1890-04-18; Clare Democrat and Press

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CLARE, MICH., FRIDAl^APRIL'18, i8qo.
5£F 71/S &4/?£/f//l/ W DRESS GOODS!
NEW SERIES NO. 38.
s All Wool Dre
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Henrietta, Serge
Wile, retail
Out -
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At 2
Afew
Zephyrs, Ginghams,   Teazle. Cloths,   Cham-
breys and Fancy Prints Just Received.    ■
At Kirkbride's
Styles of Men's Summer Flannel Shirts,
Just Received,
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HIDE'S.
#je cfoof f orti of Postoffice,
All the Old Inhabitants now do their trading at
Boss Grocery House
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MASON & BOYD.
We want you to call and see us and you will learn to  like  us better
as the acquaintance increases.
Our Low Prices
and High Quality
Will create a "bond of friendship which will never be broken.
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Purest,
Choicest,
Cleanest,
Clearest,
Best,
We Have Studied How
to Buy the
And sell at prices which
make our goods Cheapest.
Ov Lane Line of Groceries ai Provisions
Is always complete with the best the market affords.
Come and see us and we will greet you cordially.    Respectfully,
MASON & BOYD.
Pen oil and Shears.
Plant a tree.
Pleasant weather.
Arbor clay today.
Send in your local items.
The council met last night.
A little chilly this morning.
Roads are drying up rapidly.
Clean up about your premises.
R. H. Jenny, Sears, Wednesday.
Spring house cleaning is in order.
Gent's Balbriggan underwear at Kirk-
bride's.
Garden making will soon.be the order
of the day.
Ed. Horning was over from Mt. Pleasant Saturday.
The general health of the village is
,, good at present.
Nearly all the new-elected • township ^
officers have qualified.
Henry Alger made a business trip to
the Saginaws Tuesday.       ;
Hev. W. H. Snider is moving his family to Fremont, this state.
L. W. Leach, bf Doyer, was in the Saginaws Monday and Tuesday,
Dr. and Mrs. H.' L. Ash, of Marion',
visited in Clare oyer Sunday.
Wesley Sharp, of Loomis, was. among
the visitors at Clare Saturday.
Lew Rogers has moved his family
from Coleman to Washington.
C. W, Perry's residence is receiving
improvements on the exterior.
Samuel C. Zeiter and Wm, Williams
drove-up from Loomis Sunday.
Charley Chase has been purchasing
another fine, young driving horse.
Ort & Dixon have sold their planing
mill to Edward Gorr, of Gilmore.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Wellington, of Coleman, were visitors at Clare Tuesday.
Found, a door key, on the road north
of Glare.   Call and pay for this notice.
Jno. Brown and Chauncey Breed, of
Farwell, were visitors at Clare Saturday.
H. W. Pierce is fitting up the second
story of his store building on Main street.
A new sidewalk is built in front of
Wm. Dean's residence £11 East 5th street.
Mt. Pleasant society is badly torn up.
Two or three cases of scanclle in high
life.
Fishing expeditions are now in order,
and several good "catcher" haye been
made.
A girl baby is the recent arrival atthe
home of Mr. und Mrs. Thos. Snell, on 7th
street.
The band'was out fof practice la4tr
day   evening and  rendered  some   fine
music,
Mesdames W. H. and W. A. Goodman
yisitecl with relatives at Cadillac over
Sunday.
Remove the rubbish from the street in
front of your residence and place of
business.
The stone foundation is finished for
Henry Ort's new brick residence on East
6th street.
A large amount of building and other
improvements are being made in Clare
this spring.
The Coleman paper speaks of a birth
and says 'tis ila little bird." Chance for
a libel suit.
A full line of ladies', mens' and chil-
drens' corset waists just received at
Kirkbride's.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Mater died and was buried yesterday afternoon.
John W. Dunlop is building a large and
commodious barn on his lots at the east
end of 6th street.
Herb. Wheaton, of Mt. Pleasant, yisit-
ed with his young friends at Clare last
Friday and Saturday.
Dr. George Gordon, of Detroit, a cousin of C. W. Perry, visited, in Clare last
Friday and Saturday,
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Rockafellow have
been yisiting with the latter's parents at
Evart for the past week.
A large invoice of stationery just receiyed at this office. Call ancl get prices
and see samples of work.
M. D. Davis was appointed health of.
fleer by the council. The doctor's vigilance is already manifest.
Sealed proposals are wanted for the
stumping and clearing of the new addition to the village cemetery.
The stone masons commenced work
yesterday morning on the foundation of
Doherty's new brick block.
