1886-04-23; Clare County Press

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.   £^81^ acres of land, for sale;    30
improved.   Enquire of Sterns.
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j*3^»All lhe latest
jSjfii
styles of dress
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Another "Change in tlie Affairs of
right & Co.,
*iants»
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i 'Wm. Qainp-
tlila -firm.. As
t> sign,. Oampv
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BSlJSldeB has received a fine
Caster cards, -many different
, bdautijfrl 'designs.   Gall and see
'.;^eey are to be; sold cheap.    *
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• Itch arid Scratches  of every
cored In £0 'minutes by WoolforcPs
Sanitary'   Lotion.      Use  no  other
This never -fails.   Bold by John "W,
>, druggist, Glare, Mich.
All persons indebted to me either
note or account will be allowed
-50 per cent off by settling" np by May
1st.   Accounts not paid by. that time
will be collected in full with costs,
- M. Tooley
•1gi=In the spring the house-wife's
fancy* always .turns to thoughts of
wall paper, and of course she goes to
»?s to make her selections.
line of entirely new and
ctifttl designs just in.'.
gallery.
;QQ0L,.cords heading- bolts, cut
2© tntbes long, left round and frara 8
io 14 indies through wanted at Josiah Bi>rniiig?s mill. Glare. Ke will
■asy$6 per,thousand, for godd:-t>as^
1 logs.  .   -.       !•
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SHADBOLT IN CHARGE.
Injunctions Bewei oa the Other
,»«Bifl? Legal Fight in
Prospect*
•-.* r- --,-i-s
^^^"ealready.done for."
The three young ladies had, as yet uttered
a word. "Now, however, the younger
one—a child of* sixteen—glanced at the attorney and remarked, pointedly:
"if Mr. Smart has finished his business
with us, perhaps it would be better that we
discuss our family affairs in his absence."
Mr. Smart's yellow face turned yellower
still, and his long teeth shut wolfishly; but
Miss Iftttie's very palpable hint was not
without its effect. He rose at once, and,
cringing and bowing-.g.ndj^cringing again,
sidled to the dopr-. w||repte paused a moment, and delivered ®an§Ilf of a last part-,
Ing shot. J!ii>.,Ji«rv„;
"You carry a high head now, miss, .but
wait a few days, and I'll be'bound you'll be
glad to ask my advice, and to take it, too."
"Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof," quoted Miss Kittie, tossing her head
untilfall her yellow curls fluttered. "When
I waiit your advice I'll send for you. Until
that time let us part."
Shi} waved her hand disdainfully.
"And. what does the gentleman say?"
cfied Smart, turning his snaky eye upon
Pick, threateningly. "What do you say to
ihat, Master Fenton?""
"I?" muttered Dick.   "Oh, I say let us
- talk the matter over in your private office.
You know well enough that it's a great
shock to wake up and find one's self face to
face with poverty. Besides, women never
know anything of business, anyway."
- ' "Perhaps you are right," said Smart,
smiling until his long taeth stood out again.
"Ladies, I humbly bid you good-morning."
^^Still smiling th§£f;horrid smile, and snapping his yellow tMjfgs as his glance took in
the defiant flpsh in Miss Kittie's azure orbs,
and slinking arid cringing in his shabby,
black garmentfji&Smart bowed again mo^t
obsequiously aisS''mthdrew, followed closely
by Dick-
"To think we should live to eome to
this," wept Mrs. Fenton, as the door
closed upon their retreating figures.
"Poverty, nothing but poverty." The girls
looked at each other in dismay. They had
aever known what it was to want for anything in their lives. With them to de-
she a thing was to have it; their ideas of
the real value of money were of the vaguest
description, but they were soon to-learn a
different lesson.
"I suppose," hesitated Kittie, "we shan't
quite starve.    Shall we, girls?"
CHAPTEE IL
THE WAT THEY TOOK IT.
A week had now passed since Colonel
Fenton was carried away to his home in the
silent city. Again Mrs. Fenton and her
children were assembled in the little morning room at the end of the conservatory, not,
however, this time to listen to the story of
their financial ruin.
