■ Clinton Independent. t+i

VOL XXXIII-NO 14. ST. JOHNS, MICH., THURSDAY, JANUARY 19,1899. WHOLE NO-1681

BREVITIES. OFFICIAL LIST. BUSINESS LOCAL8. THE LAST ROLL CALL. Los: —Caution. The Only Mammoth Minstrels BOY BURNED TO DEATH Of Assistants Chosen by Sheriff A. E. Dunn Frederick R. Butler Mustered Out for the A highway order No. 97, of $35.85, Tuesday, Jan. 24. Last Time In This Life. for the Ensuing Two Years. Domed to Adam Brenner, dated Dec. 1, Old Kin# Coal Is a costly old soul, 1898. All persons are cautioned against yes, a costly old soul Is he. Frederick R. Butler, well known to The following are the appointments purchasing or disposing of this order Miss Jessie Crichton, the Practi­ the older residents of St. Johns, died Sad Result of a Fire Near Maple made by Sheriff Dunn up to this date: as it has been canceled. Clinton County furnished 25 soldiers H. P. Gage, Under Sheriff...... St. Johns for the recent war and Gratiot coun ­ cal Nurse. at his home, 125 Gold street, Gran Rapids. John N. Plowman , Rapids, Saturday morning, Janua Deputies . Highway Commissioner of Bengal T’p. ty 43; 14. 1899, of grip, aged 68 years. John It. Patton, ...... Eagle A new roof is being placed upon Jay Bean. ___ WaeouHta Important to Bayera. AFTER NEARLY SIX MONTHS SPENT IN The deceased was born at Wester- A FARM RESIDENCE AND CONTENTS James Briggs,...... Fowler Odd Fellow ’s hall, the old one having field, Connecticut, where helived until Samuel Cushman,...... Bath $2 Hats for $1, $1 Hats for25 cents. become very bad. PONCE, P. K. 1860, when he came to Michigan and DESTROYED. Luther Eddy, . .... Elsie Special sale on all goods in my stock. George Randolph, Maple Rapids Come and see. Mrs. 8. J. Jones , The pension of Philip A. West, of after living in Grand Raplas for a James Kirby, ...... Eureka Pompeii, has been increased from $8 In The I'nlted States Government Hospital, year came to St. Johns. In 1863 he John Hill. Ovid In the Racket Store. A 9- Year Old Bo/ Loeee 111a Life and Other* Johu Baker, Westphalia to $14 par month. Returns to Home and Friend*. enlisted in the late civil war. He was wounded at the battle of the Wilder­ Have Marrow Kacapee. New selections of Carpets and Rugs A minor of Daniel Graham, of Ma­ at Noble Burnett ’s. ple Rapids, has been grunted a pension ness, was taken to the hospital and when well enough did hospital work. ANOTHER OLD RESIDENT. Cedar Posts. * of $10 per month. Miss Jessie Crichton, of St. Johns, The farm house on Jesse Casteel’s and well-known as a well-schooled and He returned to St. Johns in 1865, and Parties desiring Cedar Posts en­ Judge Daboll delivered his lecture: was finally discharged. He remained farm, three miles north and one and Has Been Summoned Across the River of quire of Geo. D. Smith or at J. S. Os­ “Our New Possessions, ” in Lansing successful nurse, left her home and here assisting his brother Albert in Death. good ’s elevator ______Monday evening. a half west of Maple Rapids was com ­ Thomas Gay. for some years an old friends in this village In August last the store until 1895, when he went to pletely destroyed by fire Monday night. Mrs. Frank Barnhart, of East Bing­ and entered the service of this govern­ Ionia, where he and his daughter kept resident of this county —Bengal and Good largilns in Hosiery, Under ­ ham, was very sick last week with in­ house. They remained there about a The farm was worked by John First Riley—died at bis home in the last wear, Blankets, Dress Goods, Flannel ­ flammation of the lungs. ment as a hospital nurse. From here named township, Sunday morning, ettes, Outings, etc. See the goods and year when they went to Ferrysburg, and his family occupied the house. get the prices is the best way to be Our faithful Olive correspondent. she went to Fort Thomas, Ky., doing where they remained a year, when At the time of the tire Mr. First was January 15, 1899, aged nearly 90 years. Mrs. C. L. Pearce, has been con tinea hospital work under Maj. Hall, where they went to Grand Rapids, where He was born in the county of Cork, convinced, at Noble Burneti ’s. to her couch by sickness. she remained six weeks. On the 21st they have since lived. in Middleton, where he had been at Ireland; came to America in about Farm for Sale. The next Republican State Conven ­ lie was twice married, his first wife work for some time The family had the year 1845; lived in Rochester, N. I will sell my farm of one iiundred tion will contain only 833 delegates. being Adda Bush, who died 15 years retired for the night. It, the family, Y., ten or twelve years; came to Clin­ and twenty acres, known as the Mike Clinton County is entitled to 12. after their marriage, leaving two ahil- consisted of the mother and seven ton county about 45 years ago. Seven Henning farm, three and one-half Lent, this year, will begin February dren, a son and daughter. Ills second children were born to them—five sons miles from St. Johns, cheap, or will wife died within a year or so after children, besides the mother of Mr. and two daughters —being John, of take in exchange village property or a 15, and Easter Day will be April 2, as Fowler; Charles, of Kansas; Henry, of early this year as it was late last year. their marriage. First, who was visiting them, and Mr. smaller farm. Mr. Butler was a member of the Casteel. A nine year old boy was Bengal; Richard and Thomasathorae; ______J. H. Fkdewa . Mrs. Manley Irish, well advanced Masonic order and a Knight Templar. Jane, of Rochester, N. Y., and Mattie, in years, and an old resident of St. He was also a member of the Ancient burned witli the building, and the rest a resident of this state. It is unnecessary to mention the Johns, is very near the threshold of 8 Orderof United Workmen, and ofC. E. narrowly escaped. He has a brother residing in Roches­ prices on the staple Sheetings as all death. Grisson Post, G. A. R., under whose The mother of Mr. First was badly ter, N. Y.; and a sister, Mrs. John my customers know that I sell as nice M. I). Ormes is a candidate for auspices he was brought here Satur­ burned in the face. Mr. Casteel's hair Love, residing east of St. Johns. clean g(x ds as can be sold for the price. nomination upon the Republican day evening and the funeral held from Further, we have been unable to Noble Burnett . ticket for highway commissioner of the Congregational church Monday was burned from his head. learn concerning his life and doings. Bingham township. afternoon, Rev. Mr. Allen, his former Neighbors have kindly aided the Neither could we learn the time ap­ Do not forget that Mrs. L. Canfield family by soliciting clothing, etc. pointed for the funeral. is selling herentire stock of millinery Fred J. Mauron, one of the publish­ pastor, assisted by Rev. Mr. Longman, at cost . ______ers of the Portland Review, has been officiating. The funeral was largely They have no knowledge as to the appointed postmaster at that place. attended by members of the threedif ­ origin of the lire, and it burned so PUBLIC INSTALLATION While making your purchases at the He is both capable and worthy. ferent orders, and friends and acquain ­ special sa’e. at the big stores, do not 5 B tances in general, who had come to rapidly not a thing was saved. forget that some of the small ones also Last week the public school in dis ­ iSK’! Mrs. First ran up stairs, pushed up Of K. and I. O. T. M. at Opera House Thurs­ trict No. 5, Bingham, was reduced pay their respects to his memory. day Evening. have good bargains prepared for you, from 40 to 10 in attendance in conse­ 6 § The interment was made in the a window directly over a cellar way and you will be sure to find some family lot at the St. Johns cemetery. A public installation will be given at Noble Burnett ’s. quence of the prevailing sickness. of September she was transferred to Two brothers—Thomas C., of St. filled with corn stalks, upon which by the K. and L. O. T. M., tonight, at Stephen II. Hicks announces him­ Ponce. P. R. Fifty-three nurses sail­ Johns, and Albert K., of Grand Ledge, she dropped the baby and an cider girl, the Opera house. Great Lady Com ­ Gay’s 'Bus and Dray Line. self as a candidate for nomination for mander Frances E. Burns, of St. Lou ­ Having added to my general draying ed from New York at the same time undone sister, Mrs. Bailey, of Cali­ and had the 9-year old boy at the win­ is, and Deputy Great Commander highway commissioner for Bingham with her. Seven days were occupied fornia, are the only surviving mem­ dow ready to drop him out, but he business a safe and comfortable omni ­ township, on the Republican ticket. bers of their fathers family. Sam. Withrow, of Lapeer, will act as bus withwhich 1 make sure connection At a meeting of the State board of in making the trip. It was indeed a jerked away from her and ran back to installing officers. with all trains. Calls made for one or pharmacy, field in Detroit last week, strange sight to them when they land ­ get his pants, when he was overcome After the installation, a reception two persons from same piace for 25c.' R. B. Campbell, of Pompeii, was MRS. 0. R. LOVE JOY will be given the newly installed of­ three or four, 50c. Orders left with ed in that country. Everything had with the heat and smoke, and perish­ ficers and their guests, at Maccabee granted a registered pharmacist’s cer- a neglected and dirty appearance, and ed in the flames. The old mother of me or at The Steel will receive prompt titicate. the natives were terrors to the Ameri­ Supplied the Fulplt In New York In Conse ­ hall. Sir Knights and Ladies and and careful attention. cans. quence of the Illness of Her Husband. Mr. First hung to the windowsill with members of their families are invited Richar d G ay , Proprietor. John Kasper, of Bengal, slipped and to attend. fell upon the ice in such a manner last Miss Crichton made the trip, both Rev. and Mrs. O. R. Lovejoy, of the her fingers, fearing to drop upon the Buy your Shoes of Friday night, as to break or dislocate going and returning, without ex­ M. E. church, this village, went to corn-stalks, until her nose was nearly Woodruff & Tromp . his left wrist, which gave him consid­ periencing a bit of sea-sickness, while New York City last week for a two burned off and her eyes run out. The THE TIME EXTENDED erable pain. nearly every other passenger was more weeks’ vacation. He had been invit ­ mother, in walking to a neighbors with The Millinery Must Go. or less sick. ed to preach in the First Congrega ­ For Holding the Annnal Meeting of the If good, seasonable millinery at low The traditional shower of rice, bare feet and almost naked, caused which has long connected itself with When she landed at Ponce she at tional church of that city, but owing llrotherhood of St. Andrew of Mich ices is what people want, they can weddings, is no longer considered good once entered the United States Gov ­ to sudden illness he was unable to till the blood to run freely from her feet Igan, In St. Johns. K accommodated by calling on us. form by fashionable folks. Rose leaves ernment Hospital, where she remain­ the engagement. Mrs. Lovejoy took In walking over the frozen ground. We learn from the Director General, It is our desire to close out our entire are used instead. ed until she left for home, and as an the manuscript sermon prepared by C. S. Schofield, of this chapter, that stock of Winter goods, and if low evidence of appreciation of her ser­ her husband, entered the pulpit and the time for holding the annual meet­ prices Is any object, we will accom ­ Wm. Burwell, vhi was before Jus vice we have but to ask you to read read it to the great satisfaction and THE ANNUAL MEETING ing of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew plish our desires. tice Lyon last Friday charged with the following letter from Assistant delight of her congregation. of Michigan, here in St. Johns, has Bouche r & Petscii. the larceny of wheat from the premi- Surgeon Halsey L. Wood, U. S. A., A New York correspondent of the Of the Cllntou Count/ Agricultural Socle been changed from February to fhe sis of J. F. Clemons, of Bath, was re executive officer: Chicago Inter-Ocean, writing under Buy your Shoes of ty, —F. A. Travin Chosen President. early part of April. This has been Woodruff & Tromp . leased upon payment of the value of , U. 8 . G enehal . Hospital , i date of January 16, says: “The con ­ done chiefly on account of the illness the wheat and all costs. Ponce , P. K., Jan. 8 ,1(09. f This is to certify that I have been gregation was at first dumbfounded to The regular annual meeting of the of Mr. Wood, of New York, who ex­ Come Next Saturday, Jan. 14th, Remember Dr. Walker’s next regu familiar with the work of Miss Jessie see a woman in the pulpit, but after­ Clinton County Agricultural Society, pected to attend this earning meeting. and get a Corset Bargain at Noble Bur­ lar visit to St. Johns, at Hotel St. Crichton in the wards of this hospital wards captivated by the charming held in the supervisors ’ room at the The founder of the Brotherhood in nett ’s. A good 50c one for 29c. Johns, is Saturday, February 11. All during the last three months. That manner of the preacher’s wife. When court bouse, hast Saturday afternoon, America, a gentleman residing in w ishing to consult him should call as she hasconducted herself with uniform done they surrounded her and over­ was unusually sparingly attended. Chicago, is expected here at that Buy your Shoes of early as possible, as again on his last whelmed her with congratulations. Owing to the resignation of R. M. time. Woodruff & Tromp . visit some were unable to see him. obedience and propriety and has mani­ Rev. and Mrs. Lovejoy are from St. Swigart, on removing to Durand last Office hours 9 a. m. to 5. p. m. fested an intelligence and enthusiasm Johns, Mich., and have been visiting tall, the meeting was called to order Another Old Veteran Fusses to the Great Bicj’cles stored free, at about her work that is above all praise, Beyond. G eo . I). Cooper ’s* Mr. and Mrs. James Richardson She is very willing and adaptable, and the Rev. and Mrs. Wightman. of by secretary Frink, when the name of left here yesterday to look after their Chester Hill. The pastorate of the O. B. Swain was offered as president Died at his(home in DeWitt, Thurs­ has accepted gladly and performed church has been vacant and the pul­ day January *5, 1899, from apoplexy, Buy your Shoes of real estate interests in Little Rock, satisfactorily all responsibilities placed pro-tem, to which office he was prompt ­ Woodruff & Tromp . Ark., where they expect to remain pit is being supplied by applicants. ly elected, and the business of the Daniel Miller. The deceased was bom upon her. She leaves us at her own Mr. Lovejoy had invita ­ in Medina county, 0., December 3, until about the first of April. Their request and to our regret. accepted an meeting proceeded with the election Bicycles enameled any color, at daughter, Myrtle, will spend a major tion to preach yesterday. ” We un ­ of a president, secretary, treasurer and 1834. When quite young he accom ­ G eo , d . Cooper ’s. Halsey L. Wood , M. D. panied his parents to Clinton county. ity of the time in Detroit. derstand that some members of Rev. four members of the board of directors, Come early and make your selections, Act’g Asst. Snrg. U. S. A. Lovejoy ’s flock here are entertaining as follows : In 1861 he enlisted in the 3d Mich. Muir Tribune : “ The D. & M. sta­ Executive Officer. fears lest they may lose him. President —F. A. Travis, St. Johns. Cavalry, Company B. where he served for with the present prices the stock tion agent at Fowler, put the com­ There were thirty nurses to care for Secretary—Murret Frink, Bengal, quite a while and was honorably dis­ is rapidly decreasing. pany ’s funds in his pocket one day this 400 patients in this hospital. Treasurer—Geo. N. Ferrey, Greenbush, Mrs. L. Canfield . week, locked up the office and went up Directors —Dr. M. C. Llvesay, 8t. Johns; charged. He was married to Miss She left Ponce on her return trip, VERY SICK. Robert Armour, Duplaln; William Wldeman. Hannah Webb soon after he returned Fedewa A Walbrldge. town on a gooa old-fashioned jamboree January 4. On arriving at New York Qreenbuah: Robert E. Hicks, Blngnam. that lasted until the money was gone. from the army. Two children were Loan money at low rates of Interest she spent a week with friends, and Mr*. Alexander Crichton Seized With La The following are the names of those born to them. One died when less on real estate security, in any sums It is needless to say the fellow ’s job then resumed herjourney homeward, Grippe, Neuralgia of the Heart Mi/ whose term of office as members of the than two years old. His wife dir' was also ‘blowed in/ ” arriving here on Tuesday last. bo the Result. board of directors, expired : Dr. M. C. about 30 years ago. He went to Ne­ desired. ______Guy Turner, of Eureka, was before She savs each nurse received $30 a A few weeks ago Mrs. Alexander Llvesay, B. E, Teeter. Geo. E. Lap- braska, and in 1880 he married Miss bo to Justice Lyon yesterday, charged with month besides transportation and Crichton, who resides Just north of ham and Mark Pennell. As may be Alvina Heaton. He then returned to Noble Burnett ’s for Dry Goods, No. 7 the larceny of bicycle sundries, or re­ board, they being obliged to pay their the village, on the State road, was seen, Dr. Llvesay was the only mem­ Clinton county, Mich., where he has Clinton Ave. Telephone No. 115. pairs. from the shop of Charles Smi­ own laundry bills. She says the way seized with the prevailing malady, la ber of the board re-elected. since resided. * He leaves a wife, one ley, in Greenbush, last spring. Ft the clothes are washed ana ironed by grippe. She got better and on Mon ­ The treasurer’s report showed the daughter, Mrs. Celia Blizzard;a grand ­ Buy your Shoes of pleaded guilty to the charge, and wi 8 the natives, is like child’s play in day did some washing, from which receipts and disbursements at the fair daughter. two brothers and one sister Woodruff & Tromp . lined $10 and costs, making a total < f came neuralgia pains in her right side, last fall, as follows : America. The natives do this work, Dr. to mourn the loss of a kind husband, Sewing machines repaired and work $15.75. which his father liquidated for using neither tubs or washboards, but and which changed from right to left. To balance In treasury, —...... $278 06 father and brother. guaranteed, at G eo . D. Cooper ’s. him. squat down by a stream and squeeze Her attending physician says says gate receipts...... 014 62 He was a worthy member of the G. this may extend to ner heart and im­ grand stand receipts,...... 52 06 Notice to Water Takers. After a week of changeable, disa ­ the garments or beat them upon Secretary's receipts,...... 241 00 W. Anderson Post, G. A. R. greeable weather, Sunday brought stones. The ironing process is as mediately terminate her life. Her General Superintendent's receipts,. 176 36 His funeral was held in the M. E. Water rates are now due and will pleasanter atmospheric conditions, clumsily handled as the washing, and family are almost frantic over the con ­ Snpt. horses department receipts, .. 24 36 church in DeWitt, under the auspices be received at the office over the En­ dition. Her daughter Mary, who lias and the attendance at the churches in many instances a testimonial would Total, ...... $1,688 22 of the Post. Rev. Buell officiating. gine House from January 10 to Janu ­ showed that the people felt like com ­ be needed to prove to the owner that been nursing Mrs. Byron Parr, became Cr. Interment in the DeWitt cemetery. ary 21, 1899, after which the water ing out and taking advantage of the the goods had been laundried. Miss very nervous and anxious about her By outstanding orders paid, ...... $ 17 23 will be cut oil from those who have “ paid officers and assistants,...... 153 75 Dying h Horrible Death. means of grace. In the morning Rev. Crichton speaks of the natives as a mother and could stay no longer from “ paid officers ’ assistants and police,. 81 27 not paid. H. Tows, Sup’t. Ewing, of St. John’s church, preached lazy, filthy, thieving lot, an island full lier patient whom she loves so dearly. ** paid for mualu,...... 27 00 Our Union Home correspondent a sermon on the subject. of them not being worth the life of It seems almost providential that her “ paid for labor...... 80 70 writes: “George Gorum, of whom Jj^TATE BABANK OF ST. JOHNS. daughter Jessie has returned from “ paid for apeed ...... 636 00 The open weather of the last few one American soldier. They live in ** paid for printing and posting,...... 206 26 mention was made as being sorely af­ COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS days, has, we are informed by the lo ­ cabins devoid of windows ana ofttinies Porto Rico at so opportune a time. " paid for sundries,...... 135 84 flicted with gangrene, is still alive. cal physicians, increased the number of roofs. They are as afraid of work Later —We are pleased to learn paid premiums, ...... - 456 37 He is a sight to beheld. His head is of cases down with the grip. Nearly as a “ weary Willie,” and much more from Dr. Palmer that Mrs. Crichton’s *• balance In treasury, ...... 