w VOL. 1. BHR eggeaay Alabastine is the first and onty prepara- tion made from calcined gypsum rock, for application to walls with a brush, and is fally covered by our several patents and perfected by many years of experiments. It is the only permanent. wall finish, and admits of applying as many coats as de- sired, one over another, to any hard surface without danger of scaling, or noticeably adding to the thickness of the wall, which is strengthened and improved by each ad- ditional coat, from time to time. It is the only material for the purpose not dependent upon glue for its adhesiveness ; furthermore it is the only preparation that is claimed to possess these great advantages, which axe essential to constitute a durable wall finish. Alabastine is hardened on the wall by age, moisture, etc.; the plaster absorbs the admixtures, forming a stone cement, while all kalsomines, or other whitening preparations, have inert soft chalks, or gine, for their base, which are rendered soft, or scaled, in a very short time, thus necessitating the well-known great incon- ; venience and expense, which all have ex-; perienced, in washing and scraping off the eld coats before refinishing. In addition to the above advantages, Alabastine is less expensive, as it requires but one-half the number of pounds to cover the same amount ef surface with two coats, is ready for use by simply adding water, and is easily ap- plied by any one. Bhheeeebaes --—— FOR SALE BY-—----— ALI; Paint Dealers. ——MANUFACTURED BY—— ALABASTINE! : success, although assured from the start, is. / now a reality. ‘ A Few Words for ‘:The Tradesman.”’ ThE TRADESMAN has passed the quarter of its first publication year, and its In short, it is now only a question of how much of a success it will be. tion, that the field selected is sufficiently ex- tended to give it a generous support, and that the object and merits of the paper are appreciated at their full worth. The same general features that have served to give character and interest to the paper in the: past will be continued in the future, to- gether with such additional features as will come with added experience and a more It has been demonstrated, beyond dispute, | that there is a demand for such a publica- | 1 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1884, MICHA COMMERCIL TRAVELERS’ ASSOCIA, first: Grand Rapids Boys on tho Read. y Benj. Wollister will eontinue to represent. : Incorporated Dec. 10, 1877—Charter in Foree for: Peiree & White on the road. Thirty Years. LIST OF OFFICERS: | President—Ransom W. HAWLEY, of Detroit. : Vice-Presidents—CHAS. E. SNEDEKER, Detroit; | L. W. ATKINS, Grand Rapids; I. N. ALEXAN- pen, Lansing; U. 8. Lorp, Kalamazoo; H. E. | Mexkrr, Bay City. | Detroit. : Board of Trustees, For One Year—J. C. PON- ; ‘&?Lus, Chairman, 8. A. MonGrER, H. K. WHITE For Two Years—D. Morris, A. W. CULVER. KNIGHTS OF THE GRIPSACK. Travelers’ Association. The annual meeting of the Michigan Com- | mercial Travelers’ Association was held at } ! ! { ence as to what it shall and shall not print.; who addressed the Association, alluding to thorough knowledge of what is desired.’ Cleland hall, Detroit, on the 28th ult., the THE TRADESMAN is in no sense a “house: day being the sixth anniversary of the incor- organ”—one of the most detestable features | poration of the Association and the: tenth y trade ce so tt , | anniversary of its formation. There were r iad ti ree penetone not! 138 members present. The meeting was subject to the caprice of any outside influ-| called to order by President Jas. T. Phillips, We shall continue to act independently, giv- ing place to such matters as we see fit, with- out any regard to whom they may hit, hav- ing in mind only the general good of the re- tail tradesman. Recognizing that a subscrip- tion list numbering every retailer in Western Michigan is a source of strength vastly more valuable than the advertising patronage of a dozen jobbers, we shall bend every energy to accomplish that end, agreeing to furnish a paper in no sense unworthy the mercantile | interests of the State. We have sent Tue TRADES- MAN regularly each week to several thous- and repuiable dealers, at our own risk. By i this time, they are-enabled to determine | whether it will be of any assistance to them | in the prosecution of their business. { the fact, receiving the assurance that the ac- ‘ count is balanced, as we have no desire to ask a man to pay for what has been of no use of him, and what he does not want. If, THE ALABASTINE COMPANY M. B, OHUROH, Manager. GRAND RAPIDS. - re COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND _ Baton, Lyon & Allen, 4g” Lyon Street. Having purchased the Eagle Job Printing | Establishment, and having added largely to its facilities, we would respectfully announce that we are prepared to execute in first-class | style such orders for Book and Job Printing and Blank Book Manufacturing as may be en- teusted to us. Baton, Lyon & Allen, BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS PRINTERS, and RLANK BOOK MANUFACTURERS. A. FOw L&E, PAINTER AND DECORATOR. ~AND DEALER IN— Artists’ Materials FINE WALL PAPERS AND ROOM MOULDINGS, WINDOW PAINTS, OILS, AND Glass, Plain and Ornamental 37 IonIA STREET, SOUTH OF MONROE. A. A. CRIPPEN, WHOLESALE . j } ; i SHADES, fon the other hand, the paper has_ afforded | him any profit, given him seasonable hints } in a business sense, we should be pleased to | of a cash advance or a notification that the paper is wanted. Let it be understood that /no wholesale house is sending the paper to i | anyone on its own account, and that every ; paper mailed to those who are not subscrib- ‘ers is at the risk and expense of the pub- lisher. So Plain As Nefer Vas. From the Wall Street News. When the tax assessor of one of the wards , called upon a clothing dealer and asked} i about the value of his stock, Blank Book Manufactoring | Isaac replied: “Vhell, shust about $400.” “Four hundred! why, you must have at east $2,000 investeu here.” i 5 i “No? no! no! vhas you efer in der clothing : peesness?” { “No.” “Vhell, it vhas surprising what a show i: $100 make. Four hundred vhas enough | to start a mammoth clothing house.” | “When did you inventory?” “Vhell, about six weeks ago.” “Didn’t that inventory show over $3,000 stock?” “Oh, yes, yes; but let me oxplain to you. We took dot inventory to sell out. the pees- ness to a man from New York, und L bor- | rowed 200 coats and 400 wests of my brudder } ' Shacob to fill oop der stock. Der man didn’t | bite, and so [ falls back on my true stock. : If LT haf more ash $400 here do you think I ' didn’t get more as $2,000 insurance?” j New Corporations Authorized. ' ‘The following corporations have lately ; filed articles of association with the Secre- tary of State at Lansing: Eureka [ron and Steel ‘ capital, $500,000. Works, | Lexington & Utiea Railroad Co.: capital, ; $520,000. A word to our readers who are not already | subscribers. If not, | they are at perfect liberty to inform us of: | and pertinent suggestions that are valuable} MICHIGAN. | P° S ; | receive his subscription, either in the shape | j Detroit: | the benefits derived from the reserve fund, and touching upon the valuable concessions : received from the railroad companies and ‘the consequent obligation the Association was under to those corporations. He allud- ed feelingly to brothers members who had passed away, and dwelt upon the manly characteristics of his immediate predecessor, President John W. Higgins, who was killed in the railway disaster near Olivet. ! | Secretary Hill presented the following report: Membership one year 820..... ...........5- 5A New members admitted during 1883........ 113 ' Members reinstated...............---..4-+++ 15 Mota ee os 670 Members dropped from roll............-- 19 Deceased members................6- 2.0205 8 : — & Wil ke 587 Increase of inembership .................. 45 The Treasurer’s report showed: | Balance on hand for 1882............ -.$ 6,423 66 Receipts from all sources during 1883 20,068 90 Total... BRO Ade 20 ! Death losses paid............ $20,000 00 PXPeOnS@s.. 2.7.50. .-2.05 0.5 73, 983 10 $20,983 10 Cash on Wand: .:2.....2..2.5:. .$ 5,509 10 The thanks of the Association were ten- dered Edwin Martlock for his efficient ser- vices as chairman of the railway committee. A resolution was passed adopting the proposition of J. H. Brewer, of New Jersey, looking to the abolition of the tax collected from commercial travelers in certain States by memorializing Congress to that end. The Association will present a petition to Mich- igan Congressmen in furtherance of the pro- posal. The election lows: + President-—Ransom W. Hawley, Detroit. | First Vice-President--Chas. E. Sned- ‘ eker, Detroit. Sreond Vice-President-——L. W. ‘ Grand Rapids. Third Vice-President—I. N. Alexander, | Lansing. Fourth Vice-President—-U. S. Lord, Kala- : mazoo. : Fifth Vice-President—H. E. Meeker, Bay i City. i Seeretary and ‘Treasurer, W. N. Meredith, Detroit. Board ot Trustres—J. Munger, H. K. White. ot officers’ resulted as fol- Atkins, «. Pontius, S. A. i ‘Yrustees Reserve Fund Committee (two; : years)—-D. Morris, A. W. Culver. . tie, and it was agreed to proceed with the : election of the remainder of the officers and eall a special election for Secretary after- ward. This was accordingly done and Mr. | Meredith was elected by one vote, a result {| which is complimentary to the old Seeretary. ' A resolution of thanks offered by T. J. Haywood to the retiring officers for the able and efficient manner in which they discharg- copies of the president’s adress be printed for members with the amended constitution. The afternoon session was chiefly occu- pied with discussing amencments to the con- stitution, oie of which provides for a semi- annual assessment of $5 each to be made in : April and October, thus doing away with the ; assessment of dues at the end of each year. ' This amendment was passed after a vigor- | Roscommon Opéra House Co., Ruscom-! ous struggle, and was afterward reconsider- | mon; articles amended. | 00 Au Sable Lumber Co., Au Sable: capital | increased to $34,000. + Patent Pulp Lining Co., Niles: capital, $200,000. Gale Sulky Harrow Manufacturing Co,, ! Detroit; capital increased to $100,000. | Western Medicine Co., capital, $25,000. } { j + Sentinel Printing Co., Ionia; capital, $12,- | 000. s i Yeagley Automatic Fountaiv | Co., Detroit; capital, $50,000. } Detroit and Alpine Silver Minifig (o., { Detroit; capital, $500,000. Patents Issued to Michigan inventors. i sued to Michigan inventors: James H.