How, as before, Mrs. Fenton sat with her
face buiied in a black-bordered handkerchief, hut this time she was liltening" to. a
reading of tradesmen's accounts by her
(Sajtfghter Jo, and punctuating the different
^lams with groan^j&i dismay, as Jo checked
liieM off on the t^s of her pretty fingers.   ::
"There's fifty dollars at the grocer's, and
fewenty-five at the butcher's, and fifteen at
the confectioner s, and, five to Heskith for
Eepstriag, anil? oh! here's the bills for
ous? sew bonnets and the mourning—nearly
four Iktiached in all—and there" is only two
'hnEufee^L dollars in-the cs^a-bos io -pay it
About noon on Wedneseay Deputy
Sheriff Austin served injunctions on
Irving C. Wright of the firm of Shad-
bolt, Wright & Co., and D.-W. Campbell of Flint who has assumed to own
the stock for six weeks past, restraining them from conducting or interfering- in any way with the "bnslness
of the firm. The writs are returnable
May 3rd. Both" Wright and "Camp-
were also served with subpoenas to
appear at the Circuit Court and answer J. O.'Shadbolt's bill of complaint
in chancery.
The service of the writs was a big
surprise to the gentlemen.    Messrs
Wtieaton and Perry, Shad bolt's attorneys, had been busily engaged fur
a few days preparing the necessary
papers and'on  Tuesday.-night the
former went. to  Harrison and had
injunctions issued by Circuit Co^rt
Commissioner Browne.-  When-Be"'
uty Sheriff Austin came down ne:
morning he watched the -store close
ly and .'after Campbell' had gone .to
dinner he stepped 'in at the fear dom
and put his anatomy in between the- 1;cseSl
safe .fend the door to prevent 'Wright I
irlMM^f^fi'K' changing u bill, from;
tured Gillian. - .     . ,
"A what?"
"A clerkship. For I'm sure it will come
to that sooner or later with all of us."
With a sudden, indescribable motion of
his delicate hand, and a gleam of rage in
his large eyes that froze the words upon her
lips, he broke out into a haughty dissent.
"I shall do nothing of the sort. To take a
beggarly clerkship would be to spoil all my
prospects in life.   I would lose my position
mortgage, his brot|N|
bell, would doso fi*H
Shadboltstiil>efu.-H:4
hell tjook hirn into a pujvate room and
told hfm he cltoie^ty ^'900^ that
if the mortgage was gften.&t-^Sefy
it would prevent ptfctifc; «l*§ditmi from
troubling themv ar.ct-lhat-he would
give the firm" $11 -th* |fm& they wanted. Over-persuade!,^ Shadholt did
sign -and then found &Ut that he had
executed a' 5-day nwfeage. At the
expiration ofthe t
snmed control $nd
to'givehiman hb;
sale for $5,680*81,1
tion being |8QCF W&
vaneed.'to pay a cla'
Burnham & Co. of
cMms that the full
mortgage .and- bill
Sheriff Graham was in Clare on*
Tuesday.
Deputy Sheriff Austin went to Evart on official business Monday.
Town Treasurer Ehrhardt filed his
entered upon  his duties
OTLlCipE
ers.
ITw© M©s*e ©al©©m MaMaaH© Appro^
rait.. Shsdbolt
mount of the'
sale/has been
paid; Camphell haviu# takeh the em
QfiragbeU^ as-.
ceci Shadholt
!;ional. bill.,of
'eal eonsidera-j
Kd Grooms has bought the Frank
Bowman's house on Seventh street
and wili finish it off nicely.
We learn that G. B. Howe contemplates locating in Lake City May 1st,
having rented a store there.
Camphell ad- J    On Bee. 28th last Mrs. J. B, Newth
presented by \ picked some pansies from her garden
, and again yesterday she found  some
in full bloom.
