1890-04-04; Clare Democrat and Press

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0£//? STOCK OFiEmbraces Everything New
* Designed for this Spring's
Trade.
Examine Our Stock For Fine Dry Goods.
S. C. KIRKBRIDE.
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LAWIERS.
CVT; PERRtT
• ATTOKNEY,
Offlce7in new Banfe hlock, Clare,
JOHN'GIBERSON, ^
ATTOXNET-AT-I/AW.
All Business-placed with, me -will receive
prompt and careful attention. Clare.        Ss
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A.BFRRITT,
• ^ ATTOKNEY 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 Tj. Lavier & Co's bank,
Hakbison. Mich.
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
JH. CARPENTER, M. D.,
•    PHY8ICIAN, STJEGEOlf AND ACCOTTCHEUR.
Office and Store south ofthe railroad.
J. TODD, M. D.,
•    PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND ACCOtrCHETTK
Graduate of tlie University of Michigan-
All calls promptly attended to day or night
Office .over the Clare County Bank.
"' ' MISCELtAKEOlJS.
J'        oT^OCK^J^ElXowr ~"
• INSURANCE AGENT.
JEtna of Hartford, Conn.; American Eire
of Phila.; Eiremans Eund, of SanEranCisco;
Niagria Fire, ST. X.   Office one door south of
postoffice, (ut> stairs) Clare.
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SJ. JAMISON,
• NOTARY PUBLIC.
Conveyancing   and   collections.
Mich.
Loomis,
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To the Water Renters of Ciare.
The Board of Water Commissioners of
the yillage of Clare"haying met Tuesday
evening and organized by electing J. F.
Tatman," chairman, and A. J. Doherty,
secretary, have adopted rules for the season of 1890-1, a$ follows:
All water, rents are due and payable at the
office of the secretary on the 1st day of April.
All rents not paid on or before the 15th day
of the aforesaid month will be declared forfeited and ordered shut off until such time as
said rent shall be paid.
AU rules previously enacted by the water
board or the council governing the supply of
water and its use shall be stringently enforced.
Any violation of the rules now laid down
will be deemed sufficient cause for the loss
of the use of water by the renter and will be
immediately shut off, the rent declared forfeited, and will .not be turned on again until
satisfactory varrangements be made with the
members of the water board.
Dated, Clare, April 1st. 1890.
J. F. Tatman,
a. j. dohertt,
Henry Ort,
Board of Water Comm'rs.
AN EXCELLENT TICKET.
A Largely Attended and Harmonious Caucus Held by the  Democrats at the
G. A. R. Hall* Yesterday.
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To Whom This May Concern, Greeting:
This is to certify that our brother in
Christ, M. D. Rogers, is a member in
good standing in the Christian Church,
or Church of ^Christ at Shepherd, Mich.,
and'he is hereby authorized by the congregation and by the Michigan Christian
Missionary Association to preach the
glorious gospel of the grace of God.
Done by order of the church, this 25th
day of March, 1890.
J. E. Grubee,
T4H. Estee,
H. IS". Aijlen, Elders.
Ftate Evangelist M, C, M, A.
Pers'uant to a call published in last
week's Democrat-Press the democratic
electors of the township of Grant met in
caucus yesterday afternoon at the G. A.
B. hall in this yillage and placed in nomination an excellent ticket. The candidates .thereon are all competent and
trustworthy gentlemen, capable of filling
the offices for which they are nominated
in a very satisfactory manner. We predict the election of every man on the
ticket, which is as follows:
Supervisor—Jacob Mason.
Clerk—David Eorison.
Treasurer—Wm. Feighner.
Highway Com—Henry Alger.
Justice of the Peace—Wm.  Crawford.
School Inspector—Junius Eoss.
Member Board of Eeview, 2 years—
C. H. Sutherland.
Member Board of Eeyiew, 1 year—W.
L.Lyons,
Drain Comm'r—Benjamin Daugherty.
Constables—Henry M. Erown, J. A.
Hubel. John Sehoonover, Dayid Fox.
On motion, the chairman appointed D,
Eorison, Henry Alger and M, D, Eaton
members of the township committee for
the ensuing year.
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A Man's Characteristics.
Some men have no ambition beyond
making enough to buy tobacco.
Every man nowadays is engaged in
getting up a society to reform, some
other man.
The man who talks the loudest on the
streets is usually very meek when at
home.
Some men think that friendship is
only valuable to the extent they can
draw upon it.
A pretty man is vainer than a pretty
woman, and has his picture taken three
times as often.
A man can do almost everything else
for himself, but he has to have help in
washing his back.
Somehow it is impossible to admire a
thing a man has without finding out that
the man has one that is prettier at home.
