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GLARE, MICH.,  FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1895.
No. 7
HE WANTED NEW SHOES.
Elinor Herring Helps Himself to a Pair in Front
of Ed. Waller's Store,      ..
itcscliiy afternoon during the absence
ol&d. Waller, tbo shooman, Elmer Herring dropped into tho store f,nd began
feasting his eyes on the magnificent stock
of shoes that worp neatly arranged on
tho shelves. Elmer lives about four
miles south of horo and there w?s to ho
a party the same evening in that neighborhood, and the longer ho'looked at the
nice new shoes and then compared them
with his own, that were a littlo worse for
-^Sfi^.^e.nioio h.0 hacsinQ desirop,s of
; becoming the proud possessor of a pair
that he might put in a more prepossessing appearance at .the party, Finally,
while tho clerk 'was busy waiting on
frtrotomer, Elmer sauntered out in front
of the store and there, on display, >vas a
.^ais that he made tip his mind, would fit
Mm, and ho was suddenly seized with a
Bfc of kleptomania, and he as suddenly
seized the shoes and placed them under
Mb. coat and walked away. The shoes
were hot missed until supper time and
then Mr.. "Wallor began to make enquiries
and finally centered hjg suspicions on
young "Herring, and after . supper he
drove out to tho neighborhood where the
Herring boy lives and finally fonnd him
at tho party with the shoes on, He was
^TgJven an iuyitalioh to step into tha
buggy and drive back to town, wlrich he
acoeptecl. Wednesday afternoon he was
bfpsfght before Judgo (oekafellow, who
let hini-go on suspended sentence at the
EOli;itation of the complaining witness,
Mr". Waller. While the complaint was
_being read hy the judgo the lad broke
down and wag very penitent, and as this
is hie first offense no doubt it will be the
last one, and a lesson which ho always
will remember.
CLARE HONORED.
MS,'. '
John Giberson, of This City Chosen Chairman
pf the Prohibition State Central Committee.
The "little unpleasantness" that existed
among some of tho leaders of the Prohibition party was finally adjusted at tho
ihS|tiDg of the central committee in Jackson, Tuesday afternoon.
After tho committee had adopted tho
resolution declaring the office of chairman vacant, and John Giberson elected,
Mr. Panning pledged himself to giva his
v hearty support to the new chairman.
• Tha new executive committee as recommended hf Chairtarul &bK£>r£ofi "Sria
elected by general committee is: Dr. H.
A. Beynolds, Pontine, vice-chairman; W.
0. Shephardj Grand Eapids, secretary;
C. K. Perrine4,  Jackson,  treasurer; Dr.
" Paul T.jButlor, Alamo, Brent Harding,
Bay City, and W. D. Grandon, Adrian,
members of tho executive committee.
One of the main reasons that caused
tlrf peace mantle to droo around the
eh'^Rldersof those who were at loggerheads in tho prohibition camp, was tho
election of our fellow-townsman, Mr
John Giberson, who has always  been a
S'gotisog'v,&ti7& member of the committee.
All who aro acquainted with John Giberson know that the committee has made a
'- wiBB-ehwise in eeleeting a leader. Besides
having executive ability his integrity is
never questioned, aud he is a great
worker in tho cause of. temperance, which
fits him for tho work he has been chosen
to perforin.
The Juniors Scored a Victory.
Tho Clare Juniors wont over to Lofton
Monday and beat that team 13 to 3,
Those who witnessed the gamo say that
it was n mirthful as wollas exciting game.
The Glare boys put up a good gamo with
the ■exception of their wild throwing.
McMullen was in tho box i'or Clare ,-.nd
hold tho Leatona down to four hits. It
scorns that the gamo got so exciting at
one timo that the women folks got out on
tho lino and went to coaching. Batteries,
Clare- MeMnllen and Giberson. Leaton
—Smith, House- ?nd Archer. A return
game will be played in tho near future.
Two Side? foif HiStory. r -'---
3. Q, Smith returned from 'Farwell,
Miph., Monday. There seems to bo two,
sides to the sensational story ot his arrest for alleged embezzlement of village
funds at Farwell, and the facts pub an
entirely different construction on the
case. It seems to bo an old cage which
has been in litigation for a long time,
When it came to trial before a jury, Mr.
Smith was exonerated. Several, months
after his departure from there some evil
minded person revived the case and made
a largo amount of costs. He was again
released immediately upon his arrival
there and the matter was settled.—.Hibbing, (Minn,) News.
Retail Grocer's Association.
The second annual convention of the
Northern Michigan Botail Grocers association, of which Mr. J. F. Tatman of this
city is president, will be held in the oity
hallatBecd City, August 13 and 14.
