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GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1884.

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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
are 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
glue, for their base, which are rendered
soft, or scaled, in a very short time,
necessitating the well-known great incon-
venience. and expense, which all have ex-
perienced, in washing and scraping off the
old 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 améunt
of surface with two coats, is ready for use
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* HOW TO JUDGE OF LEATHER.

 

| Some Practical Suggestions that will be Val- |

uable to Buyers.

tery to most people, and even tanners who
have been fairly successful in their work,
are free to admit that there are many things
on which they would like to have more ac-
curate and fuller information. Ihave read
a great many articles and. treatises on the
different details of the process of tanning,
buf it seems to me that something ought to
be said about the leather itself, and the
qualities that it should have, so that a buyer
i who was never a practical tanner can have
something to guide him. During my tanning
experience I have been greatly amused, and
at the same time annoyed, at the ridiculous
notions of buyers who could not tell a good
piece of leather when they saw it. I have
had my best. leather rejected for some fan-
cied defect, and satisfied the buyer perfectly
with a poorer quality. As Iam out of busi-
ness entirely, now, 1 can say what I please,
and if my ideas do not coincide with the
views of the tanners who are still in the
harness, I know that the Review will afford
them ample facilities for talking back.

The first thing to be considered in looking
at leather with a view to buying,,is tannage,
that is to say, is the leather thoroughly
tanned? This pvint can usually be decided
‘ by simply feeling the leather. If it is upper

between the fingers.

: leather or calfskin, fake a fold of the leather |
It it feels springy to;

“ Ex-Tanner’’ in the Shoe and Leather Review.

Tanning leather is a good deal of a mys-,

 

IS GLUCOSE AN ADULTERATION?

Disquisition on ihe Subject from a Scientific

Standpoint.

Fro the Scientific American.

to one form of adulteration which is so
exceedingly common that we cannot go a
single day free from it. We allude to the
presence of glucose in sugars and syrups,
and we take up the subject in hopes that we
may dispel some groundless fears. That the
glucosefis there is as sure as the sun rises
daily. There may be some sugars that are
pure and honest, but there are many which
are not.

An apotheeary submitted to our examina-
tion a sample of sugar from a lot he had just
purchased for his pharmaceutical use, which
had been recommended to him as absolutely
pure; it showed over five per cent of glu-
cose! We have seen barrels opened, found
the maker’s guarantee of perfect purity ly-
ing under the barrel-head, taken samples
from directly beneath the printed falsehood,
and found them rich in glucose!

We do not, therefore, dispute the presence
of the admixture, but it is a perfectly harm-
less substance and need never cause any
alarm to anyone. We may eat.and drink
glucose all our lives, our children may take
it down ad lib. in their candy, as. they are
doing every day; we may have our delicious
maple syrup on our buekwheat cakes, and
they will not not hurt us any more than the
cakes are bound. to anyway; we may revel
in glucose, and live and die happy.-

Let us look at it chemically. There are,

the touch and does not fold down easily it is |
not sufficiently tanned. The strip of green |
hide in the center does not absorb the grease, |
and becomes hard and bony when dry. The:
leather will not crimp, and if made up will |
quickly crack in wearing, eee in the fruits, though there are many inter-
leather will feel mellow and soft. It will | changing exceptions. They are both harm-
absorb more grease and remain pliable. | less and nutritious te the human system;

Again, the leather may be tanned through | they are both sweet, the sweetness of grape

and still be injured by too much lime, t00 | +5 Gane being about as one to two. Chemi-
ee melee: or too ig pra er in the a cally, cane sugar is a saccharose ‘and grape
iquors. o test-in this direction, a strip) «0°; : Lge rs cee
| isa glucose, the er inl his as a
can be cut from the leather and the fiber ex- | aa eo latter retaining this as
amined. Good leather should have a smooth “What we buy as sugar professes always to
Z : : x “ laa i c Sus * mo ¢ ays
aie ast oo be cane sugar, made hitherto almost exclu-
. ,: a c f a { : .
Sees : i sively from the sugar cane. All the glucose
it indicates slack tanning, even when there | . : e
: : : ae | and grape sugar in the market is made by the
is no white strip of raw hide in the center. | fen gies : 5 : eps
ae : "<<" | action of sulphurie acid (oil of vitrol) on
b The leather is then sp aE and vows, | some vegetatle a In this ee
ee ae er of oe - Ca a aL starch is used chiefly as being the cheapest
oughly filled with the tanning material.' o14@ most convenient, but linen rags are

When the cells are thoroughly filled, the | : :
: : : i : - > | equally serviceable and produce an equally
minute fibers will be colored, and the cut; pure and excellent sugar.

edge will show a smooth uniform surface. |

as natural products, two forms of sugar
everywhere diffused; they are known as cane
sugar, and grape sugar. Taken as a rule, it
may be said that cane sugar exists mostly in
the sap or juices of plants, and grape sugar

thus’

loosened. If the fuzzy ends are very short
will be lacking in wearing qualities. I have
seen very handsome looking and finely fin-
ished calfskins that were so rotten in the
fibers that I could poke my finger through
them. If the fiber works up easily, and is
coarse and rough looking, it indicates that
the leather is coarse and spongy. The
tanner has perhaps robbed the hide of its
gelatine in the liming and bating, and has
tried tu fill the loose celular structure with
tallow in the stufling wheel. When the gel-
atine is gone there is nothing to hold the
tanning, and when there is no tanning
there is nothing to hold the grease. The
leather may be pasted down to a nice smooth
surface, but when grease is washed out it
will be no more serviceable in wear than an
old woolen blanket, which the surfaee will
resemble. If the leather has a good strength
so that it will not tear, and is well filled with
the tanned gelatine so that the surface will
cut through, the wearing qualities may be
denended upon. The edge of the strip cut
will also show the thickness of the grain.
If this grain is too thick, it is likely to be
hard and yielding, so that it will crack in
werking. , It will for the same reason be
found hard to crimp when this is desired.
The thickness of the grain can be esti-
mated in a measure by the pebbling on the
surface.
to a fine birds-eye pebble, while a thick

pebbling roller.
ing a fold of the leather on the grain side.
If the grain cracks badly, it is a defect in the
tanning. Some-good tannages crack a little,
but réally first-class stock will not erack.

It is perhaps needless to say that the
leatiier should be of an even or uniform
thickness as far as possible, but the buyer
must not take this for granted. Some
tauners split their upper leather when it is
very green, and in the subsequent tanning,
portions of the side swell so that it is liable
to be thick in spots. The currier is supposed
to remedy this before the finishing process,
but he is liable to be careless. So also in
calfskins, the thick head and neck should
be shaved er split down to a uniform sub-
stance with the body. The buyer in exam-

been properly done.

In buying calfskins the color of the grain
is usually considered as giving some idea of
the relative amount of grease in leather.
Too much grease is, without doubt, a seri-
ous objection, as it is injurious to the leather,
and a source of annoyance to the wearer of
boots and shoes, to say nothing of the extra
eost of the stock to the buyer. Tanners who
do not know enough to plump their stock in
the tanning process, and preserve the gela-
tine for the tannin to unite with, try to make
up for the loss in weight by putting in more
grease than the leather can possibly carry.
Often this excess of grease can be squeezed
out by simply doubling a fold of the skin.
It must be borne in mind, however, that the
dark color is not of itself an evidence of too
much grease. Seme tanners extract more of
the coloring matter from the bark than
others, and the stock in consequence, has a
darker shade. Others again are very partic-
ular to keep a fair color on the grain. The
color does not necessarily affect the quality
of the leather, but as so many buyers have
prejudices on this point, the tanners natur-
ally try to humor them.

This matter of judging leather cannot be
learned in a day, and the points cannot be

We carry a Large Stock, and Guarantee Prices, wel] covered in a single article, so I will fol-

as Low as Chicago and Detroit.

 

R. J. KIRKLAND. M. D.,
SPECIALIST IN DISEASES OF THE

Har, Eye and Throat

WITH DRS. JOHNSON & BOISE,

72 Ottawe Street, Corner of Monroe Street,

Office Hours: 9a. m. to 12m.;2to5 p.m.

low the example of story papers and continue
the subject in a future communication, and
have something to say about sole leather
buying.

Lager beer, which thirty years ago was
practically unknown in this country, is now
made by 2,500 establishments, with more
than $150,000,000 capital invested. The
value of the production each year is over
$200,000,000.

 

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This is one of the wonders of chemical
combination—as much of a wonder to the
most thorough chemist as to any one else.
He boils starch with sulphuric acid and
water. The mixture instead of being very
sour is sweet to a certain extent, that is
to say, sugar is there, but the acid is also
there; fer the acid has changed the starch
into sugar and has itself net been affected in
the least. He throws in powbered chalk,
which unites with the acid and settling to the

| bottom, leaves a beautiful, clear, sweet so-
| lution of grape sugar.

The acid is gone, the starch is gone, and
pure, harmless sugar remains. It is true,
when we start to buy. sugar we naturally
would-be glad to get what we had in mind;
but if adulterations were no worse than this,
we well might think little of them.

What Shall We Do with the Cattle Horns?

The time is approaching, remarks an East-
ern commercial paper, when the few yearly
contracts that are now made for a supply of
horns will be renewed. Some years ago the
horn market was an important one. Large
quantities were used by manufacturers of
combs, buttons, -cutlery, horn jewelry and
the like. The appearance of guita percha,
rubber, and later of celluloid, has made
great changes. The number of horns now
used for manufacturing purposes has
dwindled down to small proportions. <At
this time there can searcely be said to be any
market for horns. A number of manufac-
turers in Massachussetts have been doing
little or nothing for months. One of them
is said to have bought 300,000 horns in the
West this year at one-half the price offered
the year before. Consumers can buy horns
at their own price. Nominally ox horns in
large lots are worth from $3 to $6 per hun-
dred horns; steers, $2 to $4: and cows, 50
cents for the best and nothing at all for
many of them. It was thought that when a
relapse from the celluloid wave came the
horn industry would again prosper. The
relapse came, but the horn manufacturers
made no maserial gain and the substitutes
are now as popular and cheap as ever. What
to do with the great accumulation of. horns
in thiscountry will soon, if it has not already,
become an important question with stock
owners.
Will Cover All Traces of the Late Fire with

Handsome Buildings.

A Howard City correspondent writes:

“Burned out but not broken,” is the motto
of every business man at this place. All are
either doing business again or are getting
ready to commence. Some fifteen brick
blocks and a large fine opera house will be
erected the coming summer. The following
contemplate building brick blocks: A. P.
Thomas, C. J. Burtch, D. H. Lord, Broas &
Collins, M. B. Divine, J. H. Kipp, W. H.
Lovely, R. H. O’Donald, Peter Stevens, Dr.
J. R. Hathaway, J. B. Quick, E. Barber, M.
H. Turner and Dan Miller. The main street
will be made 14 feet wider, making it 80 feet
wide, and a fire ordinance has already been
passed by the Common Council. In one year
the effects of the fire of New Year’s night,
1884, will be obliterated, and in place of the
old wooden buildings will stand one of the
prettiest little cities in Michigan. Some
kind of water works will be put in the com-
ing season. A number of business men
have already ordered brick for their build-
ings. Henkle & Doric expect tn have their
large flouring mill in operation by the middle
of next summer.

The dairy interest in the United States
has risen to great importance during the past
ten years, and is now so- very extensive as
to involve large investments of capital in
farming, industrial and commercial enterpris-
es which promise to make this republic the
greatest exporter of dairy products to foreign
countries, within the range of modern cem-
merce. It is a notable fact that the best but-
ter now eomes from the Western States,
whose contributions down to some fifteen
years ago ranked in New York as grease but-
ter.

 

The Future of the South.

“T have heard how you thrashed over 1,000
Confederates witha detachment of 90 men,”

/said the pencil pusher, addressing Capt.
. “Charley” Belknap, and what do you think
Our attention has recently been called |

of a country that produces such soldiers?”

“There was nothing strange in the result
of the engagement,” Charley replied, ‘‘when
you come to consider the composition of
the rebel foree. They were all boys under
16, and old men over 60. It was near the
close of the war, and all the able bodied
men that were not centered around Rich-
mond had been killed off. No one who was
not actually acquainted with the true situa-
tion of affairs ean form any idea of the con-
dition the South was in after the war. Nine-
tenths of the able bodied men were under
the sod, and the remainder -were too small
in number and influence to accomplish any-
thing in the way of pregress. In the mean-
time, however, a new generation has come to
the front, and from all I can learn the South
is rapidly regaining her former strength,
and will evertually scoop us in the march
of progress. Instead of tuning a deaf ear
to the demand for more manufactories, she
is taking steps to secure the location of such
establishments in the South, the legislatures
of most of the states having absolved manu-
facturing concerns from the payment of
taxes for ten-year$; and nearly every town
is aware of the benefits accruing from such
sources, and js offering unusual induce-
ments. For instance, the people of Selma,
Ala., offered me a desirable location for a
wagon factory, agreed to put up the neces-
sary buildings, exempt me from taxation for
ten years, and eash the notes I took from the
farmers, in consideration of my starting a
factory there. This is only a specimen of
the offers northern men are continually
getting to induce them to go South. Many
of them are guing, too, and I see that cotton
factories are being established everywhere
in the South. I tell you, we northern people
have got to look out for our laurels twenty
years hence.”

Country Produce.

Cider—Firm and searee, and nearly out of
market, at 20c G gal.

Cabbage—Very little in town, and impos-
sible to fill orders for desirable stock. Prices
are held at $10@$15 Y 100.

Celery—Active and firm at 25@30e Y doz.

Clover Seed—Firm at $5 for mediuin and
$6.50 G bu. for prime.

Timothy—In ample supply at $1.65 @ bu.

Sweet Potatoes—A few yet in market and
selling at $5.50 q bu.

Cranberries—Cultivated Wisconsin, firm
and searee at: $10.50@$12 P bbl. Extra
faney, $15.