Prospects are that the Chippewa "Valley Railroad, from Mt. Pleasant to Big
Rapids, will be built this fall.
The Ladies' Union will meet at the
home of Mrs. W. S. Cooley, on West 5th
street, next Wednesday afternoon.
Holbrook & Mack, the painters, did a
neat job of decorating this week on the
interior of the Clare Connty Bank.
Those all wool dress goods reduced to
25 cts. at Kirkbride's, are going fast. Secure a pattern before they are gone.
M. O. Austin has been reappointed village marshal for another year. The salary was reduced from $150 to $125 per
year.
Jacob Gruber, of Elk City, Penn., is
visiting with relatives in Clare, the guest
of his sister, Mrs, C. Bigley, whom he
has not seen before in 21 years.
Is
*."Hatfield of Gilmore township   is
.happy by the news that his pension
pifceu increased from $8   to   $17  per
ih.
io. Bogue has purchased ot Will   J.
■the latter's house and lot on  West
l*treet,    near    the    Congregational
X-   : /
)rge Piper, who   has   moved   from
Saginaw onto his farm   near   Mt.
»«t, visited with  friends   at   Clare
iturday.
pus Babcock,   who   is cooking in
Scallan's camps near Hatton, yisit-
th his wife   and friends at Clare
iturday.
jjday was the anniversary of   the"
nation of President; Lincoln.   The
the school house floated at half-
ring the day.
Feighner is home after  a  three
%fl&lt at Battle   Creek  and   other
"•'of southern Michigan.   He was
kand: sellingstock.
wl. H. Hey wood, .'of Ithaca, will oc-
pulpi't   at  the   Congregational
;Tn Ciare   next  Sunday
^poyer iri the afternoon.
rfeawson's new brick building will
lenced as soon   as  the   masons
rick work on Doherty's   building,
rill be about .the first  or  middle
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jLadies' Aid Society will  meet at
ie of Mrs. L. L. Tower next Tues-
felect a new corps of officers.    A
ft'supper will be served from five
morning
pthe'
FHe<
eyenmg.
attend,
;* Lossing returned home yesterday
after a three weeks'  visit  with
tots in Ontario, having been sum-
by the news ofthe serious illness
ther.
reported that   strawberries,   of
rge numbers are raised in this
have been seriously damaged
winter, and only about half a
be, realized.
pllister, of Saginaw, is in .... town
•-will furnish   the  plans   and
iOnsfor  Dohertv's  new  brick
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d is. here  for  the  purpose   of
ver. the ground.
CKase • has  rented   the   Cooley
and will move his meat market
a few (lays. ' ^Wilson's   tailor
lhe moved inco  rooms   in   the
e Clare County Bank.    \   ,,
M. I4ice has opened the'South
f^forra§rly,Mrs.  Atkins')  and
Everybody cordially invited to
Bill, 75 cents per couple.
Dr. F. J. Todd has been appointed dep-
tny grand chancellor of the order of
Knights of Pythias for this district, in
place of Fred Russell, of Mt. Pleasant,
who recently went to Washington.
James Warren visited with his wife at
Saginaw over Sunday. He reports that
she is improving rapidly and anticipates
that she will be able to return home to
Clare about the latter part of next week.
The roads leading into the village,
which have been in an almost impassible
condition for some time, are in a much
better condition now, and farmers are
beginning to visit friends in the village
once more.
Dayid Ansman, a woodsman, became
hilarious last Friday evening, wanted to
break all the windows in the Alger House
and thrash the proprietor. Got fooled.
Was run in by Marshal Austin. Ten clays
in the yillage pound,
John Rorison has erected a workshop
near his residence on East 5th street. He
has put in a new boiler and engine, con"
siderable new machinery and is prepared
to execute all orders for 'eve^thing in
the line of woodwork.
J. B. Husted has rented his restaurant
in the opera house block and this week
move;d his family onto his farm 5^ miles
south of Clare. Mr. Husted has a fine
property and intends doing the business
on an extensiye scale.
S. J, Jamison, of Loomis, was in Clare
Monday evening in attendance at the
lodge of the I. O. O. F. Sam, by the wayi
who was elected school inspector of his
township, has been elected chairman of
the Isabella county board of school inspectors.
The Farwell Register says that a post
office has been established at Cope's Siding on the T. & A., and was opened for
business on April 7th. The name will be
changed and will be hereafter known as
"Cairns," named after the proprietor ot
the mill, Cairns E. Smith, of Eyart.
We hope the health officer will insist
upon people cleaning up their premises
immediately. Half the town is in a delicate state of health as the result of la
grippe, and we cannot afford to take any
chances through the laziness of people
wno will not clean up unless compelled
to do so.
