1885-06-05; Clare County Press

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VOL. YIII.
GLARE, MICHIGA% JUNE 5, 1885.
NO. 5.
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ItlENDS:
KVHS   <OF  NEWS.
I WANT
To Read This "Ad"
\
BOTTOM
TO TOP
I can ,ex
FROM TOP TO
FROM BOTTOM
And you will see that
plain why
I SELL BO CHEAP.
$5r*The truth of the matter is
that I sell large quantities of
goods. If you sell $100 per day
at a profit of lo per cent, you
make $10. If you sell only $id!
a day, you must have a larger per
cent profit, and if you gain 50 per
cent ofthe $i'o you have only $5.
Dr. Davis paid his first visit to Harrison yesterday.
School closed for tho summer vacation Tuesday afternoon.
Waldo's road scraper is doing a
good job on saw-dust avenue.
Frank Boorn cut his finger with
an ax quite severely yesterday.
Ice cream only 2,1c per quart at L.
T. Old's.   Orders promptly filled.
Yesterday was pension day and
notaries were busy filling out blanks
Don't forget the ilase Bal! boy's
dance at the Town Hall next Friday
night.
City Treasurer (,'lark Shipman of
Battle Creek, was in Clare the other
day and made The Bukss a pleasant
call.
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READ  BELOW.
Clare, May 28x'8
Ladies  and  Gentlemen of CI
and vicinity:
I have on hand a beautiful line
of Clothing, Boots, and Shoes,
Dry Goods, Furnishing # Goods,
Hats and Caps, etc, etc. In
Clothing we surpass any previous
effort to show all the newest
styles and paterns you can buy
any kind of a suit you want from
$Q to &2Q. - JSTo trouble to shaW
goods. A large line of extra sizes
and we will fit you as good as any
tailor or no pay.
The finest stocl
The United States court cases commenced against several citizens of
Vernon are for trespas.-,, not larceny,
as was at first reported.
J.J), Newth and wife returned
home Monday evening. They spent
a couple of weeks in visiting among
friends in Baton county.
Drtnean lioe and Mi.ss Eliza Foots
were, married at the residence of
William Boss Monday morning.
Bev. A. J. VanCamp performed the
ceremony.
The "Second nine" announce a ten
cent dance afc the Town Hall next
week Friday night, proceeds to be
used in purchasing suits. Ice cream
will be served. All pro cordially invited.
Mt. Pleasant Time's: Tlie CiiAEE
Pbess has entered on its Sth year,,
and Bro. Aiward is giving the citi-
U0i!s of Glare -cqunty-a wide-nwak^,!
breezy newspaper, which they should
patronize liberally.
Mr. N. Hoot has engaged a part- of
the Clare Cornet Band and will hereafter have music at his rink on Wed-
of Boots and \ m.s,iny aM\ Saturday nights, begin-
Mr. Boot
after the
Shoes in the village.    40 different! ning next Saturday night.
, .   ,     r        .1 iir    '! will also give a free dance
kinds of mens shoes,  and  ladies     ,,,,.,       ...
! skate Saturday night.
and children's shoes in endless va- I     r
\   1    Jas.   Lawrence'}* garden
riety.
on   the
Michigan  to  select j ^ ^^ ,u>e fl f()ofc Wgh  and  ^
patterns, J dishes and other vegetables are large
enough to eat. Mr. Lawrence is a
thorough gardener.
in northern
frcm. 400 different
prints, new plaids in worsteds,
ginghams, etc. Hose at any
price to suit you. Shirts, drawers,
underwear of all kinds. Look
at our 5c cotton before paying 8c
lor it. Our Gents' neckties arc
all new and at prices which defy
competition. Our Silk Hanker-
chiefs and our hem-stitched handkerchiefs arc all new. Our men's
and ladies' and children's hats are
fine.   Call and see our stock.  We
WILL FIX
PRICES   TO
SUIT YOU
Jggf^isB  suits of clothes  have
left our house in thc last 60 days.