Eggs—Fresh are hard to get and are
quoted at 28@30c. Pickled stock is up 2
cents a dozen, selling freely for 25c.

Dried Apples—Quarters, 7@8¢ | Ib.;
evaporated, 14c@15c.

Honey—In comb, 16@18e F Ib.

Potatoes—Little ehange in the market.
Small lots. are selling at 45@50c, and carload
lots can be had for 35@40c.

Apples—Winter fruit is firmer, and is sell-
ing freely at $3.50 @ bbl. Extra faney, $4.

Butter—Firmer, with slight upper ten-
dency. Dairy rolls are nieving slowly at
20@21c, and packed at 16@20c. Western
creamery 25@27e.

Onions—Dull and slow. Sales of choice
yellow made at $1.75@$82 @ bbl., and 65e P
bu. in sacks.

ae eee in fair supply at 2}¢e.
s

Buckwheat—New York patent, $4.25 per
100 tbs, and $s} bbl. In ten barrel lots,
$7.75.

Cheese—Full cream, firm at 141g¢; shim,
active at 9c@11e. .

Beans—Fair demand and moderate sale at
$2.00@$2.25 for handpicked, and $1.50@
$1.75 for medium.

Peas—Holland $4.25 @ bu.

Pears—California $3.75 GP case.

Ruta Bagas—Very firm at 45¢ Y bu.

Beets—In good demand at 75¢c @ bu.

 

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Poultry—Somewhat scarce and in good
demand. Spring chickens sell readily at 12

@14¢e, and old fowls command 11@12e.
Turkeys are yery scarce, and hardly any in
market, selling at 14@15¢e. Ducks and
geese are not in market and consequently
not quotable.

Barley—The brewers are paying $1.30 @
100 ths for choice, considerable quantities
having lately been shipped in from Hopkins
Station and other points in Allegan county.

Hops—The brewers are paying from 25@
28¢e th for choice Western. The New
York crop was not up to its usual standard,
much of it being mouldy and consequentiy
unfit for brewers’ use. The Oregon and
Washington Territory product is not gener-
ally considered as strong as the Eastern
crop, being more mild in flavor. Mich-
igan hops readily command from 20@22c.
for choice.

New Corporations Authorized.

The following corporations have lately
filed articles of association with the Secre-
tary of State at Lansing:

North Branch Improvement Co., Alpena;
capital $20,000.

Little Wolf Creek Improvement Co., Al-
pena; capital $10,000.

Union Bank, Jackson; capital $100,000.

Detroit, Lincoln & Denver Railroad Co. ;
capital $800,000.

Gogebiec & Montreal River Railroad Co. ;
capital $600,000.

Petine Lumber Co., Laketon; capital $35,-
000.

Grand Rapids Panel Co., Grand Rapids;
capital $25,000.

McKinnon Manufacturing Co., Bay City;
capital $50,000.

Michigan Pipe Co., Bay City; capital in-
creased to $100,000.

Detroit Steel and Spring Works, Detroit;
capital $300,000.

Bay City Brewing Co., Bay City; capital
$50,000.

Kalamazoo Spring and Axle Co., Kalama-
2003; eapital $100,000.

Henry C. Hart Manufacturing Co., De-
troit; capital $100,000.

Leonard? Glass Works, Detroit; capital
$50,000.

Hamtramck Transportation Co., Detroit;
capital $50,000.

Indiana Iron
amended.

Co., Norway; articles

» The merchants of San Francisco complain
that the opening of the Northern Pacific has
reduced their trade with the Northwest 75
per cent.

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| List of Creditors in the Jas. E. Furman Fail-
ure.

man, the West Bridge street grocer, has
filled the result of the inventory of the stock,
accounts, ete., from which it appears that
the total assets are $19,275.85, distributed as
follows: Stock, $2,701.36; horse, harness
and wagon, $175; cash in bank, $1.31; lum-
ber at Fife Lake, $16,200; accounts receiv-

able, $198.18. The total liabilities are $22,-
352.19, distributed as follows:
J. D. Robinson (note) Grand Rapids. . $2,000 00
O. L. Howard a es .. 1,000 00
Fourth National Bank a 1,500 00
L. H. Randall & Co. 433 09
Wm. Sears & Co. ee 307 05
A. Meigs & Co. - 271 99
Freeman, Hawkins & Co. o 151 93
Clark, Jewell & Co. = 107 37
Transit Mill Co. & 1038 00
Moseley Bros. $ 84 57
Blanchard & Sons ac 64 75
Putnam & Brooks ay 54 96
Plumb & Lewis Man’f’g Co. ‘ 10 25
Curtiss, Dunton & Co. ss 29 91
Cc. G. A. Voigt & Co. a 37 25
Voigt Milling Co. - 43 75
I. O. Green ‘ 25 00
A. Kuppenheimer s 8 40
M.’C. Russell o a 13 85
Frank H. Furman, Wellsville, N. Y.... 3,500 00
oe se 3 oe 6,300 00
“ ss s¢ .... 3,500 00
Hudsonville Cheese Co.................. 101 28
First National Bank, Hillsdale. ........ 1,500 00
Gray, Burt & Kingman, Chicago...... 78 78
Fowle, Carle & Co. ee 60 81
Bannard, Lyman & Co. eee 40 25
E. B. Miller & Co. red 136 00
McNeal & Higgins oa aoa 320 34
Franklin Mills Co. sa 14 00
Quinlin Bros. ee. 37 65
J. B. Inderiden & Bro. a: 48 10
Sherman Bros. & Co. Ce 136 16
Wm. L. Ellis & Co., Baltimore.......... 110 92
Watson, Whilman & Co., Pittsburg.... 18 25

Detroit Broom Co., Detroit............ BL %5
S. M. Tyler & Co., ne 13 00
Royal Baking Powder Co., New York.. 59 91

Chase & Sanborn, Boston............... 13 25
Fred Schoemacher, Akron, Ohio....... 37 00
Gettius & Rexeamer, Philadelphia..... 62 87

The opinion seems to be growing that
Frank Chiekering has not acted straight-
forwardly in his transactions with Furman,
and the latter’s assignee recently remarked
in the presence of a reporter of THE TRADES
MAN, “Chickering is either a knave or a fool,
1 don’t know which.”

Late Furniture Gossip.

There is a project under way at Sturgis
for starting a chair factory, but it is yet in
embryo.

F. J. Freeman, retail furmiture dealer at
Mancelona, has sold his stock and business
to W. F. Williman & Co., and will enter the
ministry.

Most of the manufacturers are putting up
sample suits of the new spring styles and
will have Tull lines ready for inspection in a
week or 80.

Joshua Speed is meeting with commenda-
ble success in the establishment of a manu-
facturers’ agency here. He is prepared to
supply furniture men with trimmings, glass,
marble, ete.

Frederick Coggswell, of Chicago, has re-
covered a judgement for $600 against the
New England Furniture Co., that amount
being damages awarded Coggswell in his
suit against the company for malicious pros-
ecution. ‘The verdict is the final outcome of
an attachment levied upon Coggswell’s stock
about two years ago by the New England
Furniture Co.

The annual stockholders’ meetings of the
various corporations will be held this month
as follows: Kent Furniture Co., 9th; Manu-
facturers’ Mutual Insurance Co., 9th; Grand
Rapids Chair Co., McIntyre & Goodsell,
Wolverine Chair and Furniture Co., and
Grand Rapids Brush Co., 12th; Gleason
Wood Ornament Co., 15th; Widdicomb Fur-
niture Co., Phoenix Furniture Co., and
Stockwell & Darragh Furniture Co., 16th;
Berkey & Gay Furniture Co., 17th.

The growing fashion of introducing squares
and panels of beveled mirror glass into cabi-
nets, and mantel backs, and other pieces of
drawing-room furniture, is dangerous unless
kept in subjection to good sense and_ taste.
The scattered reflections from these bits of
glasses are often confusing and unpleasant.
Squares and jewels of stained glass can be
employed with far better effect. Mirrors
‘an be used without restriction in bedrooms
and dressing-rooms, where they have a pur-
pose and fitness. The long swinging glasses
are coming into favor again, and bureaus,
dressing-tables and walls are more amply
supplied with mirrors than they have been
of late years.

Patents Issued to Michigan Inventors.

The following patents have lately been is-
sued to Michigan inventors:

Alexander H. and R. H. Beach, Flint,
wagon pole and running gear.

Frank S. and J. B. Berher, Charlotte,
buckles.

William H. Cambry, East Saginaw, grate
bar.

Jos. W. Dailey, Detroit, fastening device
for shaft pins.

August Hickman and M. Heintz, Detroit,
veneer. :

Wn. J. Ely, Detroit, match spint machine.

S. D. Telt, Jackson, shepherd’s crook.

John M. Finch, Jackson, automatic grain
and flour sampler.

Harrison Fitts, Rollin, fruit dryer.

David E. Morgan, Detroit, car coupling.

Chas. F. Murdock, Detroit, stop valves.

Richard Stevens, Negaunee, ratchet drill.

Wm. Strong, Kalamazoo, picture case for
tombstones.

Edwin S. Williams, Howard, sheaf carrier
for harvester.

 

Attention is called to the new advertise-
ment of Eaton, Lyon & Allen in another
column. This sterling firm has had a satis-
factory wholesale trade during the past year
and proposes to push this department of
their business more than ever during the
coming year. Henry Ward Beecher and J.
Leo Kymer will continue to represent the
firm on the road, covering the same territory
as heretofore. Mr. Allen will hereafter do
the buying for the house, and will be assist-
ed by Mr. Charles Seymour, who has been
with the; house for some years. Miss
Kitty Earle, for several years past cashier of
the retail department, succeeds Harry Ellis
as book-keeper, and Miss Richmond, lately
with Frank Chickering, has accepted the
position of bill clerk.

 

An Albany commission merchant who
sold 400,000 barrels of flour during 1883,
claims to have beaten any person or firm,
not manufacturers, in the world.

 

N. A. Fletcher, assignee for Jas. E. Fur- |

Parinership Change in the Oldest Wholesal
Grocery House in-the City. ;

The retirement of Thos. S. Freeman from
| the grocery jobbing house of Freeman,
| Hawkins & Co., after being actively identi-
‘fied with the house for over 20 years, 19
| Years as a partner, naturally recalls the faet
that the establishment is the oldest of the
| kind in the city, having been founded by L.
H. Randall & Co. in 1857, 27 years ago. At
that time the house was located where the
Fourth National Bank now stands, and
liquors were sold as well as groceries un-
til 1877. In 1862, Mr. Randall bought out
his partner, and for three years the business
was carried on under the name of L. H.
Randall. Mr. Freeman entered the employ
of the house in September, 1863, becoming a
partner two years later, at which time the old
firm name. L. H. Randall & Co., was resum-
ed. In 1867, Lewis E. Hawkins entered the
employ of the firm, becoming a partner in
1871, the firm name remaining the same as
before. In 1875, Mr. Randall became a
special partner, and the style of the firm
was changed to Freeman, Hawkins & Co.
January 1, 1880, the firm name was again
changed to Randall, Freeman & Hewkins,
and on March 15, of the same year, Mr.
Randall retired and the firm name was
changed to Freeman & Hawkins. January
1, 1882, Geo. R. Perry was rewarded for
over eight years’ faithful service by being
admitted to partnership, the firm name being
changed to Freeman, Hawkins & Co. The
withdrawal of Mr. Freeman necessitates
another change, to Hawkins & Perry. The
place of business was located on the corner
of Canal and Lyon streets for thirteen years,
and in 1870 a change was made to the
Masonic block on Lyon street, the removal to
the present location occurring A’pril 15, 1883.
The new firm will retain the old house
working force and the travelling representa-
tion will remain the same as heretofore.

Prospects of a Bankrupt Law.

Hon. Julius Houseman, member of Con-
gress of this district, was recently seen by
THE TRADESMAN’S legislative reporter rela-
tive to the prospects of a bankrupt law being
passed by Congress during the present ses-
sion. Mr. Houseman did not speak eneour-
agingly, and was of the opinion that the
chances are somewhat against the legista-
tion. The trouble seems to be quite as
much in the apathy of members as in direct
opposition to either the Lowell or Ingalls
bill. The Lowell bill has not yet been iniro-
duced, but drafts have been submitted to
every Congressman, and a determined effort
will be made by Eastern members to get it
through Congress.

“There is one provision that is proposed
to be incorporated in the Lowell bill,” said

Representative Fletcher, ‘that is worthy of
all praise, and cannot sail to have a tendency
to check fraud. That provision makes it
an offense against the U. S. laws for a debt-
or to buy goods on credit when he knows
he has got to fail. I have had my atten-
called to such practices several times in the
past few years, where debtors have known
they must fail and evidently propose to fail
for as large an amount as possible. The
proposed measure would make such an of-
fense a criminal one, and could not fail to
have a good effect over dishonest debtors.”

Too Much Water.

A partnership change in the firm of which
L. H. Randall was the founder recalls a good
story that used to be told in years agone by
E. P. Clark, the Big Rapids grocer. Away
back in the sixties, Clark was in the employ
of the house, having charge of the ‘“‘liquid
groceries” department, which was located in
the basement of the store now occupied by
the Fourth National Bank. An order was
being filled for a northern customer, who
was not particularly prompt in meeting his
payments. Clark has been rinsing out the
required number of kegs, and left them half
full of water fora time. L. H. came along,
asked whom the order was for, and on being
informed, thundered out a denunciation of
the party in question, ordering Clark to
leave the water in the kegs, and fill them up
with whisky. The outcome was not at all
favorable to either the buyer or the seller.
The weather came on cold, aud the whisky,
having been watered too many times, froze
up. The retailer tried in vain to thaw out
his liquors, but they resisted all attempts,
his customers deserted him, and he was
forced to fail, his assets barely paying the
assignee’s costs.

 

Questionable Business Methods.

