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CLARE, MICH., FRIDAY; fILY 18, 1890,
BKKIBS OK 1800,
DRY GOODS,
LADIES
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CHILDREN'S
FINE SHOES.
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Every pair of these SHOES are
select stock and Solid Leather
Soles, Counters and insoles. Buy
one pair and you will have no
other.
KIRKBRIDE.
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Money.
CLARK COUNTY,
Will he hidd
.A.T   CLABB,
Commencing at 10 O'clock A. M. Monday,
August 4, and closing at 4 p, m,, Friday,
August 8.
A.  J. DOHERTY, Olare, Local Committee,
The value of the instruction received ut
these institutes Is being very generally recognized hy teachers mid school olllcors. As it
rule, it has heen the ■■xpi-iience of county examiners and other examining offl.-ers, thut!
the most successful teachers tue those who
have a\ailed themselves of the normal instruction offered by these local institutes.
The daily sessions of the Institute for this
year will, us heretofore, he devoted exclusively t«i topics of special interest to teachers,
presented hy persons of extended, practical
experience us teachirs, und who have made
a special study of Institute work. The evening lectures will be of a popular character.
The institute law ttllows teachers, whose
schools are in session nt the time appointed
for the County Institute, held under the direction ot the Btatc Superintendent, to close
their schools during the continuance of sueh
iustlttile without forfeiting their wages for as
many half days as they are in attendance at
tlie Institute. This provision of law, and the
fact that there wHI be no cnrollmentorluition
fee exacted should insure tho attendance of
every teacher in the county who possesses
tho true professional spirit.
| IFuHlpartieulnrs in regard to board, etchnay
he obtained upon application to the loenl
committee.
J0SE1-H ESTABROOK,
Sup't. Public Instruction.
KIRKBRIDE, DRY GOODS.
To the Teachers of Clare County.
You are, hereby uotilietl that the institute for this eounty will be held in Clare,
commencing August 14th and will continue one week. All teachers intending
to tench in Clare county aro expected to
be present. Thc board of school examiners have decided to allow, in addition
to the per cent allowed by the school
laws of 1889, five per cent to each teacher
of the weeks atteitdfitsqe.
provided for all teachers attending the
institute.   Dated, July 14,1800.
Gko. J. Connx.-
A. J. Doiikuty.
T. W. Avium.;..
Pencil and Shears,
Dry and warm.
Agitate tlie hotel scheme.
Splendid harvesting weather,
Mrs. Daniel Grouse is veryill.
Plant an ad for tho summer trade,
J. Vt7. Calkins. Harrison, Monday.
J, Mason, Mt. Pleasant, Wednesday,
Clare has several fine driving horses.
Council proceedings in another column.
Treasurer Goodman, was In Harrison,
Tuesday. v'/
A. P. AVaite, of Evart, was in town on
Tuesday.
Repair those sldownlks. Mr.,Street
Commissioner.
The Congregational parsonage is being reshingled.
V. F. Conlogue, of Mt, Pleasant, was in
town yo.-terday.
Tim weather has been cool and pleasant during the week.
John ('arlaiid, railroad contractor, was
in tlie city Tuesday.
Geo, .7. Cummins was down from Harrison on Wednesday,
Shearer & Co,, furniture dealers, have
a new ad in tliis issue.
(.'has. 1. Bigley was among the visitors
at Saginaw Wednesday.
Liberal advertising will liven up business during tlio hot months.
0. W. Perry visited with his parents in
Genesee eounty over Sunday.
Jonathan Boyeo, the lumberman, was
in tho eity Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. IL Rockafellow returned from Evart this morning.
Jacob Mason lias been scaling lumber
at Jit. Pleasant during the week.
Mrs. 0. II. Sutherland aecompanied,her
husband to Milwaukee last week.
Justice Charles Bigley preformed his
Ilrst marriage ceremony last Friday.
Mrs. Geo. A. Graves, of St. Louis, is
Visiting relatives and friends at Clare.
Be careful that your cattle and horses
do not find their way into tlio new pound.
Eninia Sexsmith visited her sister,Mrs-
B. Corning Shaw, at Calkinsville, the
first of the week.
Mrs. A. Louch and Mrs.F. A. Jcfferies
visited with friends in FaVwcll Wednesday.