° Armstrong, Pineonuing. chain fastener. John C. Bach, Hillsdale, shaft press. | Ewell B. Bellinger, Kalamazoo, cultivator. a Sy als | Jeremiah Dayo, Denton, safety attach- 54 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, s We carry « Large Stock, and Guarantee Prieea es Low as Chicago and Detroit. R. J. KIRKLAND. M. D., SPECIALIST IN DISEASES OF THE Har, Eye and Throat WITH DHS. JOHNSON & BOISE, ®@ Ottawa Street, Corner of Monroe Street, Office Hours: 9a. m. to 12 m.; 2 to5 p. m. i MICHIGAN. | ment for gun locks. i Samuel J. Gray, Fort Gratiot, railway | guard. _ Frank J. Kellogg, Battle Creek, rule or ; measure. . Sra N. Moore, Battle Creek, mitten. Joseph O’Brien, Kalamazoo, artificial leg. John €. Perkins, Kalamazoo, ‘ hand car. : ©, EB. Perry, Whitehall, churn motor. ' steam escape. L. C. Pratt, Kalamazoo, erutch. An Improvement on the Chromo Plan. furnish an oyster stew to every person whose bill for goods purchased at their es- tablishment exceeds $1 in amount. Whitney Organ Co., Detroit: capital, $50,- 0. rrand Rapids; | railway | John H. Porter, Jackson, cylinder cock | : ed, but was passed a second time. Several | minor amendments were inserted in the con- | stitution. The rule making it compulsory {| upon the Board of Trustees of the reserve ! fund to invest the surplus in United. States i bonds was changed, and investment in se- ' curities is now optional with the Board. ed their respective duties. in the past year | was adopted, as was also the suggestion : made part of the same resolution, that 600) The first ballot for Secretary resulted in a L { In the evening the travelers discussed a/ ' sumptuous banquet. How He Worked It. A drummer on his first trip was seated in Machine | the same car with an old experienced knight , of the road, and their conversation turned on their relative daily expenses. “T always manage to include in my ex-, , penses,”’ said the elder, ‘‘hats, boots, over- ' coats, etc., and every drummer who has any ‘same. Make the firm stand ’em.”’ ; The younger man thought that a very ! good idea, and upon his return from his trip | he included among other items of expenses | one pair of boots, 312. His employers expressed themselves as well pleased with his success as a salesman, but objected to pay for the boots. On his next trip he was fortunate enough to meet his former acquaintance. | “How is it,’ he asked, “that your firm | will stand overcoats as legitimate expenses | when mine kicked on a pair of boots?” “You didn’t put boots down in your ex- i pense account, did you?” “Certainly,” said the young inan. “Well, you are a chump. ' postage stamps and sundries.” ; When the young inan again sybmitted his ‘ account the firm remarked: + “We don’t see any memorandum j The following patents have lately been is-; respect for his noble calling ought to do the | | } ‘ ' You should} being made in Germany. ‘ have dovetailed the price of the boots into! made exclusively of steel wire, and are so i j | ; § Frank Crawford, Manley Jones and Frank Collins will represent John Caulfield. Stephen Sears aud Jas. W. Seymour will, of course, continue to handle Wm. Sears &! Co.’s goods. Ralph Blocksina will continue another | Secretary and Treasurer—W. N. MEREDITH, | year as traveling agent for Voigt, Herpol- } sheimer & Co. Chas. S. Robinson will represent Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. for another year. FE. P. Dana proposes to go on the road in _ _| In the spring, selling lumber on his own ac- | Annual Meeting of the Michigan Commercial | i A count on_commission. Cody, Ball & Co. will be represented another year by A. C. Sharpe, J. B. Evans and D. S. Haugh on the road, and Algernon E. White in the city. Shields, Bulkley & Lemen will continue to be represented by B. F. Parmenter, Ed. Frick, D. F. Keyes on the road, and J. A. Morrison in the city. Putnam & Brooks will be represented on the road the coming year by Wm. B. Ed- munds, Chas. C. Drew and Geo. McKay, and in the city by T. C. Putnam. Rindge, Bertsch & Co. will have the same representation as last year, Wm. Logie, W. A. Rindge, and Ed. Krekel covering the same territory as in the past. Spring & Company’s trunks will be car- ried this year by W. H. Downs and Jonh P. Gill, the latter covering the territory for- merly traveled by Geo. F. Owen. Thomas P. Ferguson, formerly traveling agent for Jacob Barth, but for the past two years on the road for S. M. Tyler & Co., of Detroit, has signed with that firm for another year. His territory will be the same as here- tofore. : C. H. Bayley will continue to agitate the northern trade for Clark, Jewel & Co.,; and J. O. Cloyes will attend to the city trade. Another traveler will be engaged later in the season. Jas. A. Crookston and L. M. Mills will continue their present relations with Hazel- tine, Perkins & Co., and Prof. Hampson will continue to carry a line of druggists’ sundries and brushes for the same firm. A. N. Leslie and W. S. Horn have engag- ed to travel for Fox, Musselman & Lover- idge for another year, covering the same ground as heretofore. Messrs. Fox and Loveridge will also continue their periodical visits to the trade. S. A. Sheldon, western traveling agent for Austin, Tomlinson & Webster, manufac- turers of the Jackson wagon, has returned from a flying trip through Nebraska, and returns the middle of the month for a tour of Iowa and Kansas. THe TRADESMAN is in receipt of an ele- gant eard, ornamented with satin flowers, announcing the engagement—for another year—of Mr. C. W. Mansfield with Bradner, Smith & Co., of Chicago. It is a question in this case which is to be most congratulated. Geo. F. Owen, for the past four years trav- eling salesman for Spring & Company, has severed his connection with that house to accept a similar position with Brewster & Stanton, of Detroit. He is sueceeded by John F. Gill, for the past two years identi- fied with the wholesale department of the house. Mr. Gillis a young man ot energy and pleasing address, and will undoubtedly make many new friends for Spring & Com- pany. Detroit’s Rich Men. The Detroit Times prints a list of the wealthy residents of that place, aecompany- ing each reference with the reputed fortune of the gentleman in question. As there has been an evident endeavor to approach exact- ness, more than ordinary reliance may be placed on the statements. In the following compilation from the article, the first figures represent the age of_the person and the-see- ond the value of his property: Francis Palms, 70, $5,000,000. David Ward, 67, 45,000,000. Wim. E. Lovett, 58, $4,000,000. Jas. 8. Newberry, 63, $4,000.000. Jas. McMillan, 64, $4,000,000. ©. H. Buhl, 71, $2,000,000. Jas. F. Joy, 70, $1,5000,000. Ii. P. Baldwin, 69, $1,000,000. Peter Henkle, 52, $1,000,000. W. H. Stevens, 65, $1,000,000. W. B. Wesson, 65,$1,500,000. Simon J. Murphy, 70, $2,000,000. _ D. M. Ferry, 50, $1,000,000. Geo. H. Hammond, 59, $1,500,000. David Whitney, Jr., 52, $2,000,000. Henry Stephens, 55, $1,000,000. M.S. Smith, 50, $1,000,000. Gen. R. A. Alger, 47, 31,000,000. Capt. Jack. Pridgeon, 53, $1,000,000. Chas. E. Bresler, 65, $1,000,000. Daniel Seotten, 62, $2,000,000. Thos. W. Palmer, $2,000,000. Mrs. Thos. W. Palmer, $3,000,000. Fred. Buhl, 77, $750,000. Wm. A. Butler, 70, $750,000. G. V. N. Lathrop, 66, $750,000. Philo Parsons, 68, $700,000. Edmund Hall, 55, $750,000. Thos. Nester, $600,000. John Owens, 61, $500,000. A. C. McGraw, $500,000. Alanson Shely, 73, $500,000. J.S. Farrand, 68, $500,000. W. K. Muir, $400,000. Caleb Van Husan, 78, $500,000. Chas. Stinehfield, $450,000. Stephen Baldwin, $470,000. Alex. Lewis, $390,000. Thos. A. Parker, $4,000,000. W. W. Crapo, $400,000. Alfred E. Brush, 34, $800,000. Hugh Moffatt, 70, $600,000. Wm. B. Moran, $400,000. Geo. Hendrie, $700,000. Theo. H. Eaton, $600,000. Alex. M. Campan, 58, $700,000. Tragott Schinidt, $600,000. Steel belting is, according to report, now The belts are constructed that they are flexible, easily fas- tene@’ and may be tightened at pleasure. The pulley upon which the belting runs oe for; must be covered with leather, or other The proprietors of a Chicago dry goods! ‘boots’, or anything of that nature, Mr. So-| suitable material for securing ; Store advertise that they will gratuitously | and-So.” friction. The belting is well adapted for heavy work, “No,” Mr. So-and-So said softly to him-| it is claimed, and is not affected by damp- self. ' dollar overcoat thére just the same.” “You don’t see it, but there is a forty | ness or a change of temperature, as is leath- er. the | ~ Evolution ‘n Buckwhoat Cakes. ' From the New York Sun. | “Buekwheat cakes!" said “a man in a ; down-town restaurant. “Wheat cakes!” ' said another man by his side. In a short i time the waiter brought three broad, thin i disks, that were white within and a crisp brown without, to each man. In looks the cakes were exactly alike. A man with a sensitive taste could have determined after alike. the name brings up pleasant memories,” said one. “Here is a ease in which evolution has ruined the thing evoluted. When I was a boy my father used to carry buckwheat to the mill and bring back a greyish flour. My mother mixed it at night, and the next morn- ing I sat down to breakfast before a heap— but no matter. We won’t talk about it.” one or two trials that they did not taste : “T ordered buckwheat cakes just because | an Tradesman. NO. 15. Making the Hard Times Harder. While «a reporter of Thre ‘Brapeswan “was at one of the northern towns last week. ; he met an experience that set him to think- ing on the probable outcome of the present | business depression, providing the majority ' of the tradesmen continues to talk ina dole- ful strain as to the prospects of - the. future, iand reminded him foreibly of the lines fram Hamlet: age o( Co). Taam cay. : “= There’s nothing either good or baa But thinking makes it so... | oT A farmer whe had evidently not “been to ‘town” for a fortnight enquired of a mey- chant as to whether the times were getting ; better, and was answered in the negative, ‘the reply also conveying the opinion , that there was no indication of an impreve- iment “for months to come.” Desiring to ' ascertain the effect of this dismal inielligenee. i the reporter engaged the farmer in econver- — “Yes, but you said something about the | Sation, and gleaned from him what he be- evolution spoiling the thing evoluted. What | lieves to be the key-note of the present bus- was the thing evoluted?” ness depression. Said the tiller of the soil: “The buckwheat flour. The buckwheat | “Last spring the merchants here told us that. of my youth was cleaned and then ground hard times were coming on, and that we between the stunes like any other grain. | Wanted to be prepared for them. So we Not long ago a man who wanted to make a beautiful flour to look at coneluded that he could do so if he could entirely remove the shuck. from the kernel of buckwheat. To do this he made a machine that consists of four serrated or corrugated rollers. Two are placed at the end of the screen over which the grain passes, and as the grain drops between them it gets a nip that breaks it up and separates about all the meats from the husks. Then the meat drops through a short screen, and the husks pass on through the second set of rollers. They are further broken up, and the remaining meats are separated. The meats are ground, and this white tasteless stuff is the result.” “That was only the complaint of a man who thinks that there are no times like the old times,” said a flour dealer to whom the above was related. “If he wants ground husks instead of clean flour, he can get it, and for less money. Few mills now grind shucks and all together, bat the flour is to be had. If the new process fiour was not better than the old it would not now be tak- ing the lead.” a se Maxims for Business Men. When a business man reaches the point where he thinks he can not spare any time to examine sources of financial and com- mercial information, he may safely conclude that his business is not well managed. When a business man finds himself in a financial situation so embarassing that he eannot afford to possess every publication that would throw more light upon his busi- ness transactions, he should not delay an hour, but arrange at once with an auctioneer to close out his stock to the highest bidder. When a business man comes to the con- clusion that he cannot afford to spend dur- ing the year, in judicious advertising, an amount equal to one-half, or at least one- quarter of the sum he pays annually for rent, he may safely make up his mind that it is high time for him to move his business to cheaper quarters. When a business man disburses annually for salaries and expenses of travelers to so- licit trade a larger sum than he pays in making his business khown to the public through other judicious advertising, he may be sure that he ought to reconsider his man- agement. Salesmen should be assisted in their arduous work by well managed adver- tising. What is Done with Bad Eggs. They are divided up among tanners, mo- rocco dressers, confectioners, and fine paper- makers. The tanners take the yolk, and never question the freshness of the product; the confectioners and paper men are eager for the foaming white. Vast quantities of the yolks are used, and only recently has it been possible for the leatber men to obtain them in quantities. The yolks are mixed with flour and salt, and a dough is made. This is used for sizing and dressing. T paper men are not particular regarding age. | The white which they secure must be clean, | for if a single streak of yolk should creep | in, then when the paper is sized it will have | a yellowish streak through it. ‘These parts | of the eggs are disposed of by the gallon at) i nominat figures. In selecting flour, first look to the color. | If itis white with a yellowish straw-color | tint, buy it. If it is white with a bluish cast ; or with black specks in it, refuse it. Next i examine its adhesiveness—wet and knead a ats ee How to Select Flour. t | _ | little of it between your fingers; if it works Then throw a! soft and sticky it is poor. little lump of dried flour against a smooth | your hand; if it retains the shape given by | the pressure, that too, is .a bad sign. ,easy to buy flour that will stand these tests. | These modes are given by all old flour deal- , ers, and pertain to a matter that coneerns everybody. Two For a Quarter. He was smoking. a fine-flavoyed Havana | _ when he met a friend. ' “Have a cigar?” he inquired politely. “Thanks,” said the other gratefully. tak- ' ing and lighting the proffered weed. After a few experimental puffs, however, the friend removed the cigar from his lips, i and looking at it doubtfully, said, with a ' very evident abatement of gratitude in his tone: “What do you you pay for these cigars?” “Two for a quarter,” replied the original proprieter of both weeds, taking his own ci- gar out of his mouth and looking at it with considerable satisfaction: “‘This cost me twenty cents and that five.” The conversation languished at this point. Gold in Teeth. A writer of mathematical bent finds from the census-returns that there are about 17,000 dentists in the United States, who, he esti- mates, pack into the teeth of the American people a ton of pure gold annually. Contin- uing his speculations, he predicts that in the twenty-first century all the gold in the ecoun- try will be buried in the graveyards. "B. P. Farrington & Co., wholesale grocers of Chicago, went out of business January 1, after an existence of 82 years. The senior member of the late firm goes to Minneapolis to re-engage in the wholesale grocery busi- ness. e! | surface; if it falls like powder, it is bad, : ; Lastly, squeeze some of the flour tightly in | It is | held onto our money, bought nothing but what we actually needed, and although our potatoes and corn slipped up on us, we still have enough to keep the wolf from the door for some time to come.. ‘Fhe merehants still keep on telling us that it is hard times, and that there is no help for it until another harvest, and 1 suppose it’s so, bunt FE don’t just see where it comes in. AH my neigh- bors have plenty of money, bnt they won't lend a cent for love nor money, for fear they may have to use it themselves. It seems to me that if people got to thinking different- ly, and imagining that times we not so bad after all, that there would be more money in circulation and more trading done.” And the farmer spoke truer thamhe knew. If merchants could only realize that every time they speak discouragingly thay drive away or delay a certain amount of. trade. thus directly injuring their own business. they would soon conclude to take a hopeful view of the situation; and it is the humble opinion of THE TRADESMAN that the, would immediately see a marked improve- ment in their own business, and a gradual return of better times. It would cost but little to try the experiment, anyway. A Foolish Accusation Answered. THe MiciIGAN TRADESMAN is. still worried over the prospects of a hard wood manufactory being established here. What?:. the matter? Do you think Cadillae will hurt Grand Rapids?—Cadillae Times. It may as well be understood, onee for all, that while Toe TRADESMAN is laboring for the interests of Grand Rapids in partie- ular, it also aims to serve the State as a whole. The idea of one small establish- ment at an outside town, without the advar- tage of either experienced management or desirable shipping facilities, “hurting Grand Rapids,” is preposterous and absurd. ‘Fhe manufacturing interests of this market are too firmly established te admit of a fear from such competition. But when, as is at pres- ent the case, we see one company retire from business, another on the verge of disso}- ution, and two others uncertain as te whether or not to continue business, bt: view of the fact that operations have been carried on for three years at an absolute loss—it behoves all careful men to take note of the situation, aad not rush reeklessly in- to speculations intended to further auzment i the present overproduction. : A Useful Toy. ; “See here, sir!? ezelaimed an old indivi: {ual, rushing into a toy shop this morning j and unwrapping a curious-looking eontriv- / ance on wheels, with a key to it. Here is | that ‘zreat novelty,’ the ‘Keely Motor toy. i you sold me, and I want you to take it i back.” t “Did you wind it up?) asked the store. | keeper, blandly. | “Wind it up? well, £ should say. so. | | wound it up for two hours, and might haye It wom’t ga | “No, of coarse not,” answered -the store- | keeper; ‘‘that is why it is ealled the -“Keely | Motor toy.’ ” : ‘sone on winding to eternity. t Value of the Egg Produc, ' People are not generally aware that the | egg product of the United States stands see- / ond in value to only corn and wheat, an: very often surpasses the latter. Durimg the last fiscal year, for instance, the eorn ero» was worth $480,643,400, the wheat erop. $484,675,779 and the egg crop, $475,682,889. The old hen, in her relation to our domestic economy, is thus entitled to more respert than has commonly been paid her. Encouraging Manufactures. | ‘The beot and shoe manufacturing business ; at Dover, N. H., bids fair to become an im- | portant industry of that city. Two large | manufactories are soon to be started, the city council having exempted both ftrnas from taxation for ten years, on eondition : that each manufactures $100,000 worth of goods annually. Other Massachusetts firms have signified their intention to engage in : business there. According to reports furnished by the Railway Age, there were 6,608 miles of new ‘railroads constructed in the United States | during 1883. ‘This makes the total mileage ‘of railroads in the United Siates 119,937. | The following is a statement of the milage ‘for the teree years provions to 1888: 18890. 