1887-02-11; Clare Press

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MlDAfi FEBRUARY 11, ' 1887.
Efnbs of 3f ews.
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Ilrcuit court sits next Monday.
.WeflingtOT Menffl-.is sic& at the home
©2 his daughter, Mrs.  John Bunyan  of
srnson scnoois wm ooserve
ILongffellow's birthday, the 28th inst.,
-with appropriate exercises.
Father ,'Crowiey oi the Mt. Pleasant
eatholic dhurch conducted services at
Harrison on Wednesday.
Gratis IX Palmer Treasurer of * Sheri-
dm township called at the Pbess office
the other day. 'He has most of
%&•'' indent - tax collected and
thinks there will be less than two hun-
' Butter, 20c per lb.
Eggs, 22c per dozen.
Potatoes, 60c per biu
Miss Etta Shumway of Farwell   spent
Sunday in Glare.
Go and sea "The Hidden Hand" at the
G. A. B. hall to-night.
Miss Rosa Marvin of Salt Biver, is visi-
mg her aunt Mrs. O. Bigley.
A Gilmore Justice of the Peace tried a
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30 places in Clare co*
v- \rhem liquor is sold, and IS250 in tax cMg.
- lected.   Clare-has six saloons whit
■>01830 tax*, Farwell one saloon, $300 tax;
J&arrisoa fifteen- saloons. $8800" tax, and
Meredith eight, saloons, §2250 tax.
The firsj; man ©verlmprisoned for debt
ik -Qiare.county is Albert Bassett of Far-]
' "w^ell' wlio occupied" an apartment in thej'
.  tp***:©* hotel d'e. Laverf**'..at the  county  sep
' for a few hours  last "week.   A
' v caused Jas incareeratian and
decided to .pay a. long standing board bill
iua order to get out from behind th© bars.
" The Hidden ^fld' * to night. '
Br. and Mrs. Kw ^a in./'Glare last
Saturday. « . '.
Eriedr Lange isp^t again" after a severe seige of.sickoP6*     ',*".'
Andy Aldrich ofw»«ison "is in town,
the guest of Herbe^.W^kioni: %
Ju$ge Wheatoa'rW^ ■ In ;Sar?ison on
probate business I? ^ay and" -Tuesday.
■" Editor Boys ol w*r Farwell / Begister
jy^d amde -us. a pleas-,
law suit in Glare last Saturday.
Erank Boorn cut one of his thumbs
almost of! Tuesday when he was chopping wood.
E. D. Wheaton went over to Mt-
Pleasant yesterday where they have a
toboggan slide.
#Joe  Horning has so many  logs
^gnd that he will have to  run his: saw!
mill all summer. ' §
Mrs. Asa Grooms whose littl© babe
died only a couple of weeks ago is now
dangerously ill of spinal fever.
W. H. Elden and Henry Trevidick
Jsave been invoicing this week. Each
reports a prosperous year's business.
Bev. 0. W. Smith could not be present)
at the M. E. church last Sunday evening
and A. J. Eox conducted the service.
I Jesse Bigley is home from Salt   Biver
was down
ant call.
The young pe'fcte enjoy themselves^
these moonlight evtnfegs by .coasting oM.
she hill. ;
Miss Murdock v/a* compelled/ to  dis-I
miss her pupiis .Mo* ida*y afternoon on account of, the smofe
The Pbess is iuf'-wmedj. semi-of&cially,
-.that the receipts' of thu Clare post office,
luring 1888 lacked only a few dollars , of
making it  a  presidential, office, salary
$1000.
Isaiah Feighner' is somewhat under the.']
■weather.    Dr. Miiy^ard .detects 'svmp-
^oms of intlamatioa of the bowels but
hopes thaj; a prolonged illness may be
.Next Monday is St. Talentine's day.
N. Bicknell went to. Meredith on busi«
ness last night.
Mrs. Dell Herrick of Meredith is the
guest of Mrs. G. Lee.
Miss Madge Patient made a pleasure
trip to Midland Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Eva Bedden has gone to Foun-
.tain where she will remain the rest of
the winter.
Arthur   Stevens entertained  a large
|number of his young friends very pleas-
itly last evening.
