The Clinton Independent. VOL XXXI—NO. ST. JOHNS, MICH., THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1897. WHOLE NO.—16<

Local Brevities. LEFT THIS MORNING. PERSONAL. A PLEASANT WEDDING, Real Estate. —Mrs. Mary E. Strickland gives mere The following are the real estate WAS WELL ATTENDED. positive evidence of improvement daily. A Dozen Happy Sunday (School Boys For Mrs. Wesley Baughn Is visiting In Fowler. MALOTT—HATHAWAY. transactions for one week ending Tues­ Frankfort, Hsnzle County, for a Ed. Pennell returneJ from Ionia yesterday. day, August 3: —The Michigan pharmacists are in Miss Lodeska Hathaway and Nelson annual convention at Grand Ledge this Week'* OutliiR. Byron 8oule in Ovid Wednesday on business. Mary A. Williams to Michael T. O'Connor, St. Johnsites Appreciate High week. Mr. and Mrs. L. O. DaFoe are visiting at Ovid. J. Molette, of Detroit, were united in -10 acres on sec. 21, Lebanon. S1.0M. Judge Daboll ’s Sunday school class Mrs. Max Blank left for Chicago Monday on John Lenneiuan and wife to Wm Lenneman, Class Music. —There will be a harvest party at married at 8:30 o ’clock, Wednesday eve­ SO acres on sec. 21, Westphalia, $I,0U0. Merle Beach, Friday evening, August left for an outing this morning. Be­ business. ning, July 28,1897, at the residence of Geo. W. Emmons aud wife to Henry D. 13. BUI 50c. 2w yond a doubt there is a certain crowd of Nick Geller, of Toledo, is visiting friends in the bride ’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Smith. 40 acres oil sec. 17, Bingham, M)00. ibis village. Alexander Bingham and wife to Wm. R. THE AUDIENCE WHICH GATHERED boys in this village who firmly believe Balcoin, lot 1 block 1, Walker’s sub , out-lot H, —Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dock • Elbe Averell went to Gayland Monday to Hathaway, of that city, and formerly of TO HEAR REMENYI TUESDAY EVEN­ St. Johns, $12'. • ham, July 28, a daughter. She weighed in attending Sumlay school —the mem­ visit friends. St. Johns. Elisha Perrin to Kate C. Silsbee, lot 2, block 9| pounds on her arrival. ING WAS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC. bers of St. Luke's class in St. John ’s Geo. H. Soule and family are rusticating at The ceremony was performed by Rev. 10, Eminonsville, $292.50 —Married by Justice Severance, July Sunday school. An outsider might Riley Parks to Clarence Parks, et. al., 40 acres hesitate at first to join this class when Crystal Lake. L. Morgan Wood. Tne bride was at­ on sec.Dallas, $200; q. c. 31,1897, Chas. L. {Jheeney, of Bengal, Grant Caruss went to Detroit Monday even- tired in a cream Dutchess satiD, cut en Mrs. Lois Parks to Clarence Parks et. al, 40 Remenyi him I HU Company Gave a Muh I- he hears that the teacher is the Circuit and Martha Vogt, of Ionia. tug to visit friends. train, with pearl trimmings. She wore acres on sec. 96, Dallas. $i$iO; q. c. cul Entertainment Which Will Not Court Judge. He might expect that Thos. Bateman to Thos. H. Hall, Jr., 40 acres —All members of St. Johns band are this stern judge of the law should see Mae Tripp and SusleTucker went to Owosso a veil and carried a bunch of most beau ­ on sec 18. Bath. $1; q. c Soon be Forgotten. requested to meet at the baud room fit to maiuiain his proper dignity even Monday to visit friends. tiful roses. Miss Bertha Lyon, of St. Thos. Bateman to Geo. W. Bateman, et. al., next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Charles Merrltteld was in Owosto Tuesday Johns appeared as maid of honor. She 80 acres on sec. 18, Bath, 81; q. c. sharp. before a class of boys, and that if a per ­ Chas Wlldt to Chas. Albert Wildt, 80 acres fect lesson was not prepared or the pro ­ and Wednesday ou business. was attired in a handsome white silk on sec. 13, DeWitt. $1; q. e. The entertainment Riven by Remenyi —The Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insur ­ per devout air carried etc., etc., that he Edith Dunn left Monday evening for a two and carried a bunch of pink roses. Miss Chas Albert Wlldt to Chas. Wlldt and wife, and his company Tuesday evening under ance Company of Clinton County has would receive some emharassing repre- weeks' vacation at Bay View. Mabel Voorhees, of Detroit, appeared 80 acres on sec. 13, DeWitt. $1: q c. as bride ’s maid. She was attired in Henry D. Smith and wife to Geo. W. Em­ the auspices of the Amphion Quartet, added 77 new members during the iuand. George Hall, of Reed City, spent last week mons, 12 acres on sec. 22, Bengal, $760. mouth of July. white silk and carried a most exquisite was a grand success. The audience was But this is all a dream, as Judge Da- with his aunt, Mrs. Jacob Barr. Laura L. Hammond to Peter Faudel, lot 10, —We invite attention to the annouuc- boll, for he is, is no such man as Mrs. A. E. Dutcbcr went to Bay View Monday bunck of tea roses. block 13, Fowler, $.'0. large considering the warm evening, Frank Waldron officiated as best man, Edward T. Weale to George E. Weale, land ments of L. J. Calkins, Woodruff & this. The boys have enjoyed his in ­ to spend the rest of the summer. on sec. 29, Mapleton, $500. and made up in enthusiasm what it may Tromp aud Webber & Beck in our ad­ struction immensely, there being a full Mrs. G. E. Corbin and Miss Helen Corbit will and Edward C. Malotte and Alpheus Maria M. Pung et. al. to Anthony Smith, 80 McGraw as ushers, and Master Edwin have lacked in numbers. vertising columns. attendance every Sunday. There were go to Wequetonsing next Saturday. acres on sees. 3l and 32, Dallas, $2,000. but few scholars when first Mr. Daboll Mercer as ring-bearer. John H. Fedewo and wife to Ferdinand H. The company includes besides Mr. —Mrs. Dr. Garter lias changed her Mrs. Ricbard Hayes and child, of Ovid, are The bridal party entered the parlors Geiier, land on sec. 11. Fowler, $400. place of residence from the home of took the class, but the number has tri­ the guests of Dr. Knapp and family. Remenyi, as pianist, Mr. William pled since. These is a class enrollment while Miss Hortense Gillette play led Sauvlet and Louise M. Brehany, so­ Rev. Punches to Mrs. Parrish ’s, corner Mrs. Alice Outwater, of Llndenvllle, N. Y., is Mendeisshon ’s wedding march in her BUSINESS LOCALS of Lincoln and Ottawa streets. now of 18 , but only 12 are able to get visiting her sister, Mrs. O. J. Putman. prano. away. Thev are George Holton, Ed usual tine style. The bride was given Mr. Sauvlet captured the enthusiastic —Mrs. E. M. Smith, who has been Mrs. Ed. Weatberwax and daughter, Elbe, away by her father. Latest things just in in golf and cycle Hogan, Oliver Merrill, Willie Judd, are spending the healed term at Crystal Lake. audience in the urst number on the pro ­ confined to her bed witu fever for sev­ Howard Keeney, John Chick, Charlie The ceremonies were followed by a caps at Mrs. L. Canfield's. gram, by rendering on the piano eral weeks, is improving daily. Her and George Stephenson, Tom Spaulding, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Fedewa and Mrs. Boucher reception, and most delicious retresh- Chopin's “Polonaise ” followed by “Cas­ daughter, Mrs. Metcalf, is still with her. and families are rusticating at Crystal Lake. ments were served to one hundred and Seymour Price, Paul Seibert, Claud Where l)o You Dine 1 cade” by E. Pauer. Mr. Sauvlet has a —The manager of the Remenyi con ­ Mrs. James M. Ballou and daughter, of Ot tiftv happv guests. Emmons, Tom and Jack Spaulding aud Persons looking for a good clean place, world-wide reputation and his perform ­ cert company here this week, readily Frank Valentine. sego, Mich., are guests of Mrs. W. W. Peck and The parlors were handsomly decorat­ ance last Tuesday evening has added to saw a bargain in a suit of clothes at family. ed with flowers, ferns and sweet peas, where good, wholesome and well-cooked The secret of Mr. Daboll ’s success as meals may be procured, should keep in his list of admirers the music loving Webber & Peck’s, aud purchased it for a manager of boys is that he always re­ Donald Stevenson is spending a few days of and the presents were numerous, hand ­ element of St. Johns. use. his vacation In the dome of Joseph Cook, some and useful. mind the fact that I have moved to the members that he was once a boy him- next room to my old quarters, which are Louise M. Brehany possesses a mag­ self, and any one who keeps that in mind Fowler. Among the guests were the grand ­ nificent voice of great volume aud A big Maccabee excursion and pic ­ parents of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Luth ­ pleasanter, and where I shall be pleased nic is being arranged for at Grand can manage boys. The Judge has told Gen. O. L. Spaulding is expected home next sweetness and was called back several week for a short visit with his family and er Rumsey, of St. Johns. to meet my old friends and new patrons. Ledge early tnis mouth to be participat ­ interesting bibie and war stories each atts times during the evening. friends. The groom, Mr. Mallotte, is the mana ­ VV. II. W . It is impossible to describe with the ed in by all tents in Ionia county and Sunday after lessons were over, given ger of the gentlemen's clothing depart ­ pen the effect produced by the perform ­ vicinity. them sterioptican entertainments etc., Mrs. Thomas Padley left ibis morniug for a all the year, aud now, to crown all, he two weeks’ visit with relatives and friends at ment in the Mabley-Goodfellow Co. ’s New Tam o ’ Shanters and children ’s ance of Edward Remenyi. To attempt —Petoskey? No, Corbin ’s dental establishment. Mr. and Mrs. Malotte sailors at Mrs. L. Canfield ’s. to do it justice we must borrow the chair. East window, motor fan, cool has been to Frankfort, engaged a cook Howell. left for a lake trip aud will be at home, words of a rustic correspondent to the place. No place on earth where one and obtained cheap rates on the railroad, Miss Anna Todd, of Owosso, spent the major 008-14th avenue, Detroit, after Aug. 10. Quincy Whig, who says : can get more actual value for the mouey and lie and the above named scholars portion of the last week with her auntie, Mrs. Painting and Papering. invested. left this morning to stay till a week C. S. Allison. Leave orders for Painting ana Paper ­ “If he wasn't Old-Rosin-the-Bow for from Saturday. They will arrive at OBITUARY. about an hour, Old-Rosin-the-Bow never —J. II. Markman, of Ithaca, fell on Miss Lulu Millls will leave tomorrow for ing, at A. O. Hunt ’s drug store, and Frankfort about six o ’clock this evening, Traverse City, where she will remain for an Emeline Rideout was born December your order will be attended to properly. lived. He fiddled up one side and down the street in Detroit Tuesday and in ­ which will barely give them time to the other —hoppity hop-skip and a jump. jured his kuee cap very badly. He was indefinite period. 31,1830, at Dunkirk, N. Y.; came to All work guaranteed to he satisfactory. pitch their sleeping tent. The fishing, Louis DeWitt, after spending a month with F. K. Perkins . You never heard such music in your takeu to the hospital by Emergency especially for trout, is elegant near Michigan in 1847, and was married to life. He can take a violin and hold it ambulance. Frankfort, and they have gone prepared his sister Lelo, in this village, went to Ithaca Fruman White Marcli 28,1848, and was as a hired man would a catfish, and he Monday evening. E. L. Kendrick, father of II. L. to get a taste of that. All praise to the a pioneer resident of Greenbush town ­ Lost. can make it sound like the celestial Kendrick, tne merchant, has been quite Judge, who has planned such a delight ­ Mr. and Mrs. M, L. Phares are spending a Between L. Vaucoonsant ’s and the choir singing as if their hearts would couple of weeks with her sister, Mrs. 8. D. ship, where he died several years ago. burst- Maestro Remenyi trains at one sick with the shingles, which extended ful outing to please the boys. Express office last Saturday evening, a oue-half way round bis body. He is One of ehe Class . Watson, this village. In the year 1892 she was married to M. .Maccabee charm. Finder please leave hundred and eighty pounds and his daily improving. Mrs. James A. Hughes left yesterday morn ­ A. Hewett, and from that time to her at L. Vauconsant's store and receive head is as bald as an onion and as yel­ ing to spend two weeks with relatives in ban- reward. C. II. Bennett . low ’ as ginger. ” —The B. Y. P. W.' will give an ice At the Fair Grounds. death ou the 9th of May last she had cream social at the residence of Mrs. ford, Midland county resided at that place. ------The live stock show is one of both Rev. and Mrs. 8. 8. Chapin, of Port Huron, THEY’RE HUSTLERS. E. J. Teachouton Friday evening, Aug. personal and pecuniary interest to every By her first husband three sons were Who Does Your Draying l a. It is hoped- that every one will ac­ are spending a f«w days with relatives and farmer and admirer of choice, domestic friends in this village. born, two of wfiom survive her. 1 am thoroughly prepared with well- Kryei Tent, K O.T. M., of Ovid, Has Taken cept the young peoples' invitation, and animals. It is at the fair that prize At ten years of age she experienced fed and capable horses, strong spring come. Mrs. G. W. Smith left this morning for Haz- drays and careful and obliging drivers, Inspiration From St. Juhns Tent specimens of every breed will be shown. lett Park. From ’ thence she will goto Char ­ religion and joined the M. E. church. —W. C. Lyon, who was elected justice The people will not only have a chance After her marriage with Mr. White she to do work in my line with safety and at and is Doing Good Work. of the peace last spring, and entered to see the animals, but to ascertain their lotte to visit a brother. went with him to the Disciple church, of reasonable charges. I have a first-class upon the duties of his office last month, characteristics, and to learn the late and Helen Bullis returned to her home ut Maple which he was a member. After his piano mover, and make a specialty of It will be interesting to our Maccabee Rapids. Tuesday, after a weeks visit with her readers to know that Clinton county has has his ofiice in the rear room over F. A. improved methods of rearing, feeding, death she again became a regular atten ­ that kind of work. Richard G ay . two K. O. T. M. degree teams, at least, Percey’s grocery store, where he is pre ­ ana caring for all kinds of live stock. frieDd, Elbe Weatherwax. dant at the M. E. church, and contiuued w’hich are second to none in the state. pared to dispense justice to all who feel Ample stalls, sheds aud pens are pro ­ E. M. Valentine, R. M. Swigart, Sam Heller to her God until her death. At Fresh Fish Daily. One of these is the machinery of Keyes in need. vided for all exhibitors, with hay, straw and L. C. Mead weat to Maple Rapids Monday an early period in her life she became 1 have made arrangements with the Tent, of Ovid, and the other, of course, —The knife has been plunged deep and water at convenient points on the evening fishing for pickerel. partially deaf, which made it difficult best fresh fish dealers at Grand Haven is located at St. Johns. into the prices on all light weight sum­ grounds. The officers and managers Mrs.Matie Goff-Erdeltneyer, of Dallas, Texas, for her to take part in social meetings. and Petoskey for a regular daily supply Five St. Johns sir knights drove to mer goods at Webber & Peck s, the cash desire that that the people may have an who is spending a a vacation here with friends, She had been a great sufferer for over of fish. The fish from these points are Ovid Monday evening, the occasion be ­ clothiers, at No. 17 Clinton avenue, St. opportunity of getting the most out of will speud the current week in Portlaud. a year, and often petitioned the good taken out of the water at night aud are ing the special call of Deputy Great Johns, and many are buying of them to the live stock exhibit, and require that Roy Shulters. for some time emplos ’ed as a Lord to take her to himself. And so, here ready for the table at noon —hard, Commander Davey to Keyes Tent and carry over to another season, believing the stalls, sheds and pens be open stone cutter in the works of F- F. Murdock, on the date above mentioned, her prayer sweet and only 10 cents a pound. Or­ the exemplification of ritualistic work that they can 3ave a good per cent by at all times, so that visitors may not of this village, has gone to Belding to work at was answered, and she passed away ders left at Vauconsant ’s grocery will by the Ovid team. so doing. only see the animals in the show ring, his trade, quickly aDd quietly, as one falling to receive prompt attention. Five candidates rode the goat through —Tne insurance on the contents of but have the pleasure of making close Mrs-S. J. Wilson.who was with her mother sleep. The cause of her death was dys­ C. H. Bennett . the looking-glass and nine applications examinations if they like. Exhibitors in Lapeer county, when the death messenger pepsia and nervous prostration. the barn burned on the farm of Charles Sewing Machines. w’ere passed upon by the tent during 11. Seibert, of Bengal township, has are required to keep their stalls and came, returned to her home in this village There is now only oue survivor of her the evening. Between 85 and 40 appli ­ surroundings clean and the walks free father s family, a sister of the deceased, For the best assortment of the best been adjusted at $205. Mr. Seibert from obstructions. One great feature Inst week. cations have been acted upon by Keyes considers bis loss outside this amount Mrs W. A. Hance, of Springfield, O., is here Mrs. Charles Morse. Sewing Machines in the market, Sew­ tent during the past few days, aud the of the fair is worthy of consideration* visiting her brother, C. E. \ anSIckle and The funeral was held from the house. ing Machines Oils and repairs, call on to be about five hundred dollars. Be­ the facility it offers for the sale of live Rev.A. P. Moore, her pastor, officiating. tent now has a membership of 112. sides this his sons lost buggies, etc-, family. From here she will go to Petoskey to me. A. B. Bai .com . They have firmly resolved to hustle un ­ stock, as many go there to make pur ­ which were not insured. chases if they can find something suit­ visit her son. til, by September 1. they expect to have George W. Emmons and family, and Mrs. Notice ot Proposed Sewer on Trowbridge Renovating by Steam. a membership of 150 Rights, who will —Huxteis and truck peddlers, who able. This feature is so well known to Street. Bring your Pillows and Feather Beds labor to protect the widow and care for go from house to house to sell their pro ­ experienced breeders and stockmen that Emmous' mother, went to their summer home at Argentine last Friday evening to spend ,a Notice is hereby given that it is pro- to us and have them renovated and the orphan. ducts, should be more considerate of the they have their sale animals on exhibi ­ made as good as new. Prices : Pillows wishes and feelings of property owners tion ready to show those who wish to fortnight or more. osed to construct a sewer on Trow- After initation, all business was sus­ iridge street from the center of Bald­ per pair, 50c; Beds, $1. Will call for pended and the balance of the evening than to rnn across lawns and over flower buy. There have always been both buy ­ Mrs. Binze, daughter and sister, of Chicago, articles and return them when desired. beds. They should keep the walks and ers and sellers at all our fairs in years arrived this morning and will spend a vaca­ win street to and connecting with the given to speeches, short talks and a main sewer on Buchan nan street, that Call on or address C. Evans & Son . splendid social time. leave a feeiing with the house owners jast, and many animals have changed tion in our village, the guests of Mrs. Rudolph Cor. Clinton Ave. and Gibbs St. that they would be pleased to see them lands at fabulous prices, hence buyers Goetteand family. plats and diagrams of the said proposed Pioneer Plcuic. another day, instead of looking about and sellers are cordially invited to at­ Mrs Rufus Hosner and her daughter Lizzie, work and the locality to be improved, Great together with an estimate of the ex ­ Bargain in a Home. for a large dog to keep them off the tend and test the truth of this recom­ who were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H, A comfortable and well-preserved The anuual picnic of the Clinton premises entirely. mendation. Those desiring cataloges pense of constructing the same, are County Pioneer Society will be held in Vauconsant, returned to their home in Lan ­ open to the inspection of the public, at house with 24 acres of land, comfortable —A farmer who has had experience containing premiums aud other inform ­ sing Tuesday afternoon. horse barn, plenty of fruit, shade and Trowbridge's grove, near Muskrat Lake, ation should address the secretary, who any time, at tne office of the village on Saturday, August 14. Come to this writes: “Every year I hear of caterpil ­ Rev. E Willard, the new partor of the Bap ­ clerk at the drug store of Travis & ornamental trees, small fruits, good well lars destroying whole orchards, and will send one free of charge. tist church, went toCbicagp Monday evening and cistern, a short distance south of meeting, pioneers of Clinton, and enjoy It. DuBois, Secretary. Baker, on Clinton avenue, m said vil­ a reunion and a review of the scenes of there is nothing to be disposed of more for the purpose of moving his family and lage. our beautiful high school building, and early times. Everybody interested in easily. I bore a hole into the tree, deep household effects to 8t. Johns. connected by a good sidewalk, for sale enough to reacli the sap, fill it with sul Notice is also given that the property the work and the worth of the pioneers A SUNDAY SCHOOL CIRCUS. Mr. and Mrs. R.S. Clark, and two children which it is proposed to assess for the at a bargain. For full particulars call will be made welcome. The following pher and then plug it up. The result is who have been spending several weeks with at this office. magical. The sap takes up the sulplier expense of constructing said sewer program has been arranged for this Such is the Production of Ringling Bros., her parents at Mt. Yernon, O., returned to according to benefits derived, is des­ meeting, the Bengal grange choir fur- to every branch and twig, and the cater­ their home and friends In this village last Farm for Sale. pillar dies. I have never known a tree the Princes of Showmen. cribed as follows, to-wit: niebing the music: Ringling Bros. ’ circus has come and Monday afternoon. Lots 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, The John Scriven farm on sections Call to order by President Stowell at 10 a- m to be injured by it, and I have used it five and six, in Victor, eight miles from for years.” gone and this visit has greatly added to Mrs. E. I. Hall and son Raymond left this block 08. Music. the former good opinion held by their morning for Berlin, Vt„ to spend a few weeks West 4 lots 11,12, block 67. St. Johns, will be sold cheap, or will Prayer. —The suit brought before Justice host of friends in this vicinity. with her parents. She has not seen her Lots 9,10, block 67. trade the same for St. Johns property, Kecitation by Mrs. S. W. Norris. Marshall, July 3U, by Albert A. Love, For a clean, orderly, moral and hon ­ mother during a period of thirteen years. Lots 11,12, block 70. or smaller farm. The farm consists of “Incidents of Pioneer Days,” by G. W. as complainant, against I. Jay Mead, estly conducted big show the aggrega­ They will also visit Partland. Lot 10, block 70. 