Montague Observer. THIRTIETH YEAR WHITEHALL. MICHIGAN. THURSDAY. MAY 19 1899

N E W S E R I E S . V O L . I I . N O

Slightly Damaged »But Still in Business. \ After making a thorough invostigatiou wo find , that all goods not exposed to the water which

IX came through the second floor, are not injured n l M M in Uie leas t Only a comparatively small por-/ ' tion of our Sundry Supplies are slightly dam-} aged by water. We will continue our business

as ever and in the meantime replenish our loss to its former excellent standard.

Watch this Space for a great Fire Sale next week. SbUcitiDg a continuance of of your formerly valued patronage.

I remain yours truly. f » Chas. F. Hoffman.

m

^ n ^ WKITE KIVER. Henry C. Friday is remodel-

io i his house. torDalwm and Miss Tracy

ler received new wheels last

^hejob of building the new Ig1) near Mansfield's mill was •last Wednesday to George

Umder. 'be Nighthawk Bicycle Club

last Monday evening and ac->ted three n6w members: iry Aley. James Dal ton and

>yd Lalonde. The members the club have been donating

work on the path, about twenty Utniog out last Thursday and Friday evenings. The path is now very good. . >

|BUCKL£N'S ARNICA SALVE. The ItesL Salve in t h e World for Cuts .

Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, S a l t . RheuiTi, Fever Sores, T e t t e r . Chapped Hands , Chlib la ins , Corns, and all Skin .Erup-tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pav required. I t is gua ran teed to stive perfeci, sa t i s fac t ion or money re-Wnded. Pr ice 25 ceo t s per box. For Cjlo by C. G. P i t k i n , Wnl teba l l . and

G. Ripley MAOta^ue.

AXEOQIR BUSINESS COLLEGE.

its Secure Positions and Promo-tion-Rod the Lilt.

'bookkeeper and stenograptoer. X«oescher Tan-nery Qa? Hiss Carrie M. Rouse, b o f k k e e m r and stenographer, Fred L. ttaynolds; Miss Florence E. Carlst^L, bookkeeper and stbtK>grapb«r. Horace Brown; H. A. Lankheet, stenogn pher Shaw Walker Co.; I. J. Fles, book-

-keeper and stenographer, Mus-i kegou Daily Chronicle; Miss

Ruby Tipson. stenographer, S. H. Clink, att'y.; A. S. Andrews, stenegrapher and clevk, Gen. Fit. and Passenger, A^t.. C. & W. J<. Ry., Chicago; Charles E. WiU.aasigVwt postmaster, Wh ite-

•halT—MUnVe^on Chronicle.

If you have piles, cure them. No use undergoing horrible oper-ations thatsimply remove the re-

'"-Vu*,ts of the disease without dis-gurt)ing the disease itself. Place your confidence in DeWitt's

;h Hazel Salve. It has never }d to cui^ others; it will not

1 to cure you. C. F. Hoflfman. • •

Card of Thanks. We wish to express our sin

cere thanks for the kind assist-ance and sympathy of our friends during the sickness and death of our beloved mother. I A N N A AMP P A V I D BLACK.

Rfthlwd tte Graved Asta r t l l n t r inckieot , of which Mr.

John Oliver, of Phuadc lph ia , was t h e subject . Is na r ra ted by him as follows: " I w a s i n a mos t d r e a d f u l condit ion. Mar skin was a lmos t yellow, my eyes

ken, tongue coaled, paiu cont inu-ally ID back and sides, no appetite— gj^dual ly growing weaker day by day.

ce physicians bad given mo up. tuna tc ly . a f r iend advised trying

cctr ic Bi t te rs ; ' and t o my g rea t Joy surprise, t h e llrst bot t le mado. a

decided Improvement . I cont inued t h | l r use for th ree weeke, and am now <y^Bll man . I know they saved my l i fe and robbed t h e grave of ano the r vict im." No one should fail to try t h e m . Only 50c. guaran teed , a t C. G. r i t k ln ' s . Whi teha l l , and C. F. HolT-man 's , Montague, Drug Store.

• M<>RTQA«K SAI.K, uilt bnvInK bwn made tn the condltlnn of

je. HsecuUKt on , by and between!

A line soda fountain, practical-ly new. Will bo sold now at a great sacrifice. Address

J . D. MEINHARDI , Whitehall.

I have mado an exchange for a !?500 now upfight piano, largest size, geuuino French burhl wal-nut case, with Harp and Banjo attendant; warranted for ten years. Will sell for '$275 cash, or lyilLtodo for span of horses, cattle, 'slice p or any tiffng I can uso^on a farm. Call or address for fur ther particulars Oceana County Fertilizing Co., or B. J. Caller, Rothbury, Mich.

INSURANCE.

I insure everything insurable. Life, Accident, Sickness, Em-ployers or Public Liability. Tor-nadoes, Loss of rents of Build-ings damaged by Fire, Steam-boats, Boilers, Plate Glass, Teams, Fidelity, Elevators. The way to lower insurance rates is to divide it, if only !?1,000, be-tween two or more agents, and always be sure you are written up in the best stock companies. From ?1 to !?20 saved on your in-surance. Bring in your expir-in^ poliqes.

•rr— For Sale.

F . W . S A D L E R .

ViUage Board of Review.

The Board of Review for the village of Montague, will meet at the office of the assessor, Wm. Peck, Montague Hardware Co.. on Monday and Tuesday, May 22 and 23, 1899. to review the as-sessment roll of said village for the year 1899, at which time any persons considering themselves aggrieved by the assessment may be heard. Said board will be in session fi;om 9 o'clock a. m. to 12 o'clock noon; and from one o'clock to 4 o'clock p. m. on each of the above mentioned days.

Dated May 17, 1899. WM. P E C K ,

Assessor. Township Board of Review.

The Board of Review tor the Township of Montague will meet at the office of the supervisor, Wm Peck. Montague Hardware Co., on Monday and Tuesday, May 22 and 23, 1899, to review the assessment roll of said town-ship for the year 1699, at which time any persons considering themselves aggrieved by the as-sessment may be heard. Said board will be in session from 9 o'clock a m . to 12 o'clock noon; and from one o'clock to 4 o'clock p. m. on each of the above men-tioned days.

Dated May 17, 1899. • W M . P E C K ,

Supervisor.

For best Garden Hose call on Thos. Gay nor. New stock.

J. D. Bridge, editor and pro-prietor of the Democrat. Lancas-ter, N. H.. says; " I would not be without One Minute Cough Cure for my boy. when troubled with a cough or cold. It is the best remedy for croup 1 ever used." C. F. Hoffman.

Don't think you can cure that slight attack of Dyspepsia by dieting, or that it will cure itself.

lain rei*l eatato morttcaRe. executed on Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Will d i re [lltb day of November. IMI7, by and between i i R. VnnDornlen. of Montague. MIchlKnn. ! It, it digests What yOU eat and

\he digestive organs to iter of Deedit. of MuxkPKon county. M l r h - health. C. F. Hoffman. j on I he SXhdny or November. 1*07. in liber I t mortgaueo.on paffra on which mort- ,,1 rv.n. . . . Q„ o r 1-p there I* claimed to be due on the dau-of Colored Collaib. 8c.; - for 1OC. tnoticetheMimornfty-MTtntlolian(|A7.un) Colored Cliffy liic • 0 for orjf hrtDclpal and Intereet. and an attorney ree v Ulo | (a v. mis, idc.. - im _.)C. iiiaie<) ror tn .mid mortRaKe: undno unit or Phelaii s Saturday and every Ulnn at law or In equity havluR been lii-r— = ' ited to recover the money i»«H-urwl by r kld tKURe. or an;- part thereor. »w. thereror«. by rlrtue of thepover orule Alued In Mild mortK k'e and the atutute In case made and provided, notice In hereby

,9 that the Mid morUcnge will be (oreoloi««d 1 »ale ol the preml.H<-> therein ilencrtbed nt lo auction to the highest bidder, at the

e ( - - attrl I the place ror holdlug the circuit court

fropt door or the or MuNkeson. count

Court House, ID the or Mu>k

ise, lu epon. that

rar tolt jounty. on Saturday, the r.'nd day or July. A. D.. Iiw. at id o'clock In the rorenoon •>r »ald dsy. or no much thereot or said prrm-

• Hew an m«y be net e.Miary U> i>ay the amount dttaon liatd mortKMRe. withf |>«r cent interest i*n«l all legal C<MU. which i«ald PREMISE* are described as tOlloWN, to-wll; That certain #?ece or parcel or land In the vllUtre or Monta-

[ V, .'. county or M u . « k e R o n . atats or MlrhlRiin. i Itiown an lot* 3. V a, 7. tl 9, I.V la. nj bl.K-lc 7. or H. P. iKiwllntf t centennial addlticn to the TlllaRe or Monla Ve. iw-conlliiR i»>

day. Shirts. Collars and Cuffs, the

articles! Saturday the day. Phe-lan's the place.

thereof C R A I i l J

W. L. ObMt

the MCI''AHI..*M<. Morl iK

Deputy sherlfTs d i n g e r and Nelson, of Muskciron, came to Dal ton Monday and took inlocusttKly E d w a r d Ah le r t , a farmer , who is t h o u g h t by his family to be insane over religious ma t t e r s . Supervisor T lbh i l s , of Dal ton . made the compla in t , by request of the fam-ily. An applicat ion to enqui re Into

r i , , t , hi» sanity was lllcd In tho prol>atc j cou r t in Muskegon, Tuesday a f te r -jnoou.

