VOL.  1.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  JANUARY  16,  1884.

POI<   SALE.

A well-selected stock of groceries  situated 
in a grow ing tow n of 1,500  population  is  offer- 
I ed fo r sale.  The stock will inventory $3,000 to 
$3,500,  and  th e   cash  sales  last  year  am ounted 
to  $20,800.  The store is located in th e  best p a rt 
I o f th e  tow n, th e   building  is  of  brick,  and  th e 
re n t b u t $300  per  annum , w ith  a lease  having 
th ree  years  y et  to   ru n .  B est  of reasons  fo r , 
selling.  A ddress X X X , care The Tradesman, j 
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G rand Rapids, Mich. 

Grand  Rapids, Ja n u a ry  3,1884. 

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N otice is hereby given th a t th e firm  of Free- j 
m an, H aw kins & Co., com posed  of  th e   under* i 
signed, h as th is day been dissolved, by m u tu al J 
consent, Mr. Thos.  S.  F reem an  retiring.  The | 
business o f th e   late firm  will  be  continued  by | 
Messrs. Lewis E. H aw kins and George R. P erry  i 
u n der th e   firm  nam e  of  H aw kins  &  P erry,  to  j 
whom all debts o f said firm  of  Freem an, Haw­
kins  &  Co.  m ust  be  paid  and  by  whom  all 
claim s against said firm will be  settled. 

rSignedl 
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THOMAS  S.  FREEMAN,
LEWIS  E.  HAWKINS,
GEORGE  R.  PERRY.

DRUG  STORES  FOR  SALE.

kins  stock  and  busitiess  a t  Fife Lake. 
! A ddress H. B. Fairchild, G rand  Rapids,  Mich.

DRUG  STOCK  FOR  SALE.  The F. D. Caul- 
D
RUG STOCK FOR SALE at Invoice, about 
$5,500.  The leading  store  In one  of the 
best tow ns of th e   State.  Reason,  engaged  in 
o ther  business.  Will  sell  on  tim e.  Address 
H azeltine, P erkins & Co., W holesale D ruggists, 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

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D RUG  STORE  FOR  SALE  in G rand Rapids, 

invoice.  Owner has other 
business.  Address  H azeltine,  P erkins  &  Co., 
W holesale D ruggists, G rand Rapids, Mich.

fo r  $2,500  o r 

$2,000.  A ddress H azeltine, P erkins & Co. 

W holesale D ruggists, G rand Rapids,  Mich.

D RUG  STORE  FOR  SALE  a t  Otsego,  Mich 
STA TE M E N T   O F  T H E   C O N D ITIO N   of 

th e   NASON  LUMBER  COMPANY,  a t 
Grand  Rapids,  in  th e  S tate  of  Michigan,  De­
cem ber 31st, 1883.
Capital  Stock......................................... $150,000 00
P aid  in .............................................: -----,  75,000 00
Indebtedness...........................................  
None
Attest :

C. F. NASON,  President.

S. LUTHER V 
EDWARD  TAGGART  VDirectors.
J.  L. LOCKE 

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S tate o f Michigan, County of  K ent—ss.
C. F. Nason,  being  duly  sw orn,  deposes  and 
says th a t he is President of th e Nason Lum ber 
Com pany-above  nam ed, th a t  th e   foregoing  is 
a correct statem en t  to   th e  best  of  his  knowl­
edge and belief. 
Subscribed and sw orn to before m e th is  12th
day of Ja n u ary , A. D.T884.

C. F. NASON.

Arthur  C. Denison, 
N otary Public K en t County, Mich.

A. H.  F OW L E ,

PAINTER  AND  DECORATOR,

-AND DEALER IN-

Artists’  Materials!

FINE  WALL  PAPERS AND 
*  ROOM  MOULDINGS,

7  Ionia  Strepa, South  of  Monroe.

F.J. DETTENTHALER
O Y S T E R S

Successor  to   H .  M. B liv en ,

—WHOLESALE—

•  AND  CANNED  GOODS.

A gent  for  F arren ’s  Celebrated  “ F  ”  Brand 

Raw  O ysters.

117  M O N BO E  STR EE T,

GRAND  RAPIDS,* 

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MICH.

PECK  BROTHERS,
DRUGGISTS

129  and  131  Monroe  Street, 

—WHOLESALE—

Prices in No Instances Higher than those  (juoted 
this Paper.  Write us for Special Quotations.

B.  J.  KIRKLAND.  M.  D.,

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SPECIALIST  IN   DISEASES  OF  THE

Ear, Eye and Throat

WITH DRS. JOHNSON  & BOISE,

! 72  Ottawa  Street,  Corner  of Monroe  Street, 
I  Office  H ours:  9 a. m . to  12 m .; 2 t o 5 p. m.

<0.17.

Undervaluing  Another’s  Capability.

Money is not the only capital required ipr 
successful  business,  but  many  merchaitys, 
forgetting,  perhaps,  their  own  early  life, 
look  askance  at  the  beginner  with  small 
means.  One of the prominent and  wealthy 
men of Boston,  when  he  commenced  bnsi- 
ness for himself, had little capital,  and  call­
ing on a well-to-d.o lumber dealer for  credit, 
was curtly asked  to  come  again  next  day, 
and the man of  means  and  boards  “would 
see.”  Promptly the next day the young man 
called, found the lumber merchant  standing 
on a pile of hss merchandise, and  was  thns 
addressed:  “Well, young man, I cannot find 
that you have anything but a pair of hsuidsL” 
Looking the  other  in  the  eye,  the  young 
merchant replied:  “Yes, I  have  a  pair  of 
legs to take me out of  your  confounded  old 
lumber yard!” And he marched out, and with 
him went thousands of dollars worth of bus­
iness  to  other  parties, in his steady upward 
progress, to  the  continued  chargin  of  the 
man who had so undervalued his capability.

How  “ Leather  Board ”  is  Made.

Few are aware  of  the  present  extensive 
utilization of the various refuse  matters dis­
carded by tanners and curriers,  and  known 
as  ‘‘paste  roundings,  shoulder  splits,  and 
skivings,”  for  the  heels  and  soles  of  all 
kinds of boots and  shoes.  These  materials 
are cleaned,  damped, cut by dies, pasted  in­
to molds, compressed  in  a  powerful  press, 
and dried, the refuse in  this  process  being, 
in turn, manufactured into  what  is  known 
as  leather  hoard.  The  latter—a  smooth, 
hard, leather-hued  material—is  largely  em­
ployed in the heels, inner soles, and  for  the 
inner stiffening of heels and  box  toes. 
Jn 
its manufacture about one-third  of  leather, 
with varying proportions of canvas, old ropp, 
straw, and other “hard stock,” constitute the 
composition. 
It is, in  fact,  produced  simi­
larly to straw board, which  is  itself  exten­
sively  used  in  the  making  of  low-priced 
slippers and children’s shoes.

increase  in  the  Sale  of  Naphtha.

The sale of naphtha  is constantly increas­
ing. 
Its principal uses are in  rubber  goods 
manufacturing, paint and varnish  manufac­
turing, cleansing and illuminating.  The  in­
crease is largely in the way of street lighting 
and rubber manufacturing.  It is hardly con­
sidered safe to burn naptha in-doors, hut fdr 
street lighting  it  is  coming  into  extended 
use.  Naphtha of this gravity is called gaso­
line and is worth 20  to  25  cents  a  gallon. 
The next highest gravity, from  72  to  76, is 
used largely by rubber manufacturers and  is 
worth 10 to 12  cents  per  gallon.  The  new 
rubber factories which have been built in the 
East in the last two years has had a  marked 
effect on naphtha  consumption.
Odds  and  Ends.

Fish  dealers  are  not  necessarily  sel-fish 

men.

Armour  &  Co.  of  Chicago  slaughtered 

1,020,000 hogs and 251,000 cattle last year.
“ No,” said  the  tramp, “ I  sha’n’t  apply 
for charity at that house  There is a load iff 
coal outside waiting to be put  in.”
Reports from  Spencer,  Mass.,  show  that 
there were 110,080 cases  of  hoots  manufac­
tured at that place during the past year, and 
had  the  season  not  closed  extraordinarily 
early the number would have  reached  125,- 
000.
A newly married lady was telling another 
how nicely her husband  could  write.  , “Oh, 
you should just see some of his love-letters ¥’ 
“Yes,  I  know,”  was  the  freezing  reply; 
.“I’ve got  a  bushel  of  ’em  in  my  trunk,” 
Tableux.
A visionary financier, who had a thousand 
ways to make a  fortune,  and  not  a  single 
one to make a living, is described by a friend 
as “a man so sanguine that the mere getting 
hold of a shoe-string makes him think  he  is 
already the owner of a tannery.”

To  prevent  store  show-windows  , from 
sweating when the gas is lighted In the even­
ing, apply to the glass evenly a slight film ¿f 
pure  glycerine and you will not  be troubled 
by the “sweating” complained of.  Glycerine 
used in this way will also prevent the  foron 
ation of frost on the glass in cold weather.

There is a tradition of  a  Cunard  captain 
of years ago, who in his off days prided himr 
self on his curt replies to inquiries.  A lady 
on his ship asked him  a  civil  question  one 
day when he was  especially  cross.  “Don?t 
trouble me, ma’am,” was the  response;  “go 
ask the cook; perhaps he’ll tell you.”  “Ex­
cuse  me,”  she said  instantly,  “I  supposed 
you were the cook when  I  addressed  you.” 
The captain was polite all  the  rest  ©f  trip.
An  Indiana  editor  claims  to  have  just 
found  out where the tenu “drummer”  orig­
inated. 
It is from the Arabic term  “Droue- 
niedary.  The  drommedary  is  the  ship  of 
the desert,  makes  long  trips  that  nothing 
else on earth can stand, and iir fact gets over 
more ground in a given time than any  other 
animal that  Capt.  Geo.  Washington  Noah 
had in his menagerie.  “The only difference,” 
continues the editor, “is that the drommedary 
drinks enough to last  him  the  whole  trip, 
and the drummer—well, we’ll let the subject 
drop.  We  have  found  the  origin  of  the 
word and we want a ehromo.”

A rock upon  which  many  business  men 
strike is extravagance in living, and  extrav­
agance is a relative term not to  be measured 
by the amount expended, hut by the income. 
It is  extravagant for  the  man  who  makes 
$2,000 per annum to spend  $3,000,  and  the 
ultimate result  must  be  failure,  but  if  he 
makes a net profit of $4,000 a  year  he  may 
spend $2,000 a year, and still grow  rich.  It 
requires a great deal of  moral  courage  in  a 
man of limited means who has ambition  for 
social distinction and believes he has a good 
and  paying  business,  to  keep his expenses 
down to a safe basis, and moral courage is  a 
quality which many do not possess.

The  Merchant’s  Soliloquy.

SUSTAINED.

TWO  PER  CENT.

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to Assignments.

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The  Furman  Fiasco.

First Decision  Under  the  New  Law  Relating 

To buy, o r n o t to buy, th a t is th e q u estion; 
W hether 'tis nobler in the m an to suffer 
The ceaseless c latter of a drum m er’s tongue, 
Or, in self-defense, use extrem e means,
For a year  or  more  prior  to  October  5,
And w ith an order q uiet him .  To order, to  try  
1883,  L.  F. Mumford  carried on  the busi­
Once m ore;  and by a chance to say we  get 
The goods th a t we b u y —’tis a consum m ation 
ness of selling buggies, wagons, robes, whips 
D evoutly to  be wished.  To buy—to pay;
and horse  furnishing  goods  at  Kalamazoo 
To p a y ! perchance to ta il; aye, th e re ’s the n ib. 
and  Battle Creek.  At the  date  last  meri- 
F or in th a t lapse of tim e w hat bills m ay come 
tioned the Kalamazoo CTity Bank  placed on 
Too often, and too large, m u st give us pause. 
T here’s th e  respect th a t m akes trad in g  of  so 
file a chattel mortgage for $2,500,  given  by 
[long  life;
Mumford to the bank about one year  previ­
F or  who  would  bear  th e   “date  ahead”  and 
ous thereto, but which had not been  record- j South Bend:
[“fo u r m onths tim e” 
ed  until the  date  above  mentioned.  On 
The heavy expense, the landlord’s  punctual- 
[ity, 
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the  following  day,  October  6,  1883,  the I 
The excessive  freights, th e  lights and coal, 
bank renewed said mortgage, and on the 8th i 
The insolence o f custom ers, th e aged stories, 
of the same month obtained and  placed  on 
The m erohant from  th e drum m er takes, 
W hen he him self m ight all th is  avoid 
file a new chattle mortgage for $2,300, being 
the balance then due of the amount  secured j 
By sim ply assigning.  Who would such trials 
by first mortgage.  On the 6th of  the  same J 
To g ru n t and sw eat  around  a  general  store, 
month Mr. Mumford transferred  his  Battle ■ 
But th a t the dread of som ething  worse— 
Creek stock to his wife in payment, or  part j 
The  doubtful  resu lt  o f  m aking  a  change— 
uc wm 
[puzzles th e  will
And makes us rather cleave to the business I payment, of an indebtedness  claimed  to be j
due her, and on the 16th of the same  month 
[we have
he made an assignment  for  the  benefit  of 
Than fly to  others th a t we know  n o t o f !
Thus drum m ers do m ake  cowards  of  us  all; 
his creditors, which was declared to  be sub­
A nd th u s w hat little’s le ft of resolution 
ject to the bank mortgages.  About the first 
Is sicklied over by th e persuader’s talk;
of November following  the  assignees  sold 
A nd from  offers of “spot cash”  bargains,
Not having th e m eans, we’re obliged to  tu rn  
the assigned stock to the Kalamazoo  wagon 
company,  subject  to  the  bank  mortgage, 
To m eet th e notes  accruing.
realizing about $200 therefor. 
Soon there­
after the wagon company paid the  bank the 
amount due on the chattel  mortgage.
On or about the  26th of  the  same  month 
some of the  unsecured  creditors  of  Mum­
ford filed a petition  under  Act 193  of  the 
Session Laws of Michigan, praying  for a re­
ceiver upon the ground that the  transfer  to 
his wife  and  the chattel  mortgage  to  the 
bank were preferences and  in  violation  of 
said Act 193.  They also  claimed that  both 
the assignment and the  subsequent  sale  to 
the  Wagon  Company  were  void,  on 
the 
ground that the assignment on  its face  rec­
ognized preferences by mortgage, etc.  Mum­
ford and wife, the bank,  the  assignee  and 
the Wagon Company were all made  parties 
defendants to this proceeding.
At the hearing  the  defendants  appeared 
by attorneys and moved to  quash  the  pro­
ceedings  on  various  grounds,  principally 
that the law was  unconstitutional, and  that 
the petition did not set forth  sufficient facts 
to make a case.  After a  lengthy  argument 
by counsel, the court, in a long opinion, sus­
tained  the  petition  and  the  jurisdiction, 
whereupon proofs were taken to sustain the 
allegations of the  petition upon  the  merits 
of the case;  and the court, as  by  reference 
to the following opinion  delivered  January 
8, has decided that  the  proofs  sustain  the 
petition upon the merits and directs an order 
for the appointment  of a  receiver.  This a 
a case of great interest to all lawyers  in the 
State as well as hankers and  business  men 
generally, as it is the  first  adjudication  in­
volved under the new law, which is a  great 
departure from any legislation  ever  hereto­
fore had in this State in regard to the  rights 
of debtor and creditor, and  which,. in  fact, 
embraces many of the  main  features  of  a 
National bankrupt law, and is also  believed 
to be largely the cause of the many  failures 
recently occurring in the State and in which 
the banks have been largely interested:
The m otion to  quash these proceedings  hav­
ing-been denied, and. proofs having  been  ta k ­
en, th e application  is  now  to   be  determ ined 
upon its m erits.
The  evidence  adduced  establishes  prim e 
facia:
F irst—T hat L aF ayette  M um ford  is,  and  has 
been fo r some m onths, insolvent.
Second—T hat th e  chattel m ortgages  held by 
!  Mr. D rayton on account o f th e  City  B ank  are 
preferences w ithin th e  in ten t and  m eaning  of 
th e   law,  and  particularly  Sections  tw o  and 
fo u r thereof.
T hird—T hat th e assignm ent executed by Mr. 
M um ford to  H enry E. H oyt w as a  conveyance 
w ithin  th e  in te n t  and  m eaning  o f  Sections 
th ree and fo u r of th e  A ct, and as such, invalid.
F o urth—T hatH he  sale  of  th e  B attle  Creek 
stock  to  Mrs.  M um ford  by  h er  husband  was 
also co n trary  to Sections tw o  and  fo u r  o f  the 
Act, and void.
F ifth —T hat th e sale of the stock of M umford 
by  his  assignee  to   Mr. Myers was  un au th o r­
ized, and conveyed no title  thereto.
Sixth—T hat although th e  Kalamazoo W agon 
Company was not a corporation,  as  alleged  in 
th e petition, inasm uch as Mr. Myers  appeared 
by atto rn ey  in  these  proceedings,  and  is  the 
th e  sole surviving m em ber of  th e   Kalamazoo 
W agon  Company  (im properly  described  as  a 
corporation) h e is  properly before th e  court.
I am, therefore^ 
er should be appo:

The Furman  failure  is  beginning  to  be 
looked ujjon by interested parties as peculiar 
in many respects.  Mr.  Furman  must  cer­
tainly have known that the Chickering  pap­
er was coming due,  that  Chickering  could 
not meet it, and that he himself  could  not. 
He must have been aware that he was not in 
a solvent condition, and that an  assignment 
.  was but a  question of time.  Taking  these
i„to consideration  was  Mr  Furman 
justified  in  continuing  to  buy  on  credit,
that  he
knowing—as he must have known 
could not pay dollar for dollar?  This  ques­
tion is a pertinent one at this time,  and it is 
difficult to see  how it  can  he  answered  in 
any way that will not reflect unfavorably on 
this and all other similiar transactions.  The 
passage  of  an  act  making  it  a  criminal 
offence,  punishable  by  imprisonment  at 
hard labor, for an insolvent  debtor  to  buy 
goods on credit, would have a salutary effect 
upon such cases,  and prevent  many  of  the 
arrant “lay-outs” that are too frequent at the 
present time.
D.  D. & W. II. Hughes, at the instance of 
Higgins  <fc  McNeal,  of  Chicago,  replevied 
six chests of tea from the stock last  Friday, 
which has been the only  litigation  yet  had 
over the matter.  The goods were purchased 
on December 18tli,  and  the  replevin  was 
based on the fact that  Furman  was  insolv­
ent at  the time the sale was made.
“That’s just the way it always  goes  with 
the ‘high-toned’ city trade,” said a jobber of 
long  experience,  referring to  the  Furman 
failure, “so long as those fellows  have  good 
credit and can pay their bills promptly, they 
buy in Chicago and New York—not because 
they get the goods any cheaper, but because 
it sounds bigger.  But when they  get  slack 
in their payments and begin to get  ready to 
fail, they  invariably stick  the  home dealers 
for the bulk of their liabilities. 
I’ve  seen 
twenty just  such  cases  in  the  past  dozen 
years.”
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Country  Produce.