217 acres, good buildings and orchard. Thomas, of Grand Ledge. both of Duplain township, charging de­ tion of Ringling Bros, is without a Ricbard DuBois and wife left here about Lots 7, 8, block 69. Euquireot William Byrne, administra ­ Music. fendant with depriving live stock of peer in this country. three weeks ago for an outing at Petoskey Lots 5, 6, block 09. tor, or J. II. Fedewa, St. Johns. necessary sustinance, came to naught. Lots 3, 4, block 69. Adjournment for dinner and sociability. In every town that Ringling Bros, and vicinity. When at Traverse City Mrs . Du- Smoke “ St. Johns Bouquet,” 5 cent*. AFTERNOON SESSION, 1:30 P. M. There were a number of witnesses had shown in before reaching St. Johns Buis was taken sick, and so remained until Lots 1, 2, block 69. Music. sworn on both sides, but the evidence they caused from 15 to 35 arrests Notice is also given that the council obtained was not sufficient to warrant they returned home last week Friday. will meet at the council rooms in said Smoke “Royal Crown Perfecto,” 10 Recitation by Miss Josie Pearce. through the effective agency of their Mrs. A. A. Welling, of Ionia, arrived here cents. ______“Early Times,” G. M. Foreman. the prosecuting attorney in holding the detective force, but here in St. Johns village, on Monday, August 16,1897, at accused for trial in the circuit court, Tuesday for a month'B respite from business 7:30 o ’clock p. m., to hear and consider Recitation, Miss Bertha Lyon. not an arrest was made during the day, and domestic cares, which will be divided be ­ Insurance. therefore he was dismissed. a fact which surprised the justices of any objections to proposed work or “Pioneering,” G. W. Estes. tween friends In St. Johns and her good said assessment district or anything Fire, Life and Cyclone. Music. —The St. Johns Manufacturing Com­ the peace, who had increased the size mother, Mrs. Wm. Bolds. In Greenbush. Her T. C. Butler . of their prisoners box with a view of a connected therewith. Recitation. pany will resume operations next Mon daughter and husband. Walter Cattermole, of Dated St. Johns, Mich. August 2, ’97. * Recollections of Early Times.” Rev. J day, after a cessation of a month for rushing business. The fact speaks the same city, will soon join her. M. McDonald , he state savings hank Gunderman. inventory and repairs. The stock of well for the law abidibg people ot our beautiful village. James J. Robbins and wife and their little Village Clerk. OF FOWLER. manufactured goods have been pretty neice, Florence Greenfield, of Sheyboygan T W COMPANY G., M. N. G., IONIA. well cleared out during this time. When CAPITAL, $15,000. Mem Bern of the Farmer*' Mutual Fire In- Falls, Wisconsin, have been the guests of his Took a Spirit Picture they get well under way they expect to A dispatch to the Detroit Tribune be able to give employment to at least nurance Company of Clinton County. sister, Mrs. M. F. Richmond the past week. NET ASSETS OF STOCKHOLDERS, *500,00$. It is Disrupted and Will Probably Dis­ Your attention is called to sections This brother and sister had been separated says that photographer Will McSherry, three hundred operatives. The works, of Hubbardston, formerly of St. Johns, band. under the personal supervision of Maj. of the by-laws ef said company, which for twenty years and the meeting was indeed FRANK GRULER, President. a happy one. They left for their home in recently took a family group. There FREDERICK SCHEMER, Vice-President. Co. G., M. N. G., of Ionia, held a red D. S. French, who has had years of ex ­ reads as follows : was only one child in it and she stood hot election Monday evening to fill the perience as secretary, and practically Sec. 3. While using steam for mo­ Wisconsin Monday morning. W. H. 8NELLING, Cashier. tive power in threshing, the insurance beside her mother. When the plate vacancy caused by the promotion of manager of the concern, gives every evi­ was developed a second child was re­ Capt. J. II. Mitchell, recently elected dence of great future success and a ben ­ shall stand suspended unless the engine The Hens Got Out Again. DIRECTORS: vealed, standing with its hand on the Constantine Feldpauech, Frederick Schemer major. First Lieut. VV. D. McDonald efit to our business interests, all coming stands more than thirty feet from stacks One of the most unique affaire ever living child ’s shoulder. It can be ex ­ through Mr. French ’s broad ideas of or buildings, and at least four pails of W. H. Snelling, Michael Spitzley, and Orderly Sergt. Alfred Harley were held in this village was given by Mrs plained in only one way. The spirit of the candidates. The polls were open right and justice to all. water, independent of the thresher ’s the child was photographed, and was A. E. Dutcher, Frank Gruler. for three hours, and the contest was a supply, are within convenient distance, A. Shaver last Friday evening to the Constantine Gruler. and some suitable person remains with recognized as a sister of the living child. bitter one. Harley won out by five THE PREMIUM LIST. members of the “ Jolleight Hen Club. ” votes. Lieuts. McDonald aud Water- the engine at all times during the day. pff* Four per cent. Interest paid on time deposits! 47tf Chas . B. G iffels, Promptly at 8 o ’clock the hens, both Taxpayers, Take Notice. bury will resign from the company, and lean and fat, were all there and at once Secretary. Village taxes are now due and payable QTATE BANK OF ST. JOHNB. it is expected that half of the rank and Select Your Articles From the List and flew to the loft, but not to “ roost, ” as at the offices.of the Village Treasurer at tile will follow them. —Journal. Then Compete for the Prises. New Officers Elected. nonest hens should have done, for the the State Bank of St. Johns. Please COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS “feed” scattered before them was more call and pay same on or before August Those Three III hr * Wanted. In this issue we publish the list of The following are the newly elected CAPITAL 60,000. officers of Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1: than these bipeds could resist. They 9th in order to save an extra charge of premiums to be competed for at our proceeded to fill their maws with such On the night of July 10, 1897, three Foreman —George E. R. Woodruff. 3 per cent. I will be at the State Bank NET ASSETS OF STOCKHOLDERS $900,00$. tramps were arrested upon our streets coming county fair, which will be held Assistant Foreman —Geo. Hyatt. food as only “ fouls” can eat, and strut­ every Saturday evening from now until September 28,29,30 and October!. Look Secretary—D. L. Hunt. ted about in their gay plumage, while Aug. 9th from 8 to 10 P. M. to receive P. K. PERRIN, Preildent. for vagrancy and on suspicion. While Treasurer—Geo. L. DuBois. their clucking and cackling was almost taxes, in addition to regular hanking O. W. MUNGER, Vice-President. the officer was conducting them to the it over carefully and select the articles deafening. Literary Notes. hours. J. W. FITZORR VLD. Cashier. jail, and when near the corner of C. E for which you are willing to enter into After the various races and contests 45tf Rodney A. Beebe. In McClures Magazine for September will he were declared off (in which all the hens H. H. FITZGERALD, AmlsUnt Ball’s residence, they dropped into the competition for first or second prize. reproduced a superb life-cast ot the face of grass several finger rings. At about MS ’ " had entered) and the prizes awarded, Advertised Letters. somewhere in or near the loft, Old Brin- DIRECTORS: noon of the following day, three of these Licensed to Wed. O. W. Munger, Geo. F. Marvin, J. W, Fitzgerald. were found by a little girl, and a dle jingled her bell, which so frightened Aug. 6.1897. Date. Name and Residence. Age _ w A IOICUv Vi ■ w * * v ’ V1 v J. H. Co. bit, J.H. Fedewa. Geo. W. Em- set ring was found about the same place lisbed. In the same number of McClures these poor birds that they flew for their Corwin, Mrs. D. H. Mans, Mrs. Samuel July SO— Ellsworth G. Holmes. Duplain ...... II respective “roosts. ” squawking with all Gaylord. Miss Edith Newton, Charles tnons, Jas. Richardson, P, K. Perrin, by Fred Bell. Sheriff Dunn desires the will be reproduced the only portrait ever O. 8. Allison, G. E. Corbin. little girl or her parents, to return the Forest A. Walts, Elsie ...... 22 painted of Mrs. Henry Clay. It also has their might (with never the voice of a Kramer. Miss Maggie Patrick. Lena July ill—Charles L. Cheney. Bengal ...... 21 never been published. Notes by Mr. C. Henry chanticleer to break the din of their Morse, Charley Reynolds, Charley Jeme Sullivan. three rings to him. lie desires them Margaret Vogt. Ionia ...... 21 Hart will relate the history of the portraits McKerry, Thomas Stewart, Mrs. E. for identification by parties at Grand and the circumstance under which they were tumultuous uproar) long live the genial McLaughlin, Miss Lorena Aug. 2—Oliver J. McQulaton, 8t. Johna ...... 28 H. D. McCabe , P. M. 4 Per Cent. Interest Peld on Time Deposits Haven. Ruby Setherlngton, Elsie...... 19 produced. • hostess One of the Hens . CLINTON INDEPENDENT. THURSDAY, AUG. 5. 1897

TWEEN THE LAKES. MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS. Frank Klumpp, proprietor of a large ITEMS OF INTEREST. NEWSY CONDENSATIONS. UPRISING AGAINST BRITISH. stock farm near Port Huron, attempted Two Lehigh trains collided at Depew Sertoo* Revolt In India With- Consider­ Deyers &■ Deville will locate a furni ­ to suicide by severing the arteries in junction, near Buffalo, N. Y., killing able Met righting. ture factory at Hudson to employ 50 his arms, Qut this evidently Droved too MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD men. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS PICKED Geo. Elletisbee, engineer, of Manches ­ In consequence of the rapid spread slow so he jumped into his cistern and ter, and Chas. Eddy, fireman, of Sayre. FOR MICHIGANDERS. Wm. Bumford, aged 75, fell from a was drowned. Family troubles. PROM I8COU8LY* of the revolt against British authority in India, from 12,000 to- 15*000 natives load of grain near Stanwocd and broke A meat market belonging to Martin A freight train was stalled in Lewis tunnel, near Hinton, W. Va., and the now being under arms, the govern ­ A Large Number of P. P. Homiteadera his neek. Kramer aud a grocery store occupied Labor Loaders l>ecl o'clock the next Holland and will die from the effects Bears are said to be unusually com­ It is stated Gen. Maximo Gomez, the leader of the Cuban insurgenls, has day. The English lost five wounded. Upper Penlnanla Settlera Made Happy, of her injuries. mon about Seney. Geo Taylor was at­ The native loss is not known, but it is Organised Labor Stand* by the Miner* reaffirmed his determination not to ac­ The action of U. S. Land Commis­ Mrs. Eva Krahl, aged 50, of Marion, tacked by a large black bear while re­ believed to have- been heavy. Fort turning home from the mill, but bruin The conference of the heads of labor cept a compromise with the Spanish sioner Hermann in sending back to the was fatally burned while filling her government, but to adhere to his de­ Chakdara is strong enough to- resist Marquette land office the contest be ­ gasoline stove. retreated after receiving several organiztionsof the United States called any attack and it has a good supply of thumps on the head with an iron bar. mand for the absolute independence of tween the Michigan Land and Iron Co. Labor Commissioner Cox has ap ­ at Wheeling, W. Va., by President Cuba. ammunition^ The only fear is that and the settlers will cause an open The wife of Wallace. J. Scoby pointed Samuel Howes inspector for Ratchford, of the United Mine Work­ The Egyptian intelligence depart- the garrison may become exhausted court contest for 30,000 acres of land northern Michigan. dropped a lighted lamp at Grand Rap ­ ers, and approved by President Gom- by constant fighting. The tribesmen ids. The oil caught fire and Mrs. has received word of heavy tribal and may jeopardize the title to nearly pers, of the American Federation of are sending forth fresh- relays contin ­ By the upsetting of a rowboat on Scoby was probably fatally burned. fighting up the fcile between the der­ 10 times that dluch. Labor, was attended by 30 delegates ually. British reinforcements with' Diamond lake, near Cassopolis, Miss A young son was suffocated, while vishes and the Jaalins. The latter The land claimed by the Michigan representing nearly every branch of abundant suppliesof ammunition have Deanie O’Dell was drowned. two other children escaped. Scoby is suffered defeat after heavy loss on Land and Iron Co. is the old Marquette, organized labor. President Ratchford arrived at Dargai. The march was- Houghton

dearest, It Is growing chilly; let ns toe SILENT SUFFERERS. DOUBLE COURTSHIP. going home. ” The lovers arose and sauntered slow­ Women do not Like to Tell a Doctor LOVE you, Doro ­ ly homeward, hand in hand, in the the Details of Their thy, and you know deepening autumn twilight. Private Ills. Pill Clothes. it,” said handsome A few weeks afterward Towne re­ ceived a pressing business call to tho The good pill haa a good coat. The pi’l coat Horace Towne, a 7 The reason why so many women suffer serves two purposes; it protects the pill, en­ wealthy young south, so, bidding his little sweetheart in silence from the multiple disorders con ­ northerner, to a an affectionate farewell, he departed abling it to retain all its remedial value, and it nected with their sexual system is that fair southern girl, for an Indefinite stay. m they cannot bear to broach the subject disguises the tasto for tha palate. Some p&l as they roamed the • •••••• to a man, even if he is a physician. coats are too heavy; they will not dissolve & 1 green New England “Madam, have I the honor of ad­ No one can blame a modest, sensitive tho stomach, and the pills they cover pass hills together, "I dressing Mrs. Gray?” asked a hand ­ woman for this reticence. It is unneces ­ love you, Dorothy, some young man of perhaps 30 years as sary in these times, however, for a woman through the* system as harmless as a bread and believe you he alighted from his horse in front of makes to all afflicted women a most generous pellet. * Other coats are too light, and permit the care for me. Why will you not oonsent a spacious, old-time southern residence. I offer. Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn, Mass., bids every speedy deterioration of the pill. After 30 years to become my wife?” “You have, sir,” returned the pleas ­ woman who suffers to write to her and confide oxposure, Ayer's Sugar Coated Pills have been Dorothy gazed longingly across the ant faced old lady. “And whom have I every symptom that annoys her, and she will give distant hills and answered, hesitating ­ the pleasure of addressing? ” her advice without charge, and that advice is found as effective as if Just fresh from the labor ­ ly. “Because I love somebody else.” “My name Is Towne, madam, Horace based upon the greatest experience ever possessed atory. It's a good pill with a good coat. Ask “Then why did you not tell me this Towne, If you please. I live at College- by man or woman in this country, and extends over #your druggist for before? Why did you lead me blindly town, New England. I represent a a period of twenty-three years, and thousands upon on to this proposal? I did not think northern company which Is about to thousandsof cases. Why suffer in silence any longer, It of you, Dorothy, ” exclaimed Horace, erect a large cotton mill near here, my sister, when you can get help for the asking? Don ’t fear to tell her every thing. Ayer’s Cathartic Pills. in tones that clearly betrayed his bit ­ and I desire to enjoy your hospitality The case of Mrs. Colony, whose letter to Mrs. Pinkham we publish, is an ter disappointment. for a short time, madam, at whatever illustration of the good to be received from Mrs. Pinkham ’s advice ; here is a 1!ore pill particulars in Ayer's CurebooV. loo pages. “I cot 1 Id not tell you until you asked remuneration you may see fit to ask.” woman who was sick for years and could get no relief—at last in despair she Sent tree. J. C. Ayer-Co., Lowell, Maas. me, Horace,” -eplied Dorothy, In tones "Alight and come In, ” was the cour­ wrote to Mrs. Pinkham —received in return a prompt, sympathetic and inter ­ whose plaintiff tenderness evinced her teous reply. “We can probably ar­ ested reply. Note the result and go and do likewise. utmost sincerity, “and can you doubt range things satisfactorily. Sam (this “ I was troubled with such an aching in my back and hips, and I felt so tired that I have acted honestly toward to the grinning little negro boy who all the time, and had for four years. For the last year it was all I could do to you?” stood by) take fare -of the gentleman ’s drag around. I would have such a ringing in my head by spells that it seemed For growing' berries of all kinds se­ The largest watermelon grown in “Well,” said Horace, “you have ncted herse. ” « as though I would grow crazy. I ached from my shoulders to my feet and lect well-drained soil on which some the south this seasonnvasshipped from as if you cared something for me.” Horace went In, threw off his mack­ was very nervous. I was also troubled with a white discharge. I wrote to Mrs. hoed crop was produced last season, Atlanta, tia., to President McKinley. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., received a prompt reply and followed her advice, and “And so I do,” answered Dorothy, intosh and heavy riding boots, washed potato ground being best It weighed 78 pounds. now I have no backache and begin to feel as one ought ; in fact, I never felt bet ­ blushing slightly, as she dropped her and prepared for supper and made ter in ten years than I do now. I thank God that I went doctoring with Mrs. Shake Into Your Shoes The importance of the maternal sn- glance fugitively to the ground, then cestry is now so generally recognized himself generally at home. He met his Pinkham when I did, for if I had not I know I would have been in my grave.” Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the silently raising her deep brown eyes to stately hostess again at the supper that this is called the broodmare age —Mas. Nellie E. Colony , Nahma, Mich. feet. It cures painful, swollen, smart­ of trotting breeding. meet her companion's rapt gaze. table. ing feet and instantly takes the sting “Do you really care for me then? ” “So you are from Collegetown, New out of corns and bunions. It is the Fruit Is considered by many author!- ‘iS?i Thompson ’s EfS WitM. asked Horace, anxiously. England, are you?” she observed. “I ties as one of the best aids to diges­ greatest comfort discovery of the age. “Of course I do,” said Dorothy, earn ­ MORPHINE and WHISKY HABITS.* Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting have an only daughter there, in school, tion. Therefore, they say it should be HOMF. CUKE. Book FUZE. DM. J. C. or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain estly. though I dare say you never met her, eaten freely. Its beneficial effect is OPIUM UOlimK, CHICAGO, ILL “But not quite so much as you eare cure for sweating, callous and hot, as she is too busily engrossed with her due to the malic and other acids which nDHDCV MEW DISCOVERY; (ire* tired, aching feet. Try it loday. Sold for some one else?” studies to do her duty by society.” are found in the cultivated fruits, such Lf f\ W I O 1 quick relief and cure* worst rhe Weapon Small,—but None More rend for book of te.tlnionlal. and lO dafl’ by all druggists and shoe stores. By “I did tot say so.” "Ah! What did I understand you to as pears, apples, grapes, etc. treatment Free. Or. H.H.UHe.S’8 softs. lUuit. Ua. mail for 25c in stamps. Trial package “But you said you loved some one Certain or Effective. say was your daughter's name? ” In ­ There is a physician in Paris who de­ FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le else and could not he my wife on that Roy, N. Y. quired the artful Horace, apparently clares that the milk diet usually or­ account, ” protested Horace. more out of courtesy to his hostess dered In fever cases is largely respon ­ In these times when backs are lame, “So I did, Horace," replied the beau ­ It iz quite possible to tell how mutch when almost every othev one we meet has than genuine interest. sible for the falling out of the hair. tiful southerner; “but I did not tell you branes a man has got, but to tell how now and then, or all the time, a back that “Miss Dorothy Gray.” He believes that a vegetable diet wili tl? TO tKCu be made working lor as. mutch harte iz another thing entirely. who that somiLody Is, did I?” 1 O Partle. preferred who can giro tbelr idles or pains —“a weak back, ” “a bad "What: Miss Dorothy Gray? Why, cure baldness or at any rate ward It whole time to the buetnow Spare back, ” a back that mukes their life a mis­ “No, Dorothy, you did not. Who Is It? Ppr Wrl'k hour*, though, may be profitably en- I am thrice blessed! WelU well, but I off and he points to the hairy Scot ■ vi ft L

