VOL. 2.
GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
S
The Michigan Tradesman.
1885,
NO. 98.
BATON & GHRISTENSON,
Agents for a full line of
SW. Venable & Go.
PETERSBURG, VA.,
FrFLUG TOBACCOS,
NIMROD,
E. C.,
BLUE RETER,
SPREAD EAGLE,
BIG FIVE CENTER.
GLA VOIGT & OO.
of the
Proprietors
TAR MILLS,
Manufacturers of the following pop-
ular brands of Flour.
“STAR,”
“GOLDEN SHEAF,”
LADIES’ DELIGHT,”
And “OUR PATENT.”
ESCoTTrs
cy Fy rape,
Better than Ever.
Order through any Jobber in
the City or from
EXOOTT, 75 CANAL oY.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
The Genuine says “ ESCOTT’S,” and is printed
on fine white paper.
HES
GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED C0,
71 CANAL STREET.
Many a Good Business Man
We carry a full line of
Seeds of every variety,
both for field and garden.
Parties in want should
write to or see the
Hardworking Traveling Man
IS KEPT BACK BY A
Sickly Wife or Ailing Daughters.
To such men the book on ‘‘Woman’s Na-
ture’”’ published by the Zoa-phora Medicine Co.
would be invaluable.
Price only 10ce to cover postage.
Address
Zoa-phora Medicine Co., Kalamazoo, M
Mention this paper.
STEAM LAUNDRY
43 and 45 Kent Street.
A. K. ALLEN, PROPRIETOR.
WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE
CHEMICALS.
Orders by Mail and Express promptly
tended to.
ALLEN’S ABRIDGED SYSTEM
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BOOK-KEEPING !
H. J. Carr, book-keeper for H. Leonard &
Sons, writes: ‘‘For two years and upwards I
have been applying methods quite similar to
those shown in your recent publication, ‘An
Abridged System of Book-keeping,’ and have
found a decided saving of labor "and much
other satisfaction therein. Hence my belief in
its utility, and that what you have set forth
will, when rightly understood, merit attention
and use.’
Full and complete drafts of rulings, ete., with
illustrative entries and instructions in pamph-
let form mailed upon receipt of $2.
wy. Ei. Alien.
WithS. A. Welling, 24 Pearl St., Grand Rapids
5.A. WELLING
WHOLESALE
MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS
LUMberman's Supplies
FISHING TACKLE
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NOTIONS!
PANTS, OVERALLS, JACKETS, SHIRTS,
LADIES’ AND GENTS’ HOSIERY, UNDER-
WEAR, MACKINAWS, NECKWEAR, SUS-
PENDERS, STATIONERY, POCKET CUT-
TLERY, THREAD, COMBS, BUTTONS, SMOK-
ERS’ SUNDRIES, HARMONICAS, VIOLIN
STRINGS, ETC.
Particular attention given to orders by
mail. Good shipped promptly to any point.
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0
at-
I am represented on the road bv the fol-
lowing well-known travelers: John D.
Mangum, A. M. Sprague, John H. Eacker,
L. R. Cesna and A. B. Handricks.
24 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
KEMINK, JONES & GO,
Manufacturers of
Fine Perfumes,
Colognes, Hair Oils,
Flavoring Extracts,
Baking Powders,
Bluings, Etc., Kite
ALSO PROPRIETORS OF
Rm EMINEA’s
“Red Bark Bitters”
AND—
The Oriole Manufacturing Co
78 West Bridge Street,
GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN.
GROCERY STOCK FOR SALE!
The stock of Groceries, ete., at 28 South Di-
vision St., this city, formerly owned by Went-
worth & Cannon, with fixtures and lease of
store. Enquire of
R. W. BUTTERFIELD,
23 Monroe st., Grand Rapids, Mich.
W. N, FULLER & C0
DESIGNERS AND
mnerayvers on Wood,
Fine Mechanical and Furniture Work, In-
cluding Buildings, Etce.,
49 Lyon St., Opposite Arcade,
GRAND RAPIDS - MICH.
O. H. RICHMOND & CO.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
MANUFACTURERS OF
‘Richmond's Family Medicines.
RICHMOND’S LIVER ELIXIR.
The best selling liver and blood medicine in
the market, 50 cents.
Richmond’s Cubeb Cream,
Richmond’s Ague Cure,
Richmond’s Cough Cure,
Richmond’s Easy Pills,
Dr. Richards’ Health Restorer.
Retailers, please order of your jobbers in
Grand Rapids, Chicago or Detroit. If your job-
ber does not handle our goods, we will fili your
orders. Pills and Health Restorer can be sent
by maul. 141 South Division st., Grand Rapids.
SOYDYD ce CO.,
JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE
And Full Line Summer Goods.
102 CANAL STREET.
SHERWOOD HALL.
ESTABLISHED 1865,
MARTIN L. SWEET.
JOBBERS OF
WAGON Q HARNESS GOODS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
We Carry a Very Complete Line of Car
riage, Wagon and Sleigh stock, in
Both Wood and Iron.
HARNESS GOODS: Lumbermen’s Heavy
Case Collars; Lumbermen’s Bolt Harness
Sweat Pads: Collar Pads; Snaps Bits; Web
and Leather Halters: Buggy Tops and Sun
Shades; Cloth Cushions, in stock or made to
order, to fit, on short notice; Curry Combs,
Horse Brushes; Whips, Buck, Calf and Leather
Lashes; Horse Blankets; Compress Leather
Axle Washers; Harness Oils; Harness Soap;
Varnish for Buggy Tops.
WAGON GOODS: Soles: Hubs; Felloes;
Patent Wheels; Axles; Logging Bob Runners;
Castor Steel Shoes; Wagon and Plow Cleyises:
Wrought Whiffletree Irons; and all goods per-
Sle toa Wagon, Cart, Buggy, Carriage or
eig
GENUINE FRAZIER’S AXLE GREASE in
wood boxes, 2 25 tb pails and barrels; Buyers for
general stores, Harness and Wagon Makers
will find it to their interest to call on us when
in the city or write for prices, as we keep a
line of goods not found elsewhere.
Nos.
ALBERT GUYE & SOND,
MANUFACTUREBS OF
AWNINGS, TENTS,
HORSE AND WAGON COVERS.
20 and 22 Pearl st., Grand Rapids.
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Oiled Clothing, Ducks, Stripes, Etc.
State Agents for the
Watertown “Hammock Support.
SEND FOR PRICES.
73 Canal Street, -
Grand Rapids, Mich.
TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD.
Some Curious Experiments Made by Den-
ver Physicians.
The transfer of blood from the bodies of
healthy,persons to those of the sick for the
purpose of sustaining strength and prolong-
ing life has been practiced by physicians,
with limited success, for several centuries.
Some very curious experiments in this di-
rection have lately been made in Denver,
Col., by Mr. G. A. Armitage, an account of
which has been written by his assistant, Mr.
James L. Finch:
The subject operated upon was a medium
sized terrier dog. It was securely tied and
an incision made in an artery in his neck,
by which the animal was bledtodeath. He
certainly passed through all the symptoms
of dying, and soon after the last blood is-
sued from the wound his frame became
fixed and rigid, and his eyes showed the
senseless glare of death. The room was
kept at a temperature of 70° Fah., while
the dog lay for three hours dead. By this
time he had become very stiffand cold. He
was now placed in a warm water bath that
was constantly maintained at a temperature
of 105 ° and was continually and thoroughly
rubbed, and as he became pliant his limbs
were gently worked about and his whole
body rendered supple. _ 9 <>
Another Adage Knocked Out.
“No, sir, one man’s money is not as good
as another’s,” said a Canal street grocer the
other day.
‘Why isn’t it?”
‘Because, here’s a dollar a man paid me
last week and I can’t pass it.”
STATE OF TRADE
How Leading Merchants Regard the Bus-
iness Situation.
With a view to ascertaining the general |
sentiment among business men _ relative to
the present condition and future prospects
of trade, a reporter made the rounds of the
jobbing houses,
The unanimity of sentiment among dea
ers in all lines of goods is quite remarkable
and unusual this season. There are
croakers to be found. All the merchants
feel very hopeful for the future. The ex-
ceptions are very rare where they do not re-
port a much better business during the past
season than they anticipated, and a material
increase in the volume of trade as compared
with the volume of the year 1884, up to the
lattter part of July of that year. Said a rep-
resentative jobber: ‘‘Weare astonished at
ees this summer our trade has been
25 per cent. greater than ié was last summer
a the indications all point to a better fall
business than we have seen in years.” Re-
marked a wholesale dispenser of staples:
“We are making arrangements for a better
fall trade than we have ever had, and shall
have stock in store and men on the road to
meet just such a trade. And we have no
fears of being disappointed.” In the dry
goods ang in the hardware lines an improvy-
ed trade and a hopeful outlook were report-
ed. Grocers feel much the same way. The
business of the summer has shown fully as
large an inerease over last year, as other
lines, and encouraging and better times are
looked for.
The situation seems to be about as fol-
lows: Both the jobbers in the city and their
customers in the country are practically at
“chard pan.” For several years past, there
has been a lack of boom, and both jobbers
and retailers, profiting by the experience of
the past, have figured down their business
to a perfectly sound, safe and reasonable
basis. They have devoted all their spare
funds to reducing, and where practicable,
eaneeling their indebtedness. The large
dealers have been paying off their notes; the
country merchants have been settling their
bills with the wholsalers, and have grad-
ually come to the policy of settling for cur-
rent purchases as promptly as they can.
The jobbers on the one hand, have been very
much disposed to scrutinize orders and to
conduct their affairs with caution. The coun-
try merchants have looked around them and
observed that the jobbers are right. They
have taken the cue and prompt settlements
have become arule. It is theuniversal tes-
timony of merchants in all lines that collec-
tions have been surprisingly and remarkably
good this season. In connection with this
settling down to a conservative basis of
trade many economies have been practiced.
It has long been understood that outside
merchants were buying in a hand-to-mouth
fashion, ‘‘for present wants only.” This is
still true. As a consequence, no large
stocks have accumulated in the country.
The city jobbers have also been cautious
about buying. They found, indeed, that
with prices constantly depreciating, they
were liable to lose heavily, in consequence
of such depreciation, by buying heavily.
Another phase of economy has been a quiet
reduction of daily expenses. This has been
continued this year. Store forces have been
reduced and salaries have been cut down.
There are exceptions—some notable ones—
where the cutting down process has not
been employed, because it did not seem nec-
essary; but the rule is as stated. Itis even
reported that in some large houses book-
keepers have been discharged, and one of
the members of the firm has taken upon
himself the burden of a general supervision
of the books. Of course this raises the
question whether there are not many men
out of employment. It is the testimony of
those who have discharged men that this
is not the ease. The discharged employees,
they say, have all seemed to find something
else to do. In this view of the case, there-
fore, there is evidence that industries have
been increasing in number or enlarging in
extent in the city, so that not only the new-
comers, but those who have lost positions,
can be and are cared for.
Prices are still unpreecedentedly low, but
it is believed they have struck bottom, and
that with the improved business looked for
they are absolutely sure to advance in many
lines. This makes ita good time to buy.
Looking over the whole field, it is evident
that the merchants both in city and country,
e in about as good condition for business
as they can be. Most dealers are solvent
and feel easy, and every day strengthens
the conviction that better times are at hand.
The crop reports are uniformily favorable.
The jobbers receive reports on this subject
from their traveling men every week, and
this cireumstance is but another evidence of
the wise and cautious way they are doing
business. Much, of course, depends upon
the harvest. As to the cutting — of
forces and salaries, it is believed the prac-
tice has reached its limit, and that if the
fall season opens up as well as it promises
to, there will be a demand for skilled assist-
ance in almost every branch of trade. There
are some branches which have already felt
the effects of fall trade, notably the dry
with the following result: | a : : :
_| versified farming, and the
io |
goods trade. Country orders have already
‘begun to come in for fall dry goods, and
they are coming in in a way that more than
meets the spring predictions of the jobbers.
| Another ence yuraging sign in the situation
| Which has not been mentioned is the change
which is coming over the agricultural inter-
ests in all parts of the State. The farmers
are rapidly learning the advantages of di-
continued in-
erease in stock and dairying interests this
year has been such as to surprise gentlemen
| who have long resided in Michigan, but
have been away fora season. The wheat
crop must, of course, cut a great figure in the
trade situation for some years to come, but
the time has about passed when merchants
are compelled to stake their business entire-
ly upon the uncertainties of a single crop.
