Michigan Tradesman.

 

EAYON, LYON & 60.

JOBBERS OF

Stationery and Books

A Complete Line of

HAMMOCKS,
FISHING TACKLE,
es

 

             

 

 

Our new sporting goods catalogue will be ready
about February 10th.

EATON,LYON &CO.,

20 and 22 Monree St.

Wm. H. White & Co.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

HARDWOOD LUMBER,

Maple, Soft and Roc Elm, Basswood,
Birch and Hemlock.

Mills at Boyne City, on Pine ha we at Boyne
alls, on the G. R. &
Correspondence Bolicited.

BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN.

BEACH’S
New York (foffee Rooms.

‘61 Pearl Street.

 

 

Five Cents Each for all dishes served
from bill of fare.
Steaks, Chops, Oysters and All Kinds of
Order Cooking a Specialty.
FRANK M. BEACH, Prop.

PEOPLE'S SAVINGS BANK.

Cor. Monroe and Ionia Sts.,

Capital, $100,000. Liability, $100,000.
Depositors’ Security,’ $200,000.

OFFICERS.
Thomas Hefferan, President.

F. Hastings, Vice-President.
Charles M. Heald, 2d Vice-President.
Charles B. Kelsey, Cashier.

 

DIRECTORS.

D. D. Cody H. C. Russell
S. A. Morman John Murray
Jas. G. MacBride J. H. Gibbs
Wm. McMullen Cc. B. Judd

D. E. Waters H. F. Hastings
Jno. Patton, Jr. C. M. Heald

Wm. Alden Smith Don J. Leathers
Thomas Hefferan.

Four per cent. interest paid on time certificates
and savings deposits. Collections promptly
made at lowest rates. Exchange sold on New
York, Chicago, Detroit and all foreign countries.
Money transferred by mail or telegraph. Muni-
cipal and county bonds bought and sold, <Ac-
counts of mercantile firms as well as banks and
bankers solicited.

We invite correspondence or personal inter-
view with a view to business relations.

 

ALLEN DURFEE. A. D, LEAVENWORTH.

Allen Durfee & Co.,

FUNERAL DIRECTORS,

103 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids.

IT WILL PAY YOU

To Buy ALLEN B.WrisLey’s

5000 CHEER SOAP

Leadin¢ Wholesale Grocers keep it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

_GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 18 391.

PAUL EIFERT

Tronks, Traveling Bags and Cases

SAMPLE TRUNKS AND CASES
MADE TO ORDER.

 

Write for Prices.

41 SO. DIVISION ST.,
Grand Rapids, - - Michigan.

 

F. J. BARBER. A. C. MARTIN.

BARBER, MARTIN & CO.

GENERAL

(Jommission Merchants

FOR THE SALE OF

Butter, Eqqs, Povltry, Fruit, and all
Kinds of Govntry Produce.

191 South Water Street,
CHICAGO.

THOMAS STOKES,

WHOLESALE DEALER IN

SALT PISH,

New York City.

 

Represented in Michigan by

J. P. WISNER, Merchandise Broker,
17 Hermitage Block,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Who will quote prices by mail or call on dealers
wishing a supply for lenten trade.

 

ESTABLISHED 1841.
SLR root OE AA PEON Aa

THE MERCANTILE AGENCY

rh, G. Dun & Co.

Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections
attended to throughout United States
and Canada

 

Spring Season 1891,

—_—)-———

If You desire to sell

Carpets by Sample

Send for
Cirevlar and Price List.

a (pe

Smith & Sanford

GRAND RAPIDS.

| had

 

 

 

 

| MYSTERIOUS VARIATION IN TRADE
There were three men beside ceil
sitting around the stove in my store. It
was midwinteér, with a foot of snow on
the ground, and the afternoon was cold
and boysterous and customers scarce.
Every one of us was, or had been. con-
nected with mercantile business, and the
conversation had for some time been de-
voted to our varied experiences in that|
line.

notions in my store only a few days pre-

vious, which I believed had been stolen |
four years before and supposed was lost|

|
to me forever, when, as I closed and all |

were congratulating me upon my
luck, one old gentleman who had been
an interested listener **] once
passed through an experience which |
astonished—lI ought to say frightened—
me more than any other incident of my
life, as 1 expected, for the moment,

said,

pauper. A crashing thunder storm from

a clear summer sky would not have sur- |

prised me more than the denouement of
that singular experience. I was simply
the innocent victim of an accident—that
was all.”

‘¢Tell us the story, Uncle Westover,”’
came from three of us almost simulta-
neously, and [ arose to replenish the
stove with coal and pass the tin pan of
apples around, after which the old gen-
tleman went on:

‘You all knew Perey Marvin, who
died here a few years ago? Well, in
1846 Marvin and I were doing business
in a small village up in the northern
part of Warren county, New York. Any-
one who was ever there will remember
what a rough, hilly region it is and what
the scenery is to the north
west up in the Adirondacks,

north-
but the

and

country has been settled wherever there |

was room to own a few acres of soil ever
since Ethan Allen thundered at the gates
of old Fort Ticonderoga; consequently,
there was a large population requiring
almost everything that a general store in
a country town is supposed to keep. 1
cannot say that it was a rich farming

country in the full sense of the word,

but a large number of cattle and horses

raised and sold, and the farmers
managed to produce quantities of excel-
lent butter, together with eggs, chickens,
turkeys and ducks, which all found a
ready market at remunerative prices.
All these were taken from the country
stores by middlemen, as they were called,
who dealt in special kinds of produce for
the Boston and New York markets and
who came at stated times for that pur-
pose. We purchased all our dry goods
and groceries from one wholesale house
in New York, and the balance of our
stock we picked up ‘where
venient. We had already

were

most con-
been doing

business there a year or more previous |

to the date I mentioned, .and our trade
been satisfactory, considering the
times at that period.
early summer

months, and we had just

received a quantity of new goods from |

the metropolis. We were, as usual,

The other three had just listened |
to my recital of the finding of a box of}

good |

that |
my business was ruined and myself aj

It was now in the |

“NO. 390

.| buying almost everything the farmers
produced for twenty miles about us—if I
except cord wood—and paying for it in
goods. There being two of the
store, managed to get along without
other help, although there were times in
the year when receiving quantities of
butter, eggs and fowls that we were only
able to wait upon our
the day, afterward
| until near midnight taking care of what
we had received in part payment. It
| may have been ten days after opening
and getting our upon the
shelves that gratified to find
trade At any other
season of the year this would have been
but when farmers
were supposed to be occupied at home,
it was unusual,
ment, the trade to increase
from day to day. We were not only
ceiving more produce than ever
in the same length of time,
more cash. Before the third week after
receiving the additional new stock one
or two lines of our prominent goods were

us in

we

customers during

busying ourselves

new goods

we were

our increasing.

| expected, just now,

and, to our astonish-

continued
r do
| ia)

before
but also far

|

completely exhausted, necessitating
| large orders for more. Among our late
'

customers were many strangers who,

upon enquiry, we found resided a day’s
journey with a wagon distant, and who
generally made their purchases in other
| localities. The

ordinary increase

for this extra-
trade at this time
was a puzzle to us and we began
search for it.

cause
in
to
No fault was found with
either the goods or our prices, yet we
had both that customers were
notional and required more time than
}usual to make
| what kind
examined
receiving

noticed

selections and consider
they wanted. We
everything were
payment, especially from
that of the
might be spurious or else some-
the produce. Then
we examined the quality of the goods
last the com-
paring the prices with those previously
purchased, at last obliged to
console with the belief that
we less than some
| others and perhaps selling them at a less
profit. After an interval of
twelve days more we noticed
| singular phase of the trade, which was
|that certain kinds of only were
| wanted, our stock of which was, there-
| fore, These particular kinds
of of ladies’

mer all shades

of goods
closely we
in
|strangers, fearing some
money
thing wrong with

received, also invoices,

and were
ourselves
goods

were buying

 

ten oF
another

goods

soon gone.
consisted
of

goods sum-

dress goods and

 

 

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and Best.

Perfection

The Latest Improved

 

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to 32 inches wide, double fold, also)

prints, brown and bleached cotton, tick-
ings, denims, drills, etc.
any apparent cause perhaps a dozen
individuals at different times within
twenty-four hours would call for and
earry away our entire stock of some
trifling article, and, while it seemed to |
be from some common impulse, we often
discovered they residing many
miles apart and were total strangers to |
each other. Several gross of
thread, of assorted colors and numbers,
did not last a week. In fact, it was|

were
spool
hardly possible to keep a supply of spool

thread of one particular make on hand.
Four dozen cheap wood mouse traps,

after one or two had been sold, went off |
like hot cakes, several parties offering to
pay for one dozen in advance if they
could be ordered for them at once. An-
other and a better kind of trap, which
we had had on hand many months,
would not sell at any price. About the
same time a few articles in the grocery
line, in packages only, had the same un-
precedented run, such as starch, spices,
saleratus, shaving and toilet soaps, clay
pipes and smoking tobacco. We tested
some of these articles to find whether
the quality was superior, or what was
the reason why they should have such
an extra sale, but found them worth
only the price we asked. Enquiries,
cautiously made, of course, of our cus-
tomers as to the quality and price of our
goods,
nothing.

compared with others, disclosed
It was not uncommon for peo-
ple to purchase
goods when they had sufficient money
or produce to do so. We knew that
many of them had bought an over-supply
of saleratus and starch, and others pur-
chased thread enough, seemingly, to last
an ordinary family for years, but, as
they seldom said a word about the price,

entire pieces of dry

why should we care how much they
wanted? The more they required, the
better for us. We had kept memoran-
largest
sale, and our orders had gone forward
York
house. It was now the last of June and

dums of the goods having the
° * . 7
from time to time to our New

the goods were beginning to arrive. For
a short time only did our sales of the
new stock keep up to our expectations,
and, to our utter astonishment, they al-
most as suddenly dropped off. To be
sure, it was at a time when farmers were

 

supposed to be busily engaged in work
upon their
expected everywhere for a few weeks.

farms and dull times were

Now and then some of our customers

from long distances came in, making a}
few cautious purchases and seeming to |
take more time in closely examining the |
goods than usual, preferring the older
stocks to those just Their |
made |
free to jokingly enquire what caused the
difference in the manner and amount of |
their trade, and begged they would in-
form us, if the goods were not all right, | %

received.
actions were inexplicable and we

or if the prices did not please, but those |
who would converse with us only replied |
that they were suspicious the new stock
was not the same; and when shown that
the invoices were ail ‘from the same
house, they looked at each other in-
credulously and seemed as badly em-
barrassed and mystified as ourselves. |

‘From this time on our trade was not
the same, but fell back to our old-time |
business and no inducement to customers |
would increase it.

i

|
In those days, it was |

Often without |

‘could have access to the ratings of any-

|ness of aman was worth everything to
jhim at such a period,

| possessed, and he was compelled to

;condition of affairs was that we seldom

| of it with our more mysterious trade the

| Butter Crocks, per gal....

i No.0 Sun... 45
i i ee See eo Se ee 50
ie eae oe ee en 75
I oe me 5

LAMP CHIMNEYS. —Per box.

6 doz. in box.
Pe ce es Ce i. oo
| No. 1 Si veks eee ie
Se ee cee ce eh eee ne 270
First quality. |
No. 0 Sun, crimp top............ (-. ore oe 2 25 |
0 a ices ..2 40
2 ‘s ge eRe Ce ee ot 3 40 |
Xxx Flint. |
No. 0 Sun, crimp 5 gee ...2 60|
No. 1 - caret
No. 3 2 o o oe ve 2 aH |
Pear! top. |
| No. 1 Sun, w wrapped and labeled..............3 70|

No. 2 - “ ce eS, 4 70 |
No. 2 Hinge, “ ‘ Pe ale wale 4 70 |

25
50
35 |
60 |
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eustomary to give short credit for small |
‘amounts and take our chances of col
lecting it; and when I say small amount |
I mean one, and not to exceed five dol-
lars, and until that was paid, not a cent
more. The majority of the people were
then poor and associations of retailers to
protect them against bad debts were in
their infancy. Very few merchants,
therefore, outside of wholesale dealers,

one. The well-known honor and prompt-

and to the very
poor man it was the only capital he

hoard it carefully. The result of such a
lost a debt, even by death, as neither the
debtor nor his family could afford to re-
fuse payment. I speak of this system of
credit to show a mysterious connection

present season. Two or three such
customers of ours had obtained credit
once or twice, and had voluntarily paid
in full, before the time we allowed them
had expired, and for several weeks
afterward some member of the family
would make frequent visits to our store,
and with much seeming care and caution
make larger purchases than usual, and
astonish us by paying cash. It some-
times seemed to us as if they had re-

 

ceived a legacy from some unexpected
source. Now and then some party would
drop in, as if accidentally, and for the
information of a friend(?) ask whether
we had received any new goods of cer-}
tain kinds—naming them—since such a|
date, or were we expectin; any, and, if |
so, when? This occurred so often that
our curiosity was again excited and we
made up our minds to watch our
customers still more closely in the
future. What could be the reason of
such a change in the sale of apparently
the same goods from the same house?
What had our customers so suddenly
discovered that injured the sale? Since
they knew that all our dry goods and
groceries came from the same house,
why wait for any new stock—even to the
extent of exhibiting some anxiety re-
garding it?

‘*These and other bewildering questions
arose in our minds, which it was im-
possible to solve. As people must con-
tinue to wear clothing and to eat groce-
ries, even in summer, we continued do-
ing our old-time ordinary business and
as September was ushered in I con-
cluded to visit New York in person for a
fall and winter stock.

{[CONC.UDED NEXT WABK.]

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Crockery & Glassware|

| Office, Hawkins Block.

Wholesale Grocers

 

 

= SYANDARD Ull GU,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Dealers in IllUminating and Lubricating

-OTLe-7

NAPTHA AND GASOLINES.
Works, Butterworth Ave.

BULK STATIONS AT

Grand Rapids, Big Rapids, Cadillac, Grand Haven, Ludington, Howard City, Mus-

kegon, Reed City, Manistee, Petoskey, Allegan.

Highest Price Paid for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels.

LEMON & WakBLER COMPANY, |

IMPORTERS AND

 

 

GRAND RAPIDS.

 

 

BALL
BARNHART
PUTMAN CO.

Wholesale

Grocers.

 

 

LAMP BURNERS.

La Bastic.
= 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz.
2

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No. 1 crimp, per doz............. Snap RE
No. 2

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STONEWARE—AKRON,

 

Jugs, i gal., per doz ted %
“ a = ae ea nN
Milk Pans, %eal., per doz. ot ees: S |

 

and medium price PANTS. Inspection invited.

P. STEKETEER & SONS,

Wholesale - Ury - Goods

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH,

~<a

 

We have just received a large line of Outing

Shirts in Flannel, Silk, Wool and Linen, Domett, :

‘Cheviot and Satine; also a complete line of cheap

 

 

Sa eee a

 

 

 

The Story of a City Merchant.
Written for THE TRADESMAN.
It will sometimes astonish a man to)
find what he really can do, provided
circumstances fairly force him to the
work. He will take hold of a business
that in more prosperous days and under |
different conditions he would have con- |
sidered menial and beneath his dignity.
Nothing equals poverty to remove silk)
hats and kid gloves, and a mountain of |
dignity, also.
‘‘When I was first married,’’ said the}
merchant, ‘‘I was at one time plodding |
along in a small grocery business, pay- |
ing $20 a month for a poor store|
room and the story above for our oak
dence. I was barely able to meet the |
monthly payments, keep up my stock |
and feed myself and wife. I had,
hundreds of other youthful merchants,
given too much credit, and ‘man’s inhu-|
manity to man’ had caused me not only to
mourn, but to forget where anger resteth,
and while I am naturally a jolly good
natured man, I could now hardly con-
ceal my cross and ugly feelings, as I
surveyed my situation. I was really
going down hill and concluded to ‘balk.’
The facts were that the expenses of do-
ing business, and the losses by promises
never fulfilled, were far beyond the
profits. My wife was not only my house-
keeper but my clerk as well, and one
stormy day, as we sat discussing the
situation, I said to her ‘we will make a
change.’ I owned a lot, 50 x 150 feet, on
a side street, five or six blocks out, in a
growing city. We had plenty of house-
hold furniture for our comfort and con-
venience, and had kept ont of debt—in
fact, did not owe a dollar. But we must
stop this constant drain for rent. Twenty
dollars a month was $240 a year, and it
haunted us equal to a nightmare. My
piece of land was worth $1,500 and was
practically worthless to me as it was. I
reasoned that it was on a good street and
already business houses were not far away
and I would make it available. I at
once wrote to an old friend in an
Eastern State who knew me well and
who was loaning money. I had not seen
him for years, but I frankly stated the
condition I was in and requested him to
send me $800, promising to return him a
mortgage upon the ground, informing
him, also, that 1 would at once erect a
two-story building upon it, and occupy
it as soon as completed. After sufficient
time had elapsed and no reply came in
answer to my letter, a lumber merchant
one day accosted me, asking if I would
not like to let some of his men have gro-
ceries, a few at a time, and take lumber
fof my pay. ‘I want $800 worth’ I an-
swered, ‘providing you will spread that
amount over two years for your pay.’
‘Thank you, was his reply ‘you can have
it at once by saying where it is to be de-
livered.’? Several good mechanics were
already indebted to me who agreed to
begin the work immediately. I had it
well under way, when a letter from my
friend came, enclosing a draft for the
money asked, and many apologies for not |
attending to the matter sooner. Of
course, I did not now require the money
and, placing a sufficient amount with it
to cover all his expenses for the trouble,
I returned it, together with a volumin-
ous letter of thanks and explanations.
Finding I had a larger bill of lumber
than necessary for my store, which cov-
ered twenty-five feet front, I added a

    

 

| lieved would rent well.

| and I was called

 

 

a small one-story building on a part of

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. oe ee cs

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the remaining twenty-five, which I be- |
When finished, |
a butcher rented it for a meat market at |
$5 a month, which, although low rent, [|
thought the extra custom it would bring
to my store worth as much in addition. |
This was rent coming in, instead of go-|
ing out. He paid promptly, but I no-

| ticed he was doing too much credit and

after running it six months, he one day |
came to me and asked if I would not!
make an offer to buy him out. ‘I have
not much to sell,’. said he, ‘except the
tools and blocks.’ ‘Iam no butcher,’ I |
replied, “and what am I to do with it?’ |
‘You can purchase your meat dressed |
and delivered to you, and I will stay a|
week and instruct you about cutting it |
up.’ A little over $50 bought him out, |
‘the butcher’ at once. |
am certainI was a butcher—in printers’ |
parlance, at least—and one of the worst
kind. My instructor went on a drunk
at onee, and I received no first lessons in
the art. My wife said it was laughable
to see my efforts to please and to notice
that I always had plenty of surloin and |
porterhouse steak on hand, even if there
was only part of a fore shoulder in stock.

The simple truth was, 1 hardly knew

one part of the animal from another, |
when cut up, and many of my customers, |
witnessing my anxiety to serve all, if |
possible, often kindly instructed and |
aided me, until I became familiar with |
the work. It was a dull season with
merchants and I saw that meat was
wanted daily, and, with the aid of my
wife, we could run both places of busi-
ness, and from the first I was determined
to succeed. I at once cut off every credit
customer from the meat department of
my business. At first a few were of-
fended, but some of them returned, and
the first month the net profits paid for
my entire outlay and rent and left me a
quarter of beef on hand. I need not say
to you that I was pleased with my new
department in business and that it grew
into large proportions.”’

As my time was valuable, [ arose to
leave my genial friend, when he button-
holed me, and said:

“Just one moment! Let me say to you
that a meat market to-day requires the
least capital or knowledge of any other
business as lucrative, from the fact that
no matter where you are on the line of
even one railroad, you can obtain your
meats dressed readily and quickly and of
good quality and your instructions from
a good butcher will not exceed $5. Few
know what a grand opportunity it of-
fers a man of small means, provided, of
eourse, he is not afraid of soiling hands
or clothing, is willing to remain close to}
his business, be honest and work.”

——— i -9-<————

An Unsympathetic Parent.

 

Young Lady (just home from Olivet

Spring & ‘Con pany,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

Dress Goods, Shawls,
Notions, Ribbons,
Gloves, Underwear, Woolens,
Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams,
Prints and Domestic Cottons

Cloaks,
Hosiery,

We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well
assorted steck at lowest market prices.

Spring & Company.

 

 

AK PUTNAM GANDY GO.

Wholesale
Manutacturers.

Fruit and Nut Jobbers.

ASK FOR PRICE LIST.

 

GRAND RAPIDS.