REMEMBER
We have the latest styles in all
goods, as we are buying every
week and make it our motto to
sell quick, with small profits, no
rent small expenses, large sales,
MAKE
BUSINESS
LIVELY.
Your friend as ever,
N.BICKNELL.
\J South Hide is attracting much ntten-
' t
last Sunday, his cabbages and toma-
The finest stock of Dry  Goods* t^"-   He had cucumbers in  blossom
THIS   AlWUPJUJiT.
TheSuperinteiKlcȴ4Jf; the Poor
were in town Tuesday. v£
Attend the drtn<$ "^the Town
Hall a week from to-ntyfef.
Mrs.' Dr. Taylor W.*ii'Clara Wednesday on profcssioivari^iness,
E. D. Wheaton w*nt'. down • to
Loomis Wednesday to try a-law suit.
John Faucher of" Floffence, Ont.,. is
visiting his daughtor,'vMrs. E. L.
Squire. '-fn.
The Glares went l»Vf»rwell last
Friday and won an ei\*jfcCvictory" at
base ball. . _   ,i*;;
II. II. Graves of M^jfiji&isanfc and
Geo. B. Howe of Far.i|$!, were in
town Saturday on biwiwafc.
C. W. Perry has bceii^fij Harrison
this week 011 le.^al busi'ftwfti connest-*
ed with tbe Simon Fiali failure.
A letter from Supt. Bniwneof Harrison, fully explaining tli&reason foi
Nellie Fester's trouble ia -Cleveland,
will be published next \v«fck. It re-
fleets much discredit on the girl's relatives who had her sent*\vay.
This is the season of theyear when
the small boy rushes into the house,
his hair all wet and disheveled, and
tells his mother that he ran so fast it
made him sweat awful. '".Then portions of his anatomy hold un interview with the palm of her fraud.
Congressman Fisher wjte, looking
over some postoffice petitions from
Clare the other day wheii hfcfoundgev-
eral nanus on two diilferctt papers.
"D- — a man that wiM flgn more
than one-request of this
he in anger. "AU -such„
not be-taken into coushlt
lir»rH+*t*Jt         ^    '^
ter." Ho was imit'h'surpfiscd at his
discovery, for some of these names
were of men in whose opinions he
had before had considerable confidence. Their wishes now, however,
will count for nothing.
MORIS I.OCAI,.
Fred B. Osborn left this morning
for Saginaw, on business.
OwonShadboult was in Detroit on
business the first ofthe week.
J. B. Husted's restaurant starts off
with a, good patronage and is. well
conducted.
Mrs. Wm. H. Elden and daughters
Edna and Ethel, went to Saginaw
yesterday for a week's visit with relative.-; and friends.
Services wi.l not be held Sunday in
the Congregatitional church,    llev.   PROBABILITY
A. J. VanCamp will  preach Sunday
morning in the M. E. church.
Mrs. II. Trevidick has goim to
Grass Lake, Jackson county, for a
fortnights visit with her parents.
Sir. T. accompanied ber as far as
Saginaw.
Bevival meetings conducted by
Bev. J. C. Higgins have been in progress afc the M. E. church overy ev-
A Trip to See.
THE COUNCIL INVESTIGATE
SUBJECT OF PROTECT.
ION FROM FIRE.
And   are   Favorably   Impressed
WUli tlie System iu use at
Cliase and  Evart.
THAT  A  PROPOSITION   TO   EOjSJ)  THE   VILLAGE WILL BE .SUBMITTED SOON.
The Common Council resolved itself into a committee 01 the whole
Wednesday for ihe purpose of visiting Cliase, Evarfc and \l -ed. City, examine into the water* works of those
villages, and reporting upon  the ad*
en ing since Tuesday.   Bibel readings
are held   afternoons.     Mr.   II.   will j visibility of putting in  water- works
conduct the service Sunday evening j i!1 Clare.
and each evening  this
are invited to attend.
week.    All
[hcl,-" said
musf
Bies
it ail
t«m.