7,174 miles; 1881. 9,784. miles; 1882, 14.- | 591 miles. At Bermuda, Va., on the Appomatex Riy- ler about 1,000 tons of yellow oeher are anne- ally taken, at least one-third of aH the fine , ochers used in the United States. Virginia de- | posit contains about ten per cent. of sand or (grit, which must be washed ont before the ‘ocher can be ground and boiled, but the French ochers are so pure as not to require washing. | In England the shavings of veneers of @if ‘ferent kinds of wood are coming into use for book govers. ‘The woods now most ip. use are our American walnut, lime, oak and holly; butall woods may be used. After being placed upon the wood, the veneers ean either be rubbed down with oil or Freneh polished. mous firm has been obliged, as a penalty, tw: for 2 fort- A French restauranteur who sold Ianufae » tured champagne under the name of @ fae, advertise his ilf doing in ten news pers, to pay $2,400, and to go to prison Toi night. 51 | MICHIGAN N TR: ADESM AN. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Mercantile and Maaufacturing Interests of the State. E. A. STOWE. Editor and Proprietor. Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, JAN. a. 1884. — platens ‘acini ant ‘olices Ss, ain ele to advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub- lisher by mentioning that they saw the adver- Crm ~ » alan ected tisement in the columns of this paper. Se CROAKING DETRIMENTAL TO TRADE. Times are bad enough, but they might be very much worse, and they certainly will be made fio better by the constant grumbling in which not a few are at present wont to _ engage. The fact that so many see fit to constantly talk in a despondent strain about the condition of trade does more than any- thing else to retard the coming of better times. For, after all, views which people ‘ entertain of the future have a more or less controlling influence upon what they will do in the present. A trifling objection will sometimes defeat an important project. If ‘a syndicate of capitalists are made to believe that the present unsatisfactory condition of seneral business is to long continue, they, through an over-abundant caution, may de- fer executing their plans for the building of a railroad or the establishment of a large manufacturing plant. Their very action is productive of the stagnation in business which they so much deprecate. The ex- ample of their timidity is infectious, and others through their influence are led to do the same thing. Itis needless to say that when everybody stops trading, business is dead. The inactivity which they deplore is, in part, produced by themselves. Hence it is evident that what one says, as well as what one does or fails to do, is an important element in controlling the actions of others. If everybody goes to crying hard times, it is not singular that just the réstrictions, and limitations which produce hard times are brought about. Contidence is the key-note ‘to activity and success in business. Confi- dence is the child of faith. It cannot be ex- pected that men who think they see a panic in store in the near future will embark in enterprises which would be likely to be frus- trated and defeated by such a panic. No one could hope to engage mariners for an ocean voyage by attempting to convince them that they were about to encounter terrfiic hurricanes and probable shipwreck. If everyone to-day were freely engaging in enterprises warranted by their means, there would be a healthy and_ profitable movement in all tradés. But men under the iufluence of fear and caution restrict opera-| tions, and go to the extreme limit of re-| trenchment. Railroads, instead of repairing their rolling stock as they ought to, only do those things which they fer the time being are forced to. Individuals, instead of buy- ing the needed clothing or necessé aries in the jwousehold, make the old things answer. The shoes are patched, the old hat is made to ~erve the purpose of the new one. Instead ‘of enjoying the comforts of two fires, the family now huddle together in one room over one fire. The much-needed painting of house and barn is deferred until another year, and broken fences are left for future mending or patched up temporarily. And thus in a thousand ways the work of re- trenchment goes on. Inthe meantime, the artisan whose business it is to manufacture supplies for their wants is left without em- vioyment. Now why all this retrenchment? Not because the country is poor, for it never was so rich as it is to-day. Not be- cause crops have failed, for such has } not been the case, except with one or two crops, and such failures were only in certain seetions. The trouble is that people gener- ally have allowed themselves to be scared ever the situation of business, and being thus fearful of what may come, they have commenced a system of economy which they little dream has a serious retroactive influ) ence upon their own interests. The abnormal dullness in trade is in ve small degreechargeable to the c ‘roakers, Who are constantly predicting evil in the future. Why is it not as well to take a cheerful view of the situation? The exercise of a little jhilosophy will teach these misanthropes that there is no such thing as eternal night; that there is an cbb and flow to trade as well | as to the tides of the ocean; that prices, in fhe very nature of events, cannot go on continually declining, and that all the proba-' bilities point to the fact that we have reached | solid rock now, are very close to that | point. it is better for all to cherish a feeling of, hopefulness, although itis more natural to indulge in desponding than in cheerful pre- | dictions. Many who are closely scanning the future discern numerous encouraging | signs. The wonder is that there are not | - more who do so. When we come to think! of the magnitude of the country, the diversi- | ty of the wants of the people, the wealth of | the nation and the facilities we have for} commerce and manufacturing, itis not sur-| prising that the intelligent observer should! see a bow of promise in the future. As| surely as the morrow’s sun shall rise, so sure- | ly will prosperity return to the country. The | time of this return may be muc h néarer than | many anticipate. This being true, how idle | is it to continue in predictions of evil, espec- | ially since such predictions are promotive of | the evils feared. “ or ES *'Che distribution of the world’s stock of petroleum is one of the wondérs of nature. | for generations. | Subscriptions w ill be received at this office New oil fields are continually being diepyer- | i ed, and is spite of the astonishing grow th of | ' the trade the supply seems sufficient to last Near Los Angelos, Cal., | with very crude appliances, wells have re-| cently been sunk whi¢h produce a pay ing | flow. A railroad is soon to be built which will open a new field in Wyoming. In the. mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee there are districts, almost wholly undeveloped, in which some wells have been flowing a few barrels a day for ten years, and in our Own) State itis not unlikely that the operations | now under .way in Roscommon and other | northern counties will develop wells that | will produce a paying flow. In addition to | these deposits, it is said that the fields now | being worked in Western Asia are far more | extensive than even the Pennsylvania depos- | its, which now supply a very large part of the world’s demand. TS A few weeks ago it looked as though there must be a large crop of failures in the retail trade about the first of the year, for the rea- son that the dealers had not been able to dis- pose of the stocks of goods purchased. The present outlook is much more favorable Collections are reported better, and it is pret- ty well settled that the country will be in ex- cellent shape for the opening of the spring trade, in consequence of having a compara- tively small surplus of winter goods to carry over. _—— ee The Chicago Purchasing Agent suggests that the present low price of white beans af- fords judicious speculators an excellent op- portunity to purchase large quantities of the staple and held them for the rise that is sure to come later in the season. NEW YORK, 1884. About sixty million copies of THE Sun have gone out of our establishment Hees the “past twelve months. *%»: eer ~O If you were to paste end to end “ar the col- umns of THE Suns printed and sold last year you would get a continuous strip of informa- tion, common sense, wisdom, sound doctrine, | and sane wit long enough to reach from Print- ing House Square to the top of Mount Coper- nicus in the moon, then back to Printing House Square, and then three-quarters of the way back to the moon again. But THE Sun is written for the inhabitants of the earth; this same strip of intelligence would girdle the globe twenty-seven or twen- ty-eight times. If every buyer of a copy of THE Sun during the past year has spent only an hour over it, and if his wife and his grandfather has spent another hour, this newspaper in 1883 has afford- ed the human race thirteen thousand years of steady reading, day and night. It is only by little calculations like these that you can form any opinion of the cir culation of the most popular of American new spapeérs, or of its influence on the opinions and actions of American men and women. THE SUN is, and will continue to be, a news- paper which tells the truth without fear of consequences, which gets at the facts no mat- ter how much the process cost, which presents the news of all the world without any waste of words and in the most readable shape, W hich is working with alf its heart for the cause of honest government, and w hich therefore be- lieves that the Republican party must go, and must go in this year of our Lord, 1884. If you know THE SUN, you like it already, and you will read it with accustomed diligence and profit during what is sure to be the most interesting year in its history. Tf you do not yet know THE Stn, it ishigh time to get into the sunshine. Terms to Mail Subscribers. The several editions of THE SUN are sent by mail, postpaid, as follows: DAILY—50 