1890-04-25; Clare Democrat and Press

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ESTABLISHED: ^sn^fl?^84-
CLARE,- MICH:, FRIM'WI'UL-a* iBqo.
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Our Dress Goods Department is Filled with
> the New Effects in Mohair, Brilliantines,
-   Serges,.  Henriettas,   Gros  Grain  and
i/elueis,   Satines,   Etc,
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witieh, we are Showing at Very Low
See Our Goods Before Buying,
WE Can Saue You Money.
All the Old Inhabitants now do their trading at
he Boss Grocery House
Pencil and Shears.
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Send us in the news. •
Leeks are ripe.   Whew! <'    ., -
April showers—May flowers.
Now is the time to subscribe.
Roads are in fair condition now.    .  ; -
The band is practicing regularly.
Regular advertising pays the best.
Vacant dwelling houses arc scarce.
Awnings are becoming fashionable. \ •
• Several cases of measles are reported in
town. ?* " ■.
Our    subscription    list    is    growing
rapidly. ■>
John Dunlop's new barn is a neat and
commcliotiis structure.
A new fence in front of Emma Sex-
smith's home on 6th street.
E. H. DeVogt made a trip to Mt. Pleasant and returned on Monday.        <■    ' -  *
Our thanks are due D. E. Aiward, Of
Lansing, for a neat state map:   .        •   *••
H K*Wickhaui, of/Harrisori, was in-
Clare Tuesday and Wednesday, ,  --,'
Daniel Black, of Farwell,
was. one
of;
the visitors at Clare on Tuesday. •'- - 'v\
Doetress Goodman, of Loomis,. was.
among the visitors at Clare Monday.  .
Mr. and ^Mrs. D. E. Alward's address at
Lansing is 422 Washington ^ve., So. ' \-
Numerous and substantial improvements are being made in Clare; this spring.
Ed. Millers residence at the west end
of 7th§ti*eet is receiving a fr,esh coat .of
paint,   v ' *'-.»..,
Mr. and Mrs. S. Aye. Wilson, bf Harrison, visited: with her parents at Clare
oyer Sunday.   '    *   ; ,,
Lettuce, radishesj pie-plant, and other
green yegetables have made their'appear-
ance on our- market. '   • . "
Mrs. Sexsmith returned home Monday
after a three months' visit with relatives
and friendjs in Ontario.
Thomas Pickard has put in over 40,-
000,000 feet, of logs into the Tobacco river
during the past season.
Dr. Maynard's residence on east-5th
street i& receiving a very pretty coat of
paint.   A. E. Mack is doing the work,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Schilling, Mrs. Q. Big^
ley, Jesse and Charley Bigley visited*
with relatives at Shepherd over Sunday.
Mr. Purdy is building a large addition
and making other substantial, improvement to his.residence on east;6thVstreet.!
Mrs.' Ed.' A. White and little- daughter
departed last Saturday morning to jo!.
her husband in. their newJv
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Advertisers must remember that copy
for changes must reach this office not,
later than Wednesday afternoon. Please
bear it in mind.
Dame Rumor has it that a  couple ' bf
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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.
people
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will
marriage.
Our Low Prices
and High Quality
Will create, a bond of friendship which will never be broken.
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We Have Studied How
to Buy the   •
Purest,
Choicest,
Cleanest,
Clearest,
Best,
And sell at prices which
make our goods Cheapest.
Onr Large Line of Groceries ill Provisions
Is always complete with the best the market affords.
Come and see us and we will greet you cordially.   Respectfully,
M^SON&BOYD.
our most respected young
perform the leading part at
ceremony 'ere many days.
John Walton, an Isabella county farmer, has just;lost a spring chicken, which
had completed its 16th year. The giddy
thing was smothered in a haystack.
Anew sidewalk, graces the street in
front of P. D. Patterson & Co's office.
So much for our new street commissioner.
Let him continue in the good work.
Horse-back riding ha§ become a popular pastime in Clare this spiring. A party
of eight or ten, ladies and gentlemen, can
be seen most every pleasant afternoon.
Mr. A. Blevins, of Marion, visited with
friends in Vernon over Sunday. He
made this office a pleasant visit on Saturday, and reports every thing progressing finely at his town.
J. C. Rockafellow has been collecting
mortgage statistics at Bay City for the
past two weeks, and it will take him
nearly another week to finish his labors
in that county. He may return home for
a short yisit next week.
Hon. Giles Eoss, of Rogers Park, 111.,
arrived in Clare last Friday for a fortnight's visit with his many friends and
acquaintances.in this vicinity. All are
pleased to see the old gentleman looking
so hale and hearty. He is the guest of
his son,"Wm.Ross..