XLOCAL ITEMSJV Burned out. Mrs. Andrew Bratton is re-

ported quite ill. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Chas.

Bliss, last Thursday, a beautiful daughter.

H. D. Johnston, of Sault St. Marie, spent a few days here this week with relatives.

Mrs. F. D. Pryor returned Fri-day from a two weeks' visit with relatives at Morris, 111.

Geo. Baker, of Grand Rapids, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker, ttiii? week.

Our correspondence had to bo ommitted this week owing to our limited space and time.

Dr. Chas. F. Smith is occupy-ing rooms in the Franklin block until the former offices are re-paired.

Large hauls of white fish and trout are being made these days by fishermen Pooley, Hallen and Fitzgerald.

John E. Durham has accepted a position as shingle inspector with Strong's shingle mill at Muskegon.

W. E. Osmun, Eugene Howell and Chas. Ohrenberger went out to big Blue Lake on a fishing ex-cursion Wednesday.

The funeral of Mrs. Thos. Btandish occurred last Friday afternoon from the residence, Rev. R. J . Slee officiating.

There will be preaching ser-vices in the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning and even-ing by ReVV'H. B. Dunning.

Edwin Terwilliger returned to his home at Lansing Wednesday after a pleasant visit here with the family of H. H. Terwilliger.

W. H. Batchelder and H. H. HotTman. of Jackson, father-in-law and brother of Druggist C. F . Hoffman, visited here a few days tho past week.

Little George, son of Thomas Gaynor, was bit by one of Ed. Phelan's "blooded" fox terriers, while playing with it Tuesday.. The dog was shot.

Through the kindness of our esteemed contemporary, the Whitehall Forum, we are en-abled to issue something of a paper this week.

Wo thankfully acknowledge subscription payments during the past week from Lafe Pugh, E. E. Buchanan, Jacob Stobbe. A. M. Leighton and M. J. Pond.

Until we get settled again the h e i t d q u a r t e r s of t h e OBSERVER will be at tho Franklin hotel. All notices and advertisements can be left there for publication.

We expect to have an entire new dress of type for the OBSER-VER soon, which will be a credit to our fair village. Our new of-fice will simply shine with new-ness. /

Walter Nelson & Co. have placed in their store a number of gas lamps. They illuminate the store beautifully and are a great improvement over the old kero-sene lamps.

The "Gold"' and "Silver" shirts collars and cuffs go in and are subject to Saturday's Special Sale prices at Phelan's.

Mrs. Terwilliger's class of young women in the Presbyter-ian Sunday school will give a musicale on the evening of Juno 2d. for the benefit of the piano fund. The Clay banks Epworth League

will give an entertainment and social in Dan Ackerson's new barn just north of the Clay banks M. E. church, Friday, June 9. Fur thur announcements next week.

The case of the creditors of the late Morse drug store vs. H. E. Morse, to test the valid-ity of a mortgage against the drug stock, will be heard before Judge Russell next Monday. W. E. Osmun will repreaent the de-fendant.

Now that our business is great-ly crippled and expenses greatly increased, accounts and subscrip-tions will be gratefully accepted. Our special offer of the Farm Journal is still open to those who pay one year in advance. "A friend in need is a friend in-deed."

If there is one thing the vil-lage needs more than another it is a fire whistle. On the morn-ing of the late fire comparative-ly few people heard the fire bell and were greatly astonished lo learn of the lire when they came down towrt.

The Spring meeting of the Fenton Driving Club, at Fenton, Mich., will be held May 30 and and 31 and June 1st. With an improved track. 1^,200 in purses, and tine attractions, an interest-ing meeting is assured. Entry »blanlcs can be secured of John W. Davis, seciviaryf

Services at theaM. E. church next Sunday ar& as follows: Class meeting at 10ill in. Preach-ing at 10:30 a. m.: subject, "All the Days." Sunday school at 12 m. Epwortb Leogud nt 6:30 p. m.; subject "TheGi f to f Power," led by Lettie Parker. Preach ing at 7:30 p. m.; subject. "What Mormanism Teaches." Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at 7:30.

The Ladies' Literary Circle will meet with Mrs. Nellie Plant Tuesday, May 23, at: 2:80 p. in. Program: .

KendlnR or mlnute.H. Roll Call—ROM ponded by huotatUms from

Ellrabetb Harnett Uijiwnlni'.. Lcs.Hon—French Llurury Style Readlnu, Mollurc, HU Life au.i Work-flrclo. A Sketch or E. n. Brownlni Life—Mr*. C.

pig. fiiR—Mrs. Whlt-1'lnnt.

Flour is down at the Monta-gue Roller Mills. The quality is excellent. Try it and be con-vinced.

Save your money! Don't buy a shirt until Saturday—then buy it at Phelan's.

For sale at a bargain, one sec-ond hand man's bicycle in good repair. Enquire at the Monta-gue Iron Works Co.

L) DuwllnR. Poem. "France"—Mr*. Selection from Mm. Urou t

beck. instrumental Solo— F lorcn-Oame—Mr*. Plant. Tho OBSERVER oliAe had just

undergone a renovating process when it was destroyed, but we, as well as the other sufferers from the fire, will bear our loss philosophically and start anew. We will be in running order again in a week or two in our own quartet's.

Mr.S. 11. Stevens, represent-ing the Imperial Insurance Co., was here Monday morning to ad-just the loss on the Hoffman drug stock, but as representatives of the other companies interested had not arrived, he was obliged to await their coming before making a settlement. The Im-perial has the distinction of be-ing the first company on the -ground to-4«akei4t ePutfcment,

The most royal string of dogs ever brought to Montague were five thoroughbred fox terriers imported by Ed. J. Phelan, from the Archmont kennels, at Delor-an. I I I , which arrived last week. They are handsome little fellows and everyone containing the prize winning blood of America and England. Deloran Rattler heads tl^e list, followed by Pop-ular Ptrazle, Archmont Observer. Archmont Index and Mollie's Thistle.

Dr. F. D. Hollis is the latest purchaser of California proper-ty. He this week received a deed through Mr. Winfield Stitt, who made the selection, of a little ranch in the Sacramento Valley, Fair Oaks, Sacramento Co. The doctor's prime object is one of safe and profitable investment, as, since the late general freeze —which California was the only state to escape—property has been steadily advanced in price. Mr. Sti t t writes that the doctor has one of the prettiest little ranches in the state.

County Clerk F leming endeavored to secure f rom the secretary of s t a l e a t Lans ing a copy of the law recently en-acted in regard to a county depository, in t ime fur the supervisors to a c t un-der i ts provisions a t their recent spe-cial sesslnn. T h e copy did not get here unt i l yesterday, t h e day a f t e r the supervisors had ad journed . Action under t h e new s t a t u t e will there fore be defe r red unt i l t h e October session of t h e board, unless by some chance a special session should be held before t h a t t ime. T h i s s t a t u t e gives to the county t h e same system for handl ing county money t h a t th is city and the public schools of Muskegon have had for several years. T h e board of super-visors is empowered to des igna te the bank t h a t is to be the depository fcr the county 's funds and the board can di rect t h a t such f u n d s shall be de-posited in such bank and be drawn out only on the order of t h e chui rman of the board counters igned by the county clerk, except poor orders and ordor^drawn by t h e county road com-missioners. Whatever iutercsi. U paid by the bank on t h e cdunty's funds shall belong to t h e county.—Chronicle.

It makes no difference how bad the wound if you use DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve; ilnvill quick-ly heal and leave no scar. C. F. Hoffman.

You now know the meaning of Special Sale at Phelan's. It| means cut prices on everything advertised.

By allowing the accumulations in the bowels to remain, tke en-tire system is poisoned. ^l)o j Witt's Little Early Risers regt; | late the bowels. Try them l| you will always use t'u 1 'ty [| Hoffman.

WHITEHALL Christian Dutienhofe.r spent Sunday

with Ids daughter, Mrs. August Coors, of Vicksburg.

Nora A Id rich, of Muskegon, visited at the home of Mr*. Will Coates. a few days last week.

John Morton, of Orleans, was the guest of his so,j, E. K Morion, a few days last weeks.

Mrs. Emma Skeels has moved from the old C. C. Thompson house lo the Congrcgatiomil parsonage.

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hill, of Shel-by, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Illirs sister. Mrs Fred Nufer.

A number of people from this vil-lage attended the conllrmatton ser-vices at the Catholic church at Mus-kegon Sunday.

Dr. and Mi's, llendell and Richard Brown, of Muskegon, caught a nice lot of speckled beauties at Silver Creek Saturday.

Rev. and Mrs. Gustafsnn, of Mus-kegon, who have been visiting a few days in the village, returned home Tuesday morning.

Rev, Danielson, of Cadillac, former pastor of the Mission church in this village, spent a few days this week calling on friends here.