Ail entries In this class must be made on or Hubbard squashes ...... 40 crock lard...... 75 1 00 60 before tbe tlrst day of tbe fair. Turban squashes ...... 40 cheese out less than 20 lbs. H, doz flower paintings 00 por ­ The Independent Tne judging in this olaaii to be done accord­ Mammoth squashes ...... 40 factory made...... 1 00 celain ...... 1 00 5» LIST OF PREMIUMS! ing to the American Standard of Excellence, Crook Neck squashes ...... 40 cheese hand made...... 1 00 V4 doz plates ...... - i oo 60 latest edition, and all specimens not ooinlng New variety squashes ...... — 40 honey In oouib five lbs. or Ornamental platter ..... a ...... 1 00 60 up to tue requirements will be ruied out for Field pumpkins ...... 40 more...... 40 BBOKQE 8 . CORBIT. Proprietor TO BE COMPETED FOR AT THE CLIN­ competition for premiums. No first premium Bwbet pumpkins ...... 40 honey In cans ...... 40 Glass 35-Plautf and Flowers.ers. shall be awarded where tbo bird does not New variety pumpkins ...... 40 maple sugar 10 lbs or more 40 'rank a. Dewitt, * TON COUNTY FAIR, Coll ection of house plants, not less O. CLAIR STOCK, f Lessee! fairly fill 75 points In tbe scale of 100. TOMATOES. inside syrup 1 gallon ...... 40 Tbe following premiums sre offered for umber syrup „•...... 40 than two doz pots ...... t 00 1 00 poultry to be shown In pairs: Peck Red tomatoes ...... 40 Six plants different varieties in pots 1 00 50 Yellow tomatoes ...... 40 inlDoepies ...... 40 Thk Diugley tariff bill as fixed up by To be Held In St. Johns, Tuesday, Wednes- i apple pie ...... 40 Display of cut flowers, not lots than I Fowls. Cbioks Peach tomatoes...... 40 pumpkin pie ...... 40 six designs ...... 1 00 SO dny, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 28, Brahamas — 1st Id. 1st. 2d Plum tomatoes ...... to Floral design ...... 40 *0 tbe conference committee has passed ...... 50 40 cream pie ...... 40 Light. 50 40 M dozen cucumbers fit for table ..... —. 40 lemon pie ...... 40 Collection of dahlias... j...... 40 30 both houses, been signed by the presi ­ 29, SO and Oct. 1, 1897. Dark...... 50 40 50 40 8 stands celery...... 40 Zion las ...... a ...... 40 30 Cochin- custard pie ...... 40 dent and is now a law. In this the Re­ 8 bunches lettuce...... 40 marble cake...... 40 Asters...... 40 30 Bull...... 50 40 50 40 New variety lettuce...... 40 sponge cage...... 40 Verbenas ...... 40 20 publican party bps fullfilled its pledge. Partridge...... 50 40 50 40 Endive lettuce...... 40 Pansies ...... 40 90 White ...... 50 40 60 40 coffee cake...... 40 40 Now we will watch for the wave of HORSES. 8 watermelons...... 40 fruitcake...... 40 Phlox ...... 20 Black...... 50 40 80 40 3 musktnelons ...... 40 loaf cake...... 40 Balsams...... 40 90 l.angsbaus ...... 50 40 50 H peck Lima beaus ...... 40 Petunias ...... a ...... a ...... 40 30 prosperity which has been so long a Plymouth Rocks...... 40 50 new kind of cake...... 40 Clssses, 1. 2, and 3, horses three years old or ...... 50 Sample parse I y...... 40 layer cake...... 40 Geraniums ...... 40 20 time on the way. The wave com­ Wyandot tes...... 50 4 J 50 H dozen vegetable eggs...... 40 carnations ...... s...... 40 20 over, to be shown in harness. chocolate cake...... —.... 40 Polish — Peck Salsify...... 40 sugar cookies ...... 40 Hanging baskets ...... 40 30 menced to arrive, so far as the monpo- Black...... 60 40 50 1 dozen red peppers ...... 40 Pair hand baskets ...... 40 30 White ...... ’...... -50 to 60 ginger cookies ...... 40 lies and trusts are concerned, some time Class 1—Horses for all work. Golden Upright peppers .....— 40 doughnuts ...... 40 Parlor boquet ...... a .... 40 3) Silver...... 50 40 .50 New variety peppers ...... 40 Basket boquet ...... 40 20 1st. 2nd. Golden ...... 60 40 .60 gingerbread ...... 40 before the final passage of the bill. The Citron ...... 40 cornbread ...... 4o Plate boquet- ...... 40 20 lumber lords saw prosperity in the $2 Stallion 4 years old or over ...... ft 00 8 00 Black Spanish ...... 50 40 50 Peck Sweet potatoes ...... 40 Six button-bole bouuets ...... 40 90 Stallion 8 years old ...... 4 on 8 00 Legharns — Sweet yams...... 40 Class 29—Embroidery. Autumn leaves and grasses...... 40 30 tariff on lumber. Rut what does it Stallion 2 years old ...... 8 00 2 00 White ...... 50 A0 50 % dozen radishes ...... 40 Single pot plant grown by ex ­ Gelding 4 years old or over ...... 8 ou 7(0 Brown ...... 50 40 80 Best and greatest variety of vege­ Best collection ten or more pieces by . hibitor...... —...... 40 20 bring to the people who use lumber? Gelding 8 years old ...... 8 00 2 00 Black...... 50 40 .60 tables grown by one exhibitor ...... 1 00 one person ...... —...... l 50 The sugar tiust has already reaped mil­ Mare 4 years old or over ...... —... 3 oo 2 00 Ham burgs — Best and greatest variety of roo ’s for sideboard cover ...... ;...... 75 16 Years Mare 8 years old ...... 3 00 2 00 Golden Spangled ...... 50 40 60 feeding stock ...... I 00 lunch cloth ...... ;...... 60 lions by the advance in their stocks. Mare or gelding 2 year* old ...... 2 50 1 50 8. Ivor Spangled ...... 50 40 50 Collection of vegetables grown by a tablecloth ...... 50 of Age. It is prosperity for them. Rut the con ­ Mare or gelding 1 year old ...... 2 50 1 50 Golden Penciled ------...... 50 40 50 boy under 16 yeurs of age...... 1 00 toilet towels ...... 60 75 56 Colt under one year old ...... 2 50 1 60 Silver Penciled ...... 50 40 .60 uapklns ...... 50 75 50 sumers of sugar will pay these millions. Span 3-year-olds...... 4 00 8 00 Black...... 60 40 .60 Glass 25—Fruit. center piece ...... 50 5o 25 Span geldings 4 years old or over. .. 4 10 3 00 Colored Dorkings ...... 50 40 50 doilies, not less than three ...... - 50 40 60 APPLES. Plain penmanship ...... 50 25 The millionaire Jas. R. Keane has Span gelding and mare 4 years old or White Dorkings ...... 50 bead-spread on cottoo or linen.. 50 Patch work quilt...... 50 *25 cleared $2,000,000 by the rise in his sugar over ...... 4 00 3 00Dominiques ...... 40 50 Collection of app ’es grown by exhibi ­ table-spread on cotton or linen. 50 Plain woolen socks...... 40 20 Span mares 4 years old or over ...... 4 00 8 (0 White Bantams ...... 50 40 50 tor, correctly labeled, giving a suc­ toilet set...... 60 Plain woolen stockings .... 40 20 stocks even before the bill had gone to a Brood mare with foal by side, 4 y’rs The committee Is authorized to award not cession of fruit throughout tbe table covers on wool or silk...... 75 Plain woolen mitten ...... 40 20 vote. How does his gain of two million old or over ...... 3 00 2 00 to exoeed three first and two second upon any usual season ...... 1 00 50 table scarf on wool or silk...... 75 Plain haDd sewing ...... 40 20 Note —All horses enteied for speed shall not worthy variety of breeding pens, pens to oon- Twelve varieties of winter apples sofa pillow ...... 50 Ornamental sewing ...... 40 •Jo dollars help the people at large? When beeligible to compete for other premiums of ­ slst of a cock and five hens — 80 to first and 40 grown by exhibitor and correctly picture drape ...... 50 Machine sewing ...... 40 30 fered Dy tbe society. to second. labeled giving a succession of fruit mantle drape ...... 50 Crochet tidy...... 40 3) a man makes money that way somebody for the usual season ....—...... 1 00 easels...... 60 Canvas tidy...... 40 3) has to pay it. The consumers chip in Class 2—Roadsters. Class 20-Turkeys, Geese, Etc. 8lx varieties of winter apples grown skirt...... •••• . 40 30 by exhibitor for market purposes. .1 00 infant ’s blanket Carriage horses 3 years old or over must be . 40 20 their dimes and dollars to make up the TURKEYS. Summer Varieties. footrest ...... 60 25 . 40 90 shown to buggy. Bronze ...... 9 75 6C pincusheon ...... 50 26 30 amount. How does the farming com­ Stallion 4 years old or over ...... $4 00 8 00 Early Harvest...... 40 Sample hop rising bread ...... 40 White ...... 85 4C tidy...... 50 25 . 40 JO Stallion 8 years old ...... 4 00 3 00 Primate...... 40 cotnb and brush tray...... 50 25 munity of Gratiot like it, anyway? And Stallion 2 years old ...... 3 00 Buff...... 85 4( 8weet Bough ...... 40 , 40 30 2 00 Grey...... 85 4C photograph case...... 50 9» Tin mixed biscuits... . 40 30 tbe duty on hides; the farmer who sells Gelding 4 years old or over ...... 3 00 2 (JO Red Astracban ...... 40 pin tray...... 50 25 Gelding 8 years old ...... 3 00 Black...... 85 4C Early Strawberry ...... 40 . 40 30 2 00 . 40 20 two or three hides a year may get a few Mare or gelding 2 years old ...... 2 50 I 60 DUCKS. Early Joe ...... -...... 40 piano cover...... 1 00 50 Mare or gelding 1 year old ...... 2 60 Hand made calico dress...... 40 20 cents more for them, but the tariff will 1 50 Rouen ...... 60 8C Autumn Varieties. fire screen ...... 50 25 Prettiest dressed doll by girl Mare 4 > ears old or over ...... 3DU 2 00 Aylesbury...... 50 8C Maiden Blush ...... 40 veil case...... 50 26 under 12 years of age...... 40 20 be an excuse for putting uj) the price of Marc 8 years old ...... 3 00 2 00 Cayuga...... 50 8C Twenty on nee ...... 40 get lunch cloth napk ’s A doilies 50 25 Collection of paintings four pieces... . 75 50 tbe shoes he has to buy, and he will lose Colt under l year old ...... 2 60 1 60 Topknot ...... 50 3C Chenango Strawberry...... 40 . 40 20 Brood mare 4 years old or over with Muscovey ...... 50 8C Hawley...... 40 DRAWN WORK. . 40 20 dollars where he makes dimes by the foal by side...... 3 00 2 00 Pekin ...... 50 3C 20 Span 2-year-olds...... 4 00 3 00 Porter...... 40 Best collection ten or more pieces.. — 1 50 l 00 . 40 tariff, to say nothing of the great body Span matched horses ...... 4 00 UEE8E. Norton ’s Helen ...... 40 bed rpread ...... 50 26 Fancy apron ...... 40 20 8 00 pillow-shams ...... 50 26 Etching ...... 40 JO of shoe wearers who sell no hides and 8pan roadsters 4 years or over ...... 4 00 3 00 Toulouse ...... 85 4( Winter Varieties. Gentlemen ’s drivers...... 5 00 3 00 Bremen ...... 85 40 Jonathan ...... 40 tidy...... -...... 50 25 Brown Chins ...... /...... 85 40 set of six dollies ...... 50 25 Class 37 —Musical Instruments.lt8. thus get nothing back. Great is a pro ­ 20-ounoo:plppln ...... 40 tablecloth ...... 50 25 Class 3—Draught Horses. Dark China ...... 85 40 Peck's Pleasant ...... 40 display musical instruments ...... 2 00 1 00 tective tariff bill to bring prosperity to White China ...... 85 41 Red Canada ...... 4u napkins ...... 5» 26 the people. Robbing a thousand poor Note —In class 3, draught, all cross bred Wagoner ...... 40 center piece ...... fto 26 01 ass 38 —Miscellaneous. stallions may compete. Class 21—Ornamental. Northern Spy ...... 40 sideboard cover...... 60 25 Peters in a thousand (Jifferent ways to Stallion 4 years old or over ...... f4 00 3 00 toilet set...... 50 25 1...... 75 StalilonS years old ...... 4 00 8 00 King of Tompkins County ...... 40 handkerchief ...... 60 25 enrich one millionaire Paul, brings Peafowls...... 85 40 Yellow Bellflower...... 40 Cage of canary birds ...... 75 Stallion 2 years old ...... « 00 2 00 White ...... 65 4 Concord ...... 40 30 sofa pillow ...... 60 25 Hen ’s egg...... 20 comes from every direction. Speaking 50 I 50 Diehl Mediterranean wheat 80 * 40 Deleware...... -...... 40 20 headrest ...... 50 25 8 00 2 00 Fu!z wheat ...... 00 40 Peach ...... —...... 20 of this phase of the matter a prominent Hartford Prolific...... -...... 40 20 ottoman cover ...... 60 25 Plum...... -...... -...... 20 Mare 8 years old ...... 3 on 2 oo Lancaster wheat ...... 80 40 Isabella ...... 40 30 spclman band made lace...... 50 25 Mare 2 years old ...... 2 50 1 50 Surprise wheat ...... 80 ID Grape ...... 20 Philadelphia business man, now in Lady Washington ...... 40 20 pillow shams ...... 50 26 For the best collection of big things exhibit ­ Mare 1 year old ...... 2 50 1 .60 New variety red wheat ...... 80 40 Niagara...... 4) 20 Washington, said: “I hear that a gen ­ Mare under 1 year...... 50 50 New variety white wheat... 60 40 ed by one exhibitor, not enumerated in i 1 Pockllngton ...... 40 20 the above list, collection to consist of not Spring wheat ...... 40 ■ ...... 40 20 Class 31—Work by Woman Over eral rise in prices is to take place, and Buckwheat ...... 40 20 less than 8 varieties...... 1 00 Class 5—Clydesdales. CHERRIES. 70 Years of Age. that people may prepare to pay more BARLEY. Premiums same as In class t. Black Eagle...... 40 20 Glass 40—Manufactures.38. 4 or 6 rowed barley ...... 50 20 Best sofa pillow ...... 50 25 for their dry goods, clothing, boots and Class 6—Coach Horses. Black Tartarian ...... 10 20 6hams ...... 50 25 Best sewing machine, new ...... 1 00 50 2 rowed barley ...... 80 20 George Wood ...... 40 20 sheets and pillow-cases ...... 60 25 shoes, and all articles of hou^bold New variety barley ...... 40 20 .... 1 00 50 Premiums same as in class 4. Fa IIqw Spanish ...... 40 20 patchwork quilt...... 60 26 Boots and shoes ...... 1 00 50 necessity. If this is going to be so, I OATS. Early Richmond ...... 40 30 knit mittens ...... 40 20 .1 OU 60 Class 7 —Standard Bred Horses. White oats...... „...... 40 30 PEARS. men ’s knit hose ...... 40 20 .1 00 so predict tremendous discontent and dis­ woman's knit hose.. 40 ... 1 00 Premiums same as in class 4. Black oats ...... -...... 40 20 Summer Variety. 50 satisfaction among the people. In flush Yellow oats ...... 40 30 rugs...... 40 ...1 IK) 50 Bartlett...... 40 20 mending by hand ...... 40 times there would be no complaint, but Class 8 —Shire Horses. Mew variety of oats ...... 40 20 .... 1 OO 50 CORN. Clapp's Favorite ...... 40 20 specimen hand setylng ...... 40 .... 1 00 50 Autumn Variety, specimen etching ...... 40 ...1 00 50 when commodities rise and the volume Premiums same as In class 4. 12 ears Yellow dent corn ...... 40 20 ...... 40 .....2 00 1 00 of money is not increased, the common 40 20 20 Class 32—Knitlifig. Cooper ’s work ...... 60 2-6 40 30 Dutchess d’AngouIene ...... 40 20 Brooms ...... 50 25 people are bound to suffer, especially CATTLE. Browed yellow corn ..... 40 20 Flemish Beauty...... 40 20 Best bed spread ...... - 75 ..... 50 35 when, as now. there is no chance of an 8 rowed white corn ...... 40 20 Seek el...... 40 20 men's woolen hose ...... 40 8 rowed blazed yellow corn.. — .40 M Winter Variety. ladies’ woolen hose ...... 40 WAGONS, CARRIAGES AND HARNESS advance In wages. The upshot of the Class 9—Shorthorns. 40 20 men ’s cotton hose ...... 40 Vicar of Wakefield...... 40 20 ladles’ cotton hose ...... 40 MANUFACTURED IN THE COUNTY. Bull 3 years old or over ...... $398 0000 2 00 40 30 20 matter will be a revolt against the polit ­ 40 30 Winter Nellis...... 40 woolen mittens ...... 40 Best double carriage...... 8 00 1 Bull 2 years old ...... 3 30000 2 00 woolen mitteos, fancy ...... 40 ical party that passed the law that made Bull 1 year old ...... , 3 30000 2 00 40 M PEACHES. Single carriage...... 2 00 1 40 30 Barnard's Yellow...... 40 20 silk mittens,.fancy ...... 40 Double bu^gy open ...... 2 00 I Bull under one year old ...... 2 50 1 50 woolen lace...... 40 dearer all things the consumer is bound Cow 4 years old nr over ...... 3 co 2 00 Sweet corn ...... 40 30 Crawford ’s Early...... 40 20 Single buggy open ...... 2 00 1 O Evergreen sweet corn ...... 40 20 .... 40 •JO cotton lace...... 40 Skeleton buggy ...... 2 00 ] to buy, without increasing the ability Heifer 3 years old ...... 83 00 00 Crawford’s Late...... linen lace...... 40 Heifer 2 years old ...... 2 60 T 50 Early sweet corn ...... 40 ■20 Hill's Chili ...... 40 20 Sulkey...... a ...... 1 00 of the consumer to purchase the necess ­ New variety sweet corn ...... 40 90 ...... 40 20 skirt...... 50 Farm wagon ...... 2 00 1 Heifer 1 year old ...... 2 20000 i 00 Lord Palmerston ...... purse ...... 40 Heifer under 1 year old ...... 2 20000 i ‘JO White pop corn ...... 40 20 ...... 10 30 Single wagon ...... 2 00 1 aries of life. If the ltepublicon party 40 20 ...... 40 20 woolen slippers ...... 40 Bob sleighs ...... 1 00 Devons, Ayrshire*. Galloways, Holstelns, 40 20 Yellow RarerpIpe, new variety, ...... 40 20 child ’s slippers ...... 40 Cutter...... 1 00 hasn ’t a very rough row to hoe, I am child's sacque...... 40 Jerseys, Red Poles and Herefords, premiums New variety of pop corn ...... 40 20 PLUMS. Double farm harness ...... -..... 2 00 1 utterly without ability as a prophet. ” the same as In class 9. GRASS SEED. hassock ...... 40 Double carriage harness ...... 2 00 1 Rradahaw ...... 40 20 legglns ...... 40 Single harness ...... 2 00 1 Class 10—Grade Cows & Heifers. H bus. Red clover June grass seed.. 50 25 German Prune ...... «...... ___ 10 20 shoes ...... —...... 40 The hay fever will soon enter the lists Red clover Mammoth ...... 50 ■ Imperial Gage...... 10 20 shawl ...... 40 Special Premiums. against the gold fever for popularity. In this class all natives and crosses of any A lslke clover seed...... 60 25 Jefferson ...... 40 20 ladles’ vest 40 grade may compete. Timothy seed...... 50 22 Moore ’s Arctic...... 40 20 wool hood ...... 40 For Rockledge colts —foals of 1897. Free Petoskey will then be the Klondyke. Cow 4 years old or over ...... f3 00 2 00 Red top seed...... 50 25 Smith s Orleans ...... 10 20 silk hood. 40 service of Kockledge in 189H to the dam of Best milch cow of any age or breed 3 00 2 00 Flax seed...... 50 25 W ashlnirton ...... to 20 fascinator ...... 40 best colt by Rockledge exhibited with dam at Cow 8 years old ...... 3 oo 2 oo Hungarian grass seed...... 50 M ...... 40 30 tidy 40 fair. This will not bar entrance for any class The Time Fast Approaches. * Heifer 2 years old ...... 2 50 1 50 50 2.6 New Yariety.....-...... 40 30 premiums the society may offer. CROCHETING. H. L. KENRICK. Drs. R. S. & Co., tbenoted specialists, Heifer 1 year old ...... 2 50 1 »> Rye. 6C 26 Eaco plate must contain not less than five Heifer under 1 year...... ,...... 2 00 1 00 BEANS AND PEAS. Best bed spread, cotton or linen ...... "5 Owner of Rockledge —8589 surgeons and physicians of Muskegon, specimens shawl ...... So Animals entered for premiums in another Pea btans ...... 50 25 carriage afgban ...... 50 will soon visit this locality. Their fame class cannot compete for premiums In this 50 ■ Glass 27 —Canned and Dried FrnitB. shelf lambrequin ...... 50 OTHER FAIRS. class. 50 25 skirt...... ;...... is so far reaching that it is hardly neces ­ New variety of beans ...... 50 25 Note -AII fruit put up In acids will be re- so FOB 1997. no ceted bg the committee. purse ...... - 40 sary to comment upon their visit other Class 11—Fat Cattle. Field peas ...... 25 Jest and greatest variety of canned tidy, cotton or linen ...... 40 Barry county. Hastings, Sept. 28 to Oct 1. New variety of peas ...... 50 26 1 Edging, cotton or linen, ...... 40 Ottawa and West Kent at Berlin Sept 28 to than to 8tate»the time of their arrival. Steer or heifer 3 years old ...... 