* The Clinton Independent.

VOL XXX1II.-NO27. ST. JOHNS, MICH., THURSDAY. APRIL 20, 1899. WHOLE NO.—1694

BREVITIES. protection of true and loyal friends, conceived and brought to light by J. DEATH BUSINESS LOCALS. and that which is ours is theirs to en ­ L. Houghtellng, a hanker and one of Dr. H. W. Marsh, for more than Bring your eggs to Geo. H. Chap ­ joy during their stay In our midst. the busiest men of Chicago, and a com­ seven years chief consulting physician At the business session at 1:15 p. in., municant in St. James’ cliurch of that Ha* Claimed One of St. John*' Mo*t Esti­ for the O. E. Miller Hernia (Rupture ) man ’» dry goods store. the following named were chosen city, sixteen years ago. It lias since mable Ladle*. Joseph Plowman, the soldier orator Treatment Co. of Detroit, will visit Was That of the Brotherhood of members of the state council for the steadily spread until it is now known Ida, wife of F. F. Murdock, died at Ovid, Retail House, Tuesday and Wed­ of St. Johns lectured In Ithaca Sat­ ensuing year: to nearly every English church iu the her home iu St. Johns, at 3 o ’clock urday evening last. St. Andrew, in St. Johns. D. S. Sullivan, president, Ypsilantl: Dr. O. land. Sir. Houghtellng Is president of nesday, April 25th and 26th, St.Johns, F. Porter, vice-president. Bay City; J. S. Wednesday morning. April 19. 1899, Steel House. Thursday and Friday, The pension of Samuel B. Rowley, Rogers, Jr., Detroit; C. S. Scofield. St. Johns; the national cottncll. from appendicitis, coupled witli an April 27th and 28th. The Docter an ­ of Maple Rapids, has been Increased Tbos. P. Clarke, Flint; II. W.Strudley, Flint ; operation for tiie same last Saturday nounces that he cures Rupture with ­ from $# to $12 per month. FIFTY VISITING MEMBERS PARTICI- II. B. Lewis. Elk Rapids; H. P. Woodward. Coldwaler; .I. W. Taylor, Port Huron; Car- $ 675.00 afternoon by Dr. Nancrede. a skilled out causing pain, operation, or deten ­ H. L. Parks, of the City Bakery, is I’ATKl) IN T1IF. JOYS roll Perkins, Grand Rapids; John S. Rice, surgeon of Ann Arbor. Deatli came tion from business. Also fits trusses secretary and treasurer, IJetrolt. in receipt of a quantity of maple syrup la the Amount Which the Charles W. Loud within two weeks from the date of her to very bad or incurable cases. -Prices from Ohio, in gallon cans. In the address at 1:30 p. m., by James first attack, from which time she was S. Rogers of St. John ’s church, De­ Drug Stock Brought. much lower than formerly. Satis­ A handsome line of sailor hats just Fln«* A«ldre**e» mri Sermon —Spirited and a great sufferer, which so exhausted faction guaranteed or no pay requir­ troit, and I). P. Sullivan, of St. Luke’s, The bankrupt drug stock and fix ­ her that she closed her last moments opened at Boucher & Petsch ’s, in their Helpful I)l*<'u**lnns of Various Topic* Ypsilantl, on the subject of “The tures of Charles W. Loud, tills vil­ ed. Ruptured persons may arrange new store in the upper block, west Pertaining to the Great Work of tills life with apparent ease. to pay uotlilng for services until cured. Fundamentals of the Brotherhood, ” lage, were sold last Tuesday by the The deceased was 38 years old; was t»ide. of the Orffanlitatlon. tin* beauties and the grand work of trustee, at public sale, to F. G. Tillers, Consultation free. For full inform ­ Rev. C. A. Glass, the blind evange­ of Mt. Pleasant, where he is engaged born in Gratiot county, this state, and ation call at the Hotel or address tiie. the Brotherhood were vividly set forth was united iu marriage with Mr. Mur­ Doctor at No. 24 Washington Ave.. De­ list, will preach in the South Ovid Through the members of St. John ’s by both. in trade, for $t>75. He will remove dock, in St. Louis, that county, sixteen Free Methodist church next Sabbath, At 2 p. m. begun the discussion of this stock to Elsie, where lie lias for­ troit, Mich. Chapter, of this village, and seconded merly resided and been engaged in years ago last January. She was tiie at 2:30 p. m. the “Work and Methods” of the or­ oldest surviving daughter of Mr. and Carriage For Stove Wood. Mrs. I)r. M. Havens, who has been and supported by the members of St. ganization, in the discussion of the business. The stock and fixtures in ­ Mrs. M. H. Baker, also residents of confined to her home for some time by John ’s church, C. S. Scofield, director various branches of work laid out for ventoried over $1,100. Tills is cer­ 1 have an open side spring buggy tainly a great bargain as well as a tills village. She had been a resident and a leather top and newly trimmed sickness, is again able to attend to of this chapter, was directed to extend the Brotherhood to do, and in what of St. Johns fourteen years, during phaeton which I will exchange for her practice. manner each kind of work can be done great sacrifice. which time she had attracted to her, an invitation to the Brotherhood of to the best advantage and in the most stove wood. Both at a bargain. Mrs. S. J. Jones has ordered from a through her pleasing manner and true­ Guo. h . Corbit . New York millinery house a fine lot St. Andrew, of Michigan, to hold their efficient manner. The different sub ­ A MISFORTUNE. heartedness. many constant friends. of sailor hats, also a lot of the latest next annual convention in St. Johns. jects discussed may be seen by refer­ Her husband always enjoyed her soci­ Salt Rising Brrad. style trimmed hats. The invitation was finally accepted, ence to tlie program printed above. ety so much. Their fondness for each Lovers of this kind of Bread may Each subject was well handled, and a Mr*. Geo. W. Fulfrey, of The Steel, Broke other was universally noticed and ac­ Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Bishop Park­ and the time fixed for Saturday and great deal of valuable information the Main Bone of Her Right Leg. find it fresli dally at H. L. Park’s er, of East Bingham, Tuesday, April Sunday, April 15 and lfi A tine pro ­ knowledged. A father, mother, one City Bakery. 18, 1899, a son. who found four brothers and light secured from the able dis­ On Sunday evening last, while Mrs. sister, two brothers, husband, three and one sister on his arrival. gram was prepared and every arrange ­ cussion of each. The question of how Geo. W. Pulfrey. of The Steel hotel, children (the youngest of whom Is but A complete stock of Standard Pat­ ment made for the coming of the vis­ and when to approach an Individual was descending the steps to the walk, three months old), and a large circle terns which are perfectly reliable and Gorton ’s minstrels at Opera House was an interesting one. Many good she attempted to turn about to speak Friday night, April 21. will be the itors and their entertainment. The of very dear friends and neighbors are at a popular price will be found register shows the following named thoughts were brought out in these to some one back of her when she fell left to mourn her less. at Noble Burnett ’s. Best minstrel show you have ever seen discussions, but we have neither time in such a manner as to break the main At tiie age of ltt years she united in St. Johns. Don ’t,miss it. persons in attendance: nor space to review them. These dis­ bone of her right leg between the knee Carpet*. Rev. S. S. Chapin, Port Huron, entertained with the Congregational church, since The loss, .by tire, on the house and by .1. B. Chapin. cussions occupied the time up to the and ankle. I>r. Weller was summoned which time she had lived a faithful Never before have we shown such contents of Abraham Huyck, of Vic­ Charles A Heed, Flint, entertained hyC. O. hour for supper, which none gave any and repaired the injury, but it will be and consistent Christian life. She pretty designs in Carpets. All grades tor, and insured in the Farmers’ DuBois evidence of wanting to miss. between two and three months before and prices. John Hicks . Ralph E. Macduff, Jr., Flint, entertained b.v was insured in the order of loyal Mutual for $2,200. was adjusted at E. P. Waldron. At 7:00 o ’clock p. m., Rev. It. E. she is about again. guards for $1,000. For Exchange. $1,728.84. Thomas P. Clarke, Flint, at Hotel Steel. Macduff, rector of St. Paul's church, The funeral will take place from the Kelner& Jordan, of Ionia, will beat Thomas M. Weber, Detroit, at Hotel Steel. Flint, and Dean of the central diocese, BREVITIES. family residence, on Sweagles street, I have aa 8 -year-old. mare, weighing Phil II. Sheridan, Detroit, at Hotel Steel. delivered a very strong and helpful 1300 lbs. which I would like to ex ­ Kenyon ’s barn next Saturday with a Stuart A. Curtis, Detroit, at Hotel Steel. at 3 o ’clock this afternoon, and tiie re­ change for a gelding weighing 1400 or number of well broken business horses W. II. Howard, Croswell at Hotel St.Johns. address upon the subject of “Chris ­ Adna Hifht will engage in the ice mains will be laid to rest in St. Johns which will lie sold on their merits. W. G. Leeman, Detroit, by O. W. Munffwr. tian manhood, ” which he handled business in St. Johns tills season. cemetery. By tills death tiie commu­ 1500 lbs. H. A. Sage . Kev. It. E. Cooper, Owosso, by E. P. Wal­ with the same degree of interest and Call and see them. dron. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. FrankClavey, nity has been deprived of the upbuild ­ Noble Burnett sells the best all Charles I.ai'klln. Detroit, at Hotel St.Johns. impressiveness as has ever character ­ St. Johns. April 19,1899. a seven pound ing influences of a good woman. After tf o ’clock, Saturday, April 22, John Bowman, Detroit, ut Hotel St.Johns. ized his groat and good work here and wool carpet for 50c that can possibly at G eo . H. Chapman ’s, 20 doz. men ’s Rev. It. E. Macduff, Flint, Hotel St. Johns. daughter. • be sold at that price. 50c summer underwear, at 374c; 5 doz. Irvintr 11. Raker, Detroit, at Hotel St. Johns. elsewhere. He treated the subject in The jury for the April term of the Bade Farewell to St. John*. work shirts, worth 35c. at 23c; 500yds. It. W. Symes, Iletroit, by O. W. Munffer. a manner that sent conviction to the circuit court have been notified not to Miss Nina I’ennell returned to her Buslne** Change. Percy A. Barnard, Detroit, by C. E.Chapin. hearts of every one of his listeners. appear on Monday next. Having disposed of my interest in 40c and 50c ribbon at 174c. Giles F. Cole, Port Huron, at Hotel St. JudgeS. B. Daboll was also upon home in lonhi Monday noon, having Will I). Kilpatrick, the son of ex- Johns. Geo. M. Edwards has broken ground decided to leave school for tiie remain ­ the elevator business under tiie firm Bruce Atwell. Detroit, at Hotel St. Johns. the program to speak upon this sub ­ for one of the new dwelling houses to der of this year. She was a member name of Sprague A Squalr, I have Senator William Kilpatrick, of Owos- Edwin W. AtwoojL Flint, by C. O DuBois. ject. He had been busy all the week be erected by him for B. I). Palmer on leased the mom next north of Judd’s so, has received his official appoint ­ Charles Saunders, Bay City, by C. E. Cha ­ listening to perplexing questions in of the Junior class of tiie high school, ment as private secretary to Congress ­ pin. Oakland street. and in her honor the junior girls gave merchant tailoring establishment, H. W. Strudley and wife, Flint, by 0 S. tlie circuit court in Gratiot county, A marriage license was issued in a farewell party at tiie library rooms east side lower block, Clinton avenue, man J. W. Fordney. of this district. Scofield. and did not arrive at the meeting Lansing last week to George II. Lam- where I will buy and sell ground and S. B. Nowlin, Detroit, at Wlfffflm* ’ House. until after the arrival of the evenin Saturday evening. Miss Pennell ex ­ State Republican: ‘‘Franks. King, Dr. C. Porter. Buy City, by C. S. Scofield. erson, of Lansing, and Miss Anna pects to attend a boarding school next coarse Feed of all kinds, Beans and all son of George E. King, has bought the Frank J. Weber, Detroit, at The Steel. train from the east. lie contrasted Kunther, of Ovid. kinds of seeds; Bran by tiie ton or less. north 08 acres of the old O. B. Inger- John S. Rlee. general secretary and treas­ the work and duties with which he fall, but none has been decided upon urer. Detroit, at The Steel. The 13-months-old daughter of Mr. as yet. ______Will contract for Hay, Straw, Wood, soll farm opposite the depot in Water­ I). P. Sullivan, VpsilantI, at The Steel had been so recently engaged with and Mrs. Faron Furgason, died at etc. See me l>efore you buy or sell. town. Consideration $32.50 an acre." James Leighton. Bay City, by C. S. Scofield. the subject matter he had been an ­ their home in St. Johns, of pneumonia, That Convention. F. SquAiR. These are house-cleaning and mov­ J. S. Roffer*, Detroit, at The Steel, nounced to speak upon. He contrast ­ Saturday, April 15. 1899. Funeral at At tiie Old Maid’s Convention, to be Rev. Jno. X. McCormick, Grand Rapids, at Hundred* of New Pattern* ing days, and the women are having a the rectory. ed tlie criminal with the Christian, the M. E. church, DeWitt. held here the first week in May, dele­ spring hunt for carpet bugs, and those Dr. Kiiiff, Grand Rapids, by G. S. Corbit. and spoke with a great deal of earnest ­ The case of the people against Hugh gates from far off places will be pres ­ In wash goods. Dimities, Organdies, Carroll H. Perkins, Grand Rapids, by Geo. S. ness concerning the betterment of Paris: various Piques. Ginghams, Madrass, etc. who do not hunt don ’t find the pesky Corbit. Robertson, charged with bastardy be ­ ent, —Alaska, Ireland, littlethings which appear tohavecome Rev. Cyrus Mendenhall. Ionia, by F. A. mankind, and iiow we should discoun ­ fore Justice Lyon by Anna Ibicker, parts of our union will be represented, at John Hicks ’. for a long visit. Travis. tenance sin wherever we find it, and was settled by the defendant giving interesting subjects will Ik * discussed, Horatio B. lA*wis, Elk Rapids, by G. Pennell. upon all occasions. The balance of bonds for the support of the child. and the most wonderful invention of Fine line of Sailors in all the new W. II. Leonard, of Boston, Mass., II. O. O'Dell. Detroit, at The Steel. the time, up to 9:30 or later, was spent styles, at popular prices, at Mrs. L. and Geo. B. Clifford, of Fitchburg, F. E. Wicklnff, Owosso, by K. G. Allison Miss Grace Bishop, who has been this century of wonders will be exhib ­ Rev. Wm.Gurdam, Ypsllantt, at The Steel. in preparing for the Holy Communion, caring for Mrs. H. L. Richmond, of ited. Everybody should plan to at­ Canfield's. Special “Dewey”sailors50c Mass., the new and principal owners L. W. Heap, Ann Arbor, at The Steel. which was to be celebrated at 7 o ’clock Greenbush, for several days, filling t lie tend. Horae for Sale. of the St. Johns table factory, were M. T. StiUnff, Detroit, by E. P. Waldron. the next morning, and to be adminis ­ here tin* first of the week looking J. W. Austin. Detroit, by C. O. I>uitois. place of Miss Orie E. Corbit, who was Call on O. P. Dewitt. after their business interests. B. M. Cary, Detroit, at The Steel. tered by Rev. J. T. Ewing, assisted by called home, left Wednesday for BUSINESS LOCALS J. W. Taylor. Port Huron, at The Steel. Rev. Mendenhall. Tills was well at Owosso, leaving Mrs. Richmond 'much New Firm at the Old Stand. The ladies are considering the new C. S. Allison and wife, Owosso, by .1. C. tended and was indeed a solemn oc­ Tlic Ice Trn«lc for I *119. style of dress just introduced in Paris, Hicks and G. S. Corbit. benefited by the treatment received Tiie undersigned having purchased Charles R Jaynes. Flint, at Hotel St. Johns, casion. rendered more so by the quiet­ at t lie Bat tle Creek sanitarium. I employ this medium through which tiie business of the old firms in the the “clinging ” skirt. They are de­ Charles A. Pansford, Flint, at Hotel St. ness of the morning hour. scribed In some of the journals as “eel Johns. Thirty-nine deaths were reported in to tell my old friends and patrons that planing mill north of the railroad on Henry E. Warren, Owosso, at Hotel St. At a. m. morning prayer and Clinton comity during the month of I have in store a large stock of high tiie State road, St. Johns, are now pre­ tight ” from the neck to the knees, Brotherhood sermon was held. Rev. md then flare. It was in vogue some Johns ’ Mardi. »i of children under 1 year of ouality ice for tills season ’s trade and pared to furnish all materials for Cap J. Haas, Flint, at Hotel St.Johns. John N. McCormick, of St. Mark's age and 19 aged 05 and over. Seven delivery. Tiie service will lie first dwellings, stores, school-houses church ­ fifteen years ago. J. J. Davis, Owosso. at Hotel St. Johns. church, Grand Rapids, preached LOCAL MEMBERS. deaths were attributed to pneumonia. • lass and the prices light. I take this es. etc., on short notice, and at live The auditor general notifies the pub ­ beautiful and helpful sermon, design ­ friends C. S. Scofield. .juniors . 1 to consumption, and 1 to influenza. opportunity of thankingmy old and let live prices. Come and see us lic that lands sold from the tax record JudffcS. It. Duboll, Willie Pullaw. ed for the strengthening, advance ­ The deaths were distributed among and patrons for past favors, and trust before placing your orders. ! 1898 at the sale ill May rtf that year, E. P. Waldron, Wm. Howland. ment anil betterment of the Brother ­ the townships as follows: Bath 2, by fair dealing to merit a continuance I). M. Shaw A Sox. for taxes of 181)5 or prior years, may be G. 8. Corbit, John Chick, hood. The beauty of the thoughts ex ­ Bingham 3. Dallas 2, DeWitt 3. Du- of the same. The season is now open J. H. Corbit. Jay Watkin. Better Carpet* redeemed from such sale to and includ ­ B. D. Palmer. Otis Stephenson.pressed, and the scholarly manner in plain 4. Greenbush 3, Lebanon 1, Olive and orders may be left at my oftl ing May 1. 1"!»!». ra r not i n !:kkaktkk . C. O. DuBois, Roy Munffer, whicli tiie subject was handled, did 4. Riley 1. Victor 2. Watertown 3. St. over O. P. DeWitt’s grocery store. Than ever before. Patterns more Lands field as state tax lands are not 11. N. Gohn, those who listened much good. At artistic. Prices that will please C. S. Allison, Johns village 4, Westphalia 1, Eagle Respectfully. H. A. Saok . Mihject to redemption. H. A. Tromp, this service Master Charles Locklin. village 1. Maple Rapids village 2. Ovid at John Hicks ’. We have placed the official canvass Ed. lloffnn. a lad about 10 years of age and a mem­ village 3. No deaths were reported in If you want to see a nice assortment of the votes cast in this county at the H. V. Abbott. ber of the Junior Brotherhood of St. Bengal, Eagle, Essex, Ovid, Fowler of popular priced Lace Curtains call Plow Shoes $1.25. Woodruff & Tromp late election, on a supplement which Number of Visitors...... John ’s church, Detroit, sang an offer­ village, Elsie village or Westphalia at Noble Burnett 's. mav be found folded In tills paper, Home Chapter ...... tory in a very pretty manner, village. ______Special Silk Cape and which will be in convenient form Total At 5:30 p. m, the talks and discus­ It Pay* to Trad** at John Hick* ’. 12.50 at Ntoble Burnett ’s. sions of the “ Bible class,” which were OBITUARY. for future reference. Other matters The Committee met the majority of Returned and Re-Opeped. Lot witli small house and barn for of present and future interest may be the out-of-town members from the 11 to have been conducted by Rev. W. Mr*. Lydia Waffar. found on this supplement. o ’clock train from the east Saturday, Warne Wilson, of St. John's church. After two years’ absence 1 have re­ sale or exchange* for larger house and and ;it once conducted them to the Detroit, were given over to I). P. Sul­ Mrs. Lydia Wagar died April 9, at turned to St. Johns for a permanent lot In St. Johns. II. V. Hostetler . On Wednesday. April 12. Mrs, H. A. livan. of St. Luke’s church, Ypsilantl, the home she helped to build nearly residence; leased the Gibbs store, in Carpenter was happily surprised by church, where they registered and fifty yean. ago. Said home is two the upper block, east side, where may New Perrale* fifteen of her friends and neighbors, it were provided with a dainty little owing to the absence occasioned by Over 100 styles to select from badge to be attached to their Brother sickness of the Rev. Mr. Wilson. miles north of FoWler, where she went be found at all times fresh Tropical being her 53d birthday. Warm sugar in her youth with her husband who and Domestic Fruits, Nuts, Confec ­ at John Hicks ’. and light refreshments were served, hopd button. The color for the out- At 3:30 the "Question Box-Re ­ tionery, Tobaccos, Cigars, etc. Ban­ of-town memljers was of a narre v verse,” was held, which was conduct ­ survives her. She was H8 years old, Plow Shoes $1.25. Woodruff & Tromp and a very enjoyable afternoon was ed by Stuart A. Courtis and John S, and lie was shoot 8 years older. They anas at wholesale. Best of goods at spent. May she litre to enjoy many scarlet ribbon, and for the home ch; p- were among the earliest settlers in wholesale prices. Come and see me. more such occasions is the wish of ter, white riblMin. Tills done those Rice, of St. John's church, Detroit Lare Curtain* present repaired to the rectory, wh. re In this the questions were placed upon Clinton county. Thtjrhsd five child* C. DeRose , In new and stylish effects those who were there. slips of paper and each hearing a num ­ ren. The oldest son died several years Tiie Italian Fruit Store. W. Burk, formerly of St. Johns, refreshments had been prepared by ago, and a younger son educated him ­ at John Hicks ’. the ladies of Hie church and of which ber corresponding with and appearing Buy a nice tailor-made suit for $5, and son-in-law of J. I). Henderson, of all partook with a good relish. After upon the prepared program. The self and married Miss Myrtle Corey, A young lady who would like to this village, has been called by the of this place, and practiced medicine $7. $9, $10, $12. $13.50, $15, $18, $20 or learn tiie summer season ’s millinery, they had finished they repaired to the subject and number was announced $25 at Nohle Burnett ’s, Grand Trunk officials to succeed J. J. church, where the following program and the person holding the correspond ­ in Detroit until his death « years ago. please call at once at Mrs. L. Canfield ’s. Waite as agent at this station. M. K. ing number would speak in answer to Tiie wife of Dr. McPherson, of Fowler, Pretty Diniitle* Plummer, of Ionia, the billing clerk, was commenced on time: is one of the surviving children. Rev. Tiie Barred Plymouth Rock is the SATURDAY. APRIL 15. the question. These were made up of In light and dark grounds at 8 c a most popular fowl in America today. is attending to the work of the passen­ 1:00 p.m. —Open!riff service In St. John ’s a great variety of subjects concerning Geo. Ransom, preached the funeral yard at John Hicks ’. church. sermon at the home Tuesday, April 11, My stock is from Hawkin ’s Celebrated ger department until Mr. Burk can get Address of welcome by Rev. Jos. T. Brotherhood work and how It can be settled in his home here. Ewlnff. Rector. best accomplished. and the mother was buried beside sons New goods arriving all tiie time at Royal Blue Strain. . Eggs for hatching The suit brought by Geo. N. Seifert, 1:15 p. m.—Business session. At 7:30 p.m. two interesting talks and other kindred in the family ceme­ Mrs. L. Canfield ’s. New ideas, the at reasonable prices, and guaranteed of Bengal township, this county, 1:30 p. m.-Addresses on “The PiindumeutalH were given upon the subject of “The tery near the old home. -Muir Tri­ latest styles in trimming and ready from strictly pure bred fowls. of Brotherhood, ” Jas. S. Rogers. Jr.. rench against Jacob Seifert, of Gratiot coun ­ St. John ’s, Detroit; D. P. Sullivan, Power and use of Prayer,” by Horatio bune. to-wear hats always to be found at Address, I). S. F . ty, for the payment of a note of $200 or St. Luke’s, Ypsilantl. B. Lewis, of St. Paul’s church, Elk this up-to-date store. 23wl0 St. Johns, Mich. 2:00 p. m.—Conference "Work ami Methods." Super Kirrllont Master's Degree. more, was again tried in the circuit Chairman F. J. Weber, St. John's, Rapids, and Rev. Gardam, of St. From the Kalamazoo Gazette. Plow Shoes $1.25. Woodruff & Tromp court of Gratiot county last week, Detroit. Luke’s, Ypsilantl, both of whom did Plow Slioes$ 1.25. Woodruff & Tromp when the jury returned a verdict of no “Chapter Work," Dr. C. F. Porter, justice to the subject. Twenty-one of tiie members of the Trinity, Bay City. St. John s Council No. 21, A. S. M., Fine assortment of new Umbrellas £TATE BANK OF ST. JOHNS. cause for action. This, we understand, "In'flvldnal Work,” II. W. Strud­ At 9 p. m. the “Farewell” talks from St. Johns, Michigan, were pres­ from 50c up to $5, in black and colors is the third time this case has been ley At. Paul’a, Flint. began, which consisted in the main of ' Bible Classes.” •’Difficulties of a acknowledgements of the healthy ent on the invitation of Kalamazoo at Noble Burnett ’s. COMMERCIAL and savings tried. New Chapter." ‘’Vlsltlnff, ” "Hospi ­ Council No 83 at a meeting at Masonic spirit put into the proceedings of the Window Shade* T. II. Townsend, instructor in the tals," "Boys." "Hotels and Restau­ temple Thursday evening. The super CAPITAL. $50.0u 0. high school building, this village, has rants." "Printers ’ Ink, ”"Missionary convention, the good results received, In all widths and colors Work,” "The Columbus Convention' ’ the genuine hospitality of the people excellent master’s degree was confer ­ sent In his resignation as the prospec­ "Self-Denial Week." red on eleven candidates. After the at John Hicks ’. NET ASSETS OF STOCKHOLDERS. IWO.OOO. 6:00 p. m.—Supper. of St. Johns, ana the fine and gener ­ tive superintendent of the public work was completed there was a ban ­ Chapman ’* Boot and Shoe Store. schools of Grand Ledge, at a salary of 7:00 p. m.—Public meetlnff. Subject, “Christ ­ ous entertainment given every visit­ quet at John Richmond ’s restaurant. P. K. PERKIN, President. $500 a year, and accepted a like posi ­ ian Manhood. ” Chairman, Rev. W. ing brother. Nothing appeared to be Repairing done on short notice. Warne Wilson, St. John ’s, Detroit. When the feast had been completed a Menli shoes half-soled, sewed, 75c.; O. W. MU.NOEK. VIoe-PresIdenL tion in the public schools of Maple Speakers, Hon. S. B. Daboll. St. lacking to make this among the very number of both councils responded to J. W. FITZGERALD, Cashier Rapids, at a salary of $000 a year. He John's St. Johns; Rev. K. E. Mac­ best conventions yet held in the state. men's shoes haif-soled. nailed or peg ­ duff. St. Paul's, Flint. Every member departed with the feel­ toasts, and many wove Into their ged, 50c.; ladies’and boys ’ shoes half- sought neither position but both were 9:30 p. m.—Preparation for the Holy Com­ speeches stories in a manner known DIRECTORS tendered him. munion. ing that iiis time and money had been only to the Masons. The following soled, 40c.; all other repairing in pro- SUNDAY, APRIL 16. most profitably expended. jortion. Best B. A. and oak-tanned O. W. Munger, Geo. F. Marvin. J. W. Fitzgerald Geo. A. Estes Is negotiating for the 7:00 a. m.— Corporate celebration of thp Holy The collection which was taken at are the names of tiie members of St. eather used in all work. J. H. Corbit, J. H. Fedewa, Goo. W. Em­ sale of his handsome pair of brown Communion. Kev. J. T Ewlnff. Cele­ John’s council: A. W. Durkee, R.Gay, mons, Jos Richardson, P. K. Perrin, coachers to Dr. Southerland, of Sagi­ brant. the regular morning service, and de­ Ed Krepps, II. Morris, M. A. Hulse, Wm. Ryan . 10:30 a. m.—Mornliiff prayer and Brotherhood signed for the use of the state organi ­ John J. Kolser, G. E. Corbin, naw. He was here the fore part of Sermon. Rev. John N. McCormick, zation, amounted to something over A. Jones, E. E. VanSickle, F. C. A good place to buy Dress Goods and Jesse Sullivan. the week and fell in love with them. St. Mark’s,Grand Rapids. $20. Swain, William Field, George Wood, trimmings is at Nohle Burnett ’s. An addition of $20 to the price offered 1:30 p. m.—Bible class, conducted by Rev. W. J. Watkins. H. L. Kendrick, R. M. 3 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposit*. Warne Wilson. Representatives from Grand Rapids New Wal»l Pattern Silk* was the only thing that prevented him 3:30 p. ra.—“question Box —Re versed con ­ and Ypsilantl asked to have the next Winston. E. L. Nichols. George Mar­ from taking them away with him. ducted by Stuart A. Courtis and annuli meeting shall. .1, Wise, F. E. Swain, E. Gardner, Beautiful new designs tjjpilK STATE SAVINGS BANK, of Fowler. He has since wired George to keep John S. Rlee, St. John ’s, Detroit. held ill their city. E. Riderson. A. E. Gardner and I). V. at John Hicks ’. them for him. The price will keep :30 p. m.— Public meetlnff. Subject, "The The Importance of attending the Knapp. Mr. Dyer of Flint was also Power and Use of Prayer," lloratio national______convention______to____ be ______held at Repairing; of Boot* and Shoe* CAPITAL. $15,0JO, George from starvation. Kov.^Wm. OardaS St Ake*!*#® £°1\U™?UR’ Septembernext ”was present. ______Neatly executed bv Wm. N. Wal­ NET ASSETS OF STOCKHOLDERS, $500,01! S/m. Garber, an employe of the St. lantl. fully discussed. . Badly Injured. dron, at Tom H. Waldron's grocery Johns Table Co. and a resident of St. 9:00 p. m.—Farewell meetlnff. Tin* following resolution was offered John Curtain, of Bengal township, store and Clark A. Putt’s boot and Johns for about two years, having se­ Every individual mentioned on the by the visiting members of the con ­ while under the influence of liquor shoe store. A store where confidence FRANK GRULER, President. cured a position in Grand Rapids program was present, with the single vention. which was heartily adopted: and driving about our Street! at a dwells eternal. Your Respectfully, FREDERICK SCHEMER, Vice-President. moved their household goods there exception of Rev. W. Warne Wilson, Rksoi .vicd . That the men lirthlsconventlon break-neck speed last Saturday, was Wm. N. Waldron . W H SNELLING, Cashier. last week. His wife, who has been of St. John ’s church, Detroit, who was da extend to the Rector, the Vestry and the thrown from his buggy in such a man ­ spending part of winter her sick and unable to be present. conffrcffatlon; to the Chapter of the Brother ­ A Barffaln In a Honee. DIRECTORS: with hood ,,t St. Andrew, and to the ladles of the ner as to cut a hole in ills forehead parents in St. Paul. Minnesota, will Rev. J. T. Ewings (of the local parish, our sincere thanks for the warm wel­ and right cheek and tearing tlu- Do you want a great bargain in a Constantine Feldpausch, Frederick Schemer. arrive there in a few days and they church and chapter) address of wel­ come and true hospitality received at their lower lid o' one of ids eyes In a fright ­ home in St. Johns? If so come and W. H. Snelllnff, Michael Spltzlejr, hands. will make Grand Rapids their future come, was not so lengthy ns it was re­ ful manner. He was taken to the of­ see me. T^t-trs fnvorable. J. H. Corbit, Frank Gruler, home. A host of friends who regret plete with noble and true heartedness. Unanimously adopted by a rising fice of Dr. (JiMam, where lie was rc- G eo . 8. Corbit . Constantine Qruior. their departure wish them prosperity He made every one to feci that they vote. aired ami sent home witli his neigli- in their future, home. were in the presence and under .the The Brotherhood of St. Andrew was Eor, Nathaniel Thurston. Plow alioes $1.25; Woodruff A Tromp •g-Money Loaned on Real Estate] Mortgage CLINTON INDEPENDENT, THUKSDAY, APRIL 20, (il'JO.

