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SEPTEMBER 24

What May We Do?
The question used to be, ‘tis true,
‘‘What work is there for girls to do”
But now we’ve reached an epoch w oon
We ask: “What work is there left for men?’

They’re still enlarging woman's sphere,
And e’en the stoutest of us fear

Man will be useles after awhile,

And finally go out of style.

a nine

HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF.

Written for Tat TRADESMAN

Much light can be thrown on the plans
which have been brought out by some of
the self-appointed leaders of the farmers
for relieving their financial condition, by
comparing the present schemes with
those that were rejected in England 200
years ago. The general features of the
two projects are the same, the only differ-
ence being in minor particulars.

In December, 1693, two men, Hugh
Chamberlayne and John Briscoe, laid
before the House of Commons a scheme
for organizing what was to be known as
a Land Bank. The plan was to have the
government issue notes on landed secur-
ity to the full value of the property.
Each owner was to have the land and an
equal amount in paper money and was
not to be dispossessed of his land as long
as he paid to the government, or Land
Bank, a yearly rent on the land for the
use of the money. The projectors ex-
pected the plan would work wonders
in England; that the exchequer would be
full without taxes; that the poor would
no longer be in want; that the income
of all would be increased; that everybody
would be worth double what he was be-
fore. This excellent plan was to work
injury to no one except the money-lend-
ers, and they would lose, because all
would have plenty and there would be
no borrowers. The land was to be the
wealth of the Bank and the notes issued
by the government were to represent this
wealth. The Bank was to be saved from
the embarrassment of being
cash this vast amount of paper by having
Parliament pass a law to force every-
body to accept it in payment for every-
thing. The plan was referred to a com-
mittee. The committee reported it prac-
ticable, but by this time the people had
commenced to think, and the absurdity
of the scheme made it the laughing
stock of the nation. The bill was never
taken from the table; and in history we
read that the country was saved from a
ealamity compared with which the de-
feat of Landen and the loss of Smyrna
fleet would have been blessings.

As it is so generally understood that
the scheme of the present is used simply
to cajole the farmers for political and
other purposes, I am inclined to apol-
ogize for giving it even the semblance of
earnestness.

The government, as a bank, is to loan
money to the farmers at 1 percent. and
take mortgages on their farms as security.
To deal justly with them, the govern-
ment will have fo loan to all who apply,
and as the plan will leave to each farmer
his land and an amount of money nearly
equal to the value of the land all will be
applicants, and the only way for the
government to furnish this immense
quantity of money will be to issue notes,

obliged to

1890.

 

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Michigan Tradesman.

 

 

“NO. 366.

payable in— what? Land!—or more
notes ? The farmers are not to lose their
farms, so long as they pay the yearly
rent on the money. Each farmer ean
step up to the man with aclaim against
him, release the obligation, and
money left. Those who owe nothing ean
get all the money they want to use.
Merchants can sell their goods for eash,
too. Everything would flourish and all

have

America will be a booming. But how
about those notes? When, how, with

what and by whom will they be paid ?

Macauley said that Briscoe and Cham-
berlayne were crazy political mounte-
banks. What will be said of their Amer-
ican apostles ? :

EDWIN G. Pipp.

Bay City, Mich.

-_—_——> +2 <a
A Dangerous Experiment.
From the Merchants’ Review.

David J. Isaacs, manager of the Ex-
celsior Varnish Works, at Hunter’s
Point, L. I., has been very successful of
late in collecting old debts of his con-
cern. He recently adopted a system of
sending letters to creditors, and on the
back of each envelope this was printed:

“THE BEAT.

‘Sir, yuu asked us for credit. We
gave it to you. In return you deliber-
ately act the beat by paying no further
attention to your account, although you
can well afford to pay. Try to be
honest, just and upright; rascality never
proved successful.’

It ‘‘fetched’’ the ‘‘beats’’ nearly every
time, but, unluckily, one of them eom-
plained to the postoffice officials and Mr.
Isaacs was arrested on a charge of send-
ing defamatory matter through the mails.
The penalty for this offense is a fine of
$5,000 or five years’ imprisonment or
both. We publish the above as a warn-
ing to retail merchants who, like Mr.
Isaacs, become tired of the slow process
of collecting bad debts through the many
worthless collection agencies or lawsuits.

ae > o>

Named after a Colored Man.

Phil Armour thus explains how he got
his name:

‘‘T was named Phil after a bad colored
man who lived in our town and who was
the terrer of all the boys. The name of
the fellow was Philip Morgan, and he
was up to all sorts of capers, and I sup-
pose because I was so full of pranks

| myself the boys called me Phil, too. The

D. in my name stands for Danford. That
was my father’s name, and I was named
Danford Armour. But the boys insisted
on calling me Phil, and Phil I remain,
my mother finally consenting to eall me
Philip D. Armour. So you see I got my
first name from a bad darkey, and I sup-
pose that is the reason I have been so
bad ever since.’’

 

 

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THE PRIVATE SECRETARY.

}

“Queer place! Queer people!’ said |
old Dr. Morrison to his daughter, as he |
shook the water from his overcoat.

‘‘Baxter’s 2”? she said, he tone less in-
quiring than affirmative.

“Yes. That white-faced housekeeper
is sick—well, very sick—and has sent for
a daughter. Never knew before she had |
a daughter. And who do you think was
taking care of the old woman? The
secretary !’? with sarcastic emphasis.

“Mr. Black?’ said Sadie Morrison, |
with the same tone she had used before.

‘Yes: Mr. Black, Mr. Baxter’s private
secretary. Now,’’ asked the doctor, |
taking his place at the tea table, ‘‘I|
would like somebody to tell me what old |
Tom Baxter wants of a private secre- |
tary! Hespends his entire time mous-
ing about in his library, reading, taking |
notes, but I never heard that he had any
great literary work in preparation.”

But if the old doctor had ever ques- |
tioned Mr. Black, he might have found
that his position was a more important |
one than he imagined. Old Tom Baxter, |
as he had denominated Mr. Black’s em- |
ployer, was aretired merchant, whose
hard face and crusty. manner were sup-
posed by the good people of Staunton to
be natural infirmities, but which in real- |
ity covered a bitter disappointment and
aching heart. He had come alone to the |
beautiful house he had built at Staunton,
and his eurt answer to inquiries about
the family was always the same:

“TI have lost my wife and my child.”’

To cover this wound, he became a stu-
dent, and as the love of books grew upon
him, it annoyed rather than pleased him
to find the investments made of his
money requiring attention, and proving
profitable. The one good that seemed to
him worthless was money, beyond very |
simple needs and the care of his increas-
ing property was a burden to him.
Hearing that the son of an old business |
friend was trying, with a very small sal-!
ary as aclerk, to save sufficient money |
for law studies, he offered him a position |
as confidential secretary, and gradually
allowed him to take full control of his
entire property, an occupation that God-
frey Black soon found would render use- |
less all attempt to study during its contin- |
uance. So, with a sigh, he gave up his
entire time to his duties, and laid by his |
liberal salary until it should be a large |
enough sum to take up the legal studies |
upon which his hopes rested. There was |
a full corps of servants at Mr. Baxter’s, |
under the care of the housekeeper, Mrs. |
Rand, whose peculiar appearance had
startled him when first he met her, but
whose kindness and care for his comfort |
had won his respectful affection very
soon.

That Mrs. Rand was a lady of refine- |
ment was evident at once, in spite of her
severely simple dress and the share she |
took in domestic occupations. Small- |
pox had scarred her face, and given a)
permanent stare to her large, dark eyes,
by shrinking the lids. But more con-
spicuous than this was the set, ghastly
pallor of her face framed in snow-white |
hair. Her dress of dark-colored woolen |
or chintz, with narrow linen cuffs and |
collar, heightened the effect of this col- |
orless face, and made the dark, staring |
eyes painfully startling.

Mr. Baxter being of an unsociable dis- |

| will speak to you presently.

| knows me now, do you not, mother ?”’

| was that of nurse to an invalid whose

| April, and when, at last, she was tri-

ithe dinner table, Godfrey knew that if
| Lena went back to her Western seminary,

}eome a love that must make or mar her

|
gentle arms of the private secretary, |

'when her door opened to admit a small, |

slender girl of twenty-two or three, |

| whose fair, sweet face, framed in short,
‘golden curls, looked scarcely beyond |
| childhood.

It was a startled face, witha
mute terror in soft, brown eyes lifted to
Godfrey’s in questioning appeal.

‘‘What is it ?’’ she asked.

‘Pneumonia!’ he said, briefly. ‘She |
You are}
Miss Rand ?”’

“Yes, I am Lena,’’ she said, simply.
‘“‘Ah,”? with a quick, glad smile, ‘‘she |

‘ena! the mother whispered, and |
lifted her hand, feebly.
“Dear mother! I came by the first |
train!’ the girl cried, embracing her |

|mother; and seeing that the spell of op- |

pression was over for the time, Godfrey |
put the invalid tenderly back upon the |

| pillows, and left her to her child’s care.

But all the chivalry of his nature was |
soon called into play, by the young girl’s |
trying position. It was no smal] task |
for an inexperienced girl to take charge
of the housekeeping cares, the direction |
of servants over whom their master ex- |
ercises no authority, leaving even the |
gardeners and the stable men to Mrs. |
Rand. In addition to these employments |

illness was dangerous, and requiring act- |
ive nursing.
‘What should I do without you ?”’ was |
: "
the grateful question on Lena’s lips aj}
dozen times a day, as Godfrey untangled |
some domestic knot, reduced some im- |
pertinent servant to submission, or gave |
his tender devotion to the invalid.
It may have been that, had he met her |
in the usual routine of society friend- |
ship, Godfrey Black would have consid-
ered Lena Rand as a quiet, insipid girl,
too shy to be interesting. It required
just such intercourse as they had to de- |
velop the latent power of will, energy |
and industry that lay under the gentle |
manner, the low, timid voice and the soft
smile.
domestic reins into her tiny hands, and |

| managed them witha quiet skill that was
|every day a fresh wonder to Godfrey.

She was soon instructed in the nursing
duties required, and had a self-command
at times of emergency that was wonder-

ful to see, with her child-like face and |

manner.

As the immediate danger passed away, |
Mrs. Rand’s room became the household | |:

sitting-room in the evening. Mr. Baxter
made two brief daily visits, evidently

| much concerned at the prospect of losing |
|so valuable a housekeeper. iy
frey and Lena made the invalid their | |

companion and protection in such charm- | ©
ing love-making, that neither for a long | |—
time realized how firm a hold the other | | @

But God- |

was taking of heart and brain. |
Winter snows kept Mrs. Rand a pris- |
oner in her room from October until |

umphantly escorted to her old place at

the sunlight would be gone from his life,
while Lena, child-like and innocent as
she was, knew that into her life had

whole future happiness.

Mr. Baxter was grave as usual, as he
greeted his housekeeper, but the shadow

Little by little she gathered the | =

 

  

position, time would have hung very | of death that had rested so long upon the
heavily in hours of leisure after the | house had softened his curt speech, and
day’s duties were over, if Godfrey Black | given anew gentleness to his manner.
had not found in Mrs. Rand a compan-|In the place of his housekeeper there
ion and friend, whose cultivated intel-| had been for months a pretty child who,
lect, varied reading and rare musical|by her very youth and timidity, had
gifts made the hours spent in her society | called out all the dormant tenderness of
speed by only too swiftly. |his nature. It was not in any man, that
Nearly two years had passed since Mr. | was not actually brutal, to be stern or
Black’s arrival at Staunton, when Mrs. | Sareastic to Lena, and Mr. Baxter over-
2and’s sudden and dangerous illness first | !00ked shortcomings in the culinary de-
led her to mention the existence of a |partment that Mrs. Rand would have
daughter, a teacher in a Western sem-|Shivered to contemplate.
inary, who was sent for at her request. | _‘‘I hope,” that lady said, ‘‘my little
Why Godfrey Black should have imag- | girl has made you comfortable.”’
ined Miss Rand an angular, middle-aged| ‘‘Your little girl is second only to her
woman, I cannot explain, unless it was|mother as a model housekeeper,” said
the appearance of age prematurely im-| the old gentleman, graciously. ‘‘I hope
parted to her mother, by the snowy hair| you will persuade her to remain here,
and ravages of illness. Not yet fifty,|Mrs. Rand. Her face lights up the
Mrs. Rand looked as if she might be | house!”
seventy years of age. Godfrey’s eyes seconded this motion,
Tom Baxter’s housekeeper was pant-| though he wisely kept silence until Mr.
ing for breath, raised up by the strong, |! Baxter returned to his library, and the

 

 

 

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trio of friends to the drawing room.
there, in the presence of her mother, he |

told Lena his love and begged for hers. |

‘‘T am a poor man now,” he said, ‘‘but |
I am young and strong, and will win a|
home for you, Lena, if I have your prom- |
ise to share it.’’

“I love you,’’? she said, frankly;
mother is my first care now.’’

‘*To-morrow!’’ Mrs. Rand gasped, trem-
bling violently, as Godfrey appealed to}
her, ‘‘ask me to-morrow. Go now, go!’’

Never had Godfrey seen her so agi-
tated, and wondering a little, as there
had been no proposal of immediate
change, he left her with Lena. But for
the first time, Mrs. Rand turned from her
child’s caresses. ‘‘Let me alone, dear,”’’
she said, ‘‘I must see Mr. Baxter.’’

She staggered, rather than walked to
the library, and Godfrey, writing in his
private sitting room, heard the voices of
his employer and Mrs. Rand in earnest
and excited conversation for nearly two
hours. It was twilight when a sharp
stroke of Mr. Baxter’s call-bell told his
secretary he was needed in the library.

To his surprise, he found Mrs. Rand
alone there. She motioned him to a chair
near her own, and said, in a voice whose
very quiet spoke of suppressed agitation:

“Mr. Black, your proposal to Lena has
thrust upon me a painful knowledge. It
shows me that my child is now a woman,
and has a right to question me about her
father. Years ago, when Lena was but
a babe, and I was as young and fair as
she is now, I quarreled with my husband.
He was aman twenty years older than
myself, and, taking me from a happy
home, a life of careless gayety, expected
me at once to fall into ways that were
suited to his age and disposition, utterly
at variance with mine. There was no
force used to make me marry him, but I

“but |

was very young, and the advantages of | N

the match were presented to me and fas-
cinated my imagination. Unlimited con-
trol of money, pleasure without stint,
were what I anticipated. A stern seclu-
sion, a common sense economy, a total
absence of all excitement, were what I
realized; Ido not blame my husband; I
was greatly in fault; but, one day, after a
fierce quarrel, I took my baby and ran
away. Inacountry home, I had an old
aunt who worshiped me, and readily be-
lieved my exaggerated stories of domestic
tyranny. She petted me, and, in her
home, utterly heedless of the misery my
absence was causing in my old home and
to my husband, I lived for three years,
absorbed in my child.

“Then came the terrible illness that
took my beauty from me, and which
ended fatally with my aunt, who left me
her home and small income. Disfigured
beyond recognition, I ventured back to
the city, two years later, in order that
Lena might enjoy the advantages of edu-
eation 1 could not obtain for her in the
country. She was fifteen years old, when
an unfortunate investment deprived me
of my income, and I was compelled to
seek employment. I sent Lena to the
H. Seminary, and I answered Mr.
Baxter’s advertisement for a house-
keeper.

“Godfrey, do you anticipate what I
have to'tell you! Do you guess the truth
I have hidden so long, that I am in the
home where I should have taken my place
as Mr. Baxter’s wife, years ago. He has
forgiven me and is telling Lena the story
Ihave told you. He has found a daugh-
ter he is already prepared to love, and he
bids me welcome you to a son’s place in
our hearts and home.’’

‘“But,’’ said Mr. Baxter, a little later,
when the family met in the drawing
room, ‘‘though I consent to the marriage
that takes my newly-found child into a
husband’s care and love, I expressly
stipulate that Iam to lose neither my
housekeeper nor my private secretary.”’

ANNA SHEILDS.
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Driving a Bargain.

Though very liberal to those who are
deserving, Chief Justice John A. Peters,
of Maine, is sharp at driving a bargain.
He would rather lose his dinner any time
than miss the chance of having a good
joke. The following story is told of
him:

One evening last spring he went down
to a market in Bangor, and seeing some

 

| quarter of a dozen ?’’

 

 

 

But, fine large smelts for sale asked the price.

“Fifteen cents a dozen,’’ was the reply.
“Yes ?”? queried the judge; ‘‘but what |
will you take for half a dozen ?”’
“Seeing you are a good customer, |
judge, [’1] sell you a half dozen for seven |
cents.’ |
“‘Indeed ?’? mused his honor. ‘‘Come
to think of it, I am the only one at home |
who cares for smelts, |
will do.

and I guess three
What will you charge me fora

‘A? m,’’? grunted the dealer. ‘‘Ez you
trade here ginerally, I’1l put a quarter of
a dozen into you for three cents.”’

They were ordered and neatly tied up
in a paper and paid for.

The judge lingered over the marble
slab, lovingly.

‘“‘They look so good,’’ he said, ‘‘that I
guess I?ll take another quarter of a
dozen.’?’ These were also wrapped in
paper and the judge paid his three cents.
Inafew minutes three more were bought,
and then, as his honor was about to go
home, another three were purchased,
making twelve in all.

-The judge says it was fully five min-
utes before the marketman could be made
to believe that he had sold a dozen of
smelts for three cents less than regular
price, and had been to the trouble of
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Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

NOS, 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN,
WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE

WM. H. THOMPSON & CO.,

WHOLESALE

COMMISSION MERCHANTS.

SPECIALTY

rPOIiAt OFS!

No. 166 South Water St., Chicago. Fair cash advances made on consignments,

Offers of stock for direct purchase, in car lots, will not be entertained unless
quality, size, variety and condition of stock is stated, condition guaranteed, and
price named per bushel delivered track Chicago, with weights guaranteed not to
fall short over two per cent. from invoice billing.

WM. RR. KEELER,

JOBBER OF

Confectionery and Fruits, Nuts and Cigars

412 SOUTH DIVISION ST.

 

TELEPHON

(TE 92-3R,

My stock includes everything generally kept inmy line, which I sell at rock bettom
prices. Send me your mail orders. I will guarantee satisfaction.

MOSHLESY BROS.
— WHOLESALE-——
Fruits, Seeds, Oysters: Produce.
All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialiy.

If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Potatoes,
pleased to hear from you.

26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa Si.. - ~

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TI AP ¥3
GRAND RAPi

. © MArr & CO,

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

Foreign and Domestic Fruits.

9 No. IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Headquarters for Jersey Sweet Potatoes

WE HANDLE MICHIGAN POTATOES IN CAR LOTS.
Misr PIED J. BROW mW,

WHOLESALE DEALER IN
California & Florida Oranges

Orel Frmits aNd Proce, eon cEMoNS,

Headquarters tor Bananas.

24 and 26 North Division St., - - GRAND
Weekly Price List sent on application.

 

 

DIRECT RECEIVER; OF

RAPIDS, MICH.

 

We Manufacture

Everything in the line of

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Correspondence solic-

ited and prices quot-

ed with pleasure.
Write us.

 

 

‘Paes MICHIGAN TRADESM AN.

 

 

AMONG THE TRADE.

AROUND THE STATE.

Allegan—Talbot & Howe are erecting |

an evaporator.

Marine City—Jas. F. Francis,
dealer, is dead.

Allegan—H. C. Maentz has engaged in
the meat business.

Ada—Cole & Chapel have sold their
general stock to E. C. Duff.

Fremont—Wesley Pearson has sold his
harness stock to M. B. Franklin.

Iron Mountain—John R. Johnston,
tailor, is succeeded by Johnston Bros.

Hersey — John Magher succeeds An-
drew McFarlane, in the meat business.

Pompeii—Bunday & Henderson suc-
ceed W. Bunday & Co. in general trade.

3ellevue—H. Hodgeman has engaged
in the clothing, boot and shoe business.

Ann Arbor—P. D. Stimson & Co. have
sold their stock of groceries to Warner &
Co.

Blissfield—J.
chased the grocery stock of J.
son.

Detroit—Wm. Lockhart, Jr., is suc-

general

R. Carpenter has pur-
M. Robert-

ceeded by Robt. Keller in the drug busi-

ness.

Fife Lake—J. F. Crego succeeds C. T.
Kimball in the meat and grocery bus-
iness.

Marenisco — Curtis & Stone, general
dealers, are succeeded by W. D. Ells-
worth.

Muskegon — J. Fisher & Co. have
opened a commission store at 44 Ottawa
street.

Bay City—Shrills & Walsh have pur-|

chased the stock of groceries of Hugh
McRae.

Cedar Springs—C.
chased the grocery
Connell.

Tecumseh—Avery
chased the grocery
derson.

stock of W. P. An-

Battle Creek—O. B. Frisbie has pur-|
| producing of the names of the stock- |

chased the paper and paint stock of I. J.
Buckley.

Kalamazoo—E. J. Means is succeeded |

by Means Bros. in the confectionery
business.

3ritton — L. E. Hause has bought
Stone’s meat market and will continue
the business.

Beecher — Isaac Fairbrothers has

opened a general store and will putin a/|

meat market.

Vassar—H. E. Harrison has purchased
the stock of drugs, books, ete’, of E. J.
Taylor & Co.

Detroit—Geo. L. Waldbauer succeeds
Waldbauer & McDermid in the merchant
tailoring business.

Kalamazoo—Baumann & Buechner are
succeeded by Buechner & Co. in the
hardware business.

Detroit—H. E. Gibson, dealer in gro-|
ceries and meats, is succeeded by An-
drews & Hamilton.

Gladwin—Mrs. J. D. Sanford writes |
Tue TRADESMAN that she is closing out |
her dry goods stock.

Republic—James A. Kirkwood has re-

moved his stock of drugs and fancy goods |
: wa — | Manistee—Otto Rosenfeld has sold his |

to West Duluth, Minn.

Duck Lake—Waters & Gidley, general |
dealers, have dissolved. Burt E. Waters
continues the business.

Fennville—W. A.

store building and stock in the recent fire |
at this place.

& Ellis have pur- |

Swarts & Son re-;
ceived $2,400 from the insurance com-'
panies as indemnity for the loss of their |

Belding — Jacobson & ete, of
Greenville, have purchased the dry goods |

stock of Lightstone Bros.

Dorr—B. A. Talcott & Co. have pur-
| chased the site of the old Neuman store
and are putting up an evaporator.

Cheboygan—George N. Case has closed
his drug store and taken a position with
the firm of Thompson Smith’s Sons.

