1885-06-26; Clare County Press

              $1.50 A YEAR.
Official Pappr. ojf^lar© County.
VOL. VIII.
GLARE, MTOIH
■pitlENDS:
NUJBS   OF  SEWS.
I WANT
YOU
To Read This "Ad"
Prosecuting Attorney Burritt was
in town Wednesday.
Come to Clare next week Saturday
and have a good time.
J. W. Dennis took in the circus at
East saginaw Wednesday.
Tho Scrubs succeeded in getting
scrubbed at Farwell on Monday.
C. S. Chase was among the Clare
visitors in East Saginaw yesterday.
George Dawson .is again in- Clare,
looking about lor a place to embark
in business.
Goodman & Co. have  done a   big
^.^^.rr,,     L    L,     , ^ ..       ■   i business lately making milk cans for
MTThe truth o* tho matter  is i the Vepiion .^^ <^
G. IMartel has done a good  job  orh-w
FROM
FROM
TOP TO
BOTTOM
BOTTOM
TO  TOP
And you will see that  I can   explain -wh}'
1 SELL SO CHEAP.
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that I sell large quantities of
goods. If you sell $100 per day
at a profit of io per cent, you
make $io. If you sell only $io
a daj', you must have a larger per
cent profit, and if you gain 50 per
cent ofthe $10 you have only $5,
READ  BELOW.
Clare, May 28, '85.
Ladies and Gentlemen of Clare
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
goods. A large-line of extra sizes
and we will fit you as good as any
tailor or no pay.
Thc finest stock of Boots and
Shoes in the village. 40 different
kinds of men's shoes, and ladies'
and children's shoes in endless variety.
Thc finest stock of Dry Goods
in ncfrthcrn Michigan to select
from. 400 different patterns,
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
ior it. Our Gents' neckties are
all new and at prices which defV
competition. Our Silk Hanker-
chiefs and our hem-stitched handkerchiefs are all new. Our men's
and ladies' and children's hats arc
fine.   Call and see our stock.  We
WILL FIX
PRICES   TO
SUIT YOU
jggoPiaS suits of clothes have
left our house in the last 60 days.
REMEM BER
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,
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MAKE
BUSINESS
LIVELY
Your friend as ever,   ,
N. BICKNELL.
plastering this weeit for Philip   Van
Koughnett of Dover.
M. I). Eaton talks of taking in the
editorial excursion to Petoskeyand
Traverse City July (itli.
Vote Monday.   Let the election bej
an expression of the  wishes  of all,
not a part ofthe citizens.
J. W. Calkins has been "under the
weather" for several days and he begins to talk of going back to Arizona.
Several Clare Masons went up to
Farwell Tuesday night there being
work to bo attended to in Corning
lodge. F. & A. if.
jO©"Ladies expecting to buy millinery of Mrs. Giberson before the 4th
must come quick as-goods are going
rapidly,
Clark- Sutherland'* countenance
has beamed with delight since Sunday night when his first, daughter
was" born. -     .
Miss Jennie Welch is meeting1 >vith
l>y lYotlf parents  and   pupils  in   the-
district where sho is employed.
The Board of Supervisors will meet
$1.50 A YEAR.
. JUNE .26* 1885.
NO. 8.
Register' Hn.$\
A.. A.v Shaved
business yefaterda
J. C. TlockafeHtf
iuag Wednesday.
There are.nearlj
half-breeds'in T&a
.The Fourth Will
and stay all day
A girl baby k>&1
family orDr rIW
all is well.
There will bo m
E. church  SAtu
noun or evening.
Wm,: Giberson
acres of ground iy
same in village I
Petoskey the,-
'gavean exhibit!
rink Monday nig]
A cow owned
killed by the-
switeh in Clare 1;
Floyd and  F
visiting in Colerc
Bessie Giberson Hi
fi@~Mrs. Gibe
in milliuery caui
her good's.   Lots
at cost. '.  •
R. McLennan,
station agent at it)
Si Harrison. on
as1 in East Sag-
Indians  and
rcounty,
>Over in Clare'
day.
advent in thp
his week -and
ting in the M,
".'either   afler-
ilearing off ten
Jli^ lay off tho
4 I*
ip'-boy skater,
'rollers at Root's
nu Parish  was
ir the   upper
onday:
Doherty are
and Belle ancl
'■Morris,
greafcreduction
fearful rush for
arc selling
spftuple of years
:e> has been
led  by a Mr.
relieved
Cooner.
• Alfred Louch
'and seriously ,il!
been confined
Some improve
is reported t<
Tbe in
al services were held the day follow
ing, Rev. W. N, Younglove officiated.   The bereaved parents have the
n. suddenly
day and has
'ever since.