MICHIGAN NEW8 IT£M8. The Montague Observer is the latest STATE LEGISLATURE. 44Laugh Out, Oh, Michigan newspaper to change hands, Scarlet fever and measles are epi ­ having been sold by El E. Brown, who FROM All OVER THE II The governor has sent to the fenate 99 demic at St Joseph. has recently started a new Republican the following nominations: Arthur L. Murmuring Spring. A Whole Regiment of News Items The two banks at Linden have been paper at Allegan, to Hans C. Floten. By Telegraph Giving a Brief Re­ Worden, of Detroit, Wayne county, as a member of the state board of correc­ consolidated. Wm. Tillman, a prominent farmer It is the time to laugh, the From Michigan Towns sume of -the Week’s Events, tions and charities for the term of It will be Aug. 1 before Mt Clemens of Montrose, accidentally shot himself eight years, from and after May 1, year s fresh prime, Sensible can have free mail delivery. while preparing to shoot into a flock 1899, to succeed Edward Jenks; Minn CAPTURED FOR BRIEF READING. of of wild geese. Both barrels loaded RELIABLE AND INTERESTING. people now do the same that It is reported that a wall paper fac­ H. Hunt, of Bedford township, Wayne with buckshot entered his left side and tory will locate at Watervliet county, as a member of the commis­ Nature does—aim to be puri­ rtnary Report In the State for the arm. He will probably die. Germany has Mads Known Her Poaltlon The contract for St Joseph ’s new sioners of Wayne county, for the term Vonth of March — A Bedford Man fied, and for the same reasons. $20,000 brick school has been let. Allegan is experiencing an epidemie In the Samoan Matter — The Cuban of six years from and after May 1, 1899, rfthe Victim of a Murderous Assault The Michigan Central car shops at of spinal meningitis, the first sines the Muster Roll* Have Keen Transferred to succeed Henry Loss; Otto Stoll, of They use that marvelous blood —I* O. T. M. Annual Report, Jackson are now running 10 hours a extremely cold winter of 1873 and 1874. —Cblneee and British Scrap. Detroit, Wayne county, as a member day. Two deaths have resulted from attacks of the board of jury commissioners for purifier, Hoods Sarsaparilla, S.S78 Deaths In the 8tate for March. of the disease, and there are two or Ninety-seven kids faced the judges Germany's Foaltlon In the Samoan Matter Wayne county, for the term of six that never disappoints. ’Daring ’ March there were 3,278 deaths three cases of it now in town. of the baby show at Jackson the other The minister of foreign affairs, Baron years from and after May 1, 1899, to Its work and worth are known world 1m Michigan, this beiDg exactly 500 A Harbor Beach man had his mous­ night Von Buelow, has announced to the succeed David Meginnity; Wm. F. wide as a household medicine. loss than in February. As March has tache cut off the other day, for the first Frank Hamilton, convicted of bur ­ reichstag that an agreement had been Moeller, of Detroit, Wayne county, as CMtairtlDisagreeable catarrhal drop ­ ttm more days than February thiB time in 30 years, and the barber who ping* in my throat made me nervous and glary at Grand Rapids, got 12 years at arrived at with Great Britain with re­ a member of the board of jury commis­ represents a considerable decrease in did the job had to go home with him sioners for Wayne county, for the term dizzy. My liver was torpid. Hood ’s Sar­ Jackson. gard to sending a commission to Samoa. saparilla corrected both troubles. Mv mortality. The death rate for March and vouch for his identity before his of six years from and after May 1,1899, Tekonsha lias been without a saloon The interpellation on Samoa was pre ­ health is very good." Mrs. Klvira J. Wras 16.5 per 1,000 estimated popula ­ family would believe it was him. to succeed Eugene H. Bill; Herman P. 8m i iky , 292 Main St., Auburn, Maine. tion, as compared with 20.7 per 1,000 for 10 years. Now a woman wants to sented by Dr. I^ehr, au extremist pan- open one. Hereafter it will be safe for ladies German, and was replied to by the Nagel, of Detroit, Wayne county, as a Eruptions — “ I spent hundreds of dol ­ for the preceding month. The death to walk along the streets of Carson ­ member of the railroad and street lar* to cure eruptions on my right leg with ­ The Michigan fish commission has minister of foreign affairs, Baron Von out permanent good. Siz bottles of Hood ’s rpte for the rural population was only ville, as the council has ordered the crossings board, for the term of four Sarsaparilla completely cured me. I arn •lightly greater than that of the cities, stocked Sycamore river with 10,000 Buelow. In the course of his remarks village marshal to arrest promptly the minister of foreign affairs, in part, years from aud after Jan. 1, 1899, to very grateful.” Hekmak Bartijctt , 402 instead of being markedly greater as brook trout Ninth Ave., New York City. anyone found drunk upon the streets, said: “In the interest of the tran ­ succeed Wm. H. Lockerby. In February. There were 622 deaths Linden has but one bank now, the Asthma -“I was troubled with usthma as well as anyone using profane lan ­ quillity of Samoan and in the interest Shisler ’s bill for the relief of soldiers of infants under 1 year of age; 244 of two formerly existing there having guage. for many years, being worse spring and fall. of calmer relations between the pow ­ of the late Spanish war was the sub ­ No medicine availed until I took Hood ’s children aged 1 to 4 years, and 030 of consolidated. Houghton is having the boom of its ject of a long discussion in the house, Sarsaparilla which completely cured me. persons aged 65 years and over. The ers, should they find it advantageous The West Bay City Coal Co. will sink life. It is one of the oldest towns in if the act has become inadequate, it Chamberlain leading in favor of it., Many others heard of my cure and they use principal causes of deaths were as fol­ another shaft in Frankenlust township the upper peninsula and, next to Cal­ and it was finally passed. It is similar Hood ’s." C. L. Rhodes , Etna, Ohio. lows: Pneumonia, 045; influenza, 341; could be replaced by a fresh arrange ­ this summer. umet, probably the richest; but never ment, corresponding better with the to the one passed some time ago ex ­ cerebral spinal meningitis, 126; con- The Reed house at Ludington has before has it felt the tremendous ef­ cept that the defect which made that •nmption, 202; other forms of tubercu ­ present situation. With this idea, I been destroyed by fire. Total lo6S, fect of “big times in coppers ” • as at one practically useless was remedied losis, 70; typhoid fever, 34; diphtheria said in the budget committee that we 812,500; partially insured. present. by prqviding that the relief may ex ­ nnd croup, 36; scarlet fever, 14; meas­ were disposed to consent to a clean Newberry is going to have another The badly decomposed body of a separation. As, however, the disad­ tend to expenditures already incurred ]>cnd'i Fills car* llrar Ills; th e anwtrritatliig and les, 9; whooping cough, 22; diarrheal for indigent soldiers. The rate was on.y "cathartic ii> t «ka wlFTi "Hood ’* Sarsaparilla. diseases of children, 41; puerperal sep ­ hotel, work on the construction of man was discovered in Boardman lake, vantages of the situation were felt by which will begin immediately. near Traverse City, by rivermen who both the other powers equally with also raised from four-one-hundredths ticemia, 17; cancer, 112; accidents and of a mill, sod an amendment was Why should a man who follows the violence, 90. The village of Laurium, Houghton were running logs. Coroner Moon ourselves, we have no occasion and no races expect to get ahead of them? thinks the body has been in the water need to make special proposals of our tacked on providing that in Wayne county, will bond for a $35,000 sewer county the relief shall go through the L. O. T. M. Flourishing. system to be put in this summer. all winter. Some believe it is Thomas own initiative. But so long as the Mr. Editor: — For the good of suffer­ McGarry, of Mayfield. Samoan act exists it must be loyally regular soldiers ’ relief commission. It ing humanity, and particularly those The Lady Maccabees of Michigan, A building boom is in sight for In session at Detroit this week, have Many Manchester citizens think coal observed by all concerned. ” was given immediate effect and sent to suffering from that most dreadful dis­ Royal Oak. Several fine residences the senate. ease, rheumatism, we desire to Inform given out their annual report for pub ­ will be built during the coming sum­ exists in paying quantities under the your readers that the only specific In lication. The reports shows a balance village, but the fact that it will cost $5,- The Caban Army Muster Roll*. The house military committee re­ mer. ported favorably Kelly’s bill giving the world today for this disease is our on hand Jan. 1, 1898, of $26,574.58; re­ 000for drilling, etc., to find out if they The Cuban army muster rolls which ‘‘Five Drops ” remedy. "Five Drops ” ceived from assessments and arrears in The annual conclave of the northern are right makes them doubtful whether were recently delivered to Gov.-Gen. soldiers of the late Spanish war who Michigan K. O. T. M. and L. O. T. M. is the name, and “Five Drops ” Is the TMI, $182,676.24; total, $209,250.82; dis- it would pay to be certain as to the Brooke through Senor Domingo Men ­ left the state $15 per month extra pay, dose. It Is not only acknowledged a association will be held at Cadillac, trarsed from fund in *08, $181,758.80; correctness of tbeir belief. dez Capote are prepared in neat cleri­ and those who didn't leave the state specific by the many thousands who June 9. $10. It went to the ways and means balance on hand Jan. 1,1890, $27,492.02. Levi Soules, of Imlay City, while cal style, the 1,200 broad sheets show ­ have been cured by Its use, but it Is committee. Gen. Case of the military how acknowledged to be such by the ■Emergency fund —Balance on hand Options have been secured on 2,000 sawing wood for his brother near ing on their face 48,000 names —6,000 board strongly opposes the bill because medical profession, many of whom use Jan. 1, 1808, $11,078.66; received in ’08, acres of coal lands in the vicinity of Leonard, met with a frightful accident commissioned officers and 42,000 non ­ Chesaning, and prospecting will begin commissioned officers and privates. it provides that the extra pay shall this remedy in their daily (fractlce, and 19,592.59; total, 820,671.23; paid out in The saw burst, cracking his skull and they state to us that it is the only bonds and premiums, $16,612.50; depos ­ at once. The whole statement is in orderly ar­ stop when peace was declared. He dashing out a portion of his brain. says that would shut out the boys of thing with which they can cure the ited in bank, $4,058.75. General fund — Thieves broke into* the Michigan rangement of corps, regiment, bat ­ rheumatism. This remedy not only Twenty-five pieces of tlfe skull were the 35th and 31st from getting any ex ­ Balance on hand Jau. 1, 1898, $2,814,07; Central depot at Mason, but secured removed. He cannot live. talion and company scores. The U. S. positively cures this disease, but it military authorities make no attempt tra pay for the long service they have amount received from supplies, fees only $9 worth of revenue stamps for A Vassar man purchased a cow the never has failed and it never can fail and taxes, $28,492.52; total, $31,306.59; their trouble. to reconcile the 42,000 non-commis ­ just concluded, ami would only give a to cure any and all of the following other day, paying $35 for her, and sioned officers and privates indicated mere bagatelle to any of the boys. diseases: Sciatica. Lumbago, Neural­ disbursed in *98, $26,104.07; balance on Dowagiac has a military company started to drive her home. While hand, $5,202.52. Grand total on hand, by these rolls with the 13,219 given in Herrig offered a resolution that here ­ gia, Catarrh. Creeping Numbness, which will try to secure admission to crossing a railroad track on the way Nervousness, Asthma, Heart Weak­ including $15,000 invested in United the state national guard when the lat­ the estimates prepared under the di- after the sessions of the house shall she bolted and ran up the track just in begin at 10 o'clock in the morning in ­ ness, Toothache, Earache, La Grippe, States bonds, $51,753.29. ter is reorganized. recetion of the provincial governors. and diseases of the liver and kidneys. time to get in 'front of a fast train, The Americans will scrutinize the lat­ stead of 2 in the afternoon. Kelly and Ground will shortly be broken for which struck and killed her. “Five Drops ” Is not a patent medicine, Murderous Assault. ter carefully and when payments others opposed it, saying that it is not but was perfected only after vast re­ the Dulcenia home for indigent wo­ The unanimous opinion of those who Three unknown men brutally as- begin the individuals named must be yet time to begin the morning sessions, search In scientific fields, and at great men at Marshall. When completed, it have made an examination of the con ­ identified by the various company cap ­ and that more can be accomplished by expense. It never can be fully appre ­ naulted, robbed and left for dead, John will accommodate 25 old women. ditions is that the wheat crop in Cass Haberstraugh, a German who lives tains. ” devoting the morning hours to com­ ciated until It Is used. Many of its Four young Burr Oak boys went county has been seriously injured, and mittee work. Chamberlain warned cures border on the miraculous. Words alone in a small house four miles east will be far below the average this year. are almost inadequate to express the cf Bedford. The men called at his fishing one night recently and returned Fight Renewed at Samoa. the new members that if they do not Uunless warm rains come soon, much get their bills acted on pretty soon great benefit which suffering human ­ home and asked for a drink of water. the next morning with 14 bushels of A dispatch from Apia says: The of what is still alive will be killed. they would find it impossible to do it ity Is daily deriving from the use of Be went to the pump with a dipper to fine bass, pickerel, perch, sunfish and British have been bombarding a this most wonderful remedy. Its a little later The resolution for morn ­ give them the water, when one man eels. The village council of Northville has Samoan village daily and the adherents merits and medicinal properties are as ing sessions was adopted. aeized him and and a second one struck Sanilac county is to have another been asked for a franchise by the elec­ of both Tanu and Mataafa are plunder ­ far above the other remedies offered him in the face, knocked him down paper, which will begin publication at tric railroad company now operating a ing foreign property. On April 1 an The bill to increase the mill tax for for sale as the mountain is above the and then kicked him into insensibility. Peck about May 1. T. G. Graham, a line between Detroit and Saud Hill. Anglo-American landing party of 70 the support of the state university valley. It Is worth Its weight In gold Carsonville lawyer, will be the pub ­ It is expected that the line will ulti­ men fell into an ambuscade near from one sixth of a mill to one-fourth, to anyone suffering from any of the They then completely ransacked Hab- disoa.-es for which it 1b recommended. erstraugh ’s house, stole his horse and lisher. mately be put through to Lansing, Vailele. Three officers were killed was reported out favorably by the sen ­ ate committee. The sixth mill tax The price is low and within the reach carriage, and left. They secured $30 Railroad Commissioner Osborn re­ passing through either Northville or and two light guns were captured. of ail. Si per bottle for full size (300 .in money, but overlooked quite a sum ports the January earnings of Michi ­ Novi. The warships afterward renewed the produces about $184^000, and the fourth doses), prepaid by mall or express, or that Haberstraugh had secreted. gan railroads to have been $2,419,840, The farmers of Iosco county w ill be bombardment. The officials point out mill will produce about $276,000, or six bottles for 35. Anyone desiring to an increase of 12 per cent over Janu ­ able to find a market for all the pota ­ that the engagement appears to have 892,000 more. If this bill goes through test its efficacy without ordering a full Good Roads Amendment Carried. ary, 1898. toes they want to raise hereafter, for a occurred at the same place that a land ­ It will of course be in lieu of the $90,- size bottle, cau have a 25 cent sample ing party from the German warships 000 the university is asking for im­ bottle sent by mail until May 10, by Official returns from 35 counties give The new sandstone department factory is to be located at East Tawas Olgo, Eber aud Adler had an encounter provements. sending 10 cents to the Swanson Rheu ­ 'the amendment relative to a state building for Red Jacket was recently for the manufacture of potato flour. matic Cure Company, 167 Dearborn with the natives in 1888. Two more A measure for the establishment of printing office a majority of about 3,- completed at a cost of $25,000. It is The factory will be in running order street, Ghlcago, III. SO0. These returns, however, include by the time the potato crop is dug British cruisers and a gunboat has local day schools for deaf children that one of the finest fire engine houses in is in all essential respects exactly Wayne and Kent counties, which gave Michigan. next fall. been ordered to Somoa. m Why do they call it idle curiosity tiie amendment a majority of nearly It now costs Sparta $400 to light the what Miss Donahue, teacher of the when it works day and night? 45,000. There is little doubt that the Mayor Lonnecker, of Jackson, has British Attacked by Chines*. deaf class in the Detroit schools, and notified the clergymen of that city village street with dinky little oil The villagers of Tai-Poo-Su, one of Wo* th Tryl->|(. returns from the balance of the coun ­ lamps which only serve to accentuate her friends on the Detroit board of that he will enforce the Sunday laws the newly acquired places in the Brit­ 4. farmer recently wrote his name ties will defeat this amendment, and the darkness, yet the citizens are look ­ education want and have been agitat­ to the letter if 50 prominent citizens ish territory on the Hong Kong main ­ and postoffice address on a postal card •a the two court amendments polled ing askance at a proposition from a ing for so long, has at last been agreed will request him to do so. land, who broke out in rebellion re­ and addressed it simply to “Deering, nearly the same vote, they have doubt ­ firm which offers to replace the lamps on and reported out by the house com­ cently, burned some of the British- Chicago. ” By return mall he received less met a like fate. The indications High water has carried away the with electric lights at an annual cost mittee on schools for the deaf. ish mat-sheds and then retired to the from ibe Deering Harvester Company •re that the good roads amendment Van Every mill dam at Franklin. of only 820 more. Goodell's bill providing that village a catalogue with over 100 fine half ­ Barrels of pickerel and carp were hills and fired upon the British troops carried. The Twin City Iron works at Iron- councils may order street paving done, tone Illustrations, containing a picture found the next day; some were hung who were sent to quell the disturb ­ to be paid for on the installment plan, of the largest factory In America, a Convicted on the Third Trial. wood, owned by E. Charbonneau, have in bushes and picket fences. ances. The British returned the fire, which some of the people of Highland ‘‘twine booklet ” on the subject of Fred Linstead has been convicted by been completely destroyed by fire. scattering the Chinese and killed some. Park village opposed so vigorously re­ binder twine, a copy of the Deering s Port Huron jury of a charge of rob ­ Evidently when the Methodists built The dwelling house of Axel Strom, ad­ their old church edifice there was a The British suffered no casualties. cently, was rushed through the senate Farm Journal, and a personal letter— bery from the person while armed with joining, was also destroyed. The loss ■=^1 for a postal card. Try it-. shortage in the conerstone market, as without going through the committee n dangerous weapon. Twice before a is estimated at $40,000, with small in ­ Will Build New Iron Rolling Mills. of the whole and now the opponents jury was unable to agree. The ex ­ none was found in the building that surance. The fire is believed to have Persons who are said to be the agents Gold is never so bright as when it is of the bill are warm under the collar. treme penalty is 15 years. The crime was just torn down at Chelsea. been of incendiary origin. of the Rockfellers have been securing doing the will of God. lor which Linstead was convicted oc- Walter Chaffee, aged 75, a farmer George Byers, a respected farmer of large hematite iron ore deposits in About the hottest fight of the session enrred several months ago when he living four miles southwest of Colon, Fostoria, took strychnine with intent Grant county, New Mexico, and it is was pulled off in the house over the Mc­ Do Yonr Feet Ache nnd Burn? murderously assaulted James Davis, committed suicide by shooting himself to commit suicide. He took an over ­ said rolling mills to cost over $1,000,- Leod general referendum bill for De­ Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot- thinking that he had a large sum of in the head. He was an old pioneer dose which made him ill and saved his 000 are to be erected at Hanover Gulch, troit street railway franchises, but the Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes money on his person. Linstead se­ and had been ill for a long time. life. His aged wife has been at the in the heart of the iron mining district. bill was finally referred back by a vote tight or New Shoes feel Easy! Cures of 49 to 34. cured one $2 bill and escaped to Canada George Smith ’s dwelling house at the point of death for some time and All materials necessary for the fluxing Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and •disguised as a woman. Beaverton was struck by lightning the the dread of being left alone caused of the ores are found there, coai com­ The canteen system will continue to Sweating Feet. At all Druggists aud Later—Judge Vance has sentenced other night, and Louis Smith, aged 19, him to try and take his own life. ing from the new mines in Lincoln be operative at Michigan military en ­ Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. lanstead to five years at Ionia. was badly burned about the face, county. campments for all the legislature will Address Allen 8. Olmsted, LeRoy, N, Y. A well near Litchfield, which was in do to prevent it breast and down one leg. He may re­ use 30 years ago, possessed wonderful Set Herne! f on Fire. BRIEF NEWS PARAGRAPHS. The beet su^ar bounty bill carrying The devil’s wrong people always cover. healing properties. It contained min ­ think they are right. Mrs M. B. Keith, aged 41, living A vein of coal has been discovered erals in diluted form. In the course The Port Huron Engine

