1891-08-27; Saline Observer

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ALINE  OBSERV
A. J. WARREN. Publisher.
SALINE, WASHTENAW CO., MICH., THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1891.
YOL. XL-NO. 44*.
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BUSINESS directory:
PROFESSIONAL..
■p*-   E. JONES.
Attorney at Law.
411 Business attended to with Promptness and
Care.   Office on McKay street,
SALINE, - - MIOH.
Q.   R. WILLIAMS
Attorney at Law,
Especial attention paid to Pension Claims of all
kinds.   Newcomb Block,
MILAN, - - MICH.
IX   A. NICHOLS, Nl. D.,
PHYSICIAN and SUKGEOK.
Office atJSicho s ' ros'. drug store:
SALINE, - MICH.
T}   F. UMTERKIRCHER, Nl.D.,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Calls promptly attended to at all hours.
Office in Hauser block, Chicago street.
SALINE, -       - MIOH.
O   W. CHANDLER, IV)  □.,
'PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Bfflee on Adrian Street, first door south of the
Wallace Block,
SALINE, - - MIOH.
tr D. HELLER, O. D   S.
DENTIST.
Headquarters lor the best Tooth Powder
in the market.
Office oTer Nichols Bros*, drug store.
SALINE,   -   -   MICH.
P C. SLAGHT,
Veterinary Surgeon.
Graduate of Ghiuago Veterinary College,
■•esidence 1M miles east of Pennington s Corners.   Calls may bo left ateither of the
stores at the Corners.    All calls
promptly attended to.
MACON, - - MICH.
MISCELLANEOUS.
WATERIVIAN'S
PUOTOGKAPH GALLERY.
(Miss Gillett's old stand.)
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"Will be in Saline every Weclnesdaj* and shall be
pleased to meet all iu need of work in my line.
"*«11 and. see samples of our work.
P>   GORDON,
The Pioneer Painter,
Over Forty Years Experience.
I'arrioge, Sign and Ornamental Painting, Paper
Hanging, Frescoing, Etc.
SALINE, - MICH,
Practical Painter.
Isiuse painting, graining, paper   hanging and
kalsomining.    AH work promptly and
neatly   done,   and   satisfaction
guaranteed,
SALINE, - - MICH.
-"TAN DUZER'S
Barber Shop.
iair Cutting.    Shirring-,   Shampooin;f  and   all
Work in tfee Barber "Cine.
Bath room in connection.   Hot or cold baths at;
Hy times. A. B. TAS" DTJZEB.
SALINE, - - MICH.
A. MILLER & SON.
(Successors to J. A. Alber),
Sale Stages,,
First-olass rigs at reasonable rates.
Commercial travelers and their baggage carried to and from adjoining
towns with promptness and at living
rates.
.    Old  American House Barn,
SALINE, - - MICH.
Iota Banigarilner,
(Successo to Anton ICisle,)
 DEALER US"	
Foreign and American
Marble,
Granite and   Building
stone.
Comer of Detroit and Catherine Sts.
ANN ARBOR, MICH.
S. JOSENHANS'
mrnmm n
REPAIRING    DONE     ON     SHORT
* NOTICE.
Allkindsof Forging, Repairing Horseshoeing,
and general Johhing;,
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED and prices reasonable.     Shop   on  Ann Arbor street,
NEIGHBORHOOD GLEANINGS.
Newsy Notes and Occasional Occurrences
From our Near Neighbors.
near Main.
3ALINE,
MICH
A now corset factory is Ann Arlor's
latest prospective enterprise.
The Courier and Sentinel are having
considerable sport over the free silver
question.
Earth has been broken and work for
the foundation of Ypsilanti's new M. E.
church commenced.
The Democrat tells us that there is
liable to be a ch ange in the old firm of
Mack & Schmid.
Rev. F. Arnold has received an
unanimous call to remain with the Baptist people of Tecumseh another year.
Clinton is not so sure of having the
race track. The party owning the land
Wants'the society to buy it and then let
him have the use of it.