Fennville—J. E. Hutchinson & Co.,
general dealers, have dissolved. J. E.
Hutchinson will continue the business.

Battle Creek—Pitman & Flower, hard-
ware dealers, have dissolved, T. M.
Flower retiring. F. P. Pitman will con-
tinue the business.

Carson City—A. Y. Sessions’ lossin the
recent fire was adjusted at $918. The
basis of adjustment in the other cases has
also been agreed upon.

Grandville—Dr. Peter Beyer, who for-
merly conducted drug stores at Blanch-

ard, Sullivan and Holton, has opened a/|

drug store at this place.

Big Rapids—Diamond & Winans, who |
purchased the H. E. Grand-Girard & Co. |

|drug stock here, have placed J. Henry

Gerls in charge of the business
Muskegon—Geo. A. Magoon has pur-

chased the interest of J. W. Strong in

under his own name.
Constantine—A. W. Morrison has pur-
chased the stock of drugs of O. H.

and organs of Young & Morrison, and
will continue the business under his own
name.

Fremont — K. Mulder writes
TRADESMAN that the report that he has
|sold his grocery stock to D.

 

tention of doing so and that no negotia-
| tions are in progress.

Detroit—The Peninsular Savings Bank
| has a judgment against the Black Flag
| Stove Polish Co., which it cannot collect.
| Therefore it got an order of court for the

holders so it can sue them. They are
iG. B. Smith and J. C. Hathaway, 800
shares each, R. McD. Campau, 100; J. W.
Paul, 300.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

| Champion—The North Champion Iron
| Co..is succeeded by the Hortense Mining
Co.

Manistee—
i erly have arranged to open a cigar fac-
tory.

Capae—H. C.
| Chas,
iness.

Ann Arbor—J. M. Swift & Co.,
ers, are
Milling Co.

Kalamazoo—The Brush Electric Light
| Co. has increased its capital from $500,000
| to $600,000.

Detroit—Bassett Bros. & Ely succeed
| Knauss & Bassett as proprietors of the
} Kalamazeo Top Co.

| Evart—Cowan & McLennan,

Sigel is sueceeded by
Long in the wagon-making bus-

mill-

| manufacturers, are succeeded by Geo. B.
Ehnencrock & Co.

_ interest in the North Side planing mill to
| his partner, P. H. Sheridan.
| Detroit — J. W. Grappenbacher suc-
'ceeds Black
lumber, lath and shingle business.
Crystal Lake—Kimmel, Robertson &
Co. are running their sawmill day and |
night, cutting largely Norway piece stuff.

the coal and oil business of Strong & |
Magoon and will continue the business

Young & Co., and the stock of pianos |

THE |

Fisher is |

i ilies tei oie without foundation; that he has no in-|

stock of W. H. Mc-|

Frank Hall and Wm. Bev-|

succeeded by the Ann Arbor |

shingle |

& Grappenbacher in the)

Detroit—J. L. Gearing & Sons have
purchased the planing mill and lumber
stock of the Delbridge, Brooks & Fisher
Co.

Baraga—William Coach has his camps |

in on the Otter
down as many fine logs this year as he
did last.

and proposes to bring

Port Huron—The Kern Brewing Co.’s |
was partially burned on the;
16th, with 75,000 bushels of barley and |

elevator

malt. Damage, $10,000; insured.

Bay Cgy—The Bousefield woodenware |

works are nearly completed. The con-
cern will employ 400 men. It is said to
| be the largest factory of the kind in the
world.

Jenisonville — The A. J. McDonald
Manufacturing Co. has thirty men on its
pay roll and has orders on the books for
all the work it can turn out for three
months.

Michigamme—F. W. Read & Co., who
| have been running their mill night and
day during the season, have

| stock in good season.

Detroit—The American Clasp Co. has |
with $15,000 capital. |

been incorporated,
| Willard T. Conklin, Dewitt H.
Cc. W. O. Potter, Thomas C.

Taylor,

Marquette — William Walton
Anthony, on the Duluth,
Atlantic Railway. They have
6,000,000 feet there, which will all come
out by rail.

about 5,000,000 feet less hemlock lumber
this season than last year.
selling in cargo lots at $7.50 to $8, and in

$9 to $10 for ordinary lengths.

Saginaw—Brown & Ryan have come to
no conclusion, as yet, on the subject of
building a mill on the site of the one re-
cently burned. They have been negoti-
ating for the purchase of the Mitchell &
MeClure mill, but the deal has not yet
been closed.

Kalamazoo—The Fuller Bros. Manu-
facturing Co. will soon begin to manu-

| facture rolling pins and potato mashers,
in addition to its large line of washboards. |

The lumber shed, 40x100 feet in dimen-
sions, is now being erected adjacent to
the main building.

Detroit—The Leland, Faulconer
ton Co. has been incorporated to manu-
facture tools, with
| which $12,000 is paidin. The
iholders are: Henry M.
Charles H.
and Gieitiee A. Sterlinger and R. C. Faul-
coner, of Detroit.

Marquette—George L. Burlis has pur-
| chased from Graham Pope, of Houghton,

& Nor-

 

3,000,000 feet of logs which he will saw |

at his mill here this season.

balance of John C. Brown’s logs, now in
‘the water here, as well as about 1,000,000
| feet still to arrive by rail.

Detroit—The Michigan Auxiliary Fire
| Alarm Co. has been incorporated with
| $100,000 capital, to operate the Gamewell
fire alarm system. Frederick S. Delano,
of this city, holds $10 worth of stock, the
remainder being held by William A.
Simmons, of New York, except $10 worth
held by S. P. Wardwell, of Boston.
Saginaw — Sibley & Bearinger have

| bought 13,000,000 feet of logs and a body |
| of standing timber in Canada. They are |
| putting in 10,000,000 feet of logs in the

taken off |
their night crew and expect to finish their

Stodd and |
S. O. Van De Mark are the stockholders. |
| & Co!
| have put in a camp and are cutting near |
South Shore & |
about

Saginaw—There will be an output of |

Hemlock is |

car lots is moving very satisfactorily at |

$50,000 capital, of |
stock- |
Leland and |
Norton, of Providence, R. L., |

He has also |
taken the contract to manufacture the}

 

Upper Peninsula, but will probably not
ar on the Oequeoe the coming win-
|

 

ter. They are talking of forming astock
concern, with a capital of $300,000, and
to manufacture at Tawas about 25,000,000
feet annually.
West Bay City—The steel steamer
| Mackinaw, built at Wheeler’s yard for
the Saginaw Steamship Co., composed of
lumbermen, was successfully launched
last Tuesday. She is intended for ocean
traffic, and is chartered to carry freight
between Newport News and New York.
A sister ship, the Keweenaw, is on the
stocks, and the company has closed a
| contract for the construction of two more.
Bay City—S. O. Fisher, who is inter-
ested in the Sebewaing coal field, went
| to Detroit, talked business to President
| Ledyard, of the Michigan Central, and
induced him to order a survey of a line
from this city to Sebewaing. It is said
ithat when mining is fairly inaugurated
their coal can be laid down in the river
towns at $1.25 to $1.50 a ton, which, if it
so results, will greatly boom manufac-
turing projects.

 

 

FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC.
AAA PPP

Advertisements will be inserted under this head for
two cents a word the first insertion and one centa
word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise-
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

 

OR SALE-—STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
in good farming community; good prospects;
cold storage in connection with store. Address F. E.
| 8., Sand Lake, Mich. : ws
| rok SALE—FORTY ACRES OF TIMBER IN WEX-
ford county, elm, beech and maple. W. R. Man-
| digo, Sherwood, Mich. 104
VOR 8 ALE OR EXC HANGE—UNBOUND SCRIBNER’S,
Peterson’s and Harpe Magazines; make me an
105

offer. W.R. Mandigo, Sherwood, Mich.

QEALED TENDERS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE
) undersigned for three weeks for the stock of
| goods of Dodge. Metcalf & Co., at Stanwood; the right
| is reserved to decline any offer; dated Sept. 13, 1890.
Address Talmon Dodge, Stanwood, Mich. 107

| Frok SALE—BRAD1T’S BAZAAR AND MILLINERY
store at Flint, Mich. 103

OR SALE—DESIRABLE DRUG STOCK; CITY 1,500;
best location and trade; reasons for sale. Lock
box 13, Clayton, Mich. 100

OR SALE—STOCK OF HARDWARE AND BUILD-
ing in the best town of Northern Michigan. Ad-
dress No. 96, care Michigan Tradesman. 96

F SALE—A FIRST-CLASS DRUG STOCK AND
business in Grand Rapids worth $2,500 must be
sold owing to the absence of proprietor on account of
sickness; correspondence solicited. Address L. J.
| Shafer, 77 Madison Ave., Grand Rapids. Mention
| this paper. 97

FOr SALE—THE BEST DRUG AND GROCERY BUS-
iness in live railroad and manufacturing town in
Michigan of 1,200 inhabitants, with splendid farming
country to back it up, with no large town within 20
miles; the business comprises drugs and medicines,
groceries, school books, crockery, wall paper, notions,
etc.; also express oflice and mail to carry to depot in
connection; mail and express pay clerk hire; stock
complete; business pays $1,000 per year net; stock will
invoice about $4,000; business mostly cash; in brick
block; rental low; best location in town; also own
one-third interest in the block, which rents for $1,500
| per year; will sell one or both; reasons fer selling,
| sickness and death, with other business to attend to.
| Address No. 91, care Michigan Tradesman. 91
OR SALE—A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR A SMALL
investment to secure a light manufacturing busi-
ness paying large profits; correspondence solicited
only from parties meaning business. Drawer No. .
La © rosse, Wis.

71OR SALE OR RENT—A GOOD TWO-STORY Ee.
ing, 24x80 feet, with basement 24x60 feet; the
second story is rented for lodge hall. For particulars

write to J. R Harrison, Sparta, Mich. 88
page SALE — GROCERY STOCK AND FIXTURES,
either by inventory or by bulk; good trade for

| eash customer. No. 85, care Michigan Tradesman. 85
| JOR SALE—25 PER CENT. BELOW COST, ONLY
| I’ hardware stock in Baldwin, lively town on line of
| two railways; ill health compels sale; store building

che AD. J eph H. Cobb, Baldwin, Mich. 8
W J ANTED— I HAVE SPOT CASH TO PAY FOR A
general or grocery stock; must be cheap. gd

| dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman.

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

HELP WANTED.

\ ANTED—A FEW NO. 1 SALESMEN TO SELL
coffee and spices in Texas and Western States
for one of the largest importing houses in the U.8.;
expert specialty men preferred; state age, experience,
references and present employment; answers strictly
in confidence. Address No. 106, care Michigan Trades-
man. 106

 

SITUATIONS WANTED.
QITUATION WANTED—BY A REGISTERED PHARM-
) acist eight years’ experience; first-class refer-
| ences. Address No. 102, care Mic higan Tradesman, 102

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GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.

Mrs. C. Boone has opened adry goods
store at Zeeland. P. Steketee & Sons
furnished the stock.

piss
Mrs. R. E. Orser has closed her grocery |
Store at 329 East Bridge street and will

probably not resume business again.

 

Mrs. S. S. Perkins has sold her hard-
ware stock at 189 Center street to A. A.
Tyler, who will continue the business.

Dr. W. Scott has opened a confection-
ery and cigar store at Bloomingdale. The
Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the
stock.

P. Wendover, the Monroe street grocer,
has opened a branch store at 663 South
Lafayette street. Lemon & Peters fur-
nished the stock.

Milton Reeder has purchased an inter-
est in the wholesale boot and shoe busi- |
ness of Geo. H. Reeder. The new firm |

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will be known as Geo. H. Reeder & Co.

Spalding & Co., dealers in guns and
fishing tackle at the corner of Monroe
and Ionia streets, have assigned to Chas. |
A. Renwick.
progress.

An inventory is now in

The Northern Michigan Lumber Co.
has opened a general store at Tanderagee.
Lemon & Peters furnished the groceries,
and the other goods were also bought at
this market.

A. B. Johnson has purehased the in-
terest of Mr. Teachout in the firm of Goss
& Teachout, grocers at 202 East Bridge |
street. The new firm will be known as
Goss & Johnson.

Diamond & Winans have exchanged
their drug stock at the corner of Monroe
and Spring streets with H. E. Grand-
Girard & Co. for the latter’s drug stock
and real estate at Big Rapids.

 

W. L. Squier has removed his grovery
stock from 319 Plainfield avenue to the
corner of East and Sherman streets, |
where he has purchased a store building,
erecting a 26-foot addition in the rear.

Doyle & Doran, who sueceeded the
former firm of Goss & Doran in the gro- |
cery business at the corner of Cherry and |
South Division streets about four weeks
ago, have turned the stock over to I. M.
Clark & Son on a bill of sale.

 

 

Jas. A. Hewitt, who has managed |
H. W. Hall’s meat market for some time,
has formed a copartnership with John D. |
Butcher, for the past seven years with |
the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co., under |
the style of Hewitt & Butcher, and pur- |
chased the meat market
ferred to.

 

above re-

Burt Ema, grocer at 418 South Division
street, recently uttered a chattel mort-
gage on his stock and fixtures to the
Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. for $290. The
mortgage was subsequently purchased by |
Peter Haifley, to whom Ema was in ar-
rears for rent to the tune of $250, who|
took possession of the stock on a bill of
sale.

 

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a
Bank Notes.

L. K. Parkhurst & Co. have merged |
their private bank, at Reed City, into the |
First National Bank of Reed City, with a
capital stock of $50,000. L. K. Park-|
hurst is President of the new enterprise |
and J. W. Parkhurst Cashier, and these
gentlemen, with J. M. Reed, J. B. Jud-
kins and N. A. Stoddard, comprise the |
board of directors.

| gist, was in town last Friday on his way |

Wernette were married last Wednesday,
jand are at home to their friends at 110 |

|to learn that he is happily settled for |

Purely Personal. enviable record with the Berkey & Gay
Henry F. Webb, the Cassopolis drug-| Furniture Co. and the Hannah & Lay
gist was in town Monday. | Mercantile Co., at Traverse City, serving
Delmore Hawkins, the Hawkins gen- | the latter corporation as head book-
eral dealer, was in town Monday. | keeper for seven years.
Jas. McConnell, the Jennings general | a i
dealer, was in town last Saturday. P. Rankin, general dealer at New Era,
Fred H. Ball has returned from Ken-| Writes Tue TrApEsmAN that his con-
tucky, well satisfied with the results of | act with the Patrons expired July 17
| and was not renewed.
J. L. Norris, of the firm of A. Sewxis &} J. D. Sanford, the Gladwin dry goods
Son, general dealers at Casnovia, was in| @¢@ler, writes as follows: ‘My contract
town last Thursday. | with the Patrons expired in August and
Dan. Steketee and bride are home from I am not now under contract with them.’’

 

his mission.

 

 

their wedding trip and are happily dom- |

iciled at 409 Crescent avenue. if ( R if hi l (
M. Carman, the Mecosta lumberman, | dll ap j Ire MSurante 0.

was in town one day last week.

a prince of good nature, as usual.
Jos. E. Reed was in town last Wednes-

day for the purpose of buying goods for |

John O, Reed, the Whitehall! clothier.
John Reed, the Whitehal! clothier, was |

severely burned about the head, face and Prom pt

He was |

 

|CASH CAPITAL - $200,000.00

 

Fair Rates.

Settlements.

; arms in the recent conflagration at that |

place. Call on our agent in your town.

Christian Bertsch has gone to Boston
to look up samples for the spring trade.
He expects to be absent about three
weeks. |

Frank Hibbard, formerly engaged in &s, Aa Morman
the drug business at Evart and Saginaw,
is now conducting a drug store at
Menominee.

Harm Van Spyker, book-keeper for the
Grand Rapids Fruit and Produce Co., |

Lom &,
died at hishome near Zeeland last Thurs- |

Akron, Buffalo and Louisville
day and was buried Saturday.

J. F. Gauweiler, who has conducted a .: j YM i YN i S,

general store at Croton most of the time

| JULIUS HOUSEMAN, President.

| S F. ASPINWALL, Secretary.

 

WHOLESALE

Petoskey, Marblehead and Ohio

Stucco and Hair, Sewer Pipe, Fire Brick
and Clay.
Write for Prices.

Daniel Keeney, who wasaformer well-|69 CANAL ST.. GRAND RAPIDS.
known resident of this place, is now en-
gaged in the grocery business, in com-
pany with his brother, at Great Bend,
Kansas.

P. M. Lonsbury, the Reed City drug-

for the past quarter of a century, was in
town a couple of days last week.

home from Ypsilanti, where he attended
the annual reunion of the Seventeenth
Michigan Infantry, of which he wasa
member.

Eugene Klein, who formerly conducted
a retail drug store on West Bridge street,
has gone to Detroit to take the mechani-
eal management of the Detroit Paper
Novelty Co., in which concern he has
purehased stock.

K. 'T. Lockerbye, who operates a shingle
mill and general store near Keno, was in
town acouple of days last week. Mr,
Lockerbye has run a shingle mill for
twelve years and thinks he ought to be
able to graduate from the business be- |
fore long.

Geo. W. Hughston, of the firm of
Hughston & Reed, general dealers at
McBain, was in town one day last week.
Mr. Hughston is one of the most quiet
men who visits this market, as he talks so
little that jobbers have hard work to
worm an order out of him.

Claude D. Freeman, shipping clerk for
the Telfer Spice Co., and Miss Mary M.

 

First avenue. Mr. Freeman has many |

friends among the trade who will be glad | make the right prices to you.
life.

Geo. G. Bates has been engaged as |
book-keeper for the Northern Michigan |
Lumber Co., at Tanderagee, the engage- |
ment to begin Oct. 1. Mr. Bates is a}

competent accountant, having made an |

 

To all our friends we would say, come and see our lines.

can save you money and give you a full assortment.

 

AVOID THE

Curse of Creel

BY USING

Coupon Books

Manufactured by

“TRADESMAN”
OR
“SUPERIOR”

TRADESMAN COMPANY,
Grand Rapids.

See quotations in Grocery Price Current.

 

 

FIT FOR

A Gentleman's
Table:

All goods bearing the
name of

THURBER, WHYLAND & CO.,
OR
ALEXIS GODILLOT, JR.

 

 

 

Grocers visiting New York are cordially invited
to calland see us, and if they wish, have their
correspondence addressed in our care. We shall
be glad to be of use to themin any way. Write
us about anything you wish to know.

THURBER, WHYLAND & 00,,
West Broadway, Reade & Hudson Streets,
New York City.

Holiday Goods

H. LEONARD & SONS, Grand Rapids.

Mr. S. Tyroler, who has handled this class of goods for so many
years, has taken the position of ‘‘House Salesman” with us for this
department, and will be especially pleased to have his old friends in the

trade call upon him, when in the city.

We are

showing a larger assortment than ever before, and know that we can
Our foreign toys and fancy goods are

purchased by our own buyer abroad, and pay no middle profits. We

If you cannot eall

upon us, wait for our agents before placing your orders.

 

   

 

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delicate they may be in texture or eolor,

the ravages of decay for an

It is known that the
bited

t tian mum-

against
ind period.
wonderfu! state of preservation exhi
by the headbands of the Egypti
having been impreg-
kind of resin, and, acting
upon that fact, the inventor int
made certain experiments with the sub-
stances extracted from birch bark, to
which the peculiar aroma of Russian
leather is due. It was ascertained by
investigations that the
which is left over after the oi
tanning has been extracted from the
white bark of the birch tree yields !
acid nor alkaloid, and that in
with alcohol it forms a liqui
idity, with the _— of resistin
when once becoming dry, even the
of alcohol itself. This cehotis ice, it is
claimed, possesses the property of unit-
ing with the most delicate and brilliant
colors, and rendering them apparently

imperisha!

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proof
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Lansing—The Capital Wagon Works
to A. W. Kimball, of

with an incumbrance

have been sold

Ionia, for $17,500,
of $17,500. The
known as the Capital Wagon and Sleigh
Co.

organization will be

 

COTTONS.