cents a month, $6 a year; Sunday edition, $7. SUNDAY—HEight pages. This edition furnish- es the current news of the world, especial articles of interest to everyone, and liter- ary ede pes of new books of the highest merit. $la ee WEEKLY—$1 a year with Eight pages of the best matter of the daily issues; an Agricultural Department of unequalled value, special mar- ket reports, and literary, scientific, and domes- tic intelligence make THE WEEKLY SUN the newspaper for the farmer's household. To clubs of ten with $10, an_extra copy free. Address 1. AY. ENGLAND, Publisher, THE Sun, New York City. 54th YEAR OF ODEY'’S LADY'S BOOK. iow price of S$ 2.OO mae vere. in Clubs with this Paper. TRADESMAN and GoODEY’s LApy’s BooK for one year at $2.50. PROSPECTUS FOR 1884. We propose to make it, without exception, the best as well as the cheapest Home and | Fashion Magazine in America, and we be lieve a perusal of the list of attractions to appear each month willbe convincing to every reader: Each Number Wil Contain: A beautiful steel plate accompanied by a story or poem. A finely-executed portrait of one of the ex-presidents of the United States, with a short sketch. Excellent colored f ashion THE BLACKWELL'S DURHAM TOBACCO COMPANY | ' OFFICE OF To the Distributors Of Blackwell’s Durham Smoking Tobacco throughout the United States: DURHAM, N. C., August 20, 1883. some time to supply you with an article that would.not only advertise our brand of W. T, Blackwell’s Genuine Bull GREETING:—It has been our aim for Durham Smoking Tobacco, but also be useful to you and an ornament to your place of business; just what to select has been our difficulty. Chromos, and articles of that nature soon lose their novelty, and we regretted to expend such an enormous sum on anything that would not last and be of some value. The novel idea finally strnek us of producing a bale of Blackwell’s Genuine Durham Smoking Tobacco, containing ‘‘ Works’? instead of the original well-known article. guar anteed to furnish you with Correct Time and be a pleasing reminder when your orders should be sent in for the ‘ Bull.” Respectfully to the Trade. BLACK WHELL’S DURHAM TOBACCO CO. THH WAY TO GET THEM! You can get Ome of these Novel Clocks FREE by ordering from fiy°ur Jobber Fifty Pounds of Blackwell's Genuine Bul. Durham iigmoking Tobacco. The Fifty Pounds can be made up of assorted sizes if you wish, and the goods will be charged at LOWEST PRICES. ‘ New York, August 1, 1885. BLACKWELL’s DurRHAM ToBAcco COMPANY, DURILAM, No C, GENTLEMEN—The Clock which we supply you contains a good lever movement, which, with the usual handling, will make a very ANSONIA CLOCK COMPANY. excellent time-keepet. Yours truly, ' The Clock you will get will be over 16 times the size of the accompanying diagram; that is, 12 SPRING & COMPANY inches high and 8 inches wide. PUTNAM & BROOKS, —WHOLESALE DEALERS IN— WELOLESALE FANCY AND Candy, Fruit and Nuts STAPLE DRY GOODS CARPETS, 68 and GS Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. THE DEAREST TOBACCO Is a Poor, Common or Low-Priced Article, As It Gives Neither Pleasure Nor Satisfaction. THE PUBLIC 18 NOT SLOW TO LEARN THIS FAGT WHENEVER IT DISCOVERS AN ARTICLE THAT COMMANDS ITSELF TO THE TASTE AND OTHER SENSES. -——THE REMARKABLE SALE OF——— UORILLANDS FLUC TOBACLUS | Ix Ample Evidence of This, This Concern will Sell over 20,000,000 Pounds of their Favorite Brands this Year; or About One-Fourth of All the Plug Tobacco Used in this Country! 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Turkish (P ae Sod es 4 |B Biggs Conestoga fancy... Steel River.......... 6% Richardacn’s ee. a ore 1 55} Beans, medi apik oo 20 00 «| Opium, pure (P ( Le 47c).. 31g a, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s.__ 23 Palogua, Sie nay et 8: Eddystone Ccy.. ie Simpson’s’........... 6 Hitharison’s No. 6 pee 1% Beans. Pe aoe ca 10@22 Shellac, Cam concen) Slate slats : 40 Genk’ White Castile eLand’s. 44Q “5 cen. straicht veeeitirrafeeeeeeneeeesei i = a = eg 18 | Bea edium oo ieece reese ieee, 2 95, | Shellac, E iso 3.90 ooGe. a 4@ ! fee seeeeeese 814 mone, Seeere.- =~ y A ney ard Pere sae Sete ee ay ee 2 65 ee oe ees Garner nok eg . 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Conestoga D, 7-8.. _% |Nashua E, 40-in.... 61, | Porto Rico..... 3° w Orleans f'y .55@57 | C anut, Schepps’ 1 packages. Sen. ian, bulk (448 & 448, 15)... 12 @ 13 Tar, ac 6 gal.cans # doz ao ose a * 5 {, 40-in.... 9 New Or . .32@35|Syrups, 57} Cocoanut, § packages. ss na, Alex, n 148, 15c).. z n 0 quarts a A a , Dwieht x G, 30-in. bia Necbnn é ay ees 1361 leans g’d. 4550 Syrups, seenewes Extract t, Schepps’ 18% do. ca San Alen ale aid aa San 18 @ 2 ae (ppintsin tin. Se 140 ae - Dwigh 9 Rew c eee 6 iNewm ces Ty erosene W. W. - Felix Fees ec. U , powdered..... 30 Wax, White enice......... _ Bb 2 aa : Brig i besa 7 Newmarket Nii 7% | sor i folie... 16 sien er Mills, a So 1300" va Ursin x | Zine, Ano & F. brand.... - 25 John ee SH MEATS, Dwight Star. eee 7 ; Pepperell R, 44.. i” S eet, 20z.square................. 2... 12% | Gum, R Lone gee 5 T5@, W., D. & Co.’ LIQUORS. oo ee v o} | Exealy Heer, 51 Lepeeniaes Ewight Star, 40-in.. 7344|Pepperell O, 7-8 weet, 2 oz.round..................... 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Bookf , ingee’s } pat a gx | Licorice each a LES) ee 1 eee ne Po fa : v ee . oeeore sand ue 1214 | Dingee’s %4 GO soe eeeeeteieeenncees : 95| Lye #2 doz. cases.................. i | @e Soe core st ae : iS is SS = cers Glasgow checks... — oo styles ¢ Co, 12% ince’ $ quarts eines ce oe . Sea eos ee "1 BBG, Almond, sweet ons, a is an . oe i ool. : eae ; aay x asgow checks, f’y nig erville donc 4 ee’s pints a forsee Po 4 oF See ee @13 Amber, } ectified 12.) 7 ee ee a Glasgow ch y 7%! styles ’ ress Saur Kraut poe Bet Minoo Bibs | erosscases. A case Q13 iber, rectified colo 4 @ 60 Cut | ream, Mens... et pee ite Lime, Ear ot | : oe = meee 1 3) Mi ee @ 6 oe rc © +0 Cees muni tiocckia : = ae ee ies i ene : ers £ ‘| seg ee 1” Se : me, car lot see 1 }) erat ve bi 3 ie et: as 8 50 oi ze s stard, -8.02 @ dozen........, Gen oa ee 2 a Lemon Mme 5 ib BOXES theese ees 15 Taney ee portable eee So soc tse cess 1 a = 2 Le au : tate: a c oe a 2 20 ee . Buffalo Ce Spoor Dbl. 1 40 oe ? : i Senet ae $31 Creo pallens........... 2 B5@, RSs ee an ne : ee aus pUlato Cement, DDE. ns ence sence ee : Lancaste® aloes 8 \Gord fado O° ox| Bomefed 0 nos PRE ike, Patent 60 gallons... 2 O0G: Cedar eoinisereial (Bure 156)... a Si eee eetetee tic teneees Me | Car lots... pe oe is oe Sy reylock, res 2a a ea a : one o American T prose...) 8. 2 25@ Cl a. VOC)... . 40 H M Cho ae 16 Giica g hair, per buss... * Be. 38 Soe 734; styles ress ee ee Pepper Sauce a 25, loves... ..... Co x5; | Gum D colate Drops.. ee a eu. Me a — — «ta | Benes Sateen ncscencc crs H@1 00 Cubebs, P. & Be eee s hoe ae RODS 6. ...%. coe eee Se and plaster, pe pacts cece ensue cess eo eae Ae a Beatigt ao oR | Spit Se 90@1 60 Hemlock, ea ee 1 25 igorice ene eee Land plaster, ee eee ae i ce Androscoggi ,i-4..21 |Pepperell. 10-4 Bine Co. 2 eee ie eeseeeeeeeee coe 31, @71% | Powder, K prepared. 1 0@ Juniper wood sreial (Pure 75c).. 3 00 MinGhice rong Bice brick. per M.................. 213 Papperci: 7 4. 6-4..23 Pepperell, oo Pt ee 634@7 do ee @ 8% Juniper ber Geos eee sees eee 49 | Lozenges, plain Dee eee eee ena sey - sm : ces ge sia. | vee ae ea 622@6%5 | Rice ee 5 0@ Lavend Mes oo 50 tee hte Lh le leet terres 7 @ ae a gee si 7 ee ze : . ani - Se : 78 ace ee .5 00@ Ta onaee ae an 2 25 Imperials ined Et bis a : a ee ke Be = = ee ee 5GBK@ 7 Lavende arden eC 2 40 1 t Anthracite, egs be ee ie gg Pa BO, aeons , erspike dos! 1 Cres Be ae sl ee 16 Anthracite. ogg and grate Soe e oe os cx wri a : ae aot 6 Penis, new crop.. GO No: bi Nope ee ee ae 16 Gahcileaa an@nut... 3. 36 50@6 7 - = ‘ : a : : taco coc pe c ee ee ee Pomon. Sanaanenn's Po le. 2 00 Caramels PS a ae na iris 15 | ee coal ee ee, at = 9 RT Re cess Ty! , . if 4 aos se ge teeter eres a nt eaa ru mats 2, Ss Bee gs ari Oc 7 Sa ee ae ; ess iid prrnecied nas ce ¥, 30... / City. Bis hack . om Curry Comba @ don. .-.2..0..... nas Os Origanum, i oe French. . ee at oe a. 20 | ——— —— a = ie eke ‘oo , a ee nea a eeeeaneteets 2 | Decorated Creaing’ — 3 WME TABLES, 5 ones 2 St : set : mat 3 |e eas 2 W5@ Rosemary ite 2 00 String Rock. ange Ge ee << Augusta, oC i Piedmont, hes = 6% Goose s English Se 400— Monee se Be 1 25@. Sandal W nueene (Flowers $5)... ae Se Almonds. 001s seee ees oo i | oye eeee PUMA 08 | as OP, 9 Rue gee adoro ‘ | ae Boott ee sooo ee or. ‘teen ow Proctor & Gamble’si See meee Cee aM oe ee oon sandal Wood, ‘Turkish Dark ee 5 a intergreen Bornes. vee BEY mgan o“- Graniteville, 44... ie ‘Tremont CC cic 8 | do. Japan Oli ees 6 15° | Washing cai enn mee 250 oo een vi | Se a - : —" Indian Head, 4-4... 7 \Utica, 44 9 4-4.... 6 | do. Town Ta ive .----- 5 Ww ing Crystal, a 5% Tar (b ee, oO Oranges, @ bb a wen 4 ear cS : * Indiana Head oie i Wachusett, 44 ae ae | an Golden el @ box 3 70 ee See 1# gross.. 8 DOX.-. ...- 1 SOC 65 tar by i) ee 10 a & Oranges, a2 ae settee nese ee — . Has Express... ee 2: 6 -1244|Wachusett, 30-in... 1% ne Dea ee 4 20 2 es Ee @AD Wormwo Baas ec ie : 2 Oe EE ones one se Ree Won fa tiie 2000000000 = zs Amoskeag, ACA TICKINGS. in... 6% a Amber. fo fe 45 Wasnae pita. a: 4S 1 a ae me a so. $6.50)... q _ ao anes as ed a ‘ oe 00 ae Express. oe 2 : z Amoskeag weg ...15 )Falls, XXXX.. Sidall’s .. Mottled German.. : 2 a ’ Gn 8 tb oe “se le od Liver, best......... 3 gal i990 | Malags c hinch oo ee @5,50! Pacifi ARRIVE. hw : ne ie wane Soi 1 $0 Ae tillett’s @ b....... 10% od Liver, H., P. a 1s ga Grapes, ee = one Express..... Be — . es . ee (88 es coos ae i ee ae Soapine pkg........ "Ole 1% one Malaga... & Co 6 . Pe oe 8 ee ao : lo wee ?-ha re Amoskeag. C...... 13 Falls, BBC, 36...... 114% | White BI aia cnc ee ee een cntnen : 50 | JENNINGS’ Keceeeiseeeeeteeretes 2 whe 0 Salad’ Sublime Italian’ | @l 20 Figs, en ane 8 cone £0 | ta sanside iemwesa ns 2200p m Amoskews. D.: ii Assia awning...... ie Mottled castile a. 43 | Packed in {DOUBLE CONCENTRATED z ae Rene. fepgamgig : on Ge 259 | Figs. iam (. re eames ° The New Yo eRe ne al : : i e a et oa se i x ‘aper or 2 a ACTS. DMs ce 133 ae Date: See a DID, x r ast Eine vunsdaile aS = : an ee z = dost. 01S Baan ow Lemon. 