94 00 3 00 Best sample of hops ...... -...... 40 30 fruit...... * ...... fl 00 Oct 1. Steer or heifer 2 years old ...... 3 00 2 00 slippers...... 40 This fact alone will be sufficient to in ­ Best collection of grains not enum ­ Canned pears ...... 40 shoes ...... 40 Charlotte, Sept. 28 to oct. 1. Steer or heifer 1 year old ...... 2 50 1 50 erated in the above list not less Best and greatest variety of pickled Kent county, Sept. 20-25. sure a large attendance on these emi­ Steer or heifer under 1 year...... 2 00 1 00 silk hood ...... 40 nent physicians at their private parlors than 10 varieties...... 1 00 75 fruit...... 1 00 wool hood ...... 40 Ionia. Sept, 14-17. Best arid greatest collection of grains Can of Beans ...... » 40 fancy crocheting ...... 40 State Fair, Oarnd Rapids, Sept. 6-11. in the hotel. So wonderful is their 00 75 Peaches ...... 40 sofa pillow ...... 40 Calhoun, Sept. 28, *29. 30 and Oct. 1. skill, so seemingly marvelous their cures SHEEP. Cherries ...... 40 Strawberries...... 40 head rest...... 40 and so peerless their ability that Drs. Glass 23-VEGETABLES. Yellow Cherries ...... 40 Keep Cool by Taking a Lake Trip. R. S. & Co. stand to-day unapproachable Class 12—American Merino. Plums...... 40 Olats 33—Domestic Manufacture. rd three Visit Picturesque Mackinac, the is­ by any of their co-workers in the field Ram 3 years old or over ...... $3 00 2 00 bibit of Hed Raspberries ...... 40 Best braided rug...... 40 or medicine and surgery. Speedy res­ Ram 2 years old ...... 8 00 2 00 oes. Black Raspberries ...... 40 fansy rug. 40 land of cool breezes. Travel via the D. Grapes ...... 40 embroidered rug...... 40 toration to life, health, hope and hap ­ Ram 1 year old ...... 2 00 1 00 potatoes . & C. Coast Line. Send 2 cents for illus­ Buck lamb ...... 2 00 1 oo Quinces ...... 40 knit rug...... 40 piness has been the result that has been Peck Early Beauty of Hebron ...... 40 20 Cr&b Apples ...... 40 rag carpets, ten yarrs or more, . 80 trated pamphlet. Address Two ewes 8 years old or over ...... 2 00 1 00 A. A. Schantz Two ewes 2 years old ...... 2 CO 1 00 Early Vermont queen of the Gooseberries ...... 40 hand made shopping bag ...... 40 Two ewes 1 year old ...... 2 00 1 00 valley potatoes ...... 40 90 Tomatoes ...... 40 scrap bag ...... 40 Detroit, Mich. Two ewe lambs ...... 2 00 1 00 Bliss triumph potatoes ...... 40 20 Corn ...... 40 button bag ...... -...... -...... 40 While star potatoes ...... 40 30 Huckleberries ...... 40 opera s bag ...... routed through the heretofore unheard- Note —Ewes 3 years old or over shall have Burbank seeding potatoes ...... 40 20 Blackberries ...... 40 jartj ... of skill displayed by the doctors. bred and suckled lamb until three months be ­ Peeriess potatoes ...... 40 30 Cranberries ...... 40 Kbag., fore time of showing. Early Ohio potatoes ...... 40 20 Currants ...... 40 shoe bag ...... 40 Ry all means every suffering and af­ Snow flake potatoes ...... 40 20 Pickled Peaches ...... 40 work bag ...... 40 flicted one should consult them on their Class 13—Merino Grades. Pride of America potatoes ...... 40 20 Pickled Pears...... 40 Sachet bag ...... 40 visit to St. Johns, Wednesday August White elephant potatoes ...... 40 20 Pickled Cucumbers ...... 40 Handkerchief case...... 40 11, in the private parlor of the Steel Pen of ewes not less than 2 years old Blue Victor potatoes ...... 40 20 Pickled G rapes ...... 40 Glove case...... 40 Cooper Leads or over ...... 92 00 1 00 Climax potatoes ...... - 40 30 Mixed Pickles...... 40 Slumber robe ...... 40 Hotel from 9 a. m. to 7 p. m. One day Pen 2 ewes 1 year old ...... 2 00 l 00 Yellow Peacbblow potatoes ...... 40 20 Tomato Catsup ...... 40 Fancy fan for decoration.. —...... 40 only. Consultation free and strictly Pen 2 ewe lambs ...... 2 00 1 00 Mayflower potatoes ...... _...... - 40 30 Pickled Beets...... 40 Lamp mat ...... 40 A STARTLING confidential. Densmore potatoes ...... 40 20 Pickled Tomatoes, ripe. 40 Needle box ...... <-...... 40 Class 14—Long Wool. Empire State potatoes ...... 40 20 Pickled Tomatoes, green ...... 40 30 Fancy sofa pillow ...... 40 COLLAPSE Pickled Apples ...... 40 20 TO THK CIRCUS. Tbe same premiums for long wools, middle Early Sunrise potatoes ...... 40 20 Foot rest 40 IN BICYCLE SUNDRIES. wools or any distinct breed, premiums same as Early Everett potatoes ...... 40 Jit Pickled Plums...... 40 20 Toilet set...... 40 In class 12. Farmer's Beauty potatoes ...... 40 20 DRIED FRUIT. Pin cussion ...... 40 Barnum A Bailey Excursion* to b« Run on Andrus White Rose potatoes.. — 40 20 Brush broom holder ...... 40 In order to reduce mystock Bell potatoes ...... _ 40 20 Dried Apples ...... 40 85 Sample domestic dying ...... 40 All Railroad*. Class 15—Long Wool Grades. 40 20 Peaches ...... 40 25 I will sell, for the next thirty Dakota Red potatoes ...... — Blackberries ...... 40 25 Collection Indian curiosities...... 40 The same premiums will be rwsrded as in Early Rose potatoes ...... 40 20 Fancy lamp shades ...... 40 days bicycle sundries at about The great Rarnum & Railey Circus is class 12. New Variety Early potatoes ...... 40 30 Cherries ...... 40 25 Display of rope work...... 40 to be exhibited in Owosso, August 11, New Variety Late potatoes ...... 40 20 Currants ...... 40 25 Photograph case...... ~...... 40 one-half the regular price. Where no competition exists the committee Late Rose potatoes ...... —.... 40 20 Pumpkin ...... 40 25 Following is a partial list of and for the notable occasion all railroads are not authorized to grant but one premium. Early Freeman potatoes ...... 40 20 Corn ...... 40 25 Glass 34— Paintings and Drawings. will make a special low round trip tick­ TURNIPS JELLIES. cut prices:— et, so all those who wish to witness the Collection of photographs by artist, SWINE. white sweet turnips ...... —— 40 20 Specimen Currant Jelly...... 40 20 the exhibitor roust be the Standard tires, best quality $6.00 to “Greatest Show on Earth ” can do so Yellow sweet turnips...... —.... 40 20 Apple Jelly...... 40 20 owner and producer of the at a small expense. The Rarnum it Yellow Rutabaga turnips .....—- 40 20 Grape Jelly...... 40 20 exhibit ...... -...... 2 00 1 00 $8.00 per pair applied. 40 30 Raspberry Jelly...... 40 20 Railey Circus this year, while always Class 10—Essex. White Rutabaga turnip ...... Quince Jelly...... —...... 40 20 Oil paintings of not less than Saddles, all kinds, best made $1 to CABBAGE. six pieces ...... 2 00 1 00 tbe best and biggest in the past, is now Boar 2 years old or over ...... 9393 0000 2 00 Tomato Jelly...... 40 20 Oil paintings, figures...... 75 50 $2.25. conceeded to be the most incomparable Boar 1 year old ...... 83 00 2 IK) 3 Heads cabbage ...... 40 20 Crabapple Jelly...... 40 20 Oil paintings, landscape ...... 76 50 Boar under 1 year old ...... 2 no 1 00 Hed cabbage ...... -.... 40 20 Plum Jelly...... 40 20 Oil paintings, animals ...... 75 50 Locks, good from 10c to 35c. exhibition in the entire world. Nothing 40 20 Poach Jelly...... 40 20 has ever, or will ever approach It, for Breeding sow 2 year old or over ...... 3 30000 2 00 Early cabbage...... OU paintings, flowers...... 75 no Bells, (nickeled) from 10c to $1.00. Breeding sow 1 year old ...... 83 00no 2 no Late cabbage .....—...... - 40 20 Cranberry Jelly...... - 40 20 Oil paintings, fruits...... 75 50 tbe genuine merit of its circus perform ­ Sow under 1 year...... 2 00 1 oo New variety early cabbage... 40 20 Collection of Jellies not enumerated Water color paintings, not leas Ladies Cycling Gaiters, from 50c up. ance, the size and completeness of its Four pigs under 8 months old ...... 2 00 1 00 New variety late cabbage... 40 80 in this list...... 50 26 2 00 1 00 BEBT8. Sample Chow Chow ...... 40 20 Water colors, figures,...... 75 50 Toe Clips, best 20c to 30c. menagerie, and the wonderful display Vinegar.. —...... 40 to 78 50 Class 17 —Polond China. Peck French Sugar beets ...... 40 30 Water colors, landscapes . Tool Bag Grained Leather, my of its gorgeous equipment. The shows Note —Where there Is no competition the Water colors, animals ...... 75 50 require sixty big railroad cars for its Premiums same as class 16. Blood beets ...... —...... 40 20 price 60c. New variety beets ...... - 40 20 committee Is not authorized to grant but one Water colors, painting of transportation, employs over 700 people Mangle Wurtzel red...... 40 20 premium. 78 60 Parcel Carriers, 40c up. and possesses over 400 horses anil half Class 18 —Berkshire, Suffock or Mangle Wurtzel yellow globe.... 40 30 Water colors, painting of frtilt 75 50 a hundred cages of rare animals. Its Parsnips ...... 40 20 Paintings on silk...... 60 25 In fact everything in the any other distinct breed. Orange carrots...... 40 90 DOMESTIC. Paintings on satin ...... 50 25 daily expenses are over five thousand White carrots...... 40 20 Paintings on velvet...... 50 95 bicycbe line at close to cost. dollars, and it annually instructs and Premiums same as in class 16. Kensington painting ...... 8090 25 Special prices on Big C. entertains millons of patrons. It is the ONIONS. Class 28 -Dairy and Household Painting from nature ...... 50 95 Red onions ...... 40 20 Architectural drawing ...... 50 95 Bicycles. Complete assort ­ big show of the universe, and one of POULTRY. White onions ...... 40 20 Products. ('rayon drawing ...... 50 25 the largest enterprises in the entire New variety onions ...... 40 90 Specimen white bread, salt rising. .. 40 25 Pencil drawing ...... 80 25 ment always on hand. world. It will be a great day for this Onion sets...... — 40 20 white bread, hop rising,.. 40 25 Specimen penmanship for business Everyone Guaranteed. Glass 19. brown bread..... —...... 40 25 purposes ...... 50 25 vicinity, and doubtless a large crowd 50 25 Sprciai , Rule *—All birds shown In this 01*68 24 biscuit ...... 40 >8 Ornamental penmanship ...... will avail themselves of the low rates class roust have been owned by and In poss ­ butter In roll 6 lbs or more 1 00 50 Collection six pieces paintings on and attend the performance from this SQUASH AND 7UMPKIN8. crock packed butter not china ...... 2 00 1 00 ession of the exhibitor at least one month so place. previous tothe entry for exhibition. 8 Marblehead squashes ...... —..... 40 20 less than two gallons ... 1 00 50 . Ornamental piece ...... a ...... 1 00 GEO. D. COOPER CLINTON INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1897

TYKFORT OF THE CONDITION MAPLE RAPIDS. Awarded OF THE From Our Correspondent. Highest Honors —World ’s Fair, The St. Johns National Bail, Mrs. Geo. Fox is improving. ! AT BT. JOHNS, KIOH. WANT Fred Bell spent Sunday at home. DR Cliitoi CoiDty Savings Bant, At the close of business, July 28, 1897. R. M. Hewitt is tiome from Detroit. / AT ST. JOHNS, MICH, RESOURCES. Mrs. Nettie Smith rides a new wheel. ) At the close of business, July 23,1H97. Harry Easly, of Petersburg, is vislt- Loans and discounts ...... 8110.010 87 RESOURCES. Overdrafts, scoured and unsecured.. 1,092 76 YOU in town. U. 8. bonds to secure circulation . 25,000 00 George Randolph and family are rus­ Loans and discounts ...... • Premiums on U. 8. bonds ...... 2,500 00 Stocks, bonds, mortgagee, etc...... J»<.70o Hfl Stocks, securities, etc...... 39,273 37 To call at my STUDIO an*] inspect ticating at Crystal Lake. Due from hanks lu reserve cities. 54,5{.Vi % Bankliig-bouse, furniture, A fixtures. 8.S00 00 Fred flosley, of Dupiam, spent Sun ­ Nick lea and cents ...... „ $ Other real estate and mortgages my work. I want your patronage and day with Mrs. W. L. Haue. Gold coin ...... ^,0I? 2! owned ...... 5,796 87 you want UP-TO-DATE Photos. I Emma Thurston is very sick at the 811 ver coin ...... _ 40 10 Due from National Banks mot Re W CREAM U. 8. and National Bank Notes...... 8.660 00 serve Agents) ...... 170 88 am prepared to please you in this line. home of her sister, Mrs. L. Dean. Due from approved reserve agents... 69,5522 27 Miss Kittie Roberts visited her Total...... $920.642 SI Checks and other cash Items...... 67 06 I do an exclusive photographic business mother, Mrs.F. Terry, on Saturday last. LIABILITIES. Notes of other National banks ...... 147 00 —no time to waste in other lines — Fractional paper ourrency, nickles, William Harrington is repairing and Capital Stock paid in ...... $ 35,000 00 and cents ...... 215 00 therefore if you are particular about building an addition to his residence. BAKING Surplus fund ...... 7,000 00 Lawrul money reserved In bank, viz: F. W. Redfern and wife visited in Undivided proflta leaa current ex ­ Specie ...... 115,508 97 securing strictly flrstclass work you Portland from Saturday until Tuesday. penses, interest and taxes paid... 4,805 77 Legal tender notes ...... 4,001 00 will make no mistake by calling on Savings deposits...... 160.307 78 ------19,603 97 Celia Putman, of St. Johns, visited Savings certificates of deposit ..... 14,229 28 Redemption fund with U. 8. Treasu­ &AKI her many friends in this place over Sun ­ POWDHt rer (6 per cent of circulation) . 1,125 00 Total ...... 82510,842 »1 day. MOST PERFECT MADE. C. E. VanSickle and family, of St. State of Michigan, County of Clinton, siT T, Total ...... 8378,924 54 HAMILTON’S:: STUDIO. Johns, spent Sunday in town with rela­ A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free P. E. Walaworth, Treasurer of the above LIABILITIES. from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant. named bank, do solemnly swear that the Head of Clinton Ave . West Side. POWDER tion. above statement is true to the best of my Capital stock paid in ...... 8 75,000 00 Beruie Hewitt and wife and O. D. 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. knowledge and belief. Surplus fund ...... lO.itoO 00 Absolutely Pure. Payne and wife Sundayed at Grand P. E. WAL8WORTH. Undivided profits, less expenses ami Treasurer. „ t»*es paid ...... i.ooi 34 Celebrated for if* groat leavening strength and Ledge. MiLKY. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 27th National bunk notes outstanding . 22,sun oo health fulness A mu res the food .gainat alum and Leon Wright is home from Big Rap ­ day of July, 1897. Due to State Hanks and bankers.. 11,487 95 all forma of adulteration common to the cheap ids, where he has Deen attending From Our Correspondent. A. E. WIL8GN. Individual deposits subject lo check.. 77.248 68 brand*. sc bool. Notary Public. Demand certificates of deposit ...... 69,449 44 Royal Baking Powdkb Co., Naw Y ork . Miss Faith Pratt rides a new wheel. Correct —Attest: Time certificates of deposit...... 5,943 is Will White, Elmer McKinney, Wm. Winnie Welton has rented L. Web ­ ALBERT J. BALDWIN. Rowley and Roy Bell spebt Sunday in ster’s farm. C. C. VAUGHAN. Total ...... 8272,924 64 DrclUD., LEBANON. Grand Ledge. J. Howe and wife have gone to Sagi­ JOHN C. HICKS, State of Michigan, county of Clinton, ss. Will Hammond and Court Soule, of Director*. I, P. E. Walsworth. Cashlerof the above nainod The Celebrated Specialists From Our Correspondent. St. Johns, wheeled over here Wednes ­ naw county. bank, do solemnly swear that the above state­ A Christian Endeavor social was held Several of the Rileyites attended the ment is true to the best of my knowledge and WILL BE AT day of last week. (EPORT OF THE CONDITION belief. p. E. WALSWOKTH, at D. C. Seetch ’8 last Friday niRht. Quite a number of voung people at­ show at St. Johns, Thursday. or THE Cashier. “The Steel” Hotel, Oats are now being cut. but are very tended a social in North Shade last The L. A. S. will meet at the home of Subscribed and sworn to, before me this poor, especially the early sown ones. Tuesday evening. Mrs. Dora Boss, this week, Thursday. 27th day of July, 1897. Several Lebanonitee took in Ringling Rev. Henry, of Eureka, and Rev. C. C. Wilcox, wife aud little daughter, A. E. WILSON, Bros. ’ dhow in St. Johns a week ago. Collins, of Chicago, visited at Rev. E. _ . Notary Public. ST. JOHNS, Mrs. of St. Johns, were callers at A. Lance's July 1, 1897. Correct —Attest: Alice Evans, of VanBuren Mudge’s the first of the week. Sunday. COOLEY E BALL, counts, is visiting relatives in Lebanon. There is to be a “bloomer social” at RESOURCES. U. C. VAUGHAN, Wednesday, August 11. M. M. Messer’s mother, ot north west the home of Robert Anderson Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Henry Faragher and Loans (1st mtge. security)...... 829,125 00 JOHN C. HICKS. libation, has been visiting at his place. evening for the benefit of the G. A. R. daughter, Lola, spent Friday at Oral Real estate...... 1,00*93 Directors. One Day Only Each Month. Hildreth ’s. Res) estate sold on contract ...... 977 50 Miss Edith Gaylord, of Essex, was and W. R C. The ladies who wait Safe...... 130 00 the guest of Miss Mvftie Smith Sunday. table will wear bloomers. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Oding attended Taxes ad van jed...... 6 70 SHERIFF’S SALE—Notice is hereby given Miss Eva Harris has been reengaged the funeral of a friend at Grand Ledge, Expenses ...... 2 77 O that by virtue of s writ of executiou issued for another year as teacher in the Round ­ *REW. Sunday, July 25. Due on stock...... 259 53 out of and under the seal of the Circuit Court of Miss Minnie Oding attended the Other real estate securities...... 569 60 the County of Ionia, in favor of Emerson Vance, house district Cash in treasury...... 85 51 plaintiff, snd against the goods snd chattels, lands A horse belonging to Henry Patter­ From Our Correspondent- Maccabee jubilee at Port Huron, Wed­ and tenements ot Emmet Vance, defendant, to me Listen for wedding bells. nesday, July 21. Total...... • 82.110 54 directed and delivered. I did on the 27th day of son stepped through a bridge in Dallas July, A. D. 1897, levy upon and take all the right, township, breaking a leg. Richard Smith is in Detroit for a few Elder and Mrs. Fishbeck, of Dewitt, LIABILITIES. title and Interest ot said Emmet Vance, defendant, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Sessions expect to days. visited Riley friends Thursday and Fri­ Due stockholders on pass books ...... 8 24/ 63 00 in snd to the following described real estate, situ­ attend the bimetallic picnic at Pine Miss Edna Wilkin is in Burton for a day of last week. Dues paid in advance ...... 125 t0 ated in the County of Clinton, State of Michigan Lake, Saturday, August 7. few weeks. C. Beardsley, of Dewitt, has formed Interest paid lu advance ...... 24 59to-wit: The west half or the west half of the south ­ a partnership with J. P. Williams in BUI* payable ...... 2,250 00 east quarter of sectlou 80, containing forty (40; A union club meeting of the Central Miss Hewitt, of Flint, is visiting at Surplus account ...... 25 30 acres uiore of less, and the west half of the east and North Shade clubs will be held at L. S Rew’s. the blacksmith business. Undivided earnings ...... 6,122 15half of sectlou 31, ezceptlng the east halfofthe C. G. Locke ’s Thursday, Aug. 6. Frank Seldon lost a horse last week A. B. Chapman, of Maple, Ionia northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of said | county, spent Friday at the home of Total...... 832.110 54 section 31, in said last description, being 140 scree Mrs. Julia Morse and daughter Kate by sickness. more or less, aud all being In township number 8 visited relatives in Lebanon while on Mrs. E. Lawrence is at Grass Lake his niece. Mrs. A. D. Lance. north, of range 4 west, la Clinton county, Mlchi- their way to their home in Lansing from visiting friends. Mrs. Chas. Dane and children, of Apportionment ot profits snd value of shares to gan. All of which I shall expose for sale at pub ­ Chas. Simmons is working on the ; Fowler, visited her parents, Air. and esch series, July 1, 1897. lic auctiou or vendue to the highest bidder at the the farm in Gratiot county. No. No. Weeks Dues. Gain per Present north front door of the Court House in the Village A number of young people attended a Downer farm. near Guunisonville. ! Mrs. F. II. Oding, last week. Series. Run. paid Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Robinson, of shares. Share Values of St. Johns, in said County of Clinton, (said court party given at B. J. McVeigh ’s in honor Elmer Chadwick is entertaining his 2d. 24 373 (98.25 $30.(8 $123.33 house being (he place of bolding the Circuit Court of Louise Sbulters. It was her sixteenth friend, George Rockwell, of Williams- ( Lansing, visited at the home of A. D. 3d. 34 341 852(5 '25 13 110 38 in said couutv) on the ltiih day of September, birthday and she received many pres ton. i Lance, Thursday and Friday. 4tb. 16 813 78.25 21.15 99 40 A. D. 1897. at ten o ’clock in the foronoon of said Miss Jennie Beuhler is spending a Eber Pennington, who |is in the em­ 5th. 91 287 71.76 17.80 89.55 day.—Dated this 2d day of August, A. D. 1897. ents. 6th. 37 248 62.00 13 29 7529 ALONZO E. DUNN, Edmund O'Conner has purchased the few days with her sister, Mrs. D. II. ploy of the Gay Bros., had the misfor ­ 7th. 31 222 55.50 10.65 66 IS Sheriff of Clinton County, Michigan. farm belonging to Mrs. Mary A. Wil­ Rheubottom. tune to break his arm while operating a 8th. 63 183 45.75 7.25 53 00 Vernon H. & H. H. Smith, liams. She expects to move to Cleve­ Mr. and Mrs. A. Chadwick and Mr. threshing machine on the farm of J. C. 9tb. 34 144 36 00 4.48 40.48 Attorneys for Plaintiff. Oding Monday. loth. 22 105 26.25 2.88 28 *8 land and Michael O'Connor will move and Mrs. V. Neller attended camp 11th. 133 74 18.50 1 18 19.68 Consultation and Examination Free into the bouse thus vacated. meeting at Eaton Rapids over Sunday. ------—------12th. 141 26 ORTGAGE SALK.