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(Merchant), Ashland, Il. “GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1892. Fine Millinery! MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. IN HIS STEAD. How an Accident Made a Husband the Instrument of Justice. Holt’s name was synonymous with suc- cess. He was a man of boundless re- source and commanding intellect. In his early years he had worked with un- wearied perseverance, giving himself no rest until, through his law practice, he had amassed a fortune, the very mention of which commanded men’s respect. He was never hampered or retarded by haste; each move he made was sure and advantageous; and if he had gained the reputation of possessing a heart that was in a constant state of repose, in the face of his success men thought none the less of him. They knew that worthier men had failed, while he had gone tri- umphantly on to the alluring goal. A half-hour of his company was as beneficial as a cold shower. The most loquacious curtailed his words and made them to the point under Holt’s coldly critical eyes. His office was considered the best law school in the city. His clerks disliked him thoroughly, but accorded him a meed of respect they gave no other man. He was impervious to their want of good- will; he did not care for their esteem, he exacted only the unconditional obedience he obtained. No man came to the office late more than once. Holt’s urbane hope that the late-comer’s health was improving, and that he would soon be entirely recovered, did not pass current as genuine solicitude. But, again, he never demanded a moment of their time after office hours; he was essentially a just man. There was no one ready or adroit enough to retort to his stinging satire, but the men were -willing to bear it, for in his monetary dealings he was extremely liberal. It was only after Holt’s marriage, when he was nearing forty, that men drew nearer to him. They were glad to discover that he was not so invulnerable as they had supposed. The world knew nothing of her until she came to them as Holt’s wife, but soon after, reports originated that her parent- age had been enveloped in mystery, and that Holt had rescued her from the temptations that come to bitter poverty, and educated her at his own expense. Her faultless face and manner seemed to give the lie direct to the rumor that had gained ground, and she took her place with unquestioned supremacy. Holt lavished upon her a fund of love that most men would have found suffi- cient for alarge family. It was almost pitiful to watch him while with her. For her sake he forced himself to go into society, which, hitherto, he had con- sidered unrelieved martyrdom. He threw open his house to their acquaintances be- cause she was a young woman, and he was determined not to weary her, but he deemed it his home only on those even- ings when they were alone. He chafed under the yoke he put around his neck, but she was never allowed to become aware of it. She was, perhaps, the only person who NO. 447. did not fear Holt. Those who thought she had married him from a feeling of gratitude were compelled to change their belief on seeing her sweet graciousness to him. She bewildered the world, as well as Holt, by her smile. She insisted upon his taking care of his health, and walked to the office with him nearly every morning, saying that if left to himself he would ride, and so have no exercise. She would call for him in her coupe at five, and sometimes alight and admonish King, the junior partner, for not relieving Holt of more of the routine work. Holt gave himself over to the luxury of being taken care of with- out complaint. Holt was seated alone in his private office, having ended the last audience he intended to grant that afternoon. It had been a most trying and fatiguing day, but his face showed no sign of weariness. A knock came at the door, and Holt, recognizing his wife’s form outlined against the glass, arose and opened the door for her. At that moment his face was almost redeemed from plainness by his smile. “I am about to disappoint you,’’ he observed, motioning her to be seated; ‘Iam called across the river on impor- tant business, and shall not be able to take you out as arranged. You know how much I regret this, but it is impera- tive that I go.” “Why cannot Mr. King go in your stead?’ she demanded, with evident dis- pleasure at his default. ‘‘l am sure you could save yourself many a task by using him in your stead. You are too un- sparing of your own time and self.” Holt looked at her in amusement. ‘‘Do you not know you are the only one who thinks me thoughtful of others? They would tell you, and truthfully, that I am going because I know I can provide against accidents and defeats more surely than can King. Perhaps, in time, | may lose, through your influence, some of my hardness. Besides, King has work that will keep him here until close on to mid- night. If it were not so, I should ap- point him my substitute, that you need not stay home.” ‘Will he stay here all alone ?’’ she TWENTY THOUSAND RETAIL GROCERS have used them from one to six years and they agree that as an all-around Grocer’s Counter Seale the ‘‘PERFEC- TION”’ has no equal. For sale by HAWKINS & CoO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. And by Wholesale Grocers generally. 0 od a eee ac ast : LL Leki binter adn taeaae 2 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | asked, feigning an interest in the affairs| without thought of eating. Itis not al-| of the law firm. “All alone. the building. for King; there is no danger.” ‘But there must be danger, all alone in this immense building. I am glad you are not to stay,’’ she laughed, looking up at him tenderly. ‘I think I shall tell Mr. King he had better bring some one along for company.”’ “He is out, at present. I must send you home now, for I have some few in- structions to leave. You well know how much I dislike to disappoint you.”’ “IT am disappointed,’? she murmured, *‘for 1 thought we should enjoy the even- ing together, but lam going to bear it bravely. Shall you be late?” “‘Itis possible I may be home by twelve, certainly not before.” Holt saw her enter her carriage and drive away. On re-entering the building, he turned his ankle, and found it difficult to mount the stairs. He made no mention of it in the outer office, but directed them to tell Mr. King he wished to see him at once. It was some ten minutes later that King entered. Holt was an intellectual giant; King, a physical giant. Holt, who was gaunt and yellow, his health and good looks were so evident as to seem almost an impertinence. “You will have to go to Mr. Rodney’s, King. I have again turned my ankle. Make haste, and you will be able to eatch the 6 o'clock car. I shall take your place, and complete those documents this even- ne.” “Let them go until morning,’ urged King; ‘‘] will manage to get down early enough to finish them before they are needed. suffering. “‘We have no time for condolences just at present,’’ interrupted Holt, wincing under King’s compassionate looks; ‘I shall finish the papers to-night.” ‘‘I met Mrs. Holt as I came back to the office, and she told me of her disappoint- ment. Are you going home?’’ *T shall go home todine and come down later. You might join me here on returning from Rodney’s, when we can go into the matter fully.” Again impressing upon him the wisdom of going home to dinner, King left the office hurriedly, scarcely hoping to make the car. Holt arose, preparatory to going home. He repressed an exclamation of acute pain as his weight came down on his ankle. If he went home he doubted his being able to come down again. As his wife did not expect him, he decided to stay at his office and commence on King’s work. He walked to the door, telling the chief-clerk, who was then the only one left in the office, that he would stay a time longer, but made no mention of his intention to spend the evening at the office. He waited in his own office until he heard the man leave. Then he locked the outer doors and went to King’s office, which was a small room, seldom used because it did not connect with the others: to enter, it was necessary to go out into the passage-way. He lighted the student’s lamp that stood on the table, and began his work. The bells sounded for six, and Holt remembered he had been too busy that morning to interrupt his labors for lunch- eon. He wondered what his wife would say if she knew he was still at work, Beside I ean see the pain you are 29 Perhaps the only one in There is no need to shiver | together unpleasant to have somebody | interested in one’s welfare. | At half-past seven, he neatly folded the last document and pushed them to | one side. He knew that what he had | ; accomplished in the two hours would | | have taken King double the time. | | to meet him at the office. He took from his pocket a jeweler’s box containing a string of rubies; it had caught his eye that morning, and he had found time to purchase it, though he had not taken time for luncheon. He turned the lamp low and leaned back in his chair, holding the rubies against his face. No sound broke the stillness, except, now and then, the gnawing of some rat in the wainscoting. Suddenly he leaned forward in _ his chair, intently listening. He detected a soft foot-fall in the corridor—it was the step of one who was moving carefully, so as to conceal all noise. He heard a key inserted in the lock of the door lead- ing to the office, then it was withdrawn. He turned the lamp so low it emitted only a mere spark, and, pulling open the drawer of the table, drew out King’s re- volver. The person in the hall came with but one object, and it is fair to suppose that the man who purposes to commit bur- glary is desperate enough to shoot to save himself or his plunder. Holt was prepared for his entrance, and deter- mined to act at once without parley, for his accident, to some degree crippled him, and he did not propose to let go his hold on life of his own volition. He had not long to wait. The steps paused at his door; then the key turned in the lock, and the door swung open. Holt saw the man’s face was masked with some dark stuff, and pulled the trigger. The man fell forward, and Holt turned up the light. The burglar had fallen on the other side of the table, and Holt walked toward him. He moved slowly, remembering his injured foot; he was in no hurry to view his victim. And then he saw it was his wife!