GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIGiiiGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  OClOBER  24,  1883.

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MR.  H EN RY   SPRING,

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c a n d y ,  n u t s   a n d   f r u i t s .

in  said  creditor’s 

M lt.  CH ARLES  MCW HORTER,

M il.  ROGER  W.  BU TTE R FIE LD .

CROCKERY  A N D   GLASSAVARE.

ably during the past week.

The drug trade  has picked  up 

From   th e   Oil, P aint  and  Drug-  R eporter.

Business  Moving  Along  Smoathly- 

that the  new law is  a “vile  piece 

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Trade  in  the  above  lines  is  thoroughly 
unsatisfactory,  owing  undoubtedly  to  the 
same  cause  that  is  partially  paralyzing

Staples are  firm.  The  trade  in  fancy 
goods is not as brisk as  usual  at this  time 
of the year.

taking  advantage  oi j  t r o v e r t e d   or  denied,  and  may  hear  such  in tbe near futuref  Chestnuts  are  selling  dig©.

of Spring & Company, has not  been  able  to 
look into  the  law  sufficiently  to  form  an 
opinion as to its workings.

arrive.  The new crop of peanuts will  soon
arrive.  The old nuts are dowR > ^   Flori  | 
da  oranges  are  beginning  to  come  into I 
market and sell at $5.50 to $5.75 per box.

» xvr.pl1„p to hot], debtors  and  to appear before him, at a  tune  and  place  cessities  of  life.  The  trade  m  holittay
ted by  such judge,  and  after  goods has not yet fairly set in, but promises

legislation,  combining  the  most  objection­
able features of the old  National  Bankrupt 
law, without any of  its virtues. 
Its  provis­
ions are not sufficiently definite to ensure its 
successful  working,  and  I  am  positive  the 
courts wijl not enforce it.”

local manager of Dun’s Mercantile  Agency, 
pronounces the  law  a  vulnerable  one, 'so 
complex in  its  construction  and  workings
tnat it will be productive of much perplexity  such judge may allow the  insolvent  debtor  trade in all  bl anches, except the  biue 
, 
to lawyers, and fexpense to both debtors  am 
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creditors.  He states that there are  a  num  | gjvblg such complaining  creditor  notice of j well, 
her  of ways by which the intent of the  law  tbe ume anj  place of hearing, in such  man-
can be  evaded  and  ventures  the  opinion  ner as the judge may direct, the judge  may 

I to the debtor of all claims other  than  such 
0I  as may  be paid  under  the  provisions  of 
| this act, for the benefit of  such debtor, and 
| thereupon the  court or  judge  may  direct 
that judgment be entered, discharging  such 
debtor  from  all  claims or  debts held  by 
ci editors,  who  shall  have  filed  releases:
I Provided, however,  That when  any  credi- 
I tor of such insolvent debtor who  has  made 
such  assignment  of  his  property,  or  of 
whose property a receiver has been appoint­
ed as provided in this  act, alleges  by  com­
plaint made to the judge before the time for 
The grocery  trade  is  fairly  good,  with
! the  distribution of  the  insolvent’s  assets
among his creditors as herein provided, that j prospect of a further  improvement.  Sugars
are down  l£c, and weak.  Coffees are firm, 
such insolvent debtor  has fradulently  con­
and Rios up lc.  Cheese is firm.
cealed, or fraudulently  incumbered  or dis­
posed of any of his property, or  fraudulent­
ly incurred any  apparent  indebtedness  or 
confessed any judgment, with the  intent to 
cheat and defraud his creditors,  or that  he 
has fraudulently or in contemplation  of in­
solvency incurred any  of  his  indebtedness,

During the past two years much  lias  been 
written and published  about  the  effects  the 
discovery, or  rather  invention,  of  artificial 
indigo would luive on the consumption of the 
natural product, but up  to  the  present  time 
we see no diminution in the use of the latter. 
On the contrary, the imports of indigo  show 
a steady increase.  During the month of July 
last our imports show  an  increase  of  4,400 
pounds over the imports for the same month 
last year, while the increase during  the  first 
seven months of the  present  year  over  the 
imports of the same  seven  months  of  1882 
amounts to 1,000,000 pounds.  This  certain- 
j ly does not sho«v  a crowding out of  the  nat­
ural product by the artificial, and the article,
| therefore, retains its  importance  as  one  of 
I the  principal  and  most  valuable  dyestuffs, 
and all matters  relating  to it, the  crop,  pos- 
I sible course of the  market,  supply,  etc.,  are 
if as much interest to  the  trade  as  at  any
of aitifio,al io-
r prior to ,he “
taming this  fact, and 
it.  This will render the law practically 
legal evidence as he  may  deem  pertinent,  b] this market at $6 for  spot  and  $5.50 to!  From  reports  that  have  been  published
operative  and eventually bring it  into  dis- j relating to such fraudulent  concealment, in-
from time to time it  was  believed  that  the
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cumbrance  or  disposal  of  said  debtor’s
would prove  much  smaller  than  later 
repute and disuse. 
j pjoperty, or  fraudulent indebtedness,  as al-
estimates  make  it.  Those  estimates  were 
leged 
complaint,  and
I after said hearing  said  judge  may, in  his 
based on reports from  the  growing  districts 
MR.  H EN RY   ID EM A,
Mercantile I discretion, order or  direct  that  all of  said
local  manager  of  Bradstreet’s
made at  a time when it Avas feared  that  the 
__.inrrntinn  « Hh*  debtor’s’property and assets, not  exempt by
Agency, says that in  his  conversation  with | 
damage to the crop  Avas  severe  and  would 
consider- 
among his  creditors, as
Golden seal has
business men he finds that no one has a  fav­
cause Avide destruction of the  plants,  but  as 
hereinbefore provided, upon their filing such
releases, or without their  filing  releases as  advanced 5c. per lb., and camphor and borax 
orable word for the  new  law.  He  terms  it 
later toe season proved more favorable a bet­
aforesaid.  And creditors may  be examined  have each  declined lc.  The trade  in paints 
a “Lawyer’s Law,” and predicts that  it  will 
ter outturn Avill  result  than  Avas  hoped  for. 
in like manner, in respect to the validity  of  and oils is a b o u t through for this season.
be the cause of an immense  amount  of  un­
The estimated  outturn  of  the  factories  of 
their debts. 
In case the circuit  judge shall 
satisfactory  litigation.  His  experience  in
loAver Bengal is 700,875 pounds against 750,- 
find  the  allegations  of  such  complaining
such matters leads him to think  that  it  will j  creditor to be true, he shall order and direct 
000 in 1882, while the  estimates  of  the  pro­
that all of said debtor’s property and  assets |  There has been  a  moderately  fair  trade 
be practically inoperative, and that the  only 
duction from first cuttings in Behar show an 
not exempt  by law,  be  distributed  among I during the past Aveek, and  the  market  con-
ones  who  will  be  the  gainers  by  it will  be
increase of 279,300 pounds. 
In  the  north­
tin u es  practically  as  heretofore,  though  a
his creditors, as hereinbefore provided, Avitli- 
slight falling off  in  activity  has  been  per
sharp lawyers and dishonest tradesmen.
western  provinces  toe  prospects  are  not  so 
out their filing releases as  aforesaid
ceptible in many departments, and  the  gen-1 
Section 11  provides that  the  assignee or 
favorable by reason of a  lack of rain, and  it 
eral market may possibly  be  said  to  be  a 
receiver shall  publish  his  appointment  as 
is feared that  there  the  crop  will  prove  a 
shade  quieter  and  less  buoyant. 
In  some 
such within ten days, and  mail  notices  to 
lines this falling off is explained by the  fact 
short one, though at the  date  of  our  latest 
that effect to all creditors Avhose  names  are 
that it is now the season betAveen stocks, and 
known to him.  All  creditors  wishing  to 
advices no accurate  estimate could be made. 
that a more spirited demand  may  be  looked 
obtain  the  benefits  of this  act,  shall  file 
So far as the  Bengal production is concerned 
for at an early day. 
In  other  lines  no  ex­
their claims within twenty days  after  such 
the supply Avill probably  be  a  little  smaller 
planation is offered.  The change,  hoAvever, 
publication.
is regarded as unimportant and too slight  to 
than last year, while the crop in other  coun­
Section 12  notes an exception to the equal 
have any significance.  Manufacturers think 
distribution of the  assets  by  the  assignee 
tries, so far as heard from, show  littte  pros­
that the signs of the times point to  an  early 
which is almost precisely like the  exception
pective change in the production as compared 
end of the present  depression,  because  the 
with last year.  The course of prices, so  far 
conditions are now practically  the  same  as 
in 1877.  Stocks are unprecedently low,  and 
as this is likely  to  be affected  by  the  pro­
the demand is gradually  overtaking  produe
of Michigan, and all unpaid taxes, are  to be  ------- 
duction, may therefore  be  expected  to  vary 
satisfied in full, and then are  to lie  paid all  tion.  HoAvever this may  be,  there  are  n 
little  from  that  of  the  past  six  months. 
wages of servants, clerks  and  laborers  for I symptoms of  discouragement  or  appielien- 
There are earnest predictions made by those 
services performed within three months and I sions of crises among operators  in  any  non- 
not exceeding $50 in each case.  After these  speculate branch of  trade.  The  tone  o 
who pretend to know all  about  the artificial 
come the general creditors on an equal foot-  the markets, notwithstanding the complaints 
article, tiiat this will soon be sold at  a  price 
ing 
of quiet, is cheerful and  hopeful,  and  it  is
that  will  effectually  crowd  out  the  natural 
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worthy of  note  that  collections  are  every-
product, as madder was pushed  to  the wall 
From the above synopsis of the law, it will  Y a l u ^ T S ^ S e   strongly  m ffin taK  
by  artificial  alizarine.  As  yet,  hoAvever, 
be seen that it revolutionizes the  method of  tbe tendencies upward being fully  equal  to, 
there seems to  be  little  cause  for  alarm  on 
collecting debts by  legAl  process  almost as  if not in excess of those toward lower  prices, 
the part of either producers  or  dealers,  and 
thoroughly as did the Bankrupt  laAv 
itself,  while in the great bulk of commodities  they
it would not  be  prudent  for  consumers  to 
that credi_  remain steady, and  show  no  disposition  to 
The dangerous point seems to be 
count on a large reduction in the price of the 
tors, even  for small  amonnts,  have  it  in 
natural  product  for  some  time  to  come,  at 
their power to take advantage  of  any  tem­
least,
porary embarrassment of a debtor and force 
him into  an assignment  which  will—per
unnecessarily—Avreck  his  business,
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Even then, unless  the assets  should  prove 
s,,n" lfl  wove
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sufficient to pay all  indebtedness  in  full—- 
which, if experience under the Bankrupt Ihav 
is good for  anything,  would  almost  never 
happen—the debtor depends upon  the  con­
sent of his creditors for  his  discharge. 
It 
will also be observed that it affords a  debtor 
with good credit opportunity to swindle  the
creditor in the most systematic manner;  and 
his claim and sign an agreement  to  release I that the creditor, after signing a release, has
><f  b u t t o n s
 to u g h  the action of toe creditors, which |  whlcl1  may be apparent, hut hard to  prove.

it  correct, and as embodying all the  impor-1 debts due the United  States and  the State
tant features of the law:
Section 1 provides  that after  levy  of  an 
execution upon his property, the  debtor can 
within ten days make  an  assignment of all j 
his  estate not exempt  by  law, and  there­
upon as  soon as the  assignee qualifies  the 
levy is dissolved and no lien attaches  under 
it.  The  creditor  who  made  diligent pur­
suit fares no better than the rest. 
It  is pro­
vided,  however, in a  bungling  way, 
that 
“this section  shall  not apply”  to  cases in 
which the judgment was  not  rendered until 
20 days after tbe  filing  of  declaration  in 
the case, the probable  meanang of  which is 
simply that the judgment  crieditor shall not 
lose his lien  under the  execution  and levy
for
,  in  case  the  declaration  was  on  file 

Cider—Not much in market yet, but  sell­
Celery—Active  at 35c ^   doz.
Cabbage—Firm at $1 
CloA'er Seed—Scarce  at  $5.25 
Timothy—Rather  scarce at $1.65 iP bn.
Sweet  Potatoes—Jerseys, $4.25  ^  bbl.
Grapes—Firm  for choice.  Concord?  are 
Pears—California $4 
Cranberries—Cap  Cod,  $ 4 ^   bu.;  culti­
vated Wisconsin, $10.50 
Poultry—Finn.  Spring chickens in  good 
demand,  but  old  rather  sIoav.  Dressed 
chickens, 12c ^p lb., and old foivls,  10c.

Otton Seed Oil for 0r*Qk\nqt 

K1V®  preference  by con-  b 

selling at 5c @  6c.

SUMMARY  OF  T H E  LAW .

COUNTRY  PRODUCE.

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The  full  text of  the new law  is  to  be 
found  on  page 217 of the Public  Acts,  ses­
sion laws of 1883.  As the volume is not ac­
cessible  to  the  great  majority  of  The 
Tradesman’s readers, it has  been  thought 
best to make a careful  condensation  of  the 
law for their benefit.  The draft  Avas  sub-
The  lawyers  are  a | mltteS *  a leading attorney, who pronounced I

V O L .  1.

R E P R E S E N T A T IV E   TH OMPSON

“ALAWYERS’ LAW.”

of the  Law.

PERNICIOUS PIECE OF LEGISLATION

How  the  New  Assignment  Law  is  Regarded 
by  Business  Men—interviews  with  Law- 
*  vers  and  Legislators—Accurate  Synopsis 

confesses that he  does  not  understand  the |  says 
workings of the bill, and says  that  he  will
the
be better  able  to  give  an  opinion  on 
measure after it has  been  passed  upon  by 
the Supreme Court.  As it  is,  a  man  who 
makes  an  assignment  does  not  know  his 
rights until after  it has  been  tested  before 
that tribunal. 
It  would  take  a  month  to 
study it up properly, and even then he would 
Considerable feeling  having  been  mani­
not be sure that he had arrived at  all  of  his 
fested in commercial circles at  the new law 
conclusions correctly.  Mr. Thompson admitt- 
delating to  assignments  for the  benefit 
°f  ed that if a delinquent debtor approached him 
creditors  in  this State,  which  went  into
with  a  $100  fee, he could tell  more  about
effect Sept.  8,  a reporter  of  T h e   T r a d e s- ; tJje law than when talking to a reporter,  but 
‘„ man has attempted to ascertain  the opinion j g|zgd w up bl.iefly as  a  piece  0f  legislation 
in which the law is held by prominent legis- j ^  wbjcb the originators should  blush  with 
lators, lawyers  and  merchants, by  way of j shame 
instead  of  being  an  improvement 
the ()ld law?  it is far behind it in equity 
interviews with gentlemen 
 clearness 
it js a standing  reproach  to 
•  mentof  the  National  Bankrupt  Law  of j the custom  in vogue at Lansing to leave im- 
March 2,1867, most of the States permitted,  portant bills  until  the  closing  hours  of  the 
as  some of them  do now,  assignments  by . leg[siatiVe  session,  and  then  rush  them 
debtors with preferences to certain  favored | thr(mgh  promiscuously,  without  regard  to 
it was  not  unusual  to  find1
creditors, and 
how they  had  been  reported  by  the  proper 
four or five classes  in an assignment,  each 
committees, or previously disposed of by the 
sme of which was to be paid in  full  before 
houses.  He does not remember  which  way 
the succeeding one should  receive anything 
he  voted  on  the  measure,  and 
this 
whatever.  During the 11  years while  the 
does* not differ from  the  great  majority  of 
V  Bankrupt Law was  in  force  the  ordinary 
legislators, who are compelled to record their 
assignments and  the State  laws of  insolv­
votes the last  day  just  as  the  fancy  strikes 
ency were held in abeyance;  but since  1878 
them, in most cases.  He does not think that 
there has been a revival of State  insolvency
a National bankrupt law is the  best  for  the 
country, but is  inclined  to  the  opinion  that 
each State should regulate its  own  commer­
cial interests.