Cider—No extra good juice in market, and 
but little of any kind in  stock.  The  latter j 
is selling at 20c 7$ gal.
Cabbage—No  desirable  stock  in  market, 
and no one will agree to  fill orders.
Celery—Active and firm at 25@30c ^  doz. 
Clover  Seed—Choice medium firm  at  $7 
bu. and  mammoth in fair demand  at  $7.- 
Timothy—In ample supply at $1.65 ^  bu. 
Sweet Potatoes—Out  of  market  for  this 
season.
Eggs—Fresh in fair supply at  28@30c.  <{$ 
Pickled  stock  is  nearly  exhausted, 
doz. 
selling freely for 25c.
Cranberries—Cultivated  Wisconsin,  firm 
and  scarce  at  $10.50@$12  7$  bbl.-  Extra 
fancy, $13.
Dried  Apples—Quarters active at  1)4  7$ 
lb.  Sliced quarters,  7%@9c.  Evaporated, 
14@15c.

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The  A.ncunt|  the  Newmans’  Creditors  Will 

Probably  Receive.

“What is the present status of  the  New­
man matter?” asked the assignment reporter 
of  T h e  T radesm an  of  assignee  Wm. M. 
Robinson yesterday.
“Twenty-five  hundred  dollars,,  cash  in 
bank,  the result  of  the  saleof  the  stock 
here,” was the reply.
“How about the stocks at Kalamazoo  and
“The Kalamazoo  stock  was  sold  by the 
Newmans to  Phillip’s  mother-in-law,  Mrs. 
Louis Redlieh,  the  day  before  the  assign- j 
ment was made.  The morning of the day fol-1 
lowing—the one *on  which  the  assignment 
was made—the  Newmans  confessed  judg­
ment  at Kalamazoo  on  an  alleged  claim, 
and the parties  attached  the  South  Bend 
stock, the sale not bringing enough to  satis­
fy the judgment.  So you  see  I  have  only 
$2,500 assets to offset $30,709.62 liabilities.”
’ “What do you think of the matter?”
“It is the nastiest job I ever got mixed up 
in, and one of the most  transparent  frauds 
that has ever been brought to my notice.”

“Where are the Newmans now?”
“I am told that they are  at  South  Bend. 
They keep out ©f this  State  to  evade  ser­
vice.”
“Do the Newmans put in a claim  for  ex­
emptions?”
“Yes, both of  them put in a claim.  That 
leaves $2,000, out of which is  to  come  the 
costs, which amount to several hundred dol­
lars.”
“Then the creditors will not realize  more 
than 5 per cent.?” 
“No, nor half that.”
Messrs. Turner & Carroll, who  represent 
about % of the  creditors  were  next  seen. 
They stated that they had been employed to 
ferret out the fraudulent features of the trans­
action,  and had  traced a  considerable  por­
tion of the missing stock to Chicago  auction 
houses, where the goods  had  been  worked 
off. 
If the Newmans  should  return  here, 
actions could be brought against  them  that 
would compel them to disclose, but so  long 
as they remain in another state,  it  will  be 
almost impossible to proceed  against  them, 
as there is no probability that the  Governor 
of Indiana could be prevailed upon to  grant 
a requisition.  They were both  emphatic in 
declaring the failure to be the most  fraudu­
lent transaction of the kind  ever  occurring 
in this part of the State;  and in this opinion 
all who are  acquainted  with  the  circum­
stances of the case will concur.

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Late  Furniture  Gossip.

Harry McDowell,  traveling  salesman  for 
the McCord & Bradfield Furniture Co., starts 
out on his Eastern trip on the  20th.

The Estey Manufacturing Co.  at  Owosso 
has  just-erected a fine brick office.  The  es­
tablishment  now  occupies  119,000  square 
feet of floor room.
The Coldwater chair factory will hereafter 
be operated  by  Jas.  Atwater  &  Sons, Mr. 
Livingston having disposed of his interest in 
the establishment to them.
Stow &  Haight  have  in  preparation  for 
the late àpring trade three patterns of  pillar 
extension tables in ash.  They are  having  a 
heavy sale of their tables with patent knock­
down attachment.
Nelson, Matter & Co.’s new  spring  goods 
are now ready for the inspection  of  whole­
sale buyers, and a very attractive  display  it 
is.  Hardly the  usual  number  of  chamber 
suits is shown,Shut their attractiveness makes 
ampie reparation for  the  lack  in  numbers. 
Many of the spring styles shown by the firm 
are marked by  a  species  of  Moorish  open 
work.  One of the neatest things on  exhibi­
tion is a maple-suit,  with  bird’s-eye  panels. 
A hotel combination suit is shown, composed 
of but two pieces, the dressing case and com­
mode being combined.  Another  novel  con­
ception is a chiffonier wardrobe,  with  glass 
door, veneered inside and out, and a chest of 
drawers  behind  the  door. 
Six  different 
styles of hall trees are shown, most of which 
are  made  in  mahogany,  walnut  and  oak. 
More goods are made in the latter wood this 
season than ever before.

Honey—In comb, 16@18c 'tft lb.  .
Potatoes—But little moving, but slight up­
ward tendency in prices.  Small lots are sell­
ing at 50c, and carload lots can  he  had  for 
45.
Onions—Firmer  and  in  better  demand. 
Choice yellow, $2.25 
bbl., and 70 c ^  bu. 
in sacks.
Squash—Hubbard  in  limited  supply  at 
33^c. 
lb.  Another  week  will  probably 
exhaust the supply.
Apples—Winter fruit is firmer, and* is sell­
ing freely at $3.50 
bbl.  Extra fancy,  $4.
Butter—Firmer,  with  slight  upper  ten­
dency.  Dairy  rolls  are  moving  slowly  at 
20@22c, and  packed  at  16@20c.  Western 
creamery 27@28c.
Buckwheat—New York patent, $4 per 100 
lbs, and  $7.75 ^  bbl.
Cheese—Full cream, firm at  14>£c;  shim, 
active at 9c@llc.
Beans—Fair demand and moderate sale at 
$2.00@$2.25  for  handpicked,  and  $1.50@ 
$1.75 for medium.

bu. 

few in stock.

Peas—Holland $4.25 f  bu.
Pears—California  $3.25  ^   case.  Very 
Ruta Bagas—Very firm at 50c 
Barley—Choice  commands  $1.30  7$  100 
lbs.
Hops—Choice in fair demand  at  20@22c 
7$  lb.
Poultry—Very scarce, almost none in  the 
market.  Spring  chickens  are  occasionally 
to be had at 14c, and old fowls readily  com­
mand 12@13c.  Turkeys are not in  market. 
There is a fair supply of geese at 14c,  and a 
few ducks are to be had at the same price.

The  Secret.

A  tramp  who  had  asked  a  citizen  of 
Jersey City for a cash lift was met with  the 
reply:
“Sir!  I began life on thirty cents  and  am 
now worth  fifty  thousand  dollars,  and  no 
man ever gave me a penny in my life.”
“And I sir,” added a second citizen, “have 
made a fortune of $40,000  by  my  own  un­
aided efforts.”
“While  I,”  modestly  remarked  a  third, 
“began life as a jobber, and now live on  the 
interest of my  money.”
“Gentlemen,” said the tramp, as he looked 
from one to the other, “I  thank  you. _  You 
have planted  new  courage  in  my  fainting 
heart.  -I will begin this very hour to  amass 
a competency.  Which off you can  post  me 
how to fail  in business ai|d get my  start by 
beating my creditors?”

prayed.
W. Fisher  Matter, 

Settlement  oi  the  A 
W. D.  Tolford,  the 

ignee  for  Alfred
W.  Fisher, the South Division street  grocer, 
recently filled the result of the inventory  of 
the stock,  accounts, etc.,  from  which  it  ap 
peared  that  the  stock  and  fixtures  were 
worth $886.25, the horse, harness, wagon and 
sleigh $120, and the good  accounts  $185.73, 
making the total  assets  $1,191.98.  The  as­
signor  took  as  his  exemption  the  horse, 
wagon, harness, sleigh, coffee mill,  and  one 
barrel of sugar,  the total value of which was 
$249.80.  The liabilities were $2,402.79,  dis­
tributed among 29 creditors in the  following 
amounto:
Arthur Meigs  &  Co., Grand  Rapids.. .$1,400 00 
• •• 
“ 
29 05
Vandriel  &  Co. 
... 
“ 
11012
Hatch, Blanchard & Co. 
... 
■  “ 
Moseley Bros. 
25 41
... 
“ 
Wm. Sears & Co. 
34 711
... 
“ 
F. J. Lamb & Co. 
90 00
... 
54 16
Curtiss,  Dunton & Co. 
“ 
“ 
H. Leonard & Sons 
... 
►Grand Rapids Packing Co.  “ 
18 00
.. 
49 20
“  ■ 
C. G. McCulloch & Co. 
“ 
Eaton, Lyon & Allen 
... 
“ 
Walker & Sons 
7 60
••• 
M. C. Russell 
“ 
26 00
Chas. Hoffman 
“ 
... 
16 48
“ 
Grand Rapids Ice Co. 
36 75
Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co. “ 
8  00
■ ■■ 
“ 
Jennings & Smith 
60 00
■ • ■ 
“ 
Putnam & Brooks 
2  00
Thos. Wasson 
■ • • 
“ 
5  00
... 
Albert Coye & Son 
“ 
Grocers’ Package Co., Chicago............. 
64 00
“ 
G. A. Wrisley & Co. 
..............  
55 00
“  — —  
Qulnlin Bros. 
14 61
Central City Soap  Co., Jackson...........  
10 50
22 61
J. P. Smith, Sons & Co., Pittsburg....... 
Camden Soap Co., Philadelphia...........  
9 08
31 25
Chase & Sanborn,  Boston................ ;.. 
Levering & Co., Baltimore.................... 
46 12
Stanwood & Go., Gloucester, Mass....... 
54 80
The  stock  was  sold  by  the  assignee  to 
Arthur Meigs & Co. for $650, and the proba­
bilities are that creditors will  receive  about 
15 per cent, of the amount  of  their  claims.

10 13

21 78

to 76

National  Bankruptcy  Legislation.

Hon. Julius Houseman,  member of  Con­
gress from this  district,  lias  favored  T he 
T radesm an with drafts of four  bills intro­
duced in the House on December 10 and  11, 
to provide for  a.uniform  system  of  bank­
ruptcy.  One of  the  measures,  Introduced 
by Mr. Morse, of Massachusetts, is the  orig­
inal Lowell  bill,  and  the  others  emtopdy 
nearly the same features, there being a sl ight 
variation in some of  the  provisions.  More 
extended reference will he made to this lub- 
i ject hereafter.

A  Few  oi  Many.

S.  S.  Burnett,. general  dealer,  Collins, 
writes:  “Th e Tradesman  is  a  good  one, 
and I wish you success.”
Morris & Co.,  druggists,  La  Forte,  Inti., 
write:  “It is a good paper,  and  cannot  fail 
to be of incalculable value to all  dealers.” 
□A  northern dealer writes: “I find the mar­
ket reports in T h e T ra desm a n  sharp  and 
accurate,  and  have  derived  much  benefit 
from  them.”
Brooks  &  Cook,  grocers  and  provision 
dealers,  Hastings,  write:  “Should  miss  it 
much, if we were not to receive it regularly,”
Marshall, Gallatin &  Co.,  grain,  lumber, 
etc.,  Nashville, write:  ¡“We find this  a val­
uable paper for  our  business.  One  single 
copy has done us  more  than  $10  worth  of 
good on plaster.”
were each accompanied by $1  bills.

It is unnecessary  to  add  that  the  above 

Mr. Blank is a  northern  dealer  and  con­
trary to what his  name  implies,  he  is  not 
only  not‘dull  but  very  busy.  He  buys 
largely from a leading jobbing house in  this 
city.  Every thirty or  sixty  days  he  comes 
down to the house to pay his bill, and it has 
been the usual  custom  to  ask  him  out  to 
take several glasses of  beer  to  wash  down 
dull care.  One day he called at the office to 
pay his bill, when one of the gentlemen told 
Blank that  they  were  not  dull,  but rather 
busy, and could not afford to loose the  time 
to go out and take the beer; but, in consider­
ation of the usual  practice,  they  would  ac­
cept thirty cents less than the amount of the 
bill, and Blank could take his beer and  con­
sider himself treated.  He accepted the “pro-
the  firm  has
bosishun.”  Since  that  time
never been dull, andJEHank,'when  he  eomes  dayg 
down to settle 
cents, goes out, takes his  beer, 
just a “cavawter uf a doll-ar.”

^

If  the  fashionable  demand  for  kittens’ 
heads continues abroad,  our  American  fur­
riers will have a new article  to  work  upon, 
one with millions in it  The vast  stock  of 
old cats  now  lying  loosely  around  within 
easy transportation of the market will enable 
the dealers to  supply  large  heads  for  less 
than kitten  craniums  can  be  furnished  on 
the other side of the water—a great  induce­
ment to shrewd buyers anxious to secure the 
largest possible quantity of merchandise  for 
smallest amount of money.

A witty and well-known actress, who  was 
coming from Canaria  to  the  States,  a  few
had? in a valise, a bottle of brandy 
  .g  (l. ^  | which a friend had presented to  her  to  usje
in case of sickness.  At the usual place,  the 
custom  house officials  came to  inspect  the 
baggage  After looking through the  trunks, 
one of them said to her, as he took  hold  o f 
the valise, “ I suppose that there is.  nothing 
in this but your wearing apparel ? ”  to which 
she answered in the negative.  Just then he 
took out the brandy bottle,  and,  holding  it 
up,  exclaimed,  “ So  this  is  part of  your 
wearing  apparel, is it ? ”  “Yes, ” she quick­
ly replied, “ that is my husband’s nightcap.” 
The answer  pleased  the  official  so  muoh 
that he put the bottle back Into the valise and 
walked quietly away.

D. DARWIN HUGHES- - WALTER H. HUGHES.

D. D. &  W. H. HUGHES,

ATTOBHEYS-AT-LAW,

L e d y a rd   B lo ck ,  O tta w a   St., G ran d   R a p id s.
Special  atten tio n   given to   th e   C o l l e c t io n  
o p   C l a im s   and  Commercial  L itigation  in  th e 
City and  th ro u g h o u t  N orthw estern  Michigan. 
Also, P roofs o f  Claims in A ssignm ent Cases.

o . BIGELOW,

-WHOLESALE  DEALER IN —

AND-

APPLIANCES,

NO. 8  CAN AL  STR EET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

The Largest House, and Only General Jobbing House 

of the Rind in Michigan.