The attempt by two attachees of Noble &
Co.’s plaster office to purloin the shipping
books of the Alabastine Co., for the evident .
purpose of getting the names and adresses
of the latter’s customers, is a practice that
deserves the severest condemnation, and re-
‘fleets most unfavorable upon all persons
party to the transaction. lt is not the first
time that attempts have been made to obtain
the books of rival establishments, for the
| purpose of getting undue advantages, but it
| deserves the contempt of every honorable
business man, and it is a source of gratifica-
| tion to learn that Mr. Church proposes to
/make an example of the men caught in his
| office at an unseasonable hour, who took to
itheir heels when discovered. A term at
| hard labor will undoubtedly have a sanitary
‘effect over the intruders, and serve as a
i warning to others who may be induced to
attempt to profit at the expense of another
establishment.

 

Unpleasant Developments.

A Cadillac correspondent writes:

The general confidence felt here in the
the banking firm of Rice & Messmore has
been sadly shaken by recent developments.
Their books showed cash credits in bank at
Chicago and New York of several thousand

dollars. Reeeiver Kieldsen made drafts on
both. The New York bank returned the

draft with the statement there were no funds
to the firm’s credit, and the bank in Chicago
did the same, but stated that the bank there
was $2,000 behind. It is expected that
creditors will receive about 20 cents on tha
dollar, .

Correct.
From the Evening Leader, 7th.

Mr. E. A. Stowe’s paper, THE MICHIGAN
TRADESMAN, is one of the best trade jour-
nals published in the country, and is meeting
with the encouragement and success it de-
serves.

The United States produced : about 4,600,
000 tons of pig iron last year,

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and Manofactering Inievests of the Sate.

 

 

 

E. A. STOWE. Editor and Proprietor.

 

 

Terms $ia year in advance, postage paid.
Advertising rates made known on application.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9, 1884.

 

 

 

@ Subscribers and others, when writing
to advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub-
jisher by mentioning that they saw the adver-
tisement in the columns of this paper.

 

 

 

SOME OBJECTIONS TO A FEDERAL BANK-
RUPTCY LAW.

The Detroit Times publishes a series of
interviews with prominent business and pro-
‘fessional men relative to the proposed Na-
tional bankrupt law, and an extremely no-
with which the lawyers declare themselves
in favor of the measure, while business men
unqualifiedly condemn it. Theo. H. Hinch-
man, President of the Merchants and Man-

- ufreturers’ Exchange, said that he was op-
ticeable feature of the article is the unanimity
posed to such legislation because the exper-
ience of former laws has showed that such
a law tends to unsettle values and generally
gives great chances to dishonest debtors.
The Lowell bill, which has been so much
discussed, is supposed to cover everything
that could come up in the bankruptcy pro-
ceedings, but he thought that there ought to
be two bills, one to eover the case of big
debtors and one for small. The big men,
he said, generally get through all right, but
the men who fail for small amounts are en-
titled to the same protection. Still another
objection he has to a bankruptey bill is that
in-our State the bills sold are mostly for
small amounts, while the costs of the United
States courtssare so large that a creditor ob-
tains nothing out of the estate. In case ofa
federal law being passed the government
should proceed in cases of fraud and perjury
against a debtor on information of a creditor
as in any other ease, and not subject him to
the expense and annoyance of finding a bond
and giving security. The government in his
opinion should pay the cost of bankruptcyin
the case of the small debtor so that the es-
tate could be left free for the creditors.

’ B. F. Farrington, Vice-President of the
Exchange, declared that such a law would

work great injury to Michigan merchants,

giving his reason for the opinion in the fol-
lowing fashion:

The men who are making the great elamor
for this bill are the Eastern merchants, the
men who, apart from their legitimate busi-
ness, are gambling in stocks and wheat, and
who, when they get cornered, want a chance
to unload and start afresh. It is simply a
premium on dishonesty. There are men
who get a little bit involved and have not
got quite enough. energy and backbone;

under a bankruptcy law they come to us and‘

say accept so much or we go into bankruptcy,
and they compel us to accept their proposit-
ion. On the other hand, if a man is honest,
but yet a little unfortunate, there is not a
wholesale merchant in town but would ex-
tend him a hand, tell him to what he could
turn his attention, and do his best to help
him along. There is enough generosity
among them to do this. During the last
year that the bankruptcy bill was in opera-
tion we lost five per cent. of the amount of
our sales; since its repeal our losses have
been less than one per cent. Of course the
times has had something to de with it, but
the figures are significant. Under the old
law'the expense of administering a bank-
rupt’s estate was so large that the creditor
did not get as much by 25 per cent. as he now
receives. It also worked injustiee to the
honest retailer, as all over the country bank-
rupt stocks were thrown upon the market
and sold for fifty cents on the dollar, while
the honest merchant had to compete with
these prices. I think the best thing would
bé'for each Saate to have its own good eol-
lection laws, and that there sbould be no
preferences allowed to any caeditor. You
cannot make men honest by laws, but you
can frame them so as to try and prevent as
much fraud as possible and not open a back
door for dishonest men to craw] out by.”

Chas. Root, the veteran dry goods jobber,
expressed himself as decidedly opposed to
any bankruptcy law, giving as a reason that
former acts were merely open doors for
fraud, while under State laws the losses had
been less and the amount realized to cred-
itors from estates had been greater. He
understood that the insolvency act passed at
closing hours of the last session of the Leg-
islature was unconstitutional, but the law as
it stood before the act was passed was satis-
factory to him. Under the bankruptcy law
stocks were siezed and sold for 50 cents on
the dollar and thrown on the market to com-
pete with goods which cost 100 cents on the
dollar. As a rule the assignee knew nothing
about merchandizing, and when he came in
possession, stocks were sacrificed right and
left. He considered that it would be a great
injury to our merchants to pass any such
law. :

 

CANNED FOOD.

‘The danger from noxious acids in canned
fruit, meat and vegetables is not altogether
fanciful. Careful experiments in England
have revealed the presence of small amounts
of the metal dissolved in the juice of the
contents of the can. The proportion was
small in most cases, but it is sometimes so
great as to produce nausea and all the symp-
toms of poisoning. When the juice or fruit
betrays a metallic taste it is the result of dis-
solved metal. The amount may be so small
as to be harmless, but the danger is in swal-
lowing repeated doses of the noxious sub-
stance day after day in families adicted to
the constant use of canned food. ‘Tin is the
cheapest material for canning, and this leads
tovits universal employment, but if once the
public conceive some repugnance to it some
safer material will have to be adopted. The
eanning process is a modern device of incal-
culable value, since it furnishes to every

_ part of the world at a cheap price the desir- |
‘able fruits of all other regions, and materi- |
"ally diversifies the character of living. Glass |
| is more expensive than tin, but it has the |
' merit of being absolutely free from the de
| fects of the cheaper material, and if it were |
, to come into general use as a_ substitute it
might be furnished at a smaller cost.

 

 

~Modesty is commendable wherever you. ho the Distributors Of Blackwell’

| find it, but the development of such a virtue ;
in so unlikely a place as the city of Chicago |
challenges the attention and merits the con- ,
gratulation of the whole world. Weread in |
an exhaustive and very able review of Chi-|
cago’s trade during the year 1883, published
by the Tribune of that city, an estimate of |
the money value of the city’s business for a
long series of years, which is most remarka-|
ble in respect to the extremely moderate in- |
crease credited to the past year. It is so un-|
characteristic of a Chicago paper to claim an
increase of only five millions in the city’ S|
trade that it is hard to credit the exhibition
of modesty. We suspect, however, that the |
Tribune is2becoming a trifle disconcerted by
the difficulty of keeping up the percentage of
gain required by the record of growth shown
in its previons estimates, and realizes that
its figures, which everyone must understand
are purely fanciful, have gone beyond the
bounds of credulity. Having set up a claim
a year ago that the trade of 1882 ‘aggregated
$1,045,000,000 in value, the Tribune un-
doubtedly saw that it would be pushing] the
joke quite far enough to raise this estimate
to even figures this year, and so made the
amount $1,050,000,000 for 1883:

 

Justice is often slow, and as often falls
wide of the mark, but occasionally delin-
quents who imagine that time had _ healed
the breach and that their crimes had been
forgotten, or at least would not be prosecut-
ed, are brought up to a round turn, as in the
ease of Frank R. Sherwin, the culpable
chief clerk of defaulting State Treasurer
Phelps, of New York, 10 years ago,who was a
few days since sentenced to two years in the |
penitentiary, and to pay a fine of $500 for
contempt. Sherwin has lived in grand
style of late years, and has an aristecratic
wife and familv.

 

By the retirement of of Thos. S. Fr eeman |
from the jobbing business, the grocery trade
loses 2 man who has been actively identified

for néarly twenty years. During this period
his career has been marked by conscientious
work and remarkable fidelity to duty, and
it is a source of pleasure to know that his
services have been amply rewardeg, in a pe-
cuniary sense, and that he is enabled to take
a temporary respite from mercantile cares,
without much thought for the future, having
already accumulated a considerable compe-
tency.

 

The report of the Commissioner of Agri-
culture displays the rather striking fact that
the value of our forest product is ten times
that of gold and silver, and more than three
times that of the precious minerals and coal
and other minerals combined. ‘This is a
pretty good argument for forest culture, even
if no other indirect advantages were to be
derived from it.

 

A Few Words for ‘‘The Tradesman.’’

THe TRADESMAN has passed the first
quarter of its first publication year, and its
success, although assured from the start, is
now areality. In short, it is now only a
question of how much of a success it will be.
It has been demonstrated, beyond dispute,
that there is a demand for such a publica-
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
thorough knowledge of what is desired.
Ture TRADESMAN is in no sense a “house
organ’’—one of the most detestable features
of trade journalism—and is therefore not
subject to the caprice of any outside influ-
ence as to what it shall and shall not print.
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.

A word to our readers who are not already
subscribers. We have sent THE TRADEs-
MAN regularly each week to several thous-
and reputable dealers, at our own risk. By
this time, they are enabled to determine
whether it will be of any assistance to them
in the prosecution of their business. If not,
they are at perfect liberty to inform us of
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,
on the other hand, the paper has afforded |
him any profit, given him seasonable hints
and pertinent suggestions that are valuable
in a business sense, we should be pleased to
receive his subscription, either in the shape
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
anyone on its own account, and that every
paper mailed to those who are not subscrib-
ee is at the risk and expense of the pub-
lisher.

 

with the pioneer grocery house of the city |°

 

 

OFFICE OF

 

DURHAM TOBACCO COMPANY

s Durham Smoking Tobacco throughout the United States:

DURHAM, N. C., August 20, 1883.

GREETING:—It has been our aim for some time to supply you with an article that would not only advertise our brand of W. T, Blackwell’s Genuine Bull

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.

nature soon lose their novelty, and we regretted to expend such an enormous sum on anything that would not last and be of some yalue.-

Chromos, and articles of that

The novel idea finally struck

us of producing a bale of Blackwell’s Genuine Durham Smoking Tobacco, containing ‘‘ Works ”’ instead of the original well-known article, guaranteed 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,

BLACEWELIWS DURHAM TOBACCO CO.

 

 

THH W AY TO GET THEM!

You can get One of these Novel Clocks FREE by ordering from

BLACKWELL’S DURHAM

GENTLEMEN—The Clock which we supply you contains a good lever movement, which, with the usual handlin

The Clock you will get will be over 16 times the size of the accompanying diagram; that is,

Slyour Jobber Fifty Pounds of Blackwell's
fismoking Tobacco.

®

Genuine Bull Durham

The Fifty Pounds can be made up of assorted
i) sizes if you wish, and the goods will be charged at LOWEST PRICES.

 

TOBACCO

excellent time-keeper.

CoMPANY,

New York, August i, 1883.

DuRHAM, N. C.
g, Will make a very

Yours truly, ANSONIA CLOCK COMPANY.

 

2 inches high and 8 inches wide.

 

SPRING & COMPANY

—WHOLESALE DEALERS IN—

FANCY AND

CARPETS,

&

MAT INGS,

OtI,s CLOTHS,

EMrc.,

ETC.

Gand 8 Monroe Street,

Grand Rapids, .

- Michigan.

 

PUTNAM & BROOKS,

WEHrOLESALE -

Candy, Fruit and Nuts
STAPLE DRY GOODS

SS anda 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 IS NOT SLOW TO LEARN THIS FACT

WHENEVER IT DISCOVERS AN ARTICLE THAT COMMENDS ITSELF |
TO THE TASTE AND OTHER SENSES,

———THE REMARKABLE SALE OF

WUMILLARDS PLUG TOBACCOS

Is 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 Plog Tobacco Used in this Contry’

AND AS THERE ARE BETWEEN 800 AND 900 OTHER FACTORIES IN
THE U.S., IT FOLLOWS THAT THEIR GOODS MUST GIVE

Beller Satisfaction or Represent Better Value for the Money

THAN THE BRANDS OF OTHER MAKERS.
“GLIMAX,” with Red Tin Tag, is their Best Brand.

 

 

 

A BENOWLSON,

——WHOLESALE DEALER IN——

AKRON SEWER PIPE,

Fire Brick and Clay, Cement, Stucco !

LIME, HAIR, COAL and WrooD.

ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED.

Office—7 Canal Street. Sweet’s Hotel Block, Yards—Goodrich Street, Near Michigan :

Oentral Freicht House.

 

Laas

 

 

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Dry Goods.

Spring & Company quote as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Groceries.

AXLE GREASE.