  

 
 

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> One eda 17 [Valley City......---- 16
7, Harmony. | 17 \Georgia......-..-- 16
6% « i Stark..............--20%)|Pacific .......---- .14%
9 x; | American. ne eno
83g 1g | THREADS.
6 19% | Cla a . 0 BRERA B.-<-o-~ oe
7 814 | Coats’, J. & P.. 45 (Maershalrs.... ..-...-
73 S 6 tone. .......---+- 22%
(% > | HOLYORKE.....-.--- an 2
RL Ty |
oe S72 | KNITTING COTTON.
he 4 White. Colored. | White. colored. |
oo 2#2;1No. 6.. ..38 38 . M......
ca Se. 6... _— &
4% a ec 35 40 |°
i 4% | oo 36 4 | *
. Shi CAMBRICS.
H | Slater... ol re en......--- 4 |
6 Dwi | White Star. SES 4% ad Cees, . 4.04 < 22. 4% |
% Kid Glove..........- 4% sree a oie eee | |
C Newmarket......-.. 444|Wood’s.... .... --+-
CANTON FLANNEL. c ; :
Lf Mid llese x No. 1 10 Edwards 4% Brunswick .... ...-- #4 |
46 2 11 RED PLANNEL,
3 12 i 2% ME occa ciel oies
7 18 Creedmore.......-- 2% y
8 19 elbot K2E.......-- 30 of, £ae.--.-----
++. Nameless Loe '2714|Buckeye bee Lede one = |
CHED CANTON FLANNEL. MIXED FLANNEL.
7% Middl esex A A. -11 | Red & Blue, plaid..40 |Grey SRW......--. 1B | |
—. ee aie 2244|Western W ......---
7 a A O _aoaote | WiDGnOr.. ee: 18%/D R P......-..-.----
a 9 ‘......50e 16 On Western... “a = Probing SK. - |
10% 5. 16 i Union &.....-...--.. 214|Manitoba.......-..-
DRESS GOODS. DOMET FLANNEL.
Nameless...... -20 Messcieons.....6 @U6 ~— = -wnne 9 @10% |
as DB ee 8%4@10 teen 12%
SC eee = 4 CANVASS AND PADDING.
“go, | Slate. Brown. Black. shat. Brown. Black. |
a 32% | 9% a% 13 13
ci | 10% 10% 15 15
CORSET JEANS. | 115% 1% 17 17
6 |\Naumkeagsatteen.. 7% | 12% 12% 20 20
6% Rockport.. . o». OI
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PRINTS i Sevyeren, 8 oz.......- 9% © oot Point, a
5% Merrim’ ck shirtings. 4% | Mayland, 8 oz. ee 10% . oe...
Por LZ a
514 teppfurn . 8% | Greenwood, 7% 02. 914 Raven, 100z. .. 13%
5 | Pacific fancy ..se 6 | Greenwood, 8 oz. "11% aoc 7
. P “  robes.......-. 6% | WADDINGS.
a ith rot 0€8. 6 | White, doz...... .. 2% |Per bale, 40 doz....87 00}
simpson mourning.. 6% Colored, doz ..20
6% . 6% r
10% 6% SILESIAS.
814 Wasl ton indigo. 6 | Slater, Iron Cross... 8 Pawtucket -++ ere 1036
~ és irkey robes.. 7% dg Red Cross.... 9 |Dundie....... 1.
: as .. ...... 2 Bedford ' ,..10%
. Best AA... see Valiey Clty........-0e56
! CORSETS.
Coraline........-..-09 50/W onderful ' .&
Schilling’s..... _.. © Oi erieton.. ...-.--.- 475
SEWING SILE.
Turkey re ; Corticelli, doz.......75 {Corticell ee
5 Martha Ww ashington twist, doz..37%| per “en ae
6. Turkey red . 9%} 50 yd, doz. .37%

 

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Riverpoint rebes.... 5
6

 

  

5 Windsor fancy. i %
gold
ndigo Diue....... 10%
CLINGS.
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Pemberton AAA....16
¥ork....-.. 4 10%
Swift River.. 7%
Peest River......... 12%
CcWerren........ 14
COTTON DRILL,
Atlanta, D " 6% Stark iki elee cules en 8
ie a a Ts 44 a
Clifton, K : oa 10
SATINES.
Simpson 20 {imperial........ ..10%
C 18 |Black........... 3@
.16 Sg
Coechco 10%

 

DEMINS.
Amoskeag.. . »-- 12% {(Jaffrey......-.- oe ee
9 oz. ...-14%' Lancaster. : ar
” brown .13 Lee, Box eukoe 1m |
| Andover.........--.- 11% “ 20....3
Everett, bhi — . No 250. ...11%
Sonate one _ No. 200....10%
GINGHAMS.
| Glenarven.... ....-- 6%|Lancaster, staple... 6%
| Lancashire......... 64) - fancies ,

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iN ee es se ‘ Normandie 8
ci R rew Dress. 1% ; Westbrook. __
| | Toil du Nord... .10@G10% CT ea "10
Am< oskeag ee 634 a ce ws oe 6%
i AFC. -10% ee ke ec ee es OU
. 8% wind rn 1eer Se 5
6% Cumberland.... ..-. 5
8% poet soe ee 4%
ARPET WARP.
Peerless, wnite...... 18%\Peerless colored. ..21

GRAIN BAGS.

 

 

HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS

No 1Bl x & White.. 10 [No 4 BI'k & White.. 15
2 12
“ 3 0 “19 | « p ai 35
PINS.
No 2-20, M C.......50 No é—16, F 3%....-- 40
2 eo 45
COTTON

TAPE
No 2 Whi te & BIE. 2 iNo 8 White & BI’k.. 20
“4 15 = . 2

 

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Te Cotton

WHITE, mA AND COLORS,

OR

" Hand and ere Use.
FOR SALE BY

| —P STEKETEE & SONS

 

= Tit Harpolsheimer & C0,

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

Dry Goods

NOTIONS AND HOLIDAY GOODS.

 

Manufacturers of

Shirts, Pants, Overalls, ts,

Complete Fall Stock now ready for
inspection, including a fine line of Prints,
Underwear, Pants, Gloves, Mittens and
Lumbermen’s Goods. Chicago and Detroit
prices guaranteed.

48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St.,
GRAND RAPIDS, ~ -

 

MICH

 

WHOLESALE.

 

Carpets, Linoleums,
Mattings, Oil Cloths,

oe i ee and Mats, Dra-
ea Co peries, iio aad Cid
ijn. oe «| Poles, Brass_ Rings,

Saaveeakt” Bere ot =" = Gold Eyed.......... 1 50 | Brackets, Etc.
rut me ee 06 | Send for circular and price list.

S4...26 64.3 25-—4....1%
i. ' "3 fo

 

 

P. STEKETEE & SONS, — onith & Sanford,

WHOLESALE

Dry Goods and Notions.

 

Fall Line of Dress Goods, Flannels, Blankets, |
Yarn, Underwear, Hosiery and Gloves.

GRAIN American,
Valley City.

WADDINGS

BAGS—Stark,

Amoskeag,

Harmony, Park, Georgia and |

BURLAP, TWINE, BATTS and COMFORTS.

emma

88 Monroe and 10, 12, 14,16 & 18 Fountain Sts,, GRAND RAPIDS.

GRAND RAPIDS.

 

BEACH’S
New York Goffee Rooms.

| 61 Pearl Street.

| Five Cents Each for all dishes served
from bill of fare.

| Steaks, Chops and All Kinds of Order
Cooking a Specialty.

| PRANK M. BEACH, Prop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

JHE MICHIGAN TRADES.

AAW. all

 

HARDWARE.

Some of the Combinations in the Hard-
ware Line.

Foster, Stevens & Co. have issued the
following circular to their customers:

As important and rather radical advances in
the prices of some articles in the hardware line
are daily taking place, we wish to say a few
words, so you may more fully understand the
situation and not think the jobber is overcharg-
ing you.

 

 

AXES,

There is now but one axe company in the
United States, and that is called the American
Axeand Tool Company, with headquarters at
Pittsburg. This company has purchased out-
right every axe factory in the country of any
importance, and, by thus controlling the pro-
duction, has advanced prices on an average of
#2adozen. This company also controls the
manufacture of axe polls (or the heads of axes),
the machinery of which is patented, and this
enables it to keep the price on — so high no
one else can afford to make axes

SAWS—HAND AND CROSS-CUT,

In this industry the same forces have been at
work, and to-day there are but two companies
who manufacture hand saws, where there were
a dozen four months ago. Prices in this line of
goods have been advanced from 10 to 40 per
cent. In cross-cuts, itis the same. By a con-
solidation of interests, prices have been ad-
vanced from four to eight cents a foot.

LEAD,
Everything made of lead has taken a decided
advance, owing to recent decisions on the ad

mitting of Mexican ore into this c ountry, as well }

as by combinations of manufacturers. Shot,

- lead pipe, pig lead, solder and babbit metal have

all advanced and may go still higher. The pas
sage of the silver bill will also affect all articles
made of or coated with silver. In the hardware
line plated knives and forks, spoons, etc., will |
be affected and advances made.

TIN.

The present tariff on sheet tin is 1 cent a
pound, and the McKinley tariff bill, which no
doubt will pass both Houses of Congress, ad-
vances the duty to 2.2 cents a pound,
must, of course, advance tin from $1.2
box, according to the weight of the box.
advance in sheet tin will affect all articles of

5 to $3 a

tinware, and advances will be made all along |

the line.
Tin in New York has already

day, as the certainty of the passage of the Mc-
Kinley bill becomes more assured. Not a box
of tin is made in this country, notwithstanding
which tin has declined in price from $15 to $4.75
a box during the past twenty-five years.

GLASS.

The window glass market of this country is
practically in the hande of two large companies,
who work in harmony as to prices, which has
resulted in a steady advance for the past year,
averaging about 30 per cent.

ZINC OR STOVE BOARDS,
were formerly made by the Adams & Westlake
Co., A. I. Griggs, Sidney Shepard & Co., Palmer
Manufacturing Co., H. Rendtorff & Co, Central
Stamping Co, and W. H. Sweeney Manufacturing
Co. All of the above named firms were anxious
for our business last year, but now they have all
sold out to the American Stove Board Co., with
offices in New York and Chicago, and a general
advance on all lines has taken place. Last year

you could buy a 28-inch square, paper-lined zinc |
| Com. 4 a — ee doz. |
nh - dls, 20G10&10 |

- 36 cents. This year thesame thing costs you
2 cents—an advance of 100 per cent.

AMMUNITION.

advanced from }
50 cents to $1 a box, and is growing stronger each |

This |

This |

 

 

 

 

. EVELS. dis.
Prices Current. Stanley Rule and Level Com... .,..4 70
i | KNOBs—New List. dis
These prices are for cash buyers, who Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. %
: if 4 _. | Dear, porcelain, jap. trimmings. . ae 55
pay promptly and buy in full packages. | poor’ porcelain, plated trimmings - a
: | Door, porcelvin, a ae 55
Snell’ Tiga Reign ai dis. .) | Drawer and Shutter, porcelain. 70
foams ee ed Mewes ee Ode awe Wee ame adie od ci ~ | Loc K8—DooR. dis.
ae or | Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55
Jennings fee ol 25 | Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s......... i 55
CORInne SOS 50&10 | ee en 55
AXES. EE 55
Piret Qualtty, 5 8. Bronee....2....,.......- 88 50} MATTOCKS.
2 [| eee . £16.00, dis. 60
' S88 eee 9 50 | Hunt Eye $15.00, dis. 60
. DB Steen, | Se -. 818.50, dis. —
BARROWS. dig, | .
Hajiroad.......... Liesciicssessetici a Mae eee 3, Hanea.. ay al “a
ee 30 00 | Coffee, Parkers Co.'s ee ae
BOLTS. dis. | PLS. & W. Miz. Co.’s Malleables ... 40
Stove. .. oe Me Landers, Ferry & Cir E’s............ 40
Cc arrlage SET, UR eRe 70 Enterprise... tea ia 4 n
roe ae MOLASSES GATES, dis.
Sleigh aos oo | pecmren A Palieee sl... 60&10
| Stebbin’s Genuine. Cee 66410
BUCKETS Enterprise, self-measuring.................. 25
War men... .... ..8 3 50 NAILS
Wen Gwivel................. i. 4 0G | Steel maila, base............ be ee 210
BUTTS, CAST. din | Wire mene, bane... ee 2 65
Advance over base: Steel. Wire.
Cane locee Fin fence... ........._... Mk | Base
| Wrought Narrow, bright 5Sast joint. ee tees 66410 10
| Wrouent Looee Fie... tl. wwe +e -OOREIO 20
ite Tee... 60410 20
Wrought Ee 60&10 30
| Wrens Brase.... ...... eee eeu deci. 15 35
[pane Cierke ... ......,. rice t eae cs ee 35
(eee Parwers 70&10 40
| Blind, Shepard’s ..... ey ea | 70 50
BLOCKS, 65
| Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °85........... 40 ; =
| CRADLES, 2 00
De dis. 50&02 Fine 3 oes aes bie gesgucecl 1.00. 2 OO 2 00
CROW BARS. | C ase _ eee 60 i =
| Cast Steel............ 22.2.2... per 5 ED 90 125
| CAPS, Finish - . 1 00
ede ia a perm ele 1 00 12
| Hick’s C. F.. eS ee eee eee. 60 EE 1% 1 50
oor. eee 35 Clinch 10 So 85 Vi
| Musket ...... a, a 1 00 90
| Pee Ce 115 1 00
a iran ee EE aD 1% 2 50
| Rim Fire ee 50 PLANES. dis.
| Central Fire. settee tte ee eee ees dis. 2%5/ Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy ..........2. 002.2. 0655 @4
| CHISELS, dis. | Sciota Bench aa sean ni eisai @b)
Peocmct Rimmer... st... 70&10 | Sandusky Tool Co.'s, fancy................. @w"
| Socket Framing............ _-710&10 renee ee ey @60
| Socket Corner..... ce ....70&10 | § tanley Rule and oo 8S, wood.. &10
| Socket Slicks . ee NS.
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ vesees 40) Fry, ACme. 2... eee eee eee eee eee - ate.c0—10
| COMimAON, pOrmNeG ....... . dis, 70
COMBs, dis, RIVETS. dis.
rey. Eeyrencon.......................... ay) tropand Tinned... 6... 1... hae 40
Hotchkiss . eee an | Copper Hivets and Nurs... ............... 50
CHALK PATENT FLANISHED IRON.
el ae oe “A”? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20
White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 | «RB» Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20
COPPER, Broken packs 4c per pound extra.
| p " . 21 | ROPES.
| I ~~ reachapese Ty --- per pound = i Samal, 46 mich and larger... .. 2... .... 11%
Ceca dean |e 9 | Manil ic ee 16
Cold Kolled, 14256 and 14x600.... ........... 28 SQUARES dis
‘ 8. 9 J 5. *
a Be 75
Oe es A nS ea al ess ie yy ane Deven... 60
DRILLS. Se 20
Peeemies Et Stoeks. 8... ... : 50 | SHEET IRON.
Taper and straight mene... .......... 50 | Com. Smooth. Com.
Morse’s Taper Shank. a 50 | tr babe 4 2 8 10
DRIPPING PANS. a ao et : = : =
Small sizes, ser pound ..... ....... testes OF | Nos. 22 1024-02202 SII 4 3 30
ee 6% | Nos. 25 to 26 . a se 3 40
ELBOWS, (he ee 4 60 3 50
net 75| All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches

The price is controlled by a combination, and |

you have to pay the price or go without.
POWDER.

The same—but one price, and

double what it was two years ago.
SUMMARY.

We call your attention to these matters, so you
will understand why, on nearly every invoice
you get, you will find something higher than it
was before.

The tendency of the times seems to be consoli-
dation, thus enabling large corporations to pro
duce the goods cheape r, and sell
higher price. We fail to find, however, in all the

that nearly

consolidation of various lines of goods, a single |

instance, notwithstanding the advance put on
goods, where the manufacturers have advanced
the pay of labor a cent. If the consumer who
purchases last does not pay this increased cost,
we do not know who does _ If he reaps any.per-
sonal benefit from it, we would like to know
where itcomesin, This is not a political docu
ment, but a fair statement of the condition of
certain lines of business, as we daily come in
contact with them.

——_-o- <>

Diamonds Increasing in Value.
From the Boston Herald.

‘Diamonds are nearly a third dearer
than they were a year ago,’’ says a Bos-
ton dealer, ‘‘and,
be relied upon, they are going. still
higher. I have been in the trade fora
good many years and haye handled three
or four bushels of the ‘sparks,’ but dur-
ing all my experience I have never
known a time when diamonds were in
greater favor than now. It seems as if
everybody had a penchant for them.
Why, | know a hundred young men in
town whose salaries are not above $15 a
week who wear stones averaging in cost
all the way from $50 to $100. They buy
them on the installment plan.”’

 

if the indications can |

them at a]

Corrugated .

| List aeet 19, '86.........

APPLE PR

A@iaeeane............,....... .. dist 40&10 |
EXPANSIVE BITS. dis.
Clark’s, —. + i. Mee, Le 30
Ives’, 1, 818; 24". 3 , 880 eee ics 25
ace New List. dis.
CO a 60410 |
Now American -- 60&10 |
( a1 4-0. \GOGELO
—. oo 50 |
Heller's Horse Raspe............ a 50
GALVANIZED IRON
Nos. 16 to BW: and 24: 2% and 26; 27 28 |
| List 12 13 14 mm By
Discount, 60
GAUGES. dis.
Stanley Hule and LevelCo.’s...., ......... 50
HAMMERS, |
Mayan @Oa's............ dia, 25 |
ee 8 Lace oe. 25 |
woeeon @ Pio 6.........-..-... ...., dis. 40410 |
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel....... ...80¢ list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. - .80¢ 40&10 |
HINGES,
Gate, Clark's, 1, 3,3 ...... , . dis. 60610 |
State... er doz. net, 2
Screw Hook and ‘Strap, ‘to 12 in. vim 14 and
Meee 3%
Serew Hoek and Bye, %................. ‘net 10
¢t ‘“ ‘6 Pe cn ‘net 8%
" “ ' a oe Tf
sy “ o So net 7%
Strap and T.... diz. 70
HANGERS. dis.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track. ...50&10
Champion, anti-friction.......... 60&10
Kidder, wood track ............ 40
HOLLOW WARK.
Ee ee 60 |
eee ee 60 |
ee ee 60
Cray Gimiperoe........... .......... —

 

HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
Stempod Tin Ware... ........ _new list 7O&10 |
Japanned Tin Ware.

Granite Iron Ware ......... Te os new is 3640
WIRE GOODS. actin

EE eee

Peeper VOR i

ee cea

Gate Hooks and Eyes............... Fos 10g10

 

fOatOg10 10 and 12 Monroe

wide not less than 2-10 extra
SAND PAPER. /
dis. 40&10

SH CORD. —
Silver Lake, tag “A emt soe teee es eee. list 50
eee A .......... oe. ae 55
. oc... ' 50
r CO ’ 55
“ wooce.... . |... = 35

Discount, 10.
SASH WEIGHTS.

RE per = ges
SAWS.
“ Pe "20
Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 70
. aoe ial Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot... 50
. ecial Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30
. C ampion and Electric Tooth a
Cue per fom... CC ... , 30
TRAPS. dis.
pees Ce 60&10
Oneida C ommunity, Newhouse’s........... 35
Oneida ae Hawley & Norton’s... 70
mouse Chime. 18¢ per doz,
Mouse, Se $1.50 per doz.
WIRE, dis
EE EE 65
Annealed Market.. . ..40—10
Copecees Marect... 6
Wine Mageee.. 52
Coppered Spring Sieel...................... 50
Berbed Wence, galvanined............._.... 3 60
" ies ......... aa
HORSE NAILS
Aue. dis, 2581 Sr
ee 06
NOreeWwentcrn dis. “0410

WRENCHES.

 

Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. * 30
Coes Genuine ............ eu cued 50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,. owe. q
Coe’s Patent, malleable... «ee oa.
MISCELLANEOUS. dis.

are Canes... — 50
Pumps, Coser =... ........._... =
Secowe, New lise.....................,..

Casters, Bed and Pieate........... ....._ SO10810
Dampers, American... Wee 40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel. goods. — 65

METALS,
PIG TIN.

Pig Earee.............. Cee eee ce ce 26c
Fig Barg..... oe ewe ee 28¢
“ZINC

Duty: Sheet, 2%c per pound.

Gm e0umd Casha... T4
ee OU, 1%
SOLDER.
EE 16
Extra WwW ee 18%

The prices of the many other qualities of
solder in the market Indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.

 

ANTIMONY.
Coomsoe....-...... |. . per pound 16
OO 13
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal ee eee eee ees $709
14x20 IC, So 7
10x14 IX, 8 75
14x20 I Gl .. 8
ve additional X on this grade, 81.75.
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
S0n141C, Charcoal ............... a
14x20 IC, ee. 6
10x14 IX, EO ' Te
14x20 IX, c rc 2.
Each additional X on this grade 81.50.
ROOFING PLATES
14x20 IC, Worcester ........... —.
14x20 IX, - re cece eeecae Gl
20x28 IC, iy . Meese oe
14x20 IC,  Avlowey Grade........... 5 50
14x20 IX, . _ “ a
20x28 IC, Y " " Lo) 11 50
20x28 IX, . _ ‘ . 14 50
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

oe ee oe $14 00
Meat 1 ..... - oe 3B ti 1 .. 15 50
cocae a for No. : va on on 10

 

    

  
  
 
  

 

 

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HOES,

Serew and Lever.

 

 

 

 

PRICES.

oo Stevens & Co.,

WHOLESALE

HARDWARE.
33, 35, 37, 39 and 41, Louis St.,

RAPIDS, ‘MIOH.

 

8

The Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association.

 

 

A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Retail Trade of the Wolverine State.

Tradesman Company, Proprietor.

 

 

ption Price, One Dollar per year, payable
advance.
Rates made know
cation Off

 

scri

      
  

n on application.

) Louis St.

    

Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office.
ten tA

E. A. STOWE, Editer.

 

 

 

WED

NESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1890.

 

 

 

adopted b

market

y the
in re-

The rules recently
wholesale grocers of this
lation to claims for rebates and the dis-
of spoiled or damaged goods
of fairness to all

They are broad enough to

position
bear

concerned.

every evidence

cover every case legitimately entitled to

consideration, at the same time being
sufficiently stringent to prevent the im-
position too frequently practiced by some
Tue TRADESMAN is pleased to
made the

between the jobber and retailer in this

dealers.
be vehicle of communication
matter, although every dealer who buys
in this market will shortly receive a copy
of the rules in circular form.

CO

The efforts of the young German Em-
secure the weekly day of rest

classes has begun to bear

peror to
to the working
fruit in the legal enforcement of the ces-
sation of Within Germany itself
Sunday work of a needless kind is now |
forbidden, as is the discharge of a work-
In Austria and

labor.

man for refusing to do it.
Hungary factories are to cease all work
on Sunday except cleaning, and in the
exceptional cases where labor cannot be

Po

entirely intermitted, as in iron furnaces,

itis to be arranged so that each work-
man shall have the alternate Sunday
free. The same regulation is enforced
in Switzerland. France is the only

country of Western Europe which makes

no adequate legal provision for the pro-
tection of the workman’s Sunday.

MMAR AAAAAA AAA, '

Judge White, of Pittsburg, has achieved |

a new departure in the matter of natural-

ization by refusing to confer citizenship |

on applicants who have not learned to

speak the English language. The

striction is not unreasonable in itself.

re- |

The work of naturalizing aliens proceeds |
with such rapidity and so little restriction
that we are disposed to welcome any-
thing that indicates an appreciation of |

the gravity of the process, And as
English is recognized as the official lan-
guage of the nation, it would not be a

bad thing to have an acquaintance with
it required of every candidate for citizen- |
ship. But we are not clear that the law
as it stands warrants the judge’s action,
although it might be regarded as a broad |
inference from the requirement that the
applicant shall be ‘‘well affected to the |
Government of the United States.”

eal nceae
The American Grocer ridicules the

statement of a St. Louis coffee broker,
which recently went the rounds of the
press, to the effect that coffee culture in
Ceylon, Arabia and South America is on

so rapid. in fact, that in

 

a rapid decline
afew years the crop will cease to play |
the world’s

While the

much of a figure in

supply of food products.

i tale is)

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. |

which destroyed the trees, and the pro-
duction of Sumatra and Java does not
materially increase, it presents figures
showing that the Brazilian crop has more
than doubled in the past five years and
that coffee plantations are being extended
in Mexico and the different countries of
Central and South America, because
there is at present, and has been for sev-
eral years, an immense profit in cottee
culture, high prices placing a premium
on the extension of the industry. These
facts clearly indicate that in a very few
years the production will be far enough
ahead of the world’s requirements to
again inaugurate an era of low-priced
coffee—a consummation devoutly to be
wished.