Toconclude: The situation as a whole is
unusually encouraging, and merchants were
never more confident, and never in a better
shape to carry on business.
Detroit—Interviews with the leading job-
bers of this market disclose the fact that
there is no difference of opinion on one sub-
ject—that the business outlook is of the
most encouraging nature. Stocks in all the
country stores are exceedingly low; the far-
mers generally have got along with as little
as it was possible for them to get along
with, and the conditions are all favorable to
a good fall trade. Even if prices are not
much higher than they have been, itis urged
that there will be a better profit than in al-
most any previous crop. Many things, even
in farming, have touched ‘the hard-pan
prices, and started on the upward turn; and
in these conditions the jobbers find a great
deal to encourage them. ‘To sum up, then,
the jobbers are of the single opinion that
trade is fully as good as it was a year ago;
that the prospects for the fall trade are bet-
ter, and that the indications all point toa
good, active demand upon their resources.
These conditions, they feel assured, are
backed by a conservative and healthy spirit
not likely to be readily upset, even by a
large trade.
rn ee
Status of the English Sugar Market.
The consumption of sugar in the United
.Kingdom for the first six months of this
year shows a remarkable increase, the total
amounting to 623,357 tons against 520,853
tons for the corresponding six months of
the previous year. This increase of 103,000
tons is larger than was generally anticipat-
ed and over 100,000 tons more than the in-
crease in this country. That it cannot be
expected to continue at this rate for the rest
of the year appears almost certain, as it
would put the consumption per capita te
about S80 pounds for the year or 30 pounds
more than in this country. With such a
large increase it is hardly eredible to find
that stocks have kept constantly increasing;
this fact alone, so long as it continues, is
quite sufficient to regulate prices. The in-
crease in consumption of the United King-
constitutes fully three-fourths of the total.
The tendency of sugar in London has been
gradually to a lower basis, and strange to
say that it has been the excessive stock of
cane that has borne the market down. For
years it has been beet that has depressed the
markets of the world. The rate of con-
sumption here is very small; the total in-
crease upto date is only 2,915 tons, but
some believe that before the year is out the
increase will be quite up to the average,
while other authorities claim that it will not
reach more than half that oflastyear. The
Cuban erop will be larger than was expected,
and it would not be surprising if it reached
600,000 tons or 45,000 tons more than last
year.
i
How Signatures are Obtained.
From the Brooklyn Eagte.
The ease with which signatures can be
obtained for almost any sort of petition was
under diseusion by several members of the
produce exchange. It was remarked that
solid business men were not so ready to
write their names as had been imagined, and
that papers asking for appointment to pol-
itieal positions were the documents on
which the autographs meant nothing. A
dissenter from that view offered to bet that
he could get fifty signatures within two
hours to a petition formally imploring the
British Government to make immediate war
with Russia, in order to benefit business in
the exchange. The wager was made.
The maker of the proposition wrote out
the request in formal language, at the top
of a long sheet of paper, and made a round
of the floor at the most bustling hour of the
day. ‘‘Here,” he would say to a hurried
member, “I want your name on this paper.
It’s something for a friend of mine. Read
it.” Sometimes the man would glance at
the writing, see the joke and promise si-
lence, but in the requisite fifty instances the
signatures were appended without the
slightest scrutiny and on the bare assurance
that it was ‘‘all right.” Finally the remark-
able petition was posted on; the bulletin
board to raise immoderate laughter.
SSE eee
Where Does He Live?
From the Shelby Enterprise.
The stingiest man we ever heard of was a
grocerymaff who would capture all the flies
he might discover in the sugar barrel and
carefully brush their legs.
Sasson:
A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE
Hlercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the Siate.
E. A. STOWE, Editor.
Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid.
Advertising rates made known on application.
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange.
Organized at Grand Rapids October 8, 1884.
——-
President—Lester J. Rindge.
Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard.
Treasurer—W m. Sears. : a
Executive Committee—President, Vice-Pres-
jdent and Treasurer, ex-officio; O. A. Ball, one
year; L. E. Hawkins and R. D. Swartout, two
ears. «
Adbitration Committee—I. M. Clark, Ben W.
Putnam, Joseph Houseman.
Transportation Committee—Samuel
Geo. B. Dunton, Amos. S. Musselman.
Insurance Committe—John G. Shields, Arthur
Meigs, Wm. T. Lamoreaux. :
Manufacturing Committee—Wm. Cartwright,
E. S. Pierce, C. W. Jennings. :
Annual Meeting—Second Wednesday evening
of October. :
Regular Meetings—Second W ednesday even-
ing of each month.
Post A.M. T. A.
Organized at Grand Rapids, June 28, 1884.
Sears,
OFFICERS.
President—Wm. Logie. :
First Vice-President—Lloyd Max Milis.
Second Vice-President—Stephen A. Sears.
Secretary and Treasurer—L. W. Atkins.
Executive Committee—President and Secre-
tary, ex officio; Chas. S. Robinson, Jas. N.
Bradford and W. G. Hawkins.
Election Committee—Geo. H. Seymour, Wal-
lace Franklin, W. H. Downs, Wm. B. Ed-
munds and D. S. Haugh.
Room Committee—Stephen A. Sears, Wim.
Boughton, W. H. Jennings.
Regular Meetings—Last Saturday evening in
each month.
Next Meeting—Saturday evening, August 23, |
at “The Tradesman’ office.
Grand Rapids Post T. P. A.
Organized at Grand Rapids, April 11, 1885.
President—Geo. F. Owen.
Vice-President—Geo. W. McKay.
Secretary—Leo A. Caro.
Treasurer—James Fox.
Next Meeting—Subject to call of President.
COMBINATIONS AND COMBINA-
TIONS.
Ture TRADESMAN gives place this week
to an article from a Manistee paper, strong-
ly condemning some seventeen insurance
companies for concerted action in boycot-
ting a certain milling firm at that place, for
the reason that one of the members of the
firm introduced a biil in the last Legislature
prohibiting compacts by insurance com-
panies. In a legal view of the matter, the
companies undoubtedly had the right to
cancel $40,000 worth of insurance; but when
the subject is considered from a moral
standpoint, it was little less than diabolical
to subject the insured to the liability of loss
by canceling the policies without a mo-
ment’s notice. Such a proceeding is more
suggestive of the manner of the pirate than
the reputable business man, and cannot be |
too strongly condemned.
The position of TuE TRADESMAN on the
subject of combinations is too well known
to require extended explanation. It is
heartily in favor of any organization of bus-
iness men which has for its object the bet-
terment of its members and the augmenta-
tion of their profits, provided the latter does
not amount toa monopoly. THE TRADES-
MAN would be glad to see an organization
of thegrocers of this city and every town
in the country, having for its avowed object
the realization of a profit of one-half cent a
pound on every package of sugar put up.
But it would oppose to the uttermost any
proposition to increase the margin to three
cents a pound, as such a measure would cre-
ate an oppressive monopoly and work to the
detriment of legitimate trade.
The same conditions will prove equally
true in the insurance business. No one
would object to an alliance among the in-
surance companies, as long as the organiza-
tion avoided the semblance of a monopoly;
but when the compact is maintained for no
other purpose than to advance the rates of
insurance beyond reasonable bounds, and
afford the companies an opportunity to pun-
ish those who oppose the combination, it is
time that every business man who has a
dollar’s worth of insurable property should
raise his voice and exercise his vote against
so arrant an exercise of financial despot-
ism.
BLACKMAILING WOMEN.
The numerous cases of feminine black-
mailing occurring at different places in the
State during the past few months behooves
every merchant to be on the alert, lest he be
made the victim of unfavorable circum-
stances. The latest successful attempt at
blackmail accurred at a thriving village less
than twenty miles from Grand Rapids only
a few weeks ago, the perpetrator of the out-
rage being a woman who had hitherto borne
a good reputation. On the pretense of
looking at some salt pork in the cellar, she
descended the stairs with the proprietor of
the store. A loud outery brought the hus-
band to the scene, when the woman charged |
the merchant with conduct unbecoming a
gentleman—a charge which every one who
is acquainted with the merchant knows to
be false. Rather than submit to the public-
ity of an exposure, however, he very fool-
ishly agreed to ‘‘settle” the matter by the
payment of $75 in cash and the balancing
of a book account. It has since leaked out
that the woman in the case secured an organ
and a sewing machine in the same manner,
which is sufficient proof that she is pursu-
ing the perfidious trade of a blackmailer.
Hardly a week passes that other com-
plaints do not come to THE TRADESMAN
concerning the peculiar methods which have
unfortunately been adopted by adventurers
and their male assistants in disgrace. The
fact that the number of blackmailegs is in-
creasing is proof positive that they find the
business a lucrative one, and that merchants
as a class are .too apprehensive of the criti-
| cisms of their neighbors, in case of unjust
accusations. The man who pays ‘blood
money” not only debases himself in the
| eyes of his friends and the world, but he
| places a premium on deception and renders
| his neighbors the more liable to be victim-
| ized.
Let business men generally take a bold
| stand in this matter, and the blackmailers
! will disappear.
| Every day confirms the opinions that the
telegraphic service performed by the West-
ern Union is faulty and unsatisfactory.
During a recent tatip through Northern
Michigan an attache of THe TRADESMAN
had occasion to send a messaga to the home
office, which reached here exactly thirty
hours after it was filled. In consequence of
the delay important business plans were dis-
arranged and considerable unnecessary ex-
pense entailed. No adequate excuse was
offered for the neglect, which was due main-
ly to the forgetfulness of a poorly-paid oper-
‘ator. Few legal preceedings against the
Western Union have ever resulted to the
advantage of the prosecutors, for the reason
that the monopoly refuses to meet an antag-
onist on common ground, but prefers to de-
feat the ends of justice by bribing jurymen
and judges. The time is not far distant
when the telegraphic service will be in the
hands of the Government.
—_——
The people of Great Britain can now send
a telegram of twelve words to any part of
the kingdom for twelve cents. Nearly the
same concession is offered by competing
lines in this country, but the tariff to ninty-
nine per cent. of the offices in the United
States amounts to little less than highway
robbery.
The issue of the Shoe and Leather Re-
view for July 30 consisted of 100 pages, con-
stituting the largest publication ever issued
in the interest of the shoe and leather trade.
The growing popularity of the Review is al-
most without a parallel in the history of
trade journalism.
Tre TRADESMAN regrets that it is com-
pelled to denounce the Enterprise Manufac-
turing Co., of Akron Ohio, as a fraudulent
concern, unworthy the confidence of the bus-
iness public.
AMONG THE TRADE.
IN THE CITY.
A.C. Jackman, formerly of the firm of
| Jackman & Allen, has purchased the cigar
stand operated by E. F. Doty, Jr., corner
Arcade and Lyon street.
J. C. Townsend, formerly engaged in the
grocery business at Whitecloud, has engaged
in the dry goods business at that place.
Spring & Company furnished the stock, C.
J. Peck placing the order.
Fox, Musselman & Loveridge fore-
closed their mortgage on the grocery stock
of G. Ginghuis, at Lamont, last Friday.
The mortgage was originally given for
£900, but has since been reduced to about
$500.
The mortgagee is still in possession of the
against the attempts of the regular creditors
to place an attachment. The latter claim
that the mortgage was given without con-
sideration, and is consequently null and
void.
The Rogue and Grand River Log Running
Co. did no business this year, as only two
members of the company—C. C. Comstock
and C. F. Nason—run any logs down the
Rogue. There is still enough timber along
the line of the latter stream to warrant the
company’s continuing its organization an-
other season.
“‘T see cheese was a little weaker on the
New York and Chicago markets last week,”
said Wm. Sears, the other day, ‘‘but that
condition won’t continue long: All the
large factories are sold down close, many of
them not having a month’s product on their
shelves, anditan be but a question of a few
weeks when a sharp advance takes place.”