A good many men are like the small
boy who talks brayely of fighting Indians,
but who is afraid to go to bed in the
dark.
Pencil and Shears.
Begister tomorrow. ;    *
Election next Monday.
'Twas quite a blizzard! s
Were you April fooled?   ...
Easter Sunday—April 6th.
"Seventh street is all right."
Eepublican caucus tomorrow.
School opens again Monday.
Eoads are in horrible condition.
Hiram DeFoe is home from Ontario.
Dr. P. E. Witherspoon, of Harrison,
was in Clare Saturday.
Come in and pay your subscription
Monday while"in town..'    1   ■    ■-.-'-
Musseli, the-druggist, is taking inventory of stock this week.
Mrs. C. W. Chase, of Mt. Pleasant, yis-
ited with friends:st Clare Monday.. .
A girl baby is a recent arrival at the
home of Mr. and Mis. John Mate*.
Attorneys Perry and Giberson1 attended circuit court at Harrison this Week.
W< H. Elden, A. 0. Brodie, M. D. Davis
and J. G. Husted were at Harrison Monday.
Mrs. T. H. Layery visited with friends
in Clare Tuesday., the guest of Mrs. J.
Louch.
W. B. Swanstou and Postmaster Goodman, of Loomis, were visitors at QUre
Monday,
P. Casey and M. A. Baxter, of Harrison, were among the visitors at Clare last
Saturday.
The First Baptist church, of Glare, will (
meetin covenant Saturday, April 5th, at
2 o'clock p.m.
Prospects now look' favorable for an
opera house in Clare before next winter
—and a good one, too.
Geo. W. Brown and Chas., I. B igley:
made a trip to Bay City Tuesday returning the following day.
Mrs. H. E. Stickle returned home Tuesday morning after a week's visit with
friends at Mt. Pleasant.
Well, we had one good decent snow,
storm this wonderful winter (or spring)
if we never have another.
John Phinisey, who has been in Wi»
cousin during  the   winter, returned  ta;
Clare Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Nellie DeFoe is visiting with
friends and relatives in the- Saginaws,
whither she went last Saturday.
By the looks of the number of paste*
boards at the postoffice it must be
you have not paid your box rent yet.
C, M. Ellis has purchased a, dray-.wai
and hoi*fte»and i&n$w-'tal dieek. iixJ^ec'<
modate the general public—for cash.
Mrs. Thos. Pickard, of Mt. Pleasant/
visited in Clare Monday and Tuesday.
Mi*, and Mrs. J. H. WilsQn, residents of
east 5th streeet, are the proud parents of
a girl baby, since last Tuesday evening.
S. Aye. Wilson, of Harrison, received
his first formal introduction to the Masonic goat at Farwell Tuesday evening.
Douglas Meeks "was giyen the first
degree and Wm. VanConant the secpnd
degree in Pythianism Wednesday evening.
. J. H. Carpenter, commander of W. S.
Hancock Post, of Clare, is attending the
reunion of the G. A. B. at Adrian, this
week.
Seventh Street—On Friday last a boy
baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. A. Linsea.
"Another democratic vote in a few
years," says "Nye."
George Galliver, who is now at work
in the F. & P. M. company's office at Saginaw, visited with his brother, Harry, iu
Clare oyer Sunday.
Mrs, Frank Francisco returned to her
home near Mt.Pleasant Monday morning
after visiting several days with her parents in Grant township.
Wm. Hubel, N. Bicknell, Junius Eoss,
Harry Hmbel, D. Eorison, Jno. Eorison,
and Jonathan Hubel went up to Harrison Tuesday morning.
There will be no school in either of
the departments at the town  hall next
of using the build-
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i*."W. S. Cooley went to Midland
atitfday'for a week's yisit with Mrs.
ost. She will spend a few days
friends at Coleman before returning
|ssAnnaLineen,niece of Mrs.T.J.
sris here from Muskegon.   She will
ih   during the' summer and assist
lames Mason & Dwyer at their mil-
.store.
members of the Clare high school
im-.wjill go sto Coletrian tomorrow
ipeat, the sensational drama, "The
ger Signal," at the opera house in
|vil]age, ,-   .
Wellington and son, of Coleman.
Hsitors at" Clare Monday.   He was
Jg   tor a location with a view of
ig his stock of crockery and glass-
tto this place.
fchurJL Eockaf ellow returned home
Friday, having finished a three years',
5ft at Albion   college.   His   many
Is here are pleased to see him back,
fhdpe he will remain at Clare..
