1889-05-31; Clare Democrat

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GLARE, MIOH., MAY 81, 1889.
THE BEST
ADVERTISING MEDIUM.
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o ATTORNEY,
Office in new Bank block, Clare,
IfOHN GlBERSON,
<& ATTOKKEY-AT-LAW.
All Business placed -with me will receive
prompt and careful attention. Clare.        sg
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A. BWKRITT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Houaes and 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,
Habbison.       • • Mich.
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H."" CARPENTER, M. D.,
o - PHYSICIAN, SWBGEON AH© ACCOXJCHEUB
Office and Store south of the railroad.
y» J. TODD, M. ».,
p o    PHYSICIAN, StFEGEOK' AND ACCOUCHEUK
Graduate of tlie University of Michigan-
All calls promptly attended to day or night
.Office over the Clare County Bank.
CORNING- SHAW,     """
»■ ' PHYSICIAN.
.■'•"•:; Specialty, G-enito-Urinary Diseases, Caik-
«saj Ingtille, Mich.
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fiOBOBIiIrAKEOUSr
W. BECKER,
fperaeii PoiotSo
Marion wants a bank.
Bee new advertisements.
Mrs. Evart is home from Evart.
Summer weather must soon come.
Humility discovers the foot-prints of
Christ.
Miss Mary Matteson visited at St. Louis
Saturday.
Wm, Mcintosh, of Coleman, visited In
Clare Sunday.
We are short of help and necessarily
late this week.
Fred Hickey and O. Beeraer were at
Meredith Tuesday.
The Free Methodist of Dorr are
building a neat edifice. 6
Editor Howe, of the Marion Herald,
made Clare a visit Monday.
Chester Chase and wife, of Mt: Pleasant, visited in Clare oyer Sunday.
County Treasurer Goodman was at the.
county seat Monday and Tuesday.
^j^^lcBain is the name of a new town just?
DRAYMAN.
,t All orders promptly attended. Persons wanting pine spalts or good hardwood delivered
promptly should leave their orders with me.
[. HOLBROOK,
.o „-■ PAINTER,
House, Sign and Carriage painting done in
tbe neatest style. Paper Hanging and Kal-
somininga Specialty.   All orders premptly
-attended to.
/started up ten miles from Marion.
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E.  ANDERSON,
fly TONSORIAI/   ARTIST.
Ss the best manipulator of the razor and
shears in the Village. Everything kept n eat
and clean. Workmanship the best. Shoj
situated. opposite of tbe Exchange Hote.
Clare. 36-tf
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C.   EOCKAF3SLLOW,
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JStnaof Hartford, Conn.; American Fh$e
of Phila. ;■" Piremans Pund, of San PranCisco;
Niagria Pire, N. -Y. Office one door south of
postoffice, (un stairs) Clare. 24tf.
eTEPHEN SHELDON, Carpenter and
Builder j Clare. All work guaranteedfirst-
class aaxd prices reasonable. It will pay you
to call on me. 4-tf
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SJ. JAMISON.
o NOTARY PUBLIC.
Conveyancing and collections. Loomis,
Mich. ... , 24tf.
fl:"W.PBBKl'. ' WM. WOLSKY.
c. h. Sutherland,, cashier.
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George Malette, of the Bennett House,
Mt. Pleasant, spent Sunday in Clare.
Miss Clara Wheaton, of Mt. Pleasant,
visited in Clare .yesterday and Wednesday.
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Agood printer of steady habits can se^lot of parade caps, shirts* pants, etc., and
cure a position Addressing the DEMOjf^jj^ they formed into line-yesterday
with the G. A. R. boys, th.-y presented a-
fine appearance.
Abyron Beebe■ received a ciieck a «£ew
days ago for $1,777.75, bearing the. signa-
recovering
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jjanit 01
iy--./   Lo_'lc;   yiaerican Exchange Hational
■Bask of-Detroit, "and Citizens. National Bank
ox Saginaw. _
Money to ijOan on improved real estate at
reasonable rate of interest. 49
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BOSBMAHN,
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-All!
-Manufacturer of-
* WAX and ©BAIN UPPERS,
EH), CALFSKIN, HARNESS.
BELT, LACE, LEATHEB,_][frc,
g^31 always pay the Highest cash market
price lor hides'.