E. S. Matteson informs Tue TRADES-
MAN that he has secured the shingle timber
on six forties in town 34, Cheboygan coun-
ty, and the refusal of eighteen forties in
, towns 35 and 37, same county, both of which
| tracts are tributary to the Black and Pigeon
rivers. He proposes to run the timber to
Cheboygan, where he has secured a desir-
able site with lake frontage, and will put in
a shingle mill with a capacity of 40,000
| shingles per day.
AROUND THE STATE.
Rickark & West, at Carson
dissolved.
P. H. Russell is moving his tea stock
from Manistee to Detroit.
Elmer J. Clizbe succeeds A. A. Wilcox in
the grocery business at Quincy.
C. E. Wells is moving his general stock
from Saugatuck to St. Ignace.
N. J. Clark sueceeds C. W. Marvin in the
boot and shoe business at Ovid.
Chas. W. Leech succeeds T. S. Holmes in
the dry goods business at Mason.
Frank H. Earl sueceeds John Ear! in the
| grain and lumber business at Schoolcraft.
Cutler & Wright succeed G. F. Cutler &
| Co. in the hardware business at Morley.
| G. W. Perkins, general dealer at Wiliams-
‘burg, has been closed on chattel mortgage.
| . H. Chamberlin succeeds Chamberlin &
Stone in the grocery business at Ypsilanti.
| Craig & Timbin, harness makers at Trav-
i erse City, have dissolved, Craig succeed-
ing.
City, have
J. E. Hunter drug stock, and holds the fort |
| |
R. A. Hastings succeeds Purdy & Has-, Dr, Josiah B. Evans put in Sunday at.
tings in the drug and grocery business at
Sparta.
Wheeler & Perkins succeed J. FE. & W. F.
Botsford in the grain business at Port
Huron.
Blodgett & Byrne are closing out their gen-
eral stock at Roscommon and _ will retire
from trade.
W. O. Davis succeeds Davis, Slocum &
Co. in the produce and commission business |
at Detroit.
J. A. (Mrs. G. B.) Hodgkins succeeds
Hodgkins & Bellin the livery business at
Ishpeming.
McHugh & Devereux succeed the late
Nicholas Devereux in the boot and shoe bus-
iness at Marshall.
E. E. Lyon has sold his drug stock at
Twin Lake to Sheboygan parties, and the
stock is being removed to that place.
Nashville News: David Coye, of Battle
Creek, contemplates refitting the Loomis
store and filling it with a stock of general
merchandise. :
G. L. Smith has engaged in the grocery
business at Coral. J. H. Thompson & Co.
furnished the stock, Thos. P. Ferguson
placing the order.
Farrell, Schuiler & Co., hardware dealers
at St. Ignace, have dissolved.
ness will be continued by 8S. Farrell and
Jacob J. Post under the same firm name.
Nelson Peterson has sold his grocery
stock at Woodville to the West Michigan
Lumber Co., for the purpose of securing
sufficient funds to make good a shortage in
the school moneys, of which he is custo-
dian.
MANUFACTURING MATTERS.
The Marshall shirt factory has increased
its capacity one-third in the last six weeks. |
D. B. Kelly’s handle factory, at Sylvester,
is turning out 2,000 maple broom handles
daily.
Vosburg & Cooper succeed Ferree, Vos-
burg & Cooper in the sawmill business at
Saranac.
Blood Bros. contemplate moving their fac-
tory from Petoskey to Clarion, the citizens
of the latter place having offered them $500
eash and land for a site, if they will locate
there.
A Montague correspondent writes: F.
E. Jones has gone to Menominee, where he
will look over the Dalton mill property with
a view to Burrows & Jones taking an inter-
est. If he finds everything satisfactory, his
firm will trade a portion of their Montague
property and become partners of the Dalton
estate in the Menominee mill.
Cadillac News: Postmaster Hixon has
commenced moving his Round Lake shingle
mill to this city. He does not expect to op-
erate it as a shingle mill at present, but will
set it on the lake front, near Haynes’ mill,
and be in readiness to furnish power or ma-
chinery to any plausible manufacturing en-
terprise which may present itself.
E. S. Matteson recently called at THE
TRADESMAN Office and asserted that the
statements made by a Cadillac correspon-
dent a few weeks ago were false—that in-
stead of his owing Olsen & Herrick, the ob-
ligation is on the other side, and that he
stands ready to pay the Cummer and Kes-
sler claims atany time. Mr. Matteson fur-
ther avers that the logs in question are the
property of his brother, Fred. Matteson, and
that a motion for the dissolution of the at-
tachment will be made on August 11,
on the ground that the logs do not
belong to E. S. Matteson, against whom the
claims are held. In justice to Mr. Matte-
son THE TRADESMAN gives place to his
version of the matter.
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Pureiy Personal.
O. A. Ball spent Sunday at Spring Lake,
where his family is located for the summer.
Will C. Miner, formerly engaged in the
grocery business at Muskegon, is now in the
employ of F. J. Lamb & Co.
Geo. S. Powell, of the firm of G. S. Powell
& Co., general dealers at Sand Lake, has
been spending several days at Macatawa.
L. H. Sieb, grocer at Michigan City,
spent Sunday at this market, looking over
the town and making the acquaintance of
the jobbing trade.
Walter O’Brien was the recipient of a
fine hat from the office force at Cody, Ball
& Co.’s last week, as a slight testimonial of
the esteem of the donors. The hat was of
the latest style, and had a killing effect on
the maidens of Petoskey, where Walter was
tarrying for a few days.
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Poor Telegraph Service.
From the Chicago Current.
It would seem that the telegraphic service
of the United States were as yet crude and
unformed. Where the patronage is suffi-
cient, as in great daily newspaper offices,
the transmission is cheap, quick and accur-
ate. The ‘‘plug operator” has been banish-
ed, and scholarly gentlemen sit at the in-
struments. Some portions of the commer-
cial department have likewise been perfect-
ed. But otherwise the American people
have cause for bitter complaint regarding all
the companies—of the Western Union most,
simply because it is the largest concern.
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The Class Messmore Belongs To.
Washington Correspondence Daily Democrat.
Human wrecks seem to drift to Washing-
ton even more than to other great cities.
Many of the applicants for office might fairly
be called wrecks, using the word in a coin-
parative sense and not with the idea of en-
tire degradation, either morally or socially.
The busi- |
| Spring Lake.
Mrs. G. H. Jacobs is visiting her mother |
_ at Constantine.
Wm. H. Downs put in last week at home,
| resting and recuperating.
Jas. Rooney sold two hose carts to the
| corporation of Harrison last week.
| Algernon E. White and family have been
| spending a few days at Spring Lake.
trip, after a fortnight’s rest and recreation.
| Ralph Bloecksma, traveling agent for
Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co., is rusticating
at Macatawa.
Sam Lemon is now av fait.
| chased at Gull Prairie.
| Jas. H. Ballory, formerly with L. H.
‘Randall, but now with John H. Jenks, of
| Detroit, paid Grand Rapids a visit last
| week. |
iin the picnic Saturday and put in Sunday at
Grand Rapids.
' Suel A. Sheldon,
Iowa and Nebraska
, traveling agent for Austin, Tomlinson & |
; Webster, of Jackson, has gone to his field |
of operation, after a month’s rest.
| Will H. Hoops returned from the North-
ern resorts, unable to secure any relief from
the sudden attack of asthma.
'
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\
{
iease he gets no help there will go to Colo-
| rado.
i Jas. H. Brown, successor to M. P. Neff—
, Who is confined in an asylem at Cincinnati
; by reason of softening of the brain—as
| Michigan representative for P. Lorillard &
|
| last week.
!
| ed to pay no more fees to sleeping-car por-
ters. This will not seriously interfere with
the porters’ prosperity, though.
gers, they will probably buy the road and
rob the stockholders.
Chicago Current: A tax on a commercial
traveler, who carries samples to aretail deal-
er, is unwise and barbaric. The commer-
cial traveler makes business; he aids distri-
bution; he prevents over-production, so-call-
ed. To lay a tax on men who should save
their fellows from drowning would be a
piece of the same legislation.
A well-known traveling man writes: ‘‘I
understand that Wm. B. Edmunds and Geo.
F. Owen on behalf of the Grand Rapids
ball club, for a silver bat and ball and the
championship of the U. S. I am also in-
for an important Seotch terrier.”
$< -8 9 ic Meals aaa ee en oe 15
the Indian arrow poison, Curare. Enough dim. Hello tae?” ANTED_To exchange for general mer. | Cove Oysters, 1 slack filled............. ve) eee a ce @ oe Bie Aveonds. ee bee
has been shown, however, to suggest in : 9 : ie — chandise, 2,000 acres of timbered lands. Cove Oyets 7S cere filed. 626... i 05 5 ee i Me 5Y4 Wintergreen Berries... oi oo See oe 15
: : : At that moment his friend entered the | The timber on gaid lands is hemlock, beech and | Lobsters, 1 i picnic. ...... steeece sees poe Pee i cece senannsays eee seat od @ 5% FANCY—IN BULK
me that this almost unknown poison is at : : - : Vu, Lobsters, 11 star...........--.0--2-seerses 2 00 : SYRUPS. Lozenges, plain in pails............... @1213
é : oe store, and the first comer at once said: maple, oak and yellow birch, 1% miles from Tobsters 2h star )..6...-.. 0 a0 | Corm, Barrels: oc o. ck. 30@382 | Lozenges, plain in bbls.. ll @ 11%
the bottom of most, if not all the mysterious ie fen 105 tick to tl tho” Flint & Pere Marquette R. R. in Osceola Co., | Wackerel, 1b fresh standards............ 100 | Com 4 00Is s2@34 | Lozenges, printed in pails.....1.)./ 17 @l2 214
poisonings we have had from sausage, from ‘ A ed - ia carciac hate eyaiaade Alaecs a ee me Mackerel, 5D fresh ae Pa noe Cone By Pilon kee Ce. . 85 | Lozenges, posed & bbis............ 114@1R
S° 5 ‘ F eourse.’ Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 b........... 3 25 fr SaHlOn KeSS.. 6.2... @1 75 | Chocolate Drops, in pails........ 24Q@l1e
cheese, from canned salmon and canned} ,, How make? Grend Hapids, Mich. 101 | Mackerel,3 in Mustard..............00+- 3 25 Corn, aa gallon kegs................... | @1 60 | Gum Drops Pharr ee a ike
- : c : “kere. ; roile 3 25 MEG SUCe@r 1 28@ 35|Gum Drops, imbbis...
goods generally, and now and then from ice} 4. 4 1 cm you like.” j}OR SALE—Or exchange, a fine improved Mackerel, 3 ® broiled. UU 140 | Pure Sugar Drips... sé BDL BOQ, 8 | Stowe a 10 “Guts
‘i £ rs Bee . ) * ss x : A BV Cidew o 2 «
aS up.” ANTED—Chanee of situation at any ti Sardines, Mustard %s...........0........5 19 (| Japan ordinary....... ee ee @25 FRUITS.