—Default having been 650 14 6 64 made In the conditions uf .certain mortgage, and Strictly Confidential. Considerable wheat has been threshed There will be a social at the home of A POPULAR WEDDING TRIP 13th. 56 4 1.00 00 1.00 Mdated February 16. 18-5. executed by Frederick in this township, and generally yields Valentine Neller Thursday evening, F. M. SPAULDING. Sec’y. Witt and his wife, Sophia Witt, to Philip Koch, DBS. B. S. A CO., devote their attention to very well. David Rogers had one Held August 12, for the benefit of the Sun ­ Is to Tak« a D. AC. Steamer to Mackinac D.S. FRENCH Prest. and recorded in the office of the register of deeds Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Throat and Lungs„ As- day school for Clinton County, Michigan, in Liber 64 of mort­ hma and Consumption, and all Chronic, Private and that yielded 33 bushels per acre, and bis Island. gages on page 60 on the 19th day of February, Nervous Diseases, Deformities, Granulated Lids, Cross entire crop of 50 acres averaged 25 Mr. Harris, of Dewitt, preached at 1885, oo which mortgage there la due at the date of Eye, Deafness, Discharge of the Ears, Bronchitis, bushels. Jay Sessions ’ crop averaged the church Sunday in the absence of If you want a delightful wedding this notice the sum of 81.061.90, besides an attor­ Chronic Cough, Goitre, {big neck) Fever Sores and 33 bushels bag measure; by weight, Mr. Niles, who is attending the camp trip where you are not likely to meet Ready for Spring and Summer ney fee of 826 provided by statute ; and no suit or Ulcers, Bright's Disease, Rheumatism, ail diseases oj about 37 bushels. meeting at Eaton Rapids. acquaintances, take one of the new D. proceeding at law or in equity having been Insti ­ the Kidneys and Bladder, Heart, Stomach and Ner­ & C. steel steamers to the island of cool tuted to recover any part of the debt secured by vous Ditears, Chorea-St. Vitus' Dance-. General De­ said mortgage. Now, therefore, by virtue of the bility, Scrofula, Skin Diseases, diseases of men and Grand Excursion to Niagara Falla by the breezes. Staterooms and parlor re­ power of sale in said mortgage contained and by «comen, and all diseases due lo bad blood. WASHINGTON. Grand Trunk Railroad System served thirty days in advance. Send 2 A Handsome Line of statute in such case made aad provided, notice is EPILEPSY, OR FITS positively cured by From Our Correspondent. Thursday, August 12. cents for illustrated pamphlet. Ad- hereby given that on Saturday, the 11th day a new and never failing remedy. of September, 181*7, at one o'clock In the after­ Drs. B. 8. A Co. make a specialty of all forms Born, to Mr. and Mrs. William Dock- The Grand Trunk railroad system ress . . noon, at the west front door of the Court House of Recta! Diseases, Piles—internal ond external. Itch­ em. Julv 28. a nice big girl. will give a grand excursion to Niaeara A. A. Sciiantz , G- P. A- for Clinton County, Michigan, In the Village of ft. ing and Bleeding, Rectal Ulcers, PLsures, Fistula— Miss Flora Monroe has been quite Detroit, Mich. Johns, in said County, there will be aold at public which are often taken for Nervous and Lung Falls on Thursday, August 12. Ex­ vendue to the highest bidder, the land in said Troubles, all cured. Kemerober, we cure all sick with throat trouble, but is better at tremely low rates will be made for all Suitings and mortgage described, vix: The southeast quarter forms of Piles without pain, interruption or this writing. points on its system west of the Detroit of the northwest quarter of section numbered detention from business, and without the use Sheriff Dunn, wife and children, of twentv-flve, in township six, north of range lour of knife, caustic or ligature. Come and be and St. Clair Rivers. Also from Stations west, in Michigan, for the purpose ol satisfying convinced. St. Johns, visited Mrs. Dunn ’s brother, of connecting lines. Special trains will Spring the amount due on said mortgage —Dated June 17, Clark Smith and family. Friday. be run and special accommodations 1897. PHILIP KOCH, To Young, Middle-dAge A number of people of this vicinity made for this occasion. Fkdkwa a Walbridok , Mortgagee. D.L.HUNT Attorneys for Mortgagee. went to Bannister Sunday to attend The rate from Detroit for this excur ­ and Old Men. the Free Methodist camp meeting. sion will be $3.50 for the round trip and Overcoatings Suffering from Sperm-torrhara, Impotency—Lost Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jones and daugh ­ proportionately low rates will be made ROBATE ORDER.—State of Michigan, manhood, —or from Weakness brought on Irom er­ ter visited Mrs. Jones ’ brother, II. Sly, from all points in Michigan. Tickets county of Clinton, ss. At a session of the rors or Indiscretions In youth or over-indulgence Just received at PProbate Court for the county of Clinton holden atin later years, are given permanent relief. Abso ­ and wife, of Riley, Thursday and Fri­ will be valid to return up to and includ ­ the Probate Office, in the village of St. Johns, on lute cures guaranteed; atrlctly confidential. day. ing August 16, 1897. Saturday, the 31st day of July, in the year one TUMORS AND CANCERS cured without Miss Clemmie Kuhn left Monday for Everybody should wait for this grand thousand eight hundred and ninty-seven. acids, knife, pain or scar. New methods. Ionia, where she will work in the Michi ­ Present, Charles M. Merrill. Judge of Probate. CATARRH. New home treatment. Unsur excursion. In the matter of the estate of TIIOMA.S H. passed and cheap. gan Clothing Factory. Her many See advertising bills which give full INSURES... HALL. MABEL HALL. HALL, GRACE GCARA NTEE to cure every case of Dyspepsia friends wish her success. information as to train service and HALL, GEORGE HALL, NELLY HALL and Sick Headache, Piles, Tape Worm and Stricture. Mr. and Mrs. C. Monroe and daugh ­ Rates which can be obtained from all LULU HALL, minors. 8*^We will give special attention to difficult On reading snd filing the petition, duly verified , cases and to cases other physician have failed to ter, Flora, went to Bingham Monday, Grand Trunk Agents and from Ben, JACKSON’S of Anna Hall, guardian or said minor*, pray in g cure. Persons applying Tor treatment will please tovisit their daughter and sister, Mrs. that she may be licensed to sell the real estate of Fletcher, Traveling Passenger Agent, THE 8UCCE88FUL bring two or three ounces of urine for analysis. Jennie Baylis. Mr. Monroe returned Detroit. Fare from St. Johns, $5. her said wards. Those who are unable to call, can write full par ­ home Tuesday. Farm and Village Property, Thereupon it is ordered, that Thursday, the Otli ticular* of their case and ha* e medicine sent by day ol Me|>tember A. D , 1897, at one o'clock express, with full instructions bow to he taken. Good News. churches, school houses, town in the afternoon, he assigned for the hearing ol The firm ol Drs. B. 8. A Co., were incorporated EAGLE. No other medicine In the world Iras evei j and grange halls, mercantile said |>etitlon, and that the next of kin of several years since with a capital of 850,000, hence riven such a test of Its curative qualities, as | said wards and all other persons interested in you take no chances if you employ them. They From Our Correspondent. risks against losses by Fire, MERCHANT TAILOR said estate, are required to appear at a ses­ are responsible and well-known. Address Otto ’s Cure. Thousands of bottles of this sion of said court theu to he holden at the Probate Mrs. Skelton is visiting relatives in great German remtdy ate being distributed! Lightning, and Cyclone. Offi­ free of charge, by druggists in this country, to I office, in the village of St Johns and show cause. Pennsylvania. those afflicted with Consumption, Astnma, ! ce at Hunt s Drug Store, St. Next Door to Express Office, It any there be, why the prayer of the |>etltioner DRS. B. S. & CO., Fred Dart preached at the M. E. should not he granted. Croup, severe Coughs, Pneumonia and ail i Johns. And it it further ordered, that notice be given LOCK BOX 160, church last Sunday. Throat and Lung diseases, giving the people ST. JOHNS, MICH. to the persons Interested in said estate, of the pen ­ Mrs. Elmer Snyder will take in Pe- proof that Otto ’s Cure will cure them, and | Companies represented: Con­ dency of said petition and the hearing thereof, by toskey for a few weeks. that it Is the grandest triumph of Medical cordia, American Central, Re­ causing a copy of this order to be published In the Muskegon, - Mick. science. For sale only by C. E. VanSickle. Terms of the Circuit Court. C’lixton Ikiikpkndknt , a newspaper printed aud U. D. Schoot and Rodney Buckley Samples free. Large bottles 50c and 25c. 1 liance, British American, Dele- circulated in said county ol Clinton for three suc­ visited the capitol Friday. ware, Citizens of Missouri, STATE OF MICHIGAN I cessive weeks previous to said day of hearing. Rev. Hudson occupied the .Universal- 88 From Cleveland to Mackinac and Re­ 29th Judicial Circuit f CHARLES M. MERRILL, ist pulpit Friday evening. turn. Peninsular Mutual Fire Insur­ I do hereby fix and appoint the times of Judge ol Prohat-. Grand Trait Railway System. Jason Reed, of Crystal Lake, is visit­ • 7 From Toletlo to Mackinac and Return. ance Co., Limited, Penn. Mut­ holding the several terms of Court within said •II From Detroit to Mackinac and Return. Circuit for the years 1896 and 1897. ing bis parents in this place. ual Life, Merchants and CLINTON COUNTY. KOBATK OKUEK—State of Michigan, Arrival and Departure of Trains Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Muffit, of Lan ­ The above special tourist rates will Travelers Accident. First Monday In February. Pcounty of Clinton, ss. At a session of the Pro­ sing, visited friends at this place last be put into effect June 20th, via Detroit Fourth Monday in April. bate court for the county of Clinton, holden at the It will pay you to see me Last Monday in June. probate office. In the village of St.Johns, on At St. Johns. Friday. & Cleveland Steam Navigation Co.'s Second Monday in November Tuesday, the 3rd day of August, in the year J. V. Perden, who has been seriously new mammoth steel passenger steam­ before insuring your property, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven. IN EFFECT MAY 3, 1897. ORATIOT COUNTY Present. Charles M. Merrill, Judge of Probate. ill the past week, is better at present ers. The round trip from Cleveland, in ­ being in a position to save you Second Monday in March. In the matter ofthe estate of SARAH NORMAN, writing. cluding meals and berths, costs $16, something. The success of First Monday in June. deceased. S S E 2 3 = = = 23 Second Monday In September. Ol & 3 a a. a. ■ u «• The Eagle base ball team played at from Toledo $14, from Detroit $11.50. First Monday In December. On reading and filing the petition duly veriAed, Mulliken Saturday. The score was 6 to Send 2 cents for illustrated pamphlet. various local mutual companies of Clarence E. Not man praying this court 3? U S 8 Dated October, 1895. to adjudicate and determine who are or |57 M 4> » ©i 8 in favor of Mulliken. Address, A. A. Sciiantz , G. P. A. even under sometimes indiffer­ 8. B. DABOLL, ere at the time of her death the legal heirs of The dance given at the I. O. O. F. Detroit, Mich. ent and unskillful management, Circuit Judge. 29th Judicial Circuit. Michigan. said deceased and entitled by the law of this' state building was quite well attended, forty- has resulted in a large saving to to inherit her real estate and the share or portion s s s a a eases two.numbers being sold. Schedule of Teachers ’ Examinations. thereof that esch of said heir* were entitled to at ► rt G. 3. 88 * an a. a c. Dr. King ’s New Discovery for Con ­ their patrons, however, the that time and the right title and interest that - !; iz g s a asssa W. L. Talman lost twenty-eight sheep sumption. Until further notice Teachers Examinations each of them or their heirs or assigns may now © vi CO © 00 lf» ww »0 by being bitten by dogs Saturday even ­ liability to heavy assessments will be held as follows: have tbeln. ing. This, too, after the tariff bill has This is the best medicine in the world St. Johns, High School Room, Third Thurs ­ Thereupon it ta ordered, that Thursday, for all forms of Cooghs and Colds ami for in case of disaster deters many day and Friday of August. the 9th day of .September, A. D. 1M97. at one passed. from utilizing these institu­ St.Johns. Court House, Third Thursday and o'clock In the afternoon be assigned for the hear ­ Consumption. Every bottle is guaranteed. Friday of October. ing of said petition, and that the heirs at law of COMING EVENTS It will cute and not disappoint. It has tions. Their limited field ex­ St. Johns, Last Thursday and Friday of said deceased and all other persons interested in no equal for Whooping Cough, Asthma, March. said estate are required to appear at a session of Toe Ladies' aid society, of Olive, will meet pose the insured to a possible St Johns, Court House, Third Thursday and said court then to be holden at the Probate Office with Mrs. M. Colder. Wednesday, at 1 p. m. Hay Fever, Pneumonia, Bronchits, La grevious excess over the general Friday of June. in the village of St. John* and show cause If any August II. All are cordially invited. Grippe, Cold in the Head and for Con- Questions will be written in the following there be, why the prayer of the petitioner should There will be quarterly moetlng aervlcee at snmption. It is safe for all ages, pleasant average, while the financial in­ order: not he granted. 1 ill If the Free Methodist church this' week begin ­ to take, and, above all, a sure core. It is ability of a portion of their THURSDAY A. M And It Is further ordered, that notice be given ning Friday and holding over the Sabbath* 9:00-12:00. Algebra, Arithmatic, Botany, to the persons Interested in raid estate of the pen ­ 1 111Ji always well to take Dr. King ’s New Life membership might cast the en- Civil Government. dency of said petition and the bearing thereof, by The Bengal Union Aid Society will meet Pills in connection with Dr. King ’s New burden on a comparatively few. causing a copy of this order be published in the |e|| |f with Mrs Frank Lyon, Wednesday. August 11. THURSDAY P. M. Custom Imprprmdkmt , a newspaper printed and at 1 o ’clock p. m. An Invitation Is extended Discovery, as they regulate and tone the 1:00-5:00. General History, Geography, circulated in said county of Clinton, for three if • 3 to all. stomach and bowels. We guarantee per ­ ssss 5 g <5 <5 | ^ Grammar. Natural Philosophy. lueceeslv# week* previous to said day of hearing. d. c. a =■ - Miss Lillie Lyon, of St. Johns, who has been fect satisfaction or return money. Free FRIDAY A. M. CHARLES M. MERRILL, spending tne summer with Dr. Butler.s peo ­ The Peninsular (A true coot .) Judge of Probate (2 5 <2 * "2 1 j! f 1 ple at Alma, Is spending a week here with her trial bottles at Fildew & Millman ’s drag 7:00-12r(i0. Orthography. Penmanship, Phy ­ friends and parents. store. Regular size 50 cents and $1.00. 6 siology, Plane Geometry. 3 S 5 S a The Bengal Union Aid Society will give a FRIDAY P. M. ORTGAGE BALE.—Default having been made In the conditions of s mortgage Sleeping and Parlor Car Service. * chicken-pie social at Mrs James Lancaster's, What It Means. Mutual Fire Ins. Co. 1:00-5:00. Reading. School Law, Theory and M Friday evening, August IS, 1897. Supper, 10c. Art, U. S. History.__ executed by Mary Henry and Ellen Hayes, for­ Ice cream wPI also be served at Soenta a dish. When we advertise that we will gnar- merly Ellen Henry, to Jeeae C. Owen, dated WEST-BOUND. Class in Intellectual Arithmatic Thursday January 27, |H»4, and tecorded January 27, 1891, 10:47 a. m. train has parlor car to Grand Rapids. antee Dr. King ’s New Discovery, Electric and Reading Friday.______in the ofltee of the Register of Deeds for Clinton Extra charge 28 cents. BROKE HIS NECK. Bitters, Bncklen ’s Arnica Salve, or Dr. County, in Michigan, in Liber 76 of mortgages, on 7:59 p. m. train has parlor car to Grand Haven, of Jackson, meet all these con­ The above order of examination must be pegs 688. which mortgage waa duly assigned April Extra charge 26 ceDts. Connects with steamer for King ’s New Life Pills, it means that we preserved. ______22,1897, by said Owen to Morrla Hayes by a writ­ Oscar Corban, Aged SO, Fell Off a Load of are authorized by the proprietors to sell siderations. You will pay no Milwaukee. Certificates of all grades will be granted at ten asaignment, which was recorded May 20, 1*97, The evening train leaving St. Johns at 7:69 con ­ Wheat. these remedies on a positive guarantee, more than the cost of insur­ the examinations of St. Johns in August and In said office, in Liber 81, of Mortgages on page nects with the evening boat far Milwaukee, and that if purchaser is not satisfied with re­ ance in any event. Your ulti­ March. Certificates of the second snd third 385, upon which mortgage there Is claimed to he leaves for the east on tbe arrival of the boat In the Oscar Corban fell from a load of due at the date of this notice, two hundred and morning. sults, we will refnnd the purchase price. mate liability is limited to a grades will be granted at all other examina ­ forty-three dollars aDd five cents, besides an attor­ wheat last Saturday near Elm Hall, and tions. ney fee of fifteen dollars, provided in said mort­ EAST BOUND. These medicines have been sold on this All examinations will begin at 9 o'clock a died in a few minutes of a broken neck. mall fixed sum. The reserve m. gage and by statute to be peld should any proceed ­ 8.-25 a. m. train has parlor car to Detroit. Extra Mr. Corban was nearly eighty years old. guarantee for many years and there conld ings be taken to foreclose said mortgage ; and no charge 25 cents. Pullman parlor car fn.ro Detroit be no more conclusive evidence of their funds are left in the hands of Respectfully, suit or proceedings at law or In equity having been to Toledo connecting with sleem-r for the Last and R. M. WINSTON. instituted to recover any part of aaid debt aecured New York. Cheap Excursion to Grand Rapids, Sunday, great merit. Ask about them and give the insured. The general Commissioner of Schools them a trial. Sold at Fildew A Mill- by aaid mortgage ; therefore, by virtue of the 6:23 p. ra train has parlor car to Detroit. Extra August 8. average is maintained by the power of aale In aaid mortgage contained, aDd of charge 25 cents, and Pullman sleeper from Detroit The D. & M. division of the Grand man ’s drug store, St. Johns and Fowler. • I extension of the business to the statute In such case made and provided, Dotice to Toronto, Hu*tension Bridge, Buffalo, Philadel ­ is hereby given that on August 14, 1897, at phia and New York. Trunk System will run an excursion the entire state. For rates one o ’clock in the afternoon, at the west front The Golden Secret of Long Life. TREES At Very Low Prices. 1:67 a. ra. train has through day parlor cars and from Detroit to Grand Rapids and other information see Write at once for our new eat- door of the Court House for Clinton County, in sleeper from Windsor to Suspension Bridge, Buffa­ and return on Sunday, August 8, Keep the head cool, the feet warm and the AND nlogue. It Is FREE. It will Michigan. In ihe Village of 8t. Johns, In said lo, New York and Boston. 1897. The train will leave stations as bowels open. Bacon ’s Celery King for the tell how and when to plant County, there will be sold at public vendue, to the 8:25 a, m. and 12:10 p. m. train connects at Du­ Nerves Is a Vegetable preparation and acts as snd give full particulars about highest bidder, the premises described In aaid rand with C. A <4. T. Dlv. for Chicago. follows: Ovid 10.02; St. Johns 10.19; a natural laxatlveand Is th e greatest remedy the stock we grow and the mortgage, via: All of block twelve (12) In the 8:26 a. m, and 6:23 p. m. trains connect at Durand Fowler 10.24. Fare for round trip from ever discovered for the Cure of Dyspepsia, PLANTS prices wc ask. Village of Fowler, In Clinton County. Michigan with C 8 A M for Saginaw and Bay City and with Liver Complaint, and all Blood, Lfver and mmrMBumMmo IMS. ISO AOBMB. according to the recorded plat of said Village C A G T Dlv. for Pt. Huron and - attle Creek. any of these places. $1. Bicycles and Dated My 20, 1897. MORRIS HAYES, baby carriages free at owner's risk, own ­ Kidney Diseases. Call on C. E VanSickle. sole THE GEORGE A. SWEET NURSERY CO E. H. HUGHK8. A G P. A., Chicago, III agent, and get a trial package free. Large L. HUNT, JOHN O. PATTERSON, Assignee. BEN FLETCHER, Trav, Pass. Ag»., Detroit, M, Bex l-*i DANSVILLE, N Y. ers to load and unload the same. sizes 50c and 25c. 2 AUc.-nty tor Assignee. THOS. BROMLEY, Agent. St. Johns. Mich. CLINTON INDEPENDENT. THURSDAY, AUG. 5. 1897.