9 condition
again next Monday to  finish   up the j sympathy of all in their affliction,
business which was  left  undone *M     Del Lindsay and Miss Ella Dennis
the time of adjournment last week.  > were-
There are two thousand more male
persons in Clare county than females.
The proportion of native to foreign
born in the population is as 7 to 8.
E. D. Wheaton has been in Gladwin this week, he being one ofthe
attorneys for the plaintiff in the libel
suit of Isaac Hanna against the Record.
AganiGofba.se ballon tho Clare
grounds Tuesday afternoon resulted
in an easy victory for the Clares over a picked nine. The boys are getting ready to do some fine playing on
the Fourth.
Master Giles Ross took a tumble of
about 15 feetjin his father's barn the
other day and was considerably bruised by the fall.   Fortunately no bones
eringfrom liis hurt
It ought to have been mentioned
last week but that with many other
items had to be omitted on account
ofthe publication of the Supervisors'
proceedings. A girl has been born
to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Smith and
mother and child are doing well.
We respectfully invite those of our
subscribers who happen to be in town
on the Fourth, and have a large sum
of money with them, to leave it with
us for safe keeping.   Of course if you
married on Sunday last by the
Rev. W. N. Younglove. A host of
friends unite with The Piiess in ox-
tending to the newly wedded pair
congratulations on the happy event.
Th'e revival meetings conducted
by Rev. J. C. Higgins the evangelist
will close Sunday night. Interest
has continued during this week, the
M. E. church being filled every night
and the afternoon bible readings
have been well attended.
The Pbess has arranged to give
positive information in its next issue
as lo whether Clare is to have water
works in the immediate future or not.
All that is needed now is to find out
how the people vote on the proposition next Monday.
John  Butler  died   last   Sunday
I9ABSW.A   ITEMS.
Fruit of all kinds except cherries
bids fair to be plenty.
E. W. Allen of near Loomis has
his line barn about completeed.
Wheat is heading out in this county and the prospect for a good crop is
excellent.
Crippin's steam saw mill in Deer-
field burned to tho ground recently.
No insurance.
flwT'No rest for Mrs. Giberson, Her
millinery business rushes her from
morning till night. '     ,
The rains of the past woek have
been exceedingly beneficial to vegetation of all kinds.
Isabella township hns purchased 4
Waldo road scrapers at an expense of
$130 each, or $720 in all.
Two Mt. Pleasant fellows quarreled
Over a worthless cur and one of the
results of the difficulty whs a broken
skull.
A correspondent writes from Isabella township: The corn crop in
this part is a failure. None came up
and some are planting beans on their
corn ground.
There are about 100 men working
on the new railroad near Salt River,
and work on the entire line between
there and Alma is being pushed-as
rapidly as possible.
Not that he needs watching, but
because in their intercourse with him
they have always found him affable
and kind, the town treasurers have
presented county treasurer Preston
with a watch—certainly a very tim
iy gift.
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of the missi ng girl. She was brought
to shore, the body being still warm
and limber. It was thought by some
that had the proper restoratives been
applied she might have been brought
to life; but through the fear of the
law ancl want of experienced hands
she was undoubtedly allowed to die.
Justice Wellman was notified who
summoned a jury composed of the
following gentlemen : Seth Stilson.
Mr. Braisington and son' Mr. Robi-
son, and the Freeman brothers, who
called Dr. Fordyee of Gilmore and
Dr. Evans of Farwell, who made an
•evternal examination but found no
marks or signs of violence. The jury
sought for evidence upon which to
base their decision, but nothing except illhealth and despondency at
times. Their verdict was thai she
came to his death by her own hands.
She leaves an aged father and mother-
four sisters and two brothers to mourn-,
her death. She was 21 years old, a
girl of excellent reputation, and was-
respected and loved by all who knew
her.
COUNTY   CHRONICLES.
A nice shower of rain this noon.
The Harrison band gives open air
conceits evenings.
The report of the death of
Showers is happily ill-founded
is getting better.
Milo
He
All the people of Clare, Isabella,
and Midland counties are invited to
to come Clare on the Fourth.
The Sunflower club of East Saginaw u*ill have their annual encampment at Crooked Lake this summer,.
J. 10. Austin intends to   build two-
-. ,  .    , x.   A   .   tiailts of tram road  in   Suixy  town-
were broken and ho is rapidly recov\ morning, after a week's illness.   He
__sjvas visiting his daughter Mrs. G. W.
Halstead, when taken sick. The
funeral was conducted on Monday
morning from the M. E. church Rev.
W. N. Younglove officiating,
Arthur Merrill, Wellington Merrill
and W. R. Keith Dover; C. E.
Keith, Onoville, N."Y; Wm. Watts,
Dansville, Mich; John Faneher,
Florence, Ont; R. Welch and J. Cunningham, Clare; are new names on
The Pbess subscription list.