Clare Lodge, I, O. O.  F., will observe the 67 anniversary ofthe Order
tire'proceeds of sales fitice he assum-JInext Monday   evening.     Members
ed contral March' 10th»
The other bill■ is filed against Shad-
bolt's partners/ ;0a?sif *b$i • & Wright
with a view*'of .having the copartnership dissolved, an accounting snade,
and a receiver appoint^!, , ghadbolt
alleges that bdth! defU^aots were parties to .the -fraud in procuring the
chattle mortgage and that ih'ey.have
conspired to cheat him out' :of what
money he has invested*
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J«, Schilling is clerking' t for" Biek<
Howe   was in Saginaw
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in society; be cut by all our set. The thing
is not to be thought of."
Gillian turned to her sister. "Be kind
enough, Jo, to state the exact amount of
our liabilities and the available assess."
"Well, then,4' began Jo, briskly, "to begin with liabilities: Item one—Carson &
Pirie's bill for mourning, two hundred and
fifty dollars—cheap at those figures. Item
two—consolidated accounts of the ^butcher,
'the baker and the candle-stick maker,' two
hundred dollars more. Item three—servants' wages!" here Mrs. Fenton groaned
again. "And the servants' wages," added
Jo, impressively, "bring the whole amount
up to a most appalling and horrid total."
"And the assets, Jo?"
"Item one—elegant brown-stone mansion
on the most fashionable avenue in the
city, with super-elegant furniture. Item
two—one matched pah of carriage horses,
thought to be worth a thousand dollars.
Item three—one elegant carriage, one dogcart, one basket phaeton. Item four—two
hundred and ten dollars and fifty cents cash
in hand."
"Hum!" drummed Gillian, "we've at
least a roof to cover us—let us be thankful
for that."
"But we can't eat stone or brick, or dine
off our elegant furniture or our clothes,"
said "Kittie, dismally.
"You—ostrich," sobbed Mrs. Fenton, indignantly; "that I should nurse a child
whose appetite considers the very rafters
over her" head."
"No, we can't eat the house, and we don't
wish to," ventured Jo, solemnly; "but I'll
tell you what we can do; we can eat - the—
horses."
"Metaphorically speaking," said Gillian.
"Cannibal!" sobbed the mother; "you
might as well talk of swallowing Budge at
once."
Now, Budge was a pet pug, and dearer to
Mrs. Fenton's heart than any child she
had—always excepting Dick, who, as his
mother had always declared, was the pride
of the family, with nothing low about' him.
Kittie, who hated dogs, tilted the tip of
her nose,
"I wouldn't touch Budge with a pair of
tongs"—confidentially—"not if I were
starving."
"I think, mamma," said Jo, "we must
sell the horses and the carriages and apply
the proceeds on the accounts of that celebrated trio, 'thf butcher, the baker, etc' "
"And send away the servants, or part of
them, §md if that isn't enough, we must
find sonffi way of earning mdhey—genteelly
of course," added Gillian. "I had rather
work than starve, or than run bills that I
know.,we never can pay."
"Work!" ejaculated Dick, scornfully.
"Pray, what can you do? You have never
done so much as to dress your own hair.
There is one thing I will insist upon," turning savagely to his mother, "and that is, I
will not have my future career marred—and
perhaps spoiled—by any absurd independ-^
ent notions c»f these girls."
Jo turned pale with sudden anger,
ieorge
ay* , *    *
Warron Watte in % -r^ing for W.
ir, E?<hm,      --V^ftfe^   ,   '   '
rblf wagis, and I shan't la&
every few days.   I'm now certain that we
can't maintain much of a position unless we
can pay the waiting-maid at least.5'
Kittie ran to her, own little desk, and
presently rummaged out a purse*
"I never knew I had this jmoney until
this morning.. It is the very last poor papa
gave me just before he died. Take it and
payFlorine, and* send her away, I'll be
the maid, and do your hair and tidy up the
rooms in her place. Nobody will need to
know it but ourselves. Not even Dick or
mamma."
Gillian kissed her sister, and put the
money in her pocket. "Thank you, dear,"
said she, softly^"and in return I'll make
you my con'fidante/and tell you that I'm
going to sell _mg#i$tnre—the picture, you
know." zj&ztt. \S
"Not   the   academy  painting?"   gasped
Kittie.
"Yes, dear," cheerfully. "You know there
has been a standing offer for -it—absurdly
of the Order are requested to be pres
ent.