A. W. Calkins andAl. IkHictt ^v'fenfc'to
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NEW SERIES NO 51.
Mrs. E. B. Calkins and Mr. j    Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ort. moved  their
E. Calkins, of Calkinsville,   household  goods this   week into their
I'Uli'.Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Calkins !'i"w brick residence on east fith street.
yer Sunday.
icbootioyer   departed   Tuesday
of northern Michigan in hopes
better health.   He expects to
several weeks.
Of ghibs blowers are holding
a few days in this village gjv-
'Itions In the building just north
;k & Harris' store,
V. Sine, of Grand Rapids is
*ith her daughter, Mrs. Charles
Thev now have one of the finest and
most beautiful homes in the village, and
'ti* hoped they may liyo long to enjoy it.
At the annual conclave at Milwaukee,
last week Capt.Todd, of Clare Division
Xo, -if), was elected regimental surgeon
ami promoted to thc rank of major. This
leaves Clare division without a captain,
necessitating an election in the near
future.
The boy is almost old enough  to toll
Dover.   She will remain until j the news himself, but for fear some of
first of September. | onr readers out of town may not learn of
ily:   "You haven't eaten your it!"' {'Mi-, we wi" st!lt(' tllat he lias been
Roberts.   Is there anything in ' ''''•'ling Mr. and Mrs. James Walsh, of-1th
er:   "I don't think there }-,; J street, papa and inainina since the moru-
t taste anything," j ing of the 5th,
igs, Mich., captured the first prize j    '-1'1"-'1'*-'ifi lm"'c 01'less Wllt0r ""'"1 i"'th('
iff or having the best ilrilloil ill- ■ vllltise frmn the watei- works for drink-
' ing purposes, and as tt matter of health
• the hydrants at each end of tlie main
j.should be opened at regular periods in
j order to clean out any «.tagiisiut water
J that may stand therein.
j Most vegetables are better cooked iu
'granite or porcelain ware than in iron
j This hot weather, when cream i* plenty
an,1 i end butter so low priced there i« no
' money in it, don't be so saving of the
Saginaw y*mfe*i^^ He^pressed surprise in
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attendance at the K. of I'. conclave nlfAWwaukee hwi week.
The Michigan editors and their wives
are having a line time at Saginaw this
wcek.,-|They nre'being loyally entertained hy Un citizens of tliat city.
Ed. •■ choonover,  traveling   salemvin
for a Ifuffalo firm dealers in to!i»orial
gupplifl^ visited with his parent*
broiliefc jn Clare over .Sundry.
Honwisteveiis it moving his buildings !c,'ei,m '"cooking vegetables, which  are.
at Iho ft-sc end of 5th street and making  m,K'h improved by its use.
preparations for the erection of a hrge     The har croP in this vicinity, whicli is
addition to his hotel property. jtlK' Ingest «»d best quality for years,
Thc'ijpright of II. W. Pierce's brtick- j hl11, l,('cn secl"'0lJ >" excellent condition,
veneer^ residence at the east «>nd of 5th!The weather has been exceedingly
street U being finished.   Mr. Pierce wilj' favorable.   Farmers are now busy cut-
have a fine home when completed
Wm*,Giberson offers great reduction in
prices'; oii ali goods for tlie next few
wccke-lor the purpose of reducing stock.
Read his announcement on another page.
Wm,'; Giberson and James Alger returned Jiqicc Monday after a two week's
tour exhibiting the six-legged cow.
They visited Cadillac, Manistee, Ludington Infl Milwaukee,
MfisKbwi Ilerrick. of Lee Centre, 111.,
isthegjiestof her uncle, M. A. Ilerrick'
in tbl* 'tillage. Miss Herrick's fathor
and '-j.X'fi," who are brothers, have never
seen O^e.another.
•   G*9r?je Keidan, a prosperous merchant
at '©Mlwin. was in town   Wednesday
fta^'leVi.- He«;,?l>ressed surprise in the
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Fine Groceries.
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We carry a very Complete Stock of
Everything in the line of Choice
Family Groceries.    Also Provisions
of all kinds, Hay, Oats, Flour, Feed, etc.
We are doing practically a
Cash business, which enables us to
Give our customers   thc   Best Goods    and
Greatest Quantity for the money.    Don't fail to call on
Us as  we  assure you Courteous  treatment  and  Great Bargains.