E1T0N,  LYON  i  ALLEN,

20  and  22  Monroe  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN,

Respectfully announce to th e Trade  th a t  they 
are b e tte r th en  ever prepared to supply all Re­
quirem ents in th e  line of

As th e ir facilities  are  unsurpassed,  and  th eir 
stock will be k ep t in  in such  condition  as  will 
give  entire  satisfaction,  both  in  th e   line  of 
staples and novelties.

«,  A L A B A S T I N E !

Alabastine is the first and  only  prepara-  i i T r v r r i A W  
VV

SHADES,

PAINTS,  OILS,  AND

'S

tion made from  calcined  gypsum  rock,  for  Vv  A-Lv 
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,  which 
is  strengthened  and  improved  by  each  ad­
ditional coat, from time  to  time. 
It  is  the 
only material for the purpose not dependent 
upon glue for its adhesiveness ;  furthermore 
it is the only  preparation ihat is  claimed 
to  possess  these  great  advantages,  which 
are  essential  to  constitute  a  durable  wall 
finish.  Alabastine is hardened on  the  wall 
by  age, moisture,  etc.;  the  plaster  absorbs 
the  admixtures,  forming  a  stone  cement, 
while  all  kalsomines,  or  other  whitening 
preparations,  have 
inert  soft  chalks,  or 
glue,  for  tlieir  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 
©Id  coats  before  refinishing. 
In  addition 
to the above advantages,  Alabastine  is  less 
expensive,  as  it  requires  but one-half  the 
number of pounds to cover the same amount 
o f surface with two coats, is  ready  for  use 
by  simply  adding  water,  and  is easily ap­
plied  by  any  One.

-FOR  SALE  BY-

«T.T.  Paint Dealers.

-----MANUFACTURED  BY-----

THE ALABASTINE COMPANY

M. B. GHUB0H, Manager.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN.

A.  A.  CRUPPER,

*

W H O L E SA L E

Hats, Caps and Furs s t e a m   l a u n d r y

43-and 45 K en t Street.

54  MONROE  STREET,

A.  K.  ALLEN,  Proprietor.

« R A N D   R A P ID S ,

M IC H IG A N .

VE  HO »SLI FIRST-CLASS  WORE AND  USE  1  

CHEMICALS.

We carry a Large Stock, and Guarantee Prices 
■ Low as Chicago and Detroit.

Orders by Mail and Express  promptly  at­

tended to. 

*

Fruit

We keep a large force of hands con­
stantly  employed, manufacture  all 
our stick, and can at all times  give 
you the BJCST  GOODS, and in any 
quantity.’

"We buy ORANGES  and LEMONS in 
LARGE  LOTS from FIRST HANDS 
and ship in FULL CAR LOTS, which 
enables us to compete with any mar­
ket in the country.

We  always  carry  a HEAVY  STOCK 
of ALMONDS, BRAZILS, FILBERTS, 
WALNUTS,  PACANS,  PEANUTS; 
and  COCOANUTS,  and  can  fill  the 
LARGEST ORDERS at the LOWEST 
PRICES,  either  from  here  or  direct 
shipment.

These  are  our  MAIN  SPECIALTIES,  and for 
which we  solicit your  orders,  fully  believing  that 
we can serve you to your entire satisfaction.

PUTNAM & BROOKS.

THE DEAREST TOBACCO

Is a Poor, Common or Low-Priced Article,

As It Gives Neither Pleasure 

Nor Satisfaction.

THE PUBLIC IS NOT SLOW TO LEARN THIS FACT

WHENEVER  IT  DISCOVERS  AN  ARTICLE  THAT  COMMENDS  ITSELF 

TO  THE  TASTE  AND  OTHER  SENSES.

--------THE  REMARKABLE  SALE  OF--------

LORILLAl’S PL!
O n i M  of All tit P in  n a m  IM  a  i s  Country!

Is  Ample  Evidence of This.  This  Concern will Sell over  20,000,000 Pounds  of  their 

Favorite  Brands  this  Year;  or  About

A N D   AS  T H E R E   A R E   B E T W E E N   80 0   A N D   90 0   O T H E R   F A C T O R IE S   IN  

T H E   U.  S.,  IT   FO LLO W S  T H A T   T H E IR   GOODS  MUST  G IV E

SPRING  (ft COMPANY

-WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN-

F-AJST O T   -AJSTD

STAPLE DRY ROODS
CARPETS.

MAT  INGS,

OIL  CLOTHS,

ETC..  ETC.

Q  and  8  Monroe  Street,

|  i 

ju  

t  j  • 

A JOURNAL DEVOTKD TO THE

Don’t  Give  “  Down  Weight.”  

WEDNESDAY,  JAN. 16,  1884.

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

E. A. STOWE,  Editor and  Proprietor.
T erm s $ 1 a  year in advance, postage paid. 
A dvertising rates m ade know n on application.

p r *   Subscribers  and  others,  w hen  w riting 
to. advertisers, will confer a favor on  th e  pub­
lisher by  m entioning th a t they saw th e  adver­
tisem ent in th e  colum ns of  this  paper.

j
Au organ  of  the  grocer}'  trade  remarks 
that an unsuspected source of  loss  to  many j 
in that businesses inaccurate weighing.  To 
4  #iiA «iai.  I weigh out sixteten and a half  ounces  to  the
u 
Mercantile and Manufacturing lniercsts oi the Mate.  poun(j jS ^  inaccurate  as  weighing  out  fif-1
teen and a  half.  Many  grocers  think  it  a 
good thing to give down weight, but  it  is  a 1 
losing  operation,  unless  enough  more  is 
charged for the material to make it  up,  but 
this  is  seldom,  if  ever,  done..  A  retailer 
purchases a  barrel  of  sugar,  weighing  say 
300 pounds net. 
If he has to make 50 pack­
ages of this, and  gives  down  weight  every 
time, his  loss  will  be  considerable.  What 
is necessary to do is to learn to weigh accur­
ately, and this consists in having  the  scales 
balance. 
It is a common  thing  for  custom­
ers to watch the scales during the  weighing 
operation, and if it is necessary for the sales­
man to keep putting  in  and  taking  out  to 
get the scales to just suit him, they  beeome 
suspicious and think  that  something  is  go­
ing wrong.  A skillful person  will  manage 
to put just the amount in the scales  needful 
to make them balance, and there  the  matter 
should end.  This gives  no  cause  for  fault 
finding,—the exact  weight  has  been  given, 
the customer has not been wronged  and  the 
grocer does not cheat himself, as  he  always 
does when he gives “down weight”. 
In tak­
ing money  from  customers,  100  cents  are 
counted as a dollar, and, in selling  to them, 
16 ounces  should  count  a  pound,  nothing 
more nor less.

bECAY OF THE SUGAR  INDUSTRY  IN  CUBA.
The island of Cuba is no  longer  the  opu­
lent region it was twenty  years  ago,  before 
the  protracted  and  exhaustive  insurrection 
broke out, and when its slavery  system,  the 
bashest and most cruel in the world,  was  in 
the  height  of  its  productive  capacity.  A 
quarter of a century ago,  the  acquisition  of 
Cuba was  the dream of many  an  American 
statesman;  now, no one cares  for  it,  and  a 
majority  of  the  American  people  would 
probably  oppose  it.  During  the  war,  its 
magnificent estates were  ravaged,  its  sugar 
houses burned, and the palatial dwellings of 
its planters  in  the  insurrectionary  districts 
have been allowed to go to decay.  Even  its 
great interest, sugar planting, is  on  the  de­
cline.  Our consul at Matauzas, Mr. Tickers, 
writes to the State Department that the crop 
of last year will fall 30 per cent, below  that 
of the year before.  The lands are becoming 
exhausted, very  little  improved  machinery 
has been introduced in  the  sagar  houses  of 
late years,  and  the planters have heaped up 
mortgages on  their  estates  until  they  are 
hopelessly  insolvent.  And  yet  the  home 
government  extorts  an  enormous  revenue 
from  the  island  even  in  its  decay.  The 
population  is  about  1,500,000,  more  than 
one-half negroes,  who  possess  little  or  no 
property  and pay little or no taxes;  but this 
population pays a revenue of $34,269,000—a 
net per capita tax of $23.  The district taxes 
range from two to 16 per cent.,  exclusive  of 
the  municipal  taxes  of  6  per  cent  more. 
There is an export duty of $6 per  hogshead 
on sugar,  and  all  supplies  that  enter  the 
island  from  foreign  countries  pay  a  heavy 
import duty.  The process  of  emancipation 
in the island has begun, and, in a few years, 
the slaves will be free—and then Cuba, once 
the home of opulent planters and merchants, 
and the seat of a splendid  vice-royalty,  will 
become the uninteresting home  of  a  million 
Africans.

ARE  YOU  INSURED?

At the present time, when so many towns 
without adequate  fire  protection  are  being 
visited by fire, a particularly pertinent  ques­
tion naturally arises—the  question of insur­
ance. 
It has been said, and well  said,  that 
a business not worth insuring better be aban­
doned;  and in view of the  losses  that  have 
lately fallen on both  jobbers  and  retailers, 
the statement would appear to be irrefutable. 
A dealer who buys on credit has no  right  to 
imperil the property of his  creditors,  unless 
he has  ample capital to make them good,  in 
case of a loss by  fire. 
It  is  too  frequently 
the case .that the destruction of an uninsured 
Stock falls as heavily on the jobber as on the 
retailer, the latter  forcing  his  creditors  to 
accept  a compromise nine times out  ofiten. 
.So frequent have been instances of the latter 
of late that a number of wholesalers  at  this 
market have resolved not to extend credit to 
any  considerable  amount  hereafter  to  any 
dealer who neglects  to  carry  an  insurance 
equivalent to his liabilities, in case he would 
be insolvent should a loss  occur.  Aud  one 
house proposes to print  the  inquiry,  “Are 
You Insured?”  at the  top  of  all  billheads 
used,  insisting upon this  precaution  on  the 
part of customers.  The mercantile agencies 
are influenced in no inconsiderable degree,Jin 
their classification of ratings, by the amount 
of insurance carried, and frequently rate  an 
uninsured dealer two grades lower than they 
would otherwise, especially if he would  not 
be  solvent  in  case  of  a  loss.  Aside  from 
the above reasons why a  dealer  should  pro­
tect his creditors and seek to keep his credit 
good, there  are  abundant  reasons  why  he 
should protect himself, and not  lay  himself 
open  to  the  charge  of  disregarding  sound 
business  methods—not  the  least important 
of whichis insurance against  fire.

A recent  compilation  places  the  number 
©f dealers  and  manufacturers  in  Michigan 
as  follows: General dealers, 1,410;  grocers, 
8,044; wholesale grocers, 50; tobacco and  ci­
gar dealers, 234; wholesale  tobacco  dealers, 
17; dry goods  dealers,  466;  boot  and  shoe 
dealers, 693; clothiers, 299; druggists, 1,178; 
agricultural  implement  dealers,  534;  hard-j 
ware dealers, 899; wholesale hardware  deal­
ers, 8; metal  workers,  379;  founders,  208; 
agricultural implement manufacturers,  183; 
flour manufacturers,  717; saw  mills,  1,362; 
planing mills, 212;  furniture  factories,  65; 
wood workers, 151; woolen and cotton mills, 
390; steam users, 600; wire consumers, 11.

Sale  of  Good-Will.

How far the good-will of a commercial es­
tablishment will stop the vender from  open­
ing a similar establishment in  the  same  vi­
cinity within a short time after  the  sale,  in 
the absence of an express  understanding or 
stipulation to the contrary, is a question that 
has recently occupied  the  attention  of  the 
Supreme Court  of  Louisiana,  resulting  in 
toe decision that the vender is  not  by  such 
sale precluded from so doing.

A  Frenchman’s  Way.

“Business is  very  bad,  stocks  are  always 
falling, and  yet  you  always  seem  to  have 
money.  How do you d© it?”
“It is very simple.  I never pay any of my 
oid debts.”
“And th© new ones?”
“I let them grow old 1”

Something  New  in  Rubber  Boots.

From  th e Shoe and L eather Review.
To many men employed in  various  occu­
pations rubber boots are a necessity.  While 
engaged at their labor they wear these boots 
continuously.  But rubber  boots,  even  the 
best of them, do not stand  continuous  wear 
well.  The soles wear out rapidly,  and  sup­
plying himself  with  rubber  boots  becomes 
quite a tax on the  laborer.  Rubber  in  the 
soles will not wear like  leather.  Recogniz­
ing this fact has led different men to attempt 
to manufacture a boot with  a  rubber  upper 
and a  leather  sole.  The earliest  efforts  in 
this direction  were  unsuccessful.  The  or­
dinary rubber upper was found to tear away 
from the fastening uniting  the  upper  with 
the sole.  This  difficulty  has  at  last  been 
overcome by making a rubber upper  with  a 
bottom especially prepared for thé  reception 
of  the  leather  in-sole  and  out-sole.  The 
process of preparing  the  rubber  bottom  is 
covered by letters patent.  The leather soles 
are fastened with clinching screws  on  solid 
iron  lasts.  Rubber  boots  made  by  this 
process  are  consequently  waterproof,  and 
wear from three to five times as long  as  or­
dinary rubber boots.  The  writer  has  seen 
boots with the uppers in complete  preserva­
tion—not a hole in them after seven  months 
of continuous daily wear.  These  boots  are 
now on the  market.  They  are  already  in 
the  hands  of  many  retail  boot  and  shoe 
dealers, and are giving good  satisfaction.

Three  Dollars  Ahead.

A long-waisted man, with the  nose  of  an 
ox and an eye full of speculation, walked up 
to a second hand clothier the other day,  and 
said :
“See  that  overcoat  hanging  out  down 
there?”
“Of course.”
“Well, I’ve taken a fancy to it  It’s rather 
cheeky to ask you to go  down there, but I’ll 
make it an  object;  I won’t give  but  $8  for 
that coat, but I’ll give you a dollar-to  buy  it 
for me.  You are also a Jew, and you  know 
how to beat him down.  Here are $9.
The dealer took the money and started off, 
and in five minutes was back with  the  coat,
“Good,” chuckled the other.  “I reckoned 
you’d  lay  him  out  How  much  did  you 
make for your share?”
“ Vhell, ash dot is my branch shtore, and I 
only ask six dollar fur de goat, I  was  about 
tree dollar ahead.”

TIME TABLES.

ARRIVE.

DEPART.

Michigan  Central—Grand  Rapids  Division.
D etroit E xpress................................................  6:30 a m
Day  E xpress..............................................12:15 p m
New Y ork F ast Line,,..............................  6:50 p m
A tlantic E xpress......................................   8:45 p m
Pacific  E xpress........................................  7:10am
Local  P assenger...............................................11:45 a m
M a il.............................................................  4:20 p m
G rand  Rapids  E xpress.................................. 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 e x t evening.
D irect  and  prom pt  connection  m ade  w ith 
G reat  W estern,  G rand  T runk  and  Canada 
Southern tra in s in sam e depot a t D etroit, th u s 
avoiding transfers.
The D etroit E xpress leaving a t 6:20 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 e x t day.

J . T. Sc h u l t z , Gen 1 A gent.

Detroit,  Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

GOING EAST.

,3:35 p m
10:40 p m

A rrives. 

GOING WEST.

.  Leaves.
tS team boat E xpress..........  
6:45 a m
tThrough  M ail....................... 10:10 a  m  10:20 a  m
tE vening  E xpress.................. 3:20 p m  
♦A tlantic E xpress.................   9:45 p m  
10:00 a m
tM ixed, w ith  coach............  
tM orning  E x p ress................ 12:40 p m  12:55 p m
tT hrougn  M ail......................   4:45 p m  
tS team boat E xpress........... 10:00 p m
tM ix ed ....................................  
•N ig h tE x p ress......................   5:10 a m  
tD aily, Sundays excepted.  ‘ Daily. 
P assengers  tak in g   th e  6:15  a.  m .  Express 
m ake close connections a t Owosso fo r Lansing 
and a t D etroit fo r New Y ork, arriv in g  th ere at 
10:00 a. m. th e  follow ing m orning.
P arlor  Cars  on  Mail  Trains,  both  E ast  and 
W est.
Lim ited  E xpress  has  W agner  Sleeping  Car 
through to  Suspension Bridge and th e m ail has 
a P arlo r Car to   D etroit.  The  N ight  E xpress 
has a through W agner Car and  local  Sleeping 
Car D etroit to  G rand Rapids.