 

  

 

 

 

 
 

    
 

 

 

       

 

 
  

Modoc .... @doz 60 |Paragon... @ doz 65
WIDE BROWN COTTONS. & Diamond......... 60 |Frazer’s......--.. 85
95 e WING. ;
Androscoggin, 9-4..23 |Pepperell, 10-4...... 25 BLUI . ooo
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CHECES. No.l Gamet. 5 2k aa 2 50
Caledonia, XX,0z..11 |Park Mills, No. 90..14 | No.2 Carpet.... ....--0---++2sseeerrere 2 25
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Park Millis, No. 50..10 lots Aprom......... 10% Fancy Whisk...........-+--+++s+se eee 1 25
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Park Milis, No. 70. .12 ork. 192... .2...-..
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3hStandard 1 90@2 20 {[Corn, Trophy... 1 15
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Lewiston brown... 9%4\Manchester plaid... 7 | Blackberries 1 10-115 |Lewis’ B’d Beans.1 75
Lane brown........ . 9144|New Tenn. plaid...11 Raspberries .... 140 |Pumpkin ..1 10@1 15
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CORSET JEANS. Currants ..... SM .. cee  ee 6@6%
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Hallowell Imp..... 634 Rockport........... 74 Boneless Cod pebceccs----------------- Z 00m 43
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Laconia ............ "4 | \Conegosat.......... 7 | Herring Sealed..............-.--+++++: a
4 Herring Holland................----- 1 @1 05
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Alleh’s checks...... é Hamilton fancy....6 8
Ailen’s fancy....... 6 |Hartel fancy........ 6% Matkerel ‘half Bbis No. 16k, 6 50
Allen’s pink.........6%|Merrimac D......... 6% Go. Kate NO. 1 22)... ee 1 00
Allen’s purple....... 6% Manchester ......... 6% | Blonters. 2) 2... - s- @1 00
American, fancy.. Oriental fancy...... 6 MATCHES. Z
Arnold fancy...... “634 |Oriental robes...... 6% | Richardson’s No. 2 square.........-...--++- 270
Berlinsolid.......... 5% | Pacific robes........ 7 Richardson’s No.3 dO. .........seeeceees 1 55
Cocheco fancy...... 6%|Richmond........... 6% | Richardson’sNo.5 dO. .........+ceeeeeee 170
Cocheco robes....... % (Steel River.......... 6 | Richardson’s No.6 do. .........--.e+e0e- 2 70
Conestoga fancy....6 , |Simpson’s,........... 6%| Richardson’sNo.8 do ...........-.:-+++ 170
Eddystone .......... 6%4|Washington fancy.. Richardson’s No.9 dO_ .........-.see+05: 2 55
Eagle fancy.........5 |Washington blues..8 | Richardson’s No. : TOUGO 8. ee 2 70
Garner pink......... 7 Richardson’s No.7 dO. .........--.-++e00s 2 55
FINE BROWN COTTONS. Kichardson’s No. 7% Gb 222. , 2
Appleton A, 4-4.... 8 |Indian Orchard, 40. 814 ian oye Parlor oe ee ee 70
Boott M, 4-4........ "14|Indian Orchard, 36. 8 gross lots special price. ee
Boston F, 4-4....... 8 Laconia B, 7-4...... 16% MOLASSES.
Continental § iia OA Maae, BB: 44... ea | Black Strap. ...., aallNew Orleans f'y 55@5
+ 5 ’ 7 "la 5. an or i .
oe af .s S BM ena E, aie - New Orleans g°d. em ers ups, sug 27@35@45
Conestoga G. 30-in. 6144) Nashua O, 7-8....... 7% 16
Dwight X, 3-4...... 6 |NewmarketN...... 1% enrere eer "cl as eee aie tr at 125 %
Dwight Y, 7-8....... 6%/Pepperell EH, 39-in.. 7% Sweet, 2 oz square He os ee "5
De 5 e ipopperelt aa” Sweet, 2 oz. round.............02.2ee i 00
Dwight Star, 44 - 1% Pepperell O, 1-8... - 6% Castor. 2 oz. square. eee 75
Ewight Star, 40-in.. 9 Pepperell N, 34... 674 Castor, 2 Oz. Te ee 1 00
Enterprise EE, 36.. 674/Pocasset_C, 442. a : : OATMEAL.
realy te £4... Ti/Saranac R.......... 4 | Quaker 2% cases, 48 Ibs B case........ 2 35
nr hard. 4 7 a ee do 5 tb cases, 60 bs # case.......... 2 -
indinn Grepant, bt" Tanperial DbiS...-.-... 2... 22... ss - om
DOMESTIC GINGHAMS. Quaker pbis..:..................----- 6 B
Amoskeag ......... 8'4:Renfrew, dress styl10%4 PICKLES. .
Amoskeag, Persian Johnson Manfg Co, Dingee’s barrels mpg... ss. : 2
ee 10% Bookfold......... 121 | Dingee’s : do ..... Cee i
Sa... 8 |Johnson Manfg Co, Dingee’s% do _ small.................. oe
Berkshire .......... {4% dress styles...... 12% | Dingee’s quarts glass fancy.............--+: 4 =
Glasgow checks.... 744 /Slatervilles dress Dingee’s pints 0 7,
Glasgow checks, f” y 74 styles 25.22... 13% | Saur Kraut, ? Di eee ORS
Glasgow checks, White Mfg Co, stap 8 SUGARS.
royal styles...... 9 |White Mfg Co, fanc 8 Granulated..............22- seeeee eee
Gloucester, new | White Mant’ g Co, Cut WO a i eh... . os nie: @ Hh;
standard ......... 8 | Harlston..:....... 91 | Cubes .. ......--- 2. ee ee eee e eee o oe
Phuinket ..........-- S Gomon .... |. 8 | Powdered........+...-.+..ssseeererees eS
Lancaster .........- 8 \Greylock, dress SGorten eee e
Langdale........... "2; | <etydes |... 2 2252 124% | Standard A....... ce on
WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. oo
Androscoggin, 7-4..21 |Pepperell. 10-4.....27%4| Yellow............-22..0000eeeeeeeceees 614,06%
Androscoggin, 8-4..23 |Pepperell, 11-4..... 32% SOAP.
Pepperell, 7-4...... 20 |Pequot, 7-4......... 21 | Kirk’s American Family ........ tb 6%
Pepperell, 8-4.. ae Bt... +. 224. da; Tndia..:...-....- Loa 614
Pepperell, 9-4...... |Pequot, 9-4......... oe oe wee, ............. 6
HEAVY BROWN COTTONS. 9 oo pone pee t eer ener nee a
Atlantic A, 4-4..... 1% | ‘Lawrence XX, 4-4.. 8% : : a 5 40
Atlantic H,44..... 7i4\Lawrence Y,8.... 7 |'otty) on een 3 BO
per neicra 2 eg coos ti [Newmarket Nt ...: oe Bell's ngs Many. 5-2. 2... Sen
a 4g Bap eee en 7 o Yi se.
Sy heate a +4.... 7s Pequot As i 4-4... $ Goodrich’ English Family oe ie
aa paz pine ee 8 MIOPSS 3G... ..-.--,.- . ti
—— ee wig Stark AA’ Pr er atnts ae Pr ae & CoS TVOTY Soe aes 6 B
Boott FF, 4-4....... 7% /Tremont CC, 4-4.... 6 tren ON cae 3 "0
Graniteville, 4-4.... 7 (Utica, 44........... 9 do. olden Bar..:.... 4 20
Indian Head, 4-4... 8 |Wachusett, 4-4....: 7% do. —— 3 45
Indiana Head 45-in.124%4 Wachusett, 30-in... 63% do. a 35
poe es do Mottled German.. ; _
Amoskeag, ACA.. Falls, XXXX....... 18% | Sidall’s....... 2... ..0eeeeeeeeereeeee eres
Amoskeag - 4-4, 18 Felis, EXX......... 154 | B Eat ke cs oe ee. SS : _
Psat eal B.. ae ails, G ea aed White Gastile bars......./...........55 13
Amoskeag, C...... 12 |Falls, awning... | 19 Me Castile............- eee eee ak
Amoskeag, D...... 11 |Hamikton, BT, 32..12 | Old Style.....-...... a a le @ 5%
L Me
Amoskeng, ....--10% Hamilton, D...-.--10 | Ground Pepper, in boxes and cans... 16022
Premium A, 4-4....17 |Hamilton fancy...10 Ground. Allspice................---+5++ i
Premium B........ 16 iMethuen AA....... uy Rema a ey SA ]
nett os 16 |\Methuen ASA...... 18 CIGWES i ee ee es 20@25
Ce 144%4|Omega A, 7-8.......11 pi la ei eee as
Gola i Meiai £4 ae 15 j|Omega A, 4-4....... 13. | Mustard............--..---- sees eee eee
Ona 7s... 12% Omega ACA, 7-8....14 sy deat ge ee
Chit... 14 |Omega ACA, 4-4....16 Tepper. % v O7EE a...
ROMS. ..-..s.-.--< 14 |Omega SE, 7-8......24 fe Pice 4 D........ 2... -e eee cess sees
Bees... 16 |\Omega SE, 4-4......27 innamon Ba A oe eg see oe eae oe ae
a 19 Omega M. is ee 22 Cloves 4 oe 5 Beet ail os ah a's wis olla eels ees 6 "7 @is
Cordis a s oe 14 |Omega M, 44....... 25 7 per, whole...........--+++++++++- a
ne nna 1% Allspice ...........5-2 seer ee eee ee ees ee
Shetucket, S & SW.12 eee be eee eee a oe
Shetucket, SFS....12 Cloves..... ee ue ye a on
Stockbridge A..... 7 | Nutmegs, No.1... Fi aa 10 Gi
Cordis No. 4.1.2... 114 Stoe betes PTF Muzzy Gloss 1 hb package ee Pe ee ue
CARPETS AND CARPETINGS. | Muza) Gloss 6 boxes OTM
Spring & Company quote as follows: Muzzy Gloss bulk.................----- @6
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS. oe Com ti 5.6... est... 7 @1%
, 90 Special prices on 1,000 i orders.
Roxbury tapestry.........-..-..-. @ Kingsford Silver Gloss...............- @8%
Smith 8 10 wire.... sree eee e eget ecees 2 90 Kingsford Silver Gloss 6b box....... iy
2 = Kingsford Corn...........2.-.+0+-200+ 8%@O :
@ 65 Oswego GIOSS..........-.-.ee cece eeeeee ‘ 34
@ gp! Mirror G1O8S............--0.++-eeeeeees OF
@ — %2 | Mirror Gloss, COrMm.........-....--2205- @i%
: @ a sais. Pe!
Sanford’s Comets...2......0. 2 oe eee ae
THREE-PLYS. Bagines, Fine Sb dit iw raw sect. os. : -
( i mat Oo yoo he es sew se f
LOWEN DDI Gray | Standard Coarse. eso (iB
Tei BANG... ..-- op noeos eae @1 00 SEEDS.
Sanford’s B-ply ..........--.--5.+--- @ 91%) Hemp es ee
EXTRA SUPERS. ae pe gee cere rere :
Hactiges ser ekeeeererees rasa seers = os | Mixed Bird.......-..... eens 5%4@6
Ww sec ee eee Bers L | NEWARE.
Other makes... ..-.. -® 73 @ 7'4\ Jugs cele Pe @
Best cotton chain a 60 @ 82% ' (eR ee
ALL WOOL SUPERFINES. | Milk Crocks.........---.2.+20esee seers
eat 2019......---------.-----++---+ eet 0 | “ . aig de® ‘Dizon's
ades 2 ply.....---.2-<ccens 524%4G@ 55 ising Sun gross ixOn’S QYOSs......
—* WOOL FILLING AND MIXED. a 78 y 29 io ie 5 88) Above @ dozea..... ae
All-wool super, 2-ply........------ 5b Me a ks vig ee Es
xtra heavy doub ; ‘sobton chain. DUG 4h | SALERATUS.
Double oudan CHIT. yc So os 35.@ 40. , DeLand’s pure @ 5% Cap Beet a. @ 5%
Heavy cotton and wool, double ec. 30 @ 32%) Churh’s . : @ im Pee @ 5%
Half d’l chain, cotton & wool, ! 2-ply a1nG 32% | Taylor’s G.M. Bia
aE CU ss ase @ 2%
— en HEMPS. | Japan Encore 230% Young oop alll a
tra heavy........ 214.@ 30 Japantfair.....:.. 25@30'Gun Powder..... 35@5
zal, wih . aazi: aes ‘Gm Japan fair to g'd.30@37|Oolong .... ...88G55@60
ial, plain, 4-4 wide. pia. 2 e-8 @ 18%, Japanfine........ WOONZO .....-2.6.-5 @30
De EE ees @ 1% | Japan dust....... 20)
OIL CLOTHS. . fae CCO—FINE CUT i
wh BBO B4.. oo osi ss @ 4%. | Wide Awake....:./...................- é
Noe a . Se @ 37% Daisey [In half barrels, 30c].......... 32
No. 3, = ge oes @ 2 | Hiawatha ..............--..-:--eseeees 69
No. 4, O02) OD Oi ‘0
MAaTTINGS. : | May: Flower ....-. 5.0002 e seer ee ee erence 70
Best all rattan, plain...,......+---- @ 2, | Rose oe EO ee pe Oe -
Best all rattan and —— plain... @ 52% | Silver Crown....... edness tee ‘
Napier A......... o.,%ahey G We | Owl CIID .... 20. cece eee ere ete cee eee 30
Napier Bo... 25-00. cesrcscnce terete @ Ba es ee gee a bas @Ad5
CURTAINS. 4 ALOE i is ok, Si6e ba es
aque shades, 38 inch............ @ 1% | Royal Game..........-.---+sseeeeeseees @38
Prottand shades, B Ar gp Mets 2 @ 18 | Silver Thread @6i
Pacific Holland, 4-4................ @ 16 | Old Dog Tray @60
Hartshorn’s fixtures, per gross... @36 =| Seal........ EMG). sh fons 1s sb hie deus QMO
Cord fixtures, per gross....+...... GAO | MentseNy ae ee @30

   

  

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

  

   
 

   
 