—the black lace scarf had fallen away, expos- ing her perfect face. She had grown nervous because he had not come home to dinner, and had come down for him, and he had shot her. He carried her over to the couch that stood in one corner of the room. As her head touched the pillow, she raised her hand to his face, murmuring, ‘‘Rob, Rob, why did you hurt me?” Holt stepped back in paralyzed fear— she was calling him by King’s name. She was here in King’s office, and, be- cause of the sudden change of plans, he had discovered her. He staggered blind- ly to a chair. The last few months un- rolled themselves before him, and he cursed his own lack of penetration. He | brought his hand down on the table with | such force the rubies danced madly on |their slender thread of gold, throwing loff their dazzling lights. He wished dully they were diamonds; their pigeon- | blood red hurt his eyes. He took them | up fiercely, as if to erush them, and they eut his hand. He looked up at her ery. | She was leaning forward, watching him with di- | | lated eyes, | “Why are you here?” she cried; “you You must be satisfied | i must not kill him. Thinking of the three hours that still | ; remained before King’s possible return, | he almost regretted having directed him PECK’S CASH MEGISI ER. . WE sELL MORE Registers a Susiness Men Than all the Other Register Companies Combined, Why is the Feck Autographic Cash Register the Best for Merchants ? Because it records items instead of General Results. a Because it is always ready to make and preserve a record of money paid in and out. 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BICYCLES! We Control Territory ou the Finest and Largest Line of Cheap, Medium and High Grade Machines in the State WRITE US FOR WE WANT TERMS AND DIS- AGENTS IN EVERY COUNTS TO LIVE TOWN. AGENTS. PERKINS & RICHMOND, 13 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Clothing and General Store Merchants will do well to Inspect the Line of Michael Kolb & Son, Wholesale Clothing Manufacturer ROCHESTER, N. Y. Most Reliable House, established 35 years. The senior member of this firm being a practical tailor, personally superintends the manufacturing department, and has the reputation of making the best fitting garments and most select choice in styles, patterns and designs, adapted for all classes of trade and sold at such low prices, and upon such equitable terms as not to fear any competition, and within reach of all. William Connor, representative of above firm in Michigan, begs to announce that the trade can secure some Closing Out Bargains for Spring and Summer trade which will be sold at astonishingly low prices. Mr. Connor also takes pleasure in calling attention to his nice line of Boy’s and Children’s Clothing as well as to his great selection of Men’s Suitings, Spring Overeoats and Pants, all closing out to the trade at marvelous- y low prices. Largest line of Prince Alberts and Cork Serew Cutaways in fancy and plain. Mail orders promptly attended to, or write William Connor, Box 346 Marshall, Mich., and he will soon be with you to show you our full line, and he will supply you with the leading merchants’ printed opinions as to the honesty of our goods and prices Mr. Connor’s Next Date. Wm. Connor, clothing salesman for Michael Kolb & Son, will be at Sweet’s Hotel on Friday, April 8. WILLIAM CONNOR, Box 346, Marshall Mich, j : ——— oo: reer ren i ee Lo SST EEE ex THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Oe a... with my death. Promise me, you will not kill him.”’ He had had no thought of King, but, on the instant, seeing her anxiety for him, he decided on his mode of action. “No, I shall not kill him,’’ he respond- ed, coldly. “You frighten me,’’ she whispered. “If you only would not sit there smiling to yourself. You have no right to com- plain—I made you happy for a year.”’ *So you did,’? agreed Holt; ‘‘it was very good of you. I would have laid down my life for you. Would King?’’ She did not know what course to pur- sue. Finally she said, ‘‘Yes.’’ Still he sat, holding the rubies, calmly smiling. ‘“*Take me home.” ‘*Your home is with King; and, as you know, this is his office.” ‘*You cannot mean to leave me here !”’ she exclaimed. ‘Why not? You are nothing to me, and King will be here in the course of two or three hours. He was very urgent in pressing me to go home to dine; I see the reason now. Unfortunately, how- ever, I had turned my ankle, and, as it was rather painful, concluded to stay here.” ‘“*You regret it now?’’ she breathed. ‘‘You are sorry the veil is torn from your eyes?” He caught his lip in his teeth. What she said was true—he regretted being turned out of his fool’s paradise. He caught up his gloves and top-coat. ‘“‘What are you doing?”’ she questioned. ‘You are not going to leave me here alone?” “If you are afraid, [ can stay with you for a time longer—I have no very press- ing engagement. I can stay with you until the end, if you prefer it, and short- ly after, King will probably be here.”’ ‘Are you going to let him find me here?”’ she asked, waiting for his answer with suspended breath. “Of course. You said he wou!d be willing to die for you—he shall have the chance. The bullet lodged in your breast is from King’s revolver, and you are in King’s office. He will come in and fall down beside you and try to warm you to life by his caresses, and, perhaps, his clothes will not be quite spotless when he arises. Knowing the extent of his guilt, he will not be as collected and rational as I, and will stay with you, futilely searching for some plausible ex- cuse to give the world for your presence. No one is aware I am here, and it will be a very clear case against him.” She drew a shuddering sigh. ‘‘I will not die yet. I shall call for help.”’ ‘No one heard the shot,’’ he reminded. “Don’t move; you will only hasten the end,” he cautioned, as she fell on her knees beside him. ‘‘You must not come nearer me. My apparel must not be dis- ordered when I reach the club.” “You might save me yet,” she pleaded, her hand on his knee; ‘‘save me, and I will make you forget this night. You can not wish your name to be dishonored. Men will laugh derisively when they know the one woman you loved played you false. You will know no peace if you let me die. Even suppose he is ac- cused and found guilty, it will not bring me back to you. You will be afraid of the night, sitting there in the house, haunted by my presence. Before I came, you were employed in making your name and fortune, but, without me, your tri- umphs will be only Dead Sea fruit. Take me home,’’ she implored, in the suasive voice that had never before been denied aught. Holt drew back with distaste from her touch. When she had finished, he ob- served: ‘Your position must be un- comfortable. Had you not better go back to the couch? It is King’s favorite lounging-place.” Looking at him, she foresaw her ulti- mate defeat, but did not desist from beg- ging him to take her away. Once he laughed low, showing her the rubies, saying she deserved great credit for the cleverness with which she had deceived him, but otherwise he made no response. She cried for help once, but was answered only by the echo of her own voice as it rang through the lofty building. Her voice died away from sheer ex- haustion. The pool of blood on the floor grew larger, and one tiny stream slowly wended its way to Holt’s chair, and he watched it with unconcerned interest. An hour passed; then she ceased to plead for King or for a drink of water. When Holt looked up at last, she lay back on the couch—dead. Carefully picking his steps, he walked over to the table, and took up the papers which he intended to put in his own desk, and destroyed all trace of his presence. He looked searchingly at him- self, but he could find no sign of the struggle through which he had passed. He drew out his watch. it was shortly after nine—it was time he reached the club. He turned the light low, and, as he did so, glanced over at her. She seemed to be watching him. How he hated her! He had shown it by the tor- ment he had made her endure. But she had made his happiness—the only happiness he had ever known. Now he would go home to the lonely house, bereft of even the memories of that time. Surely she moved. He walked toward her, and grasped her by the arm, crying: ‘You are to come home with me a He waited for a second in sickening fear, then, thrusting the rubies before her, added: ‘‘Don’t make believe you don’t hear me. I forgive you—see, they are for you.’’ He released his hold. He saw she was dead. He must go—he had told her he would go tothe club. He passed his hand in front of his eyes, as if he had grown sud- denly blind. The lights would glare up there—it was so quiet and dark in the little room. Some one was coming up the steps, whistling. It was King, the man she had loved. He clutched the revolver, leveling it toward his forehead. No, he would not disgure himself—there had always been too much contrast between them. The cheery whistle sounded louded, clearer. Holt aimed at his heart and fired. Of him it had been jestingly said, he had no heart. The whistle died away. ALIcE S. 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Cottons, Ticks and Demins Peerless Warps. FP PIB ABRTEE & SOND. WHO URGES YOU TO KEEP yA .) | it? The Public ? By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers create a demand, and only ask the trade to keep the goods in stock so as to supply the orders sent to them. Without effort on the grocer’s part the goods sell themselves, bring purchasers to the store, and help sell less known oO < goods. Any Jobber will be Glad to Fill Your Orders. Dranoes, Lemons, Bananas, Nuts, Figs, Dates, A Full Line always Carried by THE PUYNAM GANDY GU. PEREINS & HESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WE CARRY A STOCK GF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. oe ea eet THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. De —A s & Davis are su ied yy Da ros general trad Adrian—L. B. Millard succeeds Mii- ar & V r adrug business sing — Ss Ff ng succeeds H F Z ware busi- S gis—W s & Hawley succece i strophag neat OUSsI- ness Rea Pint nas Berry as sol s yoot and «< stock to Wor & Cart- Wright Mu — Dr 4, r. Hart hes sold h rug st L_rek & © French St. Li A r (jr g is su eded J 7¢ i is ynte onery busines Topping is suc- eeded by Topping & Palmer in the gro- eery business. Big Prairie—L. E. Swan has removed his grocery stock to White Cloud and re- sumed business at the former location of Kalamazoo—F. A. Johnson & Co. suc- ceed Bush & Johnson in the flour and feed business. Jackson—J. H. Tel by Allen & Morehouse in the coal and ford is succeeded wood business. Durand—Lorenzo Chambers succeeds } “ar q arug and Chambers & Barnard in the grocery business. Cadillae—Frank H. Huntley has sold his jewelry stock to E. W. Thompson, who will continue the business. Kalamazoo—A. J. Burdick has re- moved his drug stock from Potter’s Aliey to the northern portion of the cits Constantine—R. F. Watkins has sold his grocery stock and removed his drug stock to a location on the opposite side of the street. Coral—Newell & Shook have purchased the grocery, crockery, confectionery and fancy goods stock formerly owned by the late Edwin Medes. Cedar Springs—E. A. has dealt in hardwood lumber for several years, has decided to open a furniture store at this place. Ashley—C. R. Daggett, formerly en- gaged in the grocery business here, has purchased a general stock at Pike, N. Y., and removed to that place. Battle Creek—N. H. Hammond has sold his crockery and glassware stock to David Glenn and A. E. will continue the business. *itchard, who Delton—Dodge & Robinson have leased the Hyde & Edgett building and will re- move their furniture and undertaking stock from Prairievilie to this place. Paris—D. C. Leggett has sold his drug and grocery stock to J. L. & W. H. Davenport, who will continue the busi- ness, under the style eof Davenport & Co. Holland—Irving F. for many years a leading grocryman of Allegan, has leased a store at this place Clapp, who was and will shortly embark in the grocery business. Galesburg—W. A. Burdick, the drug- gist, has begun the erection of a two- Nickerson, who | | Wood retiring. The the burned building, which he expects to y fall. Muskegon—Geo. Rogers has purchased be able to occupy b the interest of Mrs. Richar in the grocery firm of Richar & Son. be continued by I. C. Richar and Mr. Pp Rogers under the style of Richar & Co. ] bas : si? The business will Muskegon—The Enos Boyer grocery stock was bid in at assignee sale by C. C. Moore, of Shelby. The stock inven- toried $455 and Mr. Moore’s bid was $350. The purchaser will continue the business t the same location. y—The firm of Despres & Montague has been dissolved, Mr. Des- » Traverse C - pipe and and Mr. Montague the Mr. Montague will con- tinue the hardware business at the old pres taking the shop fittings byt c +. ve be 1OInZ SOCK, } ino ve ra 1araware stock. stand. w devote his e Mr. Despres will entire time to the plumbing business. Detroit — Willi J. Grand > iam P River avenue grocer. has commenced a eoples, $10,000 damage suit against the whole- firm of Phelps, Brace & Co. on the charge of ' s sale grocery faise imprisonment. Peoples arrested on a ca- The firm hac pias some time ago on the charge of ob- taining goods false under representa- tions. MANUFACTURING MATTEBES. Clare—Tonkin, Harris & Co.’s shingle mill, near this place, has shut down for rep Ravenna—Archie McKinnon, recently of Coopersville, has opened a harness shop at this place. Mt. Clemens—Lewis & succeeded by A. Brehler are Brehler & Son in the manufacture of sash and blinds. Sears—Charles Piater has leased the Johnson, Crissenden & Co. mill here and will stock it with shingle timber. West Branch — The sawmill of the French Lumber Co. will start this week, with a stock of 2,000,000 feet of logs. Hartwick—Shore Bros. have just start- ed their saw nillon hardwood, and will have at least three months’ run on oak, basswood, elm, beech, ash and maple logs. Evart—Nixon & Church have put in about 1,000,000 feet of hemlock north of here and broken camp. D. C. Church has put about 5,000,000 feet into Clam tiver, and will keep on lumbering during the summer. Detroit—Articles incorporating the Hydrogen Bnrner Co. have been filed with the county clerk. The capital stock is $100,000, all paid in. rators are E.G. Mummery, W. B. Thom- son, G. C. Keays and John S. Gray. McBride—The lumber and shingle firm cf F. D. dyde & Co., composed of F. D. The incorpo- | Hyde and E. K. Wood, has dissolved. Mr. | conducted under the same firm name by | F. D. Hyde and his son, D. M. Hyde. Detroit—Articles of association of the Oswegatchie Quarry Co., Limited, have been filed. The capital stock is $300.- 000, of which James W. Carpenter, Jr., chairman, holds $299,800, and James A. Phelps, secretary, and Simeon A. Mun- ger, treasurer, $100 each. Averill—W. H. erates a shingle mill at this place, in- tends putting in a planing mill in the old Wright & Ketcham mill building, and is also building a small saw mill five miles from Averill, at Ketcham headquarters, at Hope. Marquette — More logs have been | banked in this section the past season story brick store building, on the site of | than for any previous season in a num- business will be} tichardson, who op- |! the old Wright & ber of years. J.C. Brown has almost as many logs banked on Dead River as were banked by the different loggers last year. Brown’s men are at present on the drive. Lansing—E. J. Evans has purchased the interest of F. W. Prince in the manu- facturing confectionery house of Prince, Chamberlin & Co. and the business will hereafter be conducted under the style of the Lansing Confectionery Co., the other partners being John Chamberlin—for Inany years engaged in general trade at East Jordan—C. W. Richards and Jas. L. 7s rice. Manistee—Buckley & Douglas decided to put in automatic sprinklers They recently had a smash up on their rail- have all through their saw mill plant. road which demoralized one of their loco- motives for the time being, and their general manager has gone East to buy | two more, as they cannot take care} of their business with the rolling stock | on hand. Bay City—S. O. Fisher has purchased of J. T. Hurst 11,000,000 feet of logs at $12 a thousand, and 4,000,000 feet at $6, | the consideration aggregating $156,000. | The logs were cut on Lake Superior and will be brougdt here to be manufactured. Mr. Fisher had previously purchased 25,- 000,000 feet of jogs, and he will mann- |} facture over 50,000,000 feet of lumber | this season. f Marquette—Chariles Johnson, of Rock River, Alger county, owns forty acres of land in this county, from which he cut the pine and disposed of it. He became so pine hungry that he omitted to pay attention to the limits of his land, and got over on 160 acres of State land, and cut the pine off that, as well as forty acres more of State land. He was sum- moned before the State Swamp Land 3oard to answer for the trespass. It was decided to compromise the matter pur- suant to an agreement on the part of Jolnson to purchase the 200 acres at $4 an acre. ne Plea for Fractional Currency. KALAMAMOO, April 11—An issue of $25,000,000 of fractional currency would be the greatest convenience the govern- ment could bestow upon the people. It is greatly needed for use in the mail and for like purposes. Even if postal notes were issued at every postoffice, they would by no means fill the want, but they might well be changed to postoffice checks, with blank lines to be filled in by the sender with name and resi dence of payee, and also transferable by endorsement. In this form they would be as safe as bank checks, and if not filled out would be payable to bearer. This improved postal note would not conflict with or supply the want of frac- tional currency. The German money order postal card is still simpler. NEMO. —_—_——> + —— StTatTz or Onto, City oF ToLEpo, | as Lucas County ee FRANK J, CHENEY makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cuenry & Co., doing business in the city ot Toledo, county and state aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HaLu’s CaTarRu CoRE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A D, 1886. bas A W GLEASON, '” { Notary Public. cena Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucuous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F J CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O E2"Sold by druggists, 75¢ CUTS for BOOM EDITIONS PAMPHLETS For the best work, at reasonable prices, address DORIS THE TRADESMAN COMPANY. Schilling Corset Cos MODEL (Trade Mark.) FORM. Dr. FRENCH SHAPE eg Send for lilustrated Catalogue. See price list in this journal. SCHILLING CORSET CO., Detroit, Mich. and Chieago, Il BOSTON PETTY LEDGER. Yeur account is always posted! Your bill is always made out! — > ~ — mittee Size 8'44x3%, bound in cloth and leather back and corners. Nickel bill file, indexed, ruled on both sides, 60 lines, being equal toa bill twice as long. 1000 bill heads with Ledger complete....... 