The  Michigan. Tradesman.

V O L .  3.

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GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  MARCH  10,  1886.

NEW  BRANDS
CIGARS!

OF

HOW  TO  ORGANIZE.

Rules  Observed by  Successful 

Business

Cheese as Food.

T he Tradesm an is  in  frequent  receipt 
of inquiries from merchants in towns which 
are not  so  fortunate  as  to  have  protective 
associations,  asking how to proceed to effect 
an  organization.  With  a  view  to  setting 
forth 
the  usual  course  pursued,  T he 
Tradesm an herewith  presents the follow­
ing modus operandi:

First,  talk  with  every  merchant  in  the 
place, for the purpose of  working up a sen­
timent in  favor of  an  organization.  When 
the feeling is  sufficiently  strong to warrant 
the calling of  a  meeting,  circulate  a paper 
for signature reading  somewhat  as follows:
We, the undersigned merchants o f--------,
feeling  that the time has come  for an asso­
ciation of the retail trade,  having for its ob­
jects the protection  of its  members  against 
dead-beats and bad-pay  customers  and  the 
correct of other trade  abuses,  hereby  agree
to  meet  a t ---------- o n ----------- evening,
M ar.-----,  for the purpose of effecting such
an organization. 
[Signatures.]

When the merchants are assembled at the 
appointed time,  some one familiar with  the 
objects of the meeting  should call the gath­
ering to order  and suggest  the  nomination 
of  a  chairman.  When  the  nomination  is 
made he should put  the  question to  a vote 
and  announce  the  result.  The  chairman 
should then  take  his  seat  and  suggest  the 
appointment of a suitable  person for  secre­
tary.  As  soon  as  a secretary  is installed, 
the chairman should  announce the fact, that 
the meeting is now ready to proceed to bus­
iness,  and some  one  present  should offer a 
resolution similar to the following:

Resolved—That we do now proceed to the 
organization of a retail  dealers’ association.
If the resolution is adopted, it is  in order 
for some one present to  move  the  appoint­
ment of a committee on constitution and by­
laws, to be composed of three or more mem­
bers.  In making up the committee the chair 
should be particular to select  those  persons 
who have given the subject the most thought 
and who would be apt to give the matter the 
attention  its  importance  demands.  After 
the  announcement  of  the  committee,  it  is 
proper for those present  to  exchange views 
relative to the objects sought  to be achieved 
by the association,  the scope  of jurisdiction 
and membership limit  and  the  powers and 
duties of the officers. 
It  is  frequently  de­
sirable to  appoint a  committee  on nomina­
tions,  which  shall  cast  about  during  the 
week,  witli a view to securing the  best per 
sons available for  the  several  officers  pre­
scribed  by  the  constitution—subject,  of 
course,  to the adoption of the report  of  the 
committee  on  constitution  and  by-laws. 
Such a procedure  enables  the  organization 
to expedite matters by  electing  officers  the 
same  evening  the  constitution  is  adopted. 
There being no further  business,  the  meet­
ing should  adjourn  until  such  time as the 
committee on constitution  and by-laws will 
be ready to report,  when the adoption of the 
report and the election  of  officers  complete 
the formal organization. Then begins the real 
work of  the  association,  concerning  which 
The T radesm an  will  have  something  to 
say hereafter.

Incivility of Clerks.

From the Chicago Grocer.

If there is  anything  on  earth  that  exas­
perates an  intelligent  man  or  woman  it is 
the rudeness of the clerks who stand behind 
the counters  in  retail  stores, 
it  would  be 
impossible for a well-bred person  to submit 
to  such  treatment  and  liis  or  her  pat­
ronage is forever withdrawn after any insult 
of the kind is  offered.  The  polite  clerk is 
rare and is scarcely ever found in large cities 
of the West.  Why it should be so is a mat­
ter of  a good  deal  of  doubt  in  our minds. 
In Western cities  there  are  scarcely  half a 
dozen stores where one can go  and be treat­
ed courteously.  We do not mean that posi­
tive insult occurs,  but the apparent indiffer­
ence of  the salesman as to the  wants of the 
customer; with  no evident  desire to please; 
with an air of  sufferance,  which is  intoler­
able,  and the  evident  desire  not» to be  dis­
turbed in their meditations  are  all exasper­
ating.  We can  only account  for  it  by  be­
lieving that at some time in the lives of these 
clerks, fortune lias showered upon  them its 
golden rays,  and when stem want lias faced 
them  and  necessity  compelled  the  accept­
ance of a salesman’s position, they have be­
come  inert, listless,  morbid  and  enviously 
jealous, that their worst nature comes to the 
surface and  they  cannot  bear to wait upon 
people,  who may at the  moment  be posses­
sed of the Almighty Dollar.  But this is all 
wrong!  To  such  as  have  lost  fortune  a 
strong  desire  to  make  the  occupation  a 
source of recreation should be the prevailing 
thought.

Outside of the  large cities  we do not find 
such a state of tilings.  Clerks are generally 
personally acquainted with  their  customers 
and strive to please  in  every  way. 
It may 
be well argued that  clerks are  subjected  to 
groundless abuse from  customers  and pain­
ful though it may be,  the best course to pur­
sue is to be polite  and  courteous to all with 
whom we have  dealings. 
If your calling is 
a humble one ennoble  it  by  the  manner  in 
which you discharge its duties, and you will 
challenge the  respect  of all  wnose  opinion 
is worth having.  The day has long gone by 
when a man needed  to hang  down his head 
because of the humbleness of  his  vocation.

Men.

Discount your bills when you can.
Always pay exchange when  remitting.
Demand  what  is  right  and  do  what  is 

right.

Do not  discount a bill  when  one  that is 

due remains unpaid.

Weigh  everything  measured  by  weight 

winch comes into your house.

Keep your  stock  neat  and  clean; trim it 
often and do  not  allow  “odds and ends” to 
accumulate.

Always give 10  ounces  for  a  pound,  but 
don’t under any circumstances give 17.  The 
extra ounce is your profit.

Do not let your bills run a  few  days over 
time for discount and then  ask  for full dis­
counts.  When you ask it  you are asking a 
gift.

Do  not  feel  offended  if  a  statement  is 
sent you after the maturity  of  a  bill.  The 
money is then due,  and the  merchant has a 
right to ask for it.

Pay invoices as they mature.  Tins makes 
it  better  for  all  concerned,  as  errors  are 
thereby avoided,  and it is  an easy matter to 
check up the account.

When a statement is sent  to  you  for ex­
amination and comparison, give it attention, 
and if it does not agree with your  books re­
port where difference occurs.

When you return  goods or  have occasion 
to  make  a  charge  against  the  party from 
whom you  purchased,  send  a  bill  that  he 
may examine the charge and credit you.

If you have in your  employ  a  clerk  who 
can guess  “exactly” the weight of  anything 
he is selling, “fire him” and get a clerk who 
can read a scale beam correctly.

Take an  inventory every  year,  at  least, 
and  get  acquainted  with  your  stock,  then 
sell all inferior stock at its value.  If you do 
not it will be worthless when you inventory 
again.

The merchant  who  meets  all obligations 
promptly,  and who looks  upon his credit as 
a  part  of  his stock-in-trade,  deserving  his 
best treatment,  is pretty sure  to  succeed  in 
any undertaking.

When  bills  are  not  paid  promptly  and 
draft is made, pay the face of the draft, col­
lection and  exchange  charges,  as  bills  are 
payable at the office of  the  seller,  and your 
neglect or delay should not cause him  extra 
expense.

To Keep  Insects Out of  Rhubarb.

From the American Druggist.

As  long  as  rhubarb  is  kept  in  bottles, 
drawers, or boxes  which  are  not  perfectly 
tight, there  is  always  a  chance  of  insects 
getting at  it.  This  is,  of  course,  the case 
with many other drugs.  When insects have 
once made their  appearance, the  best  rem­
edy,  in our opinion,  is to transfer the affect­
ed drug  to  vessels  which  can  be perfectly 
closed—tin canisters which can  be soldered 
with fusible  metal  are  best—and  to intro­
duce,  before  closing  the  vessel,  a  sponge 
saturated with bisulphide of carbon.  For a 
space of about one cubic toot,  2 fluid drams 
of bisulphide of  carbon  is  sufficient.  The 
sponge should  be so situated so  that it will 
not come in contact with the rhubarb.  When 
the box  or canister  is  opened  again at any 
subsequent  time, it  is  only  nececessary  to 
expose  the  pieces  of  rhubarb  in  a  warm 
place for a short  time,  when  any  adhering 
odor  of  the bisulphide,  will  be  dissipated. 
Chloroform  may  also  be  used,  but  is  not 
quite as effective as the bisulphide. 
If bot­
tles  are  used  for  storing  tlie  rhubarb,  the 
stopper should  be  covered  or  secured with 
a  melted  mixture  of  gelatine  1  part  and 
glycerine  2  parts.  Or,  stone  jars  may  be 
taken,  arid  similarly  secured.  There  are, 
of course,  other  methods  feasible,  but  the 
above  lias  proved  most  effective  in  our 
hands,  though we have  had  occasion to use 
it more on other drugs than on rhubarb.