The Loomis Dramatic Company appear at the G. A. B. hall this evening, in
f%)he Hidden Hand."
The family bf James Coulter of Arthu3%iere hehas been living at his aunt's
are.  sorely  afflicted.     ThWf and attendi ng school.   He will remain in
Clare.
-township  are." - sorely .afflicted.-    Three1
©hildren were taken sick with scarlet ffev-
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--©Fffiadon Tuesday night, Ida, a bright
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| S. J. Bobinson of Clare who is working
little girl five years of age,'died,. Tht%% Wisconsin this winter, was seriousjyjjgji ^jj or^ers. -j^-t
fttnaral was held yesterday.-  Dr. Carpen- |hurt recently by "being  thrown  from ^fe^ long before th
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"Ser, who is attending the family, tl
- &U&t the other children are on the road to
"sapid recovery.   -
' Th® Clare bounty agricultural society
Mm elected directors as follows: E. A.
Wilson,'Hayesj A. J. Bowe,
Ao Thompson,. "-Shepdam; Wm.
tm%   Mxthm;   Elias   Bsdnet,   Hatton
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, •■$&;.• l*
. ^, H. Streeter, FrjfiMinj Charles Bbulfcsr,
. Hsmiltoni. B»;^'"iighland, Frost;
V'JB'avis, BummQr%1d; Wm. Gerrard* wm-
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horse.
Lawyer (lallup of Farwell was down
oh legal business on Saturday. In^the
afternoon he sta'sted for Vermont on a
visit %£> Ms old home.
John Wright the cook who stole several' hundred dollars' worth. of furniture
for the Hay farm house about a year
ago, has been  arrested  for  stealing in
•    ATTORNEY at LAW
.   Uffw r Over Gibersoh's St«  ■&
CLARE,   \ -      -        MICH.^
The religious revival in progress at
the M. E. church has aroused much interest especially among the young peb-
i pie. .There has been a large - number/ vof
J)r. Carpenter reports' considerable
sickness this week* He is treating two
children in the faraiiy of Edward Unl-
cume, two in 0. Is* .Goodenow's family,
Mrs. Wm. BusseB an^ .child, and Mrs.
J. A. Webb. Most of ',the cases have
been severe but aw improving.
E. L. Squire will put- up twice as, much
ice this year as last, bo as to' be' able, to
year's*' supply gave
warm, weather did.;
He has sent for" §3". ice plow and other
•tools and as soon' aa there is a» freeze-up^
will put a large craw of;'men and teamli
to work.   ;     ■ v
Jji the bosmess "^mmittsa's -description of Olare last wok mention of Shav-
er's furniture *£&etor^ was uBmtentional-
ly omitted, ' 'J. :C.  Borisoh who
IT WAS LOADEDo
Th© Usual B©snlt Follows femt tte
"May Becover.
isoNjS'eb. 9*—This moraing
o'clock as as E. Byder was changmg
his clothes he laid his revolver ©a- th©'
table. His wife . picked it up, saying
playfully, "I will shoot you."/.The r©=»
volver went of!, the ball striking Byder
in the corner of the eye near the" bridgo.
of the nose, penetrating about aa incha
At the time of writing tMs - letter h© m
feeling comfortable, and fatal results aro
not expected. Should there be afemmg-
symptoms the injured Haan'fdll h® tak©M
to Ann Arbor for treatment. • Dr. With-
June Boss went through to Midland] erspoon is .attending him.
charge of-1M-3 department ot-Mx. Shaver's
large-busmesi/is torjiiBg* out-some' fine
work*"of late smd it is probable that the
capacityu-o2 im shoii will have- to be en-
larged b^fox© lon^      ' ■
^en ermMi*Mm
*    A. Van Brunt is. a gentleman of leisure
now, having disposed off his interest in
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LAWYER,
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HARRISON,
MICH.
JC'LOYD h. POST,
■     ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
:M>d REAL ESTATE AQENT
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TTENTIOH EABMEBSc
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.D. UN1CUME CLAR]
Maaufactu^ef1 of
for camps, mills,
It never fails.
