1890-06-13; Clare Democrat and Press

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CLARE, MICH., FRIDAY.kJUNE n, i8qo.
NEW SERIES NO. 4o
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Fine   Shoes,
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Every shoe in our stock was manufactured expressly (or us by Drew,
Shelby & Co., and are warranted select stock, solid sole, leather
counters and inner soles.    Give these goods a trial and you will take
solid comtort with your footwear.
One Door North
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TO?ABMlBSSjSL2Li2S!
HO COMMISSION CHAB6TSD BY AGENTS,
Money loaned nt the verv lowest rato nf in
torest with the nrivelge of paying One
Hundred Dollars at a time ami stop tlii*
corresponding interest.
For further information address,
C. M. HOWELL, General Agent,
Tnion Central Life Insurance Co.,
18, Hoyt Bock,
EAST SAGINAW,    -     .    MICHIGAN.
FOR SALE.
—stock of—
DRUGS AND NOTIONS
At    LOOMIS.   MICH.
Known ast Taylor's drug .store. Will invoice
from SisiMtn Jimkw; building will be wild, or
leased for a number of years. Sales average
$3000 to SliMHi 11 year, i-nMi. Excellent loea
tion for a general store, and plenty of room in
the building for a large stoek. Dwelling
house ami doetor's oflleo adjoining building.
Inquire on the premises, or address,
C. -VV. TAVI.OR, Loomis, aiicli.
May 13th, 1890. 42-op.
Moneu to Loan.
Money to loan on improved farms 111
sums of §100 and upwnds 011 time to
suit. Also, loans made on gilt-edged chat-
tleseeuritics.
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JOHX GllJKKSOX
If you feul unable to do your work, nnd
have that tired feeling, take Dr. J. II. McLean's Sarsaparilla; it will maKe you bright,
active and vigorous.   Sold by Cnrponter.
If you are nil run down—have no strength
no energy, nnd feel very tired all the time-
take Dr. J. II. McLean's Sarsaparllla. it will
impart strength and vitality to your system.
Sold by Carpenter.
Happy Uooslers.
Wm. Timmons, Postmaster of Idaville.Ind,,
writes: "Electric Bitters has dono more for
me than all the other medicines combined,
for that bad feellngarising from Kidney and
Liver trouble," John Leslie, farmer and
stockman, of snmo place, says: "Find Electric Bitters to be the best Liver and Kidney
medicine, made me feel like a new man,', J.
W. Gardner, hardware merchant, same town,
says: Electric Bitters is just the thing for a
man who is all run down nnd don t care
whether he lives or dies; ho found now
strength, good appetite, and felt just like ho
had a new lease on life. Only soc. a bottle,
at J. W. Dounlop's Drug Store.
The woolen factory at Vassar is carding wool into rolls for hand spinning as
usual, but as their manufacturing machinery is not running at present, tliey can
not work up wool for customers until
further notice.
bolts
price,
Shingle Bolts Wanted.
I am now ready to buy  shingle
and will   pay  the  highest cash
Bolts to be delivered on mill yard at the
west end of 7th  street,  about  SO  rods
north of the Union Depot, Clnre.
Call and see ine at the Exchange Hotol,
or at the mill. Yours &c.
* Frank Whitmore.
Dated, Clare, Julie 11th, 1890.
FRIDAY. JUNE G.
Mt,Pleasant will tutu th? eagle loose
July Fourth.
A.J Clute. tin- Vernon mill man, went
to Saginaw thi* nini nlng on business.
Evart will celi-binto thc Fourth of July
in grand style, nml a committeo is open
for bids for att ructions for the, day.
Mrs. J. 0. Williams returned home
this morning after a couple of weeks'
visit with her parents near Averill.
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Hide returned to
Olare last evening after it visit nf about
two mouths with their son at Chicago.
The ladies of the M. E. church will
serve ice cream every Saturday afternoon
and evening at the home of Mrs. I. Feighner, on Main street.