guard against the danger. “And Vl take tl »” said the er \ Dd a Holcnd connec Say na ay ioe Sardines, imported 4S.............. cee 1 Japan fae tO FOO... 2 su@so | Bananas, Aspinwall. .......... 0.62... 2 0@3 50
ye Se ee a an tintol And Vil take the same,” Sald the gro- Oo nes y g Bs ONS OF 1€88 | Trout, 81) DrOOk......:..-.62....%.-..-. 25 PUPAE ee ee 40@50 | Oranges, Rodi Messina.............. @5 50
A very characteristic case was that o ae acquainted with different languages and about CANNED FRUITS Japan dust......... 15@20 | Oranges, Naples a ara 3
: : : ae s aa WOAKE Ok Dar 5 : toca ACs : ANNE S| SaDUe Gust. ec we » RPC NMOS. oo cs a ja
he poisoning of an east-side family from ae oo a es ae a ae business. 2) Apples, 3D standards...............-..... 90 | Young Hyson.............. 00... cesses eee 30@50 | Lemons, choice............ 0000000000. 9 0C@10 00
: a Ee td adnan Pivaur thn The $20 was handed the shoemaker next SA. b., 1Ré MAD s Apples, gallons, standards................ 2 40 GurPawdear 22;-85@50 | Lemons, faney..................4. see
eating sausage, as w inter. wo or three door, and the grinning eroéer rubbed his Or MAG ARE aee ke Sa rode | eerie. BIREIE ces cee co: 1 05 Roce DU ee a a 3% 3@55@ 60 By igs, layers new, 8 Do 10 @U
canned salmon poisoning cases-we have had] | 14s and remarked: ate cash trade. With or without soda ee ge 1 o * WOBICCO_- EINE CEE IN PALS. nen a ade o oe eee a 4
e a a Cc ari S e aa spacana | JATEIBONUS 2... eee ce ce ee ce ee en eee cece esene - . - 8 4 Cie s S86 «oa ce anes 6 6
can be safely included in the same category. : . . _ | fountain. Stock about $2,000. Best of reasons | moo Plums, standard? ..........+..s.c-+- 140 | Dark AmericanEagle67|Sweet Rose.......... 45 | Pates chin @ 43
“Awl right. Open your book and par-| for selling. A good chance for a single man | Gy ‘ The Meig: 4|Me lds Stunnerts | Dates. 4 chin... an
es : AG £ ght. é . g g oo zie MAN | Green Gages. standards 2 ........-....06 1 40 HO MOCIRS 652-1... 64|Meigs & Co.’s Stunnerd8 | Dates, % skin................ 000. cc cece @A
I don’t think the canning had anything to alyze him.” with small capital. Address T, TRADESMAN | pogches, Extra Yellow 249 | Red Bird...._: 50| Atlas 35 | Dates, Fard 10 ib box # tb :
; : S, MV OLIOW. 22 6 oe a a 2 a © OO a © © 6 GRAPE RMLECURS 6/46 06 6.0 O16 0 6 0106 cele € Mo SAL £1 WD VVYA Ty WW. . ccc rc cccccce
do with the development of the poison. In ie 4 office. Peaches, standards.................. 1 75@1 95 State Seal. .......... 60) Royal Game.......... 38 | Dates, Fard 50 i box B a ee
The book was opened. The man ran his| 7roR SALE-Drue 2k and fi jal Pesohos seconds. 6. ae 159 | Prairie Flower ...... 65) Mule Bar 65 | Dates, Persian 50 ib box ® b 5 6 @6%
: ALE-—Drug stock an xtures, with p SCCOD GS es ee OU | ee es eee eo eee cee 8 | Ce. © CLSIO OU ID DOX GD... ...... 6 @b6Y%
every case I found that the can had been : : : fh 5 ; tor | Pi les, Erie 2 9 Climber 2.02000... 62|/Fountain............. 74 | Pine Apples, # d
finger along the lines to a stop rubbed his good run of custom. Best of reasons for INCAPPIES, BVIC........- cee eee ee ce eee “ Indiar = pp Ge GOA. 2.
lowed to stand ope some time in hot , selling. C. H. Adams, Otsego, Mich. 97tf | Pineapples, standards..................... 17 ndian Queen........ 60Old Congress......... G4 PEANUTS.
allowed to stand open for some time in ho : : - | Bull Doe 60,Good L ro
ae eyes, held the book up a little, and finally : QUINCES ee 145 DOS. eee eee i0|Good Luck........... bo) Erome Hed raw @ tb... .......... 44@ 5
weather. The most characteristic case, caine OR SALE-—Farm near Grand Rapids for Raspberries, Black, Hamburg............ 1 70 ooo wees sees 66 ee SRY Se 35 Chelce do dO ...)..... .....5 @ 5
i on 2 . JED FRUTES—C! i BS eae 30 Hair Lifter..........4 30 | F y
however, was one 1 met with in Vermont, ‘Here grocer, what does it say ? ” Rue ena ee Adee © O, pox 80 Wood. Apricots, Lusk’s...2 40/Pears.-.-. ue Seat 3 co} Hiawatha ............ 67/Governor ............ 60 Choice White, Va. do ne a 5 ai,
There was an old farmer I knew there, who! ,, are “There ee cis nll an stock, Mich. 99 Ege Plums......... : eH Quinces He ees 2 90 ns Ore wae ee : mo oe Oy | Dancy WE Via a oT. 54%@ 6
° 5 ays: ere Wé ape: 2 : 3 TAPCS. 6c... 5 ss: 2 50|\Peaches ........... 3.00] Stay Fiower.......... PAILION. .. 6.0... 35 NUTS.
had a great reputation for making very de- ic 120, lel Com allie acl } ens OR Bale New ne oe eine Gees Gages....... 250) Pay Se a5 Sweet Owen.......... 66 | Walnuts, Grenobles, #8 tb.............. 14 @i4%
oe . ° ie / 7” y xr TINE q}) »
licious and very rich cheese; but every once Bang {tl you said it was the 27th?” ee oe ON panto ~ ae ay we ee fanee) alae fe ¢ e. a ere a Hea, 1i ais
E : : E ly a as ] ae z i : d - #s4G- : US, UYSUCLP DAY.... 2... eee ee ee eee O wt ae : een re CLO he cw alae « @ 8%
in awhile, he told me, complaints would} {7,2 a tk 1 ceo dress “E,’”’ care THE TRADESMAN. 99 | Beans, Lima, standard.................... Ap VeNIROROd te a a @44 | Pecons, dO 22 o@l2
hat hi = : : Yes, I know, but I must have got it Beans, Stringless, Erie.................... 95 TC . @49 | Filberts, Sicily OO 2... @il2%
come that his cheese had poisoned a number caved 1 ITUATION WANTED—As traveling sales- | Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked.............. 1 60 Meme @38 | Walnuts, French dQ...
of persons. He was an honest old fellow,| ;..,, Ca man for a wholesale house, Good security | Corp, Trophy........2..00.00c0ceceeeee eee Oy | ee A oneness @38 ——
; ; “Tl take that $20,” said the student of | andreferences can be given. Address Sales-} Peas, French..........sscsccssseeceseeeees 175 | Big Five Center........................ G35 PROVISIONS.
and in the end he noticed that the trouble history as he reached out his hand man, care THE TRADESMAN. 100* | Peas, Marrofat, standard......... 1 70 Toe te ee Cece @48 The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co.
: : story tT rem eee | een i ee enact Big Drive........0..... 50 e
lec Happened when be bad made his ae e oS z : Pens, Beaver 90 | BIS DIVE... eee eee eee eee eee ees @50 uote as follows:
Pepe eee , sade " oe mt mS 7 He got it and the two skinned out. The pasinek WANTED—A__ well-established | Peas, early small, sifted. .................. 189 | Seal of Grand Rapids. 2220200000000) Gis | : PORK IN BARRELS.
cheese especially rich, by adding the cream; ———* oe oo neni _jnanufacturer of proprietary remedies, | Pumpkin, 3 tb Golden $5@95| Durham ...........-.............-5..-:: @46 | Mess, Chicago packing. 11 50
: ee es ae aS grocer sat down in a tub of onions to think | having now on the market a line of popular | Succotash, standard....................... 90 | Patrol .......... 22-2... cee eee eee - @48 | Clear, Chicago packing.....011.2 201277777" 2 On
from his night’s milking to the morning it over, and when he Decame satisfied that patents, wishes a partner, with come capital, Tomatoes, Mrophiye . 2.55... 8. ee. 1 00 Jack Rabbit...................-... 0: @46 Extra F amily Clear Dee a 2B 3S
5 : g ¢ satis Ne is cae : ey ase ree | eRe CUEINE DY! @lOa ee ee kee we ae
yiel d. After he stopped that practice, he ; : to ee eae ofs same. Address, fae CHOCOLATE. : oe wae ee: Oe ceils a Cece Coe y ec aes O46 Clear, A. Webster packer 3 =O
1a... | it was a gum-game to beat him, and that | care “tne Tradesman. Of | Boston ..............- 86/German Sweet.......25| Chocolate Cream....................+.. @46 | Extra Clear, heavy 13 00
never heard of another case. Doubtless, : ae Bakers 2. 38 Vienna Sweet ....... 23| Woodcock .......... 0... ee eee eee GO Higatla . i
ee one ks Genaaaily favorble con- the ins men were confederates, he rose up | J\OR SALE—The brevier type formerly used | Runkles’............. 35 Koemtsiof Uabor: 2.01) @46 AW ebster, packer, short cut............. 12 75
a Coe se and kicked a dozen washboards sky-high | 4, 02 THE TRADESMAN. The font comprises COFFEE. Railroad. ... 2.0... 6.6. e eee eee eee eee @46 | Clear back, short cut...... a 13 50
ditions for the development of the ptom-| a oe _| 222 pounds, including italic, and is well-assort- | Green Rio...... 9@13 |Roasted Mar...17@18 | Big Bug........... nee et eee e ete e eee ee es @32 | Standard Clear, the best...............-... 14 00
ae and marked the price of berries up four | ed and very little worn. Address this office. GreenJava.....17@27 |Roasted Mocha.28@30 | Arab, 2x12 and 4x12.................... G@46 DRY SALT MEATS—IN BOXES.
aines, A f Gr Moch 23@25 |Roasted Me ~p Block Beare. oe. @3i ach Gla Ree a peas a =
eents per quart reen Mocha. ..23@25 oaste ex. ..17@20 = Short Clears, heavy .
“Tean’t tell you much more about them eae WOODENWARE. Roasted Rio....10@15 |Ground Rio.... 9@16 | King ........, eg etic lo sc @46 oe dee Le ;
t sv, a eS ee WR _ .. | Roasted Java ..23@30 |Package Goods @12% | Old Five Cent Times................... @38 do. ioe é
that a layman would understand, except A Fortunate Failure for Two. Sear a Ne Dee eeeeeee ee ee ce eee eens i 1 CORDAGE. eee Nuspety 1p ose. @62 | Long Clear Backs, 500 cases... .
PUTA ATROS IN. ns < aco ccs sin 5 2 ose ois ‘ wo On: 19O £ Bi 5 PROU occ. vs 460 (apes enn Doe Ph nan io
that the ptomaines exhibit human character- : : Ste aed ag No Sense 0 12 | 72 toot Jute ..... 25 |72foot Cotton....2 25 Ol iin Ole ete cree scence ce a aes GA6 Short Clear Backs, 500 tb cases......... 74
ee : A few months ago the failure of an Irish | grandard Pails. two hoon pee eee are ie 60 foot Jute..... 1 00 |60 foot Cotton....2 00 Tr Bea ee ee eee @38 | Long Clear Backs, 300 1b cases. 73h
isties in this—that gold and alcohol bring a ee Hees ode SAD aes a We soe eet eee ' Be 40 Foot Cotton....1 50 [50 foot Cotton....1 75 aa Aa, a GAS Short Clear Backs, 300 b cases......... 814
them out in their true colors. Salts of gold oe ee ee ie 210 : os en es Bellies, extra quality, 500 i cases...... i
pce ee . ., , | daughter had married the younger son of | Dowell Tubs, No.3 Ce: , +» | Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth.............. iS) | pucter (Dark 0 @50 | Bellies, extra quality, 300 tb cases...... 1%
lded t trif s tt ill es 3 owe Os, NO.4. 2) ee 8 i514 “ mister, (Dark). <.......:.......5....- @36 5 : mo
added to putrifying matter will precipitate : be Sewell Tabs. No? See | Coda whole ee @4% | Black Pri Dark) G36 | Bellies, extra quality, 200 Ib cases...... i%
oe as | es : one of Eucland’s oldest noble families, but) OVP Be AO anne re terete tte Ce eeetioss 6@7 ack Prince [Dark].........-.--...+.. @36 SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN.