I asa also contmctor
Wis Is
smU farms,
the grist mill to his partner, John Biest.
fwho will now conduct the business alone.
Mr. Tan Brunt's plans for the future are
not yet matured.
Postmaster Giberson is to be highly
.complimented on the improvement he
|hasmadein the postoffice. New lock
''B%xes have been put in and the boxes
rearranged. The public will appreciate
the added conveniences.
Martha, aged two years and five
months, youngest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. S. J. Bobinson, died Tuesday noon
after a long illness. The disease was the
same which afflicts so many of our little
ones in Glare this winter, a kind of relapse alter the whooping cough. Four
deaths have occurred within a fortnight.
The funeral of little Martha* took place
yesterday, Elder Smith officiating.
Dr. E. B. Evans-of Farwell'was in town
Tuesday. The story that is now encouraging the citizens of our sister village is that Olare paid for "the recent survey of the route for the T. & A. railroad,
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'| to ■%&& ezi&&KiJ:io£^. iLiig*' * "diJte-" on ac*
count of rheumatism, fell on the ice near
his home and hurt himself quite seriously last Sunday, "Eo bones were broken
but the accident naturally aggravated
Mr. Stetrns's malady and he has suffered
great pain in consequence. Drs. Todd
and Carpenter attended him.
The Gratiot Journal says that "Judge
Hart declares his ability to do all the
| business brought before him in the various courts of the circuit as now constituted." Th© Judge's declaration doesn't
change the facts nevertheless. The work
of the circuit courts in the district m
'way behind and too onerous for any one
Judge and Stenographer' to attend to
properly.
Jacob Newell was brought down from
Summer-field by Supt. off the Poor
Browne last Saturday and taken to the
county house. Newell is the owner off
160 acres of not very good land which he
cannot sell. Last year his buildings
burned down and'a few days ago he was
turned out of doors by his son. There}
remained but one course for the old man,
who has passed his 74th milestone, and
Tuesday   asternoon, returning to Beed
City th© same evening.
A slight improvement is noticed in the
condition off little Genet Chase, but it is
doubtful if she can recover.
Let every member of the business committee be on hand at E. D. Wheaton's
office this evening at seven o'clock sharp.
it .
Wm. Parker an employee" in Pratt &
Packard's camp 15 miles north of Gladwin, came out yesterday with a smashed
foot.
All the best brands of cigars are now
on-tap at the post office and Mr* .Giber-
son proposes to keep A 1 smoker's goods.
Sample his stock.
Geo.Glosser a professional meat slicer
from s|i<?bv|^l©*\has been engaged to pre-1
side at C*hale%]3neat market and he will
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be on deck MeM week.
dwing to th#'"absence of the President
the business #men's association did not
S$ne9t on Friday evening last, but a ges*
sion will be held tonight. .v.-j*-...».-.v
Little-Bessie DeYogt was go' geri^ilsl^
ill as to alarm her parents last;'Satl^^^;
but there was a change for'the betted
she is now rapidly getting well.
Perhaps there isn't any truth in the reported marriage of a Glare.couple at a
neighborragfewn one day this week.   At'i
least the rumor ladles con^rmation.
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A private bill to allow a pension to L,
T- Olds of Clare, a veteran .of'the Meii.
' :*! t/nr, h 'bovt belor^ Cpn^es^ai||;llf*
"Olds is informed that it will imdoubtedly
pass. ■
C. H. Clark and family, of Mancelona,
arrived in Clare yesterday afternoon and
will hereafter make Clare their home.
Mr. Qlark will be employed as a clerk in
Wm. Wolsky's dry goods store.
Town Treasurer Ehrhardt has been
visiting some of his constituents at their
homes this week, and gathering in th©
leavings of the tax. Collections have
been made pretty close this year.
A. B. Canfield took in Saginaw ye|^
Thos. W. Averill has been laid up Bmm> *
last Friday with bilious fever. •
Th© court hotts© is^dergoing a .th©*?-*
ough cleaning .tinder th© supemeion ®2-
Sheriff Lavery, ' .     ■>    *
Godfrey Haag was tried in justice
court before B. Smith on Monday ciaarg^- ■
ed with cruelty to animals by overdaviBg-
a 2-year-old colt belonging to  Geo.. Me**"
Cracken.   The Jury acquitted him.