■law's,with some rather unsuccessful attempts 

(^Sion.  It was learned that prior to  the  enact- J  ^

in each  profes-1 

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The 
at uniformity in the different  States. 
discarded Bankrupt 
law left  many  of  its 
features impressed  upon the  public  mind, 
and none more so than the  idea of  absolute 
equality in the distribution of an insolvent’s 
estate among the general  creditors. 
In  the 
Legislative enactments intended to  take its 
•place there has been  very  generally  iiicoi- 
porated a clause abolishing all  preferences. 
The law'  of  Michigan  relating  to  assign-
ments for the  benefit  of  creditors,  which I 
was passed in 1879, did  this  in  simple and 
direct terms.  The  act  of  188J  is  clearly 
fashioned after the old Bankrupt  law,  and 
in  some  of  its  points  it  resembles  that 
statute and  notably  departs  from any  en­
actment that has heretofore been  in force in 
Michigan.

REPRESEN TA TIV E  FLETCH ER,

who made a good  record  for  himself  in the 
Legislature last  winter,  says  that  the  bill 
£fpriginated with Senator Bliss,  a  lumberman 
and salt manufacturer, of East Saginaw, and 
■was understood at the time to be  the  inspir­
ation of W. R. Burt, president of  the  State 
♦  salt association.  Mr. Bliss was strongly  as­
sisted in the Senate by  Mr.  Koon,  of  Hills­
dale,  and  Mr.  White,  of  Ludington;  and

■some tail lobbying was done  in its behalf by 

R E P R ESEN TA TIV E  SELLERS,

of Cedar Springs,  remembers  voting on  the 
bill in the House, but whether for or against 
the measure he has forgotten.  He attributes 
its  origin  either  to  Senators  Pennington  or 
on  the  ground  that  most  of  the
White,
“queer” acts ground out  by the last Legisla- 
were the product of their fertile brains,
but was unable to verify  the  supposition  by 
a cursory  examination  of  his  files.  When 
explained the peculiar provisions of the bill, 
he A'oluntered the  opinion  that  it  was  the 
handiwork  of  some  “cranky  lawyer;”  and 
added  significantly, 
curse to the Legislature, and the State ought 
to proA’ide dynamite to blow the wind out of 
them. ”

MR.  O.  A . B A LL,

of  the  firm  of Cody,  Ball  &  Co.,  says  that 
the new departure  is  the  meanest  law  ever 
invented/ as  it  leaves  open  no  chance  of 
forcing the collection of a debt, without com­
pelling  an  assignment  The  immunity  af­
forded  the  debtor  after  final  settlement  re­
vives oae of  the  most  disagreeable  features 
‘ | of the old National bankrupt  law.  A  man 
who fails dishonestly  has  every  advantage 
over his creditors,  while  the  latter  ha\ e  no 
relief  whatever.
law to  four  leading  lawyers, but no two of 
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them agreed  in  their  interpretation  0i  uie  f 
spirit of the statute. 

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MR. L. a. IUDNGE, 

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MR. WH. G. HERPOLSHEIMEIt,

 | .a misdemeanor  and punished by

to  accept  whatever  the  assignee j 

tb„ir  interpretation  of  the  sliaU mKleriiate 

Mr.  Bull  submitted  the  twenty days before judgment, 

!  From the N«w  York Suu.
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of  Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co.,  says  that
the  new  law  is  an  infamous  one,  and  is

other
chwfiditv or cuoiditv  The  msolv.ent debtor shall
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Section 2  provides  that  when  a  debtor! 
judgment or  otherwise, or does  not| 
withtotendgys after levy  of  execution  on 1 
| his property either make  an  assignment or
institute proceedings  to  quash the  execu­
tion,  then two or  more  creditors,  holding 
claims  .aggregating .$200, can  apply  for 
receiver in the Circuit Court.  This  course
J I bound to do incalculable injury  to  the  com-1 is to a considerable extent parallel with  the
in voluntary  proceeding  m  
bankruptcy,
in  o rder t0 sh are in  th e   (lis.
and! tribution ef assets, either through  an  assig-
,a receiver, must  come  in and  prove

The two  best  known  vegetable  oils  that 
this country produces are cotton seed oil and 
peanut oil, both of which have been for years 
exported to Europe, coming  back  to  us  in 
wicker-covered  flasks  as  Italian  olive  oil. 
Real olive oil from California is too  small  a 
product, as yet, to count  much  in  the  home 
market.  The  manufacturers  of  the  new 
mercial inteiests ot toe  State. 
olive butter—which is not butter  at  all,  but 
premium  upon  all  sorts  of  rascality, 
encourages  sharp  practices  and  downright j  aee 
a clear greenish oil—have agreed to  give  us 
Eggs—Scarce at  22c.
a home product, warranted pure, without the 
dishonesty.  The creditor has no  remedy  in
Dried Apples—Quarters, Sc  ^p  lb.;  evap­
ocean voyage; though to conciliate our ridic­
the law, aad It utterty powerless  to  prevent | 
ulous  American prejudices,  they  do  not  la-- 
the depreciation of just  claims. 
j £
Honey—In comb,  19c 'fP lb.
! bel it cotton seed  or  peanut  oil,  the  fofihei' 
Potatoes—Very plenty in  consequence of 
j the Federal  act accomplished throughopeia- j Xhe  Drummer  a  Recognized  Necessity.
southern shipments.  Choice Rose and  Bur­
of which it probably is.  Anybody Avho tries 
j torn of toe law. 
banks are quoted at 50c ^p bu.
it Avill agree that it cooks  as  AA-ell  as  salad 
of Kludge, BertseliA Co.,  says that the new j deb^ l“bad confessor  suffer  judgment  to j  Of late years  a  very  large  sfeare  of  the
i  Apples—Stronger than  formerly.  Winter
, 
oil; and as all vegetable oils  heat  at  loAver 
p rvSKiured in any  court, with  intent  that j  merchandise  sold  to  country  «ìerchants  is'  apples are  not  much in  market  yet,  not
law is the worst piece of legislation that lias | 
been perpetrated in this State for  years. 
i temperature  than  the  solid  animal  fats,  it 
enough to be quoted.  Fall  apples, 
freshly
j picked, are selling at $3.25 ^  bbl.
does not burn away or waste  as  rapidly  as 
, is conflicting in  the extreme,  and  bears  the | ence.over any
choice,
Butter—Good demand,  Jinn  for 
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! lard.  I t comes in convenient  cans,  with  a 
P m H H ___________|   ___H __@  20c.
Western creamery, 24c.;  dairy,  18c
! mouthpiece like  the  kerosene  oil  cans,  so 
settling clause is the  worst  feature  of  the l excee(},uig $500; and in  default of  payment |  and there are so many of  them  that  hotels j  a  year ago there Avere o\rer 100.000  tubs  of
measure, and it makes it  compulsory  on  the  shall be imprisoned in the  county jail tor a I oftentimes  almost  entirely  subsist  out  of j  butter in the 
..  cold  storage  warehouses,  but
I that you can pour off just  the  desired  quan- 
there  are  not  much  more  than 
|  tity for use, and, after cooking, this  can  be 
creditor
half, and as  butter  has  not  come  forward 
I carefully strained and returned  to  the  can, 
chooses to  tender  him,  after  he  nas  once i  ^  exeat  jn  certain cases, to  prev 
freely either from toe North-west  or  West,
unless it lias been used for fish, when it must
filed his claim,  and  absolves  him  from  all  debtor from leaving the State.
the outlook is for strong prices this  winter.
The  recent  advances  in  prices  of  good | j)e put into a separate bottle  and  kept  apart 
further liability.
butter lias given a start  to the  oleomargar- j  ..  . dds use  n  iias a slightly pungent smell 
«*. ™
ine and butterine trade.  The  manufactur- 
ers of these bogus  compounds use  a  large  w h e n  cooking, which is  said  to  be  entirely 
may be, it  will  be  impossible  to  establish | debtox  within  four months of  making  an 
fraud.  Mr. Rindge is strongly of the opinion | assignment, with a view of  giving a prefer- 
percentage of  first-class  genuine  butter  to | removed by the use of  a  pinch  of  salt, but
secure flavor and aroma for their goods.
that the law will not  “stand  water,”  as  fee j enee, shall be void as  to all  creditors  who 
which is no Avorse than other frying through 
if  a  test  case  had reasonable  cause to  believe  that such
Onions—Dull and slow.  Sales  of  choice i 
the house.  The egg plant,  oysters,  clam  or 
expresses it, and believes that it  a  test case  tlebt(>1.  wag  insoiVent at  the time  of  the
i  yellow were  made  at  $2.00 ^   bbl.,  and j 
corn fritters, that are turned out of olive but­
were taken to the Supreme Court, that  judi- J transaction, 
75c ^  bu. in sacks.
ter by a good cook  have  not  a  particle  of 
eiary avouW  declare the law unconstitutional.
greasiness about them,  nor  any  taste  what­
ever of the medium in which they  are fried.

Moore  &  Moore,  a  legal  firm  of  Detroit. 
The bill  was  reported  unfavorably  by  the 
Judiciary Committee of the House, and  laid 
-  on the table by  that  body,  but  during  the 
confusion of the last evening,  it  was  called 
up, and passed, it having already passed the 
.Senate.  Mr.  Fletcher  and  oilier  opponents, 
of the measure were absent from the  House 
at the time, and expressed regret on their re­
turn  that  it  had  been  run  through  in  so 
inconsiderate a manner.  When asked to ex 
press an opinion on  the  law,  Mr.  Fletcher 
stated that he thought it would be a  failure, 
and not accomplish  what  it  was  intended. 
4j^plt is copied  verbatim  front  the  Minnesota 
statutes of 1880-81,  and  all  accounts  agree 
that  in  tliat  State,  it  is  working  badly. 
Rogers & Rogers, commercial attorneys of St. 
Paul, recently  informed  Mr.  Fletcher  that 
the law was the occasion of “great  disgust.” 
The Minnesota system of courts is much bet- 
adapted to render the workings of such a
,  , 
law SHceessful than ours;  but as rt was  tak- 
eu bodily, and no changes made with a view | imPress of eittl6r * "* * * *  or.cupldlty' . ^
to adapting it to our system, it cannot fail to I 
become  inoperative,  as  we  have  not  the | 
machinery for  enforcing  it.  Mr.  Fletcher J 
does not apprehend that the Supreme  Uourt | 
will declare the  new  law  unconstitutional, I 
but is inclined to the opinion  that  that  tri­
bunal Avill not hesitate to  say  tiiat  it  is  un-1 
workable in this State.  In Minnesota  there | 
is no distinction between a court of laAV  and j 
equity, and any court  can  appoint  receivers j 
and grant  injunctions.  Our  courts  of  law j 
can do nothing of the  kind,  and  while  the i 
new law does not state  explicitly  that  pro-. 
ceedings under it shall be in a court  of  laAv, i 
it plainly means  that  that  is  the  court  in j 
which proceedings sliall be taken.  Lawyers j 
will generally agree that no judge of a court j 
of law will undertake to appoint  a  receiver, ‘ 
as they have no authority for  so  doing,  ex- j 
cept tiiis law.  The  section  which  provides j
. 
Aor involuntary proceedings  attempts  to  aur J principles  of  common 
thorize judges to exercise  judicial  functions
in chambers, ami deprives  the  defendent  of j 
a  jury  trial
faulty in the  extreme, and it is  only  a  ques-1 ferred the old law to the  statutes  since  eu- j p.art/ by the  receiver  or assignee  may  ap-1  The commercial men tell a  good  story  ot
tion of a few months when  its bad features;  act^i in this  State,  experience teaching  him j j>eal from sucli  disallowance  to the  ci
will Itave become so marked that  there  will  that while the  expense  of  bankruptcy  was j court, 
16U 
I 

“Although the pack in  our river has been
unusually large,” says the Portland, Oregon, |
Journal of  Commerce,  “$1,550,000  being 
A Chicago drum m er,  avIio  was  Avearing a 
paid t« fishermen, the total pack off the west I
sm all  circular piece of  court-plaster  on  his
coast will  fall  about  200,000  cases short,  -----  
which would  indicate  a  good  market for! face, removed it while shsmng a few  uiorn- 
Columbia river.  The  Columbia  river  hai? | mgs since, and replaced  it when  Ins  toilet 
; had an abundance, and it  appears,  will  find  was complete.  Contrary  to his  usual  ex- 
! an excellent  market abroad, as the decrease I perience, as he went about bis business  dur- 
; in the total pack,  added  to  her  established  ing the rest  ot the day he  was  everywhere 
superiority, will demand and obtain it.  From  received with  smiles  which  grew  broader 
i July 31,  1882,  to  July  31,  1883,  inclusive, j  and broader, until at.lastsomebodj-laughed 
; there have been shipped  from the Columbia | in his face.  Led  by tins to look m the glass, 
- i river  384,553  cases.  These  figures  differ j he Avas somewhat taken  aback  to  discover 
who has in his time  operatr  materially from  last  year’s, for  while  last: that, instead ot  the  court-plaster,  he  had 
year the  foreign  shipment  to  August  1 ag-  affixed  to  his face  a  little  round  printed 
gregated just double the domestic shipments, ( label, which hail lallen troin  the back of  a 
shinments  nearlv I new mantel clock purchased the day before,
this  year  the  domestic  WflSWHPI 
.
,  ..  .. 
, 
t A n   ^ r » •»«•»•«■»«fa/I
Mr  F letch er does not think tiiat  either  o f! by creditors was also correspondingly  great- j  rei,eiver may be  removed, and  a  new  one ¡ lease at the  railroad  restaurant.  He  was ! double in aggregate  the  foreign  shipments, j  and which bore tne inscription,  warranted 
m  

I their patronage. 
ridicuile then
drum:mers avj
derisiOIL  Bl
necessity, an 
rs has
tlOaic.
the city tiadi
TI)e clrumi
«r is, in fact,  only  a  traveling 
Sil lesinan, se
; out for the convenience of the 
buyer, who is thus saved the necessity of ex-
Section 5  provides  that  all  proceedings,  pensive journeys to the  city  to  buy  goods, 
to  get  wliat  he  wants  from
„
.... 
w eek  to  Aveek.  O t  course,  th e  business  of
.  , 
I t
tiresome to be on fhe road all of the  time.
le nev\  aw an  cx  , wjdcb attachments or levies  are made,  and 
which a re  dissolved under the  piovisions o  ^  
far as respectability goes, why should
this act, the costs of the former  ami a leas- 
enable attorney fee must  be  paid  first  by j it be put below  that ot  the  stationary  sales- 
i man, who stands behind a counter to  supply
the receiver. 
Section  7  directs  that  all  proceedings | jbe dwnaiids of customers,  or  who  conducts
through  the  warehouse  of  his  princi-

o i  u ie  sam e 
non-pieference clause in 
eelieut provision, as  it  serves  to  place  all | 
creditors on an  equal  footing.  Hie  other i 
provisions he is inclined to look  upon  with : 
some disfavor, as they  are  contrary  to  the j 
| ------------------- 
... 
honesty,  and  will
W *or involuntary proceedings  attempts  to  am | principles  of  common  honesty  and  will j brought  under  the  provisions  of  tWs  act, 
serve  as  loop-holes  fo r  dishonest  debtors, i  m ay  be com m enced  an d   prosecuted  m  tn e 

necessarily greater, the  proportion  realized : 
.1  .LI .1, 
_   Tf th e   bill now before Congress provides  appointed, by  the court, upon  the  vote of j  awakened one  night  by  hearing  some  one ; Since the season  of  1883  began there have  solid brass,

brought  undea-  the  provision»  of  this act, 
shall be commenced m the county m  winch 1
l 
.. 
th e  sam e  firm,  says th a t he consideres th e  i  to e   debtor  lesuies. 
,
j g ectj0J1  g  provides 
th e  dru m m er w ould not  su it  everybody. 

