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CLABE, MICH., MAY 24, 1889.
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irons" GIBEBSOX,
Qj) ATTOBBfEY-AT-T.AW.
All Business placed -with me -will receive
prompt an (i careful attention. C lare.        fi2
°JjD> A. B1TJHIITT,
VV o ATTOKJTET AT LAV.
Houaesand lots and vacant lots in-village
of Harrison, one improved farm and farming
lands for sale or trade.   Bargains on above
property.   Office over L. Lavier & Go's bank,
Haesisok. .. Mich.
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PHYSICIANS AH© SUISiG-EOKSo .
H. CARPENTER, M. D.,
o    PIITSICIAX, STfKG-EQS* AMD ACCOUCHEtm.
Office and Store south of tlie railroad.
FJ. TODD, M. P.,
o   PHYSICIAK, SURGEON AND ACCOUCHEUR
Graduate of the University of Michigan
AH calls promptly attended to day or nigM
Office over the Clare Oounty Bank.
EOOBNING- SHAW,
PHYSICIAN.
Specialty," Genito-Urinary Diseases, Galk-
insvillc, Mich.
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VV o DBAYMAN.
All orders promptly attended. Persons wanting pine spalts or good hardwood, delivered
promptly should leavetheir orders with me.
M,
W H.HGLBSOOE,
jDio PAINTER,
House, Sign and Carriage painting done in
the neatest style. Paper Hanging and Kal-
soraininga Specialty.  AU orders pr©mptjy
.attended to.
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E, AXDEBSOX,
d • T.ONSORIAL   ARTIST.
ZEs tbe best manipulator of the razor and
slaears in the village. -Everything kept nea'
end clean. Workmanship the best. Sboj
situated opposite of tbe Exebange Hote.
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- qfT C.   UOOKA.VMLLQW,
■Qjl o INSURANCE AGENT..
iStna of Hartford, Conn.; • American Fire
of Pbila.; Firemans Fund, of San JfranCisco;
•iSlagna Fire, 8. Y. Office one door soutb oi
postofficftj (up stairs) Clare. 24tf.
BTEPHE-N SHELDON, Carpenter and
Builder, Clare. All woi*kguaranteed tost-
©less aud prices reasonable. It will pay you
to eall on me. i-tf
(CT   J. JAMISON,
Po notary public. .
(DonveyanoiBg   and   collections.    Loomis
Midi. Mtfy),
C.W.J?ERRV. WM. WOTiHKlTl,
c. h. Sutherland, casbier.
* Panel 1 Points*
Celebrate at Clare.
"Local matters are quiet.
Geo. Brown has heen ill.
Clare needs an opera house.
"Decoration day will soon be hem,
Shadow socials are the latest fad.
There are 1874 postoffices in Michigan
Probate Judge Green was in. town l^gt
evening.
Services at the F. M, church Sunda^
evening.
Joe Patient started for Wisconsin this
morning.
Saniitel .ilartfrr, of Vassar, was in town
Monday. • ■_■■■'*
'"' John, Husted made a trip to Mid
Tuesday.. ':
W. H. 'Wilson, of Harrison, in town
yesterday.    :
An assessment roll may be called a paper of tax. y
Gov. Luc© has yetoedthe mortgage tax
repeal billl -,
Pigs in eloyefr pussies at Garland's
jewelry'store.
Mrs. Jewell Cleveland was down from
Farwell Monday.
Charles Bigley made a business, trip to
Mt. Pleasant yesterday.
Wm. Dwyer, of Lake Station was in
the Saginaws this week.
Conscience is a guide to wisdom, but
fool runs iiijiis own way. ,
Geo* iSawson -made a trip to Mason,
Ingham county, last week..
Mrs. Wm. Dwyer, of Crooked Lake*
was in the village yesterday.
James Boyd was down from Hatton
yesterday morning on business.
Miss Sarah Mcintosh, of Coleman, vli^
itecl Saturday and Sunday in Clare.
Harry Hubel has ordered a copy of the " The citizens of the village of Clare, ex-
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Democrat forwarded -to Mrs. Hannah
Balmer, "Ruby &* 0„ St. Clair county,
Mich.
TMe Harrison administration has put
the price of partidncs "so low that onr
tarmers^are at a Joss to know what to
raise.
Joseph ijbrthpn was home over Sunday, visiting with his parents in "Vernon.