CASUALTIES THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. Hog* In Hammer. The hog may be kept growing and Philadelphia —Daniel Mehan, aged thrifty through August as well as May, ^ 19 years, accidentally ran his bicycle LESSON VI. AUGUST 8, WORK provided the May conditions are furn ­ Minor Happenings of the Past against a low stone fence, plunged ING FOR CHRIST. ished, and this is possible on most headlong over it into Wissahlckon farms, writes J. A. Doblo In.National | The Evening News, ff Week. Creek, and was drowned. Golden Text) “If I Go nod l*repmre « Stockman. One of the most important Holgate, O.—Casper Rantz, aged 74 of these is pasture. It Is possible to was killed by a Baltimore & Ohio fasi l*l»c# for You I Will Come Again grow hogs successfully by soiling, but -THE GREAT DAILY OF MICHIGAN." EVENTS OF LAST SEVEN DAYS. train. end Receive You Unto Myself,”— It requires more attention and work Shelbyville, Ind. —Mrs. W. F. Law John 14:3. than most farmers are willing to be ­ A MICHIGAN NEWSPAPER FOR ^855 PEOPLE. 3 Political, Religion*. doclal and Criminal was thrown from her carriage in a run ­ stow. A grass run affords the growing away and killed. pig that exercise so necessary for hla THE DETROIT EVENINO NEWS has over 1000 special correspondents who nro CSt Doing* of ttio TVbole World Carefully EPSON for to-day, ] ever on the alert for Items of news which might Interest State readers. Chickasaw, I. T.—James Gerah, a Thess. 4. 9; D2. Peace, Condensed for Oar Reader*— The Ac­ proper development, and the succulent If you would have all the general new* of tb* day, try it for a month. SCj well-known sporting man from the Pa­ Corinth, to which cident Record. grasses are rich in the muscle and cific coast, was instantly killed by Wil­ Paul had gone im mediately after hi* bone-forming material. Grass and | Two cents a copy. $L?5 for 3 months lis Day, a stranger here, in a quarrel clover are loosening to the system, and Ten cents a week 3 Decatur, Mich. —Oscar Corbin, aged departure from Ath ­ (DELIVERED). (•V MAIL). over cards. ens. Facts about are just suited to his wants In dry, hot 76 years, fell from a wagon at Alma ______Oshkosh, Wis.—The Union brewery, this Epistle. — The weather. It matters not how well cared and broke his neck. owned by J. Glatz & Son, was damagec first letter from for In other respects, the pig will never AGENTS IN EVERY TOWN IN MICHIGAN. Lynn, Mass—Owen J. Barker, a Paul's pen which ha* by fire. The loss is $10,000. come down to us be thrifty In summer unless he has teamster, aged 30, was held up on the Kenosha, Wis.—C. H. Dunklow, £ The earliest writing plenty of pure, fresh water. This im­ street by two masked highwaymen. He molder, will lose one eye and possiblj of the New Testa- portant point is, perhaps, more often The Evening News, Detroit, felled one, but the other shot him both by the spattering of molten lrot * ment. Paul's work neglected than any other. Slop will not at Thessalonlca had kuiuuiuuuauuuuiuuuuiuuiuuiauuumuuiitumiu!^ through the lungs. He will die. in his face. been left In an unfinished state. Twice answer the purpose of drinking water Atlanta, Ga.—Edwin Flapagan, who Alliance, O.—At Kensington, Ear! he had attempted to return, but had to entirely, though It is, of course, a par ­ has been on trial for the murder of Mrs. Gamble, aged 11, jumped into a bin ol content himself with sending Timothy In tial substitute. The man- who has Nancy Allen and Miss Ruth Slack Dec. wheat at the elevator and was smoth hla stead. Timothy has now rejoined Paul at Corinth, bringing with him hope never had the Job of carrying water in HOW OUR PRESIDENTS DIED 31, 1896, was found guilty and was sen ­ ered to death. ful tidings. Immediately Paul sits down a pail to a bunch of hogs has no idea of tenced to be hanged Wednesday, Aug. Athens, 111.—While a gang of men to wilte out of a deeply moved heart this the amount they will drink on a dry, George Washington contracted a 5. was putting props in the co-operative affectionate and fatherly epistle. It Is hot day. The man who will pen up cold which developed Into laryngitis, mine the timbers fell, resulting in John the letter of a mlssonary to a band of Massillon, 0.—A Wheeling & Lake converts newly gathered out of heath ­ hogs, or any other animals, in a lot or proving fatal; he was buried on his es­ Erie railway bridge between Mount Johnson being killed, Joseph Dollar enism. It contains no quotations from field entirely destitute of shade ought tate, now historic Mount Vernon. fatally, and three others seriously in ­ the Old Testament; the death of Christ to receive the attention of the humane Caveats,PATENTS and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat­ Pleasant and Long Run was set on fire. John Adams passed away from senile Is only once mentioned, and the cross not ient buiine** conducted lor mooinatc Fees. Trackmen put out the Are and saved jured. society. Such protection from the sun debility; he was burled at Quincy, at all. It contains no lengthened elab ­ as a wire fence affords is hardly suffi­ lOosOrncs isOpcositx «, 8. patent Office the bridge. Geneva, Ill.—Charles Pope, the glu­ oration of doctrine; for controversies had Mass. land wo can secure patent |a 1cm tune than those cose manufacturer, was thrown from cient. Shade trees here and there will 'remote from Washington. 1 Cincinnati, O.—Col. James F. Gre­ not yet sprung up. It is written In the Thomas Jefferson died of chronic i Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip ­ his carriage and seriously hurt. names of Paul, Silas, and Timothy, the do fairly well, but nothing is equal to gory, United States engineer in charge diarrhoea, and, like most of the south ­ tion. We oaviae, if patentable or not, tree of St. Louis, Mo.—Train No. 2 on the three founders of the Thessalonlan a wood lot. If the ground be low and charge. Our fee not due till patent la secured. , of the improvement of the Ohio river Church. Among the causes which called ern-born presidents, he was burled on j a pamphlet , “ How to Obtain Patents, ” with Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis rail­ damp, and is covered by a dense un ­ and tributaries, dropped dead from forth this letter may be noted: (1) Vio ­ his own estate, that at Monticello, Va. co*t of same in the U. & and foreign countries; way was wrecked. Nobody was hurt. lent persecution which severely tested the dergrowth through which the sun scat free, Address, heart disease. He formerly was on faith of the Infant Church. (2) False In ­ never penetrates, so much the better, James Madison passed away of old Sheridans staff. Pittsburg, Pa.—By the premature ex plosion of a dynamite blast on Beech sinuations against Paul and his col ­ but shade of some kind they must have age, and was burled at Montpelier, Vt. C.A.SNOW&CO. Madison, Wis.—John McCann, sent to leagues. Corrupt and selfish motives were i Orr. Patent Office, Washington . D. C. < wood boulevard August Wauch, An In order to thrive and grow. Some good James Monroe also died of general state prison two years ago for three Imputed to them (chap. 2. 2-6), and his drew Ayer and Thomas Terphy wen continued absence was put down to fear hog growers believe that hog baths are debility; he was buried In Marble years for placing obstructions on a rail­ dangerously hurt. Wauch probably on his own account or to Indifference to unnecessary. Others believe that a wal­ cemetery, New York city. MARBLE road, was pardoned by Gov. Scofield. will die. the fate of his suffering followers. (3) low of mud is better than none. I know John Quincy Adams died from a He was about 17 years old when sen ­ Explanations on various points touching from long experience that the hog will and Decatur, Mich. —William Bumford, the second advent. stroke of paralysis, with which he was tenced and is said to be dying of con ­ aged 76 years, a Mecosta county farm­ The 8econd Coming. —Paul's teaching do tolerably well without any bath ex ­ attacked while in the house of repre ­ GRANITE sumption. er, fell from a load of grain at Stan- concerning the return of the Lord Jesus cept rain, provided he has damp earth sentatives at Washington. His body Grand Rapids, Wis. — William wood and broke his neck. from heaven had very deeply impressed and dense shade. He will do still better is interred at Quincy, Mass. the Thcssaionlans. His views had, how if he can have a bath of clean water at O’Brien, aged 22, employed in the Biron St. Louis, Mo.—Train No. 2 on the ever, been greatly misunderstood. Some will. But rather than allow him access Andrew Jackson died from consump ­ paper mill, on a wager, jumped out of feared that their dead or dying friends Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis to a foul wallow of thick mud I would tion and dropsy, and was buried on bis the mill window, a distance of thirty railway was wrecked at Grassland, Ill., would be shut out of the approaching estate—the Hermitage—near Nashville, feet, into the Wisconsin river. He kingdom; others were busy calculating Its prefer that he never see water except a trestle having been undermined by “times and seasons. ” A kindly, guarded Tenn. Cemetery Work of any description burst a blood vessel and died. His pa ­ to drink. In these times we must look at rain. Nobody was hurt. reproof Is here given to those who left carefully to these little details if we Martin Van Buren succumbed to Low in Price as any place in Mica* rents reside at Centralia. their employment and then cast the bur ­ grow hogs at a reasonable profit catarrh of the throat and lungs; his Bran. I have a Fine Display of NSW Paris.—Sly Wilfrid Laurier, the Can ­ FOREIGN. den of their maintenance on the society; DESIGNS in Scotch, Swedish aaii and the assurance of resurrection and fu grave is at Klnderhook, N. Y. adian premier, has been appointed a American Granites. Edinburg. —Andrew Carnegie has of­ ture bliss is offered as a consolation to Over-Run Butter. William Henry Harrison caught a grand officer of the Legion of Honor. mourinlng relatives. After fretting prices elsewhere call and fered the town of Stirling, the seat of Prof. Kent has set forth very clearly severe cold on the day of his inaugura ­ London. —A dispatch to the Times examine. You will decide to the palace and parliament house bull, In his article on "Butter or Butter-fat” tion, and it finally developed into from Cape Town says a report has Lesson Hymn — buy of me. by James V., the sum of £6,000 for a He comes, he comes to call the nations the two methods which are generally pleurisy, from which he died. He was reached there that the Portuguese have public library building. to his bar, used In making returns to patrons. buried at North Bend, Ohio. been badly routed in the Bileni district, And take to glory all who meet for glory F. F. MURDOCK London —A dispatch to the Daily Mail But there is another method still In use The mysterious disorder which north of Delagoa Bay. The natives de­ are: Opposite Post Office. St. Johns, Mlok from Leghorn says a severe earthquake Made ready for ycur full reward, go forth In many creamierles on this coast, caused the death of John Tyler was clare that not a Portuguese is left alive. took place at Pontedera and other with joy to meet your Lord. with which the professor may not be likened to a bilious attack; his body New York.—Joseph H. Manley has places In the Arno Valley. Many build ­ Go, meet him In the sky, your everlast acquainted, says the Pacific Coast Dai­ Ing friend; was Interred at Richmond, Va. accepted the prisidency of the Maine ings were wrecked and a large number ryman. We refer to the practice of LIVERY Central Railroad and will enter upon Your head to glorify, with all his saints An injudicious diet which induced of persons are reported to have been ascend. some creameries in gobbling up the cholera morbus Is assigned as the —AND- the duties of the office in January next. injured. Hint* to Teacher*. entire overrun, paying only for the reason for the death of Zachary Tay­ The salary is $10,000. The road is part Kingston, Jamaica—The islands of Attention should be given to the time, actual butter-fat received, less the us­ lor, who was burled cn bis estate near of the Boston and Maine system. Antigua, St. Kitts and Guadeloupe ol circumstances, and purpose of this epistle, ual price for making. Example: A Louisville, Ky. Terre Haute, Ind. —It was a tragic the Leeward group, experienced a se­ the earliest of all Paul's letters that have partron hauls to the creamery during Sabbath at Carlisle, a town about thir ­ vere shock of earthquake at noon. been preserved. One of its principal the month sufficient to produce 100 James K. Folk died of cholera; was themes Is the coming of the Lord, but burled on his estate near Nashville, ty miles south of here. Four persons London —Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the with this other subjects are touched up ­ pounds of butter fat—not butter. He were drowned at Hyatt’s ferry. In the Canadian prime minister, returned to on. In our lesson we note the following is credited with 100 pounds of fat. The Tenn. Wabash river, and one was ground to London and had a conference with divisions: price of butter Is 15 cents per pound, Millard Fillmore was fatally stricken Mgr. Raphael Merry del Val, the pa ­ I. Concerning the Brethren. Verses 9, the price charged by the creamery for with paralysis; his body lies in Forest fragments by an Evansville and Terre 10. "Brotherly Love ” is, In the original, Haute freight train. pal delegate to Canada, and important the word Philadelphia, a word expressing making and marketing is 4 cents per Hill cemetery at Buffalo, N. Y. Geneva, N. Y.—Dr. Richard S. Cur­ results are expected. the relation which we hold toward all pound. Pay day comes, and patrons Franklin Pearce died of inflamma ­ tiss of the University of Chicago has London. —Mme. Lillian Nordica, the the fellow-dlsclples of the Lord. For all receive payment fbr 100 pounds of but ­ tion of the stomach; was buried at Boarding Stable men we should have a feeling of love, but ter fat at 15 cents per pound, less 4 accepted the position of professor of prima donna, who has been seriously for them a peculiar regard as members Concord, N. H. chemistry in Hobart College. ill at the Hotel Savoy for several of the one body of Christ. cents per pound for making, leaving 11 James Buchanan was for many years FINE TURNOUTS OF ALL KINDS Ottawa, Ill.—The Pioneer Fireproof weeks, is convalescent. II. Concerning Secular Life. Verses II, cents, or $11 for the 100 pounds of but ­ a sufferer from rheumatism and gout, 12. We live In the body, and the body has lp*cl*l Attention given to Boarding Horae*.rim Construction company ’s plant, the London. —Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the ter fat delivered. Now, let us see what from which he finally died; he was cl*** outfits furnished for ComraerclslMea, claims upon us. The Christian is not a re­ the creamery has received for this Funerals, Pleasure Parties, Etc. largest of Its kind in the world, was Canadian prime minister, returned to cluse, shut up In a , hidden from the buried at Lancaster, Pa. work. In the first place, It has re­ partially destroyed by fire, entailing a London on Sunday and had a confer ­ world. He lives among men and In so ­ Abraham Lincoln was assassinated A9*Persons having Lame and Disabled For*** ceived $4 for making up this 100 pounds Till find the best of (■riliti** for troatmant at my loss of $100,000. The fire was of in ­ ence with Mgr. Raphael Merry del Val, ciety. Let him be an orderly, a peaceful citizen, attending to his own affairs, faith ­ of butter fat, and has, In addition, six ­ by J. Wilkes Booth, and is buried at •tables, M. C. LI VESA Y, Veternar) Surgeon, in at­ cendiary origin. The large grain ele­ the papal delegate to Canada, who ar­ Springfield, Ill. tendance. Stable* 2d door West ol The Kto* rived on Saturday from Rome. Im­ ful to his work, and by his character rec­ teen and two-thirds pounds of butter No-th aid*. (1286) vator of J. N. Shuler was burned to the ommending his religion to the world. Andrew Johnson's death was caused portant results are expected, III. Concerning Those That Sleep. (the overrun from this 100 pounds of Fit Aft K SCHOPIEI U Prsp'r. ground. The loss is $6,000; insurance fat) to sell at 15 cents per pound, mak­ by paralysis, and he was buried at $3,000. London. —Maurice Grau, the direc­ Verses 13, 14. Notice how tenderly and tor of the grand opera season at Co­ hopefully tombs of the pagan world were ing $2.50 more to add to the $4 al­ Greenville, Tenn. New York.—The Golden Rod Silk vent Garden, has been engaged for a covered with despairing, mournful in ­ ready charged. Thus it will be seen Ulyses S. Grant died, after a long Company of Paterson. N. J., has given scriptions; but Christ has abolished death, further term of four years. and brought life and Immortality to light. that the price actually paid for mak­ struggle, of cancer of the throat, and notice of its failure, and a receiver has Paris.—United States Consul General Those who sleep shall awake and arise, ing the butter has been 6Vi cents per his body lies in the mighty and mag­ been appointed. The liabilities are John K. Gowdy, who has been serious­ and therefore we corrow not, though for pound. Of course the overrun is not nificent mausoleum at Riverside park, $103,000; assets about $75,000. ly ill, is now improving, and is about the time we miss our absent friends. New York city. IV. Concerning the Coming of the Lord. always as much as one-sixth, but Kansas City, Mo.—Four boys were to be removed to Plembieres, a health Verses 15, 16. That the Savior would re­ again it Is more. The creameries using Rutherford B. Hayes died of paraly ­ drowned here while swimming. Willie resort on the Angroone, for a change of turn was the confident expectation of the this fraudulent system are ever anx ­ sis of the heart, and was buried at and George Young, brothers, aged re­ air. early Church; and evidently Paul looked ious to keep from their patrons any Fremont, O. for the advent of Christ in his own life­ spectively 16 and 18, were drowned In CRIME. time. The details and precise manner of knowledge of overruns, trying to make James A. Gai field, assassinated by Brush creek. Henry Hall, aged 11, per ­ his coming are unimportant, and these them believe that the overrun is en ­ Charles J. Guiteau, is burled at Cleve­ ished in the Kaw river, and Fred San Antonio, Tex. —Maximo Martlne 2 sentences are not to be regarded as a tirely counterbalanced by the losses in land, O. Bridgeford, aged 14, was drowned in catalogue of the events to take place skimming and churning. This method was hanged at Floresville, in the Wil­ with his appearing. But the fact is sure, Chester A. Arthur succumbed to a little creek emptying Into the Mis­ son county jail, for a triple murdei and the Church in every age should wait cannot he too strongly condemned, and Bright ’s disease and his grave is in should be exposed on every possible souri, committed June £. He killed Jesus for, look for, the speedy return of Its Rural cemetery, Albany, N. Y. Clinton, Ind. —James McLaughlin, a Carillo and wife and Juanita Acosta. King. It Is just as wrong on one side occasion. to belittle the doctrine as it Is on the well-known character of Hillsdale, six Watertown, Wis.—Albert Schultz, a other to elaborate around It a scheme of THE FARM AND ITS STOCK. miles north of this city, shot and killed young married man, fired four shots at minute details. Watering Work Horse*. c s Joco Robinson, an Inoffensive citizen of his wife, and then blew out his brains. V. Concerning the Resurrection. Verses In the beginning of the working sea­ [ AVEATS.MJE HARK There are many farms where a few Montezuma, while frenzied with mad­ Mrs. Schultz will recover. The shoot ­ 16-18. When Christ comes the two armies son in the fields I would like to make a COPYRIGHTS. of his followers shall be united around sheep could be kept to advantage, as CAN I OBTAIN A PATENTt Fora ness. ing was the result of domestic troubles. Ruggc-stlon In the interest of the farm eronint answer and an honest opinion,writ* tn him, the army of the saints who sleep they will find food in places where BSUNN Ac who h*v* had n**rlr fifty rear? Springfield. O.—At De Graff, O., In the grave, and the army of those then horses and their owners. I do not be ­ Managua, Nicaragua—The diet of the other animals would starve. omarleooa In the patent business. Comman-----— leak. Greater Republic of Central America Frank Wright was found lying dead on living upon the earth. Notice that no ­ lieve that it is right or profitable to Maos strictly______confidential.| ______A Ilaadboo_ ookofln- where Is stress laid upon the thought that Jan aotsonrning Patanta and bow So ok. has declared Capt. W. L. Merry of San his wife’s grave with a bullet in his make a horse work five hours in hot If you are troubled with the tomatoes am aant free. Also a catalogue of i we shall meet each other, but every­ weather without water. When an ani ­ getting on the ground the trouble may d solan tlflo booksi sent *' (ran. Francisco, who was recently appointed brain. Wright formerly was a resident where that we shall meet Christ, and be United States minister to Costa Rica. of Springfield, but lately resided In forever with him. mal Is suffering the tendency is to lose be remedied by putting some straw un ­ Nicaragua and Salvador, persona non New York. VI. Concerning the Times and Seasons. in weight, and that a heated horse does der the vines. It will aid as a mulch Chapter 5. 1, 2. Again the apostle cau­ suffer when deprived of water for a grata. Hazleton, Pa.—George Martina killed too. tions the Church that we are to be al­ number of hours is evident to all who London. —At the meeting of the Andrew Balletini in the home of the ways ready for our Lord ’s appearing, * Try to make some better use of the have tried to restrain our teams from Lambeth conference a resolution was latter at Beaver Meadow. The men while we should never undertake to de­ early vegetables than allowing them drinking when the stable Is reached at passed recognizing the adoption of the quarreled over a love affair. Martini clare just at what time and In what way to go to seed. Pull them up and feed his coming will take place. noon or night. At ten o ’clock In the them to the pigs, or the chickens if CEUti title of archbishop in the provinces of crushed his rival’s head with a gun forenoon and four in the afternoon, or Canada. stock. they are kept shut up. SOME LATE NEW THINGS. near those hours, water should be fur­ Farmers who are slightly bothered J London —A dispatch from Singapore Washington, Ind. —Harry Lister, son nished. It pays me to stop my work says that the Chinese steamer Srihen- of the purchasing agent for the Monon, A window shade which is adjustable with mustard find it profitable to keep and take the team one-fourth of a mile the weed In subjection. When it once gann, bound from Singapore for Malac­ was murdered near here. He was at the top as well as at the bottom is for water, if none Is nearer at hand. WEEPER CYCLOMETER. gets a good hold on the soil it is a very ca, with 190 passengers, was wrecked pushed from a train by John Williams hung on two cords which wind up on The animals are refreshed, suffering is hard weed to kill out, as the seeds have /li Water-proof in a squall off Malacca on June 19. One of Trenton, Mo. Lister’s home was spring drums at the ends of the roller, prevented, and more work can be done I Lightest /II hundred and twenty persons, including Bedford. Williams Is in jail. An en ­ the shade being raised and lowered as upon a given amount of feed. Best of a strong vitality. 1 Smallest the captain of the steamer, were gineer named George Welch says he usual. all, the driver feels more like a Chris ­ If you Intend to drive a long distance drowned. saw the murder. Pneumatic hubs for bicycle wheels tian. A small barrel swung upon a and want to go in a hurry let the horse 1 Best New York.