How Pat  Took Medicine.

A lady  who  lives  not  a  hundred  miles 
miles from  Grand  Rapids  lias  a  pony of 
which she is  very fond,  but  not long  since 
she thought that he  was  a  little droopy,  so 
she called in a veterinary surgeon,  who pre­
scribed  a  powder  for  the  equine  favorite. 
The next morning she asked her  man of all 
work:

“Pat,  did  you  give  the  pony  his  medi­

cine?”

“I put it with his hay, mum,” was the re­
ply,  “but lie’s the  cunningist little  baste  I 
iver saw.  He et all  the  hay,  but not a  bit 
of the powther did he touch at all.  Oh, I’ll 
I’ll give it to  him sure.”
fool him to-night. 
The  next  morning  the  lady  called  Pat 
again and was surprised to see him  looking 
very rueful.

“What’s the matter now?” said she.
“Faith, mum,  I got a big glass  pipe an’ I 
put  the  medicine  in  it,  an’  I  backed  the 
pony in the  corner. 
I put  the  pipe  in his 
mouth an’ wos  just  goin’  to  blow  it down 
him,  but  he  breathed  first,  an’ I  hev  the 
powther in me instid of in him.”

How it affected the Hibernian has not yet 

transpired.

A Gladwin druggist and a clothier of that 
city loved one and  the  same  girl.  The re­
sult was a fight,  in which  both men were so 
badly punished  that  the  innocent  cause of 
their dispute  refuses to  speak  to  either of 
them.

It  is  too  nitrogenous. 

It is not a well  balanced  food  for  a sole 
diet. 
It  contains 
more protein  or  flesh-forming  matter,  for 
the  respiratory  matter  that  goes  with  it, 
than can be made  use  of,  and this,  after  a 
time,  would  become  burdensome.  The 
same is true of lean meat,  which  closely re­
sembles cheese in  its  constituents,  only the 
per  cent,  of  protein  in  cheese  is  much 
greater than in  meat. 
If  one  were  to live 
on cheese alone, his health would sooner  or 
later give way, anil the same would be  true 
with an attempt  to  live  exclusively on  any 
other single food;  but one might live longer 
on some others than on cheese. 
It does not 
follow from this that cheese,  or any food, is 
not wholesome,  when used with those which 
contain what is lacking in it.  When prop­
erly made and  cured,  and  used  in  connec­
tion  with  foods  abounding  in  sugar  and 
starch 
to  balance  its  excess  of  caseine, 
cheese is just as wholesome as any other ar­
ticle of diet in  use;  but  its highly concen­
trated  richness  makes  it  necessary  that, 
in any connection,  it  should  be  used spar­
ingly.

As an article  of  human  fowl,  cheese  is 
further affected  from  robbing  the  milk  of 
which it is made of a  part  or all of the  fat 
which belongs to caseine.  Milk in  its best 
estate has not fat  and  heat-producing  mat­
ter  enough  to  go  with  its  curd.  Cheese 
lacks still more in heat-producing  constitu­
ents because the sugar of milk is necessarily 
dropped out in converting  milk into cheese, 
leaving it with only the fat  for  keeping  up 
animal heat. 
If now the fat is taken away, 
the remainder will be a still  more one-sided 
It will be little else than 
food than before. 
pure caseine. 
It becomes more difficult  to 
balance witli other  food,  more  difficult  to 
make and cure,  more difficult to  digest,  ami 
hence less wholesome.  The caseine in skim 
cheese seldom cures into a mellow and solu­
ble food. 
It rather dries down and becomes 
dried curd,  which digests so  slowly and im­
perfectly as to affect its wholesomeness and 
occasion great waste, as well as to  make  it 
objectionable in flavor.  These defects  vary 
very  much  in  intensity,  hut to the  extent 
of their existence militate  against cheese as 
food.

There is one  other  peculiarity  connected 
with  the  use  of  cheese  which  has an  im­
portant  bearing  upon  its  food  value  and 
wholesomeness.  Reference is now made to 
the state of curing  when  it  goes  into  con­
sumption.  The  curd of milk  when newly 
formed is insoluble in  water,  and digests in 
the  human  stomach  with  great  difficulty. 
As the  curd  cures  into  cheese,  it  becomes 
more and more soluble  and  digestible,  and 
when thoroughly cured the entire substance 
becomes digestible  and  is  readily available 
for food, making an old and fully ripe cheese 
much richer  and  more  nutritious  than  an 
uncured one.  A  cheese of  average quality 
and  ripeness  at  thirty  days  old  has only 
about half of its nutritive matter digestible. 
The rest is wasted.  The difference between 
new  and  old  cheese  in  richness and food 
value is  readily  measured  by  the  relative 
quantity of eaeli which people  instinctively 
use. 
the  appetite  being  satisfied  with  a 
much smaller quantity  of  old  cheese  than 
new.

Tests of digestibility in tin* laboratory cor­
respond very closely  with  common  experi­
ence in the use of cheese,  making  it a pret­
ty clear  case  that  the  waste  of nutriment 
from crowding cheese into consumption,  be­
fore  properly  cured,  is  simply  enormous. 
If cheese were made to  cure a little slower, 
and not allowed to go into  consumption  till 
well  cured, 
its  value  as  food  would  be 
doubled,  ami Us wholesomeness greatly  im­
proved, for it is its  green  and  indigestible 
condition rather than anything  in its neces­
sary composition,  that is the chief  cause  of 
objections made  against  it  on the score  of 
health. 
It must be evident that it does not 
comport with the  welfare  of  consumers  or 
the interests of dairymen to crowd upon the 
public cheese or  other  products  in a condi­
tion  unfavorable  to  health  or  usefulness. 
There may be a temporary gain,  but the bad 
name  it  inflicts  will  react in the end.—L. 
B. Arnold.

Beet and Cane Sugar.

The most  reliable  statistical  record  sets 
down the sources of  the  two sugars  as  fol­
lows:

B E E T   SUG A R.

Tons.

Total

CA NE  SUG A R.

Germany.................................................  1,150,000
France.......................................................   315,000
Austria......................................................  540,000
Russia  ......................................................  380,000
00,000
Belgium  ................................................... 
Holland.................................................  . 
60,000
1,250
California................................................. 
.3,526,250
Tons.

Cuba...........................................................  570,000
Porto  Rico...............................................  
60,000
55,000
Trinidad.................................. 
Barbadoes................................................. 
60,000
Jamaica....................................................  
18,000
Antigua....................................................  
16,000
42,000
Martinique  .............................................. 
Guadeloupe  ............................................ 
41,000
Demerara........................................  
 
90,000
36,000
Reunion  ................................................... 
Mauritius.................................................   128,000
Java  ............................................. 
380,000
British India exports.............................  
45,000
B razil......................................................  220,000
Manila  ......................................................  175,000
94,000
Louisiana................................................. 
Peru exports............................................  
30,000
E gyp t........................................................ 
30,000
Hawaiian  Islands....................................  
80,000
Total  ..........................................2,080,000

 

 

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E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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Advertising rates made known on application.

WEDNESDAY,  MARCH  10,  1886.
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange.
Organized at Grand Rapide October 8,1884.

President—Lester J. Rindge.
Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard.
Treasurer—Geo. B.  Dunton.
Annual Meeting—Second  Wednesday evening
Regular  Meetings—Second  Wednesday  even*

of October.
ing of each month.___________________ _
Traverse City Business Men’s Association.

President,  Frank  Hamilton;  Secretary,  C. T.

Lockwood;  Treasurer, J. T. Beadle.

Business  Men’s  Protective  Union  of 

Cheboygan.

President,  A.  M.  Wesgate:  Vice-President, 

H. Chambers;  Secretary, A. J. Paddock.
Ionia  Buaineae  Men’s  Protective  As­

sociation.

President, Wm.  B.  Kelsey;  Vice-President, 

H. M. Lewis;  Secretary, Fred Cutler, Jr.

Cooley. 

Ovid Business Men’s Association.
President, C.  H.  Hunter:  Secretary,  Lester 
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lisher by  mfehtloning that they saw the adver­
tisement in the columns of  this  paper.______
The House  Committee  on  Judiciary  has 
given  notice  that the  majority  will report 
the Lowell  bankruptcy bill to the House on 
the 18th,  while  the  minority  will  report  a 
substitute  bill,  which  will  be  constructed 
from  the  measure  recently  introduced  by 
Mr.  Seney.  The  Seney bill provides that a 
debtor  may  assign  for  the  benefit  of  his 
creditors,  and at the end of a  year  petition 
the local court for a release. 
If  it shall ap­
pear that during the six months last preced­
ing the assignment there was no preferment 
of creditors a release from  bankruptcy shall 
be granted. 
It seems  hardly  possible  that 
the  country  will  receive  any  bankruptcy 
legislation at the hands of the present  Con­
gress.