with deadly tenacity, for he knew that WAR NOTB8. NE reason Mis. Pinkham’s treatment helps women ao m promptly is that they have confidence in her. if once he was fairly launched into The Cuban generals recently waited the ocean his fate would be sealed. upon Gen. Maximo Gomez officially and O Through some of the many thousands of Mrs. Pink- 1 His face was pale with combined fear informed bim that they desired him to ham's friends an ailing woman will be led to write to Mrs. and fury; his black eyes blazed with represent the army in any negotiations Pinkham at her home in Lynn, ICK RODNEY; the fire of hatred; the perspiration with the U. 8. military authorities in Mass., and will tell her symptoms. oozed in drops from bis temples. Tom Cuba Gen. Gomez accepted tbe trust, CONFIDENCE Lambourne sprang forward to beat off The reply, made without charge of Or. The Adventures of after which all waited upon Gov.-Gen. any kind, will bear such evidence his fingers; but at that moment the Brooke to discuss with him the details boom, a slender spar, broke from its of knowledge of the trouble that HELPS TO of disarmament and payment. During belief in her advice at once inspires lashings alongside, and swung out at the interview Gen. Gomez said that he CURE a right angle from the brig, with the desired to withdraw to a foreign coun ­ hope. wretch at the extreme end of it, dang ­ try or to any part of Cuba, there to This of itself is a great help. ling over the waves, like a herring at Then the knowledge that women only see the letters asking spend the remainder of his days; that for advice and women only assist Mrs. Pinkham in replying the point of a ramrod. we must recognize that the only power Again and again he writhed his body makes it easy to be explicit about the little things that defino CHAPTER XXII.—(Continued.) crisis was now at hand with our Cu­ today in Cuba is the power of those upward in wild struggles to get astride who have intervened, and, therefore, the disease. “The poor lad is dying from lack of a bano. the boom, or to reach it with his for the present thoughts of a Cuban Mrs. Eliza Thomas , of 634 Pine St., Easton, Pa., writes^ doctor," said old Tom, who knelt be ­ The evening of the fourth day after knees, but in vain! independent government can be no “Dear Mrs. Pinkham —I doctored with two of the best side Hlslop, handling hie wounds with we had saved Hyslop found the brig Instead of exciting pity his terrible more thaD dreams. doctors in the city for two- the tenderness of a woman; “and If still lying on a westerly course; but situation drew forth a shout of de­ the whole British navy hove In sight, whether in the latitude of Cape San rision, mingled with expressions of ha ­ The military administration would years and had no relief until I we haven ’t a rag of bunting to shake Roque or of the Rio Grande, we knew tred and satisfaction, from the line like to compliment Gen. Maximo Go­ began the use of your remedies- out as a signal, since that rascally pica ­ not; and, I suppose, it was all the same of avenging faces that surveyed him mez in some substantial way. His ser­ My trouble was ulceration of roon, the Cubano, has cast every color to Antonio. • over the bulwark. He hung thus for vices have been and are exceptionally the womb. I suffered and signal overboard." I was at the wheel. The sunset was fully five minutes, for he was a power* useful to the Americans. No suitable something terrible, could "Well, Tom, he shan't die this bout," ’ gorgeously beautiful. The Eugenie was ful man, of great strength, muscle and official position is visible, even if he not sleep nights and would accept one, neither does it ap ­ Bald Ned Carlton, hopefully. “Let us running with both tacks aft; and un ­ bulk. Wj I thought sometimes that tie up his wounds as beet we can, to der the arched leech of her courses I I have no doubt this man was as pear feasible to make him a present of could see the blood-red disk of the money. He can live as long as he death would be such a belay the bleeding, and give him some­ brave as it is possible for a ruffian to relief. To-day I am a well thing as a reviver." sun right ahead settling in the waves, be; but the prospect of an immediate pleases at the Quinta de los Molinos, "It’s a blessing his old mother in which shone in all the colors of the death —a death, too, from which there the ramshackle old summer palace of woman, able to do my Scotland don ’t see all this," added dying dolphin; while against the flam­ was no escape —terrified him. former Spanish captains general, own work, and have not rough Tom Lambourne, with a tear ing orb the black outline of the masts, His glance of hate toward us turned where rations for his staff and forage a pain. I used four bottles in his eye; “poor Marc Hlslop is her the figure-head and the taper end of the to one of wild and earnest entreaty. for the horses ars provided out of the of Lydia E. Pinkham’s only support, and a sister’s, too." jibboom, with its cap, guys and gear, “Mercy!—pardon! —in the name and U. S. army supplies. The general is Vegetable Compound and I thought now, with compunction, were clearly and distinctly defined. for the love of the Almighty!" he ex ­ understood to have only a very slen- three packages of Sana­ ho* often his theories and pedantry The waves ahead rose and fell be ­ claimed in Spanish, in a tone of in ­ dor income from his interests in Santo tive . Wash and cannot had bored me, and I resolved to be tween me and the sun, as slowly and tense earnestness; but he was heard by Domingo. imperceptibly he sank at the flaming General Rios, Spain's principal com­ thank you enough for the unremitting In my care of him. us with fierce derision in that moment good it did me." The united medical skill of those horizon, from a quarter circle to a of Just triumph and too long delayed mander in the Philippines, cables that honest souls, our crew, was very smalls segment; then the last .vestige of that vengeance. Maj.-Gen. Otis has granted him a safe Mrs. M. Stoddard , however, the wounds were carefully also disappeared, but the lingering Twice the Eugenie gave a lee lurch, conduct for his chief of staff and an ­ Box 268, Springfield, Minn., washed la clean water; their best rays of his glory played upward on and each time the feet and knees of the other officer whom he is sending to writes: shirts were torn into bandages or fold­ the light clouds that floated above. wretched Cubano were immersed in the Aguinaldo, with a letter demanding “Dear Mrs. Pinkham —For ed Into pads to stop the bleeding; and Even they paled away and died out, waves. the liberation of the Spanish prisoners about four years I was a great sufferer from female troubles. I In this they were quite successful. and twilight stole over the se%, which Beneath him was the abyss of wa­ in the name of humanity and interna ­ had backache all of thetime, no appetite, pains in stomach, faint­ changed from gold to a transparent A beaker of New England rum was ter that rushed past the side of the tional law. In tbe event of a refusal ing spells, was weak and my system was completely run down. hoisted out of the forehold, and Its blue. brig. He panted ratber than breathed, the commissioners will ask Aguinaldo With the increasing twilight came a for a definite decision in order that I also had falling of womb so bad that I could scarcely walk head was instantly started. The liquor and through the dusk we could see how across the floor. After taking two bottles of your Vegetable was very redolent of treacle, but a change of wind, and before it a great they may acquaint the civilized world his aching hands turned white as his Compound and one box of Lozengers, can say I am cured” glass of It mixed with water—the read­ bank of cloud rolled from the horizon face, and that the points of his fingers with his attitude. Gen. Rios has em­ iest stimulant that occurred to the on our starboard bow. Under its shad ­ were blood-red. His eyes grew wild powered them to offer to surrender to minds of the seamen —was poured be ­ ow the sea was darkened and its brok ­ and haggard as terror chilled his cow­ Aguinaldo 1,600 Filipino prisoners, tween the parched Ups of the sufferer, en water flecked with white. The new ard heart and agonized his soul; and who have been placed at the Spanish who at last slept, In the pleasant at­ breeze came first upon our quarter, yet through the surge the fleet craft commander ’s disposal by Gen. Otis. mosphere formed by the awning then rapidly it was abeam and three flew on! The state department at Washington which shaded him from the fierce sun, great albatrosses were seen to whip Every moment increased the weight has published a report from IT. 8. Con ­ and in the breeze that whistled past the sea with their wings, while a whole of his body and the weakness of his sul Williams at Manila in which he the bows as the Eugenie still bore on shoal of brown porpoises surged past hands and wrists. refutes the statements regarding the her new course, close hauled, with all our bows, plunging joyously from wave At last it was evident that his pow ­ health and climate of the Philippines. her fore-and-aft canvas set, and the to wave. ers of endurance could be no longer During the last year he says he heard THE CUTTING KIND white, glittering spray flying over her Tucks and braces were instantly taxed; he uttered a half-smothered of no temperature in the islands be ­ cat-heads and dolphin striker. manned and the sails were trimmed shriek, and closed his eyes as he clung low 57 degrees and none above 95 de­ Th* Deering Ideal Slower I* the be*t modern reprceente- Uon of • grace catting machine that will cat. The terrible Cubano still kept pos ­ anew for our desultory course. to that slender spar, and it swayed to grees in the sun. The city of Manila “Sail ho —to windward!" said one of The light dr, ft of the Deering Ideal Mower l« due to the session of the cabin. His two six-bar ­ and fro while the close-hauled brig is swept by sea breezes and has an fact that the Deering roller hearing* hare practical!/ annihilated reled revolvers gave him twelve shots, the crew, in a low but excited voice, flew on! abundant and good water supply. The lest the sound might reach the cabin; friction. , and we were but nine in all, as the The iron hook in the bulwark on death rate is small and with proper The Deering Ideal Mower rune almoot noleeleeel/ end ha* captain, Roberts, and Will White had and as the dense bank of purple clouds which the studding-sail boom was care one may be entirely healthy. opened a large bark came out of it, no lost motion. already perished by his hand, and hung gave way under the dbuble Twelve generals and many other of­ The Deering Ideal Mower I* qnlek acting and poettlre. and her form became more and more Hyslop, to all appearances, was dy­ weight of the spar and of his body. ficers of the first and second army corps Erery ounce of horee power U eared. The knife etarU with the defined as she left the vapor astern. ing; thus Antonio kept us all In sub ­ There was a shrill cry of despair, like of the Cuban forces met at Bayamo re­ wheels. Ho becking up to “get n etart.’* jection by his weapons, just as half She was going free—that is, with her the parting shriek of an evil spirit, The Deering Ideal Mower haa an adjustable cutter bar head further off the wind than close- cently and decided to name Gen. Max ­ a dozen well-armed soldiers may con ­ or the skirl of the gusty blast, as the imo Gomez as the representative of the that Is always In line; the hand lerers and foot lift are handy and hauled —and had a press of snow-white quick-acting. trol a mob of thousands. boom, and the wretch who clung to It Cuban army to the U. 8. with full So passed the night; the crew group ­ canvas, which shone in the last light in blind desperation, vanished into the The nneatlifactory mower, cost lets money than the Deering of the west. powers to treat for the army. There Ideal, but the Deering Ideals are the cutting ktad. ed forward, full of schemes for venge ­ black trough of the sea, and, like a were 120 votes in favor of Gomez and ance, and he aft, full of triumph, “She is four miles off." said Carlton. cork or a reed, were swept amid the “We must signal her, ” added Ism- 12 against him. At the same meeting Scad for the descriptive booklet, ferocity and cognac.' salt foam to leeward. it was decided to exterminate the ban ­ “Li|bt Draft Ideals." Next morning I was on the quarter­ bourne. The Eugenie rose like a duck upon “With what? ” asked Carlton, in tbe dits of the province of Santiago. deck, and when day broke I became the water, and, as If freed at that Gen. Lawton estimates that 100,000 DEERING HARVESTER CO., aware, by a splashing sound astern, same sharp but low voice; “every col­ moment from a load of crime, seemed or is overboard. ” troops will be necessary to pacify the CHICAGO. that we were towing something in the to fly forward with increased speed. Philippine islands, and adds: "The dead water of the brig ’s wake. On "Anything will do—a blue shirt at Twa8 night now, and the ship the foremast head; quick!—the sky difficulties in the way are those of looking over the taffrail, what were which we had first seen upon our will be quite dark in ten minutes. Run fighting guerrillas in a tropical coun ­ my emotions on beholding the body of weather bow was a mile astern and to it up in a ball with a slipping loop, try. With my brigade I could force my my kind friend —our good and hospi ­ leeward of us. man-o ’-war fashion, ” said Lambourne, way from one end of the islands to the table captain —towed by the neck at (To be continued.) other if I did not have to hold the ter­ the end of a line! in a loud whisper; “get ready a ship ’s lantern some of you, for the night ritory I traversed. But leaving gar­ Around the poor corpse, which was THE MANCHUS. risons behind would soon eat up the in Its nightdress, the green waves darkens so fast that we shall scarcely whole force." danced merrily in the golden light of be visible when she is abeam of us. recullarltlea of tba Race That Haa Long the morning sun that was now beam ­ Ned, get into the fore-channel and Governed China. The expedition under Maj.-Gen. Lawton are sweeping. The second ing over the sea, “refreshing the dis­ wave the light as a signal that we The Manchus, as a body, really do want a boat. ” day the army moved 12 miles farther tant shores and reviving all but him. ’’ not care two straws about Confucius, These orders were rapidly obeyed into the interior in the face of a de­ Antonio in the night had cast It from though it Is part of their policy to one of the cabin windows on the port and preparations made to throw the termined resistance. Five American brig in the wind. While one man has ­ make a great fuss, just as Napoleon scouts, who ventured too near the rebel side of the rudder-case, and through found it paid best to humor the popes. that aperture the line to which it was tily got the lantern from a little round trenches, were killed. house, in which certain stores and Of course, I am speaking of the gen ­ Gen. Lawton's expedition to the attached was now run. uine typical Manchus, who are fast dy­ By the smoke of a cigar, which as­ tools were kept on deck; Ned Carlton Laguna de Bay district have returned pulled off his shirt, and was in the ing out and become petticoated prigs to Manila, and preparations are now cended to the taffrail at times, I dis­ of Chinamen, but without a China ­ covered that the atrocious Cuban was act of binding it to the signal hal ­ being made for an important land man's suppleness and brains. The true sitting at the open cabin window be ­ yards, when the Spaniard, whose quick movement against the Filipinos. Manchu has an honest contempt for low me, watching and waiting to see ears detected some commotion, sprang All the launches seized by Gen. Law- the body devoured by the sharks; and on deck, armed as usual. "writing fellows;” he has long since ton will be restored to their original I knew that he would shoot all who at­ On seeing Carlton busy with the hal ­ forgotten his own language, amL now owners —that it to say, they will be tempted to cross his purpose or who yards he looked round, caught sight speaks a rough, energetic, bastam Chi ­ given back to the persons from whom came within reach of his pistol. This of the ship, which was running* with nese, called Pekingese, with a good, Aguinaldo ’s soldiers took them. prevented any man from lowering the white foam boiling under her fore­ honest country burr. It bears much himself over the stern, either to haul foot, and thus in a moment divined the sdme relation to “literary Chi ­ THE MARKETS. what we were about. nese ” that Hindustani does to Sans ­ in the line or cut it adrift. LIVE STOCK. “Demonlo! ” we heard him exclaim, Muttering a terrible imprecation in krit; or, better still, that the Viennese Spanish he fired at Carlion, but missed New Turk— Cattte Sheep Lambs Hoga The fact that tbe Chainlees wheel girl is belpingthe chain wheel girl np the when by a sudden lurch of the ship dialect does to German. The emper ­ Best grades . ..81 0> t5 3) 1650 •0 06 l! 25 hill does not mean that chain wheels are of no use. We make chain wheels oar- the line parted and the poor corpse him as before, and shot dead a poor or of China on formal occasions, de­ Lower grades .2 IS34 30 4 00 5 70 4 00 selves and can assure von that they give you excellent service. What the picture went rolling and surging to leeward. apprentice who was close by. scanting on funerals, Confucius, filial Chicago — shows is that the Chafnless is the better hill-climber. Why is this! Bim ply be ­ “ ’Tarnal thunder, flesh and blood Best grades. ...5 3036 75 6 10 6 00 8 04 cause the bevel-gearing cannot be cramped or twisted under the extra strain. “There he goes, and God bless him, piety, and so on, is like E. J. Dillon ’s Lower grades..2 00*4 00 S 40 6 60 2 5.4 This same uniformity of action makes the Cbainless an exceptionally aasy run ­ altbough he ’s cut adrift without a can ’t bear this! ” Bhouted Tom Lam­ French president, descanting on “right ning machine under all conditions of riding. bourne, whose fury was boundless, and Detroit — prayer or a sailor ’s winding-sheet," civilization and justice.” The real Best grades.... 4 0034 70 4 53 5 80 2 85 said Tom Lambourne, taking off his who snatched up a capstan-bar. “Bear Lower grades..2 60 *8 74 8 50 5 00 S 60 CIiIiIms, $75 ; Cdiskii Chain, 150; Hartford*. 135; Vtkltn, 135, 320. down on him all hands; there is neith ­ human Manchu emperor making broad hat, as the body bobbed like a fish ­ jokes in the coarse Peking brogue, Buffalo— Ask anr Columbia dealer for a Catalogue, er sea law no land law can help us Best grades.... 8 6)04 75 6 20 0 30 4 10 or write to us direct, enclosing o2-c. stamp. erman ’s float on the waves for a little cracking melon seeds and puffing at Lower grades..2 5034 00 6 00 6 80 3 50 POPE MF6. GO., Hartford, Conn. space and then disappeared in the long, here!" Snatching whatever came nearest to his water pipe withal, may be com­ Glovoland — white track made by the Eugenie pared with his majesty, the Emperor Best grades.... 4 40 ) 4 85 4 00 6 7.4 3 05 hand, we all rushed upon the Cubano, Lower grades.2 74 44 00 5 25 6 50 8 55 through the dark apple-green of the • who stood boldly at bay, and keeping Francis Joseph with a feather in his FOR 14 CENTS morning sea. Cincinnati — 2 8 DO YOU billycock and a pot or Pilsener beer 5 75 3 85 We wiah to gala th le y *nr SOMSb the binnacle between us and him. fired Best grades.... 4 8434 14 n«w customers, and tien< tin All the stories I had heard or read over it five or six shots from his re­ before him, smoking a long, coarse, Lower grades-2 7404 74 4 75 3 55 1 Pk*. U Day iUdi.ta, of Spanish revenge seemed eclipsed by Italian Avana da qulndlci with a straw Pittsburg — ip SAkJ- pgJMwMeMit volver with terrible rapidity; but so Best grades.... 40 036 65 5 14 0 10 4 05 Beet. the atrocities of this fiendish Cubano. run through it, and exchanging re­ C ouch ungLlchtn'gCuCucumber Me unsteady had his hand become in con ­ Lower grades..2 4004 14 4 SO 4 75 8 76 J*l ier'e Be,t Lettuce, ^’•liforni, Fig Tomato. sequence of his free potations below, partees with his private cronies in DONT DELAY Early Dinner Onion, CHAPTER XXIII. that every bullet missed, though one piquant Viennese. The Manchus like GRAIN ETC. Srilliant Flower Seed The Requital. Wheat. Corn, Oats, Wnrth SI.ee. h er 14 n eatn. ___ cut the knuckles of Tom Lambourne's sport, good living and fresh air; they No. t red No 2 mix No. S white Above 10 pkge. worth $1.00, we wilt Three days and nights passed with ­ right hand, and another tore away the 42343* 85 * 35* mall you free, together with war neither care nor profes$*to care one New Tork *5® Ml* KEEP’S greet Plant end Seed Catalogue out finding us able to surprise or dis­ rim of my straw hat. little bit about the Chinese empire, Chicago 74375* 34 a 85* 27 Curse Cold*. Cough*. Sere Threat, Creep. In ­ Hyslop rallied a little and was re­ fluenza. WhoopingCouqh. Hmr,chiti»endAsthma. the thigh as he passed. erable quantity of good manly leaven moved into one of the forecastle berths. He then made for the main rigging, Mack Farmer, a Negro living near A certain cure lor Con*ump:ion in Aral stapes, in Manchu mankind, Just as there Is and a sure reilet in advanced stages. Useatonce. He could tell us only that he had been and sprang oh the bulwark, no doubt Marietta, Ga., shot and seriously You aril! tea the excellent effect after taking the surprised when asleep, and had been with the intention of running up aloft in any other mankind, and it is this wounded his wife and his mother-in- •r*t date Said by dealer* everywhere. Large CALIFORNIA minority of good men which keeps bottles 25 cents and 60 cent*. stabbed again and again —that he be ­ to some secure perch, where he might law and then killed himself. Fanner VIA things going, not to speak of the leav­ came insensible and remembered noth ­ reload his remaining pistol, and shoot and his wife were living apart. He CANDY CATHARTIC ing more. His distress was great when us all down at leisure; but he missed en of good in the Chinese or Confu- visited her and a quarrel resulted in mmm we related the story of the captain ’s his hold of the rattllns, and fell over ­ cian element, which combines with the the tragedy. fate, the death of Will White, gnd that board! excellence on the Manchu side, even Word has been received of Gen. their destroyer was still in possession There was a shout of furoius Joy. as In the United States the under Lawton ’s victory in the vicinity of stratum of solid worth In party life You will practlos good economy tab of the ship and the arbiter of all our "The sea will rob the gallows of its Pagsajan and Lumban. He succeeded writ! ns lives. due!” said Carlton; "but he ’ll be keeps things sufficiently afloat in the in capturing both towns, driving the Get your Pension C. 8. CRANK, Q. P. * T. A., 8t. Louie. He writhed on hia bed of pain and shark ’s meat, anyway." Serbonian bogs of populism and Tam­ insurgents up the mountain side. Six * for particular*. sighed bitterly on finding how stiff and But Antonio was not gone yet, for many hall —Gentlemen ’s Magazine launches and two cascos were captured PENSIONS DOUBLE QUICK sore, how weak and almost blind he In falling he caught ope of the lower in the river. The rebel loss is aaid to Write CAPT. O’PARREI-L, Pension Agent. Vhea Answering Kdvertiseoiests had become by loss of blood; but * studding-sail booms, and clutched it Why isn ’t a star a sort of sky-iigJit? be heavy. 1428 New Yerfc Avenue. WASHINGTON. D.G* Hestioe This Paper. THE CLINTON INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1899.