Buy our Custom Made River
Boots and Shoes. We make

the Correct Styles in River
Goods. The bottom stock is
more solid and the fitting on
the upper is stronger than any
other lines made. Our New
Spring lines have proved great

sellers.

 

 

College)—Father, as you are going to
town, please stop at the drug sture and |
get me half a pound of ‘‘New Mown |
Hay.’’
Honest Granger — New mowed hay!}
Well, Belle, if that pony you brought |
home can’t live without half a pound of
new mowed hay from the drug store, |
he'll have to die, and if you haven't
learned that new mowed hay can’t be)
had in January up in Michigan, Ill take |
you in hand at home.
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3EFORE BUYING GRATES
zet Circular at, Ganke = gt heigl
E ‘ ol
a{DINE FIRE PLACE, i GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. | |

 

 

 

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4 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

|& Miller in the manufacture of furs
The business’ will be continued under
the style of W. H. Miller & Co.
Shelby—S. Kohler has associated him-
| self with Floren Fuller, late of Hart, and
the firm has purchased the meat market
formerly conducted by Mr. Kohler.
Lakeview—A. S. Frey, who purchased
the Gansen grocery stock some time ago,
lis now the owner of the Macomber &
Bale grocery stock, having purchased it
about ten days ago. He is conducting
| both stores separately for the present.
Fowler—The F. J. Eilenburg drug
stock has been purchased by Fildew &
| Millman, the St. Johns druggists. The
business will be conducted under the
Gaines—Geo. W. Arms succeeds N. P. a 7 oe _ —
: : formerly engaged in the drug business
Leland in the drug and grocery business. | st Paw Paw under the style of Court &
Orion—Miss Sarah W. Owen succeeds |

Oo & Whitely in tl ili ties Bartram.
rede nitely in the millinery bus Saginaw—The Gately & Burr Co.,which

Ch : eit a idee . ; has been incorporated with a capital
s ag x a JD i ous Ss - ue
Se Ue | stock of $20,000, succeeds John Gately &
eeed Stuart & Co. in the hardware busi- : “
ae Co. in the silverware and clock business.
: ) John Gately, of Chicago, is President o
Meredith—Patrick W. Sweeney has} —s = “ . — f : sph .
: - the corporation, G. W. Burr is Treasurer,
sold his grocery stock to Kennedy & Mc- i me
and Charles P. Anderson is Secretary.
ee. The two last named are residents of thi
2 two las are res s s
South Manitou—R. Kitchen has sold po
his general stock to the Garden City ca. : :
ap " . : Plainwell—An interesting landmark
4 VO. e
’ on ; of Plainwell, the old hotel at the corner
Bancroft—Shelley & Martin are suc- | : ae
‘ : of Main and Allegan streets, is disap-
ceeded by Shelley Bros. in the hardware :
ais pearing. It has been sold to J. H.
ith Ny Me Clement for $2,500 and gives way toa
Carrolton—Winters & Spickerman suc-
sok Olean & inielneesn tn the erecery brick block of three stores, to be erected
an — . ” | at once, O. B. Granger and H. L. Bliss
siness. Sok. : : ee
Lan ae ,.... |joining with Mr. Clement in building.
Detroit—Geo. B. Reese succeeds Reese | + :
ek , : a The hotel was photographed before it
& Co. in the auction and commission |
was demolished, for it was older than

sp a | the t isting long before Plainwell
: : i the town, existing long before Plainwe
Detroit — Hunt & Roehrig succeed 8 B :
even had a name.

Youngblood, Hunt & Co. in the hardware |
business. Montague—Certain creditors of E. L.

Kalamazoo—C. L. Persing succeeds | Dodge recently began pressing him and
Harwood & Persing in the hardware | two writs of attachments were levied on
business. jhis drug stock. These were provided

Lapeer—F. Lincoln is succeeded by | for, and the stock was released, but Geo.
Wm. Hawks in the grocery and boot and| E. Dowling, who held a $300 mortgage
shoe business. on the stock, then stepped in and took

Midland—A. D. Salisbury is sueceeded | Possession. The store was closed a few
by Salisbury & Randolph in the drug|4ays, when C. S. Dodge arranged all
and grocery business. matters and business was resumed. The

Newbury—Chas. Rosenthal succeeds | Stock will be sold on a mortgage held by
Rosenthal & Goldman in the dry goods | the elder Mrs. Dodge and the business
and clothing business. | will be started on a new footing.

Chesaning—Green & Nason are sue-| Detroit—Moran, Fitzsimons & Co. are
ceeded by Whipple Bros. & Granger in| Succeeded by the Moran-Fitzsimons Co.,
the hardware business. | Limited, in the wholesale grocery busi-

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Northville—Ida (Mrs. G. M.) Long has | Ness. _ :
sold her millinery and fancy goods stock | Manistee—A. —- has sold his
to Mrs. H. P. Murphy & Co. meat market to C. A. Waal.

re alee es Ses te ame. Armada—Herman Teitz has purchased
ceeded by Andrew Foster & Foster Bros | the boot and shoe and harness stock of

in the boot and shoe business. | Wm. Gierk.
Manistee—J. Hoare has sold his bakery
business at Ludington and purchased the
Steamboat bakery at this place. Detroit—The Beals & Selkirk Truck
Oakland—Hunderman Bros. have pur- | Co. has decided to increase its capital
chased the Heyboer Bros. genera! stock | stock and erect a new factory.
and will continue the business. Gladwin—The Detroit Coal Mine Co. has
Wayland—H. J. Slade and John Yeakey | purchased Simon’s shingle mill, on the
have formed a copartnership for the pur- Gladwin branch, and will also erect ten
pose of handling farm produce. coal kilns there.
| Coral—Ewing McLennan has purchased
ian interest in the milling business of
|Isaac Morris. The new firm will be
| known as Morris & McLennan.
Cadillac—Deskey Bros. will shortly) Kalamazoo—R. Arthur Stone-has sold
remove their clothing stock to Salt Lake | the plant, patents, stock and good-will

AMONG THE TRADE. | Detroit—W. H. Miller succeeds Annis

AROUND THE STATE.
Rea—Harry Shaw has sold his general |
stock to A. E. Overmire.
Stockbridge—A. W. Curtis, of the drug
firm of A. W. & O. Curtis, is dead.
Detroit Mary Schuitz succeeds Chas.
C. Hensel in the dry goods business.
Otsego—D. A. Drew has purchased a |
stock of lumber and will open a yard.
Monroe—Mark Liebermann has re-
moved his dry goods stock to Monroe.
Port Huron—Conger & Sutton will re-
move their variety stock to Coldwater.
Bay City—John L. Root is sueceeded
by Calvin Root in the grocery business.
Adrian—Harris & Bollenberg succeed
Jewitt Williams in the grocery business. |

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Bloomingdale — Myers & Vickers, of
Glendale, have bought E. J. Merrifield’s
meat market and taken possession.

City, where they will re-engage in busi- of the Noyes Cart Co. to R. C. Lull & | day run, without the loss of an hour for |
moss. |Co., who will continue the business at/ repairs. The only idle day since it)

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tal is $50,000, and the contract calls for | kind is on the millwrights and men who
a 75-man power factory in three months. | have the mill in charge.
Saginaw—Nease & Co., of this city, —_—_—~.-.—.__—_
who have erected a planing mill and sash A. G. Walters, for the a three years
factory at the ‘Soo,’ have purchased a on the road for Berdan & Co., of Toledo,
quantity of lumber at Dollarville, which has roernee to travel for the en &
will be shipped to their mill and factory. Wheeler Company, taking Southern
Gladwin—The Noland & Co. hoop mill Michigan and Northern Indiana as his
in Gladwin county is giving work to territory. Mr. Walters was at one time
twenty-five men, and the firm has pur- | °” the ae for the American Eagle To-
chased 700,000 feet of logs to stock the baeco Co., having previcnsly been en-
mill this sesson. A shingle mill is to be gaged in trade on. his own account at
erected in commection Weston and Montpelier, Ohio. He will

Naubinway—The Nelson Holland mill continue to reside at Adrian.
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cut 15,000,000 feet of lumber last season For the finest coffees in the world, high
and is being — for another season’s grade teas, spices, etc., see J. P. Visner,
operations. Chas Holland, who has/ 17 Wermitage block, Grand Rapids, Mich.
charge of the concern there, and who is Agent for E. J. Gillies & Co., New York

 

 

 

a brother of Nelson Holland, is rfow here City. S52tf
on a visit.
Eaton Rapids — The firm of Irish & FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC.

Deaninger, of the Island City Flouring nen

Mills, has been succeded by Shaw,]| advertisements will be inserted under this head for
. . . : two cents a word the first insertion and one centa
Deaninger & Co., Mr. Irish having dis-| word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise-

posed of his interest to Joseph E. and ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment.

Edwy K. Shaw. BUSINESS CHANCES.
Loomis—S. C. Zeiter’s saw and shingle
iness, established five years in good town of 1,300

mill is running steadily - Mr. Zeiter is people. A snap for someone, as there is but one other

purchasing a large quantity of shingle | clothing store here. L. R. Hinsdill, Hartford, Mich. 181
a . ic YOR SALE—CLEAN GENEKAL STOCK, EXCEPT
bolts and logs. There is a good deal of F drags and hardware, situated at good country trad
: : . : * ng point, 22 miles from Gran avids. -Stock and fix-
scattering timber in this locality, and he tures will inventory about $2,500. Purchaser will get s
a a argain, as owners have other business which requires
thinks he will be able to operate his mill | ¢nefrattention. Postoffice in connection. C. Eddy &
205

ten years get Son, Grattan, Mich.

: : Fo SALE—LARGE GENERAL STOCK, WELL LO-
Bay City—The Wilson Hoop Co. is cated, and carrying the good will of a long estab-
ig i i lished, successful business. Goods staple and all
building an extension to its plant for the | bought for cash. This isa great bargain and a rare
opportunity for anyone loosing for a good busi-

purpose of accommodating a new and | ness opening. Phil M. Roedel, White Cloud, Mich. 204
: \ ; : OR SALE—DRUG STOCK IN ONE OF THE BEST
improved hoop machine, a recent inven- PO vatiages in Michigan. Western acae ic aaae all
$ S35 %e to ; ‘ly | wishing to sell. Easy terms given to sny one who can
tion of Mr. Wilson’s. It is particularly furnish security. For full particulars address ‘“Kas-

adapted to work up poor logs to the best | 892.” care of Michigan Tradesman. 201
Foe SALE—STOCK OF BOOTS, SHOES, HATS AND
advantage. caps. Willsell one or both. Bargains for some
ha ss m a one. For particulars, address 18 East Main street,

Traverse City—The Norris grist mill | BattleCreek, Mich. 202

has been sold to the Traverse Bay Milling

 

 

 

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V ANTED—TO BUY ASMALL STOCK OF GROCER-
ies for cash, in a lively town of about 800 inhabi-

 

 

Co., a new corporation which has been tants. Address Box t74, White Cloud, Mich, 199
oe : se YOR SALE—WELL-SELECTED DRUG STOCK, IN-
organized with a capital stock of $50,000. | I ventoryingabout $1,200, situated in good coun-
i c a try town of 500 people. Reason for selling, proprietor
Wm. Core is President of the company, | has other business. Address No. 173, care Michigan
‘2 6 Secret aw rr, Tradesman. 173
- H. Brown, secretary, an + i» | ROR SALE—WELL-SELECTED DRUG STOCK AND
> new fixtures in desirable location in 8s city;
Jones, Manager. wiil sell at invoice on reasonable terms; reason for

‘ inv : , selling, owner has other business. L. M. Mills, 54
Gladwin—Dyer Bros., who for years | si *ionia street, Grand Rapids. 185

have been operating a saw and shingle (OR SALE—A COMPLETE DRUG STOCK AND FIX-

as . . . tures; stock well assorted can be bought at a

mill in Gladwin county, will complete bargain. ‘address for particulars 8. P. Hicks, Lowell,
ch. 124

 

operations this month and will remove ANTED—I HAVE SPOT CASH TO PAY FOR A
Y $ 7 ; . general or cery StOcK; must be cheap. -
to Champion, about forty miles from dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman. 26

 

Marquette, where they have _ pur- GAMPLES OF TWO KINDS OF COUPONS FOR RE-
‘ _ tailers will be sent free to any dealer who will
chased a body of pine timber. write for them to the Sutliff Coupon Pass Book

Co.,
1 a » J Albany. N. Y. 564
Rockford—John ©. Smith & Son, of [80S STOCK-NEAT AND ATTRACTIVE, AND NEW
; i 3 se’s a hardwoo xtures. Excellent location on best
Middleville, have purchased Mr. House’s retail street in Grand itapids. Expenses er ght
i i S i and trade steadily increasing. Low inventory, just
third interest in the Rockford Roller completed, $2,600. On account of failing health, will
Mills and enough of Mr. Watkins’ inte- sell at invoice or for $2,400 cash, if sold by March
i 1b. ar ota ba . as = eee: i
s ive i i ine bargain. Personal investigation solicited. Ad-
rest to give them - ne f eagertens in the dress ‘‘F.,” care Hazeltine Perkins Drug Co., City. 197
property. The junior Smith will assume | J[OR sALe OR PXCHANGE—BEING DESIROUS OF

a a a devotirg our entire time to our lumber interests,
the management of the business immedi-| we have desired to offer our stock of general mer-
ly chandise, consisting of dry goods, groceries, hard-
ately. ware, stoves, tinware, boots and shoes, hats and caps,
‘ : notions, farming tools and agricultural implements,
Detroit—Bills of sale, transferring the | tegether with the store furniture and fixtures, which
ey es will invoice about $4,000, at a bargain, or will exchange
Home Knitting Works to the newly or-| the whole for lumber, either hard or soft wood, and
Ee tk ie . ive good respon:ible parties a good chance. For
ganized Peninsular Knitting Co., were | further particulars write us at Paris, Mich , or address
‘ , | ouragents Geo. F. Lewis & Co., over 37 Monroe St.
recorded on the 4th. Geo. Hanley and 8S. | Grand Rapids, Mich. Stickney & Co. 200

Simon & Co. transfer their interest for SITUATIONS WANTED.
$40,000, the People’s Savings Bank for ANTED — SITUATION IN OFFICE BY YOUNG
$15,000, Frank Howard and Geo. C. Balch jegiateaducation; does not write short hand, but is
for $15,000, Ryan Bros. for $5,000 and ee Len acts edge ——
Geo. C. Balch for $5,000. man 1s
Manistee— Buckley & Douglass shut MISCELLANEOUS.

i i y j -\RUGGIST—APPRENTICE WANTED FROM 1/ TO 21
down their mill a week ago for repairs | years of age, address J. J. Coulson, care Box 335
206

for the coming season, and will start up | 8essemer, Mich.
a : at Jost HATCHED—EASTER PAMPHLET CONTAINING
again in about four weeks, as it will| fresh Inid schemes for displaying goods in show
* windows and interior store decorating, with illustra-
take them about that length of time to) tions. Price 50 cents. Send for a copy to Harry Har-

] : ” gecotator and window draper, P. 0. Box 113,
complete the necessary repairs. This | fouisville Kentucky. °* 307

i | JOR SALE OR RENT—CORNER LOT AND 5-ROOM
mill has made the unprecedented record | I house on North Lafayette st., cellar, brick found-
of eleven months’ straight run, night ation and soft water in kitchen. $1,200. Terms to

 

 

 

 

 

 

suit. Cheap enough for an investment. Address No’
187.

and day, equal to twenty-two months, | 187, care Michigan Tradesman.
| OOM AND POWER FOR RENT IN GOOD LOCATION
onr ilway track. H. Rademaker & Sons, Grand
R) pids, Mich. 208
_. WILL PAY CASH FOR A CLEAN
stock of boots and shoes or hardware in a good
liye town, Northern Michigan preferred. enh

 

started last spring was the Fourth of}

chased an interest in the dry goods stock! Benton Harbor—R. E. Werkman, the July. Any one who has had experience | care Michigan Tradesman.

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IR SALE—CLEAN DRUG STOCK, INVENTORYING

of S. B. Smith. The new firm will be| furniture manufacturer of Holland, will|in keeping up a mill on day run only, | about $800, in good locality, in suburb of booming
known as 8. B. Smith & Co. | puild a factory at this place. The capi-| will recognize what a strain a run of this | Sizron ty new Hocamen block, Grand Rapids, 210"

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GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.
W. H. Gibbs has opened a grocery
store at Grawn. The stock was furnished
I. M. Clark & Son.

W. C. Gray has opened a grocery
store at Keno. The Ball-Barndart-Put-
man Co. furnished the stock.

J. W. Everhart has engaged in the |
grocery business at Allendale. I. M.
Clark & Son furnished the stock.

 

 

Adams & Hart succeed the former
firm of Adams & North in the agricul-
tural implement business at 12 West
Bridge street.

White & Co. have sold their drug
stock at 141 South Division street to
Edgar Campbell & Co. who will continue
the business.

 

Theo. Trobridge has sold his drug
stock at 501 South Division street to Geo.
G. Steketee, who has presented it to his
son, John G. Steketee.

Volmari & Von Kepple have sold their
grocery stock at 27 No. Waterloo street |
to John Damstra, who was, formerly en-
gaged in general trade at Gitchel.

 

Geo. S. Jones and Chas, J. Clark have
formed a copartnership under the style
of Jones & Clark and opened a grocery
store at 602 South Division street. The
stock was purchased at this market.

Cc. U. Clark and C. W. Galer have
formed a coparinership under the style
of the Electric Construction Co. and em-
barked in the manufacture and sale of
electrical supplies at 11 Canal street.

John Ferguson, formerly engaged in
the grocery business on South Division
street, has re-engaged in the same busi-
ness at 133 South Division street. The
stock was furnished by the Lemon &
Wheeler Company.

 

The New York Biscuit Co.’ ’s two new
ovens are now completed and dried out
and the new machinery will be put in
the present week. The bakery will then
have a capacity of 600 barrels of crackers
per day, running ten hours.

 

Alexander Rutkoski and Frank Gwiz-
dala have formed a copartnership under
the style of Rutkoski & Gwizdala and
engaged in general trade at Hilliards.-
P. Stekettee & Sons furnished the dry
goods stock. The groceries were pur-
chased of several houses.

L. W. Toles has purchased the interest
of C. A. Soule in the Soule Drug Co.
The new firm will be known as the Toles
Drug Co. Mr. Toles was formerly en-
gaged in the drug business at Eaton
Rapids under the style of Wilcox &
Toles.

Boss & Barr have leased the store at
45 South Division street, formerly occu-

 

 

 

pied by Thos. E. Wykes, and will carry
on the flour and feed business at _
location. Mr. Wyles will continue to}
handle feed, lime and builders’ supplies |
from his warehouse at the corner of |
South Ionia street and _—— avenue. |

 

 

The wholesale grocers have reduced |
the paying price for empty boxes from 5
to 3 cents apiece. The wail of the re- |
tailer is heard from Sweet street to Bur- | |
ton avenue, but the jobbers are obstinate |
and refuse to restore the former price.

Martin Goossen is as obdurate as the |
wholesalers and proposes to organize an |

association to get up a eorner on empty

boxes, withholding them all from sale
until such time as the jobbers

restore the price.
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Gripsack eaiete.

A local authority on pedro is preparing | |
a new set of rules for the benefit of |
“Hub” Baker and Charlie Hall.

Chas. D. Crosby, traveling salesman |
for J. E. Doyle & Co., of Kalamazoo, is |
| confined to his house by illness.

Adams & Hart are represented on the
road by Geo. W. Hart, H. E. Clark, O. ¥.
Baker and F. M. Schermerhorn.

Dave Haugh has let the contract for
the erection of a new residence on Ter-
race avenue, the contract price being
$3,800.

Cc. H. La Flamboy, traveling repre-
sentative for the Hanselman Candy Co.,
of Kalamazoo, was in town one day last
week.

Chas. L. MeLain writes from Toledo
that his sister is now out of danger and
that he will bring her to Grand Rapids
as soon as she is able to travel.

Olin W. Tarr, formerly of this city,
but now on the road for Cooper, Wells &
Co., of St. Joseph, has arranged to em-
bark in the clothing business at Missoula,
Montana.

T. P. S. Hampson, traveling repre-
sentative for the United States Gutta
Percha Paint Co., of Providence, R. l.,
is putting in a week among the trade of
the Saginaw Valley.

Andrew Olsen, of the recent grocery
firm of Olson & Gustafson, at Cadillac,
has taken the position of traveling repre-
sentative for the Sweedish Importing
and Exporting Co. of Chicago.

Geo. F. Owen expects to remove to his
new residence at 59 North Union street
about April 1. Geo. has bossed the job
from the fotndation up and _ flatters
himself he has a home a little better than
the average.

