The Michigan Tradesman.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  MARCH  12,  1884.______________________

NO. 25.

BUSINESS  LAW.

HOW  SOME  DO  IT.

SOUTH  WATER  STREET—NO.  3

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MANDARINS  AND  TANGERINES.

A  Peculiar  Fruit  Which  First  Grew  on  the 

gether with the perceptible spicy  flavor,  be­
comes more agreeable  upon  a  second  trial, 
and I know many persons who prefer  grape 
fruit to the finest Indian River orange.  The 
peel is taken off with a sharp  knife,  cutting 
around and around, as in pel ling  an  apple. 
Then the thin skin that encompasses the sec­
tions of the fruit is separated from the pulp, 
and the seeds are taken out.  The sections of 
tender pulp taken from the ice-box on a cool 
plate and set before a lover of the  fruit  are 
very tempting morsels, especially onawann- 
ish muggy morning in the spring.  In Florida 
a little of the bitter pith under  the  skin  is 
eaten in the belief that it keeps off fever and 
chills.”

Yery  red  little  oranges,  tomato-shaped, 
with shiny skin, and done up in colored  tis­
sue paper, can be found this winter in  every 
fruit store and on  many  stands.  They  are 
mandarin  and  Tangierine  oranges,  from 
Florida.  The  two varieties  are  so  nearly 
alike in looks and taste that  persons  unac­
customed to them cannot always tell  which 
is which.  The  mandarins  came  originally 
from China and  the  Tangierines  from  the 
country whose name they  bear. 
In  Florida 
they are called “kid-glove oranges,” because, 
it is said, ladies can peel and eat them  with­
out soiling their gloves.  Between  the  skin 
and the pulp is a loose layer of fibers, which 
is easily separated from the pulp.  The skin 
has only to be broken, when  it can be taken 
off  dry and in one piece. 
In taste  they  are 
very different  from  other  oranges  of  good 
“S-a-a-y, young feller,”  said the man with 
quality. 
Instead  of the spicy flavor  that  is 
the red muffler, “w’at yer givin’ us?  Now if
distinguishable in  ripe  and  fresh  Indian 
yer so fly, I’d jist like to put  de  hull  stock 
river oranges, there is in the mandarins  and
Tangierines a taste  suggesting  that  of  new j  o’ dem five cent rounders o’ new crop ’gin de 
wine.  The pulp is very tender, and there is I best four shil’n yez  kin  droop  out  dat  yer 
but little juice within the delicate lining. 
I’m on ter de sap w’at’s in dis 
A dealer in Sixth avenue,  whose  store  is j shug, an’ de duck wa’t  biled  it  is  my  side 
I ’m jist a  layin’  for  smart  roosters 

“New crop maple  sugar!”  exclaimed  the 
dapper  little  man  derisively.  “That’s  too 
thin!  Seven parts brown  sugar  and  three 
parts canned maple  syrup, boiled  together. 
That’s your new crop  maple  sugar.” 

handsomely  decorated  with  green  palm J  pard. 

The  Purity  of  His  Business  Methods. 

j  wrong dead. 

leaves and clusters of  yellow  wild  oranges |  like you!”
on  the branches on which  they  grew,  and 
who also has a fmit  store  in  Jacksonville, 
said:

“Mandarins  and  Tangierines  have  been 
for sale in the large fruit stores of this  city 
for a few years past, but  they  have  never 
before been sent here  in  such  numbers  as 
this season.  Hitherto they have been  used 
mainly to give variety to  baskets  of  fruit 
rather expensively fixed up.  They are very 
different in appearance than other  varieties 
of oranges, and their color makes  a  pretty 
contrast  with the smooth,  bright  yellow  of 
the Indian river fruit, the brown of the  rus­
sets, and the deep yellow of the  more  com­
mon kinds. 
It is only a few years since the 
few produced in Florida found a  ready  sale 
there at $14 a hundred—a pretty steep figure 
for oranges that cannot be compared in  size 
or quality with Indian Rivers, which have to 
be very fine to bring half that  price.  They 
were brought to this market then to  be  sold 
as curiosities or to set off a basket  of  fruit. 
Within a couple of years a demand for them 
for table use has sprung up,  and  we  have 
many customers who regularly buy  mandar­
ins or Tangierines, the same as they  would 
call for any other favorite variety,  so  long 
as they are in the market.  These  varieties 
are coming to this market in sufficient quan­
tities this season for us  to  be  able  to  sell 
them for from 50 to 75 cents a dozen.  They 
seem expensive at $10 and  upwards  a  box, 
but there are a good many of them in  a box.
The highest priced oranges in this market 
are. Indian Rivers.  They are  of  good  size, 
bright, thin-skinned, heavy,  and  so  tender 
that the pulp may be  eaten  with  a  spoon 
after cutting a hole in the  skin.  They  sell 
for a dollar a dozen, and  the  supply  falls 
short of the demand.  They  are  more  deli­
cate and more liable to damage in  transport­
ation than any other variety,  and  transport­
ation from the Indian river country to  Jack­
sonville is slow. 
It will be faster when  the 
Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Halifax River 
Railroad is finished, aud instead  of  hauling 
the oranges across the country and  sending 
them by steamboat  200  miles  on  the  St. 
Johns, they will be sent  direct  to  Jackson­
ville by  rail.

Almost  without  exception  the  oranges 
raised in Florida are fine  fruit, 
if  they  are 
illowed to hang on the trees until  they  are 
ripe.  The trouble is that  some  small  pro­
ducers are in such a hurry to get their money 
that they market their oranges in November, 
without much regard  to  whether  they  are 
ripe or not.  Oranges keep best on the  trees 
after they are ripe, and they even go on  im­
proving in flavor until March,  if  the  frost 
will let them alone. 
In February the  trees 
blossom,  and  it  is i n  groves  where  the 
ripe oranges have been  kept  hanging,  that 
the sight  of  golden  fruit  and  cream-white 
blossoms on the same branches is seen

“But the  reputation  of  Florida  oranges 
with consumers in the  market  is  damaged 
more by another cause  than  by  too  early 
picking.  Weeks before there  are  any  good 
Florida oranges in New York,  jobbers  sort 
over their Jamaica oranges,  pick  out  those 
that look like Florida fruit, ane sell them as 
coming from Florida  groves.  Some  of  the 
Jamaicas so closely  resemble  Floridas  that 
none but experts in handling oranges  could 
recognize them by their looks.  But the Ja­
maica fruit is apt to be pithy, light in weight, 
and without juice or  flavor.  Some  persons 
declare  that  they  will  not  buy  Florida 
oranges, the Mediterranean fruit is  so much 
better;  but they have probably never  eaten 
a  Florida  orange. 
They  have  bought 
Jamaicas at  corner  groceries,  and  thought 
they were getting the best that  Florida  pro­
duces.

“Yes, there is a considerable  demand  for 
grape fruit,” the dealer said in answer  to  a 
question.  “These larger ones we sell at two 
*  for a quarter, and those of medium size bring 
10 cents apiece.  The taste for grape fruit is 
an acquired taste.  Few persons  like  it  at 
first, but the clepn,  slightly  bitter tart,  to*

“A-w-w-w,  come off!”  replied  the dapper 
little man.  “I’m up to that  little  new-crop 
game. 
I didn’t clerk three  years  in  a  gro­
cery store for nothing.”

“And with a  knowing  laugh  the  dapper 

little man bustled along his way.

“While I  do  not  countenance  betting,” 
said the benevolent faced old gentleman,  “I 
am glad to see you  so  willing  to  put  the 
purity of your business methods to  the  test 
I think you may do me up five of those  five 
cent cakes.”

As the man with the red  muffler  counted 
out the cakes and put them in  a  paper  bag, 
the old gentleman blandly asked:

“Would you  have  shown  the  gentleman 
that your sugar was from the sap of Vermont 
woods or  from  tue  Delaware  County  pro­
duct?”

“I wouldn’t a sprung  neider  o’ dem  gags 
on him, boss,” said  the  man  with  the  red 
muffler, as he counted out twenty-five  cents 
change in  pennies  to  his  customer.  “De 
brown sugar’s w’t I’d ketched him on.  He’s 
way off o’ de combination.  Dez eight  parts 
o’ brown sugar ’stead o’ seven, boss,  an’  Yl 
a had him cold!’’

How  a  Drummer Won a  Bet.

“Bet you five dollars  I  make  every  pas­
senger in this coach  stick  his  head  out  of 
the window, before  we get to Cadillac,” said 
a lively drummer to a  companion  the  other 
day, on a G. R. & 1. train.  “Oh, you’re jok­
ing.”  “No, I mean business, an’ I’ll lay you 
the five and leave it to yourself. 
Is it a go? 
All right.”  Soon the train stopped at  a  way 
station, and the lively drummer  said  to  his 
companion,  “Now come  with  me.”  And 
outside I heard him say,  “Now  run  around 
the coach and  see  if  you  don’t  see  every 
man’s head  popping  out  of  the ¡.window.” 
Then there came from  beneath-  the  car un­
earthly  sounds,—shouting,  crying,  wailing 
cries  of  “help”  and  “take him off”  and 
“murder.”  Instantly every passenger opened 
his window and peered out.  There wasn’t a 
head left in the car. 
In a few  seconds  the 
noise ceased and the festive  drummer  came 
out from under the coach with  a  ten-penny 
smile on his broad face.  “Well, you’ve won 
your bet, I guess, said the discomforted  and 
breathless one who had been running around 
trying to find a passenger  who  didn’t  stick 
his head out of the window.  “As near as  1 
can find out you’ve won, but why didn’t  you 
let me stay in the car,  where  I  could  have 
seen better?”  “Just because  I  was  afraid 
you would be smart  enough  to  keep  your 
snoot inside,” replied the late howler.  “Got 
caught on that  last  week  down  at  Spring- 
field.”  “Well, that’s a  pretty  cute  game,’1 
said a bystander.  “Yes,” replied the  drum­
mer;  “it’s a nice racket, and isn’t paying me 
less than $15 a week right along.”

“That,” said a leading boot and shoe  job­
ber, “is a women’s calf polish shoe.  A few 
years ago it was the best  selling  and  most 
staple line we had in stock.  We used to sell 
them in five to ten and even fifteen case lots, 
Now we think a dozen pairs is a.good  sale 
and  it hardly pays to give them store  room 
Goat, kid and  pebble  grain  have  entirely 
superceded the calf.  Of  course  they  don’t 
wear as well as the  calf,  but  the  women 
don’t buy shoes for  the  wearing  qualities. 
We still have a few calls for calf shoes from 
the backwoods settlements, but the  women 
as a rule, want  fine  goods,  even  for  the 
roughest wear. 
If it is wet they  wear rub­
bers.  We have to watch all  these  changes, 
or we will get badly left.”

The  Salt  Product for  May.

The report  of  the  State  Salt  Inspector 
shows the number of barrels of salt  inspect­
ed by counties during February to be:
Saginaw .......................... 
34.7H>
B ay .............. 
28,029
 
7,342
Huron ....................................... 
 
Iosco------- ----------------- ------- --------- --
1,046
Midland.....................................  
G ra tio t..........................................................    \ 400
St. Clair............  
 
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of Last  Resort.

A ssignm ent  of Decree.

The assignment of a  decree  for  the  pay­
ment of money to one secondarily  liable  for 
its payment, for  his  idemnity,  is  no  dis­
charge, says the Supreme  Court  of Illinois, 
Allen vs. Powell et al., but leaves the decree 
still owing, and the assignment carries  with 
it the right“to collect or enforce the  same  as 
the assignor may have had.
Surety.

A surety who has satisfied the debt of the 
principal and obtained an  assignment  from 
the creditors, is entitled to all the  rights  of 
the creditor.  In this case, the  debt  having 
been created prior to the execution of a  vol­
untary  conveyance  from  the  debtor,  the 
court held that the claim of the  surety was, 
as to that conveyance,  a  pre-existing  debt, 
although  he did not become  a  surety  until 
after the  execution  of  the  conveyance.— 
Dempsey vs. Rankin’s Administrator,  Ken­
tucky Court of appeals.

Conveyance  to  W ife.

The Supreme Court of Illinois, in the case 
of Durand vs. Weightman, hold that  a  vol­
untary settlement of property by a  husband 
upon his wife can be assailed only by his ex­
isting credilors.  This was a  case  where  a 
husband conveyed land to  his wife as a vol­
untary settlement for her  future  maintain- 
ance, retaining at the  same  time  personal 
property amply sufficient to discharge all his 
liabilities in good faith, without  any  inten­
tion thereby to defraud any existing or  sub­
sequent creditors.  The  court  held  that, 
under  the  circumstances,  the  conveyance 
was good as against subsequent creditors ac­
quiring their claims some three years  after­
ward.

Proofs of ILoss.

When the requirements of a policy of  fire 
insurance  in regard to the proofs of  loss  to 
be furnished are substantially complied with, 
they  will  not  be  held  insufficient  for 
formal defects in the manner in  which  they 
are made.  The omission of the  insured  to 
sign the proofs of loss  is  not  fatal,  when 
they have been followed up by  his  writing 
to the insurers several times in regard to the 
claim, but they made no suggestion  to  him 
of  any  defect in the  proofs,  or  request  to 
cure any formal defects.  Where the notary 
before  whom  the proofs were  taken  signs 
the jural, his seal attached  to  a  certificate 
immediately following, will be held to apply 
to the jurat  also.—Universal  Fire  Ins.  Co. 
vs. Morrin, Penn. Supreme Court.

Contract in   P a rtia l  R estrain t of Trade.
A contract in general restraint of  trade  is 
void, but if in partial restraint of trade only, 
it may be supported, provided the  restraint 
is reasonable and the contract founded on  a 
consideration.  This  distinction  between 
such stipulations as are in general  restraint 
of trade, and such as are  in  restraint  of  it 
only as to particular persons and  places,  or 
fora  limited time  has long been recognized 
both  in Europe and America;  the  latter,  if 
founded on a  good  and  valuble  considera­
tion, are valid; the former are unvariably pro­
hibited.  The reason assigned for this differ- 
ance is, that all  general  restraints  tend  to 
promote monopolies and tend to  discourage 
industries, enterprise and  fair  competition, 
which reason does not apply  to  partial  re­
straints.  Such a stipulation is not in general 
restraint of trade,  but  in  partial  restraint 
only, and is reasonable.—Supreme  Court  of 
Georgia.

F rau d u len t A ssignm ent.

In 1879 F. & Co. made an assignment  for 
the benefit of creditors.  A  firm  of  Boston 
Merchants to whom the firm  owed  a  large 
sum, brought an action to set  aside  the  as­
signment on the  ground  of  fraud  for  the 
reason that on the day preceding the  assign­
ment, the assigning firm withdrew  from  the 
bank in which they held  their  account  the 
cum of $573.12 and on the  day  the  assign 
ment was made  the sum of $125, which they 
did not include  in  their  schedule  or  turn 
over to the assignee, and concerning the dis­
position of which they refused to make  any 
explanation.  The complaint was  dismissed 
and  judgment  ordered for  the  defendants 
by the judge  before  whom  the  case  was 
tried, but his decision has been  reversed  by 
the  General Term of  the  Supreme  Court 
which says:  “It is well settled that any  res­
ervation of the least pecuniary  character  by 
the assignor or his family and any device  to 
cover up the property for the benefit  of  the 
assignor or to secure to him directly or  indi­
rectly any benefit is fraudulent, and  has  al­
ways  received  the  condemnation  of  the 
courts.  The debtor who makes  an  assign­
ment of this character must  devote  all  his 
property to the payment of his debts, except 
such as is by law  exempt  from  execution. 
The withholding of any considerable sum of 
money at the  time of making an assignment 
from the assignee must, we think,  in  some 
form be explained, otherwise it is  sufficient 
to establish a fraudulent intent,  as  the  evi­
dence strongly tends to show that this money 
was drawn out and kept by one  of  the  as­
signors. 
In the absence of  any  reasonable 
explanation of  that  incident,  the  learned 
court, we think, should have found that  the 
act of drawing and keeping the same  was  a 
fraudulent one, and voided the assignment.”

itors.

A merchant, save the mark,  in  a  certain 
line of goods not necessary  to  be  specified, 
and in a city well-known to travelers, called 
his book-keeper into his office, and  the  fol­
lowing  conversation  ensued:

“Jacob, I tink ve owe aboud  as  much  as 
ve can very veil get trusted vor;  trade is not 
goote, collections vas slow, und I cand meed 
my obilergashuns, so I  musd  vail.  Jacob, 
you musd ged everyding ready vor dose  ca­
lamities ;  you know I am an honorable man, 
Jacobs, und I vant to pays all  vot  I  coult, 
und leaf enough ofer fur a new stardt.  How 
vas der pooks, Jacob?”
•  “Dey  vas  all  right,  Mr.  Bear;  no  von 
could make any ding oud mid/ern.” 

“Dotisrighd,  Jacob;  your  salaries  vill 
been raised.  But ve musd make  up  de  ap­
pearances und de breferences before de vail- 
ure vas  announced.  How  much  should  I 
owes mine vife?”

“Ye can make dot amound  about $10,000 

easy, Mr. Bear.”

“No,  Jacob!  not  $10,000  even,  Jacob; 
some von vill suspecds  dot  even  amound; 
say is was $9,312, und  date  de  notes  doo 
years behind already.”

“How much musd  I  owes  mine  pradder 

Chames?”

“Yell, say $7,000, Mr. Bear.”
“Jacob, I told you dot vont do;  it musd be 
an odd amount;  it is  odd for  me  to  owed 
mine  prudder,  anyvay,  so  make  id  $6,- 
700, mid be carefulness aboud  de  dates  of 
dose notes, Jacob.  Den I should be  indebt­
edness do my sister who is  velty,  should  I 
not,  Jacob?”

“Yaw, Mr. Bear;  gif her $2,100, und  call 

it sqvuare.”

“Dot vill do, Jacob;  I musd also do vot is 
righd py you, Jacob;  I  vill gif you a  pard- 
nerships;  you shall haf  $5,000  preferinds, 
Jacob.”

“Tank you, Mr. Bear, but dot vas an ebend 

amound!”

“Quid right, Jacob, but I musd keep ebend 

mid you, don’d it?”

“Dare is your  fader-in-lawd,  Mr.  Bear; 

vod should his preferindees been?” 

“Nodvoncend,  Jacob;  you  dond  vos 
known dot chentlemans.  But neffer  mind, 
I vill make dod all righd, und keep id  in  de 
family—I vill prefers mine  mudder-in-laws 
$15,874, und she vill gif id back domeeffery 
dimes.  Vot you dink, Jacob?”