83 00 2000 ts. ae “ ae “ ci 4 50 5000 ae o “ce oe og GER Ra 7 o Address F. A. GREEN, 132 S. Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich. I prepay express charges when cash accom panies the order. Send for circular. MICHIGAN Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Organized 1881. Fair Contracts, Kquitable Rates, Prompt Settlements. The Directors of the ‘‘Michigan” are representative business men of our own State. D. WHITNEY, JR., Pres. EUGENE HARBECK, Sec’y. ¢ GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Chas. S. Jandorf has opened a bakery at 502 South Division street. Leroy & Son have removed their gro- cery store on North Lafayette street over to East Bridge street. F. L. Tolles has opened a grocery store at Big Prairie. The Ball-Barnhart-Put- man Co. furnished the stock. W. H. Pardee, dry goods dealer at Freeport, has added a line of groceries. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock. B. Van Anrooy informs THE TRADES- MAN that the report that he purchased the grocery stock of Wm. D. Hembling is untrue. The Grand Rapids Corset Co. has leased an entire floor in the New Gilbert block and will remove its manufacturing and shipping departments from the Kennedy block to that location. Chas.P. Rathbun has purchased the mort- gages on the Ira C. Hatch grocery stock and taken possession of same. He will probably go through the formality of foreclosing the last mortgage, to secure title to the stock, when Mr. Hatch will probably resume charge of the business. lt is predicted by Mr. Hatch’s friends that he will ultimately own the stock again. The Cooper Commercial Agency— owned by Stevenson & Cumings—and the Union Credit Co. have merged their business into one agency under the style of the Commercial Credit Co. Tru- man Kellogg and Don P. Jones, who were President and Vice-President of the Union Credit Co., retire from the business, the proprietors of the new agency being L. J. Stevenson, C. A. Cumings and C. E. Block. Max Westheimer, the Three Rivers clothier, recently uttered three mort- gages on his stock—one for $2,100 to his father-in-law at Niles, another for $2,000 to a local bank and a third for $1,000 to his wife. He then assigned to Hosea Burch. Peter Doran went to Three Riv- ers at the instance of L. Marcus & Son, of Buffalo, and replevined $800 worth of goods, when Westheimer settled the claim by giving endorsed paper. He subsequently compromised another claim at 30 cents on the dollar and will prob- ably effect a settlement with all his cred- itors and resume business. ——~ +2 Purely Personal. J. D. Noah, general dealer at Moline, was in town Monday. Dr. Chas. S. Hazeltine and Hon. Edwin F. Uhl propose to go to Europe in June, where they will remain a month or six weeks. Frank A. Stone was in Chicago two days last week, attending a meeting of the National Association of Jobbers of Crockery and Glassware. Wm. H. Hoops, formerly a resident of this city, but now residing in the Windy City, was in town a couple of days last) week, on his way to Lutner. D. C. Leggett, who recently disposed of his drug and grocery stock at Paris, has decided to remove to Hart and em- bark in the clothing business. Geo. W. Leveridge, who has acted as head clerk for E. Hagadorn, general dealer at Fife Lake, for several years, died last Tuesday, leaving wife and children. ' | THE MICHIGAN Bert Longwell, of the firm of Longwell Bros., druggists at Mason, has returned to his desk at the Agricultural College, after a fortnight’s vacation on account of the diphtheria quarantine. Fred C. Miller has gone to Dallas, Texas, to look over the properties and prospects of the Lone Star Salt Co., of which he is a stockholder. The prin- cipal owner of the business is Frederick R. Blount, who was formerly a resident of this city, and a member of the former firm of Blount & Miller. The friends of Henry Royce will re- joice with him over his appointment as district manager of the Bradstreet Co., as successor to Henry Idema. Mr. Royce has been connected with the office for nearly a dozen years and is thoroughly acquainted with every detail of the busi- ness. No better selection could possibly have been made by the management. Reuben A. Deal, who is associated with his father, J. Deal, in general trade and the manufacture of staves, heading and lumber at Gun Marsh, was married last Thursday to Miss Mary Brouarga, of | Doster. Thehappy couple spent Sunday in Grand Rapids and will be ‘‘at home’’ to their friends at Gun Marsh after May 30. Tue TRADESMAN extends congratula- tions. Byron Joslin, acompetent and faithful member of THe TRADESMAN fold, died very suddenly last Thursday evening at the family residence on Prospect street, leaving a wife—the daughter of Hon. Wm. D. Fuller—and two children. De- ceased was an excellent printer and a man worthy the respect and confidence of everyone. All who knew him will sincerely regret his untimely taking off. H. M. Lee, for many years engaged in the clothing business at Nashville, passed through the city last Wednesday on his | way to Tacoma, which he expects to make his home in the future. Before leaving home he was served with a sum- mons, at the instance of W. T. Barker, alleging $200,000 damages for non-fulfill- ment of contract in connection with the Barker Seale Co., of which he is a quar- ter owner. Frank C. Boise is made co- defendant with him in the action. Ne ae Sugar Competition. From the New York Shipping List. A well known sugar refiner, who is not identified with the combination, sums up the whole sugar situation in afew words, as follows: ‘The trust, even if it owned every refineryin the land, and had not the opposition which will come from my factories, would meet with the sharpest kind of competition from foreign countries. The tariff law provided for this, and a sugar monopoly is as impos- | sible as are most of the other monopo- lies talked of and written about so fre- quently.’”? Let prices be put above acer- tain point and this country would’ be flooded with refined sugar from abroad. Even now English exporters are finding a market here for both the cane and beet products at ashade undercurrent figures for domestic. Another source of com- petition will be the American beet sugar interests, the intention being to establish refining plants independent of the com- bination. a The Sisseton Indian Reservation In South Dakota will be open to settle- | ment on or about April 15. This reserv- ation comprises some of the choicest lands in Dakota for farming and sheep- raising purposes. tion address W. E. Powell, General Im- migration Agent, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, Chicago, Ill.; or Harry Mercer, Michigan Agent, 82 Griswold Street, Detroit; Mich, TRADEHSMAN. What? For detailed informa- | Do you sell it? Ivv Fine Cut! - The Best Tobacco in America to Retail at 50 sen SEND A SAMPLE ORDER TO BALL-BARNHART-PUTMAN CO, is. (lover aud Timothy Seed. Now is the time to buy CLOVER AND TIMOTHY SEED for your spring trade. We have a good stock and for THIS | WEEK will sell you { | FOR CASH In five bag lots or over as follows: | Prime Clover, ~ - - $7 00 | No. 2 ni - - - - 6 00 | Timothy, - - - | Bags extra at market price. W. T. LAMOREAUX & G0, | Grand Rapids, Mich. BOY THE PENINSULAR Pants, Shirts, and Overalls Once and You are our Customer for life. STANTON, MOREY & CO., Mfrs. DETROIT, MICH. Gro. F. OwEN, Salesman for Western Michigan, Residence, 59 N. Union St., Grand Rapids. Passenger | Geo. H. Reeder & Co., JOBBERS OF BOOTS & SHOES Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agents fi YOUR SPRING LINES OF Hammocks Base Ball Go0ds, d Fishing Tackle Until you have seen our assortment. Our sales- men are now on the way to call on you. | EATON, LYON & CO., GRAND RAPIDS. 