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Wants to know what is the use of
being humbugged into paying 7^
c or calico when you can buy ^he
b^st of him tor 6c per yard.
Is'gelling the best Indies'  Dollar
shoe in Michigan.
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10th Store is full of goo>
and prices are 25 percent cheapi
tlmd any other concern in Clare
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Sotfilng^ Stock is- Immense.
'   lias 2t>od men's softs *
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ss Alii© A sh returned to Clare on
Friday night lasts
Mrs. John Webb visited several
days last week ia Wise township. ■
The Clare cornet band furnished
music for the picnicers  Wednesday.
Work progresses rapidly on William Feighner's Seventh street
dwelling house.
Arthur Boekafellow is in Atlas,
Genesee Co., taking a vacation from
postoffice duties.
There was a light frost on Friday
last but no material harm was done
to growing crops.
Dr. M. J. Lossing spent part of last
week at Harrison, attending to the
dental needs of the people.
Mrs. Thos. Pre&ley  and  daughter
Minnie Sundayed with  relatives  i\n .Bailey farm, at the%ir next month.
} the Lansingville settlement. \      Mre m Hawkil^,^ JmniQ  Cal.
The Exchange hotel is going up4laghail7 of yy^^j, is here on a
iclWm.H. Elden's store  building j visit to her mb£hc<ivMrs. J.   Calla-
rrianrs A3SJ*^ma.t.
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E. M. Musseli Juwjleen quite sick
part of this week.    ***
W. S. Ccoley's ik#house is io be
vaneered wifch brk&^ *
Best "men's whole «took kip boots
for $2.50 at Wolsky V*
Mrs. W.' A. Cooro«-t and sister visited in Harrison this tyeek.
A carriage load <*^* master masons
went to Farwell To* -day"night to attend lodge.'
The Clare second nine succeeded
in downing the Ghwi -.\ i,i base ballists
yesterday.
Robert Corner -f»as moved into
Mrs. Ironmonger4: „»»ew house -on
east Fifth street.
There will be u'i.^e exhibit of
stock, grain, apd vejHfa^es, from the
and
down, to the level of the new grade.
A. C. Gordanier has retired from
the South Side grocery firm, leaving
Eli Swayzee to conduct the business
alone.
W. S. Coolejr is erecting a dwelling
house on Fifth- street, between the
residences of Wm Boss aud Cv .\Y.
Perry.
The M. E. Sunday schools of Far-
well, Clare, Lansingville and Loomis
will picnic at Stevenson's lake, ■ next
week Friday.:..' ...   . .. . •'/.'*■ :" :'.■■•
Mrs. Wm. Wolsky returned home
from Chicago Monday, accompanied
by heir sister Mrs,, Frank, of, tliat city
and her'two boys. -   ' - ■ '
HEBE   MEKTION.
E. L. Pratt and wife spent Sunday
in Bay City.' -- f
. Mrs. Mill Chamberlin of Evart, w|is
here visiting this week. %
Mrs. George Piper is visiting he\.
mother Mrs. M. IX Davis. J*
Frank Bandall is home again after
a vacation spent in Chicago.
Fred Osborn   umpired    the   ball
game at (Gladwin yesterday.
Annual  school   meeting Sept.  7,
two weeks from next Monday.
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. Thirty lights of glass -have been
broken in the school buildings this
vacation. The bump of destruction
is fully deyeloped on some people!
J. W. Bodkin of Grant township
was taken suddenly and seriously ill
'in J. F. Tatman's store this afternoon^
At one time he was supposed to foe
dead.   Dr. Tooley soon revived him.
Well.making has been a study and
business ever since the time of Jacob. <
John Callaghan has gone to Canada j The oldest style of well is   the   large
ghan. .    • ,    "
?A Vemon cit>* 4<tahand brutally
whipped his wiiV tf.-f evening be-
causr she' had hau£ the temerity to
forbid the selling of liquor to   him,
'.* A Freeland   roug^   Darned Barn-
offsky and a farau'egnamed Badgley I
got into an altercatlfn near Freeland
last night and Badg
stabbed. *
J".L. Welch and f _
have bought   sevcrte:
hoping teVui
chickens,
ard of excellence p&>'<.?ltry
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toy was fatally
o. H. Whitside.
^airs of fine
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Is'"selling lots of Millinery Goods,
avhich surprises other
dealers.
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Is showing 65  styles  of  Ladies',
Misses' and  Children's
Shoes. ■
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Wishes to Reduce Stock as fast
as possible.     He wants
the room for the
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Wants Every Man in Clare county to see his choice  line
of boot & shoes.