Marshal Murray   is   doing   a   good
work in breaking up tho disreputable
h ouses and arresting those men who
keep their saloons open on Sunday.—
Democrat.
The Milan Leader tells us of a squabble in their town a few nights since in
which one gentleman used a beer bottle
to knock another gentlemen down. No,
brother it was not a gentleman.
A rather peculiar funeral service was
that of Mrs. Loder, of Cone. The service was conducted by Bev. G. E. Sloan,
of Milan. A large number of friends
gathered to pay their last tribute of respect but there was not a relative
present.
A young man of Ogden said last week
that as it looked like it would be a fine
day, he guessed he would hitch up his
father's horse and go and get a marriage license; but the old man said he
guessed he would do no such thing; that
if it was a fine day for getting a marriage
license, it was a fine day to work on
the farm. And marriage was afailure.
—Adrian Press.
A farmer residing near Manchester,
with whom our people are well acquainted, says the Grass Lake News,
drove his binder into the wheat field
but it refused to perform duty. Twist
it, ruu it, handle it as he would, the
machine wouldn't oind the grain, and
that was all there was of it. He soon
hitched up, sought tho agent, from
whom he bought the thing, and told
him he would have to put it in proper
trim or a coolness between them would
be unavoidable. The agent quietly repaired to the spot, saw what was the
matter, placed a ball of twine in the
box and told the astonished farmer to
go ahead with his harvesting. He did
so and had no further trouble. If anybody doubts this narrative our friend
Milo Rowe has got vouchers to establish it.
RECOMMENDATIONS,
Farmers' and Horsemen's Mutual
Live Stock Insurance Co.
Ann Arbor, Mich,, Aug. 22,1891.
I hereby acknowledge the receipt of
S140 as payment in full for my horse
Frank, insured in tho Farmers' and
Horsemen's Mutual Live Stock Insurance company of ypsilanti, Mich, and
if all felt as I do about this company no
one would go without the benefit of insurance on their horses.
(Signed)   G. P. SUTTON.
Saline, Mich., Aug*. 22, 1S91.
To the Farmers' and Horsemen's
Mutual Live Stock Insurance company
of Ypsilanti, Mich.
Gentlemen:—I wish to show the
high regard in which I hold your company in the prompt manner in which
you have paid the loss on my horse,
which was insured ill your company,
and I heartily advise my neighbors to
take advantage of its benefits as it is
something we all want.
C. C. WARNER,
Saline, Mich.
Romulus, Wayne Co., M., Aug. 15.1891
To Whom It May Concern:—
I would call the attention of
my friends to the fact that my horse
Ric, "which I lost by death, was insured
iu the Farmers' and Horsemen's Mutual
Live Stock Insurance company of Ypsilanti, Mich., and that I this day acknowledge receipt of £200, the saitl
sum being the amount due me from the
company. I advise all who own horses
to take advantage of the security offered
by this company as I consider it A No.
1 in every particular.
JOHN VINING.
INKSTERS, Mich., Aug., 15,1891.
I would hereby state thatthe F. & H.
Mutual Live Stock company of Ypsilanti, Mich., has paid the loss on my
horse by death with promptness and I
would cheerfully recommend the said
company to the notice of my neighbor
farmers as being safe and reliable, and
just what we want for our mutual protection. (Signed) JACOB HQTJK".
C. A. LEMEN, Sec.
August Crop Report.
For this report returns have been received from 729 correspondents, r»pre-
seating 581 townships. Four hundred
and eighty-three of these reports are
from 355 townships in the southern four
tiers of counties, and 128 reports are
from 115 townships in the central counties.
The average yield of wheat per acre
as estimated by correspondents on the
first of this month is, in the southern
counties, 17.96 bushels; in the central
counties, 13.10 bushels, and in the
northern counties, 11.31 bushels. These
figures represent the average of the
estimates of all the correspondents reporting from each section, and the
estimates are based on the total acreage sowed, as returned by supervisors,
and on examinations made when har-
vesting and stacking.