of some of the regiments mustered out The Independent. have already filed pension claims. Barber*. RUM A CATAH ACIFIU 1IAKHKK SHOP, w w. Fergu­ Major Jonkh , of Toledo, would like NMVELIIIS son, proprietor. Ge to the Pacific Barber Proprietor GEORGE 8. COHBIT, Ep, under Wilson ’s Clothing Store, St. Johns. to be governor of Ohio, lie contem ­ The Qreat Spring Tonic and Systematic Regulator. Mien , for first-class work, nhavlng. hair-cut ­ ODK YOUNG MEN. j plates running on an independent tick­ ting shampooing, etc , done In the latest styles What lias the future in store for' et. Don ’t do it, Mr. Jones. Adopt CURES of tne tonsorlai art. the young men of the country? This 1 the Pingree tactics, and bluff yourself A Guaranteed Remedy Attornejs. is a serious question and one that -----FOR----- * BY into a regular nomination. Then do EW 19 SEVERANCE, Attorney. Counselor should appeal to every father and it again. Then do It indefinitely. Rheumatism and Catarrh, Stomach, Kidney and aud Solicitor Representative of the At­ mother in this fair land, says the Ltorney ’s National Clearing House, of Minne ­ Cheek will win. Liver Troubles, Dyspepsia, Nervousness, heart DR. W. C. WALKER apolis: the Sharp & Alleman List ol Attorney* National Watchman. If parents can and Bankers, of Philadelphia; the Rand A Disease, Headache, Bilousness, La Grippe. McNally List of Attorseys. of Chicago, and view with indifference the changed The American losses in the Philip ­ The Attorneys ’ and Agencies ’ Association of condition that is coming upon the pines since February 4 have been 200 New York. A correspondent In every county The Eminent Physician and seat to the United States. All kinds of legal country, a change that if left to be killed and 074 wounded. Gen. Lawton IT REGULATES AND TONES THE WHOLE SYSTEM Surgeon of Detroit, Mich., business promptly attended to. wrought out by the money kings and To Introduce and advertise our great remedies we will sell the regular $1.00 size Ruma Address: Lewis Severance, St' Johns, Mich is authority for the statement that an Kata»i at 50c a bottle, or 3 bottle* for $1.00. Only 3 Hottlr* t» One Person during this In ­ formerly of New York, will monopolies will condemn their off­ army of 100,000 men will be required troductory sale, which will last until May lO. Free Treatment of the Medicine dally to all oWIN H. LION, At orney at Law, St. who will cull at the store. Wo guarantee this medicine to be «w ad vertised or money re- make the following Reg­ E Johns, Mich. Office over Kendrick's store spring to a life of humble servitude to subdue the Filipinos and properly funded on pnaenUttoD of the bottle to u$ while here. We will be pleased to commit with ular Monthly PAULDING, NORTON A DOOL1NG with all the avenues to advancement anyone f rue of charKe regarding garrison the conquered territory. Visits. Attorneys at Law. Office over St. Johns closed against them, it is conclusive NationalS Hank. 1690 evidence of mental weakness. Paren ­ The supervisors of the twelve cen ­ OUR GREAT REMEDIES. ILL H. BRUNSON, Attorney at Law and -ON HALE AT- Solicitor in Chancery. Office over Hel­ tal love and solicitude for the well- sus districts in Michigan will be ap ­ Wler’s Bazar. 1516 fare of offspring is not wanting among pointed within the next* two weeks. And then will come the squabble for C. E. VANSICKLE’S DRUG STORE, ST.JOHNS JOHN H. PIDKWA, HKNKY K. WA {.BRIDGE our people, and such insensibility as (REPRESENTATIVE OF COMPANY PRESENT ) j'KDKWA A WALBUIDGK, Attorneys at the minor positions. Law. at the old stand, over the ” corner fails to cause parents to entertain ser­ Idrug store,' ’ 8t. Johns. Mich. 13*7 ious misgivings concerning the future WE ARE ALSO HOLE PROPRIETORS OF THE CEL Eli RATED The number of colored men serving .w. II. CASTLE, Attorney at law. Money of their children under the changes W to loan. Office bead of Clinton avenue, in the war against Spain was about DR. L. N. MIXER GUARANTEED REMEDIES, east side. 1133 that are rapidly taking place, can only 15,000, 500 of whom were in the navy. And Have with us DR. L. N. MIXER'.* CANCER AND SCROFULA SYRUP be accounted for through dullness of (the original), DR. L. N. MIXER’S LITTI.E LIVER PILLS, DR l.N.MIX- L* if. SMITH, Attorney at Law, St. Johns-. )5« Mich. Office over Heller's Bazaar. 1924 perception and defective reasoning Dewey Day —May 1—moving day— KR>, PILE HALVE, DK. L. N. MIXER’S FAMOUS COI GII CURE (for sale powers. and no “encouragement ”on tap, is not ' by all druggists), and a full line of treatments for Cancer,-Scrofula, Tumor, ‘ H. CK ANSON, Attorney at Law. Rooms Goitre (swelled neck), and all Blood Diseases. • 1 and 2. Clinton Block, St. Johns, Mich. The self-made man who started in a pleasing prospect to look, forward to. Com,, and test the wonderful SIMPLEX INHALER, which cures Asthma, Colds and Nasal life poor and through his own efforts Catarrh. Ask for Testimonials. Ladies, be sure to Investigate TOWER’S BEAUTI­ ERKINS A BALDWIN, Attorneys at FIED. It never Tails to please. Don ’t fall to get one of our RUSTIC EAHLES, the Law, Money Loaners and Real Estate acquired wealth and station has beeu TIMELY TOUCHES. prettiest and latest novelty out. Our home office Is PAgents. Office over Duteber's, Clinton Ave., the pride and boast of our country St. Johns. PoHsIbly Great Britain will trade Ireland DR. L. N. MIXER CO., c*r,aS„\"§S^d HASTINGS, JHCH. from the foundation of the govern­ for the Philippines too. —Detroit Tribute. Dentistry. ment. The writer has personal know ­ KNYON A KINMOND, Deutist*. Over A great deal seems to depend just now on K Weils' Grooery. St. Johns, Mich. ledge of many instances of men whose the ability of three naval officers in Samoa HAS RESIGNED GALA DAY EXCURSION only capital, when starting in life, to keep their tempera. —Chicago Record. G. H. M ANN, D. D. 8. Office over Spaulding & Co s hardware, op ­ After Many Years of Faithful Service In For the Benefit of the Poplin of the High consisted in healthy bodies and minds, It la estimated that we have already killed posite The 8teel Hotel. Surgery who through industry and frugality the Manufacturing Co. ’s Works. School and Their Friend*. a specialty. Office hours. 8 to lst more Filipinos than the Spaniards murder­ The managers of the Grand Trunk a m , 1:30 to 5 p. m . 7 to 8, eve'g. won their way to the front in the in­ ed In their :1S0’yearn of misrule.—Harper ’s Edgar Whetstone, more familiarly St. Johns at HOTEL ST. 1 , Weekly. ______known as “Pat,” tendered his resigna ­ system have arranged for an excursion K. CORBIN, M. !»., D. D. S. To get the dustrial and business worlds and be ­ tion last Tuesday as superintendent of to the Michigan Agricultural College SATURDAY, SAY 6. G• benefit of the experience, medicalknow- came the heads of large, prosperous It appear that Nicaragua had rather be for the benefit of the pupils of the ledge and surgical skill which are Indispensa ­ annexed at once than to be chased through the St Johns Manufacturing Com­ ble to perfection of results In dentistry, apply establishments as manufacturers and pany ’s works, which was accepted with high schools. This excursion will oc- to Corbin A Son. St. Johns. the tall timber for benevolent assimilation considerable regret on the part of j cur on Saturday, May 6. The train merchants. purposes. —Grand Rapids Press. will leave St. Johns at 8:25 a. m. Fare President French and the great ma­ OFFICE HOURS 8:30 A. M. TO 5 P. M. Physicians. Our population is less than seventy- It Is not surprising that a party which two jority of the employes. Mr. Whet ­ for the round trip, $1.10. Tilts excur ­ tive-railllons, while we have room and years ago sent to England for a financial sion will not be confined to the pupils M. LEONARD, M. D . Pbvs'clan. Sur- stone felt compelled to do this on ac­ _ _• geon and Electrologist, Ovid, Mlcb. resources sufficient for three-hundred policy should now send there for a colonial count of poor health. He had been of the high schools, but may be en ­ E millions. Therefore there is no natur ­ policy. —Bryan In New York address. employed In this institution many joyed by all persons so inclined. Child ­ The Most Successful Methods in the B. DODGE. M. D., Surgeon and Honieo- years, and during the past six or seven ren between the ages of 5 and 12 years J• patbic Physician. Office and residence- al or necessary reason why the oppor ­ It Is estimated that 50,000 census enumera ­ had occupied the position of superin ­ will be carried at one-half of the above Treatment of all Diseases and De­ over Spaulding ACo's hard ware, opp the Steel. tunities to advancement should be so tors will be required next year. With her tendent. Mr. Whetstone is succeeded fare. formities Known to the Latest C. DUNN, M. D., Physician and 8ur- proverbial modesty Michigan will be satis­ P• geon. Office over Spaulding A Compa ­ abruptly closed against the young fied with 40,000 of those plums. —State Repub ­ by G. A. Brown, late of Hastings, Chinn Matting Medical and Surgical Skill. ny ’s hardware store, St. Johns, Mlcb. Office Mich., who has already entered upon hours 1 to 4,7 to 9 p. m. men of the country. The develop ­ lican. ______Makes good floor covering. We show ment of our material resources is but his duties. a good line at popular prices E. KNAPP, M. D„ Physician and Sur- There are now signs that our long hard While Mr. Whetstone is eccentric in • geon. Office at residence, first house fairly begun, and with an open field winter Is about to leave us, but as yet there his manners, he is referred to by Mr. at John Hicks ’. CONSULTATIONS and EXAM­ Csouth of the M. E. church, St. Johns. 1357 and a fair chance the opportuinties of Is nothing about a legislative adjournment French and others as a faithful, capa ­ In sight. Michigan people have to suffer. INATIONS FREE TO ALL. HART. M. D., Physician and Sut- the young men of the country ought ble, truthful and honest man. never • geon. Eureka, Mich. 1217 —Fenton Independent. wronging a person out of a dollar or a NOTICE. H to be as favorable during the century We, the undersigned, do hereby agree Dr. Walker will not Treat Any Uulena there T W. POLLARD, M. D. Physician and Sur- Truth fur Thinking People. good name. He Is in poor health and £# • geon. Office over the State Bank of 8t. to come as they have been during the to refund the money on two 25 cent i* a Fo**lklIlty of a Cure, and will Why should the United States have any ­ has an aged mother and invalid wife bottles or boxes of Baxter's Mandrake Johns. Residence corner Cass and Ottawa sts century that has passed. But mo­ thing to do with the squabbles of savages In to care for. Mr. Whetstone never, In ­ Bitters, if it fails to cure constipation, 1*0 inform you. M. POST. M. D., Physician and Surgeon. nopolies are usurping the rights and the South Seas? What have we ever gained tentionally, did a human being an in ­ biliousness, sick - headache, jaundice, ■ Office over Mrs. H W. Holton ’s millinery justice. store.S No 14 Clinton ave. Residence, corner of privileges of the people and pre ­ by Interference In Samoan affairs? What loss of appetite, sour stomach, dyspep ­ Lansing A Rodgers streets St.Johns. Mich. good have we done the natives? In short, sia, liver complaint or anyof the dis­ paring an uninviting future for those They Please the Granger*. EXAMINATION BY REFLECTION M. HAVENS. M. D . Homeopathic Phy ­ what is there, except a great deal of bother F. W. Redfern, of Maple Rapids, eases for which it is recommended. It sician and Burgeon. Office over Heller's who are to follow us. The conditions and worry, to show for this venture of ours is highly recommended as a spring WBazaar. says of the legislature: “The execu­ By the latest scientific researches both by for an oligarchy of wealth that will In attempting to help govern a group of dis­ tonic and blood purifier. Sold liquid in tive committe of the state Grange bottles and tablets inboxes. Price 25 Improved Instruments and methods, the Dr. is R. A. J. WIGGINS. Physician and Sur­ reduce the masses of the people to tant Islands, with which we have no commun ­ formulated a resolution thanking the enabled to discover the true nature of the geon. Office south of residence, on Spring ity of interest? These are the questions cents for either. One package of either disease and locate the orgaas^or parts, ‘afflicted D legislature for the Grange measures and many diseases and complications which street, St. Johns, Mlcb. I244tf hewers of wood and drawers of water which have occurred to most Americans as guaranteed to give satisfaction or money already adopted. They have treated refunded. have heretofore proven most obstinate to the R. S.E.GILLAM. Physician and Surgeon- are rapidly maturing. There is no they read the recent dispatches from Samoa. us very nicely. Measures we have en ­ Medical Profession, yield like magic under bis Office at residence, opposite court bouse. hope for the future unless the people —Harper ’s Weekly. Sold by Travis & Baker, Fildew & skill and systematic treatment. The I)r. is Dwest. Office ho urs 1 to 4 p. tn and 8 to 9 p. m. dorsed that are still pending are the Millmau and A. O. Hunt. endowed with the wonderful gift of being able realize the causes that ar# working the Revise the Declaration. forestry commission and the Wagar to Diagnose without questioning, and will K. ERNEST SCHEMER. Physician and describe with the greatest accuracy your aches 8urgeon. Office over C. Gruler’s store, change and remove them. The money From the Buffalo Times. oleo bill. We called their attention ROHATE ORDER—State of Michigan. and paios wherever located, and tells better DFowler, Mich- 1461 If we want to carry out President McKin ­ to a plan in the line of economy which I County of Clinton. **. At session of the bow a person feels than they can themselves. power through gold contraction and PProbate Court for the County pf Clinton, ley’s policy of “benovelent assimilation ” we have evolved to attord relief to the There Is no need to live In constant misery. D. SQUA1K, M. D., Physician and banks of issue must be driven from holden at the probate office. In the village of It costs nothing to see him. The fullest exam ­ • Surgeon. Office. Second Floor in the all copies of the declaration of Independence supreme'eourt. The plan makes cir­ St John*, on Monday, the I7tb day of April, inations are free, and bis prices for treatment HClinton Block. St.Johns. Mich. power. The criminal combination of should be edited by the press censor before cuit courts the courts of last resort In iu the year one tbousaud eight hundred and are within the reach of all. He Isa friend to ninety-nine; being admitted to the Philippines. minor cases.” the afflicted, and will turn none away unaided. creditor interests, who have cornered Present. Charles M. Merrill, Judge of Pro ­ The merchant mingles with the artisan while Undertakers. the money of the world, and through bate. seeking relief at his hands, and hundreds are FOWLER. A Pleasant Wedding, In the matter of the estate of CHRISTINA cured every year. W INGRAHAM. UNDERTAKER. Wal- manipulating the law-making bodies HARDY, deceased. William Hardy, execu ­ S• ker Street East, St. Johns, Mlcb. 1407 A very pleasant wedding occurred tor of the last will aud testament of said de­ in favor of gold contraction and fall­ From Our Correspondent. on Saturday evening. April 16, when ceased, having made application for the al­ Auctioneers. ing prices have hamstrung the indus­ Fine weather —gardening commenced. Mrs. Emma Welter was united in mar­ lowance of bis final account and for his .1. Kruger was at the county seat last week discharge. READ WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY, ouie boron , auctioneer .-i am trial world and are plundering the Friday. riage, at the home of her mother, Mrs. Thereupon it is ordered, that Thursday, the prepared to sell farm property, household E. Sturgis, to Hiram Wetherbee, of 11 th day of May, A. I). 1899, at one furniture,L and general merchandise, on most people, must be overthrown, and in ­ Muthias Gross and family are now occu­ Owosso. At 8:00 o ’clock the wedding o'clock in the afternoon, be assigned for the Read the following testimonial voluntarity favorable terms. I speak English, German pying the house lately vacated by Mr. Jan- examination of said account, at the Probate given by Mr. Edwin Sperry, a well known citi­ and French. Orders through St. Johns post- dustry again made free so that man ­ dernoa. party entered the parlor, which was Office, in the village of St. Johns zen of St. Johns He says: “I wish to publicly office will receive prompt and careful atten ­ kind may labor and produce wealth Geo. Weller came over from St. Johns on pretiily decorated for the occasion, And it Is further ordered, that notice be express my gratitude to Dr. W. C. Walker for tion. and free themselves from the clutches his wheel last week. The roads are rough for and were made husband and wife by given to the persons interested In said estate, of the great good I have received through his cycling yet. Rev. Holmes, of the M. E. church. the time and place of said hearing, by caus­ treatment. 1 have been afflicted with Catarrh of the usurer. When this is done the ing a copy of tills order to be published In the of the Head. Throat and Stomach for years. bmbbmbbtobbmembbebbi A pedro and warm sugar party will lie given After light refreshments the happy Clinton Independent , a newspaper printed Having tried a number of other doctors with ­ people will fine that their chief ob ­ by the K. O. T. M. at Fowler hall next Friday couple left on the 9:17 train for their and circulating in said county of Clinton, for out any permanent relief. I decided to consult night. All are Invited. future home in Owosso, amid the three successive weeks previous to said day of Dr. Walker, who helped tne right along, and I stacle in dealing with other questions Mr. and Mrs. B. E. King entertained over bearing. am now pleased to say I am enjoying good MISS MAYME [IMS has been removed. When the com­ Sunday Mrs. King's father and mother, Mr. hearty congratulations of their num ­ CHARLES M MERRILL. health. I cheerfully recommend the Doctor and >Jrs. I. Horton, of St. Johns. erous friends. The bride was the re­ Judge of Probate. to all similarly afflicted- SOPRANO. binations that manipulate money, Jos. gt. Germayn, who has been making cipient of a number of presents. (A I rue copy ) Signed, EDWIN SPERRY. Voice Culture and Art of Singing. ship timber In this vicinity the past winter. Jan. 14,1899. st. Johns. Mich. TERnS ON APPLICATION. credits and prices are deprived of Is on hand with a gang of men to load timber Acknowledged by It* Presence. ORTGAGE HALE__ Default saving been Rheumatism Cured.—Mr. Charles Maltby, their power to plunder the world, for Toledo. made In the conditions of a certain one of the most respected citizens In this vicin ­ The muskrat is a knowing and ap ­ Mmortgage, dited February 8th, 1HW, executed ity, says: I was taken with La Grippe last .'KM So . Lansing St.. St. Johns. through expanding credits and con ­ The suit between F. Mankey and Mr. Han ­ preciative cuss. Late yesterday after­ by Susie M. alk«*r, Mary E. Walker and Min ­ winter. Soon after Rheumatism set In, affect­ ker. held in JusticeVutton ’s court last Satur­ erva W. VanArsdale, by Samuel S. Wallrer, ing mv whole system. My sufferings at times tracting money, industry will again day, resulted in a verdict of f(>4 and costs, in noon the house agreed to Representa ­ their Trustee and Attorney in Fact, to Charles were Intense and in a short time i bad become be free and other monopolies can be favor of Hanker. tive Keep ’s bill providing for the pro ­ G. Hathaway, and recorded February 8th. so emaciated that I was a mere skeleton, and Tin* street scraper was out just in time tection of these and other furbearing 1896. InRIber 84 of mortgages, on page 570, in only by the aid of crutches could I move easily attended to. The power that Monday, before the rain, and the streets are ihe office of the Register of Deeds for the around at all. I took less than three month ’s Grand Trail Railway System. In gixKl condition now thanks to the fore ­ animals during the months of August County of Clinton, Michigan, on which mort ­ treatment of Dr. Walker, who completely re­ manipulates credits and controls the sight of street commissioner Myers. and September. Less than three gage there Is due at the date of this notice stored me to health. money volume has all Industries at its A. M. Motz, of Fowler, and Miss Katherine hours thereafter a large specimen of the sum of $866.so, besides an attorney fee of Mrs. Thomas Crotty also gives testimony. Thelen, of Lyons, were united In marrluge the muskrat was caught on the steps $25 provided In said mortgage and by statute; She says: Dr. Walker saved roy life. Three mercy. The man behind the bank Wednesday morning at ll o ’clock at the and no suitor proceedings at law or in equity physicians told me I had cancer of the bowels IN EFFECT APRIL lO, 1891). counter by the shake of his head can Catholic church. Rev. Father Stauss officia­ of the state house, the presumption having been Instituted to recovor any part and ndvlsed an operation. Before consenting ting. Good wishes from their many friends. being that it was making its way up of the debt secured by said mortgage. Now to this I decided to consult Dr. C. W. Walker make a solvent merchant fail. therefore, by virtue of the power of sale in of Detroit. Being confined to my bed, I tele­ Mrs. A. Bullard, wife of the G. T. R. agent stairs for the purpose of returning said mortgage contained and by statute in graphed the Doctor. After a careful examina ­ at Linden, who for some time past has been thanks for favors extended. The little tion Dr. Walker told me that I had no cancer, Parents, its you love your children at the home of I e • parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. such case made and provided, notice is hereby D. & M. DIVISION. animal was boxed and presented to given that on Saturday, the 15th day of July, but my troubles were chronic Gastro-Duodonal and desire their benedictions through ­ Sage, left last Tuesday for her new home. 1899, atone o'clock In the afternoon, at the Catarrh, associated with Neuralgia The Doc­ out all time, it becomes your duty to Mr. Bullard having recently been appointed Mr. Keep. —State Republican. west front door of the Court House for Clin ­ tor soon relieved me and in a short time I was agent there. ton county, Michigan. In the village of 8t. entirely cured. understand the money question and Program for DeWItt Grange. Johns, in said county, there will be sold at Mrs. L. Pearl, who lives near St. Johns, says West-Bound from St. Johns . contribute your mite to leave this re- EAGLE. Following is the program for Satur­ public vendue to tho highest bidder, the land also: After treating with Dr. Walker cne in said mortgage described viz: All of Outlet month I have not been so well for year*. No. 11—Morning Exp. toOd. Haven, 10:47 am day evening, April 29: Mr. George Hatchel rnys: After taking a publicas an inheritance to bless them From Our Correspondent. ”M.” of the village of 8t Johns, as designated No. 16— Mall and Chicago F.xp. to Song. In a plat thereof on record iu the office of course of three months ’ treatment of Dr Wal­ and future generations. Mrs. Hatley, mother of Mrs. T. D. Eddy, Is quotations from members. said Register of Deeds, excepting twenty rods ker I feel like * new man. My heart and Gd. Haven ...... 3:12 pm at their home for an indefinite time. Instrumental music by Mark Norris and in width off from tho-south end thereof and stomach had troubled me terribly for a long No. 17- Gd. Haven Exp. Connects at time, and was very nervous all the while. Dr. George McCrumb, Jr., Is building a house Genevieve Brlnkerhoff. forty rods in width off from the north end Gd. Haven with Chicago Boat* 7:59 pm And the fighting still goes on in on Ills father's place and they expect It will Origin of Arbor Day, by Geo. Pike. thereof and containing twenty-six acres of Walker helped me right along. the Philippines. Our troops whip lie ready to move Into In a couple of weeks. - Recitation, by Miss Minnie Norris. land, be the same more or less, for the pur ­ No. 19—Western Exp. to Gd. Haven 8:25 am Rev. Cartland, of the M. E. church of Paper, by Richard Smith. pose of satisfying the amount due on said REMEMBER DATE OF VISIT. Nos. II. 15, 17, Dally except Sunday. the Filipinos and take a town every Wacousta, tilled the pulpit In this place Song, ity Harry Moon and Marie Martzke. mortgage. No. 19, Daily. Selection, by Mrs. Esteila Dills. Dated April 18th 189». day or two, but as soon as they leave most ably Sunday evening, he exchAnglng CHARLES G. HATHAWAY. Obstinate Canes Yield Uuder Dr. Wnlker ’a pulpits with Rev. Kenyon. East -Bound . the town —it would require 100,000 men Dr. Walker’* Sucre** at Ht. John*. Fkdewa A WAi.BKinjOF.. Mortgage*. Treatment. R. W. David and A. B. Schott were In St. Attorneys for Mortgagee. No. 16—Detroit Exp. to Detroit and on the island of Luzon alone, to per ­ Johns Tuesday of this week, looking after It is well known to the people of St. Mrs. W. 8. Rodgers cured of cancer of the East...... -...... 8:25 am the Interests of the estate of Jacob Schott, breast She was a great sufferer. manently garrison all the towns —the deceased, of which R. W. David Is executor. Johns that Dr. W. C. walker, of Do* ORTGAGE SALE.—Default having been No. 29 -Mall to Detroit ...... — 12:09 pm' 1n.il. has visited here for several years made In the conditions of a certain Mr. J. Preston cured of catarrh of the stom ­ Filipinos occupy it again. And this Mrs. Wickwlre and Miss Ola Butcher, of Mmortgage, tinted June 19th, 1888, executed byach and blood poisoning, says he would not be No. 22—Evening Exp. to Detroit and this place, attended the society given by the past and has had marked success. Minnie A..leaks to Hattie E. Thompson, anti In the former position for $5,000. East...... 5:22 pm Mrs. W. M. ——------.after being barren for sort of thing is likely to go on indefi ­ ladles of the Relief Corps at the home or Mrs. Many of our oldest and most respected recorded June 20th, 1888, In the office of the No. 18 -Eastern Exp. to Durand and nitely. It is not surprising that men Burt Wickwlre, of Grand Ledge, last Friday Register of Octets for Cllntou county. Michi ­ 10 years says: He cured me. We have two Aptll the 14th. citizens, whose cases had been aban ­ gan. In Liber 69 of Mortgages, on page 440, little children. Suffice to say our home Is a East ...... 9:17 pm are beginning to ask each other how doned as hopeless by other physicians, which said mortgage was afterward, to-wlt, happy one Nos. 16, 29, 22, Dally except Sunday. li. Bard, of Lansing, pastor of the Unlvor- F.ptlepsy (or fits) positively cured by a recent sallst church of this place, has not been able consulted the doctor and. much to the on the6th day of .1 line, 1891, duly assigned by No. 18, Dally. long the people of this country will be to Hil Ids appointment for some time, lie surprise of all, many of them have been said llattle E. Thompson to James II. Murry, scientific discovery. willing to put up with this sort of was here Tuesday evening but on account of and recorded In the office of t lit* Register of Troublesome Skin Diseases, such as Eczema, Thos . Bhomi .ey . Agent. the rain then 1 was no church. restored to perfect health and now are Deeds for Clinton countv, Michigan, June Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, etc., also Chronic E. II. Hughes , O. P. A T. Agt.. St. Johu*. thing. The question ispertinent. living monuments of I)r. Walker’s 8th, 1891, In LI tier 7:i of Mortgages, on page Ulcers, of tho limbs. Fever Sores, Cancers and Chicago, 111, The building of the M. E. church sheds* skill. They are unable to thank him 246. whit*It said mortgage was afterwards, to- Tumors successfully treated 8peclal treat­ which has been deferred for some time on wit, on the 4th day of August. 1891. duly as­ ment for weak men and women and all dis­ account of the severo cold weather, was re enough for what he lias done for them. eases of the nervous system. All curable cases Conorms has authorized the coin ­ sumed again last week and the meu are signed by the said James It. Marry to James ROBATE ORDER.—STATE OF MICHI­ This Is shown by the large concourse llalre, and recorded In the offiee of the Reg­ guaranteed. GAN, County of Clinton, ss.: At a session age of 50,000 silver dollars of new de­ working with a will and the sheds will com­ Mr. C. M. Stuizman cured of Blood and Skin pleted In the near future. of people who visit him when he is at ister of Deeds for the county of Clinton. Pof the Probate Court for the County of Clin ­ Michigan, September inth, 1$M, in Liber nor disease of twelve years standing. ton, holden at the Probate Office, In the Village sign, which are to represent Uncle St. Johns. A number have been heard Mrs L. K. Lambert cured of varicose ulcers Robbed the Grave. Mortgages, on page 264, oil which mortgage of St. Johns, on Friday, the 7th day of April, Sam’s subscription to the monument to remark tjiat they had changed cli­ there Is tine at tne date of this notice the on limb. In the year one thousand eight hundred A startling incident, of which Mr. sum of Three Hundred Seventy-three and 33- Doctor Walker's specialities are diseases of and ninety-nine. to Lafayette, which is to be erected in mates, taken oceans of patent medi­ the Bye, Ear, Throat, Lungs, and all chronic John Oliver, of Philadelphia, was the cines and sure cures. visited watering 100 ($373 33-100) l>ollars. besides an attorney Present, Hon. Charles M. Merrill, Judge of Paris. On one side of the coin will fee of Fifteen ($15) Dollars, provided In said private and nervous diseases and deformities, Probate. subject, is narrated by him as follows: places and grew worse were finally mortgage: and no suitor proceedings at law as Granulated Lids, Cross Eyes. Deafness, Dis­ In tho matter of the estate of ADAM probably appear Lafayette’s prayer for “ I was in a most dreadful condition. cured by Dr. W. C. Walker. His next or In equity having heen Instituted to recover charge of the Ears, Bronchitis, Chronic Cough. WIRTH, deceased. George M. Wirtb. execu ­ the United States (about forty words), My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunk ­ visit to St. Johns, at Hotel Steel, is any part of the debt secured by said mort ­ Goitre (btg neck), Fever Sores and Ulcers, tor of the last will and testament of eald de­ en, tongue coated, pain continually in gage. Bright's disease. Rheumatism, and all diseases ceased having made application for the al­ and on the other, probably, the faces Saturday, May 6. Office hours from Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of of the Kidneys and Bladder, Heart. Stomach lowance of bla final account and for bla dis­ back and sides, no appetite —gradually 8:30 a. m. to 5 p. in. sharp. sale In saltl mortgage contained, and by Sta­ and Nervous diseases. Chorea. (St. Vitus Dance) charge. of Washington and Lafayette, and growing weaker day by day. Three tute In such case matte anti provided, notice Epilepsy t fits). General Debility, Scrofula Thereupon It la ordered that Thursday, the perhaps those of Lincoln and Grant physicians had given me up. Fortu­ Is hereby given, that on Saturday, the Ath Skin diseases and all diseases due to had blood, 4th (lay or May, A. D. 1899. at one nately, a friend advised trying ’Electric Gay’s’Bn* and Dray Line. day of May, A. D. 1890, at one o'eloek In the also rectal diseases. o ’clock In the aftern >on. bo assigned for the also. afternoon, at the went front door of the Court I will give special attention to difficult examination oT said account, at the Probate Hitters;’ and to my great jov and sur Having added to my general draying House, In said county. In the village of 8t. case* and to eases other physicans have failed Office, io the Village of St.Johns. to cure. It is estimated that the pension prise, the first bottle made a decided business a safe and comfortable omni ­ Johns. Michigan, there will be sold at public And it Is further ordered, that notice be improvement. I continued their use bus with which 1 makesureconnection vendue, to the highest bidder, the land In Bank references. given to the persona Interested In said estate, roll will be increased at least $5,000,000 with all trains. Calls made for one or said mortgage descrlbtd. viz: Lots number Persons applying for treatment vs III please of the time and plaee of said hearing, by for three weeks, and am now a well two (2) and three (3) In Block E of Htone's ad­ bring from two to throe ounces of urine, first rauslng a copy of this order to be published per annum as a result of the war with man. I know they saved my life, and two persons from same place for 25c. dition to the village of Ovid. Clinton county, passed In the morning preferred, for analysis. In Tub Clinton Independent , a newspaper Kpain. The increase from the war in robbed the grave of another victim.*' three or four, 50c. Orders left with Michigan, according to the recorded plat Question Blanks sent on application En ­ printed and circulating In said County of None should fail to trr them. Only 60c., me or at The Steel will receive prompt thereof. close stanp for reply. Those unable to see Clinton, for three suoceeelve weeks previous the Philippines bids fair to be as much Dated February 8th, 1899. the doctor can address to said day of heating. guaranteed, at Filaew & Millman ’s and careful attention. I I i.YNN, JAMES IIAI HE. . > W. C. Walksh , m. d . CHARLES M. MERRILL. or more. Over twenty-five per cent. Drug Store. Richard G ay , Proprietor. Attorney for Assignee. Assignee Box 19. *' Detroit, Mich. (A true copy.) Judge of Probate. r-'. -m* —-r-- THE CLINTON INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1899.