Every grocer doing business north of the
D. G. H. &M. railroad is inyited to be
present, as matters of greatimportanco to
the trade will come up for discussion mad
action. Extensive preparations have
been made by the grocers of Heed Oity to
entertain their guests. A complimentary
banquet will be held at Hotel King, on
the evening of August 13. Half rates
have been secured at the Hotel King, and
in the event of there being 100 present
who have pmd full railroad fair in coming the railroads will sell return tickets
at one-third regular fare. This concession cannot be secured unless the purchaser of a ticket secures a certificate of
his ticket agent at the time ticket is purchased.
CHWRCH NEWS,
ho Tliie
CAPTURED AT LAST.
Tho Thief Who Stole Wm. Sharp's Horse Now!
Languishing In Durance Vile. '
In last week's issue  of  the  Cotjeiek,
mention was mado of the recovery ot the
:-lk»*^^ th"t WilK..stolen. TT-om   "Wtti^   SbuT"
ami this week wo aro glad to print the
news of tho capture of tho thief.   Every
. since the horse was stplen Deputy Sheriff
Parrish has boon untiring in his efforts
to "get trace'of tho thiof and not until the
recovery  of tho horse  was   thero tho
..BligMestolueto work on. Since that
time however, Mr. Parrish hi's been hot
onhis- traiij and on Monday received
nl£p from the authorities in Owosso that
they, had the gentloma.i in tow. Mr.
Parrish returned with him Tuesday, and
now ho is safely ensconced in the county
jail, where he will remain until circuit
court convenes. He waived examination. Gus Kirkel is his name and he
worked around Dover and Lansingville
just previous to his stealing tho horse.
He claims ho was drank at the timo ho
stole the horde,- or elseJhe would not havo
done it. As.a financier, he was not very
much Of n success, as after trading the
horse and cart for a gold watch and chain,
ho sold them for $2.
Superintendent1! of the Poor.   '
The superintendents of the poof met
in Harrison on Wednesday and allowed
the following bills:
TOOK rABMT.
Keeper.™ - —_.„„_$<£<£ IS
Clothing * ,..„...'„   I 00
Other expenses „„_.... „„_..,  15 95
Iiabor.... SO W)
,/EBMTOBAEY SKMEF.
FoctLw.*u_ -.. w.„._* 38 64
Transportation *.. ,„       70
Other expenses....!. .._.„....   2 68
Medicalflid,-.»-..«.v.„„    0 DO
Independent Order ol Foresters,
The Supreme body of the Independent.
Order of Foresters, met in biennial ses-
aion-imthe world's metropolis oa-Tkarsy
day, August 1, at 2 p. m. Over 150 officers and representatives wero present
All the Provinces of tho Dominion, and
some 20 States of the Union, and England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland wero
represented.
The Supremo Chief rav.ger read his report, a lengthy and able document.
It said that since the last meeting, two
years ago, the membership had increased
over 30,000, being now 80,765. The surplus has increased by §636,000, and now
stands at Sl,f'-81,890.72.
The report of the Supreme Secretary
was an elaborate document, and gavo a
detailed statement of all receipts and dis-
bursments since tho last meeting.
Among tho interesting information obtained was the fact that since tho Chicago meeting two years ago, tbo number of
High Courts had increased from 21 to 28,
and tho number of subordinate courts
from 1,420 to 2,100, and the membership
from 50,8-17 to 80,765. Tho deaths during
the past two years havo been 6S1. Tho
amount paid in death and permanont
disability claims in the past two years
is §009,316.87.
Tho sick and funeral benefit depart-
iHOsi-slw.Yed marked nrosDorit-v, »nd in
it are enrolled about ono third of the
membership. During the past two years
$101,118 had been paid m sick and funer-'
al benefits, leaving tho surplus lo the
credit of this department, on tho first day
of July, $62,139.
D'\ Mifiman, Supreme Physician, gave
an exhaustive and interesting summary
of the work in his department. It showed that, for the 18 months ending December 31,1894, the number of applications passed was 31,570, for insurance
amounting to $311,169,000. For the same
period there had been rejected 3,073 applications representing insurance to the
amount of $3,883,500. The causes of rejection are given, theprinoipal ones being
history of consumption, for which 613'
wero rejected, and heart complications,
for which 416 were rejected. Intemperance was tho cause of the rojeotion of 376.
The averago age of the member is only
34.82, as compared with 35.31 for 1893.
tha death rate has been remarkably low,
5.4T per 1000.
