Michigan  Tradesman.

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VOL. 2.

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  JANUARY  7,  1881.5

OYSTERS,

We duplicate  Chicago  and Detroit  prices  and 

guarantee strictly fresh stock and as well 

filled cans as any in the market

S E E D S !

Clover, Timothy  and  all  kinds  field  seeds. 
Parties  wishing  to buy  or sell would  do  well 
to write us for prices.
Oranges and Lemons
Green and Dried Fruits, Butter,  Eggs,  and  all 
MOSELEY BROS.,

kinds of Produce,

122 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Special Attention given to Collections  in City 

or  Country.  Also

FIRE, LIFE & ACCIDENT

Insurance,
Shoe and Leather..........................• _■•••••
Cooper.......................... — .............Dayton, Ohio
Union..........................................Pittsburgh,  Pa.
Germania..................................Cincinnati,  Ohio

Total Assets represented, $3,516,808.

C O R R ESPO N D E N C E  SO L IC IT E D .

TOWER  &  CHAPLIN,
16 Houseman Block  -  Grand Rapids

General  Collectors,

Jl

Manufacturers  of

Fine Perfumes,

Colognes, Hair  Oils, 
Flavoring Extracts, 
Baking Powders, 

Bluings, Etc., Etc.

EDMUND  B.  DIKEMAN,

JEWELER,

44  CANAL STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

LIVE  GROCERYMEN
-------SELL-------
co;s
DETROIT  SOAP
------ FAMOUS-------

The Best Selling Brand  on  the  Mar­
ket.  A  Strictly  Pure,  Pirst-Class  A  1 
Family  Soap.  Big and  Lasting  Trade 
and Good Margin to Dealers.

Cody,  Ball  &  Co.,

Sole Agents for Grand Rapids.

The  Survival  o f th e  F ittest.

From the New York Sun.
I 
It is expected that  the  number  of  houses 
j which will go out of  business  at  the  begin- 
I niug  of  the year  will  be  large.  They  are 
| firms who have become  discouraged  by  the 
! dullness  of their  trade  during the last  few 
years, and the impossibility, which the exist­
ing  competition,  of  selling goods  at  prices 
which will give them good interest  on  their 
capital  and a fair  profit  besides,  Some  of 
them may also have  impaired  their  capital 
in the struggle  for existence,  and  therefore 
| think it safer to stop now than to longer keep 
i up the fight.

Besides, the methods and  even  the  chan- 
j nels of business have  much  changed  of  re­
cent  years,  and  old  concerns  which  once 
commanded a profitable  trade  have  seen  it 
gradually pass away  from  them,  until  now 
they may be forced to the conclusion  that  it 
has gone never to return.  This revolution of 
trade began long before the present period of 
depression,  and is likely to continue long af* 
ter it is over.  It has diverted business from 
houses whose commercial standing  was  for­
merly high, and merchants  who  did  not  or 
could not accommodate themselves to it have 
been replaced by others  of  more  adaptabil­
ity, chiefly young men, who care nothing for 
the old mercantile traditions, but  are  ready 
to fight  their  way  on  any  lines  and  to  use 
any tactics which promise to lead to success.
As  a  consequence,  many .of the old-fash­
ioned merchants find that trade  has  lost  its 
attraction for them, not  merely  because  its 
profits are less, but also because they are  ir­
ritated by the new business  methods  which 
have come into vogue, and  by  the  competi­
tion of the sharp young men with whom they 
must  contend. 
It  has  become a scramble 
for custom, and those who engage in it most 
successfully more resemble  the  clever  bro­
kers  of  Wall  street  than they do the staid 
and dignified merchants of the past.

ALSO  PROPRIETORS  OF
K - E M I N K ’ S

‘Red Bark Bitters”

---- AND----

78  W est  B ridge  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICHIGAN.

JA M ES  C.  AV ERY .

James C. Avery & Co

GEO.  E .  H U BB ARD .

Grand  Haven,  Mich.

Manufacturers of the following brands  of Ci­
Great  Scott,  Demolai  No.  5, 

gars;

Eldorado,  Doncella, 

Avery’s Choice,

Etc.,  Etc.

-------JOBBERS  IN-------

Manufactured  Tobacco.
RETAILERS,
LA V IN E

If you are selling goods to make 

a profit,  sell

This Washing Powder pays the Retailer a 
larger profit than any in the  Market,  and  is 
put up in handsome and attractive  packages 
with picture cards with each case.  We guar­
antee  it  to  be  the  best  Washing  Powder 
made and solicit a trial order.  See prices in 

Price-List.Hariri CDsnical ft. 
HAWKINS & PERRY

STATE  AGENTS,

GRAND  RAPIDS. 

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MICHIGAN.

CLOVER  SEED

—AND— REANS!
W. T. LAMOREAUl A p t,

Dealers having a surplus of  either  Clover 
Seed or Beans can  always  find  a  cash  mar­
ket by addressing

91 Canal street.

TO  DEALERS AND

SHIPPERS.

American  Co-Operative Dairy  Co.,

-T H E -

INCORPORATED  MAY 34,  1884,

----------W IT H  A----------

CAPITAL  STOCK  OF  $100,000, 

Offer  extra  inducements  for  consigners  of 
Butter, Eggs, Beans. Cheese, Poultry, Game 
and  all kinds of Farm  Produce.
This company is duly established by law, and 
farmers, shippers or dealers can  depend  upon 
prompt  and  honest  returns  for  all  consign­
ments.  For particulars  address,
J.  W.  WHITE, Sec’y,

31 Beach Street, Boston, Mass.

STEAM LAUNDRY

43 and 45 Kent Street.

A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor.

WE  DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS  WORK AS»  USE  SO 

CHEMICALS.

Orders by Mail and Express  promptly  at­

tended to.
F E T E H   DOF*.AIT, 

Attorney-at-Law,

Pierce Block, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 

Practices  in State  and United  States  Courts. 
Special attention given to 

.

M ERCANTILE  COLLECTIONS.

S. A. WELLING

WHOLESALE

-AND—

3sr o m o  asrs!

PANTS,  OVERALLS,  JACKETS,  SHIRTS, 
LADIES’  AND  GENTS’  HOSIER Y,  UNDER­
WEAR,  MACKINAWS,  NECKWEAR,  SUS­
PENDERS,  STATIONERY,  POCKET  CUT- 
TLERY, THREAD, COMBS, BUTTONS, SMOK­
ERS’  SUNDRIES,  HARMONICAS,  VIOLIN 
STRINGS, ETC.

I am represented on the  road  by  the  fol­
lowing well-known travelers:  John D. Ma n- 
gum,  A.  M.  Sprague,  J ohn  H.  Eackee, 
L.  R.  Cesn a,  and J. T.  H errington.

24 Pearl Street 

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

W. N.FULLER & CO

DESIGNERS  A ND

Engravers on  Wood,

F in e  M echanical  and  F u rn itu re W ork, In ­

cluding;  B u ild in gs, Etc.,

49 Lyon St., Opposite Arcade, 

GRAND RAPIDS 

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MICH.

-JO B B ER S  O F—

Horse Covers,  Oiled  Clothing, Awnings  and Tents.

73 Canal Street,  Grand Rapids.

But, hard as it may be on individuals who 
cannot get out of the old ruts,  this  business 
change cannot rightly he regarded or treated 
as a general calamity.  Neither is the retire­
ment of an unusual number of concerns once 
active in trade  a  grave  misfortune  for  the 
community, nor should it be  taken as a  bad 
sign.  The law of the survival of the  fittest 
is simply working itself out in trade, as else­
where,  and  it  is for  the  advantage  of  the 
future of business that  the  weak  and  unfit 
houses should be driven to  surrender.

If firms cannot meet the competition,  it is 
better for them to go; and they  are  sensible 
is acknowledging  their  defeat  before  they 
are utterly routed in a ruin that is  absolute. 
They  are not needed, and  the  prospects  of 
the  business  fqture  are  brighter because of 
their withdrawal,  leaving  the field to those 
who  can  endure  the  strain.  The  com­
pensation for such a period of  trial  as  that 
through which trade has been passing, is that 
it tests the soundness and ability of all busi­
ness houses, and, finally, leaves standing only 
the  strong  and  capable. 
If  there are  too 
many engaged in one branch of industry, the 
superfluous are weeded out, and the chances 
of those who remain  are  thereby improved. 
If  the  stock  of  goods  is  too great for the 
capital, it is well that it should  be  sold  out 
at any price it will  fetch,  although  the  im­
mediate  effect  is  bad  for all.  In the end, 
everybody will be the gainer by it.

Meanwhile,  the  declining profits of trade 
ai'e compelling the reduction  of  rents,  and, 
therefore, the merchant will  be  ready  next 
spring, to meet a business revival with fixed 
charges  decreased.  Renewed  activity  will 
come almost before  they  are  aware  of  its 
arrival.  Suddenly they will  discover  that, 
after all, they  are  doing  exceedingly  well, 
and that it is time to  dismiss  the  gloom  to 
which  they have so  long  accustomed  them­
selves.

The  D yin g  D rum m er.

Mrs. M. L. Rayne in the Detroit Free Press.

“I have taken my last order.  I  am  going 
1 Home,” he said, as the clock stmck the mid­
night hour. 
I  The nurse looked at the doctor with a sig­
nificant glance and whispered:

$

“His mind  wanders.”
Presently, he lifted his feverish head from 
its pillow.  “Any letters  from  the  house?” 
he  inquired. 
“There  ought  to  be  letters 
here.”

Then lie slept, and,  in his sleep, he  was  a 
boy again—babbled of fishing streams where 
the trout played—of school hours and romps 
with his mates.  At 12, he  suddenly  awak­
ened.

“All  right,”  lie called,  in a strong  voice, 

“I’m ready.”

He thought the porter had called  him  for 
an early train.  The doctor laid  a  soothing 
hand on him, and he slept. 
In his sleep, he 
murmured:

“Show  you samples  of  our  goods.  I’m 
going off the road  now.  This  Order  closes 
me out.  The House has called me  in.  Go­
ing to have my first vacation, hut 1 shall lose 
time—time—time!”

He  drowsed  off, and the  doctor  counted 
his  pulse.  Suddenly  the sick man started 
up.

“Give me a  letter  from  home.  Ellen  al­
ways writes to me here.  Dear girl, she never 
disappointed  me  yet—and  the  children. 
They will forget me if my trips are too long. 
I  have  only  a  few  more  towns to sell—I 
promised to he Home—promised—”

“A M odel  Salesm an.”

little 

“A good salesman  is worth  his  weight in 
gold,” said the  proprietor of  a large  retail 
establishment  in  Bangor,  the  other  day. 
“I’ve got  one  myself  that  can  sell  more 
goods than anyone 1 ever had  before.  J ust 
let me tell you  about  two 
instances 
where he showed himself to he a good one.” 
“I  wouldn’t  want  him  to  know  it, of 
course, for he would strike  for higher  pay, 
but I consider him a  darling.  One  night a 
lumberman came into the store  and  wanted 
to buy a blanket.  Of  course  lie  wanted a 
cheaper one than we had in the  stock and I 
was afraid my man—he  hadn’t  been  here 
long—would 
let  him go.  Not a  bit  of it. 
He marched  him off to a lot  of  big  horse 
blankets and pointed out their  size  and di­
lated on their merits.  The lumberman seem­
ed pleased at the size and quality, hut asked 
what them holes  were for. 
‘Oh,’  said  my 
man,  ‘that’s a new thing and  very  popular. 
You just get into your berth and  pass  this 
belt  (meaning the surcingle)  through  those 
holes and pass it round you, and it can’t slip 
out.  We sell lots of them, hut if  you  don’t 
like it we can cut  it  off.’  The 
lumberman 
did like it and paid his money  and 
left the 
store a happy man.

“Another time we had a pair  of  fur-lined 
boots or shoes we could not get nd of. When, 
one day, a young man from the country came 
in and  wanted  something of the  sort,  my 
clerk brought out  this  identical  pair.  The 
customer was delighted  and  tried ’em  on, 
but they were so small that  they hurt  him 
badly.  My salesman saw  the  difficulty  im­
mediately, and was as ready as ever. 
‘Look 
here, stranger,’ he said,  ‘what are you trying 
to do? You’ve got your stockings on, haven’t 
you?”  The man  admitted he  had. 
‘Why, 
these are made on  purpose  to  save  stock­
ings !’ said my new acquisition,  ‘we sell lots 
of them.’  The gentleman  from  the  rural 
districts took off his stockings and  his  foot 
slipped in beautifully.  He was tickled, and 
took the shoes, paid for them  and  went out 
well pleased.”

But  someday  the  smart  salesman  may 

prove too smart for his employer.

K indness n ot M isplaced.

“You will  have to go  into  the  forward 
coach,” said the conductor, as  he  tore  off a 
coupon from a  second-class  ticket.

“But the tobacco  smoke is so bad,  and  I 
have such a headache,” said the little  wom­
an, timidly, and the  pale  face  was  raised 
pleadingly.”

“Can’t help it,  madam.  Rules of the road 
require passengers haying  second-class tick 
ets to ride in the forward  coach,”  was  the 
uncompromising reply, as he passed on.

“Hang your rules!” blurted out a big man 

with a«fierce moustache.

“Stay where you  are  madam;  you  look 
tired; here, let me turn this seat over so you 
can lie down.  Put your head  on  this  grip. 
Here’s my overcoat; put it so,”  and  he  had 
her  nicely tucked away before she could ob­
ject.

“Your ticket?  All O. K.  Take mine; its 
to  the  same  place,  first-class, unlimited.  I 
love to smoke.  1 always  ride in the smok­
er, anyhow.”  And he went  forward.  Din­
ner was announced at a side station  and the 
big man came bustling in and insisted on her 
having  dinner.  She  objected,  evidently 
thinking it improper to receive so  much  at­
tention  from a  stranger.  “Kate  Adams,” 
read the big man,  looking  at the  name  on 
her valise.

“Not Dick Adams’ wife?  You are?  Well,
b y -------   !  Why, come here, I’ll  kiss  you,
my  girl!,  Dick’s  my  youngest  brother.
Well, I’ll b e -------- !  Well,  well!  Why, I
was just going out to see  him.  Heard he’d 
got flat broke, and kind o’want to set him up 
again.”

And the big man looked so happy, and the 
little sister-in-law so pleased, that  the  pas­
sengers forgot the  incongruity of  the situa­
tion and laughed themselves sore.

A   C elestial  Jok e.

The  love  of  fun  is  not  unknown  among 
the serious-looking  Celestials.  A  Chicago 
dealer, wishing to  advertise  his  articles  in 
the Chinese language, engaged a Celestial to 
paint him a sign,  expecting, of  course,  that 
it would be a very enticing one.

He slept again and then awakened with a 

start.

“No word from the House yet?”
He was going fast now.  The doctor bent 
over him and repeated in a comforting  voice 
the precious words of promise:

“In  my  Father’s  House  are  many man­
sions.  If it were not so I  would  have  told 
you.”

“Yes—yes,”  said the dying traveler faint- 
i ly.  “It is a clear statement.  It  is  a  good 
House to travel for.  It deals fair and square 
with its men.”

The  chill  December  morning  dawned— 
the end was very near.  The  sick  man w7as 
approaching  the  undiscovered  land  from 
whose bourne no traveler returns.

“I’ve  changed  my  route,” he  murmured 
faintly. 
“The  House  is  calling  me  in— 
write to Ellen and the children that* I’m—on 
my—way—Home—it’s in  my sample case— 
without money  and  without  price—a  good 
House—fills all its orders  as  agreed.  Call 
me for the first train—I  am  going  to  make 
the round trip and get Home.”

They  laid  his  head  back  on the pillow. 
He had made the round trip.  He had  gone 
Home.

Beware of Sharpers and Humbugs.

The country is full of designing  and  un 
scrupulous sharpers  seeking  to  make  prey 
of the credulous  and  unwary. 
It is equally 
true that while sharpers abound, simple and 
confiding victims still  more  abound.  They 
account themselves sensible and shrewd, and 
are indignant at the thought of  being  hum­
bugged, but in truth are only  waiting  to he 
beguiled by the  old  fraud in a new  guise. 
No one can  hope to teach such persons wis­
dom—like certain species of fish, they seem to 
be made only as food for sharks.  But  keen 
and careful merchants are often deceived by 
the specious  and  attractive  advertisements 
of  professional 
swindlers.  Eternal  vigi­
lance is the price of safety.  For the  benefit 
of the thoughtful and discerning it is thought 
best to utter these notes of warning;

It is a good rule never to entrust  even the 
smallest  sum of  money  to  strangers.  Es­
pecially  beware  of  trading  companies  in 
large cities offering unheard of bargains and 
demanding cash in advance.  The post office 
department publishes a list of not less  than 
1,000  bogus  merchants  who  have  been 
thrown out of the mails on account of frauds. 
We suv’i he glad to receive  authentic  infor­
mation in regard to new swindling  schemes, 
and will do our  best  to  “hunt  the  rascals 
down.”

Woke Up Rich.

A certain outside druggist  recently paid a 
visit to the city at a time  when  there  hap­
pened :fo he a great influx  of  traveling men. 
Going to a leading  hotel  and  demanding a 
room, he was informed that there  were only 
two vacant beds in the house, both in rooms 
with other occupants.  The clerk further in 
formed him that one room was  occupied by 
a Chicago drummer and  the  other by a De­
troit,  traveler  vouchsafeing  the  following 
opinion:

“ To tell the truth, they  are  both  pretty 
drunk; so you may take  your  choice  as to 
which room  you will sleep in.”

The  druggist  said  he  would  take  his 
chances with the Chicago man,  as he  would 
doubtless be so drunk he would lie quiet  all 
night.  He went to bed and was soon  sound 
asleep.  The drummer,  however, awakened 
about 12 o’clock, and, thinking it a longtime 
between  drinks,  dressed  himself  uncon­
sciously in the druggist’s clothes and  sallied 
out.  Ever and anon he muttered  as he treat­
ed all present:

“Funniest thing I ever heard of.  When I 
went to bed last night I  only  had  twenty- 
five cents to my name, and now I’ve got over 
$100  (showing a corpulent roll of bills), and 
I’m bound to spend every cent of  it  before 
morning.”  And he did.

H ow  to Spoil a Cigar.

“I say, George, what do you  pay for these 

cigars?”

“Fifty dollars a thousand.”
“Splendid cigar, George.  Smokes  beauti­
fully.  Very  fragrant.  But $50 is  a  good 
deal of money to pay for cigars.”

“Why, tLat’s only 5 cents  apiece.”
“Ah, that’s so.  Was  thinking  it  was 50 
cents  apiece.  I thought  it was  a  dreadful 
price for such a miserable roll of  dried  cab­
bage.  I don’t see how  you  can  smoke the 
things.”

A few years ago a workman  left  Paris to 
settle in Berlin, where, with a small  capital 
of about $125 he  founded a  “shop-window 
cleaning  establishment.*’  By  industry and 
attention to his business he  obtained, in less 
than two years, a list of  6,000  regular  cus­
tomers on his books, who paid him on an av­
erage 50 cents a month each,  for which  sum 
he cleaned their windows once a week.  He 
employed forty  men, and  paid  them $15 a 
month, one with  another.  While  then  he 
received $3,000 a month, his expenses would 
not exceed $750 at  the  outside.  Naturally 
his  success  brought  competitors 
into  the 
field, but they could not disturb the original 
establishment.  Meantime the  enterprising 
window cleaner has opened  offices in other 
towns as well  as  Berlin, in  Breslau, Ham­
burg and Frankfort, and he is  now  intend­
ing to benefit London, and himself, the same 
way by opening a “bureau” there.

NO. 68.

Not  that  Kin«l  o f a  Frog.

From the San Francisco Call.

As  illustrative  of  what  imagination  will 
do, the case of a woman who imagined  that 
a frog had found lodgment in  her  stomach, 
may be recited.  The woman  in  question  is 
the wife of an  industrious  mechanic  living 
out near the Presidio, and, in some unknown 
manner, conceived the  idea that  the  reptile 
was in her stomach.  Argument, by her hus­
band and friends, that it  was  an  hallucina­
tion,  availed  not,  and matters grew worse, 
until, one day, when the, woman  was  down 
town, her imaginary  complaint  was  so  bad 
that,  in  desperation,  she  entered  a  drug 
store, and, stating her case, asked for  relief. 
The  apothecary  happened to be a physician, 
and,  seeing  at  once  that  his  customer’s 
complaint was an imaginary one, lie resolved 
to  humor  her.  Calling  his  clerk,  he dis­
patched him to a rôtisserie near  by,  to  pro­
cure a frog,  and administered  an  emetic  to 
the woman.  The frog was slipped  into  the 
pail,  and when the victim  of  the  hallucina­
tion  saw  it,  she expressed lier thanks,  and 
said she felt much relieved.  It  was  only  a 
few days, however,  before another  hallucin­
ation that there were more  frogs,  offspring 
of the ejected reptile,  in  her  stomach,  took 
possession of her.  She at  once  repaired  to 
the  apothecary, and  told him  of  her  fears. 
The druggist scratched his  head  for  a  mo­
ment,  and  then, remembering  that he  had 
chucked the frog into a jar of  alcohol,  took 
it from the shelf,  and, after looking at  it in­
tently for a  few  moments,  returned  to  the 
woman,  with  a  satisfied  snnle on his facer 
and said :  “Madame, you are mistaken, this 
is  not  that  kind  of  a frog.”  The woman 
was cured, and since then has been troubled 
with no  further  hallucination  of  this  kind.

.Jewelers  Should  be  Consistent.

jeweler, 

A  Manton  jeweler  writes  the  Metallur­
gist, under the initials of “E. M. C.,” setting 
forth the  following  pertinent  points :  “À 
young man gets it into his head that he  is  a 
natural  horn 
and  he  hangs 
around  a  jewelery  store  awhile,  sees  a 
few  watches  taken  down  and put up, and 
thinks  that  he  can  do that, too.  Well,  lie 
buys a  few  tools  and goes into some town, 
and  goes  to  work ;  and  lie  expects jobbers 
will refuse to sell anybody  else but him, be­
cause lie is the only excuse  for  a jeweler  in 
the place, and he could not  buy  $10  worth 
and pay for it, while the hardware  man  can 
buy in large lots and pay  for it.  Such  jew­
elers have no more right to  preference  than 
the hardware man.  A genuine  jeweler that 
can’t get away with any  grocery,  hardware 
and crockery  store, etc., had better  sell  out 
and go west and take up a farm.  There are 
two of us in this town, and  we  sell  all  the 
goods that are sold here.  We don’t call each 
other  rascals,  like  some  jewelers do  each 
other,  but  we  put  up  jobs  on the ge»eral 
stores to suit ourselves.  And if jobbers  un­
dertake  to  retail  around  us,  tiiey  get the 
worst of it, and the jewelers  of  every  town 
could  do  the  same,  if they only would  not 
get by the ears themselves.”

The  B est  T im e  to  Build.

From the Detroit Free Press.

If this should catch the eye of a capitalist, 
let me say to him,  “Build now, if you intend 
to  build  during  the  next ten years.”  The 
man who builds now in Detroit will  be  rak­
ing in the shekels, while his timid and  fool­
ish neighbor will be paying double  the price 
for labor and materials several  years  hence, 
and, besides,  losing just  that  much  income 
while  the  work  is going on.  Springer,  of 
Cincinnati,  used  to  buy  corner lots in  the 
business part of the town and build on them 
at a time when there was almost nothing do­
ing.  He died a millionaire,  a month or  two 
ago, besides leaving Cincinnati the  grandest 
music hall in the’world.  Fortune is  not  ca­
pricious.  She is merely waiting for the man 
who spends his money now.

A  <>uestion o f P ins.

A poor boy,  plainly but  cleanly  dressed, 
was engaged in sweeping  out a store  when 
he beheld a bright new pin shining upon the 
floor.  He paused and picked it up and care­
fully placed it  in the lappel of his coat.

“If I begin  by  saving  pins,” he said,  “I 

may become a wealthy man.”

His employer observed him, however,  and 

“That pin  belongs  to  the  establishment. 
A boy who will steal a pin will steal greater 
things,”’ and he immediately  presented  the

Another  boy, arrayed  in tailor’s  clothes, 
was employed in sweeping out another store, 
when he also  came  upon a pin.  Instead of 
laying it  away to rest, however, he  exercis­
ed  his ingenuity in bending it  into  various 
shapes.  Then he slyly  deposited it on  the 
bookkeeper’s  stool,  and  industriously  pro­
ceeded to sweep.  His employer enjoyed the 
scene from his office, and  when  the  book­
keeper  had  finished  rubbing  himself and 
swearing great  oaths  the  proprietor  said: 
“That hoy is full of sharp  tricks.”  And he 
straitway  promoted  him  to  second  book­
keeper. 
In five  years  he  owned  the  con­
cern.

Such  is  life!
Great Britain, it is said, makes 370,000,000 
pins weekly, or nine  per  inhabitant.  This 
gives an allowance of  450 per  annum to ev­
ery man, woman,  and child in the  kingdom.

remarked to himself :

It did not answer  his  expectations,  how­
ever, for the only perceptible effect it had on 
“the relations of the  sun and  moon,”  as the 
Chinese  term  themselves,  was  to  excite  a 
grin of the broadest dimensions.  At length, I  la<l with a discharge.
the storekeeper, by, a considerable bribe,  ob­
tained a translation in English of the adver­
tisement,  and  found  it  to  he  as  follows: 
“Don’t  buy  anything  here;  storekeeper  a 
rogue.”

R easons  for  a  Cash  Basis.

A certain localldealerjadvertises as follows: 
“Knowing  it  to  be  for  my  best  interests, 
and believing it to be for the  best  interests 
of my customers, I shall,  hereafter,  sell  for 
cash only.  The following are a  few  of  my 
reasons:  First—Taking no risks, 1  can  af­
ford to sell at a lower rafe of profit.  Second 
—I  will  not  be  at the expense of keeping 
books.  Third—1 will not have to spend one 
week of every month, trying to make  collec­
tions.  Fourth—I  will  have  time  to  give 
more attention to my  business,  and,  conse­
quently, give  better  satisfaction to my cus­
tomers.”

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replevin, and there was a red-hot contest be­
tween the lawyers for the  parties  and  the 
officers, for the stock,  At last  accounts the 
mortgagees held the  fort  Marks did a bus­
iness of  $60,000 a year.  His  liabilities  are 
estimated at $23,000, and  assets  not  more 
than sufficient to meet the mortgages.

Josiah H. Green,  the  Charlotte  clothier, 
obtained credit to the amount of  about $25,- 
000 by representing that he was  worth $10,- 
000.  About ten  days  ago  he  gave  John 
Levi, of Charlotte, a  chattel  mortgage  for 
$11,131,  the  consideration  being  alleged 
“borrowed money.”  As  the  stock  is  not 
worth to exceed $12,000, the  general  credi­
tors will  undoubtedly be left out in the cold, 
unless they take advantage of the fraudulent 
purchase act, as did Shoussmoore & Bier, of 
Rochester, who instructed  Peter  Doran  to 
secure  a  writ  of  replevin 
in  the  United 
States Court here and replevin about  $2,000 
worth of their goods, which was accordingly 
done.  Taking the present view of  the case, 
Green must  have  been  $35,000  worse off 
than nothing—instead  of worth  $10,000,  as 
he is claimed to have represented.

S T R A Y   FA CT S.

Saranac affords a good opening for a cloth­

A. H.  Armitage has purchased  the  grist 

ing store.

mill at Shelby.

The Kalamazoo Wagon  Co.  has  shipped 

1,255 cutters in five weeks.

A stock company for  the  manufacture of 

staves is talked of at Vassar.

C. H. Plummer’s  new  planing  mill  will 

start  up at Jackson January  10.

Saranac expended $36,000  in  new  build­

ings and improvements during 1884.

J.  H. Darling has piuchased William Ger- 
er’s in terest in the Fremont flouring  mills.
Smith & Field, of While Clould, have put 
in  500,000,000  feet  of  logs  already  this 
winter.

S. R. Wilcox  succeed  Wilcox &  Horton 
implement  business  at 

in the agricultural 
Lapeer.

The Chicago creamery  fellows  are  also 
trying to establish  creameries at  Charlotte 
and Bellevue.

Hugh &  Jones,  proprietors  of  the  grist 
mill at Morley, will  put in roller  machinery 
in the  spring.

A. W. Lobdell & Co., of Mecosta, will fur­
nish 4,000 ties to the  Grand  Rapids & Indi­
ana  Railroad.

Ward Bros,  have purchased the  grist mill 
at Boyne, and will make numerous improve­
ments in the machinery.

L.  S. Baker, the  Big  Rapids  lumberman, 
has started a lumber  yard  at  Kansas  City, 
placing F. H. Rogers in charge.