PLUG. SEEDS.
Sentinel 17 ] and 28 b cads............ @48 ‘Drugs & Medicines} iz eee: Italian (Powd 20¢).......... oo de
Clim Oe eee rl gs on *| Candy, ae ote packages. ...... a @ 6
ie 2 MODS oe wae ew os oe fe Pe OU le ois sccecsns o8 iy dD
Boch nat... ee ae one | GGA obfie, Ihe on Morphing, H | Caraway, best Dutch (Powd Jéc).. 11 @, B
MoAipin’s Gold Biieid. st @48 Declined—Glycerine, Bicromate Potassium. | Cardamon., Malabar................ 2 50
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 i cads....... @i) | 1 | NORV ee 20
Chocolate Cream 4 and 8 B cads....... @5) | Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. quote as follows tor | Coriander , best English........... 12
* A | quantities usually wanted—for larger amounts | Fennel 15
My Choice 3 oz pocket pieces......... @34 ite th f tati MIO ee a ee. 5
My. Choice 16 oz pieces:.............--- @33 | wri e them for quotations: Whix Gléan (3 aes. 3y%@ 4
Cock of the Walk 68............+.+-+-: @3t_ ACIDS. | Flax, pure grd (bbl 3%)............ 4@ 4%
Black Spun Roll.. @eB | Acetic, No.8.......2.......... b 9 @ 10 | Foenugreek, powdered ......2..... 5a
Weenrod: . 2... 5 2h @50 ‘Acetic. C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040):..... 30 @ 35 ; Hemp, Russian. ...... We ee oe. 5 @ 5%
Be Oe -) @ammetie sk... 35 | Mustard, white (Black 10c)........ 8
Hed Wenl........:....---------- ee ee 57 | Quince .... eee eee eee 1 00
oe Re Bee oe wale oigies oe Muriatic 18 deg............-...005. 3 @ 5 ee Eee ee. eer ae eee 74@ i
AC A. oon ccc eer c cee s enc ewccrcens Odo. Nitric 36 deg ee nae ee v2 rm, Pe es os ee
Bingk Wass. nee Q4A0. | Oxalic (3 0 a Mua nis} : ; SPONGES. .
terme Grit. 2.5... a2. se eee ee. @35 | Sulphuric 66deg................... 3°@ 4 a sheeps’ wool, comune oe 2 2 @2 s
Nobby Spun Roll..............-.+++-+- @50 | Tartaric powdered................ 20 | Semaraee aS do ao. .... as
Pps = @50 ‘Benzoic, English............. ® oz 20 | po vet J Ala do dO. 1... 1 2
SMOKING. Benzore, German...............+.. 2@ 15 | eee Ye! ow do do. 1.5. 85
Dime 24@25 TARNIC oe ee ee 15 @ 17 Maat weae a oe pig se <<) 6 =
Bo ee ee abs 2 : eee "2
peerlore Be ee ease _ AMMONIA. ‘ oe Yellow Reet, POPs ccs lee 1 40
tandard ............. eee tee eeee arene : Carbonate: 6.020005 gcc bh 19 @ 2 | x EUS
Old Ue eS ea a 19 Muriate (Powd. 22e) Pee ores 1b nee EUS. .
Mom & Jerry...) 2.6. se 5. 24 | Aqua l6 deg or 3f : 6 @ 7 | Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.26) @ gal.. 2 36
Moker 2 TE ae 25 | Aqua 18 deg or ae % @ 8 | Alcohol, wood, % per cent ex. ref. 150
Maden Pe ee ae ae BALSAMS. i Anodyne Hoffman's. .- eet -
eee @ { Arsenic, Fowler's solution... ie
Wy Clip DINGS © ......-.- 35... 255. : pee ee ee 2 Annatto MOU! oo. eee e. é
Navy clipping 000000 ee 25 pe ey a Bine Soluble .............-. -...-+- ,
| SRLS ee B2 BARKS. Ew ee noe ee eo
,Camp Fire ............ 2... ee eee e neon “+ | Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)........ 2 ay Rum, domestic, H., P. 0.8. 2
Wonoke ie ee 6 Sea es. - * 19 | Cinchona, yellow Wer | AME oe col Rib 24@ 3%
ager Head, .... 2-8 3 ee... 20 .| Bie select. 4... 2... sce 1b a eae (Powd 9¢c).......... 3 @ 2
ere Wo... eee e eee ee eee eee eens 60 | Elm, ground, pure................. 13 say bey 9a oecapisk oak oe tae eens ns ie
ty be tact $08sr soe Saat. ce 5v | Ein, powdered. Were .2.....2. 63 15 | Antimony, powdered, com’l...... 44@ 5
a. UD ee ee 55 Sassafras. of root 19 | Arsenic, white, powdered..... . €@G it
d 18 51 Seale i a aia » | Balm Gilead Buds............. o 40
Oo §6=tb........--... Wild Cherry, select................ 2 2
gioliand 4.) 6-2 es. 2 @22 | Bayberry powdered 99 | Beans, Tonka................... +. _
Gra os oo oe SS. - 8 kg Petes HF Gis. \weectwawhnee . Beane Vena 2... c oe... 7 00 - @9 7%
Tones weet eee eens eee eeeee J Pennock powdered................ . anit Hib nieaio 3 20
ONG LOM.... 22... eee eee eee e eres @30 MOOG 8 es lc ; oO) | eee ee Oe aren or ce er ote S
Nationals 52. ee. es se @26 Soap ground.................... nee 12 Blue Pill (Powd 7 ROG)... i 45
MAGNO ee eee ee @26 . : Blue Vitmiok of i4@ 9
; POOR @28 BERRIES, Borax, refined (Powd 15c)......... 14
oe ret am be a ee @23+~«+| Cubeb, prime (Powd $1 20)........ 1 i Cantharides, Russian powdered.. 1 60
Tose @22 Juniper eee re re naire = 6 @ Capsicum Pods, African.......... 18
Meas eG eas ar ea ee ee a 100 @L 10° Capsicum Pods, Afriean pow'd... 20
Scopes _EXTRACTS. | >» | Capsicum Pods, American do ... 18
Male Har ee e 23 | Licorice (10 and 25 ih boxes, 25C).. sf, | Carmine, No. 40...............-.--- 4 00
WAN ce tsk. 23 +| Licorice, powdered, p eae S172 | Cassia Buds... 2.0.0... 7... 14
VINEGAR Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 ib doxes). 9 | Galomel, American................ 7
: ae 9 | Logwood, Is (25 Ib boxes).......... OY | Cantar O86. lc... ese eee 1%@ Wy
a ted ee es ge a Lemood,:/ es ae oh. ie ee. 8 Chalk, prepared drop.............. 5
1te BUM ee se as cin esse owl alesis © ra] woz wood, 4s Ce Be oe wee 2 Chalk, precipitate Enelish........ 12
YEAST. Logwood, ass’d do __.......... 14 | Chalk, red fingers..........-.....- 8
“Rigi ” Fluid Extracts—25 @ cent. off list. Tha Scie Fee ee 2
Seneca Falls ‘‘ Rising Sun 175 Chalk, te eee. :
Twin Bros....... 1% \Wilsons......... Te ae FLOWERS. 10 @ 11 | Ghloroform, Squibb's....... a 1 60
= Pow w + Mm | MRR REE wee tee ee ee em ee ee eee eee ee teases . oO 7 PR ee
Gillett’s......... 1%5 [National ......... 120 | Guan) pa 25 cae rhe ppples. span othe ciate 0
MISCELLANEOUS. Chamomile, German.............. 2 |Chioral do | do cryst 1‘
Blgckine 2.20. es 30, 40, me GUMS. Chloral do Scherin’s do ... 1 90
do waterproof ....5..0.5......-. Aloes, Barbadoes.................. 60@ 5 Chloral do do erusts.. 1 %5
Bath Brick imported .................. * 95 Aloes, Cape (Powd 24¢).........+.. | ChOTOROU «coos cc cc oe conan 100 @1 05
3 ao American............000055 : a Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c)....... one = Cinchonidia 2) 0066.6... ds. 80 @ 8%
RR a ee ee et 24@ i MMLONIAC .. 2.2... ee eee seen ee ees 28@ 30 | Cloves (Powd 28¢)............ LL... aS
Burtiers, NOM eh ee. “110 | Arabie, extra select... . see 45 coca 2 “— eee es o 3
OR, WOee...-. ssn ce: -- +: 1% arene powseret. select.......... 2 ont ll 45
Bags, American A............. Recess 20 00 rabic, 1St plCKeG................. eras (by bbl lec)............ Le 2
Baking ee Dulkm ae Arabic, ao picked ee 32 cores ay UOT te) ee 60
eans, medium ................. Bh ae. f TADIC, 0d PICKO................-- at Corks, X and X X—35 off list......
Beans, hand pickea@.................... 265 | Arabic, sifted sorts............. ei 18 ream Tartar, pur Acccd |. 38 @ 40
Butter....... . Nee ae aac 18@20 | Assafcetida, prime (Powd 35c)..... oo | oem ao aN . eee:
se ere S Rondon 55@ 60 — Tartar, grocer’s, 10 tb box.. ,
TIME 2.0.1 eee ee eee eee eee ee DO) aCe ratte ee ce ao REHROLG 2 oe 5
Cream Tartar 5 and 10  cans......... @25. |Camphor....-:.....-.-....--...--:- @2 16 i a 24
Gandics#Beet vicars ots -ococcle 0 @iby, | Catechu. is (is 8 146, 348° Ye). 1.1) 13 | Guttle Fish Bone. ...00000000000005 2
‘Candles, Hotel.......... Seo eeeaere @1613 | Euphorbium pow BED orc som 3o@, 40. | Dextrine. yo) ie
Chocolate, Baker’s .................... @40 | Galbanum strained................ 80 | Dover’s Powders..............¢..- 120
do German sweet.......... .. @27 Gambore 96 ie. soe ee. 1 00@1 10 Dragon’s Blood Mass.......... oe 50
Cheese full cream choice.............. 134@14% | Guaiac, prime (Powd 45c)......... 35 Ergot powdered..... a 45
eee — ae Bette POMONA Le ons ovens tig | Heber Squibbia-. wt... 110
ocoanut, Schepps ackages. 2514, |) Gee eee TaN. 8
Cocoanut, Sie 1& y, tb do @26% | Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... 40 case an Ne : ee 24@ 3
= Coffee, v. os pooh o secs as ; a eee sa ieee $5.50).. 00... 4 2 mee ee 50
eee i ek Se 30G ellac, Campbell’s................ = ‘ic, U.S. oe 69
Flour, Star Mills, 0 ears 5 75@ | Shellac, English...002020000.0.0.0 ee Pe E 14
im Sacks....... ...... 5 50@ SHOHMAC, MBtIVe..6 es... 28 Grains Paradise a 35,
Gum, Rubber Monies ee M oF apes Le eden ee ae oe a Gelatine, Cooper’s.. ee 90
um, Rubber umps..... cee a Wragcaoanehn 2... 5.25.35 5. 6c ode eee Gelatine, French .................. 45 @ 0
Ghonuave Me i tetera eect nen serene ene HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. Glassware, flint, 60 off, by hox 50 off
BOM ee ree sc ee ed assware, green, 60 and 10 dis....
do . ee ee @45 | Hoarhound .............. 0... esse este erences 25 Gl a wel
di obelia 25 Go 25 ue, cabinet.............-.. 255-5 ie Se
teed ico ae Peppermint... 200s cases 25 el a ie ce aa
‘ i ra NM ee eee els cece ni eicla die cece be cme ina ema cfr ST Sse Se oS oe eae
"aot don oe 24 | Hops 4e.and 48..............-.--. @ 40
Mogi LE IS i ee pars . ie Obese 8 @1 00
Licorice Root.... ee @12 PII ee oe es at I A Dawdon teat Dal se ss oases: 3° @ 34.
oe : — ee 30 | Insect Pewder, best Dalmatian...
ave &? ae end oe a x eo WOrmwo0d ......-.-s-sss-sevecevevessseseee 2h | Lodine, resublimed................ ae
acaroni, Imported................... @ii i Isinglass, American............... 1 50
MOMESHIC.. Se @ 6 : _ ,. IRON. : JapOMica ea 9
Mince Pies, 1 gross cases, # case...... @6 00 | Citrate and Quinine............... G4) (Veg ecette ....... . s.,.. b
French Mustard, 8 0z B dozen........ @8 | Solution mur., for tinctures...... 20 | Lime, chloride, (448 2s 10e & 4s He) 9
2 do ee we rge Gothic........ 1 ne SBbate. pure erystal............ 2 foe 1 90°
il Tanks, Star 60 gallons............ 12 0@ OUPRARG Se ke ees. 8 Lycopodium 35
Oil Tanks, Patent 60 gallons.......... 14 00@ BbOspnate . io.) eo a. Chaco a 60
Pipes, Imported Clay 3 gross.......... 2 25@ LEAVES. Madder, best Dutch............... 24@ B
o American T.D...........:.... 9@1 00 | Buchu, short (Powd 25c)........... 1 @ ly | es Bk eel. 1 25
Pepper Sauce......... vette ee ee eee es 90@1 00 | Sage, Italian, bulk (148 & 148, 12c)... © | Merewny so ie 48
Peas, Green Bush...................++. 150@ __, | Senna, Alex, natural.............. @ 20 | Morphia, sulph., P.& W...... #02 3 50
do Split prepared................ - "o 3% | Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled.. 30 | Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s...... 40
Powder, Keg......... 2... +0... 0s seen 5 50@ Senna, powdered................-- 22 | Moss, Iceland.................- B ib 10
_ G0 4 Keg........ ee eee eens 3 00@ Senna tinnivelli.:......... 0.2.2... 16) | Moss, Irish eae, 2
RiC€ .... 20... eee eee eee eee eee 5@6Y4@ T | Uva Ursiv. 00.0... ce cle eee es 10 | Mustard, English.................. 30
coe dtp: Peete eect eee eee cece cece ees : oe 6 oo Pe ee a Mustard, grocer’s, 10 i cans...... 18
es a ae gD HORSIOVG eet ae oer 3 NCES oe a et er ee a a 20
do buck.................... sete seeee 2% 1b@ Henbane |. gk. | Nutmees, No.l... *............... 73
Peat eoeaal eer : ogee ROS, Hales se Gee oy cet 2 35 Nux Vomica ee rg 10
Be oe ose 2 . Ointment, Mercurial, 44d 40
3 5 LIQUORS. a ee al, 26d.......... )
awe G Raucet oush | Se os é ao W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 @2 25 Peppers Black Berry. ...........: 5 -
Tobacco Cutterseach ................. 1 < Druggists’ Favorite Rye a bee 1 % @2 00 Pitch, T ees B eae a aaa ree o W
re ee Gg | Whisky, other brands............. 110 @1.50 ite rue Burgundy............. i
Flour Sifters # doz ....-...-..000 300@ | Gin, Old Tom.....................-. i oe aw hoe
as ORG in; Holand... .. 2-62.23... 6.262 5 . Settee a
i ap cie te ae eee “OC 175 Qb60 | Siyohnis, oryet. 0.0. 150
ashing Crystal, Gillett’s box........ @ eRe (oS GSA Ye yeep ar MO BR Silver Nitrate, cryst............... 79 @ 8
Wicking No. 1% eross................ ( IPORG WINGS: 22.002. ee 135 @2 50 Ber ete et ct cs = cin tains : an
a as ae 1 — eee coe a MAGNESIA. ne Se oe 2 Ib -
a6 Ree ee 1 50@ Carbonate, Pattison’ SOs... 23 ae ale “ose mags Sistas a seca cla otc S
Washing Powder, 1776 #1 000 104% Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2 pee te 37 tub Glauber........ settee essences @ 2
as ’ Gillett’ ‘S25... @ 74 | Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.. 2 25 Sof ane: lores cryst.. . aa yy
oo © (7 | Galeine » al Nitre, medium eryst.......... ‘
Borax es @ box, oePine PB. -+--. 5 iw Caleined 2.2, caer e I aM esas cron ye 4c 33
a ok Almond, sweet...............0.00-- 45 @ 50 | Sal Soda............ eee 2 @ 2%
JENNINGS’ DOUBLE CONCENTRATED EXTRACTS. | Amber, rectified 45 | Salicim.......-..:.....-....5 Ro, 2 50
Packed in 1 Dozen Paper or 2 Dozen Wood Box. | Anise.’........................... S40 | SADtOHIN 7... eo. ete... 6 75
Lemon. Boca. 5 Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch....... 38
2 ounce B. N. Panel # dozen................ 1 00 occa eens: 220 | Soda Ash [by keg dc].............. 4
: * a GO ee ae 1 %5 | Croton 2 00 Bee ieeachonais eae re 23
i 5 a6 g x3 | Croton...-...... ee: 00 oda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s. i“ 5
ewe ee ieee eo 118 | Somp. White Oustile......0....000 M4
Y fe OREO GOR oe ccs ae é
No. 4 t = De Le coeeroin (Pure 75c)..... = pe ee e oe ee
% pint'roun 0 ee oe | eee
do do Cabebs. P-& Wo... 8 00 Soap, MATAR 5 ce. eo. ooo: es 14
No. : ei do Erigeron 1 60 Spi its a ie, f E ee ote us 2 @ =
0.10 do do Fireweed. ea ee 2 00 pirits re eee ee 2 2
Vanilla. Geranium # 0z.............002, “75 | Sugar Milk powdered...-.. 22.0... 30
ete cise B.N. = cs) Soa ee 1 0 Hemlock, commercial (Pure ibe)... 40 Soha on ee ees 34@ ’
ge etn ee tee os wniper WOOGs. 2... 0. ose... ay ee ee eer os
: pe do a0 Boo G 36 Ube seoc- 4 00 | Juniper berries:........0.0.... 2... 2 25 _— a e. La wae : 65
N 2 Ta Par 1 aa sete eee eee e eens 5 - Lavender flowers- French......... 2 40 oe — ine, a Senn A 3 aa
0. per Pane Oe oe 1 75 | Lavender garden io 1 00 ar, Oo quarts in tin....... 0
No. 4 do do ec bounces 3 00 | Lavender spike do 99 | Tar, do eons intin..... on 85
¥% pint round is eee ee Boe as ue 1 DO | er ee ee er ae ex | Turpentine, Venice........... 25
i do me 0p eee 1 | Wax, White, S. & F.brand........ on
N yu
o. 8 Panel 460 es 4 25 | Lemongrass....................0... « 30 Zine, Sulphate...... eee. < ga ce css 1 @ 8&
wales " Saniasinca cone ene aoe Bowers. Hrenel. .. 1? HIDES, PELTS AND FURS
= - riganwm, NOsT.:..<...5.....,..-- i ’ Bs ERS.
Full ane ne Pownyroyal........-.:....:...2-..- 2 00 Perkins & Hess quote as follows:
% Pint 2 ounce B dozen. : Poppe sain, WhIGG. 2.520.206 4. Fe » ans
Be ea eee se aoe bos DROSS OE 5 2 i. i.e cee ( fe
* Fint4 do do Rosemary, French {Flowers $5). . ee Bbs @ 6%
4 Pint8 do do Sandal Wood, German............ Sig eS ee ee 7 @ iM%
% Pint12 do < “4 Sandal Wood, Turkish Dark...... 8 OO) | BUN Meee ees oo. see ee es 1%@. 8
“ PintPonnse Magat ee passat ee esis: 3 fe Diy hides polten oe 2 eu
Bee are ameter eee Ue RS eee IN DB Bia ssisinse nctiacdis wielwels win sw aie wa soso 3 75 ims, green Or cured.............
EE OO. Me resis nr tae sO lee cea... 0.@ 2 Dein deine ce! ® piece20 @50
v2 at f ao “ sPeerae ccs nece ess i © Wintergréen ..................45. 2% SHEEP PELTS.
4 Pint Oo Oe. ee neeen ors No. 1(Pure $6.50)..... ; ” Shearlings or Summer skins # piece.. e a
Terri VT he ee ng ea gs - OE PS oy ee ace case ewes cs 30 @5
HARDWARE GOODS. MWOTHISGCCH 60.0 ose. ce eee 2 50 Rovem\ex and December pelts........ 60 @1 (0
Prevailing rates at Chicago are as follows: | Cod Liver, filtered..... - 8 gal 1 90 WOOL. :
Anvils—Peter Wright’s #2 bb 103% Cod Liver, best......... o 4 00 Fine washed lb. ......- cee... es eee ee é @32
Be ee “4 | Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 600 | Coarse washed.............l..0.6..0005 22 @25
Augurs—40 and 10 per cent. off. : 5 ,
Babbett—Genuine # tb @30 po e, Malaga. “Tisit @l e Wnwashod..:..--.-.. so... 2-t
Se ee 7 ive, “Su ime Italian”. aa FURS.
SABO ee 66 @ Gt |} Mink lawge................5.5.-2-. 5... 60@ 86
Rose, Ihmsen’s. ............. 0% 96 Pie Se cere eco ee ro 40
. POTASSIUM. Muskrat, Winter: .......-.2...5.....06. @15
Bicromate.................e00+ 16°. | Mimisrnt Rene occ. ieee 8@
le ea cryst. we | pin bulk... Sl” | Maibrat, elta. oso. oe. eee Ro a
vhlorate, cryst (Powd 28c)......... 2 Raccoon........ Bee a @,
Iodide, cryst. and gran. bulk..... 130 | Skunk, black..............-....-..0500- 90@1 00
Prussiate yellow.........-.--...0+5 30 | Skunk, half stripe.............--...--. ~ 30
d ROOTS. Skunk, narrow stripe..............---- 3
Files—Nicholson’ ‘8 best 40 ) per cent off. Althea, cut... oe agit 27 Seams pened vet e eee ener sees ee eens enes ‘ ee 15
Forks— ay an anure & per cent off. rrow, 7ineen ee as ¢ is casa m aie 9 96 wee Cee mo. oe wen 6 Os) 8 $ 4:6 00¢ b
Hammers—Maydole’ ’s 10@15 per cent off. Arrow, Taylor’s, in 48 and 48.. 45 | Gray Fox.. ad” ys
Hinges—Strap and T 60 per cent off. Blood (Powd 18¢)..............2.055 12 | Marten, yellow........-...+.+.s.ss-+5 Fi oe 0
Horse Shoes—Burden’s $4.50 per keg. Calamus, peeled................... 18 | Fisher. .............- see ee eect ee eee 6 O07 00
Horse Nails—Au Sable 30 and 10 per Calamus, German white, peeled.. 38 Otter: sAGbie ence bce ce tin chemin tm ici ses 5 o0@12 00
cent. off. Elecampane, powdered............ 23 Bea gpseie’ ass pps yop tales es 2 . i -
Iron—Flat Bar $2 rates. Gentian (Powd Iie(................ 13 eer skins, rec ae ’ heie a a
Sheet No. 24 $3.80. - Ginger, African (Powd 16¢)........ 13 @ 14 | Deer skins, gray an long aired..... 4 nel -
Swede's bar 54c.# bb. Ginger, Jamaica bleached........ 20 | Beaver, clean and dry........... See
Padlocks 30 per cent. off. Goon Seal (Pow a0)... ee 2 pare prices are for prime skins only—un-
Lead—Pi MO oe us 6 Hellebore, white, powdered..,....
Shoot ioe Se eS ea seas 714 | Ipecac, Rio, powdered............. 1 10 Tallow... 00120 ee 6@ 6%
PUG O10 oes ceeds se ets Hh Jalap, powdered................06. 37% ee
BOE i ctu atis eek see Licorice, select (Powd 1214).. 12 OYSTERS.
eee ee @ut” | Llcgrice, extra select... 33 | _F.J.Dettenthaler quotes as follows: *
Jute # bb Be ee 84@ 9% Rhei, from eons to choice....... t * et a nee ah ion MEE GAN (ooo 6. oy, a
gash Woilrhte 2)... 005. 6c A 144@ 1% | Rhei, powdered E. I................ é Whi SOlIOCES: ba. 625s oe Vee Sk Claes fe oe ee 35
Shot—Buek $315 15. Rhei, choice cut iiss Mae 200 | Plain polects De Ri eee ee ee 28
a .80. Rhei, choice cut fingers........... On Pa ie Betis co salahcd aac epegemetse es ae 21
oo ee iv Sa eeg ha oe Fe a he etapa PERNT Nac epee pea ee - Favorite Be ee elo aca ooo. cas ad :
eel—Best cast tool @ tb.... ........9... @IB_ | Semeka...... 2... eee eee eee eens 6 IME oe eee ee ee eee ee eee teeter eee eee
a Machine e Woe oaes oa Se e @8 |Sarsaparilla, Hondurus........... 35 No eigud es op ccaties «cen he coven eres bacwue er 14
in BN Ee ei cask ce ss ease @ 5% | Sarsaparilla, Mexican............. 18 | New York Counts, per gallon......... 2 50
g
Tine BO a ees 4 | Squills, white (Powd 35c).......... -10 | Selects, per gallon..................... : 75@2 00
DD a ca tees ei bak: @22% | Valerian, English (Powd 30c)...... 25 ReAnOnGs 6. 2.66. ecko le kk ee 10@1 20
nine Shoot We ices eas . 53%@ 6% | Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28¢e).. z Can pees above are for casesand alte cases
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PROVISIONS.

