1889-03-01; Clare Democrat

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' Astray Hotice.
UOtieeofBegistration.      *
Mot-ice of Tillage Election.
3SL H. BeTogfc, pianos-and organs.
<Q>. S. Derby, furniture, undertaking, etc.
William Wolsky, dry goods, clothing; etc.
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JLent begins next Wednesday.
"Idocal news are scarce this week,
" Sheriff Doty was in town yestei
•Jas. Boyd was down from Hatton over
Mrs/1!. F. Wellington received & .telegram announcing the serious illness of
her father at Brockway Ceater, St. Clair
county, whither she departed yesterday
I,
morning.
<OFas.S.Hoiden,.of Farwell, was in town
Husted's grand gift; drawing, that was
to have been held February 22nd, has
been declared off.   Only' a small number
A progressive, pedro 'iSFty was given all its contents. The fire was the result
last evening at the home -of Mr. ancl Mrs. j of a defective chimney, and was first dis-
C.-L. Whitney,©newest Sttie-tieet. . Those {covered by Anthony Chesser, who lives
present were Mr. aud'flrg'i ,.S.;0. Kirk-
bride, Mr. and Mrs. C. HrO'Doaald^ .Mr.-
and Mrs. E. B. Hosematt,'Br. %nd Mrs. J.,
D. Garland. Misses Kirl#*iide, Winnie*
Merrill, and Bertha;Feighner ,.: aud Bod-;
of tickets were sold, probably on account  uey Palmer, JuhiusBoss ($&z%■ B.. %
-.* 'S.C. Zeiter;'of'Loomis, was in town
"aPnesday.
Iferbert Wheaton visited in Clare last
.SSatnrday^   ■ t
John Bat-ton, of East Saginaw, was   in
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. 80wa last Saturday.
' tillage election will be held one- week
feom n©xt Monday.
1S.-B* Moseman made a trip to Detroit
* "Skesday oa business.
Mrs.-Erftest El wood went to Clio Tuesday on a visit to her parents.
fne weather for she past two or three
Jays has been very pleasant.
The warm sim of yesterday had a tell-
Bsrg effect upon the sleighing.
.'"V ByronLinsea, of West Bay City, spent?
Bsipday with friends at Clare. <f:*
Notices of registration and village elef-
'■fiSon are- published in this issue. "    -
"ff. Ai Burrftt3M- Harrison, was at Lan-
'- sibg- this Week* oh legal, business.
Hditor Bowe, of Marion, made  us -a
pleasant call last,Friday afternoon.
' .. Mett Welpesday is the last.regular
insetih'g of the old village council;-. *     ■.
Charley Blgjey made u business trip to
•ffiffsisoti Monday for the DEMoemT...
Jerry Feighper's little|hoy-has been
.(tagemnSly ilToi late with .bright?: dis°
oaseu1''-:\z")'' '
3fosjfierop5"|Sdles--ip Clare mourn the
2©Ss*of their hotel©;plants since
morntng.  -   *   •''"•'
IP, J, Cle^elaadi of West Bay
i.
fcinfi
me Moe
Mss. Sine* of.Fenton^lllev is ylsttinf
attMhoim^ of her seta, Henry Sine,  in
'"'"CI -*" "'Iu ffOZ'^-'ytZZC^     '      - ■■   ' '
TU® King's 'Daughters wll
"Weiffiesday-.aftemooia at tla© horns
ss. J0 30.- IFewth.
of the hard times. *
Miss E. S. Jfe-Bermott, of Quebec, Canada, is in Clare for a few weeks' visit
with her sister, Mrs. W. E. Gates. Miss
McDermott is an accomplished musician
and a teacher of music.
It is said that "Little Jake/' of East
Saginaw, will build an opera house at
Owosso. "We wish that "Little Jake," or
some one else, could be induced to build
a suitable one at Clare.
Messrs. A; B. Canfield and George Oim-
merer, of Harrison; were in Clare Wednesday on their way to Grand-Bapids. as
delegates from Clare county to the Democratic state convention.'