The committee, consisting of President J. C. Boekafellow, Trustees D.
J. Fox, E. L. Squire, G. II. Brown,
j J. B. HustGd, and Will A. Goodman,
land Clerk A. J. Doherty, started on
their mission Thursday and returned
to-day. A Press reporter accompanied the party.
At Chase, the representatives of
this liveliest town along the line received every attention and were very
courteously treated during tbeir stay.
The gentlemanly President, II. J.
Matthews, and Water Commissioner
C.J. Diichant, gave thc committee
all tlie i"nforinsjtioii><ie,«ired i;ega:r<Ji
mit^ae^^mmy^t ^poratfon *j,7«b    That sum
Tnft Pukss has not attempted, nor
does it now do so. to assail Judge
Hart's integrity, bis close application
to official duty or his upright and
honorable character as a gentleman,
a lawyer, and a Judge. He is above
any such attack. Criticism, however, never injured true, merit, and
Judge Hart is too sensible a man to
resent the expression of honest opinion even wheiT.tjia'f opinion may not
accord with liis own. Iu the trial of
important civil'cases, in- Which ques-
» Ved^iring,-rif>UUyJna,d
Hart has proved equal to the respon
sibility resting upon him, and ihe
motives of his decisions, so far as we
are informed, h.ive never been questioned or questionable.   It is in the
! treatment of criminal cases that bis
The Lans'-ng Republican prints the j acts have sometimes been unsatisfac-
following, which will apply to Clare j tory, but no one will cast air imputa-
as well as to Lansing: "The need j tion upon his purity, or doubt for-a
for a spring cleaning is not confined   moment that in all that   he  did   he
to tho street, by any means. The
yard of every citizen should receive
the same  thorough  attention.     In-
was actuated by the best motives and i
did only what seemed  to  him   in
strict accordance with law and jus-j
David, the o-yoar-old son of W. G
Garrison who lives just east of town
met with a serious accident Tuesday.
His older brother struck his ax into
a log, when the little fellows hand
happened to be in the way, and the
fore finger was cut clean off. The
second finger was nearly severed, but
Dr. Carpenter, -who dressed the
wound thinks that that member
may be saved.
Blinded by jealous rage because
This Press has continued to prosper
while his own paper's business and
influence in Clare county dwindled
away to nothingness and died, the
vindictive editor of the Midland Sun
continues his indecent assaults upon
the editor of this paper. His latest
insinuations thafc The Piiess once
worked in the interests of the depraved scoundrel, Jim Carr, and that
it now shields "thc Clare county
treasury robbers," are on a par with
its former slanders and no one knows
better than Holden the utter untruth
of his indirect charges. Holden cannot conquer his hatred of Clare and
Clare people who had the intelligence
to "size up" his mighty intellect and
put n. correct estimate Upon his windy vaporings, and so he seeks to defame them in season and out of season. He dare not mention one name
of a "Clare county robber" whom
The Press defends; ho dare not enter into particulars in any charge he
sees fit to publish against those who
have been compelled by self respect
and regard for public interests, to
oppose him.
deed, i tis here that the greatest clan-! tice. Such is the estimation which
gerii.es. The man who would bub- j The Piiess places upon the charae-
ble over with righteous wrath if the! ter of Judgo Hart, and such we he-
streets were uncleaned until the hot j lieve to be the estimate of the people
rays of the summer sun bred a sick- j iu general. Newspapers whose jeal-
eniugodorof decay and disease'from lousy moves them to personal war-
the filth is frequently the one who j fare upon the editor of The Pbess,
allows a precisely similar condition i and whose editors would combat any
of affairs to exist on a smaller  scale I theory advanced in  these columns,
in his own back yard, There is too
much apatha in this direction, aud
in view ofthe possible and perhaps
probable appearance of cholera in this
country during the coming summer
every citizen should assume the duties of a self-constituted health officer,
and see thafc his own premises as
well as his neighbor's are thoroughly
ridded of the winter's refuse.