85 81 nearly eaten off, so to speak. The CAPITAL, $50JXK». every home has one or more cases. economical in the use of soap and condition is improving. Total ...... $1,688 22 cords on the back of his neck have NET ASSETS OF STOCKHOLDERS, *»»,000. Dr Giilam, who had been battling clothing. She has no desire to re­ There are several outstanding ord ­ been eaten off the past week and the night and day with the malady, was turn to “our new possessions, ” and disease has encircled the neck to with­ L. HALL ers, sufficient to wipe out the balance, P. K. PERRIN, President. seized with it and laid up the latter cannot see what this country needs of if asked for. in an inch. It then extended down O. W. MUNGER, Vloe-Presldent. part of last week and continued into the islands or the people. Of the The business of the meeting was the shoulder blade, leaving the collar J. W. FITZGERALD, Cashier this. Spaniards she s|>eaks more favorably A Former St. John* HuzInrM Man Died at pleasant, and If the same spirit is con ­ bone and spine bones bare. It also HI* Home at Colorado Spring*, has broken out in his mouth and side Adney Hunt had the contract for in point of intelligence and cleanli­ tinued to the close of the (tuning fair, DIRECTORS: filling the cold storage house, connect- ness, but considers them treacherous January lO, 1H90. (good weather considered), the show of his head. One can see the wind with the old creamery north of the and a class that will constantly need L. Hall, a resident of St. Johns in an will be a great success. Good strong iipe and arteries plainly and also see O. W. M unger, Geo. F. Marvin. J. W. Fitzgerald railroad station, and completed the watching. She hopes to remain for early day, where he was engaged in work and a unity of action, will ac­ ayllght through just back of the J, H. Corblt, J. H. Fedewa, Geo. W. Em­ work of putting in 450 tons last week, some time in “Gods country, ” among the boot and shoe business with the complish this. wind pipe. Death will be a welcome mons, Jsb. Richardson, P. K. Perrin, taken from his pond, two miles south civilized people. late John Tremper, and in 1879 went It is claimed that the “street fairs” messenger. ”______John J. Reiser, G. E. Corbin, Jesse 8 ullivan. of the village. He expects to have to Colorado with his family, died at are corrupters of good morals, and in Licensed to Wed. the contract for putting up the sup­ his home in Colorado Springs, January consequence are fast growing in dis ­ Name. Residence. Age 3 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. ply for R. A. Moore, from the lake at FOUND GUILTY, 10, 1899. He located some mines at favor. Well conducted, old fashioned Jan. II—Ellsworth Nicholas. Victor...... 24 Merlebeach. Colorado Springs, in which it is claim­ county fairs are supported and enjoyed Alta Nypher, Olive ...... 18 Jan. 16— Martin E. McCullough, Duplaln ___26 rpilK STATE SAVINGS HANK, of Fowler. F. H. Bush, a bicycle dealer in this Nen(«lir«d to Pay a Fine of •‘IS ind Coftl ed he did well fora time. He is sur­ by everybody. Sarah E. Bowden, Bingham...... 20 village, who is spending three months or Nerve m Term of Slit/ Day* In the vived by a wife, three sons and a Jan. 17—Hervy II. Lee. Ovid ...... 23 CAPITAL. $19,000. on the road as representative of the Count/ Jail. daughter. The sons are F. H., W. R. Death lias Released Him. Surah J. Haynes, Victor ...... 27 Acme Manufacturing Co., of Reading, and A. T. Hall, and the daughter Miss After a year ’s confinement to ills NET ASSETS OF STOCKHOLDERS, $,'>00,000. Pa., spent last week at thegreat cycle Joseph Roll and Albert Shafer, of Nora Hall.______ANNOUNCEMENTS. and horseless carriage show at Chica­ Lebanon township, were brought be­ sick room, Geo. Shaw, oldest son of I). go, where upwards of 10,300 people fore Justice Marshall yesterday, M. Shaw, died at the home of his par­ The L. L. C. will meet with Mrs. M. Bab­ FRANK GRULER, President. charged with the larceny tf two stacks JESSE BECK ents in this village. Monday evening, cock January 25. FREDERICK 8 CHRMER, Vice-President. were congregated. He spent Sunday January 16, 1899, of dropsy, aged about A grand hall will be given at Odd Fellow's W. H. BNRLL1NG, Cashier. of hay from Paul Jardenau, also of hall, Thursday evening, January 26th. with his family In this village, and re­ Pleaded Guilt/ and Wm Sentenced to Seven 25 years. sumed his work Monday. Lebanon. On motion of Prosecuting The Bengal Union Aid Society will meet The Onlv Mammoth Minstrels make Attorney Smith, Shafer was dis ­ Year* Imprisonment at lonla. lie w;ts a machinist and had been with Mrs Ail* ii Skinner, Wednesday. Janu ­ DIRECTORS: Jesse Beck, of Eagle township, a lad employed in Lorain, Ohio. ary 26, at <9 o'clock a. m. A full attendance Constantine Feldpausch, Frederick Schemer. their third appearance at the Opera charged. The Jury found Roll guilty, Is desired. whereupon the Court sentenced him 18 or 19 years old, who was arrested Services were held at the family res­ W. H. Snelllng, Michael Spitzley, House, Tuesday, Jan. 24, at which idence Tuesday afternoon at 3:30, Rev. The M. F.. Ladles ’ Aid Society, of Green- time they will present a program for to pay a tine of $25 and costs, making not long since upon a charge of rape, bush, will meet with Mrs. Smiley January 26. J. H. Corblt, Frank Gruler, your approval, made up of high class a total of $57.50. or 60 days ’ confine ­ was arraigned before Judge Daboll Mr. Longman officiating. The re­ at 10 o'clock a. m. A cordial Invitation ex­ Constantine Gruier. minstrel specialties and beautiful ment in the county Jail. *We under ­ this morning, when the charge was mains were taken to his former home tended to all. stand the case has besen appealed to changed to that of taking indecent in Ohio, Wednesday morning, for in­ The regular meeting of the W. C. T. 17. will •#-Money Loaned on Real Estate Mortgages. music. A performance that is strict­ terment. ______be held In the pastor's offloe of the M. E. ly up to date in every particular. the circuit court. liberties with a girl under 14 years old, church on Saturday afternoon at2:30o'clock. to which he pleaded guilty and was Ladles, go to the south entrance of the EW IS SEVERANCE, Attorney, Counselor Each and every act a special feature. Special selections of Furs in Capes, church. and Solicitor. Representative of the At­ The company is made up of last sea­ An Appointment Accepted. sentenced to the State House of Cor ­ Collarettes, Boas, Muffs, etc., for a Ltorney's National Clearing House, of Minne ­ rection at Ionia. Sheriff Dunn accom ­ The Imported fortune tcllar. acquired by apolis; the Sharp k Allemsn List of Attoraeys son ’s favorites, among them Messrs. E. E. Hnjrck, of Grand Ledge, ap­ panied him to that institution on short time only at interesting prices the “Saints," will reveal your future, Febru and Bankers, of Philadelphia; the Rand A Bradner and Holton, Vredenburg, pointed by Gen. Alger a commissioner at Noble Burnett ’*. ary and the gypsies will guarantee McNally Llat of Attorneys, of Chicago, and Butler, Chick, Stephenson and a host to represent Michigan among the un ­ the 10:47 a. m. train today. lsfactory reve'elation. The Attorneys' and Agencies' Association of 100 New pieces of Fancy Gingham The annual meeting for election of officers New York. A correspondent In every county of others, making a grand array of dertakers to Santiago and Ponce, to Cloaks and Capes to suit everyone of the Women ’s Association of the Congrega ­ seat In the United states. All kinds of legal Minstrel talent. Seat sale opens at prepare the bodies of soldiers for re­ and at prices that will sell them. just open ed sund * on sale at popular tional ohurch, will be held at the corner business promptly attended to. Krepps A DeWltt’s Saturday. Jan. 21. turn to this country, has accepted. at Noble Burnett ’s. prices at Noble Burnett ’s. rooms next Tuesday aftemoor, at 2:30 sharp Address: Lewis Severance, 8 t' Johns, Mlcb CLINTON INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 13*9

DOINOS OP CONGRESS. BAD WIND 8TORM 999 STATE LEGISLATURE, There is revived hope of the electric road between Flint and Fenton being Rep. Chamberlain, who ia one of the In executive session of the senate the Cana** the Lon of Considerable Property bnilL special committee on the Atkinson bill, motion of Senator Berry (Ark.) to have and a Few Live* la Pennsylvania. the discussion of the peace treaty take .'Doings of the Week Recorded in a introduced a resolution providing that Article of association for A beets Reports from towns near Pittsburg sngar factory with headquarters at News of the Day as Told Over the place in open session was considered. thiscommittee should investigate the show that the recent wind storm was Benton Harbor, have been filed. Capi­ Senators Berry and Vest contended that Brief Style. subject of taxation, report on the value Slender Wires. prevalent throughout that entire sec­ theproceedings of the senate on the of railroad property, the amount of tal stock 8200,000. tion of the state. At Taylorstown, treaty should be conducted in open 'concise and interesting . taxes thev pay under the present sys­ Tbe Wabash railroad has filed a snit over 50 oil rigs were demolished, the DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN NEWS session. The question at issue was one tems in vogue in other states. After to restrain the D., LAN. Ry. from loss reaching about 810,000. At Welia- of such general importance that the Chamberlain had concluded his remarks using Its tracks from Delray to Detroit, ville, O., many buildings were un ­ The Decreased Vote for Governor C*um Commissary-General Eagan Modifies tbe public was entitled to know all that supporting the resolution, Mr. Cheever and asks for 820,000 for track rentals, roofed, fences and trees blown down, • Re-Apportionment of Delegate* for was said and done by its public ser­ promptly moved that the resolution be in the Ohio oourts. Language In Ilia Report and Resub­ telegraph and telephone wires proa- vants. Senators Frye, Hale and others Each Coanty —The Beet Sager Bounty tabled, which was carried by a vote of Geo. Tompkins and Miss Holzy, who mits It—Cuban Soldiers Mast Hsvs trated. Four large stacks, 130 feet spoke in opposition to the motion. Question —Other Item*. 50 to 36. were testing the strength of the ice on Their Fay—Miners In Trouble. high, of the Wellsville Plate A Sheet The Democratic members of both Clark’s lake, Jackson, unfortunately The house passed the diplomatic and Iron Co., were blown directly across consular appropriation bill without houses held a joint caucus for the pur­ broke through and were drowned. Commissary-General Eagan Apologise*. the Cleveland A Pittsburg railroad Delegates Apportioned to Each County. amendmenL During the general de ­ pose of defining a policy and to deter ­ Tbe bodies have been recovered. Commissary - General Eagan has tracks. Greensburg, Pa., reports the Secretary Sherman, of the Republi­ bate two set speeches were made mine what action will be taken on dif ­ Max Goldberg, of Detroit, tried to greatly modified his statement from storm worst ever experienced there. can state central committee, has made against imperialism by Messrs. Gar- ferent measures. Senators Ward and blow out a gasolne stove in his grocery the original one made in response to Telegraph and telephone wires con ­ a table showing the number of dele ­ mack and Gaines, of Tennessee. The Perren were the only absentees, and Gen. Miles’ charges, wherein the ob- necting the towns and villages with gates to which each county will be en ­ store, and the result was a fire that diplomatic and consular is the fifth of Representative Scully was chosen jectional language was contained. this place were rendered useless aud aa titled in the state convention next damaged his stock to the extent of $3,- the regular appropriation bills to pass 1 chairman. The most important action The statement, however, is withheld a result tbe exact extent of the damage spring. On account of the decreased 000 and burning his neighbor ’s effects. the house. The bill as passed carries taken was the decision to stand as a from the pnblie by the commission and cannot be told. In the country dis ­ Henry S. Seage was waylaid and *1.705,533. vote for governor the number of dele ­ unit on all measures where it is con ­ only the letter which accompanied it tricts and especially in the woodland robbed of a small sum of money within Mr. Allen (Neb.)iutroduced a resolu ­ gates will be diminished from 1,101 to sistent to do so. is given to the press, which in sub­ parts, trees have 'been cast across the a block of the state house, Lansing. tion that a committee of five senators, 633. The representation of the several One of the biggest fights coming will stance contradicts the charges relative public highways, rendering travel out counties will be as follows: be over that tabled motion of Rep. He was struck in the face with some no more than two of whom should be blunt instrument and knocked down. to his furnishing the soldiers with of the question. Alcona, 2; Alger, 2; Allegan. 13; Alpena, 6; Colby ’s regarding consideration of the “embalmed beef.” members of the same political party, Antrim, 4; Arenac, 3; Durova. 1; Barry, 11: Bay, be appointed to make full inquiry into 19; Benzie, 3; Berrien, 21; Branch, 18; Calhoun, adoption of the rules of the last house. It is stated that nearly all acreage A dispatch says: Brig.-Gen. Chas. P New Nominations. 20; Cass, 11; Charlevoix. 8 ; Cheboygan, 6; Chlp- for the beet sugar industry in Oakland the conduct of the late war between The President has sent the following wa, 6; Clare. 8 ; Clinton, 12; Crawford. 1; | Rule 55 requires a two-thirds vote of Eagan, commissary-general of subsist­ ilta, 4; Eaton, 10; Emmet, 5; Genesee. 10; the members present to amend bills or county has been secured and the build ­ ence, will be court-martialed without the United States and Spain. Objec­ nominations to the senate: Cbarle- Gladwin.K 2; Gogebic, 0; Grand Travers, 8 ; Gra­ ing of the factory assured. Head ­ tion was made to immediate considera ­ tnange Tower, of Pennsylvania, now tiot, 12; Hillsdale. 18; Houghton, 12; Huron. 10; joint resolutions which have been con- delay, but before his trial he will be Ingham. 19; Ionia. 17; Iosco, 3; Iron, 2- Isabella, sidered in committee of the whole. quarters have been established at Pon ­ relieved from duty and placed under tion of the resolution and it went over. minister to Austria-Hungary, to be 8 ; Jackson, 21; Kalamazoo, 18; Kalkaska. 2; Mr. Mason (Ill.) made his announced The first bill passed by this house tiac. arresL ambassador to Russia; Addison C. Kent, 47; Keweeuaw, 1; Lake, 2; Lapeer, 10; speech upon his resolution declaring Leelanau. 2; Lenawee, 23; Livingston. 11; Luce, was introduced by Rep. Alward. It Herb High and M. Shot disturbed Harris, of Indiana, to be minister tc I; Mackinac, 2; Macomb, 14; Manistee. 9; Mar­ I that all just powers of the government was to legalize the assessment roll of the peace and qu:et of Pontiac by a Cnbana Aalc Uncle Sam for •40,000,000. Austria-Hungary; Joseph H. Choate, of quette, 10; Mason, 0; Mecosta, 0; Menominee. 8 ; are derived from the consent of the Midland. 6: Missaukee, 3; Monroe. 18; Mont ­ Polkton, Ottawa county. The roll was fist fight on the main street. Each re­ According to Brig.-Gen. Jose Miguel New York, to be ambassador extraor ­ calm, 11: Montmorency, 1; Muskegon, 12; Ne­ governed, and that the United States burned with other records. The law ceived a pair of “shiners” before friends Gomez, a member of the Cuban com ­ dinary and plenipotentiary to waygo, 7; Oakland. 20; Oceana. 7; Ogemaw, 3; will make no attempt to govern any Ontonagon, 2; Osceola, 8 ; Oscoda, 1; Otsego, 3; does not permit a second roll, and it stepped in and separated the combat ­ mission now in Washington, the Cuban Great Britain. To be brigadier- Ottawa, 13; Presque Isle, 2; Roscommon, 1; people against their will. Mr. Mason took a special act to legalize. The bill ants. army is sure to receive the threeyears ’ generals: Col. John B. Castleman, Saginaw, 28- Sanilac, 10; Schoolcraft. 2; Shia­ spcfice from manuscript aud confined wassee. 18; St. Clair. 20; St. Joseph, 10: Tuscola, was given immediate effect. pay to which it is entitled, 840,000,000 1st Kentucky volunteer infantry; CoL IS: Van Buren. 14; Washtenaw, 19; Wayne, 98 - A while family is dangerously sick himself closely to his notes. being advanced by the United States, Thos. H. Barber, 1st New York volun ­ Wexford, 6; Dickinson. 8 . The attempt to refer the Atkinson at Decatur as a result of using a basic Mr. Sullivan (Dom., Miss.) and Mr. with the custom houses of Cuba as se­ teer infantry. To be assistant adju ­ bill to the railroad committee was lost in preparing dinner, which had pre­ Pasco (Dem., Fla.) discussed the pend ­ curity for its repayment. Brig.-Gen. tant-generals with the rank of major: Deaths for the Month of December. by the close vote of 43 to 43. viously been used for mixing rough on ing Nicaragua canal bill, the former Gomez, ia grateful for the way the Capt. Chas. G. Treat, assistant adjp« The total number of deaths regis ­ The bill on reference to special com ­ rata in. It is thought they wiU re­ supporting it and the latter opposing commission has been received. The tant-general U. S. volunteers. tered in Michigan for the month of mittee to be named by he speaker was cover. it. The Indian appropriation bill was negotiations, it is expected, will be December was 3,341 or 156 more than won by a vote of 73 to 9. A freight train broke loose at Ply­ taken up, but its consideration was Doe* It Belong to America? completed by the end of this month, the number for the previous month. mouth and when the two sectons came □ot concluded. The Cubans express a fear that un ­ STATE GOSSIP. when the commission will return to There were 359 deaths of infants un ­ together the force was so great that Mr. Bacon (Ga.) offered a joint reso ­ Cuba. der article 2 of the treaty, the Isle of der one year of age and 121 deaths of The Gen. Wm. Humphrey, of Adrian, two cars loaded with potatoes were lution providing that the United States Pines and all the other islets about -children aged from 1 to 4 years inclu ­ is dead. badly smashed, and potatoes took a recognize the independence of the Cuba will pass straight under Ameri­ sive. Important causes of death were sudden drop. A Rattle Expected. The copper speculation fever shows A battle royal between the coal Filipinos, and Mr. Allen introduced a can sovereignity. For our government as follows: Consumption, 215; typhoid Gov. Pingree has issued requisitions resolution declaring that aggressive no decision on this has yet been made. fever. 31; measles. 2; whooping-cough, no sign of abatement at Marquette. operators and the United Mine work ­ to the governor of Ohio for Charles ers over the interstate agreement is action against the Filipinos would be It is regarded as a question whether 18; pneumonia, 228; diarrheal diseases Bay City is to have a hospital which Russell and William Speinmau alias unwarrautecd. the fringe of islands does not belong under 5 years. 33; ccrebro-spinal men ­ will be run by the Sister of Charity. expected. It is understood that the Herman Finkle, who are wanted in operators will generally oppose an ad ­ A new bill will soon be introduced with Cuba, and most authorities are ingitis, 29; influenza, 40; scarlet fever. A new electric road from Grand Rap­ Kalamazoo county for the Richland by the river and harbor committee inclined to bold that under this clause 15; diphtheria and croup, 50. vance in the price of mining and will ids to Kalamazoo is being considered. bank robbery. fight to the end any agreement looking which will grant the secretary of war of treaty wc get only such islands as An epidemic of grip is raging at The Detroit, Plymouth «fc Northville toward an increase in the present the power to remove any wreckage ure separated from Cuba by ship chan­ Beet Sugar Bounty. Grand Rapids, 2,00-9 persons being ill. electric railway expects to have cars wages. Some of the miners' delegates from the harbors without first adver ­ nels. What will the legislature do with tising them for 30 days. Chicken thieves are operating among running from Wayne to Plymouth in a say they will insist both upon an ad ­ Imperative Orders. the beet sugar bounty laws is a ques­ the farmers in the vicinity, of Royal short time. It has been necessary to vance in wages and the 8-hour day. A resolution has been passed by the tion which is interesting the legal senate authorizing the admission of Senor Mnntero Rios, of Madrid, Oak. thaw the ground with big fires in or ­ president of the senate, who was presi­ fraternity. It means much to the der to lay the tracks. Passenger Train Derailed. Louis, a son of President Yglcsias, of •state, as in view of the expected enor- The common council of Fowlervilie dent of the Spanish peace commission, has ordered the closing of all gambling Passenger Train No. 4 on the Balti- Costa Rica, to the military academy at rmous production of beet sugar, the The arrest of W. F. Stine, of Char­ has been in conference with the min­ rooms. moae & Ohio Southwestern was de ­ West PoinL -question arises whether the factories lotte, for contempt of court by Judge The inter-state commerce commis ­ ister of foreign affairs, Duke Almod ­ The burned buildings at West Branch Mowery, of Vermontvllle, and the sub­ railed east of Clay City, Ill., by a ovar de Rio, relative to the early pub­ esiablished under the law could not broken rail. It was discovered after­ sion's annual report has becu given to • claim the bounty for the entire seven will be replaced by a new brick block sequent action commenced against the congress. It urges a revision of the lication of a red book. Replying to a at once. judge by Mr. Stine, still continues to wards that the rail had a flaw and was dispatch from Gen. Rios, the comman ­ years, or. in other words, if the law is defective. The rail was broken by tbe law, claiming the present law is de ­ not a contract of the state with Levi R. Pierson, a prominent lawyer attract much attention. fective. der of the Spanish forces in the Philip­ engine passing over it, and derailed pine islands, the minister of war, Gen. the manufacturers. Prominent law­ and politician of Hudson, is dead; aged Banking Commissioner Maltz has ap­ the combination car, coach and sleeper. Mr. Chandler introduced a senate yers are of the opinion that all factor ­ 72 years. pointed Wm. U. Heath, of Ionia, state resolution for the distribution of the Correa, insists upon his securing the There were three men, one woman and release of the Spanish prisoners in the ies built in view of the law could hold Hiram Delano, aged 79, of Harris- bank examiner to succeed James A. appropriation bills and indicated he two children injured. hands of the Philippine rebels. the state for the bounty. ville, died from injuries received from Latta, who resigned to accept the as­ would precipitate this fight soon. sistant eashiership of the Peninsular a fall on the ice Barled Alive. The house spent the first day after Belgian Low Quit* Heavy. Savings Bank of DetroiL Another Sugar Beet Factory. Nine fishermen drifted around for 10 The report that Mrs. Wilfound was the recess considering the bill to define The Petit Bleu of Brussels announces Two hundred farmers gathered at a days on a cake of ice at SL Ignace be­ The December report of State Salt buried alive, at West Superior, Wis., and punish crimes in Alaska and pro ­ that the Batclelas tribesmen of the ‘half-way house near ML Clemens and fore being rescued. Inspector Caswell is as follows: Manis­ caused Coroner Downs to secure a per­ vide a code of criminal procedure for Congo Free State, who defeated a col ­ listened to a talk on the culture of tee county, 129,531 barrels; Wayne, mit to exhume the body and have a the territory. The bill was made a umn of 200 of the state troops and cap­ The Shiawassee Poultry association continuing order until disposed of. sugar beets by Prof. Smith, of the will hold its first annual show at 54,463; Bay, 51,998; SL Clair, 46,187; post-mortem made. When he reached tured Kalambara in addition to killing The house adjourned out of respect to Michigan Agricultural college, and Owosso early next month. Mason, 39,873; Saginaw, 39,247; Mid ­ the cemetery and commenced to open 2 officers, 1 sergeant and 200 native Soph Petz, who is visiting this country land, 2,700; total, 363,999. the grave a mob of 150 Jews, opposed the memory of the late Senator Morrill. Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Moore, of Bay troops, captured 14 whites, 2 guns and in behalf of a sugar beet factory iu George Tice, a prominent farmer of to the disinterment, compelled him to ammunition and a quantity of baggage. Germany. The proposed factory is to City, recently celebrated the 50th an ­ Filipinos Have Blocked the Harbor. niversary of their marriage. Doyle, Riley township, while helping stop. He will make a new attempt In addition, 5 whites were killed at be built on the M. II. Butler farm, just to operate a corn-husker, had his right when he secures reinforcements. The situation at Iloilo is unchanged. Kulambari. It was garrisoned by 800 •outside the city limits, which ia owned After three hours the jury, in the hand drawn into the machinery. Be­ The Filipinos are unceasingly active men who deserted. by A. T. Fisher, of Detroit. More Chas. R. Mains perjury case at Mar­ fore the machine could be stopped his Cnbana on a Strike. day and nighL Recently they loaded Ahan 1,000 acres have already been shall returned a verdict of not guilty. hand was ground to a pulp. The laborers on some of the sugar some lighters with rock and sank them Bad Flood* In Arkansas. pledged in Huron and Warren town- at the entrance of the river, blocking Reports received from Benton, Ark., The stub line of the Flint A Pere Maggie, tbe 14-year-old daughter of estates in tbe Guantanomo district ships and it is thought there will be the channel for all vessels with the indicate that great damage has been Marquette from Palms to Sand Beach Fred Baker, of near Birch Run, went have gone on a strike and the trouble do trouble in securing the balance. exception of launches. All the lights done in Saline county by rain. The will be widened to standard gauge out for a drive with her lover of 28 is likely to spread. The cause assigned early iu the spring. by the strikers is that the storekeepers have been extinguished. Order, how­ Saline river has risen 20 feet and it is The State Banka O. K. years, but she “never came back,” and ever, is maintained with severity and Mayor Brant, of Benton Harbor, is her parents, much grieved over the af­ charge a discount on Spanish gold. expected that it will rise higher than According to Comptroller of the Cur­ offenders are promptly shot. taking steps to test the city treasurer's fair, have taken legal steps in the The men say they receive the same in 1882. Thousands of cattle and hogs rency Dawes, the 75 national banks in amount now as under the old regime, were drowned in the bottoms and right to collect a 1 per cent fee on matter. Hon. Nelson Dingier Dead. the state out-ide of Detroit had total state and county taxes. but are compelled to pay 9 per cent on fcnces-are being washed away. resources on Dec. 1 of 850,073,650, as Edward Townsend, of Grand Rapids, their purchases. The Hon. Nelson Dinglev, of Maine, compared with 848,891,020 in Septem­ John Wilson, convicted at Flint of has been found guilty of assault with leader of the Republican side of the Hlrxm Walker Dead. ber; loans and discounts decreased robbing the F. A P. M. depot at Grand intent to do great bodily harm less Pnenmnnla's Ra vages. floor of the house of representatives Hiram Walker, the multimillionare from 828.656,369 to 828.322,730; reserve Blanc, has been sentenced to a year than murder. Townsend shot a young Dr. II. Y. Mangum, a prominent citi­ and representing the second congres ­ distiller of Walkerville, Ont., suc- increased from 89,794,026 to 810.109,879, and a half in Jackson prison. man who was trying to cut him out of zen of Metropolis, Ill., died on Dec. 26 sional district of Maine in that body, combed to death after the third stroke of which gold holdings increased from It is thought that by the arrest of his sweetheart. However the shot of pneumonia. Twenty-four hours is dead. The immediate cause of death of apoplexy. Mr. Walker was 82 years 81.586.006 to 81.604.397. Deposits in ­ Andrew K. Conover at Port Huron, one was not fatal. later his daughter died; three days was heart failure, resulting from ex­ of age and a widower. Iu 1895 he re­ creased from 832,088.524 to 833,131,658. of the worst gangs of bank swindlers Petitions are being circulated in later his wife died, aud the youngest treme weakness due to pneumonia. tired from active business dividing bis in the country has been rounded up. Eaton county asking that another child, a son, was buried the following Deceased was in his 67th year. estate, which was variously estimated Met a Tragic Death. Wm. Fisher, aged 60 years, of Hast­ election be held on the local option day, and now the only remaining mem­ to be worth from 88,000,000 to $15,000,- 17 Persons Drowned. Adelbert E. Worden, senior member ings township, was found dead in a proposition. The “open saloon ” advo ­ ber of the family, the grandmother, is 000, among his four children. A dispatch from Tacoma, Wash., -of the Worden Grocery Ccw, of Grand near by stream, whether it was a case cates are back of the movement and dead. All died of the same disease. says: The British bark Andelina, 2,395 THE MARKETS. Rapids, met a tragic death. His life­ of murder or suicide is yet unknown. they hope to place the county back in tons, of Nova Scotia, CapL G. W. Stall­ less body was found wedged between the “wet” column. A Dervish Victory. LIVE STOCK. An Allen oil dealer collects the in ­ ing, sank in 22 fathoms of water in the elevator car and the third floor in A dispatch from Cairo says: Rumors New York — Cattle Sheep Lambs Hogs dividual oil cans aud fills them from Chauncey Baxter, aged about 65, a front of the SL Paul mill wharf and his store. Mr. Worden had been ail­ well-known Branch county farmer, are in circulation that the dervishes Best Grades ..It 7«®.> u O ft .*) 1-74 $.13 his tank just outside the corporation the captain, mate and 15 of the crew Lower Grades.. 3 iw©4 80 3 0> 6 40 8 01 ing for some time with the grip and it was found dead in his barn. He left under Emir Fedil, on the Blue Nile, limits, thus avoiding the 810 license were drowned. The accident occurred Chicago — is thought he fainted while the eleva ­ imposed on peddlers. the house in apparently good health defeated the Egyptian forces, the 10th Best Grades... $3 40@6 00 4 23 4 60 8 8 ) during the nighL 400 $ M tor was iu motion, falling with bis Allan D. Black, father of Judge C. but not returning in time for break­ Soudanese battalion being entirely de ­ Lower Grades.. S 80i64 TO S OJ stroyed. It is reported that reinforce ­ Detroit — head and shoulders outside the car. B. Black, of Lansing, is dead. He fast his wife went to the barn and McCoy Knocked Oat. ments are being hurried up to the Best Grades ..•» 50^5 00 4 00 4 $1 8 80 leaves a widow with whom he had found him dead on the floor. Tom Sharkey, the American sailor, Lower Grades., t 8)®4 00 1 M IU 8 0 scene and that another battle is im- Lost HI* Hand While Cutting Feed. lived with for 65 years. Deceased was Cruelty to animals is not popular, now stands as the only heavyweight Murrain — While Ed Rodgers, of Emerson town minenL Best Grades. ..$1 l&®l •) 4 90 6 0 883 93 years old. nor is it profitable, at Big Rapids. A possibility for championship honors Lower Grades., t 2»®J 73 2 76 8 0 8 0 ship, Gratiot, was cutting feed for his farmer, who tied a cow to the rear end A carload of sugar beets was shipped Bloodshed la Feared. and the title now held by Bob Fitz­ Cleveland — stock, one of his mittens was caught in of his wagon and then raced his horses from Bay Port, Huron Co., to the Bay Bloodshed is feared at Portland, Ind. t simmons, having knocked out “Kid ” Best Grades. ..$1 00 * 4 43 4 00 4 73 8 70 the rollers of the machine and before ai, full speed for some distance, to the Lower Grades.. 8 03a‘ 00 2 so 8 7) 8 0 City beet sugar factory, yielded 17 per if the Red Key Glass Co., whose em­ McCoy in a 10-round battle at the be could stop it his hand had been great distress of the cow, was brought Cincinnati — cent sngar, the largest per cent ever ployers are on a strike against a re­ Lenox Athletic club. New York. Best Grades ..81 $308 00 IM 6 0 880 -clipped six times, the last cut being sent to that factory. before a justice and fined 85 and costs. Lower Grades.. 3 W)»4 SO * oO 4 0 80) straight across from the junction of duction in wages, attempt to start tbe 6,000 Killed or Wounded. A letter mailed at Mendon, Jan. 3, Gov. Pingree is in favor of the state Plttsbnrg — the thumb with the hand, necessitating factory with men imported from Penn ­ legislature appropriating a few thous­ A great battle has been fought in Best Grades. ...8 "» 40 '8 60 4 61 8 43 3 00 -Amputation at the wrist joint. 1898. to a party at Leonidas, six miles sylvania, as the owners claim they Lower Grades.. 8 8 i®* SI 8 70 4 00 8 6) distant, was delivered Jan, 8, 1809, and dollars to provide a silver or the Yemen division of Arabia. The will do. The company has applied to Turkish troops stormed and captured GRAIN, ETC. having lain in the postoffice just one bronze badge for the volunteer soldiers Wheat, Corn, Oats, Mlnea to bo Bo-Oponod. the sheriff for protection for the new the insurgent position at Shanel. Dur­ year and four days. and sailors in Michigan, who went to men, but has been refused. No. red No. 2 mix No. < white "The Victoria Mining Co. organized ing the attack about 4.000 insurgents Naw York M«anox 48414 33®83)4 Is Boston, has raised 8700,000 in cash A Business Men ’s League has been the war. He also says that the state 72 472)4 militiamen should be paid 81 per day. and 2,000 Turks were killed or wounded. Chicago S3® 15 8 >'1.83)4 for the purpose of re-opening the Vic­ formed at Lansing. The object of the Small-Fox Among the Soldier*. "Detroit 70472 36437)4 31 >8114 toria or Forest mine in Ontonagon league is for the purpose of pushing The Detroit Auditorium was packed Private Davis, who has been on duty No Cabinet Crisis. Toledo 71 71 86 86)4 28 128 4 county. The Onondaga Land A Cop ­ legislation in behalf of the mercantile to the doors on the night of the at Gen. Lee’s headquarters, has been After an hour’s conference with the Cincinnati 71 t7« MIS t9 >rt)4 per Co. is organized with 8600,000 cash interests of the state. Sharkey-McCoy fight to listen to the taken to the small-pox hospital at Ha­ queen regent, Premier Sagosta an ­ Claveland 7l®n* 8640S4 30® 0)4 to re-open the Shelden and Colombian City Attorney Butterfield, Ann Ar­ returns of the big fight and witness vana. There are now seven small-pox nounced that there was no cabinet Pittsburg 72 t73* 38 38 4 82®34)4 patients in the hospital from the 161st Buffalo 71 72)4 87 87)4 SI Sl)« mines located at Houghton. bor, has asked for an injunction to re­ the limited round events in which Col ­ crisis, and that he would not ask for a •Detroit —Har, No. I timothy, 88 80 per too. train the D., Y. A A. A. Ry. from run ­ well vs. Hammond and Casey vs. Indiana, about whose camp a double vote of confidence, believing that the Potatoes. A-c per bu. Live Poultry, spring Corunna has a new electrio lighting ning cars faster than eight miles an 8criven took part. The latter were patrol has been established to keep the present ministry would present itself chickens, 7c per lb fowls, 0’4c: turkeys. 10c; •company, with 820,000 capital. ducks, 7a Eggs, strictly fresh, 2ic per do*. hour within the city limits. the stars of the big show. men in and intruders ouL to parliament. Butter, best dairy, 14c per lb; creamery. 21c. Flint's council has ordered the Grand Dr. L. L. Houghton, state geologist, Portland is soon to lose one of her Will Spain Soil Hor InlandsT Washington ’s birthday is to be cele­ Trunk to remove its stock yards to the has tendered his resignation to the industries, the commode and cabinet The tug C. M. Chauley burned to the The government on the re-assemling brated by a big athletic events in San­ outskirts of thecity in the interest of board of geological survey, but he was company ’s factory, which has never water’s edge near Chicago. The crew of the cortea will immediately ask, health. induced to remain in office until the been a paying investment will be of eight escaped with their lives. tiago. says La Reforma, authority to sell the Coal is claimed at Port Huron. The completion of volume 6 of the reports, abandoned. The company's plant is a The Hocking Valley A Toledo rail­ Statistics oompiled by tbe New York Michigan Development Co. sunk a which is now in course of preparation. Marianne (Ladronea), Caroline and the road is to be sold at Cojumbus, O., Engineering and Mining Journal plaoe very fine one, and the people of Port ­ Feiew Islands, ainee Spain ia powerless abaft for oil and strnck a four-foot Bert Roger, a farm hand, employed land are hoping that some other con ­ Feb. 24, under United States court or ­ the world ’s production of gold in 1898 to maintain a sufficient force to defend vein of coal by Peter Kalomboch, of near Sylvan, cern will rent it for manufacturing ders. at $286,218,9.' 4 I Fourteen women In a bunch pleaded invited o neighboring friend to spend purposes. them. ______There seems to be every reason to Fifty thousand people bade the first • guilty to the charge of immorality at the evening with him. Daring the The recent gale at London, Eng., believe that the naphtha vacht Paul detachment of the 17th Infantry fare­ Port Huron and were assessed 83.50 hoars which were spent ot the Kalam- An epidemic of the genuine grip is done considerable damage. The city Jones, which left Louisville, Ky., Dec. well as it left Columbus, O., en route aach by Judge Cady. bach residence the friend showed so going the rounds at Toledo. was practically lssolated for one whole 7 with a pleasure partv :if four promi ­ for the Philippines via New York. Thos. Kelly, of 8L Ignace, after fin­ mnch attention to the daughter that Wm. Potter, of Philadelphia, form ­ day. Telegraph service was badly in ­ nent society people, bound for Pensa- Twenty-seven thousand Spaniards ishing his mid-day meal turned to Roger became jealous, whereupon he erly U. 8. minister to Italy will prob ­ terrupted causing wrecks of more or ola, Fla., and other ports in southern still remain in the vicinity of Cien- leave the table aud fell to the floor, secured a revolved and put a bullet ably succeed Minister nitchcock as less Importance and the loss of several waters, has gone down in a gale in the fuegoa, Cuba, but it is believed all will -dying instantly. * trough his own head. ambassador to Russia. lives. •ulf of Mexieo with all on board. have left hy the middle of February. CLINTON INDEPENDENT, THUB8DAT, JANUARY 19, 1899. sas

1999 •9v- pneumonia and the grip. Mot I’erleh. but Bm Everlasting Life” art, Colvin, Dickinson, Super, Chandler, An Eton Boy... pipe with tobacco. Handy, Baumgartner, Waterbury, Good- “Well, what were you about to say?” —John St 10. ell, Hatzenbuhler, Sutherland, Elkhoff. asked Weston. “But first fill your glass Asylum for Dangerous and Criminal Hood’s parilla Insane —Elkhoff, chairman; Babcock, 1. “There was a man of the Pharisees.” Is America's Greatest Medicine. Price gi. and pass over the tobacco bag. ” Locher, Murphy, Nevlns. Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. “I was simply about to reiterate that The beat and most religious sect of the City Corporations —Her rig, chairman; ***** *********** ******* **************** *********ns Teacher, as Guide, and as Printing —McMullen. Wagner, Monag ­ nPHDQV NEW DISCOVERY; tP-w with all the boats, washed away—God eral in those days, however, and the han. UKwi W T quick rellei an i curve wore* CHAPTER V. Lord. Believing la the act of receiving public Buildings —Graham, Humphrey, eaw*. Bend for book of testimonial, and lOdafff help us!” men who were willing to work extra the new life of God. “Should not per­ treatment Free. or. H.u.«SKkZ'aso*a iiiuu. u* The Voyage to Cuba. hours, stealing the time from their Perren. “The 20th of November? It was on ish." From the effects of sin, which nat ­ Public Health—Heald. Wagar, McGraw. I resolved not to be an idler or lob ­ watch below, used to make a good urally end In destruction of the soul. Public Improvements —Charles Smith, UEU-ROT-I CO TEA TO Introduce our Tea that night we encountered the heavy Moore. Perren. M *•** WWI 1 MW 1 we wtl I mat I one full lolly boy, and was allowed by Captain deal of money by cutting out the cods ’ “But have eternal life.” Be born again, |* alie package on receipt of 4 two-cant stamp* gale, ” said Weston. have the new spiritual life by which hs Public Lands —Sheldon, Wagner, Charles Guaranteed to core Constipation and He.darbu. Weston to take my watches and share tongues and sounds and pickling them shall grow Into a perfect man In Christ Smith. A Nerr# T.»nlc. Kr „ package. Neurullco Medicine We had been on the skirt of the tem­ Railroads —McGraw, Maitland, Sayre, Co., HornaheTlIls. N. Y. of deck duty with the rest of the crew; for the home market, those parts of Jesus, and live forever In heaven. Mllllken, Leldleln. and at intervals I worked hard at a pest, as Hislop maintained, while the the fishes being, by custom, “thrown Ionia Prison —McGraw, Colllngwood, Latimer, Spanish grammar with Marc Hlslop, Yankee ship had probably suffered all in” to “fat up” the men ’s wages. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. CURE YOURSELF! the fury of it From the main-cross- Religious and Benevolent Societies — TJs* Big Cl for nnnatnrsl who would read “Don Quixote" in the Cap’n Tom is a bachelor, aged about Lyon. Davis A. O. Smith. discharge#, InfiamtuatloML original, with a fluency that even my trees Capt. Weston swept the sea with The Chinese emperor is one of these Roads and Bridges —Blakeslee, Brown, Irritation* or nlc*rations 40 years. Often he may be seen at Helme. of ancon membran** old tutor at Eton might have envied. his telescope, in vain, for any trace of disappearing big guns. Rules and Joint Rules—Wagner, Heald, Pain)***, and not eatria* work in his little office at 3 o ’clock In rutsCMEHKUiCo. r-m or poisonous. We were now clear of the Channel; her; so If that melancholy scrap of pa­ Tbe easier a man la to approach the Potter. the morning. He talks and apparently Saline Interesto-Moore. Flood, Heald. SwM byDrsnMa and, after a hard battle with the wind per told truth, all was doubtless over harder he is to get away from. School for Blind —Maitland, Latimer, 'or sent Is pi do wrapper, thinks of nothing but his fishing ves ­ and sea, we left the long roll of the long since with the Mary and her crew. Political economy is the art of get ­ sels. School for Deaf—Colllngwood, Baker, Circular sent ou reqw* mighty Atlantic. In the cabin that night a conversa ­ ting the moat votes for the least riaoney. Stoll. Soldiers ’ Home —Glddlngs, Wagar, Hum­ On the third night after my rescue, tion on the probabilities of her de ­ No man la born with a silver spoon When Answering Advertisement* Kindly Hlburlan fionatiln* in bis mouth, but lots of men die with phrey. we encountered dark and cloudy weath­ struction or escape led to a recurrence State affairs -Wagner and Graham. Mention Thin Tnoer. er, with a strong gale, which set all to the miraculous manner in which the The Russian meteorologist, Professor gold in thstr teeth. State Library —A. O. Smith, Loomis, Ward. the cabin afloat. My watch was over, unlucky Dutch schooner had floated so Woetkof, calls attention to the almost An old bachelor says ths difference State Prison —Sheldon, Atwood Helme. and 1 had Just turned in. when I heard long with me; and I mentioned to Wes­ uninterrupted sunshine that prevails between firmness and obstinacy is State Public Schools —Davis, Mllllken. Sheldon. the voice of Capt Weston, who was ton and Hislop the additional terrors In winter in the Irutsk region of Sibe­ merely a matter of aex. Supplies and Expenses—Latimer, At­ on deck, shouting through his trumpet I had endured by the effect of imagina ­ ria. He thinks It would be an Ideal | It la already evident that the next wood. Monaghan tion. and a recollection of the strange place for consumptives and for raising congress will be close enough for some Taxation — Wagner, Maitland. Davis. Moore. K3 to “close reef the malntopsall, hand University —Potter, Glddlngs, Brown. the mainsail, foresail, and foretopsail. Incidents told me by Capt. Zeervogel; nlantu under wIslhh. l of the moet exciting kind of debates. THE CLINTON INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1669.