The board of directors of the Congregational church are negotiating with
Rev. J. H. Hey wood, of Ithaca, to secure
his services as pastor of their church in
this village. W. H. Elden and C. H.
Sutherland made a trip to Ithaca Tuesday on business connected with this matter but final arrangements haye not yet
been perfected.
Clare is badly in need of, and should
have at an early date, a new union school
building, This matter cannot be longer
delayed, and steps should at once be
taken toward its erection during the coming summer or following spring.
So far this spring there has been three
saloon bonds presented and approved by
the common council.     That  of  Oliver
Beemer, with Fred Hickey   and  Alfred
Louch as sureties;  George   B.   Dawson,
with Samuel Young and Isaiah Feighner
as sureties; Waller  &  Sweetman,  with.
Daniel McKeiser and William Giberson
I One of Uncle   Sam's   eagle-eyed   em
ployes   swooped  down  on   Postmaster
Kirkbride last Saturday on a tour of   inspection of that branch   of   the   government department in this village.   He expressed himself as being  much  pleased
with the condition of the postoffice   and
the manner in which it is conducted.
A couple of gentlemen from Caro, Tus
cola county, were in town a couple of
days this week looking oyer the surroundings with a view of moving their
staye mill to this place. They were quite
favorably impressed with the outlook
ancl promised to return in a few days and
make further investigations, when they
would decide the matter of removal.
The board of commissioners of the
poor met in this village Tuesday. They
were concluding negotiations with the
village of Harrison for laying water
pipes to connect and supply the count}'
farm. About 80 rods of pipe will have
to be laid. They attempted to dig-a well
on the farm, but after going down 100
feet concluded to abandon the job and
obtain their supply from the waterworks.
An experiment made last summer with
cows proyed that when a handful of salt
or about two ounces   of.it,  was  giyen
every day, the yield of   butter  was  increased one-fifth; and when the salt   was
withheld the yield fell off in   the   same
proportion.   The   reason  beyond   question, is that the salt is required  for j.f,iilj-
digestion of the food, more .of  the 'M<$
was changed to milk.   Keep salt- witl*i|v
reach of the-cows. . ;'";J -/""■•
Some day,.there will be a terrible, acc&:
dent at the railroad station afc! some
family will be mourning th**/violent
death of a boy. It will happen^just as
sure as the sun rises and set*,^ unless
parents take cognizance of the-fwst,  and
GLIMPSE OF AN JGE HOUSE.
With Its  Cost  and   Contents—inspection
Of One Built at Harrison by the Cin-
cindti foe   Company.
Among the numerous firms getting out
ice in .aud around Harrison may be mentioned the Cincinati Ice Company, and a
few figuies showing the amount of business clone by this company would not be
out of place. This firm has built ancl
filled two ice houses, besides buying several that have been filled by other parties,
but it is of the larger house that was
filled by this company tliat I wish to
speak.
From February 24 to April 12 they employed 166 men ancl 18 horses; there was
2,281 days' work performed, and the
wages amounted to $3,62S.70; the average
amount"for each man, including teams,,
was $21.86; the average number of days
for each man, 14; the average daily wages
for each, $1.59. The house is divided, into six rooms or chambers, fiye of which
are 120 feet long, 50 feet wide and 20 feet
high, and. one 120 feet long, 4S fee(t wide
and 20 feet high. The ground covered
by this house is 1 acre 54 square rods.
The walls are double with a space one^
foot wide filled with sawdust, of which it,
took 1,666 cubic yards. The top of the
ice is covered with straw, and seven carloads, or 74 tons, were used. The roofs
are of boards, and contain 40,992 square
feet. Between the roofs is a tin valley,
or gutter, which contains 966 square feet.
The lumber used in "the building was
250,000 feet, and it took 36 kegs of ''-nails
to put ilp on. The ice, which is of superior quality, was hauled out of Budd lake
up a,slide 150 Ieet long, by a 10 horse
power engine and endless chain with
hooks made-ejcpressly for that purposed
Coal was used for the engine, which con-
sumed 17, tp.n-. The water for the engine
was forced through au inch tube by a
-Buckeye force pump up   a  hill  40, feet-
wgbV    ;
"The house is estimated to contain 10.-
+ * *
000'tons of ice,which will be shipped the
coming season to Cincinnati via Flint ,&■•
Pere Marquette Railroad.
Wm-. Giberson is contemplating a trip
to Tennessee and other parts of the south
road,   swarms orsmft
the railroad station at the arrival of every
train, jumping on and ofi the cars with
that disregard of life and limb, which is
characteristic.