D. P o tter, City Pass. A gent. 
T homas  Tandy, Gen’l Pass. A gent,  D etroit.

8:00 a m

4:55 p m

5:30 a m

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana.

GOING NORTH.

C incinnati & G. Rapids E x.  9:02 p m 
Cincinnati & M ackinac E x.  9:22 a m 
F t. W ayne & M ackinac E x ..  3:57 p m  
G’d Rapids  & Cadillac  Ac.
G. Rapids & C incinnati E x.
M ackinac & C incinnati E x .  4:05 p m 
M ackinac & F t. W ayi e E x .. 10:25 a m 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac.  7:40 p m 

A rrives.  Leaves.
9:50 a m 
4:45 p m 
7:15 a m
6:32 a m  
4:32 p m 
12:32 p m

GOING  SOUTH.

SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS.

A ll tra in s daily except Sunday.
N orth—T rain  leaving  a t  4:45  o’clock  p.  m. 
has  W oodruff  Sleeping Cars fo r Patoskey  and 
M ackinac City.  T rain leaving a t  9:50 a. m. has 
com bined Sleeping and Chair Car fo r Mackinac 
City.
South—T rain leaving a t 4:32 p. m. has  Wood­
ruff Sleeping Car fo r Cincinnati.

A. B. Leet, G en’l Pass. A gent.

tD aily except Sunday.

Chicago £  West Michigan.
Leaves.  A rrives,
+Mail..........................................9:35 a m  
4:00 p m
+Day  E x p ress...................... 12:50 p  m  10:45 p m
•N ight  E x p ress...................   8:35 p m  
6:10 a m
•Daily. 
P ullm an Sleeping  Cars  on  all  n ig h t  train s. 
Through  parlor  car  in  charge  o f  careful  a t­
ten d an ts w ithout  e x tra  charge  to   Chicago  on 
1:15 p. m., and through coach on 9 p. m. trains.
Leaves.  A rrives
M ixed........................................ 5:00 a m  
3:20 p m
E x p re ss.....  ...........................4:00 p m   4:00 p m
E x p re ss.................................. 8:30am   12:45 p m
A. M. N ichols, G en’l Pass. A gent.

NEWAYGO DIVISION.

THAN  THE  BRANDS  OP  OTHER  MAKERS.

“CLIMAX,” with  Red Tin Tag, is their Best Brand.

Grand Rapids,

Michigan.

B.  K N O W L S O N ,

----- WHOLESALE  DEALER  IN—

AKRON  SEWER  PIPE,

Fire Brick and Clay, Cement,

T.T-M-H!, TT.ATTi,  COAL and WOOS.

Stucca !

ESTIM ATES  CH EERFU LLY  FURNISHED.

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

Central  Freight  Honse.

BLACKWELL’S DURHAM TOBACCO  COMPAHY

O F F I O E   O F *

To the Distributors Of Blackwell’s Durham Smoking Tobacco throughout the United States:

GREETING:

It  has  been  our  aim  for  some  time  to  supply  you  with  an  article  that  would not  only  advertise  our  brand  of  W.  T.  Blackwell's  Genuine  Bull
Cliromos, and  articles  of  that 
Durham  Smoking  Tobacco,  but  also  be  useful  to  you  and  an  ornament  to  your  place  of business;  just what  to  select  has  been  our  difficulty, 
The  novel  idea  finally  struck
nature  soon  lose  their  novelty,  and  we  regretted  to  expend  such  an  enormCus  sum  on  anything  that  would not  last  and  be  of  some  value, 
us  of  producing  a  bale  of  Blackwell's  Genuine  Durham  Smoking  Tobaeoo,  containing  “ Works”  instead’of  the  original  well-known  article,  guaranteed  to  furnish  you  with 
Correct  Time  and  be  a  pleasing  reminder  when  your  orders  should  be  sent  in  for  the  “ Bull.” 

Respectfully  to  the  Trade,

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

BLACKWELL’S  DURHAM  TOBACCO  CO.

i l l

—lîlIjL--.....-.—,..
t i l o f l i
_Ti'  1
....  

THE W A Y  TO GET THEM !

You  can  get  One of tkese  Novel  Clocks FEES by  ordering from 
your  Jobber  Fifty  Founds  of  Blackwell’s  Genuine Bull Durham 
smoking  Tobacco-  The Fifty Founds  can  be made  up  of  assorted 
sizes if you wish, and the goods will be charged at  LOWEST  PRICES.

I B l a c k w e l l’s  D u r h a m   T obacco  C o m pa n y,  D u r h a m ,  N .  C.

Gentlemen—The  Clock  which  we supply you contains a good lever movement, which, with  the usual handling, w ill make a very 

I excellent time-keeper. 

Yours  truly, 

ANSONIA  CLOCK  COMPANY.

The Clock you w iijtget will be over 16 tim es th e  size o f th e  accom panying diagram ;  th a t is, 12 inches high and 8 Inches wide.

New  Y o r k ,  August  1,  1883.

2Dtv>  (Boobs.

Spring  &  Com pany q uote as  --

WIDE
Androscoggin, 9-4 
A ndroscoggin, 8-4 
Pepperell,  7-4—  
Peppered,'  8-4 —  
Peppered,  9-4 —

BROWN COTTONS.
iPepperell, 10-4.......
..28 
¡Peppered, 11-4.......
..21 
.. 16)4 Pequot,  7-4............
..20  Pequot,  8-4............
. .22)4|Pequot,  9-4............

!
so 
27*4 i 
18 
! 
21 
24

Caledonia, X X, oz 
Caledonia,  X , oz.
Econom y,  oz.......
P a rk  Mills, No. 50 
P ark  Mills, No. 60 
P ark  Mills, No. 70 
• P a rk  Mills« No. 80

CHECKS.
.11
..10
..10
.10
.11..12
13
osnaburg;

P ark  Mills, No. 90.. 
P ark Mills, No. 100.
Prodigy, oz..............
O tis A p ro n __ ____
Otis  F u rn itu re .......
York,  1  oz...............
York, AA, e x tra  oz.

14
15 
11 
1014 
1014 
10 
14

A labam a brow n—   7
Jew ed b riw n...........914
K entucky  brow n.. 1014 
Lew iston  b ro w n ...  914
Lane  brow n.............914
Louisiana  plaid—   8

A labam a  plaid—  . 8
A ugusta p laid.........  8
Toledo plaid............   714
M anchester  plaid..  7 
New  Tenn. p la id .. .11 
U tility p laid............  6*4

BLEACHED COTTONS.

Avondale,  36...........  814
A rt  cam brics, 36.. .1114 
^A ndroscoggin, 4-4..  8*4 
'^Androscoggin, 5-4.. 1214
B adou, 4-4................  714
Ballou, 5-4................  6
B oott,  0.4-4............   814
Boott,  £ .5 - 5 ....—   7 
B oott,A G O ,4-4:....  914
Boott, R. 3-4............   514
Blaekstone, A A 4-4.  754 
C h ap m an ,X ,4-4....  614
Conway,  4-4............   754
Cabot, 4-4....................714
Cabot, 7-8................... 614
Canoe,  3-4................  4
Dom estic,  36...........  714
D w ight A nchor, 4-4.10
Davol, 4-4................... 914
F ru it of Loom, 4-4..  914 
F ru it of Loom, 7-8..  814 
F ru it o f  th e  Loom,
cam bric,  4-4........ 12
Gold Medal, 4 -4 ....  7 
----- *7-8............6*4
Gold Medal,
Gilded  A ge..............854

G reene, G,  4-4.........  6
H id, 4-4.....................9
H id, 7-8.....................  8
Hope,  4-4................... 714
K ing  Phillip  cam ­
bric, 4 4 ..................H14
Lin wood,  4-4.......... 9
Lonsdale,  4 4 ............ 914
Lonsdale  cam  brie . 12 
Langdon, GB, 4-4...  914
Langd on.  45.............14
Mason vide,  4 4 ......... 914
Maxwell. 4 4 .............1014
New Y ork Mill, 4-4.1014 
New Jersey,  4 4 —   8 
Pocasset,  P. M. C ..  714 
Pride of th e W est. .1214
Pocahontas,  4-4___ 814
Slaterville, 7-8.........  614
V ictoria,  A A .............9
W oodbury, 4 4 ...........554
W hitinsville,  4 4 ...  754
W hitinsvide, 7-8___ 614
W am sutta, 4 4 ......... 1014
W illiamsvide,  36... 1014

CORSET JEANS.

A rm o ry ..................... 714
Androscoggin sa t..  814
Canoe R iver............   614
C larendon..................614
H adow ell  Im p ......... 634
In d . Orch. Im p ......... 654
L a co n ia..................... 714

K earsage.................   814
N aum keag sa tte e n .  814 
P eppered  bleached  814
P eppered s a t...........914
R ockport.................   714
Lawrence sa t...........814
C onegosat................  7

PRINTS.

Albion,  solid............514
Albion,  g re y ............6
Allen’s  ch e c k s..— 6
A den’s  fa n c y .......... 6
A den’s p in k ..............614
A den’s p u rp le..........614
A m erican, fa n c y ... .6
A rnold fa n c y ............614
B erlin solid...............514
Cocheco  fa n c y ........614
Cocheco robes..........7
Conestoga fan cy — 6
E d d y sto n e ...............614
Eagle  fan cy............. 5
G arner p in k ..............7

G lo u cester...............6
G loucesterm ourn’g . 6
H am ilton  fa n c y __ 6
H artel fa n c y ............614
M errim ac  D .............614
M a n ch ester.............614
O riental  fan cy ........6
O riental  robes........654
Pacific  robes........... 7
Richm ond................ 614
Steel R iver...............6
Simpson’s;................ 654
W ashington fa n c y .. 
W ashington  b lu es..8

FINE BROWN COTTONS.

A ppleton  A, 4-4—   8
B oott  M, 4-4............  714
Boston  F, 4-4.......... 8
C ontinental C, 4-3..  754 
C ontinental D, 40 in  854 
C onestogaW ,4-4...  7 
Conestoga  D, 7-8....  514 
Conestoga  G, 30-in.  6*4
D w ight  X , 3-4.........6
D w ight Y, 7-8............ 614
D w ight Z, 4-4..........   7
D w ight Star, 4-4....  754 
E w ightS tar,40-in..  9 
E n terp rise EE, 36..  6*4 
G reat Falls E, 4-4...  714 
F arm ers’ A, 4-4.......654
In d ian   O rchard,  1-4  714

Indian O rchard, 40.  814
Indian Orchard, 36.  8
Laconia  B, 7-4......... 1614
Lym an B, 40-in........1014
Mass. BB, 4-4...........  6J4
N ashua  E, 40-in—   9
N ashua  R, 4-4.........  754
N ashua 0,7-8..........   714
N ew m arket N .........714
Peppered E, 39-in..  714
Peppered  R, 4-4__ 7
Peppered  O, 7-8___ ¿14
Peppered  N, 3-4__ 614
Pocasset  C, 4-4.......7
Saranac  R ...............   714
Saranac  E ................  9

DOMESTIC GINGHAMS.

Amoskeag  ... 
Amoskeag, P ersian
sty les..................... 1014
B a te s........................ 8
B e rk sh ire................  714
Glasgow checks—   714 
Glasgow checks, f ’y  714 
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................... 754

checks,
new

8J4 Renfrew , dress styll014
Johnson  M anfg Co,
B ookfold.............. 1214
Johnson  M anfg Co,
dress  sty les.........1214
Slaterville, 
dress
sty les................<...1314
W hite Mfg Co, stap  8 
W hite Mfg Co, fane  8 
W hite  M anf’g  Co,
E arlsto n ................  914
G ordon.....................  8
Greylock, 

styles  ....................1214

dress 

WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. 

A ndroscoggin, 7-4.. 21  P eppered.  10-4.......£714
P eppered,  11-4.......3214
Androscoggin, 8-4.. 23
Pequot,  7-4..............21
Peppered,  7-4........20
Pequot,  8-4..............24
Peppered,  8-4........2214
PequOt,  9-4..............2714
P eppered,  9-4........25

HEAVV BROWN  COTTONS.

A tlantic  A, 4-4.......  7)4 (Lawrence X X , 4-4..  8)4
A tlantic  H, 4-4.......714¡Lawrence  Y, 30.. ..  7
A tlantic  D, 4-4.......6)4 Lawrence LL.4-4...  614
A tlantic P, 4-4.........6  N ew m arket N ...........  714
Mystic River, 4-4»..  614
A tlantic  LL, 4-4—   514
Pequot A, 4-4...........8
A driatic, 36.............   714
Piedm ont,  36...........  7
A ugusta, 4-4............  65*
Stark AA. 4-4..........   8
B oott  M, 4-4............  714
T rem ont CC, 4-4__ 6
B oott  FF, 4-4..........754
Utica,  4-4................... 9 ,
G raniteville, 4-4—   7 
W achusett,  4-4......... 75C
Indian  Head, 4-4...  8 
W achusett,  30-in...  654
In d ia n a  H ead 45-in. 1214
CNGS.
TICK
Falls, X X X X ...........1814
Am oskeag,  ACA...15 
Fads, X X X ..............1514
Am oskeag 
“ 4-4,. 19
Falls,  BB.................1114
A m oskeag,  A ........14
Falls,  BBC, 36........ 1914
Am oskeag,  B ........13
Fads,  aw ning........ 19
Am oskeag,  C........12
H am ilton,  BT,32..12
A m oskeag,  D ........11
H am ilton,  D ..........10
Amoskeag,  E ........1014
H am ilton,  H ..........10
Am oskeag, F ..........10
H am ilton  fa n c y .. .10
Prem ium   A, 4-4— 17
M ethuen A A .......... 1414
Prem ium   B ........... 16
M ethuen A SA........18
E x tra 4-4.................. 16
Omega  A, 7-8..........11
E x tra 7-8..................1454
Omega  A, 4-4..........13
Gold Medal 4-4........15
Omega AC A, 7-8__ l4
■CCA  7-8....................1214
Omega AC A, 4-4__ 16
CT 4-4....................... 14
Omega SE, 7-8......... 24
RC 7-8....................... 14
Omega SE, 4-4......... 27
BF7-8.......................16
Omega M. 7-8 ........ 22
AF4-4.......................19
Omega M, 4-4..........25
Cordis AAA, 32......14
Shetucket SS&SSW 1114 
Cordis  AC A, 32......15
Shetucket, S & SW.12
Cordis No. 1,32......15
Shetucket,  SFS___12
Cordis  No. 2...........14
Stockbridge  A ......... 7
Cordis  No. 3...........13
Stock bridge  frn cy .  8
C ordis  No. 4...........1114

C A R PET S  "AND  CA R PETIN G S. 

Spring  &  Company  quote  as  follows: 

TAPESTRY BRUSSELS.
R oxbury  ta p e stry ............................ 
B m ith’s 10 w ire................................... 
S m ith ’s  e x tra ....................................  
S m ith ’s B  Palisade.................. 
S m ith ’s  C  Palisade.................. 
H iggins’  **........................................  
H iggins' ■***........................................  
S an fo rd ’s   e x tra ........................  
Sanford’s   Garnets..................... 
THREE-PLYS.

H artfo rd   3-ply......................*...........  
Lowell 3-ply........................................ 
H iggins’  3 - p l y . ...............................  
S an fo rd ’s 3-ply................................... 

@  90
@  90
@  86
70
65
@  8214
@  70
8214
65

@ 
@ 

@ 
@ 

@1  00
@1  00
@1  00
@  9714

EXTRA  SUPERS.
H a r tfo r d ....................................  
7714
@ 
L ow ell.........................................  
8214
@ 
7714
•Other  m akes.............................   75  @ 
B est Cotton c h ain .............................   60  @  6214

ALL  WOOL  SUPERFINKS.

HEMPS.

B est  2-ply...........................................  £714@  60
O ther  grades 2-ply...................   5214@ 
55
WOOL  FILLING  AND  MIXED.
* 
All-wool  super,2-ply............ . 
50  @  55
4214@ 45
E x tra Bfeavy double cotton chain. 
¡Double cotton ch ain ...............’.... 
35  @ 40
H eavy cotton and wool, double c. 
30  @ 32J4
‘H a lfd ’lch ain ,co tto n * w o o l,2 -p ly   2714@ 3214
Single cotton ch ain ..........................  19  @  25
3-ply, 4-4 wide, ex tra  h eavy...   2714® 
30
B, 4-4 w ide..................................  
32
@ 
Im perial, plain, 4-4 w ide......... 
@ 
1814
17
@ 
D, 33  inches...............................  
OIL CLOTHS.
No. 1, M , 5-4,6-4 and 8-4..........  
@ 
45
@  3714
No. 2, 
No. 3, 
@ 3 0
No. 4, 
@ 2 6
MaTTINGS.
Best all rattan , plain...............  
.B e stall ra tta n  and cocoa, p la in ... 
 