The present estimated yield for the
southern counties is 1.69 bushels higher
and for the central counties it is .70
bushels higher, than that of July 1.
Whsatthis year is of fine quality.
Many of the correspondents report it
extra good. «.
Harvesting was done at the usual
time. It was begun in the southern
tier of counties the latter part of June
and bscame general throughout the
soathern counties the second week in
July.
The total number of bushels of "wheat
reported marketed by farmers in July
is 628,850. Of this amount 207,S05 bushels were marketed in the first or southern tier of counties; 118,150 bushels in
the second tier; 93,475 bushels in the
third tier; 172,408 bushels in the fourth
tier; 32,660 bushels in the fifth and
sixth tiers; and.4,352 bushels in the
northern counties. At 100 elevators
and mills from which reports have been
received there was no wheat marketed
during the month.
The total number of bushels of wheat
reported marketed in the twelve months
August-July is 15,510,681, or about 69
per cent of the crop of 1890. The number of bushels reported marketed in the
Same months of 1SS9-90 was 14,917,271
or 65 per cent of the crop of 1889. Reports were received in 1S90 from about
77 per cent, and in 1S91 from about 91
per cent of the elevators and mills in
the southern four tiers of counties.
Oats in .the southern counties are estimated to yield 33 bushels per acre, in
the central counties 30 bushels per acre,
and in the northern counties 19 bushels
per acre.
Compared with vitality and growth
of average years, the average condition
of corn in the southern counties is 89
per cent, in the central S5 per cent, and
in the northern 79 per cent, and the
average condition of potatoes in the
southern counties is 96 per cent, in the
central 93 per cent, and in the northern
73 per cent. The condition of corn declined in all sections of the state during
July.
The hay crop in the southern counties is, in quality, 84 per cent of a full
average, but in the central it is less
than one-half, and in the northern less
than four-tenths of a full average. It
is of prime quality in all sections.
Apples in the southern counties promise 38 per cent, and in the central and
northern counties about one-fourth of
an average crop.
The mean temperature of July in the
state, 64.0 degrees, was 7.2 degrees below the normal of fifteen years. In the
southern peninsula it was about 6.5 degrees below the normal. The mean
temperature of the month was below
the normal at every station in the
state, and the mean daily temperature
was below the normal on every day of
the month except tliree, the 13th, 22d
and 28d. The highest temperature recorded, 93 degrees, was at Mottville in
St. Joseph county, on the 21st, and the
lowest 29 degrees, at Roscommon on
the 31st.
The highest mean daily temperature
in the past fifteen Julys, So degrees,
occured on the 17th, 1878, and the lowest, 58 degrees, on the 7th andSth,1891.
The highest mean monthly temperature, 74.3 degrees, occurred in 1876-S,
and the lowest, 64.0 degrees, occurred
in 1891.
Frosts are reported from the southern
counties as follows: On the 19th at Ball
Mountain, Stockbridge and Fail-view;
on the 25th at Concord and North
Aurelius, on the 26th at Hastings, and
on the 27th at Concord, Bronson, Lansing, Stockbridge and Williamston.
The frost at Ball Mountain on the 19th
is reported to have killed buckwheat.
Frosts occurred in the central and
northern counties at various times from
the 20th to the end of the month.
The total rainfall in July, 2.44
inches, was .88 of an inch below the
average of fifteen years. In the central section, and the north half of the
southern section, there was a slight excess of precipitation, but in the south
half of the southern section, there was
a deficiency of .93 of an inch, and in
the northern counties a deficiency of
1.29 inches.
There were five general rains in the
state during the month. These occured
on the 3d, 7th, 13th and 14th, 18th and
29th and 30th. There were also a number of light, unevenly distributed showers between these dates. In the central counties and northern half of the
southern section, the total rainfall on
the 3d was 1.01 inches, and on the 7th
1.00 inch, and in the south half of the
southern section it was .72 of an Inch
on the 3d, and ,90 on the 7th. The
subsequent rains were not nearly so
heavy.