Sfnard Heller and E. E. Austin, of
ison, were in town ' a   few h»urs
|sday afternoon arid made this ofiice a
Jsarit visit.   They Were.oh their way
P^irwell to attend Masonic Lodge.  .-.
»fe board of registration forthe-fowii-
Qf Grant, will be in- session- atthe
|k's ofiice(Dojbierty's;hardware)tom'or-
£>ee that.-your i)am,e> is properly
fetered if 3*011 wish to' vbt6 on Moh-
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Monday on account
ing for election purposes.
The best business tonic for spring, or
Hibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pills. No
griping pain so commonly following the use
of Pills. They are adapted to both adults
and children. "We guarantee they have no
equal in the cure of sick headache, constipation, dyspepsia, biliousness, and, as an
appetizer, they e?cel any other preparation.
fm. Pickard,  of Mt.-Pleasant,  has
l^red the contract of driving the entire
lot logs,'amounting ito about twelve or
tj&efen millions of rfeet,.that have been
ted on the Chippewa river during the
• Winter. .    a    \   •    i
umerous * complaints   are made by
trains to and from the union depot
a barb wire fence .'along west 4th
st," .Several,ladies haye torn valuable
les,thereon, arid passed many bitter
rks upon, trie owner of said b. w".
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ne..oi the cars of the Michigan fish
;mmission was stationed here foi\ sey-
IhpursMonclayj It ^vas brought frQin
&W"est hy tlie naorning passenger train
:the F. & P. M:, transferred to; the T
LA. railroad and taken north at J :30
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iri. Chard has rented his farm, J %
lies north of town* for a period of five
r5 to & man named Josh Bacon, who
.already taken possession.   Mr. Chard
a^o^^.corairpence work and finish
Street, into which he will. move
as completed.
Wm. Pickard, who has been luriibering
on the north branch of the Tobacco,
about ten or twelye miles north of Clare,
during the past winter, broke camp last
week, the last of his men and teams passing through town Monday. He banked
about three million feet, and nearly the
whole amount was hauled in about 21
days witii an average of eight teams per
day.
In the case of the people vs. A. E.
Mack, the defendant's counsel made a
motion to quash on the ground that the
■case.had run beyond the time of statute
limitation. Several other motions were
also made, among which j was one for
ishange of venue. Judge Hart: has not
yet made at ruling in the case. At any
eyent it is probable that the case will
hot be tried at this term of court. The
ne^t term of-circuit court for this county
is'set for the second Monday in May.!
- Friends of Mr, and Mrs,. Samuel Levington, toihe number of about 35 or 40,
gave them a- surprise party Tuesday
evening. - .'Twas "all iool^. day*,". and if
the genial host and hostess' were f bolejl
and surprised tliey were not alprie, a's A,
J, Doherty and several,p.thers will testify
since partaking of -doughnuts inixed up
with red pepper ari¥:;j^t'aining- china
dolls. We have- not-., space to telWll
about the good time that everybody enjoyed who were present. Suffice to say
that all are unanimous in voting it the
most enjoyable event of the .season.
The entertainment at the G. A. E. hall
last Friday and Saturday evenings, given
by the members of the Clare high Echool
Ivceum, was largely attended. The net
proceeds were about $39, and will be
applied on the purchase price, of an organ
now in the high school room. The play
was a sensational drama in two acts,
entitled "The Danger Signal," and was
concluded with the.i laughable farce,
"Hons Ton Smash." We have not time
nor space to enter into detail and speak
of each character. Suffice to say that
each.rendered his or her part in a commendable manner, considering that all
We?'e amateurs, nearly all having never
before appeared upon the Stage.,
vLast Thursday about midnight there
set in a furious snow storm ahd blizzard
which, continued without!interruption
Friday,and nearly all of Saturday., The
snow was light and the lieavy wind made
huge drifts, leaving the ground bare in
many places, otherwise there would have
beeri good slieighyi^.    Eailroad traffic
the year round, is an attractive advertisement in the Democrat-Press. Liberal doses at moderate rates,
Mrs. A.O'Donald, of Howard City, was
the guest of her sister, Mrs. C; H. O'Donald, in this village this week. She returned home Wednesday morning.
The northern central association of
Congregational churches will hold their
annual cenvention in this village next
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Gounty Clerk Stone and Sheriff Doty
changed cars here Monday morning on
their way to Adrian to attend the annual
encampment of the Michigan G, A". E.
A.W. Hurst, publisher of the Shepherd News, was a visitor at Clare Monday and a caller at this office. He is a
wide-a-wake and genial sort of a fellow^
Our reporter received information
from a reliable source that J. W. Calkins and family, of Benson, Arizona Ty.,
are contemplating a visit to Michigan^
and are expected about the latter part of
April or the first part of May. They
will he warmly welcomed.