6 THEH MICHIGAN 'TRADESMAN. Harmonies For Window Dressers. Red and violet do not accord well. Orange and yellow accord incompar- ably better than red and orange. Orange and green do not accord well. Orange and violet accord passably, yet not so well as orange and yellow. Yellow and green form an agreeable combination. Greenish yellow and violet blend nice- ly. The arrangement of yellow and blue is more agreeable than that of yellow and green, but it is less lively. Green and blue produce an indifferent effect, but better when the colors are deep. Green and violet, especially when light, forma combination preferable to green and blue. Orange-yellow, when placed by the side of indigo, increases its intensity, and vice versa. Red and green intensify each other. Yellow and indigo combine perfectly. Red and orange do not accord well. Red and yellow accord pretty well, especially if the red is purple-red rather than scarlet, and the yellow rather greenish than orange. Red and blue accord passibly, especial- ly if the red incline rather to scarlet than crimson. Blue and violet accord badly. When two colors accord badly together it is always advantageous to separate them by white. Black never produces a_ bad _ effect when it is associated with two luminous colors. Black and _ white bright colors. While gray never exactly produces a bad effect in its association with two luminous colors, yet in mest cases its assortments are dull. Blue when placed by the side of orange increases the latter’s intensity, and vice versa. sensibly modify ———-_ > - Putting the Best Face Upon it. Pommery met an old friend the other day whom he had not seen for several years. “Bless me, Pommery, old boy! [’m glad to see you. You are looking well. How is it with you?” ‘Fair to middling,’ ‘*Married yet?’’ vag: ‘“‘That’s good.” *‘Not so very good. I married a shrew.” ‘*Ah—that’s bad.’’ “Not so very bad. She brought me thirty thousand dollars.”’ ‘“‘Indeed—that was good.” *“‘Not so very good. I laid it out in sheep in a Texas ranch, and they all died of foot rot.”’ ‘Surely, that was most unfortunate.’’ “Not so very unfortunate, for I sold the skins for more than the sheep cost me.’’ ‘“‘That made ample amendment.” ‘Not so very ample. I laid out the money upon a _ house, and the house burned down, with all there was in it.” ‘That was hard luck, surely.’’ ‘‘Not so very hard. My wife was in ’ replied Pommery. it!” et 0 Positive Proof. ‘*Papa,’’ said a talkative little girl, ‘‘am I made of dust’’? ‘No, my child. If you were, would dry up once in awhile.” —— oo oe you A woman entered a West Chester, Penn., store, the other day and asked for a cer- tain saleswoman. A clerk said that the saleswoman in question was absent, to attend the funeral of her mother, which was to take place at 3 o0’clock in the afternoon. ‘‘Dear me, I’m so sorry,’’ re- plied the woman. ‘‘Do you think she will be back by 4?” “And the clerk told her, as politely as he could, that he hardly thought the young woman would make a dead rush from the cemetery to the store, and. what was more, he said they ‘‘wouldn’t think mnch of her if she did.’”” The woman went away, thinking how little reliance was to be placed on **salesladies.’ — -2<—__—_ Use Tradesman Coupon Books. Do You Desire to Sell Larnels ad Lace Catal By Sample? Send for ovr Spring catalogue SMITH & SANFORD, Grand Rapids, Mich. ont pay frelght From Boston and New York on Shoe Dressing when you can buy it of HIRTH & KRAUSE at Manufacturers Prices. GILT EDGE, GLYCEROLE, RAVEN GLOsS, ALMA, [Large size]. Shoe sorted gross A Rug with each gross, $22.80. Stool with two gross. A = of the above dressing, $22. HIRTH & KRAUSE, GRAND RAPIDS. Best Six Gord Machine or Hand Use, FOR SALE BY ALL Dealers in Dry Goods & Notions FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. D. A. BLope@eEtt, President. 8S. F. AsPinwaL1, Vice-President. Wm. H. ANDERSON, Cashier. CAPITAL, - - $300,000. Transacts a general banking business. Makea Seer of Collections. Accounts of Country Merchants Solicited, rice Current. ee COTTONS. Dry Goods P —— ee eee eee é iiban aes. Atlantic as ox a __ oe - . “ce a 6 oe " 5 UE ok ice ds aes & Archery Bunting... Beaver Dam AA.. 5M Blackstone O, 32.... Bieck Crow......... Peace SCE ........ meek. Bh,........... Cope 8... 5... 5% Caren: 7.........- 5h Chapman cheese cl. 3%) Clifton C R......... 534) ae - 2. 634) Davies Steer ........- 6%) Ciltton CCC..:...... 6%) Arrow Brand 5% i = Wide.. 8% 34 “Ann — weee..... 6% Geo - 614 Lawrence LL...... $ (mowed cheese cloth o3 | Newmark cet 4 eee 5X - eg “s DD.... 5 ia - . 634 Noibe R. eS \Our Level Best..... 6% Oxford R 6 Pee . ee 6% |Top of the Heap.. a BLEACHED COTTONS Ae ........ 8%4|Geo. Washington. oe ee a, & Gen Milis.......... 7 eee... . ...... 7 Soe Woeee......... ™% Art Cambric........ 10 |Green Ticket....... 84 Blackstone AA..... B Hives Pals.....,.... 6% pees AM............ 4g — As Tq cones @ Waust Ont..... 44%@ 5 EE 7 King ‘Phillip a ica 7% ne et —-hlUlU T% Charter Oak........ 5%|Lonsdale cm. .10 Cone We ...... 74|Lonsdale...... @ 8% Cen on os 5. 7 (iiddievex.... .. @5 Dwight Anchor oleae mine wemee............ 7% enors. © ek View..........-. 6 Rewards. ........... . i One..........-. 5% a 7 |Pride of the West...12 ee ieee eee ene 7% Fruit of the Loom. 84/Sunlight............. 4% le a , oon” a 8% Pook Peeee........... 7 © Nonpareil ..10 Fruit of the paaee %. i 8% Fairmount. . 14| White ae. neces. 6 Pall Valee.......... 6 - =...... . oe HALF anaes COTTONS. Se Dwight Anchor..... 84 Peree....... ..-.. 8 UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. ee 54%4{Middlesex No. 1....10 Hamilten N oe 6% ' - eae a 7 o ~ oon Middlesex al i cieue 8 _ . eri ae 9 _ - oo oe PS 3. . 7. BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. Hemiiton M......... 7% ee Leones il Middlesex = 3 a. oe 12 Pelee 9 _ ee e 2a 9 - et 17% - 2 F...... 10% ” 5 ae CARPET WARP. Peerless, white,..... 17%|Integrity colored...20 colored... 19% MWiise Star......-... 18 | iy 6 6lClC«‘“ «OC Gokored. & DRESS GOODS. eee. ....-...... . meneeem........... 20 _ kde eee ed 25 ” a ge ee 27 GG Cashmere...... z - Se Rees... ....... 16 - - 32% Se 18 a ef, 35 CORSETS. Coeeee............ $9 50;Wonderful . .. ....84 50 OO aa @ Greene... «2.2000 47 Davis Weiets..:.. 9 Giierered’s .......... 9 00 Grand Rapids..... 4 50/|Abdominal........ 15 00 CORSET JEANS. ae ............. 6% en satteen.. 7 Androscoggin....... 74| Rockport. ee e......,.... 6 Conestoga.. oe 6% Brunswick. ........ CM Walwordm .......... 6% PRINTS. Allen er reds.. 5%|Berwick fancies.... 534 Ones, ......6 54%|Clyde Robes........ e aoe & purple 6% Charter Oak fancies 44% . oe .......- DelMarine cashm’s. 6 . pink checks. 54 . mourn’g 6 _ staples ...... 5 Eddystone fancy... 5% . ee --- 4 American fancy.... 5% Americanindigo.... 5% American shirtings. 4 Argentine Grays. . -; Anchor —-- Arnold - on “| Arnold Merino..... 6 _ long cloth = 10% oe “ century cloth ; “ gold ecal..... 10% ‘* green seal TR10% “yellow seal. 10% + oe......_.. 11% “Turkey red. 10% Ballou solid black.. - “colors. 8% — blue, green, and orange.. -= chocolat by - rober.... 54% ' sateens.. 5% Hamilton fancy. 5% staple .... 5% Manchester Merrimack D fancy. 5% Merrim’ ckshirtings. 4% oe . 8% Pacific = -- 5% Portsmouth robes... 5% Simpson mourning. 5% ‘ ‘greys * solid black. 5% Washington indigo. 53% ‘““ Turkey robes.. 7% ‘* India robes.... 7% plain Tiky xX % s Berlin — eecew es 5% oil blue...... 8% ” ae =" « een .... 6% NE is “ Foulards .... 5% Martha Washington *- ee........ 7 Turkey red &..... % - Me ae eee 9%/|Martha Washington “ Bee 10 Turk ~ 4, BO ks ccs as 8% " “ 3-4XXXX 12 |Riverpoint robes.... 5 Cocheco ~_—--- Lawes 6 |Windsorfancy...... 6 - - old ticket . a. cals: 6%/| indigo blue....... 10 = solids...... 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Acme 4 Ib. cans, 3 doz 45 c_ _ . = _ ~ 1 1 8% Bulk a Arctic i 4 D cans. . a. 60 % b ! iz i> 2 00 [. = oh . 9 60 Cook’s F avorite. 100 4 lb cans 12 00 141 pieces col lored glass 100 1 Ib ¢ ans _ — 100 % Ib cans.. 131 pieces of ¢ rystal glass) - ae (106 hdl ¢ _ and saucers) 2 ioe | pecans. ......... 9 “ (tankard p ite her with each ca Dr Price's. EPS per dos — c an . iz 1S 2 4] 375 7% 11 40 18 2 21 60 41 80 ted Star, fe tb cans 40 “ M4 tb 9 . 1b 1 50 Telfer’s, % lb. cs D8, “doz 5 sit ye lb a 85 ” 1 ih. 130 Victor. 6 oz Cans, 1 doz 80 “i ‘ 1 20 16 oe | 2 00 BATH BRICK. 2 dozen in Case. English bee ae % Bristol. 70 Domestic : 60 BLUING. Gross Arctic, ovals . £0 Hi . : 7 0O r , round 10 50 i siftix 1g box... 2% i 400) ' [ 8 00 * tenbell _.... 4 & BROOMS. = 2 Hurl oe 2 00 No. 4 eee oa 22 No 2 2C arpet. a 2 50 No. a 27 Daten a Common W hisk... 1 00 Fancy 1 20 Mill .. 3 25 Warehouse 3 00 BRUSHES Stave, No. a... 1s ».. i 50 15 1d Rice Root Serub, ‘ 85 Rice Root Serub, ¢ 25 Palmeto, goose 1 50 BUCKWHEAT FLOUR Rising pun. 5 00 York peate..... Self Rising, ca ge. 5 00 | CANDLES Hotel, = boxes. 10 Star, 9 “nic . . O% | Wicking CANNED GOODS. FISH. Clams. Little Neck, 1 Ib 110 ve << 1 90 Clam Chowder. Standard, 3 lb 2 00 Cove Oysters. Standard, 1 Ib. . 90 ' =i.... 1 70 Lobsters. Star, 1 Ib 2 50 2 Ib = 50 Picnic, i. 00 21b 3 00 Mackerel. Standard, Tib eau Seka ose Sa es «oo Mustard, 31b.. ee Tomato Sauce, 31b... ..8 00 Soused, 3 lb ns . «3 00 ] Salmon. | Columbia River, — i | <<. Alaska, a - a 1 45 Ae ee cae -—- 2 | a | American 48 ee ee 4w@ 5 | ao 6%@ 7 | Imported iis eee coke 11@12 | 8 ee 183@14 | Mustard %s ee ee | Boneless . 26 Trout. eee re... ee | FRUITS. Apples. 13 i>. standard........ 85 | York State, gallons 2 40 | Hamburgh, : 2 50 | Apricots. | Live oak....... 22 | Santa Cruz. 2 00 ec. 2 80 OO 1 90 Blackberries. B. & a 90 Cherries. Red 1 20 Pitted Hamburgh | 1% Waite... 1 20 Erie \ i 120 Damsons, Egg Plums and Green Gages. i @1 2 | California . 1 70 Gooseberries, ——a 1 10 Peaches. .. ees 110 Benwer ....... 1 5O Shepard's Lone 1 40 Catitermia....... 22 Monitor , 1 35 Oxford oS 13 Pears Domestic . 12 Riverside. . Po 21 Phaeegeien. Common.... oo 1 30 Johnson's sliced 2 50 - grated..... 2% Quinces. Common ... 