After the 7th to the end of the month
there was a total of only .94 of an inch
Of rain fell in the central eounties, and
.85 of an inch in the southern counties.
Excepting in a few localities where
showers have afforded relief, rain is
greatly needed throughout both of these
sections.
The total rainfall iu the northern
counties during the month was only
1.59 inches, and the total during the
three months, May, June and July was
only four inches, as compared with a
normal for these months of nearly ten
inches. The rainfall in July came in a
large number of light showers, varying
in amounts from a "trace" on several
days to .17 of an inch on other days. It
rained in this section on all except four
days of the month, and yet the precipitation was not sufficient to be of scarcely any benefit to crops. The effect of
the dry weather upon the hay crop, of
which there was less than half of an
average yield, is sufficiently indicated
by statements of correspondents, of
which we quote a few: "Our long, dry
summer used it up, especially lastyear's
seeding.", "Not worth cutting." "Never
so light in the history of this country."
"Almost a failure." "Many pieces too
short to cut—headed early and dried
ripe."
Other crops as well as hay have been
seriously injured, and unless rains come
very soon there will be general failure.
The secretary of the Ohio board of
agriculture has kindly furnished the
following statement of condition of
crops in Ohio, August 1, 1891:
The following percentage estimates
of the condition or prospects of crops
Aug. l,lS91,are given as compared with
a full average yield or condition.
Wheat, 97 percent: oats, 83; barley,
95; timothy, 91; potatoes, 98; tobacco,
91; pastures, 95; apples, 60; peaches 50;
pears, 60; grapes, 65.
PROSPECTS FOR "FRUIT.
Concerning the fruit prospects the
following information has been received
mainly from fruit specialists:
From A. C, TOWNE, Milo, Barry Co.
—I have been over my township and
adjoining towns of late and, by close observation and inquiry, must as the result report only about I of a full crop
of apples divided as follows—B fall and
i winter. Fall apples are dropping
prematurely. As to late peaches,there
are but few tr«es with a f crop. But
few apples will go to market from this
locality as compared to last season.
From W. D. Baglbt, Old Mission,
Grand Traverse Co.—The prospect is
that this unprecedented dry season
will greatly damage the late fruit. The
least amount of rain has fallmi In this
section this year within the memory of
the oldest Inhabitant. The black cap
crop was lessened one-half on that account. See the report of thesignal service man at Traverse City.
From Andrew GREiNER,Mt.Glemer s,
Macomb Co.—The outlook Is for about
65 per cent of an average crop of fall
and winter apples and late peaches.
From Jacob Ganzhokn, Ann Arbor,
Washtenaw Co.—Apples have dropped
greatly since the June crop report was
made, and there will not be over J of a
crop.
As to peaches, for general information I will state, that some orchards are
over-loaded; some have a, fair crop,
while some have about half a crop. On
the whole, the crop will stand about SO
per cent for the vicinity of Ann Arbor.
The fruit did not set on young trees,
nearly all dropped off after blossoming
time. The grape rot did not prevail as
bad this summer as in former years,
and where the fruit escaped tho late
spring frost, the crop will be good,
though thecrop on the whole, will not
go above 40 per cent. The pear blight
has largely reduced the bearing pear
trees within the past two years and the
crop, from that cause, is largely reduced for this season.
Many other counties send similar reports.
Bucklea's Arnica Salve.
The Best Saiwe in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Bhetmi, Fever
Sores, Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all SKn Eruption, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. Itis
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money tefunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by Geo. B. Mason, the Druggist,
Headquarters for Largest Stock
Headquarters for Lowest Prices.
By actual count we have placed on sale 185 Men's
Suits to be closed out at one-third off selling price, also
76 Boys' Suits and 150 Children's Suits at one-third off,
suitable for school wear.