FOUGHT WITH FARRAGUT K9H Dr. F. B. Monroe, A Granil Ledge Man Who Haw Service With WILL bB AT Ml NO Dewey 011 Furragul’s Flagship. From the Grand Ledge Independent. ROYAL Frank Swift, of the second ward, Steel Hotel Wed., May 10,1899 has had an eventful life. He went to Powder sea, as he puts it, “two years before They’re t Absolutely Purl Polk was elected "—at the age of 14. When the civil war came on, he felt Makes the food more delicious and wholesome like taking a hand in tiKht for the Union, and the opportunity came in Horn M«IM WWW CO , WtW YORK.______'«3. He enlisted In the army. In 8 Kept Fresh months, owing Ukttie yellow fever de­ pleting the forces with Admiral Far- The new UnOOdd BlSCllIt are delivered to ragut, private Swift was transferred to the sijuadron, on the flagship Hart­ the consumer in moisture and dust proof packages, ford. lie was made boatswain ’s mate f' ABOUT PEOPLE. 1 on the third day thereafter. Once in as fresh and crisp and clean as though just from the •%■■«* ______„______MM a while some newspaper article dis­ oven. They should always be served from the origi­ putes that Farragut In the bombard ­ ment of Fort Morgan was lashed to nal package, which should be kept carefully closed. Julia Brims was In Ovlil Tuesday. Miss E. L. Bluemley, of Ionia, returned to the main mast. Mr. Swift declares S. A. Sturgis was In Durand Tuesday. Iter home Monday noon 'from a visit with that the story is no fairy tale. He Harry E. Muek Is In Detroit on Imslness. her brothcr-ln law, llev. J. C. Dietrich, of was only across the deck from the ad­ Duplaln, miral. and saw the great naval hero H. 1*. Gagt; was In Pewanio yesterduy on bound in the rigging as stated in his ­ business Mrs. W. T. Allen went to Grand KapltU . Uneeda W. 8. Ingrtiliain, of Ionia, was in St. Johns Tuesday afternoon to attend a convention tory; Farragut was tied by what sail­ Saturday. of*the Women's Foreign Missionary Society ors call spunyarn, for an hour and a Mr. and Mra. ChesterSolsbury were In Fow- of the West. half. Dewey was one of the Hartford ’s John Thompson, of Brighton, formerly crew; lie was a beardless youth, an ler over Sunday. ensign. After the war, Mr. Sw ift re­ |>Y REASON OF REPEATED REQUESTS 1 Miss Henrietta Blank was in Ovid and pharmacist In the drug store of Chas. W. Biscuit ** have decided to visit St. Ji ling oooe in five Owosso Tuesday. Loud, was here Tuesday In regard to the sale turned to Michigan, tired of the sea week*, and will bent the private parlor of The J. J. Shlndorf was In Flint Tuesday on bus ­ of the stock. and tired of war. He was the one are unequaled for general use. A perfect every­ Steel Hotel, where 1 can be consulted free up ­ survivor of tive brothers in the strug­ on all cases. Everything confidential. All are iness and In Owosso yesterday. Miss Nellie Flslthuck, who is attending requested to bring two ounces of urine. Michael Grosse, of Westphalia, is visiting: school at Spring Harbor, came home yester­ gle for their country. He Is now 73 day food for everybody. Serve every day with Chargee moderate, and no Incurable cases Mrs. Mary M. Petseli, this village. day afternoon to remain with her parents years old, but doesn ’t look it by 10 taken. I always make d Besses of women and years: he gives credit for his compara ­ every meal. Give them to the children instead of children a speciality, also chronic diseases. I Mrs. Kay Washburn went to Detroit yester­ until tomorrow. have disposed of my local business to take the day where her husband is employed. Mrs. L. Worden, of Grantl ltuplds, returned tively good healtli to the fact that he cakes. Sold everywhere at five cents the package road, expressly for the benefit of chronio suf­ Oliver D. Chapman, of (Jhesanlng, is here to her home Monday afternoon having made always shunned intoxicating drink. ferers Come and sec me. Itcoetsrou nothing! —never in bulk. All m<*Ucines furnished are purely vegetable visiting bis brother, W. H. H. Chapman. her brother In law, Walter Moore, near Eure­ —roots, herbs and harks. Correspondence Mrs. Harry E. Maek is in Detroit attending ka, a week’s visit. solicited before iiiy visit if possible. Address the convention of the King ’s Daughters. Albert Williams, of Grand Kapids, returned THE RIGHT SECURED. me at 4480ue St., Toledo. Ohio. to that place Monday afternoon after a three It. W. David and A. B. Shott. of Eagle, were The Second Attempt to Secure a Patent on In St. Johns Tuesday on probate business. week’s visit with Ills father, William Wil­ Ilia Ice Cruaher by Chas. Merrlfleld Cases I Cure. Mrs. E. M. Eaton went to Harbor Springs liams, tills village. Sacceat ful. . Tuesday night to remain during the season. Mrs. A. Parker.of Ovid, returned yesterday Dyspepsia. Alt Sexual Diseases. The patent, at last, has been secur­ Rheumatism, Heart Disease. Mrs. 8. Haynes returned to St. Johns Mon ­ to her home uftcr a short visit with her two Indigestion, Consumption in Its day noon after a week’s visit with relatives daughters, Mrs. Arthur Tripp, in Greenbusli, ed on the M. & W. ice crusher and the boat TAKE Fits, Early stages. in Flint. and Mrs. George Kelly, ut St. Johns. splitter invented by Chas. Merrlfleld, Piles, Bronchitis, Anthony Arens and John Spltxley, of West­ of this village. An attempt to secure DrtlSlCi, Neuralgia. Sore Byes. Miss Pearl Jury, after spending a few days All Nervou* Diseases. Urinary Troubles. phalia, were visiting in St. Johns the (Trst of with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Jury, a patent was made two years ago and Costlveness. Lost ManhtKKl. the week. of Bengal, returned to her school work lu failed after an expenditure of * 00, Fevers and Results, Kidney and Liver Mrs. W. E. Southard returned Friday from through the failure of his solicitors, Blood Diseases, Complaints. the State normal at Ypsilanta, last Monday The Celebrated Specialists And all Chronic Diseases. a ten days’ visit with friends In Battle Creek morning. John Wedderburn & Co., of Washing ­ By my new process through the blood I ex ­ and Flint. George Baldwin undsister. Belli-; Winifred ton, I>. C. The right has been secured WILL BE AT amine all diseases through the blood, treat all Mrs. J. J. Waite and Miss Nellie Lawton Daboll, Madge Biinday, Hubert Buck anil within the last month through anoth ­ through the blood, and cure all I pronounce went to Coopersville Tuesday to visit friends er firm, and the machine is now being curable through the blood direct. others, students at Ann Arbor aim otly>r sold throughout the country. It is an DR F. B. MONROE. a few days. places, are spending a week’s vacation with “The Steel” Hotel, Miss Ida M. Martin returned yesterday af­ their parents in this village. ingenious device speaking well for Mr. ter an extended visit with friends and rela­ Mrs. K. A. Buck left yesterday for Toledo Merritield. and Is used ana recommend ­ tives In Ovid. to attend the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Har­ ed by all the drug stores, soda fount ­ Father Hutter and Father Mies, of Detroit, riet DeMuth. She will be gone a year visit­ ains ,saloons, etc.. In St. Johns, where ST. JOHNS, made Father Auer a friendly visit Tuesday ing friends and relatives in Toledo, lu Kleh- it has been in use the past two years. TO and yesterday. vllle. Mo. and in Wyoming, III. Hazel and George Havens, of Ashtabula, O. THURSDAY, MAY 18. ure here visiting their grandparents, Mr. and New Brick Buildings. CHICAGO Mrs. Wm. Havens. F. A. Hyatt, the harnessruaker, has C.W.Inslee*! The KLONDYKK Is far uway. In fact, all Miss Nellie Stephens, of Eureka, spent the awarded Ills contract to F. Ban bagel c* y'-T WHOLESALE those golden hills are u good way off. or are latter part of last week with Miss Maud X* / GROCERS. CJ $5.70 Including Berth. only tmugtnary. There are always plenty of & Son, of Ionia, for the erection of a agents trying to get you to Invest In some Parks, this village. two story brick business block for his ^ * DETROIT. MICH. JJ Lv. St. Johns5h"i(?:3:12p. m. GOOD THING wuy off. and it is their busi ­ Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Nelson went to Marlon own use in the lower block, east side. ness to make It look bright. But don't he too yesterday morning to visit a nephew, J. A. jr IHPORTERS OF.... (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) fast. See for yourselves. Your home dealer Allison Richardson will do the wood ­ wants vour patronage and will always rnak*- Nelson, a few days. work. •J Sweet Rum *tt Japan Tern, lv. Gd. Haven, viaSteamer 6 p.m. it an object for you to leave your money at Miss Anna Gadt, of Fowler, returned to he r Jacob Shlndorf & Son, blacksmiths '!*. Molasses direet from Plantation, V. home. home Tuesday after a week's visit with her I have one hundred Monuments of the lat­ and carriage builders,have entered into •; Roaat Coffee, Fresh Daily. est designs In MARBLE and GRANITE to sister, Mrs. Carl Weller. contract with the same parties for {» Dealer* in rf Lv. Muskegon, viaSteamer 9p.m. select from. You can have them any size, Fred Tremper has gone to Danville, III., the erection of a brick factory on their any design, any material, and guaranteed, where he has signed with the Lu Pearl elr- cheaper than Klondike gold, as cheup as aev present site. 40x50, two stories. | All Kinds of Groceries. |j Arrive Chicago, - - 6 a m. dealers ar dealer’s agent can sell them. cus. He Is with the band. ’!'! Vour Letter Orders will Receive Prompt « ALSO FAST FREIGHT LINE. Come and see me Maple Kaplds Dispatch: “Cyrus Palmer licensed 10 Wed. K Attention and Lowest Market Price*. V. Yours for your ntouey, wood, hay corn and and wife, of St. Johns, spent Sunday with W. BURKE, Agent, St. Johns. potatoes. Date. Name. Age § C. W. INSLEE A CO. § friends in Maple Kapids. April It —Anthony Huhn. Westphalia ...... 24 G. A. Steadman, of Lyons, visited at the Susanna Luckenback, Westpli'lia IS! F. F. MURDOCK, home of his brother-in-law, John Q. Pierce, April 11 —Wilbur Smith, DeWitt...... 22 NO Opy Postofflce. ST. JOHNS, MICH. this village, over Sunday. Mattie Tyler. Bath ...... 23 Mrs. D. A. Treadwell returned to Detroit April 11 Mathias Schafer, Dallas ...... 28 Tuesday after spending several weeks wit h Anna Arens. Dallas. 23 HORE her daughter. Mrs. F. C. Mason. April 111 —Frederick Ball!, Pickens, W. Va. 28 Clipper Chainless Lulu A. Kowalk, Watertown ...... 10 Joseph Wehr, of Westphalia, late in the April 15 Hiram K. Wctherby, New Haven 50 (We ask you to ride It) FARMS. employ of Travis A Baker, returned to his Emma S. Welter, St. Johns ...... 40 BIG home Tuesday to be absent a month. April IS Philip Bland?, Weatohslla 23 AND VILLAGE PROPERTY Mrs. S. E. Weatherhy returned to St. Johns Kosinii Luckenback, Westphulla. 20 Consultation and Examination Free Tuesday from a week’s visit with her parents SUBSCRIPTION » and Strictly Confidential. -FOR- in Ovid, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Carroll. List of Letters. Mrs W. S. Ingraham went to Detroit Satur- j Remaining In the Postofflce at St. Johns, Mich.,. . April. T!8 18,1800:,-~“ day where she will remain a few weeks and BILLS..... Cow I ns, J. Gurthry, Estella, DK8. B. S. * CO., devote their attention to then return to Ionia to join her husband. Hamilton, II. L. Kujava. John, Diseases of the Aye, Ear, Throat and Lungs, As- J. M. Dodge, formerly proprietor of The McKlnstry. Henry, Ergeley. Oapt. Henry, hma anti Consumption, and all Chronic, Private and Kicahy, Mr. Robert, Sheffield, Mr. Charles, Nervous Diseases, Deformities, Granulated Lids, Cross Steel and now of Montpelier, Ind.. was here White, Mrs. M. L. Sale or Excliansre. re, Deafness, Discharge of the Ears, Bronchitis, yesterday shaking hands with old friends. WILL II. BRUNSON, P. M. The ronic Oouah, Goitre, (big neck) Fecer Sores and Jesse Stone and wife returned last Friday Ulcers, Bright's Disease, Rheumatism, all diseases oj from Lapeer, where they had been to attend Card of Thanks. the Kidneys and Bladder, Heart, Stomach and Ner­ vous Diseaes, Chorea-St. Vilut' Dance-. General De­ Streeter & Durkee have about 75 the funeral of a nephew, Edward Brigham. We take this opportunity to extend our bility, Scrofula, Skin Diseases, diseases of men and farms for sale of all si/.es and kinds Mrs. J. E. Llttell went to Grand Kapids yes­ heartfelt thanks to the friends and neigh ­ Grand Rapids uomen, and all diseases due to batl blood. and Chain Wheels EPILEPSY. OK FITS positively cured by throughout the county besides lands terday noon to attend the convention of the bors who so kindly assisted us during the a new and never failing remedy. 0 in Gratiot, Montcalm and Isabella Women ’s Foreign Missionary Society of the sicknessand burial of our littlopet, Marlon, Dra. B S. k Co. make a specialty of all forms counties and in other parts of the West. _ and for the beautiful flowers which adorned Of Rectal Diseases, Piles - internal ond external, Itch- state. Parties wishing to buy should the casket. inp and Bleeding, Rectal Ulcers, Piastres, Fistula— Democrat, which are often taken for Nervous and Luna call and see what we have to offer, as FARON AND GRACE Fl'RGASON. ORIENT, Troubles, all cured. Hemerober, we cure ail we have some great bargains in farm forms of Piles without pain, Interruption or lands. A \ MU' > CEMENTS- detenUon from business, and without the use n »b pp » w 01 of knife, caustic or ligature. Come and be We will give prices on a few of the »#%***»•••*«*«*•«• convinced. many places we have to offer: The adjourned meeclngof the L. L. C. will lONE CENT. S *300 will buy a good house and lot 3 REMOVAL be held with Mrs. M. Ilahcock April 20. To Young, Middled-Age blocks west of head (if Clinton Ave. The M. E. aid society, of Bengal, will meet I I $050 will buy a tine house and lot 4 | DR. THOMAS S. MANN with Mrs. Eddie Murphy, Thursday after­ and Old Men. noon, April 27. Everybody invited. A&af block west of Clinton Ave. north. Mrs. Lyman Sperry will entertain the Butfcriog from Spermtlorrktra, Impolency_ —Loal *400 buys a good t wo-story house 1 £ Will be pleased to receive Ladies’ Alii Society of West Bingham, Thurs ­ manhood, —or fromm WiWeakness ‘ brought on from er­ block*south and 2 blocks west of Court < patients and friends at his day. April 27, at 1 o ’clock sharp. A good at­ ror* or Indiscretion* in youth or over-indulgence tendance is desired, as there Is plenty of work. in later year*, are given permanent relief. Abso ­ House. Printed Every Day in the lute cures guaranteed; strictly confidential. $£50 will buy a tine dwelling house A recital will bo given at The Steel May 2, TUMORS AND CANCERS cured without New Dental 1800, for the benefit of St. John ’s Episco ­ acids, knife, pain or scar. New methods. 4 block west of north Clinton Ave. pal choir. An attractive program will be Year. CATARRH. New borne treatment. Unsu> *450 will buy a tine house and barn, given, the greater part rendered by Prof. passed and cheap. with two lots, on Lansing street, north 1 Office . || W. 11. Zimmerman, of Pontine, assisted by AND GUARANTEE to cure every case of Dyspepsia local talent. Sick Headache, Piles, Tape Worm and Stricture. of railroad. !*. Middle of Block, West Side, same \i The ladles’ aid society of west Bengal will ■ar\Ve will give special attention to difficult $750 buys a new house, barn and two ■; floor as Perrins* Baldwin, 8t Johns Y; hold its next meeting with Mrs. John Parks, eases and to cases other physician have failed to lots on the east side of town. Wednesday, April 2«, at ten u. m. All are cure. Persons applying for treatment will please $000 will buy one of the finesthouscs ■j AT FOWLER EVERY FRIDAY Y; cordially invited, especially memliers of said PHCENIX | KODAKS, bring two or three ounces of urine for analysis. society as the election of officers for the en ­ **««>**■*»•»*■*•** Those who are unable to cail, can write full par ­ and barns, with fine shade, in Emmons- .vv;:.';.’: a;;::: “’i suing year will occur ut the time specified. ticulars of their case and hax e medicine sent by vllle. express, with full instructions how to be taken. The firm ol Dr*. B. 8. k Co., were incorporated Besides tills we have money to loan 1 BICYCLES. I several years since with a capital of $50,000, hence at a very low rate of interest on real Hand you take no chances If you employ them. They estate security. ( tt are responsible and well-known. Address Cash prices on Cameras, DRS. B. S. & CO., STREETER *V DURKEE, cash bought ------WE USE------LOCK BOX 160, Office on Second Floor. Head of Clin ­ ton Avenue. West Side. En ­ Goods-^^ AMATEUR SUPPLIES § Muskegon, - Mich. trance. First Stairway. -----INCLUDING----- ‘U The Almighty O&JIircs FLASH POWDER ? Dollar rules BUSTER the world - Hamilton's I KODOL these times. Studio.... | -^PASMONT Dyspepsia Cure. PWH ID Men’s fine Vici “Digests What You Eat" VA* VLAt •HIGH Kid black or It is new preparation just put out ch ocolate by us. It absolutely will cure dvspep- Bicycle—- o sia and all kind red stomach complaints. “Wear Re­ Buy WHY BO WE SAY THIS! TwrirAtTnucEs or sisters” new Simply because we know it will do '%Q& -—BARGAINS more than we claim for it. It lias ^ktMAIH AS LOW AS LVEPl styles $2.50. For Saturday, April 22. | Your been long tested and tried and the In ­ gredients are such that it can ’t help Men’s fine Vici Kid, black with fancy vesting 1 Humber, High Grade, - $8.00 1 wish to call the attention of the public to curing. It digests food without any 1 Rambler, High Grade, $8 00 the fact that I will la* at Kenyon ’s Feed Barn aid whatever from the stomach. We top, welt soles, new stylfe and Extra Value Shoes on and after April 1st, 18W), every day. with pledge our reputation that it Ls abso ­ 1 Hartford, High Grade, $10.00 my Black Percheron Stallion “BUSTER” lutely perfect and can ’t fall. Price. * .. My lifie of Used Bicycles changes oL ___ (record No. 18400; weight 1.850). Also my 50 cents per bottle. Prepared only at every week and 1 can give you a good Standard Bred Stallion “PAHMONT,” with a the laboratory of E. C. DeWitt A- Co., Men’s fine soft, black Vici Kid welt soles with wheel for less than half regular price. racing record of 2:18(4; weight, 1.325. Ills Chicago, U. S. A. register No. I* 18055. These arc two finely The above Bicycles have been taken SOLD H% C. K. VANSICKLK. French or Globe toes, regular joy producers In exchange for new wheels. C. A. PUTT bred horse*, and parties who contemplate $3.00. Real worth for hard caatu______j. No. 17 Clinton Are,, St. John*. breeding should sec them and become ac­ quainted with their breeding: before breeding elsewhere. THE INDEPENDENT, with the O. G. Plunkett The Independent Year Woodruff & Tromp. Photographer, 1 Cincinnati Enquirer, WM. BIRD, Proprietor, Middle West or 1 C/\ ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN. Michigan Farmer$ 1*50 St. Johns, Mich. Chicago Dispatch fonPI.^U