There are many persons in town wlio
are in favor of having the village council build 11 sidewalk frum the east end of
7th street on to tlie cemetery. 'Twould
make a grand improvement and should
be done.
Thc editor of the Daily Advertiser accepted nu invitation to ten and was very
pleasantly entertained nt the elegant
home of Mr. nnd Mrs. II. II. Graves, in
Mt. Pleasant, yesterday afternoon. We
yery much enjoyed the hospitality of our
genial host mid hostess.
Sir. and Mrs. D. E. Aiward returned to
their home at Lansing yesterday afternoon after a week's visit with'old friends
in this village. AVe trust that tlieir visit
here was a happy and pleasant one, and
unite with their host of acquaintances in
extending to them a cordial invitation to
come again at an early date.
How can a man say that a woman has
nothing to do? In one year she. gets
dinner 305 times, washes the dishes 1,095
times, gets the children ready for school
twice, a day for 180 days, gets tlie baby
to sleep 1,450 times, makes about300 calls
and, as she wishes for something she lias
not got eyery minute, she wishes sixty
things an hour, 4,380 things a year, Who
says that a woman has nothing to do?
J. L. Littlefleld's mill at Farwell is
running with u full force, He hns recently added a trimmer, a new sawdust
burner whicli burns all the sawdust made
in thc mill, nnd a lath machine, besides
other Improvements. He has a large cut
of several million feet which will take
until snow flies to finish. Mr. Littlefteld
lias recently sold ail of his old stock of
2-inch hemlock bill stuft' amounting to
over 900,000 feet, which will be planed
on two sides and shipped as fast as possible.—Saginaw Courier.
Arthur Seggins, a young Englishman
who with his brother own and reside
upon a farm about one mile north of
Clare, went to Port Huron this morning
to interview the custom house officials.
A short time ago their parents forwarded
to them a box of clothing from the old
country, a large portion of which they
had worn and left behind when they departed for America. This box is now in
waiting at the custom house, and upon
it there is n duty of about 848. The object of this visit is to get a portion, if
not nil, of this tax removed.
CLEVERLY  CAPTURED.
A Glare County  Horse   Thief Run
Down in   Short  Order  By  a
Montcalm County Sheriff.
From Tuesday's Daily Advertiser.
On tho night of June Sth, 1S90. there
was stolen from tho pasture of John
Palmer, in Alamo township, Kalamazoo
county, two dark dapple army geldings,
one fi and the other 9 years old, weighing
about 1400 pounds each.
They were, it handsome, well-muted
team of horses and would bring §400 to
§500 in almost any market.
The absence of the team was early discovered. Sheriff Dix, of Kalamazoo
county, was notified and al once offered a
reward of $100—$50 for thc thief and 8t0
for tlie return of tlio horses. Notice of
this reward fell into the hands of J. E.
Graham, of Greenville, deputy sheriff of
Montcalm county, and being an exceptionally shrewd criminal catcher, he was
at mice! on tlie look-out, He got trace of
a pair of horses that were making north
that tallied to the description of those
stolen. His suspicions were aroused and
h. at once commenced tracing them up.
Mile by mile lie. followed them from tlie
southern part of the state. At Harrison
lie. found where they hud stopped. Ile
traced them north to Frost,saw that they
had crossed and wero on tho way to Meredith. Being only a few hours behind, Im
waited for the noon passenger train on
the branch, wliich he boarded nnd lauded
in the town only about one hour later
than tlie man with the team.
With very little difficulty ho located
his man and lhe team. He proceeded to
his house. The family were just sitting
down to tlie dinner table. Going up to
(he culprit he slaps n pair of luiiideufis
on the fellow and claims his prisoner,
amid abundant protestations and tears
from the wife, Mr, Graham boarded thc
afternoon train with liis prisoner and
comes to Clare on his way home, where
he is interviewed bv a reporter of the
Daily Advertiser. Tliey took ti T. & A.
freight standing at tlie depot and went
to Farwell, where Mr. Graham had made
arrangement* to meet the stolen horses
and would thenee drive home.