N apier  A ............... 
N apier  B .............................. 
cuRTaiNS. 
Opaque shades, 38 in c h .......... 
H olland shades, B finish, 4-4.. 
Pacific  Holland, 4-4................. 
H artsh o rn ’s fixtures, p e r g ro ss... 
«Cord fixtures, per  gross................ 

8214
@ 5214
@  50
@  40
15
18
10
@36
@10

...................  
. . j. . . . ........ 
. / ...........  

 
@ 
@ 
@ 

do 
do 
do 

@ 

 

,

 

(Sroceriee.

AXI.E OREASE.

Modoc  ... 
D iam ond.

¥  doz

Dry, No. 2.................
Dry, No. 3................
Liquid, 4 oz,............
Liquid, 80Z. 
.......

iP aragon...  $  doz
¡Frazer’s . 

60 
60 
BLUING.
............................ 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.......................................... 

CANNED GOODS.

45
35
65

2 50 
2  25 
2 00 
1  75
1

80

Pie P eaches.........1  20
31bStandard 1  90@2 20
Apples, 3 lb.........1  20
So.  6 lb...........2  15
do.  g ad o n s...  3 40 
Straw berries  1 @1  10 
Blackberries 110-1  15 
Raspberries  —   1  40 
Cherries, red l  20  1  25 
Cherries w hite..  1  90
P ineapples.........'1   75
D am sons............ 1  25
Egg P lu m s.........1  65
G a g e s....................1  65
P e a rs.................   1  35
L usk’sA pricots.  2  95 
Tom atoes  ..1  05@1  20 
Corn,  Excelsior  1  10 
Corn, E rie ............ 1  15

Corn, C am den...  1  10 
Corn, T ro p h y ...  1  15
Corn, Y arm outh  1  36
P eas__ 75@1 25@1  50
S tring B e an s... 
85
Lim a B eans.........  85
Lewis’ B’d B eans. 1  75 
P um pkin  ..1  10@116 
Succotash  ... 85@i  60 
Oysters,  l i b —   110 
O ysters,  2 lb —   1 85
Salm on__ 1  60@
Lobsters, S ta rs..  1  75
Sardines, A m ....... 
8
Sardines  In p o rt.  13
Corned  B eef  *  @2  85 
Cond. Milk, Eagle 
case...................8  10

COFFEE.

G reen Rio__ 13!4@15
G reen J a v a .. .18  @28 
Green Mocha.26  @28 
Roasted Rio. ,1314@18 
Roasted  Java25  @35 
Roasted  M ar. 18  @19

@20

Roasted Mex.18 
G round  R io.. 10 
G round  Mex.  @1714
A rbuckle’s ..........@1754
X X X X .................@1754
R oast M ocha.......@35

72 foot J u t e ....... 1 35 
¡60 foot C o tto n ... .2  10
60 foot  J u te .......120  -¡50 foot C otton— 185

CORDAGE.

CAPS.

¡Ely’s W aterproof  75

G.  D.......................  35 
JENNINGS’  DOUBLE  CONCENTRATED  EXTRACTS.
Packed in  1 Dozen Papei* o r 2 Dozen Wood Box. 
2 ounce B. N. P anel  $  dozen.........................1 00
1 75
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4
2  75
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6
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3  75
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8
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1  25
No. 2 "Taper Panel 
2 00
do 
No. 4 
4  50 
14 p in t round 
9 00
do
3 25
No. 8 Panel 
4  50
No. 10  do
V anilla.
2 ounce B. N. P anel <p dozen
4  do 
6  do 
8  do 
No. 2 T aper Panel
No. 4 
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)4 p in t round
1 
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No. 8  Papel
No. 10  do

Lemon.
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dozen................................1 50
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....... 2 75
....... 4 00
.......5 00
....... 1  75
....... 3 00
.......7 50
....1 5  00
....... 4 25
...... 6 go

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JENNINGS’ TRUE FLAVORINGS.

F ull M easure—W rapped.

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% P in t2  ounce  $  d o zen .,............................... 1  50
.....................................2  50
14 P in t 4 
14 P in t 8 
.....................................5  00
54 P in t 12 
. ........................................ 7 50
14 P in t 2 ounce  *p dozen........................................ 2 25
54 P in t 4 
14 P in t 8 
54 P in t 12 

.....................................4  00
....................................-8  00
...................................13 00

Vanilla.

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FRUITS.

 

 

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London Layers, new ...............................  
% 60
Loose M uscatels Raisins,  n ew ............2  40@2  45
New V alencias  R aisins............... 
 
754@8
Thirkey P ru n e s ................................,•••••  6  @614
C u rra n ts....................................................
C itro n .................................................   —   18@20
D ried A p p le p .....................
FISH.
W hole Cod............................
Boneless Cod........................................... 
  614@®
H erring 14 bbls...................................... 3 00@3  15
H erring Scaled............... 
• ........ „  «0
H erring H olland................................... 1 00@1  05
W hite Fish 14 bbls  ...1...........................„ 
«  75
K its..................................      95@1 00
T rout h alf b b ls........................................ 
4  50
„ f 6
do.  K i t s ..............................:............... 
M ackerel half bbls No. 1....................... 
650
do. K its  No. 1 ....... :........................ 
100
B loaters....................................................   @1  ®9
Richardson’s No. 2  sq u a re..............................2  70
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
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Richardson’s No. 9
R ichardson’s No. 4  r o u n d ............................... 2 70
Richardson’s No. 7  do 
...........-...................2  55
R ichardson’s No. 714 do 
............................... 1  70
E lectric P ailo r No. 17................. . . . .................3  80
E lectric P arlor No. 18........................................» 70

MaTCHES.

20 gross lots special price.

MOLASSES.

 

 

 

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SOAP.

PICKLES.

OATMEAL.

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SUGARS.

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B la c k S tra p .........  @20|New O rleans  f'y.56@60
P orto  Rico...........32@35 Syrups,  c o rn ...  @34
New O rleans g’d.45@50|Syrups, sug27@35@45 
K erosene  W. W........................................ 
Ijjfi
Legal  te s t...............................  
J22&
75
Sweet, 2 oz. sq u are................................... 
Sweet, 2 *oz. ro u n d ................................... 
1 00
Castor, 2 oz.  sq u a re................................. 
75
Castor, 2 oz. ro u n d . .................................  
1  00
Q uaker 2 lb cases, 48 lbs  case.............. 
2 35
do  5 lb cases, 60 fts $  case................ 
2 55
5 75
Im perial  bbls.......................................... 
Q uaker b b ls..............................................  
6 75
Dingee’s barrels m ed........................................6 25
Dingee’s 14 
........................................3  80
Dingee’s 14 
sm all..............................4 50
Dingee’s q u arts glass fan cy ......................... .4  25
Dingee’s pints 
..........................  2 50
Saur  K raut, <p bbl.............................................9 50
831
G ranulated............................................... 
Cut L oaf....................... 
914
 
@ 8)4
C u b é s....................................................  • 
9
Pow dered................................................. 
Conf. A ...................................................... 
@  8
Standard A ............................................... 
7%
E x tra C....................................... -............ 
714®7ü
Fine C........................................................ 
6%@7
Y ellow .......................................................   614@614
614
K irk’s A m erican  F a m ily ............ $  lb
I n d ia ...........................................
614
6
Savon  ..........................................
S a tin e t........................................
6*4 
R evenue  ....................................
534 
W hite R ussian..........................

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Bell’s G erm an  F am ily............... 
 
 
Goodrich’s English Fam ily  ................ 
P rin c e ss.............................. 
P roctor & G am ble’s. I v o r y .................. 
Jap an   O liv e ......... 
Town Talk  $  box 
Golden B ar........ 
A rab ..'..........  
3 
A m b e r............. ... 
M ottled  G erm an.. 
Sidall’s ...................................................... 
B abbitt’s .................................................. 
Dish R a g ..................  
B luing.........................................................  
M agnetic....................................................  
New  French  P ro c ess............................ 
W hite castile  b a rs..... .............................  
M ottled castile.......................................... 
Old  S tyle................................................... 
Ground Pepper,  In boxes and c a b s ...  16@22
G round  A llspice......................................   12@20
C innam on. . . : ............................................  16@30
C loves.........................................................  20@25
G inger.........................................................  17@20
M u stard........................................... .; —   15@35
...............................................  25@35
C ayenne.
P epper 14 ft $  dozen........................
75
Allspice  14 f t .............................................
75
Cinnam on  14 f t ........................................
76 
Cloves 14  f t................................................
@18 
P epper,  w hole.’. ...................................  17
@12 
A u sp ic e..................................................
@12 
C a ssia ......................................................
@22 
Cloves......................................................  20
@75
N utm egs,  No. 1.................................   70
•
@7 
Muzzy Gloss 1 ft package.......................
@614
Muzzy Gloss 3 ft package......................
Muzzy  Gloss 6 ft boxes.........................
@6
Muzzy Gloss b u lk ................. ................
@714
Muzzy Corn  l i b ........................................  7
Special prices on 1,0001b orders.
@814
K lngsfora  Silver Gloss........................
@914
K ingsford Silver GIosb 6 1b  b o x ...
K ingsford C orn................... .............
Oswego  G loss....................................
M irror  G lo ss...................................
M irror Gloss, corn. — ...................

5 40 
3 50
5%@534
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514
414
6  75
5
3  70
4  20
45
3  75
4  20
3  00
5  50
4  25
5  00
4  20
4  50  '
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SPICES.

@514

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60 P o c k e t............
28 P o ck et..............
Saginaw Fine
Diam ond C..........
Standard  Coarse.

2 60 
2 45 
1  10 
1  75 
1  55

514
4*4

«654@6
  @8
•
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SEEDS.

H e m p ...............................................
C a n a ry .............................................
R a p e .................................................
Mixed B ird ....»...............................
Ju g s $   gallon............................... 
Crocks.......................  
 
Milk C rocks............................................... 

STONEWARE.
 

 

STOVE POLISH.

TEAS.

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

SALERATUS.

DeLand’s pure  @ 514 ¡Cap S heaf......  @  514
C hurh’s ...........  @  514 D w ight’s ........  @514
Taylor’s  G.  M.  @ 5541

Ja p an  ordinary..23@25
Ja p an  fa ir.............25@30
Ja p an  fa ir to g’d.80@37
Ja p an  fine.............40@50
Ja p an  d u st........... 14@20

Y oung H yson___25@50
G un  P ow der....... 35@50
O olong...33@55@60
C ongo...................   @30

TOBACCO—FINE CUT.

 

 

Wide  A w ake............................................. 
38
32
Daisey *LIn half barrels,  30c]................ 
H ia w a th a .........»...................................... 
69
G lo b e..:...........................  
70
May F lo w er....... ; .............. 
70
 
Rose  L eaf...................................................  
60
Silver  C ro w n ...........................................  
38
30
Owl  C lu b ................................................... 
H ero.............................................................  @4o
A tla s ...........................................................   @35
Royal G am e...............................................  @38
Silver T h read ............................................  @67
Old  Dog T ray ............................................  @60
Seal...............................................................  @60
K en tu ck y ..................... .’........................: 
@30
Mule  E a r....................................................   @67
Peek-a-Boo.................................................  @30
Peek-a-Boo, 14  b arre ls............................  @28
C lipper..................................................... '•  @30

PLUG.

Sentinel 17 lb and 28 fi> cad s...................   @48
C lim ax ........................................................  @50
H oney Bee 28 lb  cads..............................  @48
Hold F a s t ...................................................  @50.
“76” ............................................................ 
  @48
McAlpin’s Gold Shield............................  @48
Nickle N uggets 6 and 12 ft  cads...........  @51
Chocolat« Cream 4 and 8 ft cads...........  @50
My Choice 3 oz pocket  pieces..............   @34
My Choice 16 oz pièces............................   @33
Cock of th e W alk  6s ...............................   @37
Black Spun  Roll.......................................  @38
N im rod........................................................  @50
A c o rn .........................«.............................  @50
R edSeal................... : ................................   @f>
C re sc e n t....................................................   @44
Black  X ............... 
@35
 
Black  Bass..............................*.................  @™
@35
T rue G rit........................... 
Nobby  Spun  Roll...........................  
@50
S pring................. 
 
@50
 
G rayling, all  sty les.................................   @50
M ackinaw ............ .....................................  @47

 
 

 

 

 

SMOKING.

 

D im e ...........«..............................................   24@25
23
............................  
P e e rle ss................. ..............................
.........*..............  . 
S ta n d a rd .................................*............
20
............................................ 19
Old T om .................................................
24
............................  
Tom & J e r r y ........................................
25
....................  
J o k e r....................................................
35
T rav eler.................................................
©26
............................ 
M aiden...................................................
28
...................... 
T o p s y ..................................................
............................................ 24
N avy C lippings...................................
............................................ 25
H oney D ew ..........................................
..............................  
Gold  Block............................................
............................ 
Camp F i r e ............................................
O ronoko.................................................
.............................. 
N igger  H ead.......................... .............
.............................  
D urham , 14 f t ......................................
............... 
 
>4 1b .....................................
............................................ 55
14 f t ......................................
............................................ 51
l i b ....................................
..............................  @22
H o lla n d .................................................
G e rm a n .................................................
Long T om ................................................ .  @30
N ational......................................................  @26
T im e ...............................................-..........  @26
Love’s D ream ................... ...................:.. 
»@28
C o n q u ero r.............. .*.............................*. 
”@23
@22,
Fox’s ......................   
 
G ra y lin g ....................................................   @32
Seal S k in ........................................ 
 
Dime D u rh a m ..........................................  @25

32
22
19
26
60
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SHORTS.

VINEGAR.

YEAST.

P u re  Cider........................................................  12
W hite  W ine...............................'......................  12

Seneca Falls “ R ising  Sun ” ............ ....... '.  1  75
Twin Bros.......... 1  75 
¡W ilsons.................1  75
G illett’s ............ .1 7 5   ¡N a tio n a l..............186

MISCELLANEOUS.

95

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B la c k in g ........................................... 30, 40,50@60
w a te rp ro o f................A.......... 
150
B ath Brick im p o rte d ..............................# 
95
65
A m e ric a n ............................ 
B arley........................................................ 254@  3
1  10
B urners, No. 1 .......................................... 
No.  2.......................................... 
1  75
Bags, A m erican A ................................... 
20  00
Baking Pow der  b u lk ..........................  
10@22
Beans,  m edium   ......................................   @2  25
Beans, hand picked................................. 
2 65
B u tte r.........................................................   18@20
B u tte rin e ...................................................  18@20
Cream T artar 5 and 10 ft can s..............  @25
Candles, S ta r.............................................   @1614
Candles,  H otel..........................................  @W14
Chocolate, B aker’s .................................   @40
G erm an sw eet.....................   @27
Cheese fu ll cream  choice....................... 13!4@14!4
Catsup q u arts $   dozen..........................1  50@
Cocoanut,  Schepps’ l f t  packages. 
@2614
Cocoanut,  Schepps’ 1 & 14 ft  do 
. 
@2714
E x tract Coffee,  v. c ................................  
F e lix .......................................1 30@
Flour, S tar Mills, in b b ls ....................... 5  75®
in Sacks..................................5 50@
Gum, R ubber  100 lum ps........................   @25
Gum, R ubber 200 lu m p s....... ..  ....... ..  @40
Gum, Spruce.............................................   35@40
Chim neys No.  1........................................  @35
No.  2........................................  @45
Indigo.......................................................... 1  00@
Ink 
3 dozen  bo x ....................................1  00@
Jelly in P ails................... .’........................  @754
do  Glass Tum blers $  doz...................   @85
L ico rice.....................• ..............................  20@30
Licorice  R oot............................................  @12
Lye $  2  doz. cases................................... 1  55@
M acaroni,  Im p o rted ............................... 
  @13
D om estic....................................................  @ 6
Mince Pies, 1 gross cases, $  case.........  @6  00
IVench M ustard,  8 oz $   dozen........................... @85
Large  G othic............... 1 35@
Oil Tanks, S tar 60  gallons..................  12 00@
Oil Tanks, P aten t 60 gallons................ 14 00@
Pipes, Im ported Clay 3 gross................ 2 25@
A m erican  T. D..........................  90@1  00
P epper S auce............................................  90@1  00
Peas, G reen B ush..................................... 1 40@
do  Split prepared . .  ..........................   @314
Pow der,  K eg ..............................................5 50@
14 K eg........................................ 3 00@
R ic e .................................................................5@614@ 7
Sago  ...........................................................   @  6
Shot, d ro p ...................................................1  90@
do  b u c k ................................................. 2  16@
S ag e.............................................................  @15
Curry Combs $  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 $   doz.........................  @50
F lour S ifters $  d o z..................................3  00@
F ru it A ugurs each ....................................1  25@
T a p io c a.....................................................   @  554
W ashing Crystal, G illett’s b o x.............1  50@1  65
W icking No. 1 $  gross............................  @40
No. 2  ........................................  @65
A rgand'..................................... 1  50@

W ashing Powder, 1776 ^  f t ...................   @1014
G illett's ^   f t...........  @714
Soapine p k g ............  