The merry countenance. of express
agent <J.H. Galllyer beemed with joy as he
informed us that it is a bouncing baby
girl that put in an appearance at his
home last Wednesday evening.
It is stated on very good authority, that
Wm. Wolsky has been partaking of his
meals in a perpendicular position for the
^s$tst ten days; that is, since he took the
first degree in Masonry last week Tuesday. .
The annual meeting of the Ladies' Union for the election of officers, will be
held at-the home of Mrs. Cooley, Friday
.afternoon, March 8th. Supper will be
served at half-pasifrfive.. , A general invitation is extended to all. . • A
-. Advertisers, should remember that .by-
planting their announcements,in the columns of the: pmiOGRAT:..they -receive
pearly douhle.the beneiits, -'and . for . the
same amount of money,'as this paper has
a circulation nearly as large as any other
two publications in the county.
Up to last Saturday* evening. W. ,E.
Carrie*'hadput about 15p,(H)0 feet' of
basswood, ash'and white oak logs- '•onto
sMsimg-h&tads with--itld ac^uaint^nces^ Homines mill yard," and will put In up*
■•   -■' ""'^ardsof 50,000 feet more before the close
of the season. * The logs are "cut on his
■-f *
farm In'Temon township, making'a haul
ton. Four prizes were.: swarded. -Tlie
first prizes were awai cfed; $& Mrs. Mose-
man aud Mr. O'Donald. l^Q ©ther two
were given to Miss Weightier'and- Mr.
Kirkbride.' The guesfe ti& speak in
praise of the manner in which they were
entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Whitney.
. Moseman, the cioth'iers tells us that the
thermometer at his house registered 34°
below zero at 4 o'clock" Sunday morning.
Some may doubt the credulity of this
statement on tlie ground that; Ifcis'an unusual hour for Mr, Hosewsu :to' be elsewhere than 'neath the folds of - a good,
warm comfortable. ' But the mystery is
explained, however, ahd mUg given the
statement by the face that'his wife had
been quite ill and he had been up more
or less during the night attending, to her
\vaiits and keeping '''coal ia the stove.
Everybody Imowingthat it $?as extremely cold, and having ho othev report at
hand, we will, this time, rely on the authenticity of Mr.'Mosematfs statement.
We feel-tempted sometimes to stick up
a sign in front of our oftles, reading:
"Boge's shoe store nest door north," It's
a cold day when there is hot one to a half
a dozen persons coming In with an old
pair of boots or shoes" under their arm
that, they . want, mended. The climax
was reached on Monday Just after we returned from din tier,'when & good-looking
young lady, evidently a stranger, stepped
in and inquired If we had .any goo#-wn-
dressed^kids. Wp4stamm%ed' to reply,
as it didn't esater bur. -mindthntshe meatit
shoes -until after she had^dned. the side- :
w&lk and vanished: 00t-^ slgbti *;Boge
has got to pay us^sa^ry 'for directing
customers to his stpre, ot- else we.- will asslst toim
moye tb -another -pltt of the clt3r.
about half a mile distant. Before the
alarm could be given the flames bad obtained, such headway as- to be. beyond
control. Had a heavy wind prevailed
much greater damage would have results
ed, as numerous out buildings stood near
the house, whieh the favorable circum*
.stances made it possible to* save. The
loss will approximate between $1,200 and
$1,800.   Partially insured.
The Mt. Pleasant Democrat says that
while engaged at work in his hay mow
one mornfng last week, Mr. S. Dedle, who
lives sis miles west of Mt. Pleasant, on
the state road, discovered, probably, the
largest nest of mice on record. No. less
than seventy-one fat, full-grown mice
were comfortably settled for the winter
in some corn fodder which had been
thrown in the mow last fall. Just how
many rodenls the family numbered when
all were at home Mr. Bedle is unable to
say. He captured the above number of
thena at any rate, and had a large tin pail
nearly full of mice after suspending operations. They were in a semi-unconscious condition and easily captured.