}, A. Withee, formerly with the Telfer
Spice Co., has engaged to travel for the
Jos. Biechele Soap Co., of Canton, Ohio,
covering the Northern half of the State.
He will make Grand Rapids headquarters
for the next four weeks.

Corl, Knott & Co. now have five men
on the road—F. H. Wood, F. C. Arthur,
W. N. Corl, W. Bieneman and W. J.
Deppen. Mr. Wood was formerly with
Cooper & Putney, of Ionia, and Mr,
Arthur was until recently on the road
for C. H. Bassett, of Cleveland.

A. O. Freeman will sever his connec-
tion with the Olney & Judson Grocer Co.
on the 15th and resume his former posi-
tion with a Cincinnati safe concern. His
trade will be covered by H. S. Robertson,

who will hereafter work for the house} =

continuously, instead of only half the
time, as heretofore.

Harry T. Goodrich, for several years
past on the road for the Chippewa Lum-
ber Co., of Chippewa Lake, has engaged
to travel for the Stronach Lumber Co.,
of Manistee. The Stronach company
ihas heretofore shipped its product by
leargo, but has concluded to establish a}
|yard at Stronach and embark in the rail
trade exclusively.

Tue TRADESMAN has in preparation a |
list of the traveling men living in Grand |

  

 

“Wall Paper nd Window Shades

House and Store Shades Made to Order.

NELSON BROS. & CO,,

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Eighty-five such names are already listed | Which have been pronounced by experienced judges as the nicest, cleanest and

and an effort is being made to increase it | | neatest fitting,

| to 100. All persons coming under this |
| category are requested to forward their |
|names and houses to this office as soon |
as convenient.

Pennsylvania © Liumberman's.

The best fitting Stocking Rub-
bers in the market. A full line of
Lycoming Rubbers on hand. Try
them.

& GEO. H. REEDER & CO.,

State Agents for
LYCOMING

158 and 160

RUBBER CO.
Fulton Street.

RED The most effective Cough Drop in
STAR the market, Sells the

quickest and pays the

MANUFACTURED BY best. Try
A. BE. BROOKS & ¢,. COU G them,
Grand Rapids, Mich,

The Finest Line of Gandy in the State. DROP SS)

PEREINS & HESS

DEALERS IN

Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

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

READY-MADE CLOTHING!
ALL SIZES AND AGES!

Merchants will best consult their own interests by
through the samples of

Michael Kolb & Son,
Wholesale Glothing Manufacturers,

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

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NE of the largest trades in Michi-
gan, secured by selling excellent

‘ll-fitting garments at
such low prices as to meet the require-

made and we

ments of the merchants generally, who
when once they get Michael Kolb & Son’s
into their

 

goods store are constantly
As we supply forms
and instructions for measurements, our
fits and make up are equal to the best
custom made.

Write our Michigan representative,
William Connor, at Marshall, Mich., to
go and show you our line or meet

sending mail orders.

him
(as we pay expenses of customers) at
Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich., on

Thursday and Friday, March 26 and 27

room 82. MICHAEL KOLB Yi SON,

In addition to the above William Con-
=] nor calls attention to his elegant line of

BOYS’ AND CHILDREN’S SUITS,

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More Care Necessary.

It is the duty of every merchant to im-
press upon our farmers the necessi- |
ty of putting up their produce in the |
best of condition for the market. All
know that good appearances attract the
eye and go far toward making ready and
advantageous sales. Especially is
the case with wool. To do this
growers must use more care in washing |
their sheep, and in the care of them |
after washing until shorn, by keeping on |
clean pasturage. Again, if they would}
use as much care in keeping out of the
fleece the tag locks as they do to keep
them in, they will realize more for their
wools. Reports from manufacturers say |
that our wools
than formerly and steadily tend to show |
less want of care. This shrinkage from |
dirt left in wool makes them avoid it |
even at market prices. If growers wish
to retain their prestige and obtain re-
munerative prices on their clips,
must exercise more care or not
to wash at all.

attempt

tries which take pride in their work, and
no duties that can be

them out.
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How to Wash a Lace Curtain.

Men in the trade do not do that sort of |

thing, but as many a retailer has losta
customer through the customer’s
rance of how
laundered, the knowledge is
quiring. The washers of nice lace form
a class of labor quite by themselves, and

few people have an idea of the amount |

of labor involved in the cleansing opera-

tion, and of the skill and knowlege re-
quired. The labor, of course, comes in |

chiefly in drying, for the washing is but}

a simple thing in comparison. A table
is cushioned and covered closely
spotless cloth, and on this the
stretched with an intricate care that is
amazing. Through every mesh a pin is
placed to hold it in place, and the whole
pattern is thus pricked out till every
leaf and spray and sprig is firmly
fastened, so that it cannot shrivel or
contract,
used up in preparing a single yard of the
lace, so that when dry it is lifted off soft
and perfect and unimpaired in the design.
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The Story of a Ham.
** Young man, take my advice and pay

 

for things as you go. Do not run up
bills.”
This was the sage advice of a well-

known grocer. ‘* Why ?” continued he.
‘* Because in the end you will have to
pay for it all, and there is no telling how
much else beside. I will
litttle incident that came under my
observation recently, and you will see
why I say so. The proprietor of a large
provision store in this city made a credit
sale of a fine ham to one of his cus-
tomers, but much to his surprise he
found out a little later he had forgotten
to whom he sold it, and failed to make
any note of it.

‘*This bothered him
a happy thought struck him. He
cudgelled the gray matter in his brain
and recalled the names of thirteen men
who happened to be in the store at the
time the transaction took place, though
for the life of him he could not think
who had gone off with that piece of
swine. But, nothing daunted, he went
back and told his book-keeper te charge
up one ham to each of those thirteen
different accounts, telling him at the
same time that when twelve of the men
objected to paying for it to explain to

somewhat until

them that it was a mistake that would
not occur again.
‘‘What happened? Why, twelve of

that party paid their bills without a
question, and only one raised any ob-
jection on account of the pork item. ‘So
at least eleven, and very likely all
twelve, had paid for something they had
not bought and that someone else had
disposed of. Steer clear of bills.”’
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Shepherd—Mrs. Austin Wetzel is suc-

ceeded by Miss Etta Hawley in the mil-|

linery business.

this |
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are in worse condition |

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The grower now has a!
competitor in Australia and other coun- |

levied will shut |

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worth ac-|

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WE ARE HEADQUARTERS

 

SEND FOR PRICE LIST.

Daniel Lynch,

19 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

 

 

 

 

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

A. J. BOWNE, President.

D. A. |} « pertt, Vice-President.
. H. W. Nasu, Cashier

$300,000.

 

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Transacts @ general banking business.

 

Makea Specialty of Collections. Accounts
of Country Merchants Solicited.

J.&P.COATS

 

 

 

SIX-CORD

Spool Cotton

WHITE, BLACK AND COLORS,

FOR

Hand and Machine Use.
FOR SALE BY

P. STEKETEE & SONS.

 

Voigt, Herpolshelmer & Co,

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

 

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Prices Current. Amoskeag disse ets 12% Columbian brown. -12
} Son..:.; 14%| Everett, blue........ 12
| UNBLEACHED COTTONS. a “ eae = " ker blue ty
7 “ Or. aymaker blue. ....
| Aariadte cera ext World Wide. . Beaver Creek A AA...10 brown... us
| Ationen BAL. 6% _LL. ig a En a ee waned nearing
ee ~ Full Yard Wi Or. 0. 4 Boston Mfg Co. br.. 7. |Lawrence, 902... 13
MHL ee eee 6%|Georgia A.......... 5 blue 7 0. 230....18
| P......:... 6 tHenest Width....... 6% a ee
| et a 6%|Hartford A ......... 5% d & twist 13 : No. 250....11%
| eRe 5%|Indian Head........ %% Columbian XXX br.10 : No. 280....10%
| Amory eee ee - 7 (hing A A... ....... — XX bl.19 i
———, Bunting... 4 [King E cs ee - GINGHAMS
| Beaver Dam A A.. 5%/Lawrence L | Amoskeag...... .... “ fancies .... 7
Blackstone O, 32.... 5 *| Madras cheese cloth ex ee. dress id “ Normandie 8
Black C sued Panos 67s! Newmarket G...... 6 | - Canton .. 8%|Lancashire.......... 6%
| Black Rock ........ 7 a aoe ~). « Cc 12%|Manchester......... 5%
| Boot, AL........... 74 a N - ene oe 64 | Arlington staple.... 6144/Monogram.......... 6%
; Capital A-.......... 534 ‘ DD.... 5% | Arasapha fancy.... 4%|Normandie......... 7%
Chapman cheese el 3&:|Noibe R oe by, | Bates Warwick dres 84 Persian. -----. hen 84
< 8 Ch. O74 ANOLDE Ie... . weereeene i “é staples. 5 enfrew Dress...... 7
ao CR..... 54 —- ae Best..... 38 | « | Centennial, ......... 10%|Rosemont........... 64
| Dei: ee te ‘ Pe er cereterees o | Criterion ....... 10%|Slatersville ......... 6
lc ie c a veeeeees ei a ee ee 1c jumberland staple. M4 Somerset............ 5
| “itop of the Heap.... Te | Poser ene. 00. asp Toll du Nord... 10%
| ee COTTONS. jt | Teena rea ele OARS 5 o's = te ve Tie
| ABC — ee: . | es classics ol wy. ra : eee. me
Amazon. 8 tien Mills 7 | Exposition OO is eos e-s
Amsburg.. a , eee weeee..... 05+ 7% | Glenarie.. Whitsenden,........ 63
| Art Cambric. . -.10 iGreen Ticket....... 84 | Glenarven.... oe o heather dr. 8
| Blackstone A ice |Great Falls.......... 6% | Glenwood........... «indigo blue 9
ries AM... wwe, PE ic acces Tk | us. 55a 6%|Wamsutta staples... 6%
Bee al 12. |Just Out...... 4%@5 | Johnson Chalon clo 9% Westbrook bears 8
Caves....<..... 2... 7%|King Phillip. a 7% - indigo blue 9% ans! =
Cabot, %.--.. . 6% i i 7% _ zephyrs....16 |{Windermeer.... ....
Charter Oak. : "Sit {Lonsdale or: -10% | Lancaster, oie. 6x oe ee ex
ones oS .......... 714|Lonsdale.. @ 8% GRAIN BAGS.
| Cleveland ...... <.. ¥ |Middlesex.. @ 5
Dwight Anchor. .... 8% No Meme...) 5: 7% | Amoskeag......... -16%! Valley City.......--- 15%
shorts. 8%) Oak V lew. : ER oa cen ne eae 204 | Geor, og ies eh ghee sl 15%
Edwards. . i Wee Oe Armerieen..... v.55; 16%4|Pacific ...... -14%
| — ee emcee 7 Palas oF ti West.. rs THREADS.
SNE cee TAC eens, .... sow oe Vela ’ .
Fruit of the Loom.. 8¥/Sunlight............. 4% Sree eer. oe S
Piiehsite ......... ¥. en Bilis... .... 8% Hol ee ee eG
Virst Frise......-... — Nonpareil ..11 er net
Fruit ofthe Loom %. 8 |Vinyard............. 8% KNITTING COTTON.
Palneount.......... Fs; White Horse.. - 6 White. Colored. White. Colored.
Poll Varee......:... ~ Teck.. ~Se | Me: 6 .. ..2 SS ite. Mh... a 42
HALF BLEAC ol COTTONS. se = i: -
—- rete ax Dwight Anchor..... 9 “ 42. *"36 41 “ 45
UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. masa
| Tremont N. — No. 2 I oes ein cy a a 444|Washington......... 4%4
| Hamilton N. aes 6% * ee big Aaa Scoews ie is oe Sac cuee ce 4
cee * - 2. i BOR o wae og eckwood.... ....-. @&
Middlesex AT a $ ' “« 7. ...18 | Newmarket.. ee Se 4%
es 9 = . 2 Edwards...... a
’ No. a... 2 RED FLANNEL,
BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. neni pea =)" Og Rw
Hamilton N. eee eS AA...... 1 Ceeenee. EUG Bie tees weeny 32%
Middlesex P wok : Z..-2- i | Paleo SS......... Be, ee e---- se 35
Fy T...... ei AO...... 13% | Nameless........... STC ERORBTO oe oie ont 32%
o § Ba ‘ de" MIXED FLANNEL
CARPET WARP. oa & — plaid. -40 ye! 8 a: Pelee ee
> oie Te cee oe el 2244! estern oe
Peerless, wuite...... 18 oe colored. ..20% Windsor Seo ee 1854) ps ae: re a |
. 6 oz Western........ ushing XXX...... 2 |
Hamilton _ eaaieds ee 20 ee 22%4|Manitoba.... ....... 23%
- Succes “ ee DOMET FLANNEL.
i‘ aia 10% RO beta ee eee es _* Nameless ..... 8 2 2% a ana 9 @10%
iG Cagnmere...... ee ee 2
angie a eee ph cee a _" CANVASS AND PADDING.
a ee Slate. Brown. Black.|Slate. Brown. Black.
CORSETS, Z
Doreinee ss 89 50/Wonderful 84 75 | we on 1084 = =
“neem & 0% i
Seniliine’s....... oe rier i 475 11% 1134 4|17 a 7
Biddeford........... 6 |Naumkeagsatteen.. 7%| ~~ i"
| Brunswick. ... - 6%) Rockport........... 6% | oa
PRINTS Severen, | 8oz........ 94(West Point, 8 oz....10%
ller . ‘Bey 2 1, | Maylanc Bie ctl 10 | 10 0z....12%
= yo = Heese: Bis 2 : Clyde Wobes. . ba ; * | Greenwood, 7% oz. 9%4|Rav en, 100z......... 13%
e pink « purple 64/Charter Oak fancies 6 | Greenwood, 8 oz. --11%! Stark sven no BG
- Mes ........ © DelMarine cashm’s. 6 WADDINGS.
pink checks. 5% mourn’g 6 | White, doz..........25 |Per bale, 40 doz... .87
staples 5'o Eddystone fancy... 6 | Colored, dog 20 | .
shirtings ... " 4% chocolat 6
hmationn fancy.... 5% + rober 6 SILESIAS.
American indigo.... 5% ‘ sateens.. 6 | Slater, Iron Cross... 8 |Pawtucket..........10%
American shirtings. 4% Hamilton fancy. ...-6 s Rea Croms.... 9 Dondis..::....:0..:. 9
Argentine Grays... 6 - staple . at F OO crs -.10%| Bedford bese Seay peek 10%
a Shirtings... 4% Manchester ancy. . | Best AA. ...- 12%|Valley City.. -- 10%
jArnold  “ _ .... 6% : new era. 6 | SEWING SILK
Arnold Merino ...6 |Merrimack D fancy. 6 :
. 1] “oth B. 0% ¥ 1 coe © Corticelli, doz....... 7% (Corticelli knitting
ong ¢ ot 10% Merrim’ck shirtings, 4% | ’
“ y 8i4 «Rep pfurn . 8% twist, doz..37%| per %oz ball...... 30
“  eentury cloth 7 . iPectse farey...:... 6 | 50 sich doz. .37%4)
“ gold oral. ...:10% Masai 6% | OOKS AND EYES—PER GRO
** green seal TR 1044 Portsmouth robes... 6 | No 1 BI’ ¢ & White. 10 No 4BI’k & “White. 15
“« “yellow seal. 10% Simpson mourning... 6 | 12 8
“serge. mS | > oe... 6 ' 3 . a "2 . 25
= i Turkey red.. tot . solid black. 6
allou solic ac 5 \Washington indigo.6 iw 6
© colors. 5% Turkey robes.. 7% | i ae 2 *No 4-15 F 3%...... 40
Bengal blue, green, | Tae ee ee
ee ee eee i at a plain Tky x x, oH | No 2 White & BIk.12. "No “3 White & BI’k..20
di i | ‘ o ‘ ‘ 9
~ oe... 6% * Ottoman mar | os - “ — | 2 = “ : =
55 Ps — ee 6% he tas Se aa . I SAFETY PINS. =
oulards .... artha Washington in ¢
. red %4 ee Turkey “as. Ingracns saateieatadeers 8 os... 36
2 Ee a 0% | NEEDLES PER &.
: ‘2 tKXXX 12 —s erpoint robes.. : S | .—- aes : 7 a an i A ca hg 1 zi
Cocheco fane y. 6 |Windsorfancy...... 6% | Marshall’s........... 1 00 arcane ahke
«" madders... 6 5 old ticket """ PABLE O1L CLOTH,
XX twills.. He indigo blue....... 10% (5 4.. +8 6—4... 3 25)5 38 be 8 95 |
i i TICKINGS. COTTON TWINES.
jomen SS CA nines ie a pacer eee cottons Sail Twine.. -28 |Nashua . -- +18
“ aan a... 10% | eee Se a Rising Star 4- ply. 17
Awning.:11 (Swift River.. . T% ane cae oe - North St 3-ply. ne
es aes & iPeer Bever.,.....3. 12% B ca ee Pa ae
Pik Pee... :..... 11%|Warren..............14 oon Vv all os ne 4 piv
—eonting genta rat ex oe ey. ee owhattan .. .
COTTON DRILL |
min aie ‘ PLAID OSNABURGS.,
—. os at mas ti ae tne 7% stehcine aa of Mount Pleasant... 6%
300t....... «++ seee GMINO 2 Fatih wid . | Alamance........ Ss 6, occa
Clifton, K. , Tron er Mean. ....... 10 | Augusta . 12) 9i| Pyrmont 2272272227. z
SATINES. | Ar’ sa ha. -. 6 |Randelman ......... 6
Simpson.... ........20 eee. se cdeeke yas 10% | Geor rae oer: Greed feria 54%
Mo aeta eee ewe jae Black... vseskes OD aT Greaiee. Beas aia 5%/|Sible pec |:
Po, aaetiease tne ee 10% | Haw I POE sg 5 Toledo cei tae
CRIERIOS o.oo 55s 10% PE 8 iad cases os 5

 

Dry Goods

anal 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 amd 52 Ottawa St.,

GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH

 

 

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THE MICHIGAN TRADES SM AN.

 

 

HARDWARE.

How He Got Even with the Drummer.

I had some important business to
transact with a merchant in a Northern
Michigan town, but we had scarcely got
seated in his private office when in came
a drummer for a Chicago house. He was
probably new to the road, and he wanted

some of his cheek shaved off. He was

politely informed that nothing whatever |

was wanted, but he talked and hung on,
and had to be fairly turned out. In half
an hour he returned to the attack witha
fresh stock of gall, saying:

‘“T know you must want something,
and I’m bound to have an order.’’

Again he was turned away, and again

he returned to the attack. The merchant |
was now mad all the way through, but |
he concealed the fact and quietly re-
marked :

**Come to think of it, I do need a few |
things. Get out your order-book.’’

“ Ah, ha! I knew you would give me}

an order if I hung on long enough!”
exclaimed the drummer. ‘‘ Nothing like
perseverence in this profession.”

The merchant ordered ten barrels of
sugar, ten chests of tea, five bags of cof-
fee, and a lot of other goods, and the drum-
mer was on his high heels as he with-
drew.

‘* Pretty big order,” [ observed.

‘*No order at all,’’ he replied.

“Bow? ”’

‘- He’ll mail it to Chicago to-night, and
to-morrow Ill countermand by telegraph.
Did it to get even with him for hanging
on, you see. All the fun in this thing is

not on the side of the traveling men.”’
—_———~ -. >

Young clerks who desire to rise should
never hesitate about doing any work that
comes in their way. They should crush
out the idea that many seem to have,

that it is the proper thing to do as little |

work as possible for the largest pay. If
a clerk expects to make a_ successful
business man his first thought must be
for his employer’s interest. He should
turn his hand to whatever he sees to do,
and not let his employer’s interests suf-
fer because the work happens to be the
duty of someone else.
advance to positions of trust and im-

The clerks who}

 

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portance, and possibly become members |
of the firm, are those who stand ready to |

perform any required duty, no matter

who has neglected to perform it.

