* GRAND RAPIDS, ® GRAND RAPIDS, wW IMPORTER, “VOL. 2 KEMINK, JONES & U0, Manufacturers of # Fine Perfumes, Colognes, Hair Oils, Flavoring Extracts, Baking Powders, Bluings, Etc., Etc. ALSO PROPRIETORS OF BREMINIEZ£’sS “Red Bark Bitters’ AND— The Oriole Manufacturing Co. %S West Bridge Street, MICHIGAN. JOHN CAULFIELD _ our Agent in Grand Rapids for our Famous * Galvanic $0ap THE BEST ” EASY WASHER MANUFACTURED. SB J, JONnSou & C0 MILWAUKEE. ” RETAILERS, If you are selling goods to make a profit, sell “LAVINE WASHING: POWDER. This Washing Powder pays the Retailer a larger profit than any in the Market, and is put up in handsome azd attractive packages with picture cards with each case. We guar- antee it to be the best Washing Powder made and solicit a trialorder. Sce prices in Price-List. » Hartford Chemical Co. HAWKINS & PERRY STATE AGENTS, MICHIGAN. FOR MAHOGANY ! ADDRESS HENRY OTIS, NEW ORLEANS Oil, Wan’s & oe O as SS o For Sale by F. Brundage & Co., Muskegon; Hazeltine, Perkins & Co., Grand Rapids; H. "_— & Son, Holland. Manufactured by . G. VANDERLINDE, Muskegon. 6. ROYS & CO *@ No. 4 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids. rr MAAN © WHIPS =| THN i Magic The King of All ‘sosvosiq, A1oqeuiuBeyUy a THT LAS NEW GOODS. New Prices down to the whale- pone. Goods always sale- able, and always reliable. Buy close and often. ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED “GRAND JAMES C. GEO. E. HUBBARD. James C, AveRY & Co Grand Haven, Mich. Manufacturers of the following brands of Ci- gars; Great Scott, Demolai No. :5, Eldorado, Doncella, Avery's Choice, Ete., Ete. —JOBBERS IN—— Manufactured ‘Tobacco. W. N, FULLER & CO DESIGNERS AND Enerayvers on Wood, Fine Mechanical and Furniture Work, In- cluding Buildings, Etc., 49 Lyon St., Opposite Arcade, GRAND RAPIDS MICH. PETER DORAN, Attorney-at-Law, Pierce Block, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Practices in State and United States Courts. Special attention given to AVERY. ‘e carry a full line of sents of every variety, MERCANTILE COLLECTIONS. both for field and garden. Parties in want will do NAHINS well to write or see the GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED C0. 71 CANAL STREET. DRYDEN & PALMER'S ROCK CANDY. Unquestionably the best in the market. As clear as crystal and as transparent as diamond. Try a box. Jonn Caulfield, Sole Agent for Grand Rapids. RAPIDS. MICHIGAN, 1 | An Epic of the Cars. Conductor gone, Drummer “‘fly” Looks at maiden With a sigh. | Cr owded cars, | Pleasant day, Maiden trav ling Far away. Asks the maiden ‘Is there one Loves you more Than I have done?”’ Vacant seat, By her side, Only one In which to ride. Maid looks conscious, Rather coy, Drummer’s heart Full of joy. “May I ask, Wondrous bliss, For the boon Of one sweet kiss.” Maid says “‘No, -T would hardly do, For there’s one That loves me true.”’ ; Dandy drummer, | Black mouste ache, | Thinks good chance To make a mash. Grinning asks May he ride In vacant seat By her side. Maid says “Yes,” _ Looking sweet, Drummer happy To his feet. “T will win you From his side,” Drummer says, With conscious pride. “Hardly think so,” Maid replies, “Tis conductor,” Blank surprise. Happy drummer! Hard-earned cash, pends for ‘‘goodies”’ For his mash. ef) Train Boy’s stock Disappears, Grins with joy To his ears. “He’s my husband, Don’t you see?’ Here he comes, You'd better flee.” Sells the drummer Apples, cakes, Nuts and candy, Awful “‘fakes.”’ Door flies open, Drummer bold, Dashes out Looking sold. Conductor comes, Drummer’s cash Pays the passage For his mash. Conductor grins, You know the rest, Twenty dollars In his vest. AMONG THE PINES. Conductor looks At Train Boy sly, Winks a wink From weather eye. Graphic Description of “The Drive”—No. 7 Chas. Ellis in the Current The work in camp is done. The last log has been piled upon the rollways on the riv- er. The faithful, weary, dear old horses have been sent down home to rest and recruit for another year. The men have been paid off and have gone, some to waste their money in debauchery, some to work on the drive. Camp is broken up. Never again in all time will the same company meet there again, for before the next season comes round some of them will be dead, others seattered far and wide, and still others can- not come, though neither dead nor gone STEAM LAUNDRY ” 43 and 45 Kent Street. A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor. CHEMICALS. tended to. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO Orders by Mail and Express promptly at- away. The logs lie there now waiting for the riv- ers to rise and bear themaway. Horses have done all that horses can do; the hardest work of the men is yet to come. But the next stage of the work must be inaugurated by stronger powers than the kands of man. The spring rain must fall, the winter snow must melt, the northerning sun must unlock the embrace of the icy erystals, and the EDMUND 6. DIKEMAN, —thn— —A JEWHLER, 44 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. GREAT WATCH MAKER, swelling waters burst the imprisoning ice away. “The Drive” means taking the logs from where they are piled in the rivers, as hauled from the camps, down the streams to a point where the various lots ean be sorted out ac- cording to each owner’s mark, which is stamped upon them, rafted up, and sent dewn by tug boat to the milis below. The drives of whieh I write are those which cen- ter in the Tittabawassee and Saginaw rivers, and inelude all the logs in the following named streams: The Tittabawassee and its tributaries, the Cedar, Sugar, Molasses, Salt and Tobacco; the Chippewa and its tribu- taries, Big and Little Salt; the Pine with its north and south branches. Upen all of these streams there are piled about seven hundred million feet of logs, numbering about five Collections and {usurance, Total Assets represented, $3,516,808. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. TOWER & CHAPLIN, General Colttectors, 16 Houseman Block Grand Rapids Feneral Stock for Sale Anyone wishing to purchase a clean stock of general Merchandise, situated at a good trading point near Grand Rapids, would do well to apply this week to RINDGE, BERTSCH & C0., or SHIELDS, BULKLEY & LEXON, GRAND RAPIDS. ALBERT GOYE & SOND, MANUFACTUREBS OF AWNINGS, TENTS, HORSE AND WAGON COVERS. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN .| Oiled Clothing, Ducks, Stripes, Etc. State Agents for the WATERTOWN HAMMOCK SUPPORT. SEND FOR PRICES. %3 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Special Attention given to Collections in ou million pieces. The different lots of logs on each of these streams forma drive which the men have to deliver within the limits of the Rafting Booms that extend from a point or Country. Also three miles above Saginaw City toa distance . of from ferty to fifty miles up the main Fl RE LIFE & ACCIDENT streams. Some idea of the space that these 5 legs require may be gathered from the state- Insurance, ment of a mill-owner familiar with the busi- Shoe and Leather.................-.-.... Boston | ness, that they would fill a river a hundred COOPEL.........260- 22 eee ence cece ees Dayton, Ohio JG : : mien: 2.0. ae Pittsburgh, Pa. | and fifty feet wide a distance of one hun- Germania. ....5... 2... Cincinnati, ‘Ohio dred miles, driven together before a ewrrent of three or four miles an hour. Across the mouth of each river there are stretched booms to hold back the logs and give space below in the mains for rafting. . As soon, then, as the ice has melted and broken up in the rivers the drive begins, and until its head has reached the boom at the mouth of the stream the work continues ear- ly and late, Sunday and Monday alike. In rain or snow or shine or frost the work goes on. The rollways are broken down and the logs put afloat by the owners, and the driv- ing is done by jobbers, each stream being under an independent management. The various drives of all the confluent streams of the Tittabawassee and Saginaw pass into the control of “The Boom Company,” who ratt each owner’s logs and deliver them at his mill. As the logs are broken down the cur- rent bears them away, and from that time until they are enclosed within the booms at the mills they are a source of labor and care. Along the streams down which the logs are being driven are placed gangs of men called “jam runners,” whose work is to keep all the logs in the center or channel of the river constantly on the move. Such logs as stick on the banks are allowed to remain, where they do not obstruct the center until the channel begins to clear down below the up- per portion of the stranded logs. Then what is called ‘‘the rear” starts. It is a special gang whose work is to set afloat and follow down logs that have fallen out from the head and middle of the drive. This crew finishes WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 up the work. On the streams above men- tioned there are engaged on the drive from eight to ten hundred men, and after their work is done there are from three to four hundred at work all through the season “rafting up” the logs in the booms and de- livering them at the mills. The work of the men on the drive is the hardest work in the whole lumbering busi- ness. It must be done mainly in the water, from knee-deep to waist-deep. It need not to be said that it is cold work. All through March and April these streams are icy cold, and often the men have to break the ice in the morning as they wade into their work in channel, and they have to stand in that wa- ter for hours ata stretch. It would be in- teresting to see one of the “champion” swimmers testing his powers of endurance with these backwoodsmen. It is my opin- ion that they would soon lose their cham- pionship. It is fearful work. Said one who had spent year after year in the woods and onthe drive: “By the holy baldheaded American Eagle, you’re a shoutin’ when you call it cold work. ‘Tell yer uncle it’!] freeze the bubbles on bilin’ whisky every time!” It seemed to me as if I could see these men shiver and shrink and turn blue while talk- ing about “‘the drive.’? A man who is to-day worth a million and a half of dollars, but who went into the pine woods here thirty years ago, working for thirteen dollars a month, has told me of his own work driving logs, with his own men and his own_ logs, a tale of hardship that cannot be paralleled in any other business that was ever done on the globe. Men will go all through the work of the drive without other shelter than what the forest.gives them. They have left the camp far behind they areon the move day by day. Sometimes they have a tent now, but in the early days they had nothing. Working in the icy water all day, they would gather around a great fire in the woods at night, and heat their cold, wet clothes upon their persons by turning about. After a supper of bread or crackers, salt pork, and tea or coffee without sugar, they would roll them- selves in blankets, which pack-hands would move down the stream as the drive moved ferwaid. They would fall asleep, and sleep there in the cold until three o’clock. Then the boss would begin the work of waking them. Breakfast would be got ready, and by four o’clock constant efforts would get the men up. But they would be so stiff and sore that it was only by the utmost driving that they could be started. When at last they shouldered their peaveys (cant-hooks) and started, half of them would stop every rod and swear it was impossible for them to go. Then more driving until the walking started the biood to the sore muscles and they limbered up like old lame horses. Then into the water again and work all day to re- peat it again the next morning, and so on for six weeks at a stretch. Itis done with more comfort now, for they manage to keep a flat boat aleng with the rear of the drive, on whieh there is a cook-house, where hot meals and better sleeping facilities are pre- pared for the men, but even with all the comforts that could possibly be added, it would still be the hardest work in the world. Yet many of the men, who are among the rich and prosperous lumbermen of Michigan to-day, have dene this very work year after year. ‘They came into the country when it was wilderness, they came without money, they came with only strong arms and heroic yiuck. They went into the- work, and by perseverence they succeeded. Where they haye made fortunes that are the envy of idiers, they have got nothing more than they deserve. The gain to many of them came at a cost that only the patient, persistent pull of grand powers ceuld ever have paid. They deserve their reward. The drives of which I have written as be- ing on these streams all center on the Sagi- naw River, and there the logs are cut. In the year 1882 there were manufactured on that stream within a distance of twenty miles, 1,010,900,000 feet of pine lumber and 278,500,000 pine shingles, which cut is the largest on the Saginaw in any one season up to the present time, and probably it will never be exceeded. From the standing pine in the forests, six- ty, seventy, a hundred, and even a hundred and fifty miles away, to their final martyr- dom in the mills, we have followed the logs with watchful eyes, and have seen that they everywhere mean hard labor for the men, and a large outlay of money for the manu- facturer; and the patient reader who has gone with me must be ready, I think, to ad- mit that for pure romance the life of the Michigan lumbermen at work among the pines is not a success; and that while mil- lions have been made in the lumber busi- ness, the success is everywhere largely due to the energy, perseverance, and pluck of the men who have been engaged in it. They take all the risks and secure the profits, as they are entitled to do; and the thousands of men in theiremploy might, by observing frugality, lay by money from year to year, as in some cases they are known to have done. Yet the far greater part of them save nothing, and waste their lives with their money. They are unkind to themselves. However, at the end of my experience among them I have only good wishes for them all. Heaven bless the hard-working, , 1885. good-natured, careless fellows; may they de-| velop their minds in proportion to their mus- | cles, and so grow wiser and better in their | day and generation! - i 2

Eonumorcial iiicliceuc e. From the Texas Siftings. No wonder the Northern merchants are en- deavoring to shake off the drummer system Edmund Alcott is a New York drummer. He applied to a well-known New York firm for a position to travel in the South. “How much will you require for your ex- penses?” asked the head of the firm. ‘“Hifteen dollars a day as long as I travel in Texas,”’ was the reply. “Ts’nt that a little high?” “Oh, no, not at all,” was the reply of Al- cott, “the legitimate expenses are much high- er in Texas than in any other state. Bill- iards cost fifty cents a game, and whisky fif- teen cents adrink. You can’t get a decent cigar for less than twenty cents, and the young ladies have no opinion atall of a man who does a take them out buggy riding.” —~< -- <> She Hit Him Har a. It was late and she had been yawning for half an hour, but he did not take the hint. “T gee,” he said, ‘that Tennyson, in his drama, speaks of men as God’s trees, and of women as God’s flowers. It is natural that he should compare women to flowers, but I eannot see why he should compare men to trees.” “T ean,” she said. “You ean?” “Yes; this is winter, ain’t it?” “It is.” “Well,” said she, with another yawn as she glanced toward the clock, ‘‘the reason he compared men to trees is that trees don’t leave till spring.” A minute later and he was on his home. way — oO Out of Butter. Through the telephone. Boarding-house landlady (to grocer) —‘Hello! Hello!’ Grocer —‘‘Hello! Hello!” Landlady—‘‘Send ten pounds of butter and charge it.” Grocer—‘‘Can’t ly.” Landlady— with bill.” Grocer-—“‘Will ten pounds be enough? ————_—»>_ 2 <___ In Haste for a Fortune. A Newark, N. J., butcher received a letter from his old home in Germany recently no- tifying him that he had fallen heir to $: 26,- 000 by the death of a relative. He was cut- ting up a hog when the latter was put in his hand. After reading it he hastily tore off his bloody apron, demanded his wages, and left to make preparations for a trip to Ger- many to claim his fortune. ~~ -9 Seven Up. “No, I don’t allow any card-playing in my house,” said Popinjay, “‘but, in spite of me, the girls have a little game of seven up al- most every night.” “How is that?” inquired Blobson, puzzled tone. “Why,” replied Popinjay ‘‘there are four of them, and they generally have three fel- lows up with them until eleven o’clock.” ae Grand Logic. From the Michigan Journal. The Leader expresses the opinion that the South Bend Plow company never intended to move here—that all the talk about remov- al was to induce the South Bend people to come down handsomely. If the concern can’t live without getting a bonus to stay somewhere or move somewhere else, it had better die. Grand Rapids can get along with- out it. hear. Wires work bad- “Send ten pounds of butter 9 in a rubber manufacture, | while a) | plaints of merchants, manufacturers and bus- | iness men generally may be voiced, in order that mistakes may be righted and evils erad- icated, THE TRADESMAN has concluded to ; add to its other regular features, a ‘‘Com- ? in which any grievance may | be stated or any inquiry may be made. Many dealers labor under misapprehensions | which can only be corrected by a knowledge ities, and those who cherish a_ grievance | against others may look at the matter in a a full and free explana- In view of these facts, it is thought that a limited amount of space can be used in this way to good purpose. The subject rests en- tirely with the trade, and the project will succeed or fail, according as they improve or neglect the opportunity offered. No restric- tion will be made as to subjects—providing, of course, that they are akin to business mat- ters—and the jobber will be welcomed along with the retailer. The free latitude which will be accorded each writer in the choice or treatment of subjects, however, renders it essential that every communication be signed with the’ ‘full name and address of the con- tributor. Who will set the ball rolling? — —o —-o-<—- —— England’s New Bankruptcy Act. ‘The testimony as to the beneficial work- ing of the new bankruptcy act in Great Brit- ian is still accumulating, and in the reports of two large institutions in Great Britian the workings of the act on the whole are stated to have been fairly satisfactory. ‘The Coun- cils of the Institute of Chartered Account- ants and the Associated Chambers of Com- merce in their reports concur in the state- ment that in its essential points the act isa good measure, and with some additions and changes could be made productive of far greater good. Of these changes the system of private arrangements with creditors, they state, is probably the most susceptible of im- provement. One plan which meets with some favor is that of reforming the present system of private arrangement and requiring every such arrangement to be registered, and all such agreements unregistered, to be de- clared illegal. With the registration system enforced full publicity would be given toa failure, and such failure would not be likely to be excluded from the total list of assign- ments. The rules as to proxies at creditors’ meetings are also stated to be open to im- provement, and the stringent rules, it is said, could be modified with success. With these and some few other smaller remedied de- fects, all of which it is said can be improv- ed, the act will accomplish much of a bene- ficial character to the business interests of Great Britain. ~f- -o <>-- Look Gut For Him. From the Saranae Local. “Dr.” Calvin Clark, of Grand Rapids, announces that he intends to make regular visits to this village hereafter. We do not as a general thing give gratuitous advertis- ing to traveling specialists, but from all we ean learn, ‘‘Dr.”? Clark merits a word, and we therefore announce that he is a dead beat, a whisky guzzler, a fraud, and a cheat. Let him alone and save your health and money. Be 4 The Detroit News summarizes the situa- tion of the wholesale trade of that city as follows: “Onthe whole it may _ be said that the jobbers, while trustful of moderate returns this spring do not anticipate anything in the nature of a boom. A majority regard future prosperity as contingent upon the condition of the wheat crop, which in turn will be largely governed by the weather dur- ing this and the coming month.” Itisseldom that Tim TRADESMAN intrudes its own business affairs on its readers, but it seems to be necessary at this time to state that those who are in arrears on subscrip- tion should arrange for the same without de- lay. This reminder is not made until sever- al statements have been mailed to the par- ties interested, apparently without effect. Let there be no further delay in this mat- ter! The Detroit tobacco manufacturers claim that the business depression of the past two years has had no effect on their sales, and that collections have averaged well during that period. One company has declared a dividend of 20 per cent. out of the profits of last year’s business and others it is said, have made corresponding returns to their stock- holders. The Bell Telepone company in the city of Philadelphia, last year paid dividends of $229,600 on a capital of $560,000, or a profit of 41 per cent. This enormous profit was made on a business of $389,677, on an actual investment of only $403,620 in lines and plant. The average number of eggs laid by an or- dinary flock of hens is 844 dozen toa fowl, yet instances have been recorded where a hen has laid 250 eggs in one year, and from sixteen to seventeen dozen is considered by poultry men a remarkable yield. The Michigan Tradesman A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the Siate, E. A. STOWE, Eiitor. Terms $1 2 year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1885. Herchants and Nanefacturers’ Exchange. Organized at Grand Rapids October 8, 1884. President—Lester J. Rindge. Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard. Treasurer—W m. Sears. eS Executive Committee—President, Vice-Pres- ident and Treasurer, ex-officio; O. A. Ball, one year; L. E. Hawkins and R. D. Swartout, two years. Arbitration Committee—I. M. Clark, Ben W. Putnam, Joseph Houseman. Transportation Committee—Samuel Sears, Geo. B. Dunton, Amos. 8. Musselman. Insurance Committe—John G. Shields, Arthur Meigs, Wm. T. Lamoreaux. : Manutacturing Committee—Wm. Cartwright, E. S. Pierce, C. W. Jennings. : Annual Meeting—Second Wednesday evening of October. Regular Meetings—Second Wednesday even- ing of each month. POST A. Organized at Grand Rapids, June 28, 1884. OFFICERS. President—Wm. Logie. : First Vice-President—Lloyd Max Mills. Second Vice-President—Stephen A. Sears. Secretary and Treasu rer—L. W. Atkins. Executive Committee—President and Secre- tary, ex officio; Chas. 8. Robinson, Jas. N. Bradford and W. G. Hawkins. : Election Committee—Geo. H. Seymour, Wa- lace Franklin, W. H. Downs, Wm. B. Ed- munds and D. 8. Haugh. Room Committee—Stephen A. Sears, Wm. Boughton, W. H. Jennings. : : Regular Meetings—Last Saturday evening in each month. : Next Meeting—Saturday evening, March 28, at “The Tradesman” office. The business interests of Mancelona are sufficiently yaried and extensive to warrant the establishment of a bank at that place, and the man who makes a venture of that character will do a good thing for the town and himself at the same time. One of THE TRADESMAN’S patrons favors this office with a recent issue of Hoyt’s Cri- terion, accompanying the same with an in- quiry as to why THE TRADESMAN quotes some prices lower and some higher than the Chicago house organ. In answer to the ques- tion, THE TRADESMAN would state that it endeavors to quote market prices, whereas the Criterion pays about as much attention to the market as a lamp-post does to a horse- fly. Moreover, the Criterion is the most unscrupulous of all the house organs. When the Grand Haven match factory begun busi- ness, a couple of years ago, Hoyt contracted for large quantities of the manufactured pro- duct, and quoted and sold them ata large advance on cost. On the termination of the contract, and on the refusal of the proprietor of the factory to sell him matches at his own price, Hoyt reduced the quotations on those goods twenty-five per.cent. below the manu- facturer’s prices. He had none of the matches in stock, could not obtain them, in fact, and assured any of his customers who ordered them that they were “out of the market.” Still he kept the lying quotations in his organ, to the great detriment of the factory and every jobber handling the goods. Such a display of malice and deception is by no means uncommon with the Criterion, which has come to be looked upon by the trade as both unreliable and disreputable. TT The regular traveling correspondent of the! Chicago Northwestern Grocer, in writing to ' that paper, from Allegan, voices the follow- ing universal complaint against the Chicago market: While we do not profess an intimate knowledge of the subject, yet we may sim- ply state that frequent and loud complaints have come to us as to “the Chicago way of doing business,”’ as it is called, and we know that considerable custom that would other- wise drift into her markets is thereby driv- en to Grand Rapids and Detroit. We refer to the practice amoung jobbers of saddling all manner of little expenses upon the purchas- er; such, for instance, as exchange, eartage, boxage, ete. The grocers all claim that this is not customary in other markets, and that they are not compelled to deal v ith Chicago, nor will they do so as long as this method prevails. There is more truth in the above state- ments than anyone not directly acquainted with the facts in the case would be inclined to believe. The Chicago jobbers, by their superciliousness and by their monopolistic practices, have lately lost a large amount of trade which has been turned to smaller mar- kets where none of the methods complained of obtain. All things considered, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Saginaw or Bay City are better markets for Michigan merchants than charge-for-everyhing Chicago. The jobbers at the latter market may quote lower prices, but, when the subsequent charges are consid- ered, the difference is generally found to be in favor of the Michigan markets. —————— Slightly Inaccurate. The Coopersville Observer states that 400,000 bushels of potatoes have been ship- ped from Vriesland to Chicago this winter.” It is barely possible that 200 carloads of po- tatoes have deen shipped from the place mentioned, but the paper which will make such an astounding statement, unaccompan- ied by the proper proofs, may safely be set down as unreliable in every respect. LATER—Messrs. DenHerder & Tanis, general dealers at Vriesland, write THE TRADESMAN that but six carloads of potatoes have been shipped from that place this sea- son, which shows the Observer to have been only 194 carloads out of the way after all. —— oo Equal parts of sulphur and pitch make a good stone and iron cement. } e AMONG THE TRADE. IN THE CITY. W. T. Lamoreaux shipped a carload of beans to New Orleans Monday. The Banner Tobacco Co., of Detroit, writes THE TRADESMAN that the report that that concern intends starting a branch establish- ment in this city is without foundation. Putnam & Brooks and Curtiss, Dunton & Co. are now represented at Muskegon by John Garyey, who has, for a number of years, / managed the Ducey Lumber Co.’s store at North Muskegon. H. Van Gieson and George Prindle, of Newaygo, have formed a copartnership un- der the firm name of H. Van Gieson & Co., and engaged in the drug business on South Division street. Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. furnished the stock. The following item from a Morley corres- pondent, will be of peculiar interest to the creditors of Mr. Carr in this locality: “das. M. Carr is going to remove his mill from Pleasant Corners to a large tract of pine, which he owns, near Chippewa Lake.” Peter Ross, of Wayland, who has lately been carrying on business in his wife’s name (M. M.), received about $200 worth of goods on consignment, disposed of the same, and pocketed the proceeds. A charge of embezzlement will accordingly be lodged against him. Assignee Darragh stated to a reporter ef Tue TRADESMAN the other day that in case he wins in the litigation now in progress be- tween the Sowers & White estate and Pot- ter, Beattie & Co., at Ovid, he will be able to pay the creditors of the former about 50 per cent. In case of a failure, it is difficult to foretell how well the creditors will fare. W. H. Hooper, of Hooper, Allegan county, was in the city Saturday. He has a hard- wood sawmill and general supply store at Hooper, a new station on the line of the Mich- igan & Ohio, twoand one-half miles west of Monteith. He has about a half million feet of ash and maple logs in his yard, and will start up his mill for the season about April 1. Mr. Hooper ships to Grand Rapids, To- ledo and Detroit, but says he usnally finds the first-named place the best market of the three. L. E. Hawkins has purchased the business lot on the southwest corner of Lfonia and Fulton streets, with 50 foot front on Ionia street and 110 foot on Fulton street, and a 20 foot alley in the rear. As soon as spring opens, Mr. Hawkins will begin the erection of a four-story and basement brick building, covering the entire lot, especially adapted for the wholesale grocery business of Messrs. Hawkius & Perry. The entire front on the first floor will be given up to an office and sample room, with a shipping room in the rear, opening on Fulton street and the alley, in which a side-track will be laid from the main track of the G. R. & I. All things con- sidered, the location is the most available, for the purpose, of any in the city. AROUND THE STATE. A. J. Collar & Co., druggists at Reed City, are closing out. Beardsley & Davis, sleigh makers of Her- sey, have failed. D. R. Meengs, druggisé at Holland, has removed to Muskegon. Robson & Blair succeed H. L. Narregan in the grocery businesss at Edmore. Henry Henkel will erect a brick business block at Howard City the coming season. FE. J. Evans sueceeds Evans & Brooks in the tin and sheet iron business at Hastings. P. B. Brown & Co., dry goods and boot and shoe dealers at Gobbleville, have assign- ed. Seymour & Smith have soid their clothing stock at Reed City to McClellan & Arm- strong. Barton & Morton, confectioners at Big Rapids, have dissolved, Mr. Barton continu- ing the business. E. C. Whitney, the Middleville grocer, has effected a settlement with his mortgage cred- itors and resumed business. J. C. Thompson has sold his grocery stock at Baldwin to Geo. C. Townsend, who has consolidated it with his own. J. L. Graham, of Hopkins, has leased a store building at Wayland, and will engage in general trade at that place about April 1. B. D. Wilcox has sold his drug stock at Millbrook to T. W. Preston, of Lowell. Dwight Waters, late of Grand Rapids, has charge of the store. Russell Ward and M. L. Smith have form- ed a copartnership under the firm name of R. Ward & Co., and engaged in the book and stationery business at Ionia. : Frank C. Brooks and Lannes W. Kenfield have formed a copartnership at Hastings un- der the firm nameof Brooks & Kenfield, and engaged in the tin, copper and sheet iron business. Mr. S. A. Nickerson has sold his interest in the firm of S. A. & A.S. Nickerson, to Miss Ella Wamsley, who with Mrs. Nicker- son will continue the book, stationery, and fancy goods business at Cedar Springs. S, E. Slade & Co., of Stanton, writes THE TRADESMAN that they are closing out that portion of their general stock which was saved from the fire of February 22, with the intention of retiring from trade. They will continue their shingle business the same as before. Faxon & Richmond, produce dealers at St. Johns, attached a carload of apples, potatoes and beans at that place last Friday belong- ing to Brown & Bussker, of Chicago. The latter immediately replevined the same, with the aid of the coroner, and the courts will settle the matter. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Loucks & Adams have started up their broom factory at Sylvester. The Excelsior Pearl Button Works will leave Adrian for East Saginaw. Lakeyiew people are agitating the ques- tion of starting a cedar pail factory. Manistee salt wells now produce 3,100 barrels a day, and two more are going down. Wyman & Benedict will engage in the planing mill and box factory business at White Cloud. W. Fox & Son, saw mill operators at Free- port, contemplate putting in another mill at Carleton Center. Smith, Collis & Bennett, of Ludington, recently sold three cars of inch uppers to go to Valparaiso, Chilli. Filer Bros., of Manistee, recently paid $10 a thousand for 500,000 feet of logs above Jam 1, in the Manistee river. The Staples & Covell mill, at Whitehall, is being repaired and overhauled preparato- ry to the coming season’s business. Peter McGregor has purchased the old tan- nery building at Frankfort and will engage in the manufacture of sawed hoops. Big Rapids Herald: Hood & Gale are preparing to lumber in the Upper Peninsula, and the mill near Rodney is to do service up there. George Priest and William Medill, Jr., have bought the Dean & Davis mill proper- ty, at Ellsworth. They propose stocking the mill with shingle bolts and logs. Plainwell Independent: Efforts are be- ing made to induce the Ives & Bush Manu- facturing Co. of Vicksburg to locate in Plainwell. The company manufactures doors, ete. The Detroit Lumber Co. is making im- provements in its mill property at Menomi- nee. A new burner is being erected, a new engine foundation being built, and the en- gine thoroughly repaired. J. Otis & Co. are now employing about twenty-five men in their broom factory at Mancelona, and turning out fifty dozen brooms per day. Large shipments have late- ly been made to Chicago, Detroit, Kast Sag- inaw and Bay City. Buckley & Douglas have about 1,000,000 hardwood logs, mostly maple, elm and white ash, piled along the Manistee river from Sherman to the mouth of the south branch, which they will roll in and try to drive down in June to be sawed at Manistee. Hastings Banner: Messrs. 1. D. French & Son, of Middleville, will take stock from our citizens for a $30,000 roller mill in our city. Hastings has long suffered from the lack of a good flouring mill, and here isa chance for our citizens. The Alba Handle Co. has resumed opera- tions, using eight turning lathes and employ- ing from seventy-five to one hundred men and boys. The company will also handle a stock of general merchandise which will be under the supervision of D. A. Stratton. The Onekema Lumber Co., at Onekema, near Manistee, has in 2,500,000 feet of hem- lock logs and 800,000 feet of hardwood. Nine companies and firms have maple, cherry, white ash, elm, basswood and other hardwood lumber piled on dock, ranging in amount from 20,000 to 400,000 each. STRAY FACTS. Bellaire is the first town in Antrim county to bave a bank. J. Yarger and S. Finch are preparing to erect a hotel at Freeport. Vriesland was connected with the tele- phone line from Grand Rapids to Holland this week. Several prominent business men at St. Johns are circulating a “feeler,” with the erection of a brick hotel in view. St. Johns has the name of having the poorest hotel buildings of any town of its size in the State. If a bonus cannot be raised a stock company will probably be organized to erect and run a suitable building. South Boardman boasts of one general store, ene drug store, one dry goods and clothing store, one hardware, tinshop and grocery store, one grocery and provision store, one flour and feed store, two meat markets, millinery store, skating rink, bar- ber shop and blacksmith shop, three saw mills, and one job shop, where lathe and carpenter work is done, and one flouring mill. Cadillac Times: One of our dealers had an unpleasant experience one day last week. Having a suspicion that a trusted employe was not dividing the cash fairly, but was taking more than his share of the receipts, he appointed a committee of one, and that one himself, to do a little detective work. He proved to be a good one in that line, for he captured his man and made him confess to numerous thefts from the till. It is not necessary to state that said trusted employe is now out of employment. —___—>>_- > r Great is “One-Quarter Off.” Several retail dealers in this city have lately advertised ‘44 off” sales, claiming that there is more money in that way of ad- vertising than in any other. With 4 view to ascertaining wherein the profit lies, a report- er of Tue TRADESMAN approached a mer- chant who is now conducting one of these gales and solicited an explanation. “You see that article ””’ he replied, point- ing toa staple commodity, ‘‘well, we ordina- rily get 35 cents for it. But we put the price up to 50 cents, advertise ‘14 off,’ and get 3714 cents for it, which gives us the original price and 214 cents for advertising. Asarule, people do not look into the real value of any article, so long as they think they are getting it below the regular price. I don’t look upon this way of doing business as exactly legitimate, but then our neigh- bors do the same, and, besides—it pays.” Such is the true inwardness of ‘24 off.” The Gripsack Brigade. Ralph Blockswa Jeft Monday fora trip through the Holland Colony in the interest of Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co. W. S. Barnett, traveling representative for the Peninsular Stove Works, Detroit, left yesterday for Chicago on his usual Western trip. The sale of tickets for the traveling men’s party is almost unprecedented. From pres- ent indications, Armory Hall will be crowd- ed to its utmost eapacity next Friday even- ing. “By-Gee-Crip” Jennings had sold twenty- two tickets to the traveling men’s party up to Monday morning, and promises to get away with a dozen more before Friday even- ing. S. J. Gottlieb, general agent for the Ken- tucky Railroad Tobacco Co., of Covington, Ky., has gone to Kansas City and Omaha on business for his house. He has engaged Dick Mangold to look after the city trade for him during his absence. Capt. H. H. Crandall, general manager for Glazer & Frame, the Reading, Pa., cigar manufacturers, put inacouple of days at this market last week. Mr. Crandall has carried the medal awarded to the champion long shot of Pennsylvania for five years past. Dr. J. B. Evans is now comfortably set- tled in his new home at 209 South Union street, and will give a reception to the trav- eling fraternity, on Wednesday evening, April 1. Four boxes of herring and a bag of peanuts—purchased at the wholesale price have been provided for the occasion. J. Free Smith, the genial representative of B. F. Farrington & Co., of Detroit, writes a Grand Rapids friend that the injuries recent- ly sustained by a fall at Stanton has affected the sciatic nerve in one of his legs, in conse- quence of which he is not yet able to leave his bed. The fact that he is provided with an accident insurance poliey, however, is some consolation. Geo. Seymour tells a good story illustra- tive of the ignorance of an Ironton business man. It seems that the man had owed Hu- go, Schneider & Co. about $30 for several months and paid no attention to numerous statements. On the occasion of his last vis- it to Petoskey, George drove over to Ironton —a distance of about twenty-five miles—for the purpose of collecting the amount, and was nonplussed to learn that the man had paid the bill several months before. George declared that the house had never received the remittance, whereupon the dealer insist- ed that it must be the fault of the bank through which the money was sent, as he held the latter’s receipt for the same. Upon asking to see the “receipt,’the man produced a New York draft, which George speedily pocketed, when he explained the modus operandi of bank remittances to an astonish- ed auditor. —_—___ >> Purely Personal. Dr. J. D. Bowman has decided to locate at Springfield, Mo., and is making every prep- aration for a vigorous suinmmer’s campaign. E. Medes, the Coral general dealer, was in town last week for the purpose of paying his assessment in the defunct Mansfield in- surance company. The report that Mr. L. E. Hawkins will place a model of his patent car-spring in the corner stone of his new block is probably without foundation. It is stated that H. B. Fairchild and Geo. R. Perry, both stalwart Democrats, are mak- ing a strong canvass of the nomination of alderman in the Third ward. Fred. B. Clark, of the firm of Clark, Jew- ell & Co., has gone to the Southern Exposi- tion, by way of the Mammoth Cave. He is accompanied by Walter Northrup. Geo. Perry, of Hawkins & Perry, and Chas. Prindle, of Wells, Stone & Co., Sagi- naw City, have lately exchanged compli- ments, in the way of oyster and codfish de- coys. And the end is not yet. Melvin E. Darragh, manager of D. A. Blodgett’s lumbering operations in Clare county, was in town a couple of days last week. Hestated that the logging in that vicinity has been practically finished for the season. Loui Shafer, for the past year clerk for O. H. Richmond & Co., and Miss Flora Rich- mond, eldest daughter of O. H. Richmond, were married at the family residence, 141 South Division street, by Rev. Henry Pow- ers, pastor of the Unitarian church, last Wednesday. Morton J. Day, head of the wholesale and retail dry goods house of Day, Campbell & Co., of Detroit, will lead to the altar in No- vember Miss Ella M. Shearer, daughter of Mr. Shearer, president of the First National Bank of Bay City, and one of the wealthiest men in the Saginaw Valley. —_— > - oa Furniture Facts. Owosso is to have another furniture store. Geo. W. Imus, traveling agent of the Pentwater Furniture Co., was in the city last week. The St. Johns Manufacturing Co. expects to manufacture extension tables this year at the rate of about 2,000 a month. J. N. Voorheis has moved his furniture stock from Stanton to Greenville, leaving the former place without a furniture establish- ment. Black walnut sawdust is now mixed with linseed gum and moulded into ornamentation for furniture. When varnished it is hand- some and more durable than carved work. The Grand Ledge Chair Co. now has twenty-four hands in its employ and a large number of orders ahead. It received one or- der last week from New York for $1,100 worth of chairs. Will H. Jones, general western traveling agent for the Phoenix Furniture Co., came in last week from an extended trip in the in- terest of his house. John W. Bell, the east- ern traveling representative of the same house, came ina few days ahead of Mr. Jones. MISCELLANEOUS. eee ee _ Advertisements of 25 words or less inserted | in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, | each and every insertion. One cent for each additional word. Advance payment. V preferred) to opena‘Knights of Labor’ store in Grand Rapids. : $2,000 cash or the owner of a stock of groceries ean investigate by addressing K. of L., care THE TRADESMAN. 