He returned to Alma college Monday afternoon.
James Judge, of'Oolemen, who^vent to
Oklahoma, has retotnefl home. He contemplates going into business at the new
eldorado.
Mrs. W. H.Eldeii departed Tuesday for
pa^two or three v/e.bks' absence. She
will visit wifch relatives at Freeland and
East Saginaw.
Elder Cope has rented' one of Seth*
Hall's houses in Yerrmi City. and moved
his family therein* where he will reside
during the summeiv.-
The administration properly appreciates the power ofthe pressji''. Both Gladwin and Farwell editors have gathered
in postofilce plums.'
The drive of Brown & Leaton is now
passing through the Sit. Pleasant da^%
They get their floods from  ChippewaSr^intment of S. C. Kirkbride as post-
and Coldwater lakes, jj
W. H. & F. A. Wilson's mill near Ha^-
tend their sincere thanks to the Fire Departments of Mt. Pleasant and Farwell
for the promptness with which they responded to our call for aid at the recent
iireo F. J. Toxn>, Village Pres.
Edward Willis, ofMt. Pleasant, and
Miss Amanda Scram, of Coleman,"1, were
married Monday evening at the Methodist parsonage, in Clare, .Rev, C. W,
Smith officiating. The Democrat extends congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.
Willis.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Layery, of Marion,
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Louch,
in Clare, Saturday. They were on their
way home from Harrison, where Mrs.
Lavery had been visiting with friends
for a couple of weeks and had been taken
very ill.
Shepherd News: Edward Senate,.who
has been kept at the county farm for the
past two years, but who had formerly
been an inmate of the Soldier's home at
Grand Eapids, will again be sent to the
home. He was discharged«some time ago
for cause. °
The following item is going the round
of the state press: Considerable kicking
^imong  Eepublicans at Clare oyer ap-.
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Program to Tbe OTbsejrVeii. afe Glasjr-©,
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'   ©OBKE§BOKi>ENCE--S'ii,'StHational Bank of
He-vT York;  American Excbange Hational
-Banlr of Betroit, ahd Citizens National Bank
-of Saosuaaw. -     - ,
-  ziohey t-o Loan on imprc$ve&-$e&l estate at
ueasosiable rate of iatei'est.
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^AK and GItMN UPPEES,
KID, CALFSKIN, HAEHESS.
BELT, LACE, LEATHEB, Etc.
££T I always pay the Highest cash market
price for bides.
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WM. PABRISH, Proprietor.
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GOOD ' TyTZXrSTEJR&Z
4®*C5l3.ea-p est Place in Ticwn.^
ZSTDiseased or injured horses treated a€d
eared tor in the best possible manner for a
xeasonabie consideration. ^^
iC^Earmers, when yon come to town tafcei
your team to bis stable to be fed, just back?
of Lonch's blacksmith shop, south of the
railroad.
rison will commence the season's run
%bout June 1st.   The firm's pay roll will
be about $200 per day.
Arthur Potter and wife are down from
Marion. Mrs. Potter H <i«ite ill at the
home of her parent, Mr* and Mrs. A. W.
Mclntyre, on 1st street,      ' * -,
Decoration day. nest Thursday, will
fbe observed by appi*ufirlate ceremonies
ider  the  auspices f.g *W. S.Hancock
. Post, G. A. E., of Olarfi.    "
A light, blue embroMerecl shawl was
picked upon the sti't-it yesterday and
left at this office. Owner can''la$j& same
by paying-fbr this-notice.    ,..   lyy
The Ladies' Union will meet with Mrs.
W. H. Goodman, Friday afternoon May 31,*
and will serve a ten' fmt supper fro'in 5
to 7.   Ice cream will l^i'oryed.
_ The weather for the past week has
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Love is like a pond when it begins to
dry out, all the mud becomes visible.  §
Bobert Mussell's mother will leave -fpr
ray ton, Dakota, the -first of next week.
Attorney Browne, of Harrison,   was
among the visitors at Glare''Wednesday.
S. J, Jamison, of Loomis, attended Odd
Fellow's lodge it Clare Monday evening.
C. W.Perry was atMt.Pleasant. Mon- ,bmi estremely frlgl(7< r!res bave hQQn
day and Tuesday attending. circuit co^^pt kindled ip heatJrg ^^>ves, and over-
"Water Works*' ' Brown, of- FisrwelXj J coats and heavy wn_ir^^ . iv^been in aood
•*was bn«r&f 1H8 Tisxtora at CJars'tTcls&iy.. dein&nti.