CEAT.
Mrs. H. M. Ko^s and children, of Far-
well, were guests of Mrs. A. Beebe over
Sunday. s
A little  daughter  of Curtis ~
t&as been .very ill, but is now
rapidly. •    "
An envioos heart beats against thistles
to shake oft the flowers which are beyond"
its reach.
Merritt Phillips, of Mt Pleasant,.Is-;
the guest of bis aunt, Mrs. Wm. Chard
this week. * ;
Michael Seibert is a new subs&riberto
Clare-, county's leading newspaper—thfe
Democrat.    "' •    ',
Jacob Mason and Thos.. Dwyer were
in East Saginaw and Bay City Monday
and Tuesday. .  -
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with Mrs. George A. Graves at* St. Louis
over Snuday.
T. "NT. Turk and F. E. Starker, of Pontiac, were guests of E. "B. Mosem'an Monday and Tuesday.
It is more blessed to give than to take,
and I think this is the reason so many
want to give advice-.
On tbe middle branch of tbe Tobacco
about one half  of tbe drive, containing
Palmer^-
. /future of Uncle Sam, remunerating him for
Mrs.
of Mt. Pleasant, visited witb
Mm, lei ii
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WM. PABRISH, Proprietor.
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/(■ 24,000,000 feet, is out.
H, Hunter and daughter, Clara,
Mrs. James
Warren o^e? Sunday.-
The audacity of a. man carries him
high, still :t Is nothing but gas that carries a baloon to tbe clouds,,
Wm. Munns and John Dwyer returned
froigL Wisconsin Saturday after an a1r>
sence of a couple of months.
Attorney  Cummins,   pf
"Will Samuels, tbe masaott of tbe Mid»
land ball club, was in 02a r« Wednesday,
He says that Midland is am ions to play
with Cladillac at Clare on My 4th.
C. B. Hubbell Post, lffe.3W, ls%ver two
years old and in a prosperous condition.
Death has not entered into this post since
its organization.—Uoleman Advocate.
Mr. ahd Mrs. A, Beebe jnoyed las^
week, and now occupy thfiir home in
Vernon City. It has -bee| newly painted, papered and decoratedjthroughout.
The Democrat otfiee Will do you a
better job of printing, of any description,
and at a lower price than any office in the
county.   Our new-job tyi>^ is handsome.
Mr, Curtis Palmer, one of tbe prosper*
ous farmers of Sheridan township, called
on us Tuesday and renewed his subscription to the Democrat for the curr^it
year.
A handsome'"monnweiJt arrived
the shop of Barney & Kinney, of Flint,
and Qast Saturday was created over the
grave of Mr. Eoss, who died at Hatton
last winter.
•The fence in front of M..F. Chamberlain's residence was blown clown by tbe
■'heavy wind on Tuesdayi He will now
grade the lot and make iinmerous improvements.
Hose Co. Ko. 1 have jusa received, a fine
Vi
./^was covered with'
xrora  weather bas been very peculiar for
a w:Qu'nd received in the hip during
war of the rebellion. • ,
the
John Husted moveu-  li*« saloon this
into a building thejt }vi? been newly
lathed and plastered mil o.^oi
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Ingi him very tidy .quart*/?
, % Tbeo. Boge has just purclmecl for biin
self ^handsome &11veiy3['bir«:d Ornet-,- and
-"we must confess that h«- ia yrqduc-ing
Ktucbjiiibre agreeable so auVs than he was.
a couple Or three wes;
Jesse '"Bigley Is hoi
.WAV*, where -*\z \,:, ^^^ewyv-t?
ness college 'dtirfng iiS3)if£tilei'- He will
assist Ms brother at thei real estate and
insurance bureau this summer.       *
Married, at,.the. home of ihk bride's
parents in Ciar% Ma^.28, "by 'Bey. C; W.
Smith, G-eorge H^ Veile, of Pinconnlng,
Mich., to Sadie A, Green way. ' They will
ipake their future borne in Pinconning.
An exchange wbiclr offered a pri^e' to
anyone wbo could make two words signifying "not enough" .out of the single
and his remains sent home,  arriving at
Farwell Tuesday, where they were interred.   The   funeral   sermon' will  be!
preached at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon
in tbe Kidd school bouse.