“Exacidly right, Mr. Bear;  under the  cir- 
cumerstandces id vould been  foolishness  to 
drust your farder-in-laws;  dot  vould  upsed 
de whole vai lures—he  knows  how  it  vos 
himselluf.  Hold vast  mid  der  mudder-in- 
laws und ve vill come oud on tob.”

“How much was de aggeragasions ov dose 

preferendees, Jacob?”

“Chust $38,976, Mr. Bear.”
“Und de liaerbilities?”
“Everydings included, exackly  $151,800.” 
“Yell!  veil!  so much as dot!  Und  de  as­

sets, Jacob?”

“Geot und bat, chust $59,000,  Mr. Bear.” 
“Ferry goot!  go ahead  mit  der  vailure, 
und ve  vill  offered  den  cends  in  securt 
notes, und stard in  again  ot  vonce  on  der 
schmall ent ov der ladder.”

The  Grocer Who  Caved.

From the Detroit Free Press.

There was, up to a year or two ago, a man 
in the grocery business in  one  of  the  vil­
lages of Western Michigan who was  famous 
for his hatred for drummers.  Travelers  for 
Chicago, Detroit and other houses  were  or­
dered  out  of  his  store  in  the  roughest 
manner, and several were  assisted  to  leave 
in a style more hurried than  graceful.  The 
boys, however, rather enjoyed it, and  a  sort 
of ring was formed among them with  a  sol­
emn agreement to keep calling on the grocer 
until he gave some one an order.

One day,  eight or ten days ago,  an  agent 
for a Detroit house entered the grocery  pre­
pared for the worst, but what was his amaze­
ment to be received with a smile of welcome. 
This was followed by kind words,  and later 
later on by an order for about $800 worth of 
goods.  The agent was so elated that he tel­
egraphed the news home and  to  several  of 
his  acquaintances, and it was a week before 
he recovered his usual equilibrium of spirits.
“And did he  continue  to  buy  of  your 
house?” asked one who had  listened  to  the 
drummer’s story,

“Well, no.”
“Why  not?”
“Because, within ten days after lie got  our 
goods he failed and couldn’t pay  five  cents 
on the dollar.”

The Big Rapids Furniture Co. will  resume 

operations in a few days.

The  Belding  furniture  factory,  idle  for 
several  months  by  reason  of  litigation,  is 
soon to be re-animated.

Collins &  Amspoker’s furniture  factory at 
Reed City, whieh has  been  idle  for  some 
time, has started up  again.

Armour & Co. slaughtered  1,020,000  hogs 

and 251,000 head of cattle last year.

Boston has a story  that  a  lady  engaged 
would  not  fix  the  day  until  her  fiance 
bought a house and deeded it  to ' her.  He 
was happy to accommodate,aud now that^she 
has the house she does not care to marry.

Bogus  Firms*-Two  Sets  of  Books--- 

-Short-

age” --Other  Tricks.

“While you are  writing  up  those  South 
Water  street pirates,” said a grocery  jobber 
the other day, “I may as well contribute  an. 
incident that recently come  to  my  notice. 
One of my customeas lately received a letter 
of inquiry from a firm purporting to do  bus­
iness on that street  asking  if  he  had any 
surplus butter on hand, and if so, his lowest 
price for 500 pounds.  As ¡The  happened  to 
have about that amount in  stock,  and  was 
particularly in need of its equivalent in cash, 
he quoted a very low price for  the  lot,  and 
was directed to ship it  immediately  by  ex­
press.  The name given by the firm soliciting 
the shipment was—say J, Smith &  Co. 
In­
quiry at his bank revealed the fact that there 
was a reputable firm in the same business by 
the name of John Smith & Co., and thinking 
that both firms were one and  the  same,  he 
shipped his butter to the address given,  and 
bided his time for the promised ‘prompt  re­
turns.’  No report of sales coming to  hand, 
he drew on the party  for  the  amount,  but 
the draft  came  back  unhonored.  He  then 
paid a visit to Chicago, found the location of 
the firm to whom he had shipped his  butter, 
but instead of a busy, bustling establishment 
was  greeted  with  empty  rooms. 
Some 
swindler had assumed a  firm  name  nearly 
the same as that of a well-known and  well- 
quoted house as a cover  for  crooked  tran­
sactions.  How many consignments the bogus 
firm may have secured no  one  knows,  but 
one thing  is  certain—everything  received 
was pure profit,  as  no  returns  were  ever 
made.  This is a commonly-repeated  fraud, 
and perhaps the relating of this  experience 
may be the means of cautioning some dealers 
who  might  otherwise  fall  into  the  same 
trap.”

“Speaking of commission houses  aud  the 
consignments of country merchants,”  said a 
Canal street jobber,  “reminds  me  of  the 
short-sightedness of the majority  of  out-of- 
town  dealers  in  consigning  their  surplus 
butter and eggs to the  commission  houses, 
instead  of  sending  them  to  us.  We  can 
work  them off to the city trade, and invaria­
bly  credit  the  consignor  with  the  same 
amount we  receive.  On  the  other  hand, 
when the produce is  sent  to  a  commission 
dealer, no more is realized from the sale, and 
the consignor is compelled to pay the seller’s 
percentage.  Merchants  usually  explain 
their action in this  matter  by  saying  that 
they get cash returns, whieh they are able to 
use in paying  smaller  and  more  pressing 
claims than ours, seemingly  forgetting  that 
the house  that  furnishes  them  with  the 
largest line  of  credit  should  be  the  first 
thought of;  but such is seldom the case.” 

“There is one point you have not  touched 
in your enumeration of the  various  species 
of chicanery indulged in by the South Water 
Street renegades,” said  a  business  man  of 
experience,  “and that is that most  of  them 
keep two separate  sets  of  books,  one  for 
their own private use—the real  books—and 
the other to exhibit  it  to  their  customers 
containing  ficticious entries  of  sales—that 
is ostensible records of sales, but  iu  reality 
10 to 25 per cent, less than the real  figures.” 
“Did I ever have  any  truck  with  South 
Water street?” repeated a local  commission 
merchant, “Well, I should  say  I did.  A 
couple of years ago, I had a carload of pota­
toes to spare, and noticing that a  prominent 
dealer on that street was  quoting  them  at 
45 cents, I consigned the car to  him.  The 
day before the car reached Chicago  he quot­
ed them at the  same figure,  and  two  days 
later similar quotations readied me;  but  he 
reported to me that they were sold the same 
day they were received at 35 cents.  On ask­
ing him to explain the apparent incongruity 
between the quoting and  selling  price,  he 
replied that the sudden decline that day was 
due to the enormous receipts.  That  settled 
it.  There is no going behind the returns on 
South Water street. 
I might add,  too,  that 
the dealer followed an almost universal cus­
tom on that street in reporting the car  forty 
bushels ‘short.’ ”

“I consigned  a  carload  of  apples  to  a 
South Water street dealer a few years  ago,” 
said another  merchant, “which cost me just 
$247.  The  consignee  claimed  that 
they 
were frozen on the way, and reported  sales 
at  $124.  Tiie  freight,  commission  and 
‘shortage’ amounted to  just  $124,  leaving 
me two ciphers as the  profits  on  the  deal 
and $247 out ou the cost of the  apples.”

Will some one of our readers  volunteer  a 
good word for the South Water street mounte­
bank?  With so much vileness, there must be 
an occasional streak of honesty, much as the 
surrounding tend to authorize  such  a  char­
acteristic.

[To he continued.]

“I want ten pounds of sugar—just weight,” 
said the customer.  The grocer  stood  with 
his spirit and a wrapping paper  “poised  in 
the  balance,”  until  the  customer 
said, 
“Well, why don’t you put it up?”  “I’m just 
waiting,” he replied.

A well-dressed show  window  will  cause 
heads to turn as  quickly  as  a  well-dressed 
girl.

You cannot judge of the honesty of a  tub 
of butter from its appearence, any morethaD 
you can of an  individual.—Criterion.

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE.  Editor.

Terms $ 1 a year in advance, postage paid. 
Advertising rates made known on application.

WEDNESDAY,  MARCH  12,  1884.

fW~  Subscribers  and  others,  when  writing 
to  advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub­
lisher by  mentioning that they saw the adver­
tisem ent in the columns of  this  paper.

NEWSPAPER  DECISIONS--THE  LAW.

1.  Any  person who takes a paper  regularly 
from  the  post-office—whether  directed  to  his 
name or another’s, and  whether  fie  has  sub­
scribed or not—is responsible for the payment.
2.  If a person orders his paper discontinued, 
he m ust pay all  arrearages,  or  the  publisher 
may continue to send it until payment is made, 
and collect the whole amount, whether the pa­
per is taken from the office or not.

Arrangements  are  now  in  progress  by 
which our readers will  be  supplied  with  a 
complete list of lumber quotations.  The list 
will appear shortly, and  will  be  a  regular 
feature of the paper thereafter.

One more issue of T h e  T ra desm a n, and 
then  an  eight-page  paper.  This  involves 
much extra expense, and non-subscribers are 
respectfully reminded  that  their  $1  will 
never be more acceptable than at the present 
time.

There are few disenters from the  opinion 

thus expressed by the Sparta Sentinel:

T h e  Mich iga n  T radesm an is to be  en­
larged.  Mr. Stowe  is  making  an excellent 
paper and one that no business man  can  af­
ford to do  without.

The people living along the lately  flooded 
districts  of the  Ohio River are agitating the 
question of “raising the bottoms.”  Some of 
the manufacturers of quart strawberry boxes 
could give them a  few  pointers  on  raising 
bottoms that would be worth  millions.

The Traverse City Herald  thus  voices  a 
caution that all^dealers should heed, whether 
their place of business is at Traverse City or 
at some cross-roads:
If all our  business  men  will  agree  to  it 
they can, by simply leaving the large window 
shades in their windows  rolled  up,  instead 
of closing them down  tightly  at  night,  aid 
greatly  in  the  protection  of  the  town 
against  fire.  With  a  heavy  shade drawn 
closely before the w indow, fire  might  make 
considerable head-way in the building before 
it could be seen from the street by the watch­
man or passers by.  These  curtains  are  no 
protection to the store,  and  are  dangerous. 
Leave them part way up, at least.

So  frequent  have  been  the  late  sudden 
changes in quinine, morphia and cinchonidia 
that Western jobbers have been unable to fix 
a price for these articles,  although informed 
by wire from New York  of  every  change. 
The following advice from a prominent New 
York broker, under date of March 6, explains 
the  situation:
The excitement following  the  partial  de­
struction of the works of Messrs.  Powers  & 
Wightman is subsiding, owing to  the  re-as- 
suring character of the circular issued by that 
house, causing a diminution in the deulgeof 
telegrams,  which  brokers  and  merchants 
have  in the past few days been  greatly tax­
ed to  answer  satisfactorily,  quotations  in 
most instances not being binding beyond the 
moment of  their  utterance.  The “shorts” 
were all anxiety to buy and the “longs” gen­
erally holding out for a  point  higher;  and 
while speculative  feeling  in  quinine,  cin­
chonidia  and  morphia  ran high, the actual 
transactions have  not  been  commensurate 
with the amount of  bluster  and  excitement 
prevailing.  P. & W.  quinine  sold  up  to 
$2.50, morphia to  $4.50,  and cinchonidia  to 
$1.25.  but  the  makers are now supplying 
their regular customers with moderate quan­
tities at the old  figure,  in  consequence  of 
which the general market on quinine  is  de­
cidedly weaker in fact may now be said to be 
somewhat demoralized.  Prices are  entirely 
nominal, with every indication of further de­
cline.

Good  Words  Unsolicited.

J. McPherson, Lowell  “It  is  a  good  pa­
H. M. Marshall, general dealer, Lawrence: 

per.”
“I think well of your paper.”

P.  B.  Kirkwood,  druggist,  Negaunee: 

“It’s well worth the money.”

W. J. Clark, grocer, Harbor Springs:  “It 

is equal to 100 cents any time.”

Holmes & Holly, general  dealers,  Wood­

land:  “It has become a necessity.” 

Greenwood & Ball, general dealers, Grand- 
ville:  “Like the paper.  Will not be without 
it.”
F. J. Clark, dry goods and groceries,  Irv­
ington :  “I consider it the  mercantile  paper 
and wish it  success.”

J. B. Dibble, general dealer, Salem:  “T h e 
T radesm an is more benefit to me than  any 
other of the five papers I  take.”

Geo. Herrick, of Olson & Herrick, lumber, 
Cadillaa:  “With the  addition  of  lumber 
quotations, it will be  immense.”

E. Pangborn,  general  dealer,  Pangborn’s 
It  meets  a 
Corners:  “I want your  paper. 
want long felt by business  men,  and  every 
business man ought to  be  a  subscriber  for 
T h e  T ra desm a n.”

Dr. R. A. Schouten, druggist and  medicine 
manufacturer,  City:  “T h e  T radesm an 
ought to be  in every business house,  and  is 
deserving of  a  large  ciaculation. 
I  don’t 
want to be without it.”
D. S. Hatfield, traveling  agent  for  Kort- 
lander& Grady:  “I find  your  very  spicy 
little paper in very many places.  Everyone 
speaks very highly of it.  Dr.  Lamoreaux, 
of Lakeview,  says  he  is  well  pleased  with 
it.”
A.  J.  Bachelder,  general  merchandise, 
Clarion:  “I am very much pleased with The 
T radesm an, and would like to add another 
‘Good Word’ to the already  large  number; 
but can only repeat what lias  been  said by 
many others, so I will just say that I  think 
it merits all the good words  so  far  and  I 
hope it will hold out.”

U

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Patents  Issued to  Michigan  Inventors.
The following patents have lately  been is- 

ued to Michigan inventors:
Wm. Lanhoff, Detroit, machine  for  trim­
ming or smutting wheat  (reissue).
Chas. F. Smith, West  Bay  City,  ashpan 
for locomotives,  (reissue).
Allen J. Beach, Linden, thimble skein for 
wagons.
Burt Roys, Reese, assignor of one-third to 
F. Wilcox, railway signal.
Frank L. P. Fish,  East  Saginaw,  vehicle 
wheel.
Jas. H. Park,  Lansing,  assignor  of  one- 
half to P. E. Park, harness snap.
Willis J. Perkins,  Grand  Rapids,  refuse 
conveyor for saw mills.
Abraham Schoffer, Cassopolis, assignor  of 
one-fourtli to C. E. Sage, Elkhart, Ind., seed­
ing machine.
John B. Timberlake, Jackson,  detachable 
handle for glass and earthemware.
Jerome  Travis,  Adams,  combined  map 
case and holder.
Geo. Beegen, Detroit, mug.
Frank B. Bignell, Smyrna, removable poat 
for horsepower transmitters.
Henry P. Cape, Detroit, router plane.
Anthony Cramer, Detroit,  brick  machine.
Montgomery Dakin, Leslie, neck-yokes.
Alfred E. Dailey, Quincy,  boiler.
Wm. H. Dickey, Jackson, drive  chain.
Chas. W. Higby, Jackson, corset.
Chas. B. McAlvay, Jackson, lubricator.
John B.  Smith,  Jackson,  table  for  tile- 
Garland B. St. John, Jackson,  plow.
Wm. M. Wilkin,  East  Saginaw,  saw-mill 

mills.

dog.

Saranac  Business  Points.

From the Local.
ter than the amount of money at interest.

A business block in Saranac will pay  bet­

There is  good  prospect  of  an  exclusive 
clothing store here, with a  tailor  shop  con­
nected, as soon as a suitable location  can  be 
obtained.
Geo. Anderson has  sold his interest in the 
meat market owned by Anderson & Hawley, 
to Fred Abbott, of Keene.  The new firm will 
be known as Hawley & Abbott.

About 20,000 bushels  of  corn  have  been- 
shipped to this village and sold  to  farmers, 
this winter.  The price has  averaged  about 
62 cents per bushel, which would  aggregate 
the  respectable  sum  of  $12,400  paid  out. 
This item will partially account for the hard 
times among the farming  community.

“  No  Merchant Should  be  Without It.”  

From the Reed City Clarion.
T h e  Mic h ig a n  T ra desm a n,  of  Grand 
Rapids, will be enlarged  March  26th  to  an 
eight page paper.  This  paper  is  growing 
more popular every day,  and  no  merchant 
should be without it.

“ Of Great Value to  Everyone.”

From the Luther Lance.
T h e Mich ig a n  T ra desm a n is  the  best 
journal of the kind within  our  knowledge. 
It will prove of great value to everyone, and 
particularly so to retail dealers. 
It  will  be 
enlarged the current month.

Decorate your houses at small expense  by 

using Boralumine.

Order sample packages of  Boralumine  of 

your jobber.

Boralumine  is  sure  to  please  you.

TIME TABLES.

CENTRAL  STANDARD  TIME. 

ARRIVE.

DEPART.

Michigan  Central—Grand  Rapids  Division.
tDetroit Express............................................  6:05 a m
+Day  Express..........................................12:20 p m
♦New York Fast Line..............................6:00 p m
t  Atlantic Express.................................... 9:20 p m
♦Pacific  Express..............................................6:45 am
tLocal  Passenger...........................................11:20 a m
+Mail..........................................................3:56 p m
tGrand  Rapids  Express........................10:25 p m
tDaily except Sunday.  ♦Daily.
The New York Fast Line runs daily, arriving 
at Detroit at 12:35 a. m., and New York at 10 p. 
m. the next evening.
Direct  and  prom pt  connection  made  with 
Great  Western,  Grand  Trunk  and  Canada 
Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus 
avoiding transfers.
The Detroit Express leaving at 6:05 a. m. has 
Drawing  Room  and  Parlor  Car  for  Detroit, 
reaching that city at 11:45 a. m., New York 10:30 
a. m., and Boston 3:05 p. m. next day.
A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except 
Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv­
ing at Grand Rapids at 10:25 p. m.

J. T. Schultz, Gen’l Agent

10:20 a m
10:45 p m

4:55 p m

5:30 a m

Detroit, Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee. 

going east.

going west.

Leaves.
Arrives. 
tSteamboat Express.......... 
8:15 a m
tThrough  Mail..................... 10:10 a m  
tEvening  Express................ 3:20 p m  3:35 p m
♦Atlantic Express................  9:45 p m  
tMixed, with coach...........  
10:00 a m
tMorning  Express...............12:40 p m  12:55 p m
tThrougn  Mail.....................  4:45 p m  
tSteamboat Express.......... 10:30 p m
tM ixed..................................  
♦NightExpress....................   5:10 a m  
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  ♦Daily. 
Passengers  taking  the  6:15  a.  m.  Express 
make close connections at Owosso for Lansing 
and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 
10:00 a. m. the following morning.
Parlor Cars  on Mail  Trains,  both  East  and 
West.
Limited  Express  has  Wagner  Sleeping Car 
through to Suspension Bridge and the mail has 
a Parlor Car to  Detroit.  The  Night  Express 
has a through Wagner Car and  local  Sleeping 
Car Detroit to Grand Rapids.