A report is current which, if true, will
proye the old adage "'Tis better to her"
born lucky than rich," and make each
member of the Wilson family, in Vernon township, more than a millionaire.
'Tis said that a distant relative of their's
has just died in Scotland leaving an estate valued at $12,000,000, and that they
are the only heirs. There are eight of
them here, however, and each of them are
anxiously awaiting the out come ^of the
matter.
The time has come for cleaning up
back yards, alleys and other places where
rubbish and all kinds of disease-breeding
refuse accumulates during winter months.
The health officer should go actively to
work, but the citizens should not wait
for such action. It is a matter in which
each individual should be interested. If
eyery householder in the city would see
to it that his premises were put in a
cleanly condition at once it would go far
towards insuring the health of the place.
The winter has been an unusually mild
and open one. Ip consequence the accumulations of rubbish are larger than
usual and the conditions favorable4 for
epidemics.   Clean up without delay.
Cennedy is working in Louch's
Ith shop,
liman and C. H. O'Donald were
1" Wednesday,
fagan, of Manistee, was the guest
|>erby. last Saturday,
fm. Giberson has purchased   the
black driving horse  of  C.   S.
jivisor Mason has been busy during
k taking the  assessment  of  his
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Ipring bonnets are very beautiful;
|?s pocket-books are  looking   ex-
[jhaggard.
iarles.Friedeborn went to Sagi-
Ifednesday for a couple of weeks'
Ih friends. *
tcMasterhas sold his young im-
feveland-bay stallion, "Prince of
&> W,.S. Cooley.
flHolbrook went to Baldwin  last
.'where  he  has  been  visiting
P.\yife during the week.
Tbnny went to Detroit, Wednes-
riioon on business.   He will re-
evening, or tomorrow.
jjGrQoflman came down from Cad*
(iffl^Mr-Wednesday for! an indefinate
:X$$[flE!'Vparents and friends at Clare.
*>'emocrat-Press    is   informed
ui'Post, oi  Coleman,   and Fred
)k.Started tor Washington  state
Ifeday.
; Baxter and wife were  in  Clare
lay-afternoon on their way home
Jfcoii after a few days'  visit with
it Ionia.
ldMi's.J. H." Galliyer  went  to
rd, Ont., last Saturday to  attend
sral of a brother-in-law, Mr. J. H.
They returned home  Tuesday
l A; Jenny, superintendent for the
flron Company at Newberry, in
Eir peninsula, 'was the guest of his
R. H. Jenny, in Clare  a couple
last week.
twenty of Clarence VanBrunt's
friends tendered him a" genuine
on the eyening of his 18th birth-
jpday, April 21.    An 'enjoyable
fill'had by all.
jkpanig|) haye a proverb: "Women
^thjier ear,  but man  with his
Persuasive  wooing captures   a
fa -heart, while an  attractiye  ap-
! conquers the man.       .
^ill-clergyman-who. has been ih
©ns-JEpirsale, coyering all subject
applicable to any locality." He only
wants §1 apiece for the lot, if taken in a
lump.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Satterlee, of St.
Louis, visited with her parents, Mi^ and
Mrs. W. Pierce, at Clare over Sunday.
Mr. S. called at this office and left the
cash for the Democrat-Presto be forwarded to his address during the current
year.
The Democrat-Press job rooms
have just turned out 200 pamphlets of
rules, regulations and table of rates for
the hoard of water commissioners of
the village of Clare. Any tax-payer or
water-renter can obtain a copy free by
calling at the office of the secretary,
A. J. Doherty.
Arthur Rockafellow and Thomas Holbrook attended Masonic lodge at Farwell
Tuesday evening. They drove up and
lef t their horse in One of the hotel barns.
While at lodge someone took their horse
out of the barn and gave it a very hard
drive, leaying him tired out and wet with
sweat, and in a poor condition for the
drive home. It was a contemptible
trick.
Census enumerators will be paid as follows: For eyery living person, 2 cents;
for fevery death, 2 cents; for every factory, 30 cents; for every firm, 25 cents;
for each veteran, yeteran's widow, 5
cents. In special cases an enumerator
may be paid by the day, not to exceed $5,
The cost of taking the census of 1880
was oyer $2,000,000, and the next one is
Jay Rogers made a trip to Eyart and
return on Tuesday.
' Andrew Rhoades has been   appointed
chief of the fire department.
A. J. Doherty was in Detroit, Tuesday
and Wednesday, on business.
Wm Chard,is prospecting in the upper
peninsula, where he has been for "about
two weeks.°   '
John Giberson was elected village attorney at a recent meeting of the common council.