We have a Large Line of Men's light weight Overcoats, just the thing to be worn up to December. They
can be worn with comfort more days in the year than
any other garment. By owning one of these Coats you
may be saved an attack of the grippe. They will be sold
at greatly reduced prices 'till Sept. 15th.. Such a sale
has never been known • in this country at this time ofthe
year, but we mean business.
Headquarters for Clotliins
27 and 29 Main St., Aim Arbor
One Price and that tne Lowest
CURTAINS
) Lace Curtains 57e pair up.
!- Heavy Portiers.
) Chenile Portiers.
1 Ingrains from 35c up.
J- Brussels from 49e up.
) Fall stock now in.     •
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slin Unde
1 50a Summer Checks now 29c.
,}• Elegant Line of Fall Goods at 50c.
Novelties arriving daily.
20 SOUTH MAIN STREET,
"> Most complete line in the city
> Bargains at 17c, 23c and up.
) Immense Line White Aprons
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ANN ARBOR.
Description  of the Great Train which will
Leave for the West July 4th.
(From the Springfield, Ohio Daily Kepnblic-Times, June 23, 1891.)
At S o'clock on the morning of the
Fourth of July a remarkable tra n will
leave the Arcade depot over the Big
Four, tho I., I. & I., aud Santa Fo routes
for Kansas City and lhe Great West.
It will consist of forty cars, all exactly
alike in size and color, each of a carrying capacity of 60.000. lbs. loaded with
BUCKEYE XOW DOWN D1UIXS
of all styles and sizes, over 1.600 in
number, including pin hoe diills,sprinc
hoe drills and shoe drills of from eight
to twenty-four shoes or hoes, some
with press wheels and some without,
■md rigged for from two to six horses;
and including quite a large lot of the
combined grain and grass feed fertilizer
diills, which the people of Kansas are
beginniug to call for, aud which have
for years been used in the East.
This will be the largest shinrnent of
drills ever sent out by any factory, and
will be greater than the entire product
of some good-sized factories. Some
idea of its magnitude may be gathered
from the facts that the weight of the
drills will be about 1.450.000 pounds,
their value, at wholesale, between SS0.-
000 and i=90.000. and the freight charges
between S9,000 and S10.000.
Each car will be elaborately decorated with banners, flags, and bunting and
will be miide otherwise attractive.
A special feature ofthe train  will be
TWO ADVERTISING CAliS.
One, an open platform car on which
will be a pair of handsome dapple-grey
horses, 15", hands high, harnessed to a
Buckeye Low Down Shoe Drill, and at
all stops the people will be giveu an
opportunity to examine the drill, and,
by competent attendant, will be shown
the advantages of the low-down principle, the four wheels, theljlimber tongue and the single lever. Both the
car and the horses "will be decorated
and will make an exhibit worth going
miles to see.
From thejother advertising ear,which
will be the last in the train, will be distributed, very liberally, in. the towns
en route, souvenirs of the 'great shipment in the form of an elegaut,speeia -
ly imported picture sards commemorative of the occasion* also other advertising nove~ties'|in**usefuI and attractive
forms. The train will not be run at
night in order that all towns may be
passed in daylight.
The drillsiu this are sold to dealers
in Kansas and Western Missouri, and,
with the exeeptiou of a few car loads,
which will be set ont at different points
in Missouri, the solid train will be run
through to Kansas City, where it will
be diyidi-d. and each car fordwarded to
its destination.
This shipment is the opening of the
season, only a starter for thejjlrenien-
dous fall trade whieh is already assured
and another large shipment will soon
follow to St. Louis, to supply the trade
tributary to that point in .Southern 111
itiois and Eastern Missouri. Still au^
other will soon be started for Texas,
and later on another for Kansas and
Western Missouri, as this lot does not
Iii! nearly ail the orders from that section, and many ear loads are not to be
shipped until Aug. 1st to loth, or later.
This shipment clearly breaks Hie
record in the drill business, and shows
the popularity of the Buckeye Low
Down Drills throughout the West.
E. W„ FORD & S
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