D. P o t t e r , City Pass. Agent. 
T h o m a s  T a n d y , Gen’l Pass. Agent,  Detroit

8:00 a m

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana. 

g o in g  n o r t h .

Arrives.  Leaves
Cincinnati & G. Rapids Ex.  9:02 p m 
9:50 a m 
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  9:22 a m 
4:45 p m 
Ft. Wayne & Mackinac E x..  3:57 p m
G’d Rapids  & Cadillac  Ac.
7:15 a m
G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 
6:32 a m
Mackinac & Cincinnati E x.  4:05 p m  4:32 p m 
Mackinac & Ft. Wayr e E x.. 10:25 a m  12:32 p m 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac.  7:40 p m 

GOING  SOUTH 

All trains daily except Sunday.
North—Train  leaving  at  4:45  o’clock  p 

s l e e p i n g  c a r  a r r a n g e m e n t s .

has  Woodruff  Sleeping Cars for Petoskey  and 
Mackinac City.  Train leaving at  9:50 a. m. has 
combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinac
South—Train leaving at 4:32 p. m. has  Wood 

ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.

C. L. L o c k w o o d , Gen’l Pass. Agent.
Chicago & West Michigan.
Leaves.  Arrives,
+Mail 
.................................... 9:35 a m   4:00 p m
tDay Express........................12:50 p m  10:45 p m
♦Night  Express..................... 8:35 p m  6:10 a m
♦Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars  on  all  night trains. 
Through  parlor  car  in  charge  of  careful  at­
tendants without extra charge to Chicago  on 
12:50 p. m., and through coach on 9:35 a. m. and 
8:35 p. m. trains.

NEWAYGO DIVISION.

Leaves.  Arrives.
...................................5:00 am   3:00 pm
Mixed 
Express......  ...................... 4:00 p m  4:00 p m
Express............................8:30 am   12:42 pm
The Northern terminus of this Division is at 
Baldwin, where close connection is made with 
F. & P. M. trains to and from Ludington and 
M a n is te e .___  

.
J. H. Palmer, Gen’l Pass. AgenX

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Apples, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc.

NO.  8  IONIA  STREET, 

OR-AJST2D  RAPIDS.  -  MICHIGAN.

JA.  33.  K N O W L S O N ,

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

AKRON  SEWER  PIPE, 

Fire  Brick  and  Clay,  Cement,  Stucco,

L IM E ,  HAXB.,  COJELX.  and  W OOD. 

ESTIM ATES  CH EERFU LLY  FURNISHED.

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

Central  Freight  Honse.

SPRING  <& COMPANYi

-WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN-

FLA-TST CT5T  -AJSTD

STAPLE DRT  GOODS

CARPETS

MATTINGS,

OIL  CLOTHS,

ETC.,  ETC.

6  and  8  M onroe  Street,

M ich igan .
G rand  R ap id s,
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

Oandy  Ja
W e  m anufacture all ou r stock 
,nd  can  alw ays  give  you  the 
be  '
best goods.
Oranges
W e  buy  in  large  lots  from  
first hands  and  ship  only  in 
fu ll car lots.  W e handle 20,- 
OOO boxes of Oranges  and 
Lemons 
Lem ons in a season and ou r 
facilities for buying and  h an ­
dling are  unsurpassed.
Nuts
W e  carry  a  heavy  stock  of B ra­
zils,  Alm onds,  F ilberts,  W alnuts, 
Pecans  and  Cocoa  N uts,  and  w ill 
sell  against any m arket. 
P o a r m - f c   W e lately  bought eig h t  car 
loads  of  th e  best  re-cleaned 
A  b C uil 14. I/O 
and  hand-picked  Tennessee 
and  V irginia  Nuts,  and  are 
prepared  to  fill  the  largest 
orders.

PUTNAM  &  BROOKS

FOX, MUSSELMAN & LOVERIDGE,

M   R   Phiirnh  “ Rpriptlfp”  P.n p. j
llilijj
Dfli  D.  ullulull  Dciicil0 
Manufacturer of s “Bedette.”

31  HURON  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

F. J. LAMB  &  COMPANY/

■WHOLESALE  D E A LE R S  IN-

Butter,  Cheese,  Eggs,

PATENTED JUNE 15, 1883.

This invention supplies a long felt want for a cheap portable bed, that can be p ut  away  in 
_ small space when not in use, and yet make a roomy,  comfortable bed  when wanted.  Of the 
many cots that are in the market there is notone, cheap or expensive, on which a comfortable 
night’s rest can be had.  They are all narrow, short, without spring, and in  short no bed at all.
ile THe Bedette folds into a small space, and is as light as anything can be made for  dura­
bility, when-set up it furnishes a bed wide and long enough for the largest man, and is as com­
fortable to lie upon as the most expensive bed.  It is so constructed th at the patent  sides, reg­
ulated by the patent adjustable tension cords, form the most perfect spring  bed.  The canvas 
covering is not tacked to the frame, as on all cots, but is  made  adjustable,  so  that  it  can  be 
taken off and put on again by any one in a few minutes, or easily tightened, should it  become 
loose, a t any time from stretching.  I t is a perfect spring bed, soft and  easy,  without  springs 
or mattress.  For warm weather it is a complete bed, without the additioniof anything ;lfor cold 
weather it is only necessary to add sufficient clothing.  The “ BEDETTE” is a household neces­
sity,  and no family after once using, would be without it.  It is simple in its construction, and 
not likely to get out of repair.  It makes a pretty lounge, a perfect bed, and the price is within 
the reacn of all.
Price—36 in. wide, by 6% ft. long, $3.50;  30 in wide,  by 6J£  ft.  long,  $3.00;  27  in. 
wide, by 4% ft. long, cover not adjustable, $2.50.  For sale  by  furniture  dealers  every­
If not for sale by your dealer it will be sent to any address  on  receipt  of  price.
where. 

WHENEVER  IT  DISCOVERS  AN  ARTICLE  THAT  COMMENDS  ITSELF 

TO  THE  TASTE  AND  OTHER  SENSES.

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

LORILLARD’S  PLUG  TOBACCOS
One-Foarth of All the Ping Tobacco Used in this Country!

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

Favorite  Brands  this  Year;  or  About 

AND  AS TH E R E   A RE  BETW EEN  800  AND  900  OTHER  FACTORIES  IN  

- A

TH E  U.  S., IT  FOLLOWS THAT  T H E IR   GOODS  MUST  GIVE

‘

THAN  THE  BRANDS  OF  OTHER  MAKERS.

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

WHOLESALE  GROCERS
K ind, A m , Chief, Crescent & M  Seal P it Tohaccos

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.

Tobaooos,  V inegars  and.  S p ices 

OUR MOTTOs  “ SQUARE DEALING BETWEEN MAN-AND MAN."

—WE  MAKE  SPECIAL CLAIM FOR OUR—

CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED;

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S)ry> (Boobs.

Spring &  Company quote as romjwo :

WIDE  BROWN COTTONS.

Androscoggin, 9-4. .33 
iPepperell, 10-4....... 25
Androscoggin, 8-4. .21  Pepperell, 11-4....... 37%
Pepperell,  7-4........ 16%Pequot,  7-4.............18
Pepperell,  8-4........ 20  IPequot,  8-4.............21
Pepperell,  9-4........ 22% iPequot,  9-4.............24

Caledonia, XX, oz.. 11 
Caledonia,  X, oz.. .10
Economy,  oz..........10
Park Mills, No. 50. .10 
Park Mills, No. 60. .11 
Park Mills, No. 70. .12 
Park Mills» No. 80. .13

Park Mills, No. 90. .14 
Park Mills, No. 100.15
Prodigy, oz............11
Otis Apron............10%
Otis  F urniture.....10%
York,  1  oz.............10
York, AA, extra oz. 14

Alabama brown...
Jewell briw n........
Kentucky  brown 
Lewiston  brown. 
Lane brow n......
Louisiana  plaid..

OSNABURG,
_7  I Alabama  plaid.........8
...  9%¡Augustaplaid........   8
.10%'Toledo plaid............  7
9% 1 Manchester  plaid..  7 
9%lNew  Tenn, plaid.. .11
6%
8  I Utility plaid.

>. COTI:o n s .
lGi*eeine, G..4-4........ 5%
8%
Hill, 4-4...
iHill, 7-8...
v%
.  v%
¡Hope5,  44.
King Phillip  cam
11%
brie, 4-4.
ILinwood, 4-4.......... 9
iLonsdale, 4-4......... .  8%
¡Lonsdale cambric..11%
5% Langdon, GB, 4-4...  9%
7%'Langdon,  45........... 14
6%|Masonville,  4-4.......9%
7% Maxwell. 4-4........... 10%
7%'New York Mill, 4-4.10% 
6% ¡New J 
4  Poeasi 
7%'Pride <
9  Pocah 
9% Slater

Avondale,  36..........
Art,  cambrics, 36.. 
Androscoggin, 4-4. 
Androscoggin, 5-4.
Ballou, 4-4.............
Ballou, 5-4.............
Boott,  0.4-4..........
Boott,  E. 5-5..........
Boott, AGC, 4-4—
Boott, R. 3-4........ -
Blackstone, AA 4-4 
Chapman, X, 4-4...
Conway,  4-4..........
Cabot, 4-4...............
Cabot, 7-8...............
Canoe,  3-4.............
Domestic,  36........
Dwight Anchor, 4-4.10
Davol, 4-4
F ruit of Loom, 4-4..  9 
F ruit of Loom, 7-8..  8% 
Fruit of  the  Loom,
Gold Medal, 4-4.. 
Gold Medal, 7-8.. 
Gilded  Age........

st,  P. M. C. 
f the West, 
intas,  4-4...
ille, 7-8.......
Victoria, AA........
Woodbury, 4-4.......
Whitinsville,  4-4.. 
Whitinsville, 7-8...
cambric,  4-4........12
Wamsutta, 4-4.......
r 
6%IWilliamsville,  36.. 
8%l

CORSET JEANS.

A rm ory..................7% |K earsage...............8%
Androscoggin sat..  8%¡Naumkeag^satteen 8%
6  ¡Pepperell  bleached  8%
Canoe River.
6% I Pepperell sa t..........9%
Clarendon...............
6%lRockport.................  7%,
Hallowell  Im p......
^ L a w re n c e  sat..........  8%
Ind. Orch. Im p.......
7%lCouegosat...............  7
L aconia..................
PRLNTS.

Albion, solid...........5%|Gloucester................6
Albion  grey...........6  Gloucestermoum’g.6
Allen’s’ checks....... 5%|Hamilton  fancy— 6
Ailen’s  fancy..........5 art?* 
...................a
A lle n ’s  p i n k ................ M o m m iic  D ........................ J
Allen’s purple.........6% M anchester...............6
A m erican, & y . .. .5% Oriental fancy.........6
Araold fancy 
B erlin solid*........... 5%|Paciflc  robes............. 6
Richmond................6
Cocheco fancy.......6
Steel River..............5%
Cocheco robes...........i
Simpson’s ................6
Conestoga fancy— 6
; Washington fancy.. 
Eddy sto n e ............... V
¡Washington  blues..8
Eagle fancy..............®
Garner pink.................. * ■

. . .  -  6  ¡Oriental  robes.........6%

FINE  BROWN COTTONS.

Appleton  A, 4-4----8
Boott  M, 4-4...........   •%
Boston F, 4-4.......  8
Continental C, 4-3..  7% 
Continental D, 40 in  8%
ConestogaW ,4-4...  7 
Conestoga  D, 7-8. • ■  f%
Conestoga G, 30-m.  6%
Dwight  X, 3-4........
Dwight Y, 7-8..........
Dwight Z, 4-4..........
Dwight Star, 4-4....
Ewight Star, 40-in..
E n t e r p r is e  EE, 36..
Great Falls E, 4-4...
Farm ers’ A ,4 4 .....
Indian  Orchard, t-4 

Indian Orchard, 40.  8%
Indian Orchard, 36.  8
Laconia B, 7-4.........16%
Lyman B, 40-in.......10%
Mass. BB, 4-4..........  6%
Nashua  E, 40-in—   9 
Nashua  R, 4-4..'—   7% 
Nashua 0,7-8..........  7%
6  ¡Newmarket N . —   7% 
6% j Pepperell E, 39-in..  7%
7  Pepperell  R, 4-4—   7
7% Pepperell  0,7-8—   6% 
9  Pepperell N.3-4....  6% 
5%!Pocasset  C, 44.......7
7  ¡Saranac  R ...............  7%
6% ¡Saranac  E ...............  9

’i j j f  

*

¡Slaterville, 

checks, 
new 

D OM ESm i GINGHAMS.
Amnskeag 
...........   8  ¡Renfrew, dress sty 110%
A“ ylesea* ’ “
IO,, J °BooWnold anfg.^ 2 %  
. Ü  ¡Johnson  Manfg C9r
Rot J r 
B e rk sh ire ........ “   dress  styles................ 12%
Glasgow checks—   7 
dress
Glasgow checks, f’y ^ | wX ® M ftc 6 ; stop  7%
Glasgow 
8  White Mfg Co, fane  8 
royal  styles.... 
Gloucester, 
7%  Earlston...............  9%
standard  .. 
7% Gordon....................  8
Plunket
Lancàster...............  8%|Greylock, 
Langdale................ 7% I  styles  .....................12%
iS S S Ä K ä
Pepperell,  94 ........25  ¡Pequot,  94..............2i%

WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS.

¡White  Manf’g  Co,

dress

HEAVY BROWN COTTONS.

Atlantic  A, 44.......  7%Lawrence XX, 44..  8%
Atlantic  H, 44.......7  Lawrence  Y, 30....  7
Atlantic  D, 44.......6%¡Lawrence LL, 44...  6
Atlantic P, 44........  5% Newmarket N ........   7%
Atlantic  LL, 44 ....  5%|Mystic River, 44...  6%
Adriatic, 36.............  jVt Pequot A, 44..........   8
Augusta, 44...........   6% Piedmont  36..........   7
Boott M, 44...........   7% Stark AA  U4 
7%
Boott  FF, 4-4..........  7% Trem ont CC, 44 —   5%
Graniteville, 44 ....  6%¡Utica,  *4  ...............9
Indian  H ead,4-4...  7%'Wachusett,  44.........7%
ndhma Head45-in.12% Waehusett, 30-in...  6%

TICKINGS.

¡Falls, XXXX..........18%
Amoskeag,  AC A ... 15 
¡Falls, XXX.............15%
Amoskeag 
“ 4-4.. 19
'Falls,  BB................11%
Amoskeag,  A .......14
¡Falls,  BBC, 36........19%
Amoskeag,  B .........13
! Falls,  awning........19
Amoskeag,  C.........12
¡Hamilton,  BT, 32.. 12
Amoskeag,  D .........U
Amoskeag,  E ......10% ¡Hamilton,  D ............10
Amnskpav  F 
...10 Hamilton,  H ...........10
P r e m i u Ä , 4 4 .... 17  ¡Hamilton  fancy...10
Premium  B ............. 16 ¡Methuen AA ..........14%
..16 Methuen  ASA........18
R vtrai-t 
.u%lomega x  t-s......... u
£ t5 Î É : 
Gold Medal44.......15  Omega $ 4 4 . .. .. .  .13
CCA  7-8 
............. 12% Omega ACA, 7-8— 14
C T 11.------............14  ¡Omega ACA, 44— 16
Omega SE, 7-8.........24
RC 7-8....................... 14
Omega SE, 44.........27
BF 7-8....................... 16
Omega M. 7-8.........22
A F 44........... .......... J?
Omega M, 44.......... 25
Cordis AAA, 32....... 14
Shetucket SS&SSW 11% 
Cordis ACA, 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
ige frncy.  8
Cordis  No. 4............ll%l»ti
GLAZED CA5

3kb

G a rn er......................g
Hookset..................  5
Red  Cross...............  5
Forest Grove..........

¡Empire  ... 
Washingtoi 
¡Edwards... 
S. S. & Sons

American  A ......... S Jw hJrfïïîfiii*
Stark A ...................23%  Wheatland

21%

B oston...................   7%!Otis  CC
E verett  blue..........14% W arren
Everett  brown...... 14% ¡Warren  BB
Otis  AXA.............. 12% ¡Warren  CC.......
Otis BB................... 11%| York  fancy —

..10%
AXA........ 12%
.11% 
. . . 10% 
... 15

PAPER  CAMBRICS.

M a n  v ille ......................   6
M a s g n v ille ................   6

¡8. S. & Sons.............   6
G arn er....................  6

Red  Cross...............  ‘
B erlin .....................   7
G a rn er....................  7

B rooks.................... 50
Clark’s O. N. F .......55
J. & P.  Coats..........55
Willimantic 6 cord.55 
Willimantic 3 cord. 40 
Charleston ball sew 
ing thread............30

WIGANS.

Thistle Mills............
¡Rose.........................  8

SPOOL COTTON.

Eagle  and  Phoenix
Mills ball sewing.30 
Greeh  &  D aniels...25
M erricks.................40
Stafford...................35
Hall & Manning— 30 
Holyoke...................25

Orown 

SILESIAS.

............17  ¡Masonville TS........   8

...............::::::  «st

Anchor...................15 
C entennial.............
B lackburn.............   »
Davol......................1|
London...................W?*
P aconia..................
Red  Ckoss.......- —  JO
Social  Im perial.... 16

 

«
Nictory  Ö...............  6
Victory J ................   7
Victory  D ...............10
Victory  K ...............12%
Phoenix A ...............  9%
Phoenix  B .............   10%
Phoenix X X ........... 15

(Broceries.

AXLE GREASE.

ip doz  60  ¡Paragon...  $  doz

60  IFrazer’s . 
BLUING.

.doz.
.doz.
doz.
.doz.

Modoc  ... 
Diamond.

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

No. 1 Carpet 
No. 2 Carpet
No. 1 H url.................................................  
No. 2 Hurl  ...............................................  
Fancy W hisk............................................  
Common Whisk.......................................  

2 50 
2 25
2 00
1 75
1  25
85

CANNED GOODS.