An old man by the name of JohnPhin-
ney was badly frozen while going from
Meredith to Allen & Manion's camp on
Monday hight last, and was brought to
Dr. P. E, Witherspoon's office in Harrison for amputation of the frozen limbs.
Xb was fiiftt thought that bcthhands and
both feet would have to be amputated,
but considering his age, (about 70) and
infirmity, it was feared he could not survive the operation, so the.doctor, assisted
by X>r. Bracy and Carlton Abbott, took
off all the toes on the rigbt foot, the big
%oe on the left foot, the long finger on the
left hand and little finger on the right
b&ode His feet and hiuds;were all badly
If-osted, but,an -efi'ort :.^.li'be made .to save
e is a
ftuther anjpntatiohdf .possible,
bachelor, having ho'friends or means to
«*$»'»-
. I Q^XefWiS fo«K -reilei) to fhei»|ll
- Nel^hborHbod liows-
The Flint ^ Pere Marmtette engine
house at Evart turned Sunday, and- with
.ittwo freight locomotives wore badly
A number intend leaving for Oregon in
tlie spring to jnveSt in pine land timber
claims*. . * " *' •.    * '. - .
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Lake George
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warped.      \^ J^z^.^^^^^sm:^
Whlniey^Tatman^hegrocerSvope^d] mcet Henry Shellenberger, ot Ashkyy in I scooped. _
taxes, in which case one or more suits
are quite likely to be commenced In she
supreme court by the kickers, who intend to employ John A. Edgetfc, of" East
Saginaw, At the next, village election
now near at hand, there is likely to be a
general overthrowing.
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Doings ©f Our Dutiful ©adSo-^ia-:.
:   pyal Settlement WUto zh®:-
¥iSllag®   Tr©a^yr@?.     '  ' -
Class, Feb'y 27.-—Adjourned reg
meeting.of the common council of t'
villag© of Clare.,
Called to order by President Carpenter,,
Members present—Trustees Louch, El*
'den' and Mason.
Absent—Trustees Tatman and Feigli-
ner. • • r ' z
By Trustee Mason and carried,.'that:
the bill presented by C. W. Perry for'
$20 2&,-amount paid sheriff and county.
clerk for serving papers and making 'entries in the matter of abaiting ..the *nui*
sance caused by. tue flooding of the-Tobacco by means of the Halt dam.* *      • V
By Trustee Mason and carried, thattbd'" ■*;
the Treasurer be authorized to make out    *
a list of the unpaid taxes for" the. years
1887 and previous,-advertise them-and"
proceed and.collect the**apjouots due, ^c- , *
Cording to the statute.
The   committee   appointed   to settle
with the Treasurer reported as follovp.:    *
Tb the common council pf the village of    3
Clare:—We, the. undersigned, a comnliir   *.'
tee appointed at your last regular'meeti-
jng to settle with th© Treasurer of said- -
village, do herewith* -submit pur • reports*. ■•'
We have -examined and compared -the   -
books and  vouchers'. of sa|dr Tre^s'irpr"
with the books and stdbs of the clerk ani
found them' correct.     The amount"'.of
monies received and disbursed by tli@. ,.
Treasurer since our, last settlement is -as.',
follows*  .".'■_'.        . < ' . ' ; *
Total: receipts for year,"
u    paid out      **'" •'*
f5,{)38 6S   '     •'•
on- hand at setl'mt,      44 SS'      .,-,-•
•   •   #5,088 26-      -    ':
Fund Accounts: ,    *       ...      •
ffsssn^B^L .^PM"i>..     * *
Cash*in fund at settleEtient.. -' v §15i 2©
.Cash in fund at settlement,  *    "- ^494
The* party that $«4s np ' a Bepublican
ticket in- Farwell this year' for either yil- 1 '     '       waxes works ejj»b,
^- ,   . ■ i u.;ft ^v *-Awiici»4h niH. L u uw-tf tn »**■ - &m *fe OTWdrawn on f mid, $467 91
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"Deputy postmaster
"■will spend Sunday ^
Sfe,John3*,'Clinton county.