land Prof. Worcester, of the University TIMELY TOUCHES. EAGLE. ^NNUAL STATEMENT OF THE The Place To G- et 'of Michigan, noted for extensive trav ­ The Independent. We are hurrying troops to the Philippines From Our Correspondent. PEOPLE’S MUTU1L FIBE els in the Philippine group. The In order that the Filipinos may govern them­ John Hinman is attending school at Them. GEORGE S. COM BIT. Proprietor Chicago Times Herald is authority for selves. —Poutiao Post. St. Johns. INSURANCE COMPANY for A FRIEND OF THE TRUSTS. the statement that Admirdl Dewey is John Patten returned to Detroit Of Ionia, Montcalm and Clinton Counties, opposed to the United States annex ­ Militarism leads direct to tinnecessary war, Monday morning. the year ending December SI, 1008. In the selection of Chauncey M De­ and unnecessary war is the sum of all villain ­ Mrs. Libbie Foster, of Jackson, is MEMBERSHIP. pew as Senator from the Empire state ing the Philippines. ies. *■ War is hell.”—Our Dumb Animals. Wm. F. McAuslan visiting her brother, Henry VanSickle. No. of members Dec. 31,1897... 8,338 the corporations and trusts have great ­ No. of member* added during The Chicago Times-Herald, an Commissary-General Egan appears to he a Rev. Bard, of Lansing, will preach 1898 ...... 852 ly strengthened their grip upon our acknowledged mouthpiece of the na good deal handier at furnishing charges at the Universalist church next Tues­ day evening. Total ...... 3,090 national legislative body and placed tional administration, is opposed to than lie was at furnishing supplies.—Detroit No. of members cancelled ill 1896 (by THE PRACTICAL one of their ablest champions where the annexation of the Philippines. It Evening News. Mrs. Whitlock, from Hastings, a jale, order of Board, etc.)...... 381 he can do the most for their interests. cousin of Mrs. Henry Dravenstatt ’s, says it has “ no more sympathy with Senator Mason, the public understands, Sundayed at her home. No. of members belonging to Com That Mr. I)epew is a man of extraor ­ has not only torpedoed the track, but taken pany Dec. 81, 1800 ...... -...... 3,309 the incorporation of millions of ignor­ Mrs. John Dravenstatt has been on RISKS. dinary ability and possessed of unusual ant islanders into our national policy, up tne rails along the route of the expansion the sick list the past week, but is Amount of property at risk ..SHOEMAKER.. capacity for managing and directing boo n. —Chicago Record. Dec. 31, 1897 ...... 13,928,707 no more toleration of government of better at this writing. Amount added during 1898.. 387,772 large affairs no one can dispute, and on Spain is laughing with glee over our trou ­ The ladies of the W. C. T. U. gave Next to Judd's Merchant Tailoring Estab- alien races without their consent, Total ...... $4,291,479 the other hand no one can question than Senator Hoar, Carl Schurz or bles with the Filipinos. It Is the first time Rev. Kenyon a surprise last Monday Cancellations and decrease during she has teen known to smile uudlbly since and reminded him it was time to cele­ s’lment, o| posite The Steel, has added to his for a moment upon which side liis in­ any of the men who are kicking 1898 ...... 418,848 fluence and vote would be cast in case the blowing up of the Maine. —State Repub­ brate another birthday. 11 *ek of band-made g«od i, against the Philippines pricks. It is lican. Amount at risk Dec. 31,1898. __ _ $3,872,631 the issue was due of the corporations The prospects begin to look fair for RESOURCES. opposed to the annexotion of the a new depot here. There are several Unpaid assessments, 1898 ... $272 01 vs. the rights of the people. Begin­ Sulu archipelago just as firmly as it We do not hear so much of late ubout the working at it. We think our station Cash on hand Dec. 31,1898... 75 61 ning his business career as attorney for third term movement for Governor Plngree. agent will appreciate new quarters. Taps, Nails, would oppose the annexation of a por­ Prehaps the old man wants to see how Total ...... $347 62 the New York & Harlem lie has dur ­ thoroughly the federul machine 1ms laid him There will be quarterly meeting LIABILITIES* tion of the African continent inhabit­ services at the M. E. church next Sun ­ Due for borrowed money.. $12,578 93 ing his entire life been most closely ed by Zulus.” out before entering another battle.—Saginaw Losses adjusted but not due. ...18 33 connected and identified with the Evening News. day evening, January 22, the Presiding Strings, Elder, Mr. Puffer, of this District, Total ...... $12,597 26 rail-road interest, and now occupies Tiie Atlanta Constitution gathers It is now announced that Gov. Pingrco will will be present to conduct the services. the position of chairman of the Van­ not take a hand in the nomination of a Judge ♦An assessment levied by the Board from a survey of the situation among Rev. Mrs. Shaw, from Chicago, sister of Directors. Dec. 14, 1898, puyable And everything: in the line of Findings. derbilt lines, the highest railroad posi ­ the democrats that the policy of the for the supreme court. He had Intended to of Mrs, T. D. Eddy, occupied the M. during March and April, 1899, pro ­ tion in the United States and a posi ­ hut ids recent clubbing lias made him cau E. pulpit last Sunday evening. Every vides for the above liabilities in full party does not contemplate the aband ­ tious and he will keep quiet for a time.—Cap­ to Dec. 31, 1898. tion thathe will continue to hold af­ one that heard her was well pleased INCOME 1898. onment of the Philippines to become itol City Democrat. with her discourse. Bal. in treasury Dec. 81,1897. $175 82 ter taking his seat in the Senate. He the prey of the European nations. The Y. P. C. U. of the the Univer- Received assessments 1898.. 9,880 12 All new work and repairing in my line fully will thus be in the highest degree a There is not an argument la favor of the Received assessment previ ­ The islands are to be held until all independence of Cuba that does not apply salist church will give a handkerchief ous years...... 543 54 warranted and prices satisfactory representative of corporate wealth, social at the home of Mrs. Jane Per- Received membership fees.. 28 00 excitement subsides; until the natives with equal if not greater force to the Philip­ Received on loans ...... 6,000 00 to all. Call and see me. and as such, with his acknowledged and their leaders can agree on a policy pines. The countrymen of Agtiinaldo are dew Wednesday evening, January 25. Received on discounts...... 8 01 fully as competent as those of Gomez to gov ­ Ladies carry handkerchief in envelo Received rebate on interest. 25 68 ability, will be a most dangerous foe among themselves, and if they desire with name attached. Supper will Received for old furniture.. 198 of the rights of the people. Never in ern themselves.—Lansing Journal. Respectfully, annexation, then the question takes served. Total income...... $16,603 05 the history of the republic have trusts another shape, and will be discussed If we acquire the Philippines we will find Those from abroad that spent Tues­ WM. F. McAUSLAN. increased with greater rapidity than it more difficult to defend them against any day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dav­ EXPENDITURES, 1898. from another point of view. There is great European naval power than it will to ♦Losses paid — during the administration of Mr. Me ids were Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Ardry, Eliza J. Crandall, Fair considerable sound sense in that, quite defend the whole coast of the United States from Lansing; Miss Ethelyn Honey, Plains______$400 00 Kinley, whose election was directly different from the “plant the flag at against the same power. They will add com ­ from Thomas; Willis Wilber, from Eliza Argerainger, Bloomer 1,401 20 paratively nothing to our strength or pros Jesse Jones, Eagle ...... 781 25 secured by the immense campaign any price ” bombast of the expansion ­ near Orange, and Mr. Atherton, from John Hiles, Ferris_____... 375 00 fund contributed by the monopolies. ists. perity in times of peace, and they would be a the state of *New York, and several Clarissa Byam, Eagle ...... 875 00 positive weakness to us in time of war.—John living in and about Eagle. John Haysmer, Bushuell... 4 50 Mr. Depew was chosen without op ­ G. Carlisle. David G. Fitz, Olive ...... 5 25 Ulrich Bohnett, DeWitt.... G60 57 H. A. S. position, a fact which goes to show G en . William Humphrey died at It promises to become an open question as BEAL CITY. J. H. & J. B. Jones, Busbnell 41 25 how thoroughly the corporations con Adrian Sunday afternoon from a com ­ Perry Walker, Bushnell.... 25 00 to whleli is the better man —Agulnaldo or Hans Christensen, Fair trol affairs in New York. plication of diseases, aged 71 years. Uncle Sam. The impression Is growing in From Our Correspondent. Plains...... r...... 12 45 cent cigars have no equal, Philos Turner, guardian, He was prominent In city and state this country Himt the former would be John Fillman shipped 30 cars of and are indorsed by all who A RAD MOVE. Bushnell...... 2 63 affairs, serving several years as Audi ­ great deal better dead; but then our fore ­ wood this week. Cornelius VanSickle, Win­ 5 use them as the best 5 cent People interested in the success of field...... 496 15 tor General, two terms as warden of fathers had Ideas of independence and free­ Jacob Neiger intends starting for cigarin thispart of the country. the Agricultural College, and who ap­ dom tnat were antagonized even to blood Wm. J. Hall, Bushnell...... 15 75 the State Prison and was postmaster Westphalia soon. Hans P.Nielsen, Sidney ...... 9 87 preciate the good work it has done for shed by a very Intellectual class of people Mr. Anthony Pung, of Westphalia, Syntharilla Henry, Bloomer. 10 87 under Harrison. He was colonel of —Grand Ledge Independent. is working for J. S. Weidman. J, H Verplanck, Montcalm 24 00 the state, will regret the move recent­ the Second Infantry, a valiant soldier, William Rader, Pierson ... 75 00 ly made to “Pingreeize” the board of An Object Lesson. Frank Schafer took a trip east last C. A. Preston, Ionia ...... 2 25 and became a brigadier general. He Sunday to be gone a short time. F. H. Oding, Riley...... 1 50 managers and revolutionize the work ­ We wish every democrat who voted for S. H. Baird, Home ______102 15 was department commander of Mich­ Plngree and ids candidates for the legisla ­ Miss Katie Ash, who has been the Jno. M. Crawford, Pine___ 160 41 ing force by ousting Secretary I. II. ture could have been In Lunsitig when they guest of her parents returned to O. C. W’heeier.Otisco...... 281 19 Butterfield and replacing him by A. C. igan ’s G. A. R. and has served on the Grand Rapids Monday. S. J. Youngman, Cato ...... 18 00 Adrian school board for many years. were falling all over themselves to support Eliza Roosa, Sidney ...... 529 62 Bird, of Oakland county, a present Burrows. There is no doubt but that Pln- John Sine, who came here recently John Gollaher, Pine...... 5 25 For the past year he was employed in gree ’s light against Burrows secured for him from Westphalia, is dealing quite ex John Sturdevant, Ferris... 7 50 member of the board. The State Re­ tensively in the wood business this Renben Hinman, West publican says of the proposed change: the Auditor General ’s office in Lan­ and hlso. k.’s a good many democrat votes, phalia...... 71 25 KODAKS, | winter. Herman Rossman-Winfield 80 00 j sing. believing that they were sincere. Before “The Agricultural College was Pack withdrew they could not say moan Peter Ash has sold his farm to a par­ Charles Gafiield, Winfield. 28 13 never more prosperous ; the present ty from Westphalia and has purchased B. F. Lewis, Douglass ____ 333 50 The law making a closed season for enough things of Burrows. He was accused Major A. Arthur, victor.... 9 16 president and faculty are efficient ; by the Plngree crowd in the hotel lobbies of the farm formerly owned by Ben Mc­ R. N. and Albert Case, 1 Hand I the college lias more students than trout and whiteflsh in the great lakes, being a bad man, not to be trusted and that Kinley. Victor ...... 69 24 ever in its history ; itsstrides recently which was enacted after such a strug ­ A team became badly frightened John Neal, Ovid ...... 8 75 he would buy votes to secure his re-election one day last week at one of the band T. O. Callaghan, Belvidere 2 48 have been marvelous. The people of gle two . years ago, is conceded by After Pack withdrew and the republican Julius Keusch, Westphalia 18 75 s Cameras, % Henry W. Newson, Eagle. .. 350 00 Lansing and Michigan will earnestly Joint caucus convened whata difference. It boys wearing a lighted torch on his everyone to be worse than a failure, JaneK. Dryer, Bath...... 3 00 ------AND ALL------protest against dragging it into poli­ would be hard to tell who was a Plngree or can. Bays, you should be more care­ Barber A Campbell, Eagle . 4 50 tics, as is now feared, because no man its sole effect being to deprive the Burrows republican. They were all alike in ful, especially when outside the city Total paid on losses ...... $7,246 87 I AMATEUR SUPPLIES 1 can tell what the end would be. Up commercial fishermen of the right to t icir praise of Burrows. He was a great limits. to date the management of the college We expect to hear of the sugar-beet ♦Of the above 39 losses 22 -INCLITDI5Q- pursue their business during the most man, a statesman, an honest man, a patriot, were from lightning. has been free from even the suspicion in fact no term was too good for him. factory being located at Mt. Pleasant profitable season of the year. The law FLASH POWDER j of political influence. Employes, from The joint caucus should be a lesson for in the spring. Representatives of the Paid on loans ______$6,382 55 Paid interest on loans ...... 663 59 For Sale president to janitor, have been ap­ will undoubtedly be repealed this ses­ thedemocrats and the free silver men to re­ firm are having no difficulty in recur- pointed without regard to personal, sion. ingalarge amounc of acreage in this Total ...... $7,046 14 at member that no matter how many mean MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES. factional or party politics. It is no things members of the republican party may vicinity. Paid traveling expenses____ $30 34 Hamilton’s I time now to drag this noble institu Chauncey M. Dkpew , the newly accuse each other of doing they always get J. P. Yuncker went to Saginaw Paid printing aud advertising 142 25 tion into the mire.” Wednesday to have some official busi­ Paid postage and stationery . 130 22 elected republican senator from New In line and whoop it up for the victorious Paid fuel and office supplies 57 37 k♦ wweww.'ww ______ft man. ness transacted and didn ’t notice the Studio.... York, whose term of office will be­ Paid office and hall rent _____ 150 50 M M Ex -Senator G eorge F. Edmunds , When Plngree was nominated the Burrows paper which the Saginaw official had Paid refunded assessments... 4 96 gin on the 4th of March next, iff op ­ executed for him until he reached Mt. Paid solicitors of insurance . 308 55 of Vermont, one of the greatest con ­ wing kicked, but like republicans they voted Pleasant, and it was refused record Paid receivers of assessments 247 18 stitutional lawyers in the country, posed to the annexation «f Cuba or for him election day. Paid Directors attending i?o it always Is. They accuse each other of because of its improper manner of be­ board meetings, adjusting views expansion with disfavor. He the Philippines, but says we should ing signed by the notary. Jake had losses and inspecting risks 379 66 retain Porto Rico. He thinks the all sorts of bad things and the democrats Paid President and Secretary 825 00 says that the population of the Phil­ think there is some good in one wing or the his work all to do over again and says Paid fee for serving papers.. 1 95 Cubans and Filipinos should be en he can give Saginaw county pointers Paid State Association fee... 1 00 ippine islands is denser than that of other and desert their tried and true leaders on electing to office inefficient men. Paid box rent, filing state­ Michigan, and that after over 200 couraged in the practiceof self govern­ only to find as they did in Lansing last week ment. etc...... 2 50 Henry Pohl, of this city, and a vet ­ Paid express, exchange, clerk BRANDT, ment. that they have been sold. years of European occupation not two eran of the late Spanisli-American hire, etc...... 12 95 How long will you remember this?—Capi Cash on hand Dec. 31,1898.... 75 61 per cent of the population is European tal City Democrat. war, who has been vndergoing an The anti-Pingree senators have or American. He thinks $20,000,000 a operation in Harper’s hospital, Det­ Total ...... $2,370 01 practically changed the makeup of Investigating War Expenditures. roit, is now a resident of Westphalia high price to pay for a well-developed as stated by the Westphalia correspon ­ Total ex Mnditures, including the senate committees, as named by The anti-Plngree legislators show a pur­ casill ( band ...... $16,663.05 revolution. As to the status of the Lieut.-governor Robinson, by adding pose to probe the state war expense account, dent. Mr. Pohl has been a resident of and the speaker has already appointed a Beal City for the past nineteen years I, Thomas G. Stevenson, secreinry and treas The Furrier. Filipinos, Mr. Edmunds argues that members of their own choosing to the committee of Investigation. If It is possible and we are proud to claim him as a uror of the People's Mutual Fire Insurance all of them who were the subjects of most impoitmt ones. Both houses son. Mr. Pohl was wounded in the Company, do solemnly swear that the foregoing- Spain “will become citizens of the to make any points against the governor, statement is correct, according to my best ROOMS: 12-16 KENDALL BLOCK, are now openly arrayed against the the committee can probably be trusted to groin, the ball passing through the knowledge and belief. THOMAS G. STEVENSON. United States by the mere act of ces­ governor, and his appointments will bring them out. —Ionia Standard. hip. He served in the campaign 146 MONRO 8 T., sion, ” and as such they will have “all against Santiago and has been a regu ­ Sworn and subscribed to before me, tiiis lltli be turned down if they are not of a lar live years, having enlisted in day of January 1899. the rights that belong to other citizens Wm. H. Bckletson , Grand Rapids, Mich. satisfactory character. HAD A JOYFUL TIME. Grand Rapids. Notary Public. in the territories. ” Judge Edmunds Fred Beaderstadt, of this city, who A Verdant Youth From Round take Has REPORT OF COMMITTEE. says that “congress cannot therefore The thirteen democratic members has been sick for several weeks past, a Carnival at Lansing. Ionia, Mich., January 10.1899. lawfully prevent the migration of any of the legislature, iu joint caucus, de ­ expired Thursday, January 12. Mr. To the Board of Directors of the People ’s Mut­ Janies Skerrit, a very verdant youth Beaderstadt had heeli suffering with ual Fire Insurance Company of Ionia, Mont ­ citizen residing in the Philippines to cided to cast a complimentary vote rheumatism for some time, but was calm and Clinton Counties. our states, any more than it can law­ hailing from near Round Lake, Clin­ Your committee appointed to settle with the for Daniel J. Campau for United ton county, visited Lansing yesterday not thought to be dangerously ill. Secretary and Treasurer, for the year ending fully prevent themigration of citizens States senator. A letter was received He was feeling as well or better than December 31, 1898, would respectfully report fora hullabaloo time, and by his looks usual the night before, and even at that we have carefully examined the books and Seal Garments te Order of the states to the Philippines.” He from Justin R. Whiting strongly urg ­ this morning as he sneaked out of the records of the Company, and from snch exami­ the dinner hour yesterday, but ex­ nation we believe the foregoing statement to be asserts the power of the senate to ing Mr. C’ampau’s nomination. This city jail after depositing $(5.32 with pired soon after. Mr. Beaderstadt correct and true, and that the financial condi ­ A SPECIALTY. amend the treaty of peace as it sees action is a fitting tribute to Mr. Cam­ which to settle his bill with Justice was an old settler in tills township, tion of the Company was, December 81,1898, as fit, even to the extent of guaranteeing Ennis, there was no doubt that he had having come in 1881 from Gratiot above reported. pau for the faithful work he has done enjoyed himself. Skerrit visited first A. F. MOREHOUSE, the right of self-government to the for his party. county. lie leaves a widow and four A. W. DURKEE, one saloon and then another after he children to mourn his loss. Relatives GEO. H. MINER, Filipinos. reached the city, and about 10:30 o ’­ from St. Johns arrived on the late Committee, Repairs and Alterations A diploma factory has been un ­ clock last night was arrested by Po­ train to attend the funeral. Mr. Senator Hoar , of Massachusetts, earthed at Niles by the state board of liceman Schelling, who found him go ­ Beaderstadt was loved by all who is active in his opposition to expansion. ing up Washington avenue and yelling knew him and will be greatly missed Promptly attended to. 1 have health. The institution advertises like a Comanche Indian. His voice also on hand a large assortment He recently introduced the following widely and sells physicians’ diplomas by all. Mrs. Beaderstadt has the resolutions in the senate: “ Resolved, was too husky this morning to permit sympathy of the entire community in of COLLARETTES, CAPES to persons whom, it is claimed, are him to talk much louder than a whis­ her sad and recent bereavement. and LADIES’ FINE FURS at that the people of the Philippine not competent to practice medicine. per.—Lansing Journal, January 13. islands of right ought to be free and OLIVE CENTER. lowest possible prices. Orders solicited. Styles and estimate of independent; that they are ab\olved Warden Fuller has petitioned OPPOSITION TO DAB0LL. from all allegiance to the Spanish From Our Correspondent. cost of garments furnished on the legislature to change the name of Lewis Iluguelet, who has been sick crown, and that all the political con ­ the Ionia State House of Correction The KLONDYKE Is far away. In fact, all application. Gratiot County Will Have a Candidate for with the grippe, is better, those golden hills are a good way oft, or ure nection between them and Spain is, to the Michigan Reformatory. Circuit Judge. The Rew Maccabees enjoyed a din ­ only Imaginary. There are always plenty of and ought to be totally dissolved, and An Ithaca dispatch to the Detroit ner at Allie Ramsey ’s the 12th. agents trying to get you to Invest in some \fORTGAGE SALE.—DEFAULT HAVING Why Play tlia Tyrant Now ? GOOD THING way otT, and It is their busi­ ■*■*4 been made In the condltlonsof that mort ­ they have therefore full power to do Journal says: “The contest for the ness to make it look bright. Rut don ’t lie too Expansion seems to be fretting- a black eye Frank Owen and wife, of North gage exeouted by James H. Klrhy and Lucinda all acts and things which independent nomination for circuit judge in this, Olive, Sundayed with friends in St. fast. See for yourselves. Your home dealer L. Kirby to Sherman Kirby, dated January 17, “ In the house of Its friends. ” With Hoar, the twenty-ninth judicial circuit, com­ wants your patronage and will always make 1896, and recorded In the office of the Register states may of right do; that it is their M ison. Sherman and many republicans of Johns. it an object for you to leave your money at of Deeds for Clinton county, In Michigan, on posed of the counties of Gratiot and home. lesser note against It, and many of the great Miss Mabel Bennet, of St. Johns, May 18, 1896, In liber 89 of mortgages on page right to institute a new government Clinton, promises to become quite In­ I have one hundred Monuments of the lat­ 116; and said Sherman Kirby having since for themselves, laying a foundation on newspaper organs ditto, there Is no telling teresting. Judge Daboll, the present spent last week with her cousin, Miss est designs in MARBLE and OKANITB. to died, intestate, and Porter K. Perrin having what congress will do. The great Shibboleth Mina Bixby. select from. You can tiave them any size, been duly appointed administrator of the incumbent, will have no walkaway any design, any material, and guaranteed, such principles and organizing its pow ­ that “ all Just powers of a government are estate of said Sherman Kirby by the Probate with the nomination. Gratiot county, Myron Holly died at ills home in cheaper than Klondike gold, as cneup as any Court of Clinton county, In Michigan, on ers in such form as to them shall seem derived from the consent of the governed," which has never been represented on Olive, Jan. 10, of consumption, aged dealers ar dealer's agent can sell them. September 1, 1898; and there being due upon rises like a stone wall, an Impassable barrier Come and see me most likely to effect their safety and the bench, will put up a strong fight 28 years, 3 months and 22 days. He Yours for your money, wood, hay, corn and said mortgage at the date of this notice, to the Imperialists. To attempt to govern twenty-two dollars and ninety-six cents, be­ happiness; and that with these rights and insist that one of its attorneys had been a sufferer for about three potatoes. sides an attorney fee of fifteen dollars, stipu­ the people of the United States do Cuba and the Philippines without their con ­ shall be the candidate. Among the years but was not confined to the house lated In said mortgage to be paid, should any sent Is to violate the principle for which we most prominent men mentioned are until this fall, and in bed only a week. F. F. MURDOCK, proceedings be taken to foreclose said mort ­ not propose to interfere.” have fought for neurly a century and a quar­ gage; and no suitor proceeding at law or in B. H. Sawyer, K. S. Searl and J. L. He realized everything to the last; re­ Opp Postofflee. ST. JOHNS, MICH equity having been instituted to recover any ter. Should we play the tyrant now? —Gra­ Potts, of this place, and C. W. Gld- cognized his friends and bade his rela­ part of the debt secured by said mortgage: President McKinley has decided tiot Journal. dings, of St. Louis. ” tives good-bye. As he was bern in Therefore, by virtue of the power of sale In to appoint a commission that shall Olive 3nd had always resided here, he said mortgage contained and of the statute In For the Supreme Bench. was well known aod had many friends. snch case made and provided, notice is here­ make a thorough investigation of the The candidacy of the Hon. James O’Harit, by given that on February 18, 1800, atone A father, mother, brothers and sisters o clock in the afternoon, ai the west front door of St. Joseph, for the nomination of Justice C. C. VAUGHAN existing conditions in the Philippines are left to mourn his loss. The funer ­ ctive solicitors wanted every of the oourt house for Clinton county, in and recommend the best solution of of the supreme court on the democratic al was held Friday at the M. E. church ..WHERE for The Story of the Phllip- Michigan, in the village of St. Johns, in said ticket la announced. Mr. O’Hara would add May l>e Made a Member of the Ionia AInes" by Murat Halstead, commissioned by county, there will bo sold at public vendue, to the problem involved in their cession Prison Board. in Dewitt and the interment in the he government as Official Historian to the the highest bidder, the premises described in strength to thedemocratic ticket, as he has r said mortgage, vlx: The south half of the to the United States. The President Dewitt cemetery. The house was full War Department. The book was written In a very wide state acquaintance and Is an I)r. O. R. Long, of the Ionia asylum and showed the esteem in which he army camps at SanFrancIsco, on the Pacific south half or the west half of the northwest proposes that it lie composed of Rear excellent campaign manager. His legal for criminal insane, and Warden Ful­ with Gen. Merritt, In the hospital at Hono ­ fractional quarter of section two, in township was held. Mr. and Mrs. David Holly, lulu. in Hong Kong, In the American trenches eight north, of range two west, In Michigan. Admiral George Dewey, Major Gener­ learning and ability have nevef been ques­ ler. of the state house of correction at of Laingsburg, attended the funeral. at Manila. In the Insurgent camp with Aguin- Said sale will be made subject to the payment tioned. —Benton Harbor Evening News. that city, and other friends and sup­ aldo. on the deck of the Olympia with Dewey, of the remainder of said mortgage not yet due al Otis, military governor of the porters of editorC. C’. Vaughan, of this and In the roar of the battle at the fall of and being one hundred and fifty dollars due Philippines; President J. G. Schur- \11 the baking powders exhibited at village, are working hard to have him Horrible agony is caused by Piles, Manila. Bonanza for agents. Brimful of or ­ January 17, 1899 with Interest at seven per the Chicago Fair, except one, were Bui ns and Skin Diseases. These are iginal pictures taken by governmeat photo ­ oent. computed from January 17, 1898. —Dated man, of Cornell university, ex-minis­ made a member of the house of cor­ immediately relieved and quickly cured graphers on the spot, targe book. Low November 17,1898. ter to China Denby, now a member of found to contain alum or ammonia. rection board to succeed Louis Kantz, by DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. Be­ prices. Big profits. Freight paid. Credit ...... PORTER K. PERRIN, Royal Baking Powder is absolutely of Muskegon. It is said that, Mr. given. Drop all trashy and unofficial war Administrator of the estato of Sherman the war investigating commission, pure. ware of worthless imitations. ix>oks. Address F. T. Barber, 8 ee’y., Star In. Kirby, deceased. Vaughan ’s chances are very flattering. C. E. Van Sickle . \mrance Bldg., Chicago. Perrins A Baldwin , Attorneys for Adminis No. 6-Uw n

THE CLINTON INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1899.