Pie Peaches........ 1  20
3ftStandard 1 90@2 20
Apples, 3 ft........ 1  20
do.  61b..........  2  00
Strawberries  ©1  00 
1  25 
Blackberries 
Raspberries  —   1  35 
Cherries, red 
1 05 
cherries white..  1  90
Pineapples........   1 60
Dam sons............  1 20
Egg P lum s........ 1 60
G ages................   1  60
Pears.............. 
  1 65
Lusk’s Apricots.  2 95 
Tomatoes  ..1  05@1  15 
Corn,  Excelsior  1  10 
Corn, E rie............1  15

Com, Trophy...  1  15 
Corn, Yarmouth  1  30
Peas__ 75@1 35@1 50
String Beans... 
90
Lima Beans........   85
Lewis’B’d Beans. 1  70 
Pumpkin  ..1  10@1  15 
Succotash  ... 85© i  50 
Oysters,  lib —   1  10 
Oysters,  2 B> —  1  85
Salmon__ 1  60©
Lobsters, Stars. .2  00
Sardines, Am......   8
Sardines  Inport.  13
Corned Beef 2 ft  3 25 
Cond. Milk, Eagle 
case..................8  10

COFFEE.

Green Rio__ 13  @15
Green J  ava... 18  @28 
Green Mocha.26  @28 
Roasted Rio. .13%@18 
Roasted  Java25  @35 
Roasted  Mar.18  @19%
Roasted  Mocha  @35

Roasted Mex.18  @20 
Ground  Rio.. 10  @18 
Ground  Mex.  @17%
Arbuckle’s..........@17 %
X X X X .................@17%
Dilworth’s ..........@17%

CORDAGE.

72 foot J u t e .......  1  35  160 foot Cotton ....175
60 foot Ju te .......1  15 
¡50 foot Cotton... .1 50
CAPS.

G.  D.....................   35  [Ely’s W aterproof  75

FRUITS.

f i s h . 

6%@ 6% 
6  @6% 
18@20 
8  @8%

% 60
London Layers, new.............................  
Loose Muscatels Raisins,  new........... 2  25@2 <**
@7 
New Valencias Raisins..
@10 
O ndaras............................
Turkey P ru n e s...............
C urrants..........................
C itron...............................
Dried Apples  ................
.
Whole Cod......................................... . 
,
Boneless Cod.....................................5%@7%@8y*
Herring % bbls. 100 lb.........................2  <5@300
28@30
Herring Scaled...................................... 
Herring Holland...................................  ©J  J®
White Fish % b b ls ............................... 
J  7®
Trout half bbls................... 
*  g®
a  Si
do.  K its ........ • • v y  •;......................  
Mackerel half bbls No. 1.....................  
6  75
do. Kits  No. 1 .................^............  
105
Bloaters.................................................   ©*  00
Richardson’s No. 2  square............................2 70
..2 55
Richardson’s No. 3 
............... 1  70
Richardson’s No. 5 
...............2  70
Richardson’s No. 6 
............... 1  70
Richardson’s No. 8 
............2 55
Richardson’s No. 9
Richardson’s No. 4 ro u n d ............................. 2 70
Richardson’s No. 7  do 
.............................." ®®
Richardson’s No. 7% do 
.............................. l i e
Electric Parlor No. 17..................................... “
Electric Parlor No. 18..................................... j> 70
Grand  Haven, No. 9.......................................225
Grand  Haven, No.  8........... --•-••................. 1 60

MATCHES.

20 gross lots special price.

 

MOLASSES.

+  

6

OIL.

do. 

do. 

SOAP.

do 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do.

.6 50 
.4 00 
.5 00 
.4  25 
2  50

15% 
12% 
75 
1  00 
75 
1  00

Black StraD 
..  @20|New Orleans f ’y.56@60
Porto  Rico!........ 32@35 Syrups, c° m ~ .  @31
New Orleans g’d.45@50|Syrups, sug27@35@45 
Kerosene  W. W.....................
Legal te st.............
Sweet, 2 oz. square................
Sweet, 2  oz. round................
Castor, 2 oz.  sqteare...............
Castor, 2 oz. 
................
f   OATMEAL.
Jk 
Imperial  b in s../....................
Quaker bbls.. 
..................
™   PICKLES.
Choice in barrels med...........
Choice in % 
do  —
small..
Dingee’s % 
do 
Dingee’s quarts glass fancy.
Dingee’s pints 
do
SUGARS.
Granulated..........................
8%@ 8% 
Cut Loaf.................................
@   8% 
Cubes  ......................................
8%@8% 
Powdered...............................
©7% 
Conf. A ..................................
7%@7% 
Standard A ............................
6%@7 
Extra C...................................
6 % ® 6 % 
„
FineC...................................... 
@6%
Yellow....................................................   6
Kirk’s American  Fam ily........... $  ft
do. 
In d ia .........................................
do.  S avon.......................................
do.  S atin et................ .....................
do.  R evenue..................................
do.  White Russian........................
Goodrich’s English Family  ...............
P rin cess............................
Proctor & Gamble’s Ivory  ...
Japan  O live........
Town Talk 
box
Golden Bar...........
Arab.......................
Amber....................
Mottled  German..
j? ®®
Sidall’s ................................................... 
" 59
Babbitt’s ...............................................  
Dish R a g ...............................................  
£ »5
*  M
Magnetic.................................................  
New  French  Process............................ 
4 50
» 00
Spoon...................................................... 
Anti-Washboard....................................  
«09
" -5
V aterland...............................................  
* 30
I  Magic........................................................ 
4  00
P ittsburgh.............................................. 
I  Rogue’s  ...................................................  
6  75
“ J
White castile  bars................................. 
Mottled castile.......................................  
i",
Old  Style................................................ 
55
Old Country.................................. .........  
16@22
Ground Pepper,  in boxes and cans
12@20
Ground Allspice................................
16@30
Cinnamon...........................................
20@25
Cloves.................................................
17@20
Ginger
..................................................................
M ustard...................................................   15@f®
— 
25@35
- 
Cayenne
Pepper % ft ^  dozen.....................
Allspice  % f t..................................
Cinnamon  % f t ..............................
Cloves %  ft......................................
Pepper,  whole...............................
A llspice...........................................
Cassia..............................................
Cloves..............................................
Nutmegs,  No. 1.............................
Muzzy Gloss 1 ft package.............
Muzzy Gloss 3 ft package.............
Muzzy  Gloss 6 ft boxes.................
Muzzy Gloss bulk..........................
Muzzv Corn l f t ..................... . —
Special prices on 1,000 ft orders
Kingsford  Silver Gloss................
Kingsford Silver Gloss 6 ft  box..
Kingsford Corn..............................
Oswego  Gloss.................................
Mirror  Gloss..................................
Mirror Gloss, corn........................
Piel’s P earl......................................
2 60 
60 P o c k e t........................................
2 45 
28 Pocket.........................................
1 10
Saginaw F in e .................................
Diamond C.............................................. 
*
l  ®o
Standard Coarse.................................... 
H em p ......................................................  
g
’
C anary..................................................... 
R a p e ........................................................  _,,_7
Mixed B ird..............................................   5%@6
Jugs $   gallon.........................................   @f
Crocks......................................................  
7
Milk Crocks............................................  
7
Rising  Sun gross. .5 88|Dixon’s  gTOSS....
U niversal...............5 88 Above $  dozea...
I X L ....................... 5 50|
SALERATUS.
5%
@ 5%'¡Cap Sheaf.......  <
DeLand’s pure
@ 5% Dwight’s .......  @5%
Churh’s ..........
@  5% |
Taylor’s G. M.
Japan  ordinary..26@30
Japan fair........... 32@35
Japan fair to g’d.35@37
Japan fine............40@60
Japan dust..........15@20

@18 
@16 
@12 
[)  @22 
0  @75
@7
@6%
@7%@6
7  @7%

Young H yson— 25@50
Gun  Powder.......35@50
Oolong..........33@65@60
Congo

STOVE POLISH.

STONEWARE.

s e e d s .  .

STARCH.

SPICES.

TEAS.

SALT.

@7

@

.5 50 
.  50

 

 

PLUG.

35
@26

69
70 
70
@45
@35
@38

TOBACCO—FINE CUT.
H iaw atha...........................................
Globe............................................ —
May Flow er.......................................
Hero....................................................
A tlas...................................................
Royal Game.......................................
Silver Thread....................................
Old  Dog Tray....................................
Seal......................................................
K entucky..........................................
Mule  E a r...........................................
@32
Peek-a-Boo.........................................
Peek-a-Boo, %  barrels................._ _
Clipper.....................................................  @30
Fountain . a ............................................   @74
Old Congress...........................................  ©64
Good  Luck..............................................  @52
Good and Sweet......................................  @45
Blaze  Away............................................   @33
Hair L ifter..............................................  @30
Old Glory, light......................................  @60
Charm of the West, dark.....................   @60
Governor, in 2 oz tin  foil.....................   @60
Clim ax.....................................................  @50
Hold F a s t...............................................   @48
McAlpin’s Gold Shield..........................   @48
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 fl>  cads..........  @51
Cock of the Walk  6s..............................  @37
Black Spun  Roll....................................  @38
Nimrod.....................................................  @50
A corn......................................................   @50
Red Seal...................................................  @48
O rescent.................................................   @44
Black  X ...................................................  @35
Black  Bass..............................................  @40
True G rit.................................................   @35
Nobby  Spun  Roll...................................  @50
Spring......................................................   @50
Grayling, all  styles...............................   @50
Mackinaw................................................  @47
HorseShoe..............................................  @50
Good  Luck..............................................  @50
Big Chunk or J. T ..................................   ©40
Hair L ifter..............................................  @37
D. and D., black......................................  @3<
McAlpin’s Green  Shield.......................  @48
Ace  High, black....................................  @35
Champion  A ................................ 
@48
@48
Sailors’  Solace.
@50
Red Star................
@48
Shot G un...............
@48
D u ck .....................
24@25
D im e.....................
Peerless................
Standard ...............
Old Tom................
Tom & J e rry ........
Joker.....................
Traveler................
M aiden..................
Topsy  ....................
Navy Clippings ...
Honey D ew ..........
Gold  Block...........
Camp Fire  ...........
Oronoko................
Nigger  Head........
Durham, % lb ......
54 f t ......
do 
do  % f t ......
51
do 
1 f t ___
@22
H olland................
@16
G erm an...............
@30
Long Tom...........
@26
National..........
T im e ........................................................  @26
Love’s Dream.........................................  @28
C onqueror..............................................  @23
Fox’s ........................................................  @22
G rayling.................................................   @32
SealSkin................... 
@30
Dime D urham .......................................   @25
Rob Roy...................................................  @26
Uncle  Sam..............................................  @28
L um berm an...........................................  @26
Railroad Boy...........................................  @37
Mountain Rose........................................  @20
Good  Enough.........................................  @23
Home Comfort, %s and  %s..................  @25
Old  Rip, long c u t..................................   @60
Durham,  long cu t.................................  @60
Two  Nickle, %5......................................  @25
Two  Nickle, %s......................................  @26
Star Durham ...........................................  @25
Golden Flake Cabinet............................  @40
Seal of North Carolina, 2 oz................   @52
Seal of North Carolina, 4 oz.................  @50
Seal of North Carolina, 8 oz................   @48
Seal of North Carolina, 16 oz  boxes...  @50
23
Mule Ear ..................................... 
HiawathMh............................... W t........ 
23
Old C ongins.............................m  -... 
23
Pure  Cider....................................................   12
White  W ine...................................................  12
Seneca Falls “ Rising Sun ” ....................  1  75
Twin Bros..........1  75  ¡W ilsons.................1 75
Gillett’s ..............1 75  ¡National...............1 85
B lacking.........................................30, 40, 50@60
do  w aterproof............................ 
1 50
Bath Brick im ported............................ 
95
75
American............................ 
do 
  @ 3
Barley............................................... 
Burners, No. 1 .......................................  
1  10
1 50
do  No.  2........................................ 
Bags, American A ..................... '.......... 
20  00
Baking Powder  b u lk ......................... 
10©22
Beans,  medium  ....................................  @2  10
Beans, hand picked...............................  
2 40
B utter......................................................   18@20
B utterine, ..............................................  18@21'
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans.............  @25
Candles, Star...........................................  @15%
Candles,  Hotel.......................................   @16%
Chocolate, Baker’s ..............................   @40
German sweet....................  25@26
Cheese full cream choice......................14%@15
Catsup quarts 
Cocoanut,  Schepps’ lf t packages. 
Cocoanut,  Schepps’ 1 & % ft 
do . 
Extract Coffee,  v. c..............................  
Felix J........................1  30@
Flour, Star Mills, in b b ls..................... 5 75@
in Sacks......................5 50®
Gum, Rubber  100 lum ps........... ...........  @25
Gum, Rubber 200 lum ps.......................   @40
Gum, Spruce...........................................  35@40
Chimneys No.  1......................................  @35
@46
...1  00@
|  Indigo.........................
...1  00@
'  Ink ^  3 dozen  box...
Jelly in Pails.............
do  Glass Tumblers
Licorice, Sicily..........................
Licorice, Calabra.......................
Licorice  Root.....  .....................
Lye $  2  doz. cases.....................
Macaroni,  Im ported..................
Domestic......................................
Mince Pies, 1 gross cases, $  cas 
French Mustard,  8 oz 
dozen.
Large  Gothic.......■.,.135@
Oil Tanks, Star 60  gallons................   12 00®
Oil Tanks, Patent 60 gallons...............14 00®
Pipes, Im ported Clay 3 gross....................... 2 25@
do  American  T. D........................   90@1  00
Pepper Sauce.........................................  90@1 00
Peas, Green Bush................................... 1 50@
do  Split prepared..............................  @3%
Powder,  Keg........................................... 5 50®
do  % Keg...................................... 3 00@
Rice........................................................ 6@6%©7%'
Sago  ........................................................ 
Shot, drop................................................ 1 90@
do  b u ck .............................................. 2 16®'
Sage.........................................................   @15
Curry Combs  doz........................................ 1 25@
Molasses Gates each..............................  @45
Measuring Faucet e a c h ....................... 4 50@
Tobacco Cutters e a c h ...........................1 25@
T w ine......................................................   18@23
ChimneyCleaners 
doz.......................   @50
Flour Sifters $  doz................................3 00@
Fruit Augurs each................................. 1 25@
T apioca................................................... 
5@6
Washing Crystal, Gillett’s box............1  50@1 65
Wicking No. 1 ^  gross..........................   @40
do  No. 2  ......................................  @65
do  A rgand................................... 1 50®

@ 6 
@75 
@20 
...  28@30 
@12
... 1  55@ 
©13 
@ 5% 
@6  00

MISCELLANEOUS.

Washing Powder, 1776 $  f t ..................  @10%
Gillett’s $   ft..........  @7%
Soapine pkg............ 
7@10

do 
do 
Boraxine f) box...................................... 3 75@
Pearline1

box...............................  

@26%
@27%

VINEGAR.

do 
do 

SHORTS.

1 doz..

YEAST.

5@6

No.

do 

do 

M ,  

do

95

 

 

dozen.............................. 1  40@1 60

4 50@

EXTRACTS.

JENNINGS’  DOUBLE  CONCENTRATED  EXTRACTS. 
Packed in 1 Dozen Paper or 2 Dozen Wood Box. 
Lemon
dozen......................... 1 00
2 ounce B. N. Panel
do 
do
4
do
.................... 1  75
do 
do
6
do
.................... 2  75
do 
8 do
.................... 3  75
do
do 
.................... 1  25
No. 2 Taper Panel 
do 
do 
No. 4 
.....................2  00
do 
.................... 4 50
% pint round 
do 
.................... 9 00
do
do 
.................... 3 25
No. 8 Panel 
do
No. 10  do
.................... 4  50
............... 1  50
2 ounce B. N. Panel ¥   dozen.......
do
.......... ............. 2  75
4  . do
.......... ............. 4 00
6 do
do
.......... ............. 5 00
do
8 do
..1 75 
No. 2 Taper Panel 
..3 00 
No. 4 
do 
..7 50 
% pint round 
.15 00 
1 
do 
..4 25 
No. 8  Panel 
No. 10  do
..6   00

Vanilla.

do 
do 
do 

@  50
40
2 00
60

12
If
15
13
1®
11 >
12
20
18
f0
12

27
37V
9
12
13
1»
14

2Drug8 & flftebicines

Advanced—Bromide Patash,  Iodine  Potash, 

Mercury, Corrosive Sublimate.

Declined—Quinine, Morphia, Cinchonidia.
Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. quote as follows for 
quantities usually wanted—to r larger amounts 
write them for quotations:
ACIDS.

Acetic,  N o.8............................iP ft  9  @  10
Acetic,  C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)........   30  @  35
Carbc lie............................................  
35
„ 
C itric.................................................  
_  “7
3  @  5
Muriatic 18  deg............................... 
Nitric 36 deg....................................  11  @
Oxalic...............................................   14%@  15
3  @  4
Sulphuric 66 deg.............................. 
Tartaric  powdered......................... 
4*
Benzoic,  English....................^  oz 
20
Benzoic,  Germ an............................  12  @  15
T annic...............................................  15  @  17

AMMONIA.

Carbonate................................ lif t  17  @  20
lg
Muriate (Powd. 22c)......................... 
Aqua 16 deg or  3f...............*........... 
§  @  7
Aqua 18 deg or 4f............................ 
7  @  8

BALSAMS.

Copaiba............................................ 
F ir...................................................... 
P eru................................................. - 
T olu................................................... 

Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)...........  
Cinchona,  yellow..........................  
Elm,  select.......................................  
Elm, ground, pure..........................  
Elm, powdered,  pure.....................  
Sassafras, of root............................ 
Wild Cherry, select........................  
Bayberry  powdered....................... 
Hemlock powdered........   .............  
W ahoo.............................................. 
Soap  ground....................................  

‘ 

BERRIES,

Cubeb, prime  (Powd $1 20)............ 
@1 00
Ju n ip e r............................................._  6  @  7
Prickly A sh...'.................................1 00  @1  11

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 and 26 ft boxes, 25c)... 
Licorice,  powdered, pure.............  
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 ft doxes). 
Logwood, Is (25 ft  boxes)............... 
............... 
Lgowood, %s 
do 
Logwood, %s 
do 
............... 
............... 
Logwood, ass’d  do 
Fluid Extracts—25 ¥  cent, off list.

FLOWERS.

Arnica...............................................   10  @  11
Chamomile,  Roman...............................  
25
Chamomile,| Germ an.....................  

GUMS.