them—show them up asit were, and by add- aoe Dowell Paps, No3)..0.00.........5...5..0.. 6 76 | aaa eae Black Racer [Dark]................... @36 mele ;
: : : one not noted for its wealth. Fortunately | Maple Bowls, assorted sizes 2 jp | COd, pickled, 4 bbIS.......... 2.6... eee --3 50 "| Leggett & Myers’ Star @46 Tee Be wana = seen ncevnee owns eneees ee
ing acid to alcohol and evaporating the lat- Perthe coune asus 1 teh, | Butter oa 125 pat i @i6 voueie: oes Boe 7
; he you it was r ee ee irre PA tore DOR 2 5 wan ee ys Bemmtane WACOM... .--..- ..-- 2... 200s. 8%
baie aie et en” young peoy | tie eo eee .1 00 Sone pe Baer Mold hase 8 ae @AB | Dried Beef, extra quality 9 6
ee and not one of exchange—money for title. ae eae DeeeGe eee , 2) | Herring. Si “BB ete 8 oe Gand i ede @46 | Dried Beef, Ham ges
. : Otmes POUNGEYS..<........2...-. es cee ee 2.25 aR Ge A me ee ae eee ae oo ickle Nuggets 6 and 12 fh cads. ..... 5 . eka 0 ap
Making Cigarettes. The father of the young lady had always] @lothesPins..................... oes Bae sere, ne ; 73 ODIs. Tone tage gee Ler Cock of the Walk 6s ie Gat Shoulders cured in s pi PIO ecnee oe
: : : SUNG eeaires “1 ox | Mackere 0. 1, 12 MUS esses @S ote oe eee ars ARD.
a Se : . {been very liberal in his allowance to his| MOpStocks...............:s.ssssees sees erees 125 | Mackerel, No. 1,shore, % bbl bo5 | Nobby Twist......ee ccs Ue | Biekees 8... 74
oT : rarettes cal sir] Bs Washb rds, single : ackerel, No. 1,shore, % bbls..... ioe cs 25 Acor | ACEC OR oe ree lee Ces eo og cases Tig
ow many cigarettes can a gir] make in dcaehiae and thbwa tn lived incl Woe Peoaee _ a sete ene e eee eee eee ee es ; ‘2 | Mackerel, No. 1, shore, kits 190 Go Ooo sry wah cee Gt6- {30 and 50 ib Tubs 736
r, and the young people lived in ele- asnboards; double. .0-3. fi. 2 251 = ee 2 ar eet eee 2 ROSCOMG ee 5( SA ON) ane es rae
a day?” was asked of a manufacturer. a t 1 : t Ae oe . t i aes 2 ? anes, ae fa Oe ae eae 2 50 Black X : Be 50 fb Round yee CASES 8 8. 138
ant and even extravagan yle. Ti Dj ricat a rou OF Ate DOS oe. 3 5 Wess ey = tt ; 4ARD IN TIN PAILS.
“That depends on how nimble her fingers | °“"” * en extvavagant styie MP WOW | Diamond Maret... ...--.-. 2. 40 moe No.l Pe ib Ita 2 - Black Bass............-..0.+0s0e eee ees G40 | 20 Round Tins, 80 tb racks... 56
ee on Se a change has come, and poverty stared them | Bushel, narrow band.....................+5. 1 60 | White Puen oe won | SPYING... 6c eee eee ence ee gence ee @46 13 b Pails, 20 i ase. tha
are A smart. quick girl ean make about Bushel Jeb 1 wr White, INO: TYE DDIS so 0c cose ec oo Grayling > = S, -U Ml &@ CAS8C................0.. 85
. ox Ss 5 € a - : is coe : JSC WIG OATG ki... c ows. ens ce. 1 75 5 5 ry a SV eS ee aces oan ees @46 5 b Pails, 6in a ease 2
a : in the face. At this juncture a gift that the i & x, | White, No.1, 12 i kits............. ee eee 85 | Macki si; |o Faus, 6 in a case. .... i. 8
2 500 nM >is from 70 to 8 . : J ag é Clothes; splant, No: 1. ... 2.0.2... .52. 62... 3.00 | sey a MIRGISIMAW beck. @45 10 & Pails. 6in a e mae
3,000. “fhe pay is from 70 to 80 cents per ; ; : Clothes, spli No. 2 2 yx | White, No. 1, 10 ib kits Migs cede oes cen pul a (5 ~=6| Horse St wus, On a Case ..-........-....... 136
young wife knew she possessed was brought | Clothes, splint, No. o....--...-ss sees seer sees 3 15 | white, Family, 4 bbl 25 ey a BEEF IN BARRELS
-cordi ; iar poe Notnes splint, NOB... 20... 4 00 | White, Family, % bbis...............+..++ OO | Hair Eifter............ 36 cn Mac Ce ee ee
1,000, according to the grade of cigarette bik aise. anda Eee dak sce ‘line ee , Pl ae na Ga onrnG enn ene D aoe @86 | Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 tbs 10 50
* oe ee SC, é , Tew days s$ a millinery | Clothes, willow, No.1.............. eee 5 AVORING EXTRACTS. IDS and De black. 36 sk. @BE ‘le . : 5 ee =
made. There are very few girls can make] |. pyichment was ove. a as me so foe eee 8 00 Toe. Vawle | Weapns aca Gao Gat | Bonele a is sensrc eee TE 5D
more than 2,000 per day. Making the 3 ablishment was opened in Park Street, | Clothes? willow, No.3......... esl 7 09 | Jennings’ 2 ~ oe @ doz. a 00 140 — Peiste Fleer eens cs @35 Pork Sausage ‘ a "
: 4 o sjondon. Over the door appeared the badge ee LOZ... 2. cess teen ene fi 250) Sailors’ coluse...............c...... @46 posi ee ee
cigarettes looks easy enough, but if you Or the buekan@s a ee aa var that HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. ve oe Been oe res 50 4 00 2¢e. less in four butt lots. :
: . = i ‘ ar Oe OOB an 5 acs ces oe acc as cass 3 5 t XN
should try it you would findit very hard and | ,. : Perkins & Hess quote as fol.ows: “ is 2 a o : oe on
> “Under Royal Patronage,” for the courage- ees a No.2 Taper..........--+..- 125 150) Old Tar... .. a 40|Conqueror ...........23
tedious. When a girl goes to her work in : G ib 6 @ 6} Cs if ie or NO] S 2S oe 1%75 $800} Arthur’s Choiece..... 22! Gray PIE ee 32
- oe a : ous little woman who had determined to do | Gree2----@ ® & @ 64\Calf skins, green ‘ Vy pint round.............. 450 750] RedFox.............. 26, Seal Skin 3
t ot ee : : : D | pare ourcd 5 WAT i i Bee DLO ROU To eee eh OU 1b OU | RUC Ce OS ee. oO OCeUL OME ck: 30
he morning she receives a small bundle of | |... snare toward t ; tan Eu peace he $iz|Dea ee. OM Ce ee 900. 5 00) Pitee. 2s 28 Rob Roy oe Medd Ohecce. git
: 1er s ‘e ¢ 5 , s ulleured.... 84%@ ea os ; : on 8 eee & BN ee eu nicg os elke coe cee ees uae
papers and 22% pounds of tobacco, from which | « é maintaining an honest anc Dis ee 4 By aieoe ie @50 : NO 300 4 25| Gold Dust............26,Uncle Sam...........28 PIGS’ FEET.
independent position in life, was a friend of | ~jZips ___ 8 @le plece..... S : NOY LOE 425 600} Gold Block........... 30 Lumberman .........25 | In half barrels 2 9%
shemust make 1,000 cigarettes. A small piece ee SE ect ea a FRUITS Seal of Grand ie |Railroad Boy......... Hinder hacks. ...- be Gee
bi hosov Gane beh the Princess of Wales who proved a profitable ee SHEEP PELTS. = Apples, Michigan .{00000)0.:000.5.0). 44.@5 (cloth).. .25 Mountain Rose....... 18 : Pes see esc et acstc ees:
of extra heavy paper about twice the size of customer and a firm friend by orderine tei Shearlings. ret ec ee ee ees e eee r esse cece ees 10 @20 Apples, Dried, evap., bbls............. @74 | Tramway, 3 0z....... 40 Home Comfort.......25 eet a
a cigarette paper is used in rolling a cigar-|, _ ees y § ten) Lambskins...............+.5- Beder scons 15 @25_ | apples, Dried, evap., box.............. @8 | Ruby, cut Cavendish 35 Old Rip............... i) OYSTERS AND FISH.
bonnets. The husband has a gift of poetry Old wool, estimated washed @ b...... @20_ | Cherries, dried, pitted................. @ié | Boss) 15, Seal of North Caro- F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as tollows:
ette. One edge is pasted fast to a piece of nd his poems, bound in b} : oe OW 0 tee 2 Citron 28@33 | Peck’s Sun 18) ‘ina, 2 0z 48} 5 J.D. gel OYSTERS.
a is poems yu bs , WOOL. 5 oo Pn ean cats: : ov O4........-.- o *. J. D. Selects a-
marble or smooth flat stone about aa | » 0 ee om ne anc | ite, Mine wacnede 20@25|Unwashe a 2-3 Soe eee soos oe eS Beal of North Caro- i naa CCeS ee eee, 35
ee ador 10USeS 6 s friends. a cift fro LO OSI Ue ey eee te AO tenes ¢ SOC oe 2@15 e Dew -..:...2 3 a, GOA if fee eae eee ccs ea ees eee e
one foot square that is on a table. ; oe gl t from | Coarse washed...16@13| Pineapples, standards................ Gi) bain... 22'Seal of North Garo- | EREoH PISh.
ee Rielle foot in lord 1 the author. May not necessity bring out : - or oe Prunes; Vurkey, Mew..:/.............. @4%| Peerless ............. 24 ling, S070 Al ROK eWw REOUG 22.0 2502... 5%
4 SUCK U 6th and line genius that prosperity had hidden in LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES. Prunes, French, 50 tb boxes........... 10@13| Standard............. 22'Seal of North Caro- Wiiteticn : ..... Regt oe ncee eee dene ere o ar 5%
about as thick as a match is used to paste! tite ee The Newaygo Manufacturing Co. quote f. o. | Raisins, Valencias...................-. 9@9%4 | Old Tom. ............. 21) lina, 16 uz boxes....40 | Black Bass....... 10.00... sees e cece teens 8
: r Lh : oe each of these people? Adversity is a heavy | b. cars as follows: Raisins, Layer Valencias.......... @i2zt,| Lom & Jerry......... 24 Bie Deals 2.50002). oc Cod, Summencured..i03).0... 0... 0.0. 5@5%4
with. The paste is made of pure starch ns : 5 : a Raisins, Ondaras. 06... @13 | Joker \Apple Jack 24 |Sun_ Fist 5
hammer, but it is sometimes the only instru- | Uppers: Lineh.....................- par Me Sul co oleae a 4 oe a wee oe 3
and water. The cigarette paper is laid on ee Pook oaky s -OnLy ms Uppers, 14,1% and@inch................ 46 00 Paisinc, Sines... 744@ 8%| Praveler ............. 35 King Bee, longeut.. .22 ROGH BASS ee 5
, : : ; ment that will bring out the true metal. Selects, 1 ee 35 09 | Raisins, Loose Museatels............. @3 00 Maiden ............... a Milwankee Preise mi herch .. ee le. 4
the heavy paper, and a small quantity of to- a : Selects, 1%, 1% and? inch........ ...... 38 00 eee apie WV Ore. solo @3 30 ce Clube. 40) Rathler.. 2.00.00. 0.65. a6 Duck Bike © 22s. k a 5
oy ea on aa a a —— Mes Goan linch. 30 00 | Raisins, Dehesias...................... @4 25| Nigger Head......... ZoWindsoreut plug. 35 | Walleved: Bike. ................ 8... 6
bacco is put on it. Then the edge of the A Hideous Comparison. Seda 29 09 | Raisins, California Layers........ 2... @B 00 elans Coe. BoiFero 16 | Smoked White Bish... .2..2............ 2. 9
heavy paper is turned over, and, by sliding = Sans Fine, Common, 144, 14 and inch. ...... 32 00 KEROSENE OIL. erman .............. 16| Holland Mixed... 16 | Smoked Prout 2. 1 ..-. 2.4... .. 5.5... 9
yi . eae Mrs. Dobiny isa very spare woman and | No. 1 Stocks Win’. 12. l4and16 teet 15 99 | Water White . 10% | Legal Test g | Solid Comfort.. ..80/\Golden Age.......... ib (Smoked Suurecom. ce. 814
the flat of the hand over it, the cigarette is does her own marketing. She is everlast-| No-1 Stocks, 12 in. 18 # Seu oa a 2 ee ee WMironns 3 00 oo Red Clover. ......... 32|Mail Pouch.......... 25 2
rolled. Then the paste stick is run over| so4y oamplaint a. 7 | Nosd Shocks, im. Pi fost... 5... 17 00 | Grand Haven, No. 9, square..............4. 1 50) Hong Fom............ 80/Knights of Lat or... .30 COUNTRY PRODUCE.