BREVITIES. DR. A. S. HYATT. ANNUAL STATEMENT Miss Ola Lyon, of The News, is one For the year ending December 31, A. D. 1808, of La Grippe’s latest victims. Death of a Former Well-known Resident of the condition and uffairaof the Baking of Clinton County. Dr. Joseph R. Mountain left here Dr. A. S. Hyatt, for four years city this morning for Connorsville, Ind., physician of Lansing, and formerly a Farmers' Mutual Fire Ins. Go. Du. B.S. Si Cl., | Mi where he will locate. successful practitioner at Wacousta, 88 LOCATED AT ST. JOHNS, MICH. owder The Agricultural College has issued The Celebrated Specialists r -Aisoumnr toitE P this county, died in Lansing Wednes­ a very handsome calendar for 1899, day evening, of pneumonia, after u Organized under the luwa of the State of which is a work of art. Michigan, and doing business lu theCounties WILL BE AT brief illness. of Clinton and Gratiot, in said state. Makes the food more delicious and wholesome Dr. H. D. Kquair will remove to his Aaron Sanford Hyatt was born Oc­ DORR K. STOW ELI.. new office in the block at the head of tober 18, 1850, at Perryvllle, Madison CHA8. B. GIFFEIJ4. President. “The Steel” Hotel, OQ»M.W>iqwa>OWCtllOO..W«w WK. __ Sccrvtiirv. Clinton avenue, west side, this week. county, N. Y. He graduated from P. O. address of Secretary. St. Johns, Mich. Dr. Glllam. who has been confined Casr.ovia Seminary and came to Lan­ sing in the early seventies to study MEMBERSHIP. ST. JOHNS, PERSONAL. PERSONAL. to his home with la grippe for several Number of members December 31 of days, is again attending to his practice. with I)r. H. B. Shank. During his prevlons year ...... 4,194 FRIDAY, JANUARY 27. stay in Michigan at that time he took Number of members added during the Prof. Lynn spent Sunday In Fowler. Seymour Rounds, of Bath, Is In Ovid on The Manufacturing Co. ’s works started up again yesterday morning to a short medical course at the Univer ­ present year...... 016 Walter Flake Is lu Lorain, O., today. business today. sity of Michigan, and after remaining Walter Wyckoff spent Snnday In Detroit. Walter Emmons went to Detroit via Lan ­ supply some pressing demands for Total ...... 4,810 goods in their line. in Lansing a few years, he went to Deduct number of members withdrawn Miss Ella Fleagle spent Saturdu y In Ovid. sing Tuesday morning, and will return Fri­ New York City and took the degree of during the year, and policies can ­ E. H. Lyon was In lonta the first of the day. Miss Florence Walters, teacher in celed by reason of sale or otherwise 353 Attorneys High and Shepard, and Edward M. D. at the New York University. week. the high school, lias Just purchased of His graduation occurred in 1879 and Number of members now belonging S. A. Sturgis was In Fowlor Tuesday on Nesbitt, of Ovid, arc In town today on busi­ E. M. Smith a fine crown piano, an one year later he located at Wacousta, to company ...... 4,4ft7 bust ness. ness. instrument of many tones. Mich., where he successfully practiced C. O. Vaughan was In Gra,nd Rapids last Robert Patterson, of Ludlngton, Is spend ­ Owosso Press: “MessrsThome A Fris- Ills profession for seven years. Dur­ RISKS. Saturday. ing the week with relatives and friends In bic, of St. Johns, will occupy the Salis­ Amount of pro|>erty at risk Decem- St. Johns. ing nis residence there he married, in ln*r 31. of previous yeur ...... $5,452,900 John H. Harmon visited his purents In bury store after March 1, with a line 1882, Miss Carrie B. Crosby, at Plain- Amount of risks added during pres­ Elsie Sunday. Mrs. F. 8. Green, of Ovid, spent Tuesday of boots and shoes of the best grades. ” field, 111. His funeral took place at ent year ...... 007,ft00 Carl Shaw Is spending a few days with and Wednesday of the week with her father, S. Beebee, this village. Mary P. Havens, M. D., of this vil- his late home Sunday afternoon. Total...... $B. 130,460 friends In Flint. lillage, who has been very ill with The State-Republican says of Dr. Deduct risks canceled, withdrawn Mrs. James Fisher, of Fowler, was In St. Mias Grace Emmons, who hus been spend ­ pneumonia for the past week is very Hyatt: “It may be truly said that or terminated...... 487,375 Johns Saturday. * ing the past four weeks with Detroit friends, returned to her home In this village last slowly improving, but not out of dan ­ Dr. Hyatt died in the harness. He Net amount now at. risk by com ­ Mrs. John C. llleks spent Sunday with ger or able to sit up yet. was extremely ill last week, but the pany ...... $3,063,085 friends In Ionia. night. need., of his patients kept him con ­ L. L. Conn, of Durand, spent Sunday with Alice and Pearl Wells, of Grand Traverse* The Present an Elysian dream; the stantly engaged. Saturday afternoon RESOURCES. St. Johns friends. Olty, who have been visiting their grand ­ Future tinted with all the rosette he suffered a severe chill at his office, Caslion hand ...... $220 72 parents, Mr. and Mrs. It. DuBois, for the past hues of careless youth, Is the happy Assessments of past year uncollect ­ Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Nlehols went to Detroit but still would not give up and re­ ed ...... 348 01 Monday to visit friends. three weeks, went to Chcsanlng Wednesday lot of he who smokes the “City Hair’ mained there until 8 o ’clock. He Assessments of prior years uncol ­ Mr and Mrs. J. J. Hettler are spending the to vis#, friends. cigar. Sold only by the best trade. then ordered a carriage, and as he lected, $230.00. A. S. Rock wood, of Maple Rapids, went to week with Fowler friends. A black mongrel dog has been was about to enter it, remarked to a Total available resources ...... $577 75 Mrs. Lillian Reusehe, of Ionia, spent Sun ­ Detroit yesterday, the occasion being the found astray. The owner may have friend: ‘I’m going home to die. ’ Consultation and Examination Free day with Mrs. Ellis Gould. celebration of the 70th anniversary of his him by paying for this notice. He is Dr. Hyatt ’s case was considered criti­ LIABILITIES. and Strictly Confidential. Miss Clara Hill went to Morley Monday, brotliur-in-law, C. 8. Peters. He Intends to about two-thirds shepherd and nine cal from the first and his physician For losses due and payable (occurred where she will spend a week. make a two weeks' visit. months or a year old. Enquire at and former partner, Dr. Shank, enter­ since last assessment, Sept. 1, 1808) $1,400 00 DRS. II. 8 . k CO., devote tbeir attention to Mrs. D. M. Brown, of Lansing, Is visiting For losses not matured ...... 050 00 Diseases of tbe h>V', Far, Throat and Lungt, At­ this office. tained very slight hopes of his recov ­ For Incidental expenses outstand ­ kina and Consumption, and all Chronic, Private ami friends In St. Johns this week. SEARCHING FOR COAL. A student from the Agricultural ery. About 6 o ’clock Dr. Shank left ing (estimated) ...... 275 00 Nervous internet, Deformities, Granulated IAdt. Cron L. D. Wilson, of Owosso, called on old College wrote ins father that he was him, but 15 minutes later was again Rye, Deafnen. Discharge of the. Kan, Bronchitis. friends In St. Johns Saturday. Total liabilities...... $2,025 00 Chronic Oouah, Goitre, (big neck) Fever Soret and A Test Boring to l>« Made at Ithaca as taking lessons in “fencing, ” and the hastily summoned to the bedside of Uloert, Brightt IHteate. Rheumatism, all diteatet oj Ida Shaffer and Jennie Bower went to Soon as the Money Can be liaised. farmer is now convinced that the col ­ thesick man. When he arrived, how­ RECEIPTS. the Kidneyt and Bladder, Heart, Stomach and Ner- Pewamo on business Tuesday. From the Gratiot County News. lege is giving the students from the ever, death had done its work while Cash collected on assessments levied root Diteaet, Chorea-St. Vitut’ I)ance~. General De­ Mr. and Mrs. Delos Caruss, of Ovid, Nun- bility, Scro/ula. Skin Diteatet, diteatet of w>*n and The question as to whether coal ex­ country a practical education. he was sitting in his chair.” durlngthe year ...... $15,317 07 uomen, and all diteatet due to bad blood, duyed with relatives In this village. Cash collected on assessments levied ists beneath us, and if so whether or Reports to the state board of health, In prior years ...... 200 07 EPILKP8 Y, OR FITS positively cured by Kate Ityan and Marian Ney, of the Mer­ notin paying quantities, is one that Cash from sale of stove ...... 12 50 a new and never failing remedy. cantile, were la Ovid on business Tuesday. Lansing, show that influenza, bron ­ JUDGE DAIiOLL’S LECTURE Dr*. B S. k Co. make a specialty of all forms has occupied the minds of the people chitis. rheumatism, tonsilitis and Of Rectal Diteatet, Pilet—internal ond external, Rch- Theo. Tinkham and Hattie Sage spent Total cash receipts ...... $15,537 44 ino and Bleeding, Rectal Vleert, Fituret, Fistula— of Ithaca to a greater or less extent neuralgia in order named caused most He Favor* the Retention of the Philippine* Add cash balance at close of preced ­ Sunday with the latter’s parents In Fowler. for years. When the last well for the ing year ...... 503 71 which are often taken for Nervous and Luna Miss Edith Richardson spent Sunday at sickness in Michigan during the week by the United State*. „ Troubles, all cured. Remember, we cure ail village water works was drilled, about ending Jan. 14, 1899. Consumption Total receipts ...... $16,041 15 forms of Piles without pain, interruption or the home of Mrs. Herbert Cowley, in Owosso- five years ago. at the depth of some ­ The State Republican of Tuesday detention from business, and without tbe use E. J. Dodge, of Put-In-Bay, O., visited his reported at 150 places, scarlet fever 51, contains the following notice of Judge of knife, oaustlc or ligature. Come and be thing over 300 feet an 18-foot strata of DISBURSEMENTS. brother, I)r. Dodge, the latter part of last typhoid fever 25, diphtheria 22, meas­ Daboll ’s lecture in that city the even­ convinced. what was called “black shale” was les 21, whooping-cough 19 and small­ ing previous: “Judge S. B. Daboll Ijosses actually paid during the year$13.381 14 week. perforated. The perforators were pox at 2 places. Salaries and fees paid to officers and To Young, Middled-Age Mrs. Wilson Gossett, of Grand Rapids, Is seeking water, and did not pay much lectured to a fine audience in the Pop ­ directors (Schedule A)...... 001 24 visiting her brother, 8. Alexander, In this ular Lecture Course at the First Bap­ Interest on orders ...... 59 48 and Old Men* attention to the “black shale” forma ­ MERLEBEACH. AllotherdtsburscmcntsfSchedulcB) 1*245 57 village. tion, Recently, however, It has been tist church last night. A number of Suffering from Spermetorrhaa, Impolency— Lo*t Lansing Journal : “Mrs. John Dunlels, of From our Correspondent. G. A. R.’s were present and sat in a Total expenses actually paid during manhood, —or from Weakness brought on from er­ learned that the Saginaw county peo ­ the year...... $15,811 43 ror* or Indiscretion* in youth or over-indulgence 8t. Johns, is a guest at the residence of O. M. ple are now taking out a good quality V. R. Lane and wife were guests at lx>dy with their banner in front of In Inter years, are given permanent relief. Abso ­ Barnes.” them. This seemed to warm the lute cure* guaranteed; strictly confidential. of soft coal from veins that were Beach house Sunday last. SCHEDULE A. Miss Mae Keilor went to Ionia Tuesday to speaker to his theme, and lie very vig ­ TUMORS AND CANCERS cured without called “black shale” when they were Messrs. VanFleetA Vredenburg will Charles B. Glffels, secretary, salary.. $450 00 acids,knife, pain or acar. New method*. care for a sick friend during the remainder boring holes for sait in the Saginaw move their sawmill to Ovid township orously and vividly described the na­ Dorr K. Htowoll, president, per diem 13 18 CATARRH. New home treatment. Unsui of the week. valley, and tills fact has led some of this week. val and land engagements of the late John J. Kelser, director, per diem. .. 20 84 paased and cheap. E. L. Walbridge, of the Newport News, Is war. The judge is an ardent believer James Cortrlght, director, per diem . 34 02 GUARANTEE to cure every case of Dyspepsia our citizens to indulge in an able-bod ­ Mrs. Eugene Brya has been suffering in America, and has no fear of imper­ H. F. DeMoss, director, per diem ...... 34 00 Sick Headache. Pilee, Tape Worm and Stricture. spending the week with his brother II. E., of ied desire to interview that 18-foot with la grippe for the past week, was Henry Stitt, director, per diem ...... 41 76 ■arWe will give special attention to difficult this village. layer once Ujfain and become lietter ialism. He stamps as cowardice all W. C. Mallory, director, per diem. 40 53 cases and to cases other physician have failed to Mrs. W. F. Philips, of Bristol, N. Y., Is better at last accounts. the talk of giving over the Philip­ Carey K. Dan lolls, ex-director, per care. Persons applying for treatment will please acquainted with its nature and com ­ pines, either to themselves or any oth­ diem ...... 7 41 bring two or three ounces of urine foi analysts. spending several weeks with friends near position. If it is shale they want to John Doyle, wife and little daughter Those who are unable to cail, can write full par- Maple Rapids. know it. If it is coal they want some were pleasantly entertained Sunday er nation, at least until we know Total Schedule A...... $601 24 Uculart of their case and ba\ e medicine sent by Mrs. M. Chase, who has been visiting her at the home of Eufcene Forbes. more about the situation. The lec­ SCHEDULE B. express, with full instructions bow to h* taken. of it; all of it in fact. The firm o( Dr*. B. S. A Co , were incorporated daughter, Mrs. V. J. Willey, of Lansing, re­ A public meeting was held Tuesday A new floor and large heating stove ture was illustrated by nearly 100 Collectors (settlement and mileage) $07 78 several year* since with a capital of $50,000, hence turned home Saturday last. have been furnished to Merle Beach beautiful views of Cuba, Spain, and Reviewing risks...... 132 50 you take no chances if you employ them. They night of last week and a committee of our navy and army.” Printing and advertising ...... 70 11 are responsible and well-known. Address Mrs. M. Sumerlx.of Eaton Rapids, returned five appointed to solicit subsciptions sclioolhouse, thereby .assuring addi ­ Postage and revenue...... 224 22 home Saturday, after spending some time for making a test boring. About tional comfort to teacher and pupils. Office supplies ...... 77 30 with her parents. These are dangerous times for the Office rent ...... 100 00 DRS. B. S. & CO., 1800 will be required, and it is thought Dave Plowman has the lumber ready health. Croup, colds and throat trou ­ Miscellaneous (attorney and witness LOCK BOX 160, Geo. W. Hyde Is absent from town on a it will easilv be secured. for a house and barn, which will lie fees, etc.)...... 564 67 three days' business trip through the south­ built on his farm west of here. His bles leads rapidly to consumption. A ern part of the state. bottle of One Minute Cough Cure used Total schedule B $1,245 57 Muskegon, - Mich. son, Clayton, will reside on the old at the right time will preserve life, MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Shaw accompanied the A CONTESTED ELECTION, homestead. health aua a large amount of money. How many assessments have been made remains of their son George to Loralne, O., A. M. McCall Would Like to be Prosecut ­ Wednesday morning. Mrs. Addle Van Dyke lias been called Pleasant to take; children like it. durlngthe year? Ans. One; September 1st. ing Attorney of Gratiot County. upon to mourn the loss of her mother, ______C.E. Va n Sicklb . Wlint Is the amount of ail the assessments Mrs. E. Reeves and Mrs. M. D. Perrlgo, of made during the year? Ans. $17,388.00. (8 per Dr. F. B. Monroe. Battle Creek, visited Mrs. Goo. M. Soule for A tty.-Gen. Oren has consented to the who died Sunday morning at 10:30. cent, deducted on all paid in 30 days.) commencement of ouo warranto pro ­ Mrs. VanDyde lias the sympathy of LaGrippe is again epidemic. Every What is the rate per cent of such assess­ a few days this week. precaution should be taken to avoid it. ments on the property insured? Ans. .003)4 ceedings in the Gratiot circuit court to her friends and neighbors. WILL bE AT Mrs. Mary Randall went to Matlierton test t he title of J. B. K irby to the office ft’s specific cure is one Minute Cough per cent. Tuesday to visit her daughter, Mrs. II. Wm. Withrow, of Dewitt grange, Cure. A. J. Sheperd, Publisher Agri ­ What amount was reassessed for assess­ of prosecuting attorney of Gratiot was a visitor at Olive grange Satur­ ments that were not paid? Ans. None. Holmes, for some time. county. The proceedings will be com ­ cultural Journal and Advertiser, Elden, What amount of losses or expenses are al­ Steel Hotel Wed., Jan. 25, 99 Mrs. Sarah Wasson, of this village, went to day evening. He expressed himself as Mo., says: “No one will be disappoint ­ lowed to accumulate before an assessment Is Owosso Tuesday to spend a couple of weeks menced on tiie relation of A. M. Mc­ much pleased and interested in the ed by using One Minute Cough Cure for levied? Ans. One year ’s. Call, the democratic candidate, who manner in which the meeting was Does the comuany, In making an assess­ with a daughter who Is sick. was defeated by 22 votes and who al­ LaGrippe.” Pleasant to take, quick to ment, provide therein for any surplus fund (’has. Stephenson left yesterday for Green­ conducted. act. ______C. E. Van Sicklk . over the actual losses accrued? \ cs. If so, ville, where he will resume his work as re­ leges fraud in Elba township. Program for the Grange, January how much? Ans. $1,000. toucher in a photographer's rooms. 21: Vocal solos, F. Lapliam and Miss There’ll Come a Time Wliut proportion of damage or actual loss A Hnnd Chewed up In a Feed Mill. Washington; Miscellaneous Quota ­ When you will be in sore need of sustained on real property does the company Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ryan returned to Edward Rogers, living 4i miles pav? Ans. Whole up to amount insured. their home in 8t. Thomas Saturday, after tions; Recitation, Mrs. W. L. Ennest: something to ease the pain of a bruise, What proportion of damage or actual loss south of St. Louis, met with a painful Question box; Instrumental solo. Cliff mist Hint'd on personal property does the com ­ visiting relatives In St. Johns for a few days. .accident recently. While cutting feed Plowman; Impromptu talks, W. L. cut, bum, strain, rheumatism, neural ­ pany pay? Ans. Three-quarter* opto amount Andrew Durkee attended a directors ’ in a mill which was run l>v a wind ­ insured. meeting of the Ionia, Montcalm und Clinton Ennest and A. Merrihew; Paper, Mrs. gia or some othej ailment either on Are all risks examined before written’ mill Ids hand was caught and literal­ Lulu Brya subject, “The home cir­ your own person or that of some of Yes. By whom? Director or agent. Mutual Fire Insurance Co., at Ionlu, Tues­ ly chewed off an inch at a time up to STATE OF MICHIGAN, l M day. cle;” Music. Mrs. A. Hugulet. your family. Would it not be wise to County of Clinton, l8 ”’ the wrist before he could throw off Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Moore were Dorr K. Stowell. president, and Churles B. W. A. Tucker and t wo children, of Caro, the belt and stop the cutter. With pleasantly surprised Monday evening have a bottle of that best of all pain Glffels, secretary of said company, do, and Mich., who have been visiting his sister-in- remarkable presence of mind he grap ­ at their Merle Beach residence by a cures, Henry & Johnson's Arnica and each for himself doth depose* and say, that law, Mrs. Max Blank, returned to their home hed the wrist with his right hand to they have read the foregoing statement, and yesterday. number of their friends and neighbors, Oil Liniment, handy by in case of any know the contents thereof, und they have stop the flow of blood and ran to a wlio wished to pay them a farewell accident? Also good for horses and good reason to believe, nnd do believe said Mrs. R. Gayman, of Elkhart, Ind., who hus neighbor ’s, who hitched a horse and statement to be true. iteen visiting relatives In St. Johns and vi ­ visit before they left for their home in cattle. We sell it and guarantee it to DORR K. STOWELL. drove him rapidly to the home of Ids St.Johns. Dancing, pedro and pleas­ cure or money refunded. Travis & President. cinity for the past two weeks, returned to father-in-law, L. H. Treat. From ant conversation made the time pass CHARLES B. GIFFELS, her home Saturday. Baker , Fildew & Millman , A. O. Secretary. there he was taken to I)r. Brainard ’s Hunt . Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Gillum, who have been all too quickly. About midnight fare­ Sworn and subscribed to before me. at St. hospital at Alma, where the wound wells were exchanged and the com ­ Johns, in said State and county, this four ­ visiting their daughter, Mrs. L. R. Doolittle, was dressed. Mr. Rogers is a hard pany dispersed, leaving pleasant mem­ teenth day of January, A. D 1899. of Owosso, for the past few weeks, returned working young man and a successful WILLIAM M. SMITH. home Tuesday afternoon. ories, which will long be cherished by SCRIBNER’S Notary public In und for Clinton county, farmer and the loss of his hand will the host and hostess. Mich. Burke Cumpbell, who has been attending be a severe blow to him.—St. Louis school In Ada, O., spent Saturday with old Independent. Officers of Olivo Grand**. MAGAZINE Y REA80N OF REPEATED REQUESTS 1 home friends In St. Johns, lie went to Hast­ At the regular meeting the follow ­ B have decided to vlnlt St. Johns once in live ings later, where he hus a position. State Hoard of Health. ing officers were elected at Olive weeks, and will be at tbe private parlor of The Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hewitt, who have been FOR 1899. Steel Hotel, where 1 can be consulted free up­ At a meeting of the state lxtard of Grange: on all case*. Everything confidential. All are visiting relatives at Maple Rapids, and also health, held in Lansing January l i. Master—F. Lapliam. OVERNOR ROOSEVELT’S “THE requested to bring two ounces of urine. at the home of F. A. Travis, this village, re­ several bills for presentation to the Overseer —F. Larkins. ROUGH RIDERS," illustrated serial, FARMS Chargee moderate, and no Incurable cases turned to their home in Grand Murals, Mich., Lecturer—Mrs. K. E. Moore. G and all his other war writings. taken. I always make diseases of women and legislature were carefully considered, Chaplain—Allison Hugulet. -iron- children a speciality, also chronic disease*. I Tuesday night. including bills for a state hospital for Steward- E. Emmons. have disposed of roy local business to take the coosumptivee ; for better regulation Secretary —Lew Carpenter. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON’S LETTERS road, expressly for the benefit of chronic suf­ Ileal Estate. of medical practice ; for an appropria ­ Treasurer—A. Lambertson. (never before published). Edited by Sidney ferers Come and sec me. It costs you nothing G. K.—A. Hugiilet. Colvin . All medicines furnished are purely vegetable Louis Werner and wife to William C. tion for the general purposes of the Pomona —Mrs. Lula Brya. —roots, herbs and barks. Correspondence Miller, n 10 a of w 42 a of sw of board : for an annual public meeting, Flora —Mrs. Inlce Forbes. solicited before iny visit If possible. Address section 1ft, Dullus ...... $1,140 00 Ceres—Mrs. Addle Van Dyke. RICHARD HARDING DAVIS: Stories me at 448Cue St., Toledo, Ohio. Catharine Keusch et al., to Joseph at which every local lxiard of health I* A. S.—Mrs Nellie Larkins. and special articles. Keusch et al.. sw of nw H of flec­ is required to report ; and for the bet­ Sale or Exchange. The officers were Installed by Mrs. tion 26, Westphalia...... 7ft0 00 ter reporting of consumption to local W. L. Ennest, who performed the Cases I Cure. Nancy A. Watrous to Sarah M. Day- health officers, with the view of im­ RUDYARD KIPLING—HENRY VAN Dyspepsia, All Sexual Diseases, ton, e pt. of s *4 of sw fr. 14 of sec­ work in a very commendable manner. DYKE—WILLI A.H ALLEN WHITE and Rheumatism, Heart Disease. tion 30, Dewitt...... 27 25 portant instructions to consumptives many others. Short Stories. Indigestion, Consumption In Its George W. McCrum and wife to and their friends. A proposed bill for March 1 1* the Dateof the Republican State No. 1.—Thirty-six and one-half acres Fits, Early Mages. Sarah M. Dayton, s H of sw|4 of a state examining board for physi­ Convention. in Essex, with good building. Price, Pile*, Bronchitis, section 30, DeWitt...... 2,000 00 cians. drawn by the secretary of the At a meeting yesterday the Repub­ GEORGE W. CABLE'S NEW SERIAL $1,500. Neuralgia, Sore Eyes, Jerome Beedle to Minnie M. Street­ story of New Orleans, “The Entomologist. ”— All Nervous Diseases, Urinary Troubles. state board of health, was adopted by licans decided to hold their state con ­ Illustrated by Herter, No. 2.—Forty acres in Riley, all im­ Coativeness. Lost Manhood. er, n 14 of sw ?4 of section 32, Rliey l,ft00 00 the board. proved, witli good orchard. Fevers and Results, Kidney and Liver iliram J. Benton to Jerome Beedle, vention at Jackson, March 1. Wm. Blood Diseases, Complaints, w n >4 of sw H of section 32, Riley...... 