•The correspondent of the D©Ss?olt'
Evening News, reporting the-ylsit of
j the legislature to the state prison lmt_
the notoriou-5 Jim Ca?ry -of && Devil's
BaIlch7, notoriety, ancl whose
■vietion hiis jost been reversed by
supreme court He was maklag boot
heels at-a .bench.'    He turned/hite"
.b^ek on the party &ml avoided th#&
|pile: He was. wealtS5yj,i>«t kept one
fi^Efe vilest -dens its tie* state^-basd^
li^hoMble than thoge of the ©pjp)^
penlnsiilal^/:* / :.:.        •
The Detoit Wbiiae was off its
lms& so fataBits p&jdi-etipn. ificoncena-
ed when it delivered itself' as-foHowir
hist Saturday;''^: Jim C»9"of -Hte
_ Devil's miicii5. 'Kear HarjIsois/0af0
county, lia^.secO'reic|..a5tiew trM feorii
are tifed :'-@ffighting him «to
pose this means that he .Is ^ob^My;
turned loose to prey upon the -com-
munity un-naolested^'     '  *
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VERNON NO. 2.
Miss Maenab reports the following-
as the result of the monthly examine
ation held last week;
I   Sixth grade3  '• "marks   obtainable,
900; Lillie Marceilies* 735.
Fifth grade, marks obtainable, 400s
Harry Alger 347, Inez Smith 336.'
Fourth grade, marks
cough is what threatens to rob this family
of their precious ones.
400; Louie Thayer 358, Alfred Hawk:
oOO.
and that Ashley had the surveying done!80 he had to go ^qver the hills to the
simply to get rid of being bothered hy j poor house,"
ABPBHTEB WOBK.
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CARPENTER & BUILDER.
In -&- S9C6tB6at£QiH8 Bnislied & Hrst-class
"=TSm$BCK & W0OBWOBT Hs
MERCHANT TAILORS.
A fell line of the Latest Styles of
goods-to select from.
i us a- cahl, Clare ° I
"C©JDo yo'a'want' to borrow mtoey? " If you do
©at* yo*or abslrast and go to
tsJ^JMi sssiire it without aaj delay.*3^
the importunate people of Clare.   A
Pleasant man told them that Ashely said]
bo and it tickles them 'most to death.
The "Texas Steer" method of trying a
law suit may be very interesting to spectators but it's mighty expensive for the
taxpayers, Clare county paid $100 a day
for seven days of that sort of exhibition
during the Carr trial and now the Supreme Court has jumped onto the steer
lb*5""£iness with both feet. The great victory that was gained in the conviction of
the "Devil's ranche" fiend does not appear to be visable to the naked eye just
Biley an employee in one of
Pratt•& Pickard's camp near Gladwin,
John Sweetman foreman, was on the
rollway last Friday when the logs started
and he tried to stop a log with his pee-
Tj. It was his only chance for life but
thepeevy broke and the log rolled over
him crushing him terribly, and causing
his death two hours later. " Young Bi-
ley's home was near Salt Biver to which
place his body was taken Wednesday.
Simon Bogardus came in from camp
with the corpse.   .
Dear delinquent, new subscribers, and
old ones who desire-to renew your subscription,    if    you    should     happen
The item published in these columns |to     caU    ^    the   Pbess    office    teg
Detective Baker who was prominently
connected with the Jud Crouch case in
Jackson county, has been in Harrison
this week. Our friend Cummins writes
us that it was not on the Crouch case
that the detective is working at present,
but another little matter. Ask Georga
and he will tell you about it.
Hon. Free Estee and Editor Gnffiith I
ofthe Mt. Pleasant Democrat were in
town Tuesday conferring with the democratic fuglemen. The indications are
that there is a large sized political hen
on and a whisper reaches the Pbess that
our*worthy townsman O. "W. Perry is being groomed for the Circuit Judgeship.