B oraxine $  b o x .........................................3  75@
Pearline ip bo x.......................................... 4 50@

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COAL  A N D   B U IL D IN G   M A TE R IA LS.
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows:

Ohio W hite Lime, p er  b b l..................... 
1  10
1  00
Ohio W hite Lime, car lo ts..................... 
Louisville cem ent,  p er bbl...................  
1  40
A kron C em ent p er  b bl..........................  
140
1  40
Buffalo Cement,  p er b b l......................  
Car lo ts.......................................................1  15@1  20
P lasterin g  hair, p er b u ..........................   35@  38
1  75
Stucco, per.bbl.......................................... 
Land plaster, p er to n .............................. 
3  76
Land p laster, car lo ts........................ 
3 00
F ire brick, p er  M ,...................................827 @ 835
Fire clay, p er bbl..................................... 
3 00

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COAL.

A nthracite, egg and g ra te ...................86 50@6  75
A nthracite, stove and n u t...................   6  75@7 00
Cannell c o a l............................................. 
700
Ohio coal................................................. 3  5o@3  76
Blossburg o r C u m b erlan d .................  5  00@5 25

@7@714

Drugs 

& flßebietnes

A dvanced—T onka Beans,
H azeltlne, P erk in s & Co. quote as follows fo r 
quantities usually w anted—fo r larg er am ounts 
w rite them  fo r quotations:
ACIDS.

@

10
35
35

A cetic,  No. 8..............................^  ft 
9
Acetic,  C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040).........  30
Carfe* lie ...............................................
Citm . ...........................................
M uriatic  18  d eg ........................
N itric  36  deg .............................
O x alic............................... : ........
Sulphuric  66 d eg.......................
T artaric  pow dered..................
Benzoic,  E nglish.....................$  oz
Benzoic,  G erm an.............................   12
T a n n ic....... .........................................  15

3  @ 
11  @ 
14*4@ 
3  @

AMMONIA.

C arbonate...................................^  ft  19
M uriate (Powd. 22c).
A qua 16 deg o r  3f...
A qua 18 deg o r 4 f.............................  

20 
15
6  @  7
8
7  @ 
1

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.............................
W ild Cherry, select..........................
B ayberry  pow dered........................
Hem lock  pow dered..........................
W a h o o .................................................
Soap  gro u n d......................................

BERRIES.

@  52 
40 
2 50 
60

12
18
15
13
15
10
12
20
18
30
12

60@

GUMS.

EXTRACTS.

1  10 
@  7
@1  10
27
3714
9
12
13 
15
14

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FLOWERS.

Cubeb, prim e  (Powd $1  20)............
6
J u n ip e r ................................................ 
P rickly A sh ...................................... .1  00
Licorice (10 and 25 ft boxes, 25e)...
Licorice,  powdered, p u re ..............
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 ft doxes),
Logwood, Is (251b  boxes)................
................
Logwood, 14s 
Logwood, *48 
...........«..
Logwood, ass’d 
................
Fluid E x tracts—25 $  cent, off list.
A rn ica..................................................   10  @
Chamomile,  R om an........................
Chamomile,  G erm an.......................
Aloes,  B arbadoes.............................  
18 
Aloes, Cape (Powd  24c)...................
50 
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)...........
30 
A m m oniac.......................................... 
45 
A rabic, e x tra   select........................
50 
A rabic,  pow dered se le c t................
40 
A rabic, 1st p ick ed ....... ....................
32 
A rabic, 2d p ick ed............................
27 
A rabic, 3d p icked..............................
18 
A rabic, sifted so rts. 1.......................
30 
Assafcetida, prim e (Powd 35c).......
60 
B enzoin........................................... 
25 
C am p h o r............ ................................. 
13 
Catechu. Is (14 s 14c, J4s  16c).........
40 
E uphorbium  pow dered...................  
G albanum   strained
80
G am boge.............................................   1  00@110
Guaiac, prim e (Powd  45c).............. 
35
K ino [Pow dered, 30c]....................... 
20
M astic..................................................  
1  10
40
M yrrh. Turkish (Powdered  47c)... 
4 55
Opium, p u re (Powd 85.50)................ 
Shellac, Campbell’s ..........................  
4o
Shellac,  E nglish...............................  
33
Shellac,  n ativ e................................... 
28
Shellac bleached................................ 
35
T ra g a c a n th ........................................  30  @1  10

55@
24@
35@

28@

HERBS—IN  OUNCE  PACKAGES.

H o a rh o u n d ..........................................................25
L obelia..............................: .................................. 25
P e p p erm in t..........................................................25
R u e..........................................................................40
S p e a rm in t............................................................24
Sweet M ajoram ...................................................35
T a n z y ................... , ............... , ........ !.................. 25
T h y m e ...........................  
30
W orm w ood..........................................................25
6  40 
C itrate and  Q uinine........................
Solution m ur., fo r  tin c tu re s.........
20
Sulphate, p u re  c ry sta l...................
C itra te .................................................
Phosphate  ..........................................

IRON.

@30

 

LEAVES.

Buchu, short (Powd 25c).................   12
Sage, Italian , bulk (14s & 14s, 12c)...
Senna,  Alex, n a tu ra l.......................  18
Senna, Alex, sifted and  g arb led ..
Senna,  pow dered.............................
Senna tinnivelli.................................
U va  U rsl...................................... ..
B elledonna..........................................
Foxglove.............................................
H enbane .............................................
Rose,  re d ..................................*..........

11
@
6
1  20 
30 
22 
16 
10 
35 
30 
35 
2  35

LIQUORS.

5  @

OILS.

MAGNESIA.

@2  25 
W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash W hisky.2  00
D ruggists’ F avorite  R y e 
.........1  75
@2  00 
@1  50 
W hisky, o th er  b ran d s.....................1  10
@1  75 
Gin, Old T om ...........
..............1  35
@3  50
...2 00
Gin,  Holland,
B ran d y .................................................175  @6  50
@2  00 
Cataw ba  W ines................................ 1
@2  50
P o rt W in es.......................... ...............1  35
Carbonate, P attiso n ’s, 2 oz............
Carbonate, Jen n in g ’s, Z oz..............
C itrate, H., P. & Co.’s  so lution__
C a lc in e d ....... ..................................
Almond, sw eet...................................  45
A m ber,  rectified...............................
A n ise...................................................
Bay 
o z.............................................
B ergam ont..........................................
C roton..................................................
C a je p u t...............................................
C a ssia ..................................................
Cedar, com m ercial  (Pure 75c).......
C itro n ella..................: ......................
C loves.................................................
Cubebs, P. &  W .................................
E rig e ro n .........................................
F ire w eed.............................................
G eranium   f)  o z.................................
Hemlock, com m ercial (Pure 75c).. *
Ju n ip e r  wood....................................
Ju n ip e r  b erries.................................
L avender flowers- F re n ch ..............
do 
Lavender garden 
..............
L avender spike  *  do 
..............
Lemon, new  cro p .............................
Lem on,  Sanderson’s ........................
L em ongrass........................................
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..........................
Rose  <8»  oz...........................................
Rosem ary, French  (Flowers 85)...
Sandal  W ood, G erm an...................
Sandal Wood, T urkish  D ark .........
S assafras............................................
T a n s y ..................................................
T ar (by gal 60c)...................................  10
W in terg ree n ...................................
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure 86.50).......
S avin....................................................
W o rm seed ..........................................
Cod Liver, filte re d ....... 
. $  gal
Cod Liver, b e st..........................
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16
Olive, M alaga....................
Olive, “ Sublime  Italian’  . 
S a la d ....................................................  65
Rose,  Ihm sen’s ........................ oz

70
50 
45 
2  10 
50 
2  20 
2  00
1  10 
40 
85
1 25 
8  00
•  1  60 
3  00 
75 
40 
50
2 25 
2  40 
1 00
90
1  85
2  00 
80
1  25 
50
2  00
2  85 
9  75
¿5
5  00 
8 00
60
3  75 
@  12
2  26
4  50 
1 00 
2 50
1 90 
4 00
6 00 
@1  20
2  50 
@  67
9  75

__

POTASSIUM.

Bicrom ato.................................. ^  1b
Bromide, cryst. and  gran. b u lk ...
Chlorate, cry st (Powd 23c)..............
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, b u lk .......
P ru ssiate yellow ...............................

ROOTS.

A lthea, c u t..........................................
A rrow,  St. V incent’s ......................
Arrow , T aylor’s, in *4£ and 14s__
Blood (Powd 18c)..............................
Calamus,  peeled .: ............................
Calamus, G erm an  v h ite , peeled..
Elecam pane, pow dered...................
G entian (Powd  17c(...’. .................
G inger, A frican (Powd 16c)............  13
Ginger, Jam aica  bleached............
Golden Seal (Powd  40c)..................
Hellebore, w hite, pow dered.......
Ipecac, Rio, pow dered...............—
Jalap,  pow dered................. .............
Licorice,  select (Powd 1^14)...........
Licorice, ex tra se le c t.. . .‘................
P ink, tr u e .................................... .
Rhei, from  select to   choioe...........1  00
Rhei, powdered E. 1..........................110
Rhei, choice c u t  cu b es..................„
Rhei, choice c u t  fingers.................5
S erp en taria............................. '.........
Seneka ................................................
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)....

16
31
20
1  30 
’  30

27
17 
45 
12
18 
38 
23 
13
@  14 
20 
35 
18 
1  10 
3714 
12 
15 
35 
@1 50 
@1  20
2 00 
2 25
60
65
35
18
10
25
20

Anise, Italian  (Powd 20c).......
Bird, m ixe£ in ft  p ackages...
Canary,  S m yrna..............1...............
Caraway, best D utch (Powd  19c).
Cardamon,  A leppee.......  ............
Cardamon, M alabar........................
C elery................................................
Coriander,  Dest  E nglish..............
F e n n e l...............................................
Flax,  clean ...............................
Flax, p u re grd (bbl  3?6)................
Foenugreek, pow dered.................
Hem p,  R ussian...............................
M ustard, w hite (Black  10c)..........
Q u in c e ...............................................
Rape, L nglish..................................
W orm,  L ev an t.................................
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriag e...... 2
.......
N assau 
do 
do 
.......
V elvet E x tra  do 
do 
E xtraY ellow  do 
.......
do 
do 
G rass 
do 
.......
H ard head, fo r slate u se .................
Yellow Reef, 
.................

SPONGES.

do 
MISCELLANEUS.

11

@

12 
20 
50 
20 
12 
15 
4
414 
9
5*4 
8 
1 00 
8 
14
@2 50 
2 60 
1 10 
85 
65 
75 
1 40

*4@ 

2!

t!4@

1  60 
60 
1  60 
1  7» 
1  90 
1  75 
@1  05 
85 
22 
@
30 
45
60
40 
15 
50 
24 
23 
12 
1  20 
50 
45 
1 10 
8
i  3 
50 
69 
14 
35 
90 
1  70

2 36
1  50 
50
¿4
12
30
50
2  75 
2 25
314
4
32
7
40 
2 25 
00  @9  75 
20 
45 
9 
14 
1  60 
18 
20 
18 
4  00 
14 
70 
I  19 
5 
12

do 
do 

3  @
4!4@
©  
6

Alcohol, grain (bbl 82.26) 
g al__
Alcohol, wood, 95 p er Centex, ref.
A nodyne  H offm an’s ........................
A rsenic, Donovan’s so lution.........
A rsenic, Fow ler’s so lution............
A nnatto  1 ft ro lls.............................
Blue  Soluble......................................
Bay  Rum , im ported, b e st..............
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, w hite, pow dered.............. 
Balm  Gilead  B uds............................
Beans,  T onka...............................
Beans,  V anilla...............................
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  pow’d ... 
Capsicum Pods,  A m erican  do  ...
Carm ine,  No. 40.................................
Cassia  B uds........................................
Calomel.  A m erican.............•............
Castor  Oil...........................................   17J4
Chalk, prepared d ro p .......................
Chalk, precip itate E nglish............
Chalk,  red  fingers............................
Chalk, w hite lu m p ............................
Chloroform ,  •gquibb’s . . .................
Colocynth  apples.............................
Chloral hydrate, G erm an  c ru s ts ..
c ry st...
Chloral do 
Chloral 
do  Scherin’s  do  ...
Chloral do 
c ru sts..
C h lo ro fo rm ....................................... 1 00
C inchonidia........................................  80
Cloves (Powd 28c)..............................  20
C ochineal...........................................
Cocoa  B u tte r....................................
Copperas (by bbl  le )........................
Corrosive S ublim ate........................
Corks, X  and X X —35 off  list.........
Cream T artar, p u re pow dered.......  38
Cream T artar, grocer’s, 10 ft b o x ..
Creasote...............................................
Cudbear,  p rim e.................................
C uttle Fish B one...............................
D e x trin e .............................................
D over’s  P ow ders.............................   *
D ragon’s Blood M ass......................
E rgot  pow dered...............................
E th e r Squibb’s ...................................
Em ery, Turkish, all  No.’s ..............
Epsom  S alts........................................ 
E rgot, fre s h ........................................
E ther, sulphuric, U. S.  P ................
Flake  w hite........................................
G rains  P arad ise.............................
G elatine,  Cooper’s ............................
G elatine, F rench  ..............................  45
Glassware, flint, 60 off,by box 50 off
Glassware, green, 60  and 10 d is__
Glue,  cab in et......................................   12
Glue, w h ite............................................  17
G lycerine,  p u re ............... 
 
24
H ops  14s and 54s ......................
Iodoform  
In d ig o ....................................................   85
Insect Powder, best  D alm atian ...  32
Iodine,  resublim ed..........................
Isinglass,  A m erican........................
J a p o n ic a .............................................
Lead, a c e ta te ......................................
Lime, chloride, (14s 2s 10c & 54s 11c)
L u p u lin e.............................................
L ycopodium ......................................
M a ce....................................................
Madder,  best  D u tch ........................
M anna, S.  F ........................................
M ercury...............................................
M orphia, sulph., P. & W .........(p oz
Musk, Canton, H., P. &  Co.’s .........
Moss, Icelan d ............................. <p ft
Moss,  Iris h ........................ ; ...............
M ustard,  E nglish.............................
M ustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  can s.........
N utgalls......................................
N utm egs, No. 1...................................
N ux  V om ica.................   .................
O intm ent, M ercurial,  *4d...............
P epper, Black  B erry ......................
P ep sin ..................................................
P itch, T rue B u rgundy.....................
Q uassia................................................
Quinia, Sulph, P, ¿ip W ............ft oz
Seidlitz  M ixture...............................
Strychnia, c ry st.................................
Silver N itrate, c ry st........................
Red  P re c ip ita te ....................... <p 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 3c]........., ............
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  ©
Sugar Milk pow dered......................
Sulphur, flour........................ ........... 
3)4@
Sulphur,  ro ll......................................
T artar E m etic.......'............................
Tar, N. C. Pine,  14 gal. cans  $  "doz
Tar, 
q u arts in tin ...........
Tfir, 
pints in ti n ..............
T urpentine,  V enice................. fl ft
W ax, W hite, S. &  F. b ran d ............
Zinc,  S ulphate................................... 

 
oz...................................

@
@
@
25@

17 
28 
26 
40 
35
@1 00 
@  34
2 30 
1  50
9
15
9
1  00 
35 
60
1214®  13 
1  25 
48
3 50 
40 
10 
12 
30
18 
20 
75
10 
40 
18
3 00 
7
6  @  7
1  85 
28 
1  50 
79  @  82 
80 
40
10 
9 
33 
214 
50 
6  75 
38
4 
23
5 
14 
17
9 
11 
14 
28 
32 
30 
4 
3 
65 
2  70 
1  40 
85 
25 
55 
8

do 
do 

414®

7  @

do 

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H ID E S , P E L T S   A N D   FU RS.

P erkins & Hess quote as  follows:

HIDES.

FURS.

WOOL.

SHEEP PELTS.