" 
! court is also  empowered to grant a w rit o f 
the!
Under  these  circumstan-1  Section 4  follows the Bankrupt  act in de-

It j any of  Ills creditors  shall obtain a  prefer-, seiif jn response to orders  given  to  commer-
of his creditors,  sudi 
be deemed guilty  of cial travelers.  These drummers, as they ace
a fine  not I called, are now  numbered  by  the  thousand,

It was the fashion  once to
is nuisances, and the  name  of 
applied to them originally  in 
now  they  are  a  recognized 
soliciting orders from country 
volutionized  the  methods  of

•;T 2 2 1 2 3 E 5 S  ’ssxnrsrssxi

Taken as a whole, the law is ; the  National bankrupt law,  and  much  pre-j whose*claim is  disallowed,  in  whole or  in j 

| ed both the Heath and the National hotels at
««aiiyi>ee  nr i Heed City, and is  now  settled  with  a  life

the political parties will  undertake  to  pass  er.  If the bill n
toe I»w ell bankrupt Mil  through  Congress  a safe and  sme  method  ot  passing  tnroug» 
I trust your daughter is not one of  those
at the next session, in  view  of  the  nearness  bankruptcy, involving less expense  than the 
The new bankrupt biU recently i old law, it wouW be  well  tor  toe  coimner-!cr^ ito r'o f any  insolvent debtor  shall  re-! do you want?” saidAdams.  “I waut to find | cisco, and  adding  the  ‘Hulbert’s’  38,287,  tame, spiritless sort of  girls  that  sometimes
m 
to election 
the  heu  pen,” said  the  man. 
“What  in which started to  New  Fork  July 30,  gives  apply to us for situations  and  are  too  bash-
fae 
thunder do you want of the hen  pen  at  this an aggregate  shipment  from  the  Columbia  ful to fill them,”  said  a  Boston  shopkeeper
passed by the English Parliament  is  repre-! cial interests of toe eountiy n  
seated as possessing admirable features, and  a law  at  the  earliest  opportunity.  Ullttl -i pr0Ceeds of  the  debtor’s  estate, unless  h e;  time of night?” asked Adams.  “Well,” said ; since April  1,  of  274,972  cases.  Of  this to a father who was seeking employment for
if it »roves to be a success, our National law-  that time, and to long as  toe  present  State  4hall bave  drst filed  with  the clerk of  the | the man,  “you sed 1  lost  my  pillow  some- j season’s pack about 11,000 cases were turned  one of his children. 
“Sir,” he replied, indignantly,  toy daugli-
m ikers may conclude to fastnon a law  aiier  law remauis  u c 
some of its provisions. 

j
n number  and  amount  of the  traveling  about  the  house,  and  lighting  a ; been shipped from the  Columbia  river 230,- 
candle, found one of his guests in  full  shirt  735 cases;  of  these,  117,878  cases Avent to
Sect,ion  iq  in  full  is  as  follows:  No j dress wandering through the rooms.  “What j England and 18,857  have gone to San Fran-

to fashion a law  after  law remains in effect, he  looks  for  a  large j circuit court, in  consideration of  the bene-, where, and 1 wanted to get into the  hen pen  at Astoria, leaving the output for the season, 

® “/ f j 4  Rv  bf ^   Coontrv if it A^ere  tnade! ceive any  benefit under  the provisions  of 
payment of any  share of the 

the  provisions of  this act, a release | and get a feather and make another. ” 

Bertsch is most unqualifiedly in favor of j 

M l be a universal clamor for its  repeal. 

I in round numbers. 600.000 cases.” 

! uauieof the assignee or receiver. 

Wanted  to  Make Another  Pillow,

I pal ?  It is just as respectable.

“ My  Daughter has Red Hair.”

The  Oregon Salmon  Pack.

An  Improbable Story.

! nnmoer oi iaiiures.

MR.  CH RISTIA N   BEBTSCH, 

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H O LID A Y  GOODS

16  MONROE  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

------DIRECT  IMPORTERS  OP-—

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—WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN-

PRICES GUARANTEED AS LOW AS ANY HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY.

Dolls!  Dolls!  Dolls!

One Hundred Styles, in  Wax, China, Bis­
que,  Paper  Maclie,  Rubber,  Leather  and 
cloth.  Dressed  and  Undressed. 
Dolls’ 
Heads and Bodies Separate.  Bathing Dolls, 
French Dolls, Crying and Sleeping  Dolls.

Bohemian  Glassware.

Cologne  Sets,  Card  Receivers,  Vases, 

Mugs, Bouquet Holders, Etc.
Lava  Ware.

Smoking Sets, Tobacco  Boxes,  Spittoons, 
Cuspadores, Match Boxes, and  Many  Other 
Articles.

Tin  and  Wooden  Toys.

Great  Variety,  Both  Imported  and  Do­

mestic.

Bisque  Figures.

Lovely  Goods, from $2 to $24  per  dozen.

Motto  and  Shaving  Cups.

Fifty Styles, 30 cents to $12.50 per  dozen.

Silver Plated  Ware.

Immense  Stock  of  useful  and  fancy 
articles, from the  best  makers,  fully  war­
ranted and  sold  at  manufacturers’  prices. 
Castors, Cake  Baskets,  Tea  Sets,  Water 
Sets,  Pickles,  Butter’s,  Card  Receivers, 
Napkin Rings, Knives, Forks, Spoons etc.

Fancy  Cups  and  Saucers.

Three Hundred Styles,  from  75  cents  to 

$6  per dozen.

Majolica  Ware.

Immense  Assortment Pitchers, Creamers, 
Sugars, Fruit Sets, Butter  Dishes,  Begonia 
Leaves, Bread Plates, Bread and Milk  Sets, 
Molasses  Jugs,  Fruit  Plates, Salad Bowls, 
Etc., Etc.

Mechanical  Toys.

For  Show  Windows.  Dancing  Figures, 

Walking Figures, Bears, Etc.

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

E. A.  STOWE.  Editor and  Proprietor.

Term s $ 1 a year in advance, postage paid. 
A dvertising rates m ade known on application.

WEDNESDAY, 00T.  24,1883.

Who furnished Moore & Moore with funds 
to lobby the new assignment law throuli  the 
Legislature? 

_ _ _ _ _ _

The record of accidents the past year indi­
cates that railway travel in the United States 
is at last as safe as in Europe.

A  Cincinnati  traveling  man,  who  has 
just returned  from  a  trip  through  sixteen 
states  and  territories,  says  that  Michigan 
has the healthiest trade of any of them.

Not only all of the mechanics and builders 
in town have been busy  during  the  season, 
but large  numbers  from  abroad  have  been 
attracted here by the demand  for skilled  la* 
bor. 

________ ___

Picking grapes for raisins has  commenced 
throughout the Santa  Ana  Valley  in  Cali­
fornia. 
It is estimated  that  there  will  he 
about  50,000  boxes  of  raisins  made  there 
this season.

Alabastine is the first and  only  prepara­
tion made from  calcined  gypsum  rock,  foi 
application  to  walls  with  a  brush, and  is 
fully  covered  by  our  several  patents  and 
perfected  by  many  years  of  experiments. 
It  is  the  only  permanent  wall  finish,  and 
admits  of  applying  as  many  coats  as  de­
sired, one over another, to any hard  surface 
without  danger  of  scaling,  or  noticeably 
adding to the thickness of  the  wall,  winch 
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,  oi 
glue,  for  their  base,  which  are  rendered 
soft, or  scaled, in  a  very  short  time, thus 
necessitating  the  well-known  great  incon­
venience  and  expense, which  all  have  ex­
perienced,  in  washing  and  scraping  off the 
old  coats  before  refinisliing. 
In  addition 
to the above advantages,  Alabastine  is  less 
expensive,  as  it  requires  but  one-lialf  the 
number of pounds to cover the same amount 
of surface with two coats, is  ready  for  use 
by  simply  adding  water,  and  is easily ap­
plied  by  any  one.

The latest Government estimate of the to­
tal yield of Spring and Winter wheat is 416,- 
000,000  bushels.  The  Pacific  coast  is  re­
ported to  have  raised  15,000,000  more  than 
its average yield.____________

A  commercial  exchange  contains  the  ad­
vertisement of a  firm  for  help  who  know 
their trade, and “do not want to run the bus­
iness of the firm.”  There is a  good  deal  of 
truth in  this  sarcasm.  An  employe  may 
know more about the business than the film, 
but that is not what the firm hire  their  help 
for.  There is a great  demand  for  employes 
who have learned to do as they are told, and 
not consult their own opinions it the matter. 
An employe that learns to obey  has  learned 
one of the first elements of  success.

--------FOR  SALE  BY--------

iLXaXi  Faint  Dealers.

— m a n u f a c t u r e d   b y -----

THE ALABASTINE COMPANY

M. B. CHURCH, Manager.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN.
A. H. FOWLB,

- 

- 

PAINTER  AND  DECORATOR,

We give  considerable  space  on  another 
page to  a careful discussion of the new  law 
relating to assignments, passed  by the  last 
Legislature, and now in  full effect  in  this 
State.  Not content with  pointing  out  the 
objections made to the  measure  by  repre­
sentative  business  men, we  have  learned 
from  the  lips  of 
legislators  the  circum­
stances  of  its  passage,  and  fortified  our 
position with  the opinion  of  able  lawyers. 
In a score or more of interviews  with  lead­
ing wholesale and retail dealers, no  one has 
been found who ventures  a  good  word  for 
the innovation,  hut all  are  unanimous  in 
pronouncing it the most unsatisfactory piece 
of legislation that  has  ever come  to  their 
notice.  Lawyers unite in denouncing  it as 
complex  beyond  comprehension,  impracti­
cable in its  workings,  and  thoroughly un­
suited to our system of courts.  Legislators 
blush to tell the story of its lobbied  passage 
through the House, in the confusion  attend­
ant on the last evening of  the  session,  and 
realize, though too  late,  that it  reflects no 
little  discredit on  a Legislature  not  over 
blessed with either wisdom  or  good  sense. 
As is pointed  out,  there’are a  number  of 
ways by which the law  can be  evaded  and 
circumvented, and  even  if  it  is  not  pro 
nounced unworkable by the Supreme Court, 
the evasions will bring about its virtual  an­
nulment

One of the healthful signs of the  times  is 
the conservatism  displayed  on  every  hand 
by men of  business.  The  lessening  of  in­
dustrial activity,  the  settling  of  values  of 
stocks and  other  commodities,  and  the  fie- 
quent failures of late, have all had  an  influ­
ence to make men more cautious and circum­
spect in their dealings.  All this is very good. 
Reckless  methods of  doing  business  do  not 
pay in the long run.  Men undoubtedly have at 
times tided over difficult places by putting on 
all  steam  and running ahead irrespective of j 
the consequences, but where one has succeed­
ed  in  this  manner  a  thousand  have  failed. 
Collections are a little dull just now, but this 
must be a temporary depression,  and  is  one 
of  those  diseases  which  will  cure  itself. 
Close observers  predict  an  excellent  trade 
in neatly all branches in the near future, and 
our business men, as a rule,  are  so  control- 
ing and shaping their affairs as to be able  to 
realize their share of the profits to  be  deriv­
ed therefrom.  Caution, prudence and hope­
fulness  are  neeeed,  and  those  possessing 
these most  valuable  requisites of  character 
need have little fear of  bad  times,  either  in 
the present or future.

The Schoolmaster of our Republic.

“When  our  republic  rose,  Noah  Webster 
became its  schoolmaster.  There  had  never 
been a great nation with a universal language 
without  dialects.  The  Yorkshireman  can 
not now talk with a man from Cornwall.  The 
peasant of the Ligurian Apennines drives his 
goats home at evening, over hills  that  look 
down on six provinces, none  of  whose  dia­
lects  he  can  speak.  Here,  five  thousand 
miles  change  not  the  sound  of  a  word. 
Around every fireside,  and  from  every  tri­
bune, in every field of labor  and  every  fac-, 
tory of toil, is heard  the  same  tongue.  We | 
owe it to Noah Webster’s Spelling Book and j 
Dictionaries.  He has done for  us  what  Al­
fred did for England, or Cadmus for Greece. 
His books have educated  three  generations. 
They are forever  multiplying  his  innumer­
able army of thinkers, who will transmit his 
name from age to age.  Only two men  have 
stood on the New World,  whose  fame  is  so 
sure  to  last—Columbus,  its  discoverer,  and 
Washinton, its saviour.  Webster is, and will 
be  Its  great teacher;  and  these three  make 
our trinity of fame.”

—AND  DEALER  IN —

Artistic W all Papers

Paints, Oils, Glass, Etc., Etc.

37  NORTH  IONIA  STREET, So.  of  Monroe.

TIME TABLES.

Michigan  Central—Grand  Rapids  Division. 

d e p a r t .

ARRIVE.

D etroit E xpress.......................................,5 :t9 a m
Day  E xpress............................................  L:45 p m
New Y ork F ast L in e.............................. ,6:»} p m
N ight  E xpress..........................................  „
m
M ixed...........................................................7:30 a m
Pacific  E x p ress........................................
Local  P assenger.....................................11:50 a m
M a il.............................................................  i :5Sp m
M ix e d .........................................................
G rand  Rapids  E x p ress................ 
... .10:50 p m
The New Y ork F ast Line ru n s daily, arriving 
a t D etroit a t 11:40 p. m.,  and New Y ork a t 9  p. 
m. th e n ex t evening.
D irect  and  prom pt  connection  m ade  w ith 
G reat  W estern,  G rand  T runk  and  Canada 
Southern train s in sam e depot a t D etroit, th u s 
avoiding transfers.
The D etroit Express leaving at b:20 a. m. has 
D raw ing  Room  and  P arlor  Car  fo r  D etroit, 
reaching th a t  city  a t  noon,  New  Y ork  10:30 
a. m., and Boston 2:40  p. m. n ex t day.

J . T. Schultz, Gen 1 A gent.

Detroit,  Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

• 

GOING E

GOING WI

ST.
Leaves.
A rrives.
6:45 a m
6:36 a m
tS team boat E x p ress.........
.10:40 a m 10:50 a m
fThrough  M ail.................
4:05 p m 4:05 p m
tE vening  E x p ress..........
7:05 p m 7:15 p m
♦Limited E x p ress.............
11:00 a m
+Mixed, w ith  coach............  
*-----------
.10:05 p m
tM uskegon  E x p ress...........10:05 p m  
EST.
1:05 p m 1:25 p m
.  5:15 p m 5:25 p m
.10:25p m 10:30 p m
7:45 a m 
6:00 a m 
4:05 a m

fM orning  E x p ress...
fT hrough  M ail.........
tS team boat  Express
tM ix ed ........................
tM uskegon E xpress.
♦Milwaukee E xpress 

.  3:52 a m
tD aily, Sundays excepted.  ♦Daily.
P assengers  tak in g   the  6:45  a.  m.  E xpress 
m ake close connections a t Owosso fo r Lansing 
and a t D etroit fo r New York, arriving th ere at 
10:00 a. m. th e follow ing m orning.
Lim ited  E xpress  has  W agner  Sleeping  Car 
through to Suspension Bridge and the mail has 
a P arlo r Car to  D etroit.  Milwaukee  E xpress 
bas a through W agner Car and  local  Sleeping 
Car D etroit to G rand Rapids.

T homas  Tandy, Gen’l Pass. A gent,  D etroit.

D. P otter, City Pass. A gent.

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana.

GOING NORTH.

A rrives.
Cincinnati & G. Rapids Ex.  9:30 p m 
Cincinnati & M ackinac E x.  9:50 a  m 
Ft. W ayne & M ackinac E x ..  4:25 p m 
G’d Rapids  & Cadillac  Ac.
G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex.
M ackinac & C incinnati Ex.  4:35 p m 
M ackinac & F t. W a y re E x ..10:55 a m 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac.  8:20 p m 

GOING  SOUTH.

All train s daily except Sunday.

Leaves.
10:20 a m 
5:15 p m 
7:45 a m
7:00 a m  
5:00 p m 
1:00 p m

SLEEPING GAR ARRANGEMENTS.

N orth—T rain  leaving  a t  5:15  o’clock  p.  m. 
has  Woodruff  Sleeping Cars fo r Petoskey  and 
Mackinac City.  T rain leaving a t 10:20a. m. has 
com bined Sleeping1 and Chair Cur for M ackinac
South—T rain leaving at 5 p. m. has W oodruff 

Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.

A.  B. L eet, G en’l Pass. A gent.

Lake  Shore  &  Miohigan  Southern.

(KALAMAZOO DIVISION.)

A rrives.  Leaves.
8:00 a m
.................   7:25 p m  
F xnress 
4 :25pm
M a il__ .................................. 10:00am  
The  tra in   leaving  a t  4:25  p. m. connects  at 
W hite Pigeon wit h A tlantic E xpress  on  m ain 
line, which has Palace Sleeping  Coaches  from  
Chicago  to   New  Y ork  and  Boston  w ithout
ClThe tra in   leaving  a t  8:00 a .m .  connects  at 
W hite  Pigeon  (giving  one  h our  fo r  dinner) 
w ith special New Y ork express on m ain line.
R. E. A bbott, Gen’l  A gent.