80 Ww" NTED—A man competent as book-keep- er or general salesman (or both) who ean loan on a security $1,500 to $2,500. A good salary and a permanent engagement awaits the right party. Address “Reliable,” care THE TRADESMAN,” 80 TOR RENT—A desirable store on Canal st., near Monroe. Inquire of L. S. Provin, opposite Sweet’s Hotel. 80 OR SALE—Whole or half interest in the Prindle drug stock, on the corner of West Bridge and Front Streets. Stock invoiced at $7,000 and can be bought at adiscount, as_ the principal ownerisdead. Address, J. H. Walker, receiver, care Powers & Walker, Grand Rapids. ye maton bya young man ina grocery or general store. Four years’ experience. Goodreferences. Address Care Box 276, Fremont, Mich. 82* ANTED—A good drug clerk. One who has had some experience in the wall paper trade and grocery trade preferred. Call or address, Albert E. Smith, Cadillac, Miqh. 79* Ree SALE—A nice, clean stock of drugs : and stationery. No old stock. Wili in- ventory less than $1,500. Doing a nice busi- ness. Owner has other business to attend to. Inquire of The Tradesman. 73tL NOR RENT—New store building, at Elmira, neatly finished, with counters, drawers and shelves on both sides. Will rent orsell on easy payments. Inquire of D. C. Underwood. POR SALE—Cheap for cash, a small stock of drugs and medicines in suburbs of Grand Rapids, Mich.» Apply to H. B. Fairchild, City. i6tf \W ANTED—A situation as traveling sales- man or clerkin a jobbing establishment. Have had eight years’ experience in_ retail trade, and can give good references. Address, “M,” care ‘The Tradesman.” 8l* VS ee as billing clerk or copyist in jobbing establishment by a young lady of experience. Best of references from past employers. Address ‘‘Billing Clerk,” care “THE TRADESMAN.” NOR SALE—The brevier type now used on THE TRADESMAN. The font comprises 222 pounds, including italic, and is well-assorted and very little worn. Address this office. ~ GRAND RAPIDS CRAIN AND SEED CO, SEED MERCHANTS, WAREHOUSES: | 71 Canal St., and Cor.! Tonia and Williams Streets. GRAND RAPLiDS, March 23, 1885. OFFICE: 71 CANAL ST. } | | j { DEAR Strs—Below we hand you jobbing prices for to-day: Clover, Extra recleaned........... 60 hb bu 5 00 ec 6©@holee.. 2... . 4 90 Sc Primeé............:..5....--, Me 475 SO NO 2 oo ss 4 50 « “Mammoth Prime........... 5 50 a Wiehe: 62055 2... 25e Bib * 12 00 ft AISy KG... ..0.. 06... 2eR Db = 12 00 * Alfalfa or Lucerne 25¢c ® tb — ** 15 00 Timothy. Choice..............-..-- 45 i bu 1 75 se Priume .- 1. 625... - 1 65 Red HOD. 32... (....)...-3.2).- 7... 14 tb bu 80 ine Grass. (........---..05.....- ae 2 00 Orehsrd Grass.............: -.--- oe 2 50 Buckwheat :..0:-.......04..... 2.25, 48 tb bu 1 00 Peas, White Field.................. 60 tb bu 1 25 Rye, Winter. ..9...........--...--.- 56 Tb bu U5 CO Syn ee ee ee eee ne 1 00 Wheat, Sprimm.................--.. . 1 25 Barley, Sprime..........-..-.-..-.- @ ewt L 5 Prices on Rape, Canary, Hemp and all other seeds on application. The above prices are free on board cars in lots of 5 or more bags at a time, Cartage on smaller quantities. We also carry the largest line of Garden Seedsin Bulk of any house in the State west of Detroit, and would be ‘pleased at any time to quote you prices. All Field Seeds are spot Cash on receipt of WT Lamoreatr, Agt AWS HEELERS A Word Why Stocking Heel Protectors Should Be Worn, A pair will save their prevents slipping of the Boot or Shoe at the heel: Trade supplied by Cc. R. MAYHEW, "6 MONROE ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ANTED—Partner (one posted in groceries Reliable party with | eost five times over. Also }. CANNED GOODS Sale OF 8,000 CASES At the following low prices until fur- ther notice. | Itisa good time to buy, as stocks of Canned | Goods are generally light throughout the coun- | try. See to it in time that your wants in this | line are without delay fully replenished. You | may rest assured that the dealer who buys his | Canned Goods at these prices will soon reap | big advantages over his neighbor competitor who delays purchasing. The following are all | standard brands—all delivered f. o. b. Grand | Rapids. We make no charges for drayage. | 3 Tomotoes, Standards our best brand 9% | 3 tb Golden Pumpkin, Adrian............ 90 | 8 Ib Pie Peaches, Standards.............. 118 | 3 tb Wellow Peaches... 22... 22... 1 6 | 214 tb California Apricots, Standards..... 2 46 Gallon Apples. 3... .. — 9 = The new paper bottles are said to with- _ stand the action of water, wine and alcohol. It is thought that druggists will be able to furnish them free of charge, just as they provide wrapping paper for dry drugs. The cementing material of the bottles is a mix- tur of blood, albumen, alum, and lime. ————————»—>-2- Secretary Jesson is sending out the pro- ceedings of the second annual meeting of the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Society, which make a pamphlet of 228 pages. Ex- tra copies can be obtained by remitting 50 cents to the Secretary. ——————_—_>--_o——__——_ Oil resembling the castor variety, purga- tive in character and totally unlike petro- leum, is said to have been struck recently in the vicinity of Port Byron, N. Y., by parties who were drilling with a view to restoring a dry well. > 2. > — Cocaine, which soothes the pain felt by General Grant, is considered by physicians the first step toward the ideal drug which will destroy pain and not render a patient unconscious. —_$—<-9 <> A putty of starch and chloride of zine | hardens quickly and will last as a stopper of | holes in metals for months. —————-—> <> ___——_ Linseed oil and white lead mixed with glue is good for what is to be exposed to the weather. DUNHAWM’S etd ya een THE BEST IN THE WORLD! PRICE 50 CENTS. WESTERN MEDICINE GO, jobber. It does not attempt to prevent any- GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. t WHOLESALE PRICE OURRENT, Declined—Quinine. ACIDS. Acetic; NO. 8)... 0.50566. ss 9 @ 10 Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 30 @ 35 MOAPONO yore os Mis cae esiceres 33 @ 35 ClO. oe ee eee. - @ 5 Muriatic 18 deg........ Dee oe 3 @ 5 Nitric 86 dem. . <2... 2.2... ee Ui @ & ORANG ec ee ek so veces oo 144%@ 15 Sulphuric 66 deg........-.-...--+5- @ 4 Tartarie powdered................ 50 Benzoie, English............. B oz 18 Benzoic, German..........6-.-++++ 12 @ 15 Mannie 6s oo as See veces 3 122 @ 15 AMMONIA. Carbonate...........2-2-s0505- Bh 1b @ 18 Muriate (Powd. 22¢)............6-6- : i4 Aqua 16 deg or 3f,.. ......----6+-- 5 @ 6 Aqua 18 deg or 4f........-.---+-++- 6 @ ' BALSAMS. Copaiba .......... ee eee eee ee eect ee 55@60 BR ak eee ee ee 40 POT a ck eee eee ees 2 00 ON eo ee ee cee 50 BARKS. Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)........ il Cinchona, yellow.........-.--+++- 18 Elm, select............02 sb ee ee ee ees 13 Elim, ground, pure..........---+.--- 14 Elm, powdered, pure...........--- 15 Sassafras, Of root.........--.---+++ 10 Wild Cherry, select.......-...----+ 12 Bayberry powdered.............-- 20 Hemlock powdered..........--++-+ 18 WOAHOO 2.05 oe oc oe osc- ee es s- eee es 80 Soap ground. . .....-.-...eeeeeeee 2 BERRIES, Cubeb prime (Powd 1 00c)......-. @ 8 JUMIPEL ...... 2. - 2. eee es ewes sees 26 @ 7% Prickly ASh...........cce eee eer es 50 @ 60 EXTRACTS. Licorice (10 and 24 tb boxes, 25¢)... a7 Licorice, powdered, pure..... ane 37% Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 ib doxes). 9 Logwood, Is (25 ib boxes)........-- 12 Lgowood, 4S GO. = ss... 13 Logwood, 458 QO 63h... 15 Logwood, ass’d do ....... oo 14 Fluid Extracts—25 ® cent. off list. FLOWERS. IAGIMICA. 6 io. cee ee se ree 10 @ Ul Chamomile, Roman...........+-++ 25 Chamomile, German............-+ 25 GUMS. Aloes, Barbadoes.......-..2++-++++ 60@ 75 Aloes, Cape (Powd 246C)......--+-+- 17 Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c)......- : 50 AgnMOniae.....-.5..-6-.5--2--+--s 28@ 30 Arabie. extra select..........---+- 60 Arabic, powdered select........-- 60 Arabic, Ist picked...........---+-- 50 Arabic,2d picked............--+--- 40 Arabic, 3d picked...........---+-+- 38 Arabic, sifted sorts...........-.+-- 30 Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)... 25 WONZOIN. 6.628. os oe ce wee sees - 55@60 Camphor...........-.--- eeeee eee e ee 19@ 22 Catechu. Is (% 14c, 48 16¢) ...... 13 Euphorbium powdered..........-- 35@ 40 Galbanum strained....... a 80 Gamboge........----2+- ee $0@1 00 Guaiac, prime (Powd 45¢)......... é Kino [Powdered, 30c]...........--- 2 MaSHiG. 2 2. ews ee - Myrth. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... 40 Opium, pure (Powd $5.50).......--- 4 00 Shellac, Campbell’s.......-...---++ 30 Shellac, English..........-..-.+6+5 26 Shellac, native...........--+es sees 2 Shellac bleached..........---+++++- Tragacanth ..............--eseeeeee 30 @1 00 HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. Moarhounad . 6. es ese ot esses 20 Miopeia .. 2.2 be ee ce 25 Peppermint... .........2. eee e ee ee cee e eee es 25 Ue ees ae ia 40 Spearmint ........... ee Ge sucian ciie els sees 24 Sweet Majoram..........-...0 ese ee ee ee eens 3d ANI, 5 soe oe oe cee eee eee nies 25 MOVING . 8 ee se nae es ns te eee 30 WVOrmiwOO0 ©.52.. 0... 5 ote ee en 25 IRON. Citrate and Quinine..............- 6 40 Solution mur., for tinctures...... 20 Sulphate, pure crystal............ 7 (iteate 3. -6.- ss ese 80 Phosphate .......-....-------0--0-- 65 LEAVES. Buchu, short (Powd 25¢)........-.- 1 Sage, Italian, bulk (48 & 48, 1c)... 6 Senna, Alex, natural.............- 18 ® x ‘Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled.. 30 Senna, powdered...........-.- Hale 22 Sonne tinivelil........... --...--. 16 Dea Orsi 3.3.4... se... 10 MeneGOONa = 200.2... ss. te 35 MOx@IOWe. 660. 30 Membaene 336. -25 a5. 35 ROSC STOO. 6 6 fe 6 ee 2 35 LIQUORS. W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 @2 25 Druggists’ Favorite Rye.......... 1 %5 2 00 Whisky, other brands............-. 110 @1 50 Gin, Old Tom. ............-.<.--<-. 135 @I1 75 Gin, Holland.....................-- 200 @3 50 PBrONGY 666. sae eee es ....1%75 @6 50 Catawha WineS.........5...02.6 5. 125 @2 00 Port Wines. 202.62... 52... eee 135 @2 50 MAGNESIA. Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 0Z........ 22 Carbonate, Jenning’s, 20Z......... 37 Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... 2 25 OPIVCEELV ec We ae 65 OILS. Almond: Sweet........-:-..-....--- 45 @ 50 Amber, rectified...............---- 45 PGUIB Os hs sea ee ee os 6 1 85 BAY Of. oa. 55s se ese 50 Boreamone............- sas 1 80 (Cpstor 2262s eo. se. 18 @ 19% OrOtTOn 6655s os ee sh ee 2 00 Magepit 52.2... 3 623 asses. +e 15 COASSIN ss oss. oe 1 00 Cedar, commercial (Pure 75c)..... 35 Citronella. 22.006 oot ccc cose. 75 W1OVCS ee ees 1 20 Cod Liver, filtered..... .. 8 gal 1 50 Cod Liver, best......... es 3 50 Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 6 00 Cubebs, Bs & WW... 362... oe ess 7 50 MVivOnOn .....¢.-.----.2---------2--= 1 60 MmeOweeG. 2... 6.6.2. ek. es 2 00 Geranium # 02Z..............22---- 75 Hemlock, commercial (Pure %5e).. 35 Juniper WOOd.............---.+--- 50 Juniper berries..............e0.+6- 2 00 Lavender flowers, French......... 2 01 Lavender garden GO. oe, 1 00 Lavender spike G0)... 90 Lemon, N€W CYOPp........-.eeee eee 140 Lemon, Sanderson’s............... 1 50 LLemOuRTAGs 92.2.5... . 3. cess ce 5 380 Olive, Malaga........... 5 @1 20 Olive, ‘‘Sublime Italian. Baie 2 5 Origanum, red flowers, French... 1 25 Origanum, NO.1.........-...:...- 50 Pennyroyal .............00-s+025+- 1 69 Peppermint, white................ 4 75 BOSO W075 es oes ee se 8 50 Rosemary, French (Flowers $1 50) 65 Malad 6 ese, ... 6 @ 6% SAN os ne eae ee icas ss 1 00 Sandal Wood, German............ 4 50 Sandal Wood, W.I........-........ 7 00 MRSOHITNS 6 6.66. oes os eons cece 60 Spearmint . . ....... eee ee eee seen @i 00 WAMISV. 6 ooo esas sists soe 450 @5 00 Mar (by PAL D0C). 3... ..-..66. 25. ess 3 10 @ 1 Wintergreen ..............20c000e 2 2 Wormwood, No. 1(Pure $5.00)..... 00 AVM ROOG oe ob os sac es 2 50 POTASSIUM. BICTOMALEC. ...os. oe ce ce es ee 2 Ib 14 Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... 36 Chlorate, cryst (Powd 28¢)......... 19 Iodide, cryst. and gran. bulk..... 2 90 Prussiate yellow................... 28 ROOTS. AauOnet 5.2557. ooes eco ese . a IUGR CUD os aG cs cin coce stesso 25 Arrow, St. Vincent’s.............. 17 Arrow, Taylor’s, in 4s and s.... 33 Blood (Powd 18¢).................. j 12 Calamus, pees De Oec es bs cous dean 18 Calamus, German white, peeled.. 85 Elecampane, powdered............ 20 Gentian (Powd 15e)................ 10 Ginger, African (Powd 16c)........ 138 @ 14 Ginger, Jamaica bleached........ lq Golden Seal (Powd 30c)...........- 25 Hellebore, white, powdered....... 25 Ipecac, Rio, powdered............ , 110 alap, pOwdered.............eeeee 30 Licorice, select (Powd 12%)...... 12 Licorice, extra select.............- 15 Pink, true...........5 Be ae AS 85 Rhei, from select to choice....... 100 @1 50 Rhei, powdered E.I........ eee .110 @1 20 Rhei, choice cut cubes............ 2 00 Rhei, choice cut fingers........... 2 2 Serpentaria.... 0.2.06... secs eees 80 MOHORO eked ee eel es S585 65 Sarsaparilla, Hondurus........... 40 Sarsaparilla, Mexican............. 20 Squills, white (Powd 385c).......... 155) Valerian, English (Powd 30c)...... 25 Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28¢)... 20 SEEDS. Anise, Italian (Powd 20c¢).......... 15 Bird, mixed in t packages....... 56 @ 6 Canary, Smyrna.............. ~. 4@ 4% Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 20c). 15 @ 18 Cardamon, Aleppee............... 2 UU Cardamon, Malabar................ 2 25 CCCP et a ec. 8, 20 Coriander, pest Engilish...:....... 10 OHNO) ae oes 15 Hlax, Clean... 00,05. ee 3%@ Flax, pure grd (bbl 344)............ 4@ 4% Foenugreek, powdered............ 7 @ 8 Hemp; HUSsan 6.266. ook 56 @ 6 Mustard, white Black 10¢e)........ 8 QUINCE eee, 75 Rane. Hoglish. oi oe. 6 @ 7 Worm, Levant...0...0:..........5. 14 SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage..... 225 @2 50 Nassau do GO) 22.2: 2 00 Velvet Extra do do ie. 110 Extra Yellow do dQ 2.... 85 Grass do do. 3... 65 Hard head, for slate use........... 75 Yellow Reef, QQ gee oe: 1 40 MISCELLANEUS. Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.22) ® gal.... 2 32 Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 1 25 Anodyne Hoffman’s............... 50 Arsenic, Donovan’s solution...... rag Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........ 12 eae eb Tolga 45 WO oe eae: Bib 2%4@ 3% Alum, ground (Powd 9¢).......... 3 @ 4 Annatto, prime.................... 45 Antimony, powdered, com’l...... 4¥%@ 5 Arsenic, white, powdered......... 6 @ Blue SoOlwWpIe. ood. eek ck E Bay Rum, imported, best......... 25 Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 2 00 Balm Gilead Buds................. 40 Beams, TOMK&. 00. ........00...... 1 35 Beans: Vanilla. oes 700 @9 7% Bismuth, sub nitrate....... coe 2 30 Blue Pill (Powd 70c)............... 50 Blue Vitriol oe, 6 @ 7 Borax, refined (Powd 18¢)......... 2 Cantharides, Russian powdered.. 2 25 Capsicum Pods, African.......... 18 Capsicum Pods, African pow’d... 22 Capsicum Pods, Bombay do... 18 Carmine, No. 40.........0....2:.... 4 00 @assia Buds ei cc:. 266... ke. 12 Calomel. American................ 75 Chalk, prepared drop.............. 5 Chalk, precipitate English........ 12 Chalk, red fingers... .......:..... 5. 8 Chalk, white himp................. 2 Chloroform, Squibb’s............. 1 60 Colocynth apples.................. 60 Chloral hydrate,German crusts.. 1 50 Chloral do do eryst... 1 7@ Chloral do Scherin’s do ... 1 90 Chloral do do crusts.. 1% Chlorotonm: (i 8 @ 90 Cinchonidia, P. & W...... Srile sees 40 @ 45 Cinchonidia, other brands......... 40 @ 45 Cloves (POWd 238C)...........0cc0006 18 @ 20 Cochinegl ee el 40 @ocoar Butter. ........3....02..... 45 Copperas (by bbl Ic)............... 2 Corrosive Sublimate............. es 70 Corks, X and X X—40 off list...... Cream Tartar, pure powdered..... @ 40 Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 ib box.. 15 @reasote se es. 50 Cudbear, prime@....5. 0.0.60) 5.2... 24 Cuttle Fish Bone............. ae 2 IGMIMHING@ oe. ek 12 Dover's Powders........:.......-- 110 Dragon’s Blood Mass.............. 50 Ergot powdered................... 45 HGner SQUIDOES....60..052.20.65. 5. 1 16 Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... 8 Mpsom Salts.3..2.6. 6.002... 2@ 3 ECOL, APCS so 50 Ether, sulphuric, U.S. P.......... 60 INIGKE WRIGO. sf. ce ek. 14 Grains Paredise. 250.55. 2.0. .c6 5. 25 Gelatine, Cooper’s................. 90 Gelatine, French .......... ue 45 @ 70 Glassware, flint, 79 off, by box 60 off Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis.... Glue, caoimet 23.5.6: 6... 12 @ li Gieswhite i ee. 16 @ 28 GivGenrine, Pure... 5.22.0... see. 16 @ 20 Hops 44S. and 44s...........2....... 25@ 40 FOdGEOrM B07 ei 40 UROGPOG see 8 @t1 00 Insegt Powder, best Dalmatian... 35 @ 40 Iodine, resublimed................ 4 00 Isinglass, American............... 1 50 TAWOMICR oe 8 Hondon Purple. .................. 10 @ Ub Mead acetate... 0.6. 6... 15 Lime, chloride, (48 2s 10¢ & 4s 11e) 8 ENEPUMG ooo ee, 1 Lycopodium .............. A AOE 50 IWIBOC ee a cee. 50 Madder, best Dutch.............. 124%@ 13 Manne. 8. Wich. os. eo, 95 MeOnTCUEV:. .9- 5) .5..0.50..5-255.00.. 60 Morphia, sulph., P.& W...... Boz 3 00@3 2i Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s...... 40 Moss; leeland:...:....0....2..: 8 Ib 10 MOSS] WTISN eee ec ee ee 12 Mustard, Bnglish.....5.......5.... 30 Mustard, grocer’s, 10 hb cans...... 18 NORA ee es on 23 Nupmess NO. eos... 60 INIEX VOIICH: 6200: l os. ak. 10 Ointment. Mercurial, 4d.......... 45 IPATIS GrOCM ec ee li @ 2 Pepper, Black Berry.............. 18 IPOVSIN eae eee. 2 50 Pitch, True Burgundy............. fi QOUSKRIR 6 @ 7 Quinia, Sulph, P, & W........ oz 9 @l1 00 Quinine, German.................- 95 @1 00 Red Precipitate............... 8 th 85 Seidlitz Mixture........:..5...2..- 28 Simyehmig, Cryst. ..............5.5. 1 60 Silver Nitrate, cryst............... Te 80 Satfron, American................. 35 Sal @lawber 2) 02 se @ 2 Sal Nitre, large cryst.............. 10 Sal Nitre, medium cryst.......... 9 Sal Roehelle.. 0.2.2.3 20.0... Se. 33 Sal SOGQ 26 6o0 ek es. ooo 2 @ 24 Sane (oe ee 215 Santopin 6 oe 6 50 Snuff's, Maccoboy or Scotch....... 38 Soda Ash [by keg 3e].............. 4 Spermacetl: 2.2)... ee 35 Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s.... 44@ 5 Soap, White Castile................ 14 Soap, Green do ...:2 .22... 2... 17 Soap, Mottled do ................ 9 Soap, dQ 800.) ...25.........25 i Soap, Mazzini..................-.-. 14 Spits Nitre,8H 1... .......2 22... 26 @ 28 Spirits Niwre, 4 Fo. 380 @ 82 Sugar Milk powdered.............. 35 Sulphur, flour...) 226... 25 62... 384@ Subonur, TOW. es. 3@ 3% Mantar WmMeviG sf). ceil Tar, N. C. Pine, % gal. cans # doz 2 0 Tar, do quarts in tin....... 1 40 Tar, do pintsintin......... 85 Turpentine, Venice........... 8 Tb 25 Wax, White, S. & F. brand........ 5b Zine, Sulphate. 00.0.0 7@ 8 OILs. Capito! Cylinder 0... os 75 Model ©vlinGger. i... 50 ie ak 60 Shicids Cylinder. ois cecil. ee. es ce 50 MidOradO PNPM oo... se eee lice cess aces 45 Peerless Machinery............cccsececeeseecs 35 Challenge Machinery.............. 2.0: .eeeeeee 25 Backus Pine BNGine.. 6. co. c os ce ccee ste e ese 30 Black Diamond Machinery...................- 30 Nustor Machine: OU... 6. cs. ccc een eet. 6C ParetnNO, 2D COR oe os ek cco we as ose 22 ParAMNe. 28 GOS. oe. os ce ne ees 21 Sperm, winter bleached..................... 1 40 Bbl = Gal Whulo; Winter)... 62.651... secs ee 70 75 WOM OX. co she sede. cee vee se 64 id Mp NOS tes oe se sia ee cele 55 65 Linseed, pure raw..............2.05. 51 54 limseed, DOUCG ¢.3. 6. o oc. ee ee see 54 57 Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 70 90 Spirits Turpentine................... 36 4 VARNISHES. NO Fry Conch ec... 1 10@1 20 Pixtea TUE ey ee cee 1 60@1 0 Oéach BOdv 222. es 2 5@3 00 No: 1 Turp Purniture.. ©. 0... ee cscs as 1 00@1 10 Extra Turp: Damar. .... 3... s2.2530.5. 1 55@1 60 Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp.............. 70@ ,75 PAINTS. ' Bbl Lb Red Venetian...............06- 1% 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... 1% 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... 