The  recent  decision  of  the  Indiana Su­
preme Court, relative to telephone  charges, 
is  of  interest  to  the whole country.  The 
law of the state  expressly  limited  charges 
for the  use  of  these  instruments  to  S3  a 
month.  The Bell company  tried  to  evade 
the law by additional charges for the neces­
sary  accessories  of  the instrument.  The 
court rules this illegal, holding that charges 
for a telephone cover all necessary accessor­
ies in the view of the law.  This  does  not 
promise to be a good year  for  the  big  cor­
porations.

The red-streaked Rose  potato,  which had 
few friends and many enemies last fall, bobs 
up  serenely  through  the  clamors  of  the 
Southern buyers and  planters,  who  prefer 
the Rose to any other variety,  claiming that 
the red streaks do not injure  it for planting 
purposes.

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

IN  THE  CITS'.

E.  A.  Davis succeeds  I).  C.  Benedict in 

the railway ticket brokerage business.

Edwin B. Morris,  of the firm of  Crowley 
& Morris,  grocers on  Grandville  avenue,  is 
dead.

Geo. W.  Bullock lias  engaged  in the gro­
cery business at Reed City.  Olney,  Shields 
& Co.  furnished the stock.

Ninhuis Bros, have engaged in the grocery 
business at  New  Holland.  Olney,  Shields 
& Co.  furnished the stock.

The Spiral Spring Buggy Co.  has put in a 
It  was 

six  horse-power  Buxton  engine. 
furnished by Hester & Fox.

John  D.  Muir  has  purchased  Wm.  H. 
Tibbs’ drug stock at 14 Canal street and will 
continue the business at that location.

llillebrand & Sigmann have started a car­
pet  cleaning  business  at  31  Canal  street. 
Hester & Fox  furnished  the  boiler,  engine 
and fan.

Ileruer  &  Kennedy  will  engage  in  the 
hardware  business  at  31  South  Division 
street.  The  stock  was  furnished  by  the 
Gunn Hardware Co.

Ezra Bassett has engaged  in  the grocery 
business at Cedar  Springs.  Bulkley,  Lem­
on  &  Hoops  furnished  the  stock,  Hub. 
Baker placing the order.

Hester & Fox have sold a fifty horse-pow­
er Atlas engine and boiler to Alden Batchel- 
der & Cq,,  at  Bachelor,  Mason  county. 
It 
will be used to drive the Ann’s sawmill.

Gideon Kellogg has retired from the firm of 
F.  Raniville&Co., manufacturers of leather 
belting and dealers  in  mill  supplies.  The 
business will  be  continued by F. Raniville.
J.  R.  Dibble, whose general stock at Bur- 
nip’s Comers was recently destroyed by fire, 
has purchased a school house, which he will 
use for storage purposes until his new build­
ing is  completed.  Cody,  Ball  &  Co.  will 
furnish the grocery stock.

Curtiss,  Dunton  &  Co.  are  turning  out 
four tons of  paper a  day  at  their  Allegan 
mill.  They  contemplate  putting  in  a  76 
inch machine June 1,  thereby increasing the 
product to eight tons per day.  They have a 
lease of the mill for five years.

The Grand* Rapids  School  Furniture  Co. 
will  start  its  machinery  about  the  15th,

every  preliminary  having  been  provided. 
The factory has a capacity of  800 seats  per 
day,  and from present indications  it will be 
necessary  to  operate  it  to its full capacity 
before many months roll around.

Major A.  B.  Watson,  who  is  the  custod- 
iad of the various creditors interested in the 
Grand Rapids Yeneer and  Panel Co., is en­
deavoring to secure  the  co-operation  of all 
the stockholders  in  a  project  to  subscribe 
sufficient funds  to  put  the  institution  on a 
solid basis. 
It is claimed  that  the concern 
is now earning  considerable  over expenses, 
and that the acquisition of sufficient  capital 
will enable the  management to  conduct the 
business  successfully  and  eventually  pay 
back to the stockholders  the  §18,000 which 
has apparently  been sunk in the enterprise.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

John Crawford,  general dealer at Milford, 

is dead.

R.  S.  Rice & Co.  succeed  R.  G.  Rice in 

general trade at Dowling.

J. W. Runner  succeeds  Runner  Bros,  in 

the drug business at Shelby.

F.  W. Sheldon  succeeds  S.  H.  Hogle & 

Co.,  in general trade at Burr Oak.

F.  H.  Frazee succeeds  Chas. J.  Stover in 

the drug business at East Saginaw.

Lewis Boyle succeeds Redden & Boyle  in 

the dry goods business at Buchanan.

Loomis & Co. have purchased F. C.  Bate­

man’s grocery stock at  Yermontville.

A new clothing firm has opened at Yassar 

under the firm name of Emerson & Bird.

C. E.  Smith succeeds Calderwood & Smith 
in the grocery business  at  South  Saginaw.
A. B. Raymond & Co. succeed Hibbard & 
Raymond in the grocery business at Detroit.
W. S. Bartron  &  Co.,  grocery  and  boot 
and shoe dealers  at  Bridgeton,  have  sold 
out.

McWatters  & Stecker  succeed  Neville & 
McWatters  in  the  dry  goods  business  at 
Yassar.

F.  Griffith  succeeds  Geo.  E.  Angel & Co. 
in  the  boot  and  shoe  business  at  Grand 
Haven.

E.  Pangbom,  general dealer at Pangborn’s 
Corners,  Newaygo  county,  is  lying  at the 
point of death.

E.  P.  Lounsbury & Co. succeed S.  F.  Hill 
& Co.  in the grocery and hardware business 
at South Haven.

Kirkbride & Strickland,  boot and shoe and 
clothing dealers at Jackson,  have dissolved, 
each continuing.

W. B.  Church,  a  Marshall  physician and 
druggist, has made an assignment.  Liabil­
ities,  §8,000;  assets,  not determined yet.

C.  B.  Salisbury,  has  retired from the firm 
of Stauffer & Salisbury,  general  dealers  at 
Hastings.  The business will be continued by 
L.  E.  Stauffer.

Oliver  Wheeler  has  been  admitted  to 
partnership in the  firm  of  Wheeler  Bros., 
general dealers at Shelby.  The  firm  name 
remains unchanged.

Sperry & Bushnell,  for  20  years  in the 
book and stationery business at  Flint, have 
sold out to M.  E.  Carlton & Bro., the former 
a Chicago traveling  man.

G. A.  Wager has  exchanged his  general 
stock  at  Mears  for  300  acres  of  land  in 
Oceana county.  W.  E.  Ambler,  of  Pent- 
water,  is the present owner of the stock.

L.  Warenader,  dealer  in  drugs,  station­
ery,  toys,  etc.,  at  Islipeming,  whose  store 
was closed two weeks ago by Chicago credi­
tors, lias made  a  compromise and  resumed 
business.

Redden & Boyle, one of  Buchanan’s  lar­
gest dry goods firms,  has been  dissolved by 
the junior member,  Lewis Boyle, buying his 
partner’s interest.  The firm of Best & Best 
is also changed  to  Best & Wynn.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Herbert II.  Call has  leased  J.  T.  Curtis’s

planing mill at Plainwell.

John Ellicott,  the Baffalo cigar  manufac­

turer, was in town last week.

Jacob  Deal,  carriage  manufacturer  at 

Jonesville,  has put in a new engine.

Lewis Carman  has  sold  his  grist  mill at 
Millbrook to  Otis  Smith,  late  of  Pennsyl­
vania.

G.  M.  Smith  &  Co.  succeed  Temple, 
Smith & Co.  in the manufacture of shingles 
at Wilson.

W.  S.  Smith has begun  the erection  of a 
It  will 

new band sawmill  at  Cheboygan. 
be 22x60 feet in size and 20 feet high.

The chair factory building  being  erected 
by C.  J.  L.  Meyer,  at Hermansville,  is 250x 
350 feet on the ground. 
It will employ sev­
eral hundred men.

Murphy & Dorr,  whose  mill  at  Bay City 
was burned in  December  last,  will  not re­
build there,  but  may  purchase a mill at an­
other poiut on Saginaw river.

Whitehall  Forum:  The  machinery  in 
Creppin,  Murphy & Son’s  sawmill  is being 
taken  down  for  shipment  to  Menominee, 
where it will be put into a new mill.

Ring  &  Stevens,  East  Saginaw,  have 
leased the shingle  mill  property of  Hamil­
ton,  McC litre & Co., of  that  place,  for one 
year.  They have also the  privilege  of pur­
chasing the mill property and  14,000 to 15,- 
000 acres  of  stump  lands  in  Gladwin  and 
Clare comities,  the consideration  being  pri­
vate.