60@  75 
Aloes,  Barbadoes............................
18 
Aloes. Cape (Powd  24c)..................
50
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)..........
28@  30 
Ammoniac.......................................
60 
Arabic, extra  select.......................
60 
Arabic, powdered  select...............
55 
Arabic, 1st picked..........................
45 
Arabic,2d  picked............................
40 
Arabic,i-3d pickad............................
35 
Arabic, sifted sorts.........................
30 
Assaf oentida, prime (Powd 35c)...
55@60
Benzoin:...........................................
23@  25 
Cam phor..........................................
13
Catechu. Is (% 14c, %s  16c)...........
35®  40 
Eupborbium powdered..................
80
Galbanum strained.........................
Gamboge...........................................  1 00®110
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c).............  
35
20
Kino [Powdered, 30c]...................... 
Mastic................................................ 
1 I®
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... 
40
Opium, pure (Powd $5.50)............... 
<4ul0
*0
Shellac, Campbell’s ......................... 
«3
Shellac,  English.............................. 
Shellac,  native................................. 
"8
Shellac bleached.............................. 
«5
T ragacantb......................................  30  @1  10

6 40

HERBS—IN  OUNCE  PACKAGES.

 

 

 

 

20

.!. 

OILS.

IRON.

LEAVES.

LIQUORS.

MAGNESIA.

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

Ì)  50 
45 
2 10 
50 
2 00 
200 
75 
1 35 
40 
85
1 25 
8  00 
1 60
2  00

H oarhound.......................................................25
Lobelia..............................................................
Pepperm int.................................................— *o
R ue..................................................................... *0
S pearm int.......................................................**
SweebMajoram...............b d  ••-.....................36
Thy»
••! — •••....................30
W ormwood......................................................
Citrate and  Quinine.............................. 
Solution mur., for tinetures........  
Sulphate, pure  crystal...........................  
C itra te ......................................................  
Phosphate................................................ 
Buchu, short (Powd 25c)................   12  @  11
Sage, Italian, bulk (%8&%s, 12c)... 
®
Senna,  Alex, natural.....................   18  @  20
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled.. 
30
Senna,  powdered....................................  
Senna tinnivelli........................................ 
Uva  U rsi.............................................. 
Foxglove...................................................  
H enbane........................................... 
Rose, red.............................................. 
W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash W hisky.2 00
Druggists’ Favorite  Rye..................1 75
Whisky, other brands.......................1 10
Gin, Old Tom.......................................1 35
Gin,  Holland.......................................2 00
Brandy —  ........................................ 1 75
Catawba  W ines..................................1 25
Port W ines.......................................... 1 35
Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 oz...........
Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2 oz.............
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s  solution—
Calcined............................................
Almond, sweet.................................  45
Amber,  rectified..............................
Anise.................................................
Bay $   oz........... #.............................
Bergamont.......................... ............
Croton................................................
C ajeput............................................
C assia................................................
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c).......
Citronella........................................
Cloves...............................................
Cubebs, P. &  W ...............................
E rigeron...........................................
Fireweed..........................................
Geranium  ^   oz...............................
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c)..
Juniper wood..................................
Juniper berries...............................
Lavender flowers- French.............
Lavender garden 
..............
Lavender spike 
.............
Lemon, new crop............................
Lemon,  Sanderson’s .......................
Lemongrass......................................
Origanum, red  flowers, F rench...
Origanum,  No. 1............................
Pennyroyal......................................
Peppermint,  w hite.........................
Rose  $   oz............................... .  —
Rosemary, French  (Flowers $5)...
Sandal  Wood, German..................
Sandal Wood, Turkish  Dark........
Sassafras.......................................•••
Tar (by gal 60c).................................  10
W intergreen...................
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $6.50).......
Savin..................................................
W orm seed................................ •••••
.$ g a l
Cod Liver, filtered....... 
Cod Liver, best................  
• • •
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16
Olive, Malaga................   •
Olive, “Sublime  Italian  . 
—
S alad............................. .......... ... 
Rose,  Ihmsen’s .........................    oz
Bicromate.............................-JP ®
Bromide, cryst. and  gran. bulk...
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23c).. ..........
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk.......
Prussiate yellow..............................
A lkanet............................................
Althea, c u t.......................................
Arrow,  St. Vincent s .....................
Arrow, Taylor’s, in %s and %s—
Blood (Powd 18c).............................
Calamus,  peeled.....................
Calamus, German  white, peeled..
Elecampane, powdered..................
Gentian (Powd  17c(.........................
Ginger, African (Powd 16c)...........   13
Ginger, Jam aica  bleached............
Golden Seal (Powd  40c)................
Hellebore, white, powdered..........
Ipecac, Rio, powdered....................
Jalap,  powdered..............................
Licorice,  select (Powd 12%)..........
Licorice, extra select.....................
Rhei, from select to  choice..........1 w
Rhei, powdered E. 1.........................1
Rhei, choice cut  cubes..................
Rhei, choice cut fingers................
Serpentaria......................................
Seneka .................. ...........................
Sarsaparilla,  Honduras.................

2 25 
2  40 
1 00 
90
1 85
2 00 
80
1 25 
50
2  00
2 85 
9  75
65
5 00 
8 00
60
3 75 @  12
2 25
4 50 
1 00 
2 50
1 90 
4 00
6 00 
@1  20
2 50 
@  67
9  75

POTASSIUM.

do 
do 

ROOTS.

66

Sarsaparilla,  Mexican....................
Squills, white (Powd 35c)...............
Valerian, English (Powd 30c)........
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)—

SEEDS.

Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)...............
Bird, mixed in ft  packages...........
Canary,  Smyrna.............................
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd  19c)..
Cardamon,  Aleppee.......................
Cardamon, Malabar........................
Celery.........................•......................
Coriander, Dest English................
F en n el..............................................
Flax,  clean.......................................
Flax, pure grd (bbl 3%)..................
Foenugreek, powdered..................
Hemp,  Russian...............................
Mustard, white,' Black  10c)...........
Q uince..............................................
Rape, Lnglish..................................
Worm,  Levant.................................

18
10
25
20

13
5  @ 6
4%@ 5
11  @ 122 20
2 50
20
12
15
3%@ 4
4  @ 4%
8  @ 9
5%@ 6
8
1  00
7%® 8
14

SPONGES.
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage.......2 25  @2 50
Nassau 
2 80
do 
do 
Velvet E xtra do 
do 
110
Extra Yellow do 
85
do 
do 
Grass 
do 
65
Hard head, for slate use................
1 40
Yellow Reef, 
................

.......  ‘ 
....... 
 
 

 
 

do 
MISCELLANEUS.

I

17%@

“ 
“ 

do 
do 

do 
do 
do 

1  60 
60 
1  60 
1 7« 
1 90 
1  75 
@1 05 
©  85

Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.26) $  gal —
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref.
Anodyne  Hoffman’s .......................
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution........
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution...........
Annatto  1 ft rolls............................
Blue  Soluble....................................
Bay  Rum, imported, best.............
2 25
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s.
2%@ 3%
Alum ......................................... 
ft
3  @ 4
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)...............
32
Annatto,  prim e...............................
4%@ 5
Antimony, powdered,  com’l ........
6  @ 7
Arsenic, white, powdered.............
40
Balm Gilead  Buds..........................
2 25
Beans,  Tonka..................................
Beans,  Vanilla.................................7 00  @!
‘
Bismuth, sub  nitrate.....................  
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c).......................
Blue Vitriol...................................... 
7%@
Boralumine, White  b u lk ] ...........
5 fts J ............
Boralumine, 
Boralumine, Tints  bulk.  ¡-40 ff  ..
Boralumine 
5 fts. J ............
Borax, refined (Powd  15c].............
Cantharides, Russian  powdered.. 
Capsicum  Pods, African...............
Capsicum Pods, African  pow’d ...
Capsicum Pods,  American  do  ...
Carmine,  No. 40...............................
Cassia Buds.................................... .'
Calomel.  Am erican.. . , ..................
Castor  Oil........................................
Chalk, prepared drop.....................
*5
Chalk, precipitate English...........
Chalk,  red  fingers..........................
Chalk, white lum p..........................
Chloroform,  Squibb’s ....................
Colocynth  apples............................
Chloral hydrate, German  crusts..
Chloral 
cryst...
Chloral 
Scherin’s  do  ...
Chloral 
crusts..
Chloroform ......................................1  00
80
Cinchonidia, P. & W ........ js
75  @ 
Cinchonidia, other brands..
20  @
Cloves (Powd 28c)................
Cochineal............................:...........
45
Cocoa  B utter..................................  
2
Copperas (by bbl  lc)....................... 
Corrosive Sublimate....................... 
65
Corks, X and XX—35 off  list........
Cream Tartar, pure powdered.......  38  @ 40
15
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 ft box.. 
Creasote............................................  
50
Cudbear,  prim e...............................  
24
Cuttle Fisn Bone.............................. 
23
D extrine........................................... 
12
Dover’s  Powders............................ 
1 20
Dragon’s Blood Mass.....................  
50
45
Ergot  powdered.............................. 
110
Ether Squibb’s ................................. 
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s .............  
8
2%@  3
Epsom Salts...................................... 
Ergot, fresh..................... 
 
50
Ether, sulphuric, U. S.  P ............... 
69
Flake  white...................................... 
14
Grains  Paradise.............................. 
35
Gelatine,  Cooper’s ....................—  
90
Gelatine, F re n c h ............................  45  ©  70
»Glassware, flint, 60 off,by box 50 off 
Glassware, green, 60  and 10 dis—
Glue,  cabinet..................................   12  @  17
Glue,white.......................................   17  @  28
Glycerine, pure...............................   23  @  26
Hops  %s and  %s........................... 
25@  40
Iodoform f   oz................................. 
«5
Indigo...............................................   85  @1 00
7
Insect Powder, best  Dalm atian...  32  @  34 
®0
Iodine,  resublimed........................  
2 30
8®
Isinglass,  American....................... 
1  50
Japonica.................................................... 
Lead, acetate............................................  
■1
Lime, chloride, (%s 2s 10c & %s 11c) 
1  00
L upuline........................................... 
Lycopodium............................................. 
«2
M ace.................................................  
_  60
J®
Madder, best D utch.........................  12%@  13
Manna, S.  F ...................................... 
1 25
Mercury............................................ 
......
30
Morphia, sulph., P. & W........ oz  3 75@4  00
Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s — ..
- 35
Moss, Iceland............................^  ft 
Moss,  Irish................................................ 
Mustard,  English....................................  
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  cans......  
Nutgalls..................................................... 
Nutmegs, No. 1.........................................  
Nux  Vomica....................................
Ointment, Mercurial, %d...............
Pepper, Black  Berry.....................
Pepsin...............................................
Pitch, True Burgundy....................
Quassia  ............................................
Quinia, Sulph, P, & W ........... ft oz
Quinine, other  brands................... 1  80
Seidlitz  M ixture.............................
Strychnia, cryst............................... 
1
Silver Nitrate, cryst.......................  <9  @
Red  Precipitate.......................$  ft
Saffron, American..........................
Sal  Glauber...................................... 
Sal Nitre, large  cryst.....................
Sal  Nitre, medium  cryst...............
Sal Rochelle........................................  
Sal  Soda............................................... 
Salicin.................    
 
Santonin........................................... 
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch..........
Soda Ash [by keg 3c].....................
Spermaceti.......................................
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand s —  
Soap, White Castile........................
Soap, Green  do 
........................
Soap, Mottled do 
........................
Soap, 
do 
........................   .
Soap, Mazzini....................................   „   _  ¿4
Spirits Nitre, 3 F ...............................   26  @  28
Spirits Nitre, 4 F ...............................   28  @  32
Sugar Milk powdered.....................  
„
3%@  4
Sulphur, flour..................................  
Sulphur,  roll.................................... 
f
, ®5
Tartar Em etic..................................  
2 70
Tar, N, C. Pine, % gal. cans  $  doz 
140
Tar, 
quarts in tin ........... 
Tar, 
pints in tin ..............  
85
Turpentine,  Venice................$  ft 
25
Wax, White, S. &  F. brand............ 
60
Zinc,  Sulphate............................. . 
7  @  8

6  ©  7
1  85@I  90 
@1  85 
28

do 
do 

4%@

_ _
3 ©

do 

3
®

j11

@

35

¿0

18

 

OILS.

Capitol  Cylinder..................................................75
Model  Cylinder................................................... 60
Shields  Cylinder..................................................®0
Eldorado Engine..................................................45
Peerless  Machinery........................................... 3o
Challenge Machinery......................................... 2o
Backus Fine Engine...........................................30
Black Diamond Machinery................................30
Castorine...............................................................60
Paraffine, 25  deg..................................................32
Paraffine, 28  deg...............................................   -21
Sperm, winter bleached..
Bbl  Gal
Whale, w inter......................................  75 
80
80
Lard, extra...........................................  78 
Lard, No.  1...........................................  65 
70
bO
Linseed, pure  raw ..............................  56 
Linseed, boiled..................................  59 
bd
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained— ....  90 
95
Spirits Turpentine.............................   41 
50

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach..................................1 10@1  20
E xtra  T urp........ ....................................1 60@1  70
Coach  Body........................................... 2  75@3  00
No. 1 Turp Furniture........................... 1 00@1  10
Extra T urp  Dam ar...............................1 55@1  60
70®  75
Japan|Dryer, No.  1 Turp.

PAINTS.

Bbl
Red Venetian............................  1%
Ochre, yellow  Marseilles........   1%
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda..........  1%
Putty, com m ercial..................   2%
Putty, strictly pure..................   2%
Vermilion, prime  American..
Vermilion, English..................
Green, Peninsular....................
Lead, red strictly  pure............
Whiting, white  Spanish.......  .
Whiting,  Gildersf.....................
White, Paris American...........
Whiting, Paris English cliff...

Lb 
2@ 3 
2@ 3 
2@ 3 
2%@ 3 
2%@ 3 
13@16 
55©57 
16@17 @ 6 
cwt

110 
1 40

to  THE 

’MJ.GTU.GrJ^NT:FLA.PESJVLAJSr—Petroli.  13,  1884.

PROVISIONS.

The  Grand Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co 

PORK.

!  quote  as  follows:
’  Heavy  Mess  Pork....................................$18 50
Back  Pork,  short  c u t.............................   18 75
Family Clear Pork, very cheap.............  2Q 00
Clear Pork, A.  Webster packer.............   20 50
S. P. Booth’s Clear Pork, Kansas City..  21 50
Extra Clear P o rk ......................................21 00
Boston Clear Pork, extra quality..........  22 00
Standard Clear Pork, the best................   22 50
Extra  B  Clear Pork.................................21 50
Clear Back Pork, new.............................   22 00

All the above Pork is Newly Packed.
DRY SaLT MEATS—IN   BOXES.
Extra Long Clear Backs, 600  ft  cases.. 
Extra Short Clear Backs, 600 ft  cases.. 
Extra Long Clear Backs, 300  ft  cases.. 
Extra Short Clear Backs, 300 ft  cases.. 
Long Clears, heavy, 5001b.  Cases.......... 
Half Cases.............. 
Long Clear medium, 500 ft  Cases.......... 
Half Cases.......... 
Long Clears light, 500 ft Cases............... 
Half Cases............... 
Short Clears, heavy................................. 
medium.............................. 
light....................................  

do. 
do 
do. 

do. 
do. 

LARD.

Tierces  ............................................ ........ 
30 and 50 ft T ubs...................................... 

LARD IN TIN PAILS.

20 ft Round Tins, 80 ft  racks.................. 
50 ft Round  Tius, 100  ft  racks............... 
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case.............................. 
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case.............................. 
10 ft Pails, 6 in a case.............................. 

11%
11%
11%
11%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%

9%
9%

9%
9%
10%
10%
10%

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  OR  PLAIN. 

do. 

14
Hams cured in sweet pickle medium.. 
light........  
14%
10
Shoulders cured in sweet pickle.......... 
11%
E xtra Clear Bacon..................................  
15
Dried B eef...............................................  
Extra Dried B eef.................................... 
17
Extra Mess Beef Chicago packed $  bbl.  13 00

BEEF.

CANNED BEEF.

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

incase......................................................  20 50
2 ft cans, 1 doz. in case__   3 20
do. 
Armour & Co., 14 ft cans, % doz in case  20 50 
do. 
2 ft cans, 1 doz. in  case..  3 20 
do.  2 ft Compr’d Ham, 1 doz. in case 4 50 

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

Pork  Sausage................................................... 10%
Pork Sausage Meat, 50 ft tubs........................10%
Ham  Sausage................................................... 13%
Tongue  Sausage............................................  ll
Liver Sausage...................................................  8%
Frankfort  Sausage........................................ 10
Blood  Sausage.................................................  8%
Bologna,  ring...................................................  8%
Bologna, straight............................................   8%
Bologna,  thick.................................................   8%
Head  Cheese....................................................   8%

PIGS’ FEET.

In half barrels  ...............................................$3 85
In quarter barrels..........................................  2 10
In kits...............................................................   1 90

TRIPE.

In half barrels.......
.............................. $3 85
In quarter barrels. 
..............................  2 00
In kits.....................
.............................. 
95
Prices named are  lowest  at tim e of going to 
press, subject always to Market changes.

FRESH  MEATS.

John  Mohrhard  quotes  the trade as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides...................................  7  @9%
Fresh  Beef, hind quarters..................  9  @10%
Dressed  Hogs.........................................   9
@ 9% 
Mutton,  carcasses................................. 8
@ 9 
V eal.........................................................   9 
© 10%
Spring Chickens....................................   15@16
Fowls........................................................  14@15
Pork  Sausage..................... *..................10%@11
Pork Sausage in bulk............................  @10%
Bologna...................................................  @10

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OYSTERS AND  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

OYSTERS.

New York Counts, per can............................. 38
E xtra  Selects.....................................................33
Plain  Selects......................................................  28
H. M. B. F .............................................................31
Favorite F ............................. 
18
P rim e ................................................................... 16
X X X .....................................................................14
New York Counts, solid meats, per gal.......2 50
Selects, solid  meats, per gallon__  
.  @1 75
Standards, solid meats, per gallon__   @110
Can pi ices above are for cases and half cases.

 

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FRESH  FISH.

?
Codfish.............................................................. 12%
15
H addock...........................................................  8
Smelts................................................................ 10
H erring........   .................................................   9
go
Mackinaw T rout.............................................. 10
M ackerel........................................................... 15
W hiteflsh..........................................................12%

CANDY,  FRUITS  AND  NUTS.
Putnam  & Brooks quote as follow s:

 

do 
do 

FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.