Rev. and Mrs. S. 12. Lynd left for Chicago Wednesday afternoon. They will make their home in that city for the summer.

Saul Morin located his feet Sunday by unfortunately running the tine of a pitchfork through his big toe. while feeding his (cam.

iHulley Johnson, of Sault St. 'larle, a former insurance partner of J. H. Williams, visited friends and relatives In the village Monday.

W. A. Murphy, of Chicago, spent Sunday with A. W. Veal. The gentle-men went fishing Monday? and report a very large catch.

Get your pretty spring hat at Mrs. Hanson's millineiy store. %

At the M. E. church next Sunday evening the subject will be "The Sa-loooatic." The morning subject will be, "Nobility of service."

Mr. and Mrs. K. F. Morse have mov-ed from Grand Rapids, where they have been spending the winter, tc their home in this village.

The ladies of W. F. M. S. of the Methodist church will give a mission-ary tea at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Carr, Friday evening. May 19. Supper will be served from 6 to 8 p. m.

The subject for Junior Christian En-deavor prayer meeting Sunday after-noon is What did Christ teach by his feeding of the live thousand? John G: 5-14. Little Miss Ella Nelson will lead.

Miss Helen Clark entertained a few of her high school friends at her homo near the old water-mill, Wednesday, the occasion being her eighteenth birthday. All present thoroughly en-joyed themselves and report a good time.

John Guslavesand Oriel Slurtevant who drove the lous from the upper part of tlie main river to llcsperia dam. tills season, have taken the con-tract from Patrick Moran, who Is se-riously ill, and are driving the logs from the north branch and below llcsperia dam.

H. R. Carr recently received the sad intelligence that his grandfather, Dr. M. S. Can, of Galesburg, 111., had died suddenly. The message was not received by Mr. Carft until after the burial of his grandparent so he was unable to pay his last* tribute lo the dead.

A le t t e r was received f rom Hugh Hradshaw, last week, In which, lie s ta ted t h a t the I tradshaw was in dry dock in Milwaukee undergoing neces-sary repairs. He says the Rradshaw will make her llrst regular t r ip f rom Chicago to Whi teha l l on May 22, or a t the la tes t on May 20. T h e w a t e r in the Montague slip is not deep enough for tho s t eamer and he will come to Whi teha l l in a few days Lo make ar-r angemen t s concerning t h e dockage. T h o m e r c h a n t s and people of th is vil-lage should un i t e in the i r help and pa t ronage of the boat. Mr. l i radshaw promises lo give sa t i s fac t ion to all concerned.

Mr. CJuslav Schmemann. of Detroit special agent for tho Milwaukee Mechanics Insurance Co.. arrived in the village Tues-day morning to adjust the loss on the OBSERVER office. The settlement was readily made on terms that are satisfactory to me in every particular, and I gladly recommend this company, which is represented by Mr. Teller, for its fairness and promptness.

H . C . F L O T E N . '

Some of the results of neg-lected dyspeptic conditions of the stomach are cancer, con-sumption. heart disease and ep-ilepsy. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure prevents all this by affecting a quick cure in all cases of dyspep-sia. C. F. Hoffman.

IN A SEA. OF FLAMES.

The "Observer" OHiee and Telephone Ex. change Swept by Fire.

Unprecedented Work ot the Fire Department Saves the Ripley BiockrATotal Loss About $3,000.

This is not a Fire Sale, but a ••Fright" Sale. At Phelan's Sat-urday.

Following one of the severest electrical storms ever exper-ienced in this section of the coun-try, Montague was visited by disastrous lire last Saturday morning which for a time threat-ened one of her grandest business blocks. It is thought that tho fire was caused by lightning either striking the building or entering on the wires, which are so numerous in tho telephone of-fice.

About one o'clock last Satur-day morning, Mrs. Pino, of the European hotel saw, from her bedroom window, flames issuing from the roof of the Ripley block and immediately aroused her son. J. S. P i n o , w h o sounded tho alarm w h i c h brought out the near natives. The hose carte and hook and lad-der trucks were brought out in short order and soon the fearless firemen, assisted by volunteers, had four streams of water play-ing on the fire.

The writer was one of the first who arrived on the scene and the first impulse was to get into the OBSERVER office to secure some valuable papers. On mounting the stairs we found the storage room of the telephone office, which adjoins ours on the front, a mass of flames. We did not gain an entrance to our office, however, owing to the density of smoke which prevailed. The fire soon spread to the printing office and enveloped the entire second story over Hoffman's drug store, and tho red tongs of the fiery fiend, fed by the tar on the roof, leaped high into the air, throw-ing sparks and fire brands onto the adjacent property. It was at this stage of the conHagratkm.. that the entire block seemed doomed to destsuction. Never theless the firemen continued their heroic work fearlessly, scal-ing ladders and standing by their lines in the face of danger. While the fire was at its height an ex-plosion occurred in the Dowling block, which raised a section of the roof about three feet and knocking down several chim-neys.

In the uncertainty of our fire-men being able to control the flames the Whitehall fire com-pany was summoned and re-sponded quickly. With their as-sistance the Montague boys soon had the fire under control and by four o'clock Saturday morning it was completely extinguished. With the dawn of daylight the grim work of the fire fiend was exposed and then it was seen that the telephone and printing offices, which occupied tho upper story of the ill-fated building, were gutted. The former was completely destroyed, while the printing office was still visible but in a sad state of chaos and anarchy. The praiseworthy fire-men and engineer Derrick Hall had done their work as was evi-denced by the avalanche of water which flooded Hoffman's drug store, Dr. C. F. Smith's office rooms and French's living apart ments in the Dowling block ad-joining. The loss on the Dowl ing block by water was fully in-sured.

Singular as it may seem the tiro was confined within the walls of the building where it started. The second floor remained in-tact. bearing the immense weight of the heavy machinery of the Iprinting office and the debris from the roof. All of this goes to show the building is made of good material and as near fire proof as possible.

In considering the headway the lire had gained before discovered it is conceded by all that the ex cellent work of subduing the flames was the best ever per-1 formed in this or any other vil | lage with similar fire protection. Every available man worked with a will and seemingly with a de [ termination to save the block j from destruction. Chief of the fire department. Will Casselman, and Engineer Derrick Hall are especially praiseworthy for the effective work performed. At no| time did Chief Casselman lose his head, and every move was made in the right direction; while Engineer Hall kept up the pres-sure remarkably well. Ouj- water works have proved their worth and we candidly believe that the village would have suffered al Imuch greater loss without them.j

preceded the fire provenled the nying cinders from setting tire to adjacent buildings and saved much property.

All the properly damaged by the tire was fully insured, except the offlce fixtures of the Oceana Belt Telephone company, whoso loss was about $500, and Dr. t F. Smith's, whose office fixtures wore d a m a g e d by water. The interior of Herren A Keeder s market was also dam aged by water. The damage to Chas. F. Hoffman's stock does not exceed $700, being confined to the fixtures and sundricsv which were damaged by water only. There is no evidence of heat. The loss to the OHSERVER printing office is nearly covered by insurance. We did not suffer a complete loss and expect to bo re-established in our new quar-ters as soon as possible. We trust our readers will not be ag-grieved by tho small paper wo will be compelled to print until we can replace our loss.

Following are those of the Montague fire department who answered the roll call at the late fire. The other members of the company were absent from th6 village:

Chief—Will CaM,«lninn. AwtUUnt Chlif-Jlm Tallont. K..reman-Will Ptulle.

.."IwueH-OlMi Tftllitnl. Will Uottnltrell. I' rank Saudprx. Eugene Hotrvll.

In behalf of tho fire depart-ment and citizens of Montague we hereby thank the Whitehall fire department for tho valuable assistance rendered us at the late fire. The favor will bo heartily returned when opportunity af-fords.

A NEW STEAMSHIP LINE.

There in a movement on foutat<Mus-.. kegnn lo secure i lino of stcainor* to ply on the east • horo with Muskegon as the southern terminus. Tho ol>-jectof the proposed boat lino Is to sup-ply a number of the ports north uf Muskegon with water facilities to Mil-waukee and Chicago. Under the ex-isting arrangement the people in many of the northern lake towns when they desire to go to Chicago or Milwaukee are obliged to do so In a round about manner, either by taking a train lo those points or to ports that have com-munication with them by boat lines. The same inconveniences exist In the freighi traffic to and from these towns and It Is believed by thosu who are la* borin? in the Interests of tho project that an cast shore transportation line which will connect with the Crosby steamers for Milwaukeoand the Good-rich steamers for Chicago will not only be a benefit to the ports where It will touch but will be a highly prorttable enterprise. It is the IntoniioR of the promoters to have the proposed Uqe, after leaving Muskegon, touch White Lake, Pcntwator, Ludltuitoa. Manistee. Frankfort. CharlevoU, IV toskey, and extended as far nwlh a*. Mackinaw or St. Ignace. whtn» It would connect with the Lake SuperUif line of boats.—Muskegon News.

If you suffer from t o n d e r n ^ or fullness on the right tUlfc pains under shoulder-blade, con-stipation. biliousness, sick ho«d-ache, and feel dull, heavy an^ sleepy, your liver is torpid and congested. DeWitt's Little Ear)/ Risers will euro you promptly, pleasantly and permanently by removing congestion and i-aus-ing the bile ducts to open and flow naturally. They are good pills. C. F. Hoffman.

v.