7YViz-
master, a new comer, by old-timers who
haye borne the brunt of local battles for
lo! these many years, -y.
At 8 o'clock a. m.,W, S. HancockPosfe
and ex-soldiers will meet at Post hall
where the procession will - be formed^
headed by the IL P. Band, and proceed
to the Vernon cemetery, where decor.
ation services will be held, returning to
Clare at 12 m.
At one p.m. the procession will h&
formed in front of Post hall in thefolr-
lowing order:
Marshal and Assistant.
K P. Band.
Orator aad Chaplain,
"W.-S. Hancock Post and Veterans.
Tillage Officers and Council.
E. of P. Lodge.
Clare Eire Department.
I.O.G.T.
"Foresters.
Good Templars,
y Juvenile Templars.
•-■.'       Sehools.
Citizens in Carriages.
Citizens on Foot*    ,
The line of march will be as1 folk>w<s»
Down Main to First street, then north_pm'
Main to Fourth, then on -west Fourth to
Beech, then north to Fifth, then east to
Main, then north to seventh and then tc&
the tent, where the following order of ex*>'
ercises will be observed:   Music hy ti©
band, prayer by   Chaplain; singing bp*"
choir, G, A. B. memorial service, singing
bp choir, oration, miisic by band, benediction.
The  procession  will then form ancD
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As the balmy summer days  are now mareh fcf Cherry Grove cemetery, where
approaching, you wTill see  "setters'15 begin to llset" and the loafers begin to loaf.
There is nothing more disgusting to
a
Decoration service will b© held by W. S„
Hancock' Post, after which the line ©£
march will be again resumed-and ranks
broken in front of Post hall.
.  ' Pyth'mm M©t<B§*
• J. E. Goodman came up from Loomis
Tuesday evening to attend lodge meeting.
. W. S. Cooley, editor of the Press^ wm
made a fall-fledged Pythian J&iighfe'Tues-
day evening. .-
Clare Lodge, Sfo. 97, was one year olc8
the 10th of this month, and now" has a,
membership of 39.- -
•■ y-S-ft-^F*-Ohamberlin yisited with 8t&.
boys: Tuesday evening, Milh is°a charter
member -of Eyart Lodge. . *"•-."-'y; -;.,'.
The Pythian hall has b^eii hewiypalnt^ :
ed, papered and renovated, "with iiewrl
curtains at the windows,'zbahlng' th©
terior look very ■Juyllaas.
Ml'
Harrison will, hold a special election*
June 3rd to elect a trustee to nil vacancy*
Business is not so active nowadays- £.&
it might be, Messrs. Harrison aad Mor°
ton.  .
"Mrs. Lingle, of Midland, was in Clare
Tuesday visiting with her son, C E. Lingle.
County surveyor, W.W. Harper, .of
Harrison, was among the visitors at Glare
Tuesday. ""' ' v .
Editor Eay Canfield, of the" Harrison
Cleaver, made us a friendly call Monday
afternoon.
J4 The board of supervisors allowed ac-
k^nnts to the amount of $2,500 at its
recent session. >
I   Eoss Bros.' mill at Hatton, is sawing
^es for the Flint & Pere Marquette Eaih
road Company.
The legislature is laboring with a bill
Josh Billings once said:- Scandle-iz as
*w
ketching as the smallpox; and perhaps
.thare }'z irat one real preventive, and that]nnd ***** °m th]s vicinity.   Many Vernon farmers have suffered terribly by the
insect, and in numerous instances have
ploughed up  whole   fields.   Complaint
fss—tew be  vacksinated with deaf and
idhmbness.
Ed. Unicnme. of Clare, has just com
pleted forL.0. Sanborn two miles of: c<>mes tr0^neariy every part of the state,
logging railroad, near Howry's siding' on' The recenfc ^^ougM is thought to be the
the Gladwin branch of the Michigan Central Railroad.
Steal W^tut
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FOR SALEo
'HOUSES TO KEKT, FIRE AKD  LTPE INST^
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Over Elden's Bazaar Store,
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TA3HNG EFFECT DBG. IGtll. 1888.
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STATIONS.
P.M.