The  Congregational   society   has
are behind on subscription you will purchased the house and lot owned
probably have §1.56 less than when by C. H. Sutherland next west of the
you deposited it.   See?
Milton R. Schilling died on Friday evening last, having been sick
three weeks of typhoid fever. Deceased was 25 years old, unmarried,
but he leaves a large circle of mourning relatives and friends. He waa
a son of Henry Schilling. A brother, Jourdon, and three sisters, Mrs.
J. R. Rogers, Mrs. Rhodes and Mrs.
C. Scoonover, reside in Clare. The
funeral sevices were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Congregational
church, Rey. Rev. A. J. Van Camp
officiating. The church was crowded, J they believed in its truth.
jj%church, Wm. McEwan of Bay City-
con tributing $110 toward the purchase price. The society appreciate
this munificent gift ancl are profoundly grateful to Mr. McEwan.
A story started in fun Wednesday
to the effect that the Common Council had reduced the wages of laborers
to $1 per day, was believed by many
ancl its circulation aroused considerable indignation among the people.
There is no truth whatever in the
report. Those who repeated it were
entirely innocent in the matter, as
county board of examiners of Isabella
are taking.an active part in the interest of "The Normal Course for
Teacher?," to be held in Mt. Pleasant
during August. The idea that any
person can teach school is becoming
obsolete. Channing says that "To
educate a child perfectly requires pro-
founder thought and greater wisdom
than to govern a state."
We ciip the following from IheMt.
Pleasant Tribune: Captain Allen of
Ypsilanti, Indian agent, visited Isabella county reservation last week
for the purpose of distributing pat~
enfs ank making proper allotments
to those entitled thereto. A stric\
compliance with the law characterizes'
Capt. Allen's actions, and in this respect the examination of applicants
was more stringent than ever before
held here. Several dusky maidens
had to call the services of a minister
into requisition and go through the
marriage ceremony with those they
loved "not wisely" etc., before allotments of land were granted them.—
Among this number was Miss Eliza
Nah-gah-se-gay who applied for an
allotment of land. As Miss Nah-gah-
se-gay had lived with Samuel Davis
as the apple of his eye, although having no legal right to use his name,
her application was refused, until she
ancl Davis were pronounced man and
wife by Elder Taft. Then the heart
of Eliza was made glad by a government allotment of land. There were
29 quarters allotted—4 in Isabella
township, 7 in Denver, 8 in Wise, 2
in Union, 2 in Deerfield ancl 6 in Not-
tawa. In addition to this 45 patents
were granted. N^
A Gilmore correspondent writing to
the N. W. Tribune has this to say of
manufacture of shingles  On a  more
extensive scale than heretofore.
The cold weather of Sunday gave
people in this section quile a scare
but the expected frost did not come.
At Traverse City snow fell and there
was a heavy frost which did great-
damage to growing crops.
Twelve votes were cast at the recent special election held in Farwell
and as J. L.Littlefield received every
vote cast he was not compelled to
draw cuts and his seat in the village
parliament will not be contested.
A county Sunday school union was
organized at Harrison last week with
,^Rev. Royal Cole President, H. H.
Bogue, R. B. Gay and Mr. Budd,
Vice Presidents, Mrs. A. H. Hudson
Secretary, N. W. Perkins Corresponding Secretary, and A. B. Toman
Treasurer.
The Gratiot county Journal must
have great faith in the purifying
properties of water. It says: "Meredith, Clare county, the home of the
notorious Jim Carr, has purchased a
hand engine, hose cart, and 1,000 feet
of hose. The thing to do now is to
turn the hose on Carr."
Dr. Queen of Harrison has invented a most shocking contrivance by
which he hopes to revolutionize the
art of butter manufacture. He proposes to conduct a current of electricity through the cream in a churn and
thus relieve small boys and tired
women from working the dasher.
Brilliant idea!
Nelson Carrow of Sheridan informs
The Pbess that in a very simple
way he has rid his farm of that very
tioublesome weed, the Canada thistle, and he wants his fellow farmers
the tragic death of Angie Hodgins: > to have the benefit of his experience
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The neighborhood in the vicinity of
Bob Bobbins' mill was thrown into
a terrible state of excitement on last
Tuesday morning caused by the disappearance of Miss Angelina Hodgins
'of Vernon, who was working for
John Ford in his lumber camp as assistant cook. In the morning she
was missed and her bed found undisturbed, and shortly afterwards Chas.
Allen noticed something floating on
the water just beyond. Upon examination it was found to be the body
in that particular. ' On a patch of
fully half an acre he had tried various plans to kill out the thistle but
without success until three years ago
when, just before they blossomed, he
covere.d the thistles with dry straw.
This worked well, and being repeated the two succeeding years every
thistle has been killed. Mr. Carrow
says that he will pay $5 for every
thistle that can now he found on the
patch. The experiment is certainly
worth trying.