The horse thief is a man about 3-2 or
33 years old, of slim build and rather
bright appearance. He is a common
laborer and for tlio past few yenr? has
lived with his wife in Meredith, working tlie most of thc time in the woods
for Wells. Stone & Co. His name is
John St. John, but liis looks up at the
depot last evening indicated tlie word
-Dennis" and tliat lie realized liis predicament.
His acquaintances say that for some
time past he has been* telling that he
owned a farm in Canada and that he intended going oyer to trade the farm
away and that lie expected to get a
team in the, bargain.   The horses were
the ones he brought home, whicli would
indicate that he had a confederate iu the
southern part of the state, inasmuch a?
he had not previously been down there
before taking the. horfos
His capture was cleverly and quickly
eflccled The horses were stolen last
Thursday night, and the following Monday he was ii: the hands ofthe officers of
the law. Mr. Graham speaks very highly of Deputy Sherill Dopp, of Meredith,
and expresses thanks to him for services
rendeied.
LOST   A   LEG.
A Serious Accident Befalls A. I>. Fiilmor,
untfi &V. M. Fireman, Near Button,
This Morning.
TUESDAY, JUNE 10.
He's climbed the glorious golden stair;
He's passed the portal pe.irly;
Because lieehnngcd his underwear
A week or sn too early.
Make all tramps work or move on.
V. F. Conlogue and Uaryey Button, of
Mt. Pleasant, were visitors at Clare yesterday.
II. A. Abram has heen trading horses
and now drives a nobby black team on
the Alger House bus.
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Galliver returned
last evening from a visit to friends in
the Saginaws over Sunday.
Prospects are exceedingly flattering
for an abundant harvest of ail kinds of
grain, fruits and other crops.
Arthur Nichols, of Loomis, passed
through Clare today on his way to Mt.
Plaasant where he is working in Horning's shingle mill.
Mrs. George Anthony, of Saginaw, arrived in Clare Saturday evening for a
week's visit with friends in Clare. She
is the guest of lier cousin. Mrs. A. Beebe.
Ladies can buy furnishing goods and
millinery of Mason & Dwyer cheaper
than any other place in town. New
goods arriving daily. All the latest novelties.
None of us arc perfect in this world,
but a good many of us look complacently at ourselves in the glass sometimes,
and cheerfully think that we are pretty
near it.
Hose Co. No. 1 received their new
racing cart last night by freight. It is a
dandy and the boys feel extremely proud
of it. They had it out for practice last
evening.
It is currently reported that the division of passenger trains on the T. & A.
railroad will bo changed from Clare to
Mt. Pleasant next Sunday. The reason
is said to be on account of this yillage
refusing to pay the railroad bonds.
Edward Dayton, an expert ball player
who is making his home at Midland temporarily, is in Clare this week at the expense of Manager Sutherland for the purpose of reviving interest in base ball
matters and to teach the "C. H. S." club
some fine points in the nationnl game.
The following is the order in which
the Ave departments of the village
schools ranked in the matter of regularity of attendance aud punctuality durihg
the month of May: High school, intermediate, second primary, first primary,
grammar. As the high school is not
competing, the intermediate school
takes the banner again.
FromMonday's Daily Advertiser.
An accident occurred atl0:15 this forenoon <)n tho Harrison branch, about two
miles above Hatton, by whicli A. D. Palmer, the fireman on engine 74, will lose
his left leg,
A log train was being loaded nt Seal-
'a» pjWnp, on the main line just over tlie
Remlck hill. The engine "was not attached ta tlie train, but stood a short distance down tlie grade. As soon as n ear
was loaded, tho brake was let oil'and the
cars .would rim down and be coupled onto
the ejiplno. It being rather warm on the
locomotive, and having nothing special
to attend to nt thnt time, the fireman
thought he would get oil' and go whom
it wiist,cooler, lie lay down on the edge
of tho ties beside tlie truck, between the.
engl) e and where the men were loading
logs , Having been on duty all the night
bcffVje and being tired out 'twas not lo'ng
hefn $ he fell asleep. One of the cars
had jeen loaded as he lay there sleeping.