 

After the Adulterators of Confectionery.

The National Confectioners’ Associa-
tion has issued the following address to
the wholesale grocery and confectionery
salesmen of the country:

The National Confectioners’ Associa-
tion, in their warfare upon injuriously
adulterated candy, recognize the fact that
no more powerful ally can be found to
help their cause than the live, progres-
sive traveling salesmen. Therefore, our
story and our request will be short and
to the point.

It has come to the knowledge of the
National Confectioners’ Association that

i strong efforts have been made to intro-

duce the use of tale (you all know what
in the manufacture of confec-
tionery.

Your competitor, if he is using tale or
terra alba, can make bright, dry goods
which. even to the experienced eye, ap-
pear to be all right and still undersell
you from ten to twenty per cent. it is

 

|eently, when the workmen engaged in
Varley & Everill’s lime rock quarry,
north of the city, broke open a large
piece of rock which had been blasted
out, and a frog hopped out of a pocket
in the center of the stone, says the Salt
Lake Herald. Of course, the occur-
rence created a tremendous sensation
among the workmen, and operations at
the quarry were for the time suspended,
and the movements of the frog were
watched with great interest. The an-
imal was somewhat smaller than the
ordinary frog, and was perfectly white.
Its eyes were unusually large and very
brilliant, but the frog was apparently
blind. Where the mouth should have
been there was only a line, and on the
feet was adark, horny substance. Mr.
Everill at once took charge of the cur-
iosity and put it inatin can, but the
frog died the next morning. He brought
it down town, and it was examined with
interest by a large number of people,
and it was afterward presented to the

museum, where it will be preserved in)

alcohol.

——_ >
A. T. Stewart was not, as has so re-
peatedly been said, a penniless boy when
he began life in New York. On the con-
trary, his opportunities for a successful
business career were unusually good.
When he was twenty years of age, his
entire fortune, amounting to over $20,-
000, was placed in his hands, and his first
purchase was a large consignment of
Irish linens in Belfast. The sale of these
goods nearly doubled his fortune, and
when he was twenty-one he had $40,000
‘in cash, and was well established in the
business which afterward brought him
such magnificent revenues.

to your interest, as well as that of your |

employer, that injurious adulteration of
candy be prevented. The National Con-
fectioners’ Association propose to an-

alyze all samples of suspicious candy |
We want your|

that can be procured.

co-operation, and whenever you have

reasonable ground to suppose that any |

candy which you may come in contact
with is adulterated with tale, terra alba,
or other minerals, the Association will
deem it a favor if you will forward a
sufficient sample, about two pounds, by
express, to A. F. Hayward, 42 Chardon
street, Boston, for chemical analysis, at

| the same time giving Mr. Hayward your

name and the house you represent.
While you are helping the Association in
this way, the Association will more than
reciprocate by killing off dishonest com-
petition, thereby making the

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Wool Firmer---Hides Lower---Tallow
Unchanged.

The wool market is decidedly firmer

ithan during the past few weeks, with

large sales. Manufacturers took
wools as they could use at the

asked last week that holders would let
go. Large lots, however, are held out of
the market for still higher prices, and at

prices the manufacturers claim they can-

cares |
lighter and the sailing smoother for the
| men representing honest manufacturers. |

prices |

 

 

 

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lam in New York to purchase goods
of all kinds for responsible people in any
section of the country. My connections
are with the best houses, and my refer-
ences shall be satisfactory to you.

I can save you money.

1 want your account.

Write.

S. L. McGONIGAL,

7 College Place, N. Y. City.

Bicycles,

Tricycles,
Velocipedes

AND

Se

 

 

 

 

 

General Sporthi, Goods

Agents for A. G. Spalding & Bro.’s
Sporting and Athletic Goods and
American Powder Co.’s Powder.

 

 

 

 

We have on hand a complete line of Columbia,
Victor and other cheaper bicycles, also a splen-
did assortment of Misses’ Tricycles, Children’s
Velocipedes and small Safety Bicycles.

E. G. Studley,

4 Monroe 8St.,

 
 

Calland see them
or send for large,
lllustrated cata

GRAND RAPIDS | logue.

 

 

 

 

The records of the Grand Rap-
ids Custom House disclose the
fact that we are the only jobbing
house in this city which imports
its teas direct from Japan and
clears them at the Port of Entry
here.

This is a broad statement, but
its truth can be established by

enquiry of the Collector of Cus-

 

toms in the Government Building.

Telier Spice Company

 

| into cloth.

‘ago. The boom is over and prices are |

not realize their money back by putting |
The tariff bill is having an |

 

effect to striffen the market and western BROWN 2S SmHTLH rR
Dealers in ENGINES, BOILERS and MILL MACHINERY, Farm Mac inery,
Agricultural Implements,

holders are strong.
Hides have lost again and are nearly |

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back to where they started some weeks |

Wagons and Carriages.

fully le lower than on Sept. 1. Leather |
is affected by this decline, but does not
recede as fast, yet is weaker and some |
kinds are lower in price.

Tallow is in good demand, but at no
advance in price. Stocks are larger and
are firmly held.

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Toads in Rocks.
Many well authenticated stories of the.

 

Gres etme net coffee growing 12) gnding of live toads and frogs in solid |
Ceylon has declined to one-twelfth its | rock are on record, and that such things |
former proportions, owing to a disease | are possible was demonstrated here re-'

   

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH

 

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

Gripsack Brigade.

C. B. Lamb, who represents Adams &
Ford, of Cleveland, in this territory, put
in Sunday at this market.

Manly Jones celebrated his 35th birth-
day last Saturday. He said it was the
happiest mile post he ever passed.

Jas. B. Stone has gone to England in
the interest of the Princess Dressing Case
Co. and Fox Machine Co. He expects to
be absent about two months.

H. S. Powell, who covers the trade of
the Upper Peninsula for I. M. Clark &
Son, put ina couple of days in the city
last week, getting out fresh samples. He
related some rather large stories by way
of variety.

The meeting of traveling men, which
was to have been held at Sweet’s Hotel
last Saturday evening, to consider the
plan of holding a dance at North Park,
was so sparsely attended that it was de-
cided to hold another meeting for the
same purpose in the near future.

The game of base ball at Fountain
street park last Saturday, between the
nines selected by ‘‘Hi” Robertson and
‘‘Had” Beecher, resulted in a score of
13 to 18. Only three innings were

played, as the sand burs were out in full |
force and made navigation in the field

decidedly interesting.
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New Boat in Prospect.

TRAVERSE Criry, Sept. 22. — Captains
Webb and Emery, proprietors of the
Cummings and Crescent, are considering
the project of building a new boat, to be
125 feet long and make sixteen miles an
hour, to make a round trip every day
between this place and Petoskey. A boat
of such speed has never been on that
route, and if Messrs. Webb and Emery
decide that she could be made to pay,
they will undoubtedly embark in the
enterprise.

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Going to New Mexico.

THe TRADESMAN is informed that
Mitchell Bros., the Cadillac lumbermen,
will shortly locate a sawmill site on their
timber tract in the central part of New
Mexico, the intention being to begin cut-
ting lumber the latter part of next year.
The firm owns every other section for
forty miles square, which is covered with
timber enough to keep two sawmills busy

for fifteen years.

——_—~--—_—
Discharged for Lack of Evidence.
Sumner Stickney, of the Stickney Drug
Co., at Gowen, was recently arrested on
complaint of a man named Christian
Anderson on a charge of selling liquor as
a beverage.
the trial was held decided that the evi-
dence was not sufficient to convict and
discharged the accused.
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Just So.
What a sordid, unsatisfying thing it is
for a man to devote his whole life to the
mad pursuit of wealth.
Especially if he doesn’t get it.
————>-

Good Words Unsolicited.

Shurtleff Bros., general dealers, Cross Village: |

‘Don’t let it stop. We need it every hour.”

S. M. Geary, general dealer, Maple Hill: ‘‘Tss
TRADESMAN is a welcome visitor to my store and
I could not possibly do without it.”

Philip B. Kirkwood, druggist and stationer,
Negaunee: “Your paper needs no endorse-
ments. It is worth the money to every man en-
gaged in any legitimate business.”

A. Conklin, general dealer, Carson City:
“Wednesday is the day I receive Tue TRADES-
MAN and it is the day most watched for of any

The justice before whom

 

CURTISS & CO.,

WHOLESALE

FINANCIAL.

 

Local Stock Quotations.
Reported by the Michigan Trust Company.

 

 

Anti-Kalsomine Co........---+ 22+. seeeee sree 150
Alpine Gravel eee V7
Aldine Manufacturing Co.............---+-e+s 60 |
Belknap Wagon & Sleigh Co...........--- +++ 100 a f °
Canal Street Gravel Hosa Co........-...-..... 80 | - ‘@
Sar wee Pe ee cee we cee e- 100 |
Fourth National Bank.... a
Grand Rapids Brush Co..-. .......-.--2++ +++» 89 | FLOUR SACKS, GROCERY BAGS, TWINE AND WOODEN WARE.
Grand —- ae and Provision Co. ...102 |
trand Rapids Fire Insurance Co.. .........-.105 | an an Rapi i
Grand Rapids Electric Light and Power Co... 75 eisai Housem Block, il Gr d pids, Mich.
= eee ate Tae oe ee 20
yrand Rapids Chair Co ... ........------sseee: 105 |
Grand Rapids National Bank......-...-.-+-+++- 135 | ELOC+ I 4 e ; i I j ¢ ie
Grand Rapids Felt Boot Co.....-....+--+ +++ 105 | I "
| Grandville Avenue Plank Road Co..........- 160 |

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Oils
and Makers of Fine Lubiicants.

| OFFICE—19 and 21 Waterloo St. | WORKS—On C & W. M. and G. R. &I, R. R.,one
| Telephone No. 319. | mile north of Junction. Telephone No. 611-3R

The largest and most complete oil,line in Michigan. Jobbers of all kinds of

Hazeltine & Perkins DroeCo.... ..-. 225.0004.
Kent County Savings Bank...........-.. +++: 25 |
Michigan Barrel Co....... ....--.005 soe eo anes
New England Furniture Co...........----+++-
National City Banm.............. «-- -.-4.-.-.
Old National Bank..... eee
Plainfield Avenue Gravel Road Co........-..-

 

 

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ioe Funeeee Oo a aaa sel a tacit = | Cylinder Oils, Engine Oils, W. Va. Oils, Lard Oils, Neatsfoot Oils, Harness Oil,
| Street Railway Co. of Grand Rapids.......... 30 | Signal Oil, Axle Grease, Boiler Purger, Kerosene Oils, Naptha, Turpentine, Lin-
| Walker Gravel Road Co ........---..0.--00005 30 | seed Oils, Castor Oil, Cooking Oils, Axle Oils, Machinery Grease, Cotton Waste,
Peninsular Club 4 per cent. Bonds.... -...--- 75 | Bte. See Quotations.

 

 

Financial Miscellany.

The Missouri Pacific directors have de-
clared a quarterly dividend of 1 per
cent.

As compared with last year, the gross
earnings of the Northern Pacifie in-
creased $89,921.

The gross earnings of 154 roads for the |
month of August are reported at}
$40,634,120, and increase of $1,581,225.

The English brewery buying syndicate
has made its first payment of $650,000 on
its purchase of the Philadelphia brewery.

{tis reported that the St. Paul road
has bought the Milwaukee & Northern
and will issue $40,000,000 new stock to
pay for it.

ORDER

U7 DSON
LINEN

FOR YOUR STATIONERY.

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Local Stock Notes.
Thos. R. Perry has sold his stock in

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the Widdicomb Mantel Co., formerly
| known as the Gleason Wood Orna- Printers usually buy linens a ream or so at a
| ment Co. time, paying roundly for this buying ‘shand to

Chas. and Henry S. Holden have pur-
chased stock in the Grand Rapids Safety
| Deposit Co. and the former has been
elected Secretary of the corporation,
while the latter will take the position of |
| Superintendent. The lease of the Grand |
| Rapids Mutual Building and Loan Asso-
| ciation expires Oct. 1, when E. G. D.
| Holden & Sons will take possession.

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mouth.’”? By using large quantities we are able
to buy of the maker, thus obtaining a paper
which, while it is not pure linen, is equal in
writing qualities and appearance to that cost-
ing the smaller printer double what this costs
us. Furthermore, our output is so large that we
have reduced the cost to the minimum, while a
margin of a few cents on each order gives us
satisfactory returns. In view of the close mar-
gins we must insist upon cash with order from

all customers not known to us or not having a

satisfactory rating with mercantile agencies.

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: “ / COMMERCIAL NOTE HEADS, 54%x8%,- - $2.25@$2.50 per M.
Manistee—There has not been as free ae

Maniste " ee PACKET NOTE HEADS, 6x9%, u - 2.50@ 2.75 “

| a movement of salt of late and it looks as LETTER HEADS, 8%xl1, - i 3.00@ 4.00 “

| though the Association had not made a ENVELOPES, - - 2.60@ 2.75 “

SEND FOR SAMPLES.
THE TRADESMAN COMPANY,

GRAND RAPIDS.

| very wise move in putting up the price.
iIt was moving very freely before the
|raise, and our sheds at this point were
kept reasonably free. Since the advance,
| they have been blocked again most of the
| time, and some of the blocks have had to
shut down for a week ata time, as they

| could not find storage room.
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HESTER & FOX,

Manufacturers’ Agents for

SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY,

ATLAS Wat

VISITING BUYERS.
E E Hewitt, Rockford W S Adkins, Morgan

   
   
    

     

John Baker, Chauncey J H Manning, Lake PO

Geo A Sage, Rockford J McKelvey, Maple Grove Send for
PM Lonsbury, Reed City JS Barker, Morley Catalogue ae o ot
| Eli Runnels, Corning D Cornwall, Monterey and i Nea m4
; g Prices. : )
J A Liebler, Caledonia L F Severy, Lowell ) incest ; ocr i . é Ne
JF Gauweiler, Croton M Minderhout, Hanley a wali e thats INDIANAPOLIS. IND., U. &. A. 2 ae a
FD Smith, Coopersville B Steketee, Holland MANUBACTURRRS OF _ wen sae Jee

   
   
  

J Dursema, Fremont

B F Archer, Feary

Maston & Hammond,
Grandville

EC Duff, Ada

F E Campau, Alaska

H A Dailey, Lumberton
John Gunstra, Lamont

med STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS.
Carry Encines and Boilers in Stock
for immediate delivery

A B Johnson, Lowell : 2 beeen i ee so —
| M M Ekstein, Mapleton A Engberts, Zeeland as >
| Houghston & Reed, McBain ino Farrowe. So Mendon Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery,
|

Mrs A H Barber, Saranac
A Purchase, So Blendon

A R McKinnon, Shelby

JM Bradley, Sebewa

M F Dole, Sparta

L N Fisher, Dorr

H Bakker & Son, Drenthe
Frank Sommers, Dorr

Geo Hirschburg, Bailey
JL Purchase, Bauer
WmVerMeulen,BeaverDam
F Narregang, Byron Center |
E L Bansill, Bellaire |
L & L Jenison, Jenisonville |
John De Vries, Jamestown |
o’Conner & ee

| M Carman, Mecosta

| ES Botsford, Dorr

| WH Morris, Evans

D D Harris, Shelbyville
NoMich LumCo,Tanderagee
| E T Lockerbye, Keno

| John O Reed, Whitehall

| 'T Van Henenaam, Zeeland
| Jas McConnell, Jennings

| Carrington & North, Trent
| @ Ten Hoor, Forest Grove
W A Swarts&Son,Fennville
Lamoreaux & Beebe,

| Fruitport

| @S Putnam, Fruitport

S T Colson, Alaska

J B Watson, Coopersville

Saws, Belting and Oils.
s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Samp:e
Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.
44, 46 and 48 So. Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

And Dodge’

W rite for Prices.

Muskegon Cracker Co

CRACKERS, BISCUITS AND SWEET:GOODS.

 

in the week. You have talked the P. of I. just |
right.” |

M.A. Britton, druggist and stationer, Pewamo: | RB McCulloch, Berlin
wy. ; 7 ‘ | A J White, Bass River

You may continue THe TRADESMAN until I | R @ Beckwith, Bradley

, > ti is + vot | Sullivan Lum Co., Sullivan

order it stopped, and Ww hen my time is out, just eM X ML Noble.Muskegon
notify me and I will remit promptly.

I appreci- | John Crispe, Plainwell
wie your paper highly and think every merchant | JN Wait, Hudsonville
should have it.”

Den Herder & Tanis,
Vriesland

© Van Amberg,
Whitneyville

E Young, Ravenna

Geo Lentz, Croton

H F Webb, Cassopolis

Isaac Quick, Allendale

DelmoreHawkins,Hawkins

S M Geary, Maple Hill

Higby & Fox Dalton

Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia
| CH Deming, Dutton

 

P H Hoonan, Reed City
Wm K Prindle, Muir

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No Connection with Any

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ORDERS.
MUSKEGON, MICH.

Cracker Trust

SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MAIL

 

  

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

 

 

Drugs # Medicines.

State Board of Pharmacy.
One Year—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Two Years—Stanley E. Parkili, Owosso.
Three Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Four Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Five Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor
President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Next meeting at Lansing, Nov. 5 and 6.

 

 

 

Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n.
President—D. E. Prall, Saginaw.
First Vice-President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo.
Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor.
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detreit.
Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.
Treasurer—W m Dupont, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Ann Arbor, in October, 1891.

Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.
President, J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott.

 

Grand TTS Drug Clerks’ ae.
President, F Kipp; Secretary, W

Detroit Pharmaceutical Society.
President, J. W. Allen; Secretary, W. F. Jackman.

 

 

Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association.
President, P. Van Deinse; Secretary, John A. Tinholt.

 

 

Petition for Injunction Denied.

Judge Reilly, of the Wayne Circuit
Court, has denied the petition of
Williams, Sheley & Brooks, asking that
Farrand, Williams & Clark be restrained
from using that firm name. The decis-
ion was as follows:

“It appears from the pleadings and
proofs in this cause that all the parties
to this controversy had earried on
business for many _ years in the
city of Detroit under the firm name
of Farrand, Williams & Co., and down
to the latter part of 1889, with-
out any serious business differences.
About this time dissensions arose in the
firm, culminating in an offer on the part
of Mr. Jacob S. Farrand, representing all
the defendants, to sell their one-half in-
terest to Mr. Sheley for $120,000, or to
buy Shely & Brooks’ quarter interest for
$60,000. Mr. Sheley accepted Mr. Far-
rand’s proposition and about Feb. 1,
1890, received from defendants a bill of
sale of ‘all their right, title and interest
in the firm of Farrand, Williams & Co.’
and at once organized the present firm of
Williams, Sheley & Brooks, as contem-
plated when the purchase was made.

‘“‘About March 1, 1890, the retiring
partners of the old firm, the defendants
in this cause, commenced business in this
city under the firm name of Farrand,
Williams & Clark, and shortly after this
bill was filed to prevent the continued
use Of the names ‘Farrand’ and ‘Wil-
liams’ in juxtaposition in the firm name.

‘‘While the general principles of law
applicable to controversies of this na-
ture have been before the courts time and
time again, I have not been able to find
in any of the cases the same state of
facts that are before me, or any case
which makes the broad application of the
rule of law contended for by complain-
ants. The difficulty with their position
is that they concede—as is the fact—the
right of defendants to carry on business
in their own names, denying, simply,
their right to use the names Farrand and
Williams contiguously.

“If defendants may go into business,
why should they not be permitted to
form such partnership name out of the
names of the individual members of the
firm as suits their taste or fancy? Be-
cause the public” by reason of the sim-
ilarity of the two names, may be led to
suppose they are the successors of the
old firm of Farrand, Williams & Co., and
this they should not be allowed to do, as
we bought and paid for their interest in
that established business, is complain-
ant’s reply.

‘‘But their contract of sale in no wise
limits the use of their individual names,
or abridges their right to go into bus-
iness, and, being possessed of their
rights, I think
course that they may combine their in-
dividual names in any manner most
agreeable to themselves, so long as they
do not advertise or hold themselves out
as successors to the old firm of Farrand,
Williams & Co.

‘The prayer of the bill is denied, with |

costs.’’
7
Partnership Boots.
Mr. Silby—I declare! These boots are
only half soled.

 

Mrs. Silby—Who owns the other half,

dear ?

 

it follows as a matter of |

THE EIGHTH ANNUAL.

Proceedings of the Convention of the
a. oS. PP. A.

Condensed from the Saginaw Courier-Herald.
Nearly 200 members of the Michigan

State Pharmaceutical Association met in

the lecture room of the Hoyt Library, at

2 o’clock, Sept. 16, being called to order

by President Frank Inglis, of Detroit.

Prayer was offered by Rey. George F.
Warren, pastor of the First Baptist
church, after which Mayor George W.

Weadock, in an excellent address, wel-
comed the members of the Association to
Saginaw and extended to them the free-
dom of the city.

James Vernor, of Detroit, replied to
the address of welcome on behalf of the
Association, and President Inglis then
delivered his annual address.

Prof. Albert B. Prescott, of Ann Arbor,
then presented an index of contributions
submitted by the Michigan State Phar-
maceutical Association and School of
Pharmacy of the University of Michigan,
from time to time, for reference in the
revision of the Pharmacopmia.

The following papers were then read

and discussed by the Association: ‘*The
Assay of Comum Leaves,’’ by F. A.
Thompson, Detroit; ‘“‘The Adulteration

of Lard with Cotton Seed Oil,’’ Mr. Martz
loff, of the School of Pharmacy; ‘*Malt
Extract, Methods for the Estimation of
Its Diastatic Power,’’ by Mr. Ilhardt, of
the Schoolof Pharmacy.

The papers were well read and listened
to with interest by members of the Asso-
ciation.

The evening session was devoted to the
reading of the report of the Committee
on Trade Matters, which was discussed
by the members. The most interesting
discussion was had upon that portion of
the report which called attention to the
cutting in prices on proprietary medi-
cines, which was discussed by A. Bassett,
James Vernor and James E. Davis, of
Detroit, and others, and a resolution was
presented by Mr. Davis to the effect that
the Association deplored the practice of
cutting prices, and would support any
plan which could be devised by whole-
sale druggists, manufacturers and retail
druggists, which would do away with
this practice. This resolution was adopted
and ordered forwarded to the meeting of
the National Association of Wholesale
Druggists at Washington.