| The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co.

} quote as follows:

\ PORK.
New Heavy Mess Pork........... # bbl oh 25
New Family Clear Pork ................ 8 00

| New Extra Clear Pork, A. Webster’s .. 6 25

| New Extra Clear Pork.. : soc

| New Boston Clear oe 17 50
New Standard Clear Pork .............. 17 5
Extra B Clear Pork, extra good ...... 17 50

S. BP: Booth’s Clear Pork...............- 17
DRY SaLT MEATS—IN BOXES.

Extra Long Clear Backs, 600 Ib cases.. 9
Extra Short Clear Backs, 6004b cases... 9%
Extra Long Clear Backs, 300 fb cases.. 91;
Extra Short Clear Backs, 300 Ib cases.. 934
Long Clears, heavy, 500 th.-Cases....... 9
do. Half Cases......... 9
Long oe medium, ” tb Cases....... 9
Half Cases....... 9
Long Cleats light, 500 f) Cases.......... 814
do. Half Cases.......... 844
Short Clears, heavy..................... 8%
do. MOGI : 5-25.50. 25s... 83%
do. HOG. cece 5. cid. eee. 8%
| LARD.

PRIOL@CH 2 Se fe 934
S30 and O01) Pmbs .. 2... ee cece. 958
LARD IN TIN PAILS.

20 f Round Tins, 50 f) racks............ 953
50 i Round Tius, 100 ft racks.......... 95,
3 Pails, 20 ina case................... 10%
5D Pails, ina case..................- 1044
10 b Pails, 6in a case ................... 10
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN.
Hams cured in sweet pickle eceren.. 18%
do. light...... 133
Shoulders cured in sweet picnics Roe. T%
Eeytre, Clear Bacon... .. .... .. cis. ck ook 10
JJISGG 3.GOT UR ee 13
Hxctra Dried Beef ...:..... 2.5... 50... 144%
Extr a Mess Beef Ghicage ‘packed 8 bbl. 11 75
CANNED BEEF.
Libby, MeNeil & Libby, 14 i cans, % doz.
MIR@QSG 2 oo. oe a 18 50

 

 

 

do. 2 tb cans, 1 doz. in case.
Armour & Co., 14 f cans, % doz in case 18 50

2 85

do. 2 cans, 1 doz. in case.. 2 85
do. 2 b Compr’ da Ham, 1 doz. in case 4 50

Prices named are lowest at time of going to
press, subject always to Market changes.