1,500 00 A Norton, of St. Johns, was one of the The Grippe and Sulphur. SENATOR HOAR’S Reminiscenses- Illustrat­ Eighty acres of land, 4 miles south And all Chronic Diseases. Samuel Forman to Alma R. Emery, i luce candidates named for the tem­ ed. of St. Johns. Buildings all new. Fen­ By my new process through the blood I ex­ land on s fr. ne if of section 8, De- Geo. T. Angell. in the January num­ porary chairmanship. But the Pin- amine all diseases through the blood, treat all Witt...... 1 00 ber of Our Dumb Animals, says that ces all good. Eltfht acres of fine Tim­ through tbe blood, and cure all I pronounce sulphur worn in the shoes (half a tea­ gree men controlled things, and they ber, well watered. Will sell cheap. curable through the blood dlreot. will make it possible for John J. Car­ MRS. JOHN DREW'S Stage Reminiscenaes I>R. F. B. MONROE. Card of Thank*. spoonful, powdered, in each shoe) will ton to be elected. Illustrated. Eighty acres of land, 5 miles south We employ this medium through which to prevent the grippe, lie continues: of St. Johns. Good house and large publicly thank friends and neighbors, here “ 1 have at various times told the barn. Good fences and 6 acres of fine | CTIVE SOLICITORS WANTED EVERY­ W henever a baking powder is sold JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS’S new collec ­ WHERE for "The Story of the Plifllp- and In Grand Rapids, and the orders of press how many at Memphis, Tennes ­ at a lower price than the Royal, it is tion of Stories. “The Chronicles of Aunt timber, Will sell elieap. Alnes” by Murat Halstead, commissioned by which this father and brother was a member, see, (including the agents of ‘The made of cheaper Ingredients and prob­ Minervy Ann. ’! These are only four of the many good RHe Government as Official IlUtorlau to the for their many kind acts and comforting Howard Benevolent Association, ’) es­ ably contains alum. farms and tracts of land in this and War Department. The imok was written in caped the terrible epidemic of yellow army camps at SanFrancIsco, on the Pacific, words In this, our time of bereavement. Q’S SHORT SERIAL, “A Ship of Star*. ” northern counties which I am enabled with General Merritt, In the hospital at Hon ­ Daughter Ei.i.a , fever there (as they claimed) by wear­ The Ravage* of Grip. olulu, In Hong Kong, in the American tren ­ Thomas C. Buti .er. ing powdered sulphur in their shoes. The modern scourge, the Grip, poi ­ to offer for sale or exchange at prices ches at Manila, in the Insurgent camps with Agulnaldo, on the deck of the Olympia with A I,bekt L. Buti .er. Also, the evidence of a distinguished sons the air with its fatal germs, so ROBERT GRANT’S Search-Light Letters— ranging all the way from 40 cents to IftO Dewey, and In the roar of the battle at the Martha Baii .et. German medical writer, translated that no home is free from Its ravages, Common-Sense Essays. per acre. fall or Manila. Bonanza for agents. Brimful into English, that wearing sulphur in but multitudes have found a sure pro ­ of original pictures taken by government photographers on the spot. Large l«»ok. Low Card of Thanks. this way has proved a complete pro­ tection against this dangerous malady SIDNEY LANIER’S Musical Impressions. M. T. STREETER, prices. Big profit*. Freight paid. Credit We desire to express our heartfelt thanks tection against cholera and other epi­ in Dr. King ’s New Discovery. When given. Drop all trashy unofficial war hooks. demic diseases. Also, that those work ­ you feel a soreness in your bones and Real Estate Dealer and Loans, Outfit free. Address, F. T. Barber, Sec’y., to the many kind friends for their help and ing the sulphur mines of Italy escape muscles, have chills and fever, and C. D. GIBSON’S The Seven Ages of American Star Insurance Bldg.. Chicago. sympathy during the sickness and death of the malaria which prevails all about sore throat, nain In the back of the Woman and other notable Art Features by nead of Clinton Are., East Side. St. Johns our beloved son and brother. them. Also,that sulphur in the shoes head, catarrhal symptoms and a stub­ other artists. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw and Son . ROBATE NOTICE.—PROBATE COURT. has cured various cases of rheumatism. born cough you may know you have I Clinton County, sa: Notice is hereby Also, that sulphur taken Internally, or the Grip, and that you need Dr. King's The full, Illustrated Prospectus, givenP that all claims and demands against List of Letters. worn in the shoes, has sufficient power the estate of J08EPH WILKINS, deceased, Remaining In . the Postofflce at fit. Johns, New Discovery. It will promptly indudiug descriptions of the above WANTED! will be heard by tbe Judae of Probate of said Mich., January 17, 1800: to pass through the body, the clothing cure the worst cough, heal the inflam­ sent free to any address. County, at tbe Probate Office In tbe Village of ana the pocket-book, blackening the ed membranes, kill the disease germs Reliable man in this vicinity to open 8t. Johns, on tbe Diid day of June, A. D. Allen. A. R. Dewey, E. O. a small office and handle my goods. Ellen wood. Thus. Leonard. Jim, silver therein. Powdered sulphur and prevent the dreaded after effects The Magazine is $3.ooayear; age. 181*9, and that the creditors of said deceased Lewis, Miss Minnie Morse, Mrs. Cnas. blown down the throat is a well-known of tne malady. Price 50 cents and Position permanent and good pay. If are allowed six months from tbe date of this McFarlln, John Pepplc, II. Y. a number. Charles Scribner’s your record is O. K. here is an opening notice In which to present their olalras for Smith, H. 8. Smith, Jno. remedy for diphtheria, and sulphur in $1.00. Money back if not cured. A for you. Kindly mention this paper adjustment. Streeter, H. L. the shoes will ward off the prevailing Sons, 153*197 Fifth Avenue, New Dated, December $2, A. D. 1898. trial bottle free at FHdew and Mill- when writing. CHARLES M. MERRILL, H. D. McCabe . P. M. epidemic, the grip. ” man ’s Drug Store. York. A. T. Morris, Cincinnati!. 0. Judge of Probate. CLINTON INDEPENDENT. THURSDAY. JANUARY 19, 1999.

stranger in that househoU but as she duties. Every picture is a home pic­ TALM AGE’S SERMON. found out he had come i.) a divine ture, whether she is entertaining an mission, he was cordially welcomed. Itaha, or whether ehe la giving care­ *A QREAT WOMAN.” LAST SUN­ We have a great many books in our ful attention to her elck boy, or DAY’S SUBJE'*"*' day about the hardships of ministers whether she is appealing for the res­ and the trials of Christian ministers. toration of her property. Every pic­ I wish somebody would write a book ture in her case ie one of domeetlclty. From ths Text, “Ellahe >ssed to about the joys of the Christian min­ Those are not disciples of this Shune- Bliuneui, Where Was a Great Woman ” ister, about the sympathies all around mlte woman who, going out to attend —S King*. Chapter It., Verse Number about him, about the kindness, about to outside charities, neglect the duty of •—Lodging a Christian Prophet. the genial considerations of him. Does home—the duty of wife, of mother, of sorrow come to our home, and is there daughter. No faithfulness in public The hotel of our time had no coun- a shadow on the cradle, there are hun­ benefaction can ever atone for domes ­ teipurt in any entertainment of olden dreds of hands to help, and many who tic negligence. There has been many time. The vast majority of travelers weary not through the night watch­ a mother who by indefatigable toil has must then be entertained at private ing, and hundreds of prayers going up reared a large family of children, a node. Here comes Elisha, a servant that God would restore the sick. Is equipping them for the duties of life 01 the Loid, on a divine mission, and there a burning, brimming cup of with good manners and large intelli ­ he must hud shelter. A balcony over ­ calamity placed on the pastor ’s table; gence and Christian principle, starting look ng the vaiey of Esdraelon is of ­ are there not many to help him drink them ont, who has done more for the fered him, in a private house, and it of that cup and who will not be com ­ world than many a woman whose is especially furnished for his occu ­ forted because he is stricken? Oh! for name has sounded through all the pancy —a chair to sit on, a table from somebody to write a book about the lauds and through the centuries. I re­ which to eat, a candlestick, by which rewards of the Christian ministry — member when Kossuth was in this to read, and a bed on which to slum­ about bis surroundings of Christian country, there were some ladles who ber, the whole establishment belong ­ got honorable reputations by present­ ing to a great and good woman. Her sympathy. This woman of the text ing him very gracefully with bouquets husband, it seems, was a goodly man, was only a type of thousands of men but he was entirely overshadowed by and women who come down from man­ of flowers on public occasions; but his wife’s excellences; just as now you sion and from cot to do kindness to what was all that compared with the sometimes find in a household the wife the Lord ’s servants. I could tell you plain Hungarian mother who gave to the center of dignity and Influence and of something that you might think a truth and civilization and the cause of power, not by any arrogance or pre­ romance. A young man graduated universal liberty a Kossuth? Yes, this sumption, but by superior intellect and from New Brunswick Theological woman of my text was great In her force of moral nature wielding domes ­ Seminary was called to a^ village simplicity. When this prophet wanted tic affairs and at the same time su­ church. He had not the means to to reward her for her hospitality by pervising all financial and business furnish the parsonage. After three or asking some preferment from the king, affairs. The wife's hand on the shut­ four weeks of preaching a committee what did she say? She declined it. tle, or the banking-house, or the of the officers of the church waited on 8he said: “I dwell among my own worldly business. You see hundreds him and told him he looked tired and people, ” as much as to say, “I am sat­ of men who are successful only be­ thought he had better take a vacation isfied with my lot; all I want is my cause there is a reason at home why of a few days. The young pastor took family and my friends around me; I they are successful. If a man marry a it as an Intimation that his work was dwell among my own people. ” • • • good, honest soul, he makes his for ­ done or not acceptable. He took the What I want to impress upon you, tune. If he marry a fool, the Lord vacation, and at the end of a few days my hearers, is that you ought not to help him! The wife may be the silent came back, when an old elder said: inventory the luxuries of life among partner *n the firm, tbefle may be only "Here is the key of the parsonage. the indispensables, and you ought not masculine voices down on exchange, We have been cleaning it up. You to depreciate this woman of the text, but there oftentlme comes from the had better go up and look at It.” So who, when offered kingly preferment, home circle a potential and elevating the young pastor took the key. went up responded; “I dwell among my own influence. This woman of my text was to the parsonage, opened the door, people. ” Yea, this woman of the text the superior of her husband. He, as and lo! it was carpeted, and there was was great in her piety. Just read the far as I can understand, was what we the hat-rack all ready for the canes chapter after you go home. Faith in often see in our day, a man of large and the umbrellas and the overcoats, God, and she was not ashamed to talk fortune and only a modicum of brain, and on the left hand of the hall was about it before idolaters. Ah, woman intensely quiet, sitting a long while in the parlor, sofaed, chaired, pictured. will never appreciate what she owes to the same place without moving hand He passed on to the other side of the Christianity until she knows and sees or foot, If you say “Yes,” responding “Yes;” If you say ”No, ” responding hall, and there was the study-table in the degradation of her sex under “No ”—inane, eyes half-shut, mouth the center of tne floor with stationery paganism and Mohammedanism. Her wide open, maintaining his position upon it, book-shelves built, long ranges very birth considered a misfortune. In society only because he has a large of new ..volumes far beyond the reach Sold like cattle on the shambles. Slave patrimony. But his wife, my text says, of the means of the young pastor, of all work, and, at last, her body fuel was a great woman. Her name has many of these volumes. The young for the funeral pyre of her husband. not come down to us. She belonged to pastor went up-stairs, and found all Above the shriek of the fire-worship­ that collection of people who need no the sleeping apartments furnished; ers in India, and above the rumbling name to distinguish them. What came down-stairs and entered the of the Juggernauts, I hear the million- would title of duchess, or princess, or pantry, and there were the spices and voiced groan of wronged, Insulted, queen —what would escutcheon or the coffees and the sugars, and the broken-hearted, down-trodden woman. gleaming diadem be to this woman of groceries for six months. He went Her tears have fallen in the Nile and my text, who, by her Intelligence and down into th*. cellar, and there was the Tigris, the La Plata, and on the her behavior, challenges the admira ­ coal for all the coming winter. He steppes of Tartary. She has been dis ­ tion 01 all ages? Long after the bril­ went into the dining-hall, and there honored in Turkish garden and Per­ liant women of the court of Louis XV. was the table already set—the glass sian palace and Spanish Alhambra. have been forgotten, and the brilliant and the silverware. He went into the Her little ones have been sacrificed in SOME CURRENT FASHIONS. women who sat on the throne of Rus­ kitchen, and there were all the culi­ the Indus and the Ganges. There is sia have been forgotten, some grand ­ nary implements and a great stove. not a groan, or a dungeon, or an island, To a Cold hraotr, The fronts cross at the waist line, sur­ scent. One drop of good perfume father will put on his spectacles, and ‘The young pastor lifted one lid of the or a mountain, or a river, or a lake, or. (An Old Favorite.) plice fashion, and the neck opens wide goes as far as a spoonful of bad, while bolding the book the other side the stove and he found the fuel all ready a sea but could tell a story of the out-, Ladjr, wouldat thou heiress be, over a shield and is finished with a the former is nice to the end and light, read to his grandchildren the for ignition. Putting back the cover rages heaped upon her. But thanks to To winter's cold and cruel part? square sailor collar, which on the story of this great woman of Shunem of the stove, he saw in another part God this glorious Christianity comes When he sots the rivers free. never gets stale. And surely in these Thou dost still lock up thy heart; right side extends to the belt. The days, when all the best firms vie with who was so kind and courteous and of it a luclfer match, and all that forth, and all the chains of this vas ­ Thou that shouldst outlast the snow. kilted Bkirt reaches just to the knees. each other in bringing out good things Christian to the good prophet Elisha. young man had to do in starting to salage are snapped, and she rises from But in the whiteness of thy brow? The material is black and white shep­ at reasonable prices, we ought to be Yes, she was a great woman. keep house was to strike the match. ignominy to exalted sphere and be­ herd’s plaid flannel, with white flan­ In the first place, she was great in Scorn and cold neglect are made wise enough to take the trouble to find Where are the feet that have not comes the affectionate daughter, the For winter gloom and winter wind. nel collar and shield, and red velvet out who these firms are, and we may her hospitalities. Uncivilised and bar­ been blistered on the hot sands of this gentle wife, the honored mother, the But thou wilt wrong the summer air. ribbon trimming. Shirred narrow then be sure that none of their scents, barous nations have this virtue. Juo<- great Sahara? Where are the soldiers useful Christian. Oh! If Christianity Breathing It to words unkind, — satin ribbon would serve in place of though possibly we may like some bet­ ter bad the surname of the Hospitable, that have not bent under the burden has done so much for woman, surely Breath which only should belong the velvet and be was said especially to avenge To love, to sunlight, and to song! ter than others, will fail to please us. of grief? Where is the sMp sailing woman will become lta most ardent ad ­ Women of fashion nowadays nearly the wrongs of strangers. Homer ex­ over glassy sea that has not after vocate and its sublimest exemplifica­ When the little buds unclose. MutrcM sod Fallow Mtatraaa. always choose one flower, which they tolled It in bis verse. The Arabs are awhile been caught in a cyclone? tion. Red. and white, and pled, and blue, Every mistress has a duty to her faithfully adhere to in scent, soap, punctilious on this subject, and among Where is the garden of earthly com ­ And that virgin flower, the rose, some of their tribes it Is not until the fellow-mistress as well as to her ser­ sachet and face powders, dentifrice, fort but trouble hath hitched up its Opes her heart to hold the dew. ninth day of tarrying that the occu ­ Christ moil Day. Wilt thou lock thy bosom up vant and therefore is bound to give hair lotion, smelling salts, etc. fiery and panting team, and gone With no Jewel In Its cup? an absolutely true character of the pant has a right to ask his guest “Who For 1,400 years Dec. 25 has been set through it with burning plowshare of apart by Christendom as the day os Bervant who is leaving her, and this Street Costume. and whence art thou?” If this virtue Let not cold December sit is so honored among barbarians, how disaster? Under the pelting of ages which shall be celebrated, with devo ­ for the sake of the servant herself as A stylish suit for street wear is com ­ Thus In love ’s peculiar throne;— ought it to be honored among those of of suffering the great heart of the tional exercises and great rejoicing, Brooklets are not prison ’d now, well as for her next mistress. It is posed of a plain Jacket and rkirt The us who believe in the Bible, which world has burst with woe. Navigators the birth of Jesus Christ. Learned But crystal frosts are all agone, bound alike to the good servant who jacket is made tight fitting at the back tell us about the rivers, and the Ama­ i.nd that which hangs upon the spray, commands us to use hospitality one to ­ men have disagreed for centuries re­ has earned for herself a good charac­ and loose in front The high collar. zon, and the Danube, and the Missis­ t Is no snow, but flower of May. ter that she Is no better off In this ward another without grudging? garding the actual day, or even sea­ f • -Hood, sippi have been explored; but who can respect than the indifferent one, and it Of course I do not mean under this son, that the Savior was born, but is hard also for the lady who engages cover to give any Idea that I approve tell the depth or the length of the custom has fixed upon our “Christ­ Rond lores de Salmon. the latter sort in the full belief that of that vagrant class who go around great river of sorrow, made up of mas” as the “birthday.” Batter six darlole molds, and select the character is perfectly true. This from place to p ace.ranglng their whole lears and blood, rolling through all With the spread of Christianity thflr*- ■lx small pieces of cooked salmon, one should be the first thing aimed at in liteiime. perhaps under the auspices lands and all ages, bearing the wreck greatest of all Christian holidays took for each mold. Beat together two forming an organization of the sort o: some benevolent or philanthropic of families, and of communities, and the place of more ancient festivals. whole eggB and the yolks of two oth­ suggested by '‘Francha.” Truth, in the society. quartering themselves on of empires, foaming, writhing, boiling The Romans had long celebrated June ers, season with one-quarter teaspoon ­ interest of both mistress and servant, Christian families with a great pile of with agonies of six thousand years. 21, the longest day in the year, as a ful of salt, a dash of pepper, a little and, whenever possible, a personal trunks in the hall and carpet-bag por ­ Etna, Cotopaxi and Vesuvius have midsummer festival, or “Saturnalia. ” chopped parsley, and a few drops of character should be Insisted upon. tentous of tarrying. There is many been described, but who has ever Then the masters served the servants onion juice. Add three-fourths of a When this is impossible a written a country parsonage that looks out sketched the volcano of suffering and the Romans gave themselves up cup of milk, and when well mixed character should be certified as true week by week upon the ominous ar­ retching up from Its depths the lava to feasting and revelry and misrule pour Into the molds around the dish. by a magistrate or some other person rival of wagon with creaking wheel and scoria, and pouring them down generally. From this celebration Set these in a pan of hot water and In authority. If this were insisted and lank horse and dilapidated driver, the sides to whelm the nations? Oh! bake until the egg is set without al­ many of our Christmas customs took upon there would not be the same fa­ come under the auspices of some char­ if I could gather all the heartstrings, their origin —the custom of decking lowing the water to boil. Serve with cility for servants to get new situa­ itable Institution to spend a few weeks the broken heartstrings, into a harp. peas and Hollandaise sauce. the houses with laurels and ever ­ tions as now exists. It would not be and cunvass the neighborhood. Let I would play on It a dirge such as was greens, the custom of giving presents no such religious tramps take advan ­ a safeguard for the mistress only, but never sounded. Mythologlsts tell us and the practice of engaging in lively A Jaunty Little School Frock. for the good servant as well, and also tage of this beautiful virtue of Chris­ of Gorgon and Centaur and Titan, and games and sporta. Blouses for children are shrinking tian hospitality. Not so much the an inducement for the indifferent ones geologists tell us of extinct species of In the north of Europe semi-barbar­ back to old time proportions; full, to do better. All the organizations in eumptuousness of your diet and the monsters; but greater than Gorgon or ous peoples kindled huge bonfires in baggy effects are being superseded by the world will be useless unless ladles regality of your abode will impress Megatherium, and not belonging to the honor of the gods Odin and Thor, and are true and faithful one to the other the friend or the stranger that steps realm of fable, and not of an extinct the Druids gathered mistletoe, then a in this matter, which at the present across your threshold as the warmth species, a monster with an iron Jaw moment they are not. We do not Bay of your reception the reiteration by sacred plant, particularly If found and a hundred iron hoofs has walked growing on the oak. These customs that they wilfully and out of sheer grasp and by look and by a thousand across the nations, and history and malice give false characters, but we at.eniions, Insignificant attentions, were adopted as part of the Christmas poetry and sculpture, in their attempt celebration. do affirm that they too often give and of your earnestness of welcome. There to sketch it and describe It, have write characters that, without being will be high appreciation of your wel­ The early Goths and Saxons Cele­ wide lapels and deep cuffs are of seal­ reemed to sweat great drops of blood. brated Dec. 21, the shortest day of the absolutely false, are certainly not per­ come. though you have nothing but But thank God there are those who can fectly true. If the organization that skin and the Jacket is lined throughout the brazen candlestick and the plain year, as the time when the sun ceased with lavender silk. conquer as this woman of the text to look coldly upon the earth, and “Francha” proposes to found will in ­ chair to offer Elisha when he comes conquered, and say, ”It Is well; though The hat is of brown felt edged with to Shunem. Most beautiful is this when the days began to lengthen with sure truth in this one thing, she will my property be gone, though my chil­ have taken the first and most decisive brown velvet On the left side the grace nf h'snttality when shown In the approach of spring. Then was dren be gone, though my home be step towards removing the domestic brim turns up slightly from the face. the house of God. I am thankful that cut the “yule log ”—for the season was broken up, though my health be sacri­ servants ’ difficulty. Large loose folds of brown velvet en ­ I have always been pastor of churches called Jul, or Yuletlde. Id later years circle the crown. where strangers are welcome. But I ficed, it Is well, it is well!” There Is the yule log was placed on the hearth no storm on the sea but Christ is ready R«tnt* and Co*D*tlri. Two wings and a Jeweled ornament have entered churches where there on Christmas eve and allowed to burn to rise in the hinder part of the ship Few women realize how particular decorate the front —The Latest was no hospitality. A stranger would till bedtime. Then it was carefully they should be in the use of scents and stand in the vestibule for a while and and hush it. There Is no darkness but pulled out of the coals and placed in cosmetics. After all, we are but frail, Ths Cs»r*s Proposal. then make a pilgrimage up the long the constellation of God ’s eternal love the cellar for use iu lighting the yule and are apt to be tempted by an at­ “Wal, Jim, wot d ’ye think abart the a’ale. No door opened to him until, can illumine it, and through the winter log of the following year. It was be­ tractively got-up bottle, regardless of esar o ’ Rooshla and this ’ere universal flushed and excited and embarrassed, comes out of the northern sky, you lieved that the preservation of this the contents, which are, perhaps, nam ­ disarmament? ” he started hack again, and, coming to have sometimes seen that northern sky charred log protected the house from ed after our favorite flower. There are Jim—“Well, It’s summat like me and some half-filled pew, wl‘h apologetic all ablaze with auroras which seem to fire during the subsequent year. In so many worthless articles on the my ole woman, mate, when there’s a air. entered It, while the occupant say, ’’Come up this way; up this way this custom originated the one of pre­ market that it woald be a wise plan bit of a shindy brewing. The one wot glared on him with a look which are thrones of light and seas of sap­ paring the Christmas yule log, so pop ­ either to eschew all aeents not bearing proposes peace* is the one wot''fcln ’t seemed to say. "Well, If I must, I phire and the splendor of an eternal ular in England. the name of a well known maker or got ’old o ’ the poker! ”—Fun. must” Away with such accursed In- heaven. Come up this way.” 8o, when you play “snapdragon ” to leave all of them alone. No wom ­ dency from the house of God. Let We may. like the ships, by tempest be and a host of other Christmas games, an calling herself a lady should nse IUth«r FfTootlvs. every church that would maintain tossed or if you set with unusual license un ­ indifferent perfumes. Such a one Old Gentleman (dictating an indig ­ large Christian influence in coramnni- On perilous deeps, but cannot be lost; der the mistletoe, or sit around the should be put in the category as those nant letter)—“8ir: My stenographer, ty culture Sabbath by Sabbath this Though Satan enrage the wind and the yule log and tell hobgoblin tales while the blouse that fits almost trimly who wear imitation sealskin, dyed sa­ being a lady, cannot take down what beautiful grace of Christian hospi­ tide the corn pops and the coal cracks, you about the shoulders, and is full bat ble and tawdry Jewelry. If we can I think of you. I, being a gentleman, tality. • • • The promise assures us. the Lord will may remember that you are doing not drooping at the belt The Oret’a not now afford the best, it Is better cannot think it; but you, being neith­ Again, this woman of my text was provide. somewhat as dkl the old Romans, and frock for children six, eight and ten to wait until we can. Another thing. er, can easily guess my thoughts.** — great In her kindness toward God ’s A gain, this woman of my text was as did the barbarous nations of the Ia cut with one of these new blouses. It is not economical to buy a cheap Philadelphia Public Ledger. messenger. Elisha may have bees u gr»et In her application to domestic north long before Christ was bora. CLINTON INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1899.