The Association decided to send a dele-
gate to the meeting of the National Asso-
tion of Wholesale Druggists, which con-

venes at Washington, D. C., Sept. 29.
The discussion of the report of the

Committee was resumed, that section re-
lating to the subject of physicians send-
ing abroad for their supplies, instead of
patronizing home retail drugists, being
the especial point for consideration.

SECOND DAY.

At 9 o’clock, Wednesday morning, the
visitors embarked in carriages fora drive
about the city. The manifold attractions
of Saginaw were pointed out and ad-
mired, and numerous places of beauty
and interest were visited.

At 2 o’clock an adjourned business
session was held at the assembly room of
the Hoyt library, when the third topic
prepared by the Committee on Trade In-
terests, relative to the disposal of sur-
plus stocks of proprietary medecines,
was disclosed. Papers were also read by
H, G. Coleman, of Kalamazoo, on ‘‘Truss
Fitting,’’ and by James Vernor, of De-
troit, on the sale of opiates.

Afterward a number of new members
were admitted to the Association, and the
reports of the Secretary and Treasurer
were submitted, both of an encouraging
nature, although the Secretary deplored

| the fact that many members were in ar-

rears for dues and suggested a plan of
collection. Te election of officers re-
selted as follows

President—D. E. Prall, Saginaw.

First Vice-President—H. G. Coleman,
Kalamazoo.

Second Vice-President—A. B. Prescott,

| Ann Arbor.

Third Vice-President—Jas.
| Detroit.

Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.

Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.

The banquet in the evening which was

Vernor, |

 

held at Teutonia hall was participated in
by 225 people. The hall proper was all
that experienced florists could make it in
the way of floral furnishings and trim-
mings, while the stage was the central
attraction of all eyes. In semi-circle
form were flowers and huge cacti, and in
the background was a mammoth floral
druggist’s mortar, constructed wholly
with various colored astors, dahlias,
carnations, white roses and geraniums.
Behind the scene of lovliness was an
orchestra of fourteen pieces, which dis-
coursed beautiful music. The menu, to
which all did ample justice, was as fol-
lows:
Boned Turkey with Jelly.
Chicken Patties. Sliced Tongue.
Pickles. Olives.
Fish Salad. Saratoga Chips.
Cream Biscuits. Deviled Ham Sandwiches.
a Ice. Vanilla Ice Cream.

Angels’ Food. Fancy Cakes. Maccaroons,
Fruit.
Chocolate with Whipped Cream.
Coffee. Lemonade.

Claret Punch.

At the conclusion of the repast, the
following sentiments were proposed by
the toastmaster and responded to by the
gentlemen named:

The M.S. P. A.—H. G. Coleman, Kala-
mazoo.

The Pharmacist and His Journal—cC. W.
Parsons, Detroit.

The Babies: Our Coming Pharmacists—
H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.

The Pharmacist and the
L. W. Bliss, Saginaw.
The Aged Pharmacist—-Geo.
West Bay City.
The Boy—Prof. C. N. Kendall, Saginaw.
Water—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
The Ladies—S. E. Parkill, Owosso.
It was after midnight before the pro-
gramme was completed.

Physician—Dr.

IL. Lusk,

THIRD DAY.

At the business session at the Hoyt
library in the morning, G. J. Ward, John
Hogeboom, Mr. Snow, D. O. Haynes and
George McDonald were elected delegates

to the convention of the National Whole- |

sale Druggists’ Association, to be held at
Washington, with Jamss Vernor, F. A.
Thompson, Albert Mann, C. W.
and A. Bassett as alternates.
D. E. Prall was chosen as delegate to the
State Medical Society convention, which
will be held here next year. The Asso-
ciation adjourned to meet in Ann Arbor
in October, 1891.

At 1 o’clock the pharmacists and ladies
embarked on the steamer Burt for a ride
down Saginaw River to Bay City. The
trip was quickly made and when the boat
reached the Crystal water works, the
passengers were landed and shown about
the institution. The journey was then
resumed and the boat arrived at the bus-
iness center at 4 o’clock.

tee and escorted to carriages in waiting
and driven about the cities, visiting the
ship-yards, Industrial works, wooden-
ware works, pipe works, new Michigan
Central depot and other places of inter-
est. The Saginaw’ orchestra accom-
panied the party on the boat and ren-
dered excellent music. In the evening a
banquet was tendered by the pharma-

cists of Bay City and West Bay City,
Geo. L. Lusk acting as toast-master. The
programme of toasts, with music inter-

spersed, was as follows:

Address of welcome to the cities—Hon.
O. A. Watrous.

Response in behalf of the M. S. P. A.—
D. KE. Prall.

Accuracy, Purity,
Brown.

Strength — H. J.

Pharmaceutical Legislation — Hon.
T. A. E. Weadock
Physician and Pharmacist—Dr. R. W.

Irwin.

Shake Well Before Taking—W. F. Henes.

Our Profession—C. L. Collins.

Schools of Pharmacy—Stanley E. Park-
hill.

Charity Linked in Two
Rev. T. W. McLean.
The Press—D. O. Haynes, C. W. Parsons.

The Ladies—T. F. Shepard.

The banquet was avery happy occa-
sion and enjoyment reigned supreme
throughout the evening. At 11:30 o’clock
the party returned to Saginaw by special
train provided by the Flint & Pere Mar-
quette Railroad, and the convention was
at an end.

Professions—

Parsons |
President |

The Drug Market.
Opium continues to harden in value
abroad and is firm here. Morphia is un-

changed. Quinine is easier. Jalap root
has again advanced. Ipecac root is
higher. Sugar of milk has advanced.
Mercury is higher and all mercurials
have advanced. Arnica flowers are
higher. yum shellac continues to ad-
vance. Linseed oil is higher. Turpen-

tine has declined. Buchu leaves have
advanced. Sage and hops are both higher
and are tending upward. Senega root

has advanced.
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Acevemm ...... ...... 8@ 10
Benzoicum German.. 80@1 00
Pe ne cw wee ones 30
Carpolicoum ........... 33@ 10
————— 50@ 55
~ went eee cae am 5S
Niteocum + ....-....-.- 10@ 12
Oxelicum ...-....-..-- 11@ 13
Phosphorium dil...... 20
Salicylicum ..........-. 1 40@1 80
Sulphuricum.. ._. ee
asset... ss... 40@1 60
Tartaricum..........-- 40@ 42
AMMONIA.
Aqua, 16 — gece ae 5@ 7
SO dog......-.-. 1@ ao &
Carbonas .......-+..-- 11@ 13
Chioridum ........-... 12@ 14
ANILINE.
Black. ......-....+-+--- 2 NOG2 2
Brown 80@1 00
ek eee ce se 45@ 50
CO 2 50@3 00
BACCAE,
Cubeae (po. 1 50...-.-- 1 60@1 75
Juniperus .......-...-- 8@ 10
Xanthoxylum.......-- 25@ 30
BALSAMUM.
Copaiba ......--:-+-++: 60@_ 65
Pera... Lie ah ee
Terabin, ‘Canada devel 35@ 40
Wolutan .....<..-++++-- 45@ 50
CORTEX.
Abies, Canadian. 18
UBRIA oe cece secees + +es H
Cinchona Flava ....----+++- 18
Euonymus atropurp........ 30
Myrica Cerifera, po...------ 20
Prunus Virgini........--+--+ 12
Quillaia, grd.......-----++-- 2
Seeeatras .......-..--------> 2
Ulmus Po (Ground 12)...... 10
EXTRACTUM.
Gly eyrrhiza a: UG w%
ance 3B@ 35
Haematox, iS Ib. box.. i@ &
Th... ee, 13@ 14
. NEB. eke 14@ 15
“ Re 16@ 17
FERRUM.
Carbonate Precip.....- @ 15
Citrate and Quinia.. @3 50
Citrate Soluble.....-.-. @ 8
Ferrocyanidum Sol.. @ 50
Solut Chloride ce @ 15

 

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I oe oe ee eens 18@ 20

Anthems .....-..--+-- 20@ 25

Matricaria ...... --+-: 25@ 30
FOLIA.

Barosma ! 15@ 2

Cassia Acutifol, ‘Tin-

nivelly a ee 25Q 28
. Alx. 3@ W

Salvia officinalis, 48

mad 468.............. 10@ 12

Ure Drel.....--...----- 8@ 10
GuMMI.
Acacia, ist picked.... @1 00
- 2d ee @ 9%
_ 3d aa @ 80
. ~ sorts. . @ 6
ee 75Q@1 00
Aloe, nn. “(po. 60)... 30@ 60

‘6 Cape, (po. 20). @ 12

" Socotri, (po. 60) - @ 50
Catechu, 1s, (448,14 %

ON cae eee eee se S 1
Ammoniae .....-..-+-- 25 30
Assafcetida, (po. 30) .. @
Benzoinum......-..-.-- 30@ 55
Camphor@.....+--+++-+- 50@ 52
Euphorbium - 1... co 8
Galbanum. — @3 00
Gamboge, pO..-...---- 80@ 9%
Guaiacum, (po oo)... @ 4
Kino, (po. 25)....----- @ 2
ee eee @ 80
Myrrh, (po. 45)....---- 40
Opil, (pe. 5 40)....---. 4 Of OA 10
BAGISG .. ...-+----+-s 283@ 40

" pleached.. #3@ 35
Tragacanth .......---- 300 75

HERBA—In ounce packages.
Abeinthtum .........-.------ 25
Eupatorium ......------++++- 20
— Ce oeec weet eeee sees 25
Majorum ........-------+-+++ 28
Mentha s Biperita. Seca eee 2

Vir i

ee 30
Seinen, ee 22
Thymus, V......-------+-- 25.

MAGNESIA,
Caicined, Pat........-- 55a 60
Carbonate, Pat.......- W@ 22
Carbonate, K. & M. 20@ 25
Carbonate, Jenning5.. 35@ 36
OLEUM

Absinthium. ... ..-5 00@5 50
Ames alae, Dulc.. Le oe 45@ %
Amydalae, Amarae.. 8 00@8 25
a 2 00@2 10
Auranti Cortex....... @2 50
Bergamii ........-..-- 3 25@4 00
Cajipatd ...........2--- 90@1 00
Caryophylli ..........- 1 25@1 30
og cee case 35@ 65
Chenopodii . faa @1 75
Cinnamonii ......... --1 40@1 50
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Le _Declined— Purpentine.
Cubebae i as 14 00@14 50 TINCTUBES. |
Exechthitos........... 9@1 00 a |
TS 1 200A1 20 Aconitum Napellis : cau, eT
Gaultheria ............ Se ak ey 50 |
Geranium, ounce..... @ %| Aloes......-.--..------------ 60
Gossipii, Sem. gal..... 50@ | .*. and myrrh. 60
ee 1 %@1 80 | Arnica ........-...---2------ 50]
Cee Boaz 00 | Asafcetida. . ee
Lavendula ............ 90@2 00 | Atrope Belle adonna. . 60
fen... 1 bo@2 20 | Benzoin. teers 60
Mentha Piper.......... 2 40@3 50 8 50
Mentha Verid.........2 50@2 60 | Sanguinaria 50
Morrhuae, gal.......-- 80@1 00 Barosma eee eet sae 50 |
Myrcia, ounce........- @ 50| Cantharides...............-. 7%]
Ove 2 1 cogs 75 | Cepaicum .....- 50 |
Picis Liquida, (gal. 7 » 12) Cardamon... ...-..-...-.-. ro)
ee 36 TEES
Rosmarini. sue oo | Castor . seen 1 00
Rosae, ounce.......... @b 00 Catechu.. ween cteeeeeeee reeeee 50
Naoeme |... 40@ 45 | Cinchona ............-..-+-. 50
Sabie eae OO Co......-. 60
Santal ..3 BOQ 00 Columba aoe 50
Sassafras. ............ S6@ 60} VOutum ....---.-- wreececes SG]
Sinapis, ess, ounce. @ 65| Cubeba............ oe 50
Ta iy @1 50 | Digitalis ...........-.. s+. 50/5
Thyme ............-... 40@ 50 Ergot........ ce. 50 |
e om ....... ne @ 60| Gentian .....-...---+-+.-++- 50
TReOnremaed........... 15@ 20 e MO De es awe etien «cea oe 60
f : ae 50
a POTASSIUM. fy ‘ ging 60
oe a 15@ 18 Zingiber 50
Bichromate ...... = 14 Hyoscyar eC r
Bromide.. 37@ 40 ES Ee 50
Carb. 12@ 15 lodine. . i ae sg
viral alien ni Colorless. 75
o 9 IH 40 |
Chie: & (po. 20). rere g 55 | Ferri C hloridum.. 35 |
eae ls 802 § jee ’ 50
Potassa, Bitart, pure.. < 3 eng —s po
Potassa, Bitart, com... Se Giwae Von 4 |
Petass Nitras, opt..... 8@ 10] Opii een at a
> sc y? 2 r € see ee ewer rere eeee See eeee Oe
Potass Nitras......-.-- «@ 9 © amphorated... .. oO
PYURAIALS .... . 150 00--s 20@ .32 Deodor. 2 00 |
Sulphate po........... 15@ 18 in slur
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ae / CiaeRtA 8... 8 ee 50 |
Aeon .....64.....) 20@ 25] Rhatany ... 50 |
Alitiae ............... 2a Oe) Boe... 50 |
Anchuse .........-.... 1 ics ussia Acutifol 50 |
Bes, O0..........--- @ 50
De 20@ 50] Serpentaria ....... 50
Gentiana, (po. 15)..... 10@ 12 Stromomium.............-.-. 60 |
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18] Tolutan .............. ..+..- 60 |
Hydrastis Canaden, Valerian ..... bee. 50 |
xe i... 1. @ 45| Veratrum Veride............ 50
He lebore, Ala, po.... ba Ww |
Hla, pol 15@ 20 MISCELLANEOUS.
Toecac, po. ......- 2 Be , a
ther, Spts Nit, ; B@ 2
Iris plox (po. 20@22) ne ether, a. = 3 aS. po a
Jalapa, Pr. ee eeas eens Alumen C oe 3%
Maranta, %48.....-.... . ground, (po. b
Podophyllum, ” ae 2) 8 3@
Rhej. a cianhe Wpnntte 55@ 60 |
- Anti : 5 |
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Sanguinaria, (po 25).. Sr ee aA . “a |
Antrenrin.....:....... ;
Serpentaria............ Argenti Nitras,ounce @ 83}
Senega .. . Arsenicum . a 71
Ss a oes NG ‘
imilax, Officinalis, u = = Balm Giléad Bud.. le 38@ 40 |
: » “| Bismuth S. ! 2 10@2 2 |
1% 9 i
Seflias, (po. %).....--- 10@ 12] calcium Cc hlor, is, “(ks
Symplocarpus, Feti- 11; \%s, 12). . @ 9 |
“dus, po.. @ 3 : . ed
Vv aleriana, Eng. (po. 30) @ B Cantharides Russian, a at
German. 15@ Ww po Sateen Teele @1 75 |
Wineiber eit 10@ 15|Capsici Fructus,af... @ 22 |
Zingiber j....-..-... 2@ 2 i i 90... S 16 |
SEMEN. re - S)
Caryophyllus, * 20) 1L@ = |
Anisum, (po. 20). . @ 15} Carmine, No. 4#....... @3 7% |
Apium (graveleons) - . 15@ 18|Cera Alba, S. & .... 50@ 55 |
hae i.........-... —— 6:1Coe Fieve............ 38@ 40
Carul, (po. 18) .......-- &@ 12) Coccus .........-....-- @ 40}
Cardamon......-..----1 00@1 25 | Cassia Fructus........ @ 20]
Corlandrum.........-. 10@ 12] Centraria.............. @ 10)
Cannabis Sativa....... 34@ 4] Cetaceum............. @ 45}
Cydonium. et OG 1 Chigvoform .......... Si Sel
© thenopodium ns | squibbs .. @1 00 |
Dipterix — ae ‘ Chloral Hyd Crst......1 50@1 |
Foeniculum.. — CO ae 20@ 25)
Foenugreek, po. ae Cc inchonidine, RaW ba w
Eee... -s- German 4@ 10}
. * ge @bE 4 >.. Corks, list, dis. per |
OO ks ae des oo a feo @ 60}
Pharlaris Cané arian. @ C) Oreasotum ............ @ 50}
MOOD 5.2.5. - ses. 4. Ga «7 | Creta, 0 )........ ao fz!
Sinapis, Albu.. i. woe Ss  prep............. Se
Nigra.. cua. 11@ 12 | peeeip........... Ga mI
SPIRITUS. Mere... .... a si
Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50 | Crocus ......-..-.+-++. 35@ 38}
‘se D. F. . . 1 75@2 00 ( es eek eee ee @ |
a. |. 1 10@1 50 Cupri Suipn........... 8@ 9}
Juniperis Co. O. 7.111 w@i 5 | Dextrine ............-. 10@ 12
-// "14 95@3 50 | Ether Sulph.. 68@ 70
Saacharum N, E...... 1 75@2 00 | Emery, all numbers.. @
Spt. Vini Galll........ 1 756 50 PO... eee  @
Vini Oporto ...........1 25@2 00 | Ergota, vai be 50@ b5
eae 1 25@2 00 | Flake White. 12@ 15
Galla .. @
SPONGES. Gambier. ' el -8 @ 9.
Florida sheeps’ wool Gelatin, « JoOper....... @ #
Guiringe......___.... 2 25@2 50)... French........ 40@ 60
Nassau sheeps’ wool Se — 70 per cent.
ee 2 00 | Dy 00x Ww tess
Velvet extra sheeps’ | Glue, Browt.....-...3
wool carriage. 1 10} White.........-.
Extra yellow sheeps’ | Glycerina .
COS a 85 | aoe Paradisi.
Grass sheeps’ wool car- | Humulus. - : aU
eee a 65 | Hydra rag C hic or Mite.. 5
Hard for slate use.... % | Cor oe |
Yellow Reef, for slate Po SS
2 d Ammonia. M1 nwo
EEE isn: dl Oe @1 2%
Unguentum. 50@ 60
SYRUPS. | Hydrargyrum ...... @ 90
OCHO 6 ois coe sine nea ..... BO|Tehthyobolla, Am. :
Pate ee Pe
TpeCac......-- +--+ esse ees 60 | lodine, Resubl........é
Oe ae 50 | Iodoform..........-.-.
Aurenti Cortes......-.....«.- 50 Lupulin . Ts
a 50 | om ce eH
Similax Officinalis.......... ee
: re Co... 50 Liquor Arsen et Hy-
Senega .....---.--- ee eee e eres 50 rere t0d............ @ 2|
OE 50 | Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12 |
ine ee “ 50 Magnesia, Sulph ~
on en 50 134). a 20 3 |
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Eseuien, S. P. & W...2 85@3 10
. & MN. X.

Cty .............. 2 85@3 10
Moschus Canton...... @ 40
yristica, No. f......- %7@ 75
ux Vomica, (po 20) .. @ 10
Os. Sepia Lele ete nee B@ 38

— Saac, H. & P. D.
Be cera cece ssae ess 2 00

Pic ‘i shies Ry. 0% am
| on... @2 00
| Picis Liq., ‘quarts oes @1 00
pants ....... @ 7
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80). @ Ww
Piper Nigra, (po. 22). @ 18
Piper Alba, (po #5) ae @ &
Pix Burgun.. ie a 7
| Plumbi Acet . 14@ 15
Pulvis Ipecac et ‘opii. 4 10@1 2

Pyrethrum, boxes

& P.D. Co, dos..... @1 2
Pyrethrum, pv Piacoa. 30@ 35
| Quassiae ee 8@ 10
| Quinia, Fay ....- 39@ 44
S. German. 30@ 40
Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14
Saccharum Lactis pv.. @ 35
LO 1 80@2 00
Sanguis enone. Lo. Oa W
| Benton .....--.-+-. @4 50
Sapo, a 12@ 14
= ww ........-.-.. 8@ 10
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Seidlitz Mixture...... @ 2%/|Lindseed, boiled .... 65 68
Ciaaeee @ 18|Neat’s Foot, winter
no, @ 30 eivareed ............ 5 69
a Maccaboy, De ad SpiritsTurpentine.... 44% 50
a C 35 ie
Snuff, Scotch, De. Yoes @ 35 iu cn —_—
Soda Boras, (po. 13). 129@ 13 Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3
Soda et Potass Tart... 30@ 33 | Ochre, yellow Mars....1% 2@4
Soda Carb............ 1%@ 2 Ber......194 | 2@3
Soda, Bi-Carb......... @ 35/| Putty, commercial... 242 244@3
Soda, Ash.. sae a strictly pure. 11 2% 2%@3
Soda, Sulphas.. oe @ 2\Ve srmilion Prime Amer-
[eee rE ET et aincee naa gia se 13@16
“ “Myrcia Dom..... @2 00} V ermilion, English.... 80@82
“ Myrcia Imp... .. @2 50 | Green, Peninsular..... T0@%5
* “Vini Rect. bbl. Lead, red ec ee eaueu @i*
2... 2 35 .., White .........-- @is
Less 5¢ gal., cash ten dave. Whiting, white Span... @iv
| Strychnia Crystal..... ‘@1 10} Whiting, Gilders’...... @%
| Sulphur, Subl......|. seg am hite, Paris American 1 00
Roll... .2...: 214,@ 3 | Whiting, Paris Eng.
| Tamarinds ... _-- om cliff - "
Terebenth Venice..... 23@ 30) Pioneer P repared Paint! 20@1 4
Theobromac .........- 50@ 55 Swiss Villa re
Wan 9 00@16 00} Paints ....... 00@1 20
Zinci Sulph.. -. te 8 VARNISHES,
No. 1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20
one. Extra Turp..... --160@1 70
Bbl. Gai | Coach ‘oe Sp Cele. TX@3 00
Whale, winter........ 70 70 | No. 1 Tarp Forn... a 00@1 10
Tard, Gstca........... & 60 | Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60
Lard. No. 1........... 45 50 | Japan Dryer, No.
Linseed, pureraw.... 62 65 Turp. os 7 75

 

 

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& PERKINS

DRUG COQ.

Importers and Jobbers of

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Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundrier,

Dealers in

Patent Medisings, Paints, Oils, Varnishes,

Sole Agents forithe Oelebrated Pioneer Prepared Paints.

 

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We have in stock and offer a full line of

Whiskies, Brandies,

Gins, Wrines, ums.

 

| We are Sole Agents in Michigan for W. D. & Go.,

Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash
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We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders§and Guar-
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THE MICHIGAN TRADE

SMAWN.

 

GRVUCERIES.

Features of the Produce Market.