■fT'S-'Vk CLINTON INDEPENDENT, THUR8DAY, APRIL 20, 1890

THE WOMEN SAY Jephthah ’s vow. First, he ought never our civil inar, a lieutenant of .he army MORE FROM MEXICO. will hold it for the small Interest he TA I, MAGE’S SERMON. to have made it. Next, having made stood on the floor beside the daughter gets, and the rise in value of the prin ­ Am Is- No R»n*edy tfae'Bqaal of F*» it, it were better broken than kept. of the ex-governor of the state of cipal which 1b returned to him. Plen ­ n-M In All Their Peculiar Ills. “MASSACRE OF THE INNO­ But do not take on pretentious airs South Carolina. They were taking the PROSPERITY RAGES IN FREE ty of money is loaned in England At Miss Susan Wymar. teacher In the 4 per cent or less for the reason given. CENTS” SUNDAY'S SUBJECT. and say, "I could not have done as vows of marriage. A bombshell struck SILVER COUNTRY. Richmond School. Chicago, Ill., write* Jephthah did.” If in former days you the roof, dropped into the group, and —Ex. the following letter to Dr. Hartman re­ had been standing on the banks of the nine were wounded and slain; among “My rather. If Thou Hast Opened Thy Republic Becoming Flooded with garding Pe-ru-na. She sAys: “Only Ganges, and you had been born in the wounded to death the bride. While Ways md Mean*. those who have suffered with sleepless ­ Mouth Unto the Lord, Do to Me Ac* Refugee* from Gold Hidden Land* India, you might have thrown your the bridegroom knelt on the carpet The cause of bimetallism which will ness from overwork in the schoolroom, —All Are Makiug Money —A Spectacle cording to That Which Hath Proceed ­ children to the crocodiles. It is not trying to stanch the wounds, the bride be the issue of the campaign of 1900, is such as I have, can know what a bless ­ ed Out of Thy Mouth ”—Judges, 11:36. because we are naturally any better, demanded that the ceremony be com­ to Ponder Over. being materially aided by the sale of ing It is to be able to find relief by but because we have more gospel pleted, that she might take the vows two brands of cigars manufactured by spending a couple of dollars for somo Jephtbah was a freebooter. Early light. before her departure; and when the The following interesting letter, by the firm of C. H. Schaeffer & Co., of turned out from a borne where be Now, I make very practical use of minister said, “Will thou be faithful a man who knows whereof he writes, Chicago, upon which the Ways and ought to have been cared for, he con ­ this question when I tell you that the unto death? ” with her dyihg lips she tells of the effects of free silver in Means Committee of the Democratic sorted with rough men and went forth sacrifice of Jephthah ’s daughter was said, “I will," and in two hours she Mexico. It was written by Gen. Jules National Committee receives a stip ­ to earn his living as best he could. In a -type of the physical, mental, and had departed. That was the slaughter A. Randle, a citizen of Texas, residing ulated percentage. This is a sensible those times It was considered right spiritual sacrifice of ten thousand and the sacrifice of the body; but at in Monterey, Mexico, to Mr. J. W. method of raising a fund without loss for a man to go out on Independent children In this day. There are par ­ thousands of marriage-altars there are Gaines. The letter reads as follows: to the cigar dealer or the smoker who military expeditions. Jephtbah was a ents all unwittingly bringing to bear daughters slain for time and slain for “You desire to know the effect of buys the goods at retail. The manu ­ good man according to the light of upoo their children a class of influ ­ eternity. It is not a marriage: it is a free coinage in Mexico. I have been facturers who are ardent bimetallists ences which will as certainly ruin his dark age, but through* wandering massacre. Affianced to some one who doing business in Mexico since 1866, and far-seeing men, make the gener ­ them as knife and torch destroyed and predatory life he became reckless Is only waiting until his father dies, so and since 1880 have lived in Mexico; ous donation of 1 cent on each cigar Jephthah ’s daughter. While I speak, and precipitate. The grace of God he can get the property; th^n a little consequently, have had a good oppor ­ sold of the “Ways and Means ” brand the whole nation, without emotion and changes a man ’s heart, but never re­ while they swing around in the circles, tunity to know the country and its and one-third of a cent of each “De­ verses his natural temperament. The without shame, looks upon the stu­ brilliant circles; then the property is conditions. I operated, bought and fense Fund ” cigar, the respective Israelites wanted the Ammonites pendous sacrifice. gone, and having no power to earn a sold property there from 1866 to date. prices being 10 and 5 cents. Not hav ­ driven out of their country, so they In the first place I remark that much livelihood, the twain sink into some I have known the eagle dollar of Mex ­ ing the expense of heavy advertising sent a delegation to Jephthah, asking is a system of sacrifice. When chil ­ corner of society, the husband an idler to bear, the company is enabled to him to become commander-in-chtef of ico—I mean the present silver dollar dren spend six or seven hours in and a sot, the wife a drudge, a slave, of Mexico —when it was sold all over put out first-class goods and still bear all the forces. He might have said, school, and then must spend two or and a sacrifice. Ah! spare your de­ the donation. Such generosity to the “You drove me out when you had no New York at $1.06 and $1.12 in green ­ three hours in preparation for school nunciations from Jephthah ’s head, and backs. Then Mexico was not in a splendid cause of sustaining all that use for me, and now you are in trouble the next day, will you tell me how expend them all on this wholesale flourishing condition. A few men con ­ is best in our government should re­ you want me back; ” but he did not much time they will have for sunshine modern martyrdom. trolled the finances, and the country ceive a hearty r«sponse from smokers say that. He takes command of the and fresh air, and the obtaining of Miss Suiao Wymar. I lift up my voice against the sacri­ was in a constant revolution. The who sympathize with the bimetallists. army, sends messengers to the Am­ that exuberance which is necessary fice of children. I look out of my win ­ poor and middle classes had but few There is still an opportunity for em­ Pe-ru-na. This has been my experi ­ monites to tell them to vacate the for the duties of coming life? No one dow on a Sabbath and I see a group of ence. A friend in need is a friend in ­ country, and, getting no favorable re­ rights and privileges, and hence nat ­ ployment as agents to extend the sale can feel more thankful than I do for children, unwashed, uncombed, un- deed, and every bottle of Pe-ru-na I sponse, marshals his troops for bat ­ urally arose dissensions. Today we of these cigars, and Mr. Schaeffer the advancement of common school ed­ chrlstianized. Who cares for them? would be pleased to hear by letter ever bought proved a good friend to tle. ucation. The printing of books ap ­ have a liberal, progressive govern ­ Who prays for them? Who utters to from any who wish to sell them. The me.”—Susan Wymar. Before going to the war Jqphthah propriate for schools, the multiplica ­ ment, paying its debts and its affairs them one kind word? When the city labels on the cigar boxes are signed by Mrs. Margaretha Dauben, 1214 Nortls makes a very solemn vow, that if the tion of philosophical apparatus, the managed for the benefit of Mexico and missionary, passing along the park in two members of the “Ways and Superior St., Racine City, Wls., writesi Lord will give him victory, then, on establishment of normal schools, its people. In the past few years we New York, saw a ragged lad and heard Means ” Committee and the firm pays “I feel so well and good and happyj his return home, whatsoever first which provide for our children teach ­ have built thousands of miles of rail­ him swearing, he said to him, “My road, and with but two exceptions, the royalty at the time the labels are now that pen cannot describe it Perm comes out of his doorway he will of­ ers of largest calibre, are themes on son, stop swearing! You ought to go na is everything to me. I feel healthr fer in sacrifice as a burnt offering. which every philanthropist ought to none of them have been in the hands delivered to them, thus insuring the to the house of God today. You ought of a receiver, and no reason on God ’s committee the full amount of its and well, but if I should be sick I wilt The battle opens. It was no skir­ be congratulated. But this herding know what to take. I have taken sev­ to be good; you ought to be a Chris ­ earth for one of these, save from a share. mishing on the edges of danger, no of great multitudes of children in ill- tian. ” The lad looked in his face and eral bottles of Pe-ru-na for female unlimbering of batteries two miles ventilated schoolrooms, and poorly sharp financiering standpoint often complaint. I am in the change of Ilf* said, “Ah! It is easy for you to talk, adopted by American speculators. The away, but the hurling of men on the equipped halls of instruction, Is mak­ well clothed as you are, and well fed; Armament and Education. and it does me good. ” point of swords and spears until the ing many of the places of knowledge Mexican government has given large From the Des Moines Leader: Now, Send for a free book written by Dr. but we chaps hain ’t got no chance. ” subsidies, and notwithstanding the Hartman, entitled “Health and ground could no more drink the in this country a huge holocaust. Pol­ Who lifts them to the altar for bap ­ in time of peace, the outlay on educa­ blood, and the horses reared to leap itics in many of the cities get into ed­ Lombard and Wall street brokers, who tion in European states is only from Beauty.” Address Dr. Hartman, Co­ tism? Who goes forth to snatch them seem to run the great American gov ­ lumbus, O. over the pile of bodies of the slain. ucational affairs, and while the two up from ciMme and death and woe? one-half to one-twelfth the expendi ­ ernment, they have signally failed to In those old times opposing forces political parties are scrabbling for the Who today will go forth and bring ture for armaments. In the last thir ­ would fight until their swords were cripple and demoralize Mexico. We Don ’t marry a girl who isn ’t willing honors, Jephthah ’s daughter perishes. them into schools and churches? No. ty years Europe has doubled this ex ­ to do her share of the work on ». broken; then each one would throt ­ have free and unlimited coinage of sil­ It is so much so that there are many Heap them up, great piles of rags and penditure, only to have the nations tandem. tle his man until they both fell, teeth ver, and being full legal tender, it schools in the country today which wretchedness and filth. Put under ­ relatively where they were before. Don ’t think because a girl ride* a to teeth, grip to grip, death-stare to buys everything we want in Mexico, are preparing tens of thousands of in ­ neath them the fires of sacrifice, stir Bankruptcy and repudiation must be wheel that she is a spinster. death-stare, until the plain was one valid men and women for the future, up the blaze, put on more faggots, and without inquiring what London and its the outcome of the present policy, tumbled mass of corpses from which sister city. New York, is paying for so that, in many places, by the time while we sit in the churches with even if war is averted. Poverty and the last trace of manhood bad been silver. Mexico is prosperous under AVHAT'S IN A NAME? the child ’s education is finished the folded arms and Indifference, crime disorganized industry on a stupendous dashed out. child is finished! In many large places, free coinage. We have no strikes, no and disease and death will go on with scale in Europe mean no foreign mar­ Many Time* Nothing —Sometime* a Fun* Jephthah wins the day. Twenty in many cities of the country, there the agonizing sacrifice. corners on money or merchandise. No ket for American goods. When one cities lay captured at his feet. Sound are large appropriations for every­ trusts or syndicates controlling the of Knowledge. I congratulate all those who are nation suffers all must suffer under the victory all through the mountains thing else, and cheerful appropria ­ people or government. The panic of It's a good old saying, and a true one toiling for the outcast and the wander ­ our modern commercial system. too, “Know all men by their works. ”' of Gilead. Let the trumpeters call up tions; but as soon as the appropriation 1893 in the United States was unknown The public have been imposed upon so the survivors. Homeward to your is to be made for the educational or ing. Your work will soon be over, but in Mexico, except through American Rival Trust* la a Fight. many times by unscrupulous claims wives and children. Homeward with moral interests of the city, we are the Influence you are setting in mo­ visitors, and the wages, products and tion will never stop. Long after you The department stores of the big made for selfish means of profit, they your glittering treasures. Homeward struck through with an economy that landed Interests have in no way been look for something more substantial; cities have been exploiting patent med­ to have the applause of an admiring is well nigh the death of us. have been garnered for the skies, your affected by American panic or the low they ask for deeds. The little con ­ prayers, your teachings, and your icines at cut rates for advertising pur ­ nation. Build triumphal arches. price of silver. There is not a vacant queror has earned the reputation made In connection with this I mention Christian influence will go on, and poses, and as a result people have Swing out flags all over Mizpeh. Open house in my city (Monterey), nor have in Michigan and no imposter can steal what I might call the cramming sys­ been getting cured at 60 cents on the it. From north to south, from east to all your doors to receive the captured help to people heaven with bright In ­ we had business failure for years. tem of the common schools and many habitants. Which would you rather dollar. Indeed, some people have been west, in every city, town and hamlet treasures. Through every hall spread of the academies; children of delicate Monterey has 60,000 population. I live see?—which scene would you rather taking medicine when they were well in the state, people stand ready to tes­ the banquet. Pile up the viands. Fill brain compelled to tasks that might in the City of Monterey, state of Nuevo tify to merit. Gratitude for comfort mingle In, in the last great day—being because it was a bargain. The whole ­ high the tankards. The nation is re­ appal a mature intellect; children go­ Leon, and since 1880 we have doubled brought to thousands of homes brings able to say, “I added house to house, sale druggists are going to'stop this, deemed, the invaders are routed, and ing down to school with a strap of our population, and have increased emphatic rejoicings and words of praise and land to land, and manufactory to however, by refusing to fill orders the national honor is vindicated. books half as high as themselves. The our business a thousand-fold. High the like of which has not been equalled manufactory; I owned half the city; for the rate cutters. The Western in modern times. Is it a wonder the Huzza for Jephthah, the conqueror! fact is, in some of the cities parents tariff in the United States and specu ­ whatever my eye saw I had, whatever Wholesale Druggists’ association in name Doan is a familiar one in every Jephthah, seated on a prancing steed, do not allow their children to gradu­ I wanted I got; ” or on that day to bhve lators in silver, backed by the Amer­ household? Is it surprising the public advances amid the acclaiming multi­ ate, for the simple reason, they say, session at St. Louis has taken means Christ look you full in the face and ican government, have made Monterey appreciate Doan ’s Kidney Pills and tudes, but his eye is not on the excit ­ “We cannot afford to allow our chil ­ to shut off the supply. —Bloomington will not be led astray by the ingenious say, “I was hungry, and ye fed me; I in particular and Mexico generally, ed populace. Remembering that he dren's health to be destroyed in order Bulletin. efforts of would-be competitors? A De­ was naked, and ye clothed me; I was the most prosperous section of the had made a solemn vow that, return ­ that they may gather the honors of troit citizen tells here why the name of sick in prison, and ye visited me; in ­ North American continent. The Win- ing from victorious battle, whatsoever an institution. ” Tens of thousands of Rodent*. Doan is dear to him: Mr. R. N. Elliott, asmuch as ye did it to the least of dom rule on the lead ore that was flow­ of 143 High street, Detroit, says: first came out of the doorway of his children educated into imbecility; so ing into the United States, and right “We are all conscious that we have home, that should be sacrificed as a these my brethren, ye did it to me?” My knowledge of Doan's Kidney Pills dates that connected with many such lit­ afterward the McKinley bill, made performed our duty well,” said Attor­ back to five years ago. I was then living in the burnt offering, he has his anxious look erary establishments there ought to Monterey one of the greatest smelting ney General John W. Griggs in dis­ town where Dr. Doan was located. I was tor ­ upon the door. I wonder what spot ­ tured with kidney troubles and inflammatory be asylums for the wrecked. It is push, THE REAL THACKERAY. towns on the globe. That ruling and cussing the various actions taken by rheumatism. The doctor prescribed the pills less lamb, what brace of doves will and crowd, and cram, and stuff, and the department of justice against cor­ for me which have since become so justly fa­ be thrown upon the fires of the burnt tariff caused a large portion of the mous. Their use quickly eliminated the uric jam, until the child ’s intellect is be ­ Thackery is misunderstood by many Mexican trade to go to Europe, and porations supposed to be operating In acid from my system and with its departure- offering. wildered, and the memory is rufaed, readers. They place him among the violation of the anti-trust law. As Mr. came the cure of my rheumatism and the end of Oh, horrors! Paleness of death added millions of money to the people the kidney troubles. It took but a few boxes to- and th% health is gone. There are satirists or the cynics, who delight to who seemed to manipulate Washing ­ Griggs was appointed at the instance accomplish this end and I feel that I owe Dr. blanches his cheek. Despair seizes his ridicule the foibles and weaknesses of Doan an everlasting debt of gratitude for pre ­ children who once were full of romp ­ ton. Our country and its customs and of the trusts he has certainly given a scribing such a valuable remedy. I have taken heart. His daughter, his only child, human nature. It is true that he was ing and laughter, and had cheeks crim­ habits seemed to be catering to Eng ­ good account of himself and may be great pleasure in recommending this medicine- rushes out to throw herself in her a satirist. His love of sincerity made to a number of my fiflends. I always keep a bor son with health, who are turned out land, and adopting or trying to ape pardoned in buying bouquets and writ­ of these pills on hand so that should I take a- father ’s arms and shower upon him him hate shams. These he keenly pic ­ in the afternoon pale-faced, irritat­ English habits and customs. The ing letters to himself. He is one of severe cold and feel that It is setting on my kid­ more kisses than there were wounds tured. but gentleness was exhibited neys a few doses of Doan's Kidney Pills re­ ed, asthmatic, old before their time. wealth of the United States Is rapidly the most reliable men the syndicates lieves all apprehension. on his breast or dents in his shield. It is one of the saddest sights on earth even in his satire. have ever had in Washington. — All the triumphal splendors vanish. falling into the hands of a favored Doan ’s Kidney Pills are sold by all to see an old-mannish boy or an old- few, and if these things go on for Bloomington Bulletin. dealers. Price 50 cents per box. Mailed Holding back this child from his heav ­ womanish woman! Girls of ten years Glimpses of the real Thackeray are on receipt of price by Foster-Milburn ing breast, and pushing the lock9 back given us in the introduction which his twenty-five years more, lords and of age studying algebra. Boys of Still Paying Off HI* Debts. Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sole agents for from the fair brow, and looking into daughter, Mrs. Ritchie, has wifitten for dukes will be as plentiful as they are the United States. twelve years of age racking their in Europe. I am an American, have From the St. Louis Republic: The the eyes of inextinguishable affection, brain over trigonometry! Children the biographical edition of his writ­ Remember the name Doan ’s and taker retained my citizenship, and have al­ way the president has cleaved unto the with choked utterance he says, “Would unacquainted with their mother ings. Here we see him as he" was: no other. God I lay stark on the bloody plain! playful, affectionate, benevolent, the ways felt proud to say that I am an saw-millionaire at the head of the tongue crying over their Latin, French j war department, refusing to be sep ­ If you have no trials, how do you My daughter, my only child, Joy of my and German lessons! All the vivacity j kindest of critics, the most tender ­ American, but now I see my country arated from him at the demand of know you have any faith? home, life of my life, thou art the of their nature beaten out of them by hearted of editors, sending checks to drifting into such an aristocratic gov ­ Democrats and anti-Algerine Repub ­ sacrifice!” the heavy beetle of a Greek lexicon! . writers less fortunate than he, and ernment, controlled by trusts and the The whole matter was explained to money controlled largely by foreign ­ licans, has had few parallels in the ex ­ Spring Clrautlh .Unite Easy. And you doctor them for this, and feeling It “a thorn in his pillow ” when, The first of May Is sufficiently early to her. This was no whining, hollow- you give them a little medicine for as editor of the Cornhill Magazine, he ers, that I tremble for the future. The amples of unquenchable friendship begin spring cleaning, but the work may hearted girl into whose eyes the father all-gold money is humbug. If all the with which history furnishes us. The be very much lightened by getting every­ that, and you wonder what is the mat­ had to return a manuscript. After his thing In readiness beforehand, aa well a* looked. All the glory of . sword and ter with them. I will tell you what death, this entry was found in his gold and silver in the world were put president has had enough sworn proof providing the best articles for cleaning shield vanished in the presence of the into circulation, you would injure of Alger’s utter incompetency and purposes. For washing windows, wood ­ is the matter with them. They are diary, written just after he had moved work and floors nothing equals Ivory valor of that girl. There may have finishing their education! into a new house: about one thousand men by reducing criminal mismanagement to convince Soap. Soft water Is always easier t«* been a tremor on the !!p, as a rose leaf * • * the rate of interest, or tribute, they a deaf, dumb and blind skeptic. But work with than hard. For banishing In ­ sects from presses and beds use alum an* trembles in the sough of the south In our day most boys start out with “I pray Almighty God that the words are able to exact from business men he owes to Alger political debts and borax, and for purifying Inside and out ­ wind; there may have been the start­ and benefit millions. Being a Demo­ will not let him go. side lime Is excellent. no idea higher than the all-encom ­ I write in this house may be pure and ELIZA R. PARKER. ing of a tear like a drop of rain shaken passing dollar. They start in an age honest; that they may be dictated by crat, I am for the great majority. I from the anther of a water lily; but which boasts it can scratch the Lord's no personal spite, unworthy motive, am a Democrat, but if in the next elec­ Surplus In Nam* Only. Cipher —The average man who thinka with a self-sacrifice that man may Prayer on a ten-cent piece, and the or unjust greed for gain; that they tion we can ’t find good Democrats to From the New York World: By he is one in a thousand. not reach, and only woman ’s heart can Ten Commandments on a ten-cent may tell the truth, as far as I know it, lead us we will vote for the man who, counting as “revenue ” $12,000,000 ob ­ Are You Using Allen'* Foot-Ease? compass, she surrenders herself to fire piece. Children are taught to reduce and tend to promote love and peace or the party which has nerve enough tained by the sale of the notes of the and to death. She cries out in the morals and religion, time and eternity, among men, for the sake of Christ our to stand by the dollar of our daddies. Central Pacific railroad, given in set­ It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting. Burning, Sweating Feet, words of my text: “My father, if to vulgar fractions. It seems to be Lord.” “JULES A. RANDLE.” tlement of its debt to the govern ­ Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's thou hast opened thy mouth unto the their chief attainment that ten cents ment, the treasury officials are able to Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into Lord, do unto me whatsoever hath make a dime, and ten dimes make a When these words were written, figure out a surplus for March of proceeded from thy mouth. ” A Low Rate of Intercut. the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe dollar. How to get money is only Thackeray ’s work, though he could not “nearly $14,000,000.” They admit, She bows to the knife, and the blood, We are asked: Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE, An ­ equaled by the other art, how to Veep know it, was very nearly done. The however, a deficit of $85,378,319 for the which so often at the father ’s voice “What reply would you, make to dress. Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y it. Tell me, ye who know, what entry is dated March 8, 1862, and in man who says that money loans for first nine months of the fiscal year, in had rushed to the crimson cheek, chance there is for those who start out December of the next year he died. smokes in the fires of the burnt of­ lower Interest today than ever before? spite of these artificial and temporary Fools —A class of people that wise in life with such perverted sentiments! But the words expressed, not a new fering. No one can tell us her name. Deos It loan at 4 per cent in England? ” aids. men work for a living. The money market resounds again and aspiration, but the purpose which he There is no need that we know her The answer would be that it is not again with the downfall of such pecple. had kept steadily ,in view through hi$ name. The garlands that Mizpeh twist­ true except at financial centers where The Real Enrmlea of Reed. Bad blood and indigestion are deadly whole literary career. This sense of enemies to good health. Burdock ed for Jephthah the warrior have gone If I had a drop of blood on the t:p of a money is congested, and that fact is From the Philadelphia Record: Since pen, I would tell you by what awful moral responsibility deepens respect Blood Bitters destroys them. into the dust; but all ages are twisting conclusive evidence that the aggregate the utter failure of the attempt to pre ­ tragedy many of the youth of this for the great novelist. A general adop ­ this girl’s chaplet. It is well that her supply is too small. When the vol ­ vent the re-election of Speaker Reed If an alligator could talk he would probably country are ruined. tion of his ideal would sweeten and declare that he had a small mouth. name came not to us. for no one can elevate fiction. ume of money is insufficient for the the “friendly movers ” have deter­ wear it. They may take the name of Further on, thousands and tens of mined to put the whole blame of the requirements of trade prices always FITS PermsnenttjCuieu. Ifoflti ornerroaincn*attar Deborah, or Abigail, or Miriam, but thousands of the daughters of America decline. With a decline of prices, intrigue on the wicked Democrats. flrat day * nee of Dr. Kline'* Great Nerve Restorer, no one in all the ages shall have the are sacrificed to worldliness. They are Haydn's Birthplace. fiend for FREE 69.00 trial bottle and treatise, profits of productive enterprise either But did the Democrats inspire the per ­ S=- w H. Klim*. Ltd..931 Arch St.. Philadelphia. Pe. title of this daughter of sacrifice. taught to be in sympathy with all the A fire occurred two weeks ago in the diminish or entirely disappear. Then sistent attacks upon Speaker Reed in Of course this offering was not artlflclaltles of society. They are in ­ village of Fohrau, on the Hungarian money is withdrawn from such en ­ the Washington correspondence of Carter’* Ext. Niearl Weed ducted into all the hollowness of what frontier, and among othor houses de­ Will cure a cold In one night; will cure sore pleasing to the Lord, especially as a terprises and floats to the great cities leading administration organs? throat In a few hours. Acta quick. Sure care provision was made in the law for is called fashionable life. They are stroyed was the modest thatched build ­ where it seeks permanent investment for Catarrh in every 35c bottle. such a contingency, and Jephthah taught to believe that history is dry, ing in which Joseph Haydn was born. at low rates. Men having money Save t) from the Goat. but that flfty-cent stories of adventur ­ The book in which visitors inscribed It Is hard for a man to serve the Lord as long might have redeemed his daughter by would rather lend It on gilt-edged se­ But perhaps after all It Is better that aa the devil has hold of his tongue. the payment of thirty shekels of .sil­ ous love are delicious. With capacity their names and the commemorative curity at 3 or 4 per cent than to in ­ all of the wealth should go into the ver. But before you hurl /our de­ that might have rivaled a Florence tablets were saved. vest it in the operations of a factor, hands of a few and that the many You can ’t stop your neighbor's tongue, but you can stop your own ears. nunciations at Jephthah ’s cruelty, re­ Nightingale in heavenly ministries, or a mine, or a farm, on a falling mar­ should have none. People with plenty member that in olden times, when made the father's house glad with A man may leave footprints on the ket. In short, he will loan it at a often get the gout, and that ^vould b: Mr*. Winslow's Soothing Syrup vows were made, men thought they filial and sisterly demeanor, their life sands of time with impunity, but he low interest rate, where there is no a national calamity. Besides, poverty Per children teetMng.eoftaae the irumN.reduce*Inflam ­ mation, al.aj* pain, enres wind colic. M rente a bottle. must execute them, perform them, Is a waste, their beauty a curse, their should be careful how he leaves them chance of losing it, when he will not is a great educator—for one class of whether they were wicked or good. eternity a demolition. around on a recently scrubbed kitchen “sell” It at all. That Is. he will not people; it makes them think. —Appea ’ it you look to God before you ttep you will There were two wrong things about In the siege of Charles'on. during ( floor. buy anything x with h!s money. lie to Reason. never take tne road v*™ .... -in, ..Li-. ar«iiy^. . ■ . ,;. . .( *

CLINTON INDEPENDENT, THUB8DAY. APRIL 20, 1899.

A ROMAN SCARF. the sitting-room, went out of a side TRIMMED door. If Miss Minerva saw her with BRASS u IRON BED the scarf on, she would tell her not Miss Minerva ’s knitting fell to the FREEST to be foolish. 1CW/51 «oor, as, rising hastily, she adjusted Miss Minerva was still knitting plac ­ Regultl hor spectacles and peered out of the idly and Peter purred at her feet, Prlo# window. when, chancing to glance out of the Of Be* The door leading into the kitchen window, she beheld a sight which was open and Elisabeth Ann had seen made her suddenly sit up stiff and alter arm iroa him to her sitting-room door, which H aadc p ace iri braaa knot*, dm “Yes’m,” she answered in response he opened after a warning knock. Miss scroll work is omAninXcd wi h caat dorcr leaves. Ilia 6 feet 1 inches long. Can be lied in io lowing width* 3 it. 6 in.i 4o Miss Minerva ’s excited call of “Eliz­ Minerva turned her stern gray eyes 4 ft.j 4 ft, 6 in. Send $1000 and receive the Bed M abeth Ann! ’* upon him in cold inquiry. He held a “That horrid dog from >the next 51 lbs. BEST Granulated SUGAR SI gay-colored silk scarf in his hand. with the following list of grocerlea; or SI and the good* place is chasing Peter. Ron and put “Minerva, why didn ’t you send it will tblack cat, closely followed by I did for months?" he asked, reproach ­ OTK 5 dox. Clotbea Pin* ...... 18 1 ** Phoepbate.... .89 a Scotch terrier, whisked past her and ft Ban Soap ...... 2ft 1 “ Ammonia..., .id fully, as he looked alternately at the H a Pepper ...... lft 1 “ Bluing ...... IS in at the kitchen door. The dog wagged scarf and Miss Minerva. „ 8 m Coffee...... 90 14 pt. Ext. Lemon.... M its tail and frisked around Elizabeth ELIGHTFUL^j^fJfe, M a Whole Nutmeg,. .8ft M •* “ Vanilla.... M The latter made no answer, and Mr. H a Ginger ...... »' 1 lt> Baking Powder.. .40 Ann. 2 % Tea...... 1.40 5 it Starch ...... 49 Dobbs went on: “Our not agreein' on 1 Box Stove Pulltb. .. .09 im “Oh, Flip, why do you worry poor sprinklin' or ’mersion made no differ­ 1 a Corn Starch ...... Oer Price vltk Bed, 910.0* old Peter so? Go home, sir,’’ she said IQOIDIAXATIVE AT OUK EXFKNSK, It tbe groceries are not ence. When a man asks a woman to ae represented retain them at our expeuee and we severely. The terrier trotted after her marry him, he naturally looks for an will refund your money and yee keep Ike Bed. to a remote corner of the yard, where answer. ” BINDERTWINEatCOST^n^oA lie submissively crept through a gap ToomTStfK CDCC Our lllnetraled catalog of everything to Eat, in the fence which separated Miss Mi­ Miss Minerva now found voice. • ntt Wear and Fee sent free, aritrui. Smyth's "Jonathan Dobbs, will you tell me Patterns Wall Paper at leas than wholeaale price. nerva ’s property from the adjoining Bend for samples. We still give a Graphophon* place. 1 what all this means? ” she asked, frig­ w'th our 814.79 Grocery Order. idly. mini II CMYTfl m «5o-i6e w. MADISON st.. A man at work on the other side JUufl R. uMI ID UU., BMsbIUked 1H1. CHICAGO, threw down his hoe and came up. He He held out the scarf. “Why didn ’t Ly«fc.i v,im«, was tall and spare and was clad in blue you send it back, if you didn ’t want tAllFORNIAfiejYRUPfe^' jeans trousers and checked shirt: me?” “Flip trespassin ’ again?" he asked. Miss Minerva stared at him in ever­ FOR SALE BY Alt DRUGGISTS.' LOUISVILLE, KY ^ growing astonishment. “I don ’t know “He was chasin ’ Peter,” said Eliz­ price 50 (t per bottle. new york , NY US a“ LONDON ENG abeth Ann. “It was the chickens this what you are talking about. Send it Don’t Rent back? I never saw the thing before." morning, Mr. Dobbs. ” ESTABLISH A “Keeps you pretty busy, doesn ’t It?” “Is that really so, Minerva? ” he HOME OF • Elizabeth Ann laughed. “I don ’t asked, eagerly. YOUR OWN “It’s not my habit to lie,” replied mind it, it’s fun, ” she said. Read “Tbe Corn Belt,’' a handsome “She always dla set great store by Miss Minerva, Icily. monthly paper, beautifully illustrated, Peter, but Flip can ’t abide him. Still “I’ve often had s misgivings that there AN ttekENfSOMBINATloS containing exact and truthful informa ­ itoe wouldn ’t hurt the critter.” was some mistake. I never had the tion about farm lands in tbe West. “Miss Minerva doesn ’t. like dogs,” courage to ask you about it, for you Send 35'cents in postage stamps for a said Elizabeth Ann, laughing again. know how you treated me when we year's subscription to Tub Corn Bblt, Mr. Dobbs chuckled. "I reckon it’s met. Turned away your head and ---- ’’ TPHE pleasant method and beneficial effects of the well-known remedy, Syrup op Figs , manufactured 209 Adams St., Chicago. more the dog ’s owner that she doesn ’t Miss Minerva rose impatiently, by the California Fig Syrup Company, illustrate the value of obtaining the liquid laxative principles like,” be said. "What are you talking about? What of plants known to be medicinally laxative and presenting them in the form most refreshing to the taste “I must go back, ” Bald Elizabeth have I to do with that silk thing? ” and acceptable to the system. It is the one perfect strengthening laxative, WE £ Ann, in a regretful tone. “Good-by, .for “Well, Minerva, I’ll go over the stum >ECT 'now, Mr. Dobbs. ” whole thing. I s’pose you remember CLEANSING THE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY, DISPELLING ro rnr^ t/3 £». “Mighty interestin ’ child for only be ­ our argument about baptisin ’. I talked in ’ 11, too, ” said Mr. Dobbs, reflective­ the way I did just to tease you, but COLDS AND HEADACHES,, PREVENTING FEVERS, ly, stroking his grizzled beard, as he you took it all for earnest. Now. I looked after Elizabeth. “Wonder OVERCOMING HABITUAL CONSTIPATION PERMANENTLY. what Minerva Collins ’d say if she StccuiPtm knew me and her is such friends. ” Its perfect freedom from every objectionable quality and substance, and its acting on the kidneys, Wnlk As he resumed his hoeing 'ils liver and bowels, gently yet promptly, without weakening or irritating them, make it the ideal laxative. Direct to thoughts went back to the years when In the process of manufacturing figs are used, as they are pleasant to the taste, but 73 Bond St the relations between him and Miss C aSTBEE {.SnAwCgMEHic*.Owossa Minerva had not been in their prea- THE MEDICINAL QUALITIES ARE OBTAINED FROM SENNA AND OTHER AROMATIC PLANTS, ■ent strained condition; to that unlucky •evening when a discussion arose as to by a method known to the California Fig Syrup Company only. In order to get its beneficial effects, and the proper mode of baptism. He had to avoid imitations, please remember the full name of the Company printed on the front of every package. contended that sprinkling was suffi­ Consumers of the choicest products of modern commerce purchase at about the same price that others cient, and Miss Minerva had held out CHEAP FARMS for immersion. That was long before pay for cheap and worthless imitations. To come into universal demand and to be everywhere considered Elizabeth Ann had come to live with the best of its class, an article must be capable of satisfying the wants and tastes of the best informed no YOU WANT A HOME? her aunt. Mr. Dobbs had often told purchasers. The California Fig Syrup Company having met with the highest success in the manufacture her about the quarrels. K and sale of its excellent liquid laxative remedy, Syrup op Figs , it has become important to all to have a 100,000IUU, UUU ACRESnuilLU toSssssfrAiiiSK be divided mnd “And she ’s never taken any notice of knowledge of the Company and its product. The California Fig Syrup Company was organized more than uold on long time and easy payment a, a little each year. C'omeund see user write. THE me since. I tried once to make it up. fifteen years ago, for the special purpose of manufacturing and selling a laxative remedy which would be TRUMAN MOSS STATE HANK, Sanilac And it was strange about that, too, ” Center, MIclx., or more pleasant to the taste and more beneficial in effect than any other known. The great value of the THE TRUMAN MOSS ESTATE. he bad added, thoughtfully. Elizabeth remedy, as a medicinal agent and of the Company ’s efforts, is attested by the sale of millions of bottles Croswell. Sanilac Co« Mich. Ann had wondered how he had tried annually, and by the high approval of most eminent physicians. As the true and genuine remedy named to make it up, but had not liked to Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company only, the knowledge of that fact WHEAT ask. will assist in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other parties. “Did you see him on his own side be ­ fore you came back?” ’asked Miss Mi­ WHEAT nerva when Elizabeth Ann went back !t1 HH WHEAT •to her interrupted dish washing. “Yes’m,” answered Elizabeth Ann. (ALiF^RNIA JTG 5YRVP r° "Nothing but wheat; what you might “Nasty little beast! ” ejaculated Mias call a sea of wheat, ” is what was said by a lecturer speaking of Western Can ­ Minerva. ada. For particulars as to routes, rail­ When the last dish had been placed way fares, etc., apply to Superintendent of Immigration, Department Interior, Ot­ in the closet and the kitchen put in GAVE AN EXCLAMATION OF DE­ 4°o/sVlbb e,vtf- FcAb CAScq ^ivyoRK,^' tawa, Canada, or to M. V. Mclnnes, No. spotless order, Elizabeth Ann went LIGHT. 1 Merrill Block. Detroit, Mich.; James Grieve, Mt. Pleasant. Mich., or D. I*. into the sitting-room. had it ir. mind for a long time to ask Caven. Bad Axe. Mich. “If everything ’s done you may have you a certain question, and a day or Why pay from <3 to 8M the afternoon to yourself," said Miss two after our misunderstanding I was Fbr .Sale by All Druggists , Price 50 $ Per BolHe. to Irarn Hypnotism when Minerva, who was now tranquilly knit ­ down to the city on business and saw HYPNOTISM yaa ni ba coaio a eaapoUal byponiiaf* »! I*. Mob# moooy by *lcln« oaWrtalMMata, car- ting, and Peter curled up on a cush ­ a lot of silk things like this in a shop Grace is the only thing 1 that can in, d !•.»».«, habit*, tlr ,pl