Stats of Ohio. City of T olbdo , t “How good of you to come tonight! Lucas County , WHO HESITATES LOSES Frank J. Chenky makes oath that he Is the Mother and the boys have fon« to the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney A Co., opera, and I am alone for the even ­ doing business in the City of Toledo, County and Heroes of the State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the Richard Hotaling was In the depths ing. ” Sure sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each 9t perplexity as to his status in the ”1 did not dream of being so fortu ­ and every case of Catarrh that cannot be Wat with Spain cured by the use of Hail 'b Catarrh Curb . affections of a certain, or, more prop ­ nate,” he murmured, as he took her FRANK J. CHENEY. erly speaking, a very uncertain, young hand. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my thousands of them, are suf> ( Cure for presence, this 0th day of December. A. D. 1888 woman whom he much adored. He In some way It did not sound ex­ feting from lingering dis­ \ seal 1 A. W. GLEASON, bad been so deeply in love for more actly right, but he was fast losing eases induced by life in ’ —v — * Notary Public . than a year that he had had eyes, courage, and hardly knew what he said. poisonous southern camps, Colda Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, and ears and thoughts for none other than She sank on a low divan, and as he the result of changes of acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. pretty, fascinating Miss Dormer. Yet, took the place at her side he observed climate, ot of imperfect K< F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, a •o skillfully had he been managed that she was tantalizlngly near to him. feet wet and take cold give them Sold by Druggists, 75c. nutrition caused by im« a hot foot bath, a bowl of hot Hall's Family Pills are the best. (whether consciously to herself or not, Of course, he would have given worlds proper and badly cooked drink, a dose of Ayer’s Cheny he knew not), that no word of his to take her in his arms at once and tell food. Sleeping on the ground Pectoral, and put them to bed. A Joke That Was Lost, could have been construed to give evi ­ her all that was in his heart, and have has doubtless developed The chances are they will be Both the motor and trail car wer« dence of more than a friendly feeling. done with suspense. rheumatism in hundreds all right in the morning. Con- crowded with shivering people. The There were others in his predica ­ He felt it would be a trifle Irregular, who were predisposed to tinue the Cherry Pectoral a few mercury waa away down in the vicin-. ment, and misery always loves com ­ days, until all cough has dis- however, and dismissed the thought as the disease. In such cases appeared. ity of Zanesville. The windows had pany. At the same time be felt there be became more at ease under the In­ the Boys of *98 may take Old coughs are also cured; been finely decorated by Jack Frost, must be and end to all things, and fluence of her smiling eyes. He en­ a lesson from the experi* and the stoves were bits of Little Con ­ we mean tne coughs of bron ­ had resolved to oring matters to a state deavored repeatedly to lead up to the ence of the solidated Irony. The train reached the chitis, weak throats and irritable of certainty without further delay, point in question, but In vain, for Bhe lungs. Even the hard coughs viaduct and the passengers pulled theit knowing full well that be had made a was altogether oblivious to the trend Heroes of the of consumption are always caps down over their ears and took similar decision a score of times be­ made easy and frequently cured of his thoughts. At length they spoke fresh grips upon the brass rails tQ fore. She had a way of turning the by the continued use of avoid being blown Into the river. At of the opera the night before. Civil War. conversation at most interesting stages “To my mind, ” she said, “there Is last the hollow rumble under the without giving offense and with a show Hundreds of the Boys wheels Indicated that the cars had nothing more exquisite than ‘Romeo of ’63 have testified to the of tact worthy a weightier cause. He and Juliet.* The music is heavenly, reached the easterly division of the could recall any number of times when efficacy of Or. Williams’' ; big bridge, and a moment later the and the story beautiful—mournfully Pink Pills for Pale People be was on the eve of making a full beautiful.” trolley man, knowing that he had regu ­ avowal, and thought her particularly in driving out malar la* lar passengers who alighted at Water “Every story of love is beautiful," sympathetic, when a turn of her head rheumatism and other street, stuck his head into the trail cat he said, quickly. or a glance of her clear gray eyes diseases ccontracted during their day* of hardship and yelled: “Water.” This was too “Yes, love Is best of all. It Is per­ would throw him back into the old and privatit ion in the &Tmy, These pill* Ate the best much for a stout man who had just fect,” she returned, with a far-away tonic in the world, prepared to Jump Into the snow drift state of dejection and he would leave look In her eyes. with the words unsaid. Again, Inter­ Asa Robinson, of Mt. Sttrlinr, HI., !• a veteran of the Civil war, having that was heaped up along the track. “I have a chance to go to Vienna as served in the 83 rd Pennsylvania volunteers. He west to the war a vigor ­ ruptions had come when he was at the ous farmer’s boy aud came back broken in health, a victim of sciatic rheu­ “No water here," he said. It passed foreign correspondent. ” he began, pre­ matism. Most of the time he was unfitted for manual labor of any kind, the water stage long ago. It’s all ice point of growing serious, and there had cipitately, “but before I decide there is and hia sufferings were at all times intense. He says: "Nothing seemed been much In the way of declaring his to give me permanent relief until three years ago, when my attention was now. If you ’d put a few spark3 of Lit­ a story I want to tell you. ” called to some of the wonderful cures effected by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills Every doctor knows that wild tle Consolidated heat Into that stove, Jove. She was still smiling dreamily, but for Pale People. I had not taken more than half a box when I noticed an She must have read It In his eyes, in Improvement in my condition, and I keep on improving steadily. To them cherry bark is the best remedy you might bring it back to water again, turned to him with a look of Interest. I owe my restoration to health. They are a grand remedy. ’’—Aft. Stirling known to medical science for but not otherwise. Then he looked bis every act, yet there were several Her silence gave him courage; she JDemecrut- Menage. soothing and healing inflamed back to see whether anybody was othe- fellows who wore their hearts throats and lungs. seemed to await his next words. e,t All druggist*, or *tnt. post paid, on receipt of price. 50 cts per laughing or not. The other pasaengeri on their sleeves in a much more amaz­ “It Is a story of love, of my love for ox, by the Di. Williams Medicine Co., B*» V, Schenectady.H.V. Put ono of were too busy shivering to laugh, so he ing manner than did he. and who were you. ” he said, desperately, taking her permitted a look of disgust to over ­ treated with the same calm impar­ hand. spread his countenance and jumped tiality. Dr. Ayer’s She withdrew It quickly, with a look Milk In*t>eot!oa Works Well. New Terminal A sent, muttering things about bloodless cor ­ There was Hilton, member of every of dismay, seeing he was terribly In Chicago has finally a system of milk J. F. Legge has been appointed ter­ Cherry Pectoral porations that are not worth printing. club In town, and possessed of such earnest. Inspection which seems efficient, re­ minal agent of the Baltimore and Ohio —Cleveland Leader. an income as is never an objection “Will you hear It?” he continued, ports showing that only 8 per cent of railroad at Washington, D. C.t in In the affair of the heart. There was charge of passenger and freight ata-| Plasters Coughing Leads to Consumption. mistaking her consternation for coy ­ ths supply brought Into the city Is Ressler, the captain of his college ness. below the required tests. In 1890, ac­ tions and will assume the duties of! over your lungs Kemp’s Balsam will stop the cough eleven, adored by all the girls, adoring that position on Jan. 1. Mr. Legge la “Is It possible that you have not cording to the secretary of the Milk at once. Go to your druggist today Miss Dormer only. There were Mal­ an old B. and O. man. having been The Beat Medical heard—that you did not receive my Shippers’ Union, 90 per cent of the and get a sample bottle free. Sold in lard, Hollister and Smith, all rattling superintendent of the fourth and fifth Advice Free I 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; de ­ note announcing that----- ” milk sold In the city was Impure. The divisions In years gone by and con ­ We now have tome of the moat emi­ good fellows, to say nothing of one lays are dangerous. “Announcing what?” he demanded union and the health department unite nected with the road In various other nent physicians In the United States. Bookleigh, a sort of literary man with Unusual opportunities and long experi­ In amazement. in these protective efforts, and expect capacities. He was in charge of the ence eminently At them for airing yon long hair, ready made tleq original medical advice. Write freely all the Senator Frey says it was the under ­ “My engagement to Morris Book- to root out of the supply the small frac­ Washington terminals from 1884 to particulars In your case. poems. No man feared him as a rival, Address, Dr. J. C. AYER. standing of the-peace commissioners tion which still falls to come up to pre­ 1887. -hat an absolute “open door ” policy leleh,” she replied, with a happy smile. Lowell, Mass however, for he made his love as com ­ scribed standards. Samples of the was to be observed by the United mon as postage stamps by talking of He sailed for Vienna the next Sat­ Tradition of tho Wedding Ring. urday. milk are collected as it Is being brought States with reference to trade in the her to everyone he knew. Moreover, The wearing of the wedding ring or Philippines. Into town on the trains; the cans of a the third finger of the left hand fol ­ CANDY CATHARTIC he was the kind of fellow to make hit OLD MANUSCRIPT INK the retail dealers are inspected, and lows the custom of tbe Egyptians, who with old ladies at afternoon teas, and the same official attention Is now be­ the men not only considered him more believed that finger to be directly con ­ A LONG FELT WANT. Recipe from YVtileh an Excellent Quality ing extended to the dairies themselves of an ass than any one of their ac­ nected by a slender nerve to the heart Can Be Made. and the cattle. It Is Supplied In This Vicinity at Last. quaintances, but actually guyed him to Itself. And as these ancient worship­ “While examining a large number of ers of Isis held this finger sacred to It is hard to always be pleasant. his face. Among themselves they Jest­ Health for Ten Gents. ingly accused him of Imperfect cerebra­ old manuscripts of an old scribe, some Apollo and the son gold was there­ Good-natured people are often irri­ twenty-five years ago, ” said a well- Cancarets make bowels and kidneys act fore chosen as the metal for the ring. table. tion. But in spite of these facts, and naturally, destroy microbes, cure headache, As Black that he enjoyed a fair share of Miss known New York librarian recently to biliiousness aud constipation. All druggists. as mi DYE If you knew the reason you would a Washington Star man, “I was struck Lane's Family Medicine. Your Jli not be surprised. with the clearness and legibility of A man seldom drops tbe coin of fairness Into Moves the bowels each day. In order! Ever have Itching Piles? the slot of self-esteem for the purpose of ascer­ to be healthy this is necessary. Acts' YourWhiskers the writing, owing, In great measure, taining his moral avoirdupois. gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures A Natural Black with Not sick enough to go to bed or not to the permanent quality of the Ink, Pity the poor man who must live all his days sick headache. Price 25 and 50a well enough to be content? which had not faded In the least, al­ In the cold shadow of his wife's fame. Buckingham9s Dye. Nothing will annoy you so. though many of the manuscripts were Wise is the baggage-smasher who1 60 eta. of druggists or R. P.Hall 8 c Co., Nashua, N.H. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY wears a chest protector. The constant itching sensation. nearly 200 years old. It was remarked, Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Hard to bear, harder to get relief. too, that the writer must have been druggists refund tbe money If it fails to cure. Relief 96c. The genuine has L. li Q. on each tablet It’s folly to suffer from that horrible! Keeps you awake nights. celebrated in his day for his cal­ plague of the night, itching piles.( at ligraphy, for I met with a letter or Spoils your temper—nearly drives A woman void of curiosity must find life as Doan ’s Ointment cures, quickly and Last you crazy. two from his correspondents In which tedious as a historical noveL permanently. At any drug store, 50 LADIESAsk druggists for Dr. Martel'* French Female Pill* In metal box Isn ’t relief and cure a long felt want? there was a request for a recipe of the cents. KEEPwith French Flag on top In Blue, White ink he used. I found his recipes, Carter's Ext Smart Weed and Red. Insist on haring the genuine. It is to be had for everyone in Doan's Will cure a cold In one night; will cure sore ME "RellefforWomen ”mallefull stop. WHEAT the inflammation was allayed. When Doan ’s tion an offer to go abroad as foreign and copperas are dissolved, after orous old age. Ointment cured me it will cure others. correspondent for a daily paper, and which it is enough to shake the bottle “There are no cross babies or slok babies In WHEAT Doan ’s Ointment for sale by all deal ­ that in case of accepting he would sail daily, and in the course of a month or famillos that use Brown's Teething Cordial." The pedagogue ’s rule often works the next Saturday. He would leave it both ways. “Nothing but wheat; what you might ers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Foster- six weeks the Ink will be fit to use. I MilburnCo., Buffalo, N. Y., Sole agents for her to decide whether he should The doctor's patients seldom decline with jail a 6ea of wheat,” is what was said have ventured to add ten drops of car­ thanks. W.N. U. —DETROIT—NO. 3 — 1899 Oy a lecturer speaking of Western Can- for the U. S. Remember the name go or stay. It was his last resource, bolic acid to the contents of the bottle, Ids. For particulars as to routes, Doan ’s and take no substitute. and be felt that it would bring things as It effectually prevents the forma ­ railway fares, etc., apply to Su­ to a crisis. If she refused him, he tion and growth of mold without any perintendent of Immigration, Depart­ It’s a pity woman can ’t strike out could go away—and forget If she— detriment to the quality of the ink so but the other possibility plunged him ment Interior, Ottawa, Canada, or to from the shoulder with her fist as well far as I know. ” M. V. Mclnnes, No. 1 Merrill Block, as-with her tongue. Into such a delirium of delightful betrolt, Mich.; James Grieve, Mt This is the glad season of the year dreams that he destroyed the missive Pleasant, Mich., or D. L. Caven, Bad when the plumber gets square with and resolved he would see her that The “I's" and Ta- Pastry Without Butter. Axe, Mich. the ice man. evening and set his mind at rest. By a rule of our accidence y Is There Is a popular fallacy that van ­ changed to 1 whenever -es or -ed Is ity Is the prerogative of women ex­ added to a word ending In y after a Light, flaky and digestible pie crust and all kinds of fine clusively. Many hold that the soul of consonant, but no change is made man is above such petty considerations when -s or -ed is added to a word end ­ pastry can be made with Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder as dress and personal adornment. Go ing In y after a vowel. Familiar ex­ entirely without butter or with ono half the usual quantity, to! Vanity hath no limitations of sex. amples, besides money, are bay, key, As Mr. Richard Hotaling carefully ac­ toy, buy, kidney, attorney, chimney, or with a little lard or other shortening if desired. Pie crust complished his toilet that evening, donkey. Journey, alley, pulley, valley. made in either of these ways is more wholesome and digest- with frequent suggestions from his Nothing can be said against the valet and more frequent glances toward change of y to 1, seeing that in earlier able besides being more economical and easier prepared. One- the mirror, he thoroughly appreciated times there was scarcely any distinc ­ third the flour can also be dispensed with, and the arust rolled that his good points, and valiantly strove to tion between the two vowels, but there make tbs most of them, in order to is something monstrous In the thought much thinner, the raising qualities of Dr. Price’s Powder swell­ look well in the eyes of her he loved. of changing the combinations ey Into ing it to the requisite thickness. Those who enjoy the appetizing After donning his dress suit, which le when we would add -s and into I he loathed, as most men do, it oc ­ when we would add -ed. “Monies ” qualities of the delicious home made pie will rejoice to know this curred to him that we would feel easier and “honied ” are In these days oddi ­ secret. All the elements of ideal excellence are combined in and consequently appear to better ad ­ ties, reconcilable, like “donkles, ” vantage In his Tuxedo. At length, at­ 'monkles. ” etc., only with Ignorance. tired to his satisfaction, he felt that he —Notes and Queries. was not so bad a figure of a man after Dr. Price’s all. and that girl might well be pleased —but, of course, no one ever really Oar Lighted with AmIjIm* Gas. knows what a fellow thinks under such Alt-Strelltz, a city of Mecklenburg, circumstances, and, all things consid ­ is the first city on the European con ­ Cream Baking Powder ered, It were unkind to speculate. How ­ tinent to be lighted throughout with ever, It was with a feeling akin to hope acetylene gas. Since Nov. 1 this gas Official Tests at the World ’s Columbian Expo ­ that he closed the street door and went has been used In all public street out into the night lamps, and wherever coal gas was pre­ viously used In private dwellings, ace­ sition and the California Midwinter Fair showed "DIRT IN THE HOUSE BUILDS THE HIGH­ He waa ushered Into the muslcroom, where he found her playing a dreamy tylene Is being used now. The light it to be the highest in leavening power, purity and WAY TO BEGGARY.” BE WISE IN TIME AND USB melody of Chopin. Bhe was alone, and Is bright, and so far very satisfactory very lovely in soft turquoise crape, In every respect wholesomeness, and to have the best keeping quali­ whlsh brought out the ruddy gold of her hair and the fairness of her skin Recently tbe elty council of Kansas ties of any baking powder made. They proved it to be to exquisite perfection. She heard him. City, Kan., donated a carload of coat SkPOLIO and turned quickly, with a bright to the 8aIvation Army food aad Ihel- smile, saying: ter depot “The Foremost Baking Powder in all tbe World.” THE CLINTON INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY. JANUARY 19, 1899.

ELSIE. OVID.