Ohas^ E. Morse, a former typo of the
-•BosMiOCSA^, now on- the , Marion Herald,,
-..was -a caller at this office Tuesday.
■-". J&.%i'itfng school was commenced Mon°
$My ".eyenlng in the high school room, and
*vj® nederstand, is being largely attended.
If yon would be pungent, be brief, for
fit Is with words- as with sunbeams, the
-imore they are condensed the deeper they
The next public examination ©£ applicants- for teachers' certificate* will be
Ikeld at Harrison, March 7th, commencing'
at 9 a.m.
The weather of
Ss said to haye been the coldest exper-
?or the  past  five
A     <©£ six years,
ta^,
- ,Wv° and Mrs. A. J. Doherty started for
J. Washington, D. C, yesterday morning to
l^^^itness the inauguration of President-
I
'A.
*&
larnson.
The time specified by law for holding
tSlie annnal village flection Is the second
Hondayin March,*^vhich falls on the 11th
Sust this year.     -
.' The Fireman's dance at the &. A. B„
'Mllast Friday evening was not very
largely attended on account of the ex«
-fereniely cold weather.;        .
*. $eM^4»y,Jr.,says:the Toledo, Ann
'-^fe"F#fHorth Michigan Bailway will
:;%ill|^.|iiles of an extension to Manis=
''''fi^-^a^feanfefort this summer. .
'■ ilJ®s Democbat is In receipt, of the
'@lJhth.bi-atan&L report of the board of
^srustecW of the Michigan school for the
iekf, at Hint, for the years of 1887-8,
Bey. MeLain, Baptist state misaionaiy,
*55rill deliver a sermon at ■ the  Congress
'^ionsd church, Clare, on Monday evening,
^Earch 4th.   Everybody  invited to a*d
":' fend.
.. -".*She Press  says that Harvey Hinman
- TQ®¥fecl his family last week/up on th© T.
^ A.'iailroad, four "miles north of Far°
■w^l, to ran a boarding house for Joseph
(gainer.
neat and commodious ahd they haye
complete stock of fresh, new goods,
ing well-known and popular young gen^
tlemen there is no reason, why they
should not do. a flourishing business.
A tramp printer that was given a couple of weeks' work at the Press ©face, took
a notion to leave thi s "blasted country"
last Friday evening during the absence
up last evening and are now ready:*;|^U^|^,^a^ •elbcrtv testllng match at
'business,   The interior of their vstore is"1-0wo*&so*of Bay-Gtly,, ' ■■ '
John Gallagheii,'-eifeployed' iu Bayis's
camp, was s^TereSy;in|afred -Tuesday- by
a. log roll ing von-him. -■ He y$p& '■ taken to
St. Mary's hospital at-Bast-$agii|a,w. '.
■ Chief engineer Davis, of-the' Toledo
Ann Arbor.& North Itichigan railroad,
estimates that tbere^ift not less than 800,-
000,000 feet of pine timber, and about 3.*
O00,000feet of hardwood timber tributary,
to that road at present.
Gladwin "Record: :Geo,*Bkker,-of Sag-e
inaw:, who has been enga^edy.!n examining the accounts of ex-Counly l&easiifer
Diffin, finds that?the total- dffisi-t* of Mr.
Biffin $4,709,70, an increase ©v^r the figures of the Supervisors of'#720*: This is
exclusive of th© Buckeye tak matter.
Marion Herald, i The ^neSt^On has been
asked if we haye any :pifte.around. Marion. Last Monday B. Bayidson's teams
brought to Chad wick'smil! io^s which
were cut'from one straight tree which
scaled 7 J29 feet. - The stump * measured
six and a half feet* across'the, top.-. 'This
tree "was cut on section 25, Osceola county* ' ...-•'
It is reported at Evart, that Hugh
Knowles, shingle manufacturer at Know*
les' siding, on the Ani|.Ai?bor,roatl, emt
oi Campbell City,liasieft: for, parts nn-
known, leaving m"^ny,'-erec|itors unpaid.