 

 

“IMITATION IS THE SINCEREST. FORM
OF FLATTERY”’
twat tHe GEM FREEZER

PROVEN BY THE WAY OUR COMPETITORS
TIES, AND USE IT AS A STANDAF ¢
THEIR OWN GOODS, WE LEAD-—-oTHE LOW.

lhe a F Aeoger

Mactsebti: Tne Ut Levioh Lo
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MITATING f QUAL T+

  

we ciam for tHe GEM FREEZ

  

FULLY PROVEN. w ONL
IMPOSSIBLE TO GET MORE N Two A NS FROM ANY SYSTEM ¢

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Ww ADVERTIS
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SHIPPING
NUFACTURED SY

JOHN H. GRAHAM & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS’ AGEN TS’
113 CHAMBERS STREET,
New YORK,

AMERICAN MACHINE CO.,
LEHIGH AVE. & AMERICAN ST.,
PHILADELPHIA. md

 

 

  

 

 
 
 
 
 

  
  

 

 

 

 

  
 

 

 

 

4 HAMMERS. ROPES.
Prices Current. | | Mazdote eA ee Les ais 2 Sisal, 4 6 g tie ane larger 0... 84
Ma cchems dein teddy caveats nemevs ences ~ 3 ceo ec rere: tees oe ee eee 2
These prices are for cash buyers, who | ers Poehale eh Mara aH aE dis, 40810 | a eQUAnEs. dis.
, , Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............---. SGe Het Gh) eee set asf ee
pay promptly and buy in full packages. | piacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand.. ~"30e 40&10 | TTY and Bevels.........--.--e.seeeeeee teens 60
| Mitre . 20

Seats AUGURBS AND BITS. dis. ; HINGES. - _ "BREET IF ON. a .

“ i. Settee nee weet ee ees ene wr sean as tena ascns 60 | Gate, Clark’s, ee elo wee . dis.60&10 | m, Smooth. Com
—. ee eden ch te ects seayecer< cee. 4 oe eS ea er doz. net, Bs SE ee 20 8 10
PO Ge eee ede Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. - 4% 14 and | Nos. 15 to 17 420 3 90
Jenninet. teen... |... oe es 50810 | ee 34 | Nos. ge oe 3 20
AXES. Serew Hook and Bye, ae net Ol toe eee | 420 3 30
First Quality, 8. B. Bronze.................- $850) us — a 8 Nos. 25 to 26 ........ 44 3.40
' De. Bronse.,........... oe Pa ‘“ Co a et ae eg ae aris a a at . D 50
“ anos See oe ee av Hye ree cere cee — ye | All sheets No..18 and lighter, over 30 inches

“ See. “aeatn ae etane es oo Gis. |.) | Wide not less than 2-10 extra

SAND PAPER.

BARROWS. dis. | garn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track.. soat0| ecw ee
selec ees ee ae 8 14 00/ Champion, anti-friction.................... 6011 dae COND. i :
ON haar ie cecil ea ec ees Ge, eee 30 00 | Kidder, wood track .. 40 | suiver Lake, ee list 50

BOLTS dis. | Pots HOLLOW WARE. | Drab A. eee ee a 355
ee ne a sna eto al a gl ei ia i man ee Oe 50
Cartage sow Hab fo 70 | Ketties a i ie lea acd an 2 Drab 7 tenes Ne 55
et AE OR ERG eee anol ating aaa a i White C..............0.20... % 8B
Mae i ou S| ne OR feo nsent tonne n er: Discount, 10.

é HOUSE FURNISHING G0OD8. SASH WEIGHTS.
oe | Stamped Tin Ware.. oie ea _new list 70 | Solid Byes...... eee .. per ton $25
| wer ae Eee 8 : i feel Tin Ware.. ee = ‘ ae SAWS dis.
ell, swive. ee a cantie Troe Were .....-....-..... é &10 | iy i 2
BUTTS, CAST. dis. re ge @oons. —- a a Silv er Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot, .... 0
| Cast Loose Pin, figured 10d Co ee 7041010 | . eee _ — Dex - Cuts, per foot. . 50
eeee sess Cocos eseseses | ee a ou Me Oo ae > S ¢ ay y
| Wrought Narrow, bright Sast joint.......... ee ee Pennines ene og Champion "and Blectri "Tooth :
Wrought Loose Pin.........--+..++see-sreee- 60610 | Gate Hooks and Eyes............... 7041010) Cuts, per foot.............. ao
WOT TIO. ies ees ee oka ge eee: 60&10 LEVELS. dis. | TRAPS ais
Wrought — Blind. .....-.-.......-...-.- endo | Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s i Ot Steel Game 60410
ae J — ose cee cc cee sec cae a waa KNOBs—New List. dis. | Oneida Community, New house's 0... 35
Blind’ P e a “Tae “4 | Door, mineral, jap. trimmings ............-. 55 | Oneida C ommunity, Hawley & Norton’s.... 70
Blind’ She aa a cle -70 - | Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings........... 55 | Mouse, choker. _.18¢ per doz.
re ae ead oe acts eee ee | Door, porcelain, plated trimmings......... 55 | Mouse, delusion......... . 81.50 per doz.

BLOCKS. | Door, porcelvin, trimmings................. oS: . dis.

Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, 85........... | Drawer and Shutter, porcelain............ 70 | Bright Market.......... ee
q ange : *' LOCKS—DOOR. a 7—10

CRADLES. | Russell & Irwin Mfg. C °. ia view Wat ...... 55 | Coppered Market : a
re a . dis. 50&02 | Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’ ae 55 | Tinned Market. ............... , e

CROW BARS Branford’s .-...-......- eee 55 | Coppered ES an aE 50
Cast Steel perb 5 Norwalk’s alee Seer ae ui & ie 55 | Barbed Fence, galvanized. 3 40

S ilar eh ee ee iene ees ad i ‘MarTroc 8. | “6 painted ....... 2 80

CAPS. Meee Wee oe ee On, ae, Oe HORSE NAILS

I ee as per m 65 | Hunt Eye ee “$15.00, dis. 60| Au Sable............. dis, 25610@25d10&05

eee ee Cer menre $18.50, dis. — | Putnam. ........... sees eee eee eee dis. 05

Oe. ede. ' 35 MAULS. ais, + WOErsuwontern..................... dis. 10&10
eee . 60 | Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled............... 50 WRENCHES. dis.

CARTRIDGES MILLS. dis. | Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30

oo. ' Coffee, Parkes COM... eo BO) COCR CONUS 50

lela a label dealt taht 0 P. 8. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables.... 40 | Coe’s Patent Aeviexiseral, wrought a, 75

Central Fire....... ..-2-+-++seeeeeee+ 5+ Gis, 5 MH Dagger, Perny aC ke............ 40 | Coe’s Patent, malleable... oe

CHISELS. dis. “< Mesos ........ par 25 | ts MISCELLANEOUS dis.

Ss ol abt el cio eal! ane ie) MOLASSES GATES. is. | Bird Cages ...............- oS 50
— ee Ce ee ..60&10 | Pumps, oe Se oe ie "=
CP ctenee Seopiin'y Gonuiee......-........,..........- 60&10 | Screws, New List. oe. 7010
eee Enterprise, self-measuring............... "795 | Casters, Bed and Plate........... --S0gI0s10
| Butchers’ Tanged Firmer..... i NAILS | Dampers, American... .........-.--.,.... 40
seuinal a a ae dis Sian ni ee ea 1 95| Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 65
— ag 2 35 METALS,
C aoe ek SSE a ee ieee 40 Advance over base: —_ jin | a PIG TIN.
PEG oo es eet ae reece dre ee ee. nk ase aoe Fae Oe
CHALK EE Base 10 Vie Bare..... ll 28e
i : 40.. . 20 | ZINC
White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis.10|/ 99°00 10 20} Duty: Sheet, 2c per pound,

COPPER. 3 15 30 | 600 pound casks.......... —. 63%

Planished, 14 oz cut to size...... - nen > = Per pound.... oe pan. 4
i4 x52, 14x56, 14x60 . f 3 —
Cold Rolled, 14x56 id bee 20) 40 Wa@p -- 21s ne eee eee e ee es sa aco art we A sa pe
Cold Rolled, 14x48 5 50; Extra Wiping ..........-.2+--..eeeee sees _. 2
Bottoms Ce on | 7 40 65| The prices of the many other qualities of
mie ae ne DRI is ee dis Me 60 90 | solder in the market indicated by private brands
ae . ee 1 00 1 50 vary according to composition.
Sees is a A a ee oe 2 00) ANTIMONY
Taper and straight S BAMK. ---........-++ 0-0. Se ee 150 S00 Coobean ..per pound 16
Morse’s Taper Shank.......--...--++++++- . 50 Case 1 60 Oo) Been. “ 13
DRIPPING PANS. gee ee oe ce as ei ee ip sai in .
Small sizes, ser pound ............2---.2 eee 07 - e ne ies ieee 90 1 25} 10x Cc, ¢ arcoa a So ee 7 50
eg Finish > De ee dae 85 1 00 | 14x20 IC, eo ee 7 50
Large sizes, per agree Se eae decvodsue cael 100 125|10x14IxX, “ oe
ELBOWS. . 6 aus 1 35 1 50} 14x201X, “ eS
Com 4 piece 6 in.....:.......-..-.-GOn Bes | Clinch; es ae eee ces as 85 %5 Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.
~ =p) a 20&10&10 1 00 90 | TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
Corrugate¢ we a re Be ee ieee ues : ~
a a dis. 40&10 ‘s - ee eee : 15 1 = = - Chereost......-....... 8. $6 50
arre % Oe ee eae eee ca eee cen 7S 2 50; 14x20 IC, o Ceiaeceecedseaeec ee cae oo
EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. a dis. | 10x14 1X, la 8 00
Tree, t ee 4 . B2G. 2... eee ee eee = (bdo Teel Cae, tanby 0.6. @4\) | 4x20 IX, i - a aa me 8 00
ves, conerecerseocse | Ol Seiota BENCH. .......-----neesnse rere ees nee CON ach additional X on this grade 81.50.
FILES— New List t. dis. Sandusky Tool Co.'s, fancy............-.... QM! ROOPING PLATES
| Dientoni’ eal 60&19 | Bench, first quality....... geese steetaes ens: @60} 14x20 IC, Worcester........... a. oe
New American... 60&10 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood. &10 Eno : ee aaa a a 50
. , PANS. | 20x28 IC o ne ee eee 50
a cele Tena ~~ Fry, Acm Ce ais. 60- 10 | 14x20 IC, “  Allaway Grade........... 57
cn eng eth ee ane ale pee CRIA NE »: Mahed oases coe is 70 | 14x20 IX “ - ' ee
| Heller’s Horse Rasps.............:0eeeeeee 50 Common, po | ek Hn L .
RIVETS. dis. | 20x28 IC, 12 00
GALVANIZED IRON iid OE AAO lec eel eee eas eee 40|2x28IxX; “ . 15 09
| Nos. 16 to 20: 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27 28] Copper Rivets and Burs............-... +++ 50 | BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE,
| Lis 12 13 14 15 18 PATENT FLANISHED IRON 14x28 1X ea 814 00
Di scount, 60 ‘‘A’? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 — 10 20 14551 3X 15
| GAUGES. dis. ““B? Wood’s -. planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 20| 14x56 IX, for os 8 Be tlers, L | per ae 10
| Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s. Co saa 50 Broken packs 4c per pound extra. ' 14x60 IX,

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Grand Rapids, -

FOSTER,

 

STEVENS
& CO,,

Exclusive Agents for

WESTERN MICHIGAN.

Mich.

ean erer come,

    
 
 

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mown to the Arts.

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Goods,

 

 

 

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Michigan Tradesman

Official — of we Business Men’s Association.

 

A WEEKLY JOURNAL “DEVOTED TO THE

Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, |

The Tradesman . Company, Proprietor.

 

ee on Price, One Dollar per year, payable |

strictly in advance.

Advertising Rates made known on application.
Publication Office, 100 Louis St.

 

Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office.
E. A. STOWE, Editor.

 

 

" WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1891.

 

 

 

Suit was begun about about a year)
ago in the Eaton County Circuit Court to |
recover of a married woman a debt due}
for groceries, physician’s services, etc.
The court refused to allow any evidence |
to be introduced until it was shown that |
the defendant’s husband refused virtu- |
ally or directly to provide necessaries |
for the family. The counsel for the
plaintiff could not or would not introduce |
the evidence required and the decision |
was rendered in favor of the defendant.
The case was appealed to the Supreme |
Court, where the position of the plaintiff | |

was fully sustained, that tribunal hold- |
ing that a married woman is liable on |
any contract for the purchase of goods,
or professional services, where the cred- |
itis extended directly to her and the
contract is for the benefit of herself or |
her family. The decision is an impor-
fant one to business men and THE |
TRADESMAN will have more to say oa)
the subject hereafter.

The warning given in another column |
on the subject of over-weight should be |
considered by every man in trade. It is
an evil which follows every store, leaving |
loss inevitably in its wake. Too little |
care is given this subject on the part of |
the average dealer.
clerks make a practice of giving over-|
weight and over-measure in order to
ingratiate themselves in the estimation
of their customers is probably true in
some cases, but THe TRADESMAN is |
rather inclined to the opinion that the}
practice is more frequently due to care-
It is a capital point to consider
—now that the dealer has finished count

The intimation that |

lessness.

eount his garden seeds—and will bear |

the closest sort of scrutiny and stand a
considerable wholesome reformation.

LLL

It is barely possible that the author of

““Confessions of a Drummer’’ goes a lit- |
tle too deep into the subjeet in his con-|

tribution of this week. The situations
he describes so graphically may have
happened in his own case, but THE

TRADESMAN is confident that many trav- |
eling men have won recognition and suc- |

cess on the road without indulging in

the excesses so repulsively set forth in |
the writer’s portrayal. The time has|

passed—if, indeed, it ever really existed
—when traveling men must necessarily

indulge in lapses of intemperance in|

order to sell goods.

 

Purely Personal.

J. J. Bale, of the firm of Macomber &
Bale, sawmill operators and dry goods
dealers at Lakeview, was in town one
day last week.

Jas. Blair, Jr.,
dict as assistant book-keeper for the
Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. Mr. Benedict
has taken the position of head book-
keeper for C. C. Comstock.

succeeds D. Chas. Bene-

| 89, and will remove to the Windy City

| about May 1 fora two months’ tour of

eountries of the continent.

lat a rate which will show this year
| $1,000,000 ahead of last year.

| Charles F. Wade.
ing his pickles and has not yet begun to |

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

| I. M. Clark is confined to his house
| with rheumatism — common, every-day
| Theumatism. Mr. Clark is too plaina
| man to have any fancy frills around him,
even when entertaining so pleasant a

guest as Old Rheum.
Edward Telfer has purchased an acre
| of land at North Park and is getting out
|plans for a commodious summer home.
if the country air agrees with him, he
|may conclude to make North Park his
| permanent abiding place.
| Mr. Colvord, who has his hands full
| nowadays in combatting the boycotts
| placed on C. I. Hood & Co.’s goods by the
| druggists in various parts of the coun-
| try, will be here Thursday to meet with
|the Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical So-
ciety.

Wm. H. Hoops has purchased a hand-
|some residence at the corner of Fifty-
first street and Kimbark avenue, Chica-

|about July 1. Mr. Hoops has been an
aggressive and enterprising citizen and
| his removal from the city will be a mat-
ae of general regret.

J. Connell, whose determined face
ae emphatic manner of expressing him-
i self are familiar to all who have attended
| recent conventions of the Michigan Busi-
ness Men’s Association, leaves Muskegon

|Europe. He will attend the Interna-
| tional convention of Good Templars at
Edinburgh on May 26, subsequently
visiting England and the more important
He will be
accompanied by his wife.

— >.> ——

Financial Miscellany.

The American Waltham Watch Com-
pany has declared a semi-annual divi-
dend of 4 per cent., payable March 2

The Pullman Company’s earnings are

The car
department alone is earning at the rate
of 6 per cent. on the entire capital stock.

The bank of Grosvenor & Co., of Jones-
ville, established in 1854, will on April 1
be reorganized asthe Grosvenor Savings
Bank. The following directors have been
elected: E. O. Grosvenor, John A. Sib-
bald, John S. Lewis, E. A. Wisner and
The officers are as
E. O. Grosvenor, President; J.
A. Sibbald, Vice-President; Charles F.
Wade, Cashier; W. M. Wetmore, Assis-
tant Cashier.

> +>
A Commendable Move.

SuEeRwoop, March 4—The Sherwood
Business Men’s Association met for the
| first time in nearly a year last evening
| and resolved to pay up their dues to the
State Association and to advertise in THE
| TRADESMAN for correspondence in regard
to securing some factories here; also as
an association to be united by every tie
of acommon interest to help build up
| one of the best little towns to be found
in any state. W. R. MannpiaGo, See’y

oe 2 i aneeiiait
The Grocery Market.

Sugar is a little lower, but much uncer-
tainty exists as to the probable action of
the refiners between now and April 1.

| follows:

 

All will be glad when the Rubicon is
passed. Mild coffees are firmer and
higher, the package manufacturers hav-
ing advanced their prices a full cent
during the past seven days.

—--- o> —

MUSKEGON.

[THe TRADESMAN wishes to secure the |
services of a first-class correspondent at |
Muskegon, with whom a liberal arrange-

| ment will be made. |

G. S. BROWN & CO.,

——— JOBBERS OF ——

California Oranges
2 Bluefield Bananas.

 

 

SEND FOR QUOTATIONS.

24 and 26 North Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS.

MOSELEY BROS.

—WHOLESALE——

FRUITS, SEEDS, PRODUCE

All Kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., ~~.

 

GRAND RAPIDS.

 

MUSKEGON CRACKER CoO.,

Manufacturers of

Crackers, Biscuits «Sweet Goods.

Finest Quality and _— Variety in the State,
MUSKEGON, : MICHIGAN.

SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MAIL ORDERS.

Jennings’

Flavoring Extracts
Are Acknowledged the Most Profitable.

SEE QUOTATIONS.

YHE NRW YORK BISCUIT 60,

S. A. SEARS, Manager.

Cracker Manufacturers,
37, 39 and 41 Kent St., - Grand Rapids.

 

 

TELFER SPICE COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS OF
Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of
Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries,

GRAND RAPIDS

Cc: NM. HAP & Ce,

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

Foreign and Domestic Fruits.

9 No. LONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
HEADQUARTERS FOR

ORANGES, LEMONS and BANANAS.

SEEDS!

We carry the largest iacee Wak ae most complete stock of seeds in Western Michigan,
vand offer only such seeds as are of the highest grade.

~The Alfred Brown Seed Store.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

land 3 Pearl Street,

 

 

Parties wishing seeds of any kind for garden
or field please send for our catalogue and
wholesale price list before buying.

 

Parties having Clover Seed to sell, please correspond with us.

 

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

GOING FORWARD.

The old firm of Thurber, Whyland &
Co. always maintained the position of a
leader among the great grocery jobbing
firms of the country, and in a circular
just issued they say :~-

‘‘“The merging of the old firm of
Thurber, Whyland & Co., into a corpora-
tion known as the Thurber, Whyland
Company, with a capital of $3,000,000
($1,500,600 preferred stock, $1,500,000
common stock) has been a great success.
The preferred stock offered to the public
was subscribed for two and one-half
times over, and all that was left of the
common stock was a small remnant
which had been placed in the hands of
bankers for underwriting purposes, and
we have succeeded in getting the privi-
lege from them of selling this balance
through our salesmen where it will do
us good with the trade.

** While the old house always occupied
the first position in its line for size and
quality of business, the new company,
under the same management, with in-
creased capital and largely co-operative
in character, will undoubtedly make
still greater progress.

‘“In the future, as in the past, the

Thurber, Whyland Company will always || #}

stand for ‘Good Quality and Honest
Quantity’ of goods, and endeavor to be
progressive in everything that improves
and elevates the grocery trade and the
grocers’ guild.

‘* We were the first house in the trade
to advocate pure goods, honest weights,
measures and gauges. We suggested to
the American Grocer the advice it gave
its readers—‘ Count, Measure, Weigh and
Gauge Everything You Buy.’

‘*We were the first in our prune
factories in France, to pack French
prunes of honest count—the A. G. brand.

‘*We were the first in our spice mills
to swing out the banner, ‘Pure Spices
Only,’ and refused to deal in adulterated
spices, and we have just now resolved on
a new, important and progressive step of
adopting the key, or self-opening attach-
ment for our leading brands of canned
goods which we pack in our own facto-
ries, and will give the preference in
purchases of other goods in this line to
manufacturers who use cans with this
device, which we believe to be the great-
est step forward in the popularizing of
eanned goods which has ever taken place.

“When we refiect that most canned
goods are opened by women, who are not
as strong as men; that can-openers are
often out of order, and sometimes not at
hand; that hands are often cut—any de-
vice which is so convenient, quick, safe
and cheap as the key-opening attach-
ment for canned goods, must inevitably
take the front rank.

“Consumers will gladly pay a little
more for goods thus packed, but as the
cost amounts to less than half a cent per
can, itis probable that many manufac-
turers will themselves assume the ex-
pense of this attachment without raising
the price of their goods to the dealers,
as is indicated by the action of Messrs.
Richardson & Robbins, Armour & Co.
and others.