Chicago & West Miohigan.

Leaves.  A rrives,
+M ail..:....................................10:00 a m   4:35 p m
+Day  E x p ress.......................  L l^ P  m  
~
♦Night  E x p ress.................... 9:00 p m  
6:35 a m
♦Daily.  +Daily ex cept Sunday.
P ullm an Sleeping  Cara  on  all  n ight  train s. 
T hrough coach to Chicago on  1:15  p.  m.,  and 
9 p. m.  trains.NEWAYGO DIVISION.
Mixed 
Exmess 

Leaves.  Arrives
....................   6:20 am   4:00 pm
......................3:10 p m  10:10 a m
. 
• a . M. Nichols, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

p 

Call  and  See  Us  When  in  the  City.  We  Are  Headquarters  for  Staple  Crockery, 

Glassware,  Lamps,  Chimneys,  Lanterns,  Etc.

A.  B.  K L 2 S T O  WL S OM ,

----- WHOLESALE  DEALER  IN-----

AKRON  SEWER  PIPE,

FIRE  BRICK  &  CUT.. m

n
t t a t r .   COAX  a n d .   WOOS.

,

Umce-

ESTIM ATES  CH EERFU LLY  FURNISHED.

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

Central  Freight  House.

See quotations in above lines in  Price  Current.

c o s ? , b a l l   <ft  CO.,
Wholesale  Grocers!*

I

9,11,  IS  &  15  Pearl  Street,  and  IS,  15,11  &  19  Campai!  Street,

r y n   A i v m   HAFIDS,  -  MIOHIGrAN -

-WE  ARE  SPECIAL  AGENTS  FOR  THE  SALE  OF-

Weisinger  &  Bates’ “Hold Fast

77

MoAlpin’s  COLD  SHIELD  Plug,

Harris’  SENTINEL  Plug,

Grand Rapids,

Harris’ HONEY  BEE Plug,

And We Particularly Invite the Attention of Buyers to these  Brands, as THEY  POSSESS  REAL, 

MERIT,  and will  Please Both  Dealer and Customer.

o - a . x - K . i K T S

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,

97  OTTAWA  STREET,

Agents for GUN  AND  BLASTING  POWDER,  and Dealers in
WADS,  CARTRIDGES,  PISHING  TACKLE,  GUNS,  REVOLVERS  and  GUN  GOODS.

CAPS,

DEALERS  SUPPLIED.

Phil Armour is said  to  be  engineering  a 
corner in “pork and ribs.”  The rascal!  He 
knows that  the wedding season is  at  hand, 
and that spare “ribs” are going to  he  in  de­
mand.  The  wretch  will  probably  corner 
orange  blossoms * next. — Pittsburgh  Telo~ 
graph.

Henry Study of Ransom, 111., left $65,000. 
He was a cripple from birth.  At  the  close 
of the war he  donned  a  soldier’s  uniform, 
invented a pathetic story, and began to trav­
el as a beggar. 
In three years  he  got  over 
$50,000, and on the interest he lived in  idle­
ness. 

0

At one of the Western  fairs  a  “great  se­
cret” is sold in sealed envelopes at ten cents 
apiece.  Here is his secret:  “Never buy an 
article  before  examining  it. 
If  you  had 
known this before, you would not have paid 
ten cents for a worthless envelope when you 
could have got  a dozen  good  ones  for  the 
same price.”

The amount  of  cotton-seed  produced  in 
the United States annually is placed at 170, 
000,000 bushels, and  average  price  13  cents 
per bushel, equal to $22,000,000.  In its con­
version into oil is employed $10,000,000 capi- 
i tal and 25,000 people.

-To Those who Appreciate a Really Fine Cheese, We Say, Buy Only the-

f i i

99

Which  We  Guarantee  Equal  to  Any  Made,  Both  in  RICHNESS  OF  FLAVOR  AND 

KEEPING  QUALITIES.  Never  Buy  a  Cheap  Cheese for 

Winter Stock.

WE  KEEP  THE FINEST  AND  LARGEST  LINE  OF-

COFFBXS, SYRUPS and SPICES

In the City, and Solicit Your Orders When in  Need of Anything  in Our  Line. 

.« I

CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

F U B N IS H E D   B Y   L E A D IH 6   D E A L E R S .

DRY  GOODS.

Spring  &  Com pany quote as follows :

WIDE  SHOWN COTTONS.

¡Pepperell, 10-4........35
A ndroscoggin, 9-4. .33 
Pepperell, 11-4........37%
Androscoggin, 8-4. .31
Pepperell,  7-4.......16% ¡Pequot,  7-4..............18
Pepperell,  8-4.......30 
jPequot,  8-4..............21
Pepperell,  9-4.......22% ¡Pequot,  9-4..............24

P ark Mills, No.  90. 14
P ark Mills, No.  100.15
Prodigy, o z............ 11

CHECKS.
Caledonia, XX, oz .11
.10
Caledonia,  X, oz.
.10
Economy,  oz.......
P a rk  Mills, No.  50 .10 Otis  A p ro n ............ 10%
P ark Mills, No. 60 .11 Otis  F u rn itu re — 10%
P a rk  Mills, No. 70 .12 York,  1  oz.............. 10
P ark  Mills, No. 80 .13 York, AA, ex tra oz.14
7 A labam a  plaid — 8
8
7%

A labam a b ro w n ..
Jew ell b riw n ....... 1  91/2 A ugusta p laid.......
K en tu ck y   brow n .io y2 Toledo p laid..........
Lew iston  brow n. . .  W i M anchester  plaid.
L ane  brow n.........
Louisiana  plaid..

8 U tility p laid ........... 6*4

New  Temi, plaid.. 11

OSNABURG,

.

BLEACHED COTTONS.

9
nümhrií»  1^

6
A vondale,  36....... ..  8% Greene, G,  4-4.......
9
A r t  cam brics, 36. ..11% Hill, 4-4...................
8
Androscoggin, 4-4..  8% Hill, 7-8...................
7Vi
Androscoggin, 5-4..12% Hope,  4-4...............
7% K ing  Phillip  cam
Ballou, 4-4............
brie, 4-4............... 11/4
Ballou, 5-4............ ..  6
B oott,  0.4-4......... ..  8% Linwood,  4-4........
Lonsdale,  4 -4 .......  9%
Boott,  E. 5-5.........
T 
Boott, AGC, 4-4.......9 As
Langdon, GB, 4-4...  9%
Boott, R.  3-4............  5\
Langdon,  A5............14
Blackstone, AA 4-4.  7?
Masonville,  4 4 ......... 9%
Chapm an, X, 4-4—   65>
Maxwell. 4-4.............10%
Conway,  4-4............   72
New York Mill, 4-4.11% 
Cabot, 4-4.................   7i
New Jersey,  4 4 —   8 
Cabot, 7-8.................   6!
Pocasset,  P. M. C. 
Canoe,  3-4...............   4
.12%
Pride of the W est. 
D om estic,  36..........   7J
Pocahontas,  4 4 ...
D w ight Anchor, 4-4.10
Slaterville, 7-8.......
Davol, 4-4.................  9V
V ictoria,  A A .........
F ru it of Loom, 4-4..  9%
F ru ito f Loom, 7-8..  8%  W oodbury, 4-4... 
IW hitinsville,  4-4
F ru it of  the  Loom, 
cam bric,  4-4.........13 
IW hitinsville, 7-8.
Gold Medal, 4-4..  ..  7 
¡W am sutta, 4-4
Gold Medal, 7-8.......6% W illiams ville,  36
Gilded  A ge..............8% I

.  6% 
. 11%  
. 10%

CORSET JEANS.

A rm ory — ...........
A ndroscoggin sat.
Canoe R iver..........
C larendon..............
Hallo well  Im p —  
Ind. Orch. Im p —  
L a c o n ia .................

8%
.  7% |K earsage...............
.  8%jNaumkeag satteen.  8% 
.  6% | Pepperell  bleached  8%
.  6% | Pepperell s a t.......... 9%
.  6% |Rockport..................  7%
.  6%  Lawrence s a t..........   8%
.  7% |Conegosat................  7
PRINTS.
. .5% ¡G loucester..............
..6  G loucesterm ourn’g 
.. 6 
| H am ilton  fa n c y ...
..6 
IH artel fa n c y ...........
. .6% M errim ac  D ............
. .6% M a n ch ester..........

6
Albion,  solid —
6
Albion,  g rey —
6
A llen’s  checks..
6%
A ilen’s  fa n c y ...
A llen’s p in k .......
.6%
A llen’sp u rp le ......... 
„
A m erican, fan cy __6  O riental  fan cy .......... o
A rnold fa n c y ........... 6%  ¡Oriental  robes........b
B erlin solid...............5%  Pacific  robes............7
Cocheco  fa n c y ........6%  Richm ond..................6%
Cocheco robes — ... 7  Steel  R iver............... 6
Conestoga fa n c y .... 6  Simpson s,................b%
E d d y sto n e ...............6% |W ashington fancy. .6
Eagle  fan cy ..............5  W ashington  b lu es.. 6%
G arner p in k ............ 7 

... 

I

f in e brow n cottons.

8
A ppleton  A, 4 4 ...
B oott  M, 4 4 ............  t
Boston  F, 4 4 ..........   8%
C ontinental C, 4-3..  7% 
C ontinental D, 40in  8%
Conestoga W, 4 4 ...  7 
Conestoga  D, 7-8...  5%
Conestoga  G, 30-in.  6%
D w ight  X, 3 4 .........6
D w ight Y, 7-8.............6%
Dw ight Z, 4 4 ..........   7
Dw ight Star, 4 4 ....7 %
E w ight Star, 40-in..  9 
E nterprise EE, 36..  6%
G reat Falls E, 4 4 ...  7%
F arm ers’ A, 4 4 .......6%
Indian  Orchard, 44  7%

Indian O rchard, 40.  8% 
Indian Orchard, 36.  8
Laconia  B, 7 4 ......... 16%
Lym an B, 40-in........10%
Mass. BB, 4 4 ...........  6%
N ashua  E, 40-in—   9
N ashua  R, 4-4.........  7%
N ashua 0,7-8..........   7%
N ew m arket N .........  7%
Pepperell E, 39-in..  7% 
Pepperell  R, 4 4 —   7
Pepperell  0,7-8__ 6%
Pepperell  N, 3 4 —   6%
Pocasset  C, 4 4 .......7
Saranac  R ...............   7%
Saranac  E ................  9

DOMESTIC GINGHAMS.

A m o sk e ag ...........  8%
Am oskeag, P ersian
sty les.....................10%
B a te s........................  8
B e rk sh ire..............  7%
Glasgow checks—   7% 
Glasgow checks, f ’y  7% 
Glasgow 
royal  sty les.........  9
G loucester, 
sta n d a rd ..............  8
P lu n k e t...................  8
L a n c a ste r...............   8
L an g d ale................. 7 %

checks,
new

Renfrew, dress styll0% 
Johnson  M anfg Co,
B ookfold.............. 13%
Johnson  M anfg Co»
dress  sty les......... 12%
Slaterville, 
dress
sty les..................... 13%
W hite Mfg Co, stap  8 
¡White Mfg Co, fane  8 
W hite  M a n fg   Co,
E arlsto n ................  9%
G ordon.....................  8
Greylock, 

styles  ....................12%

dress 

WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS.

Androscoggin, 7 4 .. 21 
¡Pepperell.  104.......27%
A ndroscoggin, 84..23  Pepperell,  114.......32%
Pepperell,  7 4 ........20  Pequot,  7 4 ..............21
Pepperell,  8 4 ........22%  Pequot,  8 4 ..............24
Pepperell,  9 4 ........25 

¡Pequot,  9 4 ..............27%

HEAVY  BROWN  COTTONS.

A tlantic  A, 4 4 .......7%¡Lawrence XX, 44 ..  8%
A tlantic  H ,4-4.......7%  Law rence  Y, 30....  7
A tlantic  D, 4 4 .......6% Lawrence LL, 4 4 ...  6%
A tlantic P, 4 4 ..........  6  N ew m arket N ........  7%
A tlantic  LL, 4 4 ....  5% Mystic River, 4 4 ...  6%
A driatic, 36..............  7% P equot A, 4 4 ...........  8
A ugusta, 4 4 ............  6% Piedm ont,  36...........7
B oott  M, 4 4 ............  7%[Stark AA, 4-4...........  8
B oott  FF, 4 4 ..........   7% T rem ont CC,4 4 ....  6
G raniteville, 4 4 —   7  Utica,  4 4 .................  9
Indian  H ead ,4 4 ...  8  W aebusett,  4 4 ......   7%
Indiana H ead 45-in.12%!Wachusett,  30-in...  6% 

TICKINGS.

FRUITS.

Loose M uscatels Raisins, old— ......... 
1  80
Loose M uscatels Raisins,  new ............  
195
New V alencias  R aisins..........................  8%@  8^
T urkey P r u n e s ........................................  7@7%
C u rra n ts....................................................   6%@7
C itro n .........................................................   18@20
Dried A pples  .......... 
8%@9

 

FISH.

6%@7

W hole Cod................................................  
Boneless Cod...........................................  
H erring % bbls............................................  
Hei-ring Scaled............................................  
H erring H olland......................................... 
W hite Fish % b b ls ................................. 
T rout half b b ls............................................ 
M ackerel half bbls No. 1........................... 
do. K its  No; 1 ...................................... 

6@9%
3 25
_ 31
1 JO
„5192
K its......................................   85@90
4 85
85
6 50
1 00

do.  K its ............................................... 

do. 

MaTCHES.
70
Richardson’s No. 2  square.
............................. 1  55
do
Richardson’s No. 3 
............................1  70
do
Richardson’s No. 5 
..2  70 
do
Richardson’s No. 6 
..1  70 
do
Richardson’s No. 8 
2  55
do
Richardson’s No. 9
Richardson’s No. 4  r o u n d ............................... 2  70
...............................2  55
Richardson's No. 7  do 
Richardson’s No. 7% do 
...............................1  <0
Electric P allo r No. 17........................................3  80
E lectric P arlo r No. 18........................................5  70

20 gross lots special price.

Black S tra p .........19@30|New O rleans  f ’y.62®65
P orto  R ico..........   @35 Syrups, c o rn ...  @35
New Orleans g ’d.  @45|Syrups, sugar. ,35@45 

MOLASSES.

OIL.

do. 

K erosene  W. W...................................
Legal  te s tv........................
Sweet, 2 oz. sq u are..............................
Sweet, 2  oz. ro u n d .............................
Castor, 2 oz.  sq u are............................
Castor, 2 oz. ro u n d ......... ....................

OATMEAL.

Q uaker 2 ft cases, 48 fi>s fi  case.......
do  5 ft cases, 60 lbs $  case...........
Im perial  bbls....................................
Q uaker b b ls.........................................

PICKLES.

16%
13%

751 00 

75 
1  00

2  35
3  55 
6  00

Dingee’s barrels m ed..........................................5 75
........................................ 3  50
Dingee’s % 
sm all...............................4 50
D ingee’s % 
Dingee’s q u arts glass fan cy ............................. 4 25
...........................3  50
i*o rkinfc 
............................2  50
Dingee’s pints

do 
do 

fin 
do 
SUGARS.

G ranulated............................................... 
Cut L oaf.......................  
P o w d ered ................................................
Conf. A ..................................................... 
Standard A ............................................... 
E x tra C...................................................... 
Fine C.......................................................  
Y ellow ................................................ •••• 

 

, 

SOAP.

K irk’s A m erican  F a m ily ............ $  ft
I n d ia ...........................................
do. 
do.  S a v o n ........................ ................
do.  S a tin e t......................................
do.  R e v e n u e ....................................
do.  W hite R ussian..........................
Bell’s G erm an  F am ily..........................
do.  M ono.................................... i........
Goodrich’s English Fam ily  ................
P rin c e ss.............................
P roctor & Gam ble’s I v o r y .................
Jap an   O liv e ..........
Town Talk  $  box
Sidall’s ......................................................
B abbitt’s .................................... .  —
Dish R a g ..................................................
W hite castile  b a rs........................... —
M ottled castile..........................................

do. 
do. 

do. 