We Lecjd ii| Ljcrtf Pi'ices.
Respectiully Yours,
MASON & BOYD.
All Kinds of Farm Produce Bought and Sold.
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Kiikbride has something to say about
fine shoos in his advertisement tills week.
Read It.
Deputy Treasurer W. II. Goodman, has
b.'cn dispensing fund.- at tlio county seat
during the week.
Tlie masons expect to commence laying brick on Dawson's new building next
Monday morning.
c. JL O'Donald was at Coleman last
evening looking after his shingle mill
and business at that place.
The Ladies'   Tnion   will   meet at the
home of Mrs. A. J. Doherty, Wednesday,
j July 23. at the usual hour.
|    There is an elegant opportunity for an
i enterprising man to get rich by erecting
a first-class hotel at Clare,
Joseph Hudson and Daniel jrcMastcr
attended the races at Saginaw this week,
returning home last evening.
The strawberry season was a short one
in Clare this year. The lowest price
readied was 10 cents per quart.
S.J. Jamison, Wm. Williams and F.
Skyring, of Loomis, attended I. O. 0. F.
lodge at Clare, Monday evening.
There is no excuse for men being idle
in tliis vicinity now. There is plenty of
work hereabouts and wages good.
C. II. Sutherland and S. C. Kirkbride,
were iu Saginaw and Bay City Monday,
on business for the Wooden Ware Co.
Henry Ort hasjerected a neat, commodious barn on his lots in tlie rear of his
new brick residence ou east Gtli street.
WANTED:—5000 cords of beech and
maple bolts at Muscott's Handle Factory-
Clare. 51-tf
George Cory, one of the firm of Cory
Bros., shingle manufacturers, near Harrison, was in town Monday and Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Leyington, of
Clare, and Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Bishop, of
Midland, were visitors to Milwaukee last
week.
Miss Rosa Zoeller and little sister, Lizzie, of Saginaw, aro guests of their aunt,
Mrs. Chas. Friedeborn, in Clare, this
week.
It is said that pressing a small piece of
common glue into thc soil of potted window plants will cause them to bloom
abundantly.
The following item isgoing the rounds
of thc state press: "Clare county owes
nothing, and has besides §12,000 in the
general fund."
Miss Bessie Giberson started on Wednesday morning for a four or fivo weeks'
visit among friends and relatives at Mt.
Morris and Flint.
A boy baby was born to Mr. and Mrs,
Daniel Crouse last evening, but died soon
after birth. They have the sympathy of
their many friends.
Xewt. Burger, of Midland, is in Clare,
again with his phonograph. He is on his
way home, haying made a tour of
northorn Michigan.
frontal istummer.
ting wheat, wliich crop promises to be
equally satisfactory—und all are thankful.
The Woman's Relief Corps will give a
lawn social next Wednesday evening at.
the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
calkins on the corner of Main and ."ith
streets. Ice cream and cake will be
"-f-rved, Tiie baud will furnish music.
All who attend are assured of a good
time.
Perhaps you did not know that R. M.
Musseli had joined tlie army of grangers,
but such is the fact. He purchased a
fine farm a few weeks ago in the southwest part of Vernon township, and for
the past few days has been out there with
a crew of men harvesting a 21-acre crop
Mrs.
James   Warren    departed   this
Ewi-t Rwiew: The Clare band' pres- j morning for Saginaw. Mr. Warren will
cntetii finfc appearance in the parade, u.,^ the afternoon train, where he will
and ilso some very fine music, and his ineethis wife, when they will proceed to
-drei'tgiveit away—the be«t looking  xieekerville, Sanilac couuty, ou a ylelt to
drum major ,n Northern Michigan.
friends.   Mr. Warren will return after a
The late proprietor of the. Charlevoix j few days bnt Mrs. Warren will make an
Democrat, Charles J. Strang, is ternpor-' indeiinatc stay.
arilly in charge of the Lansing Journal,: a French bachelor advertised for a
Mr. Strang is a hustler and capable ofjwjfe. _y typographical error changed
filling any position on a newspaper. , ijjS age from thirty-seven to eighty-seven.