A large number ot people from Mt.
Pleasant drove over to Clare last Sunday
to attend meeting at * the M. E. tent.
Among tbe guests registered at the Alger
House were; Chas.-Carnaban, MissPrin-
cie Peak, B. A. Barber, Miss Hannah
Shorts, James Brown, Dollie Wagonner,
Arwin Gorbam and lady, C. W. Twicbell
and lady, George W, Wright and wife,
John Parker and wife, ! Charles H. Lee
and wife.   *   . *,
Yesterday, Thursday, May 30th was a
most disagreeable day. About 12 o'clock
a snow storm, accompanied by rain, set
in and lasted nearly tbe entire afternoon
%nd fot a time everything out of doors
a coat of snow.   The
the
past week, but the program of yesterday
is something unusual for this part of tbe
country, considering the time of the year.
There has been heavy frosts in tbis section for nearly every night dnring the
past week. Last Friday and Tuesday
mornings the ground was frozen slightly
and ice was formed on pools of water. A
great deal.of damage is reported to spring
crops. Wheat and oats are injured
slightly. Potatoes and corn will pull
tbrougb without much damage. Vegeta*
bles, strawberries and the tender buds on
fruit trees will suffer mostly, though tbe
damage will,not be as bad as naturally
supposed, -.
There is,some excitement in Coleman
over tbe baptism at the river last Monday
night. Mr. Van Yalkenburg, a well
known'T^ldent, who has been a cripple
A FATAL "AGC10EIST.
lo D. Smith, one of Glare's CJItiseiag,,
Killed by a Falling Tree.
Peek two doors -sotitli ol' tha old place, ior the pst three years witb the-rheuma
tism, bavingbecome a convert to tbebe-
i)ay Saints, claims to
jh
ated, ma^ JfBf of the Latter
y^'^ave b*^-.cured of bis disease when bap
tised by Elder Cornish Monday evening,
coming up out of tbe water a perfectly
well man. He threw away bis cane and
walked borne apparently-as well and active'as any of tbem-, and has experienced ;
no'pain since, nor been obliged to use his
I e'ano. Also a lady, who* is said to have:
■"borate ?&valid for sosset-iiaft ptjt, elpir:v.:=.
to have been made entirely well.
Six years ago tbe 14tb day of tbe coming month of July, Gbrist. Ehebardfc lost
a leg and was otherwise badly injured by
being tbrown under the wheels of a-car.
GOOD  DD^Xir^^i
, ^@=Glt©a.p©§t 3?lace im Wowm.,jg§r
■^•Diseasedor injured horses treated and L •pvnaonntin„
cared for in the best possible manner iofy^J/   irrosecnung
^reasonable consideration. iraarrison. was in Clare over Sunday, on
il^Earmers, when you come to town taker I • ■"
-  your team to his stable to be fed, just bac/i: Ms way home from Lansing.
of Louch's blacksmith shop, south of tSe      __ __^ ■ ««„...
railroad.- - Herbert Wheaton aud George Whitney,
■ of Mt. Pleasant, were guests of Charley
Bigley in Clare over Sunday.
John Pbinnesy returned to Clare" W$h
—and—
■ word "enougbn says that several "of its
lady readers sent in the words "one hug."
9 The'Coleman Advocate published about
40 inches of interesting borne news last
week, and then bad tbe "gaU,?f to say that
local news were scarce. There are not
many home happenings 'that escape tbe
watchfulness of Editor Menerey,
Saley Feighner was in the Saginaws
Tuesday and was' 'overheard ifelling an
acquaintance tbe next morning, in speaking about the weather, that be saw teams
driving across the river on the ice. This
is Only Saley's word for it, however.