SPICES.

®%
9%

•
8.56
8
T%@7%
6%@7%

5  40
4  00

6%
6%
6
6%
5%
5%
5%
4%
6  75
5
3  70
3 00
5 50
4  25 
13 
12

 

 

16@22
G round P epper,  in boxes and c a n s ...
G round  A llspice............... 
12@20
C innam on..................................................   J6@30
C loves.........................................................   20@25
G inger.........................................................   J5@20
M u stard ......................................................
C ayenne......................................................
P epper % ft $  dozen...............................  
Allspice  % ib.............................................  
Cinnam on  % f t   . .       ........................ • • • 
Cloves %  !b...................................... - ........ 
Pepper,  w hole......................................   17
A llsp ice................ ...............................
C a ssia......................................................
Cloves......................................................  ?0
Nutm egs,  No. 1.

70
65
‘0
To
@18 
@12 
@12 
@22 
5

70  @

STARCH.

Muzzy Gloss 1 ft package..............
Muzzy Gloss 3 ft package..............
Muzzy  Gloss 6 ft boxes..................
Muzzy Gloss b u lk ............................
Muzzy Corn 1 f t...............................
K ingsford  Silver Gloss.................
K ingsford Silver Gloss 6 ft  b o x ..
K ingsford C orn...............................
Oswego  G loss...................................

60 P o c k e t..........................................
28 P o ck et...........................................
Saginaw F in e ...................................

SALT.

SEEDS.

H e m p ................................................
C a n a ry ............ ,................................
R a p e ..................................................
Mixed B ird__ ; ..............................

STONEWARE.

J u g s ^ g a llo H ...........................................  
Crocks.........................................................
Milk  Crocks...............................................

STOVE POLISH.

Rising  Sun g ro ss..5  88|Dixon’s  gross.........5  50
U n iv ersal................5  88 A bove fi dozea........  "
I X  L .....................5 50|

D eLand’8 p ure
C hurh’s ...........
Taylor’s  G. M.

SALERATUS.
@  5%¡Cap S heaf.......   @  5%
@  5%  Dw ight’s .........  @5%
@  5%|

TEAS.

@7
@6%

@7%
@8%

@6%

1 10

2 55 
2  40 

4%
4%

@

Ja p an   o rd in ary . .23@25|Young H y so n ... ,25@50
J a p a n fa ir............25@30 Gun  Pow der........35@50
-  
----- 33@55
.......  @30
Ja p an  fine 
Jap an  dust

_  

,

Am oskeag
A m oskeag
Am oskeag
Am oskeag
A m oskeag
Am oskeag
Am oskeag
Am oskeag
P rem iun
P rem ium   B ...
E x tra 4 4 ..........
E x tra  7-8.........
Gold Medal 4-4.
CCA  7-8............
CT 4 4 ................
RC 7-8...............
BF 7-8...............
A F 44 
AAA, 
Cordis 
ACA, 
Cordis 
No. 1, 
Cordis 
No. 2.
Cordis 
3.
Cordis  No 
4.
Cordis  No

....... 14@20|
TOBACCO—FINE CUT.

ACA... 15  Falls, X X X X ...........18%
15%
“ 44  19  Falls, XX X  
11%, 
A ....!!l4   Falls,  BB
---------- 1---------- 
*19%  Ja p an  fa ir to  g’d.30@37¡Oolong.
.13  Falls,  BBC, 36....
,  B ... 
40@50iCongo.
19
.12  Falls,  aw ning__
,  C ... 
12
.11 
¡Ham ilton,  BT, 32
,  D ... 
10
.10%¡Hamilton,  D .......
,  E ... 
10
.10  H am ilton,  H __
F .... 
10
.17  H am ilton  fancy-.
A., 44.
.16 
¡Methuen A A .......
14%
18
.16 
¡Methuen ASA__
11
.14% ¡Omega  A, 7-8.......
13
.15 
¡Omega  A, 4 4 .......
14 
.12% Omega ACA, 7-8..
16 
.14  Omega ACA, 4
24
.14  Omega SE, 7-8.
.16  Omega SE, 4-4..........27
.19  Omega M. 7 -8..........22
.14  Omega M, 4 4 ............25
.15  ShetucketSS&SSW  11V 
.15  Shetueket, S & SW.12
.14  Sh etucket,  SFS___ 12
.13  Stockbridge  A .......... 7
.11%¡Stockbridge  frncy.  8
GROGERlES.
AXLE GREASE.

Wide  A w ake...........................................
D aisey.......................................................
H ia w a th a ................................................
G lobe.........................................................
May F lo w er.............................................
Rose  L eaf.................................................
Silver  C ro w n ..........................................
Owl  C lu b ................................................
R ip p e r ....................................................:
R ipper in % bbls...................................’.
H ero...........................................................
j  A tlh s.........................................................
j  Royal G am e.............................................
Silver  T hread..........................................

PLUG.

38
30
69
70 
70 
65 
35 
30 
30
@28
@45
@35
@38
@65

Modoc__
D iam ond.

! doz  60 
60

doz  65 
¡Paragon...
Frazer’s __ ^........   85

Dry, No. 2—  
Dry, No. 3 ... 
Liquid, 4 oz,. 
Liquid, 8 oz.

,.. doz. 
.. .doz. 
..  doz. 
.. .doz.

BROOMS.

No. 1 C arpet...........................................
No. 2 C arpet................................................  
No. 1  H u rl.................................................... 
No. 2 H url  ..................................................  
Fancy W hisk............................................... 
Common W hisk.........................................  

2  50
2 25
2 00
1 75
1 25
85

CANNED GOODS.

Pie P eaches.........1  25
3ftStandard 2 00@2  25
A pples, 3 f t .........1  25
do.  6 f t . . . ------2  15
do.  g a llo n s...  3  40 
Straw berries  1 @1  10
B lack b erries__ 1  25
R aspberries  ....  1  40
Cherries, red __   1  25
Cherries w h ite ..  2 00
P ineapples.........  1  75
D am sons............   1  25
Egg P lu m s .........  1  50
G a g e s.................   1  50
P e a rs...................  1  35
L usk’s A pricots.
1  20 
T o m a to e s..........
Corn,  Excelsior
1  10

Corn, T ro p h y ...  1  15 
Corn, Y arm outh  1  35
P eas............  75@1  50
String B ean s... 
35
Lim a B eans........   85
Lewis’B’d Beans. 1  75
P u m p k in ............1  25
Succotash  ... 1  65@90
Oysters,  1 f t __   110
Oysters,  2 f t ___1  85
Salm on__ 1  60@
Lobsters, S ta rs..-1  75
Sardines, A m ....... 
8%
Sardines, Inport.  13 
Corned Beef 2 90@

case........

8  10

COFFEE.

G reen R io__ 11
G reen J a v a .. .18 
G reen M ocha.27 
Roasted Rio. .11 
Roasted  Java23

G.  D.

@18%

G round  Mex.

@14 Roasted  Mar.
@28 Roasted Mex.18 @20
@29  »G round  R io.. 10 @16
@15
@17
@32
CORDAGE.
1  20
1700
.  35 
.  76

60 foot C o tto n ... .2  00
50 foot C o tto n ... .1  75
.  75
W aterproof  ....

CAPS.

SMOKING.

Sentinel 17 ft and 28 ft cads—  ..........
C lim ax ......................................................
H oney Bee 28 ft  cads............................
Hold F a s t .................................................
Dog On I t .................................................
McAlpin’s Gold Shield..........................
Nickle N uggets 6 and 12 ft  cads.........
Chocolate Cream 4 and 8 ft cads.........
My Choice 3 oz pocket  pieces............
My Choice 16 oz pieces..........................
Cock of the W alk  6s..............................
N im rod......................................................
A c o rn .......................................................
Red Seal....................................................
C rescent ..................................................

@50
@48
@48
@48
@37
@48
@51
@50
@34
@33
@37
@48
@48
@45
@42
25©26
D im e .........................................................
23
P eerless....................................................
20
Standard .................................................
19
Old T om ....................................................
23
Tom & J e r r y ...........................................
24 
Jo k e r..........................................................
35 
T raveler....................................................
28
Topsy  .......................................................
24
N avy C lip p in g s......................................
25 
H oney D ew .............................................
34 
Gold  B lock...............................................
22 
Camp F i r e ...............................................
19
O ronoko....................................................
26 
N igger  H ead...........................................
60 
D urham , % ft
57 
do  % f t .
55 
do  % f t ........................
51
do 
1 f t .......................
@21
H o lla n d .................................
@15
G e rm a n .................................
SHORTS.
23
Mule E a r ....................................................  
H ia w a th a ................................................... 
23
P u re  Cider........................................................  12
W hite  W in e.....................................................  12

VINEGAR.

YEAST.

Twin Bros.......... 1  75  ¡W ilsons..................1  75
G illett’s ..............1  75  ¡N atio n al................1  85

MISCELLANEOUS.

B la c k in g ............................................30,40,50@60
do  w a te rp ro o f.............................. 
160
B ath B rick im p o rte d ....... .................. 
96
do 
A m erican.............................. 
66
B arley..........................................................

 

90

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 
do 

1  10
B urners, No. 1 .......................................... 
No.  2.......................................... 
1  75
20  00
Bags, A m erican A ................................... 
B aking Pow der, b u lk ............................  10@22
Beans,  m edium ........................................ 
2  30
Beans, hand picked................................. 
2  65
B u tte r.........................................................   18@20
B u tte rin e ..................................................  
19
Cream T artar 5 and 10 lb can s..............  @25
Candles, S tar.............................................  @15%
Candles,  H otel..........................................  @16%
Chocolate, B aker’s .....................................  @40
G erm an sw eet.........................  @27
Cheese full cream  choice.......................  13@13%
Catsup q u arts f!  dozen..........................1  35@
Cocoanut,  Schepps’ l f t  packages. 
@25%
E x tract Coffee,  v. c ...................................... 
F e lix .............................. 1  0@
Flour, S tar Mills, in b b ls ......................6  0@
in Sacks..........................5  5@
Gum, R ubber  100 lum ps........................   @25
Gum, R ubber 200 lu m p s.........................  @40
Gum, Spruce...............................................   35@40
Chimneys No.  1........................................  @35
No.  2........................................  @45
Indigo................................. 
1  00@
In k  
3 dozen  b o x ........................................1 00@
Jelly in P ails.............................................  @ 7%
do  Glass T um blers $  doz...................  @85
L icorice......................................................  20@80
Licorice  R oot...............................................   @12
Lye $  2  doz. cases....................................... 1 55®
M acaroni,  Im p o rted ...............................   @13
D om estic...............................   @ 6
F rench M ustard,  8 oz ft  dozen................  @85
Large  G othic................1 35@
Oil Tanks, S tar 55  gallons.................   12  00@
Oil Tanks, P aten t 55 gallons................ 14  00@
Pipes, Im ported Clay 3 gross................ 2  25®
A m erican  T. D.........................  90@1  00
P epper Sauce...........................................   90@1  00
Peas, G reen B ush.....................................1  50@
do  Split prep ared...............................   3%@  3%
Powder,  K eg..............................................5  50®
do  % K eg........................................ 3 00®
R ic e ................................................................ 
Sago  ........................................ 
Shot, d ro p ...................................................1  90®
do  b u c k ................................................. 2  15@
S ag e........................................‘...................   @15
C urry Combs ft doz..................................1  25@
Molasses G ates each...................................   @45
M easuring F aucet e a c h .........................2  75@
Tobacco C utters e a c h ............................ 1  25@
Chim neyCleaners fl  doz............................   @50
F lour Sifters $  d o z ..................................3  00®
F ru it A ugurs e ach ................................... 1  25@
T w in e ...........................................................   18@25  '
T a p io c a ......................................................  @  6
W ashing Crystal, G illett’s b o x.............1  50@1  65
W icking No. 1 $  gross...............................   @40

do 
 
do  A rg a n d .....................................1  50®

No. 2  .............................  

do 
do 

W ashing Powder, 1776 $  f t ...................  @10%
G illett’s ft  f t...........  @7%
Soapine p k g ............  
7@10

B oraxine $ b o x ........................................ 3  75®
JENNINGS’  DOUBLE  CONCENTRATED  EXTRACTS. 
Packed in 1 Dozen P ap er or 2 Dozen Wood Box. 

6@ 7

do 

do 

 

 

Lemon.

2 ounce B. N. Panel
do
do
4
do
6
do
do
do
8
No. 2 T aper Panel 
do 
No. 4 
% p in t round 
do
No. 8 P anel 
No. 10  do

dozen..........................1  00
.....................,1  75
do 
ÏD
do 
.........3 75
do 
.........1  25
do 
do 
..........2  00
.........4  50
do 
.........9 00
do 
.........3 25
do 
.........4  50
do

V anilla

do
'd o
do

............ 1  50
2 ounce B. N. P anel $   dozen..........
............ 2 75
...........
4  do 
........... ..............4  00
6  do 
........... ..............5  00
8  do 
........... ..............1  75
No. 2 T aper Panel
........... ..............3 00
No. 4 
do
........... ............7   50
% p in t round
........... ............ 15  00
1 
do
........... ..............4  25
No. 8  Panel
........... .............. 6  00
No. 10  do

do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 

JENNINGS’ TRUE FLAVORINGS.

F ull M easure—W rapped.

% P in t 2 ounce 
% P in t 4 
do 
do 
% P in t 8 
% P in t 12  do

% P in t 2 ounce
dó
% P in t 4
do
% P in t 8
% P in t 12 do

Lemon.

dozen.................................... 1 50
................................... 2  50
do 
do 
................................... 5  00
do 
.........................  
7  50

 

V anilla.

 

2  25
................................4  00
.... .......... 8 00
...............................12  00

dozen....................  
do
do
do
PROVISIONS.

The  G rand  Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co. 

quote as follows:

PORK.

New H eavy  Mess P o rk ................. f)  bbl $11  50
New F am ily Clear P o r k ..........................   14  50
New E x tra Clear P ork, A. W ebster’s  ..  15  50
New E x tra  Clear P o rk .............................   16  00
New Boston Clear P o rk ............................  16 00
New Standard Clear P o r k .....................   16 00
On orders less th an  five bbl. lots 25 cts. 

extra.

DRY SALT MEATS—IN BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy, 500 ft.  Cases..........  
H alf Cases..............  
Long Clear m edium , 500 ft  Cases........... 
H alf C ases........... 
Long Clears light, 500 ft Cases................ 
H alf Cases................ 
Short Clears, h eav y .................................. 
m e d iu m ............................. 
lig h t....................................... 

do. 
do 
do. 

do. 
do. 

LARD.

Tierces  ........................................................ 
30 and 50 ft T u b s ........................................ 
50 ft Round Tins, 100 ft  R acks................ 

LARD IN TIN PAILS.

3 ft Pails, 20 in a  case................................ 
5 ft Pails, 12 in a c a s e ...............................  
10 ft Pails, 6 in a c a s e ...............................  

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR  PLAIN.

do. 

H am s cured in sw eet pickle m ed iu m .. 
lig h t......... 
Shoulders cured in sw eet  pickle........... 
E x tra  Clear B acon....................................  
D ried B e e f..................................................  
E x tra D ried B e e f......................................  

7%
7%
7%
7%
7%
7%
7%
7%
7%

8%
8%
8%

8%
9
8%

14%
14%
8
10%
11
13%

E x tra Mess Beef Chicago packed f) bbl.  11  50 

BEEF.

CANNED BEEF.

Libby, McNeil & Lil)by, 14 ft cans,  % doz.

2 ft cans, 1 doz. in case__  

in c a s e .........................................................   19  00
do. 
2  85
A rm our & Co., 14 ft cans, % doz  in case  19  00 
do. 
2 ft cans, 1 doz. in  c a se ..  2  85 
do.  2 ft Compr’d Ham , 1 doz.incase 4  50 
K ansas City, 14 ft cans,  % doz in c a se ...  18  50 
press, subject always to M arket changes.

Prices nam ed are  low est  a t tim e of going to 

CANDY  AND  FRUITS.

P u tn am  & Brooks q uote as follow s:

STICK.