The manufacturers of evaporated ap-
pies appear to have gone crazy, as many
of them are paying 50 cents a bushel for
cull apples and windfalls, which ordi-
narily bring 10 to 15 cents. Asa result
of the high price of apples, some evap-
orators are talking about asking 16 cents
for their output, and Chicago dealers are
picking up all they can and making ad-
vances of 11 cents per pound. When the
farmer can get as much for his cull ap-
ples as he ordinarily receives for No. 1
fruit, he ought not to complain much.

Dry beans appear to be considerable of
a conundrum, as the acreage is much
larger than ever before, but the exact
condition of the crop is yet in doubt.
The Chicago market has declined and
shows other evidences of weakness, but
the attitude of local dealers tends to re-
assure the growers in this territory.

Eggs are higherin the Eastern markets,
handlers in New York and Philadelphia
offering 19 cents per dozen.

Grapes are still in large supply, with
no adequate outlet for the overplus any-
where.

Onions are evidently going to rule high
the coming season. The quality is good,
but the yield is small as compared with
previous years, being not over half that
of last year.

Handlers of potatoes assert that it is
remarkable how prices hold up, as the
prospects are now good for a fair crop of
late potatoes all over the country. Early
potatoes are decidedly short and are very
slow in maturing.

a
“‘Wholesale”’’ Peddlers Around Again.

The Reading Telephone notes the fol-
lowing :

Messrs. Cushman & Peterson who have
been here the past four weeks soliciting
among the farmers in this vicinity for a
wholesale grocery house of Chicago, de-
livered a carload of groceries to their
customers on Tuesday. They went from
here to Hudson, where they will engage
in the same occupation.

The gentlemen above referred to may
be exceptionally honest and may handle
honest goods, but it would be the first
case on record. The ‘‘wholesale” part
of their work is all a sham, while the
goods they handle are so thoroughly
sophisticated that the spices, ground
coffees, etc., are next door to worthless.
The legitimate merchant is doing his
customers a favor by warning them
against such irresponsible tramps.

a
Good Advice.
From the Denver Grocer.

The grocer must assert his independ-
ence if he wishes to be respected. <A
man ought to sell his goods on their mer-
its and not expect patronage because he
is poor—or achurch member. Make ita
rule to keep only first-class goods and
deal with your customers with fairness

and firmness.
ie we

The Grocery Market.

Sugars are without change. New
raisins are in market. New pickles are
now in market, starting in at $9.50 per
bbl. for mediums and every prospect of
still higher prices. Vinegar is higher.
Low grades tea are scarce and higher.
- © >

Remedy for Roaches.

Take three pounds of oatmeal, or meal
of Indian corn, and mix it with a pound
of white lead; moisten with treacle so as
to form a good paste, and puta portion
down at night in the infested building. |

tepeat fora

 

 

 

 

 

 

REASONABLE RULES.

Adopted by the Wholesale Grocers of
Grand Rapids.

The following circular will shortly be
mailed to the retail grocery trade of this
territory by the wholesale grocers of
Grand Rapids:

To the Trade.

We respectfully call your attention to
the following rules which, after this date,
will be strictly adhered to:

By way of explanation, we will say
that it has become quite customary with
the trade to neglect to report claims on
spoiled goods, ete., until it is too late for
the jobber to recover from the manufac-
turer and, in consequence, he (the job-
ber) has to stand the loss himself or dis-
please a customer by refusing to allow
it. These losses are in the aggregate
quite large and, in order to place them
where they legitimately belong, these
rules, which are in force in all the larger
trade centers, have been adopted, and
our object in issuing this circular is that
there shall be a fair understanding of the
matter with the trade and, consequently,
no injustice be ascribed to our action:

1. All goods of a perishable nature,
such as meats, fish, cheese, green or dried
fruits, ete., should be examined at once
on arrival and anything unsatisfactory in
their condition reported immediately to
the house, or we cannot entertain any
claim.

2. We will under no circumstances re-
ceive back cut meats or cheese.

3. We cannot allow any elaim for
spoiled salted meats in barrels, unless
reported within thirty days of date of
purchase.

4. Swelled or spoiled canned goods
must be reported within thirty days of
date of purchase and the goods held
subject to our order.

5. Broken butts of plug tobacco are
unsalable, unless ata loss, and will be
taken back only with the understanding
that we sell them for account of sender
and credit him with net proceeds.

6. Glassware of every description is
shipped at buyer’s risk of breakage.

7. We use due care in shipping goods
liable to damage by extremes of heat or
cold and cannot be responsible for losses
caused by sudden changes of temper-
ature after goods leave us.

Please make all claims direct to the
the house—not to agents, as they gener-
ally forget to report them, and we will
not be responsible for claims made other-
wise than direct to the house. In return-
ing or consigning goods, please put your
card on them, so we can identify them,
and at the same time write the house.

In receipting to railroad companies for
freight, always examine the goods care-

fully and if any of the packages appear
damaged in any way receipt ‘‘in bad
order.”

Respectfully,

I. M. CLARK & Son,
BALL-BARNHART-PUTMANCoO.,
OLNEY & JUDSON GROCER Co.,
HAWKINS, PERRY & Co.,
MUSSELMAN & WippIcoMB,
LEMON & PETERS,
G. BR. Pacnive & Prov. Co.
a
Trying to ‘‘Corner’’ the Prune Market.
From the New York Tribune.

A struggle of some interest to careful
housewives is now in progress for the
control of the American market for
prunes. The California growers. of
this fruit assert boldly that they
will have the entire control of
the market just as soonas their supply
can be made to equal the demand. Asa
matter of fact, tne California article has
gained so much favor here that the

 

|French packers have found it to their

advantage to pack their goods in imita-
tion of the California packages. The
new crop from California is now, in

| part, on the way here, the first two car-
i loads of the season having left Sacra-

| mento last week.

'advance in the price. It

Since the market for
French prunes opened at Bordeaux,
there has been a steady and considerable
is declared,
however, that, with the duty added, the

few nights alternately, and | French article can sti!l be sold ata profit

in the morning remove the paste and the | under the price asked for the native

corpses to a convenient place.

| product.

There is a lively field for spec-

 

 

ulation in prunes in Bordeaux, California
and New York. When the dealers are
“loaded up’? with stock an interesting
contest to the intelligent insiders will be
fairly under way. The palate of the
housewife will be the umpire.
as i -2- <-— in
For the finest coffees in the world, high
grade teas, spices, etc., see J. P. Visner,
17 Hermitage block, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Agent for E. J. Gillies & Co., New York
City. 352tf

 

 

PRODUCE MARKET.

Apples—Sundried are held at 844@9c, while
the manufacturers of new evaporated are talk-
ing :4@16c. The market will probably settle
down at 12@13c.

Apples—Fall fruit commands $2.75@3 for eat-
ing and $2.50 for cooking stock.

Beans—The Chicago market has declined 25e
per bu. during the past week, but local dealers
are paying $1.50@1.60 per bu., holding at $2.

Beets—New, 50c per bu.

Buiter—Dairy is in good demand at 14@16c
per lb. Creamery finds moderate sale at 23c.

Cabbages—50c per doz. or $ per 100.

Carrots—30e per bu.

Celery—20@.’5e per ‘doz.

Cooperage—Pork barrels,81.25; produce barrels

c ‘rabapples—79@9ve per bu.

Cranberries—Michigan berries are in fair de-
ag at $3 per bu. Cape Cod commands $9 per
bbl.

Eggs—Scarce and higher. Dealers pay 15c for
fresh stock, holding at 1t@17e.

Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, o 65 per bu.
ee $4.40. Timothy, #1. 6) per b

Grapes—Concords and W ondens. po still in
ample supply, dealers holding at 24%@3ec, while
Niagaras and Delawares find moderate demand
at 4@5c.

Maple Sugar — 8@10ce per lb.,
quality,

Maple Syrup—75@85c per gal.

Musk Melons—Home grown, #1 per crate.

Onions—75e per bu.

Pop Corn—4c per Ib.

Potatoes—It is a little early to predict what is
likely to be the ruling price, but present indi-
cations are that the farmers will realize from 45
to 69c per bu. for their crop. Shippers are now
paying 6 @65c.

Pears—California, $3.50 per box.

Peaches—W hite stoe x finds ready sale at £2.50,
while yellow stock is picked up quickly at $3. 50
@*€.50 per bu.

Plums—California, = per box.

Quinces—$2.50 per bu.

Sweet Potatoe s—Baltimores, 83 per bbl;
seys, 83.25 per bbl.

Tomatoes—Home grown are coming in freely,
being held at 75¢ per bu.

Turnips—30@35c per bu.

Watermelons—Indiana stock is coming in very
plentifully, being held at 14@1éc¢ apiece.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co,
quotes as follows:
PORK IN BARRELS.

according to

Jer

  

 

ee ......  .. .l
NE om eee ees 11 50
Pere Clear pin, Wort out.................,-
eee ee
Cooer, tee Te... oe
Boston clear, short cut. Eee 13 00
eg ee ee 13 00
Standard clear, short cut. best. 3 00
SAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked.
rere eee... a... 7
Pee 9
ee CINE... . 5. 5 sou oa ae ee sane. 9
Weeenrec: Geeeee. ........................... &
Pee eee i 5
meeeres, Sees... .- 65. crea y,, eee ee 5
ee ee 5
Pe ee 5
LARD—Kettle Rendered.
Se ac. ee 7
eke eke ese s tices, 7%
een eee. T%
LARD—F amily.
ee 6
30 and 50 Ib. Tubs ....... eee sss eda eee wy 6%
eae eee oe ee ee...
oie Pal ere eoeee. 6%
i Pere Ce A Oee. 6%
me te, Pee Sie Bene... 6%
eee 6%
BEEF IN BARRELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs.............. 7 00
Extra Mess, Cuteare peciiae................ 7 00
omens, cum H.... cc, $ 00

SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 = ees ee

 
 
 

8
12 to 14 Ibs..

“ec “cc

e erg eee MCnh seu seeaese cure sel GL. 8

_ eee 9%
Shoulders.. ... ee ee
Breakfast Bacon, boneless. eee ee ee ce 8
Dried beef, ham prices OSE
Lon Clears, heavy ee ee ee eee, 6%
Briskets, —e eee cere deers teeta

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FISH and OYSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
FRESH FISH,

 

 

 
 
 

    

 

Whitefish pee eeecreees Grebe coe ooo sy @7%
ee ce ca @ 8
oe... Lk @7%
SO @15
Ciscoes : @ 4
Flounders . @9
Bluefish ... Li eceieweay Heys eles @10
ee aie @25
ee @10
Cpittorete ealioom.................. .... Q@2
OYSTERS—Cans,
Petmeven (ume... @35
Po, Oe. @28
ee @25
ees @25
CNN ee @2
FRESH MEATS.
Swift and Company quote as follows:
Beef, ieee a 4@6
hind quarters. . 54@ 6%
ee eu @ 3
. Dee re. . ...., cs “0 T4D 8%
- a i en @ 7%
, eee. 4; fel... @5
Oe eee eel a @9
ee @
ee @5
re ee @%™%
Oe @ 5%
Sausage, moon oc eee... @5
een oy @5
: oe: @ 7
Mutton . ae Q@7
i ae @
CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS.
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:
STICK CANDY.
—s ner i. .... “ 4@ 9
ah. eee Pees ee eso ee. * See @ 9
. Tarist erie hence ee ~~ ;
re ee ee
Adeortad Cream hoe aa i2
are 11
MIXED CANDY,
Se 8%
ee 8%
a oS ee ee ea ae
aoe ee ee 10
English OO EE ae 10
NO ieee eek, eee ee Cle, 10
ee
Cut Loaf... ee ea 10
French Creams.................. a 12
oe oe... 13
FAaNCY—In 5 Ib. boxes,
Remon Pees, 8c... 2
Bour See... eS A Se 13
Deere ee 14
‘Chocolate Dropa............ oo "
i. Me. CeCe roe... ............
— oe...
Roemer. "
- Bees Oe 14
Lozenges, — eee daa es heeded, 14
epee. cece dynes 15
iii ee 14
ee 15
oe eee Ca Ss 13
ae... 13
Cl ee a
ene meee Come
doo i, Es a es 16
Pee eee 20
er ee 15
a ae 22
memeererces Beis. 14
FANCY—In bulk,
Lozenges, ae eee... eck 12
z eee ee 13
Chocoiate Drops, in Se ENT eel 12
age | bees 6

Moss Drops, in pails
re TOON
mercer ee.

 
  

ORANGES,
Rodi, choice, es @
Ce @
LEMONS.
mcemine, CHOICR, Soe... ........ @
“ ee ease @
. POE Oe a @7
' a @
OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS.
Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy layers...... @16
Fard, ie eee... @10
' 50-Ib. Oe eeu ee. @8
" Persian, 50-Ib. box............... @7
NUTS
Abscuds, Ferree |... @17%
. ce ee @i7
- OOM @
ree... te. oes cs,.c,. @16
Walnuts, Grenoble. @1T%
“ Marbot.. een ee ee vec ne @l4
Pecans, Texas, H. A A 14 @16
Coopemuts, TUlL OROKS............. @5 00
PEANUTS,
WON, Fe Ei ieee 10%@l1
e . meee «2.4... @12%
Fancy, . F., Game c ‘ocks . <t @
' . toasted...... @
roe. Fee. @ 9%
_ . ‘** Roasted @l1%
Choice, H. Ps Re Freee ....... @ 9%
" ™ Beoested.. @i1%
Fancy, H. P., Steamboats.. @ 9%
" Roasted... @il

 

P. & B. Brand cia

The trade throughout Western and Northern Michigan are requested to order

the reliable P. and B. BRAND OF OYSTERS,

Your order may be sent to any

of the Grand Rapids wholesale houses or given to their agents, and same will be

promptly filled.

either to us direct or to your jobber.

They are fine goods—packed daily—and guaranteed to be the
equal of any brand ever placed upon the market.

We shall appreciate your favors,

The Putnam Candy Co.

 

 

 

 

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W hashes Hee chee,

The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who

ee MICHIG AN TRADES

pay promptly and buy in full packages.

 

 

APPLE BUTTER.

iCiseaeee wo0ts......-.......
AXLE GREASE.
a ica eee #2 40
—————————eeee 1%
ee 1 80

BAKING POWDER.
Thepure, 10¢e packages. ---0) @
\ Ib. 1

ene 56
. 6 Oz. ae 2 28
. % Ib. el 2 76
. 1202. ae 420
e 11b. oe 5 40
- 5 lb. i 26 CO

Less 20 per cent. to retailers.
Absolute, % = cans, doz... 1 0

  

% Ib. -..1 90
° 1 + 2 oo
Acme, 4 = eans,Sdoz....
a3 “ 2 oc ni 1 50
. ay . 17 oe
ic a 20
Our Leader, Mp. cans..... =
tp. 1 60
Telfer’s, 4 » cans, - 45
th 85
oe * = “ee “ i 4 50
BATH BRICK.
English, 2 doz. in ease..... 80
Baa 2S ”lCtCtiCi‘«CY fe z
American. 2 doz. in case. 70
BLUING. Dozen
Mexican, oe... 30
oe... se 60
: 7m O8......-..-.. 90
BROOMS.
he Deee...........--.--..- 1%
et ee 2 00
No. 2 Carpet Se 2 25
ee 2 50
Para Ge loo 2 %5
Common Whisk..........-. 90
Fancy eee 1 0
a... 3 2%
oe. ....... -...-.-. 2%
CANDLES
Hotel, 40 lb. _— -
9%
Pe
Wickine............-... .
CANNED aaa iin,
Clams. 1 Ib. Little Neck..... 1 10
Clam Chowder, 3 Ib........- 2 10
Cove Oysters, i = stand. . vl .
Lobsters, - ‘picnic ee 1 =
aie aie 2 65
= 1 tb. Star. 2 oO
' 2 Ib. Star.. .3 2
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 25
lb, ed.......- 1 20
“ a 2 00
3 1b. in Mustard...2 25
- Sih. scueed.......
Salmon, i. ~ Columbia 1 75@1 96
Alaska. @1 60
Sardines, domestic se. ..... 6
a @s
- Mustard \%s...... @10
o imported \4s.. @12
= spiced, %48......- 10
Trout, 3 Ib. prook........ 2 50
CANNED Goops—Fruits.
Apples, ener Lega bade
Apricots ..... Ge aecesce s+ oe Oe
Bisckberrics.... .....----..- 129
Cherries, ea 1 30
itted 1 40
ee
Egg Plums.........--------- 18
Gooseberries ..........------ 1 25
GAPE ..... 2. cence eene ce cees
Green Gages.......----++++: 1 50
Peaches, pi€.......-----++-: 1 90
ri seconds .. ae oo
c ne
“ California. ........ 2 85
Peers cece = -o- ss 1 50
Pineapples, common..... .. 13
sliced oo
. wreheG.... .-...:2 fo
Quinces ........-------- 2+: 10
Raspberries, Diack.........- 1 30
We iy keen ces 1 40
saiaaiien es cee 13
Whortleberries.............-- 1 40
CANNED GOODS—V ——
Asparagus.... <
Beans, soaked Cie 85
“Green Lima........ @1 60
« Seiee. ......:.... oo
” Stringless.. eae 90

“ Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 40
Corn, stand. brands..1 00@1 2
Peas, soaked 7

coor eee eee esoeres ‘
- eee... --...e @1 30
“ gtend June............- 1 40
a @1 7
* Mine Fronch.......-. .-3 2 10
ee 1 80
Pumpein .. ...-. «.-- «.-- @1 45
RE occ ee wos - oe neces 110
Succotash, sonnet bua scnae 85
. eT 30
Tomatoes, aes Dr’ ds 1 05@1 10

CATSUP.
Snider’ os, 36 ES... +. ----- .1 35
OME 6. e+e se 2 30
- cae. 13 50
CHEESE,

Fancy Full Cream. ...10%@1:

Good ..-- 94%4@10
Part Skimmed......... T%@ 8%

Gan Sag0........-..--. Q2v
eS a @1 00
Swiss, imported ...... 24M 25
domestic .... 15@ 16

CHEWING GUM.

  

Spruce, 200 a eee: eo
CHICORY. .
es

 

 

CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S,
German Sweet... ...... 2
— Be ewes eee le 34
Pore. ...  ...... 38
eecektok Coe. 40
eae 37

COCOA SHELLS.
Bulk.. : ' @4%
Pound ‘packages oa. Qi
COFFEE EXTRACT.

Venues Cy... 80

Were 110

Miweners........ 4... 70

cOFFEE—Green.

Rio, fair. ioe @2

Ope ae “21 @2
| pee... . @%

‘* fancy, washed... @2A4

~ side... 8... 23 @24
eee 22 @23
Mexican & Guatemala 8 @24
eave, lnterior......... @26

. Mandheling.. @30
Pesnerry .............. "Be @24
Mocha, genuine..... 26 @28

To ascertain cost of roasted
coffee, add %e. per 1b. for roast-
ing and 15 per cent. for shrink-
age.

ee renee

Bunola.. ee ca 2436
“in eabinets........-.- 2514

MeLaughlin’s XXXX....2544

ae 2514
™ On Goeeoeew ...... «11... 2

Rae et. 25

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, i....... per doz. 1 35
' Sott....... 1 50
bi om....... ' 1S
c want......, 2 00
: Oo t...-:... ° 2

Jute om....... - Le
. oo ' 16

CONDENSED MILE.
woes... 7 50
Anglo-Swiss..........6 00@ 7 60

COUPONS.
‘Superior.’

$1, per hundred oo. 2 50

Ce 3 00

25, * |... 4 00

_O, * eo es _ 50

=, * - 2... 6 00

“Tradesman.”

% 1, por hundred........... 2 00

e2 « 2 50

s5 “ 2 3 00

10, “* ee 4 00

= - 5 00

Subject to the following dis-
counts:

200 or over. .o per r cent.
eee 10
1000 “ . a0 ’

CRACKERS,

BRenoshea Butier............ TM

Seymour “_ ......--.---- 5%

Butter. . A a
. family. i 5%
© Hide 6%

Roe 8 7%

(ite Mee... we, 1%

eee 6

S, Oyster ........-.-.-...--+. 5%

City Oyster, XXX.. 5%
Shou. ........... . 6

CREAM TARTAR,

Strictly pure..........----- 38
a, 25
DRIED . FruITS—Domestic,

Apples, sun-dried..... Bt

ev ot 14

Apricots,

Blackberries “ nee g

Nectarines “ = ..--.+-+s-

Peaches -_ ee

Plums tn

Raspberries **  ....-.----

DRIED FRUITS—Prunes.

Tieey.......--------. @ 6%

ae eo @ 8

Californie. ........-... @

DRIED FRUITS—Peel.
Lemon,...... ie aera ae 18
ae 18

DRIED ae itron.
In drum. @is
In Haren @20
DRIED FRUITS—Currants.

Zante, in barrels...... » 614

as in less quantity 6%@ 6%
DRIED FRUITS—Raisins.

Valencias.. : @ 9%

ee ee @10%

MultemOs. ... 6. .-.- 2.40.