The postoffice contest in Glare
grows daily more complicated, there
being one more entry in the race this
week, while it is surmised that three
or four   others are  running  arou
covered the entire expense incurred
for pipe, laying the same, building
engine house, purchasing engine and
boiler, 2,200 feet of hose, hose cart,
and in fact everything necessary to
the completion of the works. Tho'
the afternoon was rainy, they got out
the hose and showed us what the system was worth in case of fire. They
throw only one stream, that a largo
and powerful one, and they some-
111 row three streams at once. The
village receives about-$"l!ll) a year for
j water rents.    Chase has about the-
l same population as Clare.
I The committee visited Heed City
last evening and Evarfc to-day. The
water works of both places are similar to those at Chase (hough much
more extensive, and they cost more
muiiey.
a lost of the committee returned to
Clare convinced of the practicability
of Clare's having water works.
COUNTY   CHRONICI.SS.
have sought to torture' an article
which recently appeared in The
Press, into an assault upon the honesty of Judge Hart; ancl one scurrilous sheet has insinuated that .views Jud Wheaton held probate court
of citizens heretofore published ^ere j in Hal,.ison Momku,
manufactured 111 this office ancl \iad
no  foundation in fact.   Anyone w"Hp
doubts tbe paternity of those   opin
ions, need only interview the leading
citizens of Clare county to beconvinc-
Geo.   J.   Cummins,  lawyer,   wh6
moved from Farwell 111 larrison, ha^
entered into a partnership with Wm
H. Browne,
ed.   With their opinions The Press 1/ The little son of Nelson Carrow of
has  nothing   to  do.    It published fSheridan, who was kicked by a horse
them upon a question which was \>f ynst week,.isgetting betterfj
llisTnJud^W6m'^of''*serious as to
jalarm his parents who afc first feared
fatal results, but- his condition this
week inspires hope in his speedy ancl
complete recovery. Dr. Maynard of
Clare was called to attend him.   .
•ee them upon a question which was pt
ndf interest to the public, and beyonVl
he   discharging its duty as a chronicler
the ling inside the  fence,  with   the
intention of taking the  track   when j of passing events, the expression  of
the   contestants    reach   the   home j public sentiment and the administra-,'
stretch.   C. W. Sterns has a petition   tion of justice in all things public ant^
in circulation and has secured many ! private, it has no  interest.     Out  oft
signers. _ Some- of Mi
friends think that Mr. Sterns' candidacy is a move on Mr. McLennan's
part to divide the forces but with no
expectation of winning. Mr. Sterns
feels that his lifelong adherence to
democratic principles and his open
advocacy ofthe interests of his party,
afc all times, entitles him to recognition and. he will make as good a
showing as lie can. Meanwhile T. P.
Horning watches the fun and talks
confidently (whether jokingly or not,
one cannot tell) "of the certainty of
liis success, and he is not the only
one who is sure (in hid mind) of receiving the prize.
the fullness of his generonsity and
kindness Judge Hart has been less
severe afc times, than to  others   the
The Press erred last week in stating thafc Circuit Court would not con-
.       ,  ,,     ,      , vene before November.   Anadjourn-
particular case in hand and the Jaw  meufc wng {aken untn Ju]y ^ when
seemed to warrant, but he never did
anything and never will do anything
that hi? own judgment, unbiased, ancl
arrived afc without fear or favor, does
not sanction. We regret as much as
Judge Hart's most intimate friend
can regret the miscontruclion which
evil-disposed persons have given tbe
published criticism, and this explanation is offered to set afc rest any
opinions which, if prevalent, do
Judge Harfc and The Press great injustice.
it is thought the cases pending between Sheridan township and Erosfc
ancl Hayes township will be tried.
A Farwell lawyer sued an old lady
who lives several miies from Clarer
the summons requiring her to appear
btfore a Farwell Justice afc eight
o'clock last Monday morning. That
lawyer's conscience must be callous
if ifc doesn't worry him after taken
such an advantago of a poor olci
woman.
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