The Clinton Independent. VOL. XX V-NO. 30. ST. JOHNS, MICH., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 1891 . WHOLE NO. 1279 . Tbe l«riulllf Innpii)', CiltUtr Ibr lHfil, —Ice cream at Grahame ’s." PEKSONAL. HOARD OF TRUSTEES. Arbor Bay Proclamation. Found SUGARS —Ice cream at G. A. R. hall, April 23. Adjourned Regular Meeting. April 13,1891. A silk umbrella, call at John Hicks’ APRIL. store. HAVE STRUCK —Don ’t forget the National Lollaby Harry Bradner spent Saturday and Sunday Present, President Bundsy; Trustees DeWltt, In accordance with established usage. I flTT T W T r 8 In Chicago. Fowler, Hulse, Lee and Marshall. hereby designate Thursday, April 30, 1891, to Mrs, E. Robinson, BOTTOM concert Friday evening, May 1st. l>e observed as Arbor Day, “I I * l 4 Dr. M. Boyd, of Saranac, spent last Sunday The minutes of April 6 were retd and approved, Manufacturer of Human Hair Goods; i • 7 8 • 10 I 1 And no «> la the time to —The Ovid W. R. C. will entertain I earnestly appeal to all our people to observe in our village. The following bills were presented and referred Ladies’ and Children's Shampooing. — 12 18 14 16 16 17 18 avail yourselves of the the St. Johns W\ R. C., in Ovid, this 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 E. U. Oorauch, of the Corunna Journal, was to the committee on claims : the day. ora portion thereof, by the planting of Comer of Clinton Avenue and Walker opportunities of buying a 46 27 28 29 ::o • • afternoon. in town Tuesday. Geo. H. Marshall...... ........................ ...................% 2 ‘JO trees, vines and shrubbery along the highways, street, up stairs. 1279 l. Do not delay. UiU JJL JLS —The cases to be tried at the April Mr. John Hicks la expected to arrive at bis A. B. Balcomb ...................................................... 8 SO in the cemeteries, and about their homes. To those who hear in mind the needs of the Window Shades. term of our circuit court, may be found home In this village to-day or to-morrow. E. I. Parmenter Payroll ................................. 24 67 HOME MATTERS. Mrs. Eva Jenkina, of Nashville, Tenn., is the generations to come, as well as of the living, In all styles—Plain and Decorated, upon our 5th page. Total..................................................... ..... 36 07 guest of Miss Neely Knapp, of St.Johns. the rapid destruction of our forests and the At John Hicks ’. The retail llquot dealers bond of George E. Love Brevities. —E. I*. Waldon is attending the na ­ Mrs. Galusha Pennell, who has been spend ­ diminished supply of timber present a grave tional convention of republican leagues, was presented and referred to committee on pe- problem. We who enjoy the present should Wanted Immediately. —Thi* office has a good and modem ing a fortnight in Detroit, Is expected home titlons and village attorney. At the new Hotel St. Johns, a cook aud to-day. see to it that we use only so much of the pro ­ in Cincinnati, as a delegate. The liquor dealer’s bond of Alfred P. Vauconsant a chamber-maid who are competent in lever paper cutter for sale. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Spaulding returned from ducts of the earth as is necessary for our —Gov. Winans has designated Thurs ­ —Allison Richardson has rented a cot­ was presented and referred to committee on peti ­ wants, and we owe It to posterity to replace, their respective vocations. tage at Bay View, where his wife and Saginaw to their home in this village, on Mon ­ tions aud Village Attorney. J. H. Barnard , l’rop ’r. day, April 30th, as Arbor Day. day last. so far as we can, what we are compelled to The petition ior tile drain running from south to —Old and flood papers for the use of children will spend the. summer. H. P. Adams, of Northville, arrived here borrow from the resources of nature. Carpets. north in center of subdivisions 9 and 10 of Clark Along tlie highways In muuy parts of the housecleaners, sold cheap at this office. —D. C. Hurd, formerly a grocer in Tuesday night, on account of the severe Ill­ Hemp Carpets at John Hicks. and Holton ’s subdivision of out lots R and C to State the axe has been busy with the oak and Ingrain Carpets at John Hicks. —The senate bill, making all election this village, died at his late home in ness of his wife. Higbam street and east on Higham street to Miss Neita Stout left last Saturduy morn ­ elm, and the traveler finds scant shelter from Tapestry Brussels Carpetsat John Hicks. days legal holidays, has passed that Orleans, Ionia county, last Sunday. Ottawa street. Signed by Jacob French, P. Kf the summer sun. He whose necessity com­ Body Brussels