1% 2@ 3 Putty, commercial ............ 2%4 24@ 3 Putty, strictly pure............ 2% 24%@ 3 Vermilion, prime American.. 13@16 Vermilion, English............ 60@65 Green, Peninsular............. 16@17 Lead, red strictly pure..... .. 5% Lead, white, strictly pure..... 5 35 Whiting, white Spanish....... @i0 Whiting, Gilders’.............. @90 White, Paris American........ 1 10 Whiting Paris English cliff.. ~ 140 Pioneer Prepared Paints..... 1 20@1 40 Swiss Villa Prepared Paints.. 1 00@1 20 HAZELTINE, PERKINS & CO, W7holesaie Druggists! 42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, 91, 93 and 95 Louis Street. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF rugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, and Droggist's Glassware. MANUFACTURERS OF ELEGANT PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS, FLUID EXTRACTS AND ELIXIRS. GENERAL WHOLESALE AGENTS FOR Wo LF, PATTON & Co., AND JOHN L. Wuit- ING, MANUFACTURERS OF FINE PAINT AND VARNISH BRUSHES. —Also for the— GRAND Rapips Brusu Co., MANF’RS OF HaAtr, SHOE AND HORSE BRUSHES. Drusgists’ Sundries Our stock in this department of our busi- ness is conceded to be one of the largest, best-assorted and diversified to be found in the Northwest. We are heavy importers of many articles ourselves and can offer Fine Solid Back Hair Brushes, French and Eng- glish Tooth and Nail Brushes at attractive prices. We desire particular attention of those about purchasing OUTFITS for NEW STORES to the fact of our wnsurpassed facilities for meeting the wants of this class of buyers without delay and in the most approved and acceptable manner known to the drug trade. Our special efforts in this direction have re- ceived from hundreds of our customers the most satisfying recommendations. Wine and Liquor Departmen We give our special and personal atten- tion to the selection of choice goods for thedrug trade only, and trust we merit the high praise accorded us for so satisfactorily supplying the wants of our customers with Pure Goods in this department. We con- trol and are the only authorized agents for the sale of the celebrated Withers Dade & Co’s Henderson Co, Ky., SOUR MASH AND OLD FASHIONED HAND MADE, COP- PER DISTILLED WHISKYS. We not only offer these goods to be excelled by No OTHER KNOWN BRAND in the market, but superior in all respects to most that are ex- posed for sale. We GUARANTEE perfect and complete satisfaction and where this brand of goods has once been introduced the future trade has been assured. We are also owners of the Draggists Favorite nye, Which continues to have so many favorites among druggists who have sold these goods for a very long time. Buy our Gins, Brandes & Fine Wines We call your attention to the adjoining list of market quotations which we aim to make as complete and perfect as possible. For special quantities and for quotations on such articles as do not appear on the list such as Patent Medicines, etc,, we invite your cor- respondence. Mail orders always receive our special and personal attention. HAZEDLTINE, PERKINS & GO ADJUSTABLE SHELVING. A Modern Invention Which Revolution- izes Store-Keeping. From time immemorial no inconsiderable number of evils which surround the average store keeper have centered in the shelving. The first time it is put up it is not securely fastened to the wall, and in an inopportune moment the entire strueture comes down with a crash, breaking such of the contents as are of a fragile nature, injuring the other contents, and creating a litter which some- times requires days to obliterate. Then the carpenters are summoned, and the shelving is made fast to the wall so solidly that an earthquake would fail to severit. After that, no shelf can be removed to be cleaned and it is next to impossible to dust them clean in the corners or on the edges, thus jeopardizing any fine fabrics which may find a lodgment on the shelves. But as everything connected with mercan- tile matters has experienced a complete revo- lution during the past twenty years, so the ar- ticle of shelving has received the attention of the inventor, in consequence of which the department of store furnishing which has heretofore been the cause of infinite trouble and anxiety is now relieved of all of its em- barrassing features, for truly the Eggleston & Patton patent adjustable ratchet bar and bracket store shelving ushers ina new era in store furnishing, as the new style entirely supercedes the old wherever introduced. The quesiton of economy is, of course, the first consideration and in this respect the patent shelving especially recommends it- self, as an ordinary store building, 60 feet long and shelved in three sections, can be completely equipped for about eighty dol- lars, as per catalogue pages four and five (mailed on application), whereas the old style wood shelving costs from $75 to $100 and in some cases even more. In addition to the improtant financial recommenda- tion, above alluded to, the patent shelving can be put up, taken down, or changed to any distance apart a thousand times and not mar the paint, injure the lumber or break the plastering. They are cheaper than any other; they will last a life-time, and can be changed to accommodate any line of goods or removed from one room to another at a very small expense; the shelves can be rais- ed or lowered in a moment’s time, thereby giving the merchant any space desired; they make a straight and uniform line of shelvy- ing when desired; they do away with the an- noying wood standards; they do away with the expensive wood cornices, Which aceumu- late dust and scatter it over your goods whenever disturbed; they look better and are cleaner; they allow the merehant to place his goods close ~ together, economizing space and making his goods show up one hundred per cent. better; they do away with the expense of painting a heavy cornice ey- ery few years; to sum up, they are cheaper, neater, prettier, more convenient and more durable than the old style shelving. Well Merited Endorsement. To any one at all familiar with Prof. E. Strong’szability as an instructor, it is hardly necessary to state his exact position in the educational world—that he oceupies a lead- ing position nmong the professional men of this country. His opinion, which is seldom given, is regarded as beyond dispute and from his deseision there is no appeal. In the light of these facts, the following gener- ous acknowledgment of the merits of a rep- resentative institution of this city possesses peculiar significance: Hieu Scuoon, GRAND RaApips, Jan. 19, ’85. My Dear Prof. Swensberg. Let me take this opportunity and method of congratulating you upon your recent an- niversary, and expressing the confident hope that your present suecess and the esteem of the community and the business world will prove a happy omen for the future. Pros- perity attend you! Sincerely yours, E. A. STRONG. rt The Traveling Men’s Party. If the sale of tickets is any criterion, the social party to be given by the traveling men on Friday evening will be one of the most successful events of the kind ev- er held in this city. Nearly every grip car- rier will be on hand with his wife or best girl, and large numbers of outside dealers will assist in rendering the occasion an en- joyable one. .5..5 6% BLEACHED COTTONS. Avondale, 36....... 814\Greene, G, 4-4...... 5% Hill, 4-4............. 1% #7011, 7-8 3... 3. 6% Art cambries, 36...11% Androscoggin, 4-4.. 8% Androscoggin, 5-4..1244|Hope, 4-4........... 634 Ballou, 4-4........-- 6%\King Phillip cam- Ballou, 5-4.........- 6 pric, 4-4........... 11% Boott, O. 4-4........ 8%/Linwood, nae 7% Boott, E. 5-5.... % jLonsdale, 4-4....... G% Boott, AGC, 4-4... ae Lonsdale cambric.10% Boott, R. 3-4....... 5\4|Langdon, GB, 4-4... 9% Blackstone, AA 4-4, 7 |jLangdon, 45........ 14 Chapman, X, 4-4.... 6 Masonville, 4-4..... 8 Conway, 4-4...... 7 |Maxwell.4-4........ 9% Cabot, 4-4.....---- . 6%|New York Mill, 44.10% Capot, i-0-......---- 6 iNew Jersey, 4-4.... 8 Canoe, 3-4........-- 4 |Pocasset, P.M.C.. 7% Domestic, 36....... 714|Pride of the West. .11 Dwight Anchor,4-4. 9 |Pocahontas, 4-4.... 74 Davol, 4-4.........- 9 |Slaterville, 7-8...... 6% Fruitof Loom, £4.. 8%|Victoria, AA....... 9 Fruit of Loom, 7-8.. 744|Woodbury, 4-4...... 5% Fruit of the Loom, Whitinsville, 4-4... 7% cambric, 4-4...... 11 |Whitinsville, 7-8.... 6% Gold Medal, 4-4.. .. 6%|Wamsutta, 4-4...... 16% Gold Medal, 7-8....- 6 |Williamsville, 36...10% Gilded Age........- 8% SILESIAS. Masonville TS...... 8 Masonville S....... 10% honsdale ........... 9% oe Lonsdale A......... 16 Centennial........-. Nictory O.......... Blackburn ......... 8 (Vactory.d....:.-.:.. Davol.. .....1.5.->.- 14 \Victory D........-. London..........--- 124%4|Victory K.......... 244 Paconia.........-+- 12 (Phenix A:....:.... 19% Red Cross......---- 10 |Phoenix B......... 10% Social Imperial....16 |Phoenix XX....... 5 PRINTS. Albion, solid.......- 5%|Gloucester .......... 6 Albion, grey......-- 6 \Gloucestermourn’g.6" Allen’s checks.....- 5%|Hamilton fancy... .6 Ailen’s fancy......- 5\%4 Hartel fancy........ 6 Allen’s pink......... 642|Merrimac D.. . 6 Allen’spurple....... 6%4|Manchester .........6 American, tancy....5%|Oriental fancy. 6 Arnold fancy.......- 6 jOriental robes......6% Berlinsolid........- 5%4|Pacifie robes........ 6 Cocheco fancy.....- 6 jRichmond........... 6 Cocheco robes......- 6%/|Steel River.......... 5% Conestoga fancy....6 |Simpson’s........... 6 Eddystone ..... .--- 6 |Washington fancy.. Eagle fancy........-5 Washington blues. 7% Garner pink........- 6% FINE BROWN COTTONS. Appleton A, 4-4.... 7%|Indian Orchard, 40. 8 Boott M, 4-4........ 6% |Indian Orchard, 36. 7% Boston F, 4-4......-. 444|Laconia B, 7-4...... 16% Continental C, 4-3.. 64|Lyman B, 40-in..... 10% Continental D, 40in 834|Mass. BB, 4-4....... 5% Conestoga W, 4-4... 6%4)Nashua H, 40-in.... 84 Conestoga D, 7-8... 5%|Nashua R, 4-4...... 7% Nashua O, 7-8....... 6% 6% 53%|Pepperell H, 39-in.. 7 Conestoga G, 30-in. 6 Dwight X, 3-4...... 514\Newmarket N. .... Dwight Y, 7-8......- Dwight Z, 4-4....... 63%,|Pepperell R, 4-4.... 74 Dwight Star, 4-4.... 7 Pepperell O, 7-8.... 6% Ewight Star, 40-in.. 9 Pepperell N, 3-4.... 64 Enterprise EE, 36.. 5 'Pocasset C, 4-4..... 6% Great Falls E,44... 7 (Saranac R.......... 7% Farmers’ A, 4-4..... 6 jSaranac E.......... 9 Indian Orchard t-4 74! DOMESTIC GINGHAMS. Amoskeag .......-- 714; Renfrew, dress styl 7% Amoskeag, Persian \Johnson Mantg Co, styles......-..---- 10%) Bookfold......... 12% Bates .....-..---++-+ 7%| Johnson Manfg Co, Seite cs 1 Weinieeiie anos asgow checks.... 4 aterv : ress Glasgow checks, f’y 7%) BEYICR 2-02. - 6.5. i% Glasgow checks, |White Mfg Co, stap 7% royal styles...... 8 |White Mfg Co, fanc 8 Gloucester, new {White Mant’g Co, standard ........-. 74%4| Earlston... ...... 8 Plunket .........-.- 744\Gordon ............. i% Lancaster .....-.--- 8 |Greylock, dress Langdale.........-- Wag) SUVICR 8. 8 12% WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. Androscoggin, 7-4. .21 ip eperett 10-4...., 27% Androscoggin, 8-4. .23 Pepperell, 11-4..... 32% Pepperell, 7-4...... 20 |Pequot, 7-4......... 21 Pepperell, 8-4......22%|Pequot, &-4......... 24 Pepperell, 9-4......25. |Pequot, 9-4......1.21% HEAVY BROWN COTTONS. 74 |\ Lawrence XX, 4-4.. 7 \Lawrence Y, 30.... 6%4|Lawrence LL, 4-4... ! Atlantic A, 4-4..... Atlantie H, 4-4..... Atlantic D, 4-4..... Atlantic P, 4-4... 5% \Newmarket N...... 6% Atilantie LL, 4-4. 54 |Mystic River, 4-4... 54 Adriatic, 36......... 7%\Pequot A, 4-4....... 1% Augusta, 4-4........ 644|Piedmont, 36....... 64 Boott M, 4-4......-- 634 |Stark AA, 4-4....... 74 Boott FF, 4-4....... 734|\Tremont CC, 4-4.... 5% Graniteville, 4-4.... 5%|Utica, 4-4........... 9 Indian Head, 4-4... 7 |Wachusett, 44..... 7% Indiana Head 45-in.12%|Wachusett, 30-in... 6% TICKINGS. Amoskeag, ACA...14 \Falls, XXXX Cisee 18% Amoskeag ‘ 4-4..19 |Falls, 3... ee 15% Amoskeag, A...... 13. Malis, BB...:....:.: 11% Amoskeag, B......12 |Falls, BBC, 36...... 19% Amoskeag, C.....- ll jFalls, awning..... 19 Amoskeag, D...... 10% |Harmilion, BT, 32. .12 Amoskeag, E...... 10 |Hamilton, D....... 9% Amoskeag, F......- 9%\Hamilton, H.... .. 9% Premium A, 4-4....17 |Hamilton fancy...10 Premium B........16 |Methuen AA....... 13% Extra44...... .. 16 Methuen ASA. .... 18 Extra7-8...... ...14%/Omega A, 7-8....... di Gold Medal 4-4...... 15 |Omega A, 4-4....... 13 CGA 13>. 12% |Omega ACA, 7-8... .14 pris ...:....-- 14 |\Omega ACA, 4-4....16 RCTS... 5... 14 |Omega SH, 7-8...... 24 RR oo gees: 16 |\Omega SH, 4-4......27 ALS .3.....-s- 19 |Omega M.%-8 ...... 22 Cordis AAA, 32..... 14 |Omega M, 4-4....... 25 Cordis ACA, 32.....15 iShetucketSS&Ssw 11% Cordis No. 1, 32..... 15 |Shetucket, S & SW.12 | Cordis No. 2........ 14 |Shetucket, SFS ..12 Cordis No. 3......-. 13 Stockbridge A..... 1 Cordis No. 4......-- 11% Stockbridge frney. 8 GLAZED CAMBRICS. Garner .......-.--.- 5 |Empire ............ Hookset.......-...-- 5 |Washington........ 434 Red Cross.......-.- 5 |Edwards...........- 5 Forest Grove....... iS. S. & Sons........ 5 GRAIN BAGS. American A...... 18 00|\Old Ironsides...... 15 Stark A. 4... 25... .224%|Wheatland ......... 21 DENIMS. Hoston .... :-s-.---- 6% \Otis CC............-. 10% £verett blue....... 134%\Warren AXA...... 12% Everett brown.....1344;Warren BB........ 11% Otis AXA..........12%|Warren CC......... 10% Otis BB.........----1]4%|York fancy........ 13% PAPER CAMBRICS. Manville...........- 6 (8.8. &Sons......... 6 Masegnville......... 6 iGarner .....:,...... 6 WIGANS. Red Cross......---+ 7%|Thistle Mills........ Berlin ...... as C6 ee 8 Garner .......-..---- 714| : SPOOL COTTON. BrOOKS .. os cee es 50 |Bagle and Phoenix Clark’s O. N. F.....55 Mills ball sewing.30 J.& P. Coats.......55 |Greeh & Daniels... .25 Willimantic 6 cord.55 |Merricks........... 40 Willimantic 3 cord.40 (Stafford ............ 25 Charleston ball sew Hall & Manning... .25 ing thread........ 80 |Holyoke...........- 25 CORSET JEANS. AYINOLY «occ cn cece se 7'4|\Kearsage........... By Androscoggin sat.. 844|Naumkeag satteen. 8% Canoe River........ 6 |Pepperell bleached 8% Clarendon. ........ 6% Ecppers! sat.....-: 9% Hallowell Imp..... 6%|Rockport........... 7 Ind. Orch. Imp..... 7 |Lawrencesat....... 8% Laconia .........+-+ %%\Conegosat.......-.- % RETAIL MERCHANTS READ THIN. You can do more ADVERTISING FOR THE SMALL SUM OF $2.50 by using “Hamilton's Patent Display Chart” than for $100 used in any other way. The Chart is 2 feet wide by 8 feet high, made of hard wood elegantly finished. The feet are so con- structed as to be removable at will. The letters are 2 in. in height, kept in a strong, neat box containing labeled apartments for each letter. Each box contains over 300 letters, figures and characters. : Price of Chart and box of Letters Complete $2.50, or I will send it by Express Prepaid to all Points in Michigan for $2.75. SEND FOR CIRCULARS. Address H. J, Cortricnt, General Agent, AGENTS WANTED. Duck. ake, Mich. Chev BOOT PLUG Tobacco AND GET A PAIR OF BOOTS, BOOT PLUG Is anew brand of Tobacco, with a new sweet flavor that ‘an not be excelled. Chewers who have given it a trial will take no other. The Constmer Gets the Boots. We pack a TIN ORDER in one of the lumps in each Butt which is good for either one pair of heavy No. 1 Kip Boots, or one pair of Fancy Calf Boots, or one pair of Calf Button Shoes. EXOW TO GET THE Boo?Ts. Send the Boot Order with size wanted, Name, Town, County and State plainly written to the undersigned, and they will forward the boots by the next Express. DON’T FORGET TO MENTION THE KIND WANTED. Charles W. Allen Company, Tobacco Manufacturers, Canal and Monroe Streets, CHICAGO, TL. FOR SALE BY ALL FIRST CLASS JOBBERS. JENNINGS & SMITH, PROPRIETORS OF THE Arctic Manufacturing Co., 20 Inyon St., Grand Rapids. ASK YOUR JOBBER FOR Jennings’ Flavoring Extracts, —— AND-——— Arctic Baking Powder. OYSTERS WW HOLESAUE OYSTER DEPOT! LILY Monroe Sst. F. J. Dettenthaler. me FALUAS, Wholesale & Commission—Butter & Bows a Specialty. Choice Butter always on hand. All Orders receive Prompt and Careful Attention. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. 77 and 79 Canal Street, - Grand Rapids, Michigan. See Our Wholesale Quotations else- where in this issue and write for Special Prices in Car Lots. We are prepared to make Bottom Prices ou anything we handle. A.B KNOWLSON, 3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich. SPRING & COMPANY, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, CARPETS, MATTINGS, Ore, CLOTS ETc. ETc. 6 and 8 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. ‘Covered with Tin. ‘JOYIV] ey} UO ONTHL LSULVAN PUL A GLASS CAN ——FOR SALE BY—— Curtiss, Dunton & 6o., —JOBBERS OF—— Woodenware, Twines and Cordage, Paper, Stationery, Ker- osene and Machine Oils, Naptha and Gasoline. 51 and 58 Lyon Street - JOB PRINTING. The Tradesman office has now first-class facilities for doing all kinds of Commercial Work, Such as Letter, Note and Bill Heads, Statements, Cards, En- velopes, Blank Orders, Circulars, Dodgers, Ete. NEW. TYPE, NEW PRESS, CLEAN WORK. GEO. N. DAVIS & Co., fenpral COMMSSion and Brokerage, For all kinds of foreign and domestic FRUITS, PRODUCE, and MANUFACTURED GOODS of every description. Having been in business in this city for the past twelve years, and having an exten- sive acquaintance with the Wholesale and Retail trade in this vicinity, we are able to give our shippers the benefit of our long experience. Any goods consigned to us will have our best attention. We have STORAGE wr over FIFTY carloads, either for light or heavy goods, and will furnish same for any length of time, at reasonable rates. If, at any time, there should be anything in this market you should wish to purchase, no matter what it is, we would be glad to correspond with you. Grand Rapids, Mich. 71 Canal Street, Grand Rapids. > y ‘ Dairy Matt ers Committee on Essays. : | Src. 5. The Committee on Essays shall ' consist of not more than eleven nor less than five members, and shall be nominated by the | Vice-Presidents and ratified by a two-thirds Organized at Grand Rapids, February 25, 1885. vote of the members present at any regular Picdticnk Milian Winwlac, Rioomineddle. /meeting. ‘Their duties shall be to examine Vice-Presidents—W. H. Howe, Capac; F. C. | and decide on the relative merits of all es- Stone, Saginaw City; A. P. Foltz, Davison | es * +s zs Station; 7. A. Rockfellow, Carson City; Says. Their decision shall be final. Committee on Reception. Warren Haven, Bloomingdale; Chas. E. Bel- | Se poten Viren and: é: Nach Hillienis: _ Sec. 6. The Committee on Reception e » Adams, Ashland: Jos. Post, Clarks- | shall consist of the Vice-President of the Secretary and Treasurer—E. A. Stowe, Grand | County in which the next regular meeting of the Association is to be held, and two other : : ' members, to be appointed by him. Their pieticie ca dae sans TRADESMAN. duties shall be to provide a suitableroom for | the accommodation of this Association, and | such other matters as could properly be sub- | mitted to them. And By-Laws of the Miphigon Dairymen’s ARTICLE I1I—Duties of President. — | SEcTIoN 1. The President shall preside | at all meetings of this Association; he shall CONSTITUTION. : : : : Ata 1 Thc. call all special meetings as provided in Ar- The name of this Association shall be the | ticle I, Section 2; he shall appoint all special “Michigan Dairymen’s Association.” | committees when not selected by the Asso- ArricLe Il—Objects ciation, and sign all official documents, and The objects of the Association shall be to | perform all the duties usually assigned to procure and diffuse scientific and practical , that office. knowledge in all things pertaining to thebus- Duties of me First rere resident. — iness of dairying and the sale of dairy pro-_ SEC. 2. The F irst Vice-E resident shall, in Saks the absence of the President, preside at all ARTICLE I1I—Qualification for Member-| meetings of this Association, and perform ship | the duties usually assigned to that office. g Any person of good repute may become a_ Dutics of Vice Presidents. ‘ati oc. 3. First—They s ignate member of this Association on payment of me: First They shall eee one the required fee of their number as chairman of the Commit- - ARTICLE IV—Officers.; tee on Statistics, and appoint one member on c The sAiowevat this Aaonelitinnk Shall. ' that committee from each County represent- . : ss ae : = s provided in Article I, Section 3. sist of a President, First Vice-President, one | ©4 88 provided in Article I, Section » Vice-President from each county represent: | " oe AB se a ee oy : S s Associ rom di 2oun- ed, a Secretary and Treasurer, and Standing | PETS OF bls Association, Tro Committees as fixed by the By-Laws; all of | ties, with power to appoint their own chair-