: ee : ingly complaining at the butcher for giving | No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., ie 14 and 16 teet..... 15 00 | Grand Haven, No. 8, square................ 1 50 National 20.0.0... 26|Free Cob Pipe. .......23 A pples—New fruit con 1s 40@30e # box
one edge of the cigarette paper, and one] poy meat with so many bones init. A few | No-1S8tocks, 10in.,18 feet...... ee 16 00 | Grand Haven, No. 200, parlor.............. 2 25| Time ................. 26! eee eee aneine U tas
more roll completes the cigarette. After J . e & POW | No. t Rioens, 10 im 0 feet... 5 17 00 | Grand Haven, No. 300, parlor.............. 3 50 SHORTS OF S2@e*08 bbl.
a - days ago she says to him: | No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...) ! 15 00| Grand Haven, No. 7, round................ 2 25| Globe. ....... 6... #1 Hiawatha ............22| Beans—Choice picked are dull at $1.35@$1.40
the ends are cut off it is ready for the trade. “My husband is always growling ; No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet...........00...5 16 00 | Oshkosh, No. 2 te eteeeee setae thet e nese ences PO ee 23, Old Congress......... “3 | 3 bu
Pecat caution must be used when. rollinc ee en eee ene about | No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., {feet.. 2.0.02. sec. 17 00 Oshkosh, ING. So BOOS cuss 1 60 SNUFF. Fiichicncins— ssa 1 1 .
i ¢ 7428! the thin, poor meat, and lots of bones you ee 12 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 12 00 | Swedish .......... a ttt t ee ee ence ee ee eee 75) Lorillard’s American Gentlemen..... @ i pie iy Ws for-diioieg, dex. tt
and pasting, for if any were pasted crooked 1 ine” No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet................ 18 00 | Richardson’s No.2 square....... te Maccoboy @ BB baskets, and $2 for damp, mussy or slack
ante ge sell me No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet...0..2.2022022, 14 60| Richardson’sNo.6 do ....... Gail & Ax ns ee aan @ 44 | filled.
or soiled in any manner, or made too hard| «Tt peleeve dot not,” responded the Teu- | No-2 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet... 12 00} Richardson’sNo.$ do. .................. Do eee | @ 35 Mich; ae
or too soft, the thousand would be returned banic bat } “eq : e ] tot kind of No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet................ 13 00 cipal pile Soe dO ee Railroad Mills Seotch ee ee a 5 pee coe neoinery fe ie odcrare
ee onic butcher, “den ven he vash dot kind of | No. 2Stocks, 10 in.) 20 feet... 14 00) Richardson's No.19, dO. 2.0.3... .2..2... Coke @1 39 | demand at Ibe. Dairy isin moderate demand
to the maker, who would have to make] 9 man, how did he come to m arry a woman ye: 2 Stocks, § in. 2, 44 ana 16 fect... u oo MOLASSES. a a Bees Bh eae eS ceca aa
wor arnt Wt Ihe ic ou hin cs 0. 2 Stocks, 3 In. OU ee ee % Black Strap. 0... sale NEGAR. : abbages—New stockis in fairdemand at 6
them et ieee his happens very often) vat yash noddings but skin and pones like | No.2 Stocks, Sim. 20 feet... 2.22... 13 00 | Porto ne oe Pure Cider..... . 8@12 White Wine...... S@lz | Gide B doz.
and is 2 loss of several hours to the maker. you vas.” Coar: - uy pes or shipping ae a ad New Orleans, good..........0...5....2.. 38@42 7 ae ee iat 108) ge for ful firmer, although abund-
an. widths and lengths......... ....... ¢ Te , 2 ““A9qano SCELLANEOUS ant a Sige for full cream,
There may be plenty of enjoyment in smok- Mrs. Dobiny goes to another butcher, | 4204 B Strips, 4 or ja @. 00 Now Oe Fee a oS 3 Bath Brick imported .................. 25 “Gre eB
ine cizareties but there is ne Ai oe " vow's CO Strips, 40r6 inch. =. 27-90 4 bbls. 8c extra. . do American.) 90 Cherries— S30.83.25 #@ bu., and scarce.
ing cigareties but there is none in making], . 8. 3c extra, : : ve
hie? now. ne: seer Bt aed is eo ee » . OATMEAL. | Pe eae ee ec e sce en hes tedn Bae 5G SOc % d
ein. a No. 2 Fencing, 4 an Ceb.......... a Steel cut.....0...:. 5 50/Quaker, 48 ibs 2 35| Burners, NO. 1 oo... ee eee eee eee ee 00 tucumbers—25@3v0e @ doz.
Oe hora are Ak en pe a ntavtaa | NO.2 Fencing. Meet 12 00! Steel Cut, % bbls...3 00\Quaker., 60 ths... 2 50 GO NO. 2 1 50 Dried Apples—Evaporated, T@8c; common
There are 650 butter and cream factories | No; 1 Fencing. 4 ineh. 1220002222 15 00| Rolled Oats 3 blGuaker bbls. ne § 09| Condensed Milk, Eagle brand. ........ $00 | quarters, 34G4e.
The Grocery Marke in Lowa, 497 in Illinois, 180 in Wisconsin, ne. one, t cio Hee oe 12 00 ee PICKLES oe Cream Tartar 5 and 10 t cans......... 15@25 ae Ina pte nee demand, fresh stock
2 ecineca : hee r nw allaciian« Norway C and better, 4 or 6inch......... 20 00 ane PAROS y SEAR: ... 2c... le, Miz | readily commanding Iie.
Business has been good and collections |'100 in Kansas, 100 in Minnesota, 61 in Mis-| Bevel Riding: 6 inch, A and B es 18 00 Choicein barrels med..........0....... @4 25 oraice see ee ee oh 2 | "Green Onions—25@300 ® doz bunches.
Latyixs acaticfaatary Anrins } ad Se ae ie wr ae oe Ae 4 a ee 1 Rese See wp RN ye cea 28 = eB ee
fairly satisfactory during the past week.| souri, 50 in Indiana, 40 in N Bevel siding, Ginch, C.......:.:,....25.-. 1450; Choice do. ..............-2... @2 80 Extraet Coffee, V. ©..:..... @so Green Peas—44@ave B bu.
J 2 J f 5 OL j ; 4 Nebraske ead ot owe aL Ne eo cae sce sc cace as a ae
ie Fee 4 a nt oe > : ee Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No.1 Common.... 9 00 PIPE do HHS 1 25 |__Honey—Choice old in comb is firm at 13@14e
cage have gone a notch lower, and Sag-| and 28 in Michigan—a total of 1,816 in| Bevel Siding, 6 inch, Clear... .:.5...2.. 20 00 Imported Clay ; 3 gross. ’ 2 95 00 Gum, abbas 100 lumps oo M30 New is in limited supply at lie. :
- : RON SO: ani oe “an. = : ee me : se . ot 20a Stuff, 22 2s 2 Ot cs og? ' fy | SIMPOLVOEO Uicddy 8 SLOSS... eee ee ee wee ee 254 DAS > s. = 1y—Be > s
inaw salt is up 5c, in consequence of con eight states. The value of the dairy pro- patel ee eyen okey ft. soe Importec Clay ay, No. 2 St @2 25 Gum, ni lau ee ae 20G@35 ee ae — — Te BL, or $1 % bu.
seed ¢ wction among the manufacturers. ducts of Iowa alone in 1884 was $50,000,000, | Dressed Flooring, 6in., A. B............. 36 00 Imported Clay, NO. O16. Dia gross we teee @ eo Martie @4 00} Plums—C alifornia, $2 @ case.
The candy market is active and steady. d that of the United rc at &r : : Dressed Flooring, 6in. C.............2.05 2 00 See ee ce Siege o.¢ Jel ly, in 80 tb ps ails SO Ce ee @ 4% Peaches—Michigan clingstone, $3.50 # bu.
A and that of the United States at $500,000,-| Dressed ae 6in., No. 1,common.. 17 00 RICE. Peas, Green Bush. 2.30... cl... @1 35 abel anh arate a, $3.50@35 B case.
ranges are steaay <¢ ub reasonable prices, al-| 900. ‘The value of ; tec ,| Dressed Flooring 6in., No. 2 common. J4 60! Good Garolina...... 6 |Jav a 31 @G34 Peas, Split prepared... = 255,50. cL. @ 8%, op Corn—Choice commands 4¢ ‘@ b.
though there t ae lively det : ‘d Poe the milch cows of the ; Beaded Ceiling, Gin. $1 00 additiinal. Pras Caroling..... 6%4' Patna eh eon 6 Ponder Mer @3 50 Potatoes—New potatoes are quite plentiful
hough there isnot a very lively demand. | United States is put at $700,000,000 in ex-| Dressed F looring, 4in.,A. Band Clear.. 35 00 1 n 7 * Pus ana | bOWder Yo INeD. ee es @l 93 | at $1.25 B bbl. for home grown Rose.
I : 1 1 Drccel Moore 4 C 5B 00 oe ea ate Be: 7 | Rangoon srg cal ass 54@6% Poultry—Very scateé: Fowls, 9@10c. Chicl
mons are in good request, and prices! eess of ntir< ; 28S Ing, 4in., C.....-...... sees #6 00 | Good Louisianag..... (BrOKOR.. 03.0200: 3% ce y—Very seurce. Howls, 9@l0c. Chick-
_ : 3 - ee ” St, : . eS! eess of the entire éapital stock of all the Dr essed Flooring, 4or 5 in., No.1 com’n 16 0C . Bi S| . ne ? : ens, 12@18e. Turkeys, l4e. c
hold firm, with light arrivals in prospect! flational banks and trust companies of the Bees Frenne 2 or Bin. No.2 com’n 14 60 satnad’ SA 504 Dwight’s HARDWOOD LUMBER. Radishes—20@25c # doz. bunches.
: 6 ae. s have been | sanntec eaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional. eLand’s pure...... 72|Dwight's ............ 54 he furniture factories here pay as follows aspberries—About out of market.
for some time to come. Bananas have been | country. XXX 18 in. Standard Shingles......... 3 19} Church’s ........... 5h 4 Sea Foam........... 5M for dry stock: s here pay as follows | scuash—Summer, 3¢ #
plenty for the past week and prices are low. Sn at Soe - BDI ae 3 00 | Taylor’s G. M....... Big iCap Sheaf........... 5441 Basswood, log-run.............0 e000. @13 00 Femarcer— Soe per 14 Li box. asses
nt ann Cole & Emery succee . GC. Cole. Act 2 ECS SO Rn he ni ne ee 2 15 SALT. Bireh, log-run.............. 16 09@20 00 atermelons—Somewhat searce at $4@$4.25.
Foreign nuts steady, and peanuts are ad-| \0ie & Emery societies ot C. Cole, Agt., No. 2 or 6 in. C. B18 in. Shingles......... 1 %5 | 69 pocket, F F Dairy i.) fen Me bare eer oo | @ doz. tor choice Georgia stock.
vancing. | in the fish and oyster business, and have the | No.2 or5in. C. B.16 in..............2.. -. 1 40 | 92 Pocket........ Se 3 99| Black Ash, log-run.................+- @l4 00} GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS.
gg | State agency for Win. L. Ellis & Co.’s Bal- SB oe ee ee as 1 75@ 2 00 10S pockets. » 45| Cherry, JOQAMUM Ss ou oo ae 25 00@35 00| Wheat—zc lower. The city millers pay as
: bas ; ee So Saginaw Fine ........ 85 Cherry, Nos. f and 2........-.:... 2; @55 00 | follows: Lancaster, 90; Fulse, 88¢; Clawson
_ Watermelons Good and Cheap. timore oysters and canned goods. The oys- FRESH MEATS. Diamond C...... oo ey eo | Cherry, cull..,.... .-...........,-.-.10 OO@12 00 | B8e.