*44,%4444444444 4*44*4%*44'** OVID. MERLEBEACH. 4 See that you get the 4 Prom Our Correspondent. From our Correspondent. 4 Mrs. Weltha Bradley is with us for Mr. and Mrs. LeBaron visited in Kt. 4 YOU GAN NOW TALK TO ALMOST a short time. Johns Sunday. 4 ANY TOWN IN CKNTItAL, MICHI­ 4 Miss Minnie Drake has gone to David Rheubottom visited at J. W. Independent v GAN OVKH THE INUBTKN- 4 Albion to reside. Ennest ’s Tuesday. 4 I>KNT CO.’S LINKS. F. M. Kellogg was a guest at L. C Horace Gage and wife visited at L. 4 4 Stone ’s last week. Carpenter ’s Thursday. A Clieiip itud Speedy Way of Going 4 ButlneM. 4 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hoyt, of Mason. School commenced Monday, with Company's 4 Sundayed In Ovid. Miss Ethel Tabor as teacher. KEMKMBKR, We ere the People Who Mrs. Gifford and son are spending a M. Chadwick and C. Sleight and Have LOWERED THE KATES lor 4 little time In Detroit.* wives visited at Lon LeBaron ’s Sun ­ | Lines... Telephoning. 4 Mrs. \V. H. Robson was in Detroit day. a couple of days this week. Mr. and Mrs. LeBaron were guests 4 GOOD SERVICE. 4 When You Talk. _ COURTEOUS TREATMENT. Adelbert Rose, of Lansing, is visit­ at J. W. Ennest ’s, Tuesday and Wed­ 4 4 ing Rose Bros., of this village. nesday. Mrs. Furneso and Miss Hathaway Miss Ella Peters and father, of St. OFFICE AT FILDEW <£ MILLMAN'S. were Owosso visitors Saturday. Johns, visited at Lewis Carpenter ’s Sunday. #*********•*-** -***-****-*♦-**-** Mrs. C. E. Kilborn and daughter were in Detroit for a little time. Albert Love and family, of Midland Mrs. May Cameron and Miss Mabel county, are at her father ’s, Richard DEWITT Blizzard’s, and visiting friends in Moore spent Saturday in Owosso. Olive, Riley and DeWitt. rhe Independent. Mr. Willard, of Kalamazoo, is a Prom Our Correspondent. guest at the home of Mrs. Evans. Merle Beach will be opened May 1st. The Nichols-Shepard Miss Maud Williams is very sick A vapor launch purchased of theTrus- GEORGE S CORBIT. - - - Proprietor with pneumonia. Mrs. Frank Cowan will be at the cott Boat Company will be one of the home of her parents a couple of weeks. attractions of the season. THE Elmer Mann has moved his family into Mr. Richmond ’s house. Mrs. N. W. Jenks spent Sunday Good weather, and better roads, Hugh Gunnison, of M. A. C., spent with her sister, Mrs. G. M. Edwards. brought out a large attendance, and TRACTION ENGINE Clinton Co. Savings Bank Saturday and Sunday at home. Miss Hattie Danforth has been en ­ one new name was balloted for Satur­ gaged as saleslady in C. E. Jlllson ’s day evening at Olive Grange. ST.JOHNS. MICH. Prof. Hugh E. Gibbs and Fred Tuck­ Nothing that helps to make a perfect road and thresher engine has er made a business trip to Lansing on store. .Owing to the illness of Mrs. K. E. Saturday. Quantities of maple syrup and sugar Moore from tonsilltls ’the reception been left out or slighted in the construction of the Nichols-Shepard Pays 8 I'er Cent. In'erest on Deposits. have been made near here during th ’e that was to have been held at their Traction Engine. Everything has been done %at science, skill and Hugh and Eddie Gunnison made a season. home has been indefinitely postponed. experience could suggest to add to its effectiveness, power, durability business trip to St. Johns Saturday A good attendance at the L. A. S. at and safety from explosion and fire. The boiler is of the very best selected LOANS MONEY ON APPROVED BONDS AND last. Herbert McCreary, of Ann Arbor, has been spending a few days with his Mrs. Vredenberg ’s. The new otticfjrs steel, thoroughly well made and provided with every approved safety REAL ESTATE SECURITY. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Clark and little elected are: President, Mrs. Hamilton; child have been having a tussle with sisters. appliance. The fire-box is surrounded by water—top, bottom and sides. Willis Johnson has moved his family vice-president, Mrs. Ennest; secretary, The draft-damper is so made that sparks and ashes can ’t drop out, and OFFICERS: the measles. Mrs. flutes; treasurer, Mrs. Bixby. The DeWitt Milling company have from Clio, and will make this village The May meeting will be with Mrs. the smoke-stack is fitted with patent bonnet and spark-arrester. Every J. Baldwin , Pres. P. E.WALSwoitTH.Tres. ut a new team on the road. Miles his home. J. W Ennest. part is strong, durable and is thoroughly tested. O. PEXNKL.fr. V-Prei. R. C. Dkxtk h , Aast.Tres. RTewman will be the driver. Superintendent and Mrs. Plunkett Detailed descriptions and many illustrations of the Nichols-Shepard Brady E. Willard, who had been entertained a small company Friday RILEY. Traction Engine and of the Nlchol&- Shepard Separator and other THE LOCAL MARKETS. evening. r stopping with his uncle J. Warren From Our Correspondent. threshing machinery are contained in large catalog—mailed free. Gunnison, for some time, is visiting Mrs. Wm. Vaughn visited her Mrs. Lewis Jastram is reported quite St.Johns , Mich.. April *>, 180P. friends at Ovid. daughter at Maple Rapids the first of NICHOLS & SHEPARD CO., JWSt. Johns elevators open at 7 a. m and the week. sick with dropsy. close at 6 p m. James Richmond, who went to Lin ­ H. Watson spent a portion of last Battle Creek, Mich. The followinR are the prices paid In cash den the first of last week, returned on Henry Rockwell and Miss Florence for produce inthis market: Campbell were married at Chapin last week in Duplain. WhoRt. white No. 1...... X flu Saturday and will move his family to Chas. Dane and family spent Sunday Wheat, red, No. 2 00 that place this week. Wednesday. ()atg...... 29 Rev. and Mrs. Chas. Brower were at Oral Hildreth ’s. Clover Seed...... 3 25 (ft 3 50 S. Hall has taken the contract to Miss Lena Jacobs commenced school A bike ...... 3 75 4 1*0 carry the United States mail between guests at, Dr. Martin ’s the early part Hav, new ...... 5 00 0 00 DeWitt and Lansing, for the next of the week. _ at the Pratt Monday. Deans ...... 1 00 i o5 The farmers are busy preparing their Barley...... 86 four years, beginning July 1, 1899. Mrs. E. DeCamp, who has been I The Mercantile Co. Shoe Dep’t.m1 Ityo...... 52 quite 111 In Battle Creek, returned to ground for oat sowing. Potatoes, ...... 40 01 50 DeWitt Camp Modern Woodmen of m Apples,..! ...... 75 1 00 America will celebrate the tenth an ­ her home Monday. Henry Welton and wife have moved Butter...... 13 *» will meet Thursday, April 27, at the Otis Smith had a horse die Monday. Mosley Bath Tubs, best in the market, home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wells. SOUTH ORAL. The health of Mrs. Charles Phillips •VN> is very jxtor. ELSIE. Detroit Vapor Stoves, No Flash, No Smoke, No m Ezra Chaffee recently lost a cow. It From Our Correspondent. was kicked by a horse, breaking its Plowing lias begun in this vicinity. Rogers & Sons have finished sawing From the Elsie Sun. Odor, m shoulder so it was necessary to kill for the season. The new sidewalk near the depot is p her. Lena Jacob has begun her spring Will Berkhausen now rides in a m Paints, Oils and Leads, absolutely pure, term of school at the Pratt school. a much needed improvement. *•: Mrs. Lottie Maier and Mrs. Carrie brand new carriage. Mr. Uriah Squiers, of Fairfield, and m Empire Drills, Disk and Hoe, Walker spent hist Sunday at the home Frank Robson and John Reed drove The first plowing in this vicinity Mrs. Susan Cobb, of Elsie, were mar­ Plows, Harrows, Combined Hay Rakes. M of Mr. and Mrs. Lesley Jewell. Mrs. John Holmes ’ cattle to Ovid Saturday. was commenced Monday. Jewell is very sick and under treat­ ried at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. m m Dell Reed and wife and Ransom Miss Irma Sessions ’ spring term in Levi Carter. April «, Rev. H. D. Skin ­ "S'? ment of Dr. Green, of Grand Ledge. Parkhouse, of Eagle, were the guests Roundhouse began Monday. ner officiating. m Quarterly meeting at the Kincaid of A. Jacob over Sunday. Chas. Martin has had a serious time 'J. Perry, proprietor of the Elsie ma­ COME AND LET US WAIT UPON YOU. I schoolhouse Saturday afternoon and with a felon on his right hand. chine shop, had the misfortune to Sundav, April 22 and 23. Services at REW. Miss Lydia Messer began work at badly split the end of a finger while wfs 12 o ’clock Saturday afternoon and Mrs. Herbert Parr’s.last Monday. operating a planer recently, making a *?•: evening; Sunday morning at 10 o ’clock Prom Our Correspondent. Mr. and Mrs. Bolce, of Saranac, are very painful wound. and in the evening. C. N. Wilkins left Tuesday for visiting their daughter, Mrs. C. F. Corbit & Valentine- Jackson. Abbott. Last spring potatoes had been plant ­ M&ti Opening of the Popular Grand Haven Route Miss Nellie Sypher and Glenn Sleight Miss Edith Tyler, of Hubbardston, ed earlier than this, but the prospect Old Stand, Walker St. West. to Milwaukee and the Northwest via now ride new wmleels. was In this vicinity last Saturday, or­ now is that another month will elapse Steamboat Express. ganizing a class in music. before much planting will be done in Mrs. VanBurger, of Price, spent this section this season. wmmmmmimgmmm-mmmmmmmmmA Commencing Monday, April 10, the Sunday with her sister, Mrs.E. Shoals. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Sessions attended summer service across Lake Michigan South Fulton Farmers’ Club, at Wm. Henry Rockwell, of Ovid, and Miss will be resumed for the season of 1899, Miss Nella McCarty is able to be out Herman ’s, last week Thursday. Florence Campbell, of Fairfield, were OLIVE. the Grange to delicious homemade again, after a long and dangerous ill­ married at the residence of the bride ’s candy. ______connecting with Steamboat-Express Mrs. M. M. Messer, superintendent From Our Correspondent ness. of Lebanon Union S. S., attends the arents, in North Fairfield, Wednes- UNION HOME. train No. 17 of the Detroit and Mil­ Say, April 12, 1899, by Rev. A. F. Bry­ Mrs. C. T. Rockwell visited friends waukee Division of Grand Trunk Rail­ A Thousand Tongue* convention at Ovid this week as a del­ ant. a few of the immediate relatives in St. Johns Sunday. From Our Correspondent. way System, leaving Detroit at 4.05 p. Could not express the rapture of An ­ egate. m., (excepting Sundays ) arriving at Mrs. Anna Henry has moved to the of the contracting parties being pres­ Miss Ettie Hyde, of Lansing, visited Miss Josephine Moore visited friends nie E. Springer, of 1125 Howard st., place lately occupied by Fred. Benja ­ ent. and remembering them with sev­ at her parents Sunday. in Bengal Friday. Grand Haven at 11.00 p.m., connecting Philadelphia Pa., when she found that eral fine gifts. The young people will with first-class passenger steamers of Dr. King ’s New Discovery for Consump ­ min. The latter has moved to the Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hodges, of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith moved the Crosby Transportatisn Co. (carry, Delong farm, In East Plains. make their home in Ovid. Owosso, visited friends around here last Monday to Olive. tion had completely cured her of a Mr. and Mrs. William King moved ing the United States Mail), arriving hacking cough that for m**- years had That Throbbing Headache A Frightful Blunder last week. at Milwaukee 4.80.1. m., making all madelife a burden. Aa other remed­ Miss Grace Norris and Charles I>ecke. to Pompeii Tuesdav, where they have connections for the northwest. Rates Would quickly leave you, if you used Will often cause a horrible Burn, purchased a home. ies and doctors could give her no help, Dr. King ’s New Life Pills. Thousands Scald. Cut or Bruise. Bucklen ’s Arni ­ of Lansing, visited at S. W. Norris ’ always lower than by all-rail routes. but she says of this Royal Cure—“it ca Salve, the best in the world, will kill last Saturday. Miss Dora Heibeck spent last Sun ­ Tickets can be had of all agents of soon removed the pain in my chest and ot sufferers have proved their matchless day at home with her parents, Mr. and merit for Sick ana Nervous Headaches. the pain and promptly heal it. Cures Mr. and Mrs. John Huggett, of Sag­ Mrs. John Heibeck. Grand Trunk Railway, and connect ­ I can now sleep soundly, something I Old Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils, inaw county, visited at C. T. Rock­ ing lines. Fast Steamboat Express can scarcely remember doing before. I They make pure blood and strong Felons. Corns, all Skin Eruptions. The Christian Endeavor is still im­ train lias Buffet Car attached in which feel like sounding its praises through ­ nerves and build up your health. Easy Best Pile cure on earth. Only 25 cts. a well’s last week. proving. Miss Mildred Weidman wiH lunches and resreshments are served out the Universe. ” So will everyone to take. Try them. Only US cents. box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Fil­ Miss Pauline Pike, of Newaygo, be ­ conduct the services next Sunday even ­ at reasonable rates, between Detroit who tries Dr. King ’s New Discovery Money back if not cured. Sold by Fil­ dew & Millman, Druggists. gan the spring term at the Brown ing. Miss Josephine Moore will give and Grand IIa\en. for any trouble of the Throat, Chest or dew & Millman, Druggists. school house Monday. a recitation. The doors are open to Lungs. Price 50c. and $1.00. Trial Flint Excursion for the Henson of 18110. For a quick remedy and one that Mrs. Griswold will entertain the both old and young to come ana help “ Give me a liver regulator and I can bottles free at Fildew & Millman ’a is perfectly safe for children let us re­ Baptist society of DeWitt, Thursday us in this*work. regulate the world, ’’ said a genius. Drug Store; every bottle guaranteed. The managers of the Grand Trunk commend One Minute Cough Cure. It afternoon. April 27th. Cordial invita ­ The druggist handed him a bottle of Railway system will give their first Before the discovery of One Minute general excursion for 1899 to Detroit, is excellent for croup, hoarseness, tick­ tion to all. Cough Cure, ministers were greatly dis­ DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the fam­ For frostbites, burns, indolent sores, ling in the throat and coughs. The 3d and 4th degrees were confer ­ ous little pills. C. E. Y an Sicklk . eczema, skin disease, and especially Sunday, April 30. The fare for the C. E. Van Sicklk . turbed by coughing congregations. No Piles, Dewitt’s Witch Hazel Salve round trip from all stations from Sar­ red upon a class of seven at DeWitt excuse for it now. C. E. Van Sicklk . Happy is the man or woman who can stands first and best. Look out for dls anac to Sncnardsvilie. inclusive, will J. Sheer, Sedalia, Mo. conductor ou Grange last Saturday Nearly a hun ­ eat a good hearty meal without suffering honest people who try to imitate and be $1.50. The train will leave St. electric street car line, writes that his dred were preseiA Visitors were If you have a throat irritation, weak afterward. If you cannot do it, take counterfeit it. It’s their endorsement Johns at 8:40 p. m., and on the return little daughter was very low with croup, present from Ro.v and Bingham lungs, pain in the chest, difficult breath ­ Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It digests what of a good article. Worthless goods are trip will leave Detroit at 6:45 In the and her life saved after all the physic ­ Granges. Four applications were re­ ing, croup or hoarseness, let us suggest you eat. and cures all forms of Dyspep ­ not imitated. Get Dewitt’s Witch Ha- evening, giving the best part .! he ians had failed, only bv using One Min ­ ceived ft.r membership. Mrs. Estella One Minute Cough Cure. Alwav e- sia and Indigestion C. E. Van Sicklk . zleSalve. C. E. Van Sicklk . dav in Detroit. ute Cough Cure. C. E. Van Sicklk . Dills ana Mrs. Millard Pike treated liable and safe. C. E. Van Sicu *'. Supplement to THE CLINTON INDEPENDENT, April 30. 1899.

matter will receive your early consideration. I thank the Council for the kindness and con ­ OFFICIAL CANVASS OF CLINTON COUNTY. sideration with which yon have treated me during the past year, and invoke your co-opera ­ tion, as I promise yon mine, to bring about St. Johns , Mich., April 12th, 1899. another year's successful, businesslike adminis ­ E, THE BOARD OF COUNTY CANVASSERS OF CLINTON COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DO HEREBY tration of the affairs of this village. W certify that the following is a true statement of the votes cast in the various townships and precincts of F. A. TRAVIS, President. Clinton County, at the general election held April 3rd, 1899: Moved that the communication be received ind spread upon the record. * ! By Trustee Spaulding.

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Resolved, That the Council purchase 500 feet B| g| U 6 of hose, and that the President appoint a com­ bush. 1 CANDIDATES. li © mittee of three with power to act and also JS SI i M £ e H « I 1 > •6 I power to purchase 12 rubber coats. * —Q D istric t ►