STRAY  FACTS.

D.  Merrimau suceeds A. C. Tinker  & Co. 

in the saddlery business at Jackson.

Gleason  Bros,  succeed  Gleason  Bros.  & 

Garvin in the meat business at Cadillac.

Ring &  Stevens,  East  Saginaw  shingle 
dealers, have dissolved partnership  by mut­
ual consent,  but Chas. E. King will continue 
the business.

Brown  &  Steel  have  sold  to  Stevens & 
Ladue,  of East Saginaw,  a  tract  of  timber

In Midland county, estimated  to  cut 4,000,- 
000 feet of lumber,  for §16,000.

J.  C. LIcken & Co.,  Sebewaing,  have  re­
ceived this winter 1,000,000 feet of elm logs, 
4,000 cords of  basswood and  2,000 cords of 
elm bolts, all of  which  will be worked into 
cooper  stock.

East Saginaw Record:  E.  D.  Henderson 
has associated  himself in  business with G. 
W.  Stevens  &  Son,  merchandise  brokers, 
having sold out  his  interest in  the  whole­
sale  grocery business  of  Symons,  Smart  & 
Co.  The firm will be known as  Stevens  & 
Henderson.

Allegan Gazette :  B.  B.  Sutjjhin  & Co. 
have in stock 5,000  bushels  of  clover seed 
which they  have  bought  here,  at  Byron, 
Dorr,  Gobleville,  and  Fennville.  This 
means the expenditure of  over  §25,000,  as 
they  have  paid  from  §5.35  to  §5.60 per 
bushel for it.

Lake City’s long-felt  want  is to be filled, 
S. W.  Hopkins, of Mt.  Pleasant, furnishing 
the capital for a bank.  Now  the  cry is for 
a  flouring  mill.  The  nearest  mills  are  at 
Cadillac and  Falmouth,  both  some  fifteen 
miles  away.  The  numerous  large  lumber 
camps  in  that  vicinity  consume  immense 
quantities of flour and feed.

Miscellaneous  Dairy Notes.

Gibbald & Baker’s  creamery at Jonesville 

is ready to begin  operations.

Creameries  will  shortly  be  in  operation 

at Port Huron and Imlay City.

Manton and Colfax are agitating  the sub­

ject of a creamery for each place.

Rufus Baker  &  Co.  commenced  making 

cheese for the season Monday,  March 1.

C.  B.  Lambert, the well-known dairyman, 
is spending a few days in and around Grand 
Rapids,  looking  after a number of anticip­
ated creamery contracts.

Michigan is  literally swarming  with  the 
agents of  creamery  supply  manufacturers, 
who are profiting by the wonderful awaken­
ing on dairy subjects  in this  State.

Wm. Dorgan,  who acted  as  maker for E. 
J.  Savage,  in  the  Coopersville  cheese  fac­
tory last season,  is  agitating the  subject of 
starting a cheese factory at Big Springs.

The Williamston Creamery  Co. has  been 
formed at Williamston with a  capital stock 
of  §4,500  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  a 
creamery and operating the samer using the 
Fairlamb system.

Richard  Redhead,  formerly  operator  of 
the Coldspring cheese factory,  at  Hilliards, 
later  operator  at  the  Springdale  factory, 
at the same place,  and during  the  season of 
1885 owner  of  the  Amber  factory,  at Zee- 
land,  died on thelst.

Rufus Baker.&  Co.  paid  off  the  patrons 
of  their  “Home”  factory  March  1.  The 
milk at this factory netted the patrons about 
one  mill  more  per  hundred  than at B.  E. 
Peebles’ factory, owing, no doubt, to the fact 
that Mr.  Baker  held cheese longer and thus 
realized better prices.

Shaver & May Lave  run  a small  factory 
near Fairfield  for  two  years  past,  and  for 
1885 make the following showing;  Pounds 
of  milk  received,  312,991;  pounds  cured 
cheese,  31,325; number of cheese made,  849; 
pounds of milk for one of cheese, 9.99; gross 
sales,  §2,621.57; manufacturing  of  cheese, 
§313.25; net sales,  §2,308.32; net per  1,000 
pounds of milk,  §7.373^.

The  Coopersville  cheese  factory  began 
operations  May  25,  1885,  and  closed Oct. 
30.  During that period  there  was received 
at the factory  462,524  pounds of milk from 
which was made  45,550 pounds  of  cheese, 
taking 10.15 pounds  of milk for  one pound 
of cheese; average price per pound 8.7 cents; 
expenses  for  making  cheese  and  drawing 
milk at §2.50 per hundred,  §1,138.75; secre­
tary’s expenses, §27.84;  expenses  for  tele­
phoning and traveling,  §15.05; expenses for 
bill heads,  statements,  pass  books  and let­
ter heads,  §8.50; for  drawing cheese,  §2.10.

The Gripsack Brigade.

J.  S.  Meister,  representing  G.  W.  Clark 
& Co., butterine manufacturers  of Chicago, 
was in town last week.

Wm. Jones, traveling  representative  for 
J. H. Huyck & Co.,  of Chicago,  is taking  a 
trip through Canada this week.

Frank T.  Blakestree has gone on the road 
for Fox & Bradford,  taking  the  city  trade, 
Southern Michigan and  Northern  Indiana.
The  Grand  Rapids  School Furniture Co. 
has three men on the road and will increase 
the number to twelve as soon  as  the  goods 
are fairly on the market.

W.  H.  Downs has arranged  to put  a wa­
gon on the road, selling notions, fancy goods 
and cigars.  The wagon  will  be in  charge 
of his brother,  S.  F.  Downs.

Wm.  Van Zee has  engaged  to  travel for 
Arthur  Meigs  &  Co.,  taking  the  Holland 
colony and a portion of  the city trade.  He 
started out on his initial trip Monday.

W. G.  Cathcart,  formerly  of  the firm of 
Ainsworth & Cathcart, has gone on the road 
for  S.  A.  Welling, 
taking  the  Eastern, 
Western,  and Intermediate  Northern  trade.
Muskegan  News:  First  was  seen  that 
raspy,  keen-eyed Charley Wilcox.  He is on 
the road from Grand  Rapids,  and if a ship 
should be sinking  and  Wilcox  should  be 
called on for a  prayer—there  would be  no 
prayer.  Wilcox sells tobacco and carries no 
testament.

New York  Dairy  Market.

Butter shows unmistakable signs of weak­
ness and prices generally favor buyers.  The 
home trade is not buying  freely,  and expor­
ters do not want anything except odd cheap 
parcels.  Choice creamery is held at 28@S4c 
and dairy is in fair demand at 23@26c.

Cheese is in light demand as the exporters 
are not anxious operators.  Full  creams are 
weak at 8%@10c, while Pennsylvania skims 
are moving freely at 3^@4c.

Purely Personal.

Homer  Eaton  is  getting  to  look  like  a 

white man again.

John Caulfield expects  to  get  in his new 

home on Sheldon street about June 1.

Geo.  P.  Gifford, Jr.,  has leased  the house 
at 196 Sheldon street  and  will  remove  his 
family  from  East  Saginaw  to  this  place 
about April 1.

Smith  Barnes,  general  manager  of  the 
Hannah  &  Lay  Mercantile  Co.,  Traverse 
City,  passed through  the city  Saturday,  on 
his way home from the East.

D. W. Archer, the prince of Western pack­
ers,  has removed from Columbus to Council 
Bluffs,  from  which  place  he  writes  The 
Tradesm an that he is preparing to do “big 
business” in the canned goods line the com­
ing  season.

Frank Hamilton,  of the firm of  Hamilton 
& Milliken,  Traverse City,  was in town one 
day last week and engaged  B.  H.  Brackett, 
of  Allegan,  to  take  charge  of  the  firm’s 
clothing department.  Mr.  Brackett  passed 
through the city  Monday on his way to  his 
new field of labor.

TIME TABLES.

Lake Shifco & Michigan Southern.

(KALAMAZOO  D IV IS IO N .)

Leave. 
Arrive.
N. Y. N. Y.
Ex. and  N. Y.
Mail. Ex.
Mail. Mail.
a. in. p. m.
a. m.
p. m.
7:50 Dp. .Grand Rapids. . .Ar 9:50
7:15
4:40
9:07....... .Allegan.......... .......8:32
5;58
5:58
6:55 10:05....... .Kalamazoo__ .......7:30
5:00
.White Pigeon. .......5:50
3:30
9:50 11:40...
p. m. a. in.
a. m. p. m.
5:10....... .Toledo............. .......11:15 10:40
4:15
6:30
9:30....... .Cleveland....... .......6:40
8:20
a. m. p. in.
p. m. a. m.
3:30....... .Buffalo  .......... __ 11:56 11:55
2:40
p. m. a. m.
a. in. P. HI.
8:00....... .Chicago.......... .Lv  11  30
5:40
8:50
A local freight leaves Grand Rapids at 1 p. m., 
carrying passengers as far as Allegan.
All trains daily except Sunday.