From the New York Sun. | ter season commences September 1st, wher John Mohrhard quotes the trade selling eelion Bocion a beens po 1 i. ne een prs ues. Cees. cots Tea . ae ee at 55¢c in 100 bu. lots
- e . : : 26> a - : ] n € air Du 2 Ss acu os a . CULLNE Heme we ee eer ee ewe eenne a Se . 5
‘*Watermelons are more plentiful than | | they will be on hand with a full supply of Ai — io ™ Ashton, Beck date 4 bu. Maes 2 80 Msple, one HOOT i Uoeses ecole css G@25 00 : oe 43c in smalllots and 38e@40 in
Se gy. ke “ a Pf BE OMICB cso ca hoes ce cease sy nn > a : aple, white, selected............... 2 rlots.
last year,” said a wholesale dealer, ‘ and this well-known brand of goods, both whole-| Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ 84@G 9 a ee e ae ee oe Red Oak, WO os 13 0 Vinee Sc @ bu.
much cheaper. The average price is 25) sale and retail. WCNGRA TORS oo seeds 54@ 6 Rock, bushels. ... ee ao og | Red Oak, Nos.]and2.......... ae @20 00; Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 8 ewt.
: : ; : at Mutton, Carcasses..........-..-..-.00. 54@ 6 ‘ Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.......... @25 00 Flour—No change. Fane Patent, 6 @ bbl.
t The melons handled now are ali | 8 st. G ani ‘ SAUCES y, a
eents. 1 s anc v 1 37 Canal St. Grand Rapids, Mich. Veal... pore ee ht one, pas vo J . oe al wane A Re ede, bay; ars . - forget and = ae in wood. Straight, $5 B
from Georgia, and are in much better con- S VIBES 5 ooo. bo eo ss sds a _>
Making Pig-Iron in Alabama.
From the N. O. Times-Democrat.
The Birmingham Chronicle declares that
it has made a eareful and thorough canvass
of the eost of making pig-iron in that dis-
trict, and states that it has an estimate from
a party who stands ready to make contracts,
under bond, to supply the material at the
figures below, which coincide with the aver-
age information received by the paper nam-
ed:
Two and a quarter tons ore at $1.15...... $2 ae
One ton limestone..........--..---- ------ 7
One and seven-tenths ton coke at $2.30. 3.91
Labor and salaries..... sos sie 2.25
Incidentals and depreciation of plant.. 1.00
Winigl. . c. S10.44% |
There is no reasonable doubt that the fore-
going may be taken as closely approximat-
ing the average cost of Birmingham iron;
but an exception must be made in favor of
at least one furnace in the district, which
establishment constitutes an effective illus-
tration of the benefits of a management
closer and more economical than is possible
to most enterprises of the kind. The one
in question is a sort of family affair. One
brother is an accomplished and _ practical
chemist, metallurgist and furnace manager;
‘another attends to the books and _ finances,
while a third runs the storeand attends to a
variety of firm matters. The remainder of
the staff consists of a cheap clerk or so.
‘The heavy salary list usual at large fur-
naces, being almost eliminated from the ex-
penses of the institution, the cost per ton of
the product is materially decreased below
the figures of the above estimate, and it is
generally believed among the iron men of
the locality that the output of this particular
furnace does not cost its proprietors a penny
over nine dollars per ton.
Se
Tempering Steel.
To be able to properly temper steel
springs and implements may be considered
a gift,similar to that possessed by the ‘‘poet
born.” A man whose business in a certain
tool shop was to temper springs, worked
22,000 consecutively, and of the whole num-
ber only six failed to pass the test; but dur-
ing his temporary illness more than half the
springs handled by his assistant, who had
been under instruction a year, failed. Ina
large manufactory of sword blades one man
aloes allthe tempering, being called in from
other employment at intervals, because, al-
though he has always been willing to in-
struct others, he has never had a pupil who
could equal him in the work. Thereisa
large scythe manufactory in a New England
town making 14,000 dozen secythes a year,
and the president of the company has for
years hardened and tempered every scythe
that leaves the works, becauseno other man
in the works can do it so well.
—_»>0+o>__—_-
To Clean the Teeth.
From the Boston Post.
‘*To clean the teeth use a mixture of em-
ery and sweet oil, following it with plenty
of kerosene.” This would seem to be queer
advice, but as it is taken from a machinist’s
magazine, and froma chapter relating to
circular saws, we have no doubt it is given
in good faith.
tt -
The Illinois State Dairymen’s Asso-
ciation is in receipt of numerous complaints
from parties in various portions of the State
who have been swindled by a lot of fellows
who have sold them plants for dairy outfits
at $8,000, which are found to be worth but
about 32,000.
An English firm has begun the manufac-
ture of casks and barrels of steel. They are
lighter than wood and more durable.
ne
| with these conductors and we
VISITING BUYERS.
The following retail dealers have visited
the market during the past week and placed
orders with the various houses:
J.D. Champion, Mecosta.
Geo. Tompsett, Tompsett Bros., Edgerton.
R. A. Hastings, Purdy & Hastings, Sparta.
Declined —Sugars.
Advanced Be esl salt.
. Olive, Big Rapids.
Geo. Wi ison, “Bronard.
H. W. Potter, Jennisonville.
J. M. Reid, Grattan.
Dibble Bros., Burnip’s Corners.
Jorgensen & : Hemingson, Grant Station.
Marthenson & White, Carey.
Barker & Lehnen, Blanchard.
Norman Harris, }3ig Springs.
A. M. Church, Alpine.
Adam Newell, Tustin.
Gavlord & Pipp, J‘ierson.
T. J. Sheridan & Co., Lockwood.
Geo. P. Stark, Cascade.
Q. Huyzer, Zeeland.
Wim. Vermeulen, Beaver Dam.
Mr. Morley, Morley Bros., Cedar Springs.
A.& lL. M. Wolf, ifudsonville.
Mrs. Jacob Debri. Byron Center.
J. R. Odell, Fremont.
M. V. Wilson, Sand Lake.
Walling Bros., Lamont.
J.C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
Cc. W. Ives, Rockford.
H.S. Baron, Forest Grove.
Cc. H. Deming, Dutton
Mr. Tefft, Hewett & Tefft, Rockford.
Bartz Bros., North Dorr.
Messrs. Sisson & Lilley, Sisson & Lilley Lum-
ber Co., Sisson’s Mill.
Jay Marlatt, Berlin.
Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg.
Mr. Johnson, Johnson & Seibert, Caledonia.
Henry Henkel, Howard City.
J.D. F. Pierson, Pierson.
Henry DeKline, J:unestown.
W. W. Pierce, Moline.
Cc. Stocking, Grattan.
Geo. A. Sage, Roe «ford.
J. O. Jeannot, Jez anot & Co., , Muskegon.
M. A. Knox, Tusti n.
R. Purdy, Fremont.
S.T. McLee isn, Denison.
C. Cole, Coie & C haple, Ada.
J. Vanderberg, Chippewa Lumber Co., Chip-
pewa Lake.
Adam Wagner, Eastmanviille.
Mr. Heath, Grand Haven Lumber Co.,
nisonville.
Geo. S. Powell & Co., Sand Lake.
Mrs. G. Miller, Ryerson.
Den Herder & Tannis, Vriesland.
O. F. & W. P. Conklin, Ravenna.
Jas. Riley, Dorr.
HR. G. Smith, Wayland.
F. Boonstra, Drenthe.
ALP Hulbert, Lisbon.
Sherman Littleton, Clayton. :
Moerdyk, DeKruif & Co., Zeeland.
J. W. Mead, Berlin.
C. K. Hoyt, "Hudsonville.
B. Gilbert & Co., Moline.
E. W. Pickett, Wayland.
Hoag & J udson, Cannonsburg.
iL. a Sieb, Michigan City, Indiana.
Win. Dunham, Dunham, Peters & Co., Chase.
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Good Words Unsolicited.
H. W. Morford, general dealer, Brutus:
eannot do without it.”
Ed. Keeler, druggist, Big Rapids:
your paper a good one.”’
I. B. Hurlbert, druggist, Plainwell:
THE TRADESMAN very well.”
Blodgett & Byrne, general dealers, Roscom-
mon: ‘A good, lively paper.”
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Onee in a while an iron saw table will get
charged with electricity to such an extent
that itis very unpleasant to work at it.
Sparks six inches long don’t feel very pleas-
ant to the knuckles or, when stooping down,
to the face. The electricity is probably
caused by the friction of the belt, and it is
easy usually to carry it off by connecting
the bench with the water-pipes by means of
a wire. Inmany shops where they do not
have water pipes the wires may be connect-
ed with the steam-pipes, orrun into the
wheel pit to water. Anything which can
carry off the current as fast as produced will
do the business, and if so desired, it may be
taken direct from the belt by putting a wire
clese to it, said wire carrying a dozen or
two sharp points within two inches of the
belt. Some overhead belts need to be fitted
have seen
sufficient current thus gathered to run a six-
teen-candle-power incandescent — electric
lamp. It is not, however, a very good light,
for the current is very variable and unrelia-
ble.
‘WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT.
ee
Prevailing rates at Chicago are as follows:
den-
oy
“T think
“Like
AUGERS AND BITS.
AVOGS Old SIWAC.. 5 2.2. te ee ee dis 60
NaS dis 60
OOUCIARR 08 eee: dis 60
PICTOCR oe ee oe eee rita 60
Smews 8 oo 60
Moos 3... ee disso 10
Jennings’, genuine..........-.....---+ 25
Jennings’, imitation....-...... .......- aist0s10
BALANCES.
Sprine. 65... Sie ceee ne dis 25
BARROWS. :
Railroad 333). 2.204 2 tk. ees $ Is 00
Garden. 5 es eee net 33 00
BELLS.
Bind dis § eneap
MOOW. 22 oo ee dis
Ot ee dis .
GONG 28 dis 20
Door, Sarcent....--. 6.26.58. sk. dis 55
BOLTS.
SIONS. 6 ee, dis $ 40
Carriage new list...:........-....:... dis 5
Plow Cs dis BOSIC
Bibigh SROL) 8 ss dis 7A
Cast Barrel Bolts.:................22. dis 50
Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis 55
Cast Barrel, brass knobs....... oe dis 50
Cast Square PPI... es dis 5d
MCnet WAI a ce dis 60
Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 55&10
Wrought SGNIBYE oes 65a dis 55&10
Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis 30
Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob
SUNBR. a 50&10&10
EaWOS) WORT. oe ee ne dis 50&10
BRACES.
RAGE dis$ 40
BACINIB ooo oo dis 50
Bpotornd. 2. ee dis 50
Wen al dis net
BUCKETS.
AVG; PIRI ee a ee $ 400
BVOll SWiVel. -. 6c... ie eck . 450
BUTTS, CAST.
Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis 60&10
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis 60&i0
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 60810
Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis 50&10
Wrounht Loose Pin................0. dis 60
Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........ dis 60& 5
afc Loose Pin, japanned, silver
TAPPOO | oe oe se es ee cee dis 60& 5
WrolightTapie: 2... oso ce ccs pecs ese dis 60
Wrought Inside Blind................ dis 60
Wrought Brass....... $5. dis 65&10
BSUNG CLOTES: 206 ns eck ec dis 70&10
Wend, PATKCrS oc. cece ees dis 70&10
Blind, Shepard’s....---............. . dis 70
Spring for Screen Doors 3x2, per gross 15 00
Spring for Screen Doors 3x3....pergross 18 00
CAPS.
Ply slabs ce per eS
RUNES ee
Mee ee a
DIGKOE oo oo a, 60
CATRIDGES.
Rim Fire, U. M. b. & Winchester new list 60
Rim Fire, United States................ dis 60
Cetra ITO. oo. os os oes ie IS AD
CHISELS.
BOCK OE MivmOr. ose oss dis "5
Socket Framing................ -9- <9 _____
The first tea shipment by the Northern
Pacifie Railroad has just eresfed the conti-
nent on that line, starting from Tacoma,
nee Territory. It consisted of
2,000 tons, loaded on 200 ears, whieh went
through as special freight trains.
a2?
You
already a smell
OUT AROUND.
News and Gossip Furnished by Our Own
Correspondents.