}

| complete line of Mill i.
| Sporting Goods and Fire De-

 

“This will be our course wherever |
possible, and we shall, in this, as in all |
other things, endeavor to deserve the |
eonfidence and patronage of the grocery |
trade, but while doing so we have not a}
word to say against our worthy and en-|
terprising competitors, There are many

such, and on our part, at least, it will be
a generous and honest rivalry.

“The old firm of Thurber, Whyland &
Co., expired by limitation on February 1
the present year, but the Thurber, Why-
land Company will endeavor to be a
worthy successor, and with sincere
thanks for past favors, solicits the con-
tinued patronage of the grocers of the
United States and other countries.
Respectfully yours,

“THURBER, WHYLAND COMPANY,
“By F. B. Thurber, President.”

GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878.

W.Baxer & C03

> Snes
em (Cocoa

from which the excess of
oil has been removed,

\\ Is Absolutely Pure
\\ \ and it is Soluble.

 

 

 
  
    
 
 
 

\ are used in its prepar-
‘ ation.
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Vf 1

|

strength of Cocoa
Fmixed with Starch,
and is therefore far

rrowroot or Sugar,
jore economical. costing less than one cent a
yp. It is delicious, nourishing, strengthen-
1g, EASILY DIGESTED, and admirably adapted
yr invalids as well as for persons in health.

 

Sold by Grocers ‘ocers everywhere.

J. BAKER & CO., DORCHESTER, MASS,
AWNINGS

AND TENTS.

 

 

 

Flags, Horse and Wagon Covers, Seat Shades, Large

er ae Clothing, Wide Cotton Ducks, etc.
d for Illustrated Catalogue.

CHAS. -

COYE, 11 Pearl Street.
Telephone 106.

Grand Palace Hotel

81 to 83 North Clark St., Chicago.
Four Minutes from Court House.

ce WEEKLY, %3.00
Both Plans: pRanstents, 56 6, UP

Restaurant by Compagnon, late Chicago Club Chef.
POPULAR PRICES! NEW HOUSE!
Cut this out for future reference.

Wholesale Robber wots.

Our line of Rubber Goods
cannot be surpassed in the
State.

SHOES, CLOTHING,

AND

Miscellaneous Rubber foods.
ORDER AT ONCE.
We also carr

 

 

 
    
   
   
 
 

a large and

partment Supplies.

Studley & Barclay,

| Grand Rapids,
Mich.

Send for
catalogue.

It has more |

| \ No Chemicals

| EINGRA YING

|

than three times the

 

 

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9

El. Puritano Cigar.

Eb PURITANO i

  

 

The Fingst10 Cent Cigar

ON EARTH.

 

MANUFACTURED BY

DILWORTH BROTHERS,

PITTSBURGH.

 

TRADE SUPPLIED BY

I. M. CLARK & SON,
Grand Rapids.

| nkmneck. BATEMAN & CO.,

Bay City.

 

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TRADESMAN GOMPANY

DEPARIMENT

 

 

 

TRADESMAN Co. ENS.

 

—— Views of ——

BUILDINGS,
MACHINERY,
PATENTED ARTICLES,
PORTRAITS.

Estimates and Samples on application,

The Tradesman Company

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

Bolts Wanted!

I want 500 to 1,000 cords of Poplar Excel-
sior Bolts, 18, 36 and 54 inches long.
I also want Basswood Bolts, same lengths

as above.

For particulars address

J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

Heyman & Company,

 

 

 

 

 

 

63 and 65 Canal St.,

 

Manufacturers of

SHOW Gases

Of Every Description.

 

 

WRITE FOR PRICES.

First-Class. Work Only.

- GRAND RAPIDS.

 

 

 

10

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

Drugs #& Med

icines.

 

State Board of Pharmacy.
One Year—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Two Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Three Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
four Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor
Five Yeare—George Gundrum, Ionia.
President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—S. E. Parkill, Owosso.

Meetings for 1891—Ann Arbor, May 5; Star Island
(Detroit) July 7; Houghton, Sept. 1; Lansing Nov. 4.

Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n.
President—D. E. Prall, Saginaw.
Tirst Vice-President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo.
Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor.
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.

urer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.

Next Meeting—At Ann Arbor, in October, 1891.

 

Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.
President. W. R. Jewett, Secretary, Frank H. Escott
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March,

June, September and December.

 

Grand .ao
President, F. D. Kip

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

Drug Clerks’ Association.
p; Secretary, W.C. Smith.

 

 

Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association.
President C. 8. Koon; Secretary, A. T. Wheeler.

 

THE DRUGGIST.
Written for THE TRADESMAN.
What man is he who night and day
Is at his store to serve alway
Who hastes to aid without delay,
Often for kicks, instead of pay’
The Druggist.

Who on some cold and stormy night
Bounds from his cot and turns the light,
Admits some bruised and Juckless wight
And binds his head, jammed in the fight?
The Druggist.

 

Who when some dire asthmatic wheeze,
When all our food has failed to please
And naught can give our body ease
Will then our aches and pains appease?
The Druggist.

Who keeps a balm for every pain,

A lotion for each painful sprain,

Presents to us our duty plain

And kindly says ‘‘please call again’
The Druggist.

 

Whose gentle hand bathed aching head
“With menthol in some form,” he said:
Whose tarter cream made light our bread,
Nor gave us alum in its stead’

The Druggist.

Who sells us ointments, salves and pills,

And ali that quiets human ills;

Who Keeps pure liquor from the stills,

That surgeon’s wish may be fulfilled?
The Druggist.

With suffering child as ne’er before
When rain and sleet through darkness pour
I go where crashing thunders roar—
How welcome is that lighted store?
The Druggist.

In after years when frail with age
He glances back on memury’s page
While other cares his thoughts engage
How bright the prospect of that sage?
The Druggist.
.

—_————————_—_ >_<

The Board of Pharmacy.

Stanley E. Parkill succeeds Geo. Me- |
Donald as Treasurer of the State Board |

of Pharmacy, pending the annual elec-
tion of officers, which will held at
Star Island in July. There is consider-
able speculation as to how the Jesson-
Parkill-Gundrum triumvirate will divide

be

a

|
|
|

 

many cases of violation.
the Board was in existence $2,500 was

|turned into the State treasury and the

second year $1,000 was turned over to
the State, but since that time the expense

account has run in a different direction.
_ Oo

-@ <e
69 OUT OF 93.
List of the Successful Candidates for
Registration.
There were 93 applicants for examina-

| tion before the Michigan Board.of Phar-

 

the salaried offices at that time, but it is |

safe to predict that the
will go to either Mr. Parkill or Mr. Jes-
son and that the one who does not take

the position of Secretary will get that of

Treasurer.

Secretaryship |

As there is no salary con- |

nected with the office of President, it is}

not unlikely that it will be permitted to
go outside the triumvirate.
Sentiment in favor of a change in the

present law, electing the Secretary out- |

side of the Board, appears to be gaining |
ground in all parts of the State, several |

letters having recently come to THE

TRADESMAN office, commending the pos-

ition taken
change °

weeks
remove

a few
would

Such
unseemly

ago.

the

a

scramble for appointment now indulged |
in whenever a candidate has the salaried |

positions in view, either for himself or
friends, and do much toward bringing
about a greater degree of harmony, which
is absolutely essential to the success of
the Board.

The Board is not now self-sustaining,

macy, at Grand Rapids, March 3 and 4.
Certificates Registered Pharmacists
were issued to twenty-four and that of
Assistant Pharmacists to forty-five, the
remaining twenty-four failing entirely.
The names of the eandidates
are as follows:
REGISTERED PHARMACISTS.

as

succesful

Babeock, Wm. C., Britton.
Borrodaile, Fredrick H., Ann Arbor.
Davis, A. Clement, Grand Ledge.
Fenton, Geo. C., Bailey.

Fisk, Frank M., Edwardsburg.

Golden, Enos, Fenton.

Goodwin, Andrew J., Detroit.

Hayes, Frank L., Detroit.

Herrick, Archie W., St. Louis.

Lamb, Bert, Detroit.

Miller, Mort. F., Cadillac.

Mortimer, Wm., Yale.

Newark, Wallace E., Brookfield.

Patterson, Albert A., Grand Rapids.

Pierce, Edwin P., Allegan.

Ramsell, Geo., Red Jacket.

Rannells, Chas. S., Vermontville.

Riggs, Miles E., Cheboygan.

Schall, Hiram W., Three Rivers.

Servis, Richard A., Pentwater.

Smith, Samuel R., Grand Rapids.

Sriver, Alva P., Grand Rapids.

Tuxbury, Fred S., Hart.

Webber, Forest M., Detroit.

ASSISTANT PHARMACISTS.

Andrews, Henry W., Adrian.

Bacon, Wm. Royal, Sault Ste.

Barth, Wm., Grand Rapids.

Beall, Lucien M., Richland.

Bidwell, Myron E., Dowagiac.

Connell, Harry J., Belding.

Day, Wm. D., Belding.

DeJonge, Cornelius, Zeeland.

Erb, Ernest L., Coopersville.

Foley, Bion E., Lakeview.

French, Hart P., Mulliken.

Holland, Wm. L., St. Joseph.

Humphrey, Curtiss E., Holly.

Johnson, Geo. A., Boyne City.

Jones, Freeman R., Muskegon.

Kaeding, Julius F., Detroit.

Karmsen, Theodore, Greenville.

Kineaid, Richard E., Hersey.

Kirtland, Addison L., Lakeview.

Knabb, Wim. F., Monroe.

Lane, Frank, Detroit.

Leonard, Oliver B., Grand Rapids.

Loppenthein, John W., Ludington.

McDonald, Newell, St. Johns.

Maser, John J., Lansing.

Mastenbroek, John, Muskegon.

Mulloy, Wm., Minden City.

Nichols, Omar A., Battle Creek.

Perry, Artemas A., Dowagiac.

Rensch, Moses E., lonia.

tickerd, Vinton J., Grand Rapids.

Reichel, Henry, Grand Rapids.

Robertson, Chas. A., Coopersville.

Ross, Zimmerman, Marlette.

Sweet, Fred A., Detroit.

Von Nostitz, Geo., Detroit.

Ware, Cornelius N., Colon.

Weinman, Fred, Lansing.

White, Claude, Lakeview.

Bosma, Ben J., Ggand Rapids.

Chappell, Lewis E., Grand Rapids.

Col, Albert, Grand Rapids.

Fox, Henry W., Grand Rapids.

Risinger, Harry, Cedar Springs.

Eckerman, Chas. T., Muskegon.

JAMES VERNOR, Sec’y
~~ «>
The English Alkali Trust.

The trust of English alkali manufac-
turers, which for some time they have
been endeavoring to effect, is at last com-
pleted. The trust consists of those chem-

Marie.

 

‘ical works in which the Leblanc process

of chemical manufactures are made, such
as cbloride of lime, calcinated soda,

The first year |

erystalized soda, chlorate of potash, sul-
phurie acid, muriatie acid, sulphur, ete.
The trust has also purchased salt mines
and works over a large extent of country.
The works which the trust has acquired,
number in England, thirty-five; in Scot-
land, four; and in Ireland, one. Five
firms have control of the management of
the business of thetrust. The combined
production of the works consist of the
following immense amounts: 700,000
tons of sulphuric acid, most of which is
used in the production of 600,000 tuns of
salts, as in the manufacture of 150,000
tuns of chloride of lime, 5,000 tuns chlo-
lrate potash, 180,000 tuns caustic soda,
| 140,000 tuns calcined soda, 140,000 tuns
| crystalized soda, 60,000 tuns of the sul-
| phate, 40,000 tuns of sulphur, and also
large quantities of muriatie acid, ete.
The trust also produces yearly, 8,000
tuns of the salts of strontium. They
also manufacture superphosphates, and
other useful fertilizers, soaps, glycerin,
bichromate of potash, potash, caustic
potash, sodium hypophosphite, liquid
glass, permanganate of soda, sal am-
moniac, sulphate of ammonia, ultrama-
rine and bi-carbonate of soda.
—_> ®

Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.

The quarterly meeting of the Grand
Rapids Pharmaceutical Society, which
will be held at Tue TRADESMAN office
on Thursday evening, promises to be an
unusually interesting one, as the matter
of handling or boycotting Hood’s goods
will probably come up for decisive ac-
tion. Most of the city druggists have
put Hood’s goods under the counter and
| sell them only when the customer re-
| fuses to take any other. Only two or
| three city druggists have signed the re-
bate contract, the remainder refusing to
agree to sell an article at a minimum
price of 83 cents, when there is no ne-
cessity of selling it below the established
price of $1.

 

 

 

 

2

The Drug Market.

Opium is steady. Morphine is un-
changed. Quinine is weak and lower for
foreign brands. Domestic makes are un-
changed. Nitrate silver is lower. Borax

is searce and higher. Cream tartar and
tartaric acid are both firm and tend
higher. Citric acid will probably ad-
vance again soon. American saffron is
lower. Malaga olive oil has advanced
and tends higher, on account of the cus-
tom house officials classing it as salad
oil, on whieh there is a higher duty.
Turpentine is higher. Cuttle bone tends
higher. Sulphur and brimstone have
both advanced ‘4 cent. Oil anise is

lower.

Put on the ‘‘ Cutters’ List.”
Through the influence of the Hazeltine
|& Perkins Drug Co., H. B. Larsen, of
Manistee, has been put on the ‘‘ cutters’
|list’”? of the National Wholesale Drug-
| . *
| gists’ Association by the Committee on
| Proprietary Goods. This will prevent
Mr. Larsen from getting his supplies of
| proprietary remedies from any wholesale

reputable druggist—if he secures any
hereafter, they will have to be purchased
| clandestinely through some _ retailer.
|This is the first case of listing in the
| State, but it will probably not be the
| last, as several dealers in Detroit are
| still advertising cut prices.

Hood’s Mandate.

C. 1. Hood & Co. have notified the
| wholesale drug trade that no dealer who
| has not signed the rebate agreement of
| January 20 shall be sold their goods at
| the $8 per dozen rate, but must pay the
long price of $10 per dozen. As only an
inconsiderable number of the druggists
in this State have signed the agreement,
the sale of Hood’s goods is likely to be

 

| considerably curtailed in consequence of

owing to_the expense of prosecuting so|caustic soda, refined soda, sulphates, | this mandate.

 

 

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Send for Quotations.
WM. BRUMMELER & SONS
Manufacturers of and Jobbers in

Pieced and Stamped Tinware, Rags,
Metals, Iron, Rubber and Wiping Rags

264 So. Ionia St., GRAND RAPIDS.
Telephone 640,

WANTED.
POTATOES, 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.

EARL BROS.,

COMMISSION MERCHANTS

157 South Water St., CHICAGO.

Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago.
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapidr.

Furniture

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Nelson,
Matter
& Co.'s

 

 

 

Styles New, Cheap,
Medium and Expen-
sive.

Large Variety.
Prices Low.

CINSENG ROOT.

We pay the highest price for it. Address

PECK BROS.,

 

 

Wholesale hn agg
GRAND RAPIDS.

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. - 11
Wholesale Price Current.

 

 

  

    

 

 