At Jackson a pulp  mill  owner is said to 
have contracted for  2,000  cords of  poplar, 
to be furnished by a man in Dundee.

Oleson & Degen are erecting a new  frame 
structure,  at  Whitehall,  32x50  in  dimen­
sions,  which theywill occupy as a feed  mill.
The Roscommon Lumber Co.  owns sever­
al hundred million feet of  standing  pine in 
two 23, Roscommon  county,  and  a  logging 
railway twelve miles  long.

Big Rapids H erald:  The firm of Lincoln 
& Frederick, dissolved two  years since, has 
been reorganized.  Lee Lincoln remains the 
active partner, while  Eli is the  silent  man 
for the time being.

D. F.  Comstock  and  W.  W.  Carpenter, 
both of Big Rapids, have  formed  a  partner­
ship to engage in the yard  lumber  business 
at Kansas  City.  Mr.  Carpenter  will  have 
the yard in charge.

Whitehall Forum:  Mr.  Seldon  R. King, 
recently foreman of  the  Michigan  Lumber 
Co., at Muskegon,  has purchased an interest 
in  Liriderman’s  factory,  and  has  removed 
with his family to Whitehall.

The Gale Manufacturing Co. have a  large 
force of men at work at Albion to  put  their 
buildings and machinery in order.  They in­
tend raising the  front  part  of  theij  shops 
one story by putting on a mansard roof.

Leach & Forrester have  contracted to cut 
the shingle timber  on 1,140  acres  of  land 
southeast  of  Pierson,  and  are  operating a 
mill having a daily capacity of 40,000.  They 
have sufficient  timber  to  warrant a  three 
years’ run.

A re th e “Hard T im es” a M yth ?

Judging by the exuberance  of  those  who 
have completed  their  inventories, it  would 
seem that the talk about dull trade and poor 
profits was purely fiction.

A Canal street retail grocer and a Monroe 
street retail dry goods  dealer  both  declare 
that  their  year’s  business  shows a larger 
profit, proportionate to the amount of  sales, 
than any previous year since they have been 
in trade.

A leading wholesale grocery  house  finds 
that th“ year’s profits  exceed  those of 1883, 
although the aggregate of sales is less. They 
also declare that the proportionate profit ex­
ceeds that of the boom year of 1882.

A  leading house in another line  reports a 
decrease in sales of $23,000 as compared with 
the year before, but a  very  considerable  in­
crease in the profits.  And the  head  of the 
house  was so wrought  up  over  the  “hard 
times” as to be prepared  to swallow a  loss!
The above and numerous  other  instances 
of the same sort, serve to confirm  the  state­
ments of those who  have  insisted  that the 
business depression was more talk than real­
ity, and that a little cheerfulness on the part 
of jobbers, travelers and retailers would soon 
result in a return to business confidence and 
a corresponding 
improvement  in  the  busi­
ness situation.

A  Change  in  Sentim ent.

From the Chicago Current.

Now is a good time  for the editors  of  the 
daily press to send out reporters in search of 
good industrial news.  There is a toy factory 
in Chicago which  never  made  and  sold  so 
many toys in any previous year.  There is a 
publishing house  which  recently  gave  the 
largest order for binding  books  that  a  Chi­
cago binder ever  received,  and  the  edition 
was sold and more ordered.  Hard  to  make 
them  believe  they  ought  to  have  stopped 
work when Ferdinand  Ward  stopped  steal­
ing.

L ocal  F urniture  Facts,

The Worden Furniture Co. is  getting  out 
a forty page catalogue,  with thirty-six  illus­
trations.

The  Widdicomb  Furniture  Co.  has  in 
course of preparation a forty page catalogue, 
illustrated  with  nearly  as  many fine wood 
engravings.

Chas.  Standart,  traveling  salesman  for 
| Standart  Bros.,  of Detroit,  has  severed  his 
connection with that house  to  identify him­
self with the management of the Peninsular 
Furniture Co., with  which  corporation  he 
has been financially interested for some time 
past.

The New York  H erald  has  done  a  com­
mendable Jact  in showing the fortunate state 
of things at Fall River, Mass.,  and  the  As­
sociated Press has wisely seconded the Her­
ald’s good intention, by giving to  the whole 
American press this trustworthy  picture  of 
life in midwinter among a  vast  community 
of  manufacturers.  Over  forty  mills  are 
going, paying the  wages  current  since  the 
great strike a year ago.  The mills  will pay 
no  dividends,  hoping,  come  what may,  to 
avoid a collision with their people; and  this 
spirit of concession has abated  whatever  of 
ill-feeling might elsewise have  survived  the 
strike.  The  operatives  sent  to  the  Old 
Country $80,000 during the year just closed. 
Though the mills are printing 100,000  yards 
of goods per hour, stocks do not accumulate, 
and another great mill is in  course  of  erec­
tion.  Thus we may see that  the  country  is 
really in a prosperous state at a point where 
we might readily look for squalor and misery.
The manufacture of needles  and  pins  is 
one of the most flourishing industries in Ger­
many.  The  manufactories of the  Iserlohn 
consumed in  twelve  months  600  tons  of 
wire, employing 800 male and 700 female op­
eratives, besides seven  steam  engines  and 
four water wheels of 230 horse power.

The Upton shops at Port  Huron  are  ex­
pected to open up full blast  about  January 
15.  Twenty-eight houses  have  sprung  up
The Finest 10 Cent Cigar in  the Market To-Day  is

Eaton. Sc, Olrristenson’s

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Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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Advertising rates made known on application.

WEDNESDAY,  JANUARY  7,  1885.

Merchants  and  Manufacturers’  Exchange. 

Organized at Grand Rapids October 8,1884.

.

_ 

President—Lester J. Rindge.
Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard.
Treasurer—Wm. Sears. 
Executive  Committee—President,  Vice-Pres­
ident and Treasurer, ex-officio; O. A. Ball, one 
year;  L. E. Hawkins and R. D. Swartout, two
Arbitration  Committee—I.  M.  Clark,  Ben  W. 
Transportation Committee—Wilder D. Stevens, 
Insurance Committe-*-John G. Shields, Arthur 
Manufacturing Committee—Wm.  Cartwright, 
Annual Meeting—Second  Wednesday evening 
Regular  Meetings—Second  Wednesday  even­
Next Meeting—Wednesday evening, Jan. 14.

Putnam, Joseph Houseman.
Geo. B. Dunton, Amos. S. Musselman.
Meigs, Wm. T. Lamoreaux.
E. S. Pierce, C. W. Jennings.
of October.
ing of each month.

PO ST  A.

Organized at  Grand Rapids, June 28,1884.

O F F IC E R S .

President—Wm. Logie.
First Vice-President—Lloyd Max Mills.
Second Vice-President—Stephen A.  Sears.
Secretary and Treasurer—L. W. Atkins.
Executive  Committee—President  and  Secre­
tary,  ex  officio;  Chas.  S.  Robinson,  Jas.  N. 
Bradford and W. G. Hawkins.
Election Committee—Geo.  H.  Seymour,  Wal­
lace  Franklin,  W.  H.  Downs,  Wm.  B.  Ed­
munds and D. S. Haugh.
Room  Committee—Stephen  A.  Sears,  Wm. 
Boughton, W. H. Jennings.
Excursion  Committee—D.  S.  Haugh,  S.  A. 
Sears, C. S. Robinson, Wm. B.  Edmunds  and 
J. N. Bradford.
Regular  Meetings—Last Saturday  evening in 
each month.
Next Meeting-Saturday  evening,  January 31, 
at “The Tradesman” office.
Meeting  of  Excursion  Committee—Saturday 
evening,  January  11,  at  "The Tradesman ’ 
office.

Soliman Snooks’ quiet joke at the expense 
of Governor Begole’s recent  pardoning  ma­
nia will be appreciated by  every person con­
versant with the  facts  connected  with  the 
events of the Governor’s last few days in of­
fice.  Old “Sol.” promises to give the travel­
ing men a  little  attention  next  week,  and 
will also present a poem  dedicated to  him­
self by the redoubtable widow  Spriggs.  The 
interest in Mr. Snooks’  letters is manifestly 
on the  increase.

The “borrowed  money”  dodge  is  getting 
to  be  altogether  too  numerous. 
If there 
were  any  reason  why  “borrowed  money” 
should come in ahead of other creditors,  the 
case would be different; but, nine  times out 
of ten, chattel mortgage preferences in favor 
of persons wrbo have “advanced money”  are 
simply covers for the vilest kind of swindling. 
Let every honest man beware  of  such  prac­
tices, and, if compelled to fail,  give  no  one 
creditor preference over the others.

The communication from a representative 
Traverse City firm, published in another col­
umn of this week’s paper,  is well worth  the 
consideration of  every  retail  dealer  in  the 
State,  as  it  advocates  a  plan of operation 
which has been  found  advantageous  in  the 
New England States,  and would, undoubted­
ly, meet  with  equally  beneficial  results  in 
Michigan.  Organization is the order  of  the 
day, in  every  branch  of  business,  and  the 
chances  of  success  are  greatly  enhanced 
when  the  representatives  of  any  class 
thoroughly understand each other’s motives, 
and govern themselves accordingly.

A  certain  jobbing  establishment  at  this 
market states that the frequent references in 
T he Tradesm an to those who have  failed, 
serve to make some of  their  customers  un­
easy,  and that it is not an unusual  thing for 
some of their patrons to insinuate  that  they 
ought to receive  occasional  presents  in  the 
way of gold watches  or  diamond  rings  be­
cause  they  have  always  paid  their  bills 
promptly.  The extreme  fallacy  of such  a 
course  of  reasoning  is patent to any  right- 
thinking  man. 
It  is  no  particular credit 
to  pay  his  bills  promptly. 
to  a  man 
to  do 
It  is  his  duty,  and  he  ought 
it  cheerfully  and  without 
the  expecta­
tion  of  further  reward.  When he fails  to 
do so, he forfeits the respect of his creditors 
and  places  himself  in  an  unenviable  posi­
tion.

The present month ought to be utilized in 
working off the odds  and  ends  unearthed 
while taking inventory.  But, more important 
than all  other  matters, the  dealer  ought to 
classify the statements  sent  him  from  the 
houses with whom he is, and has  had,  deal 
ing,  pay the small amounts first  and the lar­
ger ones as fast as possible.  The smaller an 
account, the more  reason why it should  be 
settled promptly, in  order to  have it out  of 
the way.  The  payment  of  a considerable 
number of accounts may necessitate  the col­
lection of small amounts outstanding  on the 
dealer’s books.  There is no  better  time in 
the year than January to close iip these mat­
ters, and  every merchant  should  improve- 
the  opportunity.  With  the  probability of 
an increasing  business, as  the  year  moves 
on, it is well to have  every  annoyance,  in 
the way of small balances,  out  of  the  way, 
in order that no more  time  than  necessary 
be taken after the  advent  of  the  business 
boom.

A year  ago Proctor  &  Gamble,  the  Cin­
cinnati  soap  makers,  offered  ffve prizes to 
the jobbing houses in this  State selling  the 
greatest amount of Ivory soap  during  1884. 
The prizes were awarded, a day or two  ago, 
Arthur Meigs & Co. receiving  third  money, 
$400.

AMONG T H E T R A D E.

____  __ IN THE  CITY. 

|
Sisson & Lilley are  succeeded  by the Sis- j 

, 

son & Lilley Lumber Co.

John H. Delaney, successor to the late firm 
of C. G. McCulloch & Co., is  located  at  507 
South Division street.

Fuller & Rice, planing mill operators, will 
add box  manufacturing,  having  purchased 
a complete machinery outfit  through Myron 
Hester.

Speaking of the business situation, a large 
employer  says:  “I  have  carefully  looked 
the  subject  over,  and  know,  from  actual 
computation, that 75 cents will buy  more of 
the necessaries of life than $1 would in 1881 
and 1882.  In fact there  never  was a  time 
when so much could be  purchased for $1 as 
now.”

“Unless I misjudge the signs of the times,” 
said a leading lumberman, a day or two ago, 
the first day of May  will see  business  mov 
ing along in the old  way. 
I  wouldn’t  take 
$25,000 for my chance in the  lumber I have 
now on  hand—that is, I  think  the  advance 
will amount to  more  than  that  sum.  Peo­
ple who slaughter lumber and shingles from 
this  time  on  make  the  biggest  mistake of 
their lives.”

AROUND  TH E  STATE.

Benj. F. Witmer, grocer at Dowagiac,  has 

failed.

Mr. Hill succeeds Wardell  &  Hill in gen­

eral trade at Manton.

Geo. Mason succeeds Joe F. Keiley in gen­

eral trade at Whitehall.

Denney & Shautz have engaged in the gro- 

cery business at Remus, i 
”~ChasTH7~Kirkwood,  druggist at  Ishpem- 
ing, is reported to be closing out.

i 

H. Keppel, general dealer at Zeeland, died 

Saturday and  was  buried Monday.

Peter Murdock  succeeds  John  H.  Bell in 

the restuarant business at  St. Johns.

Mrs. E. S. •Quick succeeds M. H. Jenner in 

the jewelry business at Howard City.

Geo. W.  Worthington,  general  dealer  at 

Six Lakes, is closing out his business.

A. L. Barnett & Co.  succeed  Mr. McCol- 

loch in the drug business at  Kent City.

Vivian  &  Noble,  dry  goods  dealers  at 

Ishpeming are reported to be closing out.

Parker & Travis  succeeds M. L. Bagg  in 

the drug and book business at St. Johns.

M. A. Berridge, grocer at  Sand Lake,  has 

assigned to W. H. Brooks, of that place.

M. E.  Chittenden &  Co., the  Adrian  job­
bers,  regaled  their employes  with  a  ban­
quet New Years eve.

It is  rumored  up  around  Mecosta 

that 
Woodford & Gruber  will  shortly  engage in 
the drug business at that place.

Wm. V. Brace has been admitted  to part­
nership in the  wholesale  grocery  house of 
Phelps, Brace & Cot, at Detroit.

Peck & Gaynor have engaged  in the hard­
ware and tinware business at  Montague, oc­
cupying  the  former  location  of  Morse  & 
Bell.

L.  C. Putnam  succeeds. C. M.  Putnam  in 
the hardware firm of D.  L.  Smith  &  Co., at 
Nashville,  the  firm  name  remaining  the 
same as before.

Paton & Andrus, the Shelby  general deal­
ers, have  shipped  40 carloads  of  potatoes 
so far this season—most of which  were tak­
en in “on account.”

Disseldorf & Gretscli, late of Indiana have, 
purchased the hardware business of  Geo. B. 
Martindale  at  Cross  Village..  They  will 
run a tin shop in  connection.

Geo. E.  Burch, of  the  firm  of  Burch & 
Andre, at Luther, is dead.  W.  B. Pool has 
been appointed executor,and the affairs of the 
firm will be closed up as fast as possible.

R. E. Farnum, jeweler at Flint, has  made 
an assignment to Jas.  Van  Vleet, of  that 
place.  The liabilities are  about  $20,000, of 
which  $5,000  is  secured.  The  assets  are 
$ 8,000.

The firm name of Chas. Root & Co., whole­
sale dry goods dealers at Detroit, was changed 
January 1 to Root, Strong & Co., the partners 
being Chas.  Root, Wm. H.  Strong  and  Geo. 
K. Root.

All the creditors so far approached on the 
subject, have agreed to the 80 per cent, com­
promise in the Geo.  Luther  matter, at Mid- 
dleville, and the probabilities are that no ob­
jection will be made to the  project.

G.  W.  C.  Richards,  the  rascally  druggist 
who recently failed at Sheridan, has gone to 
California.  He didn’t call  on his  Michigan 
creditors on  his way west,  but  made  a  bée 
line from his hiding place in Canada.

F. F.  Boise, whose  drug  stock at  Nash­
ville, was recently burned, will  not resume 
business,  having decided to  look  after  cer­
tain investments  in  the  west.  Dr.  W.  H. 
Young contemplates putting in a drug  stock 
at the old location.

Wm. Rathbun,  receiver  for  the  Hinkley 
bankrupt stock, at Farwell,  states that, after 
paying  Heavenrich  Bros,  the  amount  of 
their  mortgage,  $4,000,  he  will  be able to 
pay  the  unsecured  creditors  about  10 per 
cent, of the amount of their claims.

F. D. Caulkins, formerly  engaged  in  the 
drug business at Fife Lake  for  about  two 
years, has re-engaged in the  same  business 
at that place, under the  firm  name of Caul- 
kins & Co., purchasing  the J. B.  Lancaster 
drug stock and making  extensive  additions 
thereto.

Samuel S.  Marks,  a  cigar  manufacturer 
and dealer, at East  Saginaw,  executed  two 
chattel  mortgages, amounting to $9,400, on 
December 27.  Saturday two  Detroit parties, 
John Buehler and  Louis  Kuttnauer, replev- 
ined a portion of the stock and  attempted to 
ship the same,  but  the  parties  bolding  the 
mortgages seized it   A  Buffalo  and  New 
York party who had claims secured writs of

Caulfield’s  Column.

around  the  shops  within  the  last  three 
months,  making  quite a village,  and  the 
company intend to build more.

A Shelby correspondent writes:  Seventy- 
five thousand bushels of potatoes  have been 
shipped from Shelby  this  season, at  an av­
erage of 22 cents a bushel, which  makes the 
snug  little  sum  of  $16,500  to  distribute 
among the  horny  handed  agriculturists of 
Shelby.

M .

W e have a large Western order trade  for  Apples  in  car  lots,  as  well  as  a 
good local demand, and also handle Evaporated and Sim-Dried  Apples  largely. 
If you have any of these goods to ship, let us hear from you,  and  we  will  keep 
you  posted on market prices and prospects.  We also handle Beans  and  Pota­
toes.  Liberal Cash Advances made on Dried Fruit, also on Apples in  carlots.

EARL BROS.,

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REFERENCE FIRST NATIONAL  BANK.

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Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association.

O F F I C E R ’

amazoo.
sing.
Rapids.

President—Geo. W. Crouter, Charlevoix.
First Vice-President—Geo. M. McDonald,  Kal­
Second Vice-President—B.  D. Northrup,  Lan­
Third Vice-President—Frank  Wurzburg,  Gr’d 
Secretary—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. 
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—H.  J.  Brown,  A.  B. 
Stevens, Geo. Gundrum, W. H. Keller,  F.  W. 
Fincher.,
Next  place  of  meeting—At Detroit, Tuesday. 
October 13,1885.

Grand Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society.

O R G A N IZED   OCTOBER 9, 1884.

O F F IC E R S .

President—Frank J. Wurzburg. 
Vice-President—Chas. P. Bigelow.
Secretary—Frank H. Escott.
Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild.
Board of Censors—John Peck,  Chas.  P.  Bige­
low, Jas. S. Cowin.
Board  of  Trustees—The. President,  Wm.  H. 
Van Leeuwen, Isaac  Watts,  Wm.  E.  White, 
Wm. L. White.
Committee on Pharmacy—Hugo Thum,  M.  B. 
Kimm, A. C. Bauer.
Committee on Legislation—Isaac Watts,  O.  H.
Richmond, Jas. S. Cowin.
Committee on Trade  Matters—H. B. Fairchild, 
John Peck, Wm. H. ^anLeeuwen.
Regular Meetings—First  Thursday evening in 
each month.
Annual  Meetings—First  Thursday evening in 
November,
Next  Meeting—Thursday  evening, January 8, 
at “‘The Tradesman” office.

To M anufacture Chloral.

A. G. Page, of Gloucester, says  that a far 
greater yield is obtained if in  the  manufac­
ture of the chloral the alcohol is mixed with 
5 per cent, of ferric chloride or thallic chlor­
ide,  after  which the chlorine is led in.  The 
fluid produced  thereby,  which  consists  es­
sentially of chloral, chiQral hydrate and otto 
er chlorated ethanes, which can be separated 
by fractional  distilation, is then distilled off 
from  the  ferric  of  thallic  chloride.  The 
chlorated  ethanes,  all  of which boil  above 
100 °   temperature, are  purified  by fraction- 
ed distillation, the  mixture  of  chloral  and 
chloral hydrate is rectified above  carbonate 
of lime, mixed with the necessary quantity of 
water, and the  chloral  hydrate obtained  in 
this manner is recrystallized in  the  chlorat­
ed  ethanes.

G inger Cham pagne.

This refreshing and agreeable beverage is, 
according to a  French  recipe, made  as  fol­
lows:  Take  60  gallons of  water,  add  40 
pounds of ginger  cut  into  small pieces,  and 
gently boU for one-half hour, carefully skim­
ming off any  rising froth.  Cool  the  liquor 
as  quickly as possible,  and  when  at  blood 
heat  (100°  F.),  add  9  pounds  of  raisins, 
chopped fine, and  the  juice of  6 dozen or­
anges,  and  6  dozen 
lemons.  Allow  the 
liquid  to  ferment,  and  after  standing  a 
month it may be bottled in  the  usual  man­
ner.  If desired, the ginger may be  omitted, 
and the number  of  oranges  increased to 18 
dozens.

A  Quick  F ilter.

The following  idea for a  quick  filter  is 
suggested by Mr. C. F. Nixon  in  the Drug­
gists'1 Circular:

Take a clear piece of  chamois  skin  free 
from thin places; cut it of the  desired  size; 
wash it in a weak solution of salsoda, or any 
alkali, to remove the grease ; and rinse thor­
oughly in cold  water  before  using.  Tinc­
tures, elixirs,  syrups,  and  even  mucilages 
are filtered rapidly.  A pint  of the  thickest 
syrup will run tdrough in four or  five  min­
utes.  By washing  thoroughly  after  each 
time of using, it will last a long time.

F ilterin g   Oils.

A correspondent of the Scientific  A m eri­
can filters oils in this way.  The  oil is in a 
shallow pan  which  is  slightly  tipped.  A 
piece of heavy woolen cloth  reaches  to  the 
bottom of the oil and hangs  over  the  lower 
edge of the pan, rather lower than the pan it­
self.  This makes a capillary  syphon  which 
perfectly  filters  the oil.  The  cloth is guid­
ed  by  a sheet of tin into a receiving vessel.
A doctor was  lately  brought  before  the 
German tribunals  for  having  neglected  to 
keep himself 
informed as to  modern meth­
ods of practice.  A servant  who  received  a 
wound in the chest in April last  died  from 
septicaemia under  the  care of  this  doctor, 
who,  despising antiseptic  dressings, treated 
his patient according to ancient usages.  The 
Court held that “every medical  practitioner 
should keep himself informed on the accom­
plished progress of science, and have  on ex­
act knowledge of modem  systems of  treat­
ment.  If these had been employed,  the pa­
tient’s life might have been saved,  hence the 
liability for negligence.”  The Court of Ap­
peal sustained the  judgment

The Drug News notes an  important  dis­
covery, by which aluminium may be produc­
ed 
in  unlimited  quantities  at  $1.25 per 
pound, or one-twelfth of the price now quot­
ed.  The discovery was made by  Wm. Frish- 
muth of Philadelphia, a pupil of Wohler, the 
discover of the metal itself.  Mr. Frishmuth 
is said to have devoted twenty-eight years to 
his end.

Patent medicine dealers are using so many 
tricks  now  to  have  their  advertisements 
read that a man never begins  an  item—not 
even a sermon—without first  looking at the 
bottom to see if the words “For  sale  by  all 
druggists” are there.

The despised milkweed can be used to ad­
vantage at the present time. 
Its seed yields 
a finer oil than linseed,  its gum  is as good as 
India-rubber,  and  its  floss  Tesembles  Irish 
poplin when spun.

A package of glass globes of  the  value of 
$15 was received at Portland, Oregon, by ex­
press recently from  the  East, the  express 
on which amounted to over  $60.

T he D angers o f  R iches.

Unless the doctors cease  their  investiga­
tions,'there will soon be no  article  which a 
non-medical person can handle  without fear 
of deadly inoculation by micrococus bacillus, 
or bacteria.  It seems  now  that  the  very 
money which rewards our labors is, in reali­
ty “filthy lucre,” and  may be in our  hands 
the root of much physical  evil.  Personally 
we have never suffered, but  this  may be at­
tributed  to  slight  acquaintance  with  the 
coin of the country.  Our wealthy  subscrib­
ers will do  well to heed the following warn­
ing,  which we copy from  Gaillard’s  Medi­
cal M onthly:

for 

this 

sort 

“B a c t e r ia .—The Frankfurter  Zeitung 
states Dr. Reinsch has found, as  the  result 
of a long  series  of  minute 
investigations, 
that the surfaces of fifty-pfennig pieces (six­
pences)  which have been  long in circulation 
are the home  and  feeding  ground of a min­
ute kind of bacteria  and  vegetable  fungus. 
An extended series  of  observations  showed 
that this is the case  with the  small  coins of 
all nations, the thin incrustation  of  organic 
matter deposited upon  their  surface in  the 
course of long  circulation  rendering  them 
very  suitable 
of  par­
asitical  settlement.  Dr.  Reinsch  scrap­
ed  off  some  of  these  incrustations,  and 
with a small scapel divided  them  into  frag­
ments, which were  subsequently  dissolved 
in distilled water. The employment of lenses 
of very high power showed the  bacteria and 
fungi distinctly.  This  is a matter of no lit­
tle importance from a hygenic point of view. 
It ’i |s now  been  conclusively  established 
that bacteria form  the  chief  agency in the 
propagation of epidemic  disease.  The  rev­
elation that they have a chosen  domicile  in 
the most  widely-circulating  medium  which 
probably exists in the world, presents a new 
factor in the  spread  of  infectious  disease. 
There  is,  however  a  remedy:  Where  the 
coins have been in  circulation for a number 
of years, if  they  are  washed  in  a  boiling 
weak solution of caustic potash they will  be 
cleansed from their organic incrustation, and 
so freed from the unwelcome  guests  which 
they harbored.”

Subscribers  who are in arrears  should at 
once send on their poisoned gold pieces; the 
caustic potash will be applied at this  office, 
without  charge.

A   W ell  o f Castor  Oil.

From the Boston Globe.

What there is just inside the little  earthj 
crust of this oldglobeof ours** wili~probably 
never  be  known. 
In  the  old-fashioned 
theologies it was considered a prison or hos­
pital for all the small gods that the big gods 
knocked out but couldn’t quite kill.  After the 
heathen  deities  ceased to  be  looked  up  to 
by any one but poets  and  artists, our  relig­
ious ancestors fixed  up  the  interior  of  the 
earth and converted it  into  a  residence  for 
Satan.  And now this theory has nearly  ex­
ploded,  and  men  don’t  know  much  more 
about  the  place  than  they  did 4,000 years 
ago.  Now and then a volcano or  an  earth­
quake  will  shake  up  something  new,  and 
miners occasionally strike a  fresh  fact  and 
bring it up  to  light,  at the risk of having it 
taken to some  learned  professor,  who  will 
call it such  a  hard  name  that  nobody  will 
ever try to pronounce.it.

Mr. Wm. Gutchess,  a farmer of  Fort  By­
ron,  dug a well on his premises last fall, and 
when he got to where the water was due, he 
struck oil.  And it  wasn’t  kerosene,  either, 
but real good, sweet, castor oil,  such  as  his 
mother used to give  him  when  he  had  the 
croup. 
Instead  of  running  off  to  some 
chemist with a sample, he took a bottle of it 
to his neighbors, and they all said it was  as 
gOLtl as could be bought at  the  drug  stores 
fo r $ la   pint.  The  whole  country  around 
there is said to have  caught  the  craze  and 
gone to digging  wells.

The  D rug  M arket.

Business has been  up  to  the  average  of 
holiday weeks, and  collectious  have  shown 
the usual improvement incident to  the  holi­
day season.  Prices have remained  unusual­
ly steady.  The most  noteworthy  event  of 
the week has been the withdrawal of  J.  N. 
Harris & Co., proprietors  of  Perry  Davis’s 
Pain Keller and Allen’s Lung Balsam,  from 
the Campion plan.  The rumor is  prevalent 
that several other manufacturers will  short­
ly  follow  suit, as they claim  that  the  sys­
tem does not prevent cutting, and is not suf­
ficiently  effective  to  prevent  the  sale  of 
goods to cutters.

Large  Sales.

Steketee’s sales on his  family  medicines 
in 1884 aggregated  3,443  dozen  bottles, an 
increase of nearly 100 per cent as compared 
with 1883.,  He believes in printer’s ink, ad­
vertises generously and to that fact  ascribes 
not a little of his success.  He will continue 
to advertise and of course his  business  will 
continue to grow.

The business of Elk Rapids for the season 
of 1884, as shown by a table of receipts  and 
shipments published  in  the  Progress, is as 
follows:  Receipts—General  merchandise, 
872 tons; wheat, 1,397  bushels;  oats, 4,783 
bushels, com 2,294  bushels;  iron ore, 33,360 
tons; 
limestone,  1,170  tons,  Shipments— 
Flour,  1,000 barrels; pig  iron,  16,050  tons; 
alcohol, 840 barrels;  acetate  of  lime, 2,200 
tons; hardwood lumber, 4,580,000 feet.