Mr. and Mrs. Martln.Hirzel, of*Eagle
Biver, Wis., arrived in Clare Wednesday
%n a visit, and are the guests of Mr. Hir»
Tuesday morning as Albert Smith
and I, D. Smith, bis. uncle, -were at
tvork about tfiree miles north -and
west of town, they had occasion' to
chop down a large tree which lodged
in the top of another. Albert being
more used to such work-at once proceeded to fail the one lodged, while
his uncle was at work Jailing another
near by-. In the tops of this on£ be»
Ing a part of one that had/ lodged
gome time before, and instead of Jailing where he intended, It went in
another direction. Albert seeing it
and also seeing his unele was in-danger, spoke to him to run but for some
reason could not be made to understand what was his danger. As the
tree ne^red the ground he kept urging him to get out of tbe way, but it
is believed he did not see the tree
coming until too late. to save himself. The falling tree striking him
on the head with such force as to
crack his skull, the wound reaching
from near the right temple across the
top of the head near the base of the
skull upon the left side just back of
the ear. ' Had it not heen for a large
log the tree falling across be would
have been buried beneath it. He
was at first thought to be dead, the
blood pouring from his nose, mouth
and ears. He was lifted by his nephew but found too heavy to carry the
distance of nearly 40 rods to the nearest house, but was left while help
could be got, and when on-, returning
he was' found sitting: erect, holding
his crushed head with Ms hands and
asked how be got hurt.
Daniel Sutton, the nearest neigh
bor, lent a helping hand
fering man was carried to the
when he was placed in j
bioughtto his home,
scions most of the time,
Brs. Todd and Maynaitl ^Tere at
once suni moned and upon'^^amination found a depression of a" portioh .
of the scull and au operation was.
found necessary. A piece of the scull
was taken out and tho depressed party
raised from .the brain to its natural
position, but it was impossible to determine tho injuries donu tho hmin..-'
The- wemndod ratus. \v?a\ taade" as '■■
eymfdrtab!$ ay . TX^yi^ls bat hy un-
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and the sufr
wagon
being
road,
arid
uncon;
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An P, & P. M. local freight train, due at
Clare about 8 o'clock in the morning, was
in thV yard doing something. There
were seyeral cars in tbe vicinity of the
lumber yqrds onto which Ehrbardt and
other workmen were loading lumber.
The freight train backed up into the cars.
Tbe attending brakeman requested Ebr-
hardt to set a brake, which be was attempting to do; when be was thrown under the cars, resulting as above mentioned.
Ebrhardt now brings  suit  against the
eonKCir.
^eath
'until
oeacn ended 1.*^ ,.-««wfc..-ft
Mr^Smqth was-an  industrious, -so-'
»>er man-,. «^ iuuu  j.*«:ij.fc;
'respected by ap'
fond parent and I
husband, And was
that knewli.lm, ■'"
He movell from Battle Grepk about
a year ago aud had recently purchased
a lot -and-nssfes preparing to erect a
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dwelling anfl beeome" one
permanent ciiizens
He leaves w wife and two children
who have the sympathy ofthe entire
community,
The funeral takes place today at
two o'clock, conducted by Rev. O.
W. Smith.
The remains .will be interred lo
Cherry Grove cemetery^.
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company in the sum of $20,000.
Perry is bis -astorney.
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Sheridan' Ifews. District HO. 3
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FORSALEo
HOUSES TO RENT, FEES AND  LIFE INSUR°
ANCE, CONVEYANCING, ETC.
Over Elden's Bazaar Store.
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Will Tasker, Agent, Glare.
[arrison have added one hundred and
forty new books to their library.
This locality was blessed by a copiois i
rain storm, lasting nearly all day  Mon°
day and doing a vast amount of good.
Daniel Dwyer and wife, of Bayfield,
Wis., passed through Clare Wednesday
morning on their way to Mt. Pleasant.
"The afflictions that comes to ourselves
we regard as misfortunes; thdse that
come to our neighbors, as judgements."
A full line Of Kid Gloyes in all the
most desirable shades at Kirkbride's
Sole agent for the Mather G-love CleBner.
The Ladie's Union will meet with Mrs.
JL. T. Olds next Friday afternoon. A
foreign missionary .program will be presented.
Elmer Deuel, late of Midland, who was
last week engaged by Wells, Stone & Co.
to take charge of their store at Meredith,
was in the village Tuesday.
Clare people intend to have a grand
Fourth of July celebration. The Evart
band and base ball boys are expected to
be there.—Saginaw Courier.
Wm.|Dwyer, of Crooked Lake, is mov-.
ing to Lennon, a small town a few miles
from Saginaw, where he will engage in
the hotel and saloon business.
nesday. morning after an absence of m pel's sister, Mrs, Julius"Scbaffer.   "Mart"
'couple of months in Wisconsin. /    has numerous friends and acquaintances
The Congregational Sunday school at  here, having made Clare l|is home a few
years ago.