Muskegon.
Aug. 3—Business continues fair, with pros-
pects of anincreasing volume as the season
advances.
One of the most encouraging features of the
grocery business is the almost total cessation
of cutting prices, which played an impor-
tant—and demoralizing—factor in the trade of |
this city for several months. Those who were
prominent inthe movement have realized the
folly of such a course and consequently
stopped a practice which would certainly land
them in the poor-house.
The copartnership heretofore existing be-
tween A. R. Smith and H. D. Hazlett, under
the firm name of Smith & Hazlett, has been
dissolved, A. R. Smith succeeding. He will
continue the business under the caption of
the Muskegon File Works.
M. Michener, who started in the lubricating
oil business with a great flourish of trumpets
about two months ago, has petered out, and is
now traveling for an oil house.
The Muskegon Valley Furniture Co. has re-
sumed operations again, with nearly a full
force.
The case of Stowe vs. Carey, which was to
have occurred on the 29th ult., was adjourned
until] August 12, at which time it will undoubt-
edly be tried.
Craig & Finch, saloon keepers at 112 Pine
street, have dissolved, J. R. Finch continuing.
Big Rapids.
Aug. 3—S.S. Wilcox is quite sick, and for
some time past has been unable to attend to
his business.
The drug stock of Keam & Pierce was pur-
chased of Jas. E. Davis & Co., of Detroit,
through George Swift. Charles Bigelow, for-
merly of Grand Rapids, will put the goods to
rights for the new firm.
The boot and shoe stock of T. N. Colvin has
been sold through Charles Comstock to Wm.
Aylesworth, who has lumbering and other in-
terests at Bear Lake. Mr. Comstock, who has
had charge of the stock for some time (Mr.
Colvin being absent), states that pecuniary
embarrassment necessitated the sale. How-
ever this may be, the store and lot which were
the purchase price of the original stock have
been redeeded to Mrs. Colvin in consideration
of $2,500, $2,300 of which was paid down. Mr.
Aylsworth has packed and shipped the stock
to Bear Lake.
The present product of the Big Rapids Tub
and Pail Factory is four car loads per week.
There is now stored near the faetory about
#2,500, worth of goods awaiting shipment by
the pool, to which the year’s product was sold.
Luther.
Aug. 3—Business is dull and quiet, except
the saloons, now that the sawmill of Wilson,
Luther & Wilson is shut down.
F. J. Fletcher, jeweler, is rusticating at
Frankfort.
W. E. Sprague. book-keeper for Wilson, Lu-
ther & Wilson, together with his wife, was at
Petoskey and vicinity last week.
Mrs. Hathaway got out of temper with J. S.
Scholl for selling her husband liquor, and
Wednesday went into his saloon and smashed
botties, glasses, etc. The damage is estimated
at $30.
Huckelberries will be about gone this week.
Then comes blackberries.
Maple Grove.
Aug. 1—Please warn the dealers of Newaygo
county, and White Cloud in particular, to not
trust Selah Ames, as he is a dead-beat of the
first water. He skipped from here owing
everybody who would trust him.
J. McKELVEY, General Dealer.
Brutus.
Aug. 1—The Bull sawmill here, which has
been idle for some time, has been leased by
Mummert & Lighuinstor, who will put in
lathes and manufacture handles, as wellas do
sawing. The same firm operate a sawmill and
handle factory at Ayr.
Hartford, e
Aug. 1—The cooper shop hereis againin run-
ning order.
The brick yard at this wiaee commenced
making tile last week, in addition to the regu-
lar work.
Saranac,
Aug. 1—E. L. Mosher, of Freeport, will short-
ly remove his jewelry stock to this place.
W. Z. Ball, of Hastings, contemplates open-
ing a photograph gallery here soon.
WITHOUT GLUE.
Two Kinds of Furniture*>Made Without
the Article.
From the New York World.
‘*These chairs are practically indestruct-
ible,” said a representative of a firm which
manufactured bent-wood furniture, as he
picked up a chair and hurled it on the floor
with all his might. The chair bounded high
in the air, but came back into its original
shape without a sign of a erack about it
anywhere. ‘‘We use no glue, and conse-
quently our work stands any climate, he
added. ‘‘Our firm were originally lumber-
men, but about forty years ago we went in-
to this kind of work, and now our eight fae-
tories turn out from four thousand to five
thousand chairs a day. The wood used,
and it is the only proper one, is the Austrian
beech, a beautiful, straight grained wood,
which is really the standard wood in Aus-
tria. The sticks are turned down to the
right size and taper, steamed and bent, the
iron serews and sockets put in, and the
chair is ready to be varnished and put to-
gether. It used to take us over an hour to
do the steaming, and the wood was weaken-
ed by the process. Now we do it by patent
process in three ‘minutes, and the grain is
actually rendered closer and the wood
strengthened by the treatment. Then the
screws are put in while it is soft and the
wood fairly grows around them. ‘We
have specimens where we’ve had to dig the
screws out. You couldn’t split the stick; it
vas just like paper pulp. The wood never
shows any tendency to go back to its origin-
al shape and it never warps. All our work
is hand polished; there is no shellac varnish
used. By taking the chairs apart three
dozen can be packed in the space of a eubic
yard, and rescrewed together in a few min-
utes after unpacking. In price they equal
the ordinary domestic chair, costing $30 a
dozen. They are finished in rosewood,
ebony, mahogany and walnut imitation col-
ors, andin the natural beech eolor. Our
chairs were introduced in this country at
the time of the centennial. They were first
used in saloons and cafes, for which they
are especially fitted, their indestructibility
coming in well in case of a free fight, but
they are beginning to be used in private
houses. Besides chairs, we make bedsteads,
hat-racks, cradles, lounges, and all sorts of
knicknacks for the Austrian market, but it
does not pay to export them.”
After leaving the establishment the repor-
ter wandered down into another furniture
store, and listened to the representative of a
well-known firm of rattan furniture makers.
“Rattan furniture is an essentially Ameri-
can institution,” said this dealer. ‘‘Oeeas-
ionally we send a few of the more costly
chairs to England, but the home market
takes all that we can supply. There are two
firms engaged in the bnsiness, one in Wake-
field and the other in Gardiner, Mass. Our
chairs cost from 85 to $50 each. Rattan is
also beginning to be used for screen doors,
matting, etc. Mr. Vanderbilt has his Jap-
anese room lined with it, I believe. Rattan
grows wild in swamps in the East Indies,
where no white man can live. Atthe joints
grow leaves and sometimes flowers. It is
cut by the natives at all seasons of the year
and shipped to us in twelve-feet lengths.
The smallest size is one-eighth of an inch
in diameter and costs $1 a pound. From
this it runs down to 12 cents a pound for
that about one-half inch in diameter, and
then the price goes up to 20 cents for the
largest, which never exceeds an inch in di-
ameter.
The bark forms the cane ‘tha wt is woven
into seats, the pulp furnishes the skeleton
of the chair. This is steamed and then
bent, the cane is woven about it by hand,
and the chair is completed by a coating of
shellac. The business of importing rattan
is large. The firm which controls the trade
started with $4,000 capital. It is now worth
millions. Yes, I have seen a good deal of
the bent-wood furniture. The chairs are
the most uncomfortable things ever created,
and they’re as handsome as a rail fence.
They can’t build them in only one style.
The rattan chair is the only thing fora pa-
triotie American to sit in.”
The firms that manufacture out of rattan
also use willow for the same purpose. The
process is similar in every respect, except-
ing the finishing coat of shellae varnish,
which is omitted when willow is used. The
same material is employed in Madeira for
making furniture and knick-knacks, and at
one time the goods were imported by a large
firm in Grand street, but the styles did not
take as well as those turned out by American
makers, and now they are only brought to
this country by ship captains who wish to
fill out their cargo with some light but bulky
merchandise.
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Important to Pork Packers.
In some parts of the country they eall
pork ‘‘hog’s meat.” A man who was going
into the farming business asked an editor:
“What is the best way to keep hog’s meat,
so it will not spoil?”
“Don’t kill the hog,” replied the editor.
9
‘Thank you!” said the stout policeman at
the depot, as a passing stranger stopped to
kick a banana peel off the platform, under
the window of a drawing roomear. ‘‘That’s
the fourth skin those people have thrown
out within a few minutes. The women that
throw banana skins and orange peel out of the
ears, and the fellows in the smoking ear
that spit out of the windows are the mean-
est nuisances that travel.’ Many’s the time
I’ve had a lot of tobacco juice hit me in the
face, or else on my coat when I have been
passing by a smoking ear. A man that
don’t know better than that ought not to
leave home.”
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© The Michioan Tradesman,
SOLIMAN SNOOKS.
Warm Weather at the Corners—What
Shall We Eat?
CANT Hook Corners, Aug 1, 1885.
Editor TRADESMAN:
DrEAR Srr—Any man that can get his
ideas together this hot weather so as to
utilize them to write a letter must be a cold-
blooded customer. Cant Hook Corners is
just biling hot and the air hardly moves
enough to start the hotel wind-mill. It al-
most makes me long for the gentle zephers
of Kansas and fowa, that come along in
shape of a sly-cone and kindly, but forcibly,
watt whole villages upwards and set them
down ina neighboring town in such a prom-
iscuous shape that the honorable presidents
and common councils have to work a week
or so to sort them out.
I have some friends out West that moved
from Indiana and they report that they have
managed to keep on earth yet and not “‘go
up.” They have got a cyclone pit in the
back yard, in which they are prepared gn
the shortest notice to jam the first cyclone
that comes that way. They don’t have a
bottomless pit for this purpose, because the
eyclone might fall through the lower end
and twist the dickens out of the Chinamen’s
cues. This would be too cuerious for any
use.
By the way, Mr. Editor, can you recom-
mend anything for a fellow to eat? Con-
found it, I have got to quit reading the
papers or starve to death. I am afraid to
eat or drink anything. I long for the good
old times when we had no microscopes and
could therefore down any kind of an animal
not larger than a skipper. But now, what
with pork worms in our hams, horned
worms in our dried beef, poison in our mut-
ton chops, aloes in our beer, microbes in
our well water, bacilli (darn ’em!) in the
very air we breathe and Tyrotovican in our
cheese, good gracious, what are we to do?
If Prof. Vaughan had invented a less ter-
rifying neme, I could have stood it better;
but the very look of such a scorcher of a
name is enough to make a man sick of
cheese. This ‘“Tyrotoxican” reminds me
of a little circumstance that happened to
achap named §. Peter Watters, of South
Bend. Peter was sick with some kind of a
fever one summer and sent for old Mother
Spooter to come and doctor him. She was
one of these ‘‘yarb” “doctors, as we called
*em in Indiana. The old lady dosed Peter
with about a quart of stuff, but he was not
satisfied with it and sent after Dr. J.
Buchanan Jones to come and help fix him.
Dr. Jones ciagnosed the case and said to the
old lady:
“Mrs. Spooter I shall administer copious
doses of xanthoxylum to produce diaphor-
“esis,”
“Taw sakes!” exclaimed the old nurse,
‘that’s the thing, is it? .
Patents in Great Britain.
The first commissioners of patents in
England were appointed in 1852. The ap-
plications then did not exceed 1,000, and
in succeeding years rarely exceeded 5,000.
A new act in 1883, reducing the fee, and in
. other ways making the process easier, so
stimulated the demand by inventors for goy-
ernment protection that in 1884 the number
of applications rose to 17,110; 79 per cent of
these were made by residents in Great Brit-
ain. Americans filed 1,181 applications, Ger-
mans 890, and Frenchmen 788. The depart-
ment is more than self-sustaining, and for
the year shows a surplus of $200,000.
————_s +.
The actual cost of what are usually sold
as five-cent cigars at retail is thus stated by
one who claims to be informed on the sub-
ject: Actual cost of tobacco (namely, what
the tobacco raiser gets for it)for 1,000 cigars,
$2 ; cigar boxes, $1; wages for 1,000, $8;
packing, $1.; stripping, 50 cents; total cost
of production, $12.50, or 114 cents a cigar.
A Frenchman has patented a process of
making butter by passing a current of elec-
tricity through milk, thus rendering the op-
eration of churning unnecessary.