1:10
Lv Toleelo Ar
Ann Arbor,
11:25
Hamburg  Jbt.
10:49
Burand
9:55
Owosso
9:10
Owosso "Jnnot.
9:00
Ithaca
7:50
St. Lonis
7:33
Alma
7:27
Shepherd
7:04
Mt. Pleasant
6:48
GalMnsYJlle
6:33
CLAEE
6:1s
ITsrweli
6:C5
Lake George
5:42
Marion
5:00
Ar Cadillac Iw
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SAGINAW DIVISION.
P.M.
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7:40
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Durancl,
Flushing-
Montrose*
Taymonth.
East Sagiaaw.
All trains mri daily except Sundays.
A. 3. PAISLEY, Gen'l Pass,iAg't.
Will Tasker* Agent, n-
to give a bounty of 3 cents per head «©^
English sparrows. *' |
The King's Daughters will meet next
Wednesday afternoon at tie home" of
Mrs. J.D. Xewth.
Whitney & Remick's lumber camp
broke up Wednesday and the crew came
down from the woods.
?» Rev. W.""NVYounglove will be in Clare
^?nd conduct memorial services next !3un-
*■ "nay in the M. E, tent.
Sterns leads the liyery business. He
has-just added several new horses. His
prices are always lowest.
Rev. Witham and wife returned Tuesday evening after a couple of weeks" visit
at Hastings, Barry connfcy,
Mt. Pleasantites who went to Oklahoma came back with a good opinion ol
Michigan as a place to live,
Mrs. M. F. Chamberlain and Vernie
went to Evart yesterday for a visit of
five or six days with friends.
W. W. Weatherwax was in the village
Saturday on his way home from a trip to
the southern part of the state.
JT It is asserted there are more tramps
"Stealing rides on trains this spring than
there have been in a great many years.
In another week the Titcabawassee
Boom Company will have rafted all the
logs in the boom limits below Midland.
A-fall line of Kid Gloves  in all the
most desirable   shades  at Kirkbride's.
are.  Sole agent for the Mather Glove Cleaner.
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9:20
8:40
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4:17
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Among our callers last Barclay were
J.H. Qanfi^lcl and H.K Wiekbana, the
latter a promising young attorney at the
county seat and the former a prosperous
Jawjrer of Marion.
Bogus Canadian quarters dated 1872 are
being circulated. The coins are so well
made they can only be told from genuine
silver by the dull sickning thud with
which they strike.
Clare needs anew iniion school bundling and must .have one before many
years. Tlie sooner the better. Why not
take the matter in hand and commence
operations at once. **
The earnings of the Toledo* Ann Arbor
& Horth Michigan Railroad for the .first
two weeks of May were $86,600.86. an increase of $13,181.31 Over the corj'espond*
ing two weeks in 1888.
Postmaster Richardson, of . Harrison,
proposes to go out oi office with fiying
colors. He has donned the campaign
white hat and practically challenges the
administration to bounce him. •
Go to Stern's hotel ai#see him if you
want pasture. Be hasS© acres^ 2% miles
from Clare, besides 1-S acres within village limits. Price 2o• cents per week for
cows and three shiiliiigs for horses.
Captain G. C. Brandon, senior editor of.
the Mt. Pleasant ^Democrat, died last
week Tuesday after a lingering il!nes£t
The widow aud family of the deceased
have the sympathy of the brotherhood of
the press.  I
He that ■ptitteth in a carload of merchandise and letteth not his light shine
before the public».sel!eth not the same,
but soon loseth his grip and landeth in
a state of innocous desuetude^ Moral:
Advertise.
Bell Comp is pitting in a bath tub and
fitting up a neat little room in the rear.of
his barter shop, and asks the public patronage. If it proves a success financially
and warrants', the outlay he will mske
additional improvements.
IU i-.^J-iui
lady than to go into a store to do shopping and have a gang of loafers sitting
around blockading the entrance.
Quite a little excitement was occasioned Tuesday forenoon by a span o%
youn<| colts, hitched to a Wagon, becom-
ing fjJMitened and starting to run away
dow^ j|ain street. The farmer succeeded iilyCatchingheld" of one of the lines
and stopping them after a lively tussle.
"No damage.