Remarkable Rescue. Mrs. Mlcbacl Curtain, of P l a l n f H d .

Ill,, makes the statement that she caught cold, which settled ,,L'r lungs; she was treated for a inonln ov her family physician, but -me grew worse. l ie told her she was a hopeless victim of consumption and t h a t no medicine could cure her. Her drug-g is t suggested Dr. KinK"* New I ) | v o \ -ery for Consumption; she Imughta IM» • t ie and to her de l igh t found herself bcncl i t ted from llrst dose- she eon-tinned Its use and af ter taking s l l «*''* tlcH, found herself sound and w e l l ; now docs her own housework, a™1 | h , well as she ever was. Free trial bot-t les of this Grea t I M w o v e r r at c . «'• Pitkin 's , Whitehal l , and ( • "<>'>-man's, Montague. Drug Stores. >o.\ .jOc and %l.00, every bo t t l egus ran teeu .

Pneumonia, la grippe, coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough readily yield to One Minute Cough Cure. Use this remedy irj time and save a doctor s bill or the undertaker's. C. F. Hoff-man. ,

S. A. Catlin sells hardware cheap for cash. It will pay you lo visit his store before buying

No doubt tho heavy rain which 1 elsewhere.

THK MONTAGOI OBSERVER. Michigan s o l o n s . I Michigan m a t t e r s J i g w

M. C. FLOTEN. Publisher.

M J N T A G U E . • MICHIGAN

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LONG FIGHT IS WON.

CATHOLIC KNIGHTS WILL ADMIT WOMEN AS MEMBERS.

Convent ion a t Kanaaa CilF Take* 1 '

p o r t a • I ^ t * r r • ' Prmmt-fifj rorm m

P o a l t r y an«l Kun Comblnatloo.

rin<'lu>l«><l wlti-n tbiy

iiU-mbip In utioo ur

Cafbi jb - Kninbiii of America <

lb or4er. At br.i tb* r^plutioo | | iiiK ibia rbanKi- in ibo'^natitatlon ««« roUd iloini, fallins bjr ihiriy-foor To«r* to rrrH*# lb- nnWtrjr two-lbinla majority. Tbi* nan «|a; tbf rr wai • rompl-'t'- cban«o at 04m. ' A "frcutfiMMtiDa of the pr«-Yioiifl art ion wai fiio% #d ^rried MHII • fofr rrtakrn withoot d^batr Tb^ retult waa lb'" anrpriilns loinl of 4.f- Tot«*« in f a tu r of tb,- WOIII. U to X' agalont tbeni. Tb^ fftwti^J tbc reanlt with trpiiiH>-l"fl*' apphin** Tbougb women will bv aUi.iuicil aoJ'f tb.- aiw-n-led tvn-•tltutiun, tb-r trill bi- permltU'J to carry tint *l.tN«i in* iranrr. or our half 1 lj'" ani>Wmi ihar IrMfloa-wJ to mpn. Women will f^fhriit.-l lo Join ln'twem Ihe ugca of iN'ABil 'if rwara.

T H I ^ T IN CHICkKWS AND KOO?.

roUltry un<l l»Hidoce *bipp«ra to Con-trol Waatarn Trotle.

A i^iiUtO fiod i»ro«l«ice I mat onmnlied at l -.n Kun., js ib«- l i tMl and uiont ,mil,n.' • > oliill'iu -f iu"'l- rn < .•mm. m_-. J . 11 Jrai/ of Wit-bi'n W. B. Hurst \ Co. of Kurt tblolt and W. H. K. dfcnrn of Hpr.nK|niWi.>'"M 'I11' l " 1* 0" 1

airi* pi^nUrj unil produce abipper* of thu Wrsl tni" bare IxirinK •latioua in the linu-'fpfcrt.'" in ..f Knu^iit, MiMOuri, Colo-rudb, Ariianvi»,T.-nn.'> K» utueky and otbpr Hutlea. h»v. CoaMlldntLHl bUdiuuMN in 4 atHgW vu.in^wji, .with hi 'adqutru ' ra a t Mpnu^nelii Tnt« »«!! control the poultry an.I ttrtW In all conminnitirs wbavK 'hey Hot*- afations. 'I'ln-y deal prin-eipdilf in .•WrhfH" iJ'"! eifpi and handle inui^r, fr j in lvu«Jh liai') -

HlM.tKA Al-TKH KIFTKEN YEAK8.

Colu«ibiiat tibln, Man I t rcoka u L o u u Involi iulurjr Mlenrc .

Fur Ihe tii -i nun-in lifti-i-n j-earn, 11. W. WuifUi'r pr«»nilTlenl cltlaen of BncyruH. Ohfri, Sr i linli-tbi'btber dnjf lo apeak. In Iftft |i* w?» JIII.'U<l with lllneaa whlrti left blm Dipii'. treatmenl by Hkiiled pli.v»lriJiis fnile.l lo1»*T«rp the power of ap.M-cb. iind be hail despaired of ever re-coveriuj;. btlt while h»l<linu a little child on b » lap. he «IIH -eiiwl with a sndden •1. nil . t . -peak to her. nnJ to IUH surprise wjo nble to do M». Ili« voi.e haa an un-nnlnral oolinil. btlt aside from this be MIH'nbit >ie riM-ll on ever.'

Race for tbc I'cnnnnt. Tli* tliui'lliic of the dubs in the N.v

tliiQiti Leuitue rofe Is as follows: w. L. W. L.

SI. Lfiiiif,.t 10 ftRaltimore .. .11 12 rbitsil. Ipb a H: 7New York... . 9 12 Cblcr;o l ft 7 Louisville ... . !» 12 Oin.Manali . 13 7 IMtisburg ... . 7 14 ir.iokiyu ... 1 1 N Washington. 4 IS

Ifestoo .tM »;»t MM'leveland . . . 3 IS

t'ottOw/ftr I* the standing of the clubs lu ti. Wvatvra l<engue:

3 - < W. L. W. L. ill3n(Talo 7 7 GMilwaukee . . . 7 7 7Kantas City.. 0 !• 7Coliiuibus . . . 0 M

Mould-He Polaoftcr 'a Tr ick , j Mr-. Churl, i U. Marts, wife of u proml-iifnl Kirk»rille. Mo., mnn. received u l>rniilifiiiU .'hnseil silver wine tlaKk, tilled ATIIH WBUI £uri>orted to IM- sweet wine. No marks utllvr than the address were up up the piickntre. The wine waa given in n cne'mls^, who analy»i l it. tinding Miuueh nr—nie In the contents to have iiillrd aldoaeu pers.ius.

W a r Over County Scat. Ilvnflng ilial n force of fiOO citizens of

inkii.v NN Vn,. wus on the way to Bev-jrrh »y st-pnovii the county records pending 'tli*- M ill. in. in ..t ihe question of the loou-

"ilion of the (Munty seat, citizens fortiliinl • he county bolldlngs and prepared to re-JM"' the Hikin- ]icop|p. The lat ter turned

l.iu'K on h^aHn^ of these prepurntions.

Ruclntr Sloooicr* Collide. I AM a n-vwlt of a competition between U l r f . nnelUviUe and ZanexTiUe river pnek-iiu«. the Volley i tem and Zanetta. in rae-

j i n g for lajl.Mxvillc locks on the Muskiu-jin, i i4IUl< .1, and the whole nide of the toytrtl wks crushed in. By heroic ef-risi of the «tn-w the bout was kept iillout ,.1 uo livr> were lost.

,1^ Tvr r iMc C h l o r a t e Kxploaioa. p A rcnriHl^eti'l.'si.iii oocurn-d at Kur t ' s » h. inn aJ St. Helen's. England, killnii. frmr |>orsnnH mnl seriously injuring |\\«ut.v. , | n rn broke out in the ehlorntc p»'ius, and rigbty tons of chlorate explod-isl. Snl—^ucntly the boiler burst and the pen . \T- i r I^ were razed. The total li»s» ^ i* «B«ut AKM^UOO.

K«»ur KUIc l in o Wreck . I A cvjiiNtrtiOfiun train on the I'itlsHirg • vil 'Westefa ICailrond wont throncb u

nvar JS>«icastle, I'a., killing four tuen nad; IIG'U'IUK a UUIIIIMT of others. Tjn uMn went over a 70-foot trwU; into ^ ^ - i 4 ^ = = = , , ; .

Dc^a. — of Ne\| work dlwl (\i hiM rlub house at Kast|tort. I I The liunusliate causc of his death

heart taikire superinduced by acute WndMSn.'isiiuu.. lie waa ill for only a few 4iunr>. i .

|. ,K^-UovcMior Flower la Ex r .t.'Yl—well r . Flow,

>f • A ill

Many l»lc In o Wreck. ; A njUmfc u of passenger trains occurre*! •MI tht l vtladvI K a and Kcading llailroad r Kx-itvc. aU'ut six miles south of lU>ad-

Fa., a^l ^ ifrs-at uumbor of people «M>re,Kill*--.) ai>,l i^jur»sl. Tlie number kill-i I >-UAi d to l«e iwenly-five. Fully lifty

injured.