>ike loosened nnd tlie car started,
e knew of the sleeping fireman or
reatcned danger. As he. lay there
bing caused him to throw his left
er the rail. Ou came the car. The
whcci|fi struck him, passed over tlie limb
ar tl»- ankle and nt the thigh. 'Twas
donejt, The man's limb presented a sickening-mass of mangled flesh,
Trip,engineer was the first to seo him
and hpT his cries. He lav wriggling in
pnhjjjbout ten feet from the track. They
pickil liim up, placed him iu the caboose
audi iought him to Clare. Drs. Todd
ami Maynard were summoned, who ex-
ainiifnd tun wound and at once plainly
sawjtnt the limb would have to come
off gjfo.se to the hip. The injured mau
hns a .brother who is train dispatcher at
Sngll^iw and he having received word of
the accident was desirous tliat his
brolpr bo brought to that place for sur-
gicaf ,5md medical treatment. Accordingly the suffering man was placed
nbosfe a caboose and engine 01 detailed
to,t/i£iihim to Saginaw as quickly as
pOssiflc, which left here nt precisely 12
o'clwik standard time. Dr. Todd necom-
pantMl Iho train to Saginaw.
;TMs a serious and careless accident
and jwm all accounts the injured man is
the Snly one to blame.
73-
I'f&a. Unnecessary Alarm.
Frpujj'Paturday's Daily Advortiser.
Awhottt ten minutes past two o'clock
tlits^nu the mocking bird on the water
WQrJ&building sounded un alarm of fire,
had caught in a sawdust pile just
... Squire's railroad restaurant and
tin-Sac Wind was scattering sparks and
pg the dames into fierceness.
%h there waa danger of the fire
eop(*li()leafing, to other buildings in tho
^ijj^it.w.'ia entirely unnecessary to
ment Mitt nil the people of the town, for
which thc tax-payers will have to pay
tile fire company §10 Or S12. No one objectsin paving the boys for their services
in ens of iire, but it's time to kick when
uiinec>ssnry burdens are added to thc
tnx-pnvers'when the danger is no more
iminett than 'twere this afternoon. Four
or five of the boys could have put out
this Hie just as readily as the whole de-
pitrtmint. at less thnn one-fifth tlie cost—
and lxMiles it was unnecessary to scare a
person half to death by tliat horrid lire
alarm.
CHILDREN'S   DAY.
A NEW SCHOOL SITE.
A Beautiful ami Kluborute program Delivered   at   the    SI.   E,   Church
Sunduy.
on
[An Enthusiastic Meeting   Held at
From Mondny's Daily Advertiser.
Children's Day was observed nt the
M. E. church yesterday. The day was
beautiful. The morning and evening
congregations together numbered SOO
persons. The church was very neatly
decorated and everything moyed along
pleasantly. The children were happy.
Parents were happy and smiled when
they saw their children perforin their
parts so well. The committee are justly
entitled to great praise for the carefully
and well arranged program.
Everyone was made to feel the full significance of the day.   The collection forj
the day was §S.S1." Tliis makes the edu-:
cationnl collection for   the  charge, overi
SIS. This cause is a worthy one.  Nature i
at this time of tlie year is very sugges- j
tive of its significance.     It suggests   to
our minds the thought of a forward move-'
nienr.   Only n few wcek«  ago   the   now I
blooming niid sweet smelling Mowers ofj
the wood and field were   locked   iu   tlie ■
cold prison cells of the.   earth.     But   on j
the return of spring the   warm   sunlight i
fell upon the earth—unlocked those cells j
and invited   thu   imprisoned   flower   ro i
come out.   Tlie flowers and   all   vegeta-j
tion thanked the, sun for its  benevolence !
and came forth to cheer the world with
its rich verdure and sweet  incense.     So
it is the high   aim   of   tho  educational!