A dentist 

in  Burlington,  Yt.,  is  also  a 
member of the fire department.  He answer­
ed an  alarm the other  day so  suddenly that 
he left a patient in the chair, with her mouth 
encumbered  with  a  variety  of  tooth-filling 
apparatus.  She was unuable to speak for an 
hour, but when her  tongue  resumed 
its of­
fice, she bade him  good-by  very  decidedly, 
and transferred her case  to  another  practi­
tioner.

VISITING  BUYERS.

ton.

land.

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

Springs.

nonsburg.

A. W. Fenton, A. W. Fenton & Co., Bailey. 
Albert  Snyder,  Bassett  &  Snyder,  Cedar
G. F. Cole, Cole & Stone, Marshall.
Leach & Forrester, Pierson.
C. Castlein,  Morgan.
Baron & Ten Hoor, Forest Grove.
John H. Anderson, Sparta.
S. H. Ballard, Sparta.
Jacob Barnes, Austerli'tz.
S.  Cooper,  Parmalee.
C. L. Bostwick, C. O. Bostwick  &  Sons,  Can- 
W. H. Struik, Forest Grove.
G. H. Walbrink, Allendale.
W. S. Root, Tallmadge.
Geo. Carrington, Trent.
Paine & Field,  Englishville.
B. M. Denison, East Paris.
J. Oml er, Wright.
Thos. Smedley, Smedley Bros., Bauer.
Mr. Bergy, A. & E. Bergy, Caledonia. 
Hannibal  Wagar  and Jas.  Callahan,  Wagar 
& Callahan, Cedar Springs.
A. J. Provin &Co., Cedar  Springs.
J. S. Barker, Sand Lake.
Lon A. Pelton,  Morley.
Fred Nichols, with Henry Strope, Morley.
G. P. Stark,  Cascade.
A. F. Dodge, Vestaburg.
Chas. McCarty, Lowell.
J. D. F. Pierson, Pierson.
Adam Newell, Tustin.
A. G. Chase,  Ada.
Mr. Smith, Darling & Smith, Fremont.
Mr. Walbrink, I. J.  Quick & Co., Allendale.
A. & L. M. Wolf, Hud8onville.
Mr.  DenHerder,  DenHerder  &  Tanis,  Zee- 
F. B. Watkins, Monterey.
Mr.  Kolvoord, of Kolvoord & Travis, Hamil­
H. Baker, of Baker & Son, Drenthe.
C. H. Smith, Crosby.
A. W. Biain, Dutton.
Frank D. Caulkins,  of  Caulkins  &  Co., Fife 
Hutty& Dickinson, Grand  Haven.
J. C. Beni ow, Cannonsburg.
G. F. Richardson,  Jamestown.
LeviF. Stuck, Hopkins.
C. E. & S. J. Koon, Lisbon.
J. W. Braginton,  Hopkins.
Wm. Hesler, Rockford.
Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia.
M. V. Wilson, Sand Lake.
W. A. Palmer, Carson City.
J. B. Watson, Coopersville.
Holland & Ives, Rockford.
W. H. Hicks,  Morley.
Mrs. Henry Lever,  Newaygo.
Purdy & Hastings,  Sparta.
J. B. Quick, Howard City.
Brown & Co., Trufant.
S. T. Coleson, Alaska.
F. E. Campau, Alaska.
S. L. Davis, Cadillac.
E. Murray, South  Boardman.
E. W. Pickett, Wayland.
Geo. S. Powell & Co., Sand Lake.
Ayers Bros., Howard City.
Roys Bros., Cedar Springs.
H. W. Potter,  Jennisonville.
D. E. McVean, Kalkaska.
J. H. Beamer & Co., Hastings.
M. C. Hayward, Middleville,
Kellogg & Wooden, Kalkaska.
G. N. Reynolds, Belmont,
Jay Marlatt, Berlin.
W. J. Arnett, Morley.
J. E. Thurkow, Morley.
R. M. Smith, Luther.
Geo. A. Sage, Rockford.
R. Tinkler,  Hastings.
J. E. Mailhot,  West Troy.
R. Carlyle, Rockford.
C. H. Deming, Dutton.
L. K. Gibbs, of Gibbs Bros., Mayfield.
John Wagner,  Wagner  &  Wells,  Eastman- 
C. Cole, Ada.
Wm. Toan, Ionia.
Dud  Watson,  Watson  &  DeVoist,  Coopers 
T.  W. Preston, Lowell.

Lake.

ville.

ville.

N ash ville  In   B rief.

From the News.

The  business  interests  of  Nashville may 
be  briefly  summarized  as  follows:  Two 
grain elevators, two grist mills, one saw mill, 
two furniture factories,  one  machine  shop, 
one wool carding and spinning  factory,  one 
planing mill, one creamery,  one  fruit  evap­
orator,  one  feed  mill,  one  wood-working 
manufactory,  three  churches,  one  opera 
house,  a  graded  school,  one newspaper,  a 
goodly number of mercantile establishments, 
and the usual number  of  shops,  etc.  It  is 
surrounded  by  as  fine  an  agricultural dis­
trict as there is in the State. 
In brief,  it  is 
a wide-awake, thrifty village;  noted  for  its 
progressive  business  men,  pretty  women, 
fine climate and good fishing.

Saranac  in  a  N u tsh ell.

From the Local.

The business firms in town are as follows: 
Eight general stores, three hardware  stores, 
two grocery  and  crockery, two  drug,  two 
boot  and  shoe, two  harness  shops,  four 
blacksmith shops, two banks,  two meat mar­
kets, furniture store; a cider  and  feed mill, 
oar factory and saw mill,  livery stable,  pho­
tograph  gallery, fruit  evaporator,  foundry, 
bazaar, tin shop, cooper shop, stave  factory, 
brick  and  tile factory, and  printing  office. 
Professionally  thetown  is  represented  by 
four  attorneys,  six  doctors, and four minis­
ters of the Gospel.

A  leading  manufacturer  of  pills  in  Lon­
don  has  conceived  an  advertising  scheme 
which  is as novel and audacious as the most 
brilliant flights of  American  genius  in  this 
direction.  He has forwarded to  Gen.  Lord 
Wolseley,  who  is  now  marching  toward 
Khartoum, 10,000  copies  of  a  handbill,  in 
which  the virtues of his pills are extolled in 
the highest terms.  Accompanying the hand­
bills,  is the manufacturer’s check  for  £150, 
which he asks Lord  Wolseley  to  award  to 
the first soldier of his expedition  who  shall 
reach Gen. Gordon’s palace at Khartoum and 
shall paste upon its door a copy of the hand­
bill. 
In  this  letter,  the  enterprising pill- 
maker says that his offer is  made  from  pa­
triotic motives,  and with a  desire  to  stimu­
late  the  soldiers  to  reach and rescue Gen. 
Gordon  at  the  earliest  possible  moment. 
He says he has sent  a  large  number  of  the 
handbills, so that each soldier of the expedi­
tion can be furnished with a copy, and  thus 
have an even start in the race  as  far  as  he 
can provide for it.  His object in prescribing 
that the bill shall  be  stuck  on  the  door  is 
simply to show who is entitled to the  prize, 
and he adds that  the  name  of  the  winner 
will  be  published  in  every  paper in Eng­
land, thus giving him undying fame.

A French chemist has  obtained  from the 
outer layers of the birch bark a  black  gum 
which possesses  the  ordinary  qualities  of 
gntta percha,  and  also  the*power to resist 
the injurious influences of the  air  and  the 
corrosive action of acids.

A Russian has patented a new  match.  By 
preparing wood  and  impregnating it with a 
secret composition,  it will ignite  with slight 
friction, and can be used repeatedly.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced—Alkanet root.

9 ® 10
Acetic, No.  8............................
30 @ &5
Acetic, C. P. (8p. grav.  1.040).
Carbolic__ f.............................
33 @ 35
@ 55
Citric.........................................
3 @ 5
Muriatic 18  deg.......................
11 @ 12
Nitric 36 deg..........•..................
14V4® 15
Oxalic.......................................
4
3 @
Sulphuric 66 deg.....................
48
Tartaric  powdered................
18
Benzoic,  English.................... $ o z
12 @ 15
Benzoic,  German....................
12 ® 15
Tannic......................................
AM MONIA.
Carbonate................................. $ f t 15 ® 18
14
Muriate (Powd. 22c)................
6
Aqua 16 deg or  3f....................
7
Aqua 18 deg or 4f....................

5 ® -
6 ©

Copaiba
Fir........
Peru__
Tolu__

^  45 
40 
2 25 
50

BA RK S.

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.........................
Wahoo  ..............................................
Soap  ground....................... .............

B E R R IE S,

Cubeb,  prime (Powd 60c)...............
1
Juniper............................................. 
Prickly Ash......................................  5i

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 .and 25 fi> boxes, 25c)...
Licorice,  powdered, pure.............
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 ft doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 B>  boxes)...............
...............
Lgowood, 34s 
do 
...............
Logwood, 34s 
do 
Logwood, ass’d  do 
...............
Fluid Extracts—25 
cent, off list.

27 
37 34 
9 
12
13 
15
14

FLO W ERS.

Arnica................................................  10  ®  11
25
Chamomile,  Roman....................... 
25
Chamomile,  German....................

28®

60®

75 
17 
50 
30 
60 
60 
50 
40 
38 
30 
25 
55®60
18®  22
13
35®  40
80
90®1  00
35 
20
40 
4 20 
30 
26 
24 
30
®1 00

.25
.25
.25
.40
.24
.35
.25
.30
.25

6 40 
20 
7 
80 
65

® 14 
6
®  20 
30 
22 
16 
10 
35 
30 
35 
2 35

@2 25 
®2 00 
®1 50 
®1 75 
®3 50 
®6 50 
®2 00 
@2 50

22 
37 
2 25 
65

GUMS.

Aloes,  Barbadoes..-........................
Aloes, Cape (Powd  24c)..................
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)..........
Ammoniac....................... ................
Arabic, extra  select.......................
Arabic, powdered  select...............
Arabic, 1st picked..........................
Arabic,2d  picked............................
Arabic,  3d picked......................... .
Arabic, sifted sorts. . ....................
Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)...
Benzoin............................................
Camphor........................................... 
Catechu. Is (Vi 14c, 34s 16c)............ 
Euphorbium powdered.................. 
Galbanum strained......................... 
Gamboge........................................... 
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c).
Kino [Powdered,30c]....................
Mastic...........................................
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)...
Opium, pure (Powd $5.75)..............
Shellac, Campbell’s.......................
Shellac,  English............................
Shellac, native..............................
Shellac bleached............................
Tragacanth...................................  30
H ERBS—IN   OUNCE  PACKAGES.
Hoarhound..................................'.......
Lobelia..................................................
Peppermint...........................................
Rue.................. .....................................
Spearmint............ ...............................
Sweet Majoram.....................................
Tanzy ....................................................
Thyme.................................................
Wormwood............... 
.................
Citrate and  Quinine.....................
Solution mur., for tinctures........
Sulphate, pure  crystal.................
Citrate...........................................
Phosphate.....................................
Buchu, short (Powd 25c)...............   13
Sage, Italian, bulk (34s & Vis, 12c)...
Senna, Alex, natural....................  18
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled..
Senna,  powdered...................,—
Senna tinnivelli..................... .
Uva  Ursi........................................
Belledonna....................................
Foxglove.......................................
Henbane........................................
Rose, red........................................
W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.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  Wines............................ 1 25
Port Wines....................................1 35
Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 oz...........
Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2 oz............
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s  solution__
Calcined.........................................

M AGNESIA.

LIQ U O R S.

LEA VES.

IR O N .

O ILS.

do 
do 

Almond, sweet.................................
Amber,  rectified..................... .—
Anise.................................................
Bay $   oz.........................................
Bergamont.................................. .
Castor................................................ 18 @  1934
Croton...............................................
Cajeput.......................................
Cassia................................................
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c).......
Citronella........................................
Cloves................................................
Cubebs, P. &  W...............................
Erigeron...........................................
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, French...
Origanum,  No. 1............................
Pennyroyal......................................
Peppermint,  white.........................
Rose  $  oz.......................... ..............
Rosemary, French  (Flowers $1 50)
Sandal  Wood, German..................
andal Wood,  W. I ............................
Sassafras...........................................
Tansy ................................................
Tar (by gal 50c).................................
Wintergreen.................................
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $5.50).......
Savin.................................................
Wormseed.......................... ............
Cod Liver, filtered....... 
. $  gal
Cod Liver, best.........................
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16
Olive, Malaga....................
Olive, “Sublime  Italian  . 
__
Salad.................................................
Rose,  Ihmsen’s.  ....................oz

45 ®  50
45
2 GO
50
2 00
2 00
75
1  15
35
75
115
5 50
1 60
2 00
75
35
50
2 00
2 01
1 00
90
1 50
1 65
80
1 25
50
1 49
3 25
8 50
65
4 50
7 00
60
4 00
10 @  12
2 20
4 00
1 00
2 50
1 50
3 50
6 00
®1 20
2 75
65 @  67
9 75

POTASSIUM .

Bicromato.................................$1 ft
Bromide, cryst. and  gran. bulk...
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23c).............
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk.......
Pru8siate yellow..............................

HOOTS.

Alkanet............................................
Althea, cut.......................................
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s.....................
Arrow, Taylor’s, in 34s and 34s__
Blood (Powd 18c).............................
Calamus,  peeled..............................
Calamus, German  white, peeled..
Elecampane, powdered..................
Gentian (Powd  15c).........................
Ginger, African (Powd 16c)............  13
Ginger, Jamaica  bleached............
Golden Seal (Powd 30c)..................
Hellebore, white, powdered..........
Ipecac, Rio, powdered....................
Jalap,  powdered..............................
Licorice,  select (Powd 1234)........
Licorice, extra select.....................
Pink, true........... ............................
Rhei, from select to  choice..........1 00
Rhei, powdered E. 1.........................110
Rhei, choice cut  cubes...............
Rhei, choice cut fingers__ .......

14
34
19
2 90
28

20
25
17
33
12
18
35
20
10
®  14
17 
25
18 
1  10
35 
12 
15 
35 
®1 50 
®1 20 
2 00 
225

Serpentaria.......... 
Seneka.................. 
Sarsaparilla,  H o n d u r
Sarsaparilla,  Mexican............... 
Squills, white (Powd 35c)............... 
Valerian, English (Powd 30c)........  
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)... 

 

 

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75
¿5
40
18
13
25
20

SEEDS.

Anise, Italian (Powd 20c).............  
15
Bird, mixed in &  packages..........  
5  ®  6
4U
4 
Canary,  Smyrna.....................  
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 19c)..  11  @  12
Cardamon,  Aleppee.......................  
2 uo
2 2 ^
Cardamon, Malabar  . 
Celery.................................................................20
Coriander, oest English........ 
to
' 
Fennel................ 
iV
Flax, clean........... "' *..................... 
Flax, pure grd (bbl 334)..'..'!.''.!'.! ’..'  4  @ 
Foenugreek, powdered............. 
Hemp,  Russian........................... 
Mustard, white  Black 10c) 
Quince............... 
............
Rape, English..........6 
Worm,  Levant................................. 

<a  8
®  6
8
@  7
14

7 
5 

3^

4 34

SPONGES.

Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage.......2 25  @2 50
Nassau 
do 
do 
2 00
.......  
Velvet Extra do 
do 
1  10
.......  
85
....... 
ExtraYellow do 
do 
65
do 
Grass 
....... 
do 
Hard head, for slate use................. 
75
Yellow Reef, 
................. 
1 40

do 
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18

do 
do 

Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.18) $  gal__  
2 28
1 25
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 
Anodyne Hoffman’s...................  
60
27
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution........ 
Arsenic, Fowler’s, solution...........  
12
Annatto 1 ft rolls........................ 
45
Alum.........................................  $ f t   234®  334
®  4
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)..........  
3 
Annatto,  prime...............................  
45
434@  5
Antimony, powdered,  com’l .......  
Arsenic, white, powdered......... 
@  7
6 
50
Blue  Soluble....................................  
2 75
Bay  Rum, imported, best............. 
2  00
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s . 
Balm Gilead  Buds..........................  
40
2 00
Beans,  Tonka..................................  
Beans,  Vgnilla.................................7 .00  ®9 75
Bismuth j sub nitrate....................  
1 50
50
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c).......................  
Blue V itriol...............................  
@  7
6 
Borax, refined (Powd  13c).............  
12
2  00
Cantharides,Russian  powdered.. 
Capsicum  Pods, African. 
Capsicum Pods, African  pow’d... 
22
18
Capsicum Pods,  Bombay  do  ... 
Carmine,  N o.40............ 
400
Cassia  Buds...................................... 
12
75
Calomel. American......................... 
Chalk, prepared drop.....................  
5
Chalk, precipitate English...........  
12
Chalk,  red  fingers.......................... 
8
Chalk, white lump..........................  
2
Chloroform,  Squibb’s .................... 
1 60
60
Colocynth  apples............................  ' 
1 50
Chloral hydrate, German  crusts.. 
1 70
cryst... 
Chloral do 
Chloral 
do  Scherin’s  do  ... 
1 90
Chloral do 
crusts.. 
1 75
Chloroform........................................  85  @  90
Cinchonidia, P. & W........ 4.............  40  @  45
Cinchonidia, other brands.............   40  ®  45
Cloves (Powd 23c)............................  18  ®  20
40
Cochineal................. 
 
Cocoa  Butter.......................... 
45
Copperas (by bbl  lc).......................  
2
Corrosi ve Sublimate.......................  
70
Corks, X and XX—40 off  list........
Cream Tartar, pure powdered.......  38  ®  40
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 ft box.. 
15
50
Creasote........................................... 
Cudbear, prime...............................  
24
24
Cuttle Fish Bone.............................. 
Dextrine..................... 
12
1  10
Dover’s  Powders............................ 
Dragon’s Blood Mass.....................  
50
Ergot  powdered.............................. 
45
Ether Squibb’s ................................. 
1  10
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s.............  
8
2  @  3
Epsom Salts...................................... 
Ergot, fresh...................................... 
50
Ether, sulphuric, TJ. S.  P ............... 
60
14
Flake white.................. 
 
Grains  Paradise................. 
25
Gelatine, Cooper’s ..........................  
90
Gelatine, French  ..............................  45  ®  70
Glassware, flint, 70 off,by box 60 off
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis__
Glue,  cabinet..................................  12  ®  17
Glue,white.............   .......................   16  ®  28
Glycerine, pure...............................   16  ®  20
25®  40
Hops  54s and 34s.............................. 
Iodoform $   oz........................ 
40
 
 
Indigo................................................  85  @1 00
Insect Powder, best Dalmatian...  30  @  35
Iodine,  resublimed........................  
4 00
Isinglass,  American.......................  
1 50
Japonica............................... 
 
8
London  Purple...............................  10  @  15
Lead, acetate.................................... 
15
Lime,Ibhloride, (34s 2s 10c & 34s 11c) 
8
Lupuline........................................... 
1  00
Lycopodium....................................  
50
Mace.................................. » ...........  
50
1234®  13
Madder, best  Dutch.....................  
Manna, S.  F ..,................................. 
75
60
Mercury............................................  
Morphia, sulph., P. & W........$  oz  3 00@3 25
Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s ........ 
40
Moss, Iceland............................^ ft 
10
Moss,  Irish.....................................  
12
Mustard,  English............................ 
30
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  cans........  
18
Nutgalls............................................  
23
60
Nutmegs, No. 1................................. 
10
Nux  Vomica.................................... 
Ointment. Mercurial, 34 d............... 
45
Pepper, Black  Berry.....................  
18
Pepsin...............................................  
2 50
Pitch, True Burgundy.................... 
7
Quassia............................................  
6  @  7
Quinia, Sulph, P. & W........... ft ozl 05  ® 1 10
Quinine,  German............................1 00  ©1 05
Red  Precipitate...  ................ ft 
85
Seidlitz  Mixture.............................. 
28
Strychnia, cryst...............................  
1 40
Silver Nitrate, cryst.......................  77  ®  80
Saffron, American..........................  
35
Sal  Glauber...................................... 
2
10
Sal Nitre, large cryst.....................  
Sal  Nitre, medium  cryst............... 
9
33
Sal Rochelle...................................... 
Sal  Soda............................................  
2  ®  234
Salicin................ 
 
2 15
Santonin........................................... 
6 50
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch.......... 
.  38
Soda Ash [by keg 3c].....................  
4
25
Spermaceti........................................ 
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s __  
434®  5
14
Soap, White Castile......................... 
Soap, Green  do 
......................... 
17
Soap, Mottled do 
......................... 
9
Soap, 
do  do 
......................... 
11
Soap, Mazzini..................................  
14
Spirits Nitre, 3 F ..............................  26  ®  28
Spirits Nitre, 4 F ..............................  30  ®  32
Sugar Milk powdered...................... 
30
334®  4
Sulphur, flour................................... 
Sulphur,  roll.................................... 
60
Tartar Emetic................................... 
Tar, N. C. Pine, 34 gal. cans  $  doz 
2 70
Tar, 
quarts in tin.......... 
140
Tar, 
pints in tin.............  
85
25
Turpentine,  Venice................$  ft 
Wax, White, S. &  F. brand............ 
55
Zinc,  Sulphate................................. 
7  @  8

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Capitol  Cylinder............................. 
75
Model  Cylinder..,...............................................60
Shields  Cylinder..................................................50
Eldorado Engine..................................................45
Peerless  Machinery........................................... 35
challenge Machinery............................. 
.25
Backus Fine Engine........................................... 30
Black Diamond Machinery................................30
Castor Machine  Oil.............................................6C
Paraffine, 25  deg..................................................22
Paraffine, 28  deg..................................................21
Sperm, winter bleached................................ 1 40
Bbl  Gal
75
Whale, winter......................................  70 
75
Lard, extra...........................................  64 
65
Lard, No.  1...........................................  55 
Linseed, pure  raw..............................  60 
53
Linseed, boiled..................................   53 
56
90
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained............  70 
Spirits Turpentine..............................  36 
40

V A RN ISH ES.

* 

i*A IN TS.

No. 1 Turp Coach..................................1 10®1  20
Extra  Turp...... ..................................... 1 60@1 70
Coach  Body...........................................2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furniture...........................1 00@1 10
Extra Turp  Damar.............................. 1 55@1 60
Japan Dryer, No.  1 Turp.....................   70®  78
Lb
2® 3
2® 3
2® 3
2V4@ 3
234® 3
13@16
60@65
16@17
634
534
@70
@90
110
1 40

Bbl 
Red  Venetian............................  134 
Ochre, yellow  Marseilles.......  134 
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda..........  134 
Putty, commercial..................  234 
Putty, strictly pure..................  234 
Vermilion, prime American.. 
Vermilion,  English.................. 
Green, Peninsular.................... 
Lead, red strictly pure...........  
Lead, white, strictly pure....... 
Whiting, white Spanish.......... 
Whiting,  Gilders^.....................  
White, Paris American...........  
Whiting  Paris English cliff.. 

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PERKINS
£ 00,

W liolcsale

Druggists !

42 and  44  Ottawa  Street  and 89, 91, 93  and 

95  Louis  Street.

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF

nemes, M eals, 
Paints, Oils, Yaitíes,

I U l i U U U V H ,

j  V I D I ,  

;i¡

MANUFACTURERS  OF

ELEGANT  PHARMACEUTICAL  PREPARATIONS, 

FLUID  EXTRACTS  AND  ELIXIRS.

GENERAL WHOLESALE  AGENTS  FOR

W o lf,  P atto n & Co.,  a n d  J ohn  L.  W h it­

in g , Ma n u fa c t u r er s  o f  F in e  

P a in t   a n d   T a r n ish  

B ru sh es.

•  —Also for the—

Gr a n d   Ra p id s  B r u sh  Co.,  Ma n f ’rs  o f 

H a ir , Shoe a n d  H orse B r u sh e s.

Druggists’ Sundries

Our stock in this department of  our  busi­
ness is  conceded to be  one  of  the  largest, 
best-assorted and diversified to be  found  in 
the Northwest.  We are heavy importers of 
many articles ourselves  and  can  offer  Fine 
Solid Back Hair Brushes,  French  and Eng- 
glish Tooth and Nail  Brushes  at  attractive 
prices.

We  desire  particular  attention  of  those 
about purchasing o utfits  for  n e w   stores 
to the fact  of  our  unsurpassed  facilities 
for meeting the wants of this class of buyers 
without delay and in the most approved and 
acceptable manner known to the drag trade. 
Our  special efforts in this direction have  re­
ceived from hundreds of  our  customers  the 

most satisfying* recommendations. Hill

We give our  special  and  personal  atten­
tion  to  the  selection  of  choice  goods  for 
the drug  trade only, and trust we merit the 
high praise accorded us for so  satisfactorily 
supplying the wants of our  customers  with 
Pure Goods in this  department.  We  con­
trol  and  are  the  only  authorized  agents 
for the sale of the celebrated

Withers Dade & Co’s

Henderson  Co.,  Ky.,  SOUR  MASH  AND 
OLD FASHIONED  HAND  MADE,  COP­
PER  DISTILLED  WHISKYS.  We  not 
only offer these goods to be  excelled  by  no 
o th er  k now n  b r a n d   in  the  market,  but 
superior in all respects to most that  are  ex­
posed  for  sale.  We  g u a r a n t e e  perfect 
and  complete  satisfaction  and  where  this 
brand of goods has once been introduced the 
future trade has  been assured.

We are also  owners of the

Dripts1  Favorite  Rye,

Which continues to have  so  many  favorites 
among druggists who have sold  these  gopds 
for a very long time.  Buy our

Gins, BranHies & Fine Wines.

We  call  your  attention  to  the  adjoining 
list of  market  quotations  which  we  aim  to 
make  as  complete  and  perfect  as  possible. 
For special quantities and for  quotations  on 
such articles as do not appear on the list such 
as Patent Medicines,  etc.,  we  invite your cor­
respondence.

Mail orders always receive our special and 

personal attention.

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A   M E R C A N T IL E   JO U R N A L , P U B L IS H E D   E A C H  

W E D N E S D A Y .

E. A. STOWE  & BBO., Proprietors.

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

Second~cia88 Matter. 1

WEDNESDAY,  JANUARY  7,  1885.

BUSINESS LAW.

B rief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts 

of  Last  Resort.

S T A T U T E   O F  F R A U D S — P E R F O R M A N C E .
Payment of the purchase money of land is 
not alone such performance of an oral agree­
ment to convey the  same as will  take  the 
case out of the  operation of  the  statute  of 
frauds, according to the decision of the Min­
nesota Supreme Court in the  case of Towns­
end vs. Fenton.

A S S IG N M E N T — T R U S T  P R O P E R T Y — D E B T .
According to the decision of  the Minneso­
ta Supreme Court, in the case  of  Nofes  vs. 
Beaupre  et al„ the  trust  property 
in  the 
hands of an  assignee, under  a  general  as­
signment for the benefit of  creditors, cannot 
be taken on attachment in an action  against 
the assignee personally,  although  the  debt 
upon which the action is brought  was  con­
tracted by the  assignee in the  execution of 
the trust, aad constituted an expenditure for 
which he would have a right to be reimbursed 
out of the trust estate.  In this  case, the as­
signed property consisted of a stock of  mer­
chandise.  The assignee, with  the  consent 
of all the creditors, for the purpose of enabl­
ing him to sell the stock to better advantage, 
bought other goods, which he added  to  and 
commingled with the original  stock, selling 
the commingled  property and  applying the 
proceeds indiscriminately  towards  the pay­
ment of the debts of the assignor,  including 
the debts contracted in making the new pur­
chases.  The court  held  that  at  least  as 
against the creditors  assenting to this  pro­
ceeding, the goods thus purchased  and com­
mingled with the assigned  property  became 
-a part of the trust property  as fully as  that 
which was  assigned.

We manufacture a full line, use 
the  best  material  obtainable,  and 
guarantee  our  goods  to  be  first- 
class.
We  carry  an  immense  stock  of 
Virginia  and  Tennessee  P e rm its, 
Almonds,Brazils, Filberts, Fea- 
cans,  ‘Walnuts  and  Cocoanuts, 
and compete with any market.

P L E A S A N T  TO  T A R E , A C T S  M IL D L Y , CURES Q U IC K LY
DUNHAM’S  SURE  CURE  FOR  FEVER  &  AGUE.
arrests  the  disease in 20 minutes.