KUtnillkr War«hoa*e Knrna. The N^rib American Transportation

J s , f ' i Company of Chicago lost «<* a nVe at Hamilton, on the Yu-

koM (Iver three hundred tons of valuable < • .is were burned in the'big warehouse.

flcta o Life ls«ntencsc. hn Moore, who in March last cat th«

tkroaf of his ftvo little children, crushed' tbeit akiiUs with a hatchet and th^n set

to the hvMiae in order to conceal his was ovurioted at Untchinson.

n«o-. of mnnler In tb# fire J^grw. which Rwars a life tervi in the penitentiary.

Flood from the CanuU ' A break in the Erie canal was discov-

^ at •praeynMrt. X. Y . and n-atrr mvcj The cin jI rushed in torrents throngh a nieach in the batiks thirty feel wide, out upor. tb* riUa.ce. Great daougi- was do:.e. A nutuS r •-< far* - north of the viilago were completely submerged.

waa irty-

flfi I Kr •arai

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commit ire of tb to the garniahf Honae at the ev with the prvaent law prot i i ta the

.f tbc Hoiiiv Ibt ni- rrbem

|r se«ta until I t p rewnta I.pll and Croaby pat in an > some work waa done ie wboi* . An •mendmeut law went throngh th*»

nlng aeaalon, doing away laemptiona. The prevent

M w ^ k l y wage earner, Ike esrmpilno being f^Tt a week, while the anHTidment only exempta men of family up to the sum of pi a week. The change waa Bought by a large number of business men throughout the Stale, and waa bitter-ly oppoa^d by the labor rrpreaentatlvca, who declared that it waa intended to take the bread oat of the mouths of poor fami-lle*. The Senate killed the bill providing that vupervlanra shall be paid salariea In-stead of fees. The vote on the bill waa reconsidered, so that there may be an-other effort to pass if.

The Senate on Tueadny passed the In-come tax bill, which applies to both indi-viduals and corporations. The tax ia lev-led on the Income of corporations, as non-resident atockhuldera cannot be reached in any other way. The income from slock in such corporations Is to be deducted from the gross income of resident stockhold-ers for the purpose of fur ther taxation. The rates fixed In the bill are % of 1 per cent on incomes of from $1,000 to $1!,500;

of 1 i»er cent on from $2,500 to $.*»,000, and 1 per cent on all in excess of $5,000. The House advanced to third rending a bill applying the principles of the Inter-atate commerce law to Michigan with a view to preventing discrimination in rates.

The Senate on Wednesday passed the anti-trust bill, which prohibits the organ-ization in Michigan of itny trust or com-bination designed to prevent competition or control prices. All such combinations are declared to be conspiracies against trade, and the penalty runs nguinst any person who, as agent or otherwise, aids in the business, as well as against the prin-cipal. Violations nre punishable by for-feiture of tbc right of the corporation to do business in the State, while individuals nre to lie subject lo n line of from $50 to $ri.000, or imprisoument f rom six months to uue year. Each day'a violation is made a separate offense.

The Wagnr bill for taxing earnings of railroads, which is intended to, in ii^meas-nre, tnke the place of the Pingree-Atkin-son railrond taxation act. decinnsl uu-coustitutionnl by the Supreme Court, paus-ed the Senate on Thursday and went to the House. Under its provisions railroad taxes nre graded according to the gross income per mile, increased somewhat from the present rates under the same systenu This bill, as variously amended, is f a r from satisfactory to Gov. Pingreo, as, if enacted, it will increase the tax receipts from railroads only in a small degree. The Governor will veto any measure concern-ing rall ioad taxatiou unless u resolution submitting to the people the question of a revision of the S ta te constitution be pass-ed at the same time. The Governor 's in-tention is to have the S ta te constitution •IO amended tha t a law similar to the At-kinson act. under which the railroadsi can lie taxed, will withstand the scrutiny of Ihe Supreme Court. A taxation bill, to meet the Governor's approval, must also provide for a State assessing board.

\mong the bills recently passed by the Semite are the following:

Senator Loomis—To provide that tax on insurance companies be levied on the net premium instead of on the gross premium, as heretofore.

Mr.jlSoodrich—To specify what authori-ties shall issue medical diplomas and to kill fake uj.-dical colleges.

Senator Ward—Providing for the incor-porotiou of Mennonlte churches.

Senator A. (J. Smith—Providing for an i-xuiuination of the university lands. Im-mediate effect.

Mr. Anderson—Providing for n free school library in Grand Bapids. Immedi-ate effect.

Mr. Heineman—A bill to protect side paths and sidewalks from stock. Immedi-ate effect.

Senator Loomis—Providing for the In-corporation of kindergarten associations.

Senator Collingwood—County salary bill.

Senator Loomis—Belating to garnish-ment in the upper peninsula.

Senator Graham—To prohibit the use of adulterated petroleum products for lighting purposes. Immediate effect.

Mr. Scully—Providing for a session of the probate court of each county on every Monday morning. Immediate effect.

Mr. Scully—Providing that abs t rac ts shall be subject to execution.

Senator Say re—Providing that towns of from l.'MMl lo 10,000 uiay incorporate as cities of the fourth class.

Mr. Van Camp—To provide that mutual benefit nVsociations may provide a death benefit of $1«»0 for funeral expenses.

Mr. Shepherd—A bill to organize the union school district in Bur t township.

Mr. Bend—Pnrmitting the city of Man-istee to purchase water works.

Mr. Chamberliu—To authorize the coun-ty of Gogebic to purchase abst racts of title. Immedinto effect.

Senator Helme—To prevent ihe pollu-tion of Wolf creek.

Mr. Eikhoff—Kefereudum bill. Immedi-ate effect.

The House has recently passed the fol-lowing bills;

Senator McMullen Permitt ing Alpena to issue $100,000 in bonds for n city elec-tric light works, the proposition to be sub-mitted to the people. Immediate e f f ec t

Senator McMullen—Amending Alpena charter . Immediate effect.

Mr. Eikhoff—Appropriating $10,000 for new building and grounds at Pontine asy-lum. Immediate effect.

Mr. Herrig—Making awards of dam-vices for accidents prior claims on rail-

\ id companies. Immediate effect. Hr . WIXMI—Authorizing S ta te auditors

to iorestigate claims in connection wi th the devponing of the channel of Maple river. V

Mr. Anderson—Belief of Louis Schmidt. Mr. Cartt n—Authorizing school boards

to establish day -M^hools for deaf mutes. Senator C. . Sirtifb—Authorizing mining

companies to increase their capital stuck to $5,000,000.

Senator Ward—Allowing Weslcyan Guild. University of Michigan, to change date of election of officers.

Mr. Kelly—Protection of far-bearing an-imals.

Sir. J . B. Bead—Authorizing the city of Manistee to issue bonds not to exceed SUUO.OOO for a water works.

Mr. Bryan—Amending law relative to relief of poor persons,

Detroit water board bill. Mr. Fleischhauer—Amending act to pro-

1 tect the C.SHI names of certain persons. Mr. Davis—To prevent spread of San

.T.\»e scale. Immediate e f f ec t ' Senut.-r Graham—For •h.- ineorporf l jv l

of societies for the prevention of erwelty to animals* children, etc.

Mr. Cha ruUr l a in -Re l a t i ve to writs of replevin.

Mr. C'dvin—Prohibiting the obstructiag of s t iv i ins in Sas inaw County.

Mr. McLeod—Detroit street railway ref-erendnm bill.

Mr. Eikhoff—Permitting Detroit fire cummis.<lun *\» g n a t C rcmcn a furlough with pay.

NEWSN OF THE WEEK CONCISEL . 1' CONDENSED.

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Miner# l<ravinic laDheaiinc Createa a HcAroity of JLabor — Yonns )lan Kllla lfi«n%clf w I Ih n Raaor - Kobber at tbt 1 -\i^ .ralty-Kllleil by a Fall.

A mnvcnirsyi i - gradually developing in Isb|am'ing whV.-b is alarming the men who mark ita progr#—*. The English miners an- ahowing u 1 well-defiued tendency to leave that sectiou. of (be cuantry and look for new fields of ••mployinent. This ten-dency baa Uvn noitlceable ever since the recent labor troubt'ea and it apparently continues to grow. Durint; the past few weeks men who hai e resided there for years have left for good, causing n great scarcity of lalmr at a t ime when It should be most pl» ntifnl . Two of the largest par-lies that have yet been fi.rmed are about to leavq iiir new lipids of lebor. One party, which when all iTlflile up will num-ber about twenty or more men. is prepar-ing to leave for the Mkhlplcoten copper mini's which have recently bien discov-ered.

Sn lc ide of a Kc I ford F a r m e r . Eugene Boy, sun of a prosperous B.

ford township farmer, and a impular young man in the neighborhood, was found dying behind a wood pile at the edge of ihe woods near his home, with three gashes in his throat and a like number in his left wrist. He was conscloiis and ra-tional. Asked as to his motive for suicide, he said it was all on account of his sister Lydia 's illness. He said, however, that he did nut remember having done the slnshing,

COIICKC D e n t a l Room Robbed . A robbery in the dental department of

the university at Ann Arbor has leaked out. One night the college was broken Into and $1(M) in money and $^00 worth uf gold filling stolen. It is thought some one who had been treated in the operating room committed the deed.