society of the   ir.  E.  church   to   assist!
worthy young men to obtain   a   Christian education.   The Children's Day collection will help to awaken   tlie   intent|
forces of the minds of young men   who 1
are, and will be, called to   the   work   of
tho   ministry  by  making   a   thorough
Christian education possible,  thnt  they
may with a sanctified head awl heart go
out into tlie world to proclaim the  gospel and the saving grace of Christ.    The
children have come to the  assistance  of
tho parent educational board,  and   have
declared a forward movement  throughout tlie church in thb direction. Already
this educational fund of tlie church   lias
helped nearly four thousand students to
a christian education and the number   is
fast increasing.   Let  us help the  children in their high aim.    Educate   thcin
to benevolence in   tlie  interests of  the
church nnd neglected nnd needy   humanity.   Money can said to be  eternal only
as it is spent to develop the mind   religiously.   Mind is imperishable.
L. L. Tower.
The [High  School Room Last
Euening.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11.
Samuel Gray went to Saginaw this
morni.ig on ousiness.
Ab.Grant. of Harrison, was a visitor at
Ciare yesterday afternoon.
Sena 25 cents for the Detroit Weekly
Free Press for four mouths.
O. Bennett, of Loomis, made this office
a pleasant visit this afternoon.
Ed. Waller departed yesterday for a
trip along the Michigan lake shore.
Johnny Jackson is putting a stone
foundation under his residence, on wesc
7th street.
Mrs. David MePhnll returned this noon
after a couple of days' visit with friends
at Mt. Pleasant.
Miss Allie Adams and Fannie Gardiner
returned to Farwell this noon after a
couple of days' yisit at Clare.
Mrs. C.F.Marshall and children returned last evening from Saginaw, where
they visited with friends over Sunday.
It is reported that an excursion train
will run over the T. & A. to Cadillac
Sunday, June 29th, on account of an Ad-
yentist camp meeting on tliat date.
"Uncle Billy"' Garrison departed tliis
morning for St. Johns, Clinton county,
forthe purpose of visiting the captain of
his old regiment and obtaining evidence
required in helping him to get a pension.
Mrs. S. Chase, wlio visited with her
son in Clare over Sunday, has returned to
Alma, where sbe has been undergoing
treatment for the grippe for the past
several weaks. She expects to be entirely cured in about a ww.k or ten days
when she will return home.
Master Arthur Musseli narrowly escaped a serious accident last evening.
He was on his way home and met some
boys of about his own nge. One of them
picked up a stick and threw it at him,
which struck him just under the eye,
cutting a severe gash nbout an inch long.
A half-inch higher and he would have
lost the sight of an eye. Parents should
adopt some means o'f preventing their
boys being so rough nnd careless.
Edward F. Unicume returned yesterday after a week's absence in the Saginaws on business. During his stay he
took the contract of building four miles
of road bed for a logging railroad for
Murphy & Dorr and Whitney & Bachelor. The road commences four miles
north ot Coleman and runs duo east, Mr.
Unicume says that he expects there will
be three miles additional to build as soon
as he gets tho present contract finished.
He started with his crew this morning
to commence operations at once.
SATURDAY. JUNE 7.
There never was a man so worthless
that his wife did not think other women
wero trying- to steal him.
Those boys tbat are In the habit of destroying "bird's nests and shade trees are
liable to get Into trouble.
Wm. Wolsky has rented the Dun wooUie
storj* btilldltiiriind win. use  U  to.j&pre
'\\^^T.>Wriilrme«d^^w^^^
Miss Minnie Doherty went to Midland
this morning to visit over Sunday with
lier sls-r>'r, Mrs. Floyd Post.
Nc man was ever yet so modest as to
believe, in his inmost heart, that he was
getting nil the salary he earned.
Painters and paper hangers were never
so busy as now. and the way they lie
about finishing your house is simply
horrible.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Boswell and daughter Ida went to 5ft. Pleasant this morning to lie absent oyer Sunday in attendance at the F. M. camp meeting.