Advanced—Malaga olive oil, turpentine, Declined—Quinine foreign, nitrate silver, saffron
sulphur, brimstone. oil anise.
ACIDUM. ouana9ent Pade cue ane 1% 00@12 50 TINCTURES.
Aceticum . 8@ 10| Exechthitos. -- 90@1 vv
Benzoicum German.. 80@1 00 ro Hilt a 3g 00 Aconitum rages... os 6
WEAEIEMIOTIS occ c's ese. z ee a es ae
Borate --"""- gag $3| Geranium, ounce... 75 | Al0e8. oon eee erien 60
DMMIOM <so.5 5 ses sass 58@ 60 | Gossipii, Sem. gal..... 50g 7 and myrrh............ 60
Hivdrochior ........... 3@ 5 Hedeoma a 1 85@2 00 Me ee eee 50
Nitrocum ee 10@ 12 See ty eee, 0
Oxalicum ............. 11@ 13| Lavendula............ 90@2 00 | Atrope Belladonna.......... 60
Phosphorium dil...... 20 | Limonis ............... 80@2 = sara eee hates 60
Salicylicum ........... 1 4o@1 g0 | Mentha Piper.......... 2 90@3 00) oo ninga” 50
Sulphuricum.... .. .. 1%@ 5 Mentha Verid......... 2 Boo? 60 2 g ria bec. oe
Tannicum............. 1 40@1 60 Myreta, ot gal......... ee ee teers =
—, OUnCe. 5.0... 50} © ae
Tartaricum............ 40@ he 1 ooge ae CMDeICrE 50
AMMONIA. Picis 8 Liquida, (gal. 38), 10@ 12] U* sok vote terete teens =
au ge ts eae cee 28 ee
eS 16 yl at 2 5) ht ects ee 1 Ol 00 ee ee 100
4 | BOSSE, OUNCE. ......... @6 00 | Catechu.............. -..0., 50
Carbonas ul ld i ca R@ a Suceini 40@ 45 Aamenene «|... .......u,.- 50
Chloridum ............ 12@ 14 Se 9@1 00 ES, coe pears ' ©
ANILINE. NE bees wee [oe oC ee vate eeee
RS isin e caus sees 2 ooge 25 | Sassafras. .... ee a 4 rere =
ee aa ae, OO
> Selanne on so 1 00 apis, ess, ounce. . = a aa ae 50
Pe en 2 503 00 50 50
P 60 50
BACCAE. Theobromas........... =
Cubeae (po. 1 50....... 1 60@1 75 POTASSIUM.
Juniperus ..........--- 8@ 10|BiCarb..............1. ie .
Zanthoxylum........- 25@ 30 nec ag Seca ate. Bo 4 Hyoscyamus ee 50
Copaiba BALSAMUM. 60@ 65 See ae a 15 loa! Preece oa. z
lon ne ss ene ) | Chlorate, (po. Meee 14@ 16 ee
= aay eee ee = = Cyanid at a 55 _— Chlorine... 26... 35
rabin, Canada ..... si oe ice ccna ca 2
UD 6 vnvece wens cds 40@ 45 Fotaase, Bitart, pure..
otassa, Bitart, com...
CORTEX, : 2
Potass Nitras, opt.....
a | Canadian......--..-- = — ie. ee
at ieteen ote
Cinchona Flava ......-.---- 18 Sulenase a =
Euonymus aie gl Scheeee 30 Axess Corter........ ....,.- 50
Myrica Cerifera, po.. oe RADIX. rea eet al 50
Prunus Virgini........------ | BCoenem 2... 6... 2@ 25 — ees eae 50
ouitiate, cease con 121 Ateoee.. wc. 5... ee 50
SeMMRETON ook ss ree ner > 9 <* St RO ORMNS foes. e sees. 15@ 20 Cassia ens aed cata el eue 50
Ulmus Po (Ground 12)...... 10) Ave, OO... ce. oe. fe ee 50
Cee Soe «DP Serpentarie ... sc... 50
EXTRACTUM. Gentiana, (po. 15)..... 10@ 12] Stromonium................. 60
Glycyrrhiza Glabra... UG % Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18|Tolutan.......0 00000000002. 60
ae. 338@ 35 os Canaden, WOO <oo5 ces le
Haematox, = Ib. box.. 11@ 12 liso a @ 35] Veratrum Veride............ 50
Ages. 1 14| He lebore, Ala, ances 15@ 20 sida iis
. 6 i 14@ 15 i" 8 3 s.
“ el esos 16@ 17 | Ipeca I@2 § ‘ ‘
a Iris plox (po. 20@33).. is@ 20| ther, Spts Nit, 3 F.. 2@ 38
' Doct ‘aol alee aN 45@ 50] alumen ‘| 2%@ 3%
Carbonate Precip...... @ 15|Maranta, \s.......... S08 ee 2
Citrate and Quinta. a - = Podophyilum, ee. ae 3 ee ee
F idum Sol... See @ no 55@ 60
Solut Chi ide @ i Marni te ba ec tien nt sa = Antimoni, po 4@ 5
Olu Rw ete te Me ee, TT Oe esas mess ebies 7 “ a Dike a
Sulphate, aoarn Le 14@ 2 Sete 48@ 53} anti as Potass T. oe °
me... 4... @ i Sanguinaria, (po 25). @ Ww Anata ce A @ B
FLORA. oan sree tees 4 = Argenti Nitras,ounce @ 65
2R¢ a <i stale se : WOCMOUNA Lk, 5m 7
— ase = = Similax, Officinalis, _ ¢ = Baim Gilead Bad... 38@ 40
Matricaria =. %@ 30] scillae, (po. 35)........ 10@ 12 Calcium Chior, is, (is —_—
Fou. — Fosti- os 11; \s, 12)
‘ 29 ea Bice caaad Piadan
mete i aes spec? W@ WR Valeriana, Bug. (po: 30) 35 Centharides Russian, “an
— od cu @ 28 Garman. ee MeL Peter tcet tee _
nivelly ...;-. Sa a pinsiber a. a. ie Capsici Fructus, <a e 25
WOE Di... oe 23 25 =
Salvia officinalis, 44s “or ‘ 18
ee R@ 1 —, Seieiitinn BPs, 199 i4
on a 8@ 10 Anisum, (po. 20). a. 15 Carmine, No 40... ais @3 75
Apium (grave eons) . Sera Alba, Ser... 55
he tat ae @1 00 Bird cues 4@ G1 Ceore Preva............ 3a be
Acacia, ad ST @ Carui, (po. 18)........ 8@ 12} Coccus ................ @ 4
a 3d i a @ 80 Cc ‘ardamon . Le ote 25 Cassia Fructus........ @ Ww
 ilved morta; 8 | Conan cg- 0 8 Cetusenm $2
a ona 00 inabis oon. 5 um .
po -- %@1 0 | Gedonium.... ........ 75@1 00] Chloroform . 60@ 63
Aloe, Barb, (po. 0). . “we = Chenopodium ........ 10@ 12 ‘ squibbs.. @i1 10
i, Cape, {Per at @ 50| Dipterix Odorate...... 2 00@2 25 | Chloral Hyd Crst...... 1 40@1 65
fons jocotr seid Pe Woenienulnm...........  @ 16 {Chondrmm 90... ||... 20@ 25
— u, a, (48, 448; 3 Penne no..... ‘ @ a Cinchonidine, F. &W 15@ 20
: ad TN Soke peel ot cae os Ferman 34%@ 12
Ammon niae vesees an | 3 | Linl, gra, (bbI.344).-. 4, @ 4 Corks, list, dis. per
Amsafcosida, (po. 3)... OF 5 Lobel SO MEL CONE ooo c es onec ces 5)
Benzoinum........---. 50@ 52 Pharlaris Canarian. , 8%4@ 4% | Creasotum ........... @ 50
— ILOTR. ++ eee =e e+ BO ol ER. 6@ 7| Creta, (bbl. 75)........ @ 2
Buphor orbium po ...... @3 oo Sinapis, Albu.. Ce eee ei B® 5
come a em Nigra........ 11@ 12] “ precip ee %@ i
eee ee : te . eee
Guaiacum, (po 40) .. @ SPIRITUS. : ‘
Kino, (po. 25)....-.--- @ 2| Frumenti, W., D, Co..2 00@2 50 Crocus ......--..+- +++. 2@ 30
ee. @ % DR 1 75@2 00 | Cudbear............... @ *
Myrrh, (po. 45)........ @ 40 a ies 1 10@1 50 | Cupri Sulph........... @ 7
Opil, (po. 3 75)........ 2 24@2 40| Juniperis Co. 0. T....1 THBL 7 RORREIEM <= 4-2-2 40": he
RR og ieee es cot oe 23@ 40 “ ee 1 75@3 50 | Ether Sulph.. 68@ 70
Ws misected ie oo 35 a ag bases i ao Emery, @ all numbers.. $ 8
Tragacanth ..........- Tl Snt. Vini Galll........ v **
? ons E - 60. aa 50@ 55
wenza—In ounce packages. yee ee «+ ES go ieee ae 12@ 15
Absinthium .........-.-.-.-- 25 : ‘ Galle eed eevee @ 2
Movetoriam ............--..- > SPONGES. oe < cea es 7 @ ‘.
I, os oo see. % > elatin, Cooper....... @
Majorum .........---+--+++++ 28 Pigeits. shetpe’ weet 2B? «"French........ 60
oO Carrtees, 2... 6. snus. 2 25@2 50 .
Mentha ee beace vinden ae 23 | Nassau sheeps’ aol Glassware flint, 70 per cent.
Vir “rere cets SA) Caan. 2 00 | . by box 60 less
oe eileen rennet +6 30 | Velvet extra sheeps’ Glue, Brown.......... 9@ 15
Tanacetum, V......--------- oe | _. Wool carriage....... 110] G, White........... 3@
Thyinus, V......--.-.-..+-s- Extra yellow sheeps’ a. ee 17 ° 5
MAGNESIA, wre ........... sia. on
: PU. sc 25@ 55
Gaicined, Pat.......--. $8 g@| Grasssheeps'woolear’ | Hvdraag Chior Mite. “@
tahoe kM... DO SD Hard for slate use. % a nee @
Carbonate, Jennings.. 35@ 36 | Yellow Reef, for slate a 0x Rubrum oi iS
Ce a nee i e Unguentum. 4£@ 55
Ana. c...-. . 5 00@5 50 SYRUPS. me rargyrum . @ 7%
Am dalae,Dulc a Te OR cic a ae thyobolla, Am. 1 25@1 50
Amy alae, Amarae....8 00@8 25 | Zingiber 50 | Indigo 75@1 00
ae mar «€ 0 Lee Cdk et hoes hk Ls hike ae wie ain melee
A ih nt AO OA ie ecole Oe iodine, Resubl........3 75@3 85
aeretiti Cortex. . ee oe ree Fs oe 50 | Iodoform.............. @ 70
Bergami .........-.-- “'s 75@4 00 | Auranti Saree. oe — acs et se 50@ 55
ee 60 | Lveonodium .........- 50@ 55
Similax ‘Ofticinalis dies oie ans 60 Macis Ore eee «cee we eas 80@ 85
Co. +... o Li ae iene et Hy-
ON Se kee iN akon eck bec: SAE CERNE eo5 apue 44 27 L
a ects vi asada 50 Léauor FPotass Arainitia 10@ 12
FDO cciecseswescesssrse OO) eeRnome, pelpe (bbl
NN eis aside vanes evens OE PM ayer che esl y kn an 3,
Prunus virg........... savers: OO] mee, BF... ss. 60

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

—. S. P. & W...2 20@2 45 | Seidlitz Mixture...... @ 2%/| Lindseed, boiled .... 58 61
S.N. Y. Q. & Sinapls................ @ 18/Neat’s Foot, winter
A Ene EU ee opt @ 30} strained . 50.—t«6D
Moschus Canton...... 40 Snuff, Maccaboy, De | SpiritsTurpentine.... 45 50
Myristica, No. 1....... ne ae Voee.. @ 35}
Nux Vomiea, (po 20).. @ 10 snut, “Scotch, De. Voes @ 35 | PAINtTs. bbl. Ib.
Oe sepia. | 38@ 38 | Soda Boras, (po. 13). . 12@ 13| Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 30@ 33/ Ochre, yellow Mars.. — 2@4
Co @2 00| Soda Carh............ 1%4@ 2 | Bee. .....,
Picis Liq, N. €, 4 gal Soda, Bi-Carb......... @ 5) Putty, commercial. “aig 24@3
doz + Oy 00} Soda, Ash |......... Sigg 4) ‘strictly pure... 2% 24@3
Picis Liq., quarts ....  @1 00 | Soda, Sulphas...... @ 2) Vermilion Prime Amer-
pete. @ 85|Spts. EtherCo........ 50@ 55} ican.................. 13@16
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80) .. @ 50 “© Myrecia Don..... @2 2} Vermilion, English.. 85@S8
Piper Nigra, (po. -~ @ 1 ‘* Myrcia Imp... .. @3 00; Green, Peninsular..... @7
Piper Alba, (po g5).. @ 3 « Vini Rect. bbi. | Lead, WE nde @i%
Pie Boron...) ...... @ 7i 22). Ges| | white ..........: @i%4
Pinmot Atel oo... 14@ 15 Less 5e gal., cash ten days. | Whiting, white Span. @ie
Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20 | Strychnia Crystal..... @1 10| Whiting, Gilders’...... @%
oa, boxes H Sulphur, Subl.. ... 24@ 3% | White, Paris American 1 00
PD. Co., dea... @1 25 a 4 3%| Whiting, Paris Eng.
sree we. 30@ 35| Tamarinds . a | Ge... 1 4¢
Gussie oo 8@ 10] Terebenth Venice..... 28@ 30/| Pioneer Prepared Paint1 20@1 4
Quinia, Re aw....: @@ 10/ Theobromsc .......... 5¢@ 55| Swiss Villa |
S Gecmen.... ae 20} Vania... ..........- 9 d O0@I6 00; Paints. wie won sek COME am
Rubia Tinctorum..... 1k 14 | Zinci Sulph.. : 7@ 8} VARNISHES,
Saccharum Lactis pv.. @ 4 y
| No.1 Turp Coach.. se 10@1 20
Selsey 2 00@2 10 — | etre Tore) 2.0... 160@1 70
Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ 50 Bbl. Gal | Coach Body...........27 00
Gamtonine ............ @4 50 | Whale, winter........ 70 70 | No. 1 Turp “Furn......1 00@1 10
Sapo, ee ce Goel 12@ 14/| Lard, — es ae 55 60 | Eutra Turk Damar... ..1 55@1 60
| eee ga 10@ 12] Lard, No. 1. oe 50 | |Japan Dryer, No.
Oe ee ees @ 15) Linseed, pure raw.... 55 58 | | ee a a 70@ 75
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HAZELTINE
& PERKINS
DRUG CO.

Importers and Jobbersa of

DRUGS

CHEMICALS AND

PATENT MEDICINES.

DEALERS IN

Paints, Oils 2 Varnishes.

Sole Agents for the Celebrated

SWISS WILLA PREPARED PAINTS.

Fill Line of Staple Drugaists’ Sundries

We are Sole Proprietors of

Weatherly s Michigan batarrh Remedg.

We Have in Stock and Offer a Full Line of

WHISKIES, BRANDIES,
GINS, WINES, RUMS.

We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.

We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guarantee Satisfaction.

All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we receive them. Send in a
| trial order.

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Go,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

GROCERIES.

NEW ASSOCIATION.

 

The Retail Grocers Organize for Pur-
poses of Protection.

In response to a call, circulated early

in the week, about fifty retail grocers

met at Opposition hall last Friday even- |
an organ- |

ing for the purpose of forming
ization to combat the encroachments of
the trusts and the arbitrary actions of
the wholesale grocery trade.

No one else volunteering to call the
meeting to order, Mr. Snoozen arose and
addressed the Knights of the Scoop in
the following spirited manner:

“By virtue of my official position as
chairman of the last pienic, | assume the
liberty of calling this gathering to order.
The retail grocers of Grand Rapids are
writhing under the heels of many op-
pressive monopolies. In the first place,
the yeast combination utterly refuses to
sell us bulk yeast, thereby compelling
us to handle the filthy stuff put up in tin
foil packages. Then the wholesale gro-
cers all agreed to sell sugar at a profit.
The idea of wholesale grocers making any
money on sugar is preposterous and
ought to be frowned down upon by every
retail dealer in the land!
fied, the wholesale grocers have formed
a combination on the goods they buy as
well as those they sell, and refuse to
allow us more than three cents apiece
for our empty boxes. In the name of all
that is fair and square, I protest against
such a tyranical assumption of authority
on the part of the wholesale grocers and
other trusts and suggest that we form an
association to combat such injustice. I
will act as chairman of the meeting,
reserving the right to speak on any sub-
ject at least seven times.

Mr. Squint arose and said he deplored
the fact that kerosene oil was now sold

so low that there was no money in it for |

the dealer. He moved that on and after
March 15 the price be fixed at 10 cents
per gallon.

Chairman—The motion is out of order.
This meeting was called for the purpose
of combatting combinations—-not to create
new ones.

The motion was seconded, however,
and was put toa vote and unanimously
passed.

Mr. Art complained that a certain gro- |

eer on Monroe street had been selling
oranges below cost.
Chairman—The gentleman is out of

order.

The Monroe street dealer was hauled
over the coals, however, and his action
eondemned as unneighborly and
courteous to the other members of the
trade.

Mr. Pingleburg filed a complaint
against a wholesale housé from which
he purchased a crate of eggs. At the
end of five weeks he found some of the

eggs to be bad, but the jobber utterly |
Referred to |

refused to take them back.
the Complaint Committee.

Mr. De Spoken complained of the action
of another jobber who refused to take
back half a pail of jelly which was un-
salable because his cat jumped into it by
mistake. A customer saw the
and reported it around the neighborhood,
so that his jelly trade fell off altogether.
Referred to the Compiaint Committee.

Another dealer complained of the ac-
tion of another house which refused to
take back half a cheese he found to bea
slow seller. Referred to Committee on
Complaints.

Another
plaint. He purchased a barrel of rice
when the price was low, but afterward
concluded he would not need it and re-
turned it. In the meantime the price
advanced °4 cent a pound, but the jobber
refused to allow him the advance. Re-
ferred to the Complaint Committee.

In the meantime, the chairman had
appointed a Committee on Resolutions,
which reported as follows:

Resolved, That we denounce the action
of the wholesale grocers in putting the
price of sugar up and the price of boxes
down.

ResoWwed, That we will transfer our
trade from any jobber who presses us
too hard for his pay.

Not yet satis- |

dis- |

accident |

grocer filed a peculiar com- |

E Resolwed, That kerosene oil be sold at
| 10 cents per gallon straight on and after
| March 15.

| Resolved, That we cut off all credit
| customers who do not pay their bills the
first of each month.

| Resolved, That we hereby resolve our-
| selves into an organization, to be known
/as the Millenium Retail Grocer’s Associa-
tion, to fight trusts, monopolies and com-
binations formed by others and to main-
tain such combinations among ourselves
as we may form to secure better prices
and bring about more uniform action in
dealing with credit customers.

The report was unanimously adopted
by a standing vote, but the election of
officers was deferred until the next meet-
ing.

As Ture TRADESMAN was made an hon-
orary member of the Association, it ex-
pects to be able to present a full report
of the next meeting.
oe

The Evil of Over-Weight.
Written for THE TRADESMAN.

There is probably no other fixtures
connected with a grocery store so im-
portant to both merchant and customer
as its weights and measures. The first
point is the correctness of both. This is
usually attended to by the sealer of
weights and measures. The second es-
sential is that they be kept scrupulously
clean, and this must be attended to
either by the merchant or his clerk. We
occasionally hear customers complain of
| short-weight or measure, but who ever
heard one complain of over-weight or
measure? A pound of anything is not
sixteen and a half ounces, nor even six-
teen and a quarter, but is exactly six-
teen, and anything more than that is as
unjust to some one as anything short of
it. No honorable customer desires that |
the merehant should give him more than
he pays for, any more than he does that
he should give him With many
customers it is a stock remark, while
watching the process of weighing their
| goods, to cry out, ‘‘ Give me good weight,
now!” This is generally accompanied
by a laugh and the remark, ‘* You fel-
lows need watching, you know.’’ Under
| the guise of a little cheap wit, this class
|of customers are, to say the least, very
insolent.

My experience and observation teach
me that employes too often give over-
weight. Perhaps, as a rule, it is due to
earelessness only, although in many
eases there may be a motive and it may
be done purposely. In the articles of
tea and coffee, from one to four ounces
have been found to be in excess. May it
not be possible that employes intending
to engage in business for themselves are
in this way attempting quietly to esta-
blish a reputation for liberality, which
| would at once surround them with good
customers from the start? Think of the

aggregate of losses incurred by such
constant over-weight or measure to a
merchant doing a large business! In
| weighing out one pound of any article,
iif only one-eighth of an ounce over-
| weight is added, it is one pound loss in
every 128 pounds and half an ounce is
one pound in every 64. If ‘‘asmall leak
will sink a great ship,’’ may not this
trifling leakage sink many a business
house ?

The writer would not intentionally
impugn the motives of any clerk, but
that over-weight is given in large num-
bers of eases he is positive. He has also
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sionally a merchant instructs his clerks
to do this very thing, in order either to
do a little supposed advertising or to
obtain customers from a few competitors
of whom he may be jealous; but he may |
rest assured that such a procedure will |
in the end result in many ways to his
disadvantage. ‘‘ Right wrongs no one,”’
and the true way for all merchants is to |
| give exact w eight and measure—neither
‘more nor less—and see to it that their |
/employes do the same, and success will
| be more likely to follow. OBSERVER.

PRODUCE MARKET.

Apples—Green, $4.25@4.50 for choice eating and
$3.5 .75 for cooking stock. Evaporated are
firm at 14@15c, and sun-dried are strong at
10@10\c.

Beans—The demand is steady and the market
without special change. Handlers pay $1.65@1.80
for country picked and find no difficulty in mak
ing sales at $2.05@2.10 for city picked.

Beets—50c per bu.

Butter—The scarcity of choice stock has ap-
proached a famine. Dealers are offering 20c for
all offerings of dairy which will pass muster.
Creamery is firmly held at 28@32c.

Cabbages—50c per doz. or $4 per 100.

Carrots—20@25e per bu.

Celery—20@25c per doz
Guepemen~Perk F hassel, $1.25; produce barrels

Cranberries—Cape Cods are nowout of market.
Bell and Cherry are held at $9 and Jerseys
at $9.50.

Eggs—The market is nominally weak, dealers

| paying 14c and holding at 15c.

Honey—Scarce at 1618 for clean comb.

Onions—Unchanged. Dealers stand ready to
pay $1.26 aod hold at $1.40.

Potatoes—The market is stronger at all the

rincipal consuming markets, an advance of 5c

aving been sustained during the past week.

Handlers are now offering 8u@90c and shipments
are likely to be lively for some time to come.

Squash—i%c per Ib.

Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys are in _——
demand readily commanding $3.50 per bu

Turnips—30@35c per bu.

 

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

 

 

  
 

  

ee OP oe ee ieee tees, Oe
RMN ogc s nade whe Stet c cue cs eenee ees 9%
Extra clear pig, short out.................¢. 11 3%
Wetea Geeks Gene ....-......2.-0. 2...
eee fee BON 1i 00
Boston clear, short - ee a 11 50
ner DOG, MOrE OUR. 2... ce sk ce le 11 50
Standard clear, aan OO ey 12 00
sAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked.
i ee eect oe ee oud eee 6%
ie ees es ee 9
Tongue Sausage............ bovsber ties tusectus 9
ee ekrees Sees... wesc cee ee 7%
ee a 5
Bologna, ee cucepees 5
Bologna, thick. . a ceae . .
Hi Ee uae Waban 5
Lakp—Kettle Rendered.
a cay Wasee Gales bom chugs) eu eines hed o%
ee aen yeey gcse eee
50 1b, ee etec es leeseu eden cuca en +
LARD. Com-
a. pound.
oe .. 5% 54
iid 2), Fuee....-. ess. 8 “BY 544
3 Ib. Pails, 20in a case.......... 6% 64
5 lb. Pails, 216 ONE... 1... - 0s 6% 644
10 Ib. Pails, 6 in a case......-:... 6% 6
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case. 1 a 5&
ee a 5% 5%
BEEF IN BARRELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 7 06
Extra Mess, Chicago packing................ 67
Beneioss, rasan Dus... ... ...- 3... 9 %5
SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 lbs... .....--. 02000050. +ees 84
- . Ok ie te, 834
E " Wee 8 Oe, as
ass ee cee J
ss ie Dee. ye oe 3
CI oe a)
Broakfast Gacon, Donelems. ............-...... 7
Dried Neel, bees wesees.... se... ea. 8
Tene CRON IEG i ooo nnn oss os eee aca te 5%
Braces, medi: .... ose Oe
oa ise ee ees ee 5
FISH and OYSTERS.
F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

FRESH FISH.
eee @10
cn os eho ce bee eee cae e ene eee @ 9
ET AE i anise arn EAN SRScray MR @18
i Siok apse teh eee dbo cia we @5
A ci a ey be cs ood cod nae @9
a, eee, tec ease @12
Mackerel.. @%

| Cod.. : @i2
| California salmon CRIS ie Lane ee Gale @Ii8
OYsTERS—Cans,
ate OOM. . ou. cose ees cl
2 ee a ne acs kc @30
ee edictaes, bees om @25
ee. i @23
eS SN A ea ee Nea ara cage CE @20
RIE, oo ce cae e cecer nes odes cee, @18

SHELL GOODS.

Oysters, per Re ei ee ea 1 25@1 50
Clams, Ee ek ieee bee ee eke we 75@1 00
BULK GOODS.