A l b i o n Mon Kndly I n j u r e 1. S. G. Allen, manager of the Albion elec-

tric light plant, while fixing wires received a shock which throw him from the lad-der, on which ho was standing. He struck on his head. Concussion of the brain resulted. His recovery is doubtful .

F r o n c h l a c f o r a n H l e c t r l c Road. The Calumet and Hecla Mining Com-

pan j has granted a franchise to John D. Cuddiby and Edward Ryan to build an electric street car line through their prop-erty, connecting the cities of Laur lnm and Bed Jacke t .

S t a t e New* In Rr l e f . Bellevue has begun u war on slot ma-

chines. F l in t policempn will have to wear uni-

torms hereaf ter . Boring for ^-oal is being carried on in the

vicinity of Hubbnrdstou. Harbor Beach expects to put in a sys-

tem of sewerage to cost $10,000, Mt. Clemens City Council has confirmed

all of Mayor Ullrich's appointments. The 2-year-old son of Albert Albro of

South Haven was accidentally drowned. Wesley Berger of Battle Creek acqci-

dentally shot himself nnd died In half an hour.

T h e corner i tone of the new Pilgrim Congregational Church at Lansing was laid.

The electric power house at the Port Huron tunnel was partially destroyed by tire.

Rev. George Dickson, German pastor at New Boston lor several years, has re-signed.

Work on the beet sugar factory at Alma is being delayed because of Inability to get iron.

Port Hnron City Council will more stringently regulate the liquor traffic in that city

The Original Bath and Hotel Co. of Mt. Clemens has Incorporated with a capital of $150,000.

The village of Frnnkenrmith bos refus-ed to grant a franchise for an electric road running to Saginaw.

The fishermen of the r h u m b have formed a protective association and will make uniform price*.

Ionia Common Council voted to refund the ISSI, $30,000 .'i per cent bonds a t a lower ra te of interest.

The forward axle of a D.. Y. & A. A. car broke near Wayne, wrecking the car and obstructing tralllc.

The Michigan pipe works at Bay City was almost wholly destroyed by fire. The lo>s is from $25,000 to $30,000.

Two business blocks on Pine street. Calumet, owned by Joseph Pinton, were destroyed by (ire. Loss $(!.000.

Insurance Commissioner Campbell is proeeeding to close up the affairs of the Prefer red Farmers ' Fire Insurance Co. of Holly.

Devit t , Tremble & Cn,. Chicago, bond brokers, were awaiiled the $20,000 city bonds of St . Joseph, a t $1,440.00 pre-mium.

Mrs Christian Iwyer of Wnldenburg ^ell into a feather bfd face downward and Kinother.sl before her predicament was discovered.

Two thousand young i>ear trees in Mer-ritt Chandler 's 40-iic:e orchard at Onaway were ruined by the severely cold weather of February.

Frank C. TwitchelL manager of u Bay City collection agency, WHS found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to Ionia for two years.

George Wilson ofCarsonvi l le was found lead in a ditch three miles f rom Sanilac Center. H e bad evidently taken a header while riding a bicycle.

A heavy rain and hail storm through central Berrien and southern Van Buren counties did much damage to young f ru i t trees and glass in hot houses.

T h e old Jenison House at Eagle, erected fifty-eight years ago and used for many years as a hotel, on the old Grand River road, was destroyed by fire a few days ago.

Andrew Nelson, a junior student at Ann Arbor, in the medical department, has fallen heir to the neat sum of 10,000 good Swedish crowns by the death of an aunt in Sweden.

Harriet Shaf te r Lee, winner of the S ta te high sch"H>l oratorical contest a t Ypsilanti, was given a royal welcome when she reached Mason. A reception in her honor was-given.

Mrs. Laura M. Caton of Adrian has been granted a divorce at Lansing from Samuel L. Caton, tbc well-known horse-man.

The university calendar for 1SS8-99 is out and shows the total enrollment this y.-ur 1.043. ..f which nnmber l.NIO a i r r sid.-nt* ol Miebic.m. Forty-seven S u t - - and lerritori s ore repres<4ited and many foreign countries,

lu the .Cinmi t Court at Ann Arbor Judge Kinne directed a verdict for the de-t ec iau r m the ca--- of John N. W. Smith ol Superior v*.*r*Jeb Eaton of Ypsilanti. The snir v ; brohglft to recover an $S.0Q0 farm b ptaintflT had traded to defead-aat .

The State Board of Heal th wants larg-er appropriation.^ to carry on its work.

The graduating elas* of the Holly bi<h Hcbooi will runsUt of twelve members.

The Sanilac Center high school building has iM-en completed at a cost of $H.000.

Grace Hews, nlre.l 11 years, of Whit te-nmre. is dead as a result of injuries re-ceived in play.

Clarke Bros. ' saloon and Rennels,' ware-house at St. Loui-i burned. Loss $4,000, insurance $2,000.

The Lowell nnd Hast ings Railroad has be.-n M.ld | c the Grand Bapida, Belding and Saginaw Co.

Charles Thompson of Flint, Company B, First Montana, was wounded in the leg at Culumpi t

Marcus Slerk, u Red Jacket Saloonkeep-er. lost a wad of $1,500. It is thought the money was stob i .

More bicycles have been sold through-out Sanilac ConOty this spring than dur-ing any previous season.

Work on the Ypsilanti-Saline electric railroad has betnm. It is expected lo be in runu'ng order In sixty days.

Bev. L. B. Mi-sell of Monroe has ac-cepted the call to the Franklin Street Presbyterian CUfcrch of Lansing.

The 15-monthR*ld baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Balph Hiukley of Mason fell into a (tail of water and was drowned.

The Eaton County bar has presented an oil portrait of Supreme Court Just ice Frank A. Hooker to the Circuit Court.

Two farmers named Stone and McLeod were held up near Dollarville. They were relieved of $20 in the most approved west-ern style.

Ex-Congressman Ben T. Cable will fur-nish most of the funds to build a new chapter house a t Ann Arbor for the Zcta Psi f ra te rn i ty .

Bev. James Chalmers, one of the most able of Port Huron 's divines, has accept-ed a call to the Second Congregationul Church at Toledo.

Plans for the new court house for St. Joseph County submitted by S. J . Os-good of Grand llapids have been accepted by the Supervisors.

Bat t le Creek claims to have the tallest telephone pole in Micbignx. The giant is located on Marshall street, nnd is ninety feet above the ground.

Charles Cardinnl, living near Standisb, was probably fatally injured in a saw-mill. A stick flow back from n saw and struck him in the head.

Ex-Congreasmnn S. M. Stephenson, the wealthy lumber merchant, is to give the city of Menominee a handsome new li-brary building to be built at his own ex-pense.

C. T. Hi His, a wealthy lumberman, of-fers to build a beautiful Masonic temple at Muskegon if the two lodges in that city will amalgamate. The building will cost $20,000.

John Har lman of Birmingham, n line-man on the Detroit and Pontine Electric Builway, came in contact with n live wire and was thrown to the ground and severe-ly injured.

The imingled remains of a man were found on the Michigan Central tracks about four miles west of Jackson. He ap-peared to be about 75 years of age, but is unidentified.

In the case of Cecilia B. Lellis of De-troit against the Michigan Central and Ann Arbor Bnilrond companies in Circuit Court at Ann Arbor, Judge Kinno direct-ed a verdict for the defendants.

A freight wreck occurred on the Mich-igan Central Knilroad between Sheldon and Dentons, It was caused by the break-ing down of a Hat car loaded with build-ing stone. Twelve curs were derailed and spread all over the track.

A collection of about 100 photographs has recently been received by the depnri-ment of pharmacology of the University of Michigan, direct from Colombo, Cey-lon. The photographs, which are unusu-ally large, are illustrative of phases of the tea, coffee, vanilla, cinchoniPrtud oth-er native industries.

Alarming reports have been received from the great raspberry district around St . Joseph to the effect that the entire crop is in danger of being ruined by a foreign small black bug of the mosquito family. The little [M'st gathers upon the bushes by the hundreds. In n few hours the bushes are lifeless.

The homestead near Gnlcsburg, where Gen. W. B. Shafter , American com-mander before Santiago, was born and reared, is to be torn down nnd the .prop-erty sold. During the batt les before San-tiago the homestead was visited by hun-dreds of persons and portions of the old log house were carried away ns relics.

A par ty of seventeen farmers living northeast of St. .Louis have started for Palest ine. They are Adventists and arc going to Jerusalem in order to be there at the second coming of Christ . While wail-ing for that to happen they will do mis-sionary work ami will snpi>ort themselves by farming land which they will buy.

T h e Central Telephone Co.. with head-quar te rs at Kalamazoo, will extend its system to Jackson to connect with the New Sta te company. Fur the r extensions will be made from Buchanan tu Benton Harbor anil St. Joseph, and from Buchan-an to South Bend, also south to connect with the Ohio and Indiana Independent telephone interests.