. In a supplementary statement giving
the result of the examinations for the
first six months of 1895, it appears that
19,835 examination papers wore reviewed,
of which lt>,179 were accepted, making a
totaljfor the two years of 51,941 applications received, of which 5,1%) irerd rejected.        i_j	
The most pleasant little piikf for regulating tho bowels, areBeWrtt's little early
risers. Curo sick headache and constipation. Small Pill. Small dose. Witherspoon. *
Items of Interest   Concerning; Church Matters
«  and Secret Societies.
The Ladies Union will meet Friday,
August 16, at the home of Mrs. S.' A.
Glcasoti.   A cordial invitation to all.
The board ot trustees of the Clare
Ladies Comettiry association will meet at
the homo of Mrs. 0. Friedebpuo nt 7;30
p. m. (tomoriow) Saturday.
The Ladies Aid society of tho M. E.
church will most-nt tho home of Mrs, B.
Welch on Tuesday, August 13, at 2 p, m.
Let every member try and b'e present.
-.■-^«KW^.>TaiynB9ting,o^0nPhia.^hap^
ter, O..E. S- Monday evening was one of
intereat.Candidates were elected to membership and new application read before
tha chapter.
All members of Clare tomplo No. 13,
pleaso be present next Monday evening
as two members are toha initiated. Mre.
Bioknell, our most excellent chief desires a largo attendance.
Tho Congregational olrarok never received a more thorough renovating than
it did last Friday and Saturday, through
the efforts of Mesdames Bicknell, Eldon,
Gleason, Sawtell, Bockwell, liramer and
Miss Louie. Louoh, Mrs. Bicknell provided delicious broad, butter, cream and
coffee, together with other contributions
for dinner at the chapel, thus saving the
timo of going home to dinner, Mrs.
Alward not being able to be present donated 50 cents to hire a substitute.
W. O. T. U. Echoes.
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(This column is conducted by the W.
O. T. TJ. and tho editor will hot be responsible for anything which appears
und^r this head.)
The W. C. T. TJ, will meet at Gospel
Hall, Saturday, August 10, at 3 p. m.
All are eordially invited.
In 1846 a political party sprang up
called the f reesoilors who opposed slavery
in 1848, Tan Buren was its candidate.
InlSoOit passed into the Bepubliean
party. Never since those days has this
nation been stirred, not tho slavery of
the colored man, but tho white sixty
thousand a year of human spuls who go
down to drunkards graves. Can wo not
help to stop this dreadful tide? We
often think as we read of milk inspectors
and men that look after and see that
bread matter, meat, aptt the5like, that
they are j>uie apj then-,let .men ..sell
poison to his fellow man and not utter a
sound. If. one man dies of hydrophobia
a whole community is greatly exoited
and scared. Bun for your life, load your
gun, Mil all the dogs, is then the loud
andimmediatecryinall directions. But
not a ripple is made, nor hardly a word
is uttered, if ten thousand men and
women die in a year of delirium tremors,
or a thousand die of tobacco poison.
Tobacco is more dangerous in its direct
and indirect effect on human life than
would be the letting loose of all the ma'd
dogs in the nation. Oh! consistency,
thort, art a iewel.
Masonic Excursion to Crystal Lake and Frank
■^fort, Wednesday, August i.j.
Passongere will be taken from Bannis-
tor to Farwell inclusive. Two lands of
tickets will bo sold. Ono day limit §1.&0,
threo day limit $2.50, Children under 12
years halE fare. Three day limit ticket
good to return on any regular train within three days from date of sail. Stop
over checks on three day limit tickets
will bo given at Crystal Lake without
extra charge going' or returning. Excursion goes by special train leaving Clare
at 7:40 a. m. arriving at Crystal Lako at
•1 TW.-r.!-*
Ti .'jr. ..   ;..   *.,..-£   I,.,,
lAiUV   t»«    ,1J.   UUU   Jl. J.
Beturning, special train will leavo Frankfort at 6:30 p. m. standard timo. A great
many special attractions havo been arranged for by the committee, among
which aro base ball. St. Louis against
Frankfort, ,at tho new Frankfort ball park,
Wed"flsd£iV5.3i00 n, m. Special exhibition and exhibition drill by United States
life saving crew, will be given iu the harbor, Wednesday, 2:00 p. m. Steamor
John D. Dewer will give special excursions Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and evening at Frankfort. Steamers Madona and Cynthia will give special
excursions on Crystal Lako on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and evening.
Large supply of email boats and fishing tackle can be procured at Crystal
Lake. Special rates can be procured at
all hotels upon presenting excursion
tickets.
On « Cash Basis.
On August 19th I will change my busi
ness into a strictly cash business and will
pay nothing but cash for all kinds of
produce. No more store pay for butter
and eggs. Our books will be closed on
that day and all accounts balanced and
our motto from that date on will be
strictly cheap for cash only.