Prof. Kennedy, thc great mesmerist' |,ul jt made no difference, for he received
and kins of laugh makers, will give a ' t.,v0 hundred and fifty applications from
series of entertainments at the G. A. R.j ladies ranging from tlie age of sixteen to
hall in this village during the entire j s|xty, and all promising love and devo-
next week,commencing Monday evening, j tion for the rest of his existance.
Freddie Strong, of Saginaw, engineer j A ))ew pouml is being lnli|t Jn the rear
ontheF.&P.M., came up Wednesday j of'U|e water works engine house. It is
to accept a position of F.D. Patterson &j,(jmetlling that has long bcell badly
Co. as engineer on their engine at their j needed a„d wtwn completed the villagers
camps about 1-1 miles north of this place, j h(     t0 see ]ess catt)e nnil howes roaming
Mrs. F.J. Todd and children, Mrs. A. K    stl.eetS) breaking iuto people's yards,
Beebe. and her father, Mr. Anthony.de-1
parted Tuesday morning for a month's
sojourn tit Bay View.   Mrs. Beebe owns
a beautiful little cottage   on the camp
grounds.
The Charlevoix Democrat under th« j gr0l1,,n for a long side track along the
idly gaining  reputation as one of the
leading papers of  northern  Michigan.
The Democrat entered  upon  volume S
last week,
Ed. McKnight,a woodsboy well known
destroying    gardens   and    shade   trees.
Thos. Seath will act as pound-master.
The F. & P. M. work train with a crew
of men under command of Conductor
Charley Dwyer are at work grading the
manogsmcDtof Will E. Hampton,is rap- J£nrrlson Braneh, lending into and past
is
herebouts, is laid up at Lackie's restaurant nursing a broken leg, the result of
a log rolling upon him while at work in
one of F. D. Patterson & Co's camps last
Friday.
Peter Mortz, one of the Clare Wooden
Ware Company, moved his family from
Midland to this place the first of the
week. They occupy the house on east
Oth street, lately vacated by Henry Ort's
family.
The T. & A. company have taken ofl'
the early morning train that started from
Mt. Pleasant at 5:30 and ran north to
Frankfort and Manistee, passing through
Clare on the return trip at 9:45 in the
evening.
Our business men are experiencing the
reaction whieh usually sets in after the
busy season previous to thc Fourth. The
dullness will not last long, however, tbis
season, as every Indication points to a
prosperous fall trade.
J. D. Newth is loading two cars with
lumber and build stuff, which he will
ship to Fredrlcksburg, Iowa, to be used
in the erection of a dwelling house for
himself. He intends returning home
sometime the early part of next week.
3.0.Rockafellow, who has been absent
for more than three months past engaged in collecting the mortgage statistics
for the lOtli district of Michigan, returned home yesterday morning. It seems
good to see him about town once again.
Whitmore's shingle mill. The cut
quite a heavy one and thc steam excavator is at work thereon. The. work will
probably consume two or three weeks'
time.
The F. & P. M. railroad company will
j put on an extra passenger train on this
I end of the road next Monday morning,
whieh will start from Reed City aud pass
through Clare at about 7:30 a. m., returning about nine in the evening, making
three trains each way over that road.
The new time card is not out yet, but
the time o£ the other trains now running
is not changed to any great extent, so 'tis
said.
There will be a grove meeting held at
Lansingville, one-half mile south of the
school house, next Saturday and Sunday.
The services on Saturday will be at 2:30
p.m. and 7:30 in the evening. Sunday
at 10:30 a. m., 2:30 p. m. and 7:30 in the
evening. The meeting is under the direction of the M. E. church at that place.
Neighboring ministers will be present to
assist the pastor in the meeting. Come
everybody.
James Nevill has been hobbling around
town for the past week, the result of an
accident which occurred at Clinton's mill,
above Farwell last Saturday. He was
helping load logs onto a wagon when one
of them started back and rolled over him.
Striking him on the shoulders it doubled
him up like a jack-knife, severely straining some of tho cords of his foot and leg
aud bruising him about the body. Had
it not beeu for the skids ho would haye
been mashed to a jelly.
Joseph MeKinloy, son of Rev. McKinley, formerly pastor of the M, E. church
in this village, visited with friends here
Monday, tho guest of Mrs. A. Beebe.