STICK.
..............................10%@11%
..............................12  @12%
MIXED.

12
Straight, 25 ft  boxes.............................10  @11
30
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
20 |
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Royal, 25 ft  pails...................................10%@11
Royal, 300 ft bbls...............................................10
Extra, 25 ft  pails.............................................. 12
Extra, 200 ft bbls............................................. 11%
French Cream, 25 ft pails.............................. 15
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases..........................................15
Broken, 25 ft pails........................................... 11%
!  Broken, 200 ft  bbls........................................... 11
Lemon  Drops............................ 
14
Sour Drops........................................................15
Peppermint  Drops......................................... 16
Chocolate Drops.............................................. 17
H M Chocolate  Drops.................................... 20
Gum  Drops  ..................................................... 12
Licorice Drops..................................................20
A B   Licorice  Drops........................................14
Lozenges, plain................................................ J6
Lozenges,  printed...........................................17
Im perials.........................................................16
M ottoes............................................................16
Cream  Bar....................................................... 15
Molasses B ar....................................................14
Caramels.........................................:................20
Hand Made Creams........................................ 23
Plain  Creams.................................................. 20
Decorated Creams..........................................23
String Rock......................................................16
Burnt Almonds............................................   24
Wintergreen  Berries.....................................16
Lozenges, plain  in  pails................................14
Lozenges, plain in  bbls................................. 13
Lozenges, printed in pails.............................15
Lozenges, printed in  bbls............................ 14
Chocolate Drops, in pails..............................15
Gum  Drops, in pails....................................... 9
Gum Drops, in bbls.........................................7%
Moss Drops, in  pails...................................... 11%
Moss Drops, in bbls........................................10%
Sour Drops, in  pails...................................... 12
Imperials, in  pails......................................... 14
Imperials, in bbls...........................................13

Fancy—in  B ulk.

FRUITS.

Oranges—Cases are higher.

Oranges *¡8 box.......................................3  00@3
Oranges OO fl box................................ 3 00@3
Oranges, Imperials, $  box..................4 25@4
Oranges, Valencia  case.......................6 75@7
Lemons,  choice....................................  2 75@3 25
Lemons, fancy.......................................   @3 50
Bananas fi bunch..................................
Malaga Grapes, $  keg..........................
Malaga Grapes, $  bbl............................
Figs,  layers  ^  f t....................................  12@16
Figs, fancy  do 
....................................   18@20
Figs, baskets 40 ft 
ft.........................  14@15
Dates, frails 
do  ..........................   @ 6
Dates, % do 
d o ........   ...............  @ 7
Dates, skin..............................................  @ 6
Dates, %  skin.........................................   @7%
Dates, Fard 10 ft box $   ft...................16  @11
Dates, Fard 50 ft box $ f t ....................  8  @ 9
Dates, Persian 50 ft box ip ft................  
7@ 8

PEANUTS.
Advancing.
Prime  Red,  raw 
Choice 
do  ...........................  @ 8
Fancy 
do  ...........................  8%@  9
Choice White, Va.do  ............................  9%@10
Fancy H P ,.  Va  d o ........................... 10%@11

..........................

do 
do 

NUTS.

Brazils are  lower.

Almonds,  Terragona, *p ft....................  @20
do  .....................18  @19
Almonds, loaca, 
Brazils, 
do  .................... 10%@li
do  .................... 10  @17
Pecons, 
Filberts, Barcelona  do  .....................  @13
Filberts, Sicily 
do  ....................  14@15
W alnuts, Chilli 
do  ....................12%@14
d o ...................  15@16
Walnuts, Grenobles 
d o ....................
Walnuts, California 
Cocoa Nuts, %  100 
Hickory Nuts, large $   bu 
Hickory  Nuts, small  do

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ALABASTINE!

Alabastine is the first and  only  prepara­
tion made from  calcined  gypsum  rock,  for 
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  that is  claimed 
to  possess  these  great  advantages,  which 
are  essential  to  constitute  a  durable  wall 
finish.  Alabastine is hardened on  the  wall 
by  age, moisture,  etc.;  the  plaster  absorbs 
the  admixtures,  forming  a  stone  cement, 
while  all  kalsomines,  or  other  whitening 
preparations,  have  inert  soft  chalks,  and 
glue,  for  their  base,  which  are  rendered 
soft, or  scaled, in  a  very  short  time, thus 
necessitating  the  well-known  great  incon­
venience  and  expense, which  all  have  ex­
perienced,  in  washing  and  scraping  off  the 
old  coats before  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 
of surface with two coats, is  ready  for  use 
by  simply  adding  water,  and  is easily ap­
plied  by  any  one.

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F a in t  D ea lers.

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

M. B.  OHUBOH, Manager.

THE AT,¿BASTINE COMPANY
WESTFIELD  WHIPS

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MANUFACTURERS.

O F F I C E

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SALESROOM 
NO. 4 PEARL STREET,

GBAUD BAPIDS, MICH.

U0YUC0.,M lA»tS.

A.  A.  OR3PFEN,

W H O L E S A L E

Hats, Caps and Furs

54  MONROE  STREET,

O K  A N D   R A P ID S ,

M IC H IG A N

We carry a Large Stock, and Guarantee  Prices 

as Low as Chicago and Detroit.

—FOR  T H E -

FIELD  AND  GARDEN,

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WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL,
SEEZD  STORE,

-A T  T H E -

91  C an al  St., G ran d   R ap id a, M id i.

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PAINTER  AND  DECORATOR,

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Artists’  Materials!

FINE  WALL  PAPERS AND 

ROOM  MOULDINGS,

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WINDOW  SHADES,
Glass, Flail ail

PAINTS.  OILS,  AND

37  Ionia  Street, South  of  Monroe.
JOHN MOHRHARD,

—WHOLESALE—

Fresh & Salt Meats

109  CA N A L  S TR EE T,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-   .  MICHIGAN.

B.  J.  KIRKLAND.  M.  D .f

SPECIALIST IN  DISEASES OF THE

Z ar, By©  azxd  T hroat

WITH DRS. JOHNSON & BOISE,

72  Ottawa  Street,  Corner  of Monroe  Street. 

Office Hours: « a. m. to 13 m.; 2 to 5 p. no.

PENCIL  PORTRAITS—NO.  4.

A  TALE  OF  TWO  STATES.

James A.  Crookston,  Who  Carried  a  Box  for 

Ten  Years.

James A. Crookston was born at Newark, 
New York, in 1820, and was educated in the 
common schools at that place. 
In  1843,  he 
went to Palmyra, N. Y., and entered the em­
ploy of a drug firm as an  apprentice,  where 
he  obtained  a thorough  knowledge of  the 
business, remaining there  over  ten  years. 
Iy  1854,  he  formed  a co-partnership with 
James Gallup—now in  the  insurance  busi­
ness  in  this  city—under the firm name  of 
James A. Crookston & Co., and  engaged  in 
the  drug  and grocery business at Palmyra. 
In the same year he was married to Miss M. 
J. Smith, who has borne him two daughters. 
He remained in trade in Palmyra five years, 
when Mr. Crookston came to Grand  Rapids, 
and purchased the drug stock  and  business 
then owned by  Cole  &  Wilson,  located  on 
Canal street, where W.  T.  Lamoreaux  now 
is, which business was also conducted under 
the old firm  name,  the  Palmyra  business 
having in the mean  time  been  disposed  of. 
In 1859, the firm removed to  the  store  now 
occupied by)C. P. Bigelow, and in the spring 
of 1860 Mr. Crookston sold his interest to his 
partner, returning to Palmyra and  engaging 
in the drug, grocery and hat  and  cap  busi­
ness, which he continued for  twelve  years 
In 1872, he sold out and removed to Cheboy­
gan, where he formed a co-partnership  with 
Joseph  Jessup,  and  engaged  in  general 
trade. 
In the spring of 1874, he removed to 
Grand Rapids, to enter the employ or  Shep­
ard & Hazeltine as traveling salesman.  Jan­
uary 1,1882,  he  was  rewarded  for  eight 
years’ faithful service by being  admitted  as 
a  partner  in the  firm, the style being  then 
changed to Shepard,  Hazeltine  &  Co.  On 
the reorganization of the firm, three  months 
later, the name was  changed  to  Hazeltine, 
Perkins & Co., Mr. Crookston still retaining 
his interest.  For about six  years,  he  was 
the only traveler in the employ of  the  firm, 
and was  compelled to cover the entire trade 
of Western Michigan, but of  late  years  his 
territory  has  been divided with Mr.  Mills. 
Mr. Crookston still visiting all the Northern 
trade  and  the  patrons  of the firm on  the 
Chicago & West Michigan and the Michigan 
Central, east of New Buffalo.

Mr. Crookston is perhaps  best  known  as 
the man who carried a box as a  sample case 
for ten years, which  was  compelled  to  do 
duty until it nearly fell|to pieces, and is now 
preserved in the house  as  a  relic.  To  this 
box  he  attributed all manner of good luck 
having suffered no accident  so  long  as  he 
carried it, and meeting a severe  shaking  up 
on the first trip out without it.
McIntyre.

On the Easel—A. C. Sharp, W. J. Price,  J.  H 

Peculiar Legal Twist  in the  Wetzell  Assign­

ment.
Recent  developments 

in  the  Wetzell 
Bros.’  assignment  have  brought  about  a 
peculiar legal  predicament,  the  outcome of 
which will be watched for with  interest by 
the large number of persons directly interest­
ed.  At the  time  of  the  assignment, the 
Wetzells owned a tract of pine  in  Minneso­
ta, in the vicinity of Duluth, which  was in­
cluded in the list  of  assets.  The  assign­
ment, however, was  not  immediately  filed 
in that State. 
In  the  mean  time,  Messrs. 
Winegar & Peck, of Alba, who  were  credi­
tors of the Wetzells to the amount of $4,000, 
attached the land on the ground that the as­
signment was void in that  State.  The  at­
tachment was  immediately  reported  to the 
City National Bank by an interested  party, 
and that institution took steps  to attach  the 
land for the amount of the  firm’s  protested 
paper held by it. 
In the mean  time,  how­
ever, the assignment was  properly accorded. 
Percy T. Cook and Wagner & Follmer, cred­
itors of the Wetzells, at the instance  of the 
assignees, began proceedings under the Min­
nesota  insolvency  laws—from  which  our 
late insolvency law was  copied—to  have  a 
receiver appointed.  This  would  have dis­
missed  the  attachments.  The  case  was 
heard about March  1,  by  Judge  Stems, at 
Duluth, and the court dismissed the proceed­
ings,  holding  that  the  insolvency  law  of 
Minnesota did  not  apply  to  debtors  who 
were not residents of the State of Minnesota. 
Mr. M. J. Clark, one of the assignees, is now 
in Minnesota, and asserts that he  will  spare 
no expense to dissolve the  attachments;  but 
the general impression among business  and 
professional men seems to  be that all the at­
tachments made prior to the filing of the as­
signment will hold.

It is understood  that  the  assignees  hold 
that the partiesllevying the attachments were 
cognizant of  the  fact  that  deeds  for  the 
property had been executed by the  Wetzells 
in favor  of  their  assignees,  and  that  the 
mere failure to file the deeds  does  not  con 
stitute  a technicality strong  enough to  prej 
udice  their case.  On the  other  hand,  the 
parties who  levied  the  attachments  claim 
that while they were aware  that an  assign­
ment had been made, they  had  no  knowl­
edge of the execution of deeds  covering the 
property attached.

Proceedings  were  recently  instituted  in 
the Circuit Court here against the  City  Na­
tional Bank for the  purpose  of  restrainin 
that  institution  from  going  forward  with 
their attachments,  but they  are  not  being 
pressed.

A  Modern  Methuselah.

No one would suspect from the appearance 
of Prof. T. P. S. Hampson,  traveling  repre­
sentative for Hazeltine, Perkins  &  Co., that 
he is 115 years of age, yet such is a  fact,  if 
we are to believe the statements that he  has 
made at different times relative to the  num­
ber of years he has pursued various callings. 
He has been a  steamboat  captain  for  five 
years, a preacher for 15 years,  a  barber  for 
25 years, a pilot for  15  years,  a  sailor  30 
years, an African explorer for 5 years, and 
traveling salesman  for  ten  years.  As  the 
above figures foot up  105 years,  and  as  he 
must have been at least 10 years  of  age  be­
fore  he  could  have served as cabin boy  or 
preacher, he is at the present time 115  years 
of ago.  Those intimate with the  gentleman 
claim that at times they have figured his age 
at 247 years, taking his  own  statements  as 
authoritive on the subject.  And who  ought 
to be better posted  than  the  man  most  di­
rectly interested?

Present Status of the  Kendall  Case.

Tom Carroll has been in  New  York  for 
some  days trying  to  effect  a  settlement, 
with  the  Kendall 
creditors,  with  what 
success  it  is  impossible  to  state. 
It  is 
understood that Kendall is anxious to  effect 
a compromise on the basis  of  25 per  cent., 
and judging by the schedule  of  assets  and 
liabilities, the creditors would be  fortunate 
to secure  that  proportion  of  their  claims, 
although the assignee is sanguine  that  eco­
nomical management of the estate  will  en­
able  him  to realize  nearly  or  quite  that 
amount.  There is a movement on  the  part 
of Kendall  and  his  friends  to  secure  the 
stock at the figure named,  in  order  to  en­
able him to continue the  business,  but  the 
assignee states that the maa who bids  high­
est takes it,  regardless  of  the  relation  he 
may sustain to  the assignor.

Delinquent  Debtors.

F ru itp o rt.

G. S. Putnam  writes:  Whoop  up  the  Dead- 
Beat list.  I have several I am going to  add  to 
it.

G ran d v ille.

Greenwood & Ball report the following delin­

quents:
Geo. Heminger, moved to Grand Rapids.*13 47
Wm. Heminger, moved  to Cascade..........  7  69
Wallace Jewell, moved to  Alpena...........   3 48
Elias DeVoo, moved to Lam ont................  3 60
J. L. Shaw, moved to Grand  Rapids........   13 20
The latter man reported now keeps a  board­

ing house in your city.

Fruit and  Nuts.

Valencia  oranges  continue  to  advance 
slowly.  Lemons remain firm at a slight ad­
vance, although low for this  season  of  the 
year.  Peanuts  are again advancing, and  it 
looks as though they would soon be % or lc 
higher.

“The Old Man” who represents the whole­
sale grocery of  A. Meigs & Co. on the Lake 
Shore, says that trade is picking  up.  P. S. 
This is a joke.

Special prices on  fishing  tackle  to  close 

out at Eaton, Lyon & Allen’s.

The Correct  Figures in  the  Burt  Matter.
Benj. E. Halstead, the attorney  for N.  G, 
Burt, of Cross Village, has issued the follow­
ing statement of the affairs of his  client:

Sirs:—The  following,  taken  from  the 
schedules accompanying the  deed  of  trust, 
will show the exact condition  of  the  estate 
of Newell G. Burt, insolvent, of  Cross  Vil­
lage.  The assets, itemized, are  as  follows:
Dry goods and  notions...................................*449 71
Boots and  shoes..............................................  175 65
Crockery and  glassware  ..........................   »8 27
Hardware and  tinw are...................................  90 60
Groceries and  provisions.........................  23115
Store fixtures and furniture...........................114 08
Book accounts.................................................   *>59 42
Notes..................................................................  70 00
Interhst in Real  Estate..................................   80 00

Total 
*1.888 98
This is the  appraised  value  as  found  by 
Amos T. Burnett  and  Samuel  Morris,  ap­
praisers.  The liabilities are as follows:
Hannah, Lay & Co., Traverse  City.......*1,391 74
260 oo 
Spring & Company,  Grand Rapids 
225 00 
Rindge, Bertsch &  Co.,
323 00 
Clark, Jewell & Co.
175 00 
E. G. Studley & Co. 
218  62 
Freeman, Hawkins & Co. 
216 00 
J. Barth
50 00 
Hawkins & Perry
36 00 
Detroit Safe Co.,  D etroit............
26 00
Cooper, Wells & Co., St.  Josepe...
*1,92136
Total 
These  last figures may  be  changed  some 
by sworn claims when filed.  We make  this 
statement to creditors, as conflicting reports, 
having a tendency to mislead, have been cir­
culated and published. 
It may be relied up­
on as correct.

“
“

Yours truly,

Benj. T. Halstead,

Attorney for Assignee,

Visiting  Buyers.

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

Grandville.

Wm. Parks, Alpine.
C. O. Sunderland, Lowell.
J. D. F. Pierson, Pierson.
L.  Greenwood,  of  Greenwood  &  Ball, 
N. S. Loop, Kent City.
J. H. Toren, Jennisonville.
G. P. Stark,  Cascade.
F. C. Davis, Berlin.
Bennett Bros., Cadillac.
Johnson  Bros., Ryerson.
S. C. Fell, Howard  City.
Chas. Cole, of Cole Bros. ,Ada.
C. H. Deming, Dutton.
R. V. McArthur, Rockford.
C. Porter, Chauncy.
W. W. Pierce, Moline.
T. W. Provin, Cedar Springs.
E. C. Brower, Fife Lake.
Mr. Dildine, of Dildine & Post,  Edgerton. 
J. J. Wiseman, Nunica.
C. W. Herrick, Greenville.
Hill & Sharer, Cedar Springs.1 
Fred  Morley,  of  Morley  Bros.,  Cedar 
O. S. Richards, Clarksville.
B. M. Dennison,  East Paris.
C. E. &  S. J. Koon, Lisbon.
Jay Marlatt, Berlin.  '
F. C. Brisbin, Berlin.
C. Crawford, Caledonia.
C. B. Moon & Go., Cedar Springs.
Ceo. Luther, Middleville.
Adam Newell, New Salem.
C. E. Kellogg, Grandville.
Paine & Field, Englishville.
Peter Zalsman, Paris,
Stephen Bitely, Pierson.
J. E. Mailhat & Co., West Troy.
E. Pangbom, Sand Lake.

Springs.

ble. 

Boralumine  is  simple,  cheap  and  dura­

Boralumine  will give  you satisfaction.

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Figures  in the Granello Case.

H. T. Ledyard, assignee of Frank  Granel­
lo, the merchant tailor  who  recently  made 
an assignment, has completed an  inventory 
of the stock  and  accounts,  and  furnishes 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n   with 
the’  following 
figures:
Inventory value of stock and fixtures $3,311  09 
Book accounts.........................................   8,085 15
Total.................................................... *5,396 24
Appraised value of stock and  fixtures*2,018 60 
Good book  accounts...............................   1,050  00
Total.....................................................*3,068  60
The unusual discrepancy between  the  in­
ventory and apprised values is owing to  the 
large amount of winter goods in stock, which 
are 8t present unsalable, and cannot be  dis­
posed of to advantage until  next  fall.