The Ekess is indebted to A. J.
■Doherty for fche gift of a fine photographic souvenir of Grand Bapids.
It is issued with the compliments of
the Hrrrison Wagon works.
Several of the woodsnien have had
difficulty in getting pay for their labor the past winter, and a large num-lpenalty 0f the bond
ber of log liens'have been filed with
the County Clerk.   This proceeding
usually   brings   the   employers   tp
time.
Highway Commissioner Montney
succeeded in getting":the -lumbermen
to put-in*i boom to protect the. upper
bridge on the Tobacco ancl'he got.$20
Cash for damage-already done to the
Speech making was not the
ofthe evening at Wednesdry night's
Council meeting. Trustee Hustecl
had gone fishing. There Were.
ent the President, C. W*. Perry,
Trustees Louch, Schilling, Boss andl
Fox. Mr."Shaver, who hadtbeen ap-'
pointed Water Commissioner, refused the proffered honor and Isaiah
Feighner was elected to fill the via
•cancy.   The Vote for Mr, Feighner
was unanimous.   The usual' resolution instructing the Marshal to nOtl*
fy everybody to hurry up their spring
cleaning was adopted and the Health
Officer wag directed to take imme&i°
ate steps to enforce the village ordin?.-
ances in case any person  failed' to
comply with the notice.   Two liquor.
bonds were presented, .oae of James
Walsh with A* J. Doherty and J; C
Boekafellow as sureties, and the oth^
er of Dwyer & Bullman with Ot.' W»,
Lee and    Wm. Chard  as   sureties?,
Trustee Boss stated that citizens faaet
claimed to him thrt one of the sur^«
ties on each bond was not worth the
He asked for
low, too, when one considers the merits of
the artist that painted it—and I have concluded to let it jp>. Perhaps I can do another one, some'6?ay, that will 6clipse this
one completely. Of course, while we were
rich there was no need to part with it; but
now I'd rather sell everything I have than
to owe the servants anythjkg, particularly
Florine."
No one knew better than: Kittie did the
sacrifice Gillian proposed. in parting with
her pet painting." The "academy picture"
was the embodied dreams of Gillian's last
year at Vassar. It was hard to esxpress her
joy when, after a careful inspection by critical judges, her picture had been specially
complimented and--aw^rdedr^xther gf#den
medal over the wdifk of manySfcists bMre-
nown." And she had received an offer 'for
it then and "there, which she had declined.
Kittie. breathed a profound sigh.
"How can you give it up?"
"I will give it-up. ' I hope Gillian Fenton
can do anything that is honorable. Dick
says we must keep up appearances; and I
suppose we must, for his sake. What I
can't endure is the thought that we owe that
majestic Thomas and the rest of them below stairs. I'm rather glad than otherwise
that I can throw that picture into the breach,
as it were."
"You are a heroine, Gil," said Kittie, with
tears in her eyes, "and I'm going to do something , for the good of our common cause,
too.    See if I don't."
"I wish we might all have some
kind of employment—unobtrusive, of
course, on Dick's account—by which
we might earn a little money,"
said Gillian sadly. "For my part I am
tired to death doing nothing. We can't go
shopping, for we have nothing to shop with
save credit, and I'm averse to using that
commodity except as necessity requires;'
We cannot spend a cent on any of the little
pet folliesawe have nursed heretofore, and:
it is very hard to be quite idle."
"Perhaps you might keep on with thfe
painting," suggested Kit, timidly.
"Teach it, you mean?"
"No. People would talk if you did that,
and Dick would rave about appearances. But
you might keep on painting little things to
sell."
"i—will—Bit," said Gillian, very slowly;
"the very thing, indeed. It is aesthetic^ unobtrusive—fashionable.. If ■ my^ friends
catch 'me in my workshop they will never
suspect I ain working for anything but
pleasure. Thank you, dear, foi ypm] sug-
geBtion." I- '' ■
AA%jjl^£ z».