10  ne  Dose  token during the  Chill, 

NEVES ENOWN TO PAIL.  Money re- 
tumed if it does not cure.  Price, 
WESTERN  MEDICINE  CO.’S  TONIC  LIVER  PILLS.
50c.  Ask druggist for it.  Sent pre­
paid for 60 cts.  Address, W e s t e r n  
Purely  Vegetable; contain  no  calomel,  mineral 
M e d ic in e  Co.,Grand Rapids, Mich.
poison or quinine.  Act directly on the Liver, “tone 
*up” the  system,  aid digestion  and 
purify the blood,.  POSITIVELY CUBE 
HEADACHE AND CONSTIPATION.. In­
valuable  for  Biliousness,  Indiges­
tion, Hypochondria, etc.  Sent tree 
on receipt of price, 25  cts.  Sample 
package free.  W e s t e r n   M e d ic in e  
C o m p a n y ., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Oranges
Oysters

We handle  FLORIDA Or­
anges  direct from  the  groves. 
The crop is large and fine  and 
low prices are looked for.

We are agents for the CEL­
EBRATED  J.  S.  FARREN  & 
CO.’S Oysters and are prepared 
to  fill  orders  for large  or  small 
lots, cans or in bulk, at the  low­
est rates.

PUTNAM  £  BROOKS.

We carry a full line  of 
Seeds  of  every  variety, 
both for field  and garden. 
Parties  in  want  will  do 
well  to  write  or  see  the

GRAND RAPIDS  GRAIN  ASK  SEED CO.

91 CANAL STREET.

TIME TABLES.

Michigan  Central—Grand  Rapids  Division.
M i c h i g a n  (C e n t r a l

G. S. YALE & BRO.,

-Manufacturers  off—

BAKING  POWDERS,

BLUINGS,  ETC.,

If in Need of Anything  in  our  Line,  it 

will pay you to get our Prices.

P A T E N T E E S   AND  SO LE  M AN UFA CTU RERS  O F

Barlow’s Patent

Send fo r Sam ples an d C ircular.

GRAND  RAPIDS 

-   MICH.

STR AIG H T  GOODS—NO  SCHEME.

T P T—Wm  d b

STAR

John  Caulfield,
Choice Butter a Specialty!

Sole Agent.

Oranges, Lemons, Apples, Cranber­

ries, Cider, Buckwheat Flour, Etc.
Careful Attention  Paid to  Filling  Orders.
M.G. Russell, 48 Ottawa St, G’d Rapids.

C H A T T E L   M O R T G A G E — A F T E R   A C Q U IR E D  

P R O P E R T Y .

When a chattel mortgage  was  given pur­
porting to convey the  mortgagor’s  stock of 
groceries and “all book accounts and  rights 
of credits arising out of  said  business,” the 
Supreme Court of  Iowa  held in Lormer vs. 
Allyn, that the mortgage  would  not  cover 
subsequently  accruing accounts, nor the pro­
ceeds of goods sold in the ordinary course of 
trade.  The court in giving  judgment  said: 
Tbe general rule is that  a  chattel  mortgage 
will not  be  deemed to cover  after-acquired 
property unless the intention  that it should 
be clearly  expressed.  Looking  at the  de­
scription in question, we cannot say that the 
intention is clear to  mortgage  accounts  not 
then accrued.  It will  not  be  denied  that, 
■strictly, the word “arising”  denotes, merely 
present  time.  We  ought to  be allowed to 
use the word “now”  in  connection  with it. 
If that word had  been  used the  “rights  of 
credits”  mortgaged  would  be  those  now 
arising out of the business, which, it appears 
to us,  would be those now existing as the re­
sults of sales in the  business.  The expres­
sion  used ir. the  mortgage  is  not  a  very 
proper one, in any  view  that  can be taken 
of it; but we cannot apply it  to  subsequent­
ly accruing accounts without  going  beyond 
the strict  meaning of  the  words;  and, in 
view of the rule above set forth, and  which 
we  believe to be  generally  recognized, we 
do not feel at  liberty  to  go  beyond  such 
meaning.

A R R IV E .

D E PA R T.

The N iagara  Falls (Route.
tDetroit Express............................... •  6:00 a m
♦Day  Express.........................................P m
»New York Fast Line............................  6:00 p m
♦Atlantic Express...................................9:20 pm
»PaciflQ  Express..................................... 6:00 a m
tLocal  Passenger..................................U :§?am
+Maii.............................................................. 3:30 p m
♦Grand  Rapids  Express............................10:25p m
♦Daily except Sunday.  »Daily.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and Pacific 
Express. 
The New York Fast Line runs daily, arriving 
at Detroit at 11:59 a. m., and New York  at 9 p. 
m. the next evening.
Direct  and  prompt  connection  made  with 
Great  Western,  Grand  Trunk  and  Canada 
Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus 
avoiding transfers. 
The Detroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has 
Drawing  Room  and  P8rlor  Car  for  Detroit, 
reaching that city at 11:45 a. m., New Yofls 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. S c h u l t z , Gen 1 Agent.

_

. 

Chicago & West Michigan.
Leaves.
tMail............................................... 9:15 am
+Day  Eiqiress......................12:25 p m
»Night  Express..........................  9:35 pm
Mixed..............................................6:10 am

Arrives, 
4:07 p m 
11:00 p m  
6:00 a m 
10:05 p 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 
12:25 p. m., and through coach  on 9:15 a.m. and 
9:35p. m. trains.

NEWAYGO D IV IS IO N .

Arrives. 
Leaves.
5:15 p m 
Mixed, ...................................  4:00 a m
4:15 p m 
3:50 pm
Express.......................... . 
10:30 a m
Express................................. 8:R)a m  _v _- .MS
All trains arrive and depart from Union  De-
P TPhe Northern terminus of  this Division is at 
Baldwin, where close connection is made with 
F. & P. M.  trains to and  from Ludington  and 
Manistee. 

.1. H. C a r p e n t e r ,  Gen’l Pass. Agent.
J .   B .  M u l l i k e n ,  General  Manager.

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S A V IN G S   R A N K — L IA B IL IT Y   O F   D IR E C T O R S .
The  publication by the directors of a sav­
ings bank  of an advertisement to  the  effect 
that “directors and stockholders are  person­
ally responsible for all  debts  and  engage­
ments of the  bank,”  does  not  constitute a 
contract with those who may make  deposits 
in reliance thereon, though if the  statement 
be false it will  lay the foundation for an ac­
tion for deceit, according to  the  decision of 
the Supreme  Court of New  Jersey,  in  the 
case of Westervelt vs. Demarest, reported in 
the Reporter.  Said the court: 
It  is  mani­
fest that the essential features of  a contract 
are not present here.  The publication  was 
a mere representation that a certain  fact ex­
isted, which  cannot, in  legal contemplation, 
be viewed as an agreement, without  utterly 
disregarding the distinction  between  an ex- 
parte  statement and a  contract.  The 
lan- 
guaged used  contains no  undertaking  that 
the directors will pay future  depositors. 
It 
does not purport to create any liability what­
ever, or to enter  into  any engagement,  but 
asserts that a liability  already  existed.  It 
is not in the form of a present  undertaking 
or*agreement to  pay.  If  a  contract, it em­
braces in its terms both directors and  stock­
holders.  No authority appears to  charge the 
latter with such an obligation; the  language 
used is inapt and insufficient for  that  pur­
pose, and could  not  have  been so intended 
or understood. 
It is clear  that no  contract 
was entered into between these  parties, and 
that no recovery can be had on  the  ground 
of a contract  liability.  But  the  statement 
that the directors and  stockholders  were re­
sponsible for all debts  and  engagements of 
the bank were false, to the knowledge of de­
fendants, and  therefore  fraudulent.  It  ap­
pearing as one of the findings  of fact  in the 
case that the plainttff made  his  deposits  re­
lying upon the truth  of  this  statement, he 
would be entitled to recover the loss  he sus­
tained by acting upon  it  in an action for de- 
•oeft.

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana.

GO ING  SO UTH .

G O IN G  NORTH.Arrives.  Leaves. 
Cincinnati &  Mackinac Ex  8:45 p m  9:00 p m 
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  9:20 a m  10:25 a m 
Ft. Wayne & G’d Rapids Ex3:55pm   5:00pm
G’d Rapids  & Cadillac  Ac. 
7:10 a m
G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 
7:00 a m
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  4:05 p m  4:35 p m 
Mackinac & Ft. Way i eE x ..10:25 am   11:45 pm  
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids Ac.  7:40 p m 

SLE EPIN G  CAR ARRANGEM ENTS.

All trains daily except Sunday.
North—Train  leaving  at 9:00  o’clock  p.  m. 
has Woodruff  Sleeping Cars for Petoskey  and 
Mackinac City.  Trainleaving at 10:25a. m. has 
combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Traverse
CiSouth—Train leaving at 4:35p. m. has  Wood­
ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.

C. L. L o c k w o o d -, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

All trains daily except Sunday.
The  ntrain 

(KALAM AZOO  D IV IS IO N .)
Arrive. 
Express................................7:00 pm  
Mail.......................................9:35 am  

Leave.
7:35 am
4:00 pm
leaving  at 4 p. m. connects at 
White Pigeon with  Atlantic  Express  on  Main 
Line, which has Palace Drawing  Room  Sleep­
ing Coaches  from  Chicago  to  New  York and 
Boston without change.
The  train  leaving  at  7:35  a. m. connects at 
White Pigeon (giving one hour for dinner) with 
special New York Express on Main Line.
in  sleeping 
coaches can be secured at  Union Ticket office, 
67 Monre street and  depot.

Through  tickets  and  berths 

J. W. McBLenney, Gen’l Agent.

Detroit, Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

G O IN G  W EST.

GO ING EA ST.Arrives. 

Leaves.
♦Steamboat Express.......... 
6:20am
♦Through  Mail................... 10:15 am   10:20 am
♦Evening  Express............. 3:20 pm   3:35 pm
»Atlantic Express...............  9:45 pm   10:45 pm
♦Mixed, with coach...........  
10:30 a m
♦Morning Express............. 12:40 p m  12:55 p m
♦Through  Mail................ >  5:10 pm   5:15pm
♦Steamboat Express..........10:40 p m
♦Mixed..................................  
7:10 am
»Night Express....................  5:10 am   5:30 am
♦Daily, Sundays excepted.  »Dally. 
Passengers  taking  the  6:20  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 
Wcstb#
Train leaving  at  5:15  p.  m.  will  make  con­
nection with Milwaukee steamers daily except
SlTheamail has a  Parlor  Car to Detroit.  The 
Night  Express has a through Wagner Car and 
local  Sleeping Car Detroit to Grand Rapids.
D. Potter, City pass. Agent. 
(Jeo. B. Reeve, Traffic Manager, Chicago.

CLARK,  JEWELL  &  CO.:

40  and  42  South  Division,  St.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICH

WHOLESALE

Groceries  and  Provisions,

83,85 and 81  PEARL STREET ami 111, 116,118 and 120  OTTAWA  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

OVER  14  Y EAR S
Bailey  House,  Stanton.

'  Experience  in  some of  the  Best  Hotels  in  Michigan  enables  me  to 

truthfully say that the

Is the Best Hotel in Montcalm County

In point of Neatness and Cleanliness of the House, Size and  Condition  of Rooms,  \  ariety  and 

Style of Tal le, Thoroughness of Service, and anything that makes a Hotel

ATTRACTIVE  AND  PLEASANT.

The house has recently been repainted inside and  out,  repapered  and  calcimined,  and  is  now 

in the best possible condition throughout.  It is amply suppled with

ITire Escapes and Hand  Grenades,

Commodious and well-managed Barn and Fine Running Water all seasons of the year.  OPEN

DAY  AND NIGHT.

B. F. Littlefield,
33.  F A L L A S ,
k  Comiitission—Butter  k  B en  a  Spit

Choice Butter always on hand.  All Orders  receive Prompt and Careful Attention.

125  and 127 Canal Street, 

- 

Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Lmd.erman’s

Dove-tailed  bread  an'

— MEAT BOARDS.-

|  The Best Thing of the Kind.Ever Invented.

S U R E   T O   S E L L .

I A. T. Linderman, Manufacturer,  Whitehall, 

Michigan.

Send for sample dozen.  20x26, $4  per dozen. 
Sells for 50 cents apiece.  Sold to  the  trade by 
Shields, Bulkley & Lemon, Grand Bap- 
ids; W. J. Gould & Co., Geo. C. Weath- 
erby & Co., Wm.  Donnan  &  Co.,  De­
troit;  Gray,  Burt  &  Kingman,  Cor­
bin, May (Sc Co., Gould Bros., Chicago.

MICHIGAN.

School  Books

-  AN D —

School  Stationery

— A T -

"Wliolesale,

I E O T ,  Liffl  It  ALLEN,

22  and  24  Canal  Street,

The  only  general  jobbing  house  in 
Michigan  in  our  line.  Send  for cata­
logues and terms.

A R A B  PLUG!

Tie Best ani Most Attractive Roods on tie Market.  Send for Sample 

Butt.  Seo Quotations in Price-Cnrrent.

Fox, Musselman & Loveridge
DO  YOU  KNOW

Sole  Owners.

6a k Tk g
POWDER

This  Baking  Powder makes the  WHITEST, 
LIGHTEST and most  HEALTHFUL  Biscuits, 
Cakes, Bread, etc.  TRY  IT  and be convinced. 
Prepared only by the
Arctic  Manufacturing  Co.f

GRAND  RABIDS,  MICH.

—THAT—

Iiorillard’s  Climax

PLUG  TOBACCO

With Red Tin Tag, is the best?  Is  the purest; 
is never adulterated with glucose, barytes, mo­
lasses or any deleterous ingredients, as  is  the 
case with many other tobaccos?

Lorillard’s Bose  Leaf Fine Cut Tobacco 
is also made of the  finest  stock,  and for  aro­
matic chewing quality is  second to none.

LoriUard’s  Navy  Clippings 

take first rank as a solid  durable  smoking to­
bacco wherever introduced.
Lorillard’s  Famous Snuffs 
have  been  used  for  over  124  years,  and are 
sold to a larger extent than any others.

O H E W   T H E

New Dark “American  Eagle

EI3ST E   O U T .

TH E B E ST  HT  THE  M ARK ET.
Send an Order to your W holesale Grocer for it.  Manufactured by

D e t r o i t ,   M i e l i .

H  A L L ’ S  

M U LTU M   IN  P A R V O  

System   of

Common  Sense 

BOOK  KEEPING,
RETAIL  GROCERS,

FOR

A N D

GENERAL  STOREKEEPERS,

R E Q U IR E S

TWO  BOOKS  ONLY

For  All  Purposes.

N A M E L Y   :  “ T H E   A C C O U N T   B O O K ,” 
combining both D A Y   B O O K   and L E D G E R  
in  one,  by  which customers itemized  state­
ments  are  furnished  in  one-third  the  time 
required  by  the usual  process,  as  hundreds 
■who are using it -will cheerfully testify.

AND

“ T H E   C O M P E N D IU M ,”  requiring but  io 
minutes  a  day  to  record  each  day’s  cash 
transactions,  and  supply  a  complete  self- 
proving P R O F IT   and  L O S S   Balance  sheet 
I  whenever desired.
I  F u ll  details,  illustrated  by  exam ple,  sent 
free  to  M E R C H A N T S   sending  name  and 
address  to H A L L   &   C O .,  Publishers,  K4 
L a k e  S t .,  C H IC A G O ,  I L L . 
If  possible 
send  b u s in e ss c a r d .

“Bough on Rats” is responsible for anoth­
er  death.  This  time it is a  three-year-old 
child near Coldwater,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Fancy and Staple

DRY  GOODS,

CARPETS,

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mm

Chase <£• Sanborn,
■ 

. BOSTON.

SPRING

COMPANY, BEST COFFEE »

JW

»THE.

L L ,  D R I N K
 WORLD
Chase  &  Sanborn’s

Standard  Java.

MATTINGS,

O I L   O L O T H S

ETC.,  ESTO.

6 and 8 Monroe Street,

Grand  Hapids,

Michigan.

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HANDKERCHIEF  PERFUMES ! 

TRIFLE  e x t r a c t s , 

Special  Odors,

Fleur de lis, Marie Antoinette, Jockey Club, White Rose, Fleur D Orange. 

Also a full Assortment  S t a n d a r d   O d o r s ,   put up in  1,  2, 

and 4 oz.,  1-2 pint and pint Glass Stoppered Bottles.

Jennings and Smith

Perfumers. 

GflflUl Rapids, Midi.

Always packed in Air-! right Tin cans, thereby perfectly retaining Strength and 

Flavor.

Over  15,000  Grocers

Throughout  the  United  States  and  Canada

Pronounce it the FINEST COFFEE they ever sold and testify that it has large­

ly increased their sales by its SUPERIOR QUALITY.

The following testimonial coining as it does from one of the largest if not the  largest gro­

cers in the United States, is worthy of your consideration:

Cincinnati, December 20th,  1883.

Messes. Chase  &  Sanbokn,  Boston,  Mass.

Gentlemen—In reply to yours of the 18th  inst. 

asking  our  views  in  regard  to  the 
will say that our house was founded in
general excellence of your11 STANDARD  JAVA, 
the year 1840, and from that time to the present our earnest united efforts have been to se- 
j cure goods which represented the very highest grade of quality,  and  the  success  we have 
j had and the reputation we enjoy we attribute to this policy.

About a year ago our attention was called to  your  “ STANDARD  JAVA,  we  person- 
I aliy tested it very carefully and'to our mind  it  was  most  excellent.  We  then  ordered  a 
I sample lot and placed it before our customers for approval, and it was pronounced by them 
I a very fine Coffee.  Since then as you know we have bought largely,  and freely admit that 
I it gives the best satisfaction.  It is uniform in quality, aud we have daily proofs from con­
sumers that it is richer, finer flavored and more uniform than the Coffee we  formerly sold 
which was the finest brand of Ankola or Mandeheling Java in the  market.

Yours  respectfully,

(Signed,) 

*TO S 3  3 3 3 2 3 .

H.  peofoles’  Sons.

Send  for Sample Lot.

We  guarantee to increase  your Coffee

trade.

o 

*

(c have  done  it with others;  we can with yon.

.

C h a s e   &   S a n b o r n ,

Importers,  Roasters and Packers,

1

Boston,
CANADIAN  BRANCH, 

435  ST.  P A U L   STREET, 

Montreal, P. Q.

XT.  A.
MICHIGAN  AGENT.

JEHLm  T,  Cliase,

Sweet’s Hotel,  Grand Rapids.

See  Our  Wholesale  Quotations  else­

where in this issue and write for

Special  Prices in  Car  Lots, 
f  e are prepared to male Bottom Prices on anything we handle.
A . B. K N O W L S O N ,
RINDGE, BERTSCH & COJ
a n d   s h o e s .

3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich.

MANUFACTURERS  AND  JOBBERS  OF

ed Goods—both Boston and Bay 
for  inspection

laity Attala tor toe mean

14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

OTSTERS.

We are  sole Michigan 
agents for the  celebrated 
“IF” brand,  packed by  J. 
S.  FARREN  & CO.,  Bal­
timore, and are prepared 
to fill orders for  CAN  or 
BULK oysters at the low­
est  market  prices  either 
from here  or  from  Balti­
more direct. NO BETTER 
GOODS  PUT UP.  H. M. 
BLIVEN  has  charge  of 
this department and will 
give your orders person­
al and  prompt  attention. 
We solicit your order.

Putnam  &  Brooks.

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Carpet W ools and  th eir  M anufacture. 
The  following is a list  of  the  different 
kinds of carpets and the  class of  woolsen­
tering into their manufacture.

Aubusson  carpets—Class  3,  wool,  best 
East  Indian, Turkey,  and  similiar wools in 
quality.

A xm inster carpets  Same as* above.
Brussels carpets wrought by the Jacquard 
machine—Syrian  (Scotch  black face)  Dons- 
koi, Cordova, Aleppo, Egyptian,  and  simil­
iar wools of good, long staple.

Brussels tapestry—Same as above.
Druggets and  bookings—Lo w  East India, J 
cattle hair  noils  and  waste  from  Class 3 j 
wools.

Patent velvet and tapestry  velvet  carpets 

—Same as Brussels and tapestry.

Saxony  velvet  carpets—Same as Aubus­

son and Axminster.

Wilton velvet  carpets—Same  as  Brussels 

and tapestry Brussels.

Tournay velvet carpets—Same as  Aximn- 

ster.

Treble 

ingrain,  three-ply,  and  worsted 
chain Venetian carpets—Warp  made  from 
the lower qualities of wool used for  making 
Brussels; the weft from the short-wool noils, 
waste and old  woolen rags from  the  latter.
Yam,  Venetian  and  two-ply—Same  as 

above.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

WIDE  BROWN COTTONS.

1 

CHECKS.

OSNABTJRG

BLEACHED COTTONS,

Androscoggin, 9-4. .23 
iPepperel , 10-4........
Androscoggin, 8-4. .21  Pepperell, 1L4........
PenperellT  7-4..........16*4 Pequot,  7-4................J®
Pepperell,  8-4........20  Pequot,  8-4.............21
Pepperell,  9-4....... 22*/i|Pequot,  9-4.............24
Park Mills, No. 90.. 14 
Caledon in, XX, oz.. 11 
Park Mills, No. 100.15
Caledonia,  X, oz.. .10
Prodigy, oz............ 11
Economy,  oz..........10
Otis Apron............ 10)4
Park Mills, No. 50.. 10 
Otis  Furniture......10)4
Park Mills, No. 60. .11 
York,  1  oz..............10
Park Mills, No. 70.. 12 
York, AA, extra oz. 14
Park Mills, No. 80. .13
Alabama  plaid.......7
A la b a m a  b r o w n —   7
Augusta plaid........  7
Jewell briwn..........»»
Toledo plaid............  7
Kentucky brown.. 10V4 
Manchester  plaid..  7 
Lewiston brown...  9)4
New Tenn. plaid.. .11 
Lane brown..........9)4
Utility plaid— —   6)4
Louisiana  plaid—
Greene, G, 4-4........   5)4
Avondale,  36..... ..  854- 
Hill, 4-4....................  7)4
Art  cambrics, 3o. ..11)4 
Hill, 7-8....................  6%
Androscoggin, 4-4. .8)4 
Hope,  4-4...................6%
Androscoggin, 5-4.. 12)4
King  Phillip  cam­
Ballou, 4-4...............  6)4
11)4
Ba llou, 5-4...............  «
Linwood,  4-4........  7)4
Boott, 0.4-4..............8)4
Lonsdale,  4-4— ... 
Boott,  E. 5-5............  7
Lonsdale  cambric.10)4 
Boott, AGC, 4-4.........9)4
Langdon, GB, 4-4...  9)4
Boott, K. 3-4.......  5)4
Langdon.  45........... 14
Blackstone,AA 4-4.  7 
Masonville,  4-4.....  8
Chapman, X, 4-4—   6
Maxwell. 4-4..............9)4
Conway,  4-4..............7
New York Mill, 4-4.10)4 
Cabot, 4-4.................*>M
New Jersey,  4-4—   8 
Cabot, 7-8................   6
Pocasset,  P. M. C..  7)4 
Canoe,  3-4...............  4
Pride of the West.. 11 
Domestic,  36..........
Pocahontas,  4-4—   7)4
Dwight Anchôr, 4-4.
Slaterville, 7-8........   6)4
Davol, 4-4.........         9
Victoria, AA.........9
Fruit of Loom, 4-4..  8 
Woodbury, 4-4.......... 52£
Fruit of Loom, 7-8..  iy4 
Whitinsville,  4-4...  7)4 
Fruit of  the Loom,
Whitinsville, 7-8—   6)4 
cambric,  44 .........11
W amsutta, 4-4.........10)4
Gold Medal, 4-4..  ..  6
Gold Medal! W . Z   6~ Williamsville, 36.. .10)4

0M*,A**....i“Ls.Mason ville TS........   8

bric, 4-4....... 

 

Silk-M aking  in  France.

The decline of silk-making in  France  has 
been  gradual.-  Ten  years  ago 70,000 men 
were employed; five years ago, it had fallen 
to 35,000.  The work is done in so primitive 
a way that the manufacturers of Italy,  Eng­
land and German ^Switzerland and America 
are able to make silk cheap enough to under­
sell  the  French  silk  manufacturer even in 
his own market.  The French silk is  grown 
in  the  country,  sold  to  the manufacturer, 
and by him given to his  workmen  to  make 
up into fabric at their homes.  It is made b) 
hand looms, and the wages earned by experts 
range  from  60  cents  to  $1  per day.  For 
many years, the Lyons silk-dyer had a secret 
process, so much superior to all  others, that 
the  leading  manufacturers  of Europe  sent 
their  skeins  of  silk  to  Lyons  to be djed. 
Now, both Europe and America have stolen 
the secret.  Adulteration, or the  mixture  of 
cotton with silk,  has also affected the Freneh 
silk trade. 
It is used in other countries, and 
the Lyons  silk-makers have been obliged  to 
import about 7,500,000 pounds of it.

A  N ew   Style.

The coat was a  very  bad  fit—Too  full  in 

the back.

“That’ll never do,” said the customer; “it’s 

like a shirt on a bean pole.”

“Dot coat, mein frent,” replied the dealer, 
“ish a very stylish  garment.  Look  at  dot 
back.  Mein  gracious,  it  is lufiy.  See  dot 
beautiful puffing—der latest style, and don’t 
you forget it.  It was made on I ifth avenoo. 
It is der Fadder Hubbard style,  and is  actu­
ally worth so much ash five  tollar  more  for 
dot cut.”  And five minutes later the delight­
ed  customer  left  the store with his  Father 
Hubbard coat.

Some idea of the  immensity of the thread 
industry of the United States may be gained 
from the statement that  our  manufacturers 
now turn out daily 12,000 dozen spools, con­
taining 200 yards each, or,  in  other  words, 
enough thread in six days to girdle the globe 
four  and  one-sixth  times.  The  annual 
thread- 
consumption  of  spools  by  our 
to 
makers  alone  represents  from 
four 
Four­
teen thread manufacturers who export large­
ly to this country also use immense numbers 
of American  spools,  winding  their  thread 
upon them after the thread has paid duty at 
some of our ports.  The consumption of the 
best grades of thread in our country  is  esti­
mated at 21,000,000 spools per annum.

thousand  cords  of  wood. 

three 

The  oppssition  to  silkworm  cultivation 
which once existed in Ceylon  seems to have 
passed away.  Formerly the priests  refused 
their saction to the  sacrifice of  insect 
life, 
although at the same time they did not hesi­
tate to  wear  the  spoil  of  the  silkworm. 
Now, however, these  scruples  have  disap­
peared, or, what is more likely, their  incon­
sistency has dulled  the  native  ear  to  the 
teachings of the  priests.  At any  rate, silk 
culture is now prosecuted  with a fair  meas­
ure of success in certain  portion* of  the is­
land,  and  several  experiments  are  being 
made with a view to  the  establishment  of 
the silk industry.

A French patent  has  been  granted  for 
“felting” silks,  especially  satins.  Instead 
of polishing  machines, watering  calenders 
or smiliar apparatus are used.  A  roller, on 
which the goods are  tightly rolled,  is placed 
between the plates of the calendar  and sub­
jected to a strong pressure.  Simultaneously 
the motion of the plates keeps  the rollers in 
progressive rotation.  After a short time the 
goods  are  perfectly  felted,  and all of  the 
stripes, tearings which  occur  frequently in 
the polishing methods in use, are avoided.

........