G reen.................................................. ft  6  @614
P a rt  cu red .................................................  7  @  714
Full cured.’. ...............................................7)£@  8
D ry hides and k ip s...................................  8  @12
Calf skins, green or cu red.................... 10  @12
Deacon sk in s............................. f)piece20  @50  *
Shearlings or Sum m er skins f) piece.. 10  @20
Fall p e lts................................................... 30  @50
N ovem ber and D ecem berpelts............60  ©1  00
Fine washed $ lb ..................................... 30  @32
Coarse w ashed......................................... 22  @25
U nw ashed................................................. 2-3
Mink, larg e..................................................   60@ 80
Mink,  sm all.................................................  25@ 40
M uskrat, W in ter..................................... 10  ©15
M uskrat,  F all— .......................................  
8@ 11
M uskrat,  k its..............................................  
3@  4
Raccoon........................................................  40@1 00
Skunk, b lack...............................................  90@1 00
Skunk, half  strip e .....................................  60@  70
Skunk, narrow  strip e ...............................   25® 35
Skunk,  b ro ad .............................................   10@ 15
Red F o x ..................................................... 1  00@1  25
G ray F o x ......................................................  60@ 85
M arten,  yellow ..........................................  75@1 00
F ish er.........................................................4 00@8  00
O tte r ................1........................................ -6 00@7  00
B ear.........................................................5  00@12  00
D eer skins, red and blue, d ry ; ... 
ft  30@  35
D eer skins, gray and long  h aired .......  20@  25
Beaver, clean’and d ry ........................... 2  00@3  00
Above prices are fo r  prim e  skins  only—un­
prim e In proportion.
Tallow..................................................  
/ 

1

 

--------<— 
OYSTERS.

F. J . D ettenthaler quotes as follows:

New Y ork Counts, p er c a n .. . , .....................,.  40
E x tra  Selects.......................................................... 35
Plain  Selects.........................................................   30
H. M. B.  F ................................................ 
33
Favorite F .................................................................20
P rim e ........................................................................17
X X X ........................................................................15
New Y ork Counts, p e r g allo n ,............   @2 50
Selects, per gallon..................................1  75@2 00
S tan d ard s................................................. 1 10@1’25
Can pi Ices above are fo r cases and half cases.

tp"l

9
914
9)4
9)4
9
9
9
9
8)4
814
9
8
9

9%
954

PRO V ISIO N S.

The  Grand Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co. 

PORK.

quote  as  follows:
New H eavy  Mess P o rk ................. bbl 815  50
New Fam ily Clear P o r k ..........................  16  00
New E x tra Clear P ork, A. W ebster’s  ..  16 25
New E x tra Clear P o rk .............................   1” 0#
New Boston Clear P o rk ............................  17  50
New Standard Clear P o r k ......................   17 50
E x tra B  Clear  Pork, ex tra   g o o d .........  17 50
S. P. Booth’s Clear P o rk ..........................  17  00

DRY SRLT MEATS—IN BOXES.
E x tra Long Clear Backs, 600  ft  cases.. 
E x tra Short Clear Backs, 600 ft  cases.. 
E x tra Long Clear Backs, 300  ft  cases.. 
E x tra Short Clear Backs, 3001b  cases.. 
Long Clears, heavy, 500 ft.  CaseB..........  
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 eavy................................... 
m edium ...............................  
lig h t......................................  

do. 
do 
do. 

do. 
do. 

LARI).

Tierces  .......................................................  
30 and 501b T u b s ........................................ 

LAUD IN TIN PAILS.

201b Round Tins, 50 lb  rack s................... 
501b Round  Tins, 100  ft  rack s...............  
3 1b 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 edium .. 
lig h t......... 
Shoulders cured in sw eet  pickle........... 
E x tra Clear B acon......................................... 
D ried B e e f....................................................... 
E x tra Dried B e e f..........................................  

9%
9fi
10)4
10

10)4

1314
13)£
7%
10
13
1454

E x tra Mess Beef Chicago packed $  bbl.  11  75

BEEP.

CANNED BEEF.

Libby, McNeil & Libby, 14 ft cans,  14 doz.

in c a se .........................................................  18  50
do. 
2 ft cans, 1 doz. in case__   2 85
A rm our & Co., 14 ft cans, 14 doz  in case  18 50 
do. 
2 ft cans, 1 doz. in  case..  2 85 
do.  2 ft Compr’d Ham , 1 doz. in case 4  50 

Prices nam ed are  lowest  a t tim e of going to 

press, subject always to M arket changes. 

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

P o rk   Sausage......................................................  9
P ork Sausage Meat, 50 ft tu b s........................ 9
H am   Sausage...................................................... 1214
Tongue  Sausage................................................n
Liver Sausage.....................................................
F ra n k fo rt  Sausage...........................................10
Blood  Sausage....................................................  814
Bologna,  rin g ........................................................814
Bologna, stra ig h t...............................................  814
Bologna,  th ic k ...................... 
8*4
H ead  Cheese......................................................... 814

 

PIGS’ FEET.

TRIPE.

In  half b a rre ls..................................................|3 85
In  q u arter b a r re ls ...,..................................  2 09
In  k its.................... 
95

 

In  half b arre ls.................................... ............. 83 85
In  q u arter b a rre ls..........................................   2 09
In  k its.................................................................  
95

F R E S H   M EATS.

John M ohrhard quotes as follows:

Fresh  Beef, sides.................................... 614@  8)4
Fresh  Beef, hind  q u a rte rs............ . 
8  @10
Dressed  H ogs...........................................   8  @ 8)4
M utton,  carcasses...................................6  @ 7
v e a l............................................................  9  @1014
Spring C h ickens.,...................................  @14
Fow ls...........................................................  @13
P ork  Sausage...........................................   @  9
P ork Sausage in b u lk .............................   @ 9
Bologna............................................... '...  @10

CANDY,  FR U ITS  A N D   NUTS. 

P utnam   & Brooks quote as follow s:

STICK.
Straight, 25 ft  boxes.....................
Twist, 
.....................
Cut Loaf 
.....................

do 
do 

1014©11
11  @1114
12  @12*/!

Royal, 25 ft  p ails...................................... 10*4@11
Royal, 200 ft bbls................................................ 10
E x tra, 25 ft  p ails................................................12
E xtra, 200 ft bbls................................................11)4
French Cream , 251b p ails................................ 15
C ut loaf, 251b  cases.........................................;.15
Broken, 25  ft  p ails............................................ 11*4
Broken, 200 ft  bbls............................................ 11

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   Drops  ....................................................... 12
Licorice D rops...................................................20
A B   Licorice  D rops..........................................14
|  Lozenges, p la in .................................................J6
|  Lozenges,  p rin te d ............................................17
Im p e ria ls........................................................... 16
M o tto es................................................ .............. 16
Cream  B a r..........................................................15
Molasses B a r...................................................... 14
Caram els............................................................. 20
H and Made Cream s............................. .............23
Plain  Cream s.................................................... 20
D ecorated  Cream s............................................23
S tring R ock........................................................16
B u rnt A lm onds...............................................  24
|  W intergreen  B erries.......................................16

F an cy —in   H u lk .

Lozenges, plain  In  pails................................. 14
Lozenges, plain in  b b ls...................................13
Lozenges, printed in pails..............................15
Lozenges, printed In  bbls..............................14
Chocolate Drops, in pails............................... 15
Gum   Drops, in pails.................................... 
  9
Gum Drops, in b b ls.......................................... 714
Moss Drops, in  p ails........................................1114
Moss Drops, in b b ls..........................................1014
Sour Drops, in  p ails........................................12
Im perials, In  pails............................................14
Im perials, in  bbls............................................. 13

FRUITS.

M arket well supplied—quality fine—prices low.
Oranges $  bo x ......................................... 3 00@3 50
Oranges OO ^  b o x ..................................3 00@3 50
Oranges, Florida, $   bo x....................... 4  25@5  00
Oranges, V alencia 
case....................6  00@i  00
Lemons, fair to   good............................  3 50@
Lemons, choice to   fa n c y ...................... 4  00@4  58
B ananas $  b u n ch ....................................
Malaga Grapes, ip k eg ............................
Malaga Grapes, $  b b l.............................8  00@8  59
Figs,  layei’8 
f t..................................... 12  @18
............................. 
Figs, fancy  do 
  18@20
Figs, baskets 3 0 f t f l f t ............................  14@15
Dates, frails 
do  .............................  @ 6
D ates, J4 do 
do  .............................  @ 7
Dates, sk in ................................................   @  614
Dates, 14  sk in ...........................................   @714
D ates, Fard 10 ft box $   1b...................   @12
f t....................  @10
D ates, Fard 50 ft box ¡p 

 

 

PEANUTS.

Prices firm and an advance looked for. 

f t.............................

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

do 
do 

@  814
@  8*4
@10)4

Firm  and w ithout change.

..........   @30
Almonds,  Terragona, $  f t........
d o ......... .......... 18  @19
Almonds, Ioaeu.
do  ....................13)4@14
Brazils,
do  .......... ..........10  @17
Pecons,
d o .......... ..........  @13
Filberts, Barcelona
d o .......... ..........  @15
Filberts, Sicily
do  ..........
W alnuts, Chilli
d o ..........
W alnuts, Grenobles
do  . 
W alnuts, California
Cocoa N uts, *p  100 
H ickory N uts, large ip  b u .. 
H ickory  N uts, sm all  do  •.

.  «.......... 12*4@14

5 00©

6@ 614

H A R D W A R E   GOODS.

P revailing  rates  a t  Chicago  are  as  follows:
105*

A nvils—P eter  W right’s,  $   f t ...................  
A ugurs—40  and  10  p er cent. off.
B abbett—Genuine <p  1b.........................   @30
Extra..............................................  @26
No. 1..................................................   @20
No. 2...............................................   @18
No. 4...............................................   8
Chain--3-16 inch Lake Superior, ]8 ft.......
10
.......
do
*4 
6)4
.......
5-16  do
.......
do
% 
454
.......
4)4
14 
do
.......
54 
do
454
-Nicholson s best 40  p er  cen t off.
Files-
Forks—H ay and M anure 50 p er cen t off. 
H am m ers—Maydole’s 10@15per cen t off. 
Hinges—S trap and T 60 p er cen t off. 
H orse Shoes—B urden’s f  4.50 p er keg. 
H orse  Nails—A u Sable  30  and 10 per 
Iro n —F lat B ar $2 rates.

do 
do 
do 
do 
do 

cent. off.

Sheet No. 24 $3.80.
Swede’s bar 5)4c $  1b.
Padlocks 30 p e r cent. off.

IAZELTINE,  PERKINS  &  COMPART

WHOLESALE  DRUGGISTS

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42 and  44  Ottawa  St.,  and  89,  91,  93  and  g5 Louis St., Grand  Rapids,.Mich.

IMPORTERS  AND  JOBBERS  OF

Ms, Fits, Oils,

And  D russists’ Sundries.  Also Manufacturers  of

Fine Pharmaceutical <& Chemical Preparations.
Fruit & Produce at Wholesale
PRDIT Marte!  i»

FINE. Prices LOW.  We

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

Careful Attention  Paid  to  Filling  Orders.

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

-WHOLESALE  D E A LE R S  IN —

Butter,  Cheese,  Eggs,

Apples, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc.

NO.  8  IONIA  STREET,

UPLAND  RAPIDS,  -  MICHIGAN.

FOX, MUSSELMAN & LOVERIDGE

ORANGES.

B ox Oranges, d io ico   $0.00-$3.50 

B ox Oranges, OO 

$0-00-$0.50

B ox Oranges, F lorida $4,2 5-$5,00 

Case Oranges,Valmeia$Q.OO-$ 7.00

LEMONS.

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B ox Lemons, Good  $0.00-$8.75 

B ox Lemons, Fancy  $4.00-$4.50

*  WE  SOLICIT  YOUR  ORDERS.
PUTNAM & feROOKS.

MICHIGAN  COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS’  ASSOCIAI
Incorporated  Dec. 10,1877—Charter  in  Force for 

Thirty Years.

LIST  OF  O F F IC E R S :

j
P resident—Ransom W. Hawley, o f  D etroit. 
V ice-Presidents—Chas. E. Snedeker, D etroit;  i 
L. W. A tkins, G rand  Rapids;  I. N. Alexan- j 
her, Lansing’;  U. S. Lord, K alam azoo; H. E. 
Meeker, Bay City.
Secretary  and»T reasurer—W .  N.  Meredith, I 
D etroit.
Board  of  T rustees,  F or One  Y ear—J. C. Pon- i 
tius, Chairm an, S. A. Munger, H. K. White j 
F o r Two  Y ears—D. Morris,  A. W.  Culver.

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

A   M ERCA N TILE  JO U RN A L, PU B L ISH ED   EAC H 

W EDNESDAY.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor and  Proprietor.

OFFICE  IN  EAGLE  BUILDING,  3J  FLOOR. | 
IEntered  at  the  Postoffice  at  Grand  Rapids  as 

Secomi-class  Matter.1

WEDNESDAY,  JAN.  16,1884.

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

IN   T1IE  CITY.

M. B. Church left last night for a business 

Edward  Clark succeeds Martin  Compton 
in the  restaurant  and  notion  business  at 
Chase.  He was formerly in the livery busi­
ness at the same place.

The firm of Raby & Son, grocers  at  Mon­
tague, has sold its stock to Joe  Ohrenberger 
and gone out of business.  The firm  is  pay­
ing its liabilities, which are not large, dollar

dolja r

Rockford Register:  Messrs.  G.  A.  Sage 
and Wm. H. Myers  will  probable  unite  in 
putting up a double brick store  building  on 
the old Stinson House site, on the  corner  of 
Main and Courtland streets.
Big Rapids Herald:  The Sachen stock in 
this  city  was bid in last Friday by S.  Wild- 
berg, and on the 18th of this  month  the  as­
signee, L. S. Baker, Will offer for sale, in Big 
Rapids, to the highest  bidder,'  the  stock  in 
the Marquette store.

visit to Chicago.
ed, Chas. A. Kelly continuing.

Boorliem «fe Kelly, saloonists, have dissolv­

E. Ware and  J.  J.  Tucker,  lumber  and 

Referring  to  the  recent  observation  in 
T h e  T r a d e s m a n  to  the  effect  that  Rock­
ford business men are  seldom  able  to  take
shingles, have consolidated under  the  style | their  accumulations  away  from  the  town, 
j the Register declares that the statement  “is
of Ware &  Tucker. 
Geo. F. Owen, now with Brewster & Stan-  true in a number of instances, but not in  all 
ton was hi town  Monday  and  Tuesday,  on  by considerable.”
j. w. Closterhouse, general dealer at Jen-
Ills initial trip for the new firm. 

J 

Dr 
street 
Newaygo

Gaskell & Lawrence, dealers in  groceries, 
on the corner of  East  Bridge  and  Barclay 
streets, have dissolved, Frank Lawrence con­
tinuing.

W. Hendershott, president of the  Mallory 
Gypsuni Works, Blue  Rapids,  Kansas,  was 
in the city Monday for the purpose  of  join­
ing the plaster pool.

The orange  trade  is  brightening  up  and 
orders are coming in freely,  especially  from 
the South.  Oranges and lemons are so good 
and cheap that they are bound to sell.

C. J. Fell, of Howard City,  was  in  town 
Monday.  He is greatly increasing his stock, 
in  consequence  of  the  dearth  of  grocery 
stores doing business  there,  and  purchased 
of Hawkins & Perry.
John Goldsmith says  that  his  project  of 
starting a pail and tub factory at Big Rapids 
grows brighter every day, and  that  without 
doubt he will have the enterprise in success­
ful operation by midsummer.

A meeting of the creditors of D. R. Stocum, 
of Rockford, was recently held in  this  city, 
and an offer of 40 per cent,  was  peremptor­
ily refused.  The refusal is attributed to the 
small number of creditors  present.

The wholesale grocery firm of L. H.  Ran­
dall & Co. has  been  dissolved  by  “mutual 
consent,” L. H. Randall retiring. 
It  is  an­
nounced that the business will be  continued 
under the style of I. E. Messinore.

Thos.  S.  Freeman,  late  of  the  firm  of 
Freeman, Hawkins & Co.,  proposes  to  en­
gage in the merchandise brokerage business, 
having already secured a nlunber of  reputa­
ble houses.  He has not yet decided  on  the 
location of an office.

W. H. H. Walker has concluded  to  aban­
don the attempt to start a  wheelbarrow  fac­
tory at Hart, owing to the apathy of the peo­
ple at that place to the proposed  movement. 
He has signed with the  Lansing  Wheelbar­
row Co.,  to  act  as  superintendent  of  the 
works, at a salary of $1,200 per  annum.

Frank Chickering is “bringing  matters  to 
a focus,” as he expresses it, and  it is  stated 
that he will  shortly  make  an  offer  to  his 
creditors of 10  per  cent,  cash  and  50  per 
cent, unsecured paper.  Several of the cred­
itors have  expressed  themselves  somewhat 
forcibly on the  proposal,  declaring  that  20 
per cent, casli is preferable to 100  per  cent, 
paper, and that they will have  20  per  cent, 
or nothing.