—Jake Schaefer, the bil- Bar Harbor, Maine. —Charles S. New. are composed of a heavy rubber casing bent axle of two cart-wheels, with a have its own time the first part of the > liardist, has concluded to bid farewell hall, head bookkeeper of the Agricul­ surrounding the hub, to which the pole attached, can be used for fields journey and do the fast driving the to America and establish himself in tural Insurance Company of Boston, ■poke heads are fastened, thus making remote from water. The cart can be latter part. A horse which Is driven Paris. and treasurer of the Melrose (Mass.) a spring tire without the danger of drawn behind wagon or cultivator or hard the first few miles Is spoiled for For Chicopee, Mass.—In a runaway Mrs. Co-operative Bank and the Melrose punctures. drawn direct by horses when no im­ the rest of the day. ’ iddiS 1 Mary B. Knapp was killed and her Highlands Congregational chu.ch, Is The combination of a dustpan and plement need be taken. FoT young "Room for a strawberry bed may be Inch daughter, Mrs. F. E. Tuttle, was badly under arrest here on charges of em­ mousetrap, recently Invented, has a horses especially water should be kept found between the rows of the peach Wheel*. bruised. bezzling $15,000. hinged top projecting over the pan In the field. When thlB humane plan is orchard or even between the rows of lLyb« road' Lincoln, Neb. —Thursday, Aug. 26, at Washington —The President has re­ adopted It should be adhered to strictly. the blackberry patch If they are far from tbs which can be set by a spring catch and Gaddis. Lincoln, Is the date and place selected mitted the fine in the case of Addie B. released by means of a lever on which —Ex. enough apart. Especially in the case by the Republican state central com­ Holland, sentenced in Michigan No­ bait Is fixed. Bee Stings. —The fear of being stung of the peach orchard this is a good mittee for the state convention. The vember, 1895, to two years’ imprison ­ One of the latest bicycle bells le at­ keeps many from engaging In bee cul­ way to utilize the ground. call provides for nearly 800 delegates. ment and $250 fine for embezzling post- tached to the head of the machine di­ ture. The sting of a bee was given to Danville, Ill.—Magistrate Timmons office funds. rectly over the front wheel, a corru­ it by the creator to protect its home, WORTH READING. of this city sentenced Maggie Sellers Port Huron, Mich. —Kllbourne See- gated wheel which revolves the bell and It will not use Its weapon away _____ T - • T to the stone-pile for thirty days. back, aged 17, was felled to the ground Weight* one tunc*. being preseed down on the tire by a from it, unless pinched or hurt in some The average value of the horses in . Buzzard’s Bay, Mass.—Secretary of by a blow that broke his neck and Guaranteed accurate. lever near the handle bar. way. A loaded bee never volunteers Pittsburg Is put by the county commis ­ Exact -i- 11/ Endorsed by the Pope the Treasury Gage called on ex-Presi- caused Instant death. Oweu McArron, an attack. There Is a great difference sioners at $70. dent Grover Cleveland at Gray Gables. another boy, is in jail on suspicion. Boats for use in hunting and fishing Size. «/ Mfg. Co. are now being built with a movable (It In the disposition of bees while swarm­ A number of engineering firms In Waco, Tex. —Wednesday, in the stock Oskaloosa, Iowa.—The wife of Dr. ing. One swarm may be scooped up 1.000 or 10.000 Mile*, or well to be raised or lowered In the England keep on hand ready-made Iron mekd. Mm 82 ; OeU-PUUd ud sagnved. 16. brokerage office of C. E. Trice & Co., Steve Todd of Wright committed sui­ with the hands with Impunity, while Frreate if aU Hr alert. Peec^tv. Booklet fret. B. F. Kivett and W. W. Klvett were cide by shooting herself with an army boat to form a blind for the hunters, the next one may sting everythin; It bridges of many sizes. the top of the blind being low enough VEEDER MFG. OCX, Hartford. Conn. 1 shot and killed by W. Lambden, a musket. The supposed cause Is religi­ touches. As you are never sure what Property Is said to be so safe In Fin ­ when not in use to permit the use of Dslivsrfss tax sew H mads taasdiatily. member of the firm. ous mania. bees will do. it is better to enter into land that packages left unguarded any ­ the oars. the frsy well protected. —Ex. where are hardly ever touched. CLINTON INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY. AUG. 5, 1897,

his friend," she answered, proudly. TALM AGE’S SERMON. until the fly passes. Tbous&nds of consents to these practices, he is be* “Yes, his friend; and aa his friend I young men in the hope of gain go into tng bound band and foot by a habit 7t!! not hear him insulted. Good ­ these practices. They say; "Well, my which has already destroyed "a great night." “A CART-ROPE INIQUITY** SUN­ salary is not enough to allow this lux ­ multitude that no man can number. ” She walked quickly away, but in a DAY’S SUBJEBT. ury. I don ’t get enough from my store, Sometimes these gift enterprises are moment he waB again beside her. office, or shop. I ought to have finer carried on in the name of charity; and “Marjorie, will you not listen to apartments. I ought to have better some of you remember at the close of From the Following Bible Text: laaleb, wines. I ought to have more richly our Civil War how many gift enter ­ me?” Cbapter 8, Vert* 18: “Woe Unto “No, I will not, ” returned the girl, flavored cigars. I ought to be able to prises were on foot, the proceeds to Them That Sin Aa It Were With a entertain my friends more expensively. go to the orphans and widows of the angrily. “Whatever you have to say Cart-Rope. ”—Vigilance Advised. against Monsieur Caussidiere you shall I won ’t stand this any longer. I can soldiers and sailors. What did these not say to me. He was right; you with one brilliant stroke make a for­ men who had charge of those gift en ­ are all against him, and you are the tune. Now, here goes, principle or no terprises care for the orphans and HERE are some in ­ principle, heaven or hell. Who cares?” widows? Why, they would have al­ worst of all. Do you think it is Just or iquities that only INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION. kind to abuse a man simply because When a young man makes up his mind lowed them to freeze to death upon nibble at the heart. to live beyond his income, Satan has their steps. I have no faith in a char ­ CHAPTER XL— (Continued .! turned Marjerie, quickly. "She was he is a stranger and unfortunate? What After a lifetime of bought him out and out, and It is only ity, which, for the sake of relieving Caussidiere started in surprise; he found drowned in Annan Water—was has Monsieur Caussidiere ever done to their work, the man was not accustomed to such plain* it not dreadful, monsieur? —and she you that you should dislike him so a question of time when the goods are present suffering, opens a gaping jaw still stands upright, to be delivered. The thing is done. speaking. was burled yonder In the kirkyard much? ” that has swallowed down so much of respected, and hon ­ You may plant in the way all the bat ­ the virtue and good principle of the “Madame is severe,” he replied, with when I was a little child. ” The young man stared at her flushed ored. These ver- a sarcastic smile. ‘‘She does not ap ­ "And you think she was your moth ­ cheeks and angry eyes; then he ex ­ teries of truth and righteousness, that community. Young man, have noth ­ min have not man is bound to go on. When a man prove of the morals of my nation? No? er?” claimed: ing to do with these things. They strength enough to makes one thousand dollars a year and only sharpen your appetltle for games Yet parbleu! they compare not un ­ "They say so, monsieur, but I do not “Marjorie, answer me! Tell me It’s gnaw through a favorably with those of pious Scot­ think it is true.” not possible, that you care for yon spends one thousand two hundred dol­ of chance. Do one of two things; be m a n ’s charac- lars; when a young man makes one honest or die. land! ” "No? ” man? ” ter. But there are other transgressions This rebufT rather disconcerted the thousand five hundred dollars, and I have accomplished my object if I “I have gone to her grave and stayed She flushed crimson and turned that lift themselves up to gigantic pro ­ plain spoken lady, who turned up the spends one thousand seven hundred put you on the look-out. It is a great by it, and tried to think they are right, away. portions, and seize hold of a man and path impatiently, while the French ­ dollars, all the harpies of darkness cry deal easier to fall than it is to get up but I cannot —I aye come away as I “I care for anyone, ” she answered, bind him with thongs forever. There man shrugged his shoulders and looked out: "Ha! ha! ” we have him, ” and again. The trouble is that when men did tonight and look at Annan Water, evasively, “who is alone and who sre some iniquities that have such great loftily indignant. Marjorie, who had they have. How to get the extra five begin to go astray from the path of and feel it more my kin. ” wants a friend. Monsieur Caussidiere emphasis of evil that he who commits watched the preceding passage at arms “Marjorie! ” has been very kind to me—and I am hundred dollars or the extra two thou ­ duty, they are apt to say: “There ’s no them may be said to sin as with a cart- sand dollars is the question. He says: use of trying to get back. I’ve sacri­ with no little anxiety, not quite follow ­ "Yes, monsieur! ” sorry for him. ” rope. I suppose you know how they ing the conversation, glanced implor ­ “I fancy you are right, child; per ­ “You are more than that, Marjorie— "Here is my friend who started out the ficed my respectability, I can ’t return; ” make a great rope. The stuff out of other day with but little money, and in aqd they go on until they are utterly ingly at Caussidiere. haps your mother lives.” but take care, for I kuow he is a scoun ­ which it is fashioned is nothing but “Don ’t mind Miss-Hetherington, ” she one night, so great was his luck, he destroyed. I tell you, my friends, that “Ah, you think that? ” drel.” tow which you pull apart without any said, when the lady was out of hear ­ "More; she is perhaps watching over “How dare you say so?” returned rolled up hundreds and thousands of God this moment, by his Holy Spirit, exertion of your fingers. This is spun dollars. If he got it, why not I? It is can change your entire nature, so ing. ‘‘What Mr. Lorraine says of her you, though she cannot speak. She Marjorie. “You are a coward, Johnnie Into threads, any of which you could is true; her bark ’s waur than her bite, may reveal herself some day.” Sutherland. If he were here you would such dull work, this adding up of long that you will be a different man in a easily snap, but a great many of these lines of figures in the counting-house; and she means no offense. ” "You believe so, monsieur? ” repeated not speak like that. ” minute Your great want —what ia it? threads are interwound —then you have this pulling down of a hundred yards "Who is she, my child? Oh, I re­ Mai?jorie, her face brightening with “I would say the same to him as to More salary? Higher social position? a rope strong enough to bind an ox, of goods and selling a remnant; this No; no. I will tell you the great want member, the eccentric old lady whom joy. you. If he were not a scoundred he or hold a ship in a tempest. I speak you visited yesterday.” "It is very probable, my child. You would not entice you from your home. ” always waiting upon somebody else, of every man, if he has not already to you of the sin of gambling. A cart- when I could put one hundred dollars obtained it. It is the grace of God. Marjorie nodded; and at that mo­ are not of the canaille, Marjorie. When This was too much for Marjorie. She rope in strength is that sin, and yet I ment Mr. Lorraine came down the path, I first saw you I knew that; then I uttered an indignant exclamation, and, on the ace and pick up a thousand. ” Are there any who have fallen victims wish more especially to draw your at­ to the sin that I have been reprehend ­ followed by Solomon, and met Miss heard your story, and it interested me. without deigning to reply, hastened tention to the small threads of influ ­ Many years ago for sermonic pur ­ Hetherington, who began talking to I thought, ‘We are strangely alike—we rapidly away. This time he did not poses and in company with the chief ing? You are in a prison. You rush ence out of which that mighty iniquity against the wall of this prison, and him vehemently. are like two of a country cast adrift in hasten after her; and almost before he is twisted. This crime is on the advance, of police of New York I visited one try to get out, and you fail; and you “She is not very polite," muttered a foreign land, but our destinies seem could recover from his surprise she had so that it is well not only that fathers, of the most brilliant gambling houses turn around and dash against the other Caussidiere; "and see, she is already to be one. She is exiled from her kin ­ entered the manse door. and brothers, and sons, be interested in that city. It was night and as we wall until there is blood on the grates, abusing me to your guardian. ” dred; I am exiled from my home. She in such a discussion, but that wives, came up in front all seemed dark. The and blood on your soul. You will He held out his hand. has a kindly heart and will understand CHAPTER XIII. and mothers, and sisters, and daughters blinds were down; the door was never get out In this way. There is "Good-bye! I shall see you, perhaps, me; we must be friends, Marjorie, will FTER the scene look out lest their present home be guarded; but after a whispering of the only one way of getting out. There is later in the day.” we not? ” with Marjorie on sacrificed, or their intended home be officer with the guard at the door, we a key that can unlock that prison- "Perhaps. Oh, monsieur, you are not He held out his hand, and the girl Sunday night,Suth ­ blasted. No man, no woman, can stand were admitted into the hall, and thence house. It is the key of the house of offended? ” took it. erland was in a aloof from such a subject as this and into the parlors, around one table, find ­ David. It is the key that Christ wears “Not at all,” replied Caussidiere, “You are very good, monsieur, ” *he state of despair; for say: “It has no practical bearing upon ing eight or ten men in mid-life, well- at his girdle. If you will allow him though the look with which he re­ answered simply. two days he walked my life;” for there may be in a short dressed—all the work going on in to put that key to the lock, the bolt garded his late antagonist rather be ­ “Then you must treat me as a friend, about in misery; on time in your history an experience in silence, save the noise of the rattling will shoot back, and the door will, lied his words. "I forgive her for your indeed, little one! ” he answered. “I the third day his which you will find that the discussion “chips ” on the gaming-table in one swing open, and you will be a free, sake, my child! ” will take no money for your lessons. It resolution was fixed involved three worlds—earth, heaven, parlor, and the revolving ball of the man in Christ Jesus. Oh, prodigal, is a pleasure for me to teach you, and and he determined hell. There are gambling establish ­ roulette table in the other parlor. Marjorie did not go to church again —and Mr. Lorraine is not rich. ” to act. He went up ments by the thousands. There are Some of these men, we were told, had a hat a business this is for you, feed­ ing swine, when your father stands In that day. She had a headache and "Mr. Lorraine? ” said Marjorie, open ­ to the Castle and about five thousand five hundred pro ­ served terms in prison; some were the front door, straining his eyesight kept her room. It was altogether a ing her blue eyes; "it is not Mr. Lor­ sought an interview with Miss Heth ­ fessional gamblers. Out of all the gam­ ship-wrecked bankers and brokers and gloomy afternoon. Mr. Lorraine, se­ raine who pays for my schooling, but erington, to whom he told of the scene bling establishments, how many of money-dealers, and some were going to catch the first glimpse of your re-, cretly troubled in his mind, had diffi­ Miss Hetherington. ” which he had had with Marjorie, of her them do you suppose profess to be hon ­ their first rounds of vice—but all in ­ turn; and the calf is as fat as it will be, ’ culty in concentrating bis thoughts on “Is that so? ” anger against himself, and of her con ­ est? Ten. These ten professing to be tent upon the table, as large or small and the harps of heaven are all strung, his religious duties, and Solomon pre ­ "Yes; that is so. Mr. Lorraine did stant meetings with the stranger. Miss honest because they are merely the fortunes moved up and down before and the feet rree. There are converted gamblers in heaven. The light of served an invincible taciturnity. So not wish to have me taught beyond my Hetherington listened with averted ante-chamber to those that are ac­ them. Oh, there was something aw­ the day passed away, and evening station; but Miss Hetherington said I head, and laughed grimly when he had knowledged fraudulent. There are first- fully solemn in the silence —the in ­ eternity flashed upon the green baize came. must le«rn.” done. class establishments. You step a little tense gaze, the suppressed emotions of of their billiard-saloon. In the laver There was no evening service, for Caussidiere seemed to reflect pro ­ “I see how it is,” she said; “ ’tls the way out of Broadway, New York. You the players. No one looked up. They of God ’s forgiveness they washed off Mr. Lorraine was too infirm to conduct foundly. old tale; twa lads and a lassie. But I go up the marble stairs. You ring the all had money in the rapids, and I all their sin. They quit trying for three services in one day. After a dis­ "Miss Hetherington is a philanthrop ­ dinna like the French man, Johnnie, bell. The liveried servant introduces have no doubt some saw, as they sat earthly stakes. They tried for heaven mal tea, to which Marjorie came down, ic lady, then? ” no more than yourself. I’ll speak you. The walls are lavender tinted. there, horses and carriages, and houses and won it. There stretches a hand the minister sat reading a volume of “Do you think so, monsieur? ” with Mr. Lorraine; maybe ’tis his work The mantels are of Vermont marble. and lands, and home and family rush ­ from heaven toward the bead of the sermons, and jsresently Marjorie left "Do not you think so, Marjorie, since to keep the bairnie right, though he The pictures are “Jephthah ’s Daugh ­ ing down into the vortex. A man ’s worst offender. It is a hand, not the room, put on her hat, and strolled she is universally kind and generous? ” does his work ill, I’m thinking. You ’re ter,” and Dore ’s “‘Dante ’s and Virgil’s life would not have been worth a clenched as if to smite, but outspread into the garden. "Ah, ” returned Marjorie, "I do not a good lad, Johnnie, and as to Marjorie, Frozen Region of Hell,” a most ap ­ farthing in that presence had he not as if to drop a benediction. Other It was a beautiful evening, and the think she is always generous, mon ­ she ’s a short-sighted eedict not to see propriate selection, this last, for the been accompanied by the police, if seas have a shore and may be fathom ­ moon was rising over the far-off hills. sieur; but she is very kind to me. Why wha ’s her friend. ” place. There is the roulette table, the he bad been supposed to be on a Chris ­ ed, but the sea of God ’s love —eternity With her head still aching wearily, the she has almost kept me ever since I She spoke lightly and cheerfully; but finest, costliest, most exquisite piece of tian errand of observation. Some of —has no plummet to strike the bot ­ girl wandered out upon the road and was a child. ” the moment Sutherland disappeared furniture in the United States. There these men went by private key, some tom, and immensity no iron-bound into the churchyard. She crept close To this the Frenchman did not reply; both her face and manner changed. is the banqueting room where, free of went by careful introduction, some shore to confine it. Its tides are lifted to the western wall and looked for a he seemed somewhat disturbed; he iit “The lad was right, ” she said. ‘‘Love charge to the guests, you may find the were taken in by the patrons of the by the heart of infinite compassion. long time at one of the tombstones. a cigar and watched Marjorie through has made him "keen sighted, and he has plate, and viands, and wines, and ci­ establishment. The officer of the law Its waves are the hosannahs of the re­ Then, sighing deeply, she came out the clouds of smoke. Presently the told me the truth. Marjorie is in dan ­ gars, sumptuous beyond parallel. Then told me: “None get in here except by deemed. The argosies that sail on it and strolled up the village. clock in the church tower struck the ger. Now is the time when she needs you come to the second-class gambling police mandate, or by some letter of drop anchor at last amid the thunder ­ The bright weather and the fresh air hour, and Marjorie started. the care o ’ kind folk to keep her frae establishment. To it you are intro ­ a patron. ” While we were there a ing salvo of eternal victory. But alas enticed her on and on till she came "I must be walking home, ” she said. the one false step that ruins all. Mar­ duced by a card through some “roper young man came in, put bis money for that man who sits down to the to the rural bridge above the Annan She began to move across the bridge, jorie Annan, what shall I do for you, in. ” Having entered, you must either down on the roulette-table, and lost; final game of life and puts his im­ mortal soul on the ace, while angels Water. the Frenchman keeping beside her. my bairn? ” gamble or fight. Sanded cards, dice put more money down on the roulette- of God keep the tally-board; and after All was still and peaceful; not a They walked steadily onward, and She stood for a time meditating: loaded with quicksilver, poor drinks table ,and lost; put more money down kings and queens, and knaves, and sound, not a breath disturbed the Sab ­ now they reached the door of the inn. then she looked at her watch and found mixed with more poor drinks, will on the roulette-table, and lost; then spades are "shuffled ” and "cut,” and bath silence. She leaned over the stone Marjorie paused and held forth her it was still early in the day; she sum­ soon help you to get rid of all your feeling in his pockets for more money, the game is ended, hovering and im­ parapet and looked sadly down. band. moned her old servant, ordered her car­ money to a tune in short metre with finding none, in severe silence he turn ­ pending worlds discover that he has Her thoughts were wandering far "Good-night, monsieur, ” she said. riage, and a quarter of an hour later staccato passages. You wanted to see. ed his back upon the scene and passed lost it, the faro-bank of eternal dark­ away—flowing, flowing with the mur­ was driving away toward the town of You saw. The low villains of that place out. While we stood there men lost "Good-night! —shall I not walk with ness clutching down into its wallet muring stream. She had fallen into a >ou to the manse, little one? ” Dumfries. watch you as you come In. Does not their property and lost their souls. all the blood-stained wagers. waking dream, when she heard a foot ­ Marjorie shook her head. Hardly had she left when the French ­ the panther, squat in the grass, know a Oh, the merciless place! Not once in step behind her. She started and ut­ "I would rather walk there alone. ” man came to the castle, and, by dint of calf when he sees it? Wrangle not for all the history of that gaming-house tered a low cry as she saw a dark fig­ The Frenchman shrugged his shoul ­ bribing the old serving man, Sandy your rights in that place, or your body has there been one word of sympathy Mother ’s Dying Words. ure approaching in the moonlight. ders. Sloan, with a golden sovereign, was will be thrown bloody into the street, uttered for the losers at the game. (By J. F. O’Haver, Harrodsburg, Ind.) Sir Horace Walpole said that a man CHAPTER XII. "Eh bien! since you wish it I will permitted to view the different rooms. or dead into the river. During a round of pastoral visits, I (TO BE CONTINUED.) dropped dead in one of the clubhouses HE figure advanced think you are right. Good-night, my You go along a little further and find called