7)4 ¡In d ia n  O rc h a rd , 40.  8

Mason ville  S.......... 10)4
Lonsdale.................  9)4
Lonsdale A ............. 16
Nictory  O .............
Victory J .................
Victory D ...............
Victory  K ...............  2)4
Phoenix A ............... 19)4
Phoenix  B .............   10)4
Phoenix X X ...........5

........ 6  IGloucestermourn’g.6
5)4 Hamilton  fancy...  6
5) 4 Hartel fancy........... "
6) i Merrimac  D............. 6
6)4 ¡Manchester..............b
5)4 Oriental  fancy.........6
6  (Oriental  robes.........6)4
5)4 Pacific  robes........... 6
6  ¡Richmond................ 6
.6)4 Steel River............... 5)4
.6  Simpson’s ................ 6
. 6  Washington fancy..
.5  Washington blues.  7)4

• ■ • • •  5 «   P e p p e re ll E , 3 9 -in..
Pepperell  R, 4-4... 
Pepperell  0,7-8—   6)4 
Pepperell N, 3-4—   6)4
Pocasset  C, 4-4.........624
Saranac  R...............  7)4
Saranac E ...............  9
3INGHAMS.
Renfrew, dress styl 9)4 
Johnson  Manfg Co,
Bookfold..............12)4
Johnson  Manfg Co,
dress  styles.........12)4
Slaterville, 
dress
styles....................  7)4
White Mfg Co, stap  72i 
I White  Manf’g  Co,

Crown.....................j*
No.  10.....................12!
Coin........................10
Anchor....................
Centennial...........
Blackburn.............   °
Davol.......................
London...................1*'*
Paconia................. J"
Red Cross.......• • • • •10
Social  imperial....i6KiNTg
Albion,  solid...........^¿¡Gloucester
Albion  grev 
Allen’s  checks 
Vilen’s  fancy...
Allen’s pink.......
Allen’s purple... 
American, fancy 
Arnold fancy.  ..
Berlin solid........
Cocheco fancy.. 
Cocheco robes... 
Conestoga fancy
Eddystone.......
Eagle fancy.......
Garner pinkFINE BROWN  COTTONS.
a n n lm o n   A   4-4 
B o o tt  M  4-4  . . . . . . .   6?4  I n d ia n  O rc h a rd , 36.  7)4
Boston  F   4-4 
........ 7)4  L a c o n ia   B ,7 -4 .............16)4
C o n tin e n ta l C, 4-3..  « ¡ L y m a n   B .lO -m ........ 1 0 g
C o n tin e n ta l D , 40 m   8%  M ass. 
C o n e s to g a  w . 4 -4 ...  6)4  N a s h u a   E ,4 0 - i n ....  8)4
.  5)4 Nashua  R , 4-4..........  7)4
C o n e s to g a   D , 7-8. 
C o n e s to g a   G  J 30-in.  6  N a s h u a  0 , 7 - 8 .......... f A
nwisrht  X   3-4  ___5)4  Newmarket N .  —   6)4
D ^ i f h t  Y .7  8 
Dwight Z, 4-4..........624
Dwight Star, 4-4....  i 
Ewight Star, 40-m..  9 
Enterprise EE, 36..  534 
Great Falls E, 4-4...  7
F a r m e r s ’ A ,4-4 
. . . 6
Indian  Orchard, 1-4 7)4 
d o m e s t ic  
Amoskeag  •■••••.•••  "dA 
Amoskeag, Persian
styles...................19 A
Bates.......................¿)4
Berkshire.............
Glasgow checks—   7 
Glasgow checks, f’y  7)4
checks,
Glasgow
8  White Mfg Co, fane 8
royal  styles........
new
Gloucester, 
7>/J  Earlston.................8
standard .............
7)4 Gordon....................  7)4
Plunket..................
8  Greylock, 
dress 
Lancaster...............
7M1  sty le s...................12)4
Langdale................
ACHED COTTONS.
w i d e  b l e  
:i 
iPeppereil.  10-4.......27)4
Androscoggin, 7-4. .2 
!3  Pepperell,  11-4........32)4
Androscoggin, 8-4.. ~
10  Pequot,  7-4.............. 21
Pepperell,  7-4....... j
12)4 Pequot,  8-4..............24
Pepperell,  8-4........^
Peuuot.  9-4..............27)4
Pepperell,  9-4....... -
ROWN  cottons.
HEAVY  B
.  7^4 i
7*4 Lawrence XX, 4-4 
Atlantic  A, 4-4......
Lawrence  Y,30..
Atlantic  H, 4-4.......
.  3/4
Lawrence LL, 4-4.
Atlantic  D, 4-4.......
Newmarket N — ..  6^4
Atlantic P, 4-4........
Mystic River, 4-4. ..  3^4
Atlantic  LL, 4-4—
.  734
Pequot A, 4-4.......
Adriatic, 36.............
Piedmont,  36.......
.  534
Augusta, 4-4...........
Stark AA, 4-4....... ..  734
Boott  M, 4-4...........
Tremont CC, 4-4.. ..  534
Boott  FF, 4-4..........
Utica,  4-4............. ..  9
Granite ville, 4-4—  
Wachusett,  4-1... ..  ri 34
Indian  Head, 44... 
12)4 Waehusett, 30-in. 
..  62£
Indiana Head 45-in.
INGS.
14 ¡Falls, XXXX....... . .18)4
Amoskeag,  AC. 
¡Falls, XXX.......... . .1534
19
Amoskeag  “ 
Falls,  BB............. ..11)4
13
Amoskeag,  A. 
12 Falls,  BBC, 36.... ..19)4
Amoskeag,  B. 
11 ¡Falls,  awning— .19
Amoskeag,  C. 
¡Hamilton,  BT, 32..12
Amoskeag,  D. 
10 ¡Hamilton,  D — ..  9)4
Amoskeag,  E. 
¡Hamilton,  H — ..  9)4
Amoskeag, F .. 
17 ¡Hamilton  fancy ..10
Premium  A, 4- 
..13)4
Methuen A A ....
Premium  B ...
..18
.16 Methuen ASA...
Extra 4-4..........
..11
.14*4 (Omega  A ,7-8....
Extra 7-8........
..13
.15 lOineya A, 4-4....
Gold Medal 4-4.
. .14
V?u Omega ACA, 7-8.
CCA 7-8...........
.14 ¡Omega ACA, 44. ...16
CT 4-4...............
(Omega SE, 7-8... ...24
.14
RC 7-8...............
. .¿7
¡Omega SE, 4-4...
16
BF 7-8...............
‘»2
.19 OmegaM. 7-8  ...
AF4-4...............
14 OmegaM, 4-4.... .. .25
Cordis AAA, 32 
.15 Ishetticket- SS&SjW 11)4
Cordis  ACA, 32 
.15 Shetueket, S & SW.12
Cordis No. 1, 32 
.14 Shetueket,  SFS ..12
Cordis  No. 2... 
.13 1 Stockbridge  A.. ...  7
Cordis  No. 3... 
.11)4 ¡StoolTb'-idge trucy.  8
Cordis  No. 4...
SD CAMBRICS.
5  (Empire  ..................
Garner...........
5  Washington...........  424
Hookset........
5  Edwards.................  5
Red  Cross-----
S. S. & Sons............  5
Forest Grove.
American  A ........17  50|Old  Ironsides.........15
Stark A ................... 21)4¡Wheatland — ........21

IAIN ¡AGS.

DENIMS.

Roston...................   ^ ¡2 r is CC W a.........
Everett blue......... 14  . Warren  AXA..........12)4
Everett brown......14  Warren  BB..............1L4
Otis  AXA..............12)4 Warren CO............... 10)4
Otis BB...................ll)4|York  fancy..............15
Man ville..................  6  IS.S.&Sons.............   6
Masgnville.............   6  ¡Garner....................  b
Red  Cross...............  7)4 ¡Thistle Mills............
Berlin.....................   7)4¡Rose.........................  8

PAPER  CAMBRICS.

WIGANS.

SPOOL COTTON

Brooks.................... o0
Clark’s O. N. F.......55
J. & P.  Coats..........55
Willimantic 6 cord.55 
Willimantic 3 cord. 40 
Charleston ball sew
ing thread........... 30

Mills ball sewing.30 
40

Eagle  and  Phoenix 
Greeh  &  Daniels
Merricks............
Stafford.............
Hall & Manning. 
Holyoke.............

CORSET JEANS.

Armory..................  7)4|K earsage.............8>a
Androscoggin sat..  8)41Naumkeagsatteen. 8 4
Canoe Ri ver...........   6  Pepperell  bleached 8 A
Clarendon...............6)4 Pepperell sat............9)4
Hallowell  Imp.......   624 Rockport................  7
Ind. Oreh. Imp.......7  Lawreneesat............8)4
Laconia..................  7)4lConegosat..............  7

A dry goods merchant of Tenderfoot City, 
Arizona, has  inserted  the following  adver­
tisement in the local paper:  “We  have the 
dumdest lot of A1 goods  ever  seen  in  this 
divide,  and  we  can  bust any snoozer  who 
tries  to  dispute  it.  Hitch  up the old hoss 
and come and see us.  The  best  saloons  in 
town are within a stone’s throw of our estab­
lishment.  We have ransacked the world  to 
get  the  finest  goods,  and we are  bound  to 
please.”

London retailers  are  complaining of the 
female shoplifter, and means have been tak 
«n for her complete extermination.

is

COAL  A N D   BUILDING   M ATERIALS.
A  B. Knowlson quotes as follows:
1 05 
Ohio White Lime, per  bbl..................
»0 
Ohio White Lime, car lots
1 40 
Louisville Cement,  per bbl..................
1  40 
Akron Cement per b b l.......................
1  40
Buffalo Cement,  per bbl.........
.......1 05@1  10
Car lots........................................
.......  25®  30
Plastering hair, per bu.............
I 75
....... 
Stucco, per bbl............•’..............
....... 
ó 75
Land plaster, per ton..........
3 00
Land plaster, car lots............................
Fire brick, per  M...................................
Fire clay, per bbl.................. ...............  
® w
Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots.. $6 00@6 25 
Anthracite, stove and nut, oar lots..  6 25@6 50
Cannell, car lots . ................................. 
¿5
Ohio Lump, car lo ts ..............  •;•••  “ 
JX
Blossburg or Cumberland, car lots..  4 50@5 uu

COAL.

At Manufacturers’ Priees.

SAM PLES  TO  THE  TRAD E  ONLY.

Souse

and  Store  Shades  Made  to  Order.
68 Monroe  Street, Grand Rapids.

NELSON  BROS. *   CO.

(G roceries.

N ovel  M ethods o f P ack in g B utter.

Attention is being  called  in  this  country 
to  a  somewhat  novel method  for  packing 
butter,  especially  recommended  for  small 
dairies and where the good housewife, early 
In the season, puts down  a  few  crocks  of 
butter for summer’s use.  The butter is first 
made with  all  possible  care, and  is, after 
working, rolled into small  cylindrical balls, 
four or five inches long  and  not to exceed a 
couple of inches  in  diameter.  These  rolls 
are then wrapped in muslin  cloths  and  the 
ends  drawn  over.  A large  crock is  then 
nearly filled with strong brine, and these rolls 
of butterare  immersed in  this  solution.  A 
fallower is put into the  crock  to  keep  the 
butter from floating.  The butter  as wanted 
can be secured without disturbing  the mass, 
as is necessary when  packed  into tubs,  and 
it is then always fresh.  The butter will not 
absorb salt from  the  brine,  for the  reason 
that salt and butter never make alliances un­
der any circumstances, and as the butter will 
not take up additional  moisture,  there  can 
be no possibility for it to take up  extra salt. 
Being immersed in the brine, it is seen, that 
it is impossible for it to be influenced by the 
air, and this, in itself,  would  hold  natural 
changes in the  butter  in  check, so that the 
development of lactic  acid  would  go on so 
slowly that  if the brine was  kept in  a place 
of quite low temperature and quite uniform, 
the possibility of the butter becoming rancid 
would be very small, at least before  needed 
for the table.

Another  method is  to  thoroughly  wash 
out  the butter, while in  the  granular  state, 
with weak brine, and  when free from butter­
milk place this  granulated  butter  without 
further salting or  working in. small  muslin 
bags, holding three or four  pounds each, tie 
them up and  put in brine the same as  men­
tioned above.  At the last dairy fair  at Mil­
waukee some extra spring butter was shown 
in the granular form, put up- in  two  quart 
glass fruit cans.  The can was first filled one- 
third full of strong  brine, made of the  best 
dairy salt.  The fine  unworked  butter  was 
then put in until the can was  running  over 
full,  when  it was  allowed  to  stand  for a 
while to permit all  the air to  escape, when 
the cover was turned on, sealing as perfectly 
as “peaches.”  Butter was shown made two 
years before, that was in every respect equal 
in fine flavor to  that  made  during  the  pro­
gress of the fair.

Oysters  as  Big as  Babies.

From the Baltimore Sun.

A number of gentlemen interested in  oys­
ters gathered at a restaurant on Grant  street 
the  other  day  to  witness  the  opening  of 
twelve large oysters.  It had  been  wagered 
that the oysters when  opened  would  fill  a 
quart measure.  Opinion was divided,  how­
ever, and some bets were made upon the  re­
sult.  Col. Swearer brought out a  small  ta­
ble, and  placed  it  near  the  center  of  the 
floor, and the oysters were brought  out  and 
laid upon it.  They were enormous  in  size. 
It was suggested that they be weighed in the 
shell.  They weighed  twenty-five  pounds— 
the largest of the lot, two and a half pounds. 
William Hubbard, an expert with the oyster 
knife, took his place  at  the  table  and  laid 
open the first oyster. 
It was  a  beauty  and 
as fat as butter.  Every man present  looked 
at it hungrily.  As each oyster  came  out  of 
its shell, plethoric with  fat,  the  experts  in 
bivalyes  agreed  that  they  were  unusually 
fine.  Eleven oysters filled the  quart  meas­
ure.  Col. Swearer remarked that they  beat 
any oysters he had  ever  seen  opened.  In­
deed, he doubted if eleven oysters were ever 
brought to  this  city  which,  when  opened, 
would heap a quart measure  like  that. 
lie 
recalled the fact  that  twelve  oysters  were 
brought here in 1859, from  one  of  the cele­
brated rocks down the  bay,  which  filled  a 
quart cup, but the present lot were much fin­
er.

A n  In veterate Smoker,

From  the Brooklyn Eagle.

A well-known merchant of New York city 
is said to be the greatest smoker in the Unit­
ed States.  He is a tall,  stout, good  looking 
man, weighing about  250  pounds.  Accord­
ing to his. own statement,  he smokes a dozen 
prime cigars every  morning  before  break­
fast.  How many he  demolishes  during the 
rest of the'day is  not  recorded.  Last sum­
mer it was this gentleman’s  custom to go  to 
business every morning from  Queen’s coun­
ty, traveling down  the  East  river  on  the 
James slip  boat.  As  soon as  he  got  on 
board he placed a square  basket,  which  he 
invariably  carried, on the  floor.  Then  he 
lifted the lid and produced therefrom an im­
mense cigar case, a piece of wax  candle and 
a  box  of  matches.  Having  placed  these 
handy, he unfastened his  cuffs,  drew  them 
off and laid them on  the.  basket  Then he 
removed his necktie and collar and  deposit­
ed them by the side of  his  cuffs.  Then he 
unfastened his capacious vest  and  allowed 
the breeze to fan his  prodigious  chest.  He 
was now ready for  business.  He 
lighted a 
ignited a piece  of  wax  candle, 
match and 
which he 
laid in a  secure  spot.  Next  he 
drew from his cigar case  three,  four of  five 
cigars, as the fancy took him.  Producing  a 
rubber band from his  vest  pocket, he  cun­
ningly twisted it  around  the cigars so as to 
unite  them all abreast.  Then  he  put  the 
small ends in his  mouth  and  applied  the 
wax candle to the others,  passing  it  slowly 
from one to the other of the  cigars, until all 
were well lighted.  Leaning back he  enjoy­
ed life, sending clouds of smoke into the air. 
He has made a great variety  of  answers  to 
persons who have questioned him  as  to  his 
passion  for smoking.  To one he  said,  “My 
doctor tells me to smoke.”  To  another,  “I 
smoke  because 1 like  it.”  To  another,  “I 
smoke because my wife says I musn’t.”  To 
another,  “It’s none of  your  business,”  with 
a word  before  business”  which  the  Eagle 
never tolerates in  print.  Those  who  know 
him say he is a jolly man  and a skillful bus- 
manager.  He is nearly fifty years of age.

W hen  to  S ell  B utter.

The best time to sell butter or cheese, and, 
indeed, all farm  produce, is the earliest date 
at  which 
it  can  be  got  in  condition  for 
market  Whoever holds butter or other per­
ishable goods, holds them at a  risk.  Butter 
depreciates from the moment it is  made  un­
til  it.  is  consumed,  and  is always liable to 
fluctuations  in price,  which  are  as  often 
against the holder as in his favor, and  he  is 
always losing the  interest  on  its  value  as 
long  as  he  holds  it.  Holding for a higher 
price is one form of speculation—a  business 
farmers have no occasion to  indulge  in.  It 
is true a rise in property may  sometimes  be 
foreseen, making it pretty safe to hold for  a 
time,  but when a driryman would not  think 
it wise or safe to buy butter or cheese to hold 
for a better price, he had  better not hold his 
own.  The  fact  that  it  turns  out that  he 
might sometimes have done better  by  hold­
ing than by selling, when his goods are  first 
ready 
is  not  a  sufficient 
reason for holding at another  time,  for  the 
chances will as often be against  him  as  for 
him, and, whichever way it  is,  he  must  al­
ways endure the losses from  injury, shrink­
age, depreciation,  waste,  and  use of  capital. 
Therefore, as a rule, we say  it  is  most  pru­
dent to sell  always when products  are ready 
for market,  and more especially so with but­
ter,  which is always suffering from deprecia­
tion  in quality.

for  market, 

A dulterated  H o u r.

From the Georgia Electric Medical Journal.

There is an immense amount of adulterated 
flour sold in the South, and used by our peo­
ple.  Talc,  silica  and  other  minerals  are 
largely used for this purpose.  Last Summer, 
we examined a large number of specimens of 
flour manufactured at different mills in vari­
ous States and found  an  insoluble  mineral 
matter, in proportion varying between fifteen 
and twenty-five per cent.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

“ 
“ 

BLU IN G .

6%
1314

CANNED  F IS H .

A X LE  GREASE.

CANNED  F R U IT S .

BA K IN G   PO W D ER.

Advanced—Legal test oil.
Declined—Package coffees, oat meal, Turkey 

prunes, Kirk’s soaps.
Frazer’s .....................80] Paragon................70
Diamond....................60 Paragon, 20fl> pails..60
M odoc......................551
Arctic % lb cans__   45| Arctic  1 ft cans__2  40
Arctic % ft cans__   75 Arctic 5 ft cans__ 12  00
Arctic % ft cans.  .  1  40|
Dry, No. 2......................
..........doz.
25
Dry, No. 8.....................
..........doz.
45
Liquid, 4 oz,..................
........doz.
35
Liquid, 8 oz...................
..........doz.
65
Arctic 4 oz.....................
..........$   gross 4 (X
Arctic 8  oz....................
..  8 0C
Arctic 16 oz....................
12 00
Arctic No. 1 pepper box__
.  2  00
“  __
Arctic No. 2 
.  3 OC
Arctic No. 3 
“
.  4 50
BROOMS.
No. 1 Carpet............2 50 No.i Hurl..........
..1  76
No. 2 Carpet........... 2 25 Fancy Whisk__ ..1  00
No. 1  Parlor Gem..2  75 Common Whisk.
Iso. lH url...............2 00
Clams, 1 ft  standards....................  ............1 40
Clams, 2 ft  standards.................................. 2 65
Clam Chowder,  3 ft..................................... 2 20
Cove Oysters,  1 ft  standards.....................l  10
CoveOysters, 2  ft  standards....................  2 00
Cove Oysters, 1 ft  slack filled....................  75
Cove Oysters, 2 ft slack filled..................... 1 25
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic......................................1  75
Lobsters, 1 ft star......................................... 2 25
Lobsters, 2 ft star.........................................3 25
Mackerel, lf t   fresh  standards..................1 00
Mackerel, 5 ft fresh  standards.................6 50
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 ft............... 3 25
Mackerel,3 ft in Mustard...........................3 25
Mackerel, 3 ft broiled................................. 3 25
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia river......................1 50
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia river......................2 60
Salmon, lf t   Sacramento...........................1  35
Salmon, Wm. Hume’s Eagle.....................   1  85
Sardines, domestic 54s................................. 
Sardines,  domestic  %s.............................. 
Sardines,  Mustard  %s.................................  12
Sardines,  imported  %s...............................   14
Sardines, imported 54s.................................  20
Sardines, imported %s, boneless...............  32
Sardines, Russian  kegs..............................  55
Trout. 3 ft  brook........................................  2  75
Apples, 3 ft standards..................... ..........   90
Apples, gallons,  standards, Erie.............. 2 50
Blackberries, standards............................. 1  15
Blackberries,  Erie.......................................1  55
Cherries, Erie, red.......................................1  30
Cherries, Erie,white wax..........................   1  90
Cherries, French  Brandy, quarts.............2  50
Cherries, White...........................................3 55
Damsons.........................................................1  10
Egg Plums, standards 
.............................1 35
Egg Plums,  Erie........................................... 1 45
Gooseberries, Kraft’s Best......................... l  00
Green  Gages, standards2ft........................l  40
Green Gages,  Erie........................................l 50
Peaches,  Brandy..........................................3  10
Peaches, Extra Yellow................................2 40
Peaches,  standards........................................... l 75
Peaches,  seconds...............................................l 50
Pie Peaches,  Kensett’s................................1  10
Pears. Bartlett, Erie..........................................1 70
Pineapples,  Erie................................................2 20
Plumbs, Golden  Drop....................................   2 85
Quinces...............................................................1 45
Raspberries, Black,  Erie................................. 1 45
Raspberries, Red,  Erie.....................................l 40
Strawberries,  Erie.......................... 
Whortleberries, McMurphy’s ......................... 1 40
Apricots, Lusk’s.. .2 60 Pears............................ 3 CO
Egg Plums............2 50 Quinces....................2 90
Grapes........:..........2 50 Peaches  .................3 00
Green Gages’........ .2 50
Asparagus, Oyster Bay.....................................3 25
Beans, Lima,  Erie............................................. 1 65
Beans, String, E rie......................................  90
Beans, Lima,  standard...............................   90
Beans, Stringless, Erie...............................   .90
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked...........................1 60
Corn, Erie.......................................................115
Corn, Red  Seal............................................ ’1  10
Corn,  Acme................................. 
1  10
Corn, Revere.................................................... .’.1 £5
Mushrooms, French,  100 in  case.................. 22 00
Peas, Early extra,  small sifted Erie........2 25
Peas, French, 100 in ca se................................23 00
Peas, Marrofat, standard................................. 1 50
Peas, B eaver..............................................„  75
Peas, early small, sifted..................... ..!. !l 60
Pumpkin, 3 ft Golden......................................  1 00
Rhubarb,  Erie............................................!.110
Squash, E rie..................................................... .1 25
Succotash, Erie........................................"! ¡1 20
Succotash, standard.........................................75
Tomatoes, Red Seal............................... .!.  1  00
Boston......................36]  German Sweet...........25
Baker’s .................... 40  Vienna Sweet  ...........23
Runkles’ ...................35|
Green Rio........12@14
Roasted Mex.. ,17@20
Green Java......17@27
Ground  Rio__ 9@17
Green Mocha.. .25@27
Arbuckle’s.......  @14%
Roasted Rio__ 10@17
X X X X .............   @14&
Roasted Java .. 24@32 
Dilworth’s .......  @14=4
Roasted Mar.. ,17@19 
Levering’s .......  @14%
Roasted Mocha.  @32
Magnolia..........  @14%
72 foot J u te ........... 1 15 
|60 foot Cotton... .2 00
60 foot Jute.1  00 
Cotton... .1 75
Bloaters, Smoked Y armouth.....................   85
Cod, whole................................................. 4%@5
Cod, Boneless................................................. 5@7%
Cod, pickled, %  bbls............................... .” 3 25
H alibut..........................................................  13
Herring %  bbls......................................!!. .2 25
Herring,  Scaled....................................... ¡¡¡20@21
Herring,  Holland.................................. ”  ” @fio
Mackerel, No. 1, % bbls............................    .5 00
Mackerel, No. 1.  12 ft  kits........................ ¡4 00
Shad, ^ b b l............................................".. ¡2 50
Trout, No.  1, A  bbls.........................."..  4 50
Trout, No. 1,12 ft  kits.......................... *....  90
White, No. 1, Vi bb ls.................................! ¡6 00
White, Family, Vi bbls.................................2 50
White, No. 1,10 ft kits.................................  85
White, No. 1,12 ft kits.......................... ! !l 00

 
CANNED F R U IT S — C A L IF O R N IA .

CORDAGE.
|50 foot 
F IS H .

CANNED VEG ETA BLES.

CHOCOLATE.

CO FFEE.

l  35

 

D ryin g Tom atoes.

The  Grocery  Market.

The grocery business  has  been  fully up 
to expectations the  past  week,  and 
little 
complaint is heard about collections.  Pack­
age coffees are off %c, oat meal and  Turkey 
prunes  are down, and  Kirk announces a  re­
duction in his  soaps.  Legal  test  oil is up 
%e. and salmon are a  little  higher.  Other 
changes are merely nominal.

In Italy an extensive  business is  carried 
on in drying tomatoes to  use  during  those 
portions of the year when the ripe fruit can­
not be obtained.  Tomatoes are raised for the 
most part  between  rows of  grapevines; so 
that the land of their culture  costs  nothing. 
Sometimes the tomato vines  are  trained on 
the lower bars of the trellis to which grapes 
are attached.  The tomatoes  are  allowed to 
remain on the branches until  they are  quite 
Among the many  wooden  products  that 
ripe,  when they are picked  and  pressed in 
will be exhibited at the New Orleans exposi­
bags made of coarse cloth, which  allows the 
tion will be two hundred  wooden  nutmegs, 
pulp to pass through, but  retains  the  seed
make by the original  nutmeg-maker, Mr. J. 
and skins.  The pulp is then  thinly spread j H.  Most, of Hartford, Conn.  In earlier days 
out on cloths, boards or  in  shallow  dishes, Ithis gentleman claims  to  have  deceived an
and exposed to the sun to dry.  When it has 
experienced spice dealer with  the  nutmegs 
become  quite  dry  it is broken  up  fine  or 
turned out by his 
lathe.  For  the  present 
ground, and put into boxes or bags and  sent 
crop wood from the old Charter Oak will be 
used.
to market.  A 
large  part of it is used  for 
making soups, but  considerable of  it is em­
ployed as we do tomatoes that  are  preserv­
ed in tin or  glass  cans.  It is soaked  for a 
lew  hours in warm water  and  then  cooked 
In the ordinary  manner.  Large  quantities 
are used for home consumption, and  consid­
erable is exported.  This  would  seem to be 
a profitable  industry to  engage  in  in  this 
country.  The  pulp  of  tomatoes  could be 
dried to good advantage in any of  the styles 
of  apparatus  employed  in  drying  apples, 
peaches and small fruits.

John G. Saxe, at a hotel  in  the  West, un­
dertook to carve a piece of  beef,  which  was 
so tough that the carving knife  made 
little 
impression upon it.  The poet laid down his 
knife and fork,  glanced  around,  and  spoke, 
“Gentlemen,” said  he,  “that’s an  infriuge^ 
ment on Goodyear’s patent.”

The Florida orange crop this  season is re­
ported to be so much larger than the packing- 
box manufacturers anticipated, that the ship­
pers now find it  difficult  to  procure  boxes 
for their  fruit

The cigarette antedates the pipe and cigar 
by many years, and, as nearly as  can be  de­
termined  from  history,  was  the  original 
method of using tobacco.  Christopher  Co­
lumbus,  on  his  first  voyage  of  discovery, [ 
says the natives on the  Isle  of  Cuba  had  a 
“filthy habit of rolling up the leaf of a  nox­
ious weed, setting fire to one end, and inhal­
ing the pungent and nauseating  fumes from 
the other, which they called tobacco.”

issued 
The Valley City  Milling  Co. has 
some  handsome  cards,  advertising 
their 
“Snow Flake,” “Lily White” and fancy pat­
ent roller process  flour.

P otatoes W anted.

I will pay the highest  market  price  for 
choice Eose, Burbanks and White  Star pota­
toes delivered on board  cars  at  any  point 
south  of  Cadillac.  Correspondence solicit- 
“ • 

O.  W. Bl a in.

FLA V O RIN G  EXTRACTS.

FR U ITS

Jennings’2 oz............................$  doz.l 00
4oz........................................150
“ 
6 oz........................................ 2 50
“ 
8 oz........................................350
“ 
“ 
No. 2 Taper......................... 125
......................... 1 75
No.  4  4i 
“ 
“  % pint  round......................4 50
¿T 
“ 
„  “ 
..................... 9 00
No.  8....................................3 00
No. 10...................................4 25
“ 

Lemon.  Vanilla.
1  40
2 50
4 00
5 00 
1 50
3 00 
7 50
15 00
4 25
6  00
@5

Apples, Michigan.................................
Apples, Dried, York State, evap., bbis 
Apples, Dried, York State,  evap., box
Cherries, dried,  pitted.........................
Citron................................................... 
@37
Currants, crop  1884...............................  
@5
Peaches, dried  ...................................’ ’ 
13@14
Prunes, Turkey, new..................... . ] ” 
@514
9@u
Prunes, French, 50 ft  boxes................  
Raisins, Valencias.................................  @10i4
Raisins,  Ondaras..................................   @13%
Raisins,  Sultanas............................. . . .  9  @10
Raisins, Loose  Muscatels................. ’  @3  15
Raisins, London Layers.......................  @3 40
Raisins, Imperial Cabinets..................  @3 80
Raisins, Dehesias..................................   @4 25
Raisins, Dehesias, % boxes.............  
.  @1  50
Water White........13 
Grand Haven,  No. 9, square.........................1 90
Grand Haven,  No.  8, square............” 
1  50
Grand  Haven,  No. 200,  parlor............!..  2 50
Grand  Haven,  No.  300, parlor............. .!!.  3 75
Grand  Haven,  No.  7,  round........  
2 25
Oshkosh, No.  2......................................  " "  110
i  60
" 
Oshkosh, No.  8...................................... 
Swedish.................................................” ‘ 
55
Richardson’s No. 2  square........ .  . 
2 70
.  . 
.................!!'.!.". ¡2 70
Richardson’s No. 6 
Richardson’s No. 8 
.................!!.” !"  1 70
................ . . . . . .  2 55
Richardson’s No. 9 
Black  Strap...................................... 
@43
Porto  lUco..............................................;;; ;28@32
New  Orleans, good...................................... 44@45
New Orleans, choice....................................,50@52
New Orleans,  fancy....................................¡55@60

| Legal  Test............. 11

K E R O S E N E   O IL .