Wm. Chard,. assisted hy others -from
Clare, went to Coleman Wednesday and*
instituted a lodge of Loyal Orangemen j
with fifteen charter members, There is
talk of celebrating the anniversary of tbe
Battle of Boyne (July 12th) at Coleman
tnis year instead of at Clare.
The really proper way to serve strawberries nowadays is .with the stems on.
Part of a small saucer should have a little
mound of powdered sugar poured into it,
and on the other side the largest and
choicest berries obtainable should be
heaped up. Each berry is taken up by
the stem, dipped into tb$ sugkr,and eaten
from the fingers.
James S. Holden, of Farwell, returned
lasfFriday from a trip through northern
Arkansas, and is highly elated over ihe
country and his observations. He furnishes the Democrat this week with a
long article regarding that section of the
coubtry.   He   intended staying longer,
but was summoned home owing to the
sickness of Ms wife.
William Annett, aged about. 65 years,
of Vernon township, who,was sent from
the Isabella county houpe last fall in -a
demented condition to the asylum- at
Traverse City, died at the latter place
Mrs. Fales is still on the sick list.
Mr. Wm. Bunyara is able to be with us
again.'
Mrs. L. Palmer, of Hew York, is visiting her son, Curtis.
Miss Marie Wood, of Arthur, visited
the Misses Kunyan Monday.
Mrs. Wm. G-oodman, of Albion, is visiting her brother, J. Hartman.
Master Arm Allen, who had his foot
cut so badly, is able to walk again.
Will some one send an almanac to Arthur ?   The 30th is Decoration Day.
C. Palmer is doing a fine piece of framing on a barn for J. Hudson, of Dover.
C. M. Bates, our Highway Commissioner, is improving the roads, on sections 12
and 14.
Mrs. D. Carncross and daughter, Anna,
have returned after a two months' visit at
Grand Eapids. ' ^
Mrs. S. Thompson, who has been yisit.
ing her daughter, Mr& Penrose* and children, has returned to Canada.
While Mrs. W. !&ferril was going down
stairs she fell and was hurt quite badly.
Dr. Kelly is attendin g her.
Mathew Keebler has sold his farm on
section 7 and bought 40 acres on section
8, and is improving the same..
A number of our citizens surprised Mr.
P. Van Conant, of Dover, Wednesday
evening, it being his birthday.
The farmers here are all improving
their homes and it will not be long 'ere
the town will be as fine as any in Clare
county.
Lear.
d Klews.
Mt. Pleasant is to have a band.
Another attempt is to be made to fine!
oil al Eoscommon.
M.P. Garwin and family of Isabella
county left Friday for their new home
in Colorado.
The Bishop ahas appointed Key, Fr.
Hayden assistant to Fr. Crowley in the
Mt. Pleasant parish.
A.Midland man has planted 3% acres
of peppermint roots this" spring* He did
well in the business last season.
, »■ Charles Swift languishes in the Midland county jail on charge of adultery
with Mrs. George Gibbs,« The husband;
made the complaint.
Cassius D. McEwen who has been prosecuting attorney of Otsego county for-
six years, becomes city attorney at Gladwin, at a salary of $500 a year.   *
Aladywhq applied for a position as
teacher in the Ithaca school did not giye-
her age, but naively remarked: "I have
reached the age where unmarried ladies
haye no more birthdays.
S. O. Fisher has completed the purchase from J. T. Hurst, of Wyandotte, of
a tract of pine timber in town 18 fcaottb,
range 2 west, in Gladwiu county, estimated to cut 50,000,000 feet of logs. The
tract is tributary to the Tobacco river.
There were four bidders for lumbering
the tract, competition was very sharp,
the variation between the lowest and
highest bidders being but seven, cents
per thousand. Thomas Toohey of Bay
City, was the successful bidder, &nd was
given the contract for cutting tbe immense lot, the same to 'be all delivered
•within the Tittabawassee boom company's limits within two years, Mr, Toohey intends to begin work at once, and
will have his camps built and be cutting
logs within ten davs.
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