Instead of buying at Detroit,  as  has  been 
the  case  with  many  of  the  Howard  City 
dealers heretofore, the  indications  are  that 
they will hereafter buy of the jobbers at this 
market.  After much importunity from  De­
troit houses, F. O. Lord came to Grand Rap­
ids, found  the  prices  of  the  jobbers  here 
lower than those made by the Detroit whole­
salers, and purchased a full carload of goods 
of Cody, Ball  &  Co.  and  Clark,  Jewell  & 
Co.  He opened  up  business,  temporarily, 
in a rented building Saturday.

ABOUND  T H E   STA TE.

S. C. Chumard <fc Co. have’engaged in  the 

iKittling business at Muskegon.

Nelson & Birch,  meat dealers  at  Muske-! 

gon, have dissolved partnership.
is succeeded by J. R.  Uuderwood.

S. S. Drake, dealer in groceries at Bellaire,! 

Strong &  Iline,  jewelers  at  Lowell,  are | 
succeeded by W. Iline, who assumes the  in- j 
debtedness.

Crookshank Bros.,  dealers  in  dry  goods ► 

and boots and shoes at Ionia,  have  assigned 
to J. H. Tubbs.
Barden <fe Trabert, dealer in dry goods and j 
boots and shoes at Woodland,  have  dissolv-! 
ed, Mr. Doud continuing.
The Michigan Preserving Co.,  at  Detroit,

dealer at the same place, has  taken  a  part­
ner, a Mr. Nash, who has lately followed the 
occupation of farming.

In November, E. G. Mann bought the gro­
cery  stock  and  business  of  Palethorpe  & 
Graham,  at  Greenville,  G.  H.  Palethorpe 
taking a chattel mortgage for the amount re­
maining unpaid,  which  was  .not  put  upon 
record until a few days ago.  In  the  mean­
time Mann had added largely  to  the  stock, 
having a good business  reputation,  and the 
advantage of a  rich  father,  who  was  sup­
posed to be backing the son with ample cap­
ital.  Palethorpe, however, suddenly became 
alarmed, put  his  mortgage  on  record,  and 
siezed the stock, much to the disgust  of the 
creditors, who find that Mann is not respons­
ible.

STRAY’  FACTS.

Coldwater manufacturers turned, out 8,518,- 

025 cigars last year.
Roscommon’s oil well is 110 feet deep, and 
the prospectors claim their hopes of ultimate 
success are revived by recent  developments.
The  Muskegon  Car  and  Engine-Works 
have received an order for  500  freight  cars 
for the Nickel Plate Railway, and are  nego­
tiating to build 800 more for the same  road.

*  VISITING  BUYERS.

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

J. Omler,  Wright.
Norman. Harris, Big Springs.
McLeod «fe Trautman Bros., Moline.
TJ. S. Monroe, Berlin.
Smeadley Bros., Bauer.
Den Herder <& Tanis, Vriesland.
G. Bron «& Ten Hoor, Forest Grove.
C. E. Kellogg, Grandville.
C. O. Bostwick «fe Son, Cannonsburg.
F. G. Thurston, Lisbon.
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
John Gunstra, Lamont.
K. L. Kinney, Maple Hill.
G. II. Walbrink. Allendale.
J. E. Rice,  Coopersville.
J. R. Harrison, Sparta.
C. E. «fe S. J. Koon, Lisbon.  •
W. H. Struik, Forest Grove.
Paine <fe Field, Englisliville.
M. B. Nash, Sparta.
• W. Scheemaker,  Cannonsburg.
B. M. Dennison, East Paris.
W. S. Root, Talmage.
F. O. Lord, Howard City.
D. B. Galentine,  Bailey.
G. W. Watkins, Coopersville.
Frank Hawley,  of Hawley «fe Olson,  Hol­
Wm. llesler, Rockford.
E. S. Botsford, Dorr.
lloss <fc Palmer, White Cloud.
F. Dodge, Stanwood.
G. S. Powell & Co., Sand Lake.
J. L. Handy,  Alton.
II. Minderhout, Hudsonville.
C. Stocking, Grattan.
Conklin Bros., Ravenna.
J. M. Wade, Cadillac.
Comeil <& Griswold, Griswold.
O. W. Avery, Wyman.
Dr. R. Gibbs, Six Comers.
M. J. Howard, Englishville.
H. B. Irish, Lisbon.
Parkhurst Bros., Nunica.
Geo. S. Preston, Big Rapids.
A. M. Lamb,  Cadillac.
H. F. Hamilton, Sand Lake.
L. W. Stiles, Cedar Springs.
I. J. Quick <fe Co., Allendale.
Johnson «& Leibert, Caledonia.

ton.

LA TE  TR A D E  CHANGES.

Bradstreet’s Mercantile’Agency  furnishes 
,  T h e  T ra desm a n with  the  following  busi- 
has dissolved, Jas. Miller continuing the bus- j ness changes, embarrassments, etc., occuring 
; Up ^  
mess under the same firm name. 

hour of going to press:

J. M. Wade «& Co.  lias engaged in the gro- j  Denton—T. B. Moon, produce, sold out. 

eery business at  Cadillac.  They  purchased! 
their stock of Cody, Ball <fe Co. 

j sojd out.

Ionia—Wm. A. Chane,  boots  and  shoes, 

Wm. L. Heazlet has moved  into  his  new j  Mears—L. Eager, hotel, deceased, 
briek building at  Wayland,  and  claims  to j  Manistee—Russell «fe Ramsdell, hardware, 
have  the  finest  general  store  in  Allegan  loss by fire $5,000,  insured for $4,000. 
j  Hudson—F. H.  Ames,  boots  and  shoes,
county. 
Ithaca—D. B. Hall,  drugs  and  groceries, 
meat market of Thos. Ward, at Big  Rapids, | 
and will run it hereafter in connection  with ¡.selling  out.
their grocery business. 
!  Plamwell—E. Sherman, general store, de-
Rockford Register:  John J. Ely will in a j Ceffari)or  Sminffs_A  M  Sexton  saloon

Grand-Gerard «fe  Co.  have  purchased  the I closed up and making  assignment, 

d underPchattel morteaee 
day  or  two  have  his  bam  moved up onto j 
’
l 
  p   K n S  
Courtland street, when he will be ready  for  Cl<S
ineat  market,
’ v
the transaction of business.  He will open up | burned 0ld  in'sur(Jd 
S. Clark, dry  goods,  assigned
with a complete stock of new  goods  in  the j b 
sPnn£- 
Johnson  <fc  Leibert  have  purchased  the;  Reed  City—J. N.  Maynard,  market  and 
grocery stock of H .T . M. Treglown at Cale- j grocery, sold out and said to have left town, 
lspheming—A. A. Anderson,  jeweler,  as-
donia, and will continue the grocery business j 
at the old stand.  Mr. Treglown  has  moved
signed.
his dry goods stock to Lowell, where lie will 
Cassopolis—M. A.  Myers,  general  store, 
re-engage in business.
stock replevined.
St. Louis—The following are burned  out: 
Jos. Tibbitts, grocer;  C. S. Smith,  furniture 
and undertaker;  J. E. Busk, baker.

| to P. H. O. Willebrands.

S

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The grocery firm  of  Martin  <fc  Clary,  at 
Cadillac, has dissolved, Frank  A.  Clary  re- 
iring.  The business will be continued under 
the name of H. N. Martin.  Mr.  Clary  will 
engage in shingle making at the  mill  lately 
owned by O. A. Clark.

A  Brady, formerly Brady <fe Bliss,  dealer 
in meats and produce at Luther, is  reported 
to be insolvent, and as having a  lively  time 
evading prosecutions for fraud.  J. O. Sabin, 
formerly Sabin & Bemer, meat dealer at the 
same place, is also reported  as  not  solvent.
Wm.  Galarno,  dealer  in  groceries  and 
boots and shoes at Bay  City,  lias  made  an 
assignment  to Alvin Maltby, of the  firm  of 
Maitby Brothers  <&  Co.  Pressure  of  cred­
itors was the cause.  The liabilities are $11,- 
075;  assets $13,000, including stock and real 
estate.  The heaviest creditor is  A.  C.  Mc- 
Graw & Co., of Detroit,  who  are  “in”  $1,- 
904.48.  Galarno was prudent  and  industri­
ous, and well thought of.

T H E   GROCERY  M ARK ET.

Raisins are firmer  and  have  slightly  ad­
vanced' in price.  Also currants, although we 
do  not  change  quotations  on  the  latter. 
Coffees are higher and firm.  But sugars are 
up and we advance some quotations % to Xc. 
Can’t say how lonjj it will last.  We  reduce 
price of WW oil j|c.  No chafige  in  Legal 
test.  Fish are little  firmer  and  very  liable 
to take a boom shortly, and we think it safe 
to buy at present prices.  Business is gener­
ally only fair, and  collections  are  reported 
somewhat easier.

Florida oranges  are  higher, but  Messina, 
Palermo and Yalencia  oranges  and  lemons 
are in good supply and lower.  Peanuts  are 
active.  Prime stock has advanced  Xe,  and 
still higher prices are looked  for.

The  Smartest  Drummer You  Ever  Saw.
As the train slowed up at a station, a com­
mercial-looking man,  who had  been noticed 
in earnest conversation with  another  party 
of the same general appearance,  was  heard 
to remark:
“Smart?  He’s the smartest drummer you 
ever saw.  Why lie’s smart enough  to  sell 
suspenders to a dog.”
The  other  commercial  man  nodded  his 
head at this happy  illustration,  and  every­
body thought the  conversation  was  ended, 
when a lonesome-lookirijg individual,  on the 
opposite side of the car remarked:
“It doesn’t take a very smart man  to  sell 
suspenders to a dog.”
Even the sleepy passengers were  argused 
by this startling remark by a lonesome-look­
ing  individual,  and  the  commercial  man 
asked in some surprise:
“Why not?”
“Because it doesn’t.”
“What  would  a  dog  want  with  sus­
penders?”
“To keep up his pants,” softly  murmured 
the lonesome-looking individual, gazing  out 
across the  snow-swept  waste,  with  a  far­
away look in his eye.
And the  astonished  brakeman  sighed so 
loud as to crack every lamp chimney  in  the 
car. 

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,

Insurance  Their  Capital.

Said  a prominent insurance  agent  to  the 
officer  of  one  of  the  banks  here:  “How 
many  men  doing  business  on  our  main 
streets would you lend money,  in  case  you 
knew  they  were  not  insured?”  And  the 
banker  answered:  “Only two or three. 
In 
fact, there are not to  exceed  a* dozen  mer­
chants here who could  withstand  an  entire 
loss, if they were not  insured,  and  pay  the 
claims against the stock and their  other  lia­
bilities. 
Insurance is practically the capital 
on which they are working.”

The  Chicago  Way.

“Have you good butter?”
“Yes,  indeed,  madam;  the  best  to  be 
found.”
“But I want a great deal, and am so afraid 
of getting a lot of strong stuff on my hands.” 
“You need have no fear of  that,  madam. 
I  never  buy  a  pound  of  the  farmers  or 
dairymen.  1 buy nothing but genuine  oleo­
margarine.”__________ ^_
Please  Don’t.

From   th e   Cadillac  Times.
The  arguments  of  T h e   M ic h ig a n  
T r a d e s m a n—which are numerous—against 
the organization of manufacturing companies 
here, is—well, it is Stowe thin.
Some  Peanuts.

Putnam «fe Brooks sold last year  upwards 
of fifteen thousand bushels, or one  hundred 
and sixty tons, of peanuts.

“Whose grave is this?” said  a  gentleman 
while strolling through a cemetery.  “That,” 
said his  companion,  “is  the  grave  of  Mr. 
Taggleworth.”  “That so?  Why, hang it, he 
owed me $10. 
I am  the  most  unfortunate 
man in  the  world. 
I  needed  that  money. 
Hello I  Who have^we  here?”  “Mr.  Zulkin, 
who died the other day.”  “Well,  that’s  en­
couraging. 
I owed him $20.  Made  $10 by 
the two transactions.” 

»

Mr. H. K/ Thurber, senior  partner  of the 
New York wholesale groeery house of H. K. 
<& F. B. Thurber «fe Co., retires on  February 
1.  It is not yet announced  what  name  the 
firm will continue under. 
It is said the sen­
ior members,  however,  will  be  Francis  B. 
Thurber and Albert E. Whyland.

Cruel  but  Time-Saving.

There is a merchant in Muskegon who  be­
lieves that time is money and that  economy 
is wealth, and who lives  up  to  his  convic­
tions.  A friend presented him with  a  very 
fine looking cat.  Calling  the  next  day,  he 
found the cat without any tail it having been j 
cut off as close to the body as could be with-1 
out cutting the tail off behind the cat’s  ears.! 
When asked why he had  done  this,  lie  re-; 
marked,  “I have to let this cat in and out of 
this store a good many times  a  day.  Now, 
if the cat had a long  tail,  don’t  you  see,  11 
would have  to  loose so much  time  waiting; 
for the tail to go out and in, whereas  now  1 j 
have only to wait for the  cat.  A  tail  is  of I 
no earthly use to a cat, and especially to this ! 
cat, so you see I will have the  eat  just  the | 
same, and lose only the time  of  letting  her 
in and out,  thus  saving  all  the  time  that | 
would be lost letting the tail in and out.” 
j

A  Word  to  Dealers.

The sale  of  Grayling  Plug  Tobacco  has 
increased - beyond  all  precedent  alnd  the 
orders are coming in very  fast  for  delivery 
February 1st.  We look for  an  advance  of 
two  cents  per  pound  shortly  and  would 
earnestly  advise  all  dealers  to  place  their 
orders at an  early  date  and  thus  take  ad­
vantage  of  the  present  price.
Wholesale Grocers and Proprietors of  Gray­

H a w k in s  &  P e r r y ,

ling Plug Tobacco,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

See  the  Spiral  Spring.

Visiting buyers  are  cordially  invited  to 
call at the Spiral Spring Buggy Co.’s factory, 
corner East Bridge and Ottawa  streets,  and 
inspect the line of goods made by this estate 
lishment.  They have  a  big  trade,  having 
over $10,000 worth of orders  now  on  their 
books, which speaks volumes for  the  popu­
larity of their patent spring and  superiority 
of their workmanship.

Armour  <fe  Co.  has  been  sued  by  Reis 
Brothers  <& Co., of Cincinnati, for  $50,000. 
On the 26th  of  November  last,  Armour  <fe 
Co. sold to Reis Brothers <fe Co., seventy-five 
cases of canned beef.  A few days later  the 
firm made an assignment and Armour «fe Co. 
replevied the goods  purchased  from  them, 
on the ground that the sale was  induced  by 
fraudulent  representations  made  by  Reis 
Brothers <fc Co.  The  imputation  that  their 
motive was a dishonest one was resented  by 
the latter firm, and they at  once  authorized 
the action for trespas for slander.

The twelfth annual meeting of , the  Com­
mercial Travelers’ Association of New York 
was held at Syracuse last week.  The reports 
of the officers showed a membership of 8,191 ; 
paid beneficiaries, $170,000, of which $40,000 
was paid from  the reserve fund.  President 
Eaton estimates the number  of  commercial 
travelers  in  the  State  at  10,000;  in  the 
United States, 100,000.

W

WHOLESALE  GROCERS,
Nirofl, Acorn, COM, Crescent & M  Seal Plug Tobaccos.

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

---- WE  ARE  FACTORY  AGENTS  FOR-----

Our stock  of Teas,  Coffees  and  Syrups 

is  Always  Complete.

-W E   MAKE  SPECIAL  CLAIM  FOR  OUR—

Tobaccos, Vinegars  and  Spices ! 

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

CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED .

WHOLESALE

Hat  and  Gap  Store!

PRICES GUARANTEED 

AS  LOW  AS  CHICAGO  AND  NEWiYORKl!

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

GENUINE  PUR  HATS, $13.50  AND  UPWARDS.

-LARGE  LINE  OF-----

Imported.  Scotoli  Caps,

Lum berm en’s  Goods, 

Maclsinaw Sbirts cfc D raw res.

Pontiac  Fulled  Mitts, Socks  and Boots!

-AGENCY  FOR  THE-

E V E R Y   ONE  W ARRANTED .

Clothing  and

— LARGE  LINE  OF-----
Gent’s  Furnishing  Goods*

DUCK  OVERALLS,  THREE  POCKETS,  $3.50  PER  DOZEN.

tW "  Terms—7 per cent, off in 10 days;  5 per cent, in 30 days;  net in 60 days.

36,38,40 and 42 CANAL STREET, 

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GRAND RAPIDS, MIOHIGA®

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