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L*iicl^cisMsl*i31N- wa|hBf|.oiit
information and that whieh was giv^
en by different members of the board
seemeel to be satisfactory. Both -
"bonds were 'approveb nnanixnousl^ •
Sidewalks were ordered to bB laid on
a level* with the street grade, on both
• sides of' Fifth - .street, b@t% eeno Mc-
■Ewan a^c| Pine'j and in ffcont of T* P*
FiiedeBoiia% lots'
1 Horning's and U,
cherished secret.
"I do not believe you," saiclKit firmly.
Florine stamped the floor.
"Ask your brother. He will not deny it, and
he has forbidden my going out to service in
any other family. I am far too pretty for
that, he says. As for going back to my own
poor home, after living so long in this
elegant house, I will not."
rage^ she  had^uriconsciously    betrayed a   S warned of theis danger before aCwas apoS
.them. an.d th0y*feniikegraiiiljefora,a reaper's -
jBiclsle.   .'■-"■ '■',.*'-.
'  The portion of St. Cloud stradlk "by tlio cyeloag
was the southwestern, and was ths residence •
portion occupied by the laboring class of people,
a majority of them being foreigners employed * "
on the railroads.   Tbeir dweUings were light- ;
built houses, and became an easy prey to the '
monster that had so viciously pounced .upon   ■ •
them.   They were like'cockle shell3-in the grip
—-=...,,., ■.-t.-...^"~ _y„-
"Leave the room," said Gillian, sternly,
"Oh, when I'm your brother's wife, I'll
make you repent "of some of your grand
airs; see if I don't," screamed Floiine,
more violently than before.
"Go," repeated Gillian.
Kit choked down her tears as the maid
finally disappeared to return no more.
"Can it be true?" she asked, in a hushed
little whisper;-"can it be true?"
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
Beasts, Birds, and Fishes.
A pensive plodding mule in Gresham,
Black Hawk County, Iowa, can scent evil
from afar, and wait for it. A serenading
party tackled a newly married couple recently, and while grinding heartrending
notes from cow bell=, cans, and foghorns,
the mule charged on the party and put them
to flight. One sweet singer narrowly escaped being kicked to death.
At Americas, Ga., a large red-tailed
hawk suddenly pounced on the farm-house
cat, which was enjoying a nap on the sunny
side of the barn. The hawk struck his
talons deep and ascended with its prey.
When they came to earth again both were
dead. The entrails of the cat were torn
oufj and the hawk's headway bitten through.
Tlie hawk measured four feet nine indies
from tip to tip of wings.
Two hunters chasing a wounded mountain sheep in the rocky hills near Lander,
Wyo. T., suddenly heard a wild yell in
front of them and saw a mountain lion
spring upon their quarry. The nlen hurried on, expecting to kill both animals.
The lion", however, seized the sheep and
swung it across his shoulders. Then he
sprang lightly away, bounded across a
chasm fifteen feet wide, and disappeared in
a thicket, secure from pursuit.
A TRAVELING- snake-charmer says that it
is easy to win the confidence and affection
of a youthful boa, or anaconda, as they are
not venomous or vicious, and can only exert their power of crushing by getting a
purchase with their tail, or something that
will offer sufficientresistance after they have
completely coiled themselves around the
limb or body of then- intended victim. If
surprised or annoyed they may bite, but can
do no serious harm thereby. Their tongue
is as soft and slippery as velvet.
An immense white owl suddenly came
crashing through the thick plate glass in
the front of the cab of a locomotive when
liear Galena, 111. The engineer rolled off
his box in consternation; the head brake-
man, who was in the fireman's seat warming himself, imagined that old Nick was
after the whole gang, and plunged out of
the cab and over the coal-box with a whoop
that would haye done justice to a Sioux
warrior, while another unfortunate and horrified fellow caught the animal fan* in his
arms, fainting nearly from the effects of the
shock. After a great deal of scratching
and clawing on the part of the ov?l, he was
stuffed into .the tool-box and carried to Savanna and placed in the zoological garden
at that place.
of the w&irlwind, and were, picked np and
tossed in the air and rent into a thousand pieces
and scattered to the four winds of heaven. The '
earth was plowed up in the line of the cyclone,
and' the pith over which it passed, to. a width
of nearly a quarter of alnile, looks as though
it had been upheave^.by a terrible volcanic-
eruption.    * ' '^
It had hardly begun its terrible work before it-
was finished, and tbe scene that greeted the'
eyes of those who had escaped its fury was one
that censed the stoutest heart to shudder. Cries
and shrieks   of wounded rent the air, and tho
ground was strewn with tho bodies of the dead.