Carnets at John Hicks. —Geo. A. Wells has sold his residence ing for Detroit, where she will remain about a Perrin, administrator, O. P. DeWltt and Robert body. week with friends. pels him to destroy a shade tree for firewood Velvet & Moquette Carpets at J. Hicks. property, corner of Cass and Ottawa Clark was presented and referred to the committee can at least plant an acorn or u sapling in re­ Every kind of Carpets at John Hicks. —Wm. H. Hoffman has sold his resi­ Rev. D. L. Thomas and family, of Evenston, on streets tnd sewers. streets, to Dr. J. W. Pollard. Considera ­ III., are here visiting his brother, Rev. C. G. turn. Shrubbery, vines, flowers and fruit dence property on Lansing street, to Committee on claims reported hack the bills trees nre blessings which all mankind enjoy ; Notice to Breeders. tion, $2,100. Thomas, pastor of the M. B. church. referred to them and recommended that they be “ Enterprise, ” is. without doubt, the D. H. Mosher, of this village. Mrs. Ida J. Pierce, who has been spending and each one can do something to render —Fanners, sell your wool to local —The barbers ’ union, of Michigan, allowed at the footings and orders drawn for the them more abundant and make the world finest Cleveland Bay stallion in the several months in Stockbridge, this state, is same on the proper funds. county. He may he round at the Farm­ dealers, get your spot cash, and ever desires the passage of a law closing bar ­ now visiting her sister, Mr#. E. L- Valentine, more pleasant for himself and his fellows. The report was accepted and adopted on motion. Let those who are looked to for instruction ers' Feed Barn, St. Johns, from April 1 after be contented and satisfied. ber shops on Sunday. It has passed to this village. to July 4. 1891. Terms—$10 to iusure, The committee on grades and walks reported from the pulpit, the school-house, and through —Is anything to be done this Bpring the third reading. Mr. C. 0. Vaughan, of the Republican, will favorably on petition uf A. Granger and C. Kochon payable Marcli 1, 1892, or when mares —Theron Shaver, of South Ovid, sold return this week from a two weeks' outing in the press, enforce the lesson which the occas­ are known to lie in foal. looking toward the improvement and for a crosswalk at the intersection of Highaui aud ion suggests. the east, chiefly spent among relatives and 1278 W. B. Warren , Prop ’r. beautifying of our court house grounds ? to Tunis Lusk, of Greenville, on Mon ­ Prospect streets, and recommended that it be built. Given under my hand and the seal friends in Buffalo, N. Y. Also reported favorably on petition of H. M. —I>ansing death roll for the year 18JM) day last, a pair of draft horses, both of Mrs. Theo. Price left here last Sunday for of the State, at the Capitol in Lansing, Lace Curtains. the Percheron breed. Perrin, W. W. Danly and four others for sidewalk this eleventh day of April, in the year of our New and beautiful designs in Lace was 1116. about 13 to the thousand. Of Lansing, from which point she went by a Sun- on south side of Floral aveuue, and recommended Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety- Curtains, At John Hicks *. this number 82 were males and 84 fe­ —The cause of Samuel Davis vs. Byron da v afternoon fast train on the Central for that the petition he granted. Hamer, noticed for trial in this (April) New York citr, in answer to a telegram stating one. and of the independence of the United males. Trustee Fowler moved that tbs rej>ort t>e accepted. States the one hundred and fifteenth. Some Bargains. term of the circuit court, has been set­ that her mother was dangerously ill. Motion carried. I have a good new house with good —(“Laura, you are as sweet as sugar,” W. A. Reddout, formerly of Greenbush town ­ EDWIN B. WINANS. tled by Hamer paying Davis $75. Committee on grades aud walks reported that cellar and cistern, with one or three lots, he said. “O, you horrid thing, ” she ship. and for the last three years a resident of —Miss Ethel Loomis, of Greenbush, they had made a profile of sidewalk grade on east Tne State Hank of St. Johns. for sale cheap. said, “sugar is just now too cheap for Kushville, N.Y-.has returned with his fami­ side of Brush street, from Higbam street to State 160 acres or timbered land in Osceola was very agreeably surprised on Tues­ The net assets of the stockholders of the comparison. ” ly to this county, with the view of replacing street, and recommend that the grade be estab ­ Co., in exchange for real estate in or day evening, April 21st, by about twenty the buildings destroyed by Are upon his farm, the State Bank of St.