MOLASSES.

do 
do 
do 

H A TCH ES.

Vi bbls. 4c extra.

OATM EAL.

do 

do 

PIC K L E S .

32 3 ft  packages... .3 25|Steel Cut, % bbls.. .2  75
Steel  cut................5 00|Rolled  Oat...............3 50
Choice in barrels med........................................... 5 50
Choicein% 
........ ........................!.3 40
Dingee’s quarts glass fancy..........................  
4 25
Dingee’s pints 
...........................  2 40
Americanqt.  in Glass.................................!.2 00
American pt. in Glass.................................!.! 1 30
C. & B. English  quarts.................. ».....! '5 75
C. & B. English  pints................................ 
Chow Chow, mixed and Gerkins,  quarts.. .5 75
pints__ 3 50
Dingee & Co.’s C. C. M. & G. Eng. style,qts.4 50
pts..2 75
Imported Clay 3 gross.......................... 2 25©3 00
Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross............  @1  80
American  T.D........................................  @1 00

P IP E S .

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3 50

R IC E .

 

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SALT.

SOAP.

j  60

SA UCES.

SA LERA TUS.

»  5n
2 65

l  55
80
3  20
25
«6

P atna...................... 6
Rangoon................. 5%
Broken.....................3%

Good Carolina.......6%
Prime Carolina......7
Good Louisiana.... .6%
Java  . .. .............
DeLand’s pure....... 5%|Dwight’s ....................5%
Church’s  ................ 5% Sea  Foam..................5%
Taylor’s  G. M.........5% S., B. & L.’s Best...  .5%
Cap Sheaf................:>%| 
*
60 Pocket....................... 
28 pocket...............................235
100 3 ft pockets.......................................  
Saginaw F ine.......................... 4  oo
Diamond  C........................................’ 
Standard  Coarse........................!.!..  . 
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags........ 
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags__  
American, dairy, % bu. bags............... 
Rock, bushels.........................................  
Parisian, %  pints.......................... ;....  @2 00
Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, pints.  @5 00 
Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, % pts.  @3 00
Picadilly, % pints..................................   @1 00
Pepper Sauce, red  small.....................   @  75
Pepper Sauce, green  ............................  @  90
Pesper Sauce, red large ring...............  @1 35
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring........  @1 70
Catsup, Tomato,  pints..........................   @  90
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts  .....................   @1  20
Horseradish,  Vt pints............................
@100
Horseradish, pints.................. 
. . . . .  .
@1 30 
Capers, French surfines...................."
@2 25 
Capers, French surfines, large__
@3 50 
Olives, Queen, 16 oz  bottle..................
@3 85 
Olives, Queen, 27 oz  bottle..................
@6 50 
Olive Oil,  quarts, Antonia &  Co.’s __
@7 00 
Olive Oil, pints,  Antonia & Co.’s ........
@4 00 
Olive Oil, Vi pints, Antonia & Co.’s __
@2 00 
Celery Salt,  Durkee’s..........................
@  90 
Halford Sauce, pints........................
@3 50 
Halford Sauce, Vs pints.........................
@2  10 
Salad Dressing, Durkee’s, large..........
@4  85 
Salad Dressing, Durkee’s, small........
@2 90 
Preserved Ginger, Canton,  pints.......
@1 25
Old Country, 80 bars, 80 lbs.,  wrapped 
@4 20 
Old Country, 80 bars,80 fts.,unwrapped
@4 10 
Old Country, 801 ft bars.......................
@ 5% 
Queen  Anne...........................................
@5 00 
Cameo........................................!!" !!!!
@3 30 
Monday.................................
@3 50 
Kirk’s American  Famiiy  . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 60 
India.........................................
3 30 
3 15 
3 30
3 15
4 85 
6 75
5
3 60
4  10 
3 40
3  75
4 20 
@3 40

do. 
do.  Savon..........................i
do.  Satinet..........................
do.  Revenue..........................
do.  White Russian................ . . . . .
Proctor & Gamble’s Ivory.................
Japan  O live___
Town Talk  $  box
Golden Bar...............
Arab........................
Amber.....................
Mottled  German..
Procter & Gamble’s Velvet..................
Procter & Gamble’s Good Luck..........
Procter & Gamble’s Wash  Well..........
Badger.................................................. 60 fts
Galvanic.......................................
Gowan & Stover’s New Process 3 ft br
Tip Top....................................... 3 ft bar
@  16 
Ward’s White Lily.................................
@6  75 
Handkerchief...............................
@4 20 
Babbitt’s ...............................................
5 25
Dish R ag....................................... .
4  10
Bluing.......................................
5 00 
Magnetic....................................
4  10
New  French  Process..................... ”
4 50
Spoon................................................. ¡¡¡
5 00 
Anti-Washboard.......................
5 00
Vaterland...................................... ’.!!!!
3 25
Magic................................... 
4 20 
Pittsburgh.............................
4 00
Acme, 701 ft  bars..................................
@ 6% 
Acme, 25 3 ft bars...............................
@  6% 
Towel, 25 bars  ..................................
@5 25 
Napkin, 35  bars....................................
@5 25 
,Best American, 601 ft blocks...............
© 6 
Palma 60-1 ft blocks, plain....................
@ 5% 
Shamrock, 100 cakes,  wrapped...........
@3 70 
Master, 100-% ft cakes.......................
@5 00 
Stearine, 100  % ft cakes.......................
@4  85 
Marseilles, white, 100 % ft  cakes........
@6 25 
Cotton Oil, white, 100 % ft  cakes........
@6 25 
Lautz’s 60-1 ft blocks, wrapped........
@ 7 
German  Mottled, wrapped.................
@ 6% 
Savon, República, 60 ft box................ ¡
@ 5% @ 5% 
Blue Danube, 60-1 ft blocks................
London Family, 60-1 ft  blocks........
@ 5 
London Family, 3-ft bars 80 ft.............
@1 00 
London Family, 4-ft bars 80 ft.............
@4 00 
Gem, 100 cakes, wrapped.....................
@3 85 
Nickel, 100 cakes, wrapped..................
@3 75 
Climax, 100 cakes,  wrapped............!
@3 25 
Boss, 100 cakes,  wrapped....................
@2 30 
Marseilles Castile, Toilet,3 doz in  box
©1  25 
A 1  Floating, 60 cakes..........................   @4
■ 
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Lautz Bros. & Co.

do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 

6%

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SPIC E S.

. 

“ 
“ 
“ 

SUGARS.

STARCH.

Ground. 

STOVE P O L IS H .

@18
8@10
@10

@6%
@6%
@4

................................................  @ 7

@5
@4%
@6
@7
@7
@6%
@6%
@7%
@5%
@7
@8

.  Whole
Pepper................ I6@25|Pepper............
Allspice...............12@18 Allspice...........
Cinnamon........... 16@30 Cassia..............
Cloves  ................ 15@25iNutmegs  .......
Ginger.................16@20¡Cloves  ............
Mustard...............15@30|
Cayenne............. 25@35|
Gilbert’s Gloss l f t ..................................
“  3 ft cartoons..................
“  crates.............................
“  bulk................................
Corn, l f t .................................
Niagara Laundry, 40 ft box,  bulk.......
Laundry, bbls, 186  fts...........
“  Gloss, 401 ft packages...........
“  Gloss,  36 3 $   packages..........
“  Gloss, 6 ft box, 72 ft crate__
“  Corn, 401 ft  packages..........
Muzzy Gloss 1 ft package.....................
Muzzy Gloss 3 ft package.....................
Muzzy  Gloss 6 ft boxes.........................
Muzzy Gloss bulk............................... .
Muzzy Corn 1 1b.................................
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 Pearl.......................................
American Starch Co.’s
1 ft  Gloss.................................................
10 oz  Gloss............................
@3%
3ft  gioss..................................
6 ft Gloss, wood  boxes..........................
@7@6%
Table Corn......................................40
Table  Corn..................................... 20  ft
Banner, bulk........................................... 
@4
* 
Rising  Sun gross..5 88!Dixon’s  gross........ 5 50
Universal..............5 63 Above $  dozen........   50
I X L ......................5 501
Cut  Loaf.................................................   @  7%
Cubes 
Powdered................................................  @ 6%
Granulated,  Standard....................... 
@  6%
Granulated, Fine  Grain.......................  @  3%
Confectionery A
@ 6ii 
Standard A ..............................................
@•6 
New Orleans  A ..................... .!!.......... 5
@ 5% 
Extra C, White..................................
@ 5% 
Extra C.......................................... !!!!!!
@ 5% 
Fine  C.................................... !!'
@ 5%
Yellowc................   ............. !!!!!!!!!!!
„  
SY RUPS.
New Orleans,  good.............
Corn,  Barrels.......................
Com, % bbls..........................
Corn, 10 gallon kegs.............
Corn, 5 gallon kegs................................. 
Corn, 4% gallon kegs........................ !!!!  @1 60
Pure Sugar........................................bbl
34 
Pure Sugar Drips..................... .. % bbl
38 
Pure Sugar  Drips.................5 gal kegs
@1  96 
Pure Loaf Sugar Drips...............% bbl
@  85 
Pure  Loaf Sugar..................5«ral kegs
@1  85
Japan ordinary......................................
• 20@25 
Japan fair to good.......................!!!!!!,
.30@37 
Japan fine......................................
. 40@50
Japan dust...............................................!.!!!!!!!! is@20
Young Hyson...............................................30@50
Gunpowder................................................... 35@5o
Ootong.....................................................33@55@60
Congo............................................................. 25@30
State  Seal...................60
Brother Jonathan.. .32
Diamond  Crown....... 58
Rose Bud.................... 50
O.  K........... !.............. 45
Our  Bird.................... 30
Peaches  .................... 38
Morrison’s Fruit....... 50
Victor  ........................60
Red  Bird.................... 52
Opera Queen..............40
Sweet Rose.................45
Green  Back............... 38
Fruit...........................33
O So Sweet.................31
Prairie Flower...........65
Climber.....................62
Indian Queen........... 60

Matchless...................65
Hiawatha...................67
G lobe......................... 65
May Flower............... 70
H ero...........................45
A tlas..:......................35
Royal Game............... 38
Mule Ear....................67
Peek-arBoo.............   32
Fountain.................... 74
Old Congress..............64
Good Luck.................52
Good and Sweet..... .45
Blaze Away.......  ......35
Hair Lifter.................30
Governor...................60
Fox’s Choice...........   63

TOBACCO—F IN E  C U T - IN   P A IL S .

TEA S.

20@

^

PLU G .

2c.  less  in four pail lots or half barrels. 
Arab, 2x12 and 4x12...............................  @43
Red Star, Rough and Ready, 2x12...."  @46
Red Star, Rough and Ready, 3x12.......  @46
Red Star, flat, 3x12.................................  @43
Red Star, black. 24 oz..................... 
@4K
Old Five Cent Times.........................  "  @aw

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

Tramway.
Big Sevens, dime cuts
@45
Black Diamond.....................   .............  @0=
Trotter, rum flavor........  
@70
Boot  .................. ..................
@44
B. F. P.’s Favorite........
Old Kentucky.....................
Big Four,  2x12.............
Big Four, 3x12................
Spearhead, 2x12 and 3x12..
@46
Turkey, 16 oz.,  2x12..........
@48
Blackbird. 16 oz.,  3x12.......
@35
Seal of Grand Rapids............................
@48
f f f c r .....................  **•
Silver Coin 
@50
Buster  [Dark]
@36
Black Prince [Dark]................  
@¡36
Black Racer  [Dark]............ 
-
@36
Leggett & Myers’  Star........
@46
Climax..................................
@46
Hold F a st................ .............
 
McAlpin’s Gold Shieid 
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 ft  cads.  . . ! ! @ 5 1
Cock of the Walk  6s...........  
^ 7
Nobby Twist....... 
@46
Nimrod................
@46
Acorn ...............
@46
Crescent.............
@44
Black  X ...............
@35
Black  Bass.......
@40
^
spring.................;;;;..............................  
C rayling, all  styles...................................... @48
Mackinaw. 
" 
-
@47
Horse Shoe
@44
Hair Lifter.......
D. and D., black
@36
McAlpin’s Green  Shield.! .!".!'.!..........  @4«
A nc  uui. 
«ami
Ace  High, black...
@35
Sailors’  Solace..................
@46
Black Bear.....................!!!!!!!!!!!!
@37

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

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

2c. less in four butt lots.'

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PROVISIONS.

s r s s s “ 8 paoki" e * provi"»“
12

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P O R K   IN   BA RRELS.
Heavy Mess, new  ... .......... 
...............io A?
Pig, clear, short  cut.................. 
Extra Family Clear..........................
14 oo
Extra Clear Pig, new, Chicago  packing 
14 in»
Clear, A. Webster  packer................. 
Standard Clear, the  best.............  
.......15 50
Extra  Clear........
.14 50
Boston clear....................!!!!..’!!!!!!!!!!!!! 15 00
™  URY  SALT  MEATS— IN   BOXES.
t 
Long Clears, heavy, 500 ft.  Cases.......... 
7
t  ™  do' 
Half Cases............
Long Clear medium, 500 ft  Cases........
Long Clears light, 500 ft Cases.............
a. 
Half Cases  ............
Short Clears, heavy..........................

*

d0-  . 

. 
do.  medium__
do. 
light......... 

¡sue

..................
Extra Dong 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 
Bellies, extra quality, 500 ft cases
Bellies, extra quality, 300 ft cases.......
Bellies, extra quality, 200 ft cases!!!  '
LARD.
Tierces  ...............................
30 and 50 ft Tubs.......!.!.!!!!!.............
50 ft Round Tins, 100 cases.!!!!!!!!!
LARD IN   T IN  P A IL S ..........
20 ft Round Tins, 80 ft  racks.............
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case..................'!.!'
5 ft Pails, 6 in a case..............!.!!!!!!!!
10 ft Pails, 6 in a case__
TT 
Hams cured m sweet pickle, heavy... 
Hams cured in sweet pickle medium 
Shoulder, cured in sweet  pickle. ! ! !  !
Extra Clear Bacon........
Dried Beef,  Extra........ !!!.!!!!!.!!

SMOKED MEATS

light

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—   -CANVASSED  OR  PL A IN .

IVt 
7* 

7H 8

8% 
8J4 8% 
7% 8
8%
7% 8 
8
8% 
8% 
8% 
8H
10
10% 
10%
10
10%

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P IG S ’  FEET.

B E EF IN  B A R R ELS...............

SAUSAGE—FR ESH  AND SMOKED.

.  . H I®ES» PELTS  AND  FURS. 

■  13% 9
..  6% 
..  9 
..  6% 
..  6% 
..  6%
•  ■  6%  
• ■  6%
3 50 
1  90

.. 
Perkms & Hess quote as foLows: 

Boneless, extra  quality..............•..!!!!!!. .14 50
Extra Mess Chicago packing..................... .10 50
Pork  Sausage.............
"
Ham  Sausage..........  .................. 
Tongue  Sausage.............!.................
Liver Sausage.......................................
Frankfort  Sausage..........................
Blood  Sausage...............
Bologna,  ring................ !....................
Bologna, straight........
Bologna,  thick...................................
Head  Cheese................!!!!!!!!!!!!’
_ 
In half barrels..............................
In quarter barrels__
In kits.....................
T  ^  
In half barrels........
.$3  OO
In quarter barrels....." ...............................   i
80
In kits..........................................   . . . . .......... 
Prices named are  lowest  at time of going to 
press, and are good only for that date, subject 
to market fluctuations.

Tramway, 3 oz..........40
Nigger Head..............26
Ruby, cut Cavendish 35
Holland......................22
Boss  ...........................15
German.............. ÜÜ.14
Peck’s Sun................. 18
Long Tom... 
........... 30  Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 fts...........
Miners and Puddlers. 28
National  .
....26
Morning  Dew  .......... 26
Tim e.......
............26
Chain...........................22
Conqueror
............23
Seal of Grand Rapids 25 
Grayling__
............32
K in g...........................30
Seal Skin__
............30
Flirt
.28iRob Roy.......
26
oa!tt---1 „  c\__
.......................... 30!Uncle  Sam!.!.!!.......28
Pug 
Ten Penny  Durham.24|Lumberman........... "25
and 1 ft —  15jRailroad Boy............ 36
Amber, 
John  Gilpin. .  ..........18 Mountain Rose..........18
Lime Kiln  Club.........47
Good  Enough
IT 
23
Blackwell’s Durham.90
Home Comfort.......... 25
Vanity  Fair............... 90
Old  Rip, long cut__ 55
Dim e...........................26
Two Nickle.................24
Peerless  ..........
Star Durham.............!25
Standard.................... 22
Durham No. 2..........  55
Old Tom......................21
Golden Flake Cabinet 40 
Tom &  Jerry..............24
Seal of North Caro­
Joker...........................24
lina, 2  oz.............   48
Traveler................... !35
Seal of North Caro­
lina, 4 oz...............  46
‘¿7
Topsy ...............
Seal of North  Caro­
Navy  Clipping's..
...26
lina, 8 oz...................41
Boots..................
...30
Seal of North  Caro­
Honey  Dew........
lina, 16 oz boxes__ 40
Gold Block....
Big Deal......................27
Camp Fire..........
...25
Apple Japk.................24
Oroiioko.............
...19
King Bee, longeut.. .22 
Durham, % f t __ ...60
Milwaukee  P rize....24
do  % ft ...
.. .57
Good Enough........... 24
do  %  ft....
.. .55
Rattler........................28
l f t ....
do 
.. .51
Windsor cut plug..! .25
Pickwick  Club__ ...40
SHORTS.
Mule Ear....................23|Acme__ _ 
Hiawatha...........................23 Globe. 
Old Congress................23|
_  
Pure  Cider..........8@12 White Wine..........   8@12
1776 ^  f t ................................................. 
© m u
 
so 
i^uu/2
Gillett’s $  ft
@  7%
Soapine pkg....................................
7@I0 
Pearline $  box.................. 
!!!!!!.!
@4 50 
Lavine, single boxes, 48 i ft  papers 
@4 50 
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 481 ft pap’rs 
@4 25 
Lavine, single  boxes, 100 6 oz papers 
@4 50 
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 100 6 oz  pap 
@4 25 
Lavine, single boxes, 80 % ft papers 
@4  15 
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 80 % ft paprs
@4 00
YEAST.
Twin Bros..........1 65 
| W ilsons............
1  65 
Magic..................l  75  ¡National.........
1  65
Bath Brick imported............................
85 
60 
Barley.........................................
@3 
Burners, No. 1 ............. ..!.....................
1  10 
do  No.  2..................!!!!!.!!!!''' 
±i3V
1 50
Condensed Milk, Eagle  brand.............  
7 35
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans........  
15@25
Candles, Star.................... 
¡af i
Candles,  Hotel.................... 
@14
Extract Coffee, V.  C............. 
"
5@85 
F elix............
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps........
@30 
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.
@40 
Gum, Spruce.........................
30@35 
Hominy, $  bbl....................!!
@4 30 
Peas, Green Bush.................. .
@1  30 
Peas, Split prepared............. .
@ 3 
Powder, Keg.
@3 50
Powder,  % Keg......................!!!!!!!!!!  @193

_ _ 
New York Counts..........................
.33
-a,
F. J. D. Selects  ................. 
 
.30
Selects................. 
 
or
f . j. d ....................................... 
M
............19
Standard  .........................
............18
Favorite....................! !. ! !..............
............ 17
Medium................ ."!.'! !. ! ! ! !........
............15
Prim e.........................! ! ! ! ! ! " !  !
14
. . . .  
New  York  Counts.............
.......2  00
Selects, per gallon..................................
.1  65
Standards.................................... !!!!!!! i ‘oO@l 10
„  
Codfish....................... 
Haddock................  
Smelts.....................
Mackinaw Trout...
Mackerel................
Whitefish  ...... ...!!

Fine washed H ft 20@22|Unwashed...........  
Coserse washed.
Bear........
Fisher  . ;.. 
Fox, red... 
Fox,  gray. 
Martin  .... 
M ink........

(Fall pelts............. 30@50
60@75
2-3
5%
Muskrat....... 
2@ 
8
Otter........... 4 00© 5 00
Raccoon....... 
5©  85
Skunk  ..........    15@  90
Beaver, f  ft.2 00@  3 60
io@  30

5@  50 Deer,  $  ft... 
^   OYSTERS  AND  FISH, 

Green__ ft  6
Part cured...  7%@  8
Full cured 
Dry hides and

.  50@10 00 
.4 00®  8 00 
.  25@  1  10 
.  15@  85
.  25@  1 00 
. 

or cured__   @10
$  piece.......20  @50

Calf skins, green
Deacon skins,

f  • J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

mer skins «¡p pcel0@20|Winter  peits. 

COUNTRY  PRODUCE.

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

16@18 ¡Tallow............ 

Shearlings or Sum- 

American...........

W A SH IN G  PO W D ERS.

k ip s...........   8

o
7
..12 
..  8 
.12

m i s c e l l a n e o u s .

  8  @  8%

 
 
.......... 

S H E E P  PEL TS.

FRESH  F IS H .

VIN EGA R.

OYSTERS.

h i d e s .

" K IN S .

W OOL.

1  25 

20
r

do 

do 

„  

, 

, 

 

, 

 

. 

CANDY,  FRUITS AND  NUTS. 

 

do 

STICK.
 
MIXED.

9 @  9%
9%@10
......................  @12

Putnam & Brooks quote as follows:
Straight, 25 ft  boxes............................ 
SWi 8r ’  ^ 
Cut Loaf 
'Pails........................................10@10%
goyaj- 
Royal, 200 ft bbls........................................  9@9%
Extra, 25 ft  pails......................... !!!  ! 
11@11%
Extra, 200 lb bbls..................... !..!!.;!..:  _  10%
French Cream, 25 lb pails................................13
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases..........................  
13
Broken, 25  ft  pails.........................  
1114
Broken, 200 ft  bbls.........................................!!!!!! 10%
FANCY—IN 5 ft BOXES.
Lemon  Drops.......................................  
14
.......15
Sour Drops....................... 
'.!!..!".!!! 
Peppermint  Drops........  !!.!.!.!!!.!!!...".15
Chocolate Drops..........................!!."!!!!!!.* !l6
H M Chocolate  Drops....................... 
20
Gum  Drops  ...................................!!!!!!!! 
10
Licorice Drops.....................!..".!!!!."!.*!!!!!! ¡20
A B   Licorice  Drops....................!!!!............12
Lozenges, plain.......................... 
45
Lozenges,  printed.......................  " ................16
Imperials.......................................... 
45
M ottoes................................!!!!!!!!!!!!........ 15
Cream  Bar............................. .!...!.!.*!.! 
14
Molasses Bar.............................!!!!!!!............ 14
Caramels................................. ! .! ! ! ! ! ! ...........20
Hand Made Creams...............! ! .! ! .! ! ! ..........22
Plain  Creams.........................! !!.".!!..............18
Decorated Creams................ .........................93
String Rock................................... !.!!  !........15
Burnt Almonds.........................!!!!!!.............22
Wintergreen  Berries............. . 
¡¡..15

¡¡¡¡ 

 

FANCY—IN  BULK.

Lozenges, plain in  pails........................13%@14
Lozenges, plain in bbls................................... 12
Lozenges, printed in pails..........  " !!.............14%
Lozenges, printed in  bbls......................   !!!! 13
Chocolate Drops, in pails........................". *  "44
Gum  Drops  in pails.........................!!. ¡7%@8
Gum Drops, in bbls................................... 6%@7
Moss Drops, in  pails............................" ’ 
44
Moss Drops, in bbls........'.................."..."."  9%
Sour Drops, in  pails.................... " ." ...........42
Imperials, in  pails..........................!! 
44
Imperials  in bbls.....................  
43
Oranges, Messina..........................!.'" ¡¡3'00@3 50

 

FRUITS.

Oranges, Florida, $  box...........................  @4 00
Lemons,  choice.................................... 3 00@4 00
Figs,  layers new,  $  ft..........................12%@15
Oranges, Messina..................................2 75@3 50
Figs, baskets 4 0 ft$ ft..............................  @ 8
do  ...........................  
Dates, frails 
©  4
do  ..........  ............  @ e
Dates, % do 
Dates, skin............................................¡.  @ 4
Dates, %  skin.................................... !!.!  @ 5
Dates, Fard 10 ft box $1  ft............... !..  @ 9
Dates, Fard 50 ft box $ f t .....................   @ 7
Dates, Persian 50 ft box ^ ft............... 
PEANUTS.
Prime Red,  raw 
ft............................
5@ 5%
do  ............................. 
Choice 
do  ............................   5%@  5%
Fancy 
5@  5%
Choice White, Va.do  ............................ 
Fancy H P,.  Va  do  ............................ 
6%@ 7
NUTS.
Almonds,  Terragona, $)ft 
Almonds, loaca,
Brazils,
Pecbns,
Filberts, Sicily  —
Walnuts, Grenobles 
Cocoa Nuts, ’P  100

do  .......... 
  @21
fc@l0
do  .................... 
9®13
do  .................... 
do  ....................  15@16
d o ....................  @16

@ 6%

do 
do 

 

FR ESH   MEATS.

John  Mohrhard  quotes the trade as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides...................................   5  @  7
Fresh  Beef, hind  quarters..................6%  @ 8
Dressed  Hogs.......................... ..............  5%® 5%
Mutton,  carcasses.................................  @5%
Veal.........................................................  9%@10
Pork Sausage..................................»*-..8  @n9
Bologna....................................................   9  @10
Chickens...................................................10  @11
Turkeys  .................................................   @11
Ducks..................................................... 
  @13
G eese.....................................................   @11

Apples  Soipewhat firmer.  First-class stock 
readily commands $2 $bbl.  An advance  of 25c 
Is expected  during  the  next  month, and  the 
probabilities are that apples will sell  for  $2.50 
before the spring is far advanced.
Beeswax—Small demand at 30c. 
Buckwheat—$4,75 $  bbl.
Beans  No  local  demand.  Unpicked  com­
mand 75@$1, and choice picked find good ship­
ping demand at $1.40.

Butter—Creamery  is  scarce  and  inactive, 
sales being so slow as to render it hardly quot­
able.  Dairy  is plenty,  many  outside  dealers 
being loaded up with from 100 to 1,000  pounds; 
really choice, however, readilly  commands  17 
@18c for rolls and  15@16c  for  solid packed.

Butterine—Compelled to take a back seat, on 
account of the great amount of good butter in 
market.  Solid  packed  creamery  commands 
20c,  while  dairy  is  quoted  at 15@16c for solid 
packed, and  15@17c for rolls.
Beets—No shipping demand.
Clover  Seed—No  local  shipping  demand. 
Dealers are paying  $3.59@4  for  good to fancy 
stock.

Cabbages—$5@$6 $  100.  Very little moving. 
Celery—The winter stock  now  in  market is 
very undesirable in quality,  selling  at  15@18c 
per  dozen.  Good  stock  would  readily  com­
mands 25c.

Cheese—Michigan full  cream  stock readily 
commands ll%@13%c,  while  skim  find  occas­
ional sale at from 9%@10c.

Cider—12c  gal. for common sweet. 
Cranberries—Firm at $13 for bell and  cherry, 

and  $14 for bell  and bugle.

Eggs—Demand fair and market rather weak­
er.  Fresh stock  commands  21@22e  and  limed 
18@20c.

Hops—Brew ere are paying 15c for best Mich­

igan, with few offerings.

Honey—Choice new in comb is firm at 14c. 
Hay—$9@$10 for new, and  $12@$13  for bail­

ed.

Mince Meat—7c $  ft for home made.
Onions—$1.65 $  bbl. for yellow or red.
Pop Corn—3c $  ft for choice.
Potatoes—No firmer,  although  buyers seem 
to  be  more  disposed  to  trust to  the  future. 
The market is dull at 25c.

Poultry-Fowls,  9@10c.  Chickens,  10@llc. 

Turkeys, 11c.  Ducks, 14c.

Squash—Slow sale at %e <p ft.
Sweet  Potatoes—Jerseys are  about  out of 
market, occasional kiln-dried lots finding slow 
sale at $6 $  bbl.