J. W. McKbnney, General Agent.

Chicago & West Michigan.

Leaves.  Arrives,
tMail......................................... 9:00 am   4:30 pm
+Day  Express........................12:35 p m  8:25 p m
•Night  Express....................10:40 pm   5:45 am
Muskegon Express.............   4 :20 pm   11:20 am
‘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 
1:00 p. in., and through coach  on 9:15 a.  m. and 
10:40 p. m. trains.

NEWAYGO D IV IS IO N .

Leaves.  Arrives.
Express.................................  4:20 pm   7:30 pm
Express................................  8:00 a m  10:50 a m
All trains arrive and depart from  Union  De­
pot.
The Northern terminus of  this Division is at 
Baldwin, where close connection is made  with 
F. &  P. M.  trains  to and  from  Ludingtou  and 
Manistee.

J. H. Ca r pen t er,  Gen’l Pass. Agent.
J.  B.  M u l l i k e n ,  General  Manager.
Detroit,  Mackinac  & Marquette.

G oing West. 
Going East.
7:30 p m........... Houghton...................8:30 a m
3:00 p m, D.......Marquette  ............A,  1:00 p m
2:05 p m, A .......Marquette............. D,  1:40 pm
10:40 a m ............Seney...................................  4:50 pm
7:45 a m ............St.  Iguace..................   8:15 p m
0:15 a m ............Mackinaw  City............ 9:30 p in
5 ¡00 p m............G rand  Rapids.............10:30 a m
Express trains Nos. 1 ana 2 make  close  con­
nections at Mackinac City with Michigan  Cen­
tral and G. R. & I. R. R.
Connections  also  made  at  St.  Ignace  with 
steamers of the Detroit  and  Cleveland  Steam 
Navigation Company and all'lake steamers.
At Marquette with the Marquette, Houghton
6  Ontonagon Railroad, for  all  Lake  Superior
points. 

Gen. Supt., Marquette, Mich.
Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agent* Marquette.

A. WATSON,
E. W. ALLEN,

Detroit,  Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

GOING W EST.

GO ING  EAST.Arrives. 

Leaves.
tSteamboat  Express.......... 
6:25 am
tThrough  Mail....................10:40 a m  10:50 a m
tEvening  Express..............   3:40 pm   3:50 pm
♦Limited  Express...............  8:30 pm   10:45 pm
tMixed, with coach...........  
11:00 am
tMorning  Express..............  1:05 p m  1:10 p m
"♦Through  Mail....................  5:00 pm  5:10pm
tSteamboat Express...........10:40 p m
tMixed............................................. 
♦NightExpress....................   5:10 am   5:35 am

tDaily, Sundays excepted.  ‘Daily. 
Passengers  taking  the  6:25  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.
The  Night  Express  has  a  through  Wagner 
Car  and  local  Sleeping  Car Detroit  tc Grand 
Rapids.

Geo. B. R e e v e , Traffic Manager, Chicago.

D. 

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana.

GOING  NORTH."

GOING  SOUTH.

Arrives.  Leaves
Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex  9:20 p m 
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  9:30 am   11:30 am  
Ft. Wayne&Mackinac Ex  4:10 pm  
5:05 pm 
G’d Rapids & Trav. City Ac. 
7:00 a m
G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 
7:15 am
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  E :05 p m  5:30 p m 
Mackinac & Ft. Wayr e Ex.. 10:30 a m  11:45 a m 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac. 10:30 p m 

BLEEPING  CAR ARRANGEMENTS.

All trains daily except Sunday.
North—Train  leaving  at 5:06  o’clock  p.  m. 
has  Sleeping  And  Chair  Cars  for  Petoskoy 
and  Mackinac.  Train leaving at 11:30 a. m. has 
combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinaw
OllO'.South—Train leaving at 5:30 p. m. has  Wood­
ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.
C.  L. L o c k w o o d . Gen’l Pass. Agent.

Michigan  Central.

DEPA R T.

tDetroit Express............................................  6:00 am
+Dav  Express.................................. — 12:45 p m
‘Atlantic Express...................................10:40 p m
tWay Freight....................................................6:50 am
•Pacific  Express.............................................6:00 am
tM ail..........................................................3:30 p m
tGrand  Rapids  Express......................10:35pm
Way Freight..................................................... 5:15 pm

A R R IV E .

tDaily except Sunday.  ‘Daily.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
Express.
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  Parlor  Car  for  Detroit, 
reaching that city at 11:45 a. m.. New York 10:30 
a. m.,and  Boston 3:05 p. m. next day.
A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except 
Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv­
ing at Grand Rapids at 10:35 p. m.

Chas. H. Norris.  Gen’l Agent
COAL  A N D   B U IL D IN G   M A T E R IA L S.
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows:

Ohio White Lime, per  bbl.................... 
1  00
Ohio White Lime, car lots.................... 
85
1 30
Louisville Cement,  per bbl.................. 
130
Akron Cement per  Dbl......................... 
1  30
Buffalo Cement,  per bbl....................... 
Car lots 
..................... 1  05@1  10
Plastering hair, per bu.........................  25®  30*
Stucco, per bbl.......................................  
1 75
Land plaster, per ton............................ 
3 50
2 50
Land plaster, ear lots............................ 
Fire brick, per  M.................................. §25 @ $35
Fire clay, per bbl..................................  
3 00
Anthracite, egg and grate, oar lots. .$5  75®6 00 
Anthracite, stove and  nut, car lots.. - 6 oo®6 25
Cannell, ear lots................................... 
®6 00
Ohio Lump, ear lots............. ..............   3  10®3 25
Biossburg or Cumberland, oar lots..  4 50®5 00 
Portland  Cement.................................  3 50®4 00

COAL.

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Heavenrioh Bros.
T a ilo r Made  O lo tliin g ,
WHOLESALE  CLOTHIERS,

MANUFACTURERS  OF  PERFECT  FITTING

A T   LO W EST  PR IC ES.

Mail Orders sent in care L.  IF. ATK IN S will receive Prompt Attention.

138 anfl 140 Jefferson Ave. ami 34 and 36 Wooälmp St., DETROIT.

JO H N   C A U L F IE L D ,
WHOLESALE

GROCER,
b .  l e id e r s d o r f   &  co,

G ra n d  R.a'picds, IMIiolA

7:10 am

UNCLE  SAM,  ROB  ROY,  MINERS  AND  PUD- 

DLERS,  RAILROAD  BOY  AND  HURRAH 

SMOKING;  COMMANDER  AND 

HAIR  LIFTER  CHEWING 

TOBACCOS.

JO H N   O AU LPIELD ,  WHOLESALE  GROCER.

Headquarters for above named brands at

RINDGE, BERTSCH &  CO.,
BOOTS  AXTD  SHOES.

MANUFACTURERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

AGENTS  FOR THE

W e have a splendid line of goods for Fall Trade and guarantee our prices  on Rub­
bers.  The demand for our own make of Women’s, Misses and Childs” shoes is increas­
ing.  Send in your orders and they will be promptly attended to.

14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids,^Mich.

P o t t e r , City Pass. Agent. 

M ILW AUKEE, W IS.,

MANUFACTURERS  OF  THE  CELEBRATED

At  M a n u fa ctu rers’  P r ic e s . 

SAM PLES  TO  THE  TRAD E  ONLY.

House and Store Shades Made to Order. 
Nelson  Bros.  &  Co.

68  MONROE  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

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STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.
Two Years—F. H. J. VanEmster, Bay City. 
Three Years—Jacob JesRon, M uskegon.
Four Y e a r s —James Vernor, Detroit.
Five Years—Ottmar Rberbach, Ann Arbor. 
President—Ottmar Eberbach.
Secretary—Jacob Jesson.
Treasurer—J as. Vernor.
Six Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.

Michigan  State Pharmaceutical  Association.

O F F IC E R S .

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Grand Rapids. 

President—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
First  Vice-President—Frank  J.  Wurzburg, 
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Second Vice-President—A. B. Stevens. Detroit, 
Third Vice-President—Frank Inglis, Detroit. 
Secretary—S. E. Parkell,  Owosso.
Treasurer—Win. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—Jacob 

.Tesson,  Geo. 
Gundrum, Frank Wells, F. W.  R.  Perry  and 
John E. Peck. 
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Local Secretary-Will L. White, Grand Rapids. 
Next  place  of  meeting—At  Grand  Rapids, 

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Tuesday, October 12, 1880.

Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.

O R GA NIZED  OCTOBER 9,1884.

O F F IC E R S .