The men on Satufd<^:viiei2ed the "stock of
of the proprietor and foreman, Louis
Brown.   There would have been no ob
jecdons to his sudden departure had  he
left behind a new suit of clothes belonging to the last named young  genti«man.
Madames Mason & Dwyer are constantly adding new goods to their already
large stock, and now haye the finest display of millinery and ladies' furnishing
gOo$s to be found to northern Michigan.
If there is anything you want in their
line, don't fail to call on them. Their
prices areas low, and in many instances
lower, than those of my firm in this section of the country. . *
The board of registration will be in
session at the council rooms next • week
Saturday. Be sure that your name is
properly registered if you wish to vote.
Bemember that the village and township
elections are two seperate matters, and
that the law requires a registration in'
each case. A registration in the township alone will not permit you to vote at
the village election, and vice versa.
A Mt. Pleasant correspondent says:
The Clare hand gave an entertainoient4h
the Opera House last Friday night. The
weather being so extremely cold, and
several other places of amusement b^iug
in operation the  same.night the opera.
long time before the people of Mt. Pleas-'
ant h*ye another as good entertainment,
though it might come from Detroit.
W, S. Cooley has effected the purchase of th© Clare Press and is now sole
Proprietor and manager. Bro. Cooley
mas proved himself quite a, hustler within
mpfew weeks he has had control of the
paper, ^nd if-he holds, out* on this line
there is little doubt but what he will
make th© Press a "blooming" success.
He has the best wishes of the Democrat,
and we extend to him the right hand of
fellowship. May your shadow ne'er
diminish.
shingles for tfcef r pay. It seems Snowies
sold the shingles to some Cadillac parties
some days %©^.-''receiving "'the--money for
them, and l^lt^ithout settlingrwith Ms
men.'    •*.. "-.^       '• v    .':
About tw4;#*eek§ since. W4 A. Carpenter & So??, of 3r&2ffifell, ieavied on fixtures
-tickets, stamp etc, baloeging- fo-: the To-
was not well attended.   But it will b@.-%lledo & -^-I11!1 Arbor railroad «®inpany at
'Farwell to secure a debt of'about $4J5G0,
The property, was advertised ,'to be. sold
at Sheriff gale on Thursday,©!: this week,
when an injunction was 's-Ser¥®d on the
sheriff to prevent the .sale.- The- cag.e.goes
to the supreme court where the question
'as to whether railroad, tickets, are legal
tender for travel owr a 'line if. procured
by seizure for debt or anyoth©r vay outside of the railroad corapanyjnrlstiictsott.
The decision* of,the supreme court ip this
case will be anointed with i nterest.
Thursday the Half way House, owned
by Michael McKamara, and situated on
, the Gladwin-Coleman.road, burned with
Joe1 Gardner is deling * a -"rushing bus!-*
ness in lumber, shingles "and groceries.
He Is getting out*abont*1^000 feet -el-bass-
wood lumber daily. " -:
The peopled movement is likely to
carry everything, 6iToo much party' and
too little principle;' is the general verdict
of the people in selection in the^past.
W, A. Carpenter & Son havea lot of
1T. & A. railroad tickets" on hand, having
seiaed all'they could find belonging to
the company in Clare county,-on a judge-
ment for monies due. The case is not
yet settled.