Standards, per Ne eae oh ieee pe hee @1 25
Selects, - @1 65
Scrimps, a 1 50
Clams, ~ aes te cies cues 1 50
Scallops, ee cee eee 1 50

 

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FRESH MEATS.
Swift and Company quote as follows:

 

WiUOE GORPERN. 6.6. o.oo ees se 6 @7™%
«Zone — eucue'e Ct5 gic telet a oa eae @8
~ fare Se ee lee eae @ 4%
- — No. 3.. @i1
. TI es <p ss @ 9%
- CO ce cee @

" tongucs........ @10%
I oy cede ak cece ete @5
Pork loins.. sida eet pee tives ieaee s @ thse

- shoulders.. Ee sp eo cians cutee cases @ 5
Sausage, bioee Or Read .....-. ...... @5

ee A ee. oe @ 5
- a aes eo tale debt oy @ 7%
an gala ek ae Chee Cel eee le

A ckean wee te ct cas 6%@ 7

CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS.
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:
STICK CANDY.
pended, WE A ac ee cee tel ep a @ 8
eS eer @8
. Twist Oe ie ee @8
. pails ~ packages, net weight....... 8%
x LE 8

—OEE 10

ee es ie oes oo ree tite e sens 9

ree Be ei ee ie ss 10

MIXED CANDY.
Bbls, Pails.

Btandard, per ib.......-...--...+6. T% 8

Be caries enn cess 7% 8

Special.. ee oe eee 8%

Roy | ER Se 8 8%

' 9

    

 
 

English Rock.. Ce Se ae
TEEN eee 9
PEP ORO TI vss eee sae weet cee geen ale net, 9%
Peantit SQUATOB. -.. 6... 62 0.. eseeeseveses net, oe
OE ee
TTOROOPUONA. iin cake Sota dan oe Shoe gg
EE eee iL
Valley Creains...... 2... 2.2 <.-- 0-2 noe eee ee 14
Fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. Per Box
Fi UE oo ce cee ec ewes ent ede ce wee 60
Sour Drops ..... ...- +--+ 200s eeee eee eee eee ees 60
Peppermint Drops........-..---.+2.-.++----2-- 70
Chocolate Drops............ ebb ge ches che leauue 70
H. M. Chocolate Drops 9
Gum Drome.......-..... .40@50
DO TN oo oe ones cies eee cle oe ok
A. B. Licorice Drops... eae culasee tees cose Digecs 80
Lozenges, —_ Cee ebesde che breed oud ugeuee 65
-” spies eeek bakige shuns eeseenees 70
Imperials.. Sane e enw es Cen ats uae ican
MN ok iene eee pee e ee yes seca 75
(ees OR. ce tees Les oh da aile 4 cla pci aee ieee 60
ee FIRE cook ee ce ee 60
es uaa dele w ngs euv eras 16@18
Mane Wane Creer... .. 25454... 2..,.. 9@1 00

Plain Creams.
Decorated Creams..
String Bock.......
Burnt Almonds. .

  

 

Wintergreen Bera ean 65
FANcY—In bulk.

Lozenges, bei, 1 OE 8 Se 11

— nted, Pk ng ek ee eee 12
Chocolate Drops, in kg ao eines ove es 12
Gum Drops, in pails........ 2
Moss Drops, in pails.......... 10
Sour Drope, in palis..... .-.....- 0... oF ors sees 10
Imperials, in pails. ......-... 2.26 cece cere cones 11

ORANGES,
Floridas, fancy 250-200 176-150... ... 3 50@33 7%
e 138-126 . ca se ee ee 2 Oe oe

  

  

Sere ics e cans ee as @
Russets, fancy cg ‘6- S00 188... ses 5 2
eo. : 0d
Valencias, dnion to fancy = 20). ee 5%
Messinas, “ 300-240... 2% ; 00
3 " Ogg 3 00
LEMONS.
Messina, Onotee 900......:......,..28. 3 75@ + 00
fancy, icp tecn ees 4 50@ 4 75
. choice 300......
. OAMOY OOPS. oes ee eda cay 4

OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS.

Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy layers eeeede 18@20
cnoee . La. @16
" ay . ag @12%
* Fard, 10-Ib. box GC eteusepeess eee @10
_ We a a @8
- Sraaen. Ra, WOE is. 5 ae 4 @6
NUTS.
Almonds, Tarragona. eenas see oe
ee @i7
. COMMIT OPHIR, oo 5 So ok cen Coes ven Ql7
ae Ala anaes ppaneReMrP My rie nae @12%
UO a oes oaks aise pers eweies wes @i1
Walnuts, ‘o- le bee us Ca eaie cee

   

Cocoanuts, See eehe. oo bacae oek
a

Fancy, EE. P.,
Flags

Fancy, _. P., ;
He eemtae cd.

Choice, H. Pe Extras....:.
e Roasted..

 

 

CURTISS & CO,,

WHOLESALE

Paper

Warehouse.

FLOUR SACKS, GROCERY BAGS, TWINE AND WOODEN WARE.

Houseman Block, >

 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

   
    

 

 

THE MICHIGAN ‘TRADESMAN.

Wisieadia Price Chinrent.

The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who
pay promptly and buy in full packages.

 

APPLE BUTTER.

Chicago goods..

AXLE GREASE.

Frazer’s.

Wood boxes, per Gong. ....-

3 doz. case... 2 4
per gross.....
a pails, per doz........13

sc ac

io: * per gross.

Aurora.

Ww ood boxes, per doz..
“i

3 doz. case...
per groess....

se sc

Diamond,

Wood boxes, per doz ....
3 doz. case...
per <ross....

ee “

Peerless.
Se tm; Ae cs.

BAKING POW DER.

Thepure, 10¢ —
A) =

«Tb,
oo
oo 1 lb. oe

“ 5 lb. “c

Less 20 per cent. to retailers.
Acme, iP. cans, 3 doz ...
“cs i sc > 6

- 1 1b. ee

e bulk

Telfer’s, 6 ~ cans, doz..

“ % > oe
Arette; { B) cans... ......
ig ie
ae I th “oe
“ce 5 tb oe

Ce

“c th «
BATH BRICK.

2 dozen in case.

Bae ees
Baa... |...
Domestic. '
“BLUING.
Are tic, 4 oz ovals.. )
8 0z wea eek wae 7 00

. ints, POM cess ss 10 50

. Vo. 2, sifting box.

“oe No. .

" . = Ball Pei ee seep ee 45)

BROOMS.

ee es
2 ..
Po POM... 5.........
Oe ee. ca see
Pape GO ins a as teen 3%
Cen) WHISE...- 2...
Fancy ' ae ceaae
Mill . ee
Warehouse ek

BUCKWHEAT FL ou R.

Rising Sun...

Me PN cece vce lesa '

Self Rising.........-
BUTTERINE,
Creamery,

Solid yuemne ee gee oes
oe ee
‘Dairy.
Solid packed ....-.........
ee a cas
CANDLES
Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes oe
Star, 40 a

Paraffine .. a
eee 3... eee

CANNED GOODS.
FISH.
Clams. i Ib. Little Neck.....

Clam Chowder, 3 lb..

Cove Oysters, 2 _ stand.

Lobsters, . lb. *plenic Deeeae
| ib. Star.. a
- Sim Siar...
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce 3
1h stand louea es ix
“ :
. 3 1b. “in Mustard..
- 3 1b. soused..
Salmon, 11b. Columbia 1 7 wv 751
11lb. Alaska..
nailiienss domestic ._ 5@ 6
7
- Mustard %s......
. imported 4s...
-~. a ...
reat, S lo, brook ........
FRUITS.
_— 8.
York State, ga lons....
a
Bemta Croke... -.. «-.
TN ois a sce os
Cherries.

Red
Pitted Hamburg.

Damsons, Egg Plums ond Green

Gages.
PUNE os csc, deny ccs

Gooseberries.

Common ...
Peaches.

a ENCE IS SIS 1 6

NE oa ike eons
SO OOre So. snes...

California eee 2 60c:

Pears,
EEG Cee cn!
Riverside. .
Pineapples.
ee

Johnson’s sliced......
oe

grated......
Quinces.

anf

we

we

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ee

ee
Lawrence . ‘ 1 10
Hamburg. . 2 00
Whortleberries
Common Weasels 1 40
MEATS.

Corned _— Sees eee 2 00
Roast.. a
“VEGETABLES.

Beans, soaked Lima........ 85
| Cree tite... -.<. @1 60
eit ce ye @
we a es

90
‘* Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 40

Corn, stand. brands..1 05@1 2
fg ee 75
- ae... :.. ...... @1 30
“ weegadane.............1 4
ee @1 75
~ Mme Vrenen.....c... ee,
Miuseroone.... 0.2... ,. 1 80
Pompe... ..... --@1 00
ota, 110
Succotash, a Laila 85

. Sandan... ....... 1 30
Tomatoes, oad br’ds 1 00@1 10

CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S

German Sweet.. ...... / 22
Pree cs 34
eS 38
Breakfast Cocos........ “ 40
CHICORY. i
ee 4
Hee 7
CHEESE,
Fancy Full C ream. 11 @1:%
Good ' ...10 @ic%
Part Skbamed.......-. 8 @9
Dan oeec.......,-.-... @22
Bowe @1 00
Swiss, imported ...... 24@ 25

domestic .... 15@ 16
Limburger. ea ib

CHEWING GUM.

Rubber, = lumps oe ae 35
Sebago euce 40
Spruce, 200 aieaae ee
CATSUP.
Snider’ 8, % pint........... -1 35
ea 2 30
' quart.. Se
CLOTHES PINS.

Sarone DOReS 04... 5 50
COCOA SHELLS,
Puc... . «vues & GAM

Pound packages. cee ae @i
COFFEE,
GREEN.
Rio.
i ea
Good , oe
Prime .. ble 1 oo
Golden... eee, 22%
Peeper .. .,......:.,.....ee
Santos.
Fair... : i. 20%
Good. «ol
Prime . . 2
Peaberry ......... 224
Mexican and Guatamala.
Poe... ee 22
Ome, oc 23
Fancy ee ee woes cee
Maracaibo.

Prime . a i. 224%
Milled ide epee Coch seey cae
Java.

Interior... ... ioe

Private Growth.. acts oc

Mandenling .........<. o-oo
Mocha

Imitation a

Arabian. ! ee
"ROASTED.

To ascertain cost of roasted
coffee, add %¢c. per lb. for roast-
ing and 15 per cent. for shrink-
age.

PACKAGE.
McLaughlin’s XXXX....25
BE ac heen 5 sa wet ce 53
In cahmete.. ic... ..2. 26

   

Durham..
XTRACT.
be City.. ye ee 75
ee ee 11
Pics B...s 2. 3 5. . 65
CLOTHES LINES.
Cotton, 4016... .... per doz. 1 35
138 he.....- si 150
way of..::... - 17
. ae, co... : 2 00
r 80 ft. _ 2 2
Jute Gere... 0. ey 1 00
Te acon ' 1 15
CONDENSED MILK.

 
 

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Anglo-Swiss

COURONS.
“Superior.”
$ 1, per hundred.......,-.. 2 50
52, * oo 3 00
+. ee a alias 4 00
oo arc Sea eal a ay ae 5 00
$20,. ‘* ‘ cos oe oe
“Tradesman.”
§ 1, per hundred........... 2 00
x ea dime 2 50
25 ee ne 3 00
ee 4 Ov
oD, * Pe eee 00

5
Subject to the following dis-
counts:

200 or over. .....;- 5 per cent,
eee 1.
ee a wes 20
CRACKERS.
Honosha Butter............. 7%
Seventeen ees ete SH
ieee cet coc ae 5%
ia co eens 5%
it ee 6%
rh we onenes %%
a BOG ieee! sa Tr
BOG case evar anus 6

 

 

80 OUPS, “ i va ‘ ” ‘“
| Snider's Tomato. as 40 | ee “© barrels .. . “ “ 158, 17s and 198 3
PICES. SALERATUS. | Baskets, maArnes, .....
|
whole Sifted. Church’s, Arm & annuals | GEOR see ea oy 15
| Allspice............... 0.0505 10 | Dwight’sCow. “willow el’ths, No.l :
Cassia, — sqvean a: 7 { Taylor's. ce
atavia in bund....15 | | DeLand’ 8 C ap ‘Sheaf.. c "
7 Oe 5% | _ Saigon in rolls...... 35 splint
City Ovater. Am... ..... “a 5% | Cloves, ee. a a | Our tials '
CREAM TARTAR. Zanzibar. . twee 8 | .
Strictly pure Pelee eee eels 38 | Mace Batavia.. oo | Cora, Derrer.........-.-.. 25] —
MEGGCR is 2 | apa come Sadie yeu 80 | “ ‘one-half barrels.... (| GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS
— Oo 2.2.6.8... : : | Pure Sugar, Del. ...... 3 | WHEAT
* S | “No. 2... 65 | ' half barrel DA: Tae
DRIED FRUITS. Pepper, singapore, black.....15 | SWEET GOODS. | da ere a ea alla 94
DOMESTIC, : > | GingerSiape........-.. | i i
Apples, sun- grated. -104%@11 _ shot. .:..- 1a | Sugar Gaus... ae | All wheat bought on 60 Ib. test.
evaporate 14 @I15 Pure Ground in Bulk. | Frosted Creams....... | Bolte
Apricots,  ‘ 14 = Alege 15 | Graham Crackers..... | rarest are Ne ee ar la ui
B a, .. Cassia, DORR VIR. oc. 20 | Oatmeal Crackers.... | ‘FLOUR,
| - j > 3 le : * ligne aaa
Peaches eae te - .20 qu | ae and Saigon. = poe SHOE syn | Straight, in sacks.........
Turkey vneeess @9 | Cloves, Amboyna.......0..3 3) ce ee ie 6 eS
died eae swk es 6 hea ee @? eee ds oa a i | SAS. | Patent “ sacks. .
Bosnia ek aay @10 | Zanzibar...... -20 | yaPaNn—Regular | . “« Derrelm, .....,
er anes h sa sbahs ee @11 Ginger, African............. Te |Grahar “ sacks....
He vice 18 a Pe cot Coe co sues al | Rye ts “
Ornee i. 18 | Mace Batavia........ noes ve ‘go | a oe a | Bran tent ‘
CITRON. Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. 25 ae "10 (Sie
in Grum....... —- Gis | ‘. _Trieste.............2 ae GUD. wana. ae
Pi DORs @2 | Nutmegs, No.2 220000020002. % | Fair i i Migad eee an
Bina Lene, | Pepper, Singapore, ena epi ee ee tein ‘
Zante, in barrels...... @ 54 | & white.....: ‘® ; i 4 Oo BE MAL... 0s eeeenee
in %- bbls.. @ 5% ” Cayenne, .......-..20 | Cc ate vest Wah nage is 20 | Milling Bye.
' in less quantity @6cé | Sage... ' = hee 10 fa
- RAISINS — ame Ha | “Absolute” in Packages. | BASKET FIRED. eee nAnkey,
OME, os... %s hed | oe Se aaa ea
Landon Layers, 2 ‘er’ a 3 Mi Allapiee._.¢....._.... 80 1 50 | — ee | oo. 1 a vantununasss
. z eS) Cionamon .:.....:.... St 1 Sat oon” ee slay | te ae wee)
in : ° fancy. 2 35 | —— eo ey acacia - $4 155) extrac hoice, Wire leaf i Small lote.... -
Muscatels,2crown ... 1 65} Ginger Fema... S42 1 65} BuKPow DAE, | Car ‘
“a « cs / ap | a } ese
‘ a 2 00} M ac nie a I 0 | Common to fair. ......% | OATS.
Valenci ae gs |P — --++++++ 84 155) Extra fine to finest. | Small lots...
eunecae sac ee cae 84@9_| tse aggd es aa = 1 55) Choicest fancy........7% Ct 52
a Same... oo \OLORG HAY
16 @20 | SUGARS 1 vy ie | | No. 1 i
FARINACEOUS GOODS. | Cet boat... ......... @ 7% | pune = ror TT No. oo
Farina, 100 tb. gees OC Capea @? las eens 30 | No. 2 vee
Hominy, per b 4 00 | Pawdercd @ 7 Fine to choicest. ......55 bait As
Oe) Powdered oes... Q@7 ey. YES, PELTS anx
Macaroni, dom mB Ib box.... 55] Granulated............6.812 6% | cgmmon Miley ay sin 20 7 we - ’ ae ee
«imported... @i1 | Confectioners’ A. .... 654@6.69| § “pian hg ac | Perkins & Hess pay as fol
Peart Bariey.......... 3 @ 3%} White Extra C.... “@ 6% ee ee | lows, nominal:
Peas, green............ @l 10 | ite Go. aN tice te. | Green non
ee ee 1 EN weil ial
Sago, Gena ue @ 346 | | ESE ea e a Superior to fine.......30 leur eured.
Tapioca, fi’k or p’ rl... 5 @6_ | Dark Molasses...... Hl " ENGLISH BREAKFAST. | —
Wheat, cracked....... @5 | Lessthan 100lbs. %e advance | Fair..........--------- 25 | a one ee eset eee ae sees
Vermicelli, import. . eau | ScALES—Perfection. — Cee ee ede oie sae Le | Kips, gre be toa a
domestic... @55 | Tea, 2-b, tin scoop. ..8 6 50| Best ...........-.-.---- 55 | calf ee
p FISH—SALT. ope 7 25) Tea Dust...........-.- 8 eae green...
Com, Whole... 54@ 54% * GR, ti scoop....... 8 75 —Fine Cut. | _cured......
« ‘pricks .......... 7% a [+ © bmw ieee 8 75 D. neekien &C No. ‘3 Brands on skins..........
oe strips a! 74@ 9 | Grocers’, 11-1b, tin scoop. 11 00} Hiawatha NE ss 7 ++
WOO el @10 . . brass “ .. 13 35 i Sweet Cuba......... | ELTS.
Herring, gibbed, bbl. 5 25 : 22-b, tin « = ae os—Plug. | ae. capa
oe riand “othe a 00 i brass “ .. 14 75] Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands, | “S/™#' wool, per
o 2 seinen . #§§ | Semething Good.......... 37] wact '
_ ee | 8 Corn. ss scsi | Washed... ..--.-.-
ni Scaled ...... , me ei POMER Ge | Ookacce 1... ue f et ees rete se ne
M > bb 2 i [e ee me | FURS.
ackerel, No. 1, % Nee ae % i 40-1b “oss os 6% aor Smoking. ie [Os fen es are for No.1 only
Peoee.... os 3 00@3 25 | 1- Ib packages. aida Plow Boy,2 0z..-- “ss lg r ie
Trout, % gg wa eise ase @5 0 ekg tesa orn ves 6 ‘6 Aa. i weaves’
a! a 6-lb Ey 6! “46 On... ; =n
White, No. 1, % bbls.. @7 wo 40" fend 50 1b; boxes.......... 4% ty yar — beac es geek
10 1b, Kits. ee a oe | Cat, wild............
“Family, vs Dis.. 3 00 SNUFF. 50 gr.. leaker
sere eeeces 55 | Scotch, in bladders.........37 y E AST ic ‘ompresse od. | F a 1 cs Te
FL eit. cca Maccaboy, in jars...........35 | Tin foil cakes, per doz........15] p OX, _ A...
sae DC. aie French Rappee, - Jars..... 43 | Baker's, per lb... estan dha
emon. Vanilla SOA
202 folding box.. 7 1 26 Allen B. Wrisley’ s Brands. e Mart + je and vel
3 02 1.00 150 | Old er 2 3 20| PAPER & WOODENWARE |" — ‘pale and yel-
bd 5 ® T x | lo A
— « ae So nee enter _ PAPER. | Martin, dark........
6 oz ---% Of 3 00 ota ‘100... icstee-oe-3 001 Qurtigs & Co. quote
can fi "3 00 460 : urtiss & Co. quo Mine i
ae @UN POWDER. spa. 5g lows: Meira
Ce ea ti 5 50 ay eR Lo el oe aa
Mame Kegs........-.-. ~...4<. 3 00 SAL SODA. Herdmare oo | Geank
HERBS eee ea. ea a Seas ans
ie vee 15 | Granulated, boxes.......... g” | Bakers . aoe eee Ww olf Ups at
Hops. ae 25 SEEDS. Dry onda eT astors, at
JELLIES. Miccd tind... 0...) 44@ 6 Jute Manilla. ao 6 3 ,......-.. _
Chicago _— Dee eieielot a i Cuma Red Express No. 1. DEERSKINS—Pe
MP WICK Canary .. + No, 2 Thin and g sreen.... :
ee 44 TWINES. | Long gray
os Peete = — 13”? | 48 Cotton... Sa Geena a ny
No. Se een Ns 50 ~ oo yeas alee ate a . 8 | Cotton, Wo fs. € Red tand blue. |
ne e...... creas nt Wee a) aa noe sasorie a uae MISCELLANEOUS.
Pure Sc » gan c No. 5 Hemp i Grease butter.........
Culaheia..................... 2. Common Pine ae ne @s 05 | ao ae P- , catches
ee 18 | Solar ne 56 Ib. sacks..... 27 | se ees ey ra muse :
LYE. 28 poc! et ih ct 75 | sree ee eeenne wooden veee
Condensed, 2 dos...........1 | @ | WOODENWARE. OU: 3
MATCHES. m 5) Tubs, No. 1 eee : se
No. 9 sip a ol wesc cee ceee ces 2 . Ashton bu. bags bee ewe 7 | = - ee eee) ee Standard Oil Co. quotes as
Anchor parlor. a eek ene wee — vO. es ollows:
No. 2home.........------+-- 1 10 aw" es 35 | Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. Water White..........
Export parlor.............-- 4 25 * ia oe... 20} No. 1, three-hoop.... Michigan test .
MOLASSES. Diamond Crystal, cases....1 50} Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes a
Black Strap.........-.---- 16 28-1t psacks 25/| Bowls, — ae a a "
Cube Baking..-..... 4 19 “ e 56-Ib 50 | - of .. _ ag ieee :
Porto Eico.......-.-....-. 19@23 . “© «60 pocket .2 25 *_ 2° Engine ..... 7
New Orleans, — ech ee a ha € a ¢ Blae k. “5 Cold Test. .
ace... .-- oO
‘ fancy. .....- 45 a —_ =
One-half barrels, 3c extra Bi d T = = =
ae WwW Al ES oodyear Tennis e|e)8
Orr ss os
bade beatele.... 6... 2... 3 2 BALS. 75 75
ROLLED OATS. |
cree ea eee cad chee os 00
Half bbie 00 il: 3 25 W l FE G ( T
PICKLES A S 00 Bar BLS
Medigm.......cs.. . 2... OP ue i ae
= ON tek aes 4 25 OXFORDS. 1G -i. ot 6 1
Small, ees Oeics ecu at 9 = | |
Re ccs +. 60}
PIPES. i |
Cg eG, 2G... 1% |
ara eount-....-.. 75 |
Cob, Nos. Co ceak oe
RICE. |
Carolina rage Peck saa een . |
Os ead ene oe 6 | |
5 42 | SE ‘
Japan = ok tae os CHAMPION OXFORDS. [oe 1
Oe ened ye
WG 8 cc. 6
“ Saeknmnsie. oe CANDEE TENNIS, 50 Off List.
MON ee a oss Cae 5
Half barrels. . ‘"""""2 75! Send your fall orders on Woonsocket Rubbers, 50 off, Rhode Islands, 50 and 10 off,
SAPOLIO. i
Kitchen, $doz. in box..... 2 50 G. R. MAYHEW, Grand Rapids.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CONFESSIONS OF A DRUMMER.
vill
Written for THE TRADESMAN.