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Is so situated that he can knock
the bottom out of other
dealers' prices.
the fair grounds next Tuesday are
requested to bring along tools. Don't
come empty handed.
D. E, Aiward was paddling about
in a queer shaped box at Stevenson's
•lake Wednesday, when the thing
capsized and gave him a wetting.
Remember the "bee" at the fair
grounds next Tuesday, It is expected that a great deal of work will be
done that day in stumping, grading,
etc.
Floral Hall on the C. & N. I. society's grounds, will be enlarged to
about twice its present size. Turn
out next Tuesday and help do the
work.
Miss Eva Husted was taken suddenly and seriously sick last Friday
and for two or three days her condition was critical. At last accounts
she was rapidly convalescing.
The P. & P.- M. railroad are getting ready to erect a new water tank
opposite the depot at this station.
The material is on the ground anil
work will commence very soon.       **
A party of Mt. Pleasant dudes and
dudesses were at Stevenson's Jake on
last Saturday. Judging from their
conduct, their bringing up was sadly
neglected, as they seemed to know
nothing about politeness.
Ii. Hale and wdfe, of Iowa Falls,
Iowa, who have been visiting their
daughter Mrs. Henry Stevens for a
month past, started for home Thursday. Their grandaughter Annabel
accompanied them home and will
main in Iowa during the winter.
H. W. Pierce was the lowest bidder
for the job of erecting the water
works engine house, and was awarded the contract. His figures were
$298.75, and it is agreed that the job
will be completed September 1st.
The engine house is to^be 32x32 feet,
16 feet high, with double gothic roof.
Wm. Van Conant of Arthur township is entitled to first premium so
far on potatoes that we have seen
this season. He brought us in a
basketful of the Beauty Hebron variety the other day and there seems
to be good foundation for his claim
that Clare or Isabella county cannot
produce potatoes to beat them.
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to attend the funeral of a brother.
There are several applicants for the
position of engineer ancl manager of
the water works.
s Miss Gertie Mnrdock is visiting in,
East Saginaw—will go toDetroit before returning home.
Jay R. Rogers has had considerable improvement made this summer
on his farm in Vernon.
A large party of ladies and gentlemen from Clare will go into- camp at
Crooked Lake next week.
Rev. Mr.- Younglove and John
Harris were in Grand Rapids this
week attending a church conference. )
Miss Jennie Welch's term of school
in district No. 4, Sheridan, closes today. Miss Welch has been a successful teacher.      •   .
Bro. Sanborn of the Cleaver, Jno.
Quinn and T.. W. Averill of Harrison
have sniffed the balmy breezes of
Clare this week.
Geo. Calkins, "Tip's" brother, has)7
©x>en a barber sho» in the rear of A.
in the rain, and reached%ome at five
o'clock this morning;
Emory Lewis .of Vernon charged
with the commission of a serious offense had his examination at Harrison before Justice Tinker last Thursday and was discharged.
The social at the Hering school
house in Vernoii o$ Wednesday
evening wis well attended and all
had a good time. The proceeds were
donated to Elder Hewitt.
The township board of Vernon
township and the common council of
Clare village, are ont on the county
line this "afternoon trying to* agree
upon an equitable division of that
road.
J. W. Dunlop went to Midland
Tuesday and bought 50,000 brick,
making 115,000 which he has purchased for his new block. Mr. Dunlop gets the brick delivered at the
depot in Clare for $5 per thousand.
Experienced brick makers have
examined the clay on H. W. Pierce's
farm just east of Clare and are positive in their opinion that it is suit-
able for the manufacture of A No. 1
brick. A trial kiln will be burnt
this fall.
A citizen of Clare who has quite a
little property, has been on a protracted drunk this week. His case
occasioned the remark from a gentleman in our hearing that he was following ptetty closely in the footsteps
of old Tom Render.
The Pb,ess has been favored with
samples of apples from the orchard
of E. W. Allen of Wise township.
He brought in some of three varieties
the Red Astrakan, the Tetofsky,
and the Euchess—all nice perfect apples, proving that one who knows
how to take care of an orchard can
raise good apples as well in this climate as farther south.
About 250 persons large and small
attended the Congregational [Sunday
school picnic at Stevenson's lake on
Wednesday. The weather was fine
and the day passed very pleasantly
to all. Accommodations for visitors
are very limitecl3 the boats being especially bad and prices proportionately high, but notwithstanding all this,
the picnicers appeared to enjoy them-
I selves very well.