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President—Frank J. Wurzburg. 
Vice-President—Wm. L. White.
Secretary—Frank H. Escott.
Treasurer—Henry B. lairchild. 
Board  of  Censors-President,  Vice-President 
and Secretary. 
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Board  of  Trustees-The  President,  Wm.  H. 
Van Leeuwen, Isaac  Watts,  Wm.  E.  White, 
Wm. L. White. 
™
Committee on Pharmacy—M. B.  Kimm,  H.  E.
Locher and Wm. E. White. 
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Committee on  Trade  Matters—John  E.  Peck, 
H. B. Fairchild and Wm. H. Van Leeu”en. 
Committee  on  Legislation—Jas.  D.  Lacey, 
Isaac Watts and A. C.  Bauer.
Regular Meetings—First  Thursday evening m 
each month. 
Annual  Meetings—First  Thursday evening in 
November. 
Next  Meeting—Thursday  evening, April 1,  at 
“The Tradesman” office.

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Detroit Pharmaceutical Society.

Organized October, 1883.

O FFIC ER S.

President—Wm. Dupont.
First Vice-President—Frank Inglis.
Second Vice President—J. W. Caldwell. 
Secretary and Treasurer—F. W. R. Perry. 
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—A. B. Salt-
Annual Meeting—First Wednesday in June. 
Regular  Meetings—First  Wednesday  in each 

month.

Jackson County Pharmaceutical Asso­

ciation.
O F F IC E R S .
President—R. F. Latimer.
Vice-President—C. D. Colwell.
Secretary—F. A.  King.
Treasurer—Chas. E. Humphrey.
Board of Censors-Z.  W.  Waldron. C.  E.  Foot 
Annual Meeting- First Thursday in November. 
Regular  Meetings—First  Thursday  of  each 

and C. H. Haskins.

month.

Saginaw  County  Pharmaceutical  So­

ciety.

TEM PO RA RV   O FFIC ER S. 

Chairman—Henry Melchers.
Secretary—D. E.  Prall.

iskegon  Drug  Clerks’  Association.

O F FIC ER S .

îsident—John L. Meyer.
:retary and Treasurer—O. A. Lloyd, 
arular Meetings—Second and  fourth  Friday 
f each month.
Kt Meeting—Friday  evening, March 12.

Thirty-Seven Out of Fifty-Six.

At  the  meeting  of  the  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy,  held in this city last week,  fifty- 
six applicants presented themselves  for  ex­
amination.  Of  this  number  thirty-seven 
were  able  to  answer  the necessary 75  per 
cent, of the  questions  propounded,  leaving 
nineteen  unsuccessful  ones,  who  are  en­
titled to try again without paying  an  addi­
tional fee,  at the next  session of the Board. 
One candidate gave up the trial and  did not 
attempt to complete the  examination.  The 
five who  stood  the  highest  are:  Alphons 
Schober,  85;  John I).  Muir,  82;  L.  Wilson, 
82;  Robert Zrclner,  78;  William E, Belsher, 
77.  The successful applicants  will  all  re­
ceive their certificates by mail,  their  names 
and  addresses  being:  Wm.  E.  Belsher, 
Saginaw; Robert Zoelner, Bay City; Alphons 
Schober,  Detroit;  L.  Wilson,  Kalamazoo; 
Edward C.  Mott,  Detroit;  John  L. Judson, 
Grand Rapids;  John Conrad, Mt.  Pleasant; 
Elbert L. Gallinger,  Cadillac; Wm. E. Hunt, 
Caro;  Fred A.  Cochrane,  Charlevoix;  Chas. 
Wagner,  Detroit;  Thos.  H.  Mills,  Port Hu­
ron;  Richard  W.  Trotter,  Orion;  Theo. 
Kemink,  Grand  Rapids;  Chas.  Gustavus, 
Detroit;  Rob’t W. Ilazeltine, Grand Rapids; 
Daniel J. Gahan, Detroit; Clyde S. Demorest, 
Detroit; D.  A.  Harrison,  Kalamazoo; E.  G. 
Henmann,  Bay City;  E.  C.  Haefner,  Jack- 
son;  Hiram  Arthur,  Kalamazoo;  H.  W. 
Booth,  West Branch;  John Kilgallen, Jack- 
son;  Hosmer P.  Beebe, Eaton Rapids; John 
D.  Muir,  Grand  Rapids;  John  W.  Webb, 
Grand  Rapids;  John  T.  Owen,  Jackson; 
Frank Willett,  Petersburg; G.  W. Harrison, 
Lansing;  Hugo Leweaux,  Ludington;  John 
M. Perry,  Cadillac;  Levi Jones,  Coldwater; 
Alton  F.  Otis,  Manchester;  Edward  M. 
Hovey,  Luther;  J. W.  Bullock,  Alba,  La­
peer county;  Frank Powell,  Clifford.

Sayings of George Elliott.

It is mere cowardice to seek  safety in ne­
gations.  No  character  becomes  strong  in 
that way.

A feeling of revenge  is not  worth  much, 

that you should care to keep it.

The very truth hath a color  from  the dis­

position of the utterer.

Where a great weight has  to be removed, 
we require not so' much selected instruments 
as abundant horse-power.

It is better sometimes not  to  follow great 
reformers of abuses beyond the threshold of 
their homes.

Any coward can fight a  battle  when he’s 
sure of winning; but give  me the man  who 
has pluck to fight when he’s sure of  losing.
Teacher to boy whose father  keeps a cor­
ner grocery—“Johnny,  if  your  father  has 
100 eggs and 20 of them are bad,  how many 
does he  lose ?”  Johnny—“He  don’t  lose 
any of them.  He  sells  the  bad  ones  to a 
restaurant keeper to make omelettes of.”

Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.
The regular March  meeting of the  Grand 
Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society  was  fairly 
well attended.  Jacob Jesson, of Muskegon, 
was  an  apparently 
listener.
The  Secretary read  the  following  letter 

interested 

from the Jackson Association:

J ackson, Jan.  8,  1886. 

Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society:

Sirs—At the last meeting of the Jackson 
County Pharmaceutical Association, the fol­
lowing resolutions were adopted:
Resolved—That this  Association heartily 
concur with the action of the Grand  Rapids 
Society on the subject of  the distribution of 
free samples by manufacturers  and  agents.
Resolved—That  this  Association  disap­
proves of the manufacture  and sale of sam­
ple bottles,  atod  that,  as an Association,  we 
suggest the  co-operation  of  sister  Associa­
tions,  in inducing  manufacturers to  discon­
tinue such  practice. 
F.  H.  King,
Secretary  Jackson  County  Pharmaceuti­

Respectfully,

cal Association.

Wm.  L.  White moved that from and after 
April 1 the  members of  the Society  refuse 
to handle sample bottles of patents and that 
the Secretay be  instructed  to  notify  sister 
societies of  this  action.  Mr.  White  stated 
that he had corresponded with several man­
ufacturers and that they all expressed them­
selves as glad to stop the practice, whenever 
atked  to  do  so  by  the  trade.  Mr.  White 
suggested  that  the  resolution  be  made  to 
cover 10 cent samples,  also.

O. H.  Richmond  said that  too  many $2 
coughs were cured with  10 cent sample bot­
tles.

John E.  Peck said he thought the Society 
had no right to discriminate against anything 
which bears a price.

The resolution was then adopted.
Jacob Jesson,  on  being  asked to  make a 
few remarks,  said the State  Board of Phar- 
mach had registered  2,760 regular  pharma­
cists and 171 assistants. 
In  addition to the 
above 37 out of a class  of  39  passed  at the 
Detroit examination and  37 out of 56 at the 
Grand Rapids examination.  The Board did 
not intend to  discriminate in any  way,  but 
it was not more than right that it sliould re­
fuse to  register any applicant  who  cannot 
answer more than  25 to  30 per cent,  of  the 
question asked.  He  was  aware  that there 
was  more  or less  dissatisfaction  with  the 
law,  but  expected  to  see  it  die  out.  The 
main  difficulty has  been  experienced  from 
local fights in small  towns, which  it is  not 
the duty of the Board to settle.

Dr.  Isaac  Watts  then  read  a  paper  on 
“Dangerous  Compounds,”  which  will  ap­
pear in  full in  T he  Tradesm an for  next 
week.

Dr. Locher presented  the  following sub­
ject  for  discussion  at  the  next  meeting: 
“Drugs  and  medicines  liable  to  deteriora­
tion  and  the  best  methods  of  preserving 
same.”

O.  H.  Richmond was requested to present 
a subject for discussion at the May meeting.

The meeting then adjourned.

Getting Rid of Bill Collectors.

Brown—I’ve  got  an  excellent  plan  for 

getting rid of hill collectors.

Grefp—Ha!  That so?
B.—I have.  Never fails.
G.—Then,  old  fellow,  you  must  let  me 
into the secret,  for  I’m  worried to death by 
’em.

B.—Well,  I’ve  tried  it  several  times  of 
late,  and I find  the  man  never  comes back 
again.

G.—Ay,  ay,  what do you do?
B.—I pay him.

A Gifted  Clerk. 