Turnips—25c $  bu.
Timothy—No shipping demand,  and  dealers 

buy only for prospective wants.

G R A IN S AND M IL L IN G   PR O D U CTS.

Wheat—2e higher this week.  Lancaster,  77; 

Fulse and Clawson, 74c.

Corn—Jobbing generally at 46c in 100bu. lots 

and 40@43c in carlots.

lots.

Oats—White, 33c in small lots and 30c  iu  car- 
Rye—52@54c  bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.10@$1.20 $   cwt. 
Flour—Unchanged.  Fancy Patent,$5.50 $  bbl. 
in sacks  and  $5.75  in  wood.  Straight, $4.50 $1 
bbl. in sacks and $4.75 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $1.50 $  cwt.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $14  $  ton.  Bran, $13 
ton.  Ships, $14 $  ton.  Middlings, $17 $  ton. 

Corn and Oats, $23 $  ton.

TRUSTY  TRAVELERS.

O ver T hree H undred and F ifty  N am es, A l­

ph ab etically Arranged.

Agreeable to  promise,  The  T radesman 
hereby presents a corrected list of the travel­
ing salesmen residing at this market.  Consid­
erable care has been exercised in  the  revis- 
son, and it  is  confidently  believed that  no 
name has been  overlooked.  Any  errors or 
omissions, however, will be  cheerfully  not­
ed:

Ck/.

Allen, Stanley, Allen Bros.
Antrim, Albert C, Church Finish Co.
Adams. Frank. Grand Rapids Fire Insurance 
Adderley,  Stanley.
Alden, Geo W, Foster, Stevens & Co.
Ames, Jas E, Michigan Plating Works. 
Anderson, Wm D.
Andrew, Ed P.
Atkins, Lawrence W,  Heavenrieh  Bros,  De­
Avery, Jas T, Jennings & Smith.
Averul, W W, Harrison Wagon Works.
Ayers, R B, Berkey & Gay Furniture Co. 
Allen, G H, Grand Rapids Chair Co.

troit.

A

B.

.Mfg Co.

York.

Chicago.

Bradford, John L. Kniseley, Witter & Co, l5ew 
Baxter, Chas.
Beneka, Wm A, Sherwood & Co, Boston. 
Beneker, B, John Benjamin.
Bradford, James N, Arthur Meigs & Go. 
Banker, W S,  Anglo-American  Packing Co., 
Bradford, Lewis Cass, Eaton  &  Christenson. 
Baker, Herbert, Shields,  Bulkley  &  Lemon. 
Bay ley, Christopher H, Clark, Jewell & Co. 
Baker, Allison D, Foster, Stevens & Co.
Bang!) art, Lorenzo C.
Barclay, Warren Y, E G Studley & Co.
Barker, Lewis D, Luther & Sumner  Mfg. Co. 
Barker, Dexter, Spiral Spring Buggy Co. 
Barber, Addison  A, Grand Rapids  Chair  Co. 
Barnett, Wm S, Peninsular Stove Co, Detroit. 
Brown, Alford J, IO Green.
Barnes, Joseph A.
Brown, Frank.
Barrell, Charles L, McIntyre & GoodsellPiano 
Brown, Wm A, New  England  Furniture Co. 
Bass. Charles H, Bissell  Carpet  Sweeper Co. 
Barr, Jas, C W. Allen. Chicago.
Beacraft, Wm A.
Beecher, Henrv Ward, Eaton, Lyon & Allen. 
Blackman, Charles F.
Bisset, Duncan J.
Blakestree, Frank M.
Buddington, E D, Kent Furniture Mfg Co. 
Blickle, John J, Wm Hake.
Blocksma,  Ralph?  Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  & 
Buckley, John D, Kortlander & Grady.
Bolt, Alpheus E, W W Kimball & Co.
Bolles, Silas K, J W Coughtry  &  Son,  Cigar- 
Boughton, Wm, R & J  Cummings  &  Co,  To­
Brasted, Alby L, C G A Voigt & Co.
Burrows, John, M C Russell.
Bell, John W, Phcenix Furniture Co.
Barber, N H, Phcenix Furniture Co.
Black, Chas, Oriel  Cabinet Co.
Barber, A A, Grand Rapids Chair Co.
Buss, Geo, Buss Machine Works.

ville, N Y .
ledo.

Co.

C.

falo.

Philadelphia.

Provision Co.

Chicago.

Carhartt,  H  B,  Young,  Smith,  Field  &Co, 
Christ, Fred, Hugo Schneider & Co. 
Chickering, Frank, self,
Carroll, P H,  Seitz. Schwab & Co, Chicago. 
Cooper, W E, Spring & Company.
Cole, Adolphus B, Bickford  &  Francis,  Buf­
Cady, W O, O’Brien & Murry, Binghamton 
Cesna, Ledro R, S A Welling.
Caro, L A, Enterprise Cigar Co.
Cavanaugh, Geo, Morris H Treusch.
Cary, L M. Mosler, Bahman & Co, Cincinnati. 
Corson, R W, Berkey & Gay Furniture  Co. 
Carpenter, Napoleon, Hart & Amberg. 
Chapman, Chas C.
Chase, Frank E, A C McGraw  &  Co,  Detroit. 
Chase, Herbert T, Chase & Sanborn,  Boston. 
Church, Isaac R, W C Denison.
Clark, Wm M, Grand Rapids Brush Co.
Cloyes, Jas G, Clark. Jewell & Co.
Coffin, Chas P, King & Co.
Cogswell, George P.
Collins,  Frank.
Collins, Wm B, II Leonard &  Sons.
Compton, Shelby, Cleveland Varnish Co. 
Conlen,  Frank,  Grand  Rapids  Packing and 
Coppens, Peter J.
Coppes, Rufus J, Curtiss, Dunton & Co. 
Cornell, Chas H.
Cornell,  Willis F,  Shniedewend  &  Lee  Co., 
Corley, Wm J, E T Brown & Co.
Coryell, Clarence A, Powers & Walker.
Coveil, Elliott F, Hart & Amberg.
Crane, Erastus W. Worden Furniture Co. 
Cresey, Wm H, Empire  Laundry  Machinery 
Cummings, Walter E.
Crookston, J A, Hazeltine, Perkins & Co.
D.

Drew, Al, U S Billiard Table Co.
Dunn, O W, Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co. 
Dangremond, HarryM, Morris  H Treusch. 
Doak, Algernons, Hawkins & Perry. 
Davidson, A Judd, Folding Chair  and  Table 
Disbrow, Chas W, Kent Furniture Co.
Downs, W H, Spring & Company.
Dana, Edwin P.
DeJonge, Geo W K.
Dennis, Wilber It.
Desner, Harry.
Devereaux, John.
Drew, Chas C, Putnam & Brooks.
Drew, Walter J, Bissell Carpet  Sweeper  Co. 
Duncombe, Chas K.
Dustan, Henry, Wm. Harrison.
Dykema, Leonard, P Dykema &  Son. 
Dyfchouse, Henry G.

Co.

Co.

E .

Chicago.

Easterbrook, Geo.
Eacher, John H, S. A. Welling.
Evans, Dr Josiah B, Cody, Ball & Co. 
Edmunds, Wm B, Putnam & Brooks.
Elliott, Floyd R.
Emery, Benjamin F, Gray, Burt &  Kingman, 
Emery, Fred H, Morton, Lewis & Co.
Emery, Wm S, New England Furniture Co. 
Ensign, Frank E, M H Treusch.
Ensign, Dwight.
Foster, W R.
Fitz Gerald,---- ,
Fisher, Alfred W.
Ferguson, Thomas P, J H Thompson & Co, De­
Franklin,  Wallace  W,  Fairbanks,  Morse  & 
Fitch, Milford L, Nelson, Matter & Co. 
Forrest,  Arthur.
Foster, Alfred, Newaygo  Manufacturing Co. 
Freeligh, Wm  B.
Frick, Edward, Shields. Bulkley & Lemon. 
Finnegan, John, Letellier & White.

F.
Collier, Chicago.

'  Fox, Jas, Fox, Musselman & Loveridge. 

troit.
Co, Chicago.

K y.

Gootiieb,  S  J, Senour  &  Gedge,  Covington, 
Goodrich, Henry P, Chippewa Lumber Co. 
Goodrich,  E I, A R & W F Roe, Troy.
Green, Frank E, Jennings & Smith.
Ganoe, Henry C.
Gill, John F, Perkins & Co,
Goetchins, Edwin E, Firmerich  Mfg  Co,  Pe­
Goodrich, E I.
Goodrich, Henry P.
Goodspeed, Frank W.
Gould, Chas E.
Greulich, Frank J, Kusterer Brewing Co.

oria, 111.

G.

H.

Heystek, Henry J, Harvey & Heystek. 
Hauck. Geo, Kusterer Brewing Co.
Huffard, Aaron, G A Wrisley, Chicago. 
Harley, C C, Cappon &  Bertsch  Leather  Co. 
Hirth, Frederick, Hirth & Krause.
Hatfield, Dr D 8, Kortlander & Grady. 
Hickman, G W, Enterprise Cigar Co. 
Hondorf, Manus, Brown, Hall & Co.
Hubbard,  Will, Cutler & Crossett, Chicago. 
Hagy, J H, Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. 
Hopkins, T E, Phcenix Furniture Co. 
Herrington, J T, S A Welling.
Hudson, H A, Clark, Jewell & Co.
Hawkins, W G, Arthur Meigs & Co.
Haugh, D 8, Cody, Ball & Co.
Horn, W 8, Fox, Musselman & Loveridge. 
Holloway, Geo, Eaton & Christenson.
Hadley, Henry.
Hoops, Will H,  W J Quan & Co.
Hill, Thos, Merchants’ Despatch.
Hollister, Ben, Peirce & White.
Hampson, TPS, Church Finish Co.
Hess, Wm T, Perkins & Hess.
Hyman, R B. Van 81yke & Co, Albany. 
Haskell,  L  H,  Ordway,  Blodgett  & Hidden, 

New York.

I.

J.

K.

L.

ton.

Hurter, Jackson, Morse Shepard  &  Co,  Bos­
Hurter, Geo W, Frost Bros & Co,  Boston. 
Hunting, Wm E, Worden Furniture Co. 
Hewes, Geo W, Grand Rapids Stave Co. 
Holden, Henry, Luther & Sumner Furniture 

Co.

Ireland, Jas E, Hawkins & Perry.
Ives, Edward L, Wm Hake.

Jones, W J, Kem'nk, Jones & Co.
Jennings, W H, Jennings & Smith.
Jones. Manley, John Caulfield.
Jones, Wm H, Phcenix Furniture Co.
Jones, C W, Widdicomb Furniture Co.
Jones, Wm.
Judd, Chas R, Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co. 
Jacobs, G H, Valley City Milling Co.

Detroit.

Kathan, W H, Powers & Walker.
Kendricks, Henry C,-----Weatherby, Detroit.
Kenyon,-----  Robinson,  Buttenshaw  &  Co,
Kellogg, Gid, F Raniville & Co.
Kelly. Geo H, Morris H  Treusch.
Kendall, John C, A S Gage & Co, Chicago. 
Kipp, Harry T, D M Osborne &  Co.
Kenning, John E, Mohl &  Kenning.
Keate, E J, Star Union.
Knapp, Geo, Nelson, Matter & Co.
Keasey, Wm R, Bell, Conrad &  Co,  Chicago. 
Kellogg, Elisha.
Krekel, Edward G, Rindge, Bertsch & Co. 
Kuppenheimer,  Augustus,  Albert  Kappen- 
Kymer, J  Leo, Eaton, Lyon & Allen.

heimer.

cago.

Leggett, C W, Franklin McVeagh  &  Co,  Chi­
Leonard, Fred, H Leonard & Sons.
Lewis, Pearly, Morton, Lewis & Co.
Lee, Edwin A, Detroit Safe Co., Detroit. 
Lincoln, Ed A, F J Lamb & Co.
Lyon, Fred D, Lent & Braham, New York. 
Logie, Wm, Rindge, Bertsch & Co.
Loveridge, L L, Fox, Musselman & Loveridge. 
Liesvelt, John, J S Cowin.
Larabee, Mclvah, Morse, Wilson  &  Co,  Bos­
Lewis, Geo B, New England Furniture Co.
Leonard,---- , Sligh Furniture Co.
Lucas, G H, Sligh Furniture  Co.
Langley,  Thomas  C,  Widdicomb  Furniture 
Lankaster, Peter, Judd & Co.
Latta, Napoleon B.
Levi, Maurice, Jacob Brown, Detroit. 
Livingston, Adelbert L.
Livingstone, Chas, E G Studley  &  Co. 
Loomis, Lewis L, Rice &  Moore.
Love, Albert  M, S H Shepler & Co.,  Chicago. 
Love, Chas L.

ton.

Co.

M.

niture Co.

Co.

McSkimtnin, Jas, W J Gould, Detroit. 
Mattison, E S.
McCarthy, D H, sells for self.
McClave, E Wilkes, W W Kimball & Co. 
Mather, Geo B, Corunna Coal Co,  Corunna. 
Malloy, M M, Arthur Meigs & Co.
Moseley, Edward A, Moseley Bros.
Morgan, C E. Jennings & Smith.
McDowell, Harry,  McCord  &  Bradfield  Fur­
McCarthy, Dennis  P.
Morrison, Jas A, Shields,  Bulkley  &  Lemon. 
Moyer,  Martin  N,  Berkey & Gay Furniture 
Mangum, John D, S A Welling.
McConnell, N Stewart, Nelson Bros & Co. 
McDonald, John D.
McDonald, John X, T H Redmond.
McIntyre, John H.
McKay, Geo, Putnam & Brooks.
McKelvey, John H, Noble & Co.
McQueen, Daniel  D.
Maybury, Frank I, G R & I Ry.
Mangold, Edward C, C G A Voigt & Co. 
Mangold, Richard C, C G A Voigt & Co. 
Mansfield, C W, Bradner, Smith & Co.
Marsh, Chas C, W C Denison.
Meade, Burt H.
Mead, Wm W.
Mendell,  Isadore.
Miller, Frank, Detroit Safe Co,  Detroit.
Mills, Lloyd M, Hazeltine, Perkins & Co.

Van der Werp, Bine, Star Clothing House. 
Ver Venne, John H, Eaton & Christenson. 
Van Ness, VanRensselaer.
Va,. Stee, Jacob E, Grand Rapids Broom  Co. 
Van Steenberg, Abram C.

'  W.

ing Co.

Whittier, Chas, Plumb &  Lewis Manufactur­
Watson, Chas E, S A Maxwell & Co,  Chicago. 
Winchell, VE, Alabastine Co.
Walling, Samuel A, Cavanaugh & Co, Chicago 
Williams, W J, Eaton & Christenson.
Warner, Richard, Claik, Jewell & Co.
White, Algernon E, Cody, Ball &  Co.
Wilcox, C S, Hawkins & Perry.
Ward, Nathan D, O E Brown  Manufacturing 
White, Frank H, Curtis, Dunton & Co. 
Watson, Jesse C, C S Yale & Bro.
Whitworth, Geo G, Foster, Stevens & Co. 
Williams, Ranselaer.
Wise, Henry L, S S Adams.
Wolcott, John M, Worden Furniture Co. 
Watkins,  J  B,  Luther  &  Sumner Furniture 
Wheeler, J L, Farmer Roller Mill Co.

Co.

Co.

Yale, Chas S, C S Yale &  Bro.

Zunder, Aaron, Jacob Barth.

Y.
z.

The  G ripsack  Brigade.

Dr. D.  S. Hatfield has  signed  with  Kort­

lander & Grady for a third year.

C. W. Mansfield has signed with Bradner, 

Smith & Co., of Chicago for  another year.

Gid. Kellogg, not  content  with  slaughter­
ing  his  customers,  spent a portion of  last 
week killing hogs on his farm near Kendall, 
Kalamazoo county.

“Hub” Baker is laid up this  week  with a 
lame back, but will resume his trips  on  the 
road next Monday.

W. S. Barnett  has  re-engaged  with  the 
Peninsular Stove Co.,of Detroit, for a fourth 
year, covering the same territory  as former­
ly—Wisconsin and Minnesota.

A. N.  Leslie, formerly with I. M. Clark & 
Co.,  and  until  about  a year ago with  Fox, 
Musselman  &  Loveridge,  is  now  keeping 
books  for  the  Tribune  printing establish­
ment at Bismarck, Dakota.

Harry McDowell, the  well-known  furni­
ture traveler, temporarily located at Howard 
City, spent New Years  with  friends  here. 
He will start out on a trip through his East­
ern territory about the middle of Febuary.

E.  B. Coon,  Western  Michigan  traveling 

representative  for  Ducharme,  Fletcher 
Co., of Detroit, was recently  married at Pe- 
toskey to  Miss  Daggett,  daughter  of  the 
hardware  merchant  at  that  place.  They 
will make their home in Petoskey  the  com­
ing year.

T. P. S.  Hampson, for the past  year trav­
eling salesman for the  druggists’  sundry de­
partment of Hazeltine,  Perkins  &  Co.,  has 
accepted an offer from  the  Church  Finish 
Co.  He is  succeeded  by J.  H.  Hagy, who 
has been house manager in the same  depart­
ment for some time past.

N.

o .

P .

Nelson, Geo K, Nelson Bros & Co.
Nelson, Jas, Nelson Bros & Co.
Noble, Mr.
Nolan, John E.

Co.

Owens, John, Alabastine Co.
Olmsted, Joseph  P,  Bissell  Carpet  Sweeper 
Orr, Robert B, Arthur Meigs & Co.
Owen, Geo F, Brewster & Stanton,  Detroit.

Co.

on.

Co.

Powers, Fred E, Spa Bottling  Works.
Palen, John H, Rindge, Bertsch & Co.
Peck, C J, Spring & Company.
Parmenter,  Ben F, Shields,  Bulkley  &  Lem­
Price, W J, Eaton & Christenson.
Parmenter, Chas B, Gleason Wood Ornament 
Pantlind, Geo E, Wetzell Bros & Pantlind. 
Parker,  John.
Parkes, Leonard C.
Peck, Chas W, Grand Rapids Brush  Co.* 
Phillips, Daniel C, Wm Harrison.
Pierce, Harry H, Noble & Co.
Pierce, Silas K, E. S.  Pierce.
Putnam, Geo S, D M Osborne & Co.
Putnam. Thos C, Putnam & Brooks.
Post, John C, Michigan Plaster Agency. 
Pearsoll, O K, Grand Rapids Brush Co. 
Parkhurst, R, Stockwell & Darragh Furniture 

Q.
Quinn, Jas, L J Quinn.
R.
Robbins, J J.
Remington. E S Pierce.
Remington, A E, Gardiner & Baxter.
Raynor, George, Eaton, Lyon & Allen. 
Raymond, MHN, Star Insurance  Co.
Rindge, Will A, Rindge, Bertsch & Co. 
Rooney, Jas, F.
Roys, Graham, G Roys & Co.
Robinson,  Chas  S,  Grand  Rapids  Packing 
Richards, Theo F, Widdicomb  Furniture  Co. 
Rowe, Win N, Valley City Milling Co.
Range, W m C.
Reed, Jos F O, H Leonard &  Sons.
Reynolds, Richard W, Muskegon Valley Fur- 
Richmond, Wm TJ, E T Brown & Co. 
Robertson, Hiram S, A Meigs & Co.
Rogers, Judson  B.
Rood, Landon.
Russell, Albert L, Chas Schmidt & Bros. 
St.andart, Chas, Peninsular Furniture Co.

and Provision Co.

nituring Co.

. 

S.

shall.

Co.

Co.
and Panel Co.

Seymour, Glen,  Marshall  Furnace  Co,  Mar 
Stocking.---- , Reese & Co.
Shattuck, E, E S Pierce.
Sears, Stephen, Wm Sears & Co.
Seymour, Alonzo, Wm Sears & Co.
Seymour, Geo H, Hugo Schneider & Co. 
Savage, Harrison R.
Stuart, Arthur H, Worden Furniture  Co. 
Sheldon, Suel, Jackson Wagon Co.
Schroder, Herman, Wm. Hake.
Scott, Richard T, Cappon & Bertsch  Leather 
Sharp, Augustus C, Cody, Ball & Co.
Shelley, Jas R, McCord & Bradfield Furniture 
Sherwood, Alfred  H,  Grand  Rapids  Veneer 
Shriver, Fred D, Shriver, Weatherly & Co. 
Simmonds, John M.
Smith, Chas  A.
Smith, Maxwell W.
Smith,  Sanford.
Smith, Wm H, Kent Furniture Mfg Co. 
Snyder, Eben F, W C Denison.
Southard, Geo A.
Sprague, A Milton, S A Welling.
Sprague, E M, E J Copley.
Stobr, Chas F, Paul W Friedrich.
Starr, Isaac N: Standard Medicine Co. 
Stearns,  Daniel  E,  Broadhead 
Mills, Jamestown, N Y. 
i
Steinberger, Joseph.
Stevens, Alvant T,  Singer  Sewing  Machine 
Stewart, Robert, Perkins & Hess.
Stiekney, Chas C.
Strong, Return.
Stoddard, Geo, Nelson, Matter & Co.
Smith R H, Perkins & Hess.

.Worsted 

Co.

T.

chine Co.

Trout,  Emerson  W.  American  Sewing  Ma 
Threlkeld, T B, Weisinger &Bate, Louisville 
Thayer,  Ed, W R Peoples &  Son,  Cincinnati 
Treusch, M H, Morris H Treusch.
Treadway, E A, Blue Line.
Taylor, Lorison J, Kent Furniture Mfg Co. 
Thompson, John G.
Tooher, John V.
Tuberger, Geo, U Feeter.
Tanner, J B, Perkins &  Hess.

U.

Underwood, D C, Arthur Meigs & Go.*
Utter, Albert L.

O rganization  o f  th e  R eta il  Trade  o f  th e 

State.

T b a v e r s e   City, Mich., Jan.  2,1884. 

Editor “Michigan Tradesman

D ear  Sir—Will  you  not  ask  through 
your paper if there exists in our State any or­
ganization  among  the  retail  merchants, 
known  as  a  “Retailer’s  Association,”  or 
‘Merchants’  Union,”  whereby  merchants 
come together from all parts of the  State to 
consult their best interests?  Never  having 
heard of any organization  of  the  kind,  and 
feeling the want,  we are 
led to ask through 
your paper.  Many other classes of men have 
their annual meetings in various parts of the 
State, and discuss the  various 
interests in­
volved in their work, with  great  profit, we 
have no doubt,  and  why  should  not  this 
great army of  retailers in dry  goods,  boots 
and shoes, clothing, hardware, groceries, etc., 
have interests at stake large enough  to-meet 
annually and endeavor to promote  the high­
est possible good for each and all concerned. 
We will not mention in detail  what  results 
we think would follow, but  could  anything 
but good come from  such  a  meeting, where 
questions were  discussed  like  the  “Credit 
System” ; “Competition in Business,  Legiti­
mate and  Illegitimate” ;  “Shorter  Hours in 
Business” ;  “Purchasing  Goods  under  the 
Preseht  Methods” ;  “Discounts” ;  “Hard 
times” ;  “Prospects for  the  Coming Year;” 
etc?  We think not, and would  suggest that 
such an organization be  formed the  coming 
year—also that local  associations be formed 
in the towns, to meet  monthly, composed of 
the best retailers,  who  wish to elevate  the 
standard  of  doing  business,  consult  upon 
such topics as named above, and  others that 
would  naturally arise for adjustment.

Yours truly,

H amilton & Millikkn.

P u rely  Personal.

Geo. O. Doak, of  Coaticook,  Quebec,  has 
been in town several days visiting his broth­
er, A.  S. Doak, with  Hawkins & Perry.

Geo. W. Gage, who has done effective edi­
torial work on the Leader for  the  past two 
years, has severed his connection  with  that 
paper.

Frank Jewell spent last week in Lansing, 
where he attended the  annual  reception of 
the Grand River Boat Club and  several oth­
er noteworthy gatherings.

N ot  a  S ilen t  Partner.

Jeff skins had been in business for  several 
years,  on  his  own  account,  and one day  a 
friend came along and saw  a  new  sign  up, 
which read,  “Jeffskins & Co.”
“How’s this?” he asked of J.
“That’s my new sign,” was the reply. 
“Have you taken some one in with  you?” 
“Yes.”
“That’s the first I’ve heard of it. 

It must 

be a silent partner.”

“Not by a darned sight.”
“No?  Who is it?”
“My wife.”
“Oh,  ah!”  and  tlje  other  man  went  his 

way.”

The total  market  value  of  Cape  Cod’s 

cranberry crop this year is $350,000.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

CAPS.

BELLS.

BOLTS.

COMBS.

BRACES.

C H IS ELS.

BUCKETS.

BARROW S.

BALANCES.

CA TRIDG ES.

BU TTS,  CAST.

a u g e r s   a n d  b i t s .

tipped............................................  

Prevailing  rates at  Chicago  are as follows: 
60
Ives’, old  style..........................................dis 
N. H. C. Co................................................ dis 
55
50
Douglass’ ..................................................dis 
Pierces’ ..................................................... dis 
50
50
Snell’s ........................................................ dis 
Cook’s  ......................................................dis40&10
Jennings’,  genuine..................................dis 
25
Jennings’,  imitation................................dis40&10
Spring...............................   ......................dis 
25
Railroad......................................................$ 15 00
Garden.......................................................net 33 00
Hand.................................................... dis  $ 60&10
Cow......................................................... dis 
flu
C all.........................................................dis 
15
Gong....................................................... dis 
20
Door, Sargent.........................:.............dis 
55
Stove........................................................dis $ 
40
Carriage  new list..................................dis 
75
Plow  .......................................................dis  30&1C
Sleigh Shoe.............................................dis  50&15
50
Cast Barrel  Bolts.................................. dis 
55
Wrought Barrel Bolts..........................dis 
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs..........  .......dis 
50
Cast Square Spring...............................dis 
55
Cast Chain..............................................dis 
60
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob..............dis  55&10
Wrought Square...................................dis  55&10
Wrought Sunk Flush............................dis 
30
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
Flush...................................................  50&10&10
Ives’ Door...............................................dis  50&10
Barber........ ......................................... d isf 
40
50
Backus.................................................... dis 
Spofford.................................................. dis 
50
Am. Ball................................................. dis 
net
Well, plain......................................................$ 4 00
Well, swivel........... .....................................  
4 50
Cast Loose Pin, figured........................dis 
60
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed......... dis 
60
60
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed, .dis 
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint..dis  50&10
Wrounht Loose  P in ........................... dis 
60
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip............dis  60& 5
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned............dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
dis 60& 5
WroughtTable.....................................dis 
60
Wrought Inside  Blind......................... dis 
60
Wrought Brass......................................dis  65&10
Blind. Clark’s.........................................dis  70&10
Blind, Parker’s......................................dis  70&10
Blind,  Shepard’s...................................dis 
70
Spring for Screen Doors 3x2 ¡4, per gross  15 00
Spring for Screen Doors 3x3.... per gross  18 00
Ely’s 1-10................................................ per  m $ 65
60
Hick’s C. F............................................. 
G. D........................................................ 
35
60
Musket................................................... 
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester  new list 
50
Rim Fire, United  States...........................dis  50
Central Fire................................................dis  M
Socket Firmer...................................... dis  65&10
Socket Framing................................... dis 
65&10
Socket Corner.......................................dis  65&10
Socket Slicks........................................dis  65&10
Butchers’ Tanged  Firmer................. dis 
40
Barton’s Socket Firmers...................dis 
20
Cold........................................................net
Curry, Lawrence’s .............................. dis 
33Ü
Hotchkiss  ........................................... dis 
25
Brass,  Racking’s............. ...............
40&10
Bibb’s ................................................
49&10
B eer...................................................
40&10
Fenns’................................................
60
Planished, 14 oz cut to size........... ........« f t   37
...  39
Mouse's Bit  Stock.......................... ...dis
35
Taper and Straight Shank............. ... dis
20
Morse’s Taper  So5nk...................... . . .dis
30
Com. 4 piece, 6  in............................ doz net $1 10
Corrugated....................................... __dis 20&10
Adjustable....................................... ...dis 3à&10
Clar’s, small, $18 00;  large, $26 00.
20
Ives’, 1, $18 00 ;  2, $24 00 ;  3, $30 00.
25
American File Association  List.. __ dis 50&10
Disston’s ......................................... __ dis 50&10
New  American............................... __ dis 5Q&10
Nicholson’s .......................................__dis 50&10
Heller’8 ............................................ .. .dis
30
Heller’s Horse Rasps.......................... dis 
33>6
GA LV ANIZED IR O N ,
22 and  24,  25 and 26,  27 
28
Nos. 16 to 20, 
12 
List 
14 
15 
18
Discount, Juniata 45, Charcoal 50. 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... dis 
50
Maydole & Co.’s ......................................dis 
15
Kip’s ........................................................dis 
25
Yerkes &  Plumb’s.................................dis 
30
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel..................... 30 c list 40
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis  50
Champion, anti-friction....................... dis 
60
40
Kidder, wood tra.k...............................dis 
Gate, Clark’s, l, 2, 3........... , ................dis 
60
State........•...................... .............per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4}4  14
and  longer..............................................  
3%
Screw Hook and Eye,  %  ...................net 
10^
8}4
Screw Hook and Eye %.......................net 
Screw Hook and Eye  34.......................net 
734
Screw Hook and Eye,  %..................... net 
7Yt
Strap and  T............................................dis  60&10
Stamped Tin Ware....................................   60&10
Japanned Tin  Ware.................................   20&10
Granite Iron  Ware................................... 
25
Grub  1  ..............................  ............. $11 00, dis 40
Grub  2................................................  11 50, dis 40
Grub 3.................................................  12 00, dis 40
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings........ $2 00, dis 60
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings__   2 50, dis 60
Door, porcelain, plated trim­
mings .........................................list,  7 25, dis 60
60 
Door, porcelain, trimmings  list, 8 25, dis 
60
Drawer and  Shutter,  porcelain...... dis 
Picture, H. L. Judd &  Co.’s ..................d 
40
Hemacite..........................   .................dis 
50
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s reduced list dis  60
Mallory, Wheelnr &  Co.’s.......................... dis  60
Branford’s .................................................... dis  60
Norwa Ik’s......................................................dis  60
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s .....................dis  65
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s.................................. dis  40
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables dis  40
Coffee, Landers, Ferry &  Clark’s .............dis  40
Coffee,  Enterprise.......................................dis  25
i Adze  Eye......................................$16 00 dis 40&10
Hunt Eye......................................$15 00 dis 40&10
Hunt’s.........................................$18 50 dis 20 & 10

14x52,14x56,14 x60.........................