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

 

  
   

Pork Sausage. 2 oe 9
Pork Sausage Meat, 60 1D tubs:. .-..........- 9
Ham Sausage Do ee ee ea 12%
Tongue Sausage..... ~ kt
Wihger Sausaee 2. 2 oc 844
Branktort BaUsage... 2... 6... ee cee cece 10
MIGOG SAHSASe.. .. 2... 5 oe eo ac. Sk oe 8%
RQ EEE o.oo cs ee 8%
Bologna, straight Boe sa Cee 8%
Bolemna, Chick... -.. .. 2.6... cee 8%
Hea @heese <°. 3... .. 8%
PIGS’ FEET.
bn Ralf bavrels. 2... s. 050. bec eo coc $3 8&5
In weeer | Daerels. 2 06
In kits.. ceo. wee 95
TRIPE.
In half barrels.. oe .. 83 85
In quarter bar me. 2 00
Mnplene ee 95
FRESH MEATS.
John Mohrhard quotes as follows:
Iresh Beet. sides... .... .. 2.2... -- 2... .. 64@ 8%
Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ 8 @10
Messed HOGS. se, 8 @ 8%
Mutton, Carceasses...... 0... 0.006002... 6 7
WORE a ee 9 @10%
Spring ChicKens.: ...... 2... 22.25... es. R @i4
rls @12
Bork SQUSARG: 2 occ es @9
Pork Sausage i fire Qube. coo .5 @ 9
ROOM A | ge. 8 ke a @10

COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS.

A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows: -

   
  

 

 
  

Qhio White Lime, per bbl..... eo 110
Ohio White Lime, car lots............. 1 00
Louisville Cement, per bbl............ 1 40
Akron Cement per bbl................ 1 40
Buffalo Cement, per bbl.............. 1 40
@srlots 1 15@1 20
Plastering hair, per bu......:.........: 30@ 38
ShICGO,POLDD). 4) 28. .o. ee 1 %5
Land plaster, per ton.................. 3 75
Land plaster, Gar lots.................. 3 00
Mire priex, per Mo................2.-.. $27 @ $35
Bire clay, per pb. . 2... 1...22.04 02 e. 3 00
COAL.
Anthracite, egg and grate............ $6 50@6 75
An racite, stove and nut............ 6 T5@7T 00
@Cammell Goal... <.. 6 os, oo ss 7 00
OMG Coal oe 3 50@3 75
Blossburg or Cumberland ........... 5 00@5 25
CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS.
Putnam & Brooks quote as follows :
STICK.
Straieht, 25 1 boxes... .........ecccckss 104Gn
Twist, dO = oa. ll @U%
Cut Loat C0 12 @12'
MIXED.
MOval, 2y le Was... oes ee ok. 104 4@rt
Oval, 200 i DDIS. .. 25. oo co ec cece
Extra, SD WAUIS. «=o. a see i
Fama 20 By DDG... oa oe ce 11%
French Cream, 25) pails. .. 3.055 2s 2s 2b 15
Cit float, 25 1) eases... 2 oe. ce ccc 15
Broken; 20 ib paiis:..... 2.2. cee as 11%
Broken, 200 Ip DIS... .. 2.0... cece cee ck eed il
FANCY—IN 5 tb BOXES.
IOMOn GODS... ose. os sce oe sc cee ees 14
SGUE DLODS: |... 2, oc ee. 15
Peppermint Drops...... ... 2.0.6... 06. cea ae 16
Ohocoiste Prope: . 2... . cb.c0 cbn k eceese 17
H M Chocolate Drops....................... 20
Gur Mireps. 2... 12
NaG@OniGe DONS... <<... <2. eek ee ees 20
AB Wicoriee Drops... = ...2....622. 04. 14
HOZ@nGG8: Midi... 2.2. 2 See cocci 16
POZO ROS, DEUICEE .. . wc... ow cece ce caw es aug
MIPOMIQIS:: oo... con ee i es 16
IWOIREGORS 66 os oes es ao cee 16
@reant Hor. ......2.. oo5 seg eo gece 1b
IMGNERROR MAE. oo. 8 8 ee at 14
@aranicin.  -.. 22... 2... gon eee 20
Hand Made Creams. ..... 2.2... 600 cee cee 23
Plain Creams........ Oe een reas oe eee 20
Decorated Creams... 22. 60.00.05 be ccc nes 23
String Rock............ gee ee eee eee, 16
Burnt Almonds... |... . <2. bi ciss os becca 2
Wintergreen Berries....2...... 2... 0.00.24. 16
Fancy—in Bulk.
Lozenges, plain in pails..................... 14
Lozenges, plain in bDbls.........20........... 13
Lozenges, printed in pails............... cin
Lozenges, printed in bbls.. 14
Chocolate Drops, in pails..................4. 15
Gum, Drops, im palls........ .. 22.2 e202... ks 2
Gum Drops, i DDI. ... ... 2... 556 .. nec cness 1%
Moss Biren: iit pails... 0.2... 11%
Moses Drops, in pbs: ... 2.2.25... ee 10%
Sour Drops, in pails....................... -.12
Eraperials, in paile.....s......-- 2. .2.5 ee esas 14
aperitia: TH BDIS. - -2.- 2. e022 ee 13
FRUITS.
Market well supplied—quality fine—prices low.
Orances ty DON... oo 3 25@3 75
Oranges OO # bDOX®...-............05. 3 25@3 5
Oranges, Florida, # box............... 3 75@4 75
Oranges, Best @ bDOX................005 4 50@4 75
Oranges, Valencia ® case............. 6 T5@i 50
Lemons, fair to good................. 3 50@4 00
Lemons, choice to fancy.............. 4 25@4 50
Bananas ® bunch.....................-
Malaga Grapes, # keg.................
Malaga Grapes, @ bbl.................. 8 00@8 50
igs. IRVOCre GB)... .. oc oes ce snes ne 12 @16
Ries taviey GO... 220. ...... 2 cocks 18@20
Figs. baskets 30 Ib ® Ib......0......22.. 15@16
Dates. frails dO 520. a. ® 6
Dates, 144 do OO. ooo sc. @%
Eaten SRI 2 8 sce , @ 64
Danee: $6 SEIN: ... ..- 6. 6.2 @ 7%
Dates, Fard 10 f box #@ h............. @12
Dates, Fard 50 ib box # b.... 2.2.2... @10

PEANUTS.
Prices firm and an advance looked for.
Prime Red, raw # Ib..................

Choice do €0 2. 64@ 7%
Fancy do i) adie ee ee @ 8
Choice White, Va.do:.................. @ 8%
Patey HP. Va .dQ ...........2.2..4 914@10
NUTS.

Firm and steady.
Almonds, Terragona, # Ib............. @20
Almonds, Ioaca, GG) 62s se 1S @I19
Brazils, GG 258 So 184%@14
Pecons, OO sie eis oe 10 @li
Filberts, Barcelona  do............. @13
Filbert > Sicily Gs: @15
Walnuts, Chilli Oe. Av aren ee.
Wainuts,Grenobles do ............. 15@16
Walnuts, California do. . ....... 124@lt
Cocoa Nuts, #100 a... ee. 5 00@
Hickory Nuts, large #® bu.............
Hickory Nuts,small do -..... ......

 

 

 

 

  

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN,

 

 

A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH
WEDNESDAY.

E. A. STOWE. Editor and Proprietor.

 

 

OFFICE IN EAGLE BUILDING, 3d FLOOR.

 

 

[Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids as
Second-class Matter.]

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9, 1884.
AMONG THE TRADE.

 

 

 

 

 

IN THE CITY.

Kimm & Harvey, retail druggists, have |

dissolved, Martinus B. Kimm continuing.

G. P. Stark, the generel dealer at Cascade,

is sojourning in the city for several days,
attending the January meeting of the Board
of Supervisors, of which body he is a mem-
ber.

The firm of G. H. Behnke & Co., com-
posed of G. H. Behnke and John W. Thomp-
son, will engage in the retail grocery and
produce business at 32 East Bridge street,
opening up on the 14th.

John J. Ely, of Rockford, was in town
Saturday. He said that he had effected a
compromise with all his creditors, and would
re-engage in general trade at Rockford as
soon as a suitable building can be erected in
the spring.

Rindge, Bertsch & Co. announce a reduc-
tien on all kinds of rubber goods, the dis-
count having been increased from 25 per
cent. to 25 and 5 per cent. The traveling
men of the firm start out on long trips week
after next. :

Caspar Schutt, the only groceryman at
Howard City who escaped cremation during
the recent fire at that place, was in town
yesterday and placed orders with several
houses. It is bothering him to meet the un-
expected demand for goods.

Capt. Chas. J. Perkins, of Henderson, Ky.,
a member of the firm of Hazeltine, Perkins
& Co., is in town for a few days, the guest
of Dr. Hazeltine. He is well satisfied with
the showing made by the other ‘members of
the firm as the result of the past year’s bus-
iness.

Peter Gorter, formerly with Powers &
Walker, but for the past year engaged in the
business of jobbing undertakers’ goods at St.
Paul under the firm name of Gorter, Wil-
liams & Co., has sold his interest to the
other parthers, and returned here to attend
the bedside of his wife, who is lying at
death’s door.

“There has not been such unanimity of
feeling among jobbers and retailers for years
asjthere is at present,” said a prominent
wholesale groceryman, a few days ago.
“The jobber is afraid to sell half the north-
ern trade, for fear some of them may be af-
fected by lumber failures, and the retailer is
equally anxious to abstain from buying, for
fear he may get ina larger stock than is
absolutely necessary. So, between us both,
we manage to arrive at a satisfactory con-
clusiom’”’

2ecent developments indicate that Wetzell
Bros. will not be able to offer more than 20
cents on the dollar, and in case the City
National Bank is able to hold its recent at-
tachment on the pine lands of the firm in
Minnesota it is not improbable that an offer
of 10 or 15 per cent. will be made. Whether
any considerable number of the creditors
will accept so small a percentage of their
claims remains to be seen seen. Several of
the jobbing houses here have concluded to
accept no offer Jess than 50 per cent., pre-
ferring to take their chances of securing a
larger compromise in the future.

 

AROUND THE STATE.

H. H. Fuller has engaged in the clothing
business at Gladwin.

M. Wyngert his engaged in the jewelry
business ot Fife Lake.

Mary Elbinger has engaged in the cloth-
ing business at Manistee.

Chas. Hitchcock, dealer in boots and shoes
at Ionia, has sold out to J. F. Dyer, lately of
Stanton.

H. Pennock & Son have engaged in the

grocery business at Petoskey, succeeding
Belknap & Strickland.

Thos. T. Woods, the Fremont furniture
dealer, is offering to compromise with his
creditors on the basis of 25 per cent.

John F. Herrick, formerly in partnership
with J. F. Gill in the grocery busines, has
purchased a half interest in the grocery es-
tablishment of Chas. B. Lovejoy, at Big
Rapids. The firm name will be Lovejoy &
Herrick.

Sparta Sentinel: L. E. Paige is busy
taking an inventory of his stock of drugs,
groceries, etc. It is said that he contem-
plates taking a partner in the business and
that the name oi the firm will be Paine &
Anderson. :

 

STRAY FACTS.

A Battle Creek firm sent 1,000 sacks of
flour to Liverpool last week.

C. T. Hills, one of Muskegon’s wealthy
lumbermen, is building a palatial home there.

The Diamond Match Co. has 13 camps
running in Ontonagon county, employing 500
men. .

The Gale Sulky-Harrow Manufacturing
Co., of Detroit, has increased its capital to
$100,000.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Salt Association of Michigan will be
held at East Saginaw, January 17.

Saginaw county reports a pine tree recent-
ly eut which made 8,216 @eet of uppers,
worth $246.48. A big tree and a big story.

The new nito-glycerine works at Kawkaw-

hie, Bay county, are now in full blast. One
day last week they turned out 2,000 pounds.

It is expected that rock salt will be struck
in the St. Clair well at about 1,600 feet.
‘They have now reached the depth of 600
feet. .

At Mt. Clemens, W. J. Daley has sold his
interest in the hardware business, heretofore
cofiducted by Daley & Poxner, to Anthony
Cziek.

R. Richardi contemplates building a scoop
and measure factory at Bellaire next season.
The dimensions will be 50x150 feet, and two
stories high.

The firm of Wetmore & Belding, the lead-

ing hardware merchants of Adrian, has dis- |

solved partnership by mutual eonsent. Mr.
Cc. J. Wetmore will hereafter carry on the
business. Mr. Wetmore is widely known as
the proprietor ot the Wetmore axe.

The Saginaw River mills cut in 1883, 938,-
675,078 feet of pine lumber, 106,132,490
pieces of lath, 41,092,000 salt barrel staves,
and 2,356,000 sets of heading. There is on
the mill docks of the River, 376,000,000 feet
of lumber, of which 241,000,000 feet is un-
sold.

VISITING BUYERS.
The following retail dealers have visited
the market during the past week and placed
orders with the various houses:
Caspar Schutt, Howard City.
F. G. Thurston, Lisbon.
Jas. E. Bevins, LeRoy.
Byron McNeal, Byron Center.
Robert Knowles, Cleon P. O.
Christian Pfeifle, Lake.
Geo. Carrington, Trent.
John Dykema, Allegan.
Paine & Field, Englishville.
F, C. Brisbin, Berlin.
Barker & Lehnen, Pierson.
C. B. Moon, Cedar Springs.
M. B. Nash, Sparta.
R. Faller, Manton.
D. J. Peachck, Bridgton.
John J. Ely, Rockford.
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
B. N. Pettingill, Rockford.
Waite Bros., Hudsonville.
A. Norris & Son, Casnovia. *
J. H. Cragen & Co., Chase,
Dr. J. A. Wheeler, of Staples & Covell,
Whitehall.
John Otis & Co., Mancelona.
W. H. Hicks, Morley.
J. T. Perham, Kent City.

A. L. Wolf, of A. L. & M. L. Wolf, Hud-
sonville.

D. C. Spaulding, Hobart.

Mr. Purdy, of Purdy & Hastings, Sparta.

J. H. Toren, Jennisonville.

W. H. Struik, Forest Grove.

Wm. Vermeulen, Beaver Dam.