110 Raspberries. an 1 30 Black Hamburg. 150 Erie. black 1 40 | Strawberries. Lawrence nel Hemburgh ........... +2 ee. a, o § IRE oo " 1 3 Whortleberries Common 1 2 .& W. ] 12 Blueberries .... 1 20 MEATS. Corned beef, Libby’s.......1 90] | Roast beef, Armour’s.......1 7% | Potted ham, % lb..... 1 on 7 Sc ' toned, 4 T>.........3 © ' is ae 17 PEN RO ccie es... s+ 23 SE os bane Bicep eceine 27 PE ioc ce ees veteecss anes 35 One-half barrels, 3c extra OATMEAL, Peres Oee............ @4 40 Half barrels 100........... @2 30 ROLLED OATS. Bercme Oe... ........ @4 40 eae Meee ee.......... @2 30 PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count........ $4 00 Half barrels, 600 count.... 2 50 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count.. 4 50@5 00 Half bbls, 1,200 count 2 75@3 60 PIPES. ad a 1% D. full count -_ 2 Cob, fie Se 1 2 POTASH. 48 cans in case. oc as etc s cs 4 00 Penna SaiteCo.’s.......... 3 2 ROOT BEER Williams, ves wo 1% oe... ... 5 gos Domestic. Carolina a q No, 1 Silver Thread, bbl........ $4 50 eae 2 25 SPICES, Whole Sifted. aieee. 4... 10 Caasia, China in mats...... 8 " Batavia in bund....35 - Saigon in rolls...... 35 Cloves, —_ Dee ted y 22 ao Peer eee 13 Mace Batavia. . oe Nutmegs fancy .. ee eee ce 80 TO Bs cee ec ee %5 ‘ ' — z..... black: 15 ‘epper, Singapore, blac ppe gapo SS . shot. . ..18 Pure Ground in Bulk, OO 15 Cassi a, Batavia. . -20 and ‘Saigon. 25 r I ee as 35 Cloves, Miers. .....:.... z one . .20 Ginger, yee wiect he ae ........ 18 " Sian ale 20 Deas Teeteeee........--..-.- 80 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .25 Y TR eee ee ween an bf ———— No. 2 esa ie wists a e r, Singapore, black... .% a “7 white. .... 30 " Caseene,......-..-. 25 Mn ee ents eee cena 20 “Absolute” in Packages 4s Ys aes... ..-.-- 42... 4 155 ES 84 1 55 ee & 155 Ginger, Jam..........- & 155 . Oe ee cease 84 1 55 eee 84 155 a, 84 155 eee... mee wee 84 SEEDS. so ........ @12% Canary, Smyrna 3% Corey... . ee 8 Cardamon, Malabar... 90 Hemp, Russian....... 4% mies Bere .......... 4%@ Mustard, white....... ee 9 Rape .. ae 6 Cuttle ‘bone a 30 STARCH. Corn. 20- > boxes Deleted ab bee en 6% oe 6% Gloss, Tippee... ......-,.-.- 6 3-lb ' 6-Ib " 40 and 50 lb. boxes.. i. Barrels................-..+.. | 4% SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maceaboy, in jars........... 35 french Rappee, in Jars..... 43 soDa. led cues ey a al Shy — PN cere wee ee 4% SAL 80DA, me oes, k. 1% Granulated, boxes.......... 1% SALT weer eeeke.......... .. om 0 5-lb eee ek a ee ee, Gets... .... 5... 1 85 aie stein 2 2% mare COee............... 150 56 lb. dairy in linen bags.. 50 = * on * |. Warsaw. 56 Ib. dairy in drill my. 35 28 Ib. 18 Ashton. 56 lb, dairy in linensacks.. 75 ~—— 56 lb. dairy in linen sacks. 75 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Av ok ik a a Rock. “i SWEET @0O0Ds, Seotten’s Brands, WASHBOARDS, | ns OILS ee rts Ginger Snaps.......... 8 | Byle..... ala 22 Fairhaven Counts... @35 ie en vie. Sugar Creams......... g | Hiawatha.. 38 J. D. Selects .... 0 Phe Standerd O11 Co. qr notes Saginaw . < 85 | Frosted Creams....... 9 | Valley City 34 ee a @25 | 88 follows, in barrels, f. ¢ Manistee ......... 90 | Graham Crackers..... 8% Finzer’s Brands. F J.D "7. @g0.« | Grand Rapids: . apenas. Oatmeal Crackers. . 8% —- —e9 dueseeees 40 Anchor... “ a a vo a @s 20 W. W. Headlight. 15 acked 60 Ibs, in box. ———_—___________| Jolly Tar.............. 32 Sapa 5 W. W. Headlight, 150 CHACHA ek ceca. cd $3 30 TEAS Middleton’s Brands. er it @I18 | fire test (old test) ee Es 3 15 sl Mere TTA... 28 | SHELL GooDs. Water White, eg 3 30 JAPAN—Regular. Ont Seyie........... 31 Ss —. per 100 ......1 25@1! 50 Naptha.......... ee SOs @17 Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands. ;c fame. .. cel sol i ae SOAP co eee... i i i Mi @2 Something Good.. ----38 | ot a i en ignite na eine rege ad . wes... lll @2% Toss Up Rs i a 26 | HIDES, PELTS and FUR> a 13 LAUNDRY. Chelees.. ae ae fo oe ++ +25 8 Thompson & Chute Brands. Dust 10 @12 Private Brands, | Perkins & Hess pay as fo! |__ Bitver, 100 12 of.......... a: :lClt<“*;:*:*:*C*«*S*S”:C*C*:~s”:*:*:i‘i DIZ | Sweet Meare. ........- 30 | lows, prices nominal: Snow, 100 10 0z........... : 5 00 on Ee E 26 HIDES POULTRY. Mono, 1001202 ..... SOP eee cs @17 Smoking. | Green 3 @A German Family, 601 he eee Gene ee 12 | Part Cured...... ay @ 4 Local dealers pay as follows %7511b : “3 a) Cee 4 @2 |C sional ie Choice. ........... 13 mae @ 4% for dressed fowls: Laundry Castile, 75 1 Ib. 3 6 | ChoiGeee. 3... $ @x4 | Warpath.................... 14 | Dry... Oa ae cel ; + Marbled, 75 1 1b a 10 @iz2 | Banner ..................-.. 15 | Kips,green .......... 3 O4 age eae terereeee dl “ Savon Improved, 60 1 1b... 2 50 Mia BES 20 Ce eae ee haan aay i i Sunflower, 10010 0z........ 2 %5 BASKET FIRED. ee 17 : Caliah fie | rece CT gl eee ee etree nts 1S 4 . : ‘ : ee alfskins, green... .. 4@5 Live Poultry. Or Pe Ro ic ose Saot vee... 18 @W Nigger Head..... settee eenee 23 Single cured 5 @ 6% | Spring ct 7 ex Oe OES... ....... SEL renin senoenin nn @25 | Honey Dew................. 24 | Wilson #2 00 | Deacon skins... -. aarti Economical, 30 21b.... ... 2 25 | Choicest............ .. @35 | Gold Block........... ..... 2) Santee ae 2 hides % off. — : Sees ten eee ert Standard, 30 21b . 2 35| Extrachoice,wireleaf @40 | Peerless...... stte reeset tenses eRe lie PELTS. re tea nthe wae Se mre lueunee 2 | Daisy 22100] sneaptings.e 3 a ee taen es eaten 3 @, | Common to fair.......25 @35 | Tom and ERRAND oo tees tes A MO 50 @1 50] PAPER & WCODENWARE White Borax, 100 -Ib...11'3 60 | Extra fine to finest....50 @65_ | Brier Pipe.. ..........- +. 30 a we WOOL. — Proctor & Gambie. Choicest fancy........ % @85 | Yum Yum.................. (Wilden ' 9 59| Washed... ...........20 @25 | Straw ............ Concord........ -- 2 80 OOLONG @26 | Red Clover..........-.+++04- Sasa 3 95| Unwashed ...... ....10 @ | Rockfalls..... I i, 0 Os... .. 5 5 i BING | Common to fair... ... 23 @30 | Handmade....0.22000000020. 2.” RueIeR Hardware Lenox .. a IMPERIAL. Prog ....---+-+-eeeereeeeees SO es, ee eee tear ype fa) osc plone Mottled German........... 3 15| Common to fair....... 23 @26 ea Hoste 3 75 | Grease butter ........1 @2 | Dry Goods. ete. Ge owe wee 3 vo | Superior tofine........ 30 @35 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFYFS | Shamrock .................. 2.50 eee eee eres eons a 4@ = a pxpres 1a ae mo oa YOUNG HYSON. pa Ivy Leaf.. Lo ee eee ee ong S ’ i ween eee 3% ~ . ol ' “VINEGAR. es Cocoa Castile, 24 Ib........ 3.00 ee = = ae = @% | No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) 85 | 40 er. i ae FURS. a, SCOURING AND POLISHING. er rte 30 @4 | No.1 Red (60 Ib. test) 85| 50 gr.. ..-.-8% | Outside prices for No. 1 only ants os Silverine, es oe _ ENGLISH BREAKFAST: MEAL. $1 for barrel. ne i TT ie ot ste tate eeeee . WET MUSTARD. adger Seta e eee : iv Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 50 rasa eR a = Bulk, per gal .... ee od 35 band, 2Gou....... 2 50 jranulate a 1 4 Beer mug, 2 doz in case. | 14 m1 Beever ............ oe Oe a Potash Flakes’ 72 10 0n..... 5 00 Straight, in FLOUR, ase | TEAsT—-Compressed. a 0@ 5 Hl 15 oe ‘8 eee 4 69 Fermentum pe doz. cakes..15|_" house............ 10g 2% ite We 4 ' SUGAR. TOBACCOS. Patent “ sacks.. ae Beri... on Fisher ee 4 00@6 00 tan =e eee eee. @ 5% os : oI oe Ee Fleischman, per ~~ cakes... 15 | Fox, cross Hoe me One fel « ' ecw inne Se euea 5 Fine Cut. Graham “ arrels. ce 2 29 | per a. i : os: io. @5 00 Pails, N no ae @ 5,q| Pails unless otherwise noted |Rye 7 dae jee ee. * 0 Confectioners’ A..... @4.36 conn oe. a mo Bran . 16 00| . F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as | Map dark el HKG os p09 | Bowls, i a ‘boxes oy @ 414 | Sweet Cuba. a. é ee ee follow pale & yellow 50@1 00] 7" fq : ; ir 5 MeGinty ......... 24 Serco .*.............. 15 oo 0 8: | Min i ( j 1 Lrg ane ae ex oa bene. oo | Mddlinges 0.0.0.0 0.0. ag Oo = “ ene FisH uF Mink, dark. ee ttes cess - 40@1 ao 13 C. ae aa Valley Clty.0......... 32 | Mixed Feed.... sesvees 17 00 | OE tefish ........... on ian... mee CT... Yellow 3%@ 3% Dandy ee oe 27 Coarse meal...... ...... 16 50 | Hatitat.. => Otter, dark... ....5 00@8 001 A a88Or ted, 17s and 198 Cy Less than bbls. %¢ advance Torpedo ... .... ...... 20 CORN. | Ciacoes. "s@8 ROCOOOR...-------0n0 +s 25@ 75 | ot Se ge a 45 Ciscoes. oe en a 10 | Baskets, market... ‘a Mam vn 26 | Less than car lots.......... 43% | Binefish Ce oe Wolt.. i shipping | bus hel Barrels....... ee ted Le v ro OATS, Mackerel... 15 @5 Beaver castors, Ib.....2 bushel r Te 25 Sorg's Brands. Cae tee 33 fe ss 10 @12 DEERSKINS—Per pound ‘* willow cl’ths i ~ ls tal ornia salmon @i5 ’ cf Wate Pure Cane. “ ee 37 Less than car lots 35 i eee De i. i ee re ee = 3 l | HAY. Pike. _ a @ 8 bong oray. . |... 20 | é splint Choice. ' } : 3S No. 1 Timothy, car lots....13 00 Smoked White ‘ @3s | Gray et ‘ ‘ ee 30] Oh My...........-...++- 29 [No.1 “ ‘ton lots .....14 90 | Bloater, per box ..... 150| Red and blue.... ........... 35 We Affirm That And Poor Goods Good Goods Make Mar Business. x Husiness, Grocery men & = Are you satisfied with your sales of High Grade Correes‘< Are you sure that you are selling the Best to be obtained? HILLSIDE JAVA. is ascientific combination of Private Plantation Coffees, selected by an expert and from whic! of coffee can be made that will give universal satisfaction. Cup qualities always uniform which is ove reason w is a trade holder wherever introduced. HILLSIDE JAVA has many friends in Michigan! DO YOU SELL rp 9 a cup $100 will be paid for a formala that will prodnce a Cap of Coffee better than Hillside | § Only. dl | ! Roasted in the Latest Improved Cylinders and Packed while hot into 50-1). 