J. Doherty's bnildlng, corner of,
Aiiu. £>iiUi gjti'etrjl>» „
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open bole walled up with stone brick
or wood, which allows all kinds  of
impure water to run in, as well as ail
kinds of insects and animals to crawl
or jump  in,  from the  grasshopper..
spider, and fish worm, to trie  mouse?
rat, snake or cat.     These difficulties '
together with the hard  and  dangerous task of .cleaning tVm out and
the uncertainty of tlieir furnishing
water at a dry time when most need° ,
ed, has caused the open   well -to  be-
almost abandoned   where a tubular>-
well can be secured.   The drive well;
was the first'improvement  to coiiie
along and take  its  place,   but  \VaB
short lived in most localities  on. ac°
count of the great difficulty,in^putlng-"
them down, the uncertainty  of 'getting water, and trouble  oi "repairing1
them as it requires many   toft?§  an3
men of experience.   Thf» water fmai '
them also is generaHy of an' 4affer!0iof
quality, as it .has to be taken firbxa-.
the first stratum, and thus Is  mixed t
with stirfae^ or drainage water,.   :    :*
I now come to; the front • 2&$.-~olJfeg.
to the public the Matey?s patent Improved. Tubular well.   S^ej.ctw  .
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Clare people who visited Gladwin
yesterday, are unaninous in voting
Gladwin folks a tip top set of fellows
in every particular.
A news letter was received from a
Dover correspondent this week, but
was mislaid ancl could not' be found.
Hence we lack Dover items.
Brown & Salisbury have laid the
wide sidewalk in front of their place
of busiifess and J. G. Husted has the
material on the ground to build   his.
Wm. Ross and Masters Giles and
Charlie, returned to Clare last night
having had a delightful visit of a
month's duration with relatives • in
Highland.
Mrs. Hay of Saginaw, came tp
Glare this week, thinking some of
buying the village water bonds. She
was the guest of her sister, Mrs. C.
W. Perry, while here.
Dr. Davis says that he used to
carry the diploma for being champion disturber in the Common Council
but that he is 'way back in the shade
now. Competition was too much
much for him and he gracefully retires.
Tom Robinson and one of his sons
of the Lansing settlement have been
arrested on the charge of incest, their
alleged victim, Robinson's beautiful
daughter Violet, having given birth
to a child a few weeks ago. The
gill has been under arrest for some
time. Mt, Pleasant will be afflicted
with the details of this case as the examination will take place before a
Justice in that village commencing
on Monday next.
We call attention to the premium
list of the Clare and Northern Isa-
! bella agricultural society, published
I on the 5th page of to-day's" Pbess.—
1 Stated premivms are offered in divisions A, B, C, and D, and cash premiums will be awarded in all other divisions, and will be as large as
the cash in the treasury wili permit,
The management thought best to de°
cide hereafter upon the amount of
these premiums, preferring rather to
leave the matter as it is than "to run
the risk of fixing the premium higher than could be paid. The rest of
the list will be published next week,
and after that will be printed in pamphlet form and circulated. Asl£ the
Secretary, J. A. Converse, foi one.
of Clare circuit at Stevenson   Lake,*"'-
Friday, Aug, 2s8th,   1885.     Farwel!s..
Lansingville,    Pratt's school house
and Clare schools will  meet at the.
church 111 Clare at 8 o'clock to go   in1
procession to the lake.    Ail  are invited.   Tables will  be  set.    Bring
basket-swell  filled,    Everything is\
free, and the report that all   who go j*.'
with us will have to pay is false.
. Sunday School Committee,
W. JS". Younglove, Pastor
Persons having unsettled accounts
with us must come in and settle  the
same before Oetober  1st. at  which s
time we shall place all outstanding'
accounts in an attorney's hands for
collection. During August and September we will take wood, grain or
shingle bolts on account or approved"
promisory note. If this applies to
you, don.t'forget all about it but come
m and see us.     J. Horning & Co^
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PHOTOGRAPH STUDIO.
By the use'of the INST ANT AN 1-
OUS DRY PLATE, I am enabled to
produce as fine work in dark, as
in bright weather. So suit your
own convenients, regardless of
the weather. You will find a
larger and better variety of Ac~"
cessories here, than in any gallery in northern Miceigan., I will
GUARANTEE my work to be
equal to the best, both in compo-*
sition and finish. *
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INDIA INK,
WATER AHD
OIL COLORS,
Also .a Handsome Line of Frames3
Mats, Pictures and Holiday Goods9
for CASH.
Rockafellow's new bull dingo
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