*'Uncle Billy" Anderson's increase of
pension (noticed in these columns iast
week) was from $10 to .$18- per month,
with back pay for 6% months. Mr.
Anderson is deserving of this recognition from Uncle Sam and the amount
makes a nice wedge to help along in his
declining year.
The many friends of Arthur H. Eocka-
fellow were surprised to learn of his
recent marriage. The happy and handsome bride is Miss Turner, whose parents
reside at Evart. Congratulations are in
order, and have been extended in a
hearty manner for the past few days.
May they live long and prosper.
Eeal estate matters are moving briskly
at Clare this spring. Considerable
property has changed hands and other
important negotiations are pending.
The coming season promises to be a liye-
ly one iri this burg. Clare is all right,
and don't you forget it. 'Tis the best
town in Northern Michigan, bv all odds.
Mrs. James Warren, who has been in
very poor health for some time past,
went to Saginaw last week, where on
Saturday she submittted te a yery delicate surgical operation. Dr. Todd went
down Saturday and assisted. At last accounts Mrs. Warren is progressing favorably, and will soon be able to return
home much improved in health.
The Mt. Pleasant Democrat says that
J osiah Horning, formerly in the shingle
mill business at Clare, who has been
prospecting in the south, has returned to
ihis city and is prospecting for the establishment of a shingle mill. Mr. Horning
says when people leave Northern Michigan expecting to find a better place in
which to do" business they get fooled.
J. C. Boekafellow, special agent of the
eleventh census for the collection of statistics or farm mortgages, returned home
Tuesday from a trip up the Michigan
Central railrord, having been at West
Branch and Grayling forthe past couple
of weeks. He will remain here until
next Tuesday or Wednesday.* Mr.. Boekafellow has new j finished his work in
four counties—Cjare, Gladwin, Ogemaw
and Crawford.   I
John Annett, who is a resident of Ver-
-non township, met with a very serious
accident Wednesday morning at Smith's
shingle mill at Cope's Siding on the T. &
A. A. railroad. He was at work around
the saw, when the wrench slipped and
his right hand came in contact with the
saw. His entire hand, excepting the
thumb and index finger, diagonally down
to the wrist is cut away, Farwell doctors dressed the wound.
The storm was about the most • disagreeable of the season. Business of all kinds
was at a stand-still for nearly two days.
Tuesday the sun shone brightly and now
the snow is nearly all. gone. Eoads are
in a horrible condition, however—^nearly
impassable.
One of the important real estate transactions in Clare this week was the purchase by C. H. Sutherland of the property
known as the opera house block on the
west side of main street .in this village
owned by J.. B. Husted. This property
extends from the south side of the Exchange hotel to the little building occupied by Komp's barber shop, including
the lots and the Beemer saloon building
and the three-story" frame building, also
a strip of land in the rear facing railroad
street. Mr. Husted received in payment
an 80 acre farm, situated in Vernon township, one mile south and one mile east of
this yillage, and also a cash consideration
—the amount not being' made public.
Some of the occupants of the big building hold leases of the rental of the property until the first day of next September-at which time Mr. Sutherland states
he will commence the work of tearing
out the frame structures and get things
in readiness for the erection of three
brick store fronts on the property in the
following spring, if not sooner. This is
another boom for Clare.
On Monday A. J. Doherty closed a
bargain whereby he purchased of A.
YanBrunt the latter's lot and store building on Main street, which lay adjoining
to Mr. Doherty's property just south of
the hardware store.   The consideration
Eoscommon the
tttendirig  a-law.:
court  for   that •
price, but the
store,
was $1000, cash—a good
property is a valuable one to its present
owner. He now owns 40 feet of vacant
space adjoining his hardware store upon
which he will build a large double brick
store building during the coming summer. It will be two-stories high with a
basement underneath. O.S.Derby will
.occupy one of lhe fronts with his stock
of furniture as soon as completed. Work
thereon wili be commenced in a few
days, a large portion of the material being already on the ground. Mr. Doherty
is contemplating arranging the second
floor of the new building into an
opera house, and 'tis hoped he will not
be deffered from the plan. The little
building which Mr. YanBrunt occupied
as a shoe store has been moved into the
space just south of Brown's barber shop
and is rented to B.Patient who will open
a* boot, shoe and repair shop therein.
Mr. YanBrunt has moved his stock iato
a part of the building occupied hy
Mitchell's grocery store, four doqrs north
of the postoffice.
Harrison-News.   .
Special Correspondence.
Louie Eazek has been home this week*
The season of marble playing is again
at hand. ."   .