A.E. Mack has-done a neat job of
painting aud decorating on the interior
of the bank building.
Mrs. Hay, of Saginaw, was theguest of
her sister; Mrs. C. W.Perry, at Glare a
couple of days last week.
Rev. Hall preached to a large' and appreciate audience at the 6thv street Baptist church last Sabbath evening,
Clare lodge, Knights of Pythias, are
contemplating a visit to their brethren at
Evart some time in the near future.
An electric piano is the latest indention. We hardly see the need of it however. Niue tenths of the performances
on ordinary pianos are shocking.
M. F. Chamberlain is grading the lot in
front of his residence on East 5th street
and getting ready to build a new fence.
The premises will present a very attractive appearance when improvements are
completed.
It was a genuine surprise party, and
was perpetrated On Mr. and Mrs. F. J.
Todd last Friday evening by a crowd of
about 35 or 40 of their most intimate
friends. That everybody had a. good
time, 'tis needless to remark.
Prospects are that there will be a decrease in the number of saloons in Clare
during the . current year, commencing
May 1st, There were seven last year,
and the indications thafc there will-be but
four, perhaps five, for next year.
Douglas Meeks received the second and
H. A. Holmes the third degree in the order of .Knights of Pythias at the regular
meeting on Wednesday evening; Clare
lodge has more work on hand at present
than it can conveniently attend to.
S. J. DeFoe has just opened up a new
stock of groceries, being located in the
same building in which he was located
before he sold out. He.keeps a fine line
of cigars, as several of the "boys" will
testify—and he is not, stingy with them >
either. ■/'■■.     "      '       :.       ......
rison, accompanied by.FranlT Sarpefv^!
AND STILL WE BOOM!
Glare,
A Daily Paper to be Published At
Commencing Next Monday.
J^ext Monday there will be issued from
this office the first number of the Clare
Daily Advertiser—an eight-page, 4-coi-
umn paper. We do not say that it is to
be a permanent fixture in our enterprising village.;. It is merely an experiment!
Our advertising has been guaranteed for
thirty days and we will publish the paper
every afternoon, Sunday excluded, for
the time stated, If at the expiration of
that time if our merchants are satisfied
with the venture, believing they have
reaped ample returns for their money invested, and we succeed in pleasing our
patrons we may continue its publication.
We are not building air-castles, nor do
we intend to publish a paper to compete
with metropolitan dalies. Our aim will
be to publish a good, wide-awake little
local paper, and to- chronicle the local
happenings of this village, the neighboring towns and adjacent country. The
price will be nominal and we beg the cooperation of our merchants and the reading, publie. Watch for .the Advertiser
and giye it the support of which it may
be entitled, Arthur H. Rockafellow^
who is well-known in Clare and 'throughout the county, will be its* local editor
and general manager.
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DECORATION DAY.
Word
and
to   the   Citizens,   Societies
Schools of Clare and Vicinity,
W. S. Hancock Post G. A. R., of Clare,
haying decided to  contribute  its  mite"
towards a proper observance of Decora-
tioh Day (May 30,1890) would extend  a
cordial invitation to  all citizens, '.-secret
societies and schqols of the village  and
surrounding country to take   part  with .
us in decorating and otherwise beautifying the, last resting place of loved : ones,
who have gone before.   Let us" ail, turn
out and show by our acts as well as words;
that we have npt  forgotten   those  for -
whom the iast revelee%has sounded.'  Let
us make the 30th day of May, 1890, orte
that shall  be  remembered Withu pridev
and the pleasant   recollection   that  we
have done our full duty,
By request of the Post.
J. H, Carpenter, Ppst Commander.
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Mose GeroAVj  Clare.
R.,K. Andejrsoh.
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estimated at fifteen millions larger than
inl880.
Thomas Johnson, a foreman for F. D.
Patterson & Co., hadjhis right leg broken
last Saturday while breaking rollways on
the north branch of the Tobacco. Dr.
Todd being away a telegram was sent
to Dr. Fasquelle of Mt. Pleasant, who
caihe oyer on the train, droye into camp
and reduced the fracture. Johnson was
brought to Clare and Monday morning
boarded the F. & P. M. train for St.
Mary's hospital at Saginaw, His ".borne
is at Sherman City.
Questions are frequently ' asked by
health officers concerning the restriction
and prevention of measles. At a meeting of the <State Board of Health at Lansing last week it was decided to notify
these officers that measles is a disease
dangerous to the public health, and as
such comes under the law requiring
health officers to take precautions. It is
the judgment of the board that, health
officers should placard premises where
cases of measles exist and disinfect the
premises after death or recovery, as in
other diseases dangerous to the public
■health.