6 Taam J. MR. BOURNR CoO., Importers, Roasters and Jobbers of Fine Coffees, 140 Summit St., Toledo, O., also Detroit & New York. We are represented in Michigan as follows: Eastern Michigan, P. V. Hecuier; Southern Michigan, M. H. Gasser; Western Michig ran, Thos. Ferauson {“ Old Fergy”’|. 18 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. How to Beat the Sugar Trust. Sugar refiners have a protection of half a cent a pound against foreign competi- tion, and they have combined in order to prevent home competition. This will enable them to obtain the full benefit of that half-cent, which will serve to equal- ize the difference in wages between this country and Europe and the balence go into the pockets of the refiners as extra profits. The public has only one means of heading off this conspiracy, but itis a very good one. Clean raw sugar is much better in every way than the darker grades of refined sugar, and for many purposes is better than the finest white sugar. The sugar refiners rely upon the strong prejudice of the American people in favor of white things to prevent the use of raw sugar and ensure their triumph. The people should put away their preju- dice against brown sugar, just as many of themhave put away their prejudice again- st brown flour. Sugar of a rich brown color is much better tasted and probably more wholesome than the dead-looking greyish sugar that is turned out of our sugar refineries. Grocers do not gen- erally keep raw sugar because there is no demand for it; if the people want it, they must ask for it, and keep on asking until they get it. GEo. R. Scorrt. ——— 2 << Sensible Advice to Clerks. It pays to take as much interest in your employer’s business as if you were working for yourself. It pays to earn more than you receive in salary. Your employer expects to make something from the labor of those who work for him. If he did not, there would be little use continuing in busi- ness. It pays to be conscientious in trifling things. The sum of life is for the most part made up of trifles, and success or failure generally turn on something that at the moment seemed a trifle. It pays to learn everything you can that has a bearing on your occupation. The more you learn the better you will do. It pays to cultivate a pleasant and obliging manner. You may have this as a natural gift, but if not, it can be ac- quired by practice until it becomes a habit. It pays to put all the capacity you have into your daily work. Intelligence is in demand. Steam and electricity have supplanted human machines. lt pays to be reliable. Reliable people are not too plentiful. Let youremployer have confidence that if you undertake anything you will do it right. — i The ‘‘ Kicker” in Trade. The ‘‘kicker” in trade is nearly always the fellow who asks more than he is willing to grant. He demands that the house he buys from shall give him liber- ties which he would not think of giving his own customers. He appears to ac- cept it as a matter of fact that the best in the world shall be his, but that his customers must be satisfied with what he judges to be their right. He is very critical as to the kind of goods he buys, and will find a flaw where the manufac- turer himself cannot find it, but is liable to show anger if his customer notices anything out of the way. The success- ful merchants are those who are as anx- ious to please as their customers are to be pleased: who bend every energy to satisfy their trade, and are willing to lose money, if it is necessary, to retain the good will of those they come in daily contact with. It is, therefore, reason- able to assume that a mistake made by the experienced dealer is not to be laid up against him, for it is one of accident, and in no wise reflects upon his judg- ment. — oe Port Huron—Hy. McMorran succeeds W. W. Campfield & Co. in the wholesale grocery, flour, feed and coal business. Closer Trade Relations With Canada. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, April 11—l believe in having closer trade relations with the United States and Canada. We, with a population less than 5,000,000, cannot afford anything but the best and most friendly understanding with the 65,000,000 people in the States. Do not understand me to mean legislative union. This will not be entertained by us while we have the present connection with our glorious Queen Victoria and her family, and which must not be weakened. We have our fishery, the bait question, and the freedom of our harbors and railroads tooffer young people, which they want, and could offer in exchange for a free trade to a certain extent. GILBERT SEAMAN. _ 2 < Sure Remedy for La2zGrippe. The following was sent to a drug store in Pennyslvania, claimed to be a sure cure, ‘‘if the roots were not washed:’’ 1 handfill of each hearb roots and tops dont wash the roots—rattle roots, sarsa- parilla roots, spigurad roots, saladine or gravel roots, hour houn tops, mountin tea leaves and roots, warm wood tops, eatnip tops, red clover blossom, sage tops, safron blossom, pipsisaway tops and roots, elicompain roots, maiden hair roots, slipery alim bark, black cherry bark, 4 handfuls mulin harts. Put all in 3 quarts of water and boil it to 3 pints and strain and put 1}¢ pints of good whiskey and sweten with shuger | housemalasses dose one half gill 3 times | | a day for 3 days and stop 3 days and so | on as before. | —_—_———_——- Use Tradesman Coupon Books. TRADESMAN. | good goods. THE ONLY Rlght Package for Batter. Parchment Lined Paper Pails for 3, 5 and 10 Ibs. LIGHT, STRONG, CLEAN, CHEAP. Consumer gets butter in Original Package. Most profitable and satisfactory way of marketing Full particulars free, i DETROIT PAPER PACKAGE 6O., DETROIT, MICH. [)o You Want 2 Ut YW, WML Lid g iad¥d 400Wg ¥9 J1EN9 \ 3 ae Q iby « « « Your Store Building? For use on your Letter Heads, Bill Heads, Cards, Etc.? ~ Foncteane C9 Te We can furnish you a double column cut, similar to above, for $10; or a single column cut, like those below, for 36. In either case, we should have clear photograph to work from. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, ENGRAVERS AND PRINTERS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Your Orders for (ranges, Bananas, Lemons, Hates, Nuts, Figs And Everything Handled by us are Respectfully Solicited. THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE PEOPLE AND THE SUGAR TRUST. With the Tariff. The Sugar Trust is ‘‘protected:” (a) By duty of 4 cent per pound on refined sugar. (b) By natural advantage or protection of 4 of a cent per pound. Present price of raw centrifugal, sugar, 96 degrees 31g cents per pound. Present price of refined sugar, granulat- ed, 43, cents per pound. Difference between above prices, 144 cents per pound. Cost of refining, not over % cents per pound. Net profit on refined sugar, pound. 5¢ cents per Net profit per barrel, $2.03 Net profit on 12,600,000 barrels, or mini- mum yearly production, $25,593,000. Actual value of Sugar Trust properties, about $35,000,000. Rate of profit on val- uation, 73.08 per cent. Sugar Trust cap- italization: 7 per cent. preferred stock, $37,500,000; common stock, $37,500,000; 6 per cent. bonds, $10,000,000. After paying 7 per cent. on preferred steck and 6 per cent. interest on bonds, the above rate of profit would yield 59.65 per cent. on the common stock. Present rate of extortion from the people by means of the tariff, Without the Tariff. The natural advantage or protection to Sugar Trust is 144 cents per pound. Price of raw sugar, 96 degrees centrifu- gal, 34g cents per pound. Price of refined sugar, granulated A, 4 cents per pound, Difference between above prices, % cents per pound. Cost of refining, not over % pound. cents per Net profit on refined sugar, pound. ly cents per Net profit per barrel, 8114 cents. Net profit on 12,600,000 barrels, or mini- mum yearly production, $10,237,500 per year. After paying 7 per cent. on preferred stock and 6 per cent. on bonds, the above rate of profit would yield 18.7 per cent. on the common stock. Proposed rate of saving to the people by means of free sugar. $15,356,000 per annum. In the compilation of these figures, we have treated the Trust very liberally. Is it not time that the wholesale extor- tion now practiced by the Trust be stopped? Let us have free sugar in reality and not merely in name. 3g cents per pound, or $15,356,000 per annum. The Other Side of the Question. The above argument for the repeal of the present duty on refined sugar, which is reprinted from the New York Commercial Bulletin, is thus answered by the American Grocer, which argues from the One of our esteemed contemporaries, with strong free trade leanings, is vig- orously advocating the removal of the present duty of half-a-cent a pound on refined sugars, giving as a reason that the Sugar Trust has finally absorbed its competitors and has advanced the price of sugar three-eighths of a cent a pound. If there was any reason for retaining a moderate duty on refined sugar when the present law was enacted, the same reason holds good now. It was considered that a half-a-cent a pound did not more than make up for the difference in the price of labor and other expenses of refining sugar in this country