I had yet to strike the gay and festive
merehant. I had been held prisoner by
dogs, fired out of busses, put off from
trains, abused by cranks and insulted bv
idiots, but I had not met the gay and
festive dealer with a large trade. When
aman has a large trade and pays cash,
he can have my plug hat to walk on if
he wants it, and in this I presume I am
not built differently from most knights
of the grip.

I met my gay and festive man on the
D. & M. on my second trip out. He
didn’t look as though he had any use for
a place that wasn’t in harmony with the
prohibition movement, but he had, in
fact, thoroughly mastered the business
of getting his little finger up above his
nose.

After I had booked his order, he put
on his hat and went out with me to the
hotel.

He broke up two games of billiards,
put the balls in his pockets and got
everyone in the room up to the bar be-
fore he had been there a minute. IL
found out afterwards that he furnished
the hotel with most of its supplies, but
I didn’t see as that was any reason why
he should fire the bartender out in front,
put on a white apron and mix cocktails
in alemonade shaker. But the barten-
der didn’t seem to object, and I didn’t
see why I should, especially as he con-
eocted rather a superior brand of cock-
tail.

‘‘Now, gentlemen,” he:said, after the
mysterious mixing was over, “‘you can
order anything you like, but nothing but

cocktails go. I can’t waste my talent
on people who smoke cigarettes and
drink beer.’’

One of the gentlemen who had been
playing billiards said he didn’t drink,
but he’d take a meal ticket, and was
promptly fined a pint of cocktail.

I never was much of a drinker, and
the gay and festive merchant filled his
lemonade shaker so often and got so
many kinds of strong liquor in it that I
began to wish the bar would stay in its
place and not wiggle around the room like
a Pullman sleeper off the track.

“I don’t approve of strong drink, as a
rule,”’ observed one of the gentlemen in
front of the bar. ‘“‘but if some one will
remoye that dude from the rear of the
counter, Pll endeavor to show you the
correct thing in the time of gin fizzes.”’

I didn’t want a gin fizz any more than
I wanted to see sugar cane growing out
on my hat, but I believe I helped empty
the gin bottle.

‘“‘Now, then,’’ said the merchant, tak-
ing off the bartender’s apron and putting
iton me, ‘“‘we have a gentleman here
who seeks the acquaintance of people in
our line. If he can mix a cocktail, we'll
take him into our Most Noble Order of
the Red Nose.”’

I knew about as much about mixing a
cocktail as I did about making lace, but
I had to get behind the bar. If the bot-
tles had staid in their places, I think 1
could have emptied a few of them into
the lemonade shaker, but they insisted
an keeping on the move. It is my opin-
ion thatif { had remained behind the
bar one more minute the next crockery
salesman that came along would have
received a large order, but the crowd

 

was getting tired, and I managed to get
out covered with glory and seltzer water..

‘“‘Gentleman,” said the merchant, ‘‘meet
at my store to-night when I close up,
and we’ll go out and pull the tail out of
the tiger.

I was innocent in those days, and had
never participated in that highly moral
ceremony known to the initiated as
‘‘pulling the tail out of the tiger.”

Even after two hours sleep and several
seltzers, I did not feel like pulling the
tailout of anything, put I wanted to
stand well with my gay and festive mer-
chant, and get all the orders I could, so
I went to his store at the appointed time.

‘“‘Now, gentlemen,’’ he said, looking
as innocent as the head man at a Sunday
School picnic, “this tiger is a voracious
beast, and has sharp claws, so any man
that’s got more than ten dollars in his
clothes puts it in this safe, where the
high card cannot corrupt nor. the last
turn make it afraid.”

We all did as directed and started out,
my companions in a jovial mood which I
did not share. The street lamps were
walking about in a highly reprehensible
manner as we proceeded arm in arm
along the principal thoroughfare, and I
felt as though I would have given a
year’s salary to have been tucked snugly
away in some ten acre lot where I could
have laid and rested without falling off.

I don’t remember how we got into the
“menagerie,” as my companions called
it, but I do know that in about five
minutes we were all seated at a green
table that looked as though someone had
been playing seven up there and left the
cards frozen into the table.

All the people in the room seemed to

 

know the merchant, and after he had
searched every one for a bottle and
failed to find one he sent the porter out
for some wine.

‘‘Now, gentleman,” he said, ‘‘observe
the sly coquetry of the lady near the
end of the board. The last time I came
here she smiled upon my efforts. But
you must never-count on a lady being
in the same mood twice, so here’s five on
the queen with a button.”

The queen seemed to have a wonder-
ful appetite that night, for she devoured
every dollar placed in her custody.

‘“‘When I get into the common coun-
cil,’ observed the merchant, as he
borrowed the ten I had taken with me,
I’m going to have the queen taken out
of the pack. Now, there’s the little
tray. She don’t wear fine clothes like
the queen, and seems to be less expen-
sivein her habits. Here’s ten on the
tray.”’

The cards seemed to come right that
time, for I got my ten dollars back.

‘‘See here, Mr. Syrup & Co.,” said the
merchant, your money won’t grow in
your hand; put it down on the board and
help pay the boy’s rent. Ill bet dollars
to apples that if you never saw the game
before you'll win.”

But 1 did not win; at least that’s what
the man who seemed to do all the deal-
ing said, and I went into a rear room
and laid down.

At three o’clock the next morning we
all stood at the bottom of the stairs, feel-
ing in our pockets.

There wasn’t a cent in the crowd!

“Well,” said the merchant, rattling
the keysin his pocket, ‘‘someone’s got
to get to skating. I could drink the

 

 

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Wholesale Agents for the National Vapor Stoves.

30 PER CENT. DISCOUNT FROM LIST,

THIS ELEGANT CABINET, No. 15

 

 

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2 Burner National Junior Stoves, List $6,00 each.

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town pump dry if it only had the good |
sense to run red liquor. Let’s try, Bill.”
I remember that I weakly protested
against trying Bill, and suggested that
we try a small lunch and a bed, but my
motion was declared out of order.

After they had got me away from the |

friendly support of the railing, and on
my way up the street,

I felt somewhat |

revived, and even entered into negotia- |
tions with a policeman to run in the)

whole party.

The officer seemed to have
of being acquainted with my companions,
and got away before any
talking with us.

one

the honor |

saw him |

“Bill? was evidently a gentleman liv-

ing in retirement. He lived up a flight}
of back stairs, down two crooked halls |
and down another flight of stairs.
door plate consisted of a round hole
about an inchin diameter with a slide
on the inside.

When we got into his place—which we

raps and gently
might have been heard a block away—
we were met by a frowsy headed gentle-

man who looked as though he had been
in bed and was then walking in his
sleep.

‘Well?’ he said.

‘Well,’ repeated the merchant, ‘‘if
you'll all get your vest buttons up

against the bar we'll take a drink before
we get kicked out. And you
mind mingling water with your liquor;
the bartender does that when he opens
up the saloon in the morning.”’

I managed to swallow about a drop of
liquor that would have cut the throat of
a brass dog before I fell back to the
sweet companionship of a beer table.

needn’t

His |

spoken words which |

When I awoke my companions were |

still drinking, and the bartender was of-
fering to give them all a situation sit-
ting in a rainwater barrel

proof whisky could be drawn from it. |

I felt as though almost anything except
money and an inclination to make an-
other night of it could be drawn from
any barrel they chose to soak me in, but

I kept still so they wouldn’t know I was | :
‘Potatoes and Onions

awake.

‘Now, Mr. Gambrinus,” I heard the
merchant saying, ‘‘the next time the}
Governor of the State comes in here |

|

and changes a fifty dollar bill, you just
take this all out and give him my regards.
He won’t kick if he don’t know anything
about it.”

I could have hugged the bartender
when he marked the bill down on a tab
and turned out the light, for I knew
there wouldn’t be any more ‘‘rounds’’
that night.

I have only a faint and indistinct rec-
ollection of getting out of ‘‘Bill’s’’? and
going to bed with my hat on to dream of
the queen and the tray, both loaded
down with ten dollar bills, dancing a jig
on top of acracker floating on a quart
of whisky.

The next day when I got to my friend’s
place of business I found him selling
goods at, a 2:10 gait and looking as
though he hadn’t taken a drink for a
month.

Whenever I struck that city after that
I always had special business te trans-
actin the evening. One night of that

kind was enough.
[TO BE CONTINUED. |
—————_ +9 —
L. E. Hawkins has gone to Santa Bar-
bara, Cal., where he will spend a month
with his family.

 

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PEN BERTHY IND EGTURS.

 

The Most Perfect Automatic Injector
ade.

HESTER & FOX,

Sole Agents,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH,

 

F.J, DRTTENTHALER

did only after a succession of private |

JOBBER OF

Bulk and Canned

YSTERS,

And Fresh and Salt

Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention.

See quotations in another column.

GRAND RAPIDS.

 

Beans and Clover Seed

until extra |

Parties having beans or clover

for sale will find a purchaser, if samples
and prices are right.

We also want

In car lots.

We pay highest market price and

always in the market.

W. T. LAMOREAUX & CO.

128, 130 and 132 West Bridge Si.,

GRAND RAPIDS, rm

KDMUND B. DIKEMAN

THE GREAT

Watch Maker

MICH.

 

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Grand Rapids. -

|

TRADESMAN.

‘Musuicay CENTRAL

“* The Niagara Falis Route.’’

 
  
    

DEPART. ARRIVE
| | Detroit ech cok eue ke deka 7:20am 10:00pm
FN oi ib badin eek da nd decciie kek ens wae 6:30am 5:00pm
| oan TERTOOR. iss. cece cic co cvecenees 12:00am 10:00am

*Atlantic & Pacific Express......... U:15pm 6:00am
| Row York Eeproms.....cccccce ceeess 5:40pm 1:15pm

(ala

*Daily.

All other daily except Sunday.

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

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

FRED M. Briaes, Gen’l Agent, 85 Monroe St.

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

Gro. W. MUNSON, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St.

O. W. Rueeies,G. P. & T. Agent., Chicago

TIME TABLE

NOW IN EFFECT.

 

    
 
    

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Matis
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EASTWARD.

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G’d Rapids, Lv) 65%m|1 20am 3 45pm 10

Trains Leave

 

   

  

home ....-. Ar 7 {5am 11 25am! 4 52pm 12

St. Johns ...Ar! 8 2sam/12 t7am; 5 40pm) 1 55%
Owoseo...... Ar : 120pm! 6 4¢pm, 3 15am
E. Saginaw..Ar 11 05: im) 5¢0pm > 8 45pm

Bay City .....Arj11 55am) 6 25pm) 9 35pm .
Pia, . 3. Ar|il 10am| 3 45pm) 80 pm 5 40am
| Pt. Huren...Ar] 305pm) 6 50pm 1020pm> 7 35am
Pontiac ......Ar 10 57am| 305pm| § 55pm 5 50am
| Detroit..... r/115°am| 405pm) 950pm) 7 20am

ISTWARD.
“Trains Leave {| *No. 81) +No. 11 | tNo. 13

pa R. apids, Lv| 7 05 am | 100 pm | 5 10 pm
{Grand Haven, Ar y 15 315 pm

8 50am | 2
} Milwaukee Str, Ari.........
| Chic

15 pm | ¢

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*Daily. tDaily exc ep ot Sunday Ly.
Trains arive from the east, 6:40_a. m., 12:50 p. m.,
5:00 p,m. and 10:25 p. m.
Trains arrive from the west,

2

10:10 a, m., 3:36

| p.m. and 9:50 p. m.

Lake Fish # Ocean Fish.

seed | k
| Manistee

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| Ticket Office, 67 Monroe street, or

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Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlor Buffet
ear. No. 18 Chair Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper.
Westward—No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. No. 11
Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car.
Joun W. Loup, Traffic Manager.
BEN FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agent.
Jas. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent.
23 Monroe Street.

  

 

JANUARY _ 1891.

CHICAGO
& WEST MICHIGAN RY.

~ DEPART FOR | a M.

    
   

Chicago Cea ee et 19:00) +1:
Indianapolis ....1...
3enton Harbor..| ‘
St, doreph....... |
Traverse City. ..| 2
Muskeson ...... 72:
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Ludington ...... |
Baldwin
Big Rapids...... 2
Grand Haven...| +9:00
Holland . cee +9200
tWee k Da iys. *Every day. §Except Saturday.

A. M. has through chair car to Chica-

9 “00 £0. No extra charge for seats,

 

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+5
+2
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+
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1 “00 P. M. runs through to Chicago solid | |
e a Wagner buffet car; seats 75 cts |

r. has through free
Me etane via M. &N. E. Kk. R.; solid
train to Traverse City.

Qr P.M. is solid train with Wagner pal-
1 1 °35 ace sleeping car through to chicago.

DETROIT,
Lansing ¢

. FOR

5:05

 

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1890,

 

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*Every Day. tWeek Days.

p76) A M. runs through to Detroit with par-
é mae) . car; seats 2 cents.

1:2
wot Seats, 25 cents.
6) P. M. runs through to Detroit with par
6: 25 a et seats 25 cents.

 

For tickets and information apply at Union
/nion station.
Gro, DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Agt.

 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.

For = —Leave.
:00 am
it 8 a =
5:40 p
‘ime tickets and full information can be had by

10:10am
3:45 pm
8:45 p m

i i
IG 1 | — upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta- |

en, or George W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67
json street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
0. L. LOCKWOOD,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

| West Broadway, Read

chair car to}||

~ | ers, Matchers,

Has through Parlor ear to De- |

From Muskegon—Arrive. |

15

Grand Rapids & indiana,
In effect February 1, 1891.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.

Arrive from Leave going
South. North.

For Saginaw, solid train ....... + 7:30 am
For Traverse City. 5:15am + 7:05 am
For Traverse City & Mé ac kinawl | 9:20am +11:30 am
For Saginaw, solid train........ + 4:30 pm
ies, eke sensuous +2 + 5:00 pm
ee a on cece adeen t {10:30 pm

  

POWs ROPIAAROG. 0 ooo cose +8
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Arrive from Leave going

   

 

North. South.

Wer COIR, i cst A 6:00am +7:00 am
For Kalamazoo and Chicago...t!0:i am +10:30 am
From Saginaw Laid ldie Sou wamai 11:45 a m

For Fort Wayne and the E i + 2:00 pm
Pe RE eee deuce cas + 5:30 pm f 6:00 pm
For Kalamazo and Chicago....t10:00 pm 11:65 pm
PPE COBO kei icuee ces +10:30 p m

Trains marked (||) run daily; (+) daily except Sunday.

Sleeping and parlor c ar service: North—11:30 a m
train. parlor chair car for Mackinaw City; 10:30pm
train, Wagner sleeping car for Mackinaw City.
South—7:00 a m train, parlor chair car for Cincinnati;
10:30 a m train, through parior coach to Chicago; 6 p m
train, Wagner sleeping car for Cincinnati; 11:05 p m
train, Wagner sleeping car for Chicago.

 

Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan
Railway.

In connection with the Detroit, Lansing &
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee
offers a route making the best time between
Grand Rapids and Toledo.

VIA D., L. & XN.

 

Lv. Grand Rapids at.....7:25 a. m. and 6:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo at. ..1710 p. m. and 11:00 p. m,

VIA D., G. H. & M.

Lv. Grand Rapids at.... .6:50 a. m. and 3:45 p, m.
Ar. Voledo et... ....... 1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m.
Return connect lly as good.

iW. sf,

ion se qua
BENNETT, General Pass. Agent,
Toledo, Ohio.

 

gee meme es

FIT FOR |

eallewans
Table:

All Foor Is hye

name ot

aring the

THURBER, WHYLAND & CO.,

 

 

 

   

Grocers visiting Ne re cordially invited
to calla us they wish, have their
correspondence add Lin our care. We shal]
be glad to be of use to themin any way. Write

| us about ar nything you wish to know.

THURBER, WHYLAND & 00.,
e & Hudson Streeta
New York City

 

     
 
 
  
   
       
 
  

For Portable or Stailenats ‘Enciets, 1
to 500 Horse Power, Portable or Station-
| ary Boilers, Saw Mills, Shafting, Pullies,
| Boxes, Wood-working Machinery, Plan-
Moulders, ete., call on

Ww. C. DENISON,

Manufacturers’ Agent,
| $8, 90, 92 {So. Division St., Grand Rapids
Estimates given on Complete Outfits.

 

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FRAZER LUBRICATOR CO

MANUFACTURERS.

NO DEALER EVER LOST A CUSTOMER BY SELLING HIM

THE FRAZER
suave Uniron grew raves, never eaua.ceo. FRAZER HARNESS SOAP

KNOWN EVERYWHERE. NO TALK REQUIRED TO SELL IT.

Cood Crease Makes Trade Cheap Crease Kills Trade. FRAZER HARNESS OIL
oe FRAZER MAGHINE OIL

      
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

     
     
    

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“Aa-~ STRAIGHT-TIP ”

 

 

   

 

MUSKECON’S PROCRESS FOR i890 As follows: Three lines of Electric Railway, six miles of paving, making

twenty-five miles in all; new Water Works with Lake Michigan as source of
supply; four miles 24-inch main put in; five new school buildings, several churches, numerous residences, and the finest public library in the State were built. The
Muskegon Iron and Steel Co., The Chase Bros. Piano Co., The Sargeant Manufacturing Co., The Heaps Earth Closet Co., The Muskegon Cracker Co., The Muskegon
Milling Co., The Kelly Bros. Manufacturing Co., The Michigan Washing Machine Co. and The Electric Power Co. each built a good plant. All of these are now com-
pleted and running. Besides the nine factories above enumerated several more were started and are well under way, viz.: The Muskegon Machine Co., The R. D.
Seott & Co. Carriage and Cart Co., The Morton Key Seating Co., The Muskegon Mallieable Iron Works, The Morton Implement Co. These together with the Nelson
Piano Co., The Gray Bros. Manufacturing Co., The Muskegon Furniture Co., The Muskegon Wire Nail Co., The Alaska Refrigerator Co. and others will be pushed to
completion early this spring. Come and see for yourself or send for printed matter to

F. H. HOLBROOK,
Secretary of the Board of Trade.