Mrs. Ed A. White and little daughter
Ruby, of West Bay City,arrived in Clare
this morning for a visit of two or three,
weeks' duration with her parents and
other friends here.
Mrs. W. R. Oorlett and daughter. Mrs.
C. F. Marshall, departed this morning
for Saginaw, where they will visit with
friends over Sunday. Mrs. Corlctt will
return from there to her home at Wayne.
Rich. Northey started out this morning on a tour of northern Michigan and
Wisconsin and calculates to be absent
until late in tlie fall. He took his bagpipes, fiddle and other musicial instruments nnd calculates tliat they will pay
his way and make liim a little money
beside.
Charley Warner, the railroad contractor, changed cars here last evening on
his way to Toledo. He says tliat work-
on tlio Chippewa Valley railroad is now
at a standstill and no telling wlien it will
be resumed. The suryeyors are doing a
little preliminary skirmishing, but the
object, and the results are uncertain. The
town of Alma is working hard for the
southern terminus of tlie road and it now
appears that she will take the plum from
Mt, Pleasant.
The Loomis correspondent of tlie Mt.
Pleasant Democrat says "there is a certain quack who comes down from Clare
about once or twice a week and humbugs
the people of this innocent little hamlet.
He is called the Indian doctor and here
is one of his prescriptions: Take the
feathers from the wing of a black hen
and burn them; the ashes are to be applied to a swelling to reduce it. After
prescribing the above there are yet people here who are paying him money. A
coat of tar and feathers would be the
most suitable.
A correspondent from Vernon township writing to the Mt. Pleasant Democrat, says: "The invalid son of Wm.
Swanston has been at work on lace work,
paper flowers, etc., and up to Sunday had
S10 saved, when Monday morning his
father demanded the money but was told
that Mrs. Dr. Goodman had it. This
caused Swanston to get mad and he
threatened to kill his wife and tried to
do so then but she escaped and sent to
Loomis and had him arrested. This is
the same man that has the deeper  work
From WmlnoMday'H Dally Advertiser.
As per Ihe notice given in these col-
111ns for the past several weeks, a meeting of the sehool board and tax payers of
Grant and Vernon fractional district was
held at the high school room in this village last evening for the purpo.-« of taking into consideration the, matter of obtaining u proper site for a new school
building.
There was n good attendance nnd much
interest manifested, Everyone seems to
realize, the importance of a good >chooi
building for thishu.»lling young city and
the necessity of its speedy erei-rioii.' The
tlii^tion was thoroughly discussed bv
.Messrs. Giberson, Perry. Dohorry, Sutherland, Judge Fine and other, aiid many
good Ideas advanced. Thin were two
lcasiblc .-otes mentioned—„-,.,- K the
second block east of .Mali), 1..1 the north
side of Sth j-'.ivet, and thu mlier is the
block un which Byron Alger'» residence
now stands, providing th- IntterV lot
could he purchased nii'l the liu;i-e moved
oil'. Either would be a giol hie.-uion;
the latter probably the more pivlerable,
judging from tlie expression* ot the gentlemen present. All seemed to be of thu
opinion, however, that n whole block
would be noiie too much ground, and
that to obtain a location prompt actions
would be necessary. T!,e block east of
.Main street hns been oH'eml to the school
board by Mr. McEwan ior SIO'H!; and ic
is the opinion that the pte.-ent school
grounds mi the north and >*,<ith side of
west oth street can be i!K|m-ic| of for
more thnn enough to purchase the new
site.
Thus far the pro -ceilings have been
careful and business-like. Last uiglic
Messrs. John Harris, Win. Ross and E. if.
DeVogt were appointed a ciiiiiinittee to
act with the school boanl to obtain
prices and terms and invesiig;:ti the several iii-oposed .sites and report at nn adjourned nieetii g nt the same plnce oil
Friday evening, June 20th; win 11. without doi.l.t. a sjio will iic selected ;iiel me
school bo.inl be instructed to purchase
ir.