Peter Goetz, the well-known proprietor of the Clifton House of Sunlt Ste. Marie, mysteriously disappeared from home. Later his body was found six miles f rom the "Soo," on the Canadian side. It bad been discovered in the river, and as there was nothing on the body by which it could be identified, it was taken ashore, plnced [in a rough box and buried. It is thought tha t Goetz committed suicide. Before leaving his home he went lo his room, |removed a portion of bis clothing and left all his valuables at home.

Jackson County lust year had 41),!KI5 acres planted to wheat and 000,001 bush-els were rai>.•*!, There was .'{5,183 acres of corn, yielding 2,547,000 bushels erf ears ; 15,008 acres to oats, 10,432 to beans, 2,-047.74 acres to potatoes, 30,908 acres to hay nnd 11,U03 be res to clover.

A Por t Huron jury in the case of Bob-ert Campbell vs. Davidson Martin Manu-facturing Co. gave the plaintiff a verdict for $210 af te r being out ten hours. This is the second trial, the previous verdict being $000 for the plaintiff. Campbell sued for material supplied to the com-pany.

The Menomnee Land and Abstract Co. bus purchased from A. G. Earle of Chi-cago 0.000 acres of land located along the I bay shore between Birch e n v k and Cedar river in Menominee County The lands ' jare in excellent condition for farming pur-;h>4.PS.

| Ches ter : Jes iup , aged 17 y e a r s died ns a possible result of injuries received when he was initiated into the Kappa Gamma | Society o< the Kalamazoo hich school two months u jo . H e was bandied so roughly and was -o badly burned on the face w r a

j n i t ra te of silver that he never reft t.W ,4ouse af twrwird. Typhoid fever set io, which, in hi- debilitated condition, result-

H I T MILES AND EAGAN

B E E F C O U R T M E M B E R S C H I E F IN E R R O R .

F I N D

1W1 I v d fatally.

Dec la re t h a t Ue S h o u l d H a v e Made F r o a p t R e p o r t - N o Chcoi lca la Uaed to F r e a e r v e Mea t — t -x -Commlaaa ry W ' r o a s In U a y l n c I a l n e d Kat iona .

The long-drawn-out Inqoirles of the mil-itary court appointed to investigate the charges made by Gen. Miles in regard to the beef supplied the army during the war with Spain are at an end and the Endings have been submitted to the Presi-dent and opproved. in its report the court censures Gen. Miles for not reporting the unfitness of the rations at the time that the complaints reached him. It declares that the refrigerator meat was not chem-ically treated and holds that the canned beef was good. Gen. Esgan is severely scored for buying such immense quanti t ies of an u n l r i e j ration. Tbc packers ore ex-onerated. it being s l ^ w y that they fur-nished ihe sn"nic Iroods that they put on the general market. The court recom-mends that no fur ther action be taken in the matter, while It suggests that several persons have placed themselves liable to prosecution.

The report is long and it reviews the conditions under which the army operat-ed, but it finds no excuse for the charges of Gen. Miles. Briefly stated, the report not only finds that Gen. Miles mode false allegations against the W a r Department and the packers, but that he furnished no evidence to show thnt he had any excuse for believing that these allegations were true. The court finds that there was overwhelming testimony to the fact that the refrigerated beef was not chemically treated, but was preferable in every way to the fresh beef killed in Cuba and Porto Rico; that this beef was not a serious cause of sickness; thnt the canned roast beef was not furnished under the pretense of an experiment, nnd that it was not beef pulp, from which the nutriment hud been taken for beef extract . It Is admitted that ennned ronst beef was not intended for a field ration, and that the commissary general committed "n colossal error for which there is no palliation" in making such large purchases of this ration.

In answering the questions propounded by the President to the court ns to the character of the rations, nnd who was re-sponsible, the report censures only Gen. Miles for nllegations which were untrue, and Gen. Engan for purchasing 7,000,000 pounds of canned ronst beef, considering the use thnt hud been made of it in the regular army. Regarding Eugnn, the court finds no ground for nny imputation of nny other actuating motive than the earnest desire to procure the best possible food for the troops. The court was un-able lo find any worthy motive for Miles' mistake in making such nllegations or nny excuse for his not reporting at once to the President or Secretary of War , if he be-lieved his allegations were true.

Throughout the fifty printed pages the report Is a tempered scotching of the com-mnnding general, showing him as an otll-cer nt the bend of ihe army, who, without excuse, bore false testimony against the Government In its conduct of the wnr. The concluding paragraph in the summing up is in its mild phraseology a severe cen-sure upon Gen. Miles. The court says:

" I t has been developed in the course of the inquiry, ns recited in this report, thnt in some instances certain individuals fail-ed to perform the full measure of duty or to observe the proprieties which dignify high military command, but the court is of opinion that the mere s ta tement in the official report of the facts developed meets the ends of discipline, and thnt the inter-ests of the service will be best subserved if fu r ther proceedings be not tnken."

R U S H I N T O U T E R E S E R V A T I O N .

O p c n l n c Does No t Drn <v n V e r y L n r s e Crowd.

There was considerable excitement a t Durungo, Colo., over the opening of the Ute reservntion to settlers, but the rush into the GOO acres south when they were thrown open did not equal the Cherokee opening. Less than n thousand people started in the mad rush to secure vnlua-ble sites. It was thought that nenrly 3,000 would make the race, but many were disappointed with the appearance of the land.

The s ta r t was made promptly at noon, and several hundred people who did not bother « i t h the laud office officinls made a race for the choice locations. Only 120 lined up nt the land office. No trouble wns reported. All night men were seen stnrt-ing in the direction of the Ute lands, and all forenoon there wns a continuous strenm of home seekers toward the point where the race commenced.

£ BWT

eWj The King of Portugal is a perpetual

smoker. Sarah Bernhardt often tr ims her own

bonnets. Rudyard Kipling's fnvorite headgear is

n golf cap. Mnj . Strong says Col. Fred Funston is

the bravest man that ever lived. King Oscar of Sweden has jus t had his

life insured. He is 70 years old. Ex-President Cnsimir-Perier of France

is said to be contemplating a trip to this country.

Kipling has produced fifty-three publl-cntions since he began writing eighteen years ago.

Count George Apponyi, former leader of the Hnngnrian Conservatives, has pass-ed his ninetieth birthday.

Rear Admiral Schley will succeed Rear Admiral Howell as president of the naval retiring board at Washington.

Queen Margberita of Italy speaks Ger-man fluently, and generally uses that lan-guage when she meets Germnn artists.

Lady Leehmere Is one of the greatest women hunters. She is now with her bus-band slxoting big game in Somnlilond.

Bellamy Storer. the new Minister to Spain, is a Harvard man, as nre the am-bassadors to Great Britain and Bussia,

Senator Quay is a master of French lit-erature. and finds his chief delight in read-ing Victor Hugo 's works in the original.

Since Senator Allison became a widower over*%:fteen years ago his wife's mother has been the manager of his household.

Senator Hoar has decided to give up his European trip and spend the summer ia literary work at his Worcester. Mass., home.

Gen. Wheeler has receiuly had set as 'iiff buttons two buttons tnat were shot from his uniform during the war of the rebellion.

Representative Landia of Indiana has had one of the hail windows of his house at Delhi fitted with glass from the Maria Teresa.

Andrew Ccrnegie was recently asked wbs t wns tke best way for a boy to "get along in the world." H e replied: "Deter--oine to do so."

P a p e r e d Cell i , . t.i ,

Householders ai I et».. « ranging fo r sprll..; re. • i u

! not ice tha t all tl r - - v.-, . papers a re now bemg made willioiit ceilings, a n d that veilings a re be ing t in ted. Any p»rs. u who now b u y * paper a n d papere bis bou»e, if be wishes to be up wi th the times, should a t least t int the c f l l i n A . In such Hut-Ing the re Is only one durable ma te r i a l t h a t he c a n secure, a t d t h a t is Alabas tine, the uneqna led wal l coating. W h a t a re knowu as kalsomlnes are especial ly bad fo r ceilings, a s the stuff scales nud fa l l s off. In fac t , the word "kalso-tnlne" has become so uupopular . on ac-count of the goods being only tempor-a ry , tha t ihe later m a n u f a c t u r e r s of ka l somlnes a rc g iv ing the i r mater ia l some a r b i t r a r y name and not calling it a kalsomlne.

Eve ry one of the s t rong points in re-ga rd to Alabas t ine tba t haa been proved lo bo such by the test of twen ty years , la picked up by every new manufao-t u r e r of o rd inary ka lsomlne and claim-ed for his goods. These claims, on the f ace of them, nre ridiculous, but It will t a k e a householder who uses these goods pe rhaps two or th ree y e a r s to find out thnt be has got ten noth lug but a t empora ry kalsomlne; and by t h a t t ime the par t icu la r m a n u f a c t u r e r may be out of the mnrke t .

Alabns t lnc la a rock-base cement , which sets, anil ha rdens wi th age. It Is the only mate r ia l tha t can m a k e the claim of durab i l i ty and subs tnu t l a t e It by ac tua l t ime tes ts . Th is phenomenal wall coa t ing is adap t ed to all grades, f r o m the most e l abo ra t e f ree-hand model ing wi th a mach ine to the cheap-est plain t in t ing and whi tening , and requ i res only cold w a t e r to mix It for use. I t never needs t ak ing off to re-new, hus t les out house pests , swee tens a p a r t m e n t s , nud tills c racks .