Floyd J. Austin, of Detroit, is visiting
friends here.   °
W. H. & F. A. Wilson's ice house is
nearly enclosed.
f C* W. Perry, of Clare, is  attending
court this week, ■
Miss Clark is visiting her brother and
other relatives in Harrison,
John Husted, of Clare,' has a tax suit
in the circuit court this term".
The public schools ol Harrison are enjoying their Easter vacation.
Hubble & Crawford still report a good
12 inches of ice at Cranberry Lake.
John Giberson,. of Clare, has been attending his cases in the court this week.
Miss  Mary  Fletcher1" is- assisting, the
stenographer  in   his work this tejm of. ;=
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A. E. Doty and G". W. Stone lef t for .the-
G. A. E. encampment of Adrian on Mon^
day evening. ;   * '■'     \       ' ,   . "
Blister of Deeds Aldrich, left for the
G. A. E. encampment at Adrian.the latter .
part of last week, . \';-; '.'•;■
"O. E. Wheeley and. 0/F-. Barries, o'f1
Lansing, were, registered'at--the-Lewis
House on Monday. . 4.     -■      .."".■..
The case of the People ys. Joseph Wor-
'den for^selling liquor to minors, was cori-, -
tinued until next term.  " . .".-..
Since the decrease in shipping of ice-
the lumbermen^.have been given a show
and log trains ate now numerous. .
The Cincinnati; Ice Co. have lef t theis*
field of. operations at Harrison,  and ar6.
getting out ice at a-small lake near Meredith. ••        •
W. A. Burritt was in
fore part of the week
suit before  the  circuit
county,' '    <
G. W.Eenyx, secretary of the Lansing
Lumber Company, passed  through hero;
Monday on his way to their headquarters1 •*
at Dodge. \  " ."'.'
Geo." W.'Eichardson has purchased the -
dray ing interest  of Mr.  Ulrich,. and is.,
now prepared  to ..promptly- execute ali ■
orders in his line. -.'",■ -   '
The ease of the People vs.  Thomas
Stine,  which has been so long on,
coart calendar,  was, -nolle  proved
Monday afternoon.   *V  iv   ;V. '■-■:-• z "I:
.iC;'L.Whitney, of East Saginaw^ tarr**
irierlv of ClafeVwas iri;'town th^K%^jfei^
a-witness ^oni^.paa 'o|^fe|^di^fc!siiq*'i
• -The Sheriff has > two hoarders; One is
Fred Meyers, on a charge of larceny and
the other is Frank Monette on the charge
of assault with intent to kill.
F.L. Eaton, of Saginaw, was in town
Monday, looking Jafter  the. interests of-
E. H. Pearson in a mortgage suit against
Byron Cuppernall. of" this county.
The case of James W. and Eaymond S.
Penfield vs. Farwell Brick, Tile and Clay
Shingle Company, was continued until
next term on motion of the defendant.
Mr. Carpenter, of Muskegon, was in
town Wednesday looking after the interests of the Farwell Brick, Tile" and Clay
Shingle Co., in their suit before the Cir,
cuit court.
Fred Meyer was arraigned in court on
Monday, charged.with larceny. He plead '
guilty after consulting with J. H. Can-
field, who was appointed by the Court to
defend him. " *
We are sorry to learn that it has be.
come necessary for the church authorities
to reprove the young people for disturbing the religious services. Such is the
report and young women as well as.men
are included.
A motion to quash was made by the;
defendants in the Mack case on the
grounds that more than six years had
elapsed since the crime' was alleged to
haye been committed and the filing ofthe
information.
Married, at the residence of the bride's
parents, in Harrison, Miss Nettie'Hughes
and James E. "Clark, ticket agent for the
F, & P. M. E. E. at this place. The ceremony was performed by EevL Steele,.
Supper was served to about sixty people
and the affair was pronounced by many
as the most brilliant event ever known in
Harrison.
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Caused His Own Death.
Cadillac News and Express:
Frank Tplfree, aged 25 years, slipped
from a moving car in the T, & A, yards,
near Haines5 mill, in this city, last Saturday morning and fell across the tr8tck|,-
being run over and instantly killed.   H<
was employed as a switchman, and as
section was being rapidly backed out h
attempted to catch on to the rear car, bu
lost his hold and fell under the raoyin
car which literally cut the unfortunate
man in two.   Coroner Heath empanele
a jury and a verdict was rendered Monday, exonerating the railroad company,
and attaching the blame to the victim? s
carelessness.    Young Tolfree's remairs'
were  taken to his boarding place ani
after the coroner's verdict were taken io
Oakley, Mich.,by the deeeased's relativejs.
He was unmarried.   •
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