2 Dozen Wood Box. | pj ees 8 07 a 30 Dates frails ee 15@16 : eos at 11:40 p. m. ye NG daily, weeiciie Pacaian A ey ee 10 |Hamilton’ H.... 7! 190 | Ground Pep SPICES. cee @ 541% do . N. 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Ve cay wie ie lee "ami and aitaae aes York ‘Tosa a. 0 6 \OmegaS he ES eee 24 MIISpice 34 Bases essere S : a 3 25 | Calamus, peeled. 2.0001 2277! ae 5 ae eta ite, Va.do Se &@ Rig J. T. SCHULTZ, ay. 2 - es = A = z rs: pe : noe ean oe 4 Be Calamus, eo ween ae Fanev lb. Va do................. 8% @ 9 Det ScHULTZ, Gen'l Agent. rdis AC. Wa enee mega M, 44....... eg per, who vie eeecesscecsnacseeereces 7 oe , 0 aoe i os t: a : ss ath ot Sheenece aes % Allghice a - ee li ais : do = ap ap 1 50 Gentian oe ee = pre oo #2 b 20 it, sa Haven & Milwaukee 2 = eae ‘ ? ee nes in Atri Ee ee eae ye 2 ee tte = ae OEN ° = iH a : eee fe Si : ee ol Seay ue ae 4 a Ginger, canister (Powd 16¢)........ B a 13 as. a eee, 18 en +t me ea ; Pontis Nok 1 Stockbridge een ee 20 eS No. 4 eo ee ao ey anit Golden Seal rowd a oe 5 @ be Pihets Havcol Se B @i4 Sa oe oa Trives. Leaves. qo pode i Be es 70 Dive % pint r ee 1% ellebore, whi Co ey Filb 8, Barcelona oe 0 @IT +Evenin Mai 10: 45am fe = fe : re Se Li |aaboas, © , ite, powdered ones 35 uberts, Sale a oo. @l4 : Ivening Express......... 10:10am 10:20 CARPETS AN : Muz: zy Gloss 1 fh package.. . do ie "5 Tala tio, powdered............. 18 Walnuts, Chilli dO Dre Atlantic Express. es oe 3:8 p in ‘_ Gotta: & Company einai ty Muzzy Gloss 8m package. ... ai as S. No.6 Rape! do weve ee i5 00 Livoriel wees (Bawa a 110 Cane Grenobles Se GH thiixed, with: coach... a ae ; : as follows: uzzy Gloss b Ri ee 14 : oe oe A uicorice, extr a wd 12%4)....... 87441 OC iahfornin do 0 1518 | one as ee : ue ss 6 boxes...000 0000 O14 JENNINGS’ D sees eees eee . Pi , extra select eee 9 ocoa Nuts O65 5. am es, : GOING WEST : : : ater : ne te aoe 6 00 we ie re i“ i » B 100 oo. role +Morning Express s ony SRVEIEE: tines | Kingsford MUD. vveeseseeeeeces 7 Gai% T Measture—Wrapped. Rhel, CU aes recenettte ss 15 Hickory Nuts, large @ bu. she | Seta Malle ie Ca: ae Bee emp oe inesford Silver Gloss 6 ib box 7 Z ° < 5 ae se 2NC on ie S,5 pectce sete cee a) t Express..2222- 00 “ BS extete cc @ me | eineatord Sliver Gloss 8% Be.” ce] $ Pine Mas * augmon. Hel powdeneans ee A) GL RED Bn ay gg| ee woop “Pe 1 Bsa 9 noe she “ge Cee @9i4 | (tp: 0 ee Oe Oe 1 59 | RKhei A oe oe "3 = oenmes Smith’s C Palisade............ 9 xz Mi Obes. 4 a 8%@9 BB MEA G0 GO ose seecoesseshes, > eA |S i, choice cut fingers........... ° OYSTERS ight Express .- 8: : : 2 eee a pene We tee ae ; a - gers. 2 00 F.J RS, cis. dunidaes oxconts 5 :00 a m Higgins’ ** WIE noe scccn 1M | Mirror Gloss... 6s. cesses eee, Gey | 4 Pint 12 do of 2 50 | Sarsaparilla, Hondurus.:........ 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Te 110 oS a ee 8 00 | Anise, Italian (P SEEDS. a) ee vel a ieee gabe oe @1 00 Standard Coarse..........0.......... . 175 i ee ee a ere piciac Aaa eee 5 | See, ee “@ a aus Hering bpljen crc G10 | 0m eerrcriaeee Ue EN were h aapetg aoc Sagrae PARNSS 3 | New vari Gotinis pee wall 2 “IUUS) enough fo Suspension Bridge and the mall hus a a 10 2... Anvils— : icago are as t Card , best Dutch (Powd 19¢).. “Y@ 5 | S8t So ee - f cca = = aE ma i. ye ae daecbea s tollows: | <2™G2™m0n, Aleppee d19c).. 11 @ lt § andards ee: T@2 has 2 through Wag e Night E i ae : : ee og es ah t's, 9 Oe 103; Cardamon, Malabar eee o> Can prices above are for casesand} 1 Toot 1 Car Detroit to G aa t Car and local digeaine eecg oe ee Mived igh 4% Babbett—Genuine ela off. 74 Perigndcr, best English He oe 9 = are for cases and sawecn ica | = Porte, ni, cs eae eg axtr: PADS eis ce Max, cle plishi.).k., 2} : sea.| THOMAS TAN : Jity Pas : ie aa @ IV ee ee SU.GR ie a iE ax grb gp 4 eae “i ss Best cotton chain Se % @ Tis rpeaiadid galloa..... TONEWARE. 513Gb No. oo . te oS Gn Foettat cn pene ‘3 ae “te ea mgt ee _ G @ | UF pio. 7 ome NGA as ve a zion 3 so Best 2-ply ALL WOOL SUPERFINES 60 @ 624 | Milk Crocks....... i a chain $6 igh Lace oe 8 oe Seam sik is : : = a . “ 1 ae =] F ee i ea @10 ard, white (Black 10¢ eet ne ees. 4u@ ! rreen...... DES i GOING NOR e % Other ue Say hed 60 | ee Sun gross..5 88 oes, i 5-16 ae e Su 2 @tb..... 10 ounce. voi oe k We)........ _— 5 ar ee Rw @ 6%) ici . a )OL FLLLING AND MIX 5244@ 55 | Univer a3 ixon’s 5 . fae 63 Pig > “cpp Ss ga ee r rt eS ee ‘Sp a fre boa auee ¥, ely... AND ee r - ie 7 i : i Above isn sees 5 - % do do eee Bis Worm. tevent. "e ~ Dry oP anaes Ce : wo ae | ou smal X Siucklaae Es. a te am y double cotton chain. @ ee oa f 1 do peaks a. eae Jalf sking, gre a 3 |G Raide & « asim | poavie cotton chain.. a chain. 24@ 45 | DeLand’s pure Saree: Fil % ~=6 do da pee 4a a sheeps’ PPh iene 14 | Deacon a oreured.........-.. o e a | Gd Rapids eCiaillate ‘Ac Sis = a= Half a’) ice and wool, double c. 30 @ 0 | Cone oe @ Bi ay Sheat..... @ bY a iee Su eneisots s best 40 per cent off. 40. | Velvet E aieeie heen ae @ piece20 @50 G.I gona spt ei Single fs oomph tring & wool, 2-ply Bo tt | aylorsG.M. @ Bia wight’s...... "@ 54 ee ee Mnsdole's 1kIS per eee Extra ono > do 2 60 maton or Garenee asic e | Nucklune ay inetmatl BX : sia : ; 4! Winges— e's 1 7 : ‘| Gras Oo a pee 10 a elts. ins # piece. \ ae & Cincinnati Ex 6:32 a 3-ply, 44 wide HEMPS. . 19 @ 2% | Japan ordinary. TEAS. ce and T 60 percent oft off. Hard he i do aS eee Hy ee and De sare tel es -e oF Matinue & Gd Tani ce. cr 2 Rm 125 = B, 4-4 wide 2, extra heavy... DL @ Japan fair. oe 5| Young Hyson.. Horse N: es—Burden’s $4.50 per k Yellow ad, for slate use........-.- 65 : ecemberpelts........ 60 ar | evade ekeeut Bam a - = ee s ; ne a na 65s ee g Hyson... 25950 ea le Sable 30 and 10 oer | w Reet, do eG: ne Fine washed # ib Cie @1 (0) All trains di vily except FOP m HB ms J, 33 inches vide. ooo G yo | Japanfine... 4 @31 Oolong ....... 3305 99; Tron—F] | Alcohol, grai MISCELLANEUS. 1 40 Petes 30 ee. piptocsieaeas : Ches.... : oo m 18%! Japan dust....... 0@50' Congo . BB@55@60 at Bar $2 rates | 201, grain (bbl $2.24 NEUS. Unwast mo “ ae Teaving at 4:15 oF r Pies "i | RRR ae @30 Sheet No. 24 & re ; Aleohol, wood, 95 2.24) B gal.... ° Pineda ee 22 @25 | Korn yet te 5 greloe No. 1, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4 ‘OIL CLOTHS. 2 i 4 TOBACC i Swe 3.80. | Be 20d, 95 per cent ex. ref sie wee 2.3 : has W roping Cars -4 and & | war o- a de’s bar 5! _ | Bay Rum, i : it ex. ref. oF ee 3 ; has Woodruff Sle or Peto ; No.3 3, do mgs. Om 4 | ish Awake... FINE CUT | Ake oct 30 Sige # B. off. pee Rum, Ame ee ko ae : he ee aree oe ov pace a City. Strain leavir a Petoskey ‘ns = hid = a " ti ‘Bay tum, a wi | Se Sees a cee 60@ combined Slee aving at ; No. 4, po soey cee e ao “Hiawatha _— barrels, 30c].......... = Sheot #2. PERE UE e ese ee ce ee | aie, prca (Bowd Gey 59 a ee oe wo 2B a City. red Sleeping and ChairCar for Mackinac . . he es On | AW AAEN «020 peewee ene esse esses é { ipe Db weet t eee eee eee eens : ae ? Annatto, pr ‘ Oye ees. e we skrat, Fall... Oo oe os Oe Gn | Bout Frain leay! Best all rattan, MaTTINGS. @ 2 ; May Plowe PR eo eae ae 69 Bar pDericstreit terete 6 Antime ’ I fae eo 3 @ 4 Muskrat, kits...... So gees alee: 8 raft Sleep: Car for Ci neltin Best ali ratta piain. 0, . | Rose Le Osh. EVES: we * 70 | Rope it po oe ee ee 6 | Arsen my, powdered, com’l...... a eg ee Goya 8@ WW) Sleeping Car for Cincinnati Pies ace ee . ’ and cocoa, P ain... g or oe “aa ee Pa Sisal om. ee eu arent, pte powdered......... ~~ 5 eevee black. oa ea nee pale na oe Seer ees , apier B. fe G | Ow tube ea 5 Sisal Done seeseceee ee cee 10 @l ean, Vanes em oe # Le ( be bs as bse ; pipes 28 : i ener eee 1 anilla.... fe 2 4. Stripe....-..--- Be 0 ’ : ee | = . i e sage “ ad ae oe ee Bs oo Bismuth, ~ MB oe agctercteecsteees 700. @9 a Eun rele Mae OG 70 | Chicage & West Michigan ~~ 28, Te RI IE ee I rAT ay eo4n- oe Oe 1 1% I ong : , poe a : Holland ‘ahedes, B cl ee @ ree meee oe s Drop $1.80. Wb. 4@ 145 | Blue oe ES ee 2 a Hed-Fox i ee aa ogni 400 pi acific Holland, 4-4. 528: @ 18 Rages wired G38 oer. Bes ae Borax, refined (Powd lie) Seber sek. TG 9 wk ee 1 00@1 25 | tia loo ea - % pm we : Cord re cu fixtures, per ae Ss lee BE TREO sos vers nors toon cee @OT | oa cast ai 14 @I7 Gavceun Tuselan powdered. ergs 2 Lhe okie ga ade ces OE es 60@,_ 85) ‘ity. {Dally SSBB pm 620 - res, per gross vee i —_ PRE PDs casera te G60 ud Machigg ccc. @3 } sum Pods, Af re 16 a base KE OO | es ss except Sunds ce Mey entuck es Sprin oe. #4 Capsicum P, , African........ | 60 oe sessetsece sees ssf 00@8 | ye uilman Sle fs on all ‘ 16 i Cli ae et @60 | Ti & 2 D. ee @ 8 ods, Afrie *: 18 oe ele for ear in . j Beer ‘ ; eee @4 Capsicum Pods, an pow’d.. 18 | Bear. sooo a eee eo 6 00@7 00 | one ee a chage of etre Be, a es PIB Dec ecneceeie coer % | Carmi American do og | Deer skins, red and biu seaeeessee ae! 00 tendants \ ex ra charge ¢0 Chic ae see, oo tie ke ee Cassia Bugs ee ‘a poe ae eee aaa ee Hhiced ‘z 30 a 1:15 p.m. cian ams fo Cio on Se saa s ; ; alo tte eee ee ee neeeeee ve} iw 28 ‘ = toe . OY¥@ 6% oo gmdate ae 14 Above Tine ne ay ei cece: 2 O0GD3 00 00 | cal oe ae wx | aa Oi sane penis oe 79. «| prime in proportion. prime skins 2 004@3 00 Mixed....... Leaves. Arriv tae 3 ae ie cae G:0ha mi < 8:90pm a TO a oh a ‘ 3 one ree M. NicHons, Gen’) Pasa. Pg MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH WEDNESDAY. E. A. STOWE, Editor and Proprieier. OFFICE IN EAGLE BUILDING, 3d FLOOR. {Entercd at the Postofice at Grand Rapids us Second-class Matter.) WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2, 1884. AMONG THE TRADE. iN THE CITY. A. B. Frost succeeds Frost Bros. in the , yetail grocery business on South Division | There is said to be enongh limestone in, this vicinity, at the present rate of consump- | tion, to last 100 years. J. M. Spore, who was recently burned out : at Rockford, denies that he is to remove to} this city and engage in business. There will be fewer changes in the work- | img forces at the various jobbing houses this year than for several years past. ; A. B. Richmond has resigned the assignee- | ship of Kinney, McGraw & Co., and Harry W. Whipple has been appointed receiver in) his stead. { D. T. Hersey, who has engaged in the gro- | gery business at Wayland, was in town a) day or two ago, and purchased his stock of! Cody, Ball & Co. Dr. N. J. Aiken proposes to erect a brick : building during the coming season, and en- | gage in the manufacture and sale of patent medicines on 2 large scale. ~ Most of the wholesale houses are engaged in taking stock, the result of which will en-: able them to ascertain just how much they are behind on the year’s business. Jas. E. Bevins, the general dealer at, Leroy, | had judgment rendered against him in the United States Court, on Monday, for $703, | on three promisory notes held by Conn, | Wamples & Co., of Chicago. i John Goldsmith contemplates engaging in the manufacture of pails and tubs at Big Rapids. It is proposed to organize a stock eompany for that purpose, a inajority of the stock to be subscribed by business men or eapitalists of that place. S. K. Riblet, the general dealer at New- aygo, accompanies a year’s subscription to THE TRADESMAN with the following cheer- ful acknowledgment of its merits: “Your paper is nearly the only trade journal that shows any life. They usually are all adver-! tisements.” Fred. Ball, for over two years past eollect- or for the City National Bank, has aecepted the position of bookkeeper for Barnhart & Judson, succeeding Henry G. Dikhouse. Mr. Dikhouse proposes going on the road i t on his own account, selling lumber on com- _ mission. AROUND THE STATE. Beecher & Peek, grocers at Allegan, made an assignment Monday to Geo. Knapp. M. B. Nash, the general dealer at Sparta, elaims to be the oldest Good Templar in the State, having joined the order in New York in 1852. Vine P. Welch, variety dealer at Ionia, | made an assignment Monday. Welch re- vently claimed that he had $3,000 in stock, and only $1,700 Isabilities. At an early hour Friday morning fire de- stroyed three business houses at Palo, Tonia county, causing a total loss of $5,500, on which there was an insurance of nearly $3,000. C. C. Thompson, the general dealer and shingle manufacturer at Lakeview, Mich., is reported to have skipped out, leaving his ereditors in the lurch to the tune of $7,000 or $8,000. L. Averill & Co., the general dealers at Frankfort, who recently made an assign- ment, are endeavoring to effect a compro- mise on the basis of 50 per cent. Their as-; sets are $3,620 and their liabilities $6,000. | ““Qne peculiarity of Rockford,” said an aid merchant the other day, “is that a good many have made money there, but someway they never seem to get any en joyment from it, and they are seldom able to take it away from the place. It is either lost by fire, or slips through their fingers in some unac- eountable manner.” In the light of recent events, this observation possesses peculiar | mterest. STRAY FACTS. Cheboygan is to have a new hotel. Seneca is to have a cheese factory. Owosso claims to be the best pork market | im the State. Bellevue ships nearly 500,000 pounds of time monthly. The Niles paper mills will continue work | through the winter. Dewey & Wells have engaged in the hotel! business at South Boardman. Pullman & Hinchman have again started | up their turning factory at Shelby. VISITING BUYERS, The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed | 31... one and all, deaire to express through orders With the various houses: ' E. C. Whitney, of FE. ©. Whitdey & Co., Middleville. C. E. Kellogg, Grandville. G. O. Bostwick & Son, Cannonsbure. KE. W. Pickett, Wayland. : W. W. Pierce, Moline. Paine & Field, Englishviile. Kk. LeGrange, Mecosta. [. J. Quick & Co., Allendale. M. M. Ross, Wayland. S. M. Geary, Maple Hill. U.S. Monroe, Berlin. J.T. Perham, Kent City. W. Scheemaker, Cannonsburg. B. M. Dennison, East Paris. IL. T. M. Treglown, Caledonia. Smeadley Bros., Bauer. A. L. Wolf, of A. L. & M. LL. Wolf, Hud- sonville. C. M. Woodard, Ashland. Chas. Johnson, Tustin. N. DeVries, Jamestowd. H. Minderhout, Hanly. Mr. Rrock, of Brock & Allport, Muskegon. E. D. Snow, Kent City. Mr. Post, of Dildine & Post, Edgerton. W. M. Snelling, Six Corners. Mr. Barker, of Barker & Lehnen, Pierson. E. LaGrange, Mecosta. Campbell & Smith, Luther. F. C. Brisbin, Berlin. C. F. Sears, Rockford. Christian Pfeifle, Lake P. O. Mrs. M. J. Butler, Sand Lake. Calvin Durkee, Lakeview. Rk. Carlyle, Rockfurd, M. J. Howard, Englishvilie. C. O. Sunderland, Lowell. T. J. Sheridan, Lockwood. T. W. Provin, Cedar Springs. D. T. Hersey, Wayland. H. T. M. Treglown, Caledonia. B. Whitney, West Troy. G. A. Wagar, Mears. Norman Harris, Big Springs. J. ©. Benbow, Cannonsburg. Stauffer & Salisbury, Hastings. Den Herder & Tanis, Vriesland. G. Bron & Ten Hoor, Forest Grove. B. DeVries, Allendale Center. J. D. F. Pierson, Pierson. J. S. Boice, Hastings. Andrew Carlson, Gilbert P. 0. J. KE. Rice, Coopersville. E. J. English, Croton. G. S. Powell & Co., Sand Lake. Mr. Stauffer, of Stauffer & Salisbury, Hastings. F. O. Lord, Howard City. J. F. A. Raider, Newaygo. Frederick Hotchkiss, Hastings. Fisher & Mastenbrook, Lamont. J. Hullinger, Mecosta. Mr. Baldwin, of Button & Baldwin, Tall- man. Geo. F. Hine, Ada. Mr. Hunter, of Hunt & Hunter, Lowell. John Cole, Fremont Center. Walling Bros., Lamont. L. Veyer, New Holland. Geo. B. Bartlett, Ashland. Mr. Colvoord, of Colvoord & Teravest, | Hamilton. P. Zalesman, Paris. ¢. Eckrman, Muskegon. T. B. Harris, Cedar Springs. H. J. Leonard, Belding. A. F. Mears, Charlotte. T. C. Prout, Mancelona. . A. Wagner, Eastmanville. Wylie, Robertson & Co., Martin. Geo. W. Bevins, Tustin. John Spring, of Spring & Lindley. Bailey. Shirtz Bros., Shelby. C. E. Wells, Saugatuck. Dexter & Noble, Eaton Rapids. Lyman & Townsend, Howard City. Dibble Bros., Dorr. D. Kelly, Lyons. . McLeod & Trautman Bros., Moline. John Gunstra, Lamont. F. C. Brisbin, Berlin. Frace & Huhn, Saranac. John De Brie, North Dorr. R. Osterhof, Ferryburg. J. Ball, of Ball & Co., Grand Haven. W. H. Walker, Trufant. Corneil & Griswold, Griswold. E. Medes, Coral. W. H. Struik, Forest Grove. W. A. Williams, Oakfield Center. D. Kelly, Muir. T. Saurby, Rockford. M. Wayward, Moor. J. N. Covert, Carlton Center. W. J. Clark, Harbor Springs. F. F. Taylor, Pierson. H. Goodman, Burnip’s Corners. C. B. Moon, Cedar Springs. F. F. Farr, Plainwell. H. L. Carter, Sand Lake. Mr. Magoon, of Overpack & Magoon, el ' Scottsville. Thomas Barber, of E. M. Barber & Co., | | Hubbardston. F. G. Fox, Allendale. A. Engberts, Beaver Dain. Jas. Heany, Levering. G. 5. Curtiss, Edgerton. Hi. C; Peckham, Freeport. Notier & Lokker, Graafschaaps. LATE TRADE CHANGES.: Bradstreet’s Mercantile Agency furnishes There is over 200,000,000 feet of unsold; THE TRADESMAN with the following busi- lumber on the Saginaw river wharves. ‘ness changes, embarrassments, etc., occuring } The Saginaw estimatd of logs to be put in| UP to the hour of going to press: { this winter is less than 800,000,000 feet. The stockholders of the Lumberman’s , National Bank at Muskegon received a) substantial Christmas gift in the form of a} 30 per cent. dividend from the earnings which | have accrued during the ten years the bank | has been in operation. THE GROCERY MARKET. The grocery market is quiet, although | there are signs of gradual improvement. , New loose muscatel raisins are a little high-| er, and London layers rather easier. As will | } be seen by the Price Curaent, two grades of | Adrian—Geo. E. Avery, crystalized tin, burned out, insured. Bennington—D. R. Salisbury, hardware, | will remove to Owosso. Blanehard—S. Pangborn, grocer, closed by ereditors. Buchanan—Roe & Rough. saw mill and ' lumber dissolved. Covert—E. A. Rood, handware, sold out to S. H. Shattuck. Corunna—J. W. Knight & Son, closed by | creditors. Chapin’s Station—Gibson & Rogers, gro- cers, succeeded by Gibson & May. Fremont—Geo. Pearsons. feed, sold out to currents are quoted. ‘To get a good quality, | Gee. Spaniding, dealers should order the best, as this seems to be an off year in currents, and none are} extra good. New Orleans molasses are) — Jackson—L. D. Vinson & Co., stone anc marble, L. D. Vinson deceased. Lowell—Sunderland & Sterling, grocers, cheap, and have evidently touched bottom. sy cceeded by C. O. Sunderland. There is every probability that they may goj| higher, and dealers should buy without de-| 5. lay. Sugars are about stationary, in short} Luther—Wm. B. Peet, grocer, sold out to M. Verity & Co. Lakeview—J. E. Ramp. harness, given everything in the grocery business is as, low hill of sale. 4s can be afforded. Those who are inclined | to doubt this statement should compare to-| ;, day’s quotations with any prices given in| two years. The great tobacco firm of P. Lorillard &, Go. gave to each employee double wages for | Yhristmas week. ‘The wages were paid as: asual, and each and every wage earner was | presented with an envelope which contained | double the usual &mount. This wasa very, graceful way to exhibit a recognition of faithful service. Ermine has now descended so low among | furs a6 to be regarded as only fit for mere | eloak lining. Memphis—R. G. DeLand, grocer, sold out Harriet DeLand. Mason---E. A. Barnes, lime, staves, ete., ‘ sold out to Peak & Sherwovod. North Branch—A. 8. Sholes, generai store, sold out to Seaman & Co. New Baltimore—C. Schnoor, Jr. generai store dissolved. & Bro., -A Happy New Year. | ‘The advertising patrons of Tam: Travis: | the medium of this paper their appreciation of the. favors so freely accorded them by the retail dealers of the State during the past ‘year, and to solicit. a continuance of the: Individually and collectively they | [llinois are in limited supply at $5.50. ‘extend cordial greetings to their numereus | same. “customers, and bespeak for them a prosper- _ous, and consequently A Happy, New Year. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Cider—Good quality and selling freely at ; 18e@20c BY gal. Celery—Active and firm at 25@30e # doz. Cabbage—Very firm and searee at 310@ $15 H 100. Clover Seed—Firm at $5@$6.50 @ bu. ‘Timothy—In ample supply at $1.65 #bu. Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys, Baltimores and Grapes-——Catawaba out ot market. at $10.50@312 @ bbl. Extra fancy, $13. Poultry—In good demand. And in this wish, THe TRADESMAN heartily joins, Lisi of Crechece ih he &. BR. Stactim & 3. Faiture. : Neal McMillan, assignee of D. R. Stocum | & Co., who were burned out in the recent | fire at Rockford, has filed the result of his | inventory of the stock, accounts and’ indebt- i edness of the firm. The stock is inventoried ‘at $10,869.68, the fixtures at $323.25, the | good accounts at $345.96, the doubtful and ; worthless accounts at $970.21, the real estate | at $950, and horses, harnesses and hearse at | $300, making a total—not ineluding the ‘doubtful and worthless accounts—of $12,- ' 788.89. The total liabilities are $11,489.13, | distributed among 52 creditors in the follow- / ing amounts: iJ. V. Farwell & Co., Ghicago.......... $1,078 23 ive at T@8c. Turkeys searce at l4e. ' Eggs—Fresh are in fair demand at 25@ / 26c, and pickled stock are steady 23c. evaporated, 14¢@15c. Honey—In comb, 16@18e # Ib. off, and'although prices have not taken an upward tendency, they are firmer than for two months past. Small lots are selling at 45@50e. Apples— Winter fruit is firmer, and is sell- ing freely at $3.50 # bbl. Extra fancy, $4. Butter—Very dull and little moving. Dairy rolls are moving slowly at 20e@2\1c, and packed at 16c@20c. Western creamery, 25c@27e. Onions—Dull and slow. Sales yellow made at $1.75@$2 % bbl., and 65c @ \limdauertires, 8k ae 505 00 | bu. in sacks. i J. W. Griswold eee 83 00} Squash—Hubbard in fair supply at 22¥e. | Biefield Baos. F 7 251% th, ae a - a Buckwheat—New York patent, $4.25 per : Mahler, Bellack & Co. “ .......... 586 60 | Herbst & Stausky ee (oe: | Wm. Clark & Son tee 8 30 | W.S. McLaughlin & Go. .... 32 00 | Keith Bros. ORR AUD 15 ' “Price Current’”’ Bee ay ca 1L Ov : New England Furn. Co., G’d Rapids... 18 60 i Plumb & Lewis Mfg Co. s¢ ao 9 00 | Met ord & Bradfield Fur. Co. *° 41 7 | Grand Rapids Chair Co. - 14 00 , G. R. Cloth Casket Co. 19 49 { Cody, Ball & Co. 46 59 ; Rindge, Bertsch & Co. 6L 17 | E. G. Studley & Co. 9% 90 ' Shields, Bulkley & Lemon 60 37 i Curtiss, Dunton & Co. as 39 %4 ' Jennings & Smith a 18 10 | Edson, Moore & Co., Detroit........ 1,900 00 | A.C. MeGraw & Co. Ba a icee. 524 61 , J. K. Burnham & Co. Po fees, 41 30 ' Union Chair Co. te 25 91 ‘Sampson, Black & Grant “........ 161 89 | W. D. Robinson & Co. epee 9 20 | Big Rapids Furniture Co., Big Rapids.. 175 30 | Colby Wringer Co., Reading, Mich..... 18 50 _ | Globe Casket Co., Kalamazoo.......... 31 50 ; Bub & Kipp, Milwaukee................ 36 02 ; Oliver & Co., Allegan................... 22 20 i Carlyle & Co., Columbus, Ohio......... 2 O00 | Frank & Schindler, Indianapolis....... 17 55 i Rogers & Lewis, Fort Wayne, Ind..... 36 00 ; Appleton Knitting Co., Appleton, Wis. 133 30 ; La Porte Woolen Mills, La Porte, Ind.. R624 . Wilber, DuBois & Wilber, Troy, N. Y.. 56 00 'R. & J. Cumings, Toledo................ 494 65 ; Burgut & Hart Oe ee ee av 60 i Pheenix Chair Co., Sheboygan, Wis.... 8 67 | Blake & Co., Racine, Wis............... 26 60 ; Broadhead Worsted Mills, Jamestown. 29 58 i Leland, Rice & Co., Boston............. 1,200 00 | Luce & Smith Sees es. 72 10 ; Mosier, Bahman & Co., Cincinnati..... 180 00 i J. A. Stocum, Sanborn, lowa........... 1,203 00 | Frederick C. Stegman, Courtland...... 400) 00 | Wm. Powell, Rockford................. 325 00 bea take eae oe 525 00 | Julia A. S8tocum ‘* Plainwell Points. ‘From THE TRADESMAN’S Reporter. Plainwell has now two cigar factories. Geo. H. Richards has traded the Bridge ' Street House for a farm near Lawton, and 'D. C. Coleman will hereafter act as mine: : host. | R.S. Putnam proposes to build four large i threshing’ machines this winter. J. C. Ives has received an engine and | boiler for his turning factory. i Merchants report a satisfactery holiday ; 100 ibs, and $8.00 % bbl. For ten barrel lots, these prices can be shaded a trifle. Cheese—Full cream, firm at 143g¢; shim, active at 9c@11c. Beans—Fair demand and moderate sale at $2.00@$2.25 for handpicked. and $1.25@ $1.75 for medium. ~ Peas—Holland $4.25 # bu. Pears—California $3.75 @ case. Ruta Bagas—Very firm at 45c % bu. Beets—In good demand at 75¢e @ bn. One of the most wonderful things about paper is its strength. Asan illustration of this 2 Bank of England note twisted into a kind of rope can suspend as much as 829 pounds on one end of it and not be injured in the least. DRUG STORES FOR SALE. et re Se RUG STOCK FOR SALE. The F. D. Caul- kins stock and busingss at Fife Lake. Address H. B. Fairchild, Grand Rapids, Mich. 170s STOCK FOR SALE at Invoice, about $5,500. The leading store in one of the best towns of the State. Reason, engaged in other business. Will se!l on time. Address Hazeltine, Perkins & Co., Wholesale Druggists, Grand Rapids, Mich. . RUG STORE FOR SALE in Grand Rapids, for $2,500 or invoice. Owner has other business. Address Hazeltine, Perkins & Co., Wholesale Druggists, Grand Rapids, Mich. RUG STORE FOR SALE at Otsego, Mich. #2,000. Address Hazeltine, Perkins & Co., { Wholesale Druggists, Grand Rapids, Mich. Cranberries—Cultivated Wisconsin, fir | Dried Apples—Quarters, 7@8&c Ibs) Potatoes—The glut is gradually moving | of choice} ‘HATELTINE, PERKINS & CO., Wholesale Druggists, Spring chick- | ens firm at 9@10e ‘B Ib., and old tow}s act- AND DEALERS IN LUBRICATING AND CARBON OILS. i } } | { i Manufacturers’ Agents, --~IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF-—-- DRUGCISTS’ SUNDRIES & BRUSHES, Nos. 42 and 44 Oitawa Street., 89, 91, 93 and 95 Louis St.. GRAND HRAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. Agents for STEWART BRUSH CO. and GRAND RAPIDS BRUSH CO. wre have arranged to handie a large quantity of E1loridg OCranges this season, and are shipping in E'ull Carioad Lots direct from the srowers. The crop is Ihargsoc and Eine,and is selling at Very Low Prices. Special Prices for Large Lots. PUTNAM &BROOES FOX, MUSSELMAN & LOVERIDGE FJ,DETTENTHALER Suecessor to H. M. Bliven, —WHOLESALE— OYSTERS AND CANNED: GOODS. =. ee eat WRN ra sem LOV 7 Hi hea | business, in mest cases larger than last year.! Agent for Farren’s Celebrated “ F” Brand ee i While the general tendency has been to Keep ; ' stocks down to the lowest possible limit, the | ; retailers here find that’ the inventories will ; i reveal fully as heavy stocks as have ever | been carried heretofore, and also that the : balance for the year is on the right side of ' the ledger. Growth of Sparta Center. _ ‘There are few, if any, towns in the State , | that can show a more substantial growth | ; during the past year than Sparta Center. : ; With the increase 1n population and busi-! ; ness has come an augmented trade for retail | dealers, without,—as is often the case under ‘such cireumstances—an undue .increase in the number of tradesmen. The new I. O.: , O. F. building is now completed and oceu- ; | pied, and the Anderson block, containing | | two stores, is nearly ready for occupancy. | C. H. Loomis’ new building, to be oecupied {as a hardware store, is being pushed for- | ward as fast as the weather permits. Nu- ‘merous new cottages here and there over | the town, indicate the thrift and enterprise of the men who have come to Sparta to inake their homes. Late Furniture Gossip. , The Pentwater Furniture Co. is getting ; : out an illustrated, 24 page catalogue. Nelson, Matter & Co. have received an} _order to furnish the new McClure Hotel at; | Wheeling, West Virginia. It was secured! | by M. L. Fitch, the Eastern traveling repre- | ‘ sentative of the firm. Raw Oysters. 117 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, - - PECK BROTHERS, » 129 and 131 Monroe Street, “eo “eee “A =F Sp ver aS WHOLESALE GROCERS. 44, 46 and 48 South Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. ——WE ARE FACTORY AGENTS FOR—— Nimrod Acorn, Chief, Crescent & Red heal Plug Tobaccos. far stock of Teas, Colfees and Syrups is Always Complele. --WE MAKE SPECIAL CLAIM FOR CUR— MICH. —-WHOLESALE— ! DRUGGISTS: OUR MOTTO: “SQUARE DEALING BETWEEN MAN AND MAN.” A 4 : : Soh : ol ; CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Prices it No Instances Higher than those Usoted } in this Paper. Write us for Special Quotations. WROLESAIYE STEAM LAUNDRY HAT & GAP STORE a, Bee : | PRICES GUARANTEED AS LOW AS CHICAGO AND NEW YORK! GOOD FUR CAPS, $22.50 PER DOZEN, WOOL HATS, $4.50 AND UPWARDS: Fruit & Produce at Wholesale WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO CHEMICALS. GENUINE FUR HATS, $13.50 AND UPWARDS. — LARGE LINE OF —— Orders by Mail and Express promptly at- tended to. Imported Scotch Caps, IoUMmMbpermMmMen’s Goods, } t ‘ | { | ‘ Choice Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Mince Meat, Maple Syrup, Jellies, Buckwheat Flour, and Foreign and| Pontiac Fulled Mitts, Socks and Boots ! ‘Domestic Fruits and Vegetables. | Careful Attention Paid to Filling Orders. M,C. Russell, 48 Ottawa St., 6'd Rapids, Mackinaw Shirts c Drawres. ——AGENCY FOR THE—— { EVERY ONE WARRANTED. —---LARGE LINE OF—— Gents Furnishing Goods. DUCK OVERALLS, THREE POCKETS, $3.50 PER DOZEN. ie” Terms—7 per cent. off in 10 days; 5 per cent. in 30 days; net in 60 days. | Clothing and CD - _ WHOLESALE | F. J. LAMB & COMPANY, Butter, Cheese, Eses. tire prick and Clay, Cement, Stucco! ro. LEV i. 36, 38, 40 and 42 CANAL STREET, - - GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. A BENOWLSON, ——~WHOLESALE DEALER IN—-— AKRON SEWER PIPE, DEALERS IN-— Pentwater-—C. E. Bush & Co., grocers, | : closed out business. | Apples, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc. HAIR Sterling—Nonre & Kent, lumber, burned PEEP : , : LIME, ’ COAG and WFOOD. out. \ : St. Ignace—Robert McGarvie, books and | NO, 8 IONIA STREET. : ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED. eghelby-G. W. Hobb 1d out to | J . é z ou } shee ewiesreusn IGRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. John Anderson. Office—-7 Canal Street. Sweet's Hotel Block. Yards—Goodrith Street, Oentral Freight House. Trobpaccos, Vinegars and Spices !. Near Michigas- \g 4 ag