  • at | which the officers who appoint them are, The Treasurer shall receive the Any member violating any of the requir- be subject to reprimand or expulsion. | ‘| vouchers for all moneys paid, and perform members present at any regular meeting to| office. which the motion is made. | ' as he remains a member. . . . | + ° e: 2 a j x j a ~ € 5 y year, convening on the third Tuesday in Feb- | office or Standing Committee shall be filled | Committees thereof; shall have charge of the ' tion; shall collect and pay into the treasury they may relate to conducting the proceed- | | purpose, cause / each member of this Association to be plac- The Standing Committees may also organ- | their duties shall not commence until after | shall also perform all other duties properly | be ex-officio Treasurer. elected. | | funds and all moneys collected by the Secre- ments of the Constitution or By-Laws shall | | shall keep books of account and preserve It shall require a two-thirds vote of the} alter or amend this Constitution, and final | ARTICLE IV—Fees and Dues. | ber of this Association shall pay into the SEctTIon 1. The Meetings of the Michigan | ARTICLE V—Vacancies. by the President. uary. Special Meetings. | Sec. 2. First—Any officer or member of Sec. 2. Special meetings shall be called | any Standing Committee who shall refuse or at any time by the President, at the request, | neglect to perform the duties assigned to in writing, of five officers or twenty-five him without a reasonable excuse, shall be members of this Association, and no busi- | deemed to have resigned, and the vacancy be ness shall be in order except that mentioned | filled as provided. in the call. | Second—Any member or firm who shall Quorum. be in arrears one year may be expelled, or Sec. 3. Twenty members shall be neces- | his or their name dropped from the roll, af- sary to constitute a quorum. | ter reasonable effort has been made by the Election of Officers. | Secretary to collect the same. Sec. 4. Officers shall be elected by ballot.| Arricue WVI—Emxpenses and Liabilities. A majority of the votes cast shall be neces- SECTION 1. First—Necessary expenses sary to elect. that may be incurred with the approval of _ ARTICLE 1]—Standing Committees. _| the Executive Committee shall be binding Secrion 1. The Standing Committees of | on the whole Association, and paid from the this Association shall be as follows: | funds in the treasury. First—An Executive Committee. Second—Should there not be sufficient Second—A Committee on Statistics. funds in the treasury, the Executive Com- Third—A Committee on Membership. mittee may assess each member pro rata Fourth—A Committee on Essays. and collect such money at once: Provided, Fifth—A Committee on Reception. | however, that such assessments shall not ex- How Constituted. ‘ceed one dollar in any one year, without the Sec. 2. First—The Executive Committee | ynanimous consent of the Association. shall consist of the President, First Vice- | ARTICLE VIl—Amendments. President, Secretary, and the chairmen of | Section 1. It shall require a two-thirds the several Standing Committees, a majority | of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. | Second—lIt shall perform the duties of a/ Finance Committee, audit the claims against the Association, instruct the Treasurer what | claims to pay, and have general chargé of the affairs of this Association. Committee on Statistics. Sec. 3. First—The Committee on Statis- ties shall consist of one member from each County, and be appointed by the ViceePresi- dents from each County represented. Second—tTheir duties shall be to gather information on all subjects of interest bear- | ing directly on the interest of this Associa- tion, and report the same, in writing, at the. annual meeting. Commitee on Membership. Sec. 4. The Committee on Membership | shall consist of the President, Senior Vice- | President, and Secretary. Their duties shall | be to receive applications for membership, ect such candidates members, if eligible; in case the Committee decide any applicant | not eligible, the Application shall be refer-. red to the Association for final action; to keep a full record of their names and ad- dresses; investigate complaints against mem- | bers, and decide whether charges may be. brought before this Association against such | member, as provided in Article VI. of the Constitution. % eX | same time. yote of the members present at any regular meeting to alter or amend these By-Laws. ARTICLE VIII—Order of Business. Srecrion 1. At all regular meetings the following order of business shall prevail: 1. Reading the minutes. 2. Reports of Stanging Committees. Reports of Special Committees. ON . 4. Communications to the Association. 5. Unfinished business. 6. New business. 7%. Election of officers. Sec. 2 No member shall speak for more | than ten minutes, or twice on the same sub- ject, except by general consent. Cushing’s Manual shall be accepted as standard author ity, when notin conflict with these By- Laws. : E. L. Briees, W. H. Howe, WARREN HAVEN. Committee on Constitution and By-Laws. CREAM TESTER! With six glasses for testing six cows’ milk at Price $1; large size glasses $2, either free by mail. Agents wanted. Circulars with full particulars for stamp. WYMAN L. EDSON, Union Center, Broome Co,, N. Y. SHPO ING PASK PUES BOA KS Nb im se ‘ , ase MANUFACTURED AT Ra WsiWale THE MICHIGAN BASKET_ FACTORY OF) | : 7“. LT or , ST-s0SEPH, MICH, 4 SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED PRICE, e157 |\|!! TIME TABLES. MICHIGAN CENTRAL ; be The Niagara Falls Route. DEPART. *Detroit Express.............. fo, 6:00 a m | wDay EXPVess: 20... 0.5. 6.656. 12:45 9m } +Atlantic Express. .+.................. 9:20pm, ARRIVE. *Pacitic HXpress.........-.6.s6.6.05.. 6:00 am MOEBAL oe ee ee ee 3:20 p m tGrand Rapids Express............... 10:25 p m +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express. Direct and prompt connection made with Great Western, Grand Trunk and Canada Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus avoiding transfers. The Detroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has Drawing Room and Pesrlor Car for Detroit, reaching that city at 11:45 a.m., New York 10:30 a. m., and Boston 3:05 p. m. next day. A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv- ing at Grand Rapids at 10:25 p.m. J.T. SCHULTZ, Gen’l Agent. Chicago & West Michigan. Leaves. Arrives, CMAs 9:15am 4:05pm +Day. EXpress..:.....-. 256: 12:25pm 11:15pm *Night Express............ 9:35pm 6:00am *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains. Through parlor car in charge of careful at- tendants without extra charge to Chicago on 12:25 p. m., and through coach on9:15 a.m. and 9:35 p. m. trains. NEWAYGO DIVISION. Leaves. Arrives. MURPOSS 25. 6. ek. 4:15pm 4:08pm HGXNORS <2. se et. 8:05am 11:1lam All trains arrive and depart from Union De- ot. The Northernterminus of this Divisionis at Baldwin, where close connection is made with F. & P. M. trains to and from Ludington and Manistee. J. H. CARPENTER, Gen’) Pass. Agent. J. B. MULLIKEN, General Manager. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. (KALAMAZOO DIVISION.) | { t | Arrive. Leave. MXTOSS 2-8 7:00 pm 7:35 am MBH ee 935am 4:00pm All trains daily except Sunday. The strain leaving at 4 p.m. connects at White Pigeon with Atlantic Express on Main Line, which has Palace Drawing Room Sleep- ing Coaches from Chicago to New York and Boston without change. The train leaving at 7:35 a.m. connects at White Pigeon (giving one hour for dinner) with special New York Express on Main Line. Through tickets and berths in sleeping coaches can be Secured at Union Ticket office, 67 Monre street and depot. J. W. McK ENNEY, Gen’l Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING EAST. Arrives. Leaves. +Steamboat Express....... 6:20am +through Mail. ........... 10:15am 10:20am +Evening Express......... 3:20pm 3:35pm *Atlantic Express.......... 9:45pm 10:45pm +Mixed, with coach........ 10:30am GOING WEST. +Morning Express......... 12:40pm 12:55 p m +Througsh Mail............ 5:10pm 6:15pm +Steamboat Express....... 10:40 p m aMIXCdD oes 7:l0am *Night Express............. 5:10am 5:30am +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Passengers taking the 6:20 a. m. Express maké close connections at Owosso for Lansing and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 10:00 a. m. the following morning. Parlor Cars on Mail Trains, both East and West. Train leaving at 5:15 p. m. will make econ- nection with Milwaukee steamers daily except Sunday. Themailhas a Parlor Car to Detroit. The Night Express has a through Wagner Car and local Sleeping Car Detroit tc Grand Rapids. D. Porrer, City Pass. Agent. GEO. B. REEVE, Traffic Manager, Chicago. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex 8:45 pm Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:20am 10:25a m Ft.Wayne& Mackinac Ex 3:55pm 5:00pm Leaves. G’d Rapids & Cadillac Ac. 7:10am GOING SOUTH. G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 7:00 am Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. 4:08 pm 4:35pm Mackinac& Ft. Way: eEx..10:25am 11:45pm Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac. 7:40pm All trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS. : North—Train leaving at 5:00 o’clock p. m. has Woodruff Sleeping Cars for Petoskey and Mackinac City. Train leaving at 16:25 a.m. has anes Sleeping and Chair Car for Traverse ity. South—Train leaving at 4:35 p.m. bas Wood- ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati. Cc. L. LocKwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette. GOING GOING Ac. | aX. Ac. | Ex. a a l 4 50 Ar. Ishpeming Dep.| 1 a0 : PM 4405.22. Negaunee........ 140;:AM. 6 50! 3 30)..... -.. Marquette ........ 2 20) 7 30 3 me a .... Reedsboro........ 4 19/11 05 112 00) / ae | § 45) 110 11012 15D pPney Aj 5 30/12 40 V1 25/11 O2)........ Newbury ........ 6 38) 2 40 7 30, A M. IPM. 8 30/Dep. ....St. Ignace....Ar./c9 00) 6 30 7 00 Ar. Mackinaw City see 9 30 iPM. | 9.00/\Dep. Grand Rapids Ar.| 7 00! AM.| 9 00). 20.0: Detroit .. 002... 3 30 Connections made at Marquette and Negau- nee with the M. H. & O. R.R. for the iron, gold silver and copper districts; at Reedsboro with a daily stage line for Manistique; at Seney with tri-weekly stage for Grand Marais; at St. Ignace with the M.C. and G. R. & I. Railways for all points east and south; also daily stage line to Sault St. Marie. F. MILuican,G. F. & P. A. THE COOLEY CAN, Improved by the Lockwood Patent. z mere Used in the creamery M\ for butter only, they any DI the patronsinJuly, 3584, 60c and the skim- iW7Z med milk per 100 bs. i Lowest price of the year. In the creamery for gathered cream they paid the patrons from Ide to 27ic per cream gauge for the year 1884. In the factory for but- ter and cheese they paid the patrons $1.75 per 100 Ibs. average, for the season. They show better results in dollars and cents than anything yet invented. Write foractual work- ying figures furnished : by successful creamery reputation, who have used s men of known them as above. JOHN LOYD, Sole Manufacturer, 199 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. Putian & Brooks URE O Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Figs, Dates, Wholesale Maunfacturers of ND AND DEALERS IN NUTS, mE Co. i mac Z ee MANS aa ps rt 5 ZE- e i it an (ee | . PORTABLE AND STATIONARY — ENGIN HS From 2 to 150 Horse-Power, Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Wood Working Machinery, Shaft- ing, Pulleys and Boxes. Contracts made for Complete Outfits. ww. Cc, Denison, «88, 90 and 92 South Division Street, GRAND RAPIDS, ~ MICHIGAN. hs > 0S, YALE & BRO. —Manufacturers ot— FLAVORING EXTRACTS ! BAKING POWDERS, BLOINGCS, ETC., 40 and 42 South Division, St. MICH GRAND RAPIDS, _ s DETROIT SOAP CoO.’SsS QUEEN ANNE A (“smash up the clothes boiler,” ‘throw away the wash-board,” ‘‘wash without labor’’) Soap; Is NOT—— is not A (grand piano, gold watch, house and lot with every bar, “save the wrappers’’) Soap; is not A (towel, napkin, dish-rag, dry goods store thrown in) Soap; is not A (here to-day and gone to-morrow) Soap; is not A (sell a quarter of a box, and have the balance left on your hands) Soap; BUT Is The very best article in laundry and general family Soap ever put on the market. Big and lasting trade. Good margins to dealers. Grocers, if you have never tried “QUEEN ANNE SOAP,” buy a sample box and you will always continue to handle it. CODY, BALL & CO. Grand Rapids. STRAIGHT GO0ODS-NO SCHEME. C Ee WW Wholesale Agents for “Queen Anne’’ and all j of Detroit Soap Co.’s Standard Brands. f PLU CG. John Caulfield, Sole Agent. If in Need of Anything in our Line, it will pay you to get our Prices. PATENTEES AND SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF Barlow’s Patent Manifold Shipping Books. Send for Samples and Circular. Grind your own Bone, Meal, Oyster Shells, GRAHAM Flour and Corn EAN D Hin the SS KsKs YF. Wiison’s Patent). ~ @ent,. more made in keepin, POWER MILLS and on application. WELSON BROS., Easton, Pa. = BARLOW BROTHERS, Circolers and Testimonials sent | GRAND RAPIDS - MICH. GRAND RAPIDS MFG CO., MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS | a Dairy Implements a Specialty. Factory--Corner Front and Earl streets. Office and Sales- rooms--10, 12 and 14 Lyron street, Grand Rapids. | FARMING TOOLS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, — Groceries. THE VALLEY CITY MILLS. Recent Important Improvements—Addi- tion of Steam Power. The extensive improvements which have been under way at the Valley City Milling Co.’s mills during the past thirteen months are now nearly completed and the mills re- sumed operations last week. Ever since the property was purchased by the present eompany, in February, 18584, the mills have been under continual repairs, the special aim being to secure the very choicest quality of flour, rather than the greatest quantity from a given amount of wheat. To this end, the roller system was immediately partially in- troduced, and the superiority of its product over that produced by the old methods was so marked that the remaining stones have been removed and replaced by double sets of Rickerson’s patent chilled iron rollers, making fourteen sets in all. From the time of the purchase of the © property until the present the company has expended in improvements about $20,000— the chief features of these being the recent addition of steam engine and boiler, with the general overhauling and reconstruction of the mill gearing so as to admit the use either of steam alone, water alone, or of both combined, as the exigencies of the busi- ness may demand. The necessity for the in-’ troduction of steam power was strongly em- phasized by the high water of January fol- lowed by solid freezing ‘of the slush ice in the canal, making an extended shut-down imperative; and the period of enforced idle- ness—so far as milling was concerned—the company determined at once to utilize by making the extensive improvements which have just been completed. The mill property covers ground 300 by 422 feet. The main portion of the mill is 60 x80 feet, six stories high, including base- ment. The engine house, of brick, is 50x40 feet, and the office wing is about the same size. Sufficient ground rémains for the erection of other additions, as the business of the company will require. Both the boiler and the engine are of the latest and most improved makes, and are the first of their kind ever put in use in this city. The boiler is known as the water-tube boiler, and was made by the Babcock & Wil- cox company, New York City. It has many claims for superiority over other makes, and is much admired by machinists and mill men. It is composed of a large number of wrought iron tubes, placed in an inclined position and connected with each other, and with a horizontal water drum, by vertical passages at each end, whilea mud-drum con- nects the tube at the rear and lowest point in the boiler. It is suspended entirely indepen- dent of the brick work or fire front, from wrought iron girders resting on iron col- umns. This avoids any straining of the boil- er from unegual expansion. It is positively non-explosive, has been tested to a pressure of 150 pounds to the square inch, is operated at between eighty and ninety pounds, and has a capacity of 125-horse power. From the boiler room to the coal bins extends an endless chain feeder to convey the coal to the furnace, and which is operated by con- nections with the main shaft in the base- ment. The engine—a Reynolds horizontal Cor- liss—was manufactured by E. P. Allis & Co., of Milwaukee. It has a 16-inch by 42- ineh cylinder and is 125 horse-power, but ean be run up to 150. It isa low pressure. engine, with a condenser 12 inches by 14 inches. The immense fly-wheel weighs six tons, is twelve feet in diameter, and has a rim 414 inches thick with a face 16 inches wide. There is a boiler feed pump on the eondenser and also an independent steam duplex pump 5 inches by 5 inches, manufac- tured by Gordon & Maxwell Co., of Hamil- ton, Ohio. L. F. Olmstead, the old reliable engineer, will be the chief engineer, and T. J. Reeves will be his assistant. The water-power, when fully available, is about equal to the steam power just addedl— and either alone is sufficient power for the whole mill as at present constituted. The present capacity of the mill is about 75,000 barrels of flour yearly, but the steam and water power combined is sufficient for grind- ing 600 to 700 barrels daily, and therefore ample for future needs. Among the im- provements just added is a Printz dust-cateh- er and a Smith’s centrifugal reel bolter. Mr. Jesse Owen, the head miller, is thor- oughly familiar with the business, and has instructions from the company to turn out the very best quality of flour regardless of anything else. His assistants are James O’Brien and Isaac Taney, the latter of whom has been employed in the mill for eighteen years. Mr. A. W. Thompson is -the thoroughly competent wheat buyer, and his instructions are to purchase only the best grades at the highest prices. The best grades of Minnesota hard spring, long-berry red, or Michigan white are used, so mixed that they produce the very best grades of flour for which the Valley City mills are fa- mous—as ‘Roller Champion,” ‘‘Harvest Queen,” “Lilly White,” “Snow Flake” and “Gold Medal.” The improvements in the mill proper have been. going on for more than two months un- der direction of Mr. G. H. Jacobs, the com- pany’s millright, aided by half a dozen or more assistants; and one feature worthy of note is the fact that during all the time the mill has been shut down through lack of wa- ter and for improvements steady work has been found for all the employes—not one having been “‘laid off.” * ‘The members of the company are: C. G. ' $wensburg, president; M.S. Crosby, vice ie president; Wm. N. Rowe, manager; R. M. Lawrence, secretary and treasurer. Both the manager and secretary, as wellas Mr. A. . Thompson, the wheat buyer, and Miss Nettie Meech, the bookkeeper, are graduates of Mr. Swensberg’s Business College, in which so large a number of ladies and gen- tlemen now holding responsible positions in the city received their business training. Messrs. Swensberg and Crosby are known as thoroughgoing business men. With the additional power, the Valley City mills are in shape to run day and night the year through, water or no water— Sundays excepted. It is and has been an inexorable rule, under the present company, that no work shall be done after 12 o’clock Saturday night until Monday morning. The Valley City mills are a credit to the business enterprise of Grand Rapids, and with their improved facilities will be able always to meet the ever increasing demand for their choice brands of flour. Those who have occasion to do business with the milling company have the assur- ance, in the reputation of its members, that they will get the best goods and be honora- bly and honestlp dealt with. —_—»>—_@<—- Michigan Dairy bed, The Partello cheese factory is being put in order for active operations the coming season. ° S. M. Eggleston is chosen salesman and Edwin Parmelee treasurer of the Springdale factory, at Hilliards, this year. Peter Sharp, postmaster at Ridgeway Lenawee county, writes THe TRADESMAN that Ridgeway would bea good location for a creamery. T. H. Preston & Co., the Ionia jobbers, have handled over 50,000 pounds of the Sun- field (Eaton county) cheese during the past season, and will handle the same goods another season. The leading dairy journals of the country have complimented the Michigan Dairy- men’s Association by reprinting considerable portions of the proceedings of the recent meeting. All speak encouragingly of the prospect of the new organization. Itis reported from Syracuse, N. Y., that the American Dairy Salt Co. is trying to lease all the fine salt factories of the Onon- daga Reservation for ten years. The lease is designed to take the place of the old Mu- tual Benefit Association, and contemplates securing uniformity of price and unity of interests. There are 325 water rights on the reservation, but business has, of late, been depressed. —__—~< -0- <> The Grocery Market. C)Business has been very srtisfactory dur- ing the past week, collections having been exceptionally good. There are changes of note in the quotations. Fruits are steady in price, but not very active, on account of the cold weather. Nuts are steady and active, and in fair demand. Can@y is without change. Oysters are in good demand, with prices steady at the recent advance. Don’t et Him to ey W. S. McKeel, the Big Rapids commission dealer in produce, skipped out some time ago, owing several good-sized bills. One of his Grand Rapids ereditors recently wrote his wife, inquiring as to his present where- abouts, and received the following encour- aging reply: Mr. McKeel is still away. I do not know where he is or anything about him; but do not expect him to return. ———__—~<-*-<__—_ A Vermont storekeeper set a spring gun in his store for twenty-two years without bagging anything until the other night, when the old musket fell down and shot him through both legs. VISITING BUYERS. The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders with the various houses: Geo. C. Townsend, Baldwin. Chas. L. Gray, Evart. Will L. Beardsley, Hersey, Byron McNeal, Byron Center. F. C. Williams, Ada. E. R. Benedict, Cedar Springs. A. L. Power, Kent City. gue ceah Messer, Hastings. S. J. Koon, C.E. & 8. J. ‘Koon, Lisbon. C. 8. Edw ards, Mancelona. J.C. Benbow, Cannonsburg. H, E. Stafford, Battle Creek. W.H. ae FS Hooper. Ss. T. McLellan, Denison. F. E. Campau, Alaska. H. W. Potter, Jennisonville. Mr. ton. Jacob Bartz, North Dorr. Wm. F. Rice, Alpine. Geo. Stevens, Alpine. N. DeVries, Jamestown. Adam Newell, Tustin. Peter Steketee, P. Steketee & Co., Holland. Jerome Dickerson, Belmont. H. Austin, Walker. Jay Marlatt, Berlin. DW. Shattuck, Wayland. John Gunstra, Lamont. G. N. Reynolds, Belmont. Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg. J. W. Mead, Berlin. Wim. VerMeulen, Beaver Dam. M. VandenBo&ch, Zeeland. H. Colby & Co., Rockford. Jos. H. Spires, Leroy. Eli Runnels, Corunna. Cc. O. Bryan, Belding. Geo. A. Sage, Rockford. John Scholten, Overisel. C. L. Gray, C. i. Gray & Co., Evart. Mr. Walling, Walling Bros., Lamont. C. Cole, Ada. Neal MeMillan, Rockford. R. Perkins, Perkins & Co., Boyne City. E. C. Foot, West Carlyle. A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville. J. DeBri, Byron Center. Albert Boelkins, Muskegon. DeSpleder & Balkema, Grand Haven. Geo. P. Corneil, Corneil Bros., New Era. A. Engberts, Beaver Dam. A. DeGroat, Vriesland. L. Perrigo, Burnip’s Corners. Wm. Hugh, Hugh & Jones, Morley. J.R. Dibble, Dibble Bros., Burnip’s Corners. F.N. Corneil, Corneil & Griswold, Griswold. G. C. Baker, LeBarge. H. S.{Baron, Forest Grove. a: ¥ ook, Lowell. C. W. Ives, Rockford. E. Medes, Coral. FURNITURE BUYERS. ee N. Crary, buyer for Chas. Shinerick, Oma- F. H. Conant, Toledo. Scov ille, of Scoville & McAuley, Edger- PIPES. WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT ener. Ae "No. 6 one e 2 we = LOI IA NN A OT CS ay, No. 216,38 gross........ AXi-E GREASE. Imported Clay, No. 216, 2% gross...... @1 85 Frazer’ fs 80} Paragon .........--.- 60 | “American T. D @ 90 Diamond...... ...... 60| Paragon, 25 f pails 1 20) | American T. D...........eeeeeeeeeee ees Modoc... 6.50. 55 RICE. BAKING POWDER. ; . Aretic % Deans... 45,Arotio 1 cans....2 40| G00d Caroune. 6, (gage +2011 Gee Arctic 4 tb cans.... o |Arctic 5 Ib cans....12 00 | Choice Carolina..... 7 |Rangoon...... 57 @6% Arctic Ib cans. - a | Good Louisiaua..... 5|Broken...........+-- 3% 4 a i Dry, PO Be os oo ek a ee se doz. 25 SALERATUS. Dry, NO. 8...........2 cece eee eee doz. 45 | DeLand’s pure...... 5%4|Dwight’s ...........- 54 Liquid, 4 02,........-2..22 08sec eee doz. 33 | Church’s ...........2 514 |\Sea Foam........... 5% Liquid, 8 02. ...... 6... ee eee eee eee es doz. 65 Taylor’s G. M....... ae B. & L.’s Best....5%4 RAGHOE OF. oo ate @ gross 4 00) Cap Sheaf.. 544 | AYctiC 8 OZ........2- cece ee eee eee ee tt eee tenes a 09) ak 1G OG eal a a hin whe ol Scaned shoe's «104 a ytic No. I pepper POX... 2+ eeeeee essere: 2 00| 60 Pocket, F F Dairy...............---- 2 30@2 40 Arctic NO. 2 (8 6 eh st ee 3 004 22 Pocket. 2... -..- 1.3.5... -- 2 20@2 30 Arctic No.3“ BR a eee #50, 100 3b DOGKEetS.. 20.5... 142... .-s-.- 2 50@2 60 BROOMS. | eons RUC GN es. : No. 1Carpet.......- 2 AOINO. 2 Marl... 1). Diamond. ©... 6... se ce... 1 60 No: 2 Carpet ey: 2 25|Fancy Whisk....... 100 | Standard Coarse..................++- 1 55 No.1 Parlor Gem. 2 75|CommonWhisk.. 75, Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags...... 75 No. 1 Hurl... 2 Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags.... 2 80 CANNED FISH. Higgins’ English dairy bu. bags...... 75 Clams, 1% standards...........-- eas 140 | American, dairy, % bu. bags.......... 25 Clams. 2 ib standards......-...---+-seeeee 5 2 Rock, bushels...) 22.2... es. 28 Clam Chow der, 31D......5..------- + ++-+s- 2 ¢ i ee Cove Oysters, 1 Ib standards......---.-+-- 1 10 SAUCES. Cove Oysters, 2 b standards...:....--.-- 1 be Parisian, % pints... 6... 30..1. 5... @2 00 Cove Oysters, 1 i slack filled..........--- Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, pints. @5 00 Cove Oysters, 2 ib slack PUeM es 1 03 Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, % pts. @3 00 Lobsters, 1 Ih picnic. ......-...----eee eee a3 iS Picadilly, % pints:.-2.0.0 i.e... @1 00 Lobsters, 1 tb star........--- eee eee neces 25 Pepper Sauce, red small.............. @ % Lobsters, 2 I star.......... eee eee ee ees 3 10 Pepper Sauce, green ..............000+ @ 90 Macker el, 1% fresh standards............ : 00 Pesper Sauce, red lar 2e ring Ce @1 35 Mackerel, 5 ib fresh standards.........--- 6 50 | Pepper Sauce, green, large ring...... @l1 70 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 bb.......-.--- 3 2 Catsup, Tomato, pints................. @1 00 Mackerel,3 bin Mustard........------++++> 3 25 Catsup, Tomato, quarts .............. @1 35 Mackerel, 3 Ib DPVOMOO! 6 re oes sb ow ewe oe aie 3 25 Horseradish, yy pints RO Dee aes a @1 00 Salmon, | Columbia river....---.----- a be; | Morseradich, pinds...,......-.-.2------ @1 30 Salmon, 2 Columbia river......--------- 2 60 | Capers, French surfines............... @2 25 Salmon, 1 i Sacramento..........--++-++- 1 35 Capers, French surfines, large........ @3 50 Sardines, domestic 48.......-----++ sere Olives, Queen, 16 oz bottle............ @3 85 Sardines, domestic 148........-+++++++-++ 13% Olives, Queen, 27 0z bottle...... ..... @6 50 Sardines, Mustard '48.....-.---seee-eee+e 13 Olive Oil, quarts, Antonia & Co.’s. @7 00 Sardines, imported 48......-.----+++++++- 14% Olive Oil, pints, Antonia & Co.’s...... @4 00 Sardines, imported 48.........-+++e see eee 2 Olive Oil, % pints, Antonia & Co.’s.... @2 00 Sardines, imported 4s, boneless......---- 32 | Gelery Salt, Durkee’s................. @ 90 Sardines, Russian kegs.........--.++++5++ >») | Halford Sauce, pints.................. @3 50 Trout, 3D brook......-..-----20-e ee ee eee 275 | Halford Sauce, % pints................ @2 20 CANNED FRUITS. Salad Dressing, Durkee’s, large....... @4 ee Apples, 3 } standards .....-..-.--++-+ 002+ > 22 | Salad Dressing, Durkee’s, small...... @2 90 Apples, gallons, standards, Erie.......-... z 50 SOAP. Blackberries, eos: Se es Cees eS Blackberries. Erie..........---0- ee eee eee 45 Detroit Soap Co.’s Queen Anne....... D4 8h Blackberries, Hamburg.......----.+--s-++ 1 55 “ aaa Cameo. e Be Cherries, Erie, red.......--.-- 2+ eset sree ees 1 00 se ss o Monday 9.0.0. )5 07. @3 45 Cherries, Erie, white WAX.....-.2.-.----++ 1 70 & “ S Maseot. ec. @3 45 Cherries, French Brandy, quarts......... at “ “ ‘* Superior,601bbars ‘ @3 60 Cherries, red standard.........----+++++++ 1 00 Old Country, 80 bars, 80 ibs., wrapped @é4 20 Wamsons. 40.6. sss *.-,-e 100 | Old Country,80 bars,80Ibs.,unwrapped @4 10 Egg Plums, standards ......--+----+++++- 140 | Old Country, 801 tb bars............... @ 5% Gooseberries, Kraft’s Best........------+- 100 | Kirk’s American Family ............ 3 60 Green Gages, standards 2 ........-.--+-. 1 40 do, Indigo)... eo es, 3 30 Green Gages, Eri€........--++eeer seer cece 1 50 Go. Savon... 3.2. 315 Peaches, Br andy SNe > aig cin bielelo we o sie s sieeie's « 3 10 do. Satinet oe 3 30 Peaches, Extra Yellow .........-----+-25-: 2 40 do Revenue (9 315 Peaches, standards..........-.+.+++- i 75@1 95 do. White Russian................ 4 85 Peaches, Goconds........---....--+------+ 150 | Proctor & Gamble’s Ivory .........:. 6 75 Pie Peaches, Kensett’s......-.---. see eee: J 10 do. Japan Olive ...... 2 80 Pineapples, Wee 2 20 do. Town Talk......... 3 60 Pineapples, standards.........--+-++-+++++ 1 10 do. Golden Bar........ 410 Plumbs, Golden Drop........-.-.-+++++5- 2 85 do. Arab ot 3 35 QUINGCES ...... 2.2 ele eee e eee tee tees 1 45 do BONO os: 3 60 Raspberries, Black, Erie.........---+++++- 1 45 do. Mottled German.. 4 20 Raspberries, Black, Hamburg... .5.---.- 180 | Procter & Gamble’s Velvet............ @3 5 Raspberries, Red, Erie ce nese oes ae 1 35 Procter & Gamble’s Good Luck....... @3 20 Strawberries, ae i 130 | Procter & Gamble’s Wash Well....... @3 00 Whortieberries, McMurphy’s..........-.- 140) | Badeer. bs @ 6y CANNED FRUTTS—CALIFORNIA. “ GalvamieG i @4 05 Apricots, Lusk’s...2 40|/Pears........-....++8 3 C0| Gowan & Stover’s New Process3ib br @I18% Egg Plums......... 2 50 Quinces oe. ee 9p Tip, 3bbar @ 16 Grapes ..-:......-- 2 eee el Fe cece 300) Ward's White Bily..3...........0..... @6 %5 Green Gages.. "OF HMangdkerehiet 2.00.0. oo se, @A4 20 CANNED VEGETABLES. Bees 525 Asparagus, Oyster Bay........---.-++++++- Seo (Mish Rao ee 410 Beans, Tamia Brie (0 1 20 Blning (ee 5 00 Beans, String, Evie .. ......---..+eseeeee ee 90 | Mapmeticn 4 10 Beans, Lima, standard........-..---.-+++- 85 New French Process.................. 4 50 Beans, Stringless, WOR te ee Oo SpoGn ee ce Or a 5 00 Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked..........-.-. 1 60 AmticWwashboard. 0 (0 5 00 (orn Emo. 6-232. .255.... 8: Lo Naterniand 08 ae 3 25 Corn, Red Seal... 2. +... .-2--... +. ss -- 95 ACICE Pe ee 4 00 Corn Aeme.-..-.......-.... fe 1 10 Pigtspureh te ee: oe 4 00 Corn, REVONG. 2. ....-5.. 5.55.1 6---. 5: <2: 1 25 Lautz Bros. & Co. @orn. Camden. 20. 2.......-.------- +s: -- 1 00 Acme, (04 i bare. 6-6.) 6... @6 Mushrooms, French, 100 in case......... 22 00 Acme, 2531 bars......... ee @6 Peas, French, 100 in case ..............65- 23 00 Mowers: @5 15 Peas, Marrofat, standard.................. 190 | Neoten. bare...................... @5 16 Peas, Beawer.........:. -..----------- «se 90 Best American, 60 1 tb blocks.......... @ 5% Peas, early small, sifted.............-.-..- 180 | Palma 60-1 tb blocks, plain...... ...... @ 5% Pumpkin, 3 ib Golden ee ase 15 Shamrock, 100 cakes, wrapped........ @3 50 Squash, Erie ...........--- eee ee eee eee eee 1 20 Master, 100-34 Ib cakes ........... a @A 85 Succotash, Hrie..................---..----: 120 | Stearine, 100 % tb cakes............... @4 85 Succotash, standar eee ca eae 90 Marseilles, white, 100 % tb cakes...... @6 00 Momatoes. Red seat 8 ee 100° | Cotton Oil, white, 100 3% b cakes...... @6 00 CHOCOLATE. >. | Litutz’s 60-1 Ib blocks, wrapped........ @7% Boston .....-..--++++: 36) German Sweet.......25| German Mottled, wrapped............ @ 6% BAKeES 22.52 5-3.52-. 38) Vienna Sweet .......2 231 Savon, Republica, 60 ib box............ @ 5% Runikdes’<.........- “8 Rreneh Sweet........ we pine pee 60-1 tb blocks........... @ 54 FE sondon Family, 60-1 tb blocks........ D 43; Green Rio...... 11@14 iRasered Mex.. a London Panely, 3-Ib bars 20 Lee G3 GreenJava..... 17@27 |Ground Rio.... 93@17_ | London Family, 4-Ib bars 80 tb......... @3 80 Green Mocha. ..28@25 |Arbuckle’s..... @14% | Gem, 100 cakes, wrapped.............. @3 60 Roasted Rio.... 1l0@I17 2 weseeees @l4% | Nickel, 100 cakes, wrapped............ @3 15 Roasted Java ..23@30 |Dilworth’s ..... @14% | Climax, 100 cakes, wrapped........... @3 05 Roasted Mar...17@18 |Levering’s..... @14% | Boss, 100 cakes, wrapped.............. @2 15 RoastediMocha.28@30 |Magnolia....... @14% } Marseilles Castile, Toilet,3dozin box @l1 25 CORDAGE. Al Floating, 60 cakes................. @4 20 42 foot Jute ..... 1 25 160 foot Cotton....2 00 Matchless, 100 cakes........... @2 50 60 foot Jute..... 1.00) (bo toot Cotton: 175 ie ee mn 40 Foot Cotton....1 50 SPICES. FISH. Ground. y Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth.............. Pepper........... 16@25|Pepper = a ‘| @lo Cod whole...) ....55.:..-.:-.-. 2... 1505 Allspiee.... 22.0). 12@15| Allspice ee 8@10 (pa ongless =o. ans a: eee 6@" Cinnamon........ 18@30'Cassia ............ @10 (od pikicd, % bis. ......:....---...---: Bod | Cloves ...........] 15@25 Nutmegs Co, 60@65 Halibut ES OE AO ORI Fh a ses 13 Ginger ee 16@20/Cloves ae: @18 ‘Herring % DIS ee ee se sate 2 50 Mustard. . ..15@30! Her ring, Scw6G 4 io eos ec 18 Cay Gnne 62s 25@35\ Blerring, Holland.....................-.-.- 80 Mackerel, No. 1, % bbls.................05- 5 50 STARCH. Mackerel, No. 1. 12 i kits................. 1 00 Mackerel, No. 1,shore, % bbls.. 625 | Kingsford’s, 1 pkgs., pure............ @6% Mackerel, No. 1, shore, kits............... 1 90 a 3 tb pkgs., pure............ 6% Sia GORE cs 2 50 ei 1b pkgs., Silver Gloss... @8 Trout, No. 1, Me DDIG.... 2... eee eeeeeeees 4 40 : 6 bpkgs., @8% Weont Wo. i, te 10s... ......-.5.:.-2--- 90 1b pkgs., Corn Starch... @8 vate No tt bis... le). 7 (Bulk) Ontario.........02. @5 White, F: amily, pS ee 2 50 Muzzy Gloss Ith DOXOS 6006055. a. @6 White, No.1, WD Kits... .:.-- seo: . ‘8 tb boxes...... ........... @5% White No.1, 12 } kite.....--.:..2.-..2-4-: 1 05 : - Ft a a ween nee ec econ eee oe FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Be ee ae etre ates Oe ean Wanita. : Cor — MDa ed. a Jennings’ 2 oz Bete 8 doz.1 00 1 40 Gilbert's Gloss, Pb @5% é AOR oe eee SOO 20 ee ga @b : oes ntheceeceecenece ceoaceas 2 2 4 C + Janen Bloke: BU. @5%4 2 oe Peete sen oO “ Crystal eo palk oe @4 No. 2 2 Taper SinieMllaie e's 0 6/5 a 6 ale 125 150 “ Corn, 1 g @6 - I ole CCOrm a aes, D Ba eh int roun a : eB 4 Niagara Laundry, 40 box, bulk..... @4 2 pint rounda.............. g 00 1b 00 ee Laundry, bbls, 186 tbs........ @3% ae pe ee 3 00 4 pe ‘© Gloss, 401 Ib packages........ @6 ik No 10 eee ee eee ee ee ee 4 25 6 00 “a Gloss, 863 a packages een @5% APs dap ats pines 6 ote a to wales A) “a Gloss, 6 ib box, "2 bi erate. a @b% FRUITS . Corn, 40 1 Ib packanes eel. @7 Apples, Michigan...................45. 4Y4@5 Apples, ss a evap., ls ae ees Gi BEGeee- Apples, Dried, evap., box............-. @8% : Cherries, dried, pitted Orla eee @16 ot Loat ee Te aes ae . 6% oe oR eg e Powdered. a @ 65% Ponce Eo ds So ae eee em ae Granulated, Standard................. @ 63% ee easter Anta tt o@1*) Granulated, Fine Grain............... @ 6% Pineapples, standards................ @1 70| Gonfectionery A ® Bit Prunes, Turkey, nNew................. @5% | Standard A Bese teeta re ners ses @ Ra Prunes, French, 50 i boxes........... CGO meen OlUWhite 7 @ 53; Raisins, Valencias...................-. Oe @ ae Raisins, Ondaras...........-.....00008 OO es - ee Raisins, Sultanas...<.2-...2. 035.00... 8 @10 Tae @ oe Raisins, Loose Muscatels............. @2 50 Oech Mei aici ee ede @ 5% Raisins, London Layers............... @3 20 SYRUP Raisins, Imperial Cabinets...... eos @3 60 ee Raisins, Dehesias...................... @éA 25) Corn, Barrels 2.2...) see ee Zi g ae CORT, So DDR ee. eso ue ee cles ak. 29 oo ee ee Corn, t0 gallon kegs................0.65 @ 32 Water White...... 124 | Legal Test....... .10% | Corn, 5 gallon keg’s..................24- @1 66 MATCHES. cea aa Pallon Kees. i006. ccc... Eee Be a Grand Haven, No. 9, square..............5. Pg sie aeetbncthade eg aga a a Mes 2 Grand Haven, No. 8, square..............4. 1 65 ae puget ao abtintas aoe Bee 30@ - Grand Haven, No. 200, parlor........ 250] pure I ae Saear Drips... . om reae @1 %6 Grand Haven, No. 300, parlor........ .--3 7| pure Loaf Suga PP 5 oie @ & Grand Haven, No. 7, PORN). 2 25 een -- O@al kegs @I 8 Ce, NO ee 110 TEAS Oshkosh, No. Be 1 60 i Meedigh = 68 ee Bei Japan OFGINary.. 06.2... 22@25 Richardson’s No. 2 square................65 29 79| Japan fair to O0d................ eee e eee 380@35 Richardson’sNo.6 dO. ...............00: 20} JAPAN ANE....-... 2.20... ee ns eee ee ee nee 40@ on Richardson’s No. 8 465.0 41 70 | Japan Gust... ......-- 2. eee ee eee eee e eee 15@20 Richardson’sNo.9 dO. ................5, De) WOume EVcOn 2. ee. ae Richardson’s No.19, dO ..........20..0+ 175 | Gun ice ky ves eg QOlOne ee a Siang MOLASSES. Congo Dede ae sare quueets stn ease es De Byack BULA. -. 1.5. s ss a es te ee M@16@18 Pate BiCO, 6 28@30 TOBACCO—FINE CUT—IN PAILS. New Orleans, 200d.............0-. cece ee 38@42 | g ea 3 5 New Orleans, Choice...... ............e000- 48@50 pate Se ae ie pepeenlons ee ri = New Orleans, fanoy....... 01.00. .ssscee0- 52@55| Diamond Crown.....58\Globe ..........-.006-7 % bbls. 3c extra. Rose Bud...... ie 5(/May Flower.......... 70 OATMEAL. Oo Ro eee ARTIOVO ee caus oct 45 Stoel cut... 5 60/\Quaker, 48 ths...... 9 95) Our Bird............. GOIATIBR ooo cco... 35 Steel Gut, ¥% bbis...3 00|Quaker, 60 Dbs...... 2 50| Peaches .@....--.-.- 38/Royal Game..........38 Rolled Oats Bese 3 50\Quaker bbls........ 6 50| Red Bird............. 52|Mule Har............. 65 PIORLEA Opera Queen......... 40|Peek-a-Boo ......... 32 f Sweet Rose........... 45|Fountain............. 74 Choicein barrels med..................- eo cee 0 OO aa Back... 5.:... 38|Old Congress......... 64 Choice in 4% GO ese canneries eres B40) Bruit Su ees 33/|Good Luck........... 52 Dingee’s quarts glass fancy. ears 25 OS So. Sweet......,.... 31\Good and Sweet...... 45 Dingee’s pints. do Prairie Flower....... 65|Blaze Away..... 35 American qt. in Glass.............2..eeeeeee 2 00| Climber .............. 62\Hair Lifter........... 30 American pt.in Glass........... Si eae ee 1 30| Indian Queen........ 60|Governor ............ 60 C. & B. English quarts............ seseeeeeeeD 451 Doak’s 50 center..... 88|Fox’s Choice........ 63 C. & B. English pints..............seeeseeees 8 50} Huckelberry ........ 80)Medallion ............ 35 Chow Chow, mixed and arsine rae. .5 7%5| Bull Dog............. 60;\Sweet Owen.......... 66 ‘pints ....8 50] Crown Leaf..... .... 66'01d Abe Re a es 49 PLUG. PMROlE™ CONES. ooo e cc cee ne le ees PUTING oc oa Be Nae es ena @38 PG ee ee ey See tea ses Q: Knignts Mie BANOl cece. ee asec ca Se @46 Ayah: 2x1? and 4x12... 20. elses @A6 Behe OGGk oaks @37 ASA ee as @A6 Old Five Cent Times................... @388 Prone Nugeett, 12... 2... ee @62 PArrOl 0 ee ee @A6 ONC PIING oc ec @38 (PEATOWOY oo la ee a @AS Big Sevens, dime cuts................. @A45 Bisek Dinmond.. 2.02... 002.25... @35 Mrotter., Vu PAVOL....-.22......-. eee aw OO ee ee a @44 Be OP Ps Wavorite: . 5.60.3. 550.25 2. @46 Old Wentueky cos. soi ca es cod @46 Bio: Pour, 2x12. 2, 20. ic. ee @46 Bie Gouri ssi oo 0. es @A6 Spearhead, 2x12 and 3xl2.............. @i6 Turkey. 16 O07: 2012 oa ace tee @46 Blackbird, 16 02., Smile... 6.262 - see @35 Seal of Grand Rapids peed os ye, @46 GHODY ee ee See ck @46 Murphey 2 rie. Leela. @A8 Sliver Cony oo ec @50 ister (Dae 2.00.6 ce 5. @36 Black Princé [Dark]... ........2 0.005. @36 Black Racer [| Dark]...........:....... @36 Leggett & Myers’ Star................. @46 CUTE oc aoe @46 Hole Hast (2.5.60 ee et @46 McAlpin’s Gold Shield................. @A6 Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 fh cads. ..... @51 Cock of the Walk 68................... @37 INODDY EWISG.-.. 23...) @46 INGO OG: Cee @A6 WCOEM fo ea G46 CRCRCOMGr (ooo. ee css @A44 Blache Xe ec @35 Black Basso... 22.2... e. la. ete oes as @40 Spring @46 OPRAH Oe eS, @46 NERCISINAW so, @A45 FOMRESHOG. co ioe. seen ce oc ee: @A4 aie Weber 2... Slee ieee. @36 DD. and Ds bigek.< 006. ct de @36 McAIlpin’ 8 Green Shicld............... @46 Ace High, DIGG ee ke @35 Sailors: Soisee: 30.06. cue, @46 Red Star, Rough and Ready, 2x12..... @46 Red Star, Rough and Ready, 3x12...:. @46 med Star, flat, $ml2.-. 2. oe es @A6 Red Star, black.-24 02.......... 0-22.00. @45 2e. less in four butt lots. SMOKING Tramway, 3 0Z....... 40j/Long Pom... .........: 30 Ruby, cut Cavendish 35|National ............. 26 IBOSS ete oe ce EDURIMG 0) 26 Peck’s Sun: .....0<-- 18;\Conqueror ........... 23 Miners and Puddlers.28iGrayling ............. 32 ane DOW oe... 26|Seal Skin............. 30 Ohain soto. 2abROD ROY... ose eee 26 Seal of Grand Rapids 25})Uncle Sam........... 28 King eee ee cous oe aurce 30)Lumberman ......... 25 ID ude ee eee 28) Railroad Boy......... 38 Pe ee 30|Mountain Rose....... 18 Ten Penny Durham.24|Home Comfort....... 25 Amber, % and 1b....15/Old UD oe ee 55 John Gilpin.......... 18)Two Nickle........... 25 Lime Kiln Club......47|Star Durham, oe 25 Blackwell’s Durham .90|Durham No. 2......._ 5D Vanity Fair..........§ 90}Golden Flake Cabinet 40 DiUMe 25|/Seal of North Caro- IPeerRIeSS 223.2200. 1. 2o| Sa. 2 OF. 6... : 48 Standard ..0. 02:5... 22)\Seal hd Pras Caro- Old Pome e. coos, i lina, 407... ok. 46 Tom & Jerry......... 24|Seal Of North Caro- NOK 6... soo 20} > lina, 80Z.....:.22.:. 41 Wreaveler ..00.0...6... 38 Seal of North Caro- IMAGO sc 25| lina, 16 0z boxes....40 Topsy, paper......... ci Bie Deal, 2.0.0.0... 27 Topsy, cloth.......... 30) Apple Jack........... 24 Navy Clippings...... 26/King Bee, longeut.. .22 Boose. coos 30|Milwaukee Prize....24 i Honey Dew.......... ZO REGIE. 222. 065.00....28 ou Block). 30 Windsor cut plug....25 | Camp Bire. 22... . 2... COIACEO fo Seo ooo: 16 | Oronoko ............. 19} Holland Mixed....... 16 Durham, % tb........ 60\Golden Age......... 75 do A113 eee a 57| Mail Pouch... 