2 P lu ra lity . Carriedaii follows : B ingham . D allas. V icto r. W aterto w n . L eb an o n , D eW Itt.

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1 | 1 I 1 I | I Yeas Fildew, Hunt, King, Richardson, Spauld Justice of the Supreme Court — ing, Tromp. Claudius B. Grant._ ...... 120 113 216 153 208 577 46 136 206 169 101 185 121 120 315 loe 135 184 6 2726 790 Thomas E. Barkworth ...... HI M 122 91 132 345 109 104 Si lOS HU 83 87 136 176 146 126 82 149 1927 Nays None. Frank Baldwin Clark...... 7 2 4 4 a V 18 5 11 a 4 1 10 6 11 12 2 114 President Travis appointed as committee John M. Harris...... 29 2 3 5 4 1 5 3 2 7 4 6 3 9 77 George A. Eastman ...... 2 1 3 i 12 1 2 1 1 1 22 with power to purchase hose and rubber Recent of the University — coata. The committee on fire, water and lights. Ell H. Sutton ...... 118 112 214 154 209 577 43 134 206 167 189 185 121 118 313 103 129 184 6 2705 807 King, Spaulding, Tromp. Edward P. Legend re...... ;...... 79 M 121 90 130 341 109 lot 51 105 85 81 87 134 173 130 125 81 149 1898 7 2 5 a 9 5 16 6 2 Frederic Samuel Goodrich ...... '...... 1 o 8 111 11 3 4 11 12 116 By Trustee Spaulding. William A. Higdon ...... 2h 2 4 5 1 5 2 1 7 4 5 3 9 74 Hie hard Henke ...... O 1 3 11 1 o 1 ] 1 20 Resolved, That a committee of three consist ­ Henry 8. Dean ...... 118 111 215 154 209 578 43 134 207 167 188 185 121 118 311 105 129 184 6 2705 811 ing of the Chief of the Fire Department and Stanley E. Parklll...... -...... 79 53 122 90 131 343 mi 10C, 50 104 85 81 87 134 172 138 124 81 149 1894 Harvey Burright Hatch ...... 7 2 4 4 3 II 18 5 11 3 4 16 6 11 12 2 113 two members of fire department of their own Edwin D. Cox ...... 28 2 2 4 6 1 5 2 2 7 4 5 3 9 75 selection is hereby appointed to attend the State Herman Richter...... •* 1 3 12 2 2 1 1 1 22 Circuit Judge of the Twenty-Ninth Judicial Circuit— Firemen's Association held at Grand Rapids, George P. Stone ...... 88 58 141 104 152 307 no 110 67 106 96 88 88 129 187 143 131 91 150 2KH Msy 17, 1899. Sherman B. Daboll ...... 3 42 4 12 58 4 18 10 12 12 18 11 4 4 8 101 Carried, Yeas Fildew, King, Hunt, Rich ­ 2 Sherman 8. Daboll...... 1 1 3 5 ardson, Spaulding, Tromp. S. Daboll ...... 1 1 2 > Kelley S. Searl...... 1 2 3 1 4 Nay 0. William Brunson ...... i...... 1 1 By Trustee Richardson: lllram M. High ...... 7 7 Resolved, That the president la hereby ap ­ Frank Vauconsant ...... 1 1 i John Hopson ...... f...... 1 1 1 pointed a committee to have the Uooncil Norman Clansaddle ...... 1 ...... 1 1 1 chamber painted, or papered and varnished Bill McCurdy...... 1 1 i and Buch other improvements as be may John C. Doolfng ...... 1 1 11 ---T GeorgeS. DuBois ...... 1 1 2 deem necessary. 12 13 25 25 Carried, Yeas Fildew, Hunt, King, Rich, S. B. Daboll ...... o Judge Daboll...... 2 2 r ardson, Spaulding, Tromp. Daboll ...... 2 11 13 13 o Sherman Daboll...... 3 3 a 38 Nay 0. Henry J. Patterson ...... 1 1 i 2 By Trustee Spaulding : County Commissioner of Schools — Resolved. That the proceedings be printed Reuben M. Winston ...... 121 108 216 155 220 591 51 136 183 171 197 168 121 120 312 106 133 186 9 2713 701 Selblc D. Grove ...... 81 60 121 89 119 329 103 105 78 106 85 98 88 132 174 136 123 79 146 1922 In the three village papers for the sum of Amendment to the Constitution relative to Circuit 970 each for the ensuing year, and legal pro ­ Courts ceedings at one legal rate for the three Yea...... 54 20 109 HO 112 .101 40 23 38 37 54 27 21 25 172 40 43 67 19 981 No...... i;«i 123 191 117 160 468 99 94 188 204 185 218 121 218 165 163 10C1 164 57 2790 1818 papers. Amendment of the Constitution relating to State Carried,' Yens, Fildew, Hunt, King, Rich ­ Prlntiug Office— ardson, Spaulding, Tromp. Yes ...... 55 14 82 51 132 271 32 16 37 23 50 25 17 25 152 39 32 52 23 857 No...... 134 124 200 127 171 92 88 187, 204 170 208 121 215 152 158 184 170 62 2767 1910 Amendment to the Constitution relative to the Judi­ Nay 0. cial Department- Following claims were presented by the Yes...... -...... 44 12 95 53 97 245 27 14 32 25 41 19 17 25 138 29 29 52 13 762 Clerk and they were referred to the committee No...... 122 121 178 101 153 4;j2 90 76 184 190 172 208 122 203 150 157 186 159 56 2628 1866 Amendment to the Constitution relative to the Lay­ on claims: ing Out, Construction. Improvement and Mainten ­ Geaeral Electric Company ...... 9 218 03 ance of Highways, Bridges and Culverts by Counties and Townships — Electric Appliance Company ...... 99 43 Yea...... 58 20 133 105 149 387 34 33 59 31 82 31 24 38 100 47 41 80 14 1178 Michigan ElectricCompany ...... 11 65 121 108 146 82 121 35U 92 70 177 118 140 197 116 192 135 148 1$B 140 117 2490 1312 Sawyer, Mafg. Electric “ ...... 11 50 And we do further certify that at said election Reuben M. Winston was by the highest number o( votes duly Royal Incandescent Lamp Co...... 11 25 Diamond Meter Co...... 10 elected to the office of Commissioner of Schools of Clinton County, for the statutory term beginning July 1st, 1899. N ational Carbon Co ...... 16 00 In testimony whereof, we have set our hands and caused the seal of the Circuit Court for the County of Clinton, H. Tows Supt., cash for Sundries to be affixed, at St. Johns, Michigan, this 12th day of April, A. I). 1899. In March Voucher* attached ...... 18 73 St. John* Mfg. Co...... 1 69 THOMAS C. BUTLER, Fred Hammond ...... 1120 Attest: x ANDREW 8. WEST, Hubert Stansell, labor ...... 13 20 William M. Smith , LEVI W. BALDWIN, Tows, salary...... 960 00 Secretary of said Board. Board of County Canvassers for Clinton County. Michigan. Vredenburg salary 4f. 00 Flynn salary...... *0 00 Ackley “ ...... 40 00 By Trustee K mg. these, I think, we can get along without for Jolly M ...... 25 00 COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. Resolved, That Treasurer’s bond be fixed at auother year, $r>,ooo. 210 00 I recommend that the business methods of Spaulding & Co...... 2 93 Carried as follows : hiring help employed during the past year be Central Electric Co...... 6 60 Common Council Rooms , i Yeas: Fildew, Hunt, King, Richardson, continued this year. Men ’s wages should con St. John *, Mich., April 3, 18W. i Spaulding, Tromp. tinue to be $1.50 and $3.00 per day, and those Regular Meeting. Total Electric Light Fund ...... 9 029 99 Nays: None. Called to order by President Travis. wages should insure a full day’s work of both Richmond Backus Co ...... H 75 St. Johns , Mich., April S, 1899. Present Trustee* Fildew, Hunt, King. Rich ­ man and team, each to be competent to perform Spaulding A Co ...... 6 57 To the Council: ardson, Tromp, Spaulding and President Travi*. a day’s work. Interest on water bonds ...... 1500 00 One year ago I submitted to you briefly my Minutes of March read aDd approved. In this connection I desire to call your atten ­ views as to the proper methods of conducting Communication from Byron Danley. tion to the efficiency of the marshall, John W. Total Water Fond ...... 9 1515 82 the affairs of the village, and I wish to say that Mr. President and members of the old council: Keeney. He has been faithful and trusty. His Chas. Hulse Tr. Hose Co. Factory I now indorse all that I then said, and I think Circumstance* being such that I could not be retention in office will be to the advantage of 85 50 that in the main the village government last Fire...... -...... with you at the last meeting. I wish to say 1 the village. The other officials whose names Travis A Baker...... 7 70 enjoyed yonr company very' much whilst a mem­ year carried out the recommendations then I submit to you for re-appointment have been W.'H. Brunson salary 3 months ...... 18 75 ber with you, and appreciate the courtesy I made. What 1 then said as to economy is just faithful to the interests of the village, and hence M. McDonald " ...... 16 65 as essential now as then. Our tax rate for this I think every member lias had the interest of their re-appointment. 14 15 the village at heart and has acted according to year will be high at the best. We should at­ John Crichton ...... I recommend that the electric plant shall be St. Johns News...... 85 their best Judgement. Another thing I appre ­ tempt to keep it as low as possible. I think run during the day time, at least for a time. ciate is in nearly every action of the council, L. O. McKnlgbt ...... 1 56 the Council can safely reduce the tax rate to Those in charge of the plant inform me that artylsm has been laid aside and the members J. 8. Osgood ...... 177 ave acted as their best judgement would allow P«r cent and perhaps lower. The necessity this can be done with but little added expense, K Noble 8. Parmnlee ...... 45 them. of providing the sum of $8800 to pay for the on account of the necessity of keeping up steam Hoping the affairs of the village may run as Fowler A Ball...... 25 Bacon Air Lift, if satisfactory, may prevent a for fire protection. Many business men stand smoothly the coming year as they have the past J. W. Keeney salary...... ; 50 0O I remain, . „ reduction below that figure. But we must keep ready to use the power if it be furnished. This Geo. Hulbert ...... 2 00 Yours very respect fully, up good fire protection at all hazards, and the plan should materially increase the receipts, Byron Danley . Clinton Independent ...... 50 necessity of providing more water is plain. In without preceptively increasing the expenses of Edward B. Krepps ...... 1 On motion the communication was received this connection I recommend the purchase of the Diant. 50 P. E. Walsworth Tr...... 677 00 and ordered placed on file. 500 feet <>f new hose for the fire department. I recommend that the proceedings of the By Trustee Spaulding. Interest Sewer bonds W, H. Mc- I renew my recommendation that the side­ council shall be printed in all the village papers Resolved, That the order of business adopted Qulstlon Tr. H. A L. Co. Table walks and cross walks of the village be kept in at the same rate paid for services in 1897. In by Council be same as last year. Factory Fire...... 13 00 good repair. 1 think that even more should be my judgment the people have the right to know Carried as follows : Loren Castle...... 45 done in this direction than was done last year. what the village legislature is doing, and the Geo. P. Brown ...... 5 00 Yeas-A; nays-O. As soon as the ground is settled the Street Com­ only way to enable all the people to oblain this St. Johns , Mich., April 3,1800. W. H. McQulstlon Tr. H. A L Co. missioner should examine all side walks and information is to publish the proceedings Gtllam Fire...... 3 25 To the Council : crosswalks and report to the Council all that There has been nothing done during the past 1 hereby appoint the following Standing Com­ W. H. McQulstlon Tr. H. A L. Co. are defective in any way, and then they should year that the Council or the President need fear mittee for the ensuing year, subject to your ap ­ Penny Store Fire...... 9 5 OO be repaired or built new with the least possible to have the people know, but, in any event the proval : Clinton Republican ...... 5 25 Claims: Spanlding, Richardson. Tromp. delay. Nothing ia better appreciated by all the ! people who pay the taxes have the right to Michigan Telephone Co ...... 15 Streets and Sewers: Tromp, King, Spaulding. people than good walks. They are something know what Is done with their money and to National Telephone Co._ ...... 6 OO Grades and Walks: Richardson, Hunt, Fildew that benefit every person who resides in the understand all the business transacted by J. H. Shults ...... 1 40 Fire, Water and Lights: King, Spaulding, village or who has occasion to be here from I pubic bodies of this nature. I think that the Charles Hulse Tr. H. Co., Glllnui outside, and they save damage suits. In this length of the printed proceedings lean be short Tromp. Fire...... -...... 9 75 Laws and Ordinances: Fildew, Richardson, connection I recommend that the cleaning of ened more than half by omitting the legs* Charles Hulse Tr. II. Co., Penny cross walks and the cleaning of snow from the ' verbiage of many resolutions and similar ?2 60 Hnnt. Store Fire...... Finance: Spauldiug, Fildew, Richardson. walks, as practiced during the past year, be matters. For instance, all the information con Petitions: Hunt, Trump, King. c mtinued and perfected this year. Hundreds tained in the record of the nomination and Total tleneral Fund ...... 9889 98 F. A. TRAVIS, of citizens have mentioned these matters with confirmation of eight or ten village officers Commissioner s pay roll: Pres. approval. which would occupy one-quarter to one-half a Labor ...... 921 27 On motion the appointments of the Standing I recommend that no new road scrapers be column to publish at length, can be printed in Team work ...... 34 25 Committees ware confirmed as submitted. purchased this year. The village should pur a dozen line* without omitting a single Item of Supplies ...... 2 73 Yeas-A; najrs-0. chase only such things us are necessary, and information to the public. I ti«i»t that this 958 23 Supplement to THE CLINTON INDEPENDENT, April 20, 1899.

Committee on claim* to whom were re­ attorney, for tbe ensuing year, subject to yonr By Trustee Spaulding : George Cross, St. Johns Iron Works. ferred claim* 510V4 to 542, 1981 to 1982; approval. Resolved. That tha alark be authorised to Franklin Weller. St. Johns Iron Works. Jacob Shlndorf A Son, wagon and carriage 1051 to 1678 Inclual ve, be* leave to report F. A. TRAVIS, Preaidant. receive bids for village supplies for the ensuing makers, that we have examined mild claim* and And St. Johns, Mich., April 10,1899. year. Oak and plna lumber for cross walks and F. M. Morris, laborer. them correct at the footing* and do hereby side walks, sewer pipe, tile, brick, lime and David Worden, retired farmer. I hereby appoint Henry Palmer as sewer com* S. W. Ingraham, undertaker. recommend that they be allowed and order* missioner for the ensuing year, subject to your cement, bids to be opened April 2Uh, 1899. J. W. Pollard, physician and surgeon. drawn on the different fund* for the respec ­ approval. F. A. TRAVIS, President. Carried: F. E. Aldrich, books and stationery. Yeas—6. A. J. Wiggins, M. D„ physician. tive amount*. St. Johns, Mich,, April 10,1809. W. L. Hicks, pharmacist. F. M SPAULDING, I hereby aonoiut Goo. E. R. Woodruff. Rich, Nays-0 J. H. Fedewa, attorney-at-law. A. E. RICHARDSON, E. E. Urie, attorney-at-law. ard Gay, as fire wardens for the ensuing year, By Trustee Hunt : Wm. P. TROUP, Wm. Orich, tin ana plumbing shop. subject to your approval. Resolved, That the street commissioner be J. S. Osgood, grain elevator. Committee. F. A. TRAVIS, President, authorized to expend the sum of $23 in repairs A. A. Chick, groceries. D. Mead, blacksmith. By Trustee King: upon the streets without a vote of the eouucil. Resolved, That the report of the committee St. Johns, Mich., April 10, 1890. C. Rocbon, blacksmith. I hereby appoint William Cochrane, Frank Carried: on claim* be and I* hereby accepted and Joint Resolution proposing amendments to Oleson and Mart F. Washburn as building in ­ adopted. Yeas—Flldew. Hunt, King, Richardson, Sections 1 and 20 of the Article 4 of the Con ­ Carried. Yen*. Flldew, Hunt, King, Rich ­ spectors for the ensuing year, subject to yonr Spaulding, Tromp. stitution of this State, and also to add 3 new approval. F. A. TRAVIS, President. sections thereto, to stand as sections 30. 31 ardson, Spaulding and Tromp. Nay—0 and 52, relative to granting legislative power St. Johns, Mich., April 10, 1899. to the electors ana the manner of exercising Nays 0. The clerk presented and read a petition By Trustee Hunt: I hereby appoint Frank M. Spaulding as a the same. signed by J. Aiken*, C. A. Zimmerman, K. C. Resolved , by tbe Senate and House of Rep ­ Resolved, That the President Is hereby member of the water and electric board for the Peterson, Edward Townsend and AJ Townsend resentatives of the State of Michigan, that authorised to put a water closet and lava­ ensuing three years, subject to your aprroval. an amendment to Article 4 of the Constitu ­ F. A. TRAVIS, President. to have a cross walk built on the south side o tion of tlie State of Michigan be made by ad­ tory Into the engine house at the expense of South street across Lansing street. ding thereto sections SO, 51 and 32 and by the village. St. Johns, Mich., April 10. 1809. amending sections 1 and 30 of said Article 4 Carried. Yeas, Flldew, Hunt, King, Rich ­ I hereby appoint Thomas C. Butler, C. E- The petition was referred to the committee on so that the same and said sections 30, 51 and ardson, Spaulding nnd Tromp. VanSickle and Emery Crie as members of the petitions. 52 shall, and the same are hereby proposed to The committee on petitions, to whom was read as follows: Nay* 0. board of special assessors for the ensuing year Article 4, Section 1. The legislative power To The Village Council . subject to your approval. referred tbe petition of J. Aikius and others for is vested In the Senate and Rouse of Repre sentatives ffhd In the qualified electors of G entlemen : At a regular meeting of the 4 F. A. TRAVIS, President. a cross walk, beg leave to report that we recoin mend that the prayer of the petitioners be the State of Michigan, as provided In Article St. Johns Fire Department the petition of 8t. Johns, Mich., April 10, 1899. 4 of this Constitution. Frank Bartlett was presented for an honor ­ I hereby appoint H. D. McCabe and Jesse granted and that the street commissioner be Section 20. No law shall embrace more ary certificate, he having served seven year* Sullivan as membors of the board of review for instructed to construct a cross walk on the than one object, which shall be expressed in south side of South street across Lansing street- Its title. No public set sball take effect or an fireman of Alert Hose Co. No. 1 and has the ensuing year, subject to your approval. be In force until the expiration of 90 days fulfilled the requirements of the law* of said F. A. TRAVIS, President. said walk to be from 2 to 2H feet in width. from tbe end of the session at which the same company. Therefore, the fire department A. E.IJRICHARDSON, Is passed, unless tbe legislature shall other ­ By Trustee Spaulding. wise direct by a two thirds vote of the mem­ recommends that a certificate of honorary Resolved, That the salary of street commit* A. O. HUNT, bers elected to each house. Provided, that membership be granted. sioner, marshal and pound master be fixed at J. H. FILDEW. no such act shall take effect or be in force If Committee. within said 90 days Its submission to a vote of GEO. IV. ESTES. Pre*. $000 per year. the qualified electors shall have been de­ JOHN O’BRYNE, Hec’y. Carried: By Trustee Tromp: manded by the electors of the State as pro ­ To The Village Council . Yeas—Fildew, Hunt, King, Richardson, Resolved that the report of the committee on vided for In section 50 of this Article 4. Section 30. When 5 per cent, or more, of G entlemen : At a regular meeting of the Spaulding, Tromp. grades and walks is hereby accepted and the qualified electors of this State, to be de­ St. John* Fire Department the petition of By Trustee Spaulding: adopted. termined by the uumber of votes cast for all Charles Cross was presented for an honorary Nays—0 the candidates for governor at tbe preceding Carried: general election, shull above their signatures certificate, he having served seven years as Resolved, That the salary of attorney he Yeas Fildew, Hunt, King, Richardson request that a bill, act or measure be sub fireman of Hook A Ladder Co. No. 2 nnd ha* fixed at $300 per year to include all services of Spaulding, Tromp. mltted to a vote of the electors and file the fulfilled the requirements of the laws of said whatever nature as villiagu attorney. said request with the Secretary of State, he Nay—0 shall cause said bill, act or measure to be company. Therefore, the Fire Department Carried: On motion council adjourned to April 24 submitted to a vote of tbe electors of the recommends that a certificate of honorary Yeas—Fildew, Hunt, King, Richardson 1899, 7:30 p. m. M. McDONALD, Clerk. State at the next ensuing general election. membership be granted. Spaniding, Tromp. All bills, acts or measures thus submitted. If approved by a majority of electors voting GEO. W. ESTER, Pre*. By Trustee Hunt: DIRECT LEGISLATION PETITION. thereon, shall take effect and be In force JOHN O’BRYNR. Sec’y. Resolved, That the salary of health officer be until repealed again by tbe electors. By Trustee King: fixed at $73 per year. To the Senate and House ot Representa ­ Section 51. The electors of every county, tives of the State.of Michigan: towiishipormunlclpalcorporation shall have Resolved, That certificates of honorary Carried: We who sign our names are legal voters of the right and power to control and originate memberships Is hereby granted to Frank Yeas—Fildew, Hunt, King, Richardson St. Johns, Clinton county, Michigan. We In ­ local legislation In manner similar to that struct our representatives in the State legis­ Bartlett and Charles Cross, they havlngfalth- Spaulding, Tromp. prescribed In sections 29 and 50 of this Arti­ lature that It Is our earnest desire that an cle 4 and the Legislature shall provide such fully served In the St. Johns Fire Department Nays—0 amendment to the Statu Constitution, giving legislation as may be necessary to carry the for the term of seven years anil are free and By Trustee Bichardson : to the people the right of Direct Legislation provisions of this section into effect. be submitted to the vote of the people. We clear from the books of said Department. Resolved, That the salary of building inspec ­ Section 52. Nothing In this Constitution ask that this be done Independent or and (n shall be taken or construed to limit the pow ­ Carried. Yeas, 6; nays, 0. tors be fixed at 30 cents per hour for actual time manner to eliminate all other constitutional ers of legislation vested by sections 1, 5n, 30 On motion council adjourned to April 10, employed. questions. and 51 of this Article 4 In the qualified elec­ George H. Judd, merchunt tailor. 1899, 7:80 p. m. Carried: tors, nor to require the approval by the Gov ­ F. Soualr, grain dealer. ernor or any other official of any enactment m. McDonald , Yeas—Fildew, Hunt, King, Richardson, K. D. Foote, feed and hay. by vote of elector*, and all provisions In this Clerk. Spaniding, Tromp. K. Howland, carriage dealer. Constitution conflicting with said sections 1, E. W. Foote. Nay—0 20, 50 and 51 of this Article 4 are hereby re­ W. H. Field, clothier. scinded and annulled. By Trnstse Tromp: * D. G. Steel, furniture. Resolved, That 'the salary of sewer comm is C. J. Sowle, groceries. Common Council Rooms I Thomas Bromley, Jr., general merchant. Real Estate. ; sioner be fixed at 30JJcents per hour for actual St. Johns , Mich., April 10,1899.) H. W. Brows, boots and shoes. Walter S. Pierson to James W. Dag- Regu’ar meeting. j time employed, C E. Van Sickle, druggist. tt, lots 2,3, 4, 6 and 7, block 11, Vu- j Carried: W. M. DeWitt, jeweler. of Eureka...... $ 730 00 Called to order by President Travis. O. A. Whitlock, Insurance deputy. G Present Trustees Fildew, Hunt, King. Richard ­ Yeas—Fildew, Hunt, King, Richardson* David M. Shaw, dealer In lumber. Calvin B. Case and wife to Sidney J. i Spaulding,Tromp. J. H. Oorbit, hardware. Case, lot 1, block 21, Village of son, Spaniding, Tromp and President Travis Maple Rapids (q. c.)...... 1 00 | Nay—0 E. L. Valentine, hardware. Minutes of April 3rd read and approved. Charles B. Glffels, Secretary of Mutual In ­ Clarence E. Norman to Lewis Barclay 1 By Trustee Richardson : The following communication from the presi' surance Company. et al„ eV4 of s e‘/i of sec 28, town of Eagle...... war 00 ileut was presented and read by the clerk : I Reeolved, That the salary of board of special F. A. Travis, President St. Johns. assessors be fixed at 30 cents per hour for actual O. P. DeWitt, merchant. Wm. H. McKale and wife to Frank * Chapin A Co., dry goods. St. Johns, Mich., April 10th, 1899. I time employed. Eicble. n wVj of n w‘4 of sec 33, town W. Bunday, groceries. of DeWitt...... 700 00 To the council : The amount of salary which I Carried: Clark A liulse, clothiers. Walter Ray and wife to Alfred F. Wil­ the village clerk now receives is wholly itiade 1 Yeas- Fildew. Hunt, King, Richardson ’ H. S. Kuhns, salesman. qnate for the services performed. A man who S. M. Post, M. 1). physician and surgeon. liams, land on of n wfc, of sec 2, Spaulding, Tromp. George W. Pulfrev, hotel keeper. town of Eagle...... 190 00 works for the village is entitled to receive fair j Nays—0 It. C. Davies, carriages and harness. Robert P. Wilkinson to Emma A. Wil­ pay for the work done and this the clerk does By Trustee Tromp : Jas. 8. Adams. kinson, eH of lot 5. block 4, Village Alfred 8. Flldew, druggist. of Shepardsville ______100 00 not receive. The work which the clerk now Resolvod, That the salary of treasi rer bi docs is more than twice as much as the work John T. Millmau. druggist. Ella P. McBlain et al., to William T. fixed at $23 per year, Ed M. Naumes, drug clerk. Plowman, wH of ■ e of sec 22, town of which was done by the clerk when he received j Carried: John M. Curtiss, drug clerk. Bengal ...... 8100 00 $130 per year, and probably three times as It. M. Winston, Commissioner of schools. I Yeas—Flldew. Hunt, King, Richardson, Charles Fowler, hardware. Maggie Diller to Michael Gross, et al.t much. Therefore, I recommend that the salary R. DuBols. lots 6 and 7, block S, Village of Spaulding, Tromp, Fowler ...... 400 00 of the clerk be increased to the sum of $230 per j Nay—0 Cooley E. Ball, hardware. year. I also recommend that the village E. S. Adams, machinist. J. H. Fedewa et at., to Jasper Wager, j By Trustee King : n e‘« of s eH of sec 15, town of Dallas 1575 00 attorney be paid the sum of $300 per year, and C. II. McFarian. j Resolved, That the salary of five wardens he L. D, Parr, grocer. Chas. M. Cronkite to Sarah H. Knapp, that this shall cover all his services of every fixed at 30 cents per hour for actual lime H. T. Parr, grocer. eH of e*4 of n wif ot sec 20, town of nature as village attorney. The bnsiness of this Thos. Flshburu, butcher, Bath (q. c.)...... 1 00 ' employed. Charles H. Reeves, butcher. village has grown to such large proportions Carried: E. I Hull, undertaker. J. W. Cronkite and wife to Sarah H. that there is a very large amount of work for Yeas Fildew. Hunt, King, Richardson, T. E. Ballinger. Knapp et al.. undivided int. in ej4 of the attorney for the village to do. For several ( Geo. W. Emmons. n wl» of sec 20, town of Bath (q: c7).. 340 00 Geo. D. Cooper, bicycle dealer. years we have paid the village attorney an i Spaulding, Trump. G. W. Hoerner, butcher. Ellsworth Cronkite to Sarah H. Knapp average of about $300 per year. I think a salary Nay—0 W. E. Slade, confectioner. et al., undivided int. in e H of n w^j of $300 per year will be certainly as cheap for S. N. Shaffer, bicycle repairer and dealer. of sec 20. town of Bath (q. c.)...... 83 00 By Tsustee Spaulding: C. F. Vredenburg, engineer. and probably much cheaper, while the method Resolved, That the salary of clerk be fixed at Edward Locher and wife to Matliew F. A. Hyatt, harness maker. M. Hill et al., s wM of n w1* of sec 29, of payment will be better and more satisfactory $230 per year. A. W. Morrison, restaurant. town of Olive (q. c.)...... 1000 00 to all parties concerned I do not think that a Carried: G. J. Foe rcli, feed store. J. B. Dodge, physician and surgeon. Martha L. Hill to Edward Locher, competent attorney Rhould be asked to do the Yeas—Fildew. Hunt, King, Richardson, G. Pennell, Vice President St. Johns Na­ s v!4 of n wVt of sec 29, town of Olive legal bnsiness of the village for less than the Spaulding, Tromp. tional Bank. [q. e.J...... )000 00 sum named. F. A. TRAVIS, President. P. E. Walsworth, Cashier St. Johns National Nay--0 Bank. William J. Cstlin and wife to Rosanah St. Johns, Mich., April 10, 1899. The committee on fire, water and lights to R. C. Dexter, Assistant Cashier St. Johns Messer, s 4t> u( w 1U6S a of swl*, of To the Council: I hereby appoint John W. i whom was referred the matter of purchasing National Bank. sec 27, town of Lebanon ...... 1600 00 F. J. Ward, bookkeeper. John Simon and wife to George Miller, Keeney as marshall for the ensuing year, sub ­ hose and rubber coats for the fire department H. B. Washburn, bookkeeper. beg leave to report that after mature and dilli* w 83 88-100 a of wH of n w frit, of sec ject to your approval JohnC. Iltcks, merchant. 7, town of Dallas...... 1000 00 F. A. TRAVIS, President. gent investigation we purchased for the Village E. A. Durkee, dealer In real estate. of 8t. Johns 230 feet “Red Cross" hose at 63 M. T. Streeter, real estate. Samuel H. Williams and wife to Chas. St. Johns, Mich., April 10,1899. H. J. Patterson, attorney-at-law. N. Cowles, et al., land sn e‘4 of a e1* I hereby appoint John W. Keeney as street cents per foot and 12 rubber coats at $41 per E. J. Molnet, attorney-at-law. of »ec 8, town of Riley...... 230 00 commissioner for the ensuing year, subject to doson of H. D. Edwards A Co. Said hoe* Noble Burnett, merchant, drygoods. warranted for six years and to withstand s A. K. Dutcher. merchant, boots and shoes. your approval. F. A. TRAVIS, President. B. V. Soule, register of deeds. As tbe season of tbe year when pneu­ St. Johns, Mich., April 10,1899. water pressure of 400 pounds. Also 230 feet of Jostah Upton, deputy treasurer. monia, la gnppe, sore throat, coughs, I hereby appoint J. W. Keeney as pound “Arrow" hose of New York Belting A Packing Wm. H. Hall, merchant. W. H. Castle, attorney. colds, catarrh, bronchitis and lung master for the ensuing year, subject to your Company at 70 cents per foot, warranted for six A. D. McCabe, commercial traveler. troubles are to be guarded against, no ­ approval. F. A. TRAVIS, President. years and to withstand n pressure of 300 pounds J.G. Monroe, superintendent of schools. thing “ is a fine substitute, ” will “an • St. Johns, Micb., April 10, 1899. to the square inch, all of which is to be delivered Wm. Byrne, commissioner of highways. J. C. Flynn. aw er tbe purpose, ” or is “Just as good' ’ I hereby appoint Dr. M. Weller as health F. O. B. at 8t. Johns within fifteen daya of date Edward Brown, real estate. as One Minute Cough Cure. That is officer for the ensuing year, subject to your contract, terms 90 days net. J, W. Fitzgerald, State Bank of St.Johns, the one infallible remedy for all lung, approval. F. A TRAVIS, President. EUGENE KING, Cashier, R. A. Beebe. Teller State Bank. throat or bronchial troubles. Insist vig­ St. Johns, Mich., April 10, 1899. F. M. SPAULDING, O. W. Monger. State Bank. orously upon baving It if “ something I hereby appoint Will H. Brunson as village , W. F. TROMP, Geo. F. Marvin, State Bank. else ” Is offered you. C. E. Vax Sickle . Committee.