S traight, 25 ft  b oxes......................................... 11%
. . . ..................... ............. 12
Twist, 
Cut L oaf 
.......................................... 12%
MIXED.

do 
do 

Royal, 25 ft  p ails............................. . ; . . . ..........11%
Royal, 25 ft b b ls.................................................. 10%
E x tra, 25 ft  p ails................................................ 12%
E x tra, 25 ft b b ls..................................................11%
French Cream, 25 ft p ails.................................15
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases...........................................15

FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.

Lem on  D rops............................   ..................... 14
Sour D rops.......................................................... 15
P epperm int  D rops...........................................16
Chocolate D rops................................................17
H M Chocolate  D rops......................................20
Gum   D rops  ........................................................12
Licorice D rops................................................... 20
A B   Licorice  D rops........................................14
Lozenges, p la in ...................................................17
Lozenges,  p rin te d ............................................ 18
Im p e ria ls............................................................. 17
M ottoes'.................................................................16
Cream  B a r........................................................... 15
Molasses B a r........................................................14
C aram els...............................................................20
H and Made Cream s..............  
23
P lain  Cream s...................................................... 20
D ecorated  Cream s..............................................23
S tring R ock..........................................................17
B u rn t A lm onds...................................................24
W intergreen  B erries.........................................17

FRUITS.

4  50

b b l .............,...........,...10 50®

Oranges, $   b o x ........................................ 
Oranges, $  case........................................
Oranges, 
Lemons, fa ir to   g o o d ..........................5  50
Lem ons, choice to   fa n c y .........— ... ..o  qo
B ananas $  b u n c h ................................... 2 00@3  50
M alaga G rapes, ft k eg ...................... .
M alaga G rapes, $  b b l.............................
Figs,  layers  W lb......................................   15@16
......................................  
18
Figs, fancy  do 
Figs, baskets 30 lb V  lb............................  
18%
D ates, frails 
do  ............................. 
©   6%
D ates,M do 
...................  @7%
do   
D ates, s k in ...............................................  @6%
D ates, %  skin..-r:.....................................  @  7%
D ates, F ard 10 »  box V  lb.................. 
@14%

F rim e   Red,  raw   ft  ft.
Choice 
do 
Fancy 
do 
Choice W hite, 
Fancy H P ,.  V a

do
do
do
do

NUTS.

@10
@10%
@11
@12%

Almonds,  Terragona,  $  f t...................20  @21
do  .....................18  @19
Almonds, loaca, 
do  ....................   @12%
Brazils, 
do  .....................11  @12%
Pecons, 
Filberts, Barcelona 
d o ...... ..............  @11%
Filberts, Sicily 
do  ....................   @13  *
W alnuts, Chilli 
do  ....................  @14
W alnuts, G renobles 
do  ....................   @15
W alnuts, California 
do  ....................   @14
Cocoa N uts, 
.....................5 00®
H ickory N uts, large fl  b u .....................
H ickory  N uts, sm all  do  *..................1 75®

100 

DRUGS,  DYES  AND  CHEMICALS.

A dvanced—Cantharides,  powdered,  Golden 
Declined—Borax, Gum  Camphor,  Oil  Sassa­

Seal,  root.
fras, Bromide Potassitm , Sulphur, Cochineal.
H azeltine, P erkins  &  Co. quote as follows: 

ACIDS.

9  @  10

Acetic,  N o .8............................. ft 
Acetic,  C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040).........  30  @  35
C arbolic............................................... 
40
C itric .................................................... 
57
M uriatic  18  d eg................................. 
3  @
N itric  36  deg........................................  11 @
O xalic..................................................   14%@
Sulphuric  66 deg ...............................  
3  @
T artaric  pow dered..........................
Benzoic,  E nglish.....................f) oz
Benzoic,  G erm an...............................   12 ®
T a n n ic ...................................................   15 ®

• 

@ 6

AMMONIA.
C arbonate................................ .
$ f t   19  @
M uriate (Powd. 22c).................
6  @
A qua 16 deg o r  8 f.............................
....... 
. .... 
7  @
A qua 18 deg o r  4 f.............................

40 
3  00 
85

12
18
15
13
15
10

121 00

37%
9
12
13 
15
14

12 
30
24

BALSAMS.

C o p a ib a...............................................
F ir.........................................................
P e ru ......................................................
T o lu ......................................................

BARKS.

Cassia, in m ats (Pow’d 20c)............
Cinchona,  yellow ............................
Elm,  select..........................................
Elm, ground, p u re ............................
Elm , powdered,  p u re ......................
Sassafras, of ro o t.............................
Wild Cherry, select..........................

@65

BERRIES.

Cubeb, prim e (Powd  $1).................
J u n ip e r .'.............................................
Prickly A sh .................

............ 1  25  @1  35

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 and 25 ft boxes, 25c)...
Licorice,  powdered, p u re ..............
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 ft doxes). 
Logwood, Is (25 ft  boxes)................
Logwood,  %s 
Logwood, %s 
Logwood, ass’d 
Fluid E x tra c ts-

cent, off list. 

do
do
do
FLOWERS.

A rnica..................................................   11  @
Chamomile,  R om an........................
Chamomile,  G erm an.......................

GUMS.

Aloes, Cape (Powd  24c)...................
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)...........
A rabic, e x tra   select........................
A rabic,  pow dered se lect................
A rabic, 1st  p ick ed............................
A rabic, 2d p ick ed /............................
A rabic, 3d p ick ed ..............................
A rabic, sifted so rts..........................
Assafoetida, prim e (Powd 37c).......
C am phor.............................................  
Catechu. Is (% s 14c, %s  16c)...........
Guaiac, prim e (Powd  45c)..............
M yrrh. Turkish (Powdered  47c)...
Opium, p u re (Powd $5.40)................
Shellac, Campbell’s ..........................
Shellac,  E nglish...............................
Shellac,  n a tiv e ...................................
T ra g a c a n th ........................................  30

IRON.

C itrate and  Q uinine.........................
Solution m ur., fo r  tin c tu re s.........
Sulphate, p u re  c ry sta l...................

LEAVES.*

Buchu, short (Powd 25c)..................  16
Sage, Italian, bulk (% s & %s, 15c)...
Senna,  Alex, n a tu ra l.......................  18
Senna, Alex, sifted and. garbled..
Senna,  pow dered............................
U va  U rsi............ ................................

LIQUORS.

24@

18 
50 
45 
50 
40
32
27 
18 
30
25 
13 
35 
40
3  90 
40
33
28
@1  10

6  40 
20 
7

10

W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash W hisky.2 00
D ruggists’ F avorite  R y e..................... 1 75
W hisky, o th er  b ran d s...........................1 10
Gin, Old T om ............................................1 35
Gin,  H olland............................................2 00
B ra n d y ...................................................... 1 75
Cataw ba  W ines.......................................1 25
P o rt W ines............................................... 1 35

@2  00 
@1  50 
@1  75 
@3  50 
@6  50 
@2 00 
@2  50

37 
2 25

2 10 

@  50 
48 
2 30 
1  00 
95 
40 
90
1  25 
6  00
40
50
2 25 
2  40 
1  00
90 
2 00 
2  20
1  25 
50
1  60
2  85 
65
5  00 
8  00 
65
4  00 
@  12
2  35
5 00
1  75 
00 
00
@1  20
2  50 
@  67
10  50

MAGNESIA.

Carbonate, P attiso n ’s, 2 oz............
Carbonate, Jen n in g ’s, 2 oz..............
C itrate, H., P. & Co.’s  solution__

OILS.

Almond, sw eet................... ..............   45
Am ber,  rectified...............................
A nise....................................................
B ergam ont..........................................
C a je p u t............ ..................................
C a ssia..................................................
Cedar, com m ercial  (Pure 75c).......
C itro n ella..........................................
C loves..................................................
Cubebs, P. &  W ..............  ................
Hemlock, com m ercial (Pure 75c)..
Ju n ip e r  wood....................................
Ju n ip e r  b erries.................................
Lavender flowers- F re n ch ..............
do  '  ................
Lavender garden 
L avender spike 
do 
..............
Lemon, new  cro p .............................
Lemon,  Sanderson’s ........................
O riganum , red  flowers, F re n c h ...
O riganum ,  No. 1.......................... .
P en n y ro y a l........................................
P epperm int,  w h ite..........................
Rosem ary, French  (Flowers $5)...
Sandal  W ood, G erm an...................
Sandal Wood, Turkish  D ark .........
S assafras.............................................
T a n s y ..................................................
T ar (by gal 60c)...................................
W in terg ree n ....................................
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $7.50).......
Cod Liver, filte re d ................. $  gal
Cod Liver, b e st..........................
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16
Olive, M alaga................. 4.
Olive, “ Sublime  Italian” ................
S a la d ....................................................
Rose,  Ihm sen’s .........................$1 oz

10

65

POTASSIUM.

B icrom ate 
...........................^  ft
Brom ide, cryst. and  gran. b u lk ...
Chlorate, cry st (Powd 23c)..............
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, b u lk .......

ROOTS.

13

A lthea, c u t..........................................
A rrow,  St. V incent’s .......................
Arrow , Taylor’s, in %s and %s—
Blood (Powd 18c)...............................
Calamus,  peeled...............................
Calamus, G erm an  w hite, peeled..
Elecam pane, pow dered...................
G entian (Powd  17c(..........................
Ginger, A frican (Powd 16c)............
Ginger, Jam aica  bleached............
Golden Seal (Powd  40c)...................
Hellebore, w hite, pow dered...........
Ipecac, Rio, pow dered.....................
Jalap,  pow dered...............................
Licorice,  select (Powd 12%)...........
Licorice, ex tra select.......................
P ink, tr u e ...........................................
Rhei, from  select to   choice...........1  00
Rhei, powdered E. 1..........................1  10
Rhei, choice c u t  cu b es...................
Rhei, choice c u t  fingers..................
Sarsaparilla,  H o n d u ras..................
Sarsaparilla,  M exican.....................
Squills, w hite (Powd  35c)................
V alerian, English (Powd 30c)....... ,
V alerian, V erm ont (Powd 28c)....

Anise, Italia n  (Powd 20c)................
Bird, m ixed in ft  packages. . . . . . . .  
5
Canary,  S m y rn a ............................—
Caraway, best D utch (Powd  19c)..  11
Cardam on,  A leppee........................
Cardam on, M alabar..........................
Coriander, best  E nglish............

Mustard, white (Black 10c). 
Quince..............................
Worm, Levant.

I 
I

Florida sheeps’ wool, c arria g e... . .2 25  @2  50
2  00
Nassau 
do
1  10
V elvet E x tra do
85
E x tra Yellow do
65
Grass 
do
75
H ard head, fo r slate u se ..............
140
Yellow Reef. 

do
do
do
do

.. 

do
MISCELLANEUS.

%@

2%@

45  ®

37  ®

do 
do 
do

do 
do 

2  34
1  50
2  75
2%@  31
3  @ 
4
32
5
4%@ 
7
6  ®  
2  60 
@9  75 
00
2  20 
45 
9 
14 
1  40 
18 
20 
18 
4  00 
14

Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.24) $  g a l__
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref.
Bay  Rum, im ported, b e s t..............
Bay Rum , dom estic, H., P. & Co.’s.
A lum ...........................................   ^  ft
A lum , ground  (Powd 9c)................
A nnatto,  p rim e.................................
A ntim ony, powdered,  com ’l .........
Arsenic, white,  pow dered..............
Beans,  T onka....................................
Beans,  V anilla...................................7
Bism uth, sub  n itra te .......................
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c)........................
Blue  V itrio l........................................
Borax, refined (Powd  15c)..............
Cantharides, Russian  pow dered..
Capsicum  Pods, A frica n ...............
Capsicum Pods, A frican  p o w 'd ... 
Capsicum Pods,  A m erican  do  ...
Carmine,  No. 40.................................
Cassia  B uds...........‘ ...........................
Calomel,  A m erican..........................
Chalk, prepared d ro p .......................
1 60
Chloral hydrate, Germ an  crusts.
Chloral 
170
c ry st... 
Chloral 
Scherin’s  do  ... 
1  90
Chloral 
1  75
c ru sts.. 
C h loroform .........
.......... ................... 1  00  @1  05
C inchonidia.........
80  @  85
Cloves (Powd  28c).............................
20  @   22 
38 
C ochineal...........................................
Copperas (by bbl  lc )........................
Corrosive S ublim ate........................
Corks, X  and X X —35 off  list.........
Cream T artar, pure pow dered.......
Cream T artar, grocer’s, 10 ft b o x ..
Creasote...............................................
Cudbear,  p rim e.................................
C uttle Fish B one...............................
Em ery, Turkish, all  No.’s ..............
Epsom  Salts........................................
E rgot, fre sh ........................................
E ther, sulphuric, U. S.  P ...............
G elatine,  Cooper’s ............................
G elatine, French  ..............................
Glassware, flint, 60 off,by box 50 off
Glassware, green, 60  and 10 dis__
Glue,  cab in et....................................
Glue, w h ite..........................................
Glycerine,  p u re .................................
In d ig o ..................................................
Insect Powder, best  D alm atian ...
Iodine,  resublim ed..........................
Isinglass,  A m erican........................
Ja p o n ie a .............................................
Lead, aceta te ......................................
Lime, chloride, (%s 2s 9c & %s 10c).
M ace....................................................
Madder, best  D u tch ........................
Manna, S.  F ........................................
M ercury..............................................
Morphia, sulph., P. & W .........oz
Musk, Canton, H., P. &  Co.’s .........
Moss, Icelan d ............................. $  ft
Moss,  Iris h .........................................
M ustard,  E nglish.............................
M ustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  can s.........
N utgalls...............................................
Nutmegfe, No. 1...................................
N ux  V om ica......................................
O intm ent, M ercurial, %d...............
P epper, Black  B erry .......................
P ep sin ........................................... .......
P itch, T rue B u rgundy.....................
Q uassia................................................
Quinia, Sulph, P, & W ............ft oz
Seidlitz  M ixture...............................
Strychnia, c ry st.................................
Silver N itrate, c ry st........................  79
Red  P re c ip ita te ........................ $  ft
Saffron, A m erican.  ........................
Sal  G lauber........................................
Sal N itre, large  c ry st......................
Sal  N itre, m edium   c ry st...............
Sal Rochelle........................................
Sal  Soda............................................... 
Salicin..................................................
S a n to n in ............................................
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch..........
Soda Ash  [by keg 3 cl.......................
S perm aceti.........................................
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s __
Soap, W hite C astile..........................
Soap, G reen  do 
........................
Soap, M ottled do 
..........................
Soap, 
do 
..........................
Soap,  M azzini....................................
Spirits N itre, 3 F ...............................   26
Spirits N itre, 4 F ...............................   28
Sulphur, flour....................................  
Sulphur,  roll.*...................................
T artar E m etic....................................
Tar, N. C. Pine, % gal. cans  ^  doz
Tar, 
q u arts in tin ..........
Tar, 
pin ts in tin ...............
T urpentine,  V enice.................$  ft
W ax, W ftite, S. &  F. b ra n d ............
Zinc,  S ulphate.......... j ......................

@  28 
@  28 
@1  00 
@  34 
2 40 
1  50 
9 
15 
8 
60 
13
48 
3 35 
40 
12 
30 
18 
20 
55 
40 
18 
3 00

10 
10 

@
3%@

12 %@

do 
do 

4%@

do 

2

6

I 

1  85 
28 
1  50
I  82 
82
37
2 
10 
9
33%
1  2%
2  50 
7  25
38
4 
23
5 
14 
17
9
11
14
28

65 
2  70 
1  40 
85

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE.
H. Leonard & Sons quote as follow s:

ONE  CRATE  W H IT E   G RAN ITE  W ARE. 

Knowles,  Taylor  &  Knowles—Cable  S h a p e - 

Diamond C.
6 doz P la te s.....................5 inch

.6

“ 30
“  24

 

 

“ 

“ 

B akers...................3
........ 6
.......... 8  “
.........No. 36
 
 

Bowls.