•AIM * SUBSCRIBE FOR ’PHONE £From Our Correspondent. From Our Correspondent. m Dr. Travis is very sick with conges ­ C. Farmer, of Durand, was in town tion of the brain. i•!.V Tuesday. ■m W * Charley Dankins, from Ithaca, is in W. W. Dennis is confined to his ONC HUNDRED AND THIRTY SUB­ town on business. home by sickness. I * SCRIBERS IN ST.JOHNS. B. M. Besley has been very sick with Miss Lou Woodworth expects to re­ m NATIONAL throat trouble, but is now on the gain. turn to Battle Creek this week. * CONNECTED WITH 10,000 SUB­ * Elsie still grows. Hankins Bros, i SCRIBERS IN THE STATE BY Business called G. E. Gerow to Char­ mft LONG DISTANCE LINES. * will build a new grain elevator and lotte a couple of days last week. WELLS & HOLTON * TELEPHONE * warehouse. Mrs. John Tubbs, of Middlebury, * W. D. Letts has bought A. M. Ben- died Sunday, after a brief illness. Call up Central at FILDEW & * detson ’s stock of groceries. Mr. Letts m * niLLHAN’S and Canvasser will will coutlnue business In the same Even school teachers have the grip, Having completed our Inventory, we find a large amount of -* COMPANY• ••• and the young idea has been shooting call and take your Subscription. building. at random some the past week. m -* (INDEPENDENT.) * The eleven year old son of Mrs. Bar­ Odds and Ends in the Crockery and Glassware Note —The Low Rates of Independent Companies have popularized ton Fox fell and cut his head. The The farmers’ institute was well at­ S Department * the Telephone business, and put ’phones within reach of all. cut reached a main artery and the lit­ tended, notwithstanding many were m * * tle fellow came near bleeding to death. kept away by prevailing sickness. Mrs. Douglas, of St. Paul, Minn., t that must be cleaned out. Therefore, we will put them on tables J. C. Woodard has paid the farmers W: in thisvicinity $51,000 for stock the has come to neli) care for her invalid and put a price on them (for Cash Only) that will close mother, Mrs. E. P. Moors, who has them out in a hurry. DEWITT astyear. Mr. Woodard is a straight been much worse for the past few i ealer and Is well liked in this com ­ W munity. weeks. rhe Independent. From Our Correspondent. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Gristock have re­ ALL OF OUR M Charles Treadwell is sick with the Rev. II. H. Ford, formerly pastor of turned from Penn Yan, N. Y., where GEORGE 8. COKBIT. Proprietor the M. E. church of this place, will m FANCY BANQUET LAMPS grippe. locate In Petoskey. Brother Ford is they have been making an extended m Earl Tucker is numbered among now the pastor of the Baptist church visit. Mrs. G. is much improved in THE health. im AT COST. m • n i the sick ones. in that city. D:-.+^3$B Mrs. Henry N. Webb is very sick The business places of N. G. Pierce Mrs. J. H. Robson entertained a M with the grippe. and E. E. Knelling are now nicely small company of ladies on Wednes ­ Now is Your Time, Come at Once! Our January thaw is an aid to the lighted with gas. Several other busi­ day. Mrs. Robson has a very pleasant m ST.JOHNS. MICH. home and a very enjoyable evening doctors ’ harvest. ness men of our town intend to make was spent. August Moses is confined to the this improvement soon. Pays 3 Per Cent. Interest on Deposits house by sickness. The wife of Rev. W\ H. Johnson is m From the Hun. expected this week. Rev. and Mrs. WELLS & HOLTON Ed Schoeve is very sick with ty­ Six little Italians entered our school Johnson have come all the way from m LOANS MONEY ON APPROVED BONDS AND phoid pneumonia. last week. Hartford, Conn., to minister unto the * Successors to Geo. A. Wells. m REAL ESTATE SECURITY. Bert Norris and little child are 437 tons of coal have been sold in good Baptists of Ovid. sick with the grippe. Elsie this winter. Jerome Howard, graduate from M. m OFFICERS: Ernest Jutting was at home over Mrs. Orlie Austin is confined to the S. N. C has accented a position in the Saturday and Sunday. house, suffering with a very lame back. high school, to fill the vacancy occa ­ A. J. Baldwin . Pres. P E.Walbworth , Tres. Fred Tucker has recovered from sioned by the resignation of Mrs. Sin­ OLIVE. G. Pennkli ., V-Pres. R. C. Dexter . Asst.Tros. The Farmers’ Institute, held clair, who lias returned to her home in WESTPHALIA. an attack oi the grippe. Wednesday of last week, was well at­ Fenton. Principal Hugh Gibbs, of our High tended. From Our Correspondent. From the Portland Review. THE LOCAL MARKETS. Supt. Plunkett, being on the sick La Grippe victims are too numerous School, Sundayed at S. Tucker’s. Mrs. L. Mitchell, who has been suf­ list, was unable to address the high A child of Engelbert Miller was bur­ tarst. Johns elevators open at 7 a. m and Geo. N. Ferrey and Mr. Blizzard, of fering from a paralytic shock, is re­ to mention. ied Thursday morning. close at 0 p m. school last Friday. No doubt this The farmers’ institute at DeWitt 8t. Johns , Mich., January 19, 1890. Greenbush, attended our Farmers’ covering slowly. address will come later. Subject— Monthly examinations were held at The following: are the prices paid in cash Institute. last Friday was well attended. the public school last week Tuesday. for produce in this market: ...„ Fred Linman is building an upright "Thoughts from State Teachers’As­ Wheat, white. No. 1...... $ *9)4 Mrs. D. Van Fleet and Miss Ina addition to his house, Geo. Craddock sociation. ” Since October 1, 1898, eight old men Miss Edith Smith left for St. Johns Wheat, red, No. 2...... Watkins, who have been very sick, doing the carpenter work. Mrs. A. J. Farrell has sold her farm, have been buried in DeWitt cemetery, last week, where she spent a few daj s. Oats...... #• are reported as improving. five of whom were old soldiers. Clover Seed...... 0 95 Gk 1 55 Mr. Buckingham, father of Mrs. located a mile and a half north of this The evaporator authorities are pack­ Aloike ...... 0 00 ('<, 4 00 Photograph business lias taken a Urick and Mitchell Buckingham, who village, to a Mr. Holmes, of Riley. Henry Rohrer’s youngest daughter ing their stock in the old Spitzley Hay, new, ...... 8 00 ( 00 ern Woodmen of America were in­ one of the company announced that for lowering caskets, said device to be to live in Olive, and will be remem­ Veal calf, dressed ...... 8 00 © 7 00 there was something of more impor ­ bered as Lillie Ware. K. Thelen and John Weiber. Fowls and chickens, live ...... 414© « stalled on Thursday night of last used at the burial of Ellen May Towar, Fowls and chickens, dressed... 7 © 8 week. After the installation a ban­ tance to attend to, (though most of us the army nurse who died in Porto Rico. Died at his home in Riley, after Miss Maggie Stump is working at the Ducks, live ...... -...... - quet was given by the Royal Neigh­ doubted it.) He said a chair had been Mr. Nesbitt, aged 73, died of pneu ­ many months’ suffering from a com ­ hotel in place of Miss Smith, who is Ducks, dressed... —...... left there to be disposed of some man­ plication of diseases, Samuel Reason. suffering from the effects of la grippe. Oeese, live ...... ™ bors at Masonic Hall. A very pleas­ monia early Sunday morning. lie had Geese, dressed ...... - 7 ant time is reported. ner, and as it seemed to be rightly come here to spend the winter witli He leaves a widow, two sons and two The young boys are organizing a Turkeys, live ...... © 3 roportioned for Mrs. Carter, they his son, Ed. Nesbitt. The funeral daughters to mourn his loss. Funeral club (or trying to). Jos. Loeher is one Turkeys, dressed ...... -...... — *0 Seclded to present it to her as a slight at the Simmons schoolhouse, Sunday, Wood, dry hard...... 1 10 © 1 60 BATH. was held at the Retan House Monday of the members to push it and he will Wood, soft...... —...... —...... 1 10 token of appreciation of her services. afternoon, Rev. G. P. Mitchell offici ­ Rev. Buell officiating. Interment in gain the interest and co-operation of From Our Correspondent. ating. DeWitt cemetery. the boys. It should be encouraged. MAPLE BAI'IDS. A. E. Edwards is slowly improving The Ovid Dramatic Club, ably as­ DeWitt Camp No. 432, Royal Neigh­ Miss Lizzie Pung was surprised one CLINTON COUNTY NEWS. bors of America, installed the follow ­ after a five weeks’ illness. From Our Correspondent. sisted by Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Cobb, night last week on learning that nearly presented “Ten Nights in a Bar ing officers January 4, 1899: a score of friends, well provided with F. A. Clise, optician, has been work ­ Mrs. Hattie Robb is home. Oracle—Mary J. Van Fleet. refreshments, had taken possession of SOUTH OHAL. ing in Lansing the past month. Room ” to a fair audience Saturday Vice-Oracle—Mattie Blizzard. Mart Winan ’s mother is visiting him. evening. The parts were well learned Chancellor—Kate Gillett. her home, reminding her of her birth­ From Our Correspondent. Mrs. Madge Hall and Dr. N. A. Elder Long is holding revival meet­ and the entertainment was worth the Marshal—Helen Rouse. day. The evening was an enjoyable John Adams has la grippe. Dryer are also reported on the sick Recorder —Dell. Rockwell. ings at Eureka. price of admission. Receiver —Minnie Dunlap. one, and none of the participants were Lena Jacob is numbered among the list. Mrs. Frank Ceazar is visiting at Rev. G. P. Mitchell is packing his Outer Sentinel —Mary Knapp. anxious to leave until after the small sick. Mrs. 1). Payne ’s. Inner Sentinel —Emma Harris. hour of 1:00 had arrived. We wish There seems to be a lot of grip in household goods preparatory for remo ­ Camp Manager —Henry Rouse. her many glad returns of the day. Fred Jason, who had an attack of la and about this vicinity. Mrs. J. B. Many people here have been wrest­ val to Grand Rapids. We understand O. G. Williams arrived in DeW'ittin grippe, is recovering. Saxton, Mrs. James Cushman and Mrs. ling with la grippe. he has acceptea a call from a Baptist F. A. Clise are suffering with the dis ­ church in that city. Mr. and Mrs. time to attend the funeral of his Charles Davis and family will move Laura Fulton is visiting relatives brother-in-law, Chisholm Vale, who Mm into Frank Trowbridge ’s house. ease. and friends in St. Louis. Mitchell have many esteemed friends departed this life Monday, January 9, I t Charles Van Dyke and wife attend ­ Ed Knapp was called home to attend Ray Hewitt and wife returned to in and around Ovid, who will regret 1899. from la grippe. Mr.' Vail was 56 * ♦ ed the funeral of her mother near his mother’s funeral. Mr. Knapp is theirhome at Grand Marais, Monday. to see them go. years old. He leaves a widow, two 8 Ovid the fore part of the week. one of the Bath boys and was an en­ Mrs. C. B. Hewitt and daughter, Mrs. H. F. Harris invited her Sun ­ daughters and one son to mourn the n Mrs. A. Wiles, of Muir, who lias gineer running on the Lehigh Valley May, are visiting relatives in Indiana. day school class to a 6 o ’clock tea Fri loss of a kind and loving husband and § been sick for the past week at her rail road, w*th headquarters at Sayre, day evening. Covers were laid for father. His funeral was held in De­ « i son ’s, James Adams, hits returned to Pa. Miss Rose Eggleston is enjoying a ten. After a very pleasant hour they Witt Wednesday, Rev. Buell officiat ­ • S.M3d003- * 1 her home. visit from her parents, of Remus, this repaired to the church to attend the ing. Mrs. C. Vail started for Joliet G The Knights and Lady Maccabees week. weekly prayer meeting. Mrs. Harris M held a joint public installation of offi ­ directly from the funeral of herhus ­ UNION HOME. Mrs. Ed. Talmadge and children does not let her work stop with the band to visit her daughter Flora, who 'i cers at their new home in Progressive visited her sister, Bertha Redfern, Sunday school hour. is very ill at that place. •Q "039 Hall. The ladies ’ installation was last week. From Our Correspondent. conducted by the great Lieutenant A bright little boy belonging to the * Warren Barnard and wife were pre­ primary class was overheard comment ­ G Born, Jan. 15, to George Grubaugh Commander, Mrs. Bailey. The in EUREKA. ‘jSJfJ C and wife, a son. stallation was a great success and sented a fine rocker by the G. A. R. ing on the Snnday school lesson as fol ­ MG, there was a large crowd of spectators. and W. R. C. for services during the lows : “ Yes, John the Baptist ate lo ­ G ♦ George Russell, of Lafayette, is past year. custs and wild honey —locusts are From Our Correspondent. G P3AJ3S 9q pUB X|4B3 § spending a few days among his rela­ something like grasshoppers. Now Frank Beck is very sick with typhoid tives in this vicinity. Pomona Notice. From the Dispatch. fever. G that don ’t seem to just strike me. I’d 3UI03 *UI 1X1311} }3S | Mrs. Frank Harvey has been on the Clinton County Pomona Grange will Itev. E. Mudge lias been appointed rather have bread and butter.” W. S. Pierson was in Durand last sick list for the past few days with meet with Bengal Grange, Wednes ­ by the Christian conference to look Friday. 0} 31X11} 3t|} St MOM i the prevailing disease. day, January 25, 189ft. All 4th degree after the interests of the churches From the Regrister-Unlon. Mrs. Ella Owen, of Owosso, is visit ­ Mrs. Duncombe. of Pennsylvania, members are invited. without pastors within this district. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Orin Darling, ing at Ezra Owen ’s. % who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Grange will be called to order at 10:30 a. m. He preached at Ashley last Saturday a son. *M3U 3>||| MOOI O} £ in fourth degree. evening and lias been conducting Willis Tracy cut his hand quite bad­ F. Harvcv, and Mrs. Young, of Ben­ Usual order ol business until dinner. Over 50 children are out of school ly In Davies ’ planing mill. % gal, left for St. Johns Tuesday morn ­ Recess. meetings at Pleasant Valley, near owing to sickness. dn psxjj PUB ip3}UBM ♦ ing to remain with her aged mother, Grange again called at 1:30 p. m. Bannister, the past week. W. S. Pierson has sold his property Song —Bengal Grange. Mrs. Edward Nesbitt is recovering in Eureka to James Daggett. r G Mrs. Grant, the two last days of her Welcome address —Master of Bengal Jack Cole bad a narrow escape from J0J03 AUB p3|3UJBUg I stay in Michigan. Grange. drowning Wednesday evening. He from a two weeks’ illness of la grippe. J. F. Couter returned from an ex­ Response —Wen. M. Smith. Rev. W. H. Johnson, of Hartford, Song —Miss Bair. was skating down the river in com ­ tended visit in Ohio last week. *431X11X1 PS JO| UB3J3 pUB | The Deadly Grip. Reports of delegates to State Grange — pany with James Streight and Jack Conn., has accepted a call from the Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Eliott Man­ Is again abroad in the land. The Brotncr R. M. Winston, Brother and Sister Bunion and did not notice a large First Baptist church of Ovid to chester, Sunday, Jan. 15, a son. ♦ Moss. preach to them the coming year. I31UBU3 O} SSp^DIQ | air you breathe may be full of it! Installation of officers. opening in front of him which had Grant Brooks and family returned Don ’t neglect the “Grip ” or you will Song —Hazel Plowman. been left by the ice harvesters, until Sheriff Dunn, of St. Johns, has not from Maple Rapids last Saturday. U open the door to Pneumonia and Con ­ Discussion of the Atkinson Bill, led by R. he skated into it. He was unable to jus yet appointed all his deputies. We, M. Winston. Mr. and Mrs. Elza Dush, of Isabella sumption and invite death. Its sure Recitation —Miss Stowell. get out alone and had it not beep for however, have every reason to believe signs are chills with fever, headache, Song- Bengal Grange. the assistance of his companions he that J. E. Hill of Ovid will receive an county, are visiting relatives here. dull, heavy pains, mucous discharges In the evening Judge S. B. Daboll surely would have perished. appointment. Remember the drama, “Blue and from the nose, sore throat and never- will give a lecture, taking for his sub­ Lewis Bentley, aged 82 years, of Mrs. Gilbert, who resides with her Gray,” at Dennis ’ Hall, Saturday eve. i Q3IMVM let-go cough. Don ’t waste precious ject “Our New Possessions. ” South Essex, started to walk to this son Wilson on William st, east, is J. H. Weller and family, of Ashley, time treating this cough with troches, Mrs. C. L. Pearce . village last Thursday and had proceed­ failing rapidly. Tills lady is 96 years spent last Sunday at O. P. Ingersoll ’s. tablets, or poor, cheap syrups. Cure ed about eight rods from the house, of age and has until recently enjoyed Miss Bessie Hayward, of Washing­ It at once with Dr. King ’s New Dis­ ything when he slipped and fell breaking one remarkably good health. ton, is visiting her cousin, Theda covery, the infallible remedy for bron­ than that your food should be whole­ of his legs at the hip. Mr. Bentley Younglove. chial troubles. It kills the disease managed to get to a fence where he germs, heals the lungs and prevents some? Physicians will tell you It Is WIST RILEY. Rev. R. H. Long began a series of Grail Tnit Mm Sum. made more wholesome with Royal pulled himself up and waited for some meetings at the Christian church Mon ­ the dreaded after effects from the Baking Powder. one to come along. He was obliged From Our Correspondent. malady. Price 50 cents and #1.00. “Work at the Experiment Station, ” day evening. Money back if not cured. A trial to remain there about an hour when his son-in-law happened along and by Prof. J. D. Towar, was well appre­ Norman Hulse, of Isabella Co., is a IN EFFECT NOV. 13, 1898. bottle free at Fildew & Millman ’s The Finest Calendar of the Century, assisted him to the house and Dr. ciated. guest of his brother-in-law, J. R. Jef- Drug Store. Those who receive the new calendar Hart, assisted by Dr. Young, reduced Mr. F. Fields and wife, who were ferys and family. he Com ­ & Ponder Over the questIon. for 1899 given by T Yoirrn ’s the fracture. At this writing he is very sick last week, are some better at Prof. S. D. Grove and Ernest Hart D. M. DIVISION. panion to all new subscribers will suffering somewhat from congestion p resen t- attended a lecture In St. Johns last Is it better to suffer, to live in agony, be ready to allow that the publishers of the lungs, but is getting along nice­ Wednesday night. to be beset with torturing pains, or have pretty nearly accomplished their ly otherwise, considering his advanced Mrs. Danford Shaddock Is staying We*t-Bound from St. Johns . by one movement free yourself from object, which was to produce the fin­ with her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Shuart, Mrs. J. S. Cahoon and little son, No. 11—Mornliiff Exp. to Gd. Haven, 10:47 am them? age. caring for the sick. Dewey, returned from a week’s visit est calendar of the century. The sub­ with her parents in Ionia. No. 15— Mall and Chicago Exp. to Is it better to be a doubting skeptic, ject of the excellent color niece which Grip’* Ravage* Doomed. Mr. Harry Shuart’s family arc all Od. Haven ...... 3:32pm a doubting Thomas, or be a seeker at forms the centre is “The Ideal Amer­ So much misery and so many deaths sick. Little Josie Is very ill with in­ Mrs. Pearl Sherman, of St. Johns, No. 17—Gd. Rapids Exp. toGd. Rad- a fountain head wherein truthful and ican Girl,” and it is depicted in the have been caused by the Grip, that flammation of the lungs. spent part of last week with her par­ Ids and G. It. & I...... 7.-59 pm merciful ministrations are dispensed ? most delicate tones as well as the most every one should know what a wonder ­ The farmers’ institute at Waeousta ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kirby. No. 19-Western Exp. to Gd. Haven 8:25 am Don ’t believe words of mouth, in vest i- brilliant shades. The Calendar is so ful remedy f jr this malady is found in was well attended. Dr. Hinkson ’s The ladles ’ aid society of the E. V. Nos. II. 15, 17, Daily except Sunday. :ate, seek for evidence supported by designed that no printing appears on Dr. King's New Discovery. That dis ­ japeron farm sanitation was exoel- church will meet with Mrs. Joseph No. 19, Dally. ?acts. Dr. Ottman, the great healer, the lithographed panels, and they may tressing stubborn cough, that inflames ent and should be heeded by all. Hankey on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at East -Bound . makes no claims that are not suscep­ be preserved as permanent ornaments your throat, robs you of sleep, weak­ Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wells enter­ 10:00 a. m. All are cordially invited. No. 16—Detroit Exp. to Detroit and tible of the strongest most convincing —suitable for the prettiest corner of ens your system and paves the way for tained a number of their friends and East...... —...... 8:25 am undeniable proof given, living testi­ the house. This Calendar is a gift to The sick list this week is Mr. and No. 20—Mail to Detroit ...... 12:04 pm mony. No trapping of the unwary, Consumption is quickly stopped by relatives last Thursday, January 12, S. J. Patterson, Mrs. Walker, Milton all subscribers to the 1899 volume. A this matchless cure. If you have in honor of their wedding anniversary. Burk, Wm. Ingersoll, Dr. II. Hart. No. 22— Evening Exp. to Detroit and no fostering of faille hopes, no hum­ beautiful illustrated announcement East...... 5:17 pm bugging. nothing but truth fearlessly chills and fever, pains in the back of The West Riley ladies ’ aid society Mrs. L. A. Jefferys, A. Younglove ana of the contributions for the 1899 vol ­ the head, soreness in bones and mus­ Mrs. Libbie Teetes. No. IS—Eastern Exp. to Durand and spoken, claims supported by facts, as­ ume will be sent free to any one ad ­ cles, sore throat and that cough grips is appointed to meet at the home of East ...... 9:17 pm tounding cures bacTked by living proofs dressing your throat like a vice, you need Dr. Mrs. A. Wilds, of Muir, Thursday, Noa. 16, 80, 22, Dally except Sunday. of their restoration. The foregoing is January 26. Mrs. Wilds is a member No. 18, Dally. The Y outh ’s Companion , King ’s New Discovery to cure your who moved from our neighborhood Coughing injures and inflames sore the record of which anyone might be 211 Columbus Avenue. Boston, Mass. Grip, and prevent Pneumonia or Con ­ lungs. One Minute Cough cure loosens Thop . Bromley , Agent, proud. Dr. Ottman is proud of it, is last fall. The ladies are hoping for the cold, allays coughing and heals E. n. Huohes , G. P. & T. Agt.. St. Johns. sumption. Price 50 cents and $1.00. good roads so that an old time sleigh­ proud of his ability to cure, is prond Mr. 8. A. Fackler, Editor of the Money back if not cured. A trial bot­ quickly. Best cough cure for childreu. Chicago, 111. that his record is what it is. ing party may he enjoyed. All of C. E. Van Sickle . Micanopy (Fla.) Hustler, with his wife tle free at Fildew ' Sc Millman ’s Mrs. Wild ’s old friends and neighbors Ill I uttUngT Energetic This famed, renowned and eminent and children suffered terribly from La- Drug Store. KITrn H A rent*. specialist of tne firm of Drs. B. S. Sc are cordially Invited to Join the party. W 1 l! I M I .o| tt'<‘'- ™«n or woman in every Grippe. One Minute Cough Cure was □ay W 14 II I LU t7r2.“V<1 °°unjy the Unit Co., Muskegon, will visit St, Johns, the only remedy that helped them. It To insure a happy new year, keep the VfNIIIhV State* and Canada; no Mich., Friday, January 27, in the pri­ Paul Perry, of Columbus, Ga., suffer­ eatest influence. DeWitt’s Little scbentefi, nofrlftn, no humbufs. 8traJjrht acted quickly. Thousands of others liver clear and the body vigorous by ed agony for thirty years, and then cured Sarly Risers are unequalled for over ­ honorable, legitimate bualneaa. We farniah vate parlor of the Steel Hotel, from use this remedy as a specific for La- using DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, his piles by using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel coming constipation and liver troubles. beat of bank referenoe. Bend for our whole­ ft a. m. to 7 p. m. One day only. Con ­ Grippe and its exhausting after effects. the famous little pills for constipation Salve. It heals injuries and skin dis­ Small pill, best pill, safe pill. sale price list and particulars. sultation free and strictly con Aden ttal. an ickle an ickle . - AMERICAN TBA CO.. C. £. V S . and liver troubles. C. E. V S . eases like magic. C. E. Van Sicki .k . C. E. Van Sickle . 41 Detroit, Micb.