Hatton, visited Wednesday in Clare with
his sister, Mrs. A. E. Webber. He was
on his way to Copemish, On the T. & A.,
where he intends to start in business.
His family joins him in the near future..
The Ladies' Aid Society met at the
home of Mrs. L, L. Tower and elected
the following officers for the next six
m onths: Mrs. R, Lamb, presi dent; Mrs,
J,Brayman, vice president; Mrs. J." W.
Harris, secretary; Mrs. C. Friedebdrn,
treasurer. The society has netted during
the last year, $154.32.
All who have experience in oil lamps
must sooner or later learn that the condition demanded for their burning- without smell, is, that the wick shall be turned so as to obtain a full sized flame without actual smoking. It is commonly
supposed that at first by keeping the
flame low all objectionable odor is prevented, but the contrary is the case.
It is not work that kills, but worry
It is not the revolution that destroys the
machinery, but friction. Work is good
for the soul, gpod for the body and good
for the mind. If you want a good appeT
tite don't worry. Ifyou want to stand
well with yourself and .the world, and
want things to go right in your business,
do not worry. If you want to size up
100 cents on the dollar, do not worry.
Qrarterly meeting services will commence at the F, M. church on Friday
evening and continue oyer the Sabbath.
Preaching on Saturday afternoon and
eyening. Love Feast, Saturday morning
at 9:30 a. m., followed by preaching and
sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Presid-
ing-elder John White and wife, of Ionia,
will assist Rey. Witham in conducting
the services. A cordial inyitation is extended to all.
■ E, W. Chapin, of Winterfield township, writes the Democrat-Press under
date of April 19th, and says:, uIn your
report of the political complexion of the
new board of supervisors of Clare county,
I see you locate me as a democrat. This
is an error; the fact being that I haye
cast a prohibition ballot at every general
election since I have been a resident of \
this state, and I do not see any reason, as
yet, for changing my views. I write you
this to put you straight, for I do not believe you wish to embezzle the prohibition party, or any part of it." Yours
truly, Mr. Chapin; we gladly acknowledge the corn, and hasten to place you in
proper light before our readers and into
the ranks from which ypu were unwittingly confiscated by our scribe. Politically, the new board of supervisors will
number seven republicans, four democrats and one prohibitionist.
M.'Siebert, Dover,.
E. Halstead, Oreana, Idaho,  1 50
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Wm. Giberson is in Tennessee.,
Wm. Parrish was in Detroit thi-
—Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Clare County Teachers'   Association will be held next week, Friday -and ,
Saturday.
"C..S. Chase will go to Milwaukee early,
next week to purchase the -fixtures for
his new meat market. ,   *   ■ ■ '
The following amounts have been paid
on subscription to the Democrat-Press
since our last issue: .        *
- A statistician calculates that the total
tonnage of the world, steam ahd sail, is,
in round numbers* ,21,000,000  tons,  of.
which fifty per cent, is British.
Chinese peasants need about a dollar a.
month for food, and an economical man
or woman can get along a whole year
with fiye dollars' worth of clothes.
Home market is yielding a big crop!
Thousands of mortgages are being foreclosed, and especially in the agricultural
regions of the west and north west.
Buy in the dearest and sell in the cheapest markets—that is the music, and the
producer dances to it and pays the
fiddler,
Medical science has long sought for a
sovereign remedy for the  scourge  of
childhood, diphtheria,  yet the  colored
people of Louisiana, and perhaps of other
localities in the south, "have  for years -
known and used a cure which is  remarkable for its  simplicity.    It is  nothing
more nor less than the juice of the pineapple.   "The remedy is not mihe,"said a:
gentleman when interviewed;
been used by  negroes  in  the
"It has-
swamps-
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down south for years.   One of my chil-,
drcn was down with diptheria, and was--
in a critical condition.   An  old  colored
man who heard of the case asked if we
had tried pineapple juice.  We  tried it
and the child got well.   I have known it
tried in hundreds of cases.  I have told
my friends about it wheneyer I heard of
a case, and never knew it to fail,. . You
get a ripe pineapple, squeeze, out the
juice and let the patient swalJow it. The
juice is of so corrosive a nature that' it
will cut out diphtheritic mucus, and  if
you will take the fruit before it \"    'y-^
and give the Juice to  a person  whofae
throat is well it makes the mucus membranes of his throat sore.   Among those
who have tried the cure on my recommendation I  may  mention  Francis  J.
Kennett, the board of trade man, whose
children Avere all down with   diphtheria
and were cured by  this remedy."   '. Mr.
Kemiett confirmed this .statement—2ST- Y;
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