London Layers, Cali-
eee 8 wea

2 60@2 75

London Layers, for’n. @
Mus'’tels, Cal.,2 crown @

“ee “cc 3 as i @2 60
GUN POWDER,
ee 5 50
Hae woe................... 3 00
FARINACEOUS GOODS.
Farina, 100 Ib. kegs......... 04
Hominy, per bbl..........-- 4 00
Macaroni, dom 12 Ib box.. 60

. imported ae @10%
Fear! Bariey.........- @ 3
Peas, green.........-.- @1 10

et @3
Sago, German.. @ 6
Tapioca, fi’k or p’ rl. 6@ 7
Wheat, cracked....... @5
Vermicelli, import. . @10%
domestic... @600
FISH—SALT.
Cod, whele.......4...- 5 @6
- Soeeee........-. 6%@ 8
ee eee @
Herring, round, % bbl.. 2 90

fe Frotian Cees as 2%

. Jolland, bbis.. 12 00

. - meee, | -«- 60

. Beeied ........ 20

 

 

 

|
EEDS.
Po 4%@ ;
been te Se
eee 2. a
WOR ce i 4
a 8
Rape oc,
Trout, 2 _. Hees ees - a 7%
kits... a enn
Mack, shy 2, ‘No. 2, % bbl 12 00 | Common Fine per bbl @”
12 Ib wis -1 30 | Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks..... QF

“ “ “ 10 4

” @5 50 | ¢

 

   

 

  

White, No. 1, % bbls..

ai . 12 1b. Kkite.....1 ©

: . 10 Ib. kits... 80

C Family, % bbls.... . -3.00 |

. ok its a 65

HERBS |
RO coe
ee
JELLIES.
(Chicago goods.............. 5% |
LAMP WICKS. |
ae ... ou. a
No. $.. CT 40 |
Ee 50 |
LICORICE.
Pee 30
——.................... 25
eee. 18 |
LYE.
Condensed, 2 dog. .......,.. 13]
MATCHES.
ho. 9 satphur............... 200}
AneGuet parton. ..............1
Bo nome... 2... .... 1 10}
Mpa perior............... 4 00 |
MOLASSES,
Bisex Sivap............_.. q
Cuba Baking........ 22 |
Porto Rico . 266 033 |
New Orleans, “good. Beas, 35 |
chose... .. 40 |
. faney....... £0 |
One-half barrels, 3c extra
OATMEAL.
perce |... 6 00 |
Half barrels...... eae eee eee 3 25 |
ROLLED OATS |
Barrer io... @6 00 |
Pear tos... ........... @3 25 |
OIL.
Michicnn Test... 9%
Water Wie. ............... 10
PICKLES. |
Medium ee a, $9 50 |
Mul... 5. ol
Small, bbl. ae set
% dbi.. Soe e eens 0 Tat
PIPES
Clay, No. 2m................ 1 3}
‘<7 D. fulleount........ |
Cob, Noa. 2... .. io. a
PRESERVES.
Chicago woods............ .-
RICE.
Cc arolina ee |
Be fo... by |
' mo. 2.......-...0 @
i No. 3 oe
Japan, No. d ae 7
Woe... 38... 6
” SNUFF.
Scoteh, In bladders......... 37
Maccaboy, in jars........... 35
French Rappee, in Jars..... 43
soaP.

Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.
Savericr..................... 3 3
Queen Anneé................ 3 85
German Wandly.. ..........
Mottled German.

O1a Gerisgn.............
U.S. Bie Bargain..... .
Prom, Fioeter........... | :
Cocoa Castile .............. 3 00
Cocoa Castile, Fancy.. .d 00

Allen B. W risley’ s Brands,
ae Pamily, (5........... 2 95 |
Old ¢ eT OR een ees 3 30 |
Vas ee. 3 65
Soca. Me eiice eae 3 15

SAL SODA. |
Heme... CC. 1% |
Granulated, boxes.......... = |

SAPOLIO.

Kitchen, 3 doz. in box. 2 50
Hand 3 ... eo
SOUPS.

Srider’s Tomato... ........2 2]

* srrcus—Whelé. |
MTeIAGG. 4... 2.4... .... 4... 1
Cassia, China in mats.. 8

Ce Batavia in pund.. as

+ Saigon in rolls.. 35
Cc loves, Ampoyna......... 22

Tonaiier.... ...... 16
Maco Datavia....... ....... 80
Nutmegs, age pa eee eee. 80

eee ee ae
fe Ne 65 |
Pepper, Singapore, black....16 |

white... .26

Diamond vr ry stal,

} Dust

be %b
cases.
“cc “ce 56- lb
“ se
“ “

“ “cc

SALERATUS.,

0} 38 POCket.......-.. 02-0. 1

| eee Oe Dee ...........-
| Higgins ‘“
| Warsaw “

“
60 pocket.2 25
9 “ rc

barrels .. .

  
 
 

190
Ib sacks 25

°
~
1 75

Church’s, Arm & Hammer...5%

| DeLand’ s Cap Sheaf.... pee

| Dwight’sCom........ reece Bi
| Taylor’s

' ere. ck 5

SYRUPS.

\Oorbesge 5

| Coen, barrels. ......... .... @34

one-half barrels... .( @36
Pure Sugar, Ber... 30@40

half barrel...

SWEET GOODS.

} GingerSmape..........

Sugar Creams.........
Frosted Creams.......
Graham Crackers.....
Oatmeal Crackers....

SHOE POLISH.

TEAS.

JAPAN—Regular.

ree
Gece ..................
| Choice.. Sc ee eee. see
Choicest .
SUN CURED.
a
Gee
eetee ee, 24

| ChosGons.............. 28

Pet... 8... 10
BASKET FIRED.
Pe ee.
Coeeee..
Cnarees,
Extra choice, wire leaf
GUNPOWDER.
Common to fair....... 25
Extra fine to finest... .50
Choioest fancy........ 75
IMPERIAL.
Common to fair.......20
Superior tofine........ 40
YOUNG HYSON.
Common to fair....... 18
Superior to fine.......30

| Jettine, 1 doz. in box......

32@42

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

EE 25
oe eee wea 30
ae...
eo 8
OOLONG.
Common to fair... ...2
Superior to fine....... 30
Fine to choicest....... 55

@30

@65

 

SODA,

Oe ee oe sey 54
— Ce 4%
Topaccos—Fine Cut.

D. Seotten & Co.’s Brands.
po 62
mwrees Cube........... 36
Ove Leader........ - 35

Topaccos—Plug.

Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands.
Something Good......... 39

Pee Veere........... ....-00
roeee Uee.......... | =
Wedding Cake, bDik...........2
mmeeecee ......<... ced 3
TOBACC o—Shorts,
re Deager .................. 15
ToBAccos—Smoking.
On Leacer................. 16
A 7
Plow Boy, 2 oz. a
oo... ....,..... 31
’ ce... . ......e
VINEGAR.
40 a 8

  

PAPER & WOODENWARE

PAPER.
Curtiss & Co. quote as

 

 

fol
lows:
Straw ' ieee
. Light Weight. ce cues 200
ee 180
eee i sae. 2%
Bakers. a
Dry Ce
Foie Mania §
Hed Express No.1........- 5
r ee 4
TWINES,
48 Cotton.. ne
Cotton, No. 1.
Sea Island, ce bees 40
No. 5 Hemp ...... a |
ie dune 17
Woer............,........... 8
WOODENWARE.
one wot... oa
OO 7 00
* Meg... ... 8... 6 00
Pails, _ 1, two-hoop.. 1 50
f No.1, three hoop.... 1 &
Cc lothespins, 5 Ser.bomes.... SS
Bowls, li inch oo 1 00
13 a
oes . 200
. eo 275

“assorted, 17s and 19s 2 50
. 458, 17s and 19s 2 =

Baskets, oe
Dushel _.... _ 2 =

with covers 1 90
willow eV ths, No.1 5 75

No.2 6 25
No3 7 7B
No.1 3 50
No.2 4 2%
No.3 5 00

ar o “ee
. splint .
ay - oc

se 6 iT

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS

WHEAT.
Woe .. |... 92
nee... 94
All wheat bought on 60 Ib. test,
FLOUR,
Straight, in sacks ........ 5 10
C = Gere ....... 5 30

Patemt “* saees......... 6
. « berrele........ 63

Graham “* sacks.... .

Rye r

 

 

MEAL

eee 1x
Granginieg................ 1&5

MILLSTUFFS.

a 15 50
RN ee cee cee. BO Oe
oe 15 00
Eee
Miwed Poed.............., 21 00
Coare uel ............... a: @
Ol)... 5053
PU Bc p es ieee 1 15
We 1

CORN.
ae 57
Car Dee eae . =

ATS.
Small lots....... oo 45
Car a a 42

HAY
no t.|..........- 10 00
no e........- 9
HIDES, PELTS and FURS

Perkins & Hess pay as fol
lows:

HIDES.

Crees ... 6 @6%
Pore Cured............ 64%Q 7
hehe ae an 644@ 7
Dey... ... 6 @8
Bins, ereem ..... ..... @ 6%
“ e@ared............ Gam ¢
Calfekina, green......5 @7
. cured...... 7 @&
Deacon sking.......... 10 @30
No. 2 hides \ off.

PELTS.
Sheariimgs............- 10 @2
Estimated wool, per ih 20 @25

WwooL,

Washed.. a oe
Unwashed...... 10@20
MISCELL ANEOU 8.

ae 3 @4
Grease butter ........1 @2
Prweemee .............. 14@ 2
Ginseng...... 2 W@3 00

LUBRICATING OILS,
The Hogle Oil Co. quote as
follows:

 

ANIMAL OILS
E xtra Ws Lard.. . 53 @58
io. 1 --- | Gow
No. ‘i 35 @40
Pune ticmateet. --.o2 @60
LUBRICATING OILS.
W Va Summer. - T4@l2
‘“ Medium Winter. 8 @12
15 Cold Test. . 9 @is
Meee gc 10 @l4
Old Reliable ¢ ‘ylinder @.65
600 Mecca GQ
Anti-monopoly ‘“ . 35 @40
Corliss Engine........ @A0
Golden Machine...... 18 @25
Mower and Reaper....25 @30
Castor Machine.......25 @30
CASTOR OIL
Pure. oe $1 26@1 30
Distilled .... ...... ..61 1) &
Miser ..... ........ a =
BURNING OILS.
Water white.......... @1
Michigan test
Gasoline.. ‘ 9%@14

PAINT OILS
Linseed Oil, boiled
“ raw
Naptna,.......
Turpentine ee

 

 

P. B.

and satisfaction.

 

 

ey oe ce ye 20
spices—Ground—-In Bulk.
Aligusee ...... 2... --- 0. es 15
Cassia, Batavi Laie oneea ee 20
or Saigon .25
= Gate ............. 42
Cloves, iGaeen eee erer: 26
amare. .....--.-. 20
Ginger, _ ds eee 123
ee 15
_ Sen oleae 18
Mace Hatayia............... 90
Mustard, ee os 22
nd Trie. .25
© Mraoete..<. 5.5... -2t
Muoers, No. 2 ............- 80
Pepper, oe Lag —_
beens 30
. Cuenn.. eeu ae cum 25
SUGARS,
ee @ 7%
IO cn cys ecu enc ewes @ 7% |
lay @ 7% |
Standerd Granulated. @ 6% |
ae... 4... @ 6%
Confectioners’ A...... @6 .69
White Extra C....... 64@ 6
Lee a @ 6%
Wg esau eeee ress -- 54¥@ 6
oe 54@ 5%

Is better and costs less

100-POUND CASES,

24 3-4;

OYSTERS.

The packing and distributing of FRESH OYSTERS among the trade in

THAT

UNOLA

Ir. B.

Michigan is one of the features of our business, and from September first to the
May following, we are headquarters for these goods, and shall appreciate and

| promptly attend to all orders sent us, as heretofore, guaranteeing quality, measure

THE PUTNAM CANDY CO

-~REMEMBER

COFFEE.

than most

package coffees.

100-CABINETS, 25 1-4.

FOR SALE BY ALL GRAND RAPIDS JOBBERS

 

  

—

GRANDFATHER HIGGINS’ WILL.
“So, so!’ said old Mr. Higgins, scorn-

fully regarding his grandson across a}

small round breakfast-table. ‘‘So, so!
You think ‘Higgins’ is a vulgar name, do
you, and that ‘Jedediah’ is detestable !”’

‘* ‘Jeddy Higgins’ is not very pretty,”’
stammered Jedediah junior, wondering
who had repeated his opinion to his
grandfather.

“Pretty ! pretty ’ said the old gentle-
man, with ascornful emphasis. ‘The

idea of a man—a man—wanting a pretty |

name! You would like to be called

‘Albert Alphonse Montmorenci’ I sup-|

97°

pose
Jedediah hung his head. Very much
would he have preferred ‘Albert

Alphonse Montmorenci’’ to ‘‘Jedediah
Higgins,”’

‘* ‘Jedediah Higgins’ was a name good
enough for your father and your grand-
father and his fathers before him!’
shouted the old gentleman; ‘‘and it is

good enough for you, if you are college |

educated and spoiled! Yes, sir, spoiled!
I’ve made a fool of you and a fool of my-
self, and now I’m paying for it!
like an act of the legislature to change
your name, would you ?’’

Jedediah writhed.
telling his grandfather all these aspira-
tions he had thought could be kept for-
ever from him.

** Jedediah Higgins,’

°

continued the

irate old gentleman, ‘‘is a name good for |
a quarter of a million on the face of a}

check, now. You look out, sir, or it

may not be good for two cents when I)

die !”’

Then he rang the bell, and Jedediah
rose and meekly followed his grand-
father’s wheeled chair into the adjoining
room. For a stroke of paralysis had

made the old gentleman’s lower limbs use- |
less, and, while his mind retained its full |

vigor, his hands their full power, he was
hopelessly crippled.
friends were admitted to see him,
gossiping tongues.

It was hard, he thought, at twenty-four,

to be tied to a wheeled chair, to be abso- |

lutely dependent upon the caprice of an
old man for the price of a necktie, and to
be called ‘‘Jedediah Higgins,’’ and to be
expected to take pride in the name.

father knew of his secret detestation of
the name, and his desire to change it.
Already had he applied to the legislature
for permission to call himself ‘‘Francis
Henderson,’’ and already one sweet
treble voice called him ‘‘dear Frank.’’

'
Here was another carefully guarded |

secret that might be revealed. What

would become of him if his grandfather |

found out that he was
cousin Estelle Louise ?
Estelle Louise was

betrothed to his

his

Higgins. The father of Estelle Louise
was named ‘*‘Thomas,’’ and it had been
with difficulty that he had persuaded a
lady—a very fine lady—to consent to be-
come Mrs. Tom Higgins. when her whole
existence had already been poisoned by
being named ‘“Boggs.’? To exchange
that for some musical appellation had

been the desire of her life, but she loved |

Tom, and love conquered.

But Tom’s father was mortally offended
every day by Mrs. Tom’s ‘“‘airs.’? Mrs.
Tom shuddered at coming to breakfast
before nine o’clock, and never shared the
morning repast served two hours earlier.
Mrs. Tom protested when the orphaned
child of her husband’s brother was named
for his father, Jedediah, upon his adop-
tion by his grandfather.
silk morning dresses and velvet cloaks,
while her husband was really only a
clerk in his father’s employ. and Mrs.
Tom would not have her precious baby
ealled ‘‘Hannah,”’ after its grandmother,
but christened it ‘‘Estelle Louise.” It

was all bad enough while Tom lived, but |
when he died, the old gentleman became

more irritable, the widow more airy,
until a grand quarrel ended by Mrs.
Tom’s being requested to find another
home.

Long years before, poor Mrs. Tom’s
rather empty head had ceased to plan
“‘“costumes,’”’ and study fashion-plates,
and rested quietly in the village church-
yard, while her sister, Miss Susan Boggs,

You'd |

Who, who had been |

Very few of his}
and |
Jedediah had thought himself safe from |

But |
it was worse still to find that his grand- |

first-cousin, |
sharing with him the plebeian name of}

Mrs. Tom wore |

| took the mother’s place to the orphaned |
daughter.

Miss Susan had a comfortable income, |
|and Estelle had been educated in a New |
York seminary, coming home at nineteen,
pretty, attractive and ready for conquest.

But her beauty, her society manner,
her low, sweet voice were all offenses in
the eyes of her grandfather, who plainly |
let her see his dislike, and forbade Jede-
diah to visit her.

“l’]] have no more fine lady airs in my |
family!’ he growled, ‘‘and you’ll not

call upon your cousin, Estelle Louise |
Higgins!’ And Jedediah obeyed to the |
letter. No formal calls were ever made,

but Estelle met her cousin in the shady

lanes at twilight. Together they |
mourned over their dreadful mutual |
affliction. It was Estelle Louise who}

| suggested the act of the legislature, and

solemnly pledged herself to become Mrs.
| Francis Henderson, whenever the fates
| were propitious. They never translated
that phrase aloud, but in plain English |
it meant, ‘“‘whenever Grandfather Hig- |
| gins died.”’

They were young, they were foolish;
fancied themselves modeled of superior
clay; but yet they were honestly and
faithfully in love with each other, and if
| they ‘‘gushed’’ and cooed in rather stilted |
fashion, they were none the less really |
| prepared to be true lovers, and to settle |
down into good husband and wife in the |
future. |

But while they waited for that, Jede
diah’s life was scarcely a bed of roses.
As his grandfather became more help-
| less, he became more exacting and tyran-
nical, while his sarcasms were as bitter
as they could be made. Nothing that his
grandson could do pleased him, and the
meekest patience could not ward off the
hard taunts. Having given the lad the
education of a gentleman, and allowed
him to indulge the tastes and cultivate
the refinements of the same, he was dis-
appointed to find that the young man
preferred poetry, music and art to the
| drudgery of aclerk in a wholesale gro-
|cery store. He knew that Jedediah hated

to invoice molasses and send samples of
sugar or starch; he was aware that every
pound of brown soap was a weight on
Jedediah’s soul, and he delighted in ex-
acting the closest inspection of the busi-
ness in which his own soul delighted. It
was simply wonderful to see how his
memory could recall the minutest details
of the warehouse from which he had been
absent three long years. And he hada
system of mutual spying among the clerks
| that made every one afraid to make the
| slightest error in any statement he called
for. Jedediah, yearning for poetry, flow-
ers and Estelle Louise, had to bind him-
self down to soap, molasses and brown
| sugar.

But he did manage an occasional stolen
interview, and a constant correspondence
|}was kept up through the medium ofa

hollow tree known to themselves alone.
One night there was an alarm in the |

Higgins household, and before morning,
| Jedediah Higgins, senior, had gone from
earth forever. It was a sudden blow to
his grandson, who had given him all the
love he would have felt for the parents
he had not known before they died. He
was grateful to him, and loved him with
sincere affection, and he mourned for

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

him very truly. It was but little comfort
| that before the funeral he received the
papers that gave him the legal right to

 

Wall Paper and Window Shades,

House and Store Shades Made to!Order.

NELSON BRO

oe «Re,

68 MONROE STREET.

 

Jave Some style

About You!

The dealer who has no printed letter heads on which to ask for circu-

lars, catalogues and prices, and conduct his

general correspondence

with, suffers more every month for want of them than a five years’

supply would cost.

and, to his shame, often dirty scraps of paper,

so or not he expects the lowest prices, the best trade.

so good for his purchases, may even offer
something so careless, shiftless and slovenl

He economizes byusing postal ecards, or cheap,

and whether he states
He may be ever
to pay cash, but there is
y about his letter that it

excites suspicion, beeause not in keeping with well recognized, good

business principles.

When such an enquiry comes to a manufacturer

or a jobber, it goes through a most searching examination as to charac-

ter, means and credibility, half condemned to begin with.

examined anyhow, even if handsomely prin

It would be
ted, but the difference to

begin with, would be about equal to that of introducing a tramp and a

aot
sESLt

gentleman on a witness stand in court.

les, the printed heading

vould answer the question as to whether the enquirer was a dealer and

at the same time indicate his special line of tr
bad spelling and bad grammar are pardonab
cated men have been and are now very sueces

ade. 3ad penmanship,
le, because many unedu-
sful in business. But

even those are less objectionable when appearing with evidences of

care, neatness and prosperity.

Please write us for estimates.

The Tradesman Company,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH

 

LEMON & PETERS,

IMPORTING AND

Wholesale Grocers.

SOLE

AGENTS FOR

McGinty’s Fine Cut Tobacco,
Lautz Bros. & Co,’s Soaps,

Niagara Starch,

sign himself ‘‘Francis Henderson’’ in the Acme Cheese--Herkimer Co., N. Y.

future. |

The funeral was over, the family |
assembled in the parlor to have the will |
read to them. Estelle Louise was there |
and Susan Boggs and some nephews and
nieces who had hopes of legacies. Many
were remembered, but the sums left to}

them were not sufficiently large to dimin- |
|ish very much the bulk of the Higgins |
estate.

But the lawyer, in a monotonous tone,
read on. The legal phraseology omitted,
the substance of the will was this:

Having heard that his grandson con- |
templated repudiating the name that had |
been honorably borne by three genera-
tions, he was disinherited if he carried
those intentions into effect. To his grand-
son, Jedediah Higgins, he left the entire |
estate, after the payment of the legacies |
| already mentioned.

If Jedediah Higgins |

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had changed his name, then the entire
property passed to his granddaughter,
Estelle Louise Higgins, no conditions
being specified.

A few more words followed, and then
the lawyer folded the document, and
said:

‘“T suppose you understand, Mr. Hen-
derson, that your cousin is your grand-

father’s heiress.’’

“TI understand,’’ said Mr. Henderson.

The company departed, more or less
satisfied, until no one was left but Miss
Boggs, her niece and the disinherited
man.

With a great effort, the latter rose,
shook himself with a sigh, and then, tak-
ing Estelle Louise by the hand, said:

‘“*T will leave you in possession of the
house, cousin, and [hope you will believe
that I rejoice in your good fortune.”’

“Oh, Frank, dear Frank,’’ she sobbed,
“don’t speak to me as if I were a
stranger. You love me still, don’t you?”’

“Love you!’ said Frank, opening his
arms. In amoment, Estelle Louise was
sobbing on his breast, and Frank consol-
ing her after the most approved fashion.

It took some time to wind up the busi-
ness, and Frank Henderson continued to
occupy his grandfather’s house, while
the heiress remained with her aunt. But
one day there was a quiet wedding, and
the two young people had their own way.
Mr. Francis Henderson still enjoys his
grandfather’s property, in spite of his
grandfather’s will.

RANDOLPH LEE.
2 >
How the Drummer Got Even with a
Hotel.
From the New York Sun.

[had a room next to a commercial
traveler, in a St. Louis hotel, and when
both of us were packing up to go, aftera
stay of three or four days, I heard a sud-
den erash in his room and went in to
ascertain the cause. He had the lounge
on its back, and had broken off a leg.

“You see,”’? he explained, in an answer
to my look of inquiry, ‘I am getting even
with the house.’’

“How do you mean ?”’

“Sit down, my dear fellow,’’ he con-
tinued, as he reached up and cracked one
of the gas globes with thedoor key. ‘Let
us theorize a bit. The object of a hotel
is to furnish a temporary home for a man
away from his own. ‘The idea is to feed
and lodge him and make him comfortable
for a money consideration. The rate
here is $4 per day. Did you fee the por-
ter for bringing up you trunk ?”’

‘sV eg,”?

“So did I. That was sheer blackmail.
Did you fee your waiter?’

Vos."

“So did I. We had to, or one wouldn’t
been half waited on. That’s more black-
mail. How w as the gas in your room ?”’

‘Very poor.’’

“Exactly.
one can get half a light.
on the guests. Did you
bar?”

‘SA glass of beer.”’

‘‘And they charged you ten cents, and
They made
fully 700 per cent. profit on that beer.
That is extortion. Did you have ice water
at night?”’

‘*Yes, two or three times.’’