Th'-I):iil\ Advertl-er was tin' Iirst to
cnii Uif aiieiuion of the citizens ot Olare
to the lli'i-'ssjiy of the spee.ly erei tioll of
better school buildings in "this village,
and last night the first steps were taken
in the matter.
It probably would be impracticable
and impossible to attempt to do anything toward the erection of a school
building this summer, but the .site will
undoubtedly be purchased at once and
steps taken so that work may be commenced thereon early in the spring of
1S91, and the building be In readiness, for
occupancy the following si'hsol yenr.
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of grace but we think it is high time he  little lad feels extremel'y penkent
wna in KalfimflKOn."        l
was in Kalamazoo.'
Wool!   Wool!
Wanted an unlimited amount of wool.
We will pay as much for it as you can
get anywhere in the State of Michigan, r
Mack & Hanmek,-
From   Clio, Mich.
T.o Farmers and   Everybody.
I have made arrangements to buy -wool
this season and am prepared to pay you
the highest market prices.    Come and
see me before you sell your clip.
D. A. McPuaix.
The South Side Grocer.
'&*JiAJr*.\ ;*8i*f*£,.' :.^^y^l^%w^i,'^>,ji'..)V^JCW!^^ --^-'. "
MONDAY, JUNE 9.
Miss Ava Keith, of Rosebush, visiteu
in Clare over Sunday, the gucfst of .Emma
Sexsmith.
Will Tasker departed this morning foi
St. Louis, Mo., to attend a national convention of train dispatcher.*. He will bo
absent ten days or two weeks.
A special train was run from dare
over the T. & A., yesterday to the Freo
Methodist camp ground near Mt. Pleasant. Abou: 2,-> persons went from tbis
place.
Mrs. Henry Miller, of Saginvw, visited
in Clare over Sunday with her sister,
Mrs. ilcnry Schilling. Mrs. Miller returned to Saginaw this morning, whero
she will remain for a few div.- before
going to Washington, D. (.'., to join her
husband, Captain Miller.
Charley Ryman drove over from Gladwin yesterday in company with his sister-in-law. Mrs. Dora Barber. They
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schilling. Mrs, Barber came over to visit
with her mother, Mrs. (.'apt. Miller, before her departure for Washington. I). (J.
At nbout 4:30 o'clock the fire alarm
sounded for the second linn- last Saturday afternoon. A small blaze was discovered in a pile of shingle bolts near
Rhoades mill. The department responded promptly to the appeal and laid hose,
but the flames were extinguished with a
few pails of water without the aid of the
lire boys. The fire is itippost-il to have
originated from a spark, either from the
mill or a parsing locomotive.
C. S. Chase is one of tlie luckiest men
in the yillage. He is accruing wealth
vciy rapidly, and his friends are pleased
to note his success. Charley says he is
worth just an even 81000 more than he
was last Thursday morning. He owns a.
cozy little home on 7th street—the prettiest and most popular thoroughfare ic
town, He enjoys life if ever man did,
and of late has been extremely happy.
Cause—a bouncing boy baby.
Charley Hipel is a brakeman on engine
CD under Conductor Boyd, of the Harrison Branch run. Since this morning
Charley's back and lefc arm resembles a
sciye more than anything else, being Utterly perforated with line bird shot..
The accident occured .t Hatton. .Charley was 011 top of a car in the act of -set-
tins a brake wben "bang" went an oliT
fuzee about 5 or C rods distant and he at
once realized that he was a target. "Twas
another case of "didn't know it was loaded." Frank Gudkenicht, a lad of 10 or 12
years of age, was standing in the doorway of his home, fooling with the gun
when it accidentally discharged. You
never saw a madder man for a time than
was Charley, and the way he jumped
around was a circus to behold. The boys
couldn't help laughing if he had died,
though the wounds were extremely painful. The shot haye been extricated, and
Charley will soon be O. IC. again.    The