J. F. Tatjust.
!\lril\orf
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING
And SHOES.
Your choice of all our $18.00 or $20,00 suits
for $12
Your choice of all our $15.00 and $16,00 suits
for $10
$!2 Suits *- - -   • for $8
$10 Suits - - - for $7
$5 Suits - -   '     .      . • for $3
This includes our entire stock of J. M. Martin &
Go's fine Tailor made suits   and a large line of
"Happy*Home" make. You will do yourself a kind-
'* ness and also make us happy if you will .come jn
and inspect these goods.
DGIHERTY OPERA HOUSE
BLOCK.
BRIDE
3f. <fe P. M. Excursions.
F. & P. Mt will sell tickets to Niagara
Falls aud return August 16, limited to
return August 2?f at rate of $6.00 for
round trip Train leaves Clare 10 a. m.
August 16.
On account of Camp Mooting at Beed
City, August 18 to 21 inch-tsive, and
limited nutO August 22,1895 at rate of
ono faro for round trip. 150 pounds
camp equipage to be allowed free on
adult ticket;
On -vccadHt Of annual convention of
SupefinteudonCB of .the Poor.of Michigan,
at Travvrs^ity, August^ 13 and 34^ to.
persons" presenting certificates signed-^y'
L. C. Starris, seey., August 12 and 13
limited for return to August 15 at rate of
ono and one third fare for round trip.
The F- & P. M, will run another cheap
excursion to Saginaw, Sunday, August
11. Faro for round trip 80 cents. The
F. & P. M. ball team will cross bats with
the Flint nine. These nines are about
the two strongest amateur ninew in
the state and a good game is expected.
COMTOBT IN TBAVED.
For information of aDy kind, time
tables, maps, folders, etc .,t please call
and TO wjil tpae pleasure in furnishing
it. J. H, GaiiMvek, Agent.
Dover News.
There is great danger in neglecting
colic, cholera and similar complaints.
An Absolute, prompt and safe cure is
found in DeWitt'seolio aud cholera oufe.
Witherspoon,
Tho rain Friday did much good.
Mrs. Siuo of Clare is visiting in Dover
this week.
" Tho steam thrasher is   again heard in
tho neighborhood.
Jos. Hudson and W. L, Lyons were in
tho city on Monday. '
Mrs. L. W. Leach has been on the sick
list i'or the past week.
Not many from Dover attended the
picnic on Thursday,
No news-from Dover last week as the
correspondent was away on a visit,
Mrs, DeFoe and'Mrs, Horning of Clare,
called qn Mrs. W. L. Lyons on Sunday
last.
-Mrs. Geo. Leach' and Mrs. J. Adams
visited with Mrs. A, E, Hnins at Riverside on Monday.
Thore is rumor of a new Btore at Dover
in' the near future. Now "all wo lack is a
doctor and a proacher.
Mrs. Wm. Parrish, Mrs. J. Mason, Mrs.
O. Clark, and Mrs. B. Wing spent Thursday with Mrs. W. L. Lyon.
Mrs. W. L. Lyons and little Winnie
visited with Mrs. CJ. W. Pearson and Mrs,
W. H. Vanconant on Friday and Saturday.
The Dover base ball team got the worst
of the bargain at Harrison.- Bby8, practice makes perfect, don't challenge Detroit yet.
We aro very thankful tjiat Dover can
boast of the kindest and.the most model
husbands, Your humble scribe has no
news to report on runaway husbands.
In behalf of the lady who so favored
bioyole riding would eta that wall balanced minds are somewhat limited, en*
peciallya ntwapaper* thribe, but never
the less if wo had atewWtra dollars to
spare we do hot think that the well
balanced mind would decline tho bicycle
and bloomers.
If you haven't heard about
Hindoo Oil the Great Panacea for Pains  Internal or
* External,
Ask Your*J^ruggist^
tp-
":£:"'^-CJ^-S --*<'?>..T '-?:"
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In drugs you want tlie purest,
You want the best, i
"You want tlie freshest. \
Where can you get them?        !
The Question is solved,     " |
Witherspoon's is the place, j
-'tsi
&
Witherspoon keeps all Muds
of preparatory medicines.
He keeps all kinds of sundries usually found in a first-
.clasa drug store and sells
tlieta cheap.   ~
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We invites you. to call and
see him whether you wish to
buy or not.
Prescriptions filled .promptly and with, the greatest of
care,
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His store is located in the I
.first   building south  of the
Doherty block.        ^
Do you smoke?  * Wither*
sypapn keeps the-best brandsr
m
M cigars,