^

Noticing a sign in the  window  of a New 
York store,  to the effect that all the modern 
languages were  spoken  inside,  a noted lin­
guist went in and tackled the clerk.

“Parleyvous  Francais?”
“What do yer say?”
“Hable Usted Espanol?”
“Oh,  go out and chase yourself.” 
“Sprechen Sie Deutsch?”
“Hey?”
“ Well,  who  is  there  who  talks  all  the 

modern languages?”

“You.”

W O O D E N  W A R E .

Standard  Tubs, No. 1..................
Standard  Tubs, No. 2..................
Standard  Tubs, No. 3..................
Standard Pails, two hoop...........
Standard Pails, three hoop........
White Cedar, three  hoop  ..........
Dowell Pails..................................
Dowell Tubs, No. I.......................
Dowell Tubs, No. 2.......................
Dowell Tubs,  No. 3.....................
White Cedar, No. 1.......................
White Cedar, No. 2.......................
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes.......
Butter Ladles...............................
Rolling Pins..................................
Potato  Mashers..........................
Clothes Pounders........................
Clothes Pins..................  .............
Mop Stocks..................................
Washboards, single.....................
Washboards, double....................
Diamond  Market........................
Bushel, narrow band..................
Bushel, wide band.......................
Clothes, splint.  No. 1..................
Clothes, splint,  No. 2..................
Clothes, splint,  No. 3..................
Clothes, willow, No. 1..................
Clothes, willow. No. 2..................
Clothes, willow, No. 3..................

BASKETS.

....7  00
....6  00
....5  00
....1  40
....1  65
....2  00
....1  90
....8  00
....7  00
....6  00
....7  50
....6  50
....2  00
....1 25
..  .1 00
....  75
....2  25
....  65
....1  25
....1 75
....2  25
....  40
....1  60
....1  75
....3  50
....3  75
....4  00
....5  00
....6  00
....7  00

C O O P E R A G E .

 

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HEADS.

STAVES.

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Quay, Killen &  Co.  quote  as follows, f. o. b. 

at  Grand  Rapids.
Red oak dour bbl. staves...............M  6 00® 7 00
M  5 00® 5 75
Elm 
White oak tee staves, s’dand j’t.M  20 00@23 00 
“  M  18 50@20 00
White oak pork bbl. 
Tierce, dowelled and circled, set__  
15®  10
Pork, 
.... 
12®  13
Basswood, kiln dried, set.................. 
4®  4)4
HOOPS.
White oak and hickory tee, 8 f’t.  M 11 50®13 00 
White oak and hickory  “ 
10 00®11 00
Hickory  Hour  bbl...........................M  8 50® 7 50
Ash, round  “ 
“  ......................... M  6 25® 7 00
Ash, dat racked, 6)4 f’t ..................M  3 50® 4 00
White oak pork barrels, h’d m’d.M 
1 00®  1  10 
White oak pork barrels, machine..
90®  1  00
White oak lard  tierces....................  1 20® 1 30
Beef and lard half  barrels.............  
75®  90
Custom barrels, one head...............  1 00® 1 10
Flour  barrels.................................... 
30®  37
23®  25

uce  barrels................ 

BARBEES.

VISITING  BUYERS.

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Freeport.

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

Frank Hamilton, Hamilton &Milliken, Trav­
E.  F. fliler, Fruitport.
Frank Drew, Newaygo.
O. Weilbrook, Rockford.
C. IT. Shaver,  Blanchard.
B. C. Lark, Harbor Springs.
M. Notier, G raiiscliaps.
J. M. Keeney, Bode & Keeney, Ferry, 
li. A. Hastings, Sparta.
S. F. Frye, Altona. 
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
B. G. Beckwith, Bradley.
J. R. Odell, Fremont.
Jesse McIntyre, Fremont.
C. Stocking. Grattan.
J. N. Wait, Hudsonville.
A.  Purchase, South  Blendon.
W. Yermeulen, Beaver Dam.
J. DeJongh, Grand Haven.
J. DeBri. Byron Center.
M. Notier, Graafschap.
Arthur Chesborrough,  Reigler, Roush & Co., 
J. A. Haak, Chase.
Elmer Chappie, Cole & Chappie,  Ada.
Rose Bros., Allendale.
C. H. Deming,  Dutton.
Gus Begman,  Bauer.
H. W. Potter, Jenisonville.
J. A. Liebler, Caledonia.
Henry Harding. Bridgeton.
A. D. Martin, Sand Lake.
L. E. Paige, Sparta.
Chas. Cole, Cole & Chappie, Ada.
G. B. Chambers. Wayland.
W. W. Peirce, Moline.
Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg.
R. G. Rice & Co., Dowling.
R. B. Jennings, New Troy.
C. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville.
John  B. Gagnon, Muskegon.
John J. Ely. Rockford.
W. F.  Rice.  Alpine.
J. W. Verhoecks, Grand Haven.
J. S. Baron, Forest Grove,
Jerome Dickinson, Belmont.
D. W. Shattuck, Waylond.
A. G. Chase & Son, Ada.
A. E. Tracy, Sturgis.
E. Vander Veen. Holland.
John Cole, Fr< mont.
J. A. Shattuck, Sand Lake.
H. Hoffman, East  Saginaw.
M. A. Knox, Tustin.
Johnson &  Seibert, Caledonia.
O. D. Chapman, Stanwood.
C. S. Comstock. Pierson.
F. L. Blake, Irving.
J. H. Spires, Leroy.
Mrs, Dr  Chaffee, Greenville.
B. Gilbert & Co., Moline.
Jacob Bartz, North Dorr.
A. C.  Barclay, Crosby.
Jno. Smith, Ada.
Jno. Meyering,  Overisol.
J. Thorp, Sand  Lake.
O. F. & W. P. Conklin, Ravenna.
Miss L. Dane, Cedar Springs.
R. G. Smith, Wayland.
F.  Boonstra, Drenthe.
Waliing Bros., Lamont.
Dr. G. W. Hoag, Martin.
J.  B. Watson. Coopersville.
Severance & Rich, Middleville.
W. S. Hecox, Irving.
G. O. Adams, Dushville.
Jas. Campbell, Westwood.
Mrs. Mary' Wood, Middleville.
Geo. A. Estes, Tustin.
Miss K. L. Kinney, Maple Hill.
Walter H.  Struik, Forest Grove,
A. M. Church, Alpine.
John W. Mead. Berlin.
J. W. Clo8terhouse, Grandville.
Stanley' Monroe. Berlin.
J.  Omler, Wright.
B. M. Denison.  East Paris.
C. B. Moon, Cedar Springs.
H. M. Perkins, Hesperia.
J. Marlatt, Berlin.
Paine & Field, Englishville.
At a meeting of a joint  committee of  the 
Retail Grocers’ Association  and  the  Grand 
River  Horticultural Society held in this city 
on March 8, for the purpose  of  considering 
the feasibility of  establishing  a  market  in 
the City of  Grand  Rapids,  it was  resolved 
that in the opinion  of the committee a mar­
ket  is  very desirable and a public necessity 
for our city.  A committee of three was ap­
pointed to look  up a site  for such a market 
and report  at  the  next  meeting,  and  the 
meeting  adjourned  for  one  week at  same 
place.

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WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT,

Advanced—Citric acid; lycopodium; oil lem. 
on;  oil  bergainont;  cossia  buds;  turpentine- 
Declined—Morphia,  P.  &  W.;  borax;  can- 
tharides, chloroform.

ACID S.

Acetic, No.  8....................................
9  @  10 
Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav.  1.040)........
30  @  35 
Carbolic............................................
34  @  3ß 
Citric.................................................
85  ®  90 
Muriatic 18  deg...............................
3  ®
11  @
Nitric 30 deg....................................
12
Oxalic...............................................
10  ®  12 
Sulphuric  66 deg.............................
3  @  4
52  ®  55
Tartaric  powdered.........................
Benzoic,  English....................$  oz 
18
Benzoic,  German............................  12  @  15
Tannic................................. • ...........  12  ®  15

AMMONIA.

Carbonate.................................$  
Muriate (Powd. 22c)......................... 
£ qua JR deg or  3f............................ 
Aqua 18 deg or 4f............................ 

BALSAMS.

Copaiba............................................ 
Fir...................... 
 
Peru................................................... 
Tolu................................................... 

 

BARKS.

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

B E R R IE S .

Cubeb  prime (Powd 95c).............
Juniper.........................................
Prickly Ash....................................

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 and 25 ft boxes, 25c)..
Licorice,  powdered, pure..........
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 ft doxes). 
Logwood, Is (25 ft  boxes)...............
Lgowood,  ¡4s 
do 
...............
Logwood, )4s 
do 
...............
Logwood, ass’d  do 
...............
Fluid Extracts—25 $  cent, off list.

FLOWERS.

Arnica...............................................
Chamomile,  Roman.......................
Chamomile,  German.....................