25 do PTB. ese. 95| Knights of Lakor....30 ido Eh. 51| Free Cob Pipe........ 27 Pickwick Club....... 40| Honey Bee........... 27 Nigger Head........ ,26|Durham, S., B. . L. 24 Plotiand |... 2.2... oo 22,Dime Durham.. 25626 German... . 5... .2.. 16 Old War... Solid Comfort........ 30 Golden Flake, éabiiieito Red Clover. ......... 32 Nigger Hair.......... : SHORTS. Mile Har... 020.0. ZOPMOME 2000 oo 16 Hiawatha............ Meee... 18 Old Congress......... 23} VINEGAR. Pure Cider..... . 8@12 White Wine...... 8@12 WASHING POWDERS. BOVaxame 2000050 ee 8 @3 7 i NIG qlee a Ses ae ee @10% Gilletes ie. oe. @ 4 SOSDING WER: oo. ee 7@10 IPGHrHMe |? DOM ose eo @4 50 Lavine, single boxes, 48 1 Ib papers... @4 50 Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 481 pap’rs @4 25 Lavine, single boxes, 100 6 oz papers. @4 50 Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 1006 oz pap Lavine, single boxes, 80 % tb papers.. @4 15 Lavine, 5 ormore boxes, 80% bpaprs @4 00 YEAST. Twin Bros....... 1-6b -| Wilsons -......... 1 65 Magic........... 1%5 |National......... 1 65 MISCELLANEOUS. Bath Brick imported .....6............ 95 do PAMOVIGHE 2 602. ke 60 Bale y Se Qi Burners, No. 1 ee eee euiga. seu Due cess 1 00 do INOS Ae eo cs oe 1 50 Condensed Milk, Eagle brand......... 8 00 Cream Tartar 5 and 10°f cans......... 15@25 Candles, Star. ee @13% Gandies, Hotel... csc... @l4 Extract Coftee, V. Co... ............-.. @80 do GMS So ce) souk, 1 2 Gum, Rubber 100 lumps............... @30 Gum, Rubber 200 lumps. Lo GAO Gum; Spruce... . 6... 6.0)... eee 30@35 Hominy. @ DDE... a, @A 00 Peas: Green Bush... .. 0.2.5... 2... es @1 35 Peas, Split prepared................... @ 3% IPOWACE Wer os ee @3 50 Powder: 34 Kee.. 0 3 @1 93 CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS. Putnam & Brooks quote as follows: STICK Straight, 25 Db boxes... ..-....6.,5-.. 2. 9@9% Twist, GQ, oes 944@10 Cutlosi do 2. 2 2.5..5.2.... @12 MIXED. Royal, 25 MD pals oe 10@10% Royal, : 200 IDPODIS. 22s 9@ 9% Extra, 25 Ib pails..... ... aes. H@ny, Extra, 200 bbis pee ce cess bose tase. 10% French Cream, : Coto Pas: 60623025626. ce 13 Gut loaf, 251) cases: oc... se 13 Broken, 2 MOD Da. 6 ooo. eee eco ee 11% Broken. 200 i ODIS. 2.0 eo tk 1042 FANCY—IN 5 ID BOXES. mhemon Drops. 2... eco ae 14 Sour Drope: 20.222... 05. se ts AD Peppermint Drops... 5.0... 22... 66.22, 5 Chocolate, Drops... .... 2.2.3. ot ee es 16 HM Chocolate Drops.................-.-..- 20 Gum Props 2.2.56... 2. be se 10 HiGOrice DEOPS).. 6... oe. ees lee 20 AB Wieonice DEODS.2 Ss ee 2 MOZEN POS, Plat. cos. is. nee co al 15 Wozenges, printed................65..-.2656- 16 APORIHIS: oe ok ee. 15 INFOUEOOCR: o002. ee a a. ee 15 @redm Bayes... ees ee ae 14 IMOIBSSOS RAR 2. ee eo eee 14 @AVOMCIRG (oo Sloe oe ee eee 20 Hand Made Creams’. .::..... 06... 25.3.0. ee 22 Plain Creams........... 22. 18 Decoraved Creams. ... ... 0. 6. se ek a3 SUrin& ROCK. 222050 oo ee ne 15 Burnt Almonds. oo ke oe ee, 22 Wintergreen Berries........... .... Bea oon. 15 FANCY—IN BULK. Lozenges, plain in pails............... Aas Lozenges, plain in bbis...........,.......-6. Lozenges, printed in pails................... 1% Lozenges, printed in bbls.................:. 13 Chocolate Drops, in DRUG... oes cece sce 14 Gum Drops in pails..................... TA@8 Gum Drops, in bbis.......:...........--- nae Moss Drops, in pails.................. cece eee Moss Drops, in DbI8..........-- 0.22 ee espe eee av Sour Drops, in pails...............-....5+0+- 12 Hm portals, 1M Pals: . 6... 6. oe. ces cee es 14 bmperiais in DbIS. <2... eee cole ee FRUITS. Oranges, Messina and Palermo....... @3 50 Oranges, Valencia..................005 6 50@7 00 Hemone, CHOIGG. 5. 6 .. 2... coe ses ak 3 50@4 00 Figs, layers new, # b..............--. @12% Figs, baskets 40 Ib ® tb................. @8 Dates, frails CO ee ® 4 Dates, 4 do GO oe: @ 6 PIMEOR. SKIN. oe cece eels @4 Mates: $6 BRU. 6. oc ede lia ee @5 Dates, Fard 10 ib box ® tb............. 84@ 9 Dates, Fard 50 f box ® .............. @qT Dates, Persian 50 lb box # b........... @ 6% PEANUTS. Prime Red, raw a - Ra UeIN ESE es Sale a, Choice =. do =. 60045. .....-432..5.. 5@ 54 Fancy do do Peel sea sies bac ecees 54@ 5% Choice White, Va.do .................. 5@ 5% Bancy HP Va dO o.oo ccc s eek cies 64@i@8 NUTS. Almonds, Terragona, ¥) Wiis: 17@18 Bree, Lice. oebeas &£@ 8% = iekeav cose wes 12 Filbert, Sicily GO 3 ose 4@l4 Walnuts, Grenobles’ do............. Bagi PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. quote as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. PHOAVY MESS, DOW. 60S. ao oak a ee ee ce cee iS. BP. Booths. Clear. .: 62. ee nek 13 0@ Pig, clear, Wet Oak nk... Extra emily Clear. 12.20.55. <5 5. +... occ s as 13 87 etre Cloay Pigs eon os. ees) ase cus Clear, A. W snatoe DRCKOE. - <5 5: -. 24. 52s, 14 50 Standard Clear, the best.................05 15 75 Extra Clear, heavy De aioe ie 15 00: este Clear 2). 2202 io ke 15 25 Clear Quill: short Gut... 2 vi ck ec eee. 15 00 DRY SALT MEATS—IN BOXES. Long Clears, heavy, 500 tb. Cases....... do. Half Cases......... Long Cee CREE, on Cases....... Half Cases ....... Long Clears light, 500 ft Cases.......... Halt Cases... .. ..:. | Short Clears, NEAVY 2 Te do. medium 5 1% do. WehGe.. 0. a T% Extra Long Clear Backs, 600 ib cases.. 8 Extra Short Clear Backs, 600 fb cases.. 84 Extra Long Clear Backs, 300 tb cases.. 8% Extra Short Clear Backs, 300 cases... 834 Bellies, extra quality, 500 fb cases...... Te Bellies, extra quality, 300 Ib cases...... 7% Bellies, extra quality, 200 Ib eases...... 8 LARD. MRICKGGR ge oe. [5g ad Ene. ee, 1% 50 tb Round Tins, 100 cases.............. Tk LARD IN TIN PAILS. 20 t Round Tins, 80 } racks............ 814g Sb Pails: 20 1 & CRS. ... o, . <2... 8 ee es 85g ID Pails: 6 in & 880. . 2... 5. 2... c 844 10) Pais 6 in 4 Case ........ 2.0. <. 2.5: 83g SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN. Hams cured in sweet pickle, heavy 10 Hams cured in sweet pickle veda: p 1044 do. Tisht...... 10% Shoulder, cured in sweet pickle i... Te Breakfast Bacon... 22. se. ck coe. ces 934 Dried Beef, Bxtra...: 2. e555. il BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 tbs........ 11 00 Extra Mess Chicago packing............... MONCIESS, OXElD. 2. coo. eae. osc eee 5 00 SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED. Bork Sausae6 .. 2 2.2... 8 Ris Samsage 2. 12 (omowe Sausage... ec, 1k Brankrore Sausage... 2... 22... skeen ee Ft Blood Sausage... 2. ... 0... 614 BOljoMa Ting... 8... 6144 Bolog na, str aight eee oe ae. 64 Bologna, oe... 6g Head @heese. «2.2 6% PIGS’ FEET. Wp Hake parrele.. 2. eo ne, 3 50 En Quameer PaErels.. 2... 2... 2 el... RRB i TRIPE. En quarter barrels.:...2.. 2.0.0.0... 2... dou. 1 50 PBMCS ee 80 Prices named are lowest at time of going to press, and are good only tor that date, subject to market fluctuations. FRESH MEATS, John Mohrhard quotes the ) L trade selling prices as follows: Hresh Beet, sides... .. .......2........ 6 @8 Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ 7 @8% Dressed EOm@s........ 2... ee. 6 @ 6% Mracton, cGareasses...........:...2.. 22. 6 @6% Wem 84%@G 9 ore Sausa#ee. .. 0.) 8 @9 Bologna Be on 9 @16 @hiekens:) 6... @13 PRUEKO WS 255002 @l4 HIDES, PELTS AND FURS, Perkins & Hess quote as fol.ows: HIDES. @T |Calf skins, green “4@ § or cured. . @16 8 @ 8%4|Deacon skins, 8 piece..... 20 50 @12 , . SHEEP PELTS. Green ....# b 6 Part cured... % Fulleured.... Dry hides and EADS 2.20. :. 8 Shearlings or Sum- [Pall pelts......... 30@50- mer skins # peel0@20|Winter pelts...60@1 00 WOOL. Fine washed # tb 20@22|Unwashed........ 2-3 Coarse washed...16@18|Tallow ........... 54% SKINS. Bear... 12... @10 00|Muskrat..... 2@ 10 Bisher ...... 4 00@ 6 00/Otter ........ 4 00@ 5 00 Fox, red..... 25@ 1 00: Raeeoon..... 5@ 86 Fox, gray... 15@ S85iSkunk ...... 1I@ % Martin ...... 25@ 1 00 Beaver, # tb.1 00@ 2 25 Mink... ...: 5@ 40 Deer, Pb... 10@ 8 OYSTERS AND FISH. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: OYSTERS. New York Counts. ...:.... (2.23.6... 2... 3e ie By Selects owe... sk eee ee 32 SClGGUN 2 oo ee 28: Roe ee 20 Hae ee, 18 TSE COTS LG ee eee ee V7 IWR@ORNUEIN a se 16 Prime. Se ee 15 LS Oe 2 S@leets per Sano. .. 2... file 1% EAPORROS .- 025s Oe ts eee 110 FRESH FISH. @odtah 22 9 REHNQOGER 230. oe ee ee % SMIOMGS. el ee eee ke ss 10 Maehmaw Brouts: 022... .. 18. .-.- 2h 55. 8 IMRCRERGH eo eal oe eee 2 Wiithefish 3... eee 9 COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples—Searecer and higher, Baldwins and other red varieties readily commanding $2.75 @$3. Buekwheat—2.50 @ ewt. Beans—Unpicked command 75@90ce, and choice picked find good shipping demand at $1.25. Butter—Dairy finds slow sale at 16@1%c for choice rolls, while an inferior article is to be had in endless variety at from 8@12c. Butterine—Solid packed creamery com- mands 22¢c, while dairy is quoted at M@l5e for solid packed, and 15@17. Beets—No shipping demand. Clover Seed—Good local shipping demand. Dealers quote choice stock at $5. Cabbages—#5@$6 #8 100. Very little moving. Celery—15@25e ® doz. Cheese—Michigan full cream readily com- mands 12@13e, while skim find occasional sale at from 94%@10c. Cider—12c ® gal. for common sweet. Cranberries—Firm at $14 for bell and cherry. Dried Apples—Evaporated, 7@8c; common quarters, 4@44e. Eggs—Very plentiful, the large receipts of the past few days having forced the price down to 16e. Pickled stock is completely exhausted. Hops—Brewers are paying lic for best Mich- igan, with few offerings. Honey—Choice new in comb is firm at 4@15e. Hay—Builed, $18@$14. Mince Meat—te # Ib for home made. Onions—$3 # bbl. for yellow or red. Pop Corn—se # ib for choice. Potatoes—Not so firm as last week, on ac- count of a weakening tendency at seyeral Southern markets. Dealers still pay 30@32e, but are not making contracts ahead for any length of time. Poultry—Very scarce. Fowls, 9@10e. Chick- ens, 12@18e. Turkeys, lic. Squash—Slow sale at 4c ® bb. Turnips—25e #8 bu. Timothy—No shipping demand, and dealers buy only for prospective wants, holding at $1.75 for choice. GRAINS AND MILIANG PRODUCTS. Wheat—Unchanged. The city millers pay as follows: Lancaster, 82; Fulse, 79; Clawson, 80c. Corn—Jobbing generally at 48c in 100 bu. lots and 45¢ in carlots. Oats—White, 88¢ in small lots and 34c in oar lots. Rye—58e # bu. Barley—Brewers pay $1.10@$1.20 cwt. Flour—Unchanged. Fancy Patent, $5.70 # bbl. in sacks and $5.95 in wood. Straight, $4.70 8 bbl. in sacks and $4.95 in wood. Meal—Bolted, $1.50 8 cwt. Mill Feed—Screenings, $15 @ ton. Bran, $1 @ton. Ships, $17 ton. Middlings, $18 # ton.. Corn and Oats, $24 # ton. Moar v oe CrR Cima IN WEHSTERN MIC Ibaroware. The Nail in History. The general definition of a nail is a piece of metal having an elongated body more or less sharp at one end and a head on the oth- erend. Under this definition we find that nails were manufactured and used as far baek as the working of metals was known. The first nails were naturally very crude and expensive and produced entirely by hand, but, as the times have required the improve- ment of nails has steadily advanced. It is only within the past seventy or eighty years that machinery has been employed in their manufacture. Previous to this time the nail- ers’ tools were simply a forge, anvil, several hammers and heading tools or bores for the different species and sizes of nails. The plan of production was somewhat as follows: The end of the nail rod was heated and the body of the nail forged on the anvil with the different styles of hammers, cut off while hot over a chisel in the anvil, and placed in a suitable bore and headed by blows from a heading hammer. The first machine im- provement on this process was made in 1790 by Thomas Clifford of Bristol, England. It consisted of two rolls, one above the other, with the impression of the nail, half in each one, combined with a sort of revolving die. When a strip of metal was fed through the rolis it was forced into the depressions and formed a kind of pressed nail, which came through on the opposite side, the head of one nail being attached to the point of the next one. These were separated by shears and were individually dressed before being sent to the market. This machine was af- terwards made with a large number of de- pressions side by side, so that a broad sheet could be fed through. About this time cast nails were tried, but were found to be too brittle. Nails by all these processes were very ex- pensive, and in the United States, owing to the large number of wooden houses in pro- eess of erection at the beginning of the nine- teenth century, the inventive genius of the Americans was turned toward improved methods of nail manufacture. Between 1794 and 1814 over one hundred patents were is- sued for improvements, the first consisting of the production from slips or hoops and heading by holding in a vise and shaping the head by blows from a hammer. But very goon machines were invented to cut and head nails in one operation. .In 1856 there were produced in the United States 81,000 tons of nails. The nomenclature of the nailis so well known as to call for but slight remark here. The word peuny, as applied to nails, is sup- posed be derived from pound; for instance, a 4-penny is one that takes 1,000 to make four pounds, and soon. In regard to the nail of the nineteenth century, a new metal, as it were, is rapidly gaining ground. The steel nail is now an applicant for public fa- vor. This nail has been experimented upon for some years, but only of late has it reach- ed any commercial position. One of the difficulties in the production was the phos- phorus, which, when not low enough, was very liable to leave the nail upon cuting headless and, therefore, useless. The idea, of course, being a merchantable nail, the phosphorus difficulty, after some little ex- periment, was overcome by “douching” the plates, after being rolled and cut and while still hot, with water. This renders the plate soft enough, and the steel being low there is no danger from the carbon, and, in fact, the operation takes the place of the ; annealing- furnace. ——— <2 << John Otis on the Southern Iron Question. John Otis, of the Mancelona iron furnace, was in town last week on his way to Chica- zo, and climbee the stairs leading to THE TRADESMAN Office. Upon being questioned as to the present status of his — business af- fairs, he stated, that he | had (recently “sold fit- ty tons of pig iron to, the Rochester Car Wheel Works, and expected to dispose of a considerable quantity to Chicago consum- ers. He has now receipts from all but one house which filed claims against the concern and on May 10 Assignee Barnhart will ask to be released from further liability in con- nection with the estate, when the property will revert to Mr. Otis. In speaking of the boasted encroachment of Southern iron in Northern markets, Mr. Otis stated that in his opinion the Southern product could not compete with Lake Super- ior iron either in price or quality. .In the first place, it requires two and a half tons of Southern ore to make a ton of iron, whereas Lake Superior ore runs to 60 per cent. iron. The searcity of hardwood in the South ren- ders it extremely difficult to secure hard wood charcoal. It costs as much to make a bushel of soft wood coal as an equal amount of hard wood coal, while the value of the soft wood coal, for smelting furnaces, is one- third less. In addition to these disadvan- tages, the value of the manufactured product is 20 per cent. less than that of Lake Super- ior iron, while the added cost of transporta- tion to Northern markets amounts to a prac- tical shut out. Southern iron, to be profit- able must be manufactured into stoves, ma- chinery, ete., in the South, and even then it cannot entirely supplant Northern iron, on acevunt of the superior quality of the latter. Mr. Otis contemplates taking a trip through the iron producing districts of the South, just before the close of the New Or- leans Exposition, for the purpose of making a thorough investigation of the subject of Southern iron. He has agreed to embody the result of his observations in a series of articles to THE TRADESMAN. LaTER—Mr. Otis was in town Monday, on his way home from a trip to Chicago, and stated to a reporter of THe TRADESMAN that he had disposed of 190 tons of pig iron to the Bass Foundry and Machine Works at $19 a ton delivered in Fort Wayne. will leave a little less than 300 tons of iron in his yard at the furnice. > -9 <> Mancelona oud to Havea Business Boom. Cc. S. Edwards, the Mancelona merchant and real estate dealer, pulled Tur TRADES; MAN’S latch string one day last week and spent an hour or two in depicting the busi- ness advantages of that place. ‘‘We are bound to have a business boom the com- ing season,” said Mr. Edwards, ‘‘and noth- ing short of the ending of the world can prevent Mancelona taking rank with Big Rapids, Reed City and Traverse City before many more years. We have got the soil, we have got the timber and—last, but by no means least-——we have got the business men to develop both branches of business activi- ty. All our manufacturing industries are now in a flourishing condition. The Oval Wood Dish Co. now occupies four buildings, each 406x100 feet in dimensions, and will erect a fifth structure, same size, as soon as spring opens. The factory is using three million feet of elm per year and turn- ing out 150,000 butter plates—equivalent to a carload—per day. The Mancelona Handle Co. has lately built a large dry kiln and is adding considerable new machinery. More - & Stow have put in their usual million and a half of maple logs, and will start their mill about April 1. Wilcox & Willett, the other saw mill firm, are doing a good business. Snyder & Harding, proprietors of the handle factory at Wetzell, are also doing a profita- ble business. John Otis intends to begin burning coal next week. That man deserves a great deal of credit for the manner in which he has overcome his business reverses, and I look forward to the time when he will be looked upon as one of the richest men in Northern Michigan. One of Mancelona’s necessities in the shape of a grist mill is about to be supplied by A. F. Walbrecht, of Douglass, who agrees to have four run of stone in operation by July 1. Four Grand Rapids machinists are about to establish a foundry and machine shop, on ground dona- ted by the village. Rodenbaugh Bros. talk strongly of erecting a brick building the coming season. -Real estate is active, both village property and farming lands being in good demand at considerably higher values than held last year. Give Mancelona a bank, which the business interests of the place demands and will cordially support, and a good hotel, and the future will take care of itself.” —-—~. 9 > - A Pittsburg glass firm has made prepar. a- tions to manufacture glass rollers for roller skates. The new enterprise is expected to roll wealth into the house, provided the skating craze does not subside. This | Should Be Accompanied by an Affidavit. “T see a Monroe street grocer is advertis- ing to sell granulated sugar at six and a half cents,” said a caller at Will Lamoreaux’ of- fice the other day. “The man who buys sugar at tkat price would do well to buy a pair of scales at the same time,” remarked Lamoreaux. [It is un- necessary to state here that JLamoreaux is the manufacturer’s agent for a certain scale —Ep.| “About a dozen years ago,” contin- ued that gentleman, “I was boarding with a family who bought sugar in twenty pound lots. The lady of the house took it into her head to weigh a package on one occasion and found it to be two pounds short. She thereupon inserted an advertisement in one of the daily papers, threatening exposure unless the shortage was made good, and [ll be hanged if a dozen or fifteen grocers didn’t send up two pound packages of sugar—as the result, I suppose, of guilt consciences.” As Mi. Lamoreaux refuses to make an affidavit with this statement, it may be set down as the creation of a distorted imagin- ation. _ <--> A verdict of $592.37 was rendered by ¢ Chicago jury last week in favor of John A. Clarke in his suit for $1,500 against Gray, Burt & Kingman, wholesale grocers. Clarke claimed that he had been employed to watch certain land of the defendent in Northern Michigan, and sued for services and money expended. The counterfeit one-cent coin ean be read- ily distinguished by its red color and lack of sharp outlines. On account of the softness of the metal, the edges are easily worn. Are You Going to shelve a Store, Pat- ry or Closet? 4 If so, send for prices and fur- ther information. Fsoleston & Patton’ PATENT Adjustable Ratchet Bar AND Bracket Shelving rons Creates a New ERA in STORE FURNISH- ING. In entirely su- persedes the old style wherever in- troduced. 7 - ve ae p ie pe eet toe cS! Satichartl, Guaranteed All infringe- ments pro- secuted. Ifnottobe had from - your local “Finch Hardware Dealer, send your orders di- rect to FW. PAPTON, Sele Mannfectarer, MACON, Ko f (35 me Fee eg nce Nee ay ace Sas ee ae re cu ~ ee s/¢ Cire WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. “~,. Prevailing rates at Chicago are as follows: AUGERS AND BITS. \ ay es’, a oo NO Eo a oe sae dis 60) | i. Co OO ea ee ea a 5 ee dis 60 | Boas ae ee oe acer dis 60 PIOMERRS eo cc css see dis 60 | is | Jennings’, genuine...............