“ 
“ 

 
Cov’d B u tte rs__ 5  inch
....2%   “
Indiv’l 
Cov’d  Chambers.No. 9 
Uncov’d 
.  “  “
Cake  P la te s..........................
R e staurant Cream s.............
Cup  P la te s.............................
Casseroles....................... 7 inch
8  “
D ish e s...... . . . . . . . 8   “
 
9  “
...................10  “
...................11  “

“ 
“ 
“ 

Ewers and Basins, No 9__
F ru it Saucers........4 inch
B arrell  M ugs___36  “
Scollops.............. 2%  “

“ 

;i

•• 

.6
“ 
...................8 
“  Jugs, No. 36..........................
“  “ 
“  20..........................
“  12..........................
“ 
“•  “ 
6..........................
“ 
“  Shell  P ickles........................
“  Sugars. No.  30......................
“  Spoon  H olders.....................
;toss U n’hd Coffees, 12 sets in 
“ 
“  H ’d

“  Teas, 

“ 

“

54 
66 
78 
90 
78 
90 
1  05
1  44
2  10

4  20 
6  15
4  20 
75 
30
5  10 
5  70
1  50
2  16 
2  85 
9  90
35
81
60
90

2  10 
1  26 
1  50
3  06
4  80 
1  80
3  15 
1  80 
6  30
4  80

3 24
1  98 
15  60
2  70
2  34 
45 
52
52 
75 
90 
1  10 
1  05
3 O'
4  20 
1  05
90 
1  21 
1  4c 
1  44
5°
95 
1  65 
1  75 
42 
1  20 
45 
1  141 
1  50 
1  05 
63
75
76 
80
79
3 15 
14  40 
6  00

ASSORTED  PACKAGE  MAJOLICA—NO.  33.

1  Tea  Set,  44  Pieces,  Shell............
............
“ 
1 dozen Sauce  Plates. 
............2 00
“ 
2 F ru it Sets. 7 Pieces 
75
“ 
4 Covered B utters 
............
30
“ 
3 H and  Teas 
............
“ 
3 H and Coffees 
............
40
3 H and Moust. Coffees  “ 
50
............
55
3 Molasses  Cans,  Sunflow er............
18
6 Bread Plates,  S traw berry............
37
6 Bread Plates. O ak...........................
58
3 P itchers, No. 12, R ose.....................
31
3 
“
30 
.....................
21
3 
.....................
“  42 
17
3 
“  54 
.....................
58
“  12, F e rn .....................
3 
42
24 
“
3 
.....................
£5
36 
“
3 
.....................
63
6, Cor’l .....................
“ 
3 
42
3 
“
24 
.......... ! ........
21
3 
“  42 
.....................
12 Begonia  L eaves...............................
15
50
2 dozen Individual B u tte rs..............
2 Bread and Milk Sets, Shell............
67
2 Cuspadores,  Sunflow er..............  . 54
i Tea Pot, Sugar and Cream, Shell.
1 
Caulf.

6 50
1  25
4  00
3 00
90
1  20
1  50
1  65
1  08
2  33
1  74
93
63
51
1  74
1  26
75
1  86
1  26
63
1  80
1  00
1  34
1  08
1  35
1  00
$42  08
..  4  20
$37  88
Package, $1.
Packages  assorted  or  repacked  to order.

Less 10 P e r C ent__

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“  
“  
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

ONE ASSORTED PACKAGE ROCKINGHAM AND YEL­

LOW WARE.
Diamond H.

“

44
«4
44

44 
44 
44 

“ • 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

M ixing Bowls,

Mugs,
Tea Pots,

Bakers,  7 in c h ...

Scallops,  flinch  ...

i. Rock. Chambers, No. 4.. . .$4 50
“  6 .. ...3  25
“  9 . . ..2  50
6.. ... 3 00
2 25
“  9..
“  12.. !.'.150
“  30..
“  18..
.'  4 00
M  24.. ..  3 25
“  3Ù.. ..  2 75
..  105
............... 125
................155
................185
................2 30
.................280
...  120 
....  1 50 
...  1 80
.  1 05 
.  125 
.  155 
.  185 
.  230 
.  2 80
95
105
450
44  12.. 2 75
“ 24  . .  175
.200
.300
400
.500
40
50
60
..  75
...  90
...110
..  140
..1 7 0
..4 0 0
,.  300
..2  25

k   *
%  *4 
%  *4 
%  44 
%  44 
3  44  Yellow Bowls, No. 3 6 ............ 
3  44 
44 3 0 ..........
%  44 
44 2 4 .......... .. 
%  *4  Nappies; 6 inch..
%  *
%  *4 
..
4 
..
4 
..
%  44  Chambers ,  No. 4  .
%  •4 
44  6 ..
%  4« 
44  9  ..

...
Nappies, 7 inch  ...
...
...
...
...
... 
...
........
........
“
44

8  “
9  “ 
8  “ 
9  “ 
10  “ 
11  “ 
12  “ 
Plates,  8 inch 
9  “ 
10  “ 

*  Spittoons, No. 5  ..
“  4  ..
44  3  ..
44  3 ..

“O ur New” P itcher, No. 6

7  44
8  44 
9  44 
10  44 

44 
44
.4
44

44
44
44 
44
44

“ 
“ 

44
44

44

Package, $100.

60 days $25 20.

$113
243
125
100
75
50
65
100
81
69
26
31
39
46
58
70
30
38
45 
56 
26
31
39
46 
58 
70 
85
190
210
112
69
44
50
75
100
125
80
100
30
25
30
36
35
43
ieo
225
112
$36 06

HANG IN G  LAMPS.

Price  Complete,  w ith  New  Style  Drip  Fount.
Our pendants are  all  m anufactured  by th e 
Bradley &  H ubbard  M anufacturing  Co,  and 
will give  b etter  satisfaction  th an   any  others 
in the m arket.  Send  fo r  com plete catalogue 
of chandelier goods.
F   Bronze  No  366, per d o z ........................ 24  00
Silver and blue No 366  do 
.........................27  00
Ebony &  gold  No 366  do 
..........................30  00
Nos.  465,  or  466  French
p er  doz..........................27  00
V erde  bronze 
do ..........................27  00
V erde and F r  bronze do 
27  00
................ 
do  ..........................30 00
Silver bronze 
............................30  00
do 
Silver and  blue br. 
Ebony and  gold 
do 
............................33 00
E x tra gilt bronze 
do 
............................33 00
Gold o r pol.  bronze  do 
............................45  00
Special prices fo r  two  dozen  o r  m ore pen­
dants in  one order.

bronze, 

CH AN DELIERS.

No 500 2 light fo r  stores,  com plete  w ith  7

inch shades, each ...........................................1  75
Over 100 styles of chandeliers  constantly on 
hand.  We  have  all  th e  new  and beautiful 
Brass pendants and  Chandeliers.

Special quotations m ade fo r churches.

LAMP BU RN ERS.

N o 0 A n y  s ty le p e r  d o z ..........................................  75
............................ ..............   85
N o 1
...........................................1  35
N o  2

d o
d o

d o  
d o  
GLASSWARE.

H eavy  Figured  “ H orseshoe”  P attern .

Sets, fl  dozen..........................
Pitchers,  % gallon.................
C eleries....................................
Bowls, 7 inch, and co vers... 
Bowls, 8 
Bowls, 9 
Comports, 4  in c h ...................
G o b le ts...................................
W in es.......................................
S alvers......................................
Nappies,  4  in c h .....................

“ 
no 

“ 
“ 

“
“

Package a t cost-

$3  00 
3 00 
2  10 
3  00 
3 85 
3 60 
30 
50 
35 
3 00

COAL  AND  BUILDING  MATERIALS.

A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows:

Ohio W hite Lime, per  b b l.. 
Ohio W hite Lime, car lo ts.. 
Louisville Cement,  per bbl.
A kron Cem ent per  bbl.......
Buffalo Cement,  per b b l..
Car lo ts....................................
P lastering hair,  per b u .......
Stucco, per^bbl......................
Land plaster, per to n ..........
Land plaster, car lo ts..........
Fire brick, per  M.................
Fire clay, p er b b l.................
COAL.

1  10 
1  00 
1  40 
1  40 
1  40 
..1  15@1  20 
..  35@  38 
1  75 
3  75 
3  00 
.. $27 @ $35 
'3 00

A nthracite, egg and g ra te...................$6 50@6  75
A nthracite, stove and n u t...................  6  75@7  00
Cannell coal....................................... 
7  00
Ohio coal........................ .........................   3 50@3  75
$86  111  Blossburg or  C u m b erlan d .................  5  00@5  25

20 
1  35

A ny assortm ent packed to order.

LAMP CHIM NEYS.

do 

No 1 E ngraved blue top  chim ney p r doz. 
No 2 
No 1 Leader X X  F lint glass pr doz............
No 2 
............
No 1 La Bastie per doz..................................
No 2 
......................................

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do

.1  00 
.1  50 
.  60 
.  90 
.1  25 
.1  50

GLASS  O IL   CANS.

“ Q ueen”  or  “ Daisy.”
% gal.  per doz..............
1 gal 
..............

do 

No  charge fo r box.
.......3  50
.......4  50

PACKAGE  DECORATED  VASE  LAMPS.

NO.  37.

F o u rteen  Lam ps in  barrel.  A ssorted  deco­
rations, sold com plete w ith 7 inch w hite shade, 
Illum inator  base  and  burner,  per  doz. $9  50.
Same  w ith 7  inch  hand  painted  decorated 
shades,  per doz. $11  50.
Can pack % doz. each style.

18 
1  10 
37% 
12 
15 
35 
@1  50 
@1  20 
2 00 
2 25 
35 
18 
10 
22 
20

13
^ 
6 
5
&  12 
2 20 
2 50 
12
3%@ 4
4  @ 4%
8  @ 9
4%@ 5
8
]L  00
7%@ 8
14

No.  28.

12 lam ps in Barrel,  assorted  hand painted 
porcelain  base.  Sold  com plete  w ith 
above trim m ings—w hite  shade,  p er  doz  $10
D ecorated shade p er doz.................................  $12
Can pack % doz each style.

TUBULAR  LA NTERNS.

No 0 New w ire liftjfor lighting,  per doz— 9 00 
No 0 H inge fo r lighting, per  doz...................7  50

Queen Dash Lamp, per  doz......................12 00
This is the best  selling  lamp  in the  market 
for night driving.

HARDWARE,  IRON  AND  NAILS.

Prevailing rates are as follows:

11%

Chain-

A nvils—P eter  W right’s,  $)  f t...................
A ugurs—40  and  10  per cent. off.
B abbett—XXX, $  f t....................................
B., D.  &  Co.,  No.  X, $  f t.....................
B.. D. &  Co., No. 2,Jp f t........................
10%
i—3-16 inch Lake Superior, lif t — . 
7%
• 
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cent, off.

Files—Nicholson’s best 40 p er cent off. 
Forks—H ay and M anure 50 p er cent off. 
H am m ers—Maydole’s 15 per cent off. 
Hinges—Strap and T 60 p er cen t off. 
H orse Shoes—B urden’s $4.35 p er keg. 
H orse  Nails—A n Sable  30  and 10 p er 
Iro n —F lat B ar $2 rates.
Sheet No. 24 $3  rates.
Swede’s bar 5%c $  ft.
Padlocks 30 p er cent. off.
Lead—Pig $   f t...............................................
Sffeet $  
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Pipe $   ft. . ...............................................
B ar 
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Rope—M anilla $   f t................................ 13
Sisal $  f t..............................................10
Ju te  $  ft.

D rop $1.80.

Sash W eights $  f t..............
Shot—Buck  $2.15.
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ft.
Steel—B est cast tool 
Round M achine  $  f t ..
Spring  ip 1b...................
Tin—P ig V f t............ ..........
Bar V  lb....................
Zinc—Sheet  V t>................
Slab <p ft........................

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M a n u f a o t u r e r s ?  A g e n t s ,

— -IMPORTERS  AND  JOBBERS  OF-----

DRUGGISTS’ STTITDiaSS  <3i BEUSHES,

Nos. 42  and 44 bitswa Street.,  89,  91,  93  and  35  Louis St., 

G r R A l N T D   B . A P I I 5 S ,  

-   M Ï C U Ï G - A K T .  

Agents for STEWART BRUSH CO. and GRAND RAPIDS BRUSH CO.

HAT  &  GAP  STORE

PRICES  GUARANTEED

AS  LOW  AS  CHICAGO  AND  NEW  YORK!

GOOD  PUR CAPS,  $22.50  PER  DOZEN.  —  WOOL  HATS,  $4.50  AND  UPWARDS. 

GENUINE  FUR  HATS,  $13.50  AND  UPWARDS.

-----LARGE  LINE  OF-----

Imported.  Sootob.  Caps,

Lium'b erxnen,s  Goods, 

Maob-inaw Sbirts cfc Drawres.

-----AGENCY  FOR  THE-----

Pontiac  Fulled  Mitts, Socks  and  Boots l

E V E R Y   ONE  W ARRANTED .

Clothing  and  Gent’s  Furnishing  Goods»

-----LARGE  LINE  OF-----

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.

I.  O.  LEVI ,

36,  38,40  and  42  CANAL  STREET, 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

FOX, MUSSELMAN & LOVERIDGE,

.MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

A MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

E. A. STOWE. Editor and  Proprietor.

OFFICE  IN  EAGLE  BUILDING,  3d  FLOOR.

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

IN  THE  CITY.

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of

Benjamin Hollister  is  visiting  Peirce 

White’s northern trade this week.

Cody,  Ball  &  Co.  received  ‘live  tons 

Peerless smoking tobacco yesterday.

Sprague  Kezie,  dealer 

in  groceries  on 
Front  street,  has  sold  out  to  Ritchie  & 
Gorham.

The  firm  of  Fox,  May  &  Co., 

lumber 
dealers and manufacturers, lias been dissolv­
ed.  Fox & May succeeded.

Mr.  H.  Gilbert,  formerly  with  Sprague, 
Warner & Co., Chicago, is the newly-install- 
°d shipping clerk at Cody, Ball &  Co.’s.

Mr.  W.  B.  Edwards,  with  Putnam  & 
Brooks,  left  this  morning  for  a  fortnight’s 
trip  through  southern  Michigan  and  north­
ern Indiana.

John  D.  Van  Wyck,  for  nine  years  past 
in  the  employ  of  Adrian  De  Young,  has 
engaged in the grocery business  on  his  own 
account at 389 Jefferson avenue.

Mr. James Granger,  formerly  with  Cody* 
Ball & Co., returned from  his  southern  trip 
esteday.  He  leaves  Monday  for Detroit, 
»here he will visit his brother several  days.
Dun’s  Mercantile  Agency  received  a  tel 
«gram last evening announcing  the  suspen­
sion of W.  A.  Kitts,  dealer  in  lumber  and 
shingles  at  Oswego,  N.  Y.  A meeting  of 
creditors is called for the 30th.

Mr. L. C. Stow, of the Grand Rapids  Fur­
niture Co., and R. J. Stow, of Stow & Haight, 
left on  Monday  for  a  six  weeks’  tour  of 
Iowa,  Illinois,  Kansas,  Missouri  and  Col­
orado.  They will  not  part  company  until 
their  return.

ABOUND TIIE  STATE.

The roller flour mill  at  Norval  has  closed 

up.

Parties from Reading have  opened  a  fur­

niture store at Galesburg.

VISITING BUYERS 

The following retail dealers  have  visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:

Bailey. 
Corners.

Lain.