“And you gave the bell boy a dime
each time. You felt that you had to. He
felt that you ought to, and stood waiting
for it. That was more extortion. Did
the mosquitos bother you any ?”’

‘“‘Yes, nearly ate me up.’’

‘And why not? There’s not a screen
of any sort at any window in the whole
house. In other words, the
hasn’t the slightest care for your com-
fort. He won’t go to the least cost or

”?

It is turned off so that no
That’s a fraud
drink at the

trouble to give you a good night’s sleep. |

Buy any cigars in the hotel ?”
“Yea?”

‘Well, they made from 150 to 200 per |

 

landlord |

  

 

above regular outside rates. A man took
your hat at the dining room door. He is
stationed there to bleed the public, and
he bled you. If you got shaved, you
paid 25 per cent. over outside rates.
Same if you gota shine on your shoes.
As a matter of fact, you have been black-
mailed and robbed from basement to top
story. Now, then, how are you going to
get even ?”’

“1 don’t know.

“Then learn. I have broken a leg off
that lounge. The fact won’t be discov-
ered for a week or two. No one can say
I broke this globe. 1 take this bottle of
ink and pourit on the carpet and move
the bureau along. With my knife I ripa
slit in this mattress. It’s on the under
side and won’t be seen fora month. I
take this paper and crowd it into the
overflow pipe of the wash-stand, and
three or four days henee they will have
to calla plumber. Now, with my knife
I crack two of the upper panes of this
window. The pieces will work loose be-
fore snow flies. I rack these bureau
drawers, so and so, and shut them up,
and that will give the carpenter a job.
That’s all, I guess, and I'l] leave it to
any fair-minded man if I have more than
evened up accounts.”’
> o- <>

Headed for the Moon.
Mistress (during a heated term)—Get

”

 

 

dinner to-day on the gasolene stove,
Bridget.
Bridget—Plaze,” mum, I did thry, but

th’ stove wint out.
Mistress—Try again, then.
Bridget—Yis, mum, but it’s not come
back yit. It wint out t’rough th’ roof.

 

 

[ Established 1780.]

 

CHOCOLATIERE.”

REGISTERED ‘TRADE-MARK

“LA BELLE
W. BAKER & CO’S

 

No Chemicals are used in
any of Walter Baker & Co.’s
Chocolate and Cocoa Prep-
arations.

These preparations have
cui the test of public ap-

oval tor more than one
a years, and are the
acknowledged standard of

purity and exce ellence.

i

Aas

cent. on them. Have any laundry ?”’

“Yes, ”?

‘‘Well, they charged you from 75 to 100 | ae
per cent. above outside prices. Perhaps |
you had a coupe?”’

**Y eg,”

“Ordered it through the office, prob-
ably ?”’

‘*Yes,’’

‘Well, you paid from 25 to 50 per cent.

Che as si ot
Senn b=] ose yaar

 
 

  
    

TIME TABLES.

Grand Rapids & Indiana.

In effect June 22, 1890.

 

  

MAGRERAW COG) ioc ices es.

5
Train leaving at 10:30 pm, runs daily. Sunday in-
Other trains daily except Sunday.
GOING SOUTH.

eluded.

Cincinnati Express
Fort Wayne & Ch
Cincinnati Express..
Sturgis & Chicago...
From Big Rapids & Saginaw...... ai: ‘30 am

Train leaving for Cincinnati at 6p. m. runs daily,
Sundays included. Other trains daily except Sunday.

Sleeping and Parlor Car Service: North—7:25a. m.

 
  
 
 

6:00pm
11:30 p m

cars to Petoskey and Mackinaw City. 11:30am train |
parlor chair cars to Mackinaw City. South—6:30am
train has parlor chair car and 6p. m. train sleeping
ear for Chicago via. Kalamazoo.

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & ——«*

 

8:45pm
Through tickets and full information can be had b.
Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe St.,

Grand Rapids, Mic =
3. L. Lockwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent.

Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.
GOING WEsT.

 

 

 
 
 

Arrives. Leaves.
Puoreiier TAWrORe.. sk. ke ots 12:50 p m 00 p m
Vrarouer Mat, .......... . 4:10pm 6:15 pm
tGrand Rapids Expregs........... 10:25 pm 10:30 pm
*Night Express........ wooo 0:40 8 §:45 am
Pi deche tc evenseen esses 7:30am

GOING EAST.
*Detroit Express........0ccceceese 6:45 am 6:50am
AO a 10:10am 10:20am
Tr voMiiee BAAKORB. 64. osc cece ewes 3:35 pm 3:45 pm
*Night Express.......... «coves S200 10:55 p m
+tDaily, Sundays excepted. *Daiiy.

Detroit Express leaving 6:50 a m has Wagner parlor
and buffet car attached, and Evening Express leaving
3:45 pm has parlor car attached. These trains make
direct connection in Detroit for all points East.

Express leaving at 10:55 p m
ear to Detroit, arriving in Detroit at 7:20am.

Steamboat Express makes direct connection a
Grand Haven with steamboat for Milwaukee.
tickets and sieeping car berths secured at
D.,G. H. & M. R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot.

Jas, CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent.

Jno. W. Loup, Traffic Manager, Detroit.

 

 

Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern.
For Toledo and all points South and East, take

way from Owosso Junction. Sure connections
at above point with trains of D., G. H. & M., and
connections at Toledo with evening trains for
Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Dayton, Cincin-
nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville and all promi-
nent points on connecting lines.

. J. PAISLEY, Gen’! Pass.

Agent

 

' bypaees & WEST MICHIGAN.
DEPART.

Mail and Express for Big Rapids, Lud-
ington, Manistee & Traverse City.

Express for Chicago and Muskegon...

Fast Mail for Chicago.... :

Express for Muskegon and Hart...... +5245

Night Express for Chicago.. -« ism

Ex. from Muskegon, Hart & Pentwatert10:45 a m
Express from Big Rapids, Baldwin

and Traverse City ti
Mail from Chicago and Muskegon
Express from Grand Haven..... .....
Fast Express from Chicago 5pm
Ex. from Muskegon and Pentwater. pm
| Ex. from Baldwin and Traverse C ity. ne 50 pm
| Express from Traverse City ... *11:30 p m
| *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. ‘« {Daily except
| Saturday. ‘Daily except Monday.
| Through Chair ear for Chicago on 9:00 a m
| train: no extra charge for seats. Trains leaving
Grand Rapids at 1:00 p m and 11:35 p m run
through to Chicago solid. Through sleeping
cars betw een Grand Rapids and Chicago on
night express trains. Through combination
sleeping and chair car between Grand Rapids
and Indianapolis on night express trains,

Through sleeper between Chicago and Trav-
erse C ity; leav ae hicago 4:40 pm, except Sun-
day; Grand Rapids, 11:30 pm; arrives in T emy-
| erse City at 6 am. Leaves Traverse City at 6:1

pm
pm

 

 

pm _ 10:30pm |

6:30am
10:25 a m |

Loa ave Arrive. |
.. 10:10am |
. 3:45pm |
40pm

Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes later. |

3 7
ealling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at depot, or |

as Wagner sleeping |

the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Rail- |

   

TRAINS GOING NORTH.
Arrive. Leave. |
Big Rapids & Saginaw.............+. 6:55 am |
Traverse City & Mackinaw......... 50am 7:25am |
Traverse City & Mackinaw........ °: lam 11:30am
Traverse City & Saginaw.......... 715 4:10 p m |

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and 10:30 p. m. trains have Wagner sleeping and Darior |

ear for Cincinnati; 11:30 p m train, Wagner sleeping |

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Night Express for Indianapolis .... 411:35 pm
Mail for Big Rapids, Manistee and
Traverse City . 5:05 p m
Ex. for Grand Haven & Muskegon.. . 8:40 pm
ARRIVE. |
Night Express from Chicago ......... *6:30 a m|
Night Express from Indian: ipolis | .-+- Doce &

POTATOES,

MIGHIGAN CENTRAL

“« The Niagara Falls Route.’’

DEPART. ARRIVE

 
 
  

PCGORG PROOE. ook cece ecco ens 7:20am 10:00pm
cco ecw wes 6:30am 56:00pm
ay Mupcens................ 11:55am 10:00am

*Atlantic & Pacific Express. .11:15pm 6:00am
Now Worm Mepress............ .. .540pm 1:25pm

*Daily.

All other daily except Sunday.

Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific ‘Sinieain
trains to and from Detroit.

Parlor cars run on Day Express and Grand Rapid
Express to and from Detroit.

FRED M. Briaes, Gen’! Agent, 85 Monroe -

G. S. HAWKINS, Ticket Agent, Union Depot.

~~ Ww. ae ey ro ws 87 Monroe St.

 

CUTS for BOOM EDITIONS

PAMPHLETS.

For the best work, at reasonable prices, address
THE TRADESMAN COMPANY,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

EDMUND B. DIKEMAN

THE GREAT

Watch Maker

= Jeweler,
44 CANAL ST.
Grand Rapids. - Mich,

 

 

oe aaa ARR
BEFORE BUYING GRATES§

vet (ircular and Testimonials. §& Sent Fre: . 5
Economical, Sanitary, Cleanly and Artistic.
alt DINE FIRE PLACE, GRAND RAPID:, Mi,

WANTED.

APPLES, DRIED
FRUIT, BEANS
and all kinds of Produce.

If you have any of the above goods to

 

ship, or anything in the Produce line, let

| us hear from you. Liberal cash advances
| made when desired.

pm}

|

| pm, except Saturday; arrives in Grand Rapids |

| at 11:30 pm; Chicago 7:05 am.
| Railand water route between Grand R apids |
and Chicago via St. Joseph and Graham & Mor-
| ton’s new palace steamers, City of Chicago and |
| Puritan.

Leave Grand Rapids 1:00 p m, arrive in Chi-
| cago 8:30pm. Leave Chicago 9:00 p m,
| Grand Rapids 6:30 a m.
| through parlor car from Detroit to Manistee.

 

a: LANSING & NORTHERN
DEPART.

 

 

 

 

 

| parlor cars betweer Detroit and Grand Ra s
|G@RAND RAPIDS AND REED’S LAKE TIME TABLE.
| Daily trains leave Union depot at 9, 10. lia m, 1, 2, 3,
| 4,85, 6.7.8, 9,10 pm. Sundays only—1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4: 30,

| 5,5:30p m. Daily trains leave Reed’s Lake (Alg

| Park) at 9:30, 10:30. 11:30 a m, 1:30, 2 $s:

| 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30 p m. Sunday pasa a 3, 4,
6}pm. For tickets and information.

WM. A. GAVETT, Acting Gen. Pass. Agt.

   

arrive |
The 5:05 p m train has |

  

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| Express for Saginaw and Bay City. m |
| Mail for Lansing, Detroit and E ast. m |
| Express for Lansing, Detroit and East +1: “00 pm!
| Mail for Alma, St. Louis and Saginaw +4:10 p m |
| Fast 2x. for Detroit, New York, Boston*6:2% m |
ARRIVE. |
| | Mail from Saginaw and Bay City. ...+11:50 a m|
| Mail from Lansing, Detroit and East.+ m |
| Fast Kxpress from i ansing and East. m
| Express from Lansing and Detroit. f m
| Ex. from Saginaw, St. Louis and Almati0:5' m
i *Daily +Daily except Sunday.
| The orien line to Detroit and the Ee oy aoe

   

EARL BROS.,

COMMISSION MERCHANTS

157 South Water St., CHICAGO.

| Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago.

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids.

DRINK
LION
COFFEE

A True Combination of MOCHA,
AVA and RIO.
Pies Card Given
With every pound package. For
Sale everywhere. Woolson Spice Co., Toledo, 0.

 

 

  
      
       
  

  

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The P. of I. Dealers.

The following are the P. of I. dealers who had
not cancelled their contracts at last accounts:

Ada—L. Burns.

Adrian—Powers & Burnham, Anton Wehle
L. T. Lochner, Burleigh Bros.

Allegan—Chas. Spear.

Allendale—Henry Dolman.

Almira—J. J. Gray.

Almont—Colerick & Martin.

Armada—cC, J. Cudworth.

Assyria—J. W. Abbey.

Banfield—Andrew Brezee.

Bay City—Frank Rosman & Co,

Belding—Lightstone Bros., Weter & Wise.

Bellevue—John Evans.

Big Rapids—A. V. Young, E. P. Shankweiler |

& Co., Mrs. Turk, J. K. Sharp, A. Markson.
Blissfield—Jas. Gauntlett, Jr.
Bowen’s Mills—Chas, W. Armstrong.
Brice—J. B. Gardner.

Burnside—John G. Bruce & Son.

Caldwell—C. L. Moses.

Capac—H. C. Sigel.

Cedar Springs—John Beucus, B. A. Fish.
Charlotte — John J. Richardson, Daron &

Smith, F. H. Goodby.
Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell & Co.
Clam River—Andrew Anderson.
Coldwater—J. D. Benjamin.
Dansville—Levi Geer.
Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt.
Dowling—Rice & Webster.
Evart—Mark Ardis, E. F. Shaw,
Fenwick—Thompson Bros., 8. H. Rinker.

Flint—John B. Wilson, Geo. Stuart & Son, Bar- |

ney Granite and Marble Works.

Forester—E. Smith.

Freeport—c. V. Riegler.

Gladwin—John Graham, Jas. Croskery.

Gowan—Rasmus Neilson.

Grand Haven—Braudry & Co.

Grand Junction—Adam Crouse.

Grand Rapids—Joseph Berles, A. Wilzinski,
Brown & Sehler, Houseman, Donnally & Jones,
Ed Struensee, Wasson & Lamb, Chas.
Morse & Co.,
stek, Mrs. E. J. Reynolds, E. Burkhardt.

Greenville—Jacobson & Netzorg.

Hart—Rhodes & Leonard, W. Weidman, Mrs.
E. Covel.

Hopkins- McKinnon.

Hopkins § St a ter Dendel.

How ard City—O. J. Knapp, Herold Bros., C.
Pelton.

Hubbardston—M. H. Cahalan.

Hudson—Henry C. Hall.

Imlay City—Cohn Bros., H. A.

E. E. Palmer.

Ionia—H. Silver.

Jackson—Hall & Rowan.

Jenisonville—L. & L. Jenison (mill only).

Jennings—Kennedy Bros.

Jones—R. C. Sloan.

Kalamo—L. R. Cessna.

Kent City—M. L. Whitney.

Kingsley—Stinson & Linton.

Lacey—Wm. Thompson.

Laingsburg—D. Lebar.

Lake City—Sam. B. Ardis.

Lakeview—H. C. Thompson, Andrew All &

R. Wyckoff,

ro.

Langston—F. D. Briggs.

Lansing—R. A. Bailey.

Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son, W. H. Jennings.
Ludington—Wm. Huysett.

McBain—Sam. B. Ardis.

Mancelona—J. L. Farnham.
Manton—Mres. E. Liddle.

Maple City—A. & O. Brow.

Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S. V. R. Lepper & Son. |

Mason—Marcus Gregory.

Mecosta—J. Netzorg.

Mecosta—Robert D. Parks.

Milan—C. C. (Mrs. H. 8.) Knight, Chas. Gaunt-
lett, James Gauntlett, Jr.

Millbrook—Bendelson.

Millington—Chas. H. Valentine.

Minden City—I. Springer & Co.

Monroe Center—Geo. H. Wightman.

Morley—Henry Strope.

Mt. Morris—F. H. Cowles.

Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara.

Nashville—H. M. Lee.

Nottawa—Dudley Cutler.

Ogden—A. J. Pence.

Olivet—F. H. Gage.

Onondaga—John Sillik.

Orange—Tew & Son.

Orono—C. A. Warren.

Pearle—Geo. H. Smith.

Portland—L. 8. Roel).

Remus—C. V. Hane.

Richmond—A. W. Reed.

Riverdale—J. B. Adams.

Rockford—B. A. Fish.

_ Lake—Frank E. Shattuck, T. J. Blanch-
Sebewa—John ene
Shelbyville—Samuel Wolcott.
Shultz—Fred Otis.
Spring Lake—Geo. Schwab,
Springport—Wellington
Peters.

Traverse City—John Wilhelm, §.
D. D. Paine.

Vassar—McHose & Gage.

Wheeler—Louise (Mrs. Hi.
Breckenridge.

White Cloud—J. C. Townsend, N. W. Wiley.

Whitehall—Geo. Nelson, John Haverkate.

Williamsburg—Mrs. Dr. White.

Woodbury—Chas. Lapo.

Williamston—Thos. Horton.

Woodland—Carpenter & Son.

Yankee Springs—T. Thurston.

—_——___»>->——_—_—_—_——

A. Bilz.
& Hammond, Elmer

C. Darrow,

A.) Johnson, Cc.

Unable to Control the Scythe Market.
From the New York Tribune.

The American Axe and Tool Co., in
failing to incorporate the Dunn Edge-
Tool Co., negotiations for which have
been pending for some time, has failed
to secure control of the scythe market.
The American Axe and Tool Co.
strong concern, and is at present in
almost absolute control of the axe mar-
ket. The axe people thought that by ab-
sorbing the Dunn company, which man-

John C. Devitt.

Pettersch, |
Famous Shoe Store, Harvey & Hey- |

E. |

is a]

ufactures both axes and scythes
would control the scythe as well as the axe
market. Negotiations with the Dunn com-
pany were nearly completed; the trans-
fer was to have taken place on Aug. 1.
The axe people learned, however, that
they would not be able to control the
scythe market, and so sought an excuse
for breaking off the agreement. This
was found in an alleged defect in the
title of the Dunn company to their prop-
erty.

 

—— Se
Status of the Woodin & Van Winkle
Failure.

Assignee Loomis has filed the schedule
of assets and liabilities in the Woodin &
Van Winkle failure, at Sparta, showing

 

| total liabilities of $3,157.20, divided
| among forty creditors in the following
; amounts:
| Stanton, Sampson & Co., Detroit a 8 65¢ =
een ere ee 742 7
| : nee: ami 2 Co......... ae ole 159 os
H. Thompson & Co..... a ae 132 36
D. m. corey & CD......... a 4 62
Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co.,G’d Rapids 25 78
Paul Steketee & Co., Grand Rapids.. 91 54
Giant Clothing Oo.......... . oe 43 95
| ee Caer Oe... 2 oa ir Looe 22 20
5. &. Bones a Ce............ . — 7 00
| Jennings & Smith......... . - a. 7 95
[2. 2. tom> &Co............ ee 14 15
[ree Tee............... . coe 15 00
a. Wieeeee............-... . Laue 5 50
| Morris H. Treusch & Bro... . 15 00
Btanierd Of Co............. ' — ao
mM. B. Chrtetemaon...... .... " ae 7 04
H. Leonard & Sons......... . os 25
cers & Oe... . been 15 28
(Geo. H. Beeder............ . >
| Leahy & Hardy, Muskegon ae eee 125 58
Le, UO acces sae aoe 373 15
oO. w. Richardson & Co. , Chicago ee 143 97
[een Caveat... =~ «........ 10 86
Peninsular Soap Co., Ann Arbor........ 18 55
| Jackson Corset Co., See 24 38

 

| Marple French-McGrath Co., Lansing... 6 20

| Sparta Milling Co., Sparta............... 00 48

| J. B. Rice & Co., Cambridge, N. Y....... 5 63

| J. T. Wood & Co., Brookfield, Mass...... 40 00

| The assets are as follows:

Stock, $4,140.78, appraised at hee eee oes $3, 115 =
(accoers F155 = = §* (C..........- 718 84
eee SU 123 88

Total assets.. . .$3,957 85

In addition ne ‘the shows, the firm has
about $1,000 equity in the store building
|and lot, which the assignee will prob-
| ably not be able to realize on.

At the instance of Stanton, Sampson &
Co., Peter Doran replevined $320 worth
of furnishing goods which had been in
the store only a short time, the bill for
same bearing date of Oct. 1.

From the present outlook, the assignee
| ought to be able to realize from 50 to 75
cents on the dollar, although such a per-

centage is unusual in cases of that char-
acter.

In speaking of the failure, a Grand
Rapids creditor recently remarked: ‘I
| ought to have known better than sell the
| firm, because experience has taught me
|that where the father fails the son is
isure to repeat the operation. I lost on
| the elder Woodin when he failed, a few
years ago, and I might have known that
\the same would prove true in his son’s
|eareer. Can’t catch me again that way.”

, they |

 

El. Puritano Cigar.
The Finest 10 Gent Cigar

ON EARTH.

 

EL » PU RITANO

 

MANUFACTURED BY

DILWORTH BROTHERS,

PITTSBURGH.

 

 

 

TRADE SUPPLIED BY

I. M. CLARK & SON,
Grand Rapids.

_ BRADDOCK, BATEMAN & CO.,
Bay City.
Detroit.

WM.SEARS & CO.
Cracker Manviacturers,

37,39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids.

 

“T. E. BREVOORT, -

 

 

S. K. BOLLES. EK. B. DIKEMAN.

S. K. Bolles & Co.,

77 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Wholesale Cigar Dealers.

“1 Gee ie

The “TOSS UP” Cigar is not a competitor
against any other 5c brands, but all 10c brands,
because it is equal to any 10c cigar on the
market.

 

 

 

 

 

 

EFroldfasts

An appliance to prevent Ladies’
and Misses’ Rubbers from slipping
off from the shoe. The neatest and
hest device ever invented for the
purpose. Do not fail to try the
men’s Lycoming, Pa., Stocking
Rubber. It is the King of all
Stocking Rubbers made. Both
only manufactured by the Lycom-
ing Rubber Co. For sale by

G. H. REEDER & Co.

 

SEND FOR PRICE LIST.

 

 

(Formerly Shriver, Weatherly & Co.)

CONTRACTORS FOR

‘Galuanized Iron Cornice,
Plumbing & Heating Work.

Dealers in
Pipes, Etc., Mantels
| and Grates.
| Weatherly & Pulte,

GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH,

 

 

Pumps,

 

RINDGE, BERTSCH & CoO.,

Say, we are going
to have some wet
weather soon, and
we would like to
have you have some
of our own make
goods to show your
customers. They
will keep their feet
dryer and wear longer
than any other shoe
you can buy for a
medium price, and
don’t you forget it.
Ask tosee them. We
make them in oil grain
satin and F, 8, Calf.

If you haven’t bo’t

your rubbers, we
would like to sell you
the Boston and Bay

State goods. Wedonot
think they will be —
cheaper and we will
give you as low prices
as anybody selling the
same line.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

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12, 14 AND 16 PEARL ST., ‘i ‘