and refining it in Germany, France and England. Hence, while mak- ing raw sugars free of duty, Congress retained a moderate duty upon retined sugars, but it reduced the duty on refined grades from an average of perhaps 3 cents a pound to half-a-cent a pound. If this very moderate protection was abolished at the present time, it is not probable that it would inure to the bene- fit of the American consumer, or, at least, only in a small degree, for foreign refiners would undoubtedly raise their prices and absorb at least a portion of the half-cent a pound duty removed. It is not to the interest of the people of the United States that the sugar re- fining industry should be crippled, and if it can make a profit by working all the refineries under the one organization, the American Sugar Refineries Co. buy- ing their raw material lower in foreign countries than they could if the different refiners were competing against each other for supplies, and working them as economically as possible, fair-minded men will not object to the refiners mak- ing a good profit. If they make too large a profit for any protection standpoint: length of time, it is certain that new eapital will be tempted into this industry, and there is no danger of any unreason- able prices for sugar. Some persons are so constituted, how- ever, that they cannot bear to see any in- dustry prosperous, especially if the tariff in any way contributes to that end. Just now, owing to the low price of raw sugar and the advance of three-eights of a cent a pound in refined which has re- cently taken place, the refiners are mak- ing a good profit, but for several months previous they were losing money and it is impossible to say how long their present margins of profit can be con- tinued. Within comparatively few years Ameri- can sugar refiners by their improvements in the process of refining sugar have given the people of the United States a greater reduction in the price than the McKinley bill gave them in reducing the duty. In 1865, when R. L. & A. Stuart were the principal refiners of sugar, the cost of refining was estimat:d at upwards of 4 cents a pound, whereas, now itis gen- erally estimated at from one-half to five- eights of a cent a pound. To remove the one-half-cent duty now imposed upon refined sugars weuld crip- ple the American sugar refining ij:dustry, which would be a public misfortune, and it would be a step toward dragging down the price of American labor to the level of that of other countries that would be our competitors. The field is free for any one who wishes | to go into the sugar refining business, and we may be sure that if our refiners are enabled to exact excessive profits for any length of time there will be plenty more refineries. Buy of the Largest Manufacturers in the | ee Country and Save Money. ESTABLISHED 1868. H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, Wholesale Dealers in BUILDING & SHEATHING PAPERS, PLAIN AND CORRUGATED CARPET LININGS, ASPHALT AND COAL TAR PREPARED ROOFING, BEST GRADES ASPHALTUM & FIRE PROOF RGOF PAINTS, COAL TAR AND COAL TAR PITCH, ELASTIC ROOFING CEMENT, ROSIN & MINERAL WOOL, ASBESTOS FIRE-PROOF SHEATHING, ETC, PRACTICAL ROOFERS In Felt, Composition and Gravel. Cor. LOUIS & CAMPAU STS., Grand Rapids, Mich OHAS. A. GOYE, MANUFACTURER OF IINDS & Tl Horse and Wagon Covers JOBBERS OF Hammocks and Cotton Bucks SEND FOR PRICE LIST. 11 Pearl St, Grand Rapids, Mich, Grand Rapids & Indians. Schedule in effect January 10, 1892. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive from Leave going South. North. For Saginaw and Cadillac...... 6:15am 7:05 am For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:20am 11:30 am For Saginaw & Traverse City.. 2:00pm 4:15 pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw ..... 8:10pm 10:30 pm From Kalamazooand Chicago. 8:35 pm Train arriving at 9:20 daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave going Nort uth Por Cinciumati.................. 6:20am 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago... 10:30 am For Fort Wayne and the Eas 11:50am 2:00 pm Por Comciemests............... 5:30 p m 6:00 pm For Chicago.... 11:05 pm Pe occ croc ene ne ce 10:40pr Trains leaving at 6:00 p. m. and 11:05 hogy m. run daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For oe —Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive. 10:10 am HL: = * = 4:40 pm 5:40 pm 9:05 p m SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE. NORTH 11:30 am train.—Parlor chair car Gd caae to Petoskey and Mackinaw. 0:30 p m train.—Sleeping car Grand ica to Petoskey and Mackinaw SOUTH--7:00 am train.—Parlor chair car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 10:30 am train.—Wagner Parlor Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. :00 m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 11;05 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids t to c Yhie ago. Chicago via G. R. & I. R. R. Lv Grand Rapids 10:30am 2:00 pm 11:05 pm Arr Chicago 3:55 p m 9:00 p m 6:50 am 10:30 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car. 11:05 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Lv ee :05 a m 3:10 pm 10:10 p m Arr Grand Rapids 2:00 pm 8:35 pm 6:15 am 3:10 p m through Wagner Parlor Car. 10:10 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Through tickets and full information can be had by calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta- tion, or George W. Munson, =" Ticket Agent, 67 ‘o. oe LOCKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway. In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & | Monroe street, Grand Rapids, M | Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk e | offers a route making the best time betwe n Grand Rapids = an .&N. 7: 25 a. m. and 6:25 p. a 10 p. m. and 11:00 p. p. | Ly. Grand Rapids at. Ar. Toledo at. VIA D., @. H. & M, Ly. Grand Rapids at.....6:50 a, m. and 3:45 Ar. TOReGO BE... 244s. ‘1: 10 p. m. and 11:00 p. Return connections equally as good, . H. BENNETT, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio, BB BB MIGHIGAN CENTRAL ** The Niagara Falls Route.” DEPART. ARRIVE — PE ce kee ccmiccwcctens 7:00am 10:00pm xed .. 705am 4:30 pm se oc ene un 1:20pm 10:00am *Atiantic & Pacific Expross., 10:30pm 6:00am a York Express....cccccses vovces 5:40pm 12:40pm ail All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Elegant parlor ears leave Grand Rapids on Detroit Express at 7 a.m., returning leave Detroit 4:45 p. m. arrive in Grand Rapids 10 p. m. FRED M. BriIGGs, Gen’! Agent, 85 Monroe St. A. AL MQUIST, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Gxo. W. MUNSON, eg Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 0. W. Rueaizs G. P. & T. Agent., Chicago INE YABLE NOW IN EFFECT. DETROIT ee AS Yai ite i cehees EASTWARD. Trains Leave \tNo. 14|tNo. i 18|*No. 82 | G’d Rapids, 1s v| 6 50am 1) 20am| 3 25pm/10 55pm ge — r} 7 45am/11 25am) 42 27pm |12 37am Johns ... Ar 8 28am 121i pm} 5 20pm) 1 55am eas Ar| 9 03am] 1 20pm} 8 05pun]| 3 15am E, Saginaw..Ar|10 45am) 3 5pm) 8+ Opm| 8. 45am Bay City.....Ar}11 30am] 3 45pm) 8 45pm} 7.20am Flint ........Ar}10 05am} 3 40pm) 7 05pm] 5 40am Pt. Huron...Arj1i 55am 6 00pm} 8 50pm 7 30am POUsAC ...... Ar|10 58am] 3 05pm| 8 25pm} 5 37am Deerot......- Ar|11 50am] 4 05pm} 925pm) 7 00am WESTWARD, \|*No. 81 |tNo. 11 |tNo. 13 | | Trains Leave G’d Rapids, Ly........|| 7 Oham)| 1 0dpm| 5 10pm Gd Haven, Ar........|| 8 35am) 2 10pm) 6 15pm MRI RCE ce hens voce lin ses woe donne bens Chicago a eae i *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 a. m., 5:00 p. m. and 10:00 Dm. Trains arrive from the west, 10:10 a. m., 3:15 p.ta, and 9:50 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Paricr Buffet car. No. 18 Chair Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward— No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. No. 11 Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parior Buffetear. Joun W. Loup, Traffic Manager. Ben FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agent. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. 23 Monroe Street. CHICAGO AND WEST MICHIGAN R’Y, JAN’Y 3, 1892. GOING TO CHICAGO. Lv.GR’D RAPIDS......9:00am 12:05pm *11:°5pm Ary, COR Aeo.......... 3:55pm 5:25pm *7:05am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. Ly. CHICAGO ... 9:00am 4:45pm *11:15pm Ar. GR’D RAPIDS.....3:55pm 10:10pm *6:10am TO AND PROM BENTON HARBOR, ST. JOSEPH AND INDIANAPOLIS, Lv. Grand Rapids. 9:00am 12:05pm *11:35pm Ar. Grand Rapids -*6:10am 3:55pm 10:10pm For Indianapolis 12:05 pm only. TO AND FROM MUSKEGON, a. G. B....: 10:0Cam 12 05pm 5:30pm 8:30pm a. & &....-. 10:55am 3 55pm 5:25pm TO AND FROM MANISTEE, TRAVERSE CITY AND ELK RAPIDS. Lv. Grand Rapids..... Ar. Grand Rapids.... . 11:45am 9: 40pm THROUGH CAR ‘SERV ICE. Between Grand Rapids and Chicago o—Wagner Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *11:35 p m.; leave Chicago 11:15 pm. Parlor Buffet Cars—Leave Grand Rapids 12:05 pm; leave Chicago 4;45 p m. Free Chair Cars—Leave Grand Rapids 9:00 am; leave Chicago 9:00 a m. Between Grand Rapids and Manistee—Free Chair Car—Leaves Grand Rapids 5:17 pm; leaves Manistee 6:50 a m. DETROIT LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. GR’D BRAPIDS..... 7:15am *1:00pm 5:40pm Ar. DOTRUIT.....-s4+5. 12:00 m *5:16pm 10:40pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT, . DETROIT.. woos Croan TES ‘15pm 5:40pm = GRD RAPIDS..... 11:50am *5:i5pm 10:15pm To and from Lansing and How