Mrs. Fred Holbrook, or better known
as Mrs. Jno. Dunning, is somewhat in
luck. A few years ago, just previous to
his death, Mr. Dunning went northwest
in search ot* a climate more congenial to
his consumptive constitution, and while
in Manitoba he purchased a tract of land
near the village of Oak Lake. A railroad
is now being built across the property
and the company desire to purchase the
fortjr. She has just received a letter offering her §1000 for her claim. The matter has been placed in the hands of an attorney.
A terrible accident occurred some
miles from Gladwin Monday afternoon.
The boiler of Oseman's saw mill exploded completely wrecking the mill and
killing H. M. Corey, the engineer, and
his son, who was acting as fireman. The
explosion was extremely violent and was
heard four miles away and the whole
ground over a large area of country was
shaken as by an earthquake, Pieces of
the boiler was thrown many rods. The
men killed were badly mutilated. As
they had charge of the boilers, it is of
course impossible to learn the cause of
the explosion, but it is suspected the
water had become too low.
The death of John Monroe Dsuten
occurred in this village on Thursday,
April 10,1890, at the home of his son,
John Dusten, on Wheaton ave. Deceased
was born in Ontario on the 29th day of
July, 1811, and was nearly 79 years of
age at the time of his death. About four
years ago, together with his wife, they
moved with their son to Michigan and
settled in Clare, where they have since
resided. Heart disease and dropsy are
the attributed cause of his death. He
leaves a widow, aged 65 years, to suryive
him; also Mrs. Joshua Wager and Mrs.
Edward Becker, his daughters, and John
Dusten, his son, who reside in this village. The funeral occured Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock; services being con-\
ducted from the M. E. church by Rev. L-
L. Tower. The remains were interred in
Cherry Grove cemetery.
The following amounts have been paid
on subscription to the Democrat-Press
since our last issue:
John Clark, Clare,  ..$1 50
Curtis Palmer,       "           50
A. J. Clute, "      1 50
Daniel Crouse,       "  1 50
A. Jennings, "      50
C. Babcock, Hatton,  1 50
E. W. Chapin, Marion, 1 00
C. Bogan, Calkinsville,. 1 00
The residents of  Northern  Mic&fgari
ought to be happy people and they .have
•much to be thankful for when tlieir condition is compared with that of their unfortunate brethren in other staces. It is
a long time since we had a flood in
Northern Michigan. Our' oldest" inhabitants do not remember any cyclones
earthquakes or gas explosions. The col
lisions on our railroads are confined, to
log and freight trains; we never had a
famine or had to appeal to neighboring
districts for aid. Our people are fairly
prosperous, and while we are not living
in the land of "milk and honey," we are
in a land of plenty, where every mart who
is willing to work can make and savse
money. A land that is noted for its pure
spring water and healthy climate. Let
those wh© contemplate moying to some
new country, allured there by bright
promises (on paper) held out to them,
stop and think of what they are leaving,
and they will say, as hundreds of others
who haye gone away and returned say"
Michigan is good enough for me."
A Democrat-Press* scribe, in company
with Y. F. Conlogue,   of Mt. Pleasant,
and Will Goodman, visited the threshing
machine manufactory at Lansingville mi
Wednesday.   This industry, though now
in its infancy, promises to be an  important one at no distant day, and one which
Northern Michigan will, at sometime, be
proud of.   The proprietors of the industry are Messrs. W, H. Bowen, of Lansingville, Y. F. Conlogue and F.  D.   Patterson, of  Mt.  Pleasant.     The  threshrag
machine upon which  the  company  are
now at work, is  the invention  of  Mr,
Bowen,   It possesses all   the  points  of
merit of any of the other thresher, beside,
another very valuable invention for  sep—
erating the grain from  the  straw,   possessed by no other machine manuf actured.—
Mr, Bowen is  very  familiar  with  the
workings of the threshing machine,, and ■
'tis said that he has now succeeded in* getting the thing   down  to   a  fine point- -
They expect to have two of the machines
finished and ready for inspection by  the
first or middle of the" coming month, and- •
will then push matters so as to have sev- -
eral machines on the market for  the fall 4
threshing business.   They  have  now  a*,
large, two-story   building,  30x80   feet?-
erected near Bo wen's mill, and have considerable machinery up and in   working
order.   They will soon build a large   addition onto the west side to be used for a
paint shop and store house.     They  are
contemplating the erection of a  foundry
in the near future.   There is no  mistaking the fact   that  these  gentlemen   are
confident of success and that they  mean
business. '    '