---5++ dis 25 | Jennings’, WPVitaION. 28S. ae ce dis40&10 | + BALANCES. | Spring eee ee Oe Sagan ose dis 25 BARROWS. Piette $ 18 00 PGargen )) 2.8 os ee ee ae net 33 00 | { BELLS. | and ee dis $ 60&10 (COW ee dis 6u Ca eg cas dis 1D | PQOBS 0 0 a eae dis 20 | Door, Sarvent 2 dis 55 L BOLTS } StOVG.: 5 8le dis$ 40; | Oarmage new list... 4.3... 6206s. 8 dis 7 | PelOW. 92) ...--dis 30&1C | | Sleigh Shoe.) ne dis Th | Cast Barrel Bolts..................... dis 50 | Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis 55 | Cast Barrel, brass knobs....... ..... dis 50 | Cast Square Spring..........-..2..... dis 5D @ast Onam so... k.. dis 60 Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 55&10 Wrought Square .....2..............2. dis 55&10 Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis 30 | Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Bish ee 50&10810 | Mves: WOOK 22 dis 50&10: BRACES. | ROC eo dis $ 40 } BACKS 6 ee dis 50 | SHOMOLG.. 0 ee dis 50 | Oxiie abe ol eo ee dis net BUCKETS. Wee A aches $ 400) IWIOLE SWiVGk: ieee £50 | BUTTS, CAST. Cast Loose Pin, figured....:.......... dis 60&10 Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis 60&i0 | Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 60&10 | Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis 50&10 Wrounht Loose Pin.................. dis 60 Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........ dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver PI DCG ooo eo ees dis 60& 5 Wrought hable 000-0000... i. 2: dis 60 Wrought Inside Blind................ dis 60 Wrousht Brass. .........-0. 20.2.6 0.... dis Blind, -Clark’s.... : Blind, Parker’ eo dis Blind, BNepard’s. 6.60. se dis i Spring for Screen Doors 3x2%, per gross 15 00 Spring for Screen Doors 3x3. .- per gross 18 00 CAPS. Ely’s 1-10 Re eet et pee ee ENGR ©. Bis oe G. D Rclcle alee gs oe sala ofa ale oo Ss ak o IMISKGE 3. 6660. oe ee 60 CATRIDGES. Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list 50 Rim Fire, United States................ dis 50 @emeranlirOc ni. ee dis 14 CHISELS. Socket Birme@rs 05 8. dis 70 Socket WEaming@. 0000000065. dis 70 SOGKet COENCE. 220 oe. dis 70 SOGKGE SHCKG. oo. og dis 70 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40 Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20 COlG ee ee ca, net COMBS. Curry, Lawrence’s..... PS oe dis 33g EIOtGhIRISS: {2 822.2. dis 25 COCKS. Brass, IRSGKIMOS. oo. 40&10 BDOIS 2650 oe 49&10 ICC 40&10 OWNS oe. 60 COPPER. Planished, 14 oz cut to size...... Bee eae tb 34 Tixb?, TEx56 TE X60 37 DRILLS Miorse’s Bit Stock... 0.20.52... .... dis 35 Taper and Straight Shank............ dis 20 Morse’s Taper Sodnk................. dis 30 ELBOWS. Com: 4 piece, 6 In. .............._.. doz net $1 00 Corrugated o.oo. dis 20&10 AGJUStADIC <0 ie ko dis 44&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. Clar’s, small, $18 00; ee 2600. dis 20 Ives’, 1. $18 003 2 2, $24 00; 3, $30 00. dis 25 FILES. American File Association List...... dis 6 MISSHOINS 005 ee dis 60 NeweAmerican Oe cea dis 60 Ni@HOISOD'S. -.- 5... .22..5-..-.-2- 5... dis 60 Hoellen's:)2. 55 8.00 o seco. ioe dis 30 Heller’s Horse Rasps. .:...........--. dis 3334 GALVANIZED IRON, Nos. 16 to 20, 22 and 24, 25and 26, 27 28 List 12 13 14 15 18 Discount, Juniata 45@10, Charcoal 50@10. GAUGES. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s......... dis 50 HAMMERS. May dale MS COlR 6 ais 20 Wipit (2-20.02. dis 25 Veukos & Plombis. 2.0.00 50.2..0..-. dis 40 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.....,........ 30 ¢ list 40 Blaecksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 HANGERS. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis 50 Champion, anti-friction.............. dis 60 Kidder, wood tra.k....... ce dis 40 HINGES. Gate. @lark’s; ft, 2: 3.05. -.. 00... 25... dis 60 State: 0 cae per ee Bet. 2 50 Serew Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 1 amd HOHGEr: 2.05. 3% Screw Hook and Hye, a cee net 10% Serew Hook and Eye %.............. net 8i4 Screw Hook and Eye Ww wer eens eee eee net 1% Serew Hook and Hye, %............. net 1% Strap and (2.2... dis 60&10 HOLLOW WARE. Stamped Pin Ware....................... 60&10 Japanned Tin Ware..............------- 20&10 Granite fron Ware.........-............ 25 HOES. Grube a ke $11 00, dis 40 Grub 22.2 ee. .. 11 50, dis 40 Gris... 25.6... ee 12 00, dis 40 KNOBS. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings. ...$2 70, dis 662 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings. . 3 50, dis 6623 Door, porcelain, plated trim- WINGS 0 ee a list,10 15, dis 6623 Door, ‘porcelain, trimmings list, 1155, dis 70 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain tedees dis 7 Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.. ......... d 40 Hiemacite 202.2002 .5 36. ce tes. dis 50 ° LOCKS—BOOR. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list...dis 6624 Mallory, Wheelnr & Gn... 8. dis 662% Branford’ Res ec ac: dis 6625 INORWAHKIS. cesta dis 662 LEVELS. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 65 MILLS. Coffee, Parkers Co.’8.............5.-..--: dis 40 Coftee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Meeanles dis 40 Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s........ dis 40 @offee: Enterprise...-.... +... -. 3... : dis 25 MATTOCKS. G7e Wye... 3.1.50... 22 6... $16 00 dis 40&10 Houmt Bye... °......-....-....--- $15 00 dis 40&10 Pants oe ek $18 50 dis 20 & 10 NAILS Common, Bra and Fencing. 10dito G00: 32066. c sen. es 9 keg $2 = 5 Sc and OG SAV oo. ce. ne we GG an (Gd AG 22s co ee ce eee 30 Ag amd 5G AAU... 6.6.06. ose. eee. ss 75 Sd: @avanee. s..-2 23.6. os es 1 50 St NNe BAVADGE. .. 2.0... els ke ede we 3 00 @livieh nails, adv. 3... 2... 55.2 cc. 8 1% Finishing 1 10d 8d 6d 4d Size—inches { 3 2% 2 1% Adv. 8 keg $1 25 150 1% 2 00 Steel Nails—Same price as above. MOLLASSES GATES. Stebbins Pattern .........-...2..-------- dis 70 Stebbin’s Genuine...... «...........--eee dis 70 Enterprise, self-measuring.............. dis 25 MAULS. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled........... dis 50 OILERS. Zine or tin, Chase’s Patent............... dis 55 Zine, with brass bottom... .....c.0. 65: dis 50 Brass Or COpper..........-.ccceseescceces dis 40 Reapers... 2... eee ee per gross, $12 net @lmetead’s . 2... ct oe. cc ee. 50 PLANES. Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy..........--.+-seee: dis 15 Seiota BONGh ... 2 occ. e ee wc cee ween eee dis 25 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.... ......+-. dis 15 Bench, first quality............-.- sees ee dis 20 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood and PANS. Bry, ACME. ... 2.00... 6. 0 35-- see ese dis 50 Common, polished............-----++-05 dis60&10 DPI. oo hae ce tne ee beens 98 ib 6@7 RIVETS. Tron and Tinned...............---+:: dis 40 Copper Rivets and Burs..........-..- dis 50&10 PATENT FLANISAED IRO A’? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. “3A to 27 10% “B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27 Broken packs 4c @ b extra. ROOFING PLATES. IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne.......... . 5 75 1X, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........ ew 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........... 12 00 1X, 20x28, choicC Charcoal Terne.......... 16 90 ROPES. ” | Sisal, % In. and larger...................... PMORAG 62 5c oa, ob cas wen ee heb ee acca ce 14% | SQUARES. Steel and Eom: 2.2.2.2. ve a cece eek dis 50&10 i Try and Bevels. ........-.......2.. 62. dis 50&10 PIIGRO: 0 ce ooo. Se se os ea. dis 28 | SHEET IRON. \ Com. Smooth. Com. PINGS: 10 tO 140 os $4 20 $3 00 | Nos. 15 to 17 Bele Coe ake aay 4 20 3 06 PNew Isto 2b... 4 20 3 06 INONU Se Ce ee) go oe. oe 4 20 3 00 TINOS (25 0 S26. oo, ews 4 40 3 20 PNG Ot a. 60 3 40 oa 2 a 4 All sheets No, 18 and lighter, over 30 ine ' wide not less than 2-10 extra. SHEET ZINC. | In casks of 600 tbs, ® t...........---+--- 6 | In smaller quansities, ® fh.............. 6% j TINNER’S SOLDER. | Noct, Refined... ... 2.6... 56 2c cies 13 00 | Market Half-and-half............. .... 15 00 | Strictly Half-and-half.................2 16 | TIN PLATES. : Cards for Charcoals, $6 75 | IC, 10x14, Charcoal. ..... 22.3% 557.28 6 50 ; 1X, HOx lt ObSreoal. 2.2... e2r es 8 50 | IC, Igeie. Charcoal: 2. 2.6 ee 6 50 11X, 12x92, Cliarcoal ..... .. 0.22. es2 8 50 IC, Meee Charcoal ......:..2.2. 24 6 50 IX, 144x205 Chareoal.... 2... 8 50 EXX, 14x20, Charcoal 2.4.2.2. 10 56 Pest, 1660 Oharecol... 6. 12 50 | PEXEX, Texed, Chareoal...7.-...2. 2220.5. 14 50 {Ix 20x28, Charcoal... 0. 18 00 | i DC, 100 Plate Charcoal..........:....... 6 56 | DX, 100 Plate Charcoal... ..... <0. ..<.5 6: 8 50 | DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal... ...........5-2.. 10 50 | DXxX, 100 Plate Chareoal.......... 2.2228: 12 50 | Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to 6 %5 rates. TRAPS. Steel Game... 2... 2. ‘ Onoida Communtity, Newhouse’s. — 35 | Oneida Community, Hawley & Nor ton’s. 60 | Hotenkiss: 3... i, 60 SP. & W. Mie. 60s... .... oo 6 ; Mouse. GhOKGr. 2.5... 4... es 2 20c 8 doz | Mouse: delusion. .............2,..... $1 26 B doz WIRE Bright Market. ...............2. 5.2: ge 60&16 ‘Anmmesied Market. ......0......2...5. 70 Coppered Market........ eee ees dis 55&10 Forura Hailing... oo... i dis 55 Minned Market... ........<).252...- 2. dis 40 ‘inned Broom. ...... 2... 2.5.2.2 ib O09 Mimned Mattress... .. 2. 2... coe ee 8 Ib 8% Coppered pra Steel. ...... 4. dis 40@40&10 Tinned Spring Steel................ 0000 dis 37% iain WENGe@: 2. 2... 0 # ib 3% Barbed Renee... .. . 2... 6.005. ee @OnnGR 2 new list net ENGR ee new list net i WIRE GOODS. erent ak dis 70&19 NGEGW PVCS 0. soe ee dis 70&10 NOOMS dis %0&10 Gate Hooks and Eyes Be ccc w occas dis 70&10 WYrENCHES. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.......... @COCiS GENUING | o.oo ke dis 7 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis Coe’s Patent, malleable.............- dis "0 MISCELLANEOUS. Punips, Cisterm-. ..... 20.1.2... ee. dis 60&20 Serews, New list. ......-. 2. 80 @asters, Bed and Plate..........22..22- dis 50 Dampers, American... ........ 02.25... 3B Foster, Stevens & Co. HEADQUARTERS FOR Roller Skates, Skate — & Boes —AND— PATD.JULY.3.83, a The New Era Rink Skate. We claim the NEW ERA to be the most economical roller skate in the world, and this in connection with their {mmense pop- ularity with those who have used them, com- mend them to the attention of every rink own-~ er in the country. Our Clamp Skateisthe only screw clamp made which operates all the clamps with one key at the same time. The “VINEYARD” Skates are very popular, 8. C. and C. and we carry a full line of A. C., == guby 13-1880 APR: 26-1631 The Vineyard Roller ed July 13, 1880, and April 27, I881, A nice line of SKATE BAGS AND BOXES carried in stock. All Clamp were patent Skate Boxes for all clamp Skates. We solicit inquiries, and should be glad te quote prices to dealers and rink managers. FOSTER, STEVENS & CO. WILSON’S Cabinet Creamery and Barrel Chora AND ALL Dane SUPPLIES. To first pur- chaser in new locality, we will give special terms. The woman’s friend. It saves three-fourths ofthe labor in butter-mak- ing; easily op- you ave sweet milk to feed which trebles its value. Send for circular. Agents wanted, Address FLINT CABINET CREAMERY cO., FLINT, MICH. -~ geen him yet. The Michigan Tradesman, : SOLIMAN SNOOKS. Rapidly Recovering from His Recent Tl- | mess. Cant Hook Corners, March 20, 1885. Mister Editer of Traidsman: DEAR Srr—Well, here [ am again, right |= i tell | you, Bro. Stowe, I gess I come very near | side up with care, like a box of eggs. elimin the golden stair, from all 1 can learn sence I got better. Iam able to be eant do much. I have not got my full appe- - tite back yet, for I could only eat 2 slices of steak, 5 slices of toast and a cupple of eggs for breakfast this morning. But I am gain- ing all the time. Now, Stowe, that was a nice job you put up on me, putting that advertisement in for a correspondence with a widder. Confound it all, I am just loaded up with letters now. All kinds of em, from widders of 65 with $15,000 in bonds, down toa hired girl in Kalamazoo, with nothing but her character to reconiend her, and I don’t think even that isin good repair, from the way she writes. One young damsell of 25 writes from Kasa- nova, Mich., a real nice long letter. She says she aint no widder and never had no chil- dren. Thats kinder funny, for she says she has “knowd lots of drummers,” and gives the names of 5 or 6, not necessary for publi- cation, but simply to show good faith. I wood advise the dear sister to be a little eausious about this bizness. I have read of such things raisin Cain. (Gen. IV. 1.) She says, ‘My Karacter is fust class, and I can tend store and figger and take care of your raisins and karamels.” I wood not wonder a blamed bit if she cood. She sent no pic- ture, so I dont kno whether she is good look- in or not. A widder by the name of Mary Jane Din- glebénder comes well recommended. She writes from Chipmuck Run and sends her picture, But as she hapened to hold her fan a little in front of her face when she got it tuck, I cant see anything but her eyes and banged hair. She says she is quite rich, but { dont take no stock in that. But her letter is rich, any how. One widder named Mrs. Montgummer says she has lost 5 husbands and wood like to finda No. 6. Shesays, ‘‘Love is more an object than welth,” and that she “used to be an actriss.” I gess she did. They are apt to lose husbands all about the country. They ought to put a bell on their men, so to find em. ° But I cant speak of one-tenth of the let- ters I have received. The matrimonial mar- ket seems to be rather dull with a heavy stock of goods on hand and a small demand for old goods. Weare going to give our minister, Mr. Mugger, a donation party next week and people are in my store now getting things to take to it. I think I will get strong enough to attend and perhaps I can write you upa little discription of the occasion. Oh, I forgot nearly to tell you, that I have received a card, inviten myself and ladies to attend a “Travling Men’s Party” at Armory Hall, Ionia St., Grand Rappids, March 27. By Jinks, I shood enjoy that, even if I haint exactly atravelin man. I have done some tall travlin in my day, too. 1 walked from Nashville, Tenn. to Washington, D. C., once, by way of Atlanta and Savanna Georgia; but thé tallest travelin I ever done was one time when a hull division of Hardee’s corpse got after our regiment at Jonesboro. Thats not what I started to say, though, I was going to say that 1] hoped I cood manage it so to go down to your city to that ball. I kno the boys wood be all glad to see Unkle Sol. trip the light fantastic toe, but they wood be dis- apinted in that, for I sworn off years ago on dancin and all such vain and sinful amuse- ments. So did the widder, but I spose I shall take her if I go. Lam kind of shakey on my pins yet and my hand trembles, soI gess I will have to eut my letter rather short. Your last paper just got along and I have read the letter in it from my clerk. Algeron writes a nice letter, dont he? But my sakes! how did I ever recover from such a horrible lot of diseases. If Ihad a knowd what I had, I do think I shood have went up the flew: Dock Kobb is rathy, cause the boys got dock Trotter to dockter me. I spose he had rather I wood die than to have his profes- ional repertation hurt any. I had rather not. I thank you Bro. Stowe, for the bundle of letters you mailed to me containing remem- brances, respects, etc., from various dealers throughout the State. 1 want to thank my brother merchants for all these kind expres- sions, also. Old winter let go for a very few days, just to spit on his hands, but he has took holt again with fresh energy and six inches of snow. ‘That will make good slaying for our donation any how, which is some comfort. Yours hopefully, SoLIMAN SNOOKS, G. D., P. M. and J. P. P. S.—I notice in your paper of a week ago, you say that you claim no responsibili- ty for what I may say. That is right, lam able to back up all I say. I hope tho, none of your readers have been offended at my little statement of facts transpiring at the Corners, for, as a simple guilless chronical- ler of the doings in our little city, I must tell of all that hapens. Unkle Potts has just got back, have not 8. S. ——>-6-§<————_—_—_ Many a boarding-house patron gets into kot water when he ladles out the soup. in the |§ store now and kind of oversee things, but |S | | | | TRADE MARK, O. H. RICHMOND & CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. MANUFACTURERS OF Richmond's Family Medicines. RICHMOND'S LIVER ELIXIR. The best selling liver and blood medicine in the market, 50 cents. Richmond’s Cubeb Cream, Richmond’s Ague Cure, Richmond’s Cough Cure, Richmond’s Easy Pills, Dr. Richards’ Health Restorer. Retailers, please order of your jobbers in Grand Rapids, Chicago or Detroit. Tf your job- ber does not handle our goods, we will fill your orders. Pills and Health Restorer can be sent by mail. 141 South Division St., Grand Rapids. POLIVEIRR'S Parisian Sauce ‘razqedde UB SUV [BALI INOYITA PUB ‘p]IOM OY UT soNBg 4Soq PUL YSOTYIBOY OY t nation of the different RENGH COOKING sate ‘AHULOIA puB SPldBYy PUBIDH LOJ SJUBSY 90S "AWHd 8 SNDIMVE ‘SuIjsIxo MOU IBindod puv o[quivyed {aBISBIJ JSOU OY, 41 8 BAKING This Baking Powder makes the WHITEST. LIGHTEST and most HEALTHFUL Biscuits, Cakes, Bread, ete. TRY IT and be convinced. Prepared only by the Arctic Manufacturing Co., GRAND RABIDS, MICH. SHRIVER, WEATHERLY & C0, Grand Rapids, Mich., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IRON PIPE, Brass Goods, Iron and Brass Fittings, Mantels, Grates, Gas Fixtures, Plumbers, Steam Fitters, —And Manufacturers of— Galvanized Iron Cornice. (1760 | oad i | 1885] | RoseLeaf,FineCuf, ORCUTT & S| Consignments Solicited. MUSKEGON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. COMPANY, WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION : Butter Bows, Cheese, Fruit, Grain, Hay, Beef Pork, Produce. MUSKEGON , MICH. A. W. MOSHER, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in armer’s Produce, Butter, Egos, CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. Pine Street. Muskegon, Mich. 5. §. MORRIS & BRO, PACHEES —AND— Jobbers of Prowvisions, CANNED MEATS AND BUTTERS. Choice Smoked Meats a Specialty. Stores in Opera House Block, Packing and Warehouse Market and Water Streets. APPLES! We have alarge Western order trade for Apples in car lots, as well as a good local demand, and also handle Evaporated and Sun-Dried Apples largely. If you have any of these goods to ship, let us hear from you, and we will keep you posted on market prices and prospects. We also handle Beans and Pota- toes. Liberal Cash Advances made on Dried Fruit, also on Apples in carlots. EARL BROS., (Commission Merchants, 169 Ss. Water St., Chicago, Tl. REFERENCE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. CLARK, JEHWELL & CO, WW EXOLESALE Groceries and Provisions, 83. 85 and $7 PEARL STREET and 114, 116, 1f8 and 120 OTTAWA STREET, , GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WM. SHEARS é& CO. Cracker Manufacturers, Agents for AMBOY CHEESE. 37, 839 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO., MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. AGENTS FOR THE Our spring samples are now ready for inspection at prices as low as the lowest. We make a Gent’s Shoe to retail for $3 in Congress, Button and Bals that can’t be beat. 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Choice Butter a Specialty ! Orang‘es, Lemons, Apples, Cranber- ries, Cider, Buckwheat Flour, Etc. Careful Attention Paid to Filling Orders. M,C. Russell, 48 Ottawa St., G’d Rapids. PHEREINS & HESS, ——DEALERS IN— |Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS, 122 and 124 LOUISSTREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. H. LEONARD & SONS, importers and Jobbers of Crockery, Glassware & Lamps =~ 16 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. AGENTS FOR Knowles, Taylor & Knowles American W. G. Ware. AND Wetloewood & Co.’s English Ware. Special Prices given on STONEWARE in Car Lots. The “GOOD ENOUGH ” 5 and 10 gal. OIL CANS. The “ EMPRESS” 1-2, 1 and 2 gal. OIL CANS. Galvanized Iron Grocer’s Of TANKS, $7.00 each. Engraved Globe Crimp Top Lamp Chimneys. “LA BASTIE” Toughened Glass Chimneys will not Break. We Sell our Labeled “ FLINT” Glass Chimneys at the same Price others ask for Second Quality, when five boxes of any styles are taken. We deliver Lamp Chimneys, Stoneware and Kerosene Oil at any depot in this city free of Cartage. Send for our Illustrated Price List of Crockery, Glassware and Hanging Lamps, showing Package Lists and open stock Prices of our full line. RTERS —AND— Wholesale Grocers. BLANCHARD BROS. & CO ——-PROPRIETORS——— MODEL MILLS. ——MANUFACTURERS OF —— Gilt Edge Patent aud White Loaf Brands of Flour. We invite Correspondence. Good Goods and Low Prices. Full Roller Process. GRAND RAPIDS, Miom, CoRNER WINTER AND WEsT BRIDGE STS.,