G. P. Stark, Cascade. :

B. Wyhooff, Holland. ;

LATE TRADE CHANGES.
. Bradstreet’s Mercantile Agency furnishes
THE TRADESMAN with the following busi-
ness changes, embarrassments, etc., occuring
up to the hour of: going to press:

Addison—M. F. Turreli, hardward, re-
sumed,

Battle Creek—Henry Frensdorf, clothing,
sold out to Amberg & Murphy.

Bear Lake—F. E. Andrews, drugs, sold
out to Thos. Willard.

Jalkinsville—Cornelius
receiver appointed.

Evart—B. G. Colton & Co., general store,
succeeded by C. L. Gray & Co.

Gladwin—Peter H. Moore, dry goods and
groceries, burned out; loss $5,000; insured
for $3,000.

Jackson—T. E. Howard, oysters and fruit,
now Howard & Quick.

Kalamazoo—E. J. Phelps & Co., bankers,
W. J. Thompson admitted, style firm same
as before; L. Egleston, Kalamazoo Axle
and Spring Works, succeeded by incorporat-
ed company.

Lowell—C. D. Hodges, hotel, sold out;
Geo. Wilhelm, clothing, deceased.

Mancelona—Laymour & MHaarer, boots
and shoes, dissolved, Laymour continuing.

Muskegon—Torrent, Brown & Co., shin-
gles, sueceeded by Brown & Arms.

Milan—J. H. Ford, general store, partially
burned out.

Palo—Chas. Reimer, meat market, burned
out and insured; J. A. Parsons, jeweler,
same.

St. Ignace—Johnson & Mallett, furniture,
dissolved, Mallett & Walker succeeding.

Three Rivers—S. Kelsey & Son, dry goods,
S. Kelsey deceased. e

Wayland—Jones & Murphy, hotel, sold
Pout to Haywood & Chambers, transfer: to
take place March 1.

Bogan, grocer,

 

LATE DETROIT CHANGES.

J. S. Farrand, Jr. and Alanson S. Brooks
have been admitted to partnership with
Farrand, Williams & Co., the style of the
firm remaining the same as heretofore.

Swift & Dodds have dissolved, John J.
Dodds continuing.

The Detroit Stave and Barrel Co. will,
hereafter be knuwn as the River Stave Co.

A receiver has been petioned for in the
case of Isaac Epstein.

The Clark Hardware Co. and H. C. Hart
& Co. have consolidated under the style of
H. C. Hart & Co. Paid in capital, $100,000.

 

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. *

Wm. H. Stewart, general dealer at Round
Lake, assets $700, liabilities $900.

B. ¥. Ballentine & Co., notions, Mis-
kegon, assets $700, liabilities $1,500.

Beecher & Peek, groceries and produce,
Allegan, assets $4,090, liabilities $4,500.

Kinney, McGraw & Co.’s liabilities are
$5,686.54, of which $2,500 is the claim of
Foster, Stevens & Co. The assets are $2,-
996.21.

A. W. Ejisher, grocer, Grand Kapids, as-
sets $1,006.25, liabilities $5,402.79.

More Grand Rapids Travelers.

Frank Orcott will represent Ira O. Green
for another year, covering the same territory
as heretofore.

Chas. R. Baxter will represent Felix,
Marston & Blair, of Chicago, another year,
covering the same territory as formerly.

A. C. Antrim has re-engaged with the
Alabastine Co. for the fourth year as princi-
pal salesman. His territory includes Michi-
gan, Indiana and Ohio.

W. S. Barnett, who has re-engaged with
the Peninsular Stove Co., left Monday for
St. Paul, and will spend four months in Wis-
consin and Minnesota.

Hawkins & Perry’s representation will be
the same as that of the old firm, namely
Chas. 8. Wilcox in the city and. A. S. Doak
and Jas. E. Ireland on the road.

G. Roys has signed with L. H. Beals &
Co., whip manufacturers of Westfield,
Mass., for another year, and will travel
through several western states. He will
continue his retail store on Pear] street.

Frank Conlon has, engaged for another
year with C. S. Andrews & Co., of Milwau-
kee. He left Monday for a six weeks’ tour
of Iowa and Missouri in the interest of Pearl
Baking Powder, after which he will return
home, spending the remainder of the year in
Michigan.

Calendars are being distributed again by
the thousands and tens of thousands. Many
of them are neat and tasty, but a majority
answer the description given by a “cullud”
woman who entered a country store in Ala-
bama and said she wanted a new “caliker”
dress, ‘nuthin’ loud or gaudy, but one with
plenty of red and yaller in it.”” The predom-
inence of ‘‘red and yaller’ is quite marked
this year.

 

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| M. B. Church left last night for Chicago,
| and.will spend a week at that place and
| New York. He yesterday ordered a 4,000
| pound safe, and proposes hereafter to keep
| the books of the Alabastine in such a man-
| ner that tampering with them will be out of
the question. |

There.is great rejoicing in Owosso ‘over
ae prospects of a woolen mill being. built
ere,

.

‘GRAND RAPIDS, e 2

 

HAZELTINE, PERKINS & COMPANY, '

WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS.
49 and 44 Ottawa St., and 89, 91, 98 and 95 Louis St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Glassware, *

Anda Drugesists’ Sundries. Also Manufacturers of

€

Fine Pharmaceutical & Chemical Freparaticns.

 

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF

it,

 

PROI

Case Iuemons

WE SOLICIT YOUR ORDERS.

PUTNAM & BROOKS.

A feature of the month just past was the
reduction of Wamsutta shirtings one cent
per yard by agents, the price being put down |
to 101g cents, and the result was quité a}

 

large movement, which cleared the entire
stock in first hands. The agents of the New |
York Mills shirtings also reduced their price |

 

to 1074 cents, and a number of other popu-/ WH NO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO

lar brands were subsequently put down on
the same basis. The result of these cuts |
was to make an active demand, as it is hard-|
ly probable that any lower figure will be |
reached.

The Market is Well supplied, Quality
FINE, Prices LOW. We quote to-day:

Box Oranges, Choice $8.25-$38.50
Box Oranges, OO
Box Oranges, F10rida $8.75-8$4.75
‘Case Oranges. ValmeiaS6.sO0O-$7.0cO

$3 .25-$38.50

$3.75-$4.50

STEAM LAUNDRY

43 and 45 Kent Street.

A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor. |

|

CHEMICALS.

Orders by Mail and Express promptly at-

 

 

 

DRUG STORES FOR SALE.

 

RUG STOCK FOR SALE. The F. D. Caul-
kins stock and businoss at Fife Lake.
Address H. B. Fairchild, Grand Rapids, Mich.

RUG 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 sell on time. Address

Hazeltine, Perkins & Co., Wholesale Druggists,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

RUG STORE FOR SALE jin 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.

 

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Dissolution of Partnership.

GRAND RAPIDS, January 3, 1884.
Notice is hereby given that the firm of Free-
man, Hawkins & Co., composed of the under-
signed, has this day been dissolved, by mutual
consent, Mr. Thos. S. Freeman retiring. The
business of the late firm will be continued by
Messrs. Lewis E. Hawkins and George R. Perry
under the firm name of Hawkins & Perry, to
whom all debts of said firm of Freeman, Haw-
kins & Co. must be paid and by whom all
claims against said firm will be settled.
[Signed] THOMAS 8. FREEMAN,
LEWIS E. HAWKINS,
GEORGE R. PERRY.
A. HH. FOW iL.B,
PAINTER AND DECORATOR,

—AND DEALER IN—

Artists’ Materials !

FINE WALL PAPERS AND
ROOM MOULDINGS,

WINDOW SHADES,

PAINTS, OILS, AND

Glass, Plait aud Ornamental

37 IoNIA STREET, SOUTH OF MONROE.

F.J,DETTENTHALER

Successor to H. M. Bliven,

—WHOLESALE—

OYSTERS

AND CANNED GOODS.

Agent for Farren’s Celebrated “ F” Brand
Raw Oysters.

117 MONROE STREET,

 

 

 

MICH.

 

PEGK BROTHERS,

129 and 131 Monroe Street,

—WHOLESALE—

DRUGGISTS

Prices in No Instances Higher than those Quoted J
in this Paper. Write us for Special Quotations.

 

 

 

 

~ TIME TABLES.

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Michigan Central—Grand Rapids Division.

 

DEPART.
Detroit HXpress. ..0..55..3.4......50.-.: 6:30 am
Way Wpress. oe 12:45 p m
New: York, Hast Hine.............5...2. 6:50 p m
Atlantic Pxpress.... 2.2.5.3, 8:45 pm

ARRIVE.
PacitiC JEXPPESs. 00 bo os 70am
local Passenger...0.......006.. 00.255. 11:45am
NESTE ot es coe 4:20 p m
Grand Rapids Express................ 10:50 p m

The New York Fast Line runs daily, arriving
at Detroit at 11:40 p. m., and New York at 9 p.
m. the next evening.

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 6:20 a. m. has
Drawing Room and Psrlor Car for Detroit,
reaching that city at noon, New York 10:30
a. m., and Boston 2:40 p. m. next day.

J.T. ScHuLtTz, Gen’! Agent.

Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

GOING EAST,

 

 

. Arrives. Leaves.
+Steamboat Express....... 6:45 am
+Through Mail............. 10:10am 10:20am
tEvening Express......... 3:20pm 3:35pm
*Atlantic Express.......... 9:45pm 10:40pm
+Mixed, with coach........ 10:00 a m

GOING WEST.
+Morning Express....;....12:40p m 12:55 pm
+Through Mail............. 4:45pm 4:55pm
+Steamboat Express...... 10:00 p m |
"Mixed 32.0.3 0 ee 8:00 am
*Night Express............. 5:10am 5:30am

{
+Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily.
Passengers taking the 6:15 a. m. Express

make 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. <4
Limited Express has Wagner Sleeping Car
through to Suspension Bridge and the mail has
a Parlor Car to Detroit. The Night Express
has a through Wagner Car and local Sleeping
Car Detroit to Grand Rapids.
D. PorrER, City Pass. Agent.
* THOMAS TANDY, Gen’! Pass. Agent, Detroit.

Grand Rapids & Indiana.
GOING NORTH.
: Arrives. Leaves.
Cincinnati & G. Rapids Ex. 9:02 p m

Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:22am 9:50am

Ft.Wayne& MackinacEx.. 3:57pm 4:45pm

G’d Rapids & Cadillac Ac. 7:15am
GOING SOUTH.

G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex, 6:32 am

Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. 4:05pm 4:32 pm
Mackinac & Ft. WayreEx..10:25am 12:32 pm
Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac. 7:40pm

All trains daily except Sunday.

SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS.

North—Train leaving at 4:45 o’clock p. m.
has Woodruff Sleeping Cars for Petoskey and
Mackinac City. Trainleaving at 9:50 a.m. has
— Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinac

sity.

South—Train leaving at 4:32 p.m. bas Wood-

ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.
A. B. LEET, Gen’] Pass. Agent.

Chicago & West Michigan.

Leaves. Arrives,
OMAN ks cee ss 9:35am 4:00pm
tDay Wxpress......-..-..:. 12:50pm 10:45pm
*Night Express............ 8:33pm 6:10am

*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
1:15 p. m., and through coach on 9 p. m. trains.

NEWAYGO DIVISION.
Leaves. Arrives

MIRO. Pcl ee. 5:00am 3:20pm
HIXPYVOSS: 0 2002 252 4:00pm 4:00pm
MONDE OSS: 25 oc eee 8:30am 12:45pm

A. M. NICHOLS, Gen’! Pass. Agent.
MICHIGAN COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS” ASSOCIA’N,

Incorporated Dec. 10, 1877—Charter in Foree for
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-
DER, Lansing; U.S. Lorp, Kalamazoo; H. E.
MEEKER, Bay City. *

Secretary and Treasurer—W. N. MEREDITH,
Detroit. :

Board of Trustees, For One Year—J. C. Pon-
T1IUs, Chairman, 8S. A. MuNGER, H. K. WHITE
For Two Years—D. Morris, A. W. CULVER.

 

GRAND RAPIDS, -

FOX, MUSSELMAN & LOVERIDGE,

WHOL

 

NO. 8 IONIA STREET,

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—WE MAKE SPECIAL CLAIM FOR O0UR—

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

MICHIGAN.

HSALEH GROCHRBS,
44, 46 and 48 South Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. ..2, 1 }
——WE ARE FACTORY AGENTS FOR——

Nimrod, Acorn, Chief, Crescent & Red Seal Plug Tobaccos. -

Our stock of Teas, Coffees and Syrups iy Always Comolete.
? ’ i . i

Fruit & Produce at Wholesale .

Choice Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Mince Meat, Maple
Syrup, Jellies, Buckwheat Flour, and Foreign and
Domestic Fruits and Vegetables.

Careful Attention Paid to Filling Orders.

M.C. Russell, 48 Ottawa St., G’d Rapids,
F. J. LAMB & COMPANY, *

— WHOLESALE DEALERS IN-—

Butter, Cheese, Eres, ’

Applies, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc.

ys

Tobpaccos. Vinegars and Spices !
OUR MOTTO: “SQUARE DEALING BETWEEN MAN AND

MAW."

 

WHEOLESALE

——LARGE LINE OF ——

Imported Scotch Caps,
Lumbermen’s Goods,
Mackinaw Shirts ct Drawres..

AGENCY FOR THE——

 

EVERY ONE WARRANTED.
——LARGE LINE OF——

Hat and Gap Store!

FRICES GUARANTEED
AS LOW AS CHICAGO AND NEWsYORKi!

GOOD FUR CAPS, $22.50 PER DOZEN, —
GENUINE FUR HATS, $13.50 AND UPWARDS.

WOOL HATS, $4.50 AND UPWARDS. "i

Pontiac Fulled Mitts, Socks and Boots! ,

Clothing and Gents Furnishine Coods,
DUCK OVERALLS, THREE POCKETS, $3.50. PER DOZEN.

{& Terms—7 per cent. off in 10 days; 5 per cent. in 30 days; net in 60 days. wo
: io LEWX,
36, 88,40 and 42 CANAL STREET, - - GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. °