Joseph was a small boy in knen pants
when he lived here, but now lie is grown
to be a tine looking young gentleman,
lie is about to move with his parents to
rtah. where thpy will make their homo.
His sister, Carrie, was recently married
to a wealthy gentleman fiom I here, hence
to be near her, tliey move, to I'tah.
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Goodman and son,
Stove., returning to Clare last Saturday
evening after an absence of eight or ten
weeks, during whieh time they visited at
Saginaw a couple of weeks, when they
went to Florida, where thy 'remained
some time. They returned to Michigan
ami visited with relatives there about a
uei-k befor:' coming to i'litre. Ali -l.ipear
u> though tim southern climate did Ihem
considerable good. Their friends are
pleased to welcome them home again.
Among those who attended the K. of
P. coueluM- at .Milwaukee, last week were
Capt. F.J. Todd and Sir Knights David
Rorison, J. W. Calkins, R. II. Jenney, C.
S. Chase, J. IL Call'iyer, J. Schilling,!).
A. McPhall. Will Curtiss, W, L. Lyons,
A. Louch. M. D. Eaton, J. S. Ross and C.
If. Sutherland—members of the divisioa
who attended iu a hotly. The boys departed Monday evening, tlie majority ol
the party returning home on lhe follow-
Saturday morning. Sufiiee to sav all
had a RATTLING GOOD Tr.ME.
Tlie merchants who advertise in the-
Dkmockat-Pkess are the ones who deserve your patronage. Tliey are the one*
who are wide-awake and are working fortius advancement of the town and surrounding country. If you own property
here and are public spirited, please consider this fm-t before you purchase a bill
of got ds. In nearly p.very Instance Ihe
man who docs not advertises is a stingy,
miserly cu-s and works to get your dollar^ br giving you a« little in return as
possible. The men who have bargains
will advertise them.
Every line in a newspaper costs something. If it is for the benefit of an individual it should be paid for. If a
grocer was f,sked to donate groceries to
one abundantly able to pay for them lie
would refuse. Tlie proprietor of a news-'
paper must pay for free ad*ertising if
(ho beneficiary does not, and yet ft is one
of the hardest things to be learned by
many people that a newspaper has space
in its columns to rent, and must rent it to
live. To give away or rent it for anything less than living rates would be as
certainly fatal ns for a landlord to furnish
bottle rent free.
Frank Whitmore's shingle mill, which
was moved from Meredith a few weeks
ago nnd located in the northwest part of
this village on the Harrison Branch railroad, started up for the first last Monday
noon. Only oue machine (Perkins) is in
operation at present, employing some 10
or 12 hands about the mill. We understand that Mr. "Whitmore intends increasing his facilities and force in the near
future as the occasion demands. Mr.
Whitmore is one of the best shingle
makers in northern Michigan—his products finding a ready sale in any market.
The new industry is a welcome one.
The Orangemen's  celebration of the
battle of Boyne at Midland last Saturday
was a complete success, judging from
the general verdict of those who attended.   Clare Lone Star Lodge, accompanied by the Farwell "band and a large number of citizens from here, the surrounding country and neighboring towns went
down on the. morning train, joined forces-
with Saginaw and Midland and succeed-
in making the day a gala   one.   Four-
bands furnished music  and the parade-
made a fine appearance.   A special train,
brought the Clare people home at about
8 o'clock in tho evening when the party
adjourned to the town hall and tipped
the light fantastic toe until near mid.-
night.
Tiie brick work on Doherty's new
opera house block is about completed—
the mason's intend finishing up tomorrow
night. The roof will then be laid and
and the carpenters commence work on
the interior. Mr. Doherty will endeavor
to have the first floor, or two store fronts,
ready for occupancy by the middle or
last of August. The pipes for the water
works and steam heating apparatus have
all been placed in position and the
plumbers taken their departure. The
building will be one of the finest little
structures in northern Michigan when
completed ancl reflects much credit to the
enterprise of the owner. When the opera
house, 0)' second floor, is finished Clare
will bave a hall to be proud of. All are
anxiously awaiting its completion and
the opening.
The clerk of Midland county issued 47
marriage licenses for six mouths ending
June 30.
Friedman & Hynau, job printers of
Saginaw, intend to launch thc daily
.Democratic Globo on or about July 21.
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