P a i n t dea le r s f u rn i sh card of twe lve beau t i fu l t . j t s . A f r ee copy of "Ala-bas t lne E r a " may be had by addres s ing Alabas t ine Company, G r a n d Rapids , Mich.

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If you w a u l lo bor row t rouble you will a l w a y s llud people wil l ing to lend it w i thou t secur i ty .

For lung and chest diseases, Piso's Cure Is the best medicine we have used.—Mrs. J . L. Nor thco t t Windsor, O n t , Canada.

" TAe Prudent Man Setteth

His House in Order."

Your human tenement shotild be given even more careful attention than the house you live in. Set it in order bv thoroughly purifying your blood by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla.

E r y s i p e l a s - " My little girl is now fat and beailby on account of Hood's Sarsapa-rilla curing her of erysipelas and eczema." MRS. H. O. WHRATLKV, Port Chester, N. Y.

Rofsl'* P11U enra llrar UU; the non-Irritating and a t ' , cathartic to Ukg wllh iTood'a BafaaparifUu

Excufsions t o

California Every week an organized

party leaves from Chicago via Denver and Salt Lake, in charge of a special conducR)r. Pullman Tourist cars are used. They lack only the expensive finish of Palace cars, while the cost per berth is about one-third. Similar parties leave each week from St Louis also.

For particulars address T. A. GRADY, Excursion Manager, a 11 Clark Street, Chicago.

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Offi e, but a l so of % ih.rt lu tb t Y« men, on the Bed Se;>. T h e l iu l of belli wns 8belk Scboe-

inemery is venera ted by I niedans aliiinst a s miiek a s

^ tui-t himself , s a y s n w r i ter Augeks Tim- K. 500 years ago a vessel f r o m

c a n niu-hor In the p o r t l o a n l had na t lc rd « b u t a n d

they d i sembark . t l to see what It was . T h e sheik i for It was bis dwel l ing! re-ceived the s t r n n g t r s kindly a n d gave them some coffee b> drink, for be ws*' very food of It nod a t t r ibu ted g r e a t v i r tue to It. I he travelers^ who liad i

bever seen colree uefore, thought t h a t th is hot dr ink would l>e a cure for the plngue. Seboedrf nssutvd them t h a t tbroiigU p r a y e r s nnd the use of hi* drink not only would t h e p lngue !*» slopped, but also Hint If they would unlond their merchnndlse they could make a good profit b> I t The o w n e r of the ship w a s Impressed by thl s t rnngc mnn, espeelnlly ns he foundl I coffee so pnlntnble. On the s ame din n la rge number of Arabs enme to listen to the hermi t ' s prenchlng, and nmong them wore some merebnnts , w h o pur chased all the goods on the ship. The liidlnii vhdtor re turned bome, and , tell-ing his s l rnuge ndven ture nnd proflt-nble t rad ing , many of bis compat r io t* came to visit the saintly Schoedell.

A b e a u t i f u l mosque w a s built over the t o m b of Schoedell a f t e r his dea th , and hlft nnme will never lie forgot ten as long as Mocha coffee Is d ruuk . All of the Moslem coffee housekeepers venera te blm, ment ioning bis nnme in their morn ing devotions. Trnveler t any thnt In the town of Moeha, o rOc ' j a . ns the A m b a call It, men t ake Jii-lf oa th not by God, but by the memory of Schoedell.

ibis, the ilay

F i r s t A m r r i u a n Co I f l o l t l s . T h e flrst coal fields ilSv-overed In

Amer ica wore the b i tuminous ottos at R ichmond , Va., In 1750.

I n t e r e a t l n g to F n r m p r s . T h e Item of Binder Twine Is s o m ^

th ing of import iu 'ce to f a r m e r s nt t b " t ime of the yes r . The offer of the J o h n M. Smyth Co., o." Chicago, nofade else where In th is paper, to f u rn i sh Binder Twlno to the f a n n e r s of the West is well wor th considering. To purchase Binder T w i n e In this way a t the ra tes offered by the John M. Smyth Co. will save the f a r m e r s ihousnnds of dol lars ib is season.

T h e passion flower which g r o w s In the South Amer ican fo re s t s can only be en joyed ivhere It grows, ns It f a d e s al-most a s toon as It Is picked.

Honr'a ThUt We offer One Hundred DoUsro Rowanl for

•ny cs-e of C'starrh that cannot bo curcd hy HallS Catarrh Cure.

K. J. CBKNEY ft CO.. Propt.. Toledo, O. We. tho uuderMim^d. hate known F.J.Clo ""V

for tho last is years. au>l believe him iKirft-.-lly honomble In all DUSIDCV. tran-notlons and Unan < lallv abln to carry out RII> ulillgatlon inail« by their firm.

West & Tnisx, Wholesale DnigulsLs. Toledo.0, Wnldlng, KUmun & Mao in, Wliolasalo lirng-glits, Toledo, Ohio.

Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, aelh directly upon the blood and roueous nirfart-i the system. Prlc® 7So. per bottle. Sold by DrugglkU. Testimonial-, free.

H e — " W h a t a perfec t fool I 've been. ' She—"My dear , don ' t be so con te i t ed ;

no one Is pe r fec t . " - -Bos ton JoiTm.1l. '

T h e W o r l d ' s K o u o r d f b r O u t p u t . Adding together the actual number of

tho different kinds of harvesting ani-chines made in a single day during INliS at the works of the Dcerlng Harvester Company of Chicago gives the enormous total of 1,310, or more than two complete machines for each working minute.

J a p a n e s e cit ies have lu every q u a r t e t public k i tchens , where poor fatni l lei can , fo r a t r i f l ing sum, cook the i r mea l s

L a n e ' s F a m i l y M e d i c i n e Moves the bowels each day. In order

to be healthy this if necesiary. Acts gently on the liver sad kidners. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c.

T h e n e w s p a p e r is a g rea te r t reasure to the people than uncounted inlllloni of gold.—Beecher.

To Cure a Cold In One Day live Bromo Quinine Tablet fund the money if it fails tocure.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists tvfund the money if It fails toci 25o. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tabl-1.

11 people would f r a n k l y admi t I)I Ignorance lots of useless a r g u m e m i g h t be avoided.

Th«. Moat Violent F.ipUnlOnt of OpughlMSraetoopa* b) HalaPs Hoaaj ot llumliijun.l jo.J far Plfr. a rootbacbx Lm>p« Cum lo od* Mlaat*.

W h o makes quick use of the mnmulil Is a gen ius of prudence,—La voter .

Mr*. WlnsloWs soomiHO STaer for Oiii.injo tMtblBi; aoii'na th« /rum*, naaeaa inflaminuuo. •windco ' —

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•Ua>> pain, cures' 1colic. » rent, a l»o<ll«. WAJVTr.D.—CaM.Ofba'l Imallh that R" FA .v-ftwUJ

Kf b urni. Srn.l emu lo Rlpans Ctiorr.li-a< Oo. iw York, for lOiamplMBod l.OJU iraUincmlaU.

Nervous People. N e r v o u s people not only

suf fer t h e m i e l v e a but c^use more o r less m i i e r y to everyone around t h e m . They are f r e t f u l , e a s i l y w o r r i e d and t h e r e f o r e a v forry t o o t h e r s .

When every th ing annoys you; when your pulse bea ts ex-cessively; when you are startled at the l e a s t unexpected sound, your nerves a r e in a bad state and should be p r o m p t l y a t ten-ded t o .

Nervousness is a ques-t ion of nut r i t ion . Food for t h e nerva-s is w h a t you need to put you r i g h t , a n d the best nerve food in the world is Dr. Wi l l i ams ' Pink Pil ls for Pa le People .

they give strength and tone to every nerve m the body, and m&Ke despondent. easily i r r i t a t e d people feel t h a t l i fe has renewed i ts c h a r m s , n e r c is p roof :

Mlsa Cora Walrooa, the slrUen-Ttttr-old daughirr of Mr T. C. WstTOoa, of6i Clarion St., Bradford, Pa., waa nelscd with a nrn-oua diaorder wbkb threatened to end b»-r life, l-lmiarnt physicians aarml Ihe trouble waa from ImpoTTTisbed blood, but failed lo give relier Mr. Watmua beard vosisdisordrta. and gave them a trial. Before ifie Brat box had been taken the girl'scoodftion improved. Afu-r uslngsix boir« hTappetllr r-i urn^-l. the pain in her head craaed. aod ahe wa» .trdagrr Ihan er»T oefore My doaghtrr's life waa saved by Dr. WillUms' l'<nk Pit's f- r Pile People." a.td Mrs. Watrous. "Her condition waa alnu-at hoi*l«» when she cr mirmTd takiflK them, but now she Is strong and bealtb Ibcac pills two highly'—BrmJ/»rd l/j. £f*-

thy. 1 caaaot rccummeod

The full n&me is on each package. Sold b/ all druddists or s en t , postpaid, by the Or. Williams Medicine Co, Schenectady. H . V Price So^rboi .bboif