Mr. Barker, of Barker & Lehnen, Pierson. 
G. Bron & Ten Hoor, Forest Grove.
F. C. Selby, Volney.
G. F. Fretsinger, East Saugatuck.
Win. Black, Cedar Springs.
Win. Yenneulen, Beaver  Dam.
Calvin Durkee, Lake View.
Morlev Bros., Cedar Springs.
Smeadley Bros., Bauer.
Fred. Taylor,  Pierson.
U.  S. Monroe, Berlin.
Byron McNeal, Byron Center.
Wm. Tuttle, Milton Junction.
L. W. Stiles, Cedar Springs.
W. Schoomacher, Camionsburg.
J. S. Boice, Hastings.
1). J. Peacock, Bridgeton.
F. G. Thurston, Lisbon.
C. E. Kellogg, Grandville.
C. B. Moon, Cedar Springs.
Paine & Field, Englishville.
Lindley,
Mr. John  Spring,  of  Spring 
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J. R.  Dibble,  of  Dibble  Bros.,  Burnip s
C. Keller, Kellerville.
Geo!  P. Stark, Cascade.
E. W. Kitchen,  Edinore.
H. F. Snyder, Crapo.
Mr. Davis,  of  O’Dell,  Davis  &  Co., Mc­
Nicholas Bouma,  Fisher Station.
L. M. Jennings, Edmore.
O. E. Watkins. Mancelona.
W. II. Hicks, Morley.
Martin Bros., Sand Lake.
C. Crawford, Caledonia.
R. V. McArthur, Rockford.
Dr. S. A. Roller, Edmore.
Mr.  Hunter,  of  Hunter  Bros.,  Cedar 
C. E. Kellogg, Grandville.
J. D. F. Pierson, Pierson.
B. Wynlioff, Holland.
J. Moerdyk, Zeeland.
J. H. Toren, Jennisonville.
J. E. Thurston, Morley.
John Clepker, Zutphen.
Andrew Olson, Montague.
Geo. S. Curtiss, Edgerton.
Geo. Luther, Middleville.
A. Engberts, Beaver  Dam.
R. Carlyle,  Rockford.
B. M. Dennison, East Paris. 
G. H. Walbrink, Allendale.
G. C. Baker, LaBa'gc.
Norman Harris, Big Springs.
W. S. Root, Talmage.
W. H.  Struik, Forest Grove.
L. L. Maxfield, Fruitport.
O. Green,  Martin.
Conklin Bros.,  Ravenna.

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Potatoes are quoted higher in Detroit than 
^  
.  Bradstreet’s Mercantile Agency  furnishes
any other point in the West
James McClellan is just embarking in  the  T h e T radesm an  with  the  following  busi-
ness changes, embarrassments, etc., occuri ing
up to the hour of going to press:

general store business at Mancelona.

The Grand Ledge Chair Factory has lately 

TRADE  CHANGES.

been making some large shipments east.

The Flint Woolen  Mills  are  now  turning 
out 900 yards of  cloth  and  300  pounds  of 
yarn daily.

Algonac looks forward to a  salt  well  and 
a new saloon.  One will help the other;  salt 
creates  tliirst.

About 1,500 barrels of  apples  have  been 
marketed  at  Bellue,  averaging  in  price 
about $2.15 per barrel.

Geo. Thomsett’s new store at Edgerton, to 
replace the building burned down some time 
ago, is now nearly completed.

The  Grand  Ledge  Manufacturing  Com­
pany is in full blast turning out thirty  gross 
daily of the Harris patent shade fixture.

The dry  goods  store  of  A.  McFarlane  & 
Co., at  Lyons,  has  been  closed  to  satisfy  a 
chattel  mortgage  held  by  Edson,  Moore  & 
Co., of Detroit.

The  Harbor  Springs  Toothpick  Factory ] 
will build 124 by 30 feet in size,  two  stories | 
high, and will have a capacity of 20,000 cords j 
of wood per  annum.

C.  F.  Kerry  and  D.  C.  Williams  have 
formed a co-partnership,  purchased  a  store j 
at Reed  City,  and  will  shortly  engage  in 
general trade there.

Bangor—Bangor Furnace Co.  assigned to 
Win.  H.  Nelson.
Croton—Merritt & Lance,  general  store, 
Chas.  Merritt deceased.
Detroit—E. A. Young, grocer, sold  out to 
D  jjock.
Harrison—Fagan & Canfield,general store, 
have  dissolved, Wm. Fagan succeeding.
McLain—O’Dell, Davis & Barnard,  S. P. 
Barnard assigned.
Hartford—Bennett & Manley,  hardware, 
have dissolved, V. E. Manley succeeding.
Kalamazoo—L. F. Mumford,  harness and 
carriages, lias assigned.
Lyous_ A . McMcFarlane  & Co.,  general 
store, has been closed by creditors.
Pentwater—H.  A.  Cross  & Co.,  millers, 
have sold out to D. F.  Moody.
Sheridan—Fargo  &  Brackett,  general 
store,  have  dissolved,  F. C. Brackett  suc­
ceeding. 
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Spring Lake—F. R. Messmger, boots  and 
shoes, has sold out to Peter Dyk.
Watervleit—S. D. Waldron,  general store, 
estimates his loss by a recent robbery at $1,-

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ROCKFORD  NOTES.

C. F. Sears, formerly the “Co.” of the firm 
of D. R. Stocum  &  Co.,  will  shortly  open 
a general store in a building  near  the  bank.
Aaron B. Gates is working up  a  consider­
able wholesale trade  in  country  fruits  and 
produce.

E. P. Newman, of Diamondale, has rented

Ackerman & Worthley have sold out their 
interest in the Wilcox Paper Mill at Roches­
ter to Frank A.  Blackmer,  who  has  taken 
possession of the same.
C. E. Thornton, who  left  his  business  in 
the store in the German  block,  at  Lansing, | charge of a trusted clerk m  August,  to  look 
formerly  occupied  by  C.  W.  Zeigler,  and j after  his  Dakota  farm,  is  expec e 
lome 
will shortly open a full  line  of  drugs,  med-  shortly.
icines, etc. 

Geo. A. Sage is  taking  a  needed  respite 
from business cares by way  of  a  fortnight s 
visit among friends in New York  State.

John J. Ely has  been  so  busy  supplying
Over 4,000 bushels of  potatoes  were  mar-1llis numerous customers of  late  that  lie  has 
keted at Sturgis the other day, and the farm- j  failed to find time to real  even  he  kades 
ers  took  home  $1,628. 
$40,000 worth will be marketed there this sea-1  Win. Heslei, J. Coon, 
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son.  The  daily receipts average 2,500 bush-j cany 
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elg 

It  is  expected  that  MAX-

i Carlvle and James Colby  all  report  a  satis-
factory trade and growing business.
Wanted a  Leave  of Absence.

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CHARLES B. Ml OOPR Piti Ko, Milt. 

R.

I I S r C O r t P O R - A T E D 1877.

The original and the largest Mutual Accident Association in  the  World.
Effects a saving to the insured of more than one-half the usual cost of  accident insurance.
This Association has paid to the Beneficiary of each member who received  fatal  injuries, 

who held full policy, $5,000.

It has paid more that 2,000 claims for indemnity for disabling injuries.
It has in force over $70,000,000 accident insurance, with weekly  indemnity  amounting  to 

$18,000,000 per annum.

It saves to the membership in the cost of accident insurance furnished, as  compared with
that of any other reliable company, over $280,000 per annum.
It has no proven death or indemnity claims or  indebtedness  of  any  nature  audited  and

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unpaid. 
The malicious circulars issued by rival  accident  insurance  (stock)  companies,  and  dis­
tributed  broadcast  by their  agents, and  intended to prejudice the public against this 
Association, have signally failed in their object, as the  Association  has  increased  its 
business since January 1, 1883, over $20,000,000.

The Membership Fee in this Association for $5,000 accident insurance,  with  $25  weekly 

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indemnity, is $4, payable but once.  Animal dues thereafter, $1.

Assessments for $5,000 insurance have never exceeded  the cost  of  $12  per  annum,  and 
"  may be paid at one time, in advance, if preferred, and the sending  of  assessment  no­
tices also omitted if desired.  Assessments paid in advance are  held  in  trust  by  the 
Ninth National Bank—special deposit.

$10,000 accident insurance, with $50 weekly indemnity, at proportionate rates.
There is no reason why the number of  assessments  in  this  Association  should  increase 
with the advancing age of members, as insurance against accident is  not  affected  by 
age, as in the case of life insurance.

Please  W rite  for  Circulars and  Application  Blank.
BRADSTREET’S  MINIATURE  POCKET  ATLAS

CLOAKS  WITHOUT  NUMBER.

One  Feature of  Voigt,  Herpolsheimer & Co.’s 

Immense Establishment,

The  cloak  department  of  Messrs.  Voigt 
Herpolsheimer &  Company’s  large  general 
store is replete with  everything in that  line. 
The stock of seal and  fur lined  garments  is 
complete in every detail, and the assortment 
of  jackets,  dolmans,  Russian  circulars  and 
paletotes, in silk plushes, diagonal worsteds 
ottoman  worsteds,  Cicilian  worsteds,  and 
imported cloths,  is  the  most  extensive  ever 
shown it Grand Rapids.  Ottoman brocades, 
in all the  latest  novelties,  and  an  endless 
variety of Jerseys, both imported and domes­
tic, are an  especial  feature  of  the  depart­
ment.  A large assortment of street jackets, 
ulsters and ulsterettes,  is  shown—ro  short 
the firm have everything in the cloak depart­
ment from the lowest  to  the  highest.  No 
other house in the city has  such  a  stock  ot 
children’s cloaks and havelocks m plush and 
worsted goods.  A number of rare  imported 
cloaks for children  are  well  worth  seeing, 
and those in need  of anything  in  the  cloak 
line would do well to call  and  inspect  this 
immense stock before purchasing elsewhere.

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New Corporations Authorized.
The  following  corporations  have 
filed articles of association  with  the 
tary of State at Lansing:
ital, $25,000. 
tal  $25,000. 
Capital $150,000. 
edonia Mining Co.
ital, $1,250,000. 
increased to $50,000.
Capital $200,000. 
tal, $1,000.
Port Huron.  Capital, $50,000.

lately
Secre-
Cap-
Harrison Drop Forging Co., Walker, 
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Michigan  Portrait  Co.,  Charlotte,  capi­
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Detroit  Mutual  Steamboat  Co.,  Detroit.
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Caledonia Iron Co.  Name changed to Cal­
Marquette and Western Railroad Co.  Cap­
St. Clair Timber Co., of  Detroit.  Capital 
Cockbum  Island  Timber  Co.,  Detroit. 
.
Optic Publishing Co.,  Imlay  City.  Capi­
Port Huron Elevator and  Warehouse  Co., 
James  Jwks  <ic  Co.,  Detroit.  Capital.
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Diamond Wall  Finish  Company.  Grand
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$46.000. 

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The following, from page 1164, shows the value of

INTERESTING
THE UNITED STATES

HAZELT1NE, PERKINS & CO.,
Wholesale  Druggists,

AND  DEALERS  IN  LUBRICATING  AND  CARBON  OILS.

'7*4 rf-
m Srfm

WHOLESALE  GROCERS,

44,  46  and  48  South  Division  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

-WE  ARE  FACTORY  AGENTS  FOR

ini, Ac», H i (¡rent. A M Seal Flu Maw.

(Kir  stock  of Teas,  Colfoes  and  Syrtijs 

is  Always  Conryiele. 

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Tobaccos, Vinegars  and  Spices i 

—WE  MAKE  SPECIAL  CLAIM  FOB  OUR—

OUR  MOTTO:  “ SQUARE  DEALING  BETWEEN  MAN  AND  MAN.”

CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED.

PUTNAM  <&  BROOKS,

WHOLESALE

Gandy, Fruit and Nuts

3 3   and. 05  Canal Street,

Grand  Rapids,

Michigan.

IU n str a te d  D e fin itio n s.
8>jlb$
1 .ftvincr  lib; 
3, foretop-mast-stay sail;  4 , fore-course;  f 
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5  foretop sail ; 
6» foretop-gallont sail,
■j, fore-royal; 
f°re 
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9 ,  fore-royal studding sail;
lO, foretop-gallant studding sail;
IT. foretopmast studding«»»;
13, maintop sail;
18, main-course; 
14, maintop-gallant sail;  15, main-royal, 
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16, main, slty sail;  17, main royal studding sail,
18, main top-gallant studding  sail;
19, maintop-mast studding sail;
80, mizzen-course; 
M , mizzen-top sail;
88. mizzen-topgo.Uant sail  33, mizzen-royal,
I t m S S L y s a U ;
Ameng  the  many that could be °ited  are  w»e 
following:  Beef,  wider,  Castle,  Column,  Eye, 
Horse,  Moldings,  Phrenology, W e lm ,  Ships, 
(PP. 1164 and  1219) Steam  Engine and  Timbers. 
Tliese 13. pictures.define 343 words and terms.

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THE STANDARD.

Webster is the Standard of the U- 8. S uprem e 
C o u rt and hi the U. 8.  G q v ^ P rin tln g & fflce. 
Recommended  by  S ta te  Snp’ts  o f Schools in 
36 States.  Sale 30 times that of any other senes. 
6. & C. MERRIAM & CO., Pub’rs  Springfield, Mass.

“ Leave of absence, eh ?” said the proprie­
tor to a young commercial traveler, who had 
preferred the  modest  revuest  “ How  long 
do you wish to bç absent ? ”

J.  C.  Benbow,  successor  to Chamberlain 
Bros., at Cannensburg, was in town Saturday.
He says that good  stocks and low prices are 
winning  back  to  that  place  much  of  the 
trade that has  of late  gone  to  Lowell  and 
Grand Rapids.
The XHlamazoo Telegraph  is  responsible 
for  the following:  A  commercial  traveler
vouches  for  the  fact  that  on the door of a 
store in a small  village of Central Michigan, 
he recently saw the following notice: “Gone 
to bury my wife:  lie back in an hour.”

“ About a month.” 
“ A  month!  Great  Iioscoe!  Why  don’t  Rapids.  Capital, $40,000.

y o u  ask fo r a year?  I’m inclined to give the I  W estern  U nion White Bronze  Company 
boys their  little   leaves  of  absence,  b u t  you 
want a w hole tr e e ! ”

Detroit.  Capital, $1,000,000.

‘•Has a Wide Field.”

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Read  Yotr Trade  Paper.

The  Vanderbilt  Independent  says:  The
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I From the Chicago P u r c h a s i n g   A g e n t . 
The Michigan  Tradesman,  published j 
at Grand Rapids, Midi., appeared this week 
It  is—as  its  name j 
among our exchanges. 
implies—a commercial paper, recently start­
ed,  and  has  a wide  field,  from  which  to 
gather oil its way,  as  Grand Rapids  is  al­
ready a large business center,  and becoming 
more so, yearly.  We welcome T he T rades­
man  to our circle and trust to see it  have a 
prosperous career.

The best proof of the value  of  trade  pa-
bowl factory is under  erection  and  presents  pers may be found in the  fact,  that all suc- 
and  retailers  ac­
cessful merchants, dealers and  retailers  ac­
a business-like aspect.  Mr.  Williams,  the 
knowledge  that  they  have  derived  great 
proprietor,  is present and superintending the 
benefit  from  them, ami  continue ^ reading 
them as  long  as  they do  not  retire  from 
work himself.  The  machinery  arrived  this 
active business.  But there  is on the  other 
week, and will s.ion be placed in  position.
hand a class of  dealers  and  retailers  who 
declare that they have not the  time to  read 
trade  papers,  and  that  if  they  had  the 
leisure to read them, they would  know  be­
forehand what they contain.  To  these we 
reply that  a business man,  however  little 
leisure he may think he  has left  to bestow

Chapin. &  Russell  have  errected  a two- 
story match and  kindling  wood  factory  at 
Manistee.  The building is 20x50  feet,  with 
From  th e A gricultural  World.
an engine room 26x38  feet  They  have  10
The Michigan Tradesman is a new pa­
per recently started by Mr. E.  A.  Stowe,  an
machines in  the  factory,  seven  below  aud, lelsure ne may wuuh uks 
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three above, the former being kindling wood  OLl reading  ought  to find  time  to  inform  experienced newspaper man of this city- 
machines.  They  will  commence  manufac-: himself about what  in  his  trade  concerns  is devobed chiefly to ^ «   wholesale  intern. » 
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f|xi  _i_  him most, and is to  him  as much a  matter  of the merchants  of  western  and  nortnern
taring  kindling  wood  this  week.  Their  him most, 
  business  m c h\gwx and from the hearty patronage  it
melting and dipping house will be 20x20 feet;  _ . 
the price of g o o a 8  and  the  tendency j  already receives,  we predict  for  it  a  grand
and of solid brick.  They are  also  building j anj  state of the markets  in  his  speciality, j  success. 
a warehouse 30x50 feet  near  their  factory, j and that the trifling sum of the 
In this connection, it is not out  of  the  way 
to  observe  that  the.,  is  enough  kindling 
wood wasted In Mlehipu. mill towns to  so,-  L S *  
ply the entire United  States. 

;  wanted.—xV lirst-class^rocery salesman,
” J jum  hv the* valuable hints  to travel through northern Michigan.  Must
aod  te -
A d te S  XYZ’

intelligent  reader  in  Ms I obk 
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“Predict a Grand Success.”

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