The total liabilities  amount  to  $7,236.62, 
divided among nine creditors in  the  follow­
ing amounts:
Dormeuil Bros., London, Eng-............... $2,208 23
Alberger,  Storer&Co.,Philadelphia...  1,311  19 
Lippencott, Johnson & Co.,  “  —  
827  43
857 04
“  —  
J.B . Ellison & Sons 
E. H. Harris & Co., New York  .............   1,105 23
52 50 
Crane & Crane 
...............
396 47 
McFetridge, Smith & Co., Beaver Dam
16  50 
Nonotuck Silk Co.,  Chicago..................
426 03
J. H. Lesher & Co.,
The business will  be  carried  on  by  the 
assignee until the creditors  designate  some 
other manner of closing out the business.

“ 

Local  Speculation  in  Quinine.

As an illustration  or the  uncertainty  at­
tending speculations in quinine,  an incident 
recently occuring in this city may  be  relat­
ed.  Will L. White, clerk in E. R. Wilson’s 
drug store, purchased 100 ounces  of  Hazel­
tine, Peakins & Co. the day before the burn­
ing of Powers & Wightman’s establishment, 
and was surprised the next  morning to  find 
that his purchase  had  increased  in  value 
about 50 per cent., netting him an  even $65. 
Refusing an offer of $25 above  the purchase 
price,  made  by  the  firm  from  whom he 
bought the quinine,  be  consigned  it  to 
New York broker, expecting  to  realize the 
full  amount  of  the  advance.  Before  it 
reached  its  destination,  however,  quinine 
dropped to the old price, so that instead of .re­
alizing  anything from the speculation, he is 
out the expressage.  And now he is  kicking 
himself for not letting  good  enough  alone, 
and being satisfied with  $25 for the  use  of 
$130 one day.

Country  Produce.

readily 

Apples—Firmer and scarcer.  Russets and 
command  $3.75@$4 

Baldwins 
Extra fancy, $5.
bbl.
23c  and  packed  from  10c  up. 
creamery, 27.

Beets—Choice find ready sale at  $2.75 
Butter—Good  dairy rolls are firm  at 22 

Elgin 
Butterine—Active at  18@20c  for  choice. 
Buckwheat—New York patent,  $3.50  per 
100 lbs, and $6.50 ^  bbl.
Beans—Prices are looking up, the Eastern 
market  having  advanced  very  materially. 
Handpicked are firm at $2.25@$2.50 and un­
picked are in active demand  at  $1.75@  $2. 
Barley—Choice $1.30 7$ 100  tbs.
Cheese—Firmer and  stiffer.  Full  cream 
is active at 15c, and skim is in good demand 
at 10@12Kc.
Celery—Winter stock is scarce and has ad­
vanced to 40@45e 7$  doz.
Cabbage—Small quantity fair stock at $10 
100 heads.  No extra good  in mar-
@$15 
kCte
Cider—20c ^  gal*, for ordinary.  Sand  re­
fined, $6.75 ^  bbl.
Clover Seed—Choice medium weaker at $6 
@$6.50 ^  bu. and mammoth in fair  demand 
.
at $7 ^  bu. 
Cranberries—Choice cultivated Wisconsin 
are firm at  $14  ^   bbl.  Small 
inferior 
fruit is held at $10@$11.
Corn—Local dealers stand in  readiness to 
supply carload lots of Kansas  com  at  from 
It is all of the same quality, 
45@60c 
but the former price  is  for  damp,  and  the 
latter for dry, stock.
lb,  and sliced  8@9c.  Evaporated  dull  and 
slow at 14@15c.
Eggs—a. little more plenty,  and  the  de­
mand pretty  well  supplied.  Dealers  are 
still holding them at 22e, although  a decline 
is imminent in the immediate future.
Honey—In comb, 18c ^  lb.
Hops—Choice New York  25@28e 

Dried Apples—Quarters active at 7@9c 

lb ; 
low  and  medium  grades  18@24c;  Pacific 
coast 24@27c; Wisconsin 12@20c; Michigan 
20@22c.
Onions—Choice yellow 75c  bu. in sacks
and $2.25 7$ 3 bu. bbl.
Peas—Holland $ 4 . 2 5 bu.
Potatoes—A drug in the market, and very 
few moving.  Small quantities are changing 
hands at 30@35c.

bu. 

Parsnips—Firm at $2.50 ^  bbl.
Poultry—Chickens and fowls  are  firmer, 
readily commanding  15@16c  and  14@15c, 
respectively.  There are no ducks and  geese 
in market, and  no  turkeys,  except  small 
quantities shipped in  from  Chicago,  which 
find ready sale at 17c.
Ruta Bagas—Large stock choice  bagas  in 
market, and selling  readily  at  75c  7j$  bu, 
and $2.25 ^  bbl.
bbl  for  Globe
Saur  Kraut—$10.50 
brand, choice and warranted.
Timothy—Weaker.  Very  choice is held 
at $1.50@$1.75  ^   bu.
Wheat—Local dealers are paying  82 @ 88c 
7$ bu. for No. 2 and 92@95c for No.  1.

Late  Business  Changes.

The  following  business changes,  failures, 
embarrassments,  etc.,  occuring  up  to  the 
hour of  going  to  press,  are  furnished  Tiie 
T r a d e s m a n  by the mercantile agencies:

Breedsville—A.  M. Brown, miller, assign­
ed to A. M. Herrick.
Clarion—A. J. Batchelder, grocer, offering 
to compromise at 50 per cent.
Benton Harbor—Teetzel &  Heath,  jewel­
ers, succeeded by Chas. Teetzel.J
Carpenter—J. F. Bain,  grocer,  succeeded 
by his wife, L. N. Bain.
Greenville—Prindle &  Cleveland,  second 
hand  store, will dissolve and go out of  busi­
ness.
St. Louis—Ostrom  & Smith,  pumps,  sue 
ceeeed by D. R. Smith &  Co.
Howell—Willard & Taft,  5  and  10  cent 
store, succeeded by Taft &  Sullivan.
Plainwell—Granger &  Forbes,  milliners, 
succeeded by Jane Gomack.
Reed City—N. W. Peck, candy,  removing 
to Grand Rapids.
Sheridan—Will H. Wood,  restaurant  and 
grocery, assigned to J. B.  Haynes.  Liabili­
ties  $1,200,  and  assets  between  $500  and 
$800.

LATEST

JOHN

CAULFIELD
Wholesale
Grocer

85,  87  and  89  Canal  Street*

The best goods for the least money can be 
had only at such places where  expenses  are 
in proportion to the amount of business done 
and this is  where  THE  OLD  RELIABLE 
has the  advantage  over  competitors.  The 
secret of our success is that we buy goods as 
low as cash can produce them.  We are thus 
prepared to place staple and fancy Groceries 
on the market at such prices as obtains the con­
fidence of the close  buyer who is desirous 
of  getting  full value for his money.  Then, 
again,  we  are  under  no  extravagant  ex­
penses, nor enormous rents,  nor  supernum­
erary expensive  agents  to  tax  and  annoy 
customers with, besides not having the profit 
to divide between three, four or six partners, 
we can afford to he liberal sellers.

-HEADQUARTERS  FOR—

SUaARS.

Cut Loaf Cubes......................................... 8j&
Powdered  Standard.................................
Granulated Standard................................ 7-84
Standard Confectioners’  A....................7-44
7-31
Standard  A.
Extra White C.......................................... 7
Extra Bright C.................................6% @6%
Extra  C........................................... 6X@6M
Yellow C.......................................  6}£@62¿

CANNED  GOODS

Are still the absorbing question.  Our friends 
are taking them liberally at our close figures 
and making  l e a d e r s.  Remember  gallon 
apples will surely go higher.  We  continue 
our
CLOSING OUT  SALE
for  the  Next  Thirty  Days.  3 , 0 0 0  
Cases Canned Goods of Staple and Standard 
Brands, 1883 packing, quality guaranteed.

JOB  BACON’S  TOMATOES 

Have the Highest  Endorsement of  the  best 
dealers in the country.
3 ft Job Bacon’s  Tomatoes, Standard. .1  10
3 ft) Smith & Wicks’ Tomatoes............. 1  00
2 lb Sweet  Com, Erie........................ 1  12K
2 ft) Sweet  Com, Mitchell’s...................1  10
2 ft) Sweet Com, Fredonia.................... 1  00
2 ft) Corn, F. & D.’s...............................  80
2 ft) Peas, Extra  Early......................   85
2 ft) Peas, Platts’ Erie............................1  10
2 fib Peas,  VanCamps............................1  00
2 ft) Peas, Ex. F. Y. Canning .Co......... 1  20
2 ft) Lima  Beans, Standard...................  85
2 ft) Lima  Beans, Extra........................1  00
2 ft) String Beans, Shawnee,white wax.  90
3 ft> Climax Pumpkin, Standard........... 1  20
2 ib Succotash,  Standard.......................  90
2 ft) Succotash,  Yarmouth.....................1  48
3 lb Boston Baked Beans...................... 1  60
Apples,  Gallons,  Erie........................... 3  00
Apples, Gallons, Extra  Erie County.. .3  00
3 ft) Peaches,  Standard......................... 1  75
3 ft) Peaches, All  Yellow..................... 2  00
3 lb Erie Pie  Peaches...........................1 25
2 fib  Blackberries,  Madison..................1  05
2 ft) Blueberries, Detroit....................... 1  35
2 ft) Red Cherries,  Standard.................
2 Ib Green  Gages, Extra........................
2 ft) Egg  Plums, Extra...  ...................
2 ft) Strawberries,  Extra............. 1  25@1  50
3 ib Bartlett Pears; Echert’s Standard. .1  25 
The  response  to  our  advertisement  in
the late issues  of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   from 
country merchants for canned goods was lib­
eral beyond our expectation.  Several of the 
orders were from  localities  where  we  are 
not  represented by an  agent, and  for  other 
goods in our line.  Mail orders  on  this  ac­
count, are all the more appreciated, with care- 
and prompt attention given them.
Readers  of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   will  find 
it  to their interest to  keep  a  business  eye 
on this column headed  STANDARD  QUO­
TATIONS.  Mail orders solicited and  care­
ful attention given thereto.

Crochet?  iste.

H. Leonard Sc Sons quote as follows:

ONE  CRATE  WHITE  GRANITE  WARE. 

44

44

“

44

4. 

44
44
44
44

50
61
72
87
72
83
96
1  32
1  93

Knowles,  Taylor  &  Knowles—Cable  Shape- 
Diamond C.
3 00
.5 inch
6 doz Plates................
* 
44
1  83
..6  44
3
20 4  44
14 40
..7  44
4 
2 61
. .8  “
3
3
2 16
‘  Bakers*.............. ..3  44
A 4 
42
..5  44
A 4 
48
..6  44
4 
7  “
V4
66
4 
A
48
..8  44
69
1
.No. 36
*  Bowls................
............
4 
1  02
.  44  24
1
A
96
3  85
.5  inch
*  Cov’d Butters..
2
.2A  “
22
44
*  Indiv’l 
5 63
2 82
4  Cov’d  Chambers.No. 9
44  44
a
i
3 85
4  Uneov’d 
96
3 85
A 44 Cake  Plates__
75
A
38
4  Restaurant Creams...........
30
90
3
“  Cup  Plates.......
4 68
. .7 inch
1 17
A
4  Casseroles........
44 
..8  “
5 25
1 31
66
1 32
4  Dishes................. ..3  44
2
46
A
1 38
..9  44
A 44 
2 00
.10  44
67
A
2 61
.11  44
87
1-6 44  Ewers and Basins. No 9__ 9 00
1  50
A •4  Barrell  Mugs... .No. 36
38
77
5 44 Fruit Saucers... . .4 inch
1  75
35
2 44 Scollops............. 2A  “
60
1  20
A “ 
41
..5
83
1 44 
..6  44
1  05
1 44 
7  “
1 38
96
..8  44
1  93
A
A 44  Jugs, No. 36__
58
.  1  16
.................  30....
69
.  1  38
At
A •4  44 
73
“ 12....
2 90
1-6 44  44 
“  6....
73
.  4 40
“  Shell  Pickles...
83
.  1 65
73
.  2 90
44  Sugars. No. 30..
a
A 44  Spoon  Holders.
45
.  1  80
6 sets Unhandled Coffees,............. . 
50
3 00
12 96
. 
36
36
Teas
“ 
12 4  Handled 
5 61
“
47
2 00
Crate........
*81 66

.............

“ 

44
44

4 

44

4 Victoria  Sets, plain........................... 19
4  Sippo  Sets, plain................................ 30 
4  Vail  Sets, figured........... :..................34 

ASSORTED PACKAGE GLASS SETS—NO. 35.
1
1
*  32

Barrel, 35c.

complete  with

CHANDELIERS.

No 500 2 light for  store 

inch shades, each..................?..
LAMP BURNERS.
No 0 Any style  per doz................
No 1 
.................
No 2 
...............

do 
do 

do 
do 
GLASSWARE.

__ 1 75

....  90
....1 00
....1  50

Heavy Figured  “ Horseshoe”  Pattern.

Sets, $   dozen................................................  *3 00
Pitchers, A gallon.......................................   3 00
Celeries.........................................................   2 00
Bowls, 7 inch, and covers..........................   3 00
3 85
Bowls, 8 
3 60
Bowls, 9 
Comports, 4  inch........................................ 
30
G oblets.........................................................  
45
W ines............................................................. 
35
Salvers...........................................................  3  00
Nappies,  4 inch............................. ^  gross  2 25

“ 
no 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

 
 

 
 

Package at cost-

GLASS OIL CANS.

“ Queen” or  “ Daisy.”  No  charge
14 gal.  per doz.,....................................
1 gal 
.......................................

do 

for box.
.......3 50
.......4 50

TUBULAR  LANTERNS.

No 0 New wire lift for lighting,  per doz__ 9 00
No 0 Hinge for lighting, per doz..................7 50

CARPETS  AND  CARPETINGS, 
Spring  &  Company  quote  as  follows: 

@
<§
<S
<3
(§
<8
<3
<3
<§
©1 00 
@1  00 @1 00 
©  97*4
77 A 
82H
60  @  6214

60

TAPESTRY BRUSSELS.
Roxbury  tapestry..........................  
Smith’s 10 wire................................. 
Smith’s  ex tra..................................  
Smith’s B  Palisade......................... 
Sm ith’s C  Palisade......................... 
Higgins’  **.......................................  
Higgins’  ***...................................... 
Sanford’s ex tra...............................  
Sanford’s  Comets............................ 

ALL  WOOL SUPERETNES.

WOOL FILLING AND  MIXED.

THREE-PLYS.
Hartford  3-ply..........................
Lowell 3-ply..............................
Higgins’  3-ply............................
Sanford’s 3-ply..........................
EXTRA  SUPERS
H artford....................................
Lowell.........................................
Other  makes....................................   75
Best cotton chain.....................
Best  2-ply.........................................  5714®
Other  grades 2-ply..........................   52!4@
All-wool  super, 2-ply.....................   50  @
Extra heavy double cotton chain.  4214®
Double cotton chain.......................  35  @
Heavy cotton and wool, double c.  30  @
Half d’l chain, cotton & wool, 2-ply  2714®
Single cotton chain.........................  19  @
3-ply, 4-4 wide, extra heavy...........   2714®
B, 4-4 wide......................................... 
@
©
Imperial, plain, 4-4 wide.............
D, 33  inches............. 1....................
No. 1,4-4,5-4,6-4 and 8-4...............
No. 2, 
...............
No. 3, 
...............
No. 4, 
...............
Best all rattan, plain....................
Best all rattan and cocoa, plain.
Napier A .......................................
Napier  B .......................................
Opaque shades, 38  inch...............
Holland shades, B finish, 4-4.......
Pacific  Holland, 4-4.....................
Hartshorn’s fixtures, per  gross.
Cord fixtures, per gross.............

OIL CLOTHS.

CURTaiNS.

MaTTINGS.

do 
do 
do 

HEMPS.

® 6214
5214
50
40

©  1 
@  1 
@86 
@10

HID ES, PELTS AND  FURS.

HIDES.

Perkins & Hess quote as foLows:
Green............................................... $  
6  @ 7
Part  cured..............................................  7  @ 714
Full cured................................................73£@  8
Dry hides and kips.................................  8  @1£
Calf skins, green or cured............. . 
.10
@12
@50
Deacon skins............................$  piece20
Shearlings or Summer skins $  piece. .10
@20 
@50 
Fall pelt».......................:........................30
@1 50
W inter  pelts....................................... 1 00
@32
Fine washed $  fl>.....................................30
@35
Coarse washed........................................22^
Unwashed................................................2-3

SHEEP PELTS.

WOOL.

 

 

f u r s .
.........................  60®  80
Mink, large..........
.........................  26@  40
Mink,  small........
.........................  10®  15
Muskrat, Winter. 
......................... 
8@  11
Muskrat,  Fall —  
........................  
3@  4
Muskrat,  kits.
Raccoon...................................................  40@1 00
Skunk, black...........................................  90@1 00
Skunk, half stripe.................................  60®  70
Skunk, narrow stripe............................  25®  35
Skunk,  broad.........................................  10®  15
Red Fox........................................................ I 00@1 25
Gray Fox.................................................   60@  85
Marten,  yellow......................................  75@1 00
Fisher............................................................4 00@8 00
O tter.............................................................6 00@7 00
Bear.......................................................5 00® 12 00
Deer skins, red and blue, dry—   $   fi>  30®  35
Deer skins, gray and long  haired.......  12®  25
Beaver, clean and dry 
Above prices are for  prime  skins  only—un­
prime in proportion.
Tallow...................................................... 
6® 6 A
COAL  AND  BUILDING MATERIALS.
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows:

ft......................2 00©3 50

1  10
Ohio White Lime, per  bbl.................... 
95
Ohio White Lime, car lots.................... 
Louisville Cement,  per bbl.................. 
1 40
Akron Cement per  bbl......................... 
1  40
Buffalo Cement,  per bbl...... .............. 
1  40
Car lots.................................................... 1 15@1  20
Plastering hair, per b u .........................  35®  38
Stucco, per bbl.......................................  
175
Land plaster, per to n ............................ 
3  75
3 00
Land plaster, car lots............................ 
Fire brick, per  M...................................*27 ® *35
Fire clay, per bbl................................... 
3 00

COAL.