- The all absorbing theme here at pres '
ent is the village tax question, which, instead of diminishing, appears to be gaining in interest. After two ineffectual attempts by the marshal to collect the'tax,
the matter was* finely taken before the
State Legislature at Lansing. Georg©
Graham was sent as representative of the
village council last week, and by some
alleged sharp practice got a bill vushed
through both houses ih one day, legalize
ing, (or purporting to) tb© village tax
roll. It appears that State Senator G ree'n
had nothing 4© do with the passage of
the bill, whieh wass figured by representative Salisbury off Midland. This action
instead of appeasing the "kickers" bas only, it appears, added fuel to tbe.flame,
and tbe . Sax kickers are now kicking
wore© than ever. An informal meeting
of indignant tax payers was held on
Monday, when it was doc&ded to send ex-
senator Ilfa»ry Woodruff to Lansing to
protest against the late proceedings to
the l«*gisl»tura. which are claimed to be
|]l<pgai. Among the so-called kickers are
*£s»senator Henry Woodruff, George S.
Uirchvock, A.L. Seeley, Freeman Turrill,"
Alfred Bracey, E..P. Brown, and several
other well known sax payers and citizens
embracing'it seems, in majority  of the
OWSSWAI.R msis®.
Cash Sn fund at settfement,
Total Cr. in .funds,
u    Dr, overdrawn on funds.' ■
Net balancedn"funds,
Am!t returned hy marshal:cm--
collected on roll,    -  * •
Col. by Treas. since returned,
$U5S"S§
■ 51S»*-
■'$ MBi
35 S©1
It is claimed that the tax is Illegal, and
m such, cannot be made legal by any act
of the State Legislature. The complaint
is that not only the per-centage but the
valuation is. too high, and that there are
numerous ©auses of glaring injustice involving, some property and of all proportion .to • others' of aboat equal worth.
There is much hard feeling expressed
against the village council and others
who' haye worked up this mess. The
marshal threatens to legvy on property
this week in case parties'do not pay their
Bal. on roll'not collected
Feb.'28,1889,      $233 63s
The.Treasurer recommends that the*,
division of the funds, classed as the water works fund, be discontinued and this
fund placed in th© general fund.
All of which is respectfully submitted*
Dated. Clare, February 28,1889.
[SIGNED.] C, W. FeRBX,
" Tillage Treas.
We certify that the above is correct to
the best of knowledge and belief.
[sighed.] ^ J. H. OASpsamss, Pr$&   '"■
* M0D. Eatom, 01©rk.    *' _,_.■•
J. F. Tatman, Trustee,
. W.H, Eldest,      "   '
M. D.'Eatoh, Clerk. .    .
Committee.   '
- On motion ©t Trustee Mason, the •-report was accepted and the commit©© ^discharged, by tbe following vote:
Teas—Trustees Mason,' Louch and Harden.
- Kays—None,
On motion of Trustee Elden the coon~
cil adjourned. -•
...     HIGH S€HOOIi. .     -
The following are the names of pnptls-
whose standing in deportment.was 100
percent for the week ending Feb. 21st,
1889:'
lather Converse,
Bertha "Feighner,
Euceba Hall,
Laura Holbrook.
Bora Loomis,--
Sert-MiiBeoifc,
Wm. Boe.
Myrs Smith, .
Edgar Welch.
Jausws Dougherty.
Effie Hodkinson.
*  Emma Hart.
- Hellie Ean©.
Matie MeKinley.
Arthur Prate,
Jennie Smith.
" Jennie Bexsmjth,
Anna "Wing.
B. 0. Woob, Teacher.
INTERMEDIATE DEPABTMENT,
Ethel-Elden.
T©rna Feighner'
Florence G-iberson.
Hora Hicks.
Bilza Loury0
Biley Parrish.
Abia Smith.
AUee Bheldon.
Onarlie, Unicoine.
Ella SAwrsaiL, Teacher.
fw
Bobbie Boyd,
Bom Booth,
Gertie Booth,
Phetoo Carrier. .
Emily Converse.
Carrie Oolson,
May Barrow,
Louise Bwyer,
Them will be a People's Caucus at
common council room, in the village of
Clare, Friday, March 8th, at 7 o'clock, for
the purpose of placing candidates in
nomination for the several -village offices*
By Order of Committee*
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