at a country residence, and be ­ of London; his body was carried into rapidly, and in a little friend, and au revoir. ” the policy establishment. In that place fore I left read a passage from the the clubhouse, and the members of moment Marjorie He took the hand which she had ex ­ RARE WORKS OF ART. you bet on numbers. Betting on two Bible and had prayer. Contrary to the club began immediately to bet as recognized her tu­ tended toward him, raised it toward numbers is called a “saddle;” betting my custom, I concluded to read the Treanures of the Ooncourt Brothers to whether he were dead or alive, and tor. his lips, then patted it as if he had been Bring Great Prices. on three numbers is called a “gig;” bet ­ first passage at which my Bible open ­ when it was proposed to test the mat­ "Monsieur Caus­ patting the fingers of a child; it was ting on four numbers is called a ed, which was the 103d Fsalm. As All the great pictures in the Gon- ter by bleeding him, it was only hin ­ sidiere!” she cried. this air of fatherly friendliness which “horse; ” and there are thousands of ston as I began to read the lady of the court collection have now been sold at dered by the suggestion that it would "Yes,” returned made her trust him, and which won for our young men leaping into that “sad­ house began to weep, and continued to the Hotel Drouot and have realized be unfair to some of the players! In the French man him all the sympathy of her affection ­ 696,000 francs, or £27,840, says a Paris dle,” and mounting that “gig,” and be ­ do so throughout the reading and ate heart. these gaming houses of our cities, men quietly, "It is I!” letter. It is to be noted that the broth ­ hind that “horse ” riding to perdition. prayer. When Caussidiere imprinted a kiss have their property wrung away from "He took her ers Goncourt, as related in the famous There is always one kind of sign on the Upon rising from our knees, she upon her hand she neither blushed nor door —“Exchange;"a most appropriate them, and then they go out, some of hand in his, and diary, often pinched themselves in or ­ them to drown their grief in strong burst into tears, and told me the first found it cold and trembling. drew it away, but she said softly: title for the door, for there, in that words of that psalm were the last "Good night, monsieur, God bless der to purchase pictures and art ob ­ drink, some to ply the counterfeiter ’s "I have frightened you,” he said. jects for their collection. They would room, a man exchanges health, peace, words of her mother on earth, and that you!” at which the Frenchman kissed and heaven for loss of health, loss of pen, and so restore their fortunes, "Yes, monsieur; I was startled be ­ undoubtedly be surprised if they were some resort to the suicide’s revolver, she died in that very room, and she cause I did not hear you coming, and I her hand again, then, turning quickly, home, loss of family, loss of immortal sobbed as if her heart would break. I entered the inn. alive to read the prices obtained at the but all going down, and that work seemed to be far away.” soul. Exchange sure enough and in ­ learned she had not been to church for Marjorie turned, too, feeling her kind recent sale for old drawings and en ­ proceeds day by day, and night by She seemed strangely sad and pre ­ gravings which they picked up years finite enough. many years, but I notice she has been little heart overflowing, and walked Now you acknowledge that is a cart- night. "That cart-rope, ” says some occupied tonight. After the French ­ ago on the Paris quays and elsewhere regular in attendance since. away down the moonlit road. She had rope of evil, but you want to know young man, "has never been wound man had joined her she relapsed into for a few gold or silver pieces. They around my soul.” But have not some Who will say that a mother ’s saintly her former dream; she folded her arms not gone many steps when she was what are the small threads out of which abruptly joined by a man. She did not were keen dilettanti and knew good threads of that cart-rope been twisted? life is soon lost, or that the Spirit does upon the bridge again, and fixed her it is made. There is, in many, a dispo ­ not lead His servants? start nor seem surprised; indeed, works of art when they saw them, but sition to hazard. They feel a delight in I arraign before God the gift en ­ sad eyes upon the flowing river. Caus­ they could hardly have realized that a sidiere, partaking of the mood, looked while she was parting with the French ­ walking near a precipice because of terprises of our cities, which have a man she had seen John Sutherland sketch by the younger Moreau, for the sense of danger. There are people tendency to make this a nation of downward, too. which they paid about a dollar, would A Brother’s Lore. "You love the water, Marjorie?” watching her from the opposite side of who go upon Jungfrau, not for the gamblers. Whatever you get, young Little Jennie disobeyed her mother the road. be purchased years afterwards for hun ­ largeness of the prospect, but for the man, in such a place as that, without "Yes; It ia my kith and kin. ” dreds of dollars. There is now every one day, and she made her leave her "You have been here for hours, have "Good-evening, Johnnie, ” said Mar­ feeling that they have of thinking giving a proper equivalent, is a rob ­ play and go and sit for an hour in the prospect that the Goncourt academy bery of your own soul, and a robbery you not? I sought you at the manse jorie, quietly. “Why did you not come "What would happen if I should fall corner. may become an accomplished fact, and of the community. Yet, how we are in vain. ” forward to speak to Monsieur Cauasi- off?” There are persons who have their Her little brother was very fond of dlere?” that the literary legatees, as well as the appalled to see men who have failed "I was not here, monsieur. I was in blood filliped and accelerated by skat­ his sister, and he was so sorry for her poor relations, may receive something In other enterprises go into gift con ­ the kirkyard among the graves.” The young man started, but made no ing very near an air hole. There are that he asked his mother to let him sit answer. worth having out of the estate. When certs, where the chief attraction is not "Among the graves?” returned the men who find a positive delight In driv­ ir. Jennie ’s place and let her go and "Johnnie, what is wrong? ” she asked. Edmond de Gouncourt died it was con ­ ing within two inches of the edge of a music, but the prizes distributed Frenchman, Looking anxiously at her. play. He paused, and looked at her. fidently asserted by many that his bridge. It is this disposition to hazard among the audience; or to sell books "A strange place for you to wander in, Their mother allowed him to do so. "Marjorie,” he said, "tell me what artistic collections would not realize that finds development in gaming prac ­ where the chief attraction is not the my child! It is only when we have After a little he said: you were doing with that man? ” £8,000, whereas his pictures and en ­ tices. Here are five hundred dollars. book, but the package that goes with seen trouble and lost, friends that we "Mamma, am I not like Jeans? ” It was no time for his reproaches; gravings alone have already brought in I may stake them. If I stake them I the book. Tobacco dealers advertise seek such places. For me it would be "Why? ” said she. fitting, perhaps, but for you it is dif­ her whole soul rose in revolt. more than treble that amount. may lose them; but I may win five that on a certain day they will put "Because I am suffering in Jennie ’s ferent. You are so young and should "With that man?" she repeated, an ­ thousand dollars. Whichever way it money into their papers, so that the be so happy. ” grily. "Do you mean with Monsieur Only • Little premature. turns I have the excitement. Shuffle purchaser of this tobacco in Cincinnati place. ” "Ah, yes!” sighed Marjorie. “I am Caussidiere?” “I can ’t bear a suit that isn ’t pend ­ the cards. Lost! Heart thumps. Head or New York may unexpectedly come "Yes,” said mamma, "and you do it happy enough. ” "Yes, with that villainous French ­ ing, ” said a judge to a young lawyer dizzy. At it again —Just to gratify this upon a magnificent gratuity. Boys because you love her, don ’t you?” "And yet you sadden the days that man, ” he returned, driven recklessly who was seeking advice. desire for hazard. hawking through the cars packages Jesus suffered once and for all, for ghould be the brightest by wandering onward by his anger. "Why are you “I know it isn ’t pending, ” replied the Then there are others who go Into containing nobody knows what, until us. But we are always like him when near the dead. Why did you go to the always In hia company, Marjorie An ­ ycung man. In some confusion, “but it this sin through sheer desire for gain. you open them and find they contain we suffer or deny ourselves for others. churchyard, Httle one? ” nan? ” is about to pend. ”—The Green Bag. It is especially so with professional nothing. Christian men with pictures Nothing makes us so much like Je­ "Why, monsieur? To oee my moth ­ Marjorie drew herself proudly up. gamblers. They always keep cool. They on their wall gotten in a lottery, and sus as to forget ourselves and live to er's grave.” Had the Frenchman seen her then, he The Indian population of the Domin ­ never drink enough to unbalance their the brain of community taxed to find make somebody else happy. "Yo«r mother ’s grave? I thought would have little doubt as to the stock ion of Canada is said to be 122,000, at judgment. They do not see the dice so out some new way of getting things /ou did not know yonr mother? ” whence she came. whom about 38,000 are Roman Catho­ much as they see the dollar beyond the without paying for them. Oh, young Some men forget their sins so easily, "They say she was my mother, ” re­ "I am in his company because I am lics, and the same number Protestants. dice, and for that they watch, aa the men, these are the threads that make that they are often amazed an! spider in the web, looking aa tf dead the cart rope, and when a young man when others remember them. CLINTON INDEPENDENT. THURSDAY, AUGUST ft, 1897. UNION HOME. m The Independent. From Our Correspondent 4 4 Farmers who have threshed their m 4 4 GEORGE 8. CORBIT, Proprietor wheat report a good yield. FRANK E. DeWITT, l Leasees Mrs. S. Bogardus intends building a m 4 4 a. CLAIR STOCK, f new house on her farm in the near $WE MUST MOVE 1wt: 4 4 future. Hi -THE- Mrs. C. Clark and daughter. Bessie, m 4 4 returned to their home in Big Rapids m•to * The Old lines at Once Before Our New 4 4 last Saturday. m Goods Arrive. 4 4 Fred Ferguson, of Ashley, is spend ­ •V Clinton Go. Savings Bank ing a portion of his school vacatiou at •TO* 4 4 Union Home with friends. m. ST. JOHNS. MICH. WE WILL SELL 4 4 Ezra Finch and family, of Ovid, 0.1 One lot Ladles' $1 50 Shoes at $1.19. One lot Men's $1 2ft Shoos at $ 99. speut Sunday at the home of their par ­ !t*.v 1.7' iav 2 00 1.50. 4 4 ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Finch. 200 1 60. 2.50 1 90. 2*0 1.90. 8.00 2 20. 4 4 Pays 4 Per Cent. Interest on Deposits. G. W. Pratt went to Owosso Monday •V &00 2 10. 400 2 90. afternoon to attend the funeral of his 4.U0 3.00. 0.00 3 25. 4 4 sister, Mrs. VanDeusen, Tuesday. Milan Morton aud wife, of Bowling 1 4 4 Loans Money on Approved Bonds and Green, Ohio, are welcome visitors in 1 The above lines are all up-to-date goods, of which we have fcr: 4 1 Real Estate Security. ?** only a few pairs* of a kind. In addition to this we have some 4 the parental home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. St": Gri filth. small sizes in Ladies' Fine Shoes, which are somewhat out of IS 4 4 OFFICERS: Members aud friends of the U. II. style and which we will sell from 74c per pair up. 4 4 aid society will meet with Mrs. Fannie m 4. J. Baldwin , Pres. P. E. Wadsworth , Tree, S-V-: Besides the floods mentioned, we have odd lines of children’s, Doty, Thursday afternoon, August 19. M 4 4 3. Pennell. Vc-Pres. R. C. Dkxtee Asst. Tree All are invited. boys’ and girls shoes to clean out. • . 4 4 Miss Dora Mallory, of St. Johns, M& THE LOCAL MARKETS. spent last week at the home of William 4 4 Stevens and wife, of Essex, also visited •*• Don ’t IMIiss TTnis Sale. 4 with youug friends at Union Home. 4 St. Johns. August 5, 1897. 4 4 The following are the prices paid in cash for Miss Kate Boyle returned from Big si produce in this market: Rapids last Friday, accompanied by her THE LITTLE WHITE STORE. 4 4 Wheat, white. No. 1. 78. sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Hu­ :*• Take a Walk “ red. No. 2. 78. man Burch, who will remain fora visit IS 4 4 Wheat, red, No 3, 72. with their parents and friends in fa • . 4 Oars, 15&19. _ M general. Woodruff & Tromp 4 Hay, timothy, new fS.OO, old $8.00. Hay, mixed, new $.'.00 Subject of the Christian Endeavor THE SHOE DEALERS. IS 4 4 Beans. .8S(«.45. next Sunday will be “Patience and i I Rye. 80@>33. • 4 In any street, in any community, 4 Potatoes new. 50@75. Bible Comfort. ” Select readings by Butter 089.18. Clara Stead and others. The meeting 4 among any sort of society, and you 4 Eggs. .079? 08. will be conducted by Jennie Weidman. Tallow, .02. 4 4 Corn, oar, .10. Services will be held at 6:45 and 7 will find that you are properly Lard, .08. o ’clock promptly. 4 4 Hides .07. 4 dressed, in the strict sense of the Pelts, .25@7ft SHEPARDSV1LLK. SALE CONTINUES.. 4 Beef, live 3.0CK&3.50 Beef, dressed, 5.oo@6 00. 4 word, if your clothing has been 4 Pork, live, 3.2u<®3 35. From Our Correspondent. Pork, dressed, 4.25<&,4.&0. 4 bought from us. Tailored in the 4 Veil Calf, live, 4 so <& ' 00. F. D. Cleveland and family returned Veil Calf, dressed, $8.50. from Argentine Monday. DON’T FAIL... 4 4 Fowls, live. 6; dressed, 7. Mr and Mrs. Grant Kisby, of Ovid, very best fashion by experienced Chickens, broilers, live. 8 ‘i®“; dressed, .9. 4 4 Wood, dry. hard, $1.40; soft, *1.00 were at Nelson Lounsbury ’s Sunday. workmen at living wages, these Miss Francis Morgate.of Middleburg, To take advantage of the greatest 4 4 OLIVE. is visiting R. Hazel and family this 4 garments have twice the solid value week. Slaughter Sale of Clothing. Hats, 4 Mrs. £. L. Bullen and daughter, Caps, Mackintoshes, Underwear, etc... 4 of similar clothing selling elsewhere 4 From Our Correspondent. Anna, of 1‘ottersville, Michigan, are 4 Apples will be scarce here this season. visiting in this vicinity. ever known in Clinton County. for the same money. We don’t pro- 4 Oat harvest is now the order of the Presiding Elder Puller, of Lansiug, 4 posd to save you enough money in 4 day. conducted quarterly meeting services 4 4 The farmers around here have their at the M. E. church Saturday and Sun ­ Itoad Our Price List: one year to make you wealthy for hay and w heat secured. day. 4 4 Many of our citizens attended the your life, but we can help you to Professor and Mrs. llurk, of Eureka, circus at St. Johus Thursday and the Men ’s 820.00 Suits reduced to 89.9* j Men ’s 8*.00 Suits reduced to 84 63 4 4 were in Dewitt last week. Free Methodist camp meeting at Ban ­ Men ’s 15,00 Suits reduced to 7.39 I Men ’s 7 00 Suits reduced to 3.9* 4 dress better and put more by The musical notes of the steam ister Sunday. Men ’s 12.00 Suits reduced to 6 9* j Meu’s 5.00 Suits reduced to 2.S9 4 thresher can be heard in all directisons. Men ’s 10.00 Suits reduced to 5.H9 4 towards the rainy day which is sure 4 Mr. and Mrs. Kraft, of Delta, visited Take a Lake Tour to the Island of Cool 4 to come. 4 friends around here Saturday and Sun ­ Breezes. We Have a Hood Many Odd Suits That You Can Buy Very Cheap. 4 4 day. Go to Mackinac Island. Mich., via the Wheat is reported to be of good Coast Line. The Detroit and Cleveland All Boys’ and Children’s Suits reduced from 25 to 50 per cent. $7.00 4 4 quality and fair yield according to the new steel passenger steamers leave To­ Mackintoshes reduced to $3.98. Plain and cape Mackintoshes reduced to 4 4 straw. ledo, Mondays and Saturdays, 10:30 a. Bert Norris, of Dewitt, reports a m., and Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:30 $1.98. BUY NOW FOR WINTER. We have 40 dozen Wool-Fleeced 4 4 yield of 942 bushels of wheat from p. m. From Detroit, Mondays and Sat­ 75-cent Underwear that we will put in this sale at 48 cents. We also 4 thirty acres. urdays, 11:00 p. m., Wednesdays and have another large lot that is double-breasted that you can buy in this Bert Brinkerboff shot a hawk recently Fridays, 9:30 a. m. Send 2 cents for il­ sale at 24 cents. If you care to save your dollars, investigate our goods that measured four fet and four incaes lustrated pamphlet. Address and prices before making any purchases. from tip to tip. A. A. Schantz , G. P. A., The U. M. society of Dewitt will Detroit, Midi iWilson & Son.! meet with Mrs. Charles Sloan, at 2 p. m., ------*• * Thursday. August 11. Huclticti’s Armca naive. Miss Maude Randall, of Riley, is The Best Salve in the world for Cuts * * visiting at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Kheum, Fever ...Webber & Peck... 4 4 1*. Freeman, in Lansing. Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblanes, THE CASH CLOTHIERS. Gerry Dills, of Dewitt, has been a Corns and all Skin Eruptions, aud posi ­ guest at the home of his uncle, D. C. tively cures Piles, or no pay required. * Ilind, in Lansing, for a week. The eclipse on the sun Thursday was is guranteed to give perfect satisfaction plainly discernible to those who pro ­ or money refunded. Price 25 cents per vided themselves with smoked glass. box. For sale by Fildew & Millman, at Miss Lucile, Etta Webb, Gerba Jayne St Johns andFowler. and G. Z. Gage, of Dewitt, went to Up-to-date Cash Grocery Eaton Rapids, Saturday, to stay two i 7 JEWELED A HOT ONE! Weeks. The Ladies’Aid of the Universalist JUST OPENED. church of Dewitt will give an ice cream social at Masonic hall, Monday evening, With a full liue of strictly fresh and up-to-date groceries. August 9, JUST The lecture given by Rev. Legal, of Also a full line of Flour, Feed, Hay, Straw, and Lansing, befor the summer normal at Grain of all kinds. Dewitt, last week, was well attended FOR A FLYER. and listened to with much interest. Several from around here attended the Ringling Bros, show at St. Johns, /v NOTE THIS ----- and were well pleased with the per ­ dfWflry, formance. John Miller is quite sick We have the finest line of Cauned Goods, fresh packed, with neuralgia of the heart at present. II.VeRWAREjJc, such as Canned Meats, Canned Vegetables, Cunned ALL of Our Colored Hot Fish, and Fruits of all kinds, to lie found in WATERTOWN CENTER IT PAYS TO TRADE AT the city, at prices lower than the lowest. Our line of Staple and Fancy Groceries is complete and our aim will be to Weather Goods in Two From our Correspondent. please you, both as to quality and prices. We invite you to Mr. Andrews is a guest of Miss Ada call and inspect our line and prices, whether you wish to Lots to Close • • • Benedict. ALLISON’S Mrs. Wm. Monroe has gone to her purchase or not. Goods bought and sold for cash. parents in Ovid for a visit. Kirk Conrad visited his sister, Mrs. Baumgardner, of Olive, Sunday. PORTER & EMMONS PROMPT DELIVERY TO ANY PART OF THE CITY. Including all our 7c, 8c, Mrs. Theresa Kuhlman and daughter, We are not fully settled yet, Yours cordially, LOT NO. ONE 9c, and 10c Summer of Gratiot county, are visiting at Geo. and only a small part of our Olive’s. Suiting to close at 5c. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Elliot, Miss Ervie goods have arrived, but we Newson and Arthur Oliver went to would be pleased to have 3'ou Gowan last week on their bicycles. call. We can offer you some L. J. CALKINS. Carl Hodges and Miss Olive Brisban, All our 12 Kc, 15c, 18c, of Lansing, spent Saturday night and big bargains in Watches and Stephenson Block, Dutcher’s Old Stand. Sunday with Miss Erma Plowman. Jewelry. We shall still con­ LOT NO. TWO 20c and 25c Summer Mrs. Blanche Whitlock, daughter tinue to do work at hard times Suitings to close at 10c. This lot includes Lena, and Miss Erma Plowman return ­ prices. P. S.—Having engaged as salesman for Mr. Calkins, I cordially in­ ed from a five week’s stay in Peloskey vite my friends and acquainthnces to call, where I shall be pleased to our best Mulhouse Organdies, and Lappet last Wednesday. Cleaning Watches - - .50 Died, at his home in Watertown, meet you. Yrours, Suitings worth 25c per yard, and have not Sunday, August 1, Mr. Redeonby. He Main Spriugs - - .50 L. D. PARR. lias been sick for over a year, but is at been sold for less this season. They must be rest at last. He leaves several children and other work in proportion. to mourn his loss. Our competitors say we use closed at once as we do not intend to carry cheap springs, and do cheap over one yard of these goods. SOUTH ORAL. cleaning, but we will be pleas­ From Our Correspondent. ed to inform you that they' are M. 8. Ware has purchased a fine top mistaken. We use the very To Professional Look in at our north show window and carriage. best springs made, and watch ­ Cbas. Cole is visiting his son, Frank, see our elegant assortment of Rugs; com­ at St. Louis. cleaning is done just as care ­ Will BorolT is visiting M. V. Reed's fully and thoroughly as when posed of Smyrnia Moquette and Genuine family in Riley. the price was $1.00. We war ­ and Office Men, Wilton. No such line of Rugs were ever Mrs. George Wilkes and family are rant our watch and clock work visiting her parents, Mr. aud Mrs. Geo. I have just received a new and complete . shown in St. Johns. They are cheap now Rathberne. for one year. We do just as Miss Lyod, of Elkhart, Ind.,and Miss good work for 60 cents as line of but will certainly be higher later. Alice Jason, of Jackson, are visiting others charge $1.00 for. Do their cousin. Mrs. M. 8. Ware. Eber Perrington had the misfortune you care, or wish, to pay them In our south window we show an ele­ to break his rigtit arm, near the wrist, 50 cents for telling you we while letting down the straw carriers don’t ? We have a 99-year gant line of 25c Wool Suiting, all new of Gay Bros. ’ threshing machine. lease of our present location, Stationery.. stuff, and purchased anticipating the ad ­ and shall be pleased to see you SOUTH WATERTOWN. any time during the extent of vance which will surely come to these Comprising Blank Books, Memorondum From Our Correspondent. the lease. Bring yomr eyes goods owing to the new tariff schedule. Mrs. William Boylan is better. with you and we will test them . Books (for coat or vest pocket), Inks, The Cuban war is being rivaled on a and only charge you for the certain street in Watertown. Mucilage, Pens, Penholders, Pencils, Christ. Cramer, of Wacousta. visited glasses. Respectfully yours Rules, Rubbers, Files, and in fact, a line We are offering special bargains in all friends in this vicinitv last week. Stellian Wilson, of Stockbridge, visit­ too numerous to mention, and if you will branches and want your trade. Low pric­ ed his father, A. I). Wilson, last week PORTER & EMMONS call and inspect them, will satisfy you es means goods well purchased, which I Mr. and Mrs. William Gifford visited Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lowell, Sunday. that in kinds, quality and prices I am in certainly have done in my recent pur­ Misses Pearl and Bessie Reeves, of FREE TO SUFFERING WOMEN. the front rank. Jackson, are visiting relatives in this Dear K<1ltor:— Kindiy Inform your lady chases. vicinity. road ora that we will forward them free of Missis Mary and Anna Crofts, of charge, a plan of borne treatment, which can be pursued that will oure any form of female Yours for Business, Lansing, spent last week with their weakness, bladder or rectal disease. We have parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Crofts. no fraudulent scheme to extort money, hut CHAS. W. LOUD, Miss Millie and Bernice Corbin and we are anxious that this reliable method of re­ form treatment he placed wltliln reach of Miss Mabel VanAuken spent Saturday every sick and suffering woman. Address DRUGGIST AND 8TATI0NER. evening with Jennie and Mattie the Woman ’s Mkdicsl Institute , Lowell. 63 Miami Ave., Detroit, Mich. H. L. KENDRICK