Among tbem were stalwart men, weak women,
and weaker children.   Citizens-, alrtiost-to a man,
rusbed to demolished districts, and, summoning
physicians, began their wo^k of rescueing ihdg'a --
who were still living from beneath the piles of,
dirt and fallen buildings. Brainerd was promptly telegraphed to for medical assistance^ and
she immediately responded by sending a'dozen
physicians and surgeons by a special train, but
it was lata in the evening when they arrived on
the scene.   St. Paul and Minneapolis were" 5Slso:
appealed to, and a spscial car was sent out with
twenty-three surgeous and physicians for the -
scene of the disaster.
The scene on tbe streets after dark was impressive.   Knots of men stood on the corners
discussing the disaster, and speaking totiching-ly
of their friends and acquaintances who had-
either been killed or terribly wounded.   On the.
grounds the scene was a ghastly one.   The raiia
poured down in torrents, and hundreds of men.
wandered over the ground, many of them carrying lanterns, searching for bodies among the**
ruins.   Tbe hotel lobbies, were filled with,-excited citizens, mataiy of wb'om yet suspectedthat' •
some portion of their families or tbeir friends
•bad  fallen victims  to  the   terrible  disaster.
Women, seemingly unconscius of the rain that .
was falling, were in the streets,  and, ignoring
tbe gutters and turbid streams, glided through ■
tbe streets sobbing and.moaning in their fright.
The scene defies description.
Gov. Hubbard at cnee sent messages to fch©
Mayors of aU cities and large towns in the State,
asking tbat steps be taken at once, to secure
money and things needed, and forward tbem as
speedily as possible to Senator Buckmaiifox tho
destitute. Brief dispatches have just been received, saying that--between forty and fifty
bodies have been recovered from the ruins at..
St. Cloud, and tbe search not completed. The
town presents a scene of tbe utmost desolation
as seen by light, fiickei3ng lanterns, and th©
groans of the wounded and tbe lamentations of
those wbo have lostrelatives are heartrending in
the extreme. Not until daylight will the full
extent of the havoc be known.
Tlie Cyclone in Iowa.
[Omaha dispatch.]
The cyclone struck the town of Coon Bapids,'
Iowa, and completely demolished most of th©
place. One boy was killed and numerous persons were injured. Twenty-five houses, two
churches, one schoolhoase, and several houses.
were destroyed. A freight train—except the locomotive—was blown from the track and demolished and the contents ruined.
The cyclone swept over Western Iowa, doing
considerable damage.   It started about'three
miles east of Griswold, then passed north ebS "
slightly east, then going about nine miles northeast of Atlantic, and passed two and a half miles
east of Brayton. The cyclone had thd appearan«B©
of a f unnel-shaped cloud.   Southeast of Atlantic"
about four miles Henry Sogers' house was blowm.
away, aad his Mred* man was badly ialiresd,
John Kirk's big stable, SCO feet long, was <!<>
stroyed, together with'hia hous@.   Ba Bentosa
Township ten houses were totally destroyed an€
one woman fatally injured.   Hear Brayton-'tho
dwellings of Jameq Beynolds, Williaan Bsintafe
and Donald Brintner were destroyed* aadl also..
the Brintner school house. The pupils esqapeSlj
however, by  nraning with the>   testoXty iato .
Brintner's cave, or .©yclon© cellar, fesy tevimp.
seen th© ©loud coining;  Ms. Kor&gm^QS,' ia:
that ^canity, was dangerously hurl,    S&K&lbi'.'-
stools M.8 beenMKeS. B^pbrtsfrosatho^etoia©' '
are very meager so far, but it is believ©! SfcoS
.great damage tos been #oa© sad mraj Wms
lost.'