
to get money with w-bich to support*
their families, is rapidly.drawing fo &
close.—Midland Sun.
) ySpfcdialto the Di siocbat.)
..'   ■.   ;'   "        ' Looaiis. Jan. 15, *»9.
Dance at the-town hall Wednesday
evening!   -, •*     ' ,( \
Supervisor Morrison returned  home
from his duties sick.
' Miss   Frankie Zeiter returned home
from Elm Hail last Friday.'
Dr. Taylor was called---tft-~Mj6luvjl -^
scarcely a onfi- ^scaped w'irh
■**& ,
out receiving a bruise on some part of
the h<)<ly. Be»*t Carpenter was one of the
most uirfoi'funate/ Hi5? left foo,f was
caught between tile sleigh and a ,$tump,
breaking o^e of iha small bones/of the
ankle, which pill confine himf to the
house or necessitate his hobbling around
•on a crutch iojrVhe next couple^bf weeks.
A certain youngVfellow, who \^iis otie of
the crowd under\he overtu/ned sleign
and had oneiof bi\ legs nearly broken,
says that upon attempting ito rife he became deati/ly sick afkl saiik down in a
heap upon the snow\ ^put my hand
upon my$eg to rub it. \gb had no feeling
•in it. li^seemed as though it had swelled
to twic^?its natural syfe. V)h, Heavens!
was it broken? I nufbed M; again, but
did notf'get the relief^from robbing that
I thought I should./While nrbbin'g I receive^ a sharp slapjm the face Jfk>m some
irrat^ female, w|fo at the sau^e time
yelled, "Release my leg. you miserable
thij/g." I glanced down. Horrok! I
hadfmade a mistiikeand wasrnbbing\egs
thsjr I had nothing to d@ with. As sd^sn
as|T g3a"nced dowrn I Knew that I h^d
m,ade a graye error\ for I never weal
wfhite trousers'!}) wTinter weathei*.
*a^>—&-<®*»-
il@Igiiborh©od lews,
'Tis stated that Mt. Pleasant's gun factory is to be moyed to Durand.
Chas. Pan ott. sawyer at Corey Bros,
mill, is minus three fingers from his left
hand.
Neff & Sons, at Cladwiu. manufactured
last season 4.000,000  shingles, and had
f 00,000 on hand at the close of the seat-on.
Addison Casper, of Fisher, Clare coun-
tv« and Sarah Stewart, of Chesterville,
Ohio, were married at Harrison, January 9,
A farmer near Mt. Pleasant last week
so'd fifty half-breed Shropshire lambs to
a St. Louis dealer for $5 per head.
W. H. & F. A. Wilson, of Harrison,
manufactured 700.000 feet of lumber tast
season, and have 8,000,000 feet on hand.
At Marion. Osceola eouutv. J. C. Chad-
wick manufactured 2.000,000 feet of lumber last season, and has 600,000 feet on
hand.
The Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad
Company nave banked about 1-1,000,000
fee.t of logs on the Tittabawassee at
A v erill.
The Isabella county poor house has 35
inmates, minus one old fellow who was
takfii to the Traverse City insane asylum
on Tuesday.
Itev. Mr, Curtis Inn* resigned the pastorate of the Midland Episorp.il church,
owing to the weight of .years, and ha**
removed to Ma,ywood, a suburd of Chicago.
AirJre\y Grear. a brick-mnker n«?ar Mt.
Plea rit t. wh'-c driving home -last Salur-
ay - veuing ha*d his arm broken by the
or-'* s-hvilli-, the cuttei striking a log at
he  side of the road, overturning aad
throwing him out.
L ?:*TJ"">fHit   !W^
ije lady preacin-j- a:
hi;
cougivgatiim last Fiiday lyghi at the new
quarters of the F. M. society.'
A sleighing party composed of Hiss-
May Perry, JMisj Ella Quick, Miss Ida-
Kassat, Chas. Chase and Geo. Williams-
went to Gladwin on Sunday.
While Mrs.-2eitei» and her daughter-
were out driving on Monday the horse
became unmanageable. Miss Frankie
jumped from the cutter sustaining slight
bruises about the face. JSTo furrher damage was done as Mrs. Z. retained her presence of mind and ran the horse into the-
fence.
Mr. Bowman received a telegram ob>
Friday that his sister was very sick at
Midland where be found he^ very low.
Having returned home on Saturday he
received another message on Monday announcing her death. She had gone to-
Midland for treatment and will be taken
to her home in Hope township, same
county, for burial.
On Sunday las£ occurred one «f the
saddest funerals ever witnessed here. The
deceased, Mrs. Doty, was a sufferer with
dropsy for many months, and for the past.
four has been unable to speak or moye
only as she was carried by kind hands,
her only nurse being her husband. As-
the remains rested before the altar in tlie
church what struck the observer as being"
very sad was that but three relatives as
mourning friends were gathered to mourn
the departed, the husband and two sons.
We are not aware that the deceased was
a communicant of any church, but as one
of God's creatures she paid, a goodly
■share of suffering here below—enough to
mitigate a whole mountain.of sin.-
what
's the matter with George?
A thoughtless remark that- young .tasat
made about attending the funeral.
A promiscuous boarding house*
A mild mannered young man.
5s ihe "matter with   ua,  we're froffli
Loom is, aren't we Sam?" •
's the matter with the Loomis choir? '
Cruelty to say to disappointed younm
man that "your girl is married.''
t Qui?® Social*
The M. 13. choir have decided to hoM &
series of socials, the first to b>* a visitlog
social and will be held at the home of
Mrs. M. F, Chamberlain, Wednesday eve=>
iiing*-Jan. 23. After arriving no gentleman will be permitted to speak to any
lady until having purchased a caul "designing the lady or ladies, with whom he
may yisit;eacb visit limited to 15 minutes. Any gentleman failing to occupy
each moment, of visiting time in conversation will subject himself to-a fine, to M
imposed by the time committee. WhSB
visiting is at an end a snort musical program will be rendered, after which a nice
lunch will be served. Now you gentle-
me* who attend—and they all sav they are
going—will want to pull yourselves together for your conversational powers
will, be seyerely«fcested» All conversation
relative to the weather strictly prohibited.
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