The Evart Review says: A delegation
of gentlemen, of Clare, were at Evart
Thursday for the purpose of hiring our
baud aad'engaging our base ball club for
the 4th offJuly celebration. As the Clare-
ites celebrated at Evart last year,it would
be nothing but the fair thing for. us to.
v!^**. that sprieMv town tbi** vear. _^        y.._.-,--^_
An agricultural nuisance "known as th^Wtea the 21st anniversary of'Ms Mflte
wire worm is doing great damage to oats [-betaking the first .rank in Pythlaalsss
Tuesday evening. *"
Clare Lodge, H". of P.,have accepted, nm
invitation to join the "processlotji- andl'
march wite W. S. Hancock .^ost, &.. A. R*
on Decoration Day, A fell turn -out is
requested.
The heads of the bass and snare dram®
belonging to the K. of P. band have beeja
neatly lettered and, the escutcheon of th©
order painted-thereon, the work of Hol«*
brook, the painter.
Clare Lodge is in" a flourishing condition.   Much interest ss manifest by its>
embers. Plenty of work on hand. Two?
.and three candidates are put through eaehs
week.
Many members o£ Olare "Lodge are anx=>
ions to take the Uniform Rank,and there
is a probability that a Division trill he-
established here before the year is ovet„
That's right boys; keep -the ball rolling,.
Mt. Pleasant lodge, assisted bv .members from East Saginaw lodge, will work
the Amplified Third iri. the course of two"
or three weeks, and have extended'ah In-'"
vitation to the members of Clare Xodge?
who will probably turn out in full force.
tr— - ^^--p" -..^
JaeftS
cause*.
CMre people are stirred up oyer their
anticipated Fourth of, July celebration.
Th^&re wisely beginning early and will
not find it any too sc>on. It gives promise of being the most successful celebration ever held in these parts. A sum
money sufficiently large to warrant thisl
statement has already been snbseribe|ff
and the total is being swelled every day.
Everybody from the surrounding country
and towns are invited to celebrate with
us.   A big time is to be had.
Roy jLamb, a lad ef 7 or 8 summers, received a sting on-the ball of one of his
feet this morning from a honey-bee, resulting much differently from the ordinary stings and which came near proviiig
a serious happening.. His foot, limb and
body commenced to swell immediately
and he wras taken deathly sick, remaining
semi-unconscious for some time. The
stinger was removed and Dr. Lansing
summoned to attend, and the little fellow
gives evidence that he will soon be none
tne worse for his experience.
A fraud of the first water was ia town
Tuesday asking alms at the hands of our
good people. He exhibited a bad looking hand and arm and told a pitiful story
about being hurt in a boiler explosion at
Manistee, The fake is an old 'one and
readily works upon the sympathies of ihe
unsuspecting. The fact of the matter is
the fellow Is too lasy- to wo?k em& takes
to begging to sustain a livlihood. The
-arm is made to present a horrible condition, by the application of what is known
as a fly blister. He should have been
treated to a good, sound horse whipping,,
Friends of Clare and vicinity, allow me
to quote you the reduced price on all
kinds of fresh meats. Being able to buy
good Michigan oeef, pork, etc.. of farmers here* I ean sell you steaks of all kinds
at 10 cents; other cuts in proportion.
Giye me a call and we will treat; you
with respect and giye you all the best
bargains on earth.
Respectfully yours,
•C. .S. Chase.
City Market
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Being able to buy good beef, etc., oU
our home farmers, we can now furnisls
you all the first cut§ of steak at* 10 cents
per pound; all other cuts in proportion^
Give me a call and be conyince$ we still
live. .        Respectfully yonrs, .-
jr. L..WBLcfav
Bole proprietor of Central Market.
7© tSie-Tr&xpfeyere of the f.ownsMp
TheBoArd of Review for said township
will meet at the office of the supervisor
in Clare, on Monday and Tuesdav, May
27th and 2Sth|nst. to review assessment
roll ol said Township for the year 1889*,
Now is the time to make your complaints and not wait until the Roll Is in.
the hands of the Town Treasurer, whete
your chances for a correction has passed.,
J. O. Bqckajpeelow, Supervisor.
Grant, May'21, 188ft,-
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An exchange says:. The devastation off
Michigan forests, .unless sp-eedill'y* step**
ed, or other.trees planted, will eventually;
cause, almost continual droughts through^'
out the state. The remedy lies in .plaafc-
ing trees, and the sooner4$is done the
better. For the past, three years, the-
rainfall has been exceedingly tight-—th©
half what it should have been.