13 
GAUGES.

EX PA N SIV E B IT S .

HOLLOW   W AR E.

LOCKS—DOOR.

MATTOCKS.

HAM MERS.

HANGERS.

ELBOW S.

CO PPER .

H IN G ES.

LEV ELS.

KNOBS.

D R IL L S

COCKS.

M ILLS.

dis
dis

F IL E S .

HO ES.

N A ILS.

Common, Bra  and Fencing.

2 

2V4 

MAULS.

O IL E R S.

lOdto  60d............................................ $  keg $2  25
25
8d and 9 d adv............................................... 
6d and 7d  adv................................................ 
50
75
4d and 5d -adv................................................ 
3d advance.....................................................  1 50
3d fine  advance...........................................  
3 00
Clinch nails, adv...........................................  175
Finishing 
8d  6d  4d
I  lOd 
Size—inches  f  3 
1V4
Adv. ^ keg 
$1 25  1  50  1  75  2 00 
Steel Nails—Same price as  above.
M OLLASSES GATES.
Stebbin’s Pattern  ...................................... dis  70
Stebbin’s Genuine....................................... dis  70
Enterprise,  self-measuring.......................dis  25
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled................   diB  50
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent.........................dis  55
Zinc, with brass bottom............................dis  50
Brass or  Copper...........................................dis  40
Reaper......................................per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s ..... ...........................................  
50
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.................................dis  16
Sclota Bench................................................. dis  25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.......................dis  15
Bench, first quality..................................... dis  20
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s,  wood  and 
Fry, Acme............................................... dis 40&10
Common, polished................................. dis 
60
Dripping............................................  
¥   B>  8
Iron and Tinned.....................................dis 
40
Copper Rivets and Bure........................dis 
40
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 1034 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 

PA TEN T FLA N ISA ED  IR O N .

p l a n e s . 

R IV E TS.

PA N S.

9

‘

Broken packs 34c $  ft extra.

R O O FIN G  PLA TES.

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne.................5 76
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne— ....  .  7 76 
IC, 20x28, choice  Charcoal Terne... . . . , — 12 00
.16 90
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal  Terne.

R O P E S .

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

Com. Smooth.

Sisal, Vn In. and  larger..................................   9
Manilla.............................................................  15
Steel and  Iron..............................................dis  50
Try and Bevels............................................. dis  50
Mitre  ............................................................dis  20
Com.  ! 
|3  00 ! 
3 00 
3 00 
3 00 
3 20 
3 40
All sheets No, 18 and lighter,  over 30 inches 

Nos. 10 to  14.................................. $4 20
Nos. 15 to  17..................................   4 20
Nos. 18 to 21..................................   4 20
Nos. 22 to 24..................................  4 20
Nos .25 to 26..................................   4 40
No. 27 ..............................................  4 60
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 tts, $   fl>..........................  
ft...................... 
In smaller quansities, 
No. 1,  Refined......................................
Market  Half-and-half......................
Strictly  Half-and-half.......................
Cards for Charcoals, $6 75.
10x14, Charcoal............................  6 50
IC, 
10x14,Charcoal....................... 
IX, 
  8  50
12x12, Charcoal.............................  6 50
IC, 
12x12,  Charcoal............................  8 50
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal...............:..............   6 50
IC, 
IX, 
14x20,  Charcoal....  .....................   8 50
14x20, Charcoal............................  10  50
IXX, 
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool...............................  12 50
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal............................  14 50
20x28, Charcoal...............................   18 00
IX, 
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal.......................... 
6 50
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................  8  50
DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal............................  10 50
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal........................   12 50
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50  to 6 75 

6
6a
13 00
15 00
16

t i n n e r ’s  s o l d e r .

t i n   p l a t e s .

rates.

TRAPS.

WIRE.

Steel, Game......................................................
Onoida Communtity,  Newhouse’s............dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s__   60
Hotchkiss’ ........................................................  60
S, P. & W. Mfg.  Go.’s......................................  60
Mouse,  choker.........................................20c  doz
Mouse,  delusion................................. $1 26 §1 doz
Bright Market............................................  dis  60
Annealed Market...........................:. dis  60
Coppered Market......................................... dis  55
Extra Bailing................................................dis  55
Tinned  Market................... 
,.kis  40
Tinned Broom............................................ ?*ft  09
Tinned Mattress.......................................^ ft 8V£
Coppered Spring  Steel...........................dis 37
Tinned Spring Steel................................. dis 37 Vx
Plain Fence...............................................$  ft 3H
Barbed  Fence...................................................
Copper...................................... 
new list net
Brass.......................................................... new list net
‘  WIRE GOODS.
Bright.............................................................dis  70
Screw Eyes...................................................tdis  70
Hook’s ...........................................................dis  70
Gate Hooks and  Eyes.................................dis  70
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled...............
50&10
Coe’s Genuine........................................dis
65
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis 
70
Coe’s Patent,  malleable......................dis
Pumps,  Cistern...................................... dis  60&20
70
Screws........................................................ 
Casters, Bed and  Plate.......................... dis 
50
Dampers, American................................. 
33^

MISCELLANEOUS.

WrENCHES.

 

LUMBER, LATH  AND  SHINGLES. 

The Newaygo Manufacturing Co.  quote f . o. 

O 1 nnVi 

"11/  11/ 

b. cars  as follows:
Uppers, 1 inch................................. per M $44 00
40 00
Uppers, 114, Wt and 2 inch__
35 00 
Selects, 1 inch............................
38 00 
Selects, 114, U4 and 2  inch......
30 00 
Fine Common, 1 inch...............
Shop,1 inch...............................
20  00
Fine, Common, 1J4> l ‘A and 2 inch...........   32 00
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet  ...  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet....................  ..  16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 f e e t ......................   17  00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet—  
15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet........................   16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet........................   17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 feet........  15 00
Ño. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet.
16  00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20 feet..........................   17 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......  12 00
Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet.........................  13 00
No.!
Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet.........................  14 00
No.:
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet.........................  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet.........................  14  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16 feet........  11  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18feet..........................   12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 feet.........................  13 00
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  curls, all
widths and  lengths.......................... 8 00® 9 00
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 in ............................  33 00
C Strips, 4 or 6 inch....................................  27 00
No. 1 Fencing, all  lengths.........................  15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  feet...............  12 00
No. 2 Fencing, 16 feet.................................  12 00
No. 1 Fencing, 4  inch.................................  15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 4  inch.................................  12 00
Norway C and better, 4 or 6 inch.............   20 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, A and  B..................  18 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C...............................  14 50
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No. 1  Common—  
9 00
Bevel Siding,  6 inch,  Clear.....................   20 00
Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12,12 to 16 ft............  10 00
$1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft.
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B....................  36 00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in.  C..........................   29 00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., No. 1, common..  17 00 
Dressed Flooring 6in., No. 2 common—   14 00 
Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00  additiinal.
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. B and  Clear..  35 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., C..........................   26 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 1  com’n  16 00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 2  com’n  14 00 
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional.
( X X X 18 in. Standard  Shingles............. 
3 50
3 40
X X X 18 in.  Thin.....................................  
( XXX 16 in................................................. 
3  00
No. 2 or 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Shingles.............  
2 00
No. 2 or 5 in. C. B. 16  in.............................. 
175
2 00
Lath  ............................................................. 

MISCELLANEOUS.

Advertisements of 25 words or  less  inserted 
in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, 
each and every insertion.  One  cent  for  each 
additional word.  Advance payment.
\ \ T ANTED—Position  as  traveling  salesman 
V V  by a competent person who has had sev­
eral years’ experience on  the road, and  is  ca­
pable of representing any line.  Address, J. M. 
R., at this office.
InOR SALE—Complete millinery stock, taken 
on chattel mortgage, must be  closed  out 
. 
regardless of cost.  Fine  assortment of millin­
ery goods, with suitable  fixtures, complete as­
sortment of hair goods  mostly unmanufactur­
ed stock.  Also fine assortment ot' feathers and 
flowers.  Will sell stock entire or  close  it  out 
in job  lots to suit  purchasers.  A careful  in­
spection of stock is well worth  a  visit  to  the 
city, as we can offer  you  great  inducements. 
Stock at 56 Monroe St.  Apply to Spring  & Co., 
Grand Rapids, Mich.
F^OR  SALE—By a  groceryman  in  this  city, 
who  will  shortly  retire  from  business, 
show cases, scales, coffee  mill,  spice  cans,  tea 
caddies, and all other fixtures necessary for a, 
first-class  grocery  store.  Will  sell  cheap,  if 
taken immediately.  Address, “Fixtures,” care 
“The Tradesman.” 
67
IpOR  SALE—Well-established  drug  store, 
’  having  a  good  patronage,  situated  on 
leading business thoroughfare.  Stock will  in­
ventory  about  $1,800.  Rent  only  $300  per 
year.  Address, for full particulars,  “Pharma­
cist,” care “The Tradesman.”
DEALERS wishing to sell out can he placed 
on the “For Sale” list at this office by send­
ing  their  address  and  full  particulars.  No 
charge.  The list is open to  the  inspection  of 
prospective buyers only.

ed  a  list  of  dealers  who are desirous  of 
selling by applying  at  this  office.  State line 
and amount of capital.  Enclose  stamp.

PROSPECTIVE  purchasers  will  be  furnish­
IF YOU  WANT  to  get  into  business, to sell 

your business^ to secure additional capital, 
to get a situation, to  secure  a  clerk  or book­
keeper,  or  if  you  have  anything  for sale or 
want to buy anything, advertise in the  Miscel­
laneous Column  of  “The  Tradesman.”  Cash 
or  postage  stamps  to  the amount should  ac­
company each order.

MAR. .ML—ISSBi

The  above  cut  represents  the  New  Half 
Clamped and Heel Strapped Roller Skate, with 
Steel  Top,  Engraved  Electro  Gold  or  Nickel 
Plated  Heel  Band  and  Nickel  Plated  Plate. 
This Skate is much sought for by those having 
tender feet  and  requiring  a  support  for  the 
ankle.

JUEV  13-1« >9 
APR.- »-M*l

The Vineyard Roller All Clamp wore  patent 
ed  July  13,  1880,  and April 27,1881.  They are 
adapted for both Lapies and Gentlemen.  Dur-

THE  PERFECT ROLLER  SKATE

in style to the “New Era  Rink.’
Rowlett’s  Star  Roller  Skate.

f is

We claim for this  Skate:  Lightness,  Perfect 
Adjustability, Perfection of Mechanism,  Easy 
of Running and Durability, all tending to make 
what  we  claim  for  the  “Star,”  the  Perfect 
Skate.  The  admirable  runnina:  qualities  of 
this Skate, together with  the  elastic  tension, 
capable of delicate adjustment, make it a  fav­
orite  with  ladies  and  children,  avoiding all 
tiresome straining of the muscles, thus render­
ing skating truly the “poetry of motion.”
A  nice line  of SKATE  BAGS  AND  BOXES 
carried in stock.

as

Men’s Skate Bags for ail clamp Skates.

Ladies’  Skate  Bags for  all  sole clamp Skates.

Men’s Skate Boxes for.all clamp Skates.

■ ¡ ■ u

Foster,

Stevern

Co.
Roller States, State Bags & Boxes

HEAD Q U A RTERS  FO K

PAT0.Jlfi.YA8X

The New Era Ail Clamp Skate

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PAT0.JULY.XJ}.

The  New  Era  Rink  Skate.
The original cost of a roller skate is of minor 
importance to you, provided you buy  the  one 
that  can  be  run  at  the  least possible cost in 
time and money.  We claim the New Era to be 
the most economical roller skate in the  world, 
and this in connection with their immense pop­
ularity with those who have  used  them,  com­
mend them to the attention of every rink own* 
er  in  the  country.  Our  Clamp  Skate is the 
only screw clamp made which  operates all the 
clamps witli one key at the same time.
.  The “VINEYARD” Skates are very popular.

If outside  dealers  do  not  receive  their 
goods this week  as  promptly as usual, they 
will please remember that  the  jobbers  are 
doing business under difficulties to have two 
foot of water in  the  basement,  and  be com­
pelled to work around a stock  promiscuous­
ly piled about the upper  floors.

Ladies’ Skate Boxes for sole clamp  Skates. 
We solicit inquiries,  and  should  be  glad to 
quote prices to dealers and rink managers.
FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  CO.,

WHOLESALE  HARDWARE, 

GRAND  R A P ID S, 

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M ICH-

SOLIMAN  SNOOKS.

that criminals are kept in  prison, after  the 
people of the  satte have turned  heaven and 
earth to send them there,  and then  fail half 
the time. 
I am sorry  I had not thot of this.

S. S.

H e M arries ; B ashful  Couple and  Liberates 

a Firebug.

PENCIL  PORTRAITS—NO.  35.

Oraliam Roys, th e V eteran W hip Man.
Graham Rays was born at Sheffield, Mass., 
June 22,  1836, and  lived  near  there  until 
about twenty-six years of age,  with  the ex­
ception of one year, which  was  spent  in at­
tendance  on  the  Conference  Seminary, at 
Charlottville, N. Y.  In the fall of  1862  he 
entered the employ  of  Yan  Deusen  Bros., 
whip manufacturers at  Westfield, Mass., re­
maining there five  years, when he  accepted 
a position with Gemail King, who  was  en­
gaged in  the  same  business  at  the  same 
place.  One year later  he  retired to a farm 
near Sheffield, where he  tilled the  soil  for 
five years.  In  1873, he  was  sent to  Port- 
and, Oregon, by th» Oregon Iron Co., where 
he accomplished  the  feat  of  turning  4,000 
curds of wood into charcoal during  the sum­
mer  season.  Returning  to  Sheffield,  he 
taught school one  winter, when he  went to 
New York  and  worked for a little  over a 
year as a conductor on  the  belt  street  car 
line, being the  recipient of  three  bounties 
for diligence and honesty—an  unusual  hon­
or.  Receiving an offer  from  Van  Deusen 
Bros., he returned to Westfield,  and worked 
in their  factory  for a year, at  the  end  of 
which time—January 1,1876—they  started 
him out with a line of samples.  His success 
as a salesman  was so  marked  that in Octo­
ber, 1877, he was engaged by L. H. Beals  & 
Co., of Westfield, to look  after the  western 
trade of that house, taking  in  all  available 
towns  in  Massachusetts, Connecticut,  New 
York, Pennsylvania aud  Ohio  on the  first 
trip  out.  He-  maintained  his  connection 
with this house for over six  years, severing 
it at the beginning of 1884 to engage in busi­
ness on his own account and travel  for  him­
self, covering the same territory as formerly, 
which includes all available  trade in  West­
ern and Southern  Michigan  and  Northern 
Indiana and Ohio.

Mr. Roys’  success  as a salesman is  to be 
attributed to two  cardinal  reasons—his un­
common  honesty and-  prevailing  good na­
ture.  His integrity is a  matter  of  common 
knowledge with  everyone  with  whom  he 
has occasion to  deal, and no  one  ever talks 
with him ten minutes without  being  favor­
ably  impressed  with  his  innocuous  good 
humor, which he  has the rare  faculty of im­
parting  to  others.  These  virtues, coupled 
with unusual business diligence, exceptional 
tact, and a thorough  knowledge of  the line 
he  carries,  serve  to  make  him  known 
throughout his territory  as a  successful and 
reliable  salesman.

Mr. Roys was married at Graudviile March 
12, 1883, to Mrs. E.  F.  Russell—sister of L. 
H.  Beals—who presides  over  his  pleasant 
home on Lake avenue,  and  succeeds in ren­
dering his domestic relations extremely hap­
py-

6. ROYS & CO

N o. 4 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids.

NEW  GOODS.  New 
Prices down to the whale­
bone.  Goods always sale­
able, and always reliable. 
Buy close and  often.

S U M ,

WEATHERLY & GO.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Wholesale  and  Betail

IRON  PIPE,

Brass  Goods,  Iron  and  Brass Fittings 

Mantles,  Grates,  Gas  Fixtures, 

Plumbers, Steam  Fitters,
—And  Manufacturers  of—

Galvanized  Iron  Cornice.

Cant Hook Corners, Mich., Jan. 5, ’84. 
Mister editor of Traidsman :

D e a k  Sir—I have ben  terrible  bizzy for 
the past few days, but  now  New  Years is 
past, I expect to have more time to  write to 
you.

The law bizness and marrying bizness has 
ben looking up during the holidays. 
I have 
had a law suit before me for  the  first  time 
in six months; but I will tell  you first about 
a little epesody that hapened yesterday.

I was setten at my desk, looking  over my 
dead beat accounts, and  wondering  whether 
I would be forced into  bankruptsey  during 
the year  1885 or not, when a  young  feller 
named Jim Huntly came into the store, with 
his face as white as a gost and his nees nock­
ing together.  He asked Bill if  the “Squar” 
was in and Bill told him he was.  He  come 
up and says:  “Squar, I want to  speak  pri­
vate to you a minit.”

I took him round back of the  perscription 
case and for purpus of reasuring him, I sais: 
“Well, Jim how long ago did you first notiss 
it?”  He says “What?”  I says,  “When did 
the first simptoms begin Jim?”

“Oh, a-a-b-b-bout two  year ago, or  such a 

matter.”

afore?” sais I.

“Great Scott?  why didden’t  you come in 

“1 had otter come I know,  but the facks is 
Squar, I hain’t had no money  before  and I 
hain’tgot but 65 cents  now.”

“Well, Jim, I can’t do you much  of  a job 

for 65 cents, but I can start  you for that.” 

“ All right,  Squar, give  us a start,  and I 
think  we can pull threw on that till  better 
times;  but say?  you can  date it back, can't 
you,  Squar?”

“What the nation do you  mean by dating 

it back?”  sais I.

“Why, we thought  you  mought  date  it 
back maybe, we diddent know what the law 
was but I’ll  bring  Betsey right  in;” and at 
that out he  went to an old “pung,”  he  had 
left on the corner, and  helped out  a bounc­
ing blushing damsell and brung her  into the 
offlss.  I tumbled to the  tune, in  two  flats 
and quick time, and called in  Bill  Simmons 
aud  Algeron P. Banks, my  other  clerk, as 
witnesses,  and  opened  the U. S. Dispensa­
tory.  I always use a book  when I perform 
a marriage  cerimony to make it look  more 
binding, and I didden’t  hapen to  have  my 
Bible in the store, and  my  compiled 
laws 
was both up in  my other  offiss  whar I hold 
law suits.  I soon  had  ’em  hitched  up in 
double harnes for better or  worst, and  only 
one little  axident  hapened.  As  soon  as I 
got ’em hitched, Betsey began to  punch Jim 
in the  ribs  with  her  finger  and  whisper 
“ring, ring.”  Jim took the hint and began to 
fumble in his  trowsers  pocket,  and  soon 
fetched a nice 25 cent  ring to light, but  he 
was so frustrated  that he let it slip  just as 
he was shoving it on to her finger and I’ll be 
hanged if that ring didden’t meander off  out 
into the store past a caster  ile  can  and be­
tween two jugs and just drop  plum  down a 
crack into about two feet of water  that is in 
my suller.  I did  think  Algeron  and  Bill 
wood bust before the happy pair  got  away 
but they managed it,  by  stuffing  about  \{ a 
bolt of sheeting in their mouths.

The law case I had was as  follows:  Last 
week  Potter’s  saw  mill  was  diskivered 
to be on fire and the department was at once 
called out, with his  pail  and  pump, and by 
the most strenuous exersions and  the  help 
of the hull  city, the  conflagration  was sub­
dued without much damage.  The  next day 
it leaked out  that  three  young  men, who 
happened to be going past the mill the even­
ing afore, saw  Sam  Codflicker  setting the 
fire in the engine room  and  gave  the alarm 
that saved the mill.

Sam was arrested at  once and  had his ex­
amination before me the  undersigned justiss 
of the piece.  The proofs  was  clear as cood 
be, and I had just made up my mind to bind 
the respondent  over  to  the  Cirket  Court, 
when his lawyer, John P.  Snider got up and 
sais:

“Your  honar!”  (silence  in  court)  “Be­
fore proceedin’  further in  this  case, allow 
me to ask this honorable court  what the use 
is of binding the priserner over?”  His trial 
will cost the  county  about 2 or 3 thousand 
dollars, most  likely, and the judge will give 
him  about  ten  years  or  such a matter in 
Jackson.  But,  may it please  your  honar, 
the prisoner will not be there more than a few 
days and just  get  hisself  comfortably  set­
tled, when the Governor  would  get  to  his 
case in the regerlar rotation and pardon him 
out  Therefore, your honar, I  move  thejre- 
spondent be discharged.”

Old Potter kicked  sum  and  so  did  Wil­
kin’s, the other attorney, who  is also  an  in­
surance agent; but I regarded the  argument 
as sound and dismissed  the case.

Jack Scrubbs got back from  Jackson  last 
week Monday.  He was put in for  burglary 
and attempt to murder, about three year ago 
and had seven year  more  to  serve.  Jack 
says it is getting so  dumed  lonesome  down 
there to the  penetensury  that he  couldn’t 
stand it, and so  he  got a pardon,  altho’ he 
hated to come out in the dead of winter.

Our slaying is all gone  just as we was us­
ing it to  good  advantage.  Potter  was  just 
snailing logs in afore the thaw.
Yours arsonically,

Soltman Snooks,

G.  D., P. M. and J.  P. 

p. S.—Potter was  just in  and  he  sais  I 
might just as well have bound Sam Codflick­
er over for trial as not, caus the  new gover­
nor which we now have  will  probably  see

1ÆTJSSEGOXT  BU SIN ESS  DIRECTOR?.

W . D. CAREY & CO.

OYSTERS!

—AND  JOBBERS  OF—

ZETruxits sm d   P r o d u c e .

ORDERS  PROMPTLY  FILLED.  BEST  GOODS  AT  LOWEST  PRICES.

$. S. MORRIS i  ORO.,
Jobbers  of

PACKERS

—AND—

CANNED  MEATS  AND  BUTTERS.

Choice  Smoked  Meats  a  Specialty.

Stores in Opera House Block, Packing and Warehouse Market and Water Streets.

Consignments  Solicited.

WHOLESALE  AND  COMMISSION

ORCUTT  Sz  OO^IRAJSnr,
Bnttei, E us, Gtieese, FM , Grain, Hay, Beef, Port P rota
WM. SEARS & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

MUSKEGON, MICH.

Agents  for

AMBOY  CHEESE.

37, 39 & 41 Kent  Street.  Grand Rapids,  Michigan.
P E R K I N S   <&  HES S ,
Hides, Purs, W ool & Tallow,

----- DEALERS  IN-----

NOS.  133  and  134  LOUISSTRLKT.  GRAND  R A P ID S,  M ICHIGAN.

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Woodenware, Twines and Cordage, Paper, Stationery,  Ker­

osene and Machine Oils, Naptha and Gasoline.

51  and 53 Lyon Street 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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117  Monroe  St-

OYSTER  DEPOT!
F.  J.  D ettsnthaler
BLANCHARD BROS. & CO
MODEL  MILLS.
Gilt  E ilp’P M   a i  WIite  Loaf  Braids  of  Floor.

-------PROPRIETORS-------

-MANUFACTURERS  OF-

Good Goods and Low Prices.  We invite Correspondence.

Full  R oller  Process.

SUDS. 1 U IÏ  k  LION

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AND  JOBBERS  OF-----

STAPLE
FAHEY  BRODERIES

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After our long and persistent efforts to meet the wants of A ll Grocers by carrying  a 
complete line of Staple and Fancy Groceries, it now affords us much pleasure to  know 
that our endeavors have been Successful and  Appreciated,  and  that  to-day  we  are  re­
garded by the trade as not only the Headquarters in our  line  for  the  trade  tributary  to 
this  market,  but  also  the  Fancy Grocery House.  The  ONLY  House  in  Michigan 
that  carries  a  complete  line  of  Fancy Groceries.  Below  we mention  a few Fancy 
Groceries  which will be greatly in demand  during  the  next  thirty  days  and  which  we 
are selling at very close  prices.

Citron,  Orange Peel,  Lemon Peel,  Sultana  Raisins,  De- 
hesia Bunch Layers Boxes, Dehesia Bunch Layer 1-4 Boxes, 
Imperial  Cabinets,  London  Layers,  Muscatels,  Valencias, 
Ondaras and Layer Valencias in  14 and 28 lb. boxes.  ALL 
NEW FRUIT.  New Layer Figs,  New Turkish Prunes, New 
French Prunes in 50 lb.  boxes, New French Prunellas 50 lb. 
boxes,  New  Currants,  New  Black  Pitted  Cherries  50  lb. 
boxes,  New Dried Raspberries, New Dried Blackberries, New 
China  Preserved  Ginger,  New  French  Peas,  New  French 
Mushrooms,  New  Italian  Macaroni  and  Vermicelli  25  lb. 
cases in  1  lb. pkgs.,  New  Scotch  Marmalade,  New  English 
Orange Marmalade in  1  lb.  Stone Jars,  New Englisb Goose­
berry, Strawberry, Raspberry,  and Black Currant Jams in 1 
lb. stone jars.  Full line of A.  Lusk & Co.’s  California  Can' 
ned Fruits, Apricots,  Quinces,  Grapes,  Golden  Drops,  Green 
Gages,  Egg  Plums,  Peaches  and  Pears,  French  Brandy 
Peaches in Glass, quarts,  French Cherries in Brandy, quarts.
Full line of Crosse & Blackwells’  English Pickles.  Full 
line of Dingee’s Pickles in glaiss.  Lea & Perrins’  Worcester 
Sauce, Halford’s Sauce,  Spanish Olives  16 and 27 oz. bottles, 
French Capers,  French and Italian Salad Oil for table use in 
1-2 pints, pints and quarts, Durkee’s Salad Dressing in pints 
and quarts,  Colman’s English Mustard, Epps’ English Cocoa, 
Cox’s English Gelatine, Dnrkee’s Celery Salt.  Mackerel  in 
3  lb.  cans  Soused in Tomato  Sauce  and in  Mustard Sauce, 
Brook Trout Soused and Spiced in 3 lb.  cans,  Smoked  Hali­
but,  Yarmouth  Bloaters,  Scotch  Fin-in-haddies,  Rochester 
Ready  Cooked  Food  Co.’s  Cooked  Oatmeal,  Hominy  and 
Wheat  2  lb.  papers  and  Beans  and Peas for  Soups in  1  lb. 
papers, Hecker’s Self-Raising Buckwheat 3  and 6 lb. papers.
Please read the  above carefully and if in want of anothing in  our line send in your 

orders and same shall receive the closest and most prompt attention.

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From 2 to 150 Horse-Power,  Boilers, Saw  Mills, | 
Grist Mills, Wood Working  Machinery,  Shaft­
ing,  Pulleys  and  Boxes.  Contracts  made  for 
Complete Outfits.
W.  C,  Denison,

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MICHIGAN  1 Corner Winter and West Bridge Sts.,

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