Anthracite, egg and grate..................*6 50@6 75
Anthracite, stove and n u t.................   6 75@7 00
7 00
Cannellcoal........................................... 
Ohio coal............................................... 
40@3 60
Blossburg or C um berland................ 
00@5 25

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H iZ E L T IH E ,  PER K IN S  &  COM PART I

WHOLESALE

42  and  44  Ottawa St.,  and 89,91,  g3  and  g5  Louis St„ Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

X2ÆFORTXCXIS  AXSTD  J O B B E R S   O F

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i ’ x i s s i s t ö "   S i m c L i ’ l o s .   A l s o   M a n i s f a . o t i u ? © r s   o r

LIVERY  STABLE  FOR  SALE.

RARE  CHANCE  to  purchase  a  first-class 

Livery Stock including  one  of  Cunning­
ham’s best hearses.  Will take as part payment 
good  im pro\ed  farm   property.  Will sell  pr 
rent  barn and grounds.  The  best  location  in 
the best livery town  in the  State.  Address, P . 
O. Box 318, Big Rapids, Mich.

FOR  SALE,

Stock of  drugs  and  hardware  located  at 
New Troy,  Mich.  For  particulars  enquire 
of Jennings & Smith, 20 Lyon street,  Grand 
Rapids, Mich.
H.  W  A L S H   &  SON,

Holland, Mich., Wholesale Dealers in

Olover, Timothy Seed and Ground Oil Oakes

W rite for quotations.

SEED  CORN
We have a choice stock 
of Seed Com, both Yellow 
Dent and  the  Yankee, or 
Bight  Rowed,  which  we 
offer  to  the  Trade.  We 
have given it  a thorough 
test  and  warrant  it  to 
grow.  Send for  Samples 
and Prices to THE SEED 
STORE, Grand Rapids. 
W. T. Lamoreaux, Agent.

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

Su ccessor  to   H .  M . B liv e n ,

—WHOLESALE—

AND  CANNED  GOODS.

Agent  for  Farren’s  Celebrated  “ F  ”  Brand 

Raw  Oysters.

1 1 7   M O N R O E   ST R E E T ,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

- 

MICH.

c . P. BIGHLOW,

—WHOLESALE  DEALER IN—

OFFER  THE  FOLLOWING

SPECIALTIES

THIS W3SBIS.: 

Large Assortment Chas. Seakins’ Cups ami Saucers.
Teas, Unhand, per  set.................................l l ctS
“ 
Teas, Hand, 
Coffees, Unhand “  
Coffees, Hand 
“ 

...................................
...................................
.................................40

SELECTED  THIRDS.

Sold in any quantities.

Best  White  Granite Cups and Saucers.

J. W. Pankhurst & Co., per se t....................35cts
These are equal to any made and  are  worth 
40cts.

Barrel  Assorted  Glass  Table  Sets.

4 Victoria Sets, per set.................................Wets
4 Plain Handled Sets, per s e t ......................30
4 L ’g e F ig u red  Sets,  p e i  s e t.............................34

Barrel, 35cts.

Lamp  Chimneys—Good  Common.

No charge for box.

No. 0 Sun  $  box.............................................
.............................................
No.  1 
No. 2 
............................................
Best  Common.

do 
do 

.1 90 
.2 00 
.3 00

Each Chimney Labeled First Quality

No. 0 Sun $   box..............................................*10
No.  1 
.............................................. 2 25
No. 2 
.............................................. " "

do 
do 

—I  WOULD  CALL  THE  ATTENTION  OF  MERCHANTS  TO  MY—

Spring  Styles  of Fine  Hats,

Spring  Styles  of Wool  Hats,
Spring  Styles  of Stiff  Hats,

Spring  Styles  of Soft  Hats,

Wool  Hats  $4.50  to  $12  per  Dozen,
Fine  Hats  13.50  to  $36  per  Dozen,

Straw  Hats  for  Men,

Straw  Hats  for Boys,

Straw  Hats  for Ladies,

Straw  Hats  for  Misses.

ty  tit  D m  at  ttav  M  Prices!!

----- LARGE  LINE  OE-----

and.  C ent’s   F u rn ish in g   Goods, 

CottoELS.de  F o n ts  an d  B o sisr y .

DUCK  OVERALLS,  THREE  POCKETS,  $3.50  PER  DOZEN  AND  UPWARDS.

Call and get our prices and see how they will compare with those of firms in larger cities.

I.  O.  L E V I ,

36, 3 8 ,4 0   and  42  CANAL  STREET, 

Fruit A Produce at Wholesale

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

-  

- 

The  Engraved  Globe  Chimney.

Crimped  Top  only  75cts  per  dozen.  Former 

Dithridge Flint Glass.
price $l-25 per dozen.

A  Good  Tubular  Lantern 

For $1.50 per dozen.  Regular price  $9 per doz.

Nutmeg  Night  Lamps

Only  $1.75  per doz.  Regular price  $2  per doz.

Choice Butter, Eggs,  Cheese,  Buckwheat  Flour, 
Maple Syrup,  Jellies, Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits 
and  Vegetables, and Sand  Refined  Cider.

Careful  Attention  Paid to  Filling  Orders.

M. G. Russell, 48 Ottawa St., G’d Rapids.

STRAY  FACTS.

E. B. Husted will remove his handle  fac­

tory from Petoskey to Boyne City.

Henry Trace has purchased  Goodell’s  in­
terest in the Saranac mill, and will  make  it 
a roller process.

Preparations  are  being  made  to  start  a 
match factory at Owosso, with a capacity  of 
15,000 matches per hour.

Prefontaine &  Gillett,  late  of  Manistee, 
have purchased the meat market business of 
A. G. Buck, at Reed City.

Big Rapids, Cadillac and Mancelona  have 
been appointed as distributing stations for a 
Chicago fresh beef  concern.

Y. Petertyl & Co., dealers  in wagons  and 
carriages at Traverse City, have changed the 
firm name to V. & A. Petertyl.

Muehling & Huss,  lately  engaged  in  the 
hardware business at Reed^City, have bought 
a similar business at Ann Arbor.

The Maple River Creamery Co., composed 
of H. A. Potter and H. F. Harris, will  com­
mence business at Ovid about May 1.

Carpenter & Rogers, lumber dealers at Big 
Rapids, have dissolved, F. H.  Rogers  retir­
ing.  W.  W.  Carpenter continues  the  busi­
ness.

The firm of Broadfoot & Carrier, at  Trav­
erse City, has  dissolved,  E.  N.  Carrier re­
tiring, and J.  N.  Broodfoot  continuing  the 
business.

Maentz & Franks, meat  dealers  at  Alle­
gan, have dissolved, H. C. Maentz retiring to 
form a partnership with C. E. White, in  the 
same business.

Luther Lance:  Wilson, Luther & Wilson 
•eport  business better than at any time dur­
ing the winter, and the outlook for  the  sea­
son very encouraging.

W. W. Littlefield, the St. Louis dealer who 
made an assignment several weeks ago,  has 
effected an  arrangement  with  his  creditors 
and re-opened both his stores.

The Saginaw River Boom Co., in  the  two 
years of its existence, has saved and restored 
to the owners 2,040,860 feet  of  logs,  which 
would otherwise been lost or stolen.

The Manufacturers’ Bank at Three Rivers 
has been incorporated under the style of the 
Three Rivers National Bank, with  $100,000 
authorized capital, and $63,000 paid in.

The  Mancelona  iron  furnace  has  shut 
down until the  1st of May, having  run  out 
of ore. 
It  is  proposed  to  erect  chemical 
works to utilize the smoke from the kilns.

Tribbey & Co., of Midland City, have made 
arrangements to put in a saw mill at  Oliver 
Siding, for custom work, with a  capacity  of 
10,000 feet a  day. 
It  will  be  in  running 
operation by April  1.

Devine  &  Quish  have  exchanged  their 
stock of hardware at  Dexter  for  the  farm 
owned by J. B. Lamphire six miles north of 
that place.  Mr. Lamphire, expects  to  take 
possession  immediately  and  continue  the 
business.

A dealer speaking of the lumber trade the 
other day, stated that one year ago  over 75, 
000,000 million feet had been sold up to this 
time, while this year there had  hardly  been 
one-tenth of that amount disposed  of.—Bay 
City  News.

An organization of prominent citizens  has 
been perfected at Decatur for the purpose of 
securing some manufacturing establishment, 
to utilize the power now lying  idle  at  that 
place.  The necessary bonus  and  other  ex­
penditures will be forthcoming.

New Stock  Company.

The preliminaries of  a  new  corporation, 
which has been bruited for some time  past, 
were  perfected  Monday,  and  the  Hadley 
Manufacturing Co.  is  now  an  established 
fact.  The  stockholders  are  the  Hadley 
brothers,  Fox,  Musselman  &  Loveridge. 
Joseph Martin, Henry  Spring,  Marcus  W. 
Bates,  S. E. Curdy, Thos. J.  Mutchler  and 
the Stockwell & Darragh Furniture Co., and 
the capital stock is $50,000.  At  a  meeting 
of the stockholders, Monday,  the  following 
directors  were  elected: 
Joseph  Martin, 
Amos S.  Musselman,  S.  E.  Curdy,  A.  E 
Stockwell and M. W. Bates.  At  a  subse­
quent meeting of the directors, officers  were 
elected as follows:

President—Joseph Martin.
Vice-President—Amos S. Musselman. 
Secretary  and Treasurer—S. E. Curdy. 
The new company will operate near Kings­
ley  Station—Paradise P. O —where the late 
firm of Hadley  Bros,  had  a  sawmill,  and 
near which there is a tract of 1,080  acres of 
hardwood land which  the Stockwell &  Dar­
ragh Furniture Co. purchased  from  the  G. 
R. & L R’y. 
it is the intention  to  convert 
the timber  on  this  tract  into . lumber  and 
dimension  stock,  and  carry  on  a  general 
manufacturing business.  S. E. Curdy  will 
take the active management.

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

A MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

E.  A.  STOWE  &  BRO.,  Proprietors.

OFFICE  IN  EAGLE  BUILDING, 3d  FLOOR.
I Entered  at  the  Postoffice  at  Grand  Rapids  as 

Second-class Matter. 1

W EDNESDAY,  MARCH  12,  1884.

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

IN  THE  CITY.

C. C. Tuxbury will represent E. T. Brown 

& Co., at Sparta the coming season.

Edwin Sinz, son of Mr.  M.  V.  Sinz,  the 
Trent  druggist,  is  attending  Swensberg’s 
Commercial College here.

Robert Marshall has purchased  a  grocery 
business near the base ball  park,  and  will 
continue at the same location.

Sumner J. Koon, of the firm of C. E. & S.
J.  Coon, of  Lisbon, paid his compliments to 
T h e  T r a d e s m a n  office Monday.

M. J. Ulrich has engaged  in  the  grocery 
business at 33  West  Bridge  street.  Clark, 
Jewell & Co. furnished the stock.

Geo. W. Locke has gone  on  the  road for 
Curtiss, Dunton &  Co.,  selling  hand  gren­
ades,  and is meeting with good success.

P. C. Campbell has purchased an  interest 
in the firm of Bennett & Osbun,  and  it  will 
hereafter be known as Bennett, Osbun & Co.
Wolff  &  Truesdell,  of  Otsego,  were  in 
town Monday,  and  purchased  a  complete 
grocery stock of Shields, Bulkley & Lemon.
J. H.  Eacker,  with  Welling  &  Carliart, 
started out Monday on  a  five-weeks’  north­
eastern trip, St.  Louis  being  the  objective 
point 

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M. C. Russell left Monday night  for  Chi­
cago, where he will make a  tour  of  South 
Water street with a microscope for the  pur­
pose of discovering one honest man.

Rumor has it—and the old dame claims to 
have good grounds for the report—that there 
will be one less wholesale grocery house  in 
this  city  before  many  more  months  roll
around. 

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Edwin Byles  and  Edwin  J.  Phelps,  as­
signees for Kellogg, Sawyer & Co., have  be­
gun suit against B. W. Jenks & Co.,  of  De­
troit claiming damages in  an  action  in  as 
sumpset in the sum of $15,000.

Frank E. Powers, for the past  four  years 
employed in the office of the Phoenix  Fund 
ture Co., has purchased a half interest in the 
hardware business of F. E. Blakeley,  at  34 
South Division street, and the firm will here 
after be Blakeley & Powers.

Sand  Lake,  which has been  the  seat  of 
more disastrous failures  than  any  place  of 
its  size  in  the State,  again  comes  to  the 
front.  The general store of Mrs.  E lizabeth 
C.  Giddings—“ A.  Giddings,  Agt.”—was 
closed Saturday on  a  chattel  mortgage  for 
$2,000 held by  Chas. Root & Co., of D etroit 
A number of Grand  Rapids  houses  are  in 
terested.

N at W. Peck, who has operated a  candy 
and news business at  Reed  City  for  some 
time past, has given a  bill  of  sale  to  his 
brother-in-law, and left for  parts  unknown 
His  creditors are  awaiting  the  disclosure 
of his whereabouts to proceed  against  him 
legally.  In other words,  he  is  “wanted.” 
The stock is being removed to this city  and 
will be opened up on South Division  street.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

J. H. Edsell has engaged in the restaurant 

business at Greenville.

J. E. Hutchinson succeeds B. F. Hill,  dry 

goods dealer at Fennville.

F. H. Rogers, general dealer at  Chippewa 

Lake, has assingned to Ed. Carolan.

Church &  Son,  grocers  at  Vermontville, 
have closed out their stock to Martin & Down­
ing.

-L. J. Eckler, general dealer at Westwood, 
has removed his stock and  business  to  Kal­
kaska.

Decker Bros., dry goods dealers at  Battle 
Creek, will shortly dissolve,  J.  Decker  re­
tiring.

Frieberg &  Rathweiler,  merchant  tailors 
at Reed City,  have  dissolved,  Christ lioth- 
weiler continuing

Bennett Bros., have  engaged  in the  gro­
cery business at Cadillac,  occupying the old 
location of F. W. Wright.

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Snell,  of  Wayland,  has 
rented a new store, and will  put  in  a  new 
stock of fancy and dry goods.

A Casnovia correspondent  writes : 

“Mr 
Holden has started a first-class meat market 
here, and is doing a good business.

J. E. Gaskell & Co., of Edmore, have  dis­
solved, Mr. Millen  retiring.  Mr.  Gaskell 
continues the grocery,  crockery  and  liquor 
business.

S. H. Beecher, the Allegan hardware mer 
chant, who recently settled with his creditors 
o n  the basis of  40  per  cent.,  has  resumed 
business.

F.  W. Wright,  formerly  in  the  grocery 
business at Cadillac, has removed to  Round 
Lake and re-engaged in the  same  business 
under the firm name of Wright & Gorden.

C. C. Thompson, of  St.  Louis  and Rock 
land, who  “skipped”  in  December, leaving 
numerous  heavy  creditors  unprotected,  is 
negotiating for a compromise with a view to 
returning.

The firm of Pangborn & Canfield,  general 
dealers  at  Pangbom’s  Comers,  near  Sand 
T^alrOj has been dissolved, W. E. Canfield re­
tiring.  The business will  be  continued by 
E. Pangborn.

Illuminator  Bates.

Seven inch, to fit any burner, $1 per  dozen.  5 

dozen in barrel.  .Sold for $1.25 everywhere.

Prices  of all  Crockery, by the Crate or  Repacked, 

on  application.

All mail orders given 
careful attention.
H.  LEONARD  &  SONS,

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APPLIANCES,

N O . 8  C A N A L   ST R E E T ,

16  M O N R O E   ST R E E T .

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICHIGAN.

j. c. coxa a  co.,
Fresh and  Salt  Fish

Wholesale  Dealers in

Failure After a  Good  Season.

M. E. Tomlinson, who has been engaged in 
the  coal business  in  this  city  for  several 
years, has literally “gone to pieces.”  Upon 
being pressed for the  payment  of  a  claim 
for $4,000, owing the Delaware, Lackawana 
& Western Railway Co., in addition  to  $1,- 
800, advanced to pay freights,  he  gave  the 
corporation a bill  of  sale  covering  all  the 
hard coal in stock, and a lease  of  his  yard 
for storing and handling the same.  He sub­
sequently gave the  City  National  Bank  a 
chattel mortgage and assigned his  book  ac­
counts to secure $1,500 of his paper  held by 
that institution.  Later he  gave  Martin  L. 
Sweet another chattel mortgage  and  a deed 
for his coal yard to  secure  $2,800  worth of 
paper endorsed by Mr.  Sweet.  As  he has 
secured only about $10,000 of his claims and 
owes about as much more, it necessarily fol­
lows that the  other  creditors  will  receive 
little or nothing.

Sand refined cider for  sale  by M.  C. Bus 

sell.

OYSTERS  A N D  CANNED  GOODS.

For Fresh and Salt Fish of  all  kinds, Oysters 
in bulk and cans, call  on  J. C. Cole  &  Co., wno 
are wholesale and retail dealers oi^all  kinds ot 
salt fish.

3 1   CANAL,  ST R E E T ,

GRAND  RAPIDS. 

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MICHIGAN.

G. S. YALE & BRO.,

—M anufacturers  of-

BAK3NG  POWDERS,

BiiUoaras,  b t o .,

4 0   a n d   4 2   S o u th   D iv is io n   St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICH.

—Manufacturers and Jobbers of—

Awnings,  Tents,

Horse, Wagon and Stack Covers, 

Flags, Banners, Etc.

All  Ducks  and  Stripes  Kept  Constantly  on  Hand.

73  C anal  S treet.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-   MICHIGAN, 

jar*  Send for Prices.

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£ ïv o " s rr,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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DRUG  STORES  FOR  SALE. 

kins  stock  and  business  a t  Fife Lake. 
Address H. B. Fairchild, Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

DRUG STOCK  FOR  SALE.  The F. p . Caul- 
DRUG  STORE  FOR  SALE  In Grand Rapids, 
HBUG STORE FOR SALE  at  O tsego,  Mich.

for  $2,600  or  invoice.  Owner has other 
business.  Address  Hazeltine,  Perkins  &  Co., 
Wholesale Druggists, Grand Rapids, Mich.

$2,000.  Address Hazeltine, Perkins & Co., 

Wholesale Druggists, Grand Rapids, jMich,

¡STEAM  LAUNDRY

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43 and 45 Kent Street.

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A.  K.  ALLEN,  Proprietor.

V I  DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS  WORK AND  USE  NO 

CHEMICALS.

Orders by Mail and Express  promptly  at- 

tended to.