The fish and game warden bill, providing more stringent laws against the
wanton slaughter of fish and game has
passed the House of Bepresentatives and
now goes to the Senate. Hon, F. A. Wilson of this county strenuously opposed
this measure, thinking that it was in the
interests of the Md glove sporting association of the cities.
Talk about toboggan slides, the hill on
south Main street has been away ahead
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DIS,T NO. 2, WISE,
The following Is the average stani-
ing In deportment of the pupils attending during'the month
Jan. 28, in district No. 2, 'Wise town*
(ship: Nina Willie 93, Phebe Darling
85, Minnie Jewell 93, Emma Leosh
95, Cora Green 95, Lillie Sneer 82^
j Carrie Sneer, 98, Zara Burling 10(t
Clara Coon 95, Frank Burch 80, Katie
Leosh 90, Jimmy'Swanston 95,* Mln°
nie Beed .80, Joe Sneer 92, Efile Dui?«
ling 80, Jimmy Horsey 95, Arthtu?
Burling 98, Henry Beed 88, Buther«
ford Burling 830 Adam Leosh 85,
Mabel Stevenson 90, Vtyd® Allen
1005 George Burch 100; number eis°
rolled 23; average daily attendance IB
Emma LoosiiSj,"
Business JSen.j Bead' Thisf.
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W,-SmXH, BLACKSMITHc
M&rm Shoeing  and Blaehmiitfm
of all -Minds in J$est Manner*
t gosmatesrto-stop- any horse &om M®r£©Elng
M two Mate sxm1!£ I fall, I *s?ffll shoa th© Mors© the
i^I sespsstftill!* ask farmers aaisf otters to call
oaSsssiaietoEpniacMne. It is aheafi of any
- jpsjeMfl® ©?@r before sssn to ties© parts.
BFmp '<m$2ftmn&ry at LwmWb MiU5
last week referring, to the change of postmasters at Dover was not intended to
express any opinion other than that of
Hains the deposed official who furn-
facts which were published.
Addressing a body of business men at
Bridgeport the other day, P. T. Barnam
said: ''You do not, any of you, advertis*s> ■
enough.   You-ought to use printer's iek-
you do not "Snd IX B. Aiward at home|
There is another Ms. Aiward on deck,
clothed with ample authority to receive
J The Pbess knows nothing concerning j your contribution and he is just aching
to fill out a dozen or more receipts a day
pay     your    subscription,     don't    ^%|iave been improving the opportunity for
1*ire with your misMonunfuln^edbecauii Some of the sleds start in
every day.   You are asleep and you want
of'em this week, and the young folks! your business to run itself.   'Standing
, , . • j-I i ... a I   _3 l-i-:'^ A_   •- - •»
i the merits off. th© contest which..has: been
going on at Dover,, Wallace Lyons the
new postmaster is an affable gentleman,
fitted by mature and experience 'for the
position and the office will be safe in his
handso Some greembackers,. however,
wonder why in th© nam© of fusion, on.©
of their pisrty shoiild be throwa aside to
make jtoom for & democrat»
for subscription for' the- next month in
order- to keep up the record since January 1st, and also in order -to keep up
with his landlady in the little matter of
boards Bo come, m and see us and do
your * duty .toward your home paper.
Thus will you, help lis in doiflg our
front of J. H. Galliver's residence and
come down across the bridge. There are
lots of mishaps but no one has been hurt
yet.
Attention Comrades*
Th© G. A. B. Post will celebrate their
first anniversity next Wednesday evening.
iyil the "comrades with their familes are
invited.   A full attendance is expected.  -'
A, A Shaver, Com.
W* So Cooley, Adj.
advertisements in a paper command con
fidence. The man who. for a year lives in
one community and leads a repui?abl©
life, even though he be of moderate ability, will grow in confidence' and esteem of
his fellows. On the sanie>prmcipal&.&
newspaper advertiser beboines familiar ia.
the eyes off the leader, It may seldom b©
read, stiE it makes the name and business"
of the man familiar, and its 'preeenc© ia
the colunms of a paper inspires conf!?
denes in the stability of .the enterprise,
AdverMsing fitfully by sp*
accomplish the desired result and it Is
eostly0. It is th© permaaeat ad. tMsfsys,
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