GUMS.

Aloes,  Barbadoes............................
Aloes, Cape (Powd  20c)..................
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)..........
Ammoniac.......................................
Arabic, powdered  select...............
Arabic, 1st  picked..........................
Arabic,2d  picked............................
Arabic,  3d picked............................
Arabic, sifted sorts.........................
Assafoentida, prime (Powd 35c)...
Benzoin............................................
Camphor..........................................
Catechu. Is ()4 14c, )4s  16c)...........
Eupborbium powdered..................
G a.1 ban um strained........................
Gamboge...........................................
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c).............
Kino | Powdered, 30c].....................
Mastic..............................................
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)...
Opium, pure (Powd $4 75)...............
Shellac, Campbell’s........................
Shellac,  English.............................
Shellac, native.................................
Shellac bleached..............................
Tragacanth..................... :..............

14  @  16
14
3  @  5
4  @ 
6

40@45
40
1 75
45

11
18
13
14
' 15
10
12
20
18
30
12
® 90
6  © 7
50  ® 60

27
37)4
9
12
13
15
14

12  ® 15
35
25

60® 75
12
50
28® 30
90
90
80
7 b
bb
20
55® 60
25® 37
13
35® 40
80
80® 90
35
20
1 35
40
3 40
30
36
24
30
30  @1 00

HERBS—IN   OUNCE  PACKAGES.

Hoarhound.......................................................25
Lobelia...............................................................25
Peppermint........... ..........................................25
Rue..................................................................... 40
Spearmint........................................................24
Sweet Majoram................................................35
Tanzy................................................................ 25
Thyme..................... 
30
Wormwood.......................................................25
4 00 
20

Citrate and  Quinine.......................
Solution mur., for tinctures........
Sulphate, pure  crystal..................
Citrate..............................................
Phosphate.......................................

IR O N .

65

®  14 
6
®  33 
40

30 
35 
2 35

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

LEAVES.

Buchu, short (Powd 25c)................   13
Sage, Italian, bulk 04s & )4s, 12c)...
Senna,  Alex, natural.....................  30
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled..
Senna,  powdered............................
Senna tinnivelli...............................
Uva  Ursi...........................................
Belledonna.......................................
Foxglove...........................................
Henbane...........................................
Rose, red.......................................

LIQ U O R S.

W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00
Druggists’ Favorite  Rye..............1 75
Whisky, other brands...................1  10
Gin, Old Tom...................................135
Gin,  Holland..................... ............. 2 00
Brandy.............................................1 75
Catawba  Wines.............................. 1 25
Port Wines...................................... 1 35

M AGNESIA.

Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 oz...........
Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2 oz.............
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s  solution.... 
Calcined...........................................

, 50c a n d  $1  p e r b o ttle ;  $1.75, $3.50, $7 p e r doz.

A JUSTLY  CELEBRATED  REMEDY.

Perry  Davis1  Pail  Killer!

TAKEN  INTERNALLY reliev es th e   m o st  a c cu te   P a in s 
in sta n tly , affo rd in g  relief an d  c o m fo rt  to   th e   p a tie n t 
su ffe rin g   fro m   P ain s  a n d   C ram ps  in 
th e   S tom ach, 
R h e u m a tic  o r N eu ralg ic P a in s in  a n y   p a r t  o f  th e   sys­
tem  ; an d  in Rowel C om plains it is a  so v ereig n   rem edy.
USED  EXTERNALLY  it is e q u a lly  efficacious, an d   as 
a  L in im en t, n o th in g  g iv es q u ick e r ease in   B urns, C uts, 
B ruises, S p rain s, S tin g s fro m  insects, an d  Scalds. 

BSTDirections acco m p an y  each  b o ttle .

Price, 25c, 5f-c and  $1 per bottle.
Sold b y  a ll d ru g g ists.  T rad e su p p lied  by

HAZELTINE  &  PERKINS  DRUG  CO.
M ICHIGAN
DRUG
EXCHANGE,

Mills & Goodman, Props.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

MICH.

$2,000 in or near Grand Rapids.

w ANTED to buy a stock  of  from  $1,000 to 
W ANTED—Situations by registered pharm­
acists and assistants.  Also situation by 
young man of some experience but  not  regis­
tered.  Will work for very  small  salary.  Can 
furnish good references.

IpOR  SALE—We have on sale stocks of from 
’  $600 to $5,000 value in almost any  part of
state.  Stocks for sale on easy terms.
SMALL  STOCK of about  $500  with  building 
and lot in Grand Rapids will exchange for 
real estate in some small town.
STOCK  of about $5,000 in  midst  of  splendid 

farming region doing  business  of  $15,000 
per annum for sale on very  reasonable terms.
\   STOCK of about $0,500 in growing northern 
A   town can be bought  on  very  reasonable 
terms.  Principal store In that section of State. 
Situated on railroad and Lake shore.
Y1S7E  HAVE also many other stocks for sale, 
»▼ 
the  particulars  of  which  we  shall  be 
pleased to furnish on application.

O ILS.

®

90

Almond, sweet.................................  45
Amber,  rectified.............................
Anise.................................................
Bay ]j)  oz.........................................
Bergamont....................................... |
3 25
Castor............................................... w174@  l!)
Croton........•...................................... 
1
Cajeput............................................
Cassia...............................................
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c).......
Citronella.......................................
Cloves...............................................
Cod Liver, N. F....................... fJ gal
Cod Liver, best.........................
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16
Cubebs, P. &  W...............................
Erigeron...........................................
Fireweed...........................................
oz...............................
Geranium 
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c)..
Juniper wood..................................
Juniper berries...............................
Lavender flowers, French.............
Lavender garden 
.............
Lavender Bpike 
.............
Lemon, new crop............................•
Lemon,  Sanderson’s .......................
Lemongrass......................................
Olive, Malaga....................
Olive, “Sublime  Italian  . 
.......
1 25
Origanum, red  flowers, French... 
Origanum,  No. 1....................  
1  30
Pennyroyal...................................... 
4  50
Peppermint,  white......................... 
8 00
Rose  V  oz......................................... 
65
Rosemary, French  (Flowers $1 50) 
Salad, 
gal.....................................  
2 75
I 00
Savin.................................................  
4  50
Sandal  Wood, G erm an...............  
Sandal Wood, W, 1..........................  
7 00
Sassafras................ 
55
Spearmint.......................................  
@9 00
Tansy.................................................4 00  ®4  25
Tar (by gal 50c).................................   10  ®  12
2  35
Wintergreen................................. 
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $4.00)....... 
3  50
Wormseed.......................................  
2 00

do 
do 

50

 

POTASSIUM .

Blcromate.................................)g)ft 
Bromide, cryst. and  gran. bulk... 
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23c)..... 
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk....... 
Prussiate yellow.....................  

12® 14
40®43
22
3 00
28

ROOTS.

35

33

20

25
17
12
20
20
10

Alkanet..........1................................ 
Althea, cut............................... 
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s.............  
Arrow, Taylor’s, in ¡43 and %a___  
Blood (Powd 18c).....................  
Calamus,  peeled.....................  
Calamus, German  white, peeled.. 
Elecampane, powdered.......... 
Gentian (Powd  15c)................  
Ginger, African (Powd 14o)...........   11  ®  12
Ginger, Jamaica  bleached.............. 
17
Golden Seai (Powd 25c).......... 
Hellebore, white, powdered............ 
20
Ipecac, Rio, powdered.................... 
1  20
Jalap, powdered.....................  
Licorice,  select (Powd 15).............   ‘ 
18
Licorice, extra select.............  
Pink j true................ '.............. 
Rheii from select to  ehoiee........... 100  ®1  50
RheiipowderedE. I ....................... 1 10  @1  20
Rhexohoioeout  c u b es..............  
2 00
Rhei) ehoiee out fingers........ 
2 25

30
20
65

20

Serpentaria...................................... 
Seneka.............................................. 
Sarsaparilla,  Hondurus........... 
Sarsaparilla,  Mexican........... 20
Squills, white (Powd 35c)............... 
Valerian, English (Powd 30c)........  
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)...’ 

65
eo
40
15
25
20

SEEDS.

do 

6® 

6  ®

do 
do 

15
5 ® 6
4 © 4)4
15 ® 18
1 50
i 75
IKID
10
15

M ISCELLANEOUS.

3X® 
4  @ 
7  ® 
4)4©

Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)............... 
Bird»mixed in fi>  packages...........
Canary,  Smyrna........................ .
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 20c).
Cardamon,  AJeppee.......................
Cardamon, Malabar........................
Celery................................................
Coriander, Dost  English................
Fennel..............................................
Flax, clean.......................................
Flax, pure gril (bbl 314)..................
Foenugreek, powdered..................
Hemp,  Russian...............................
Mustard, white  Black  10c)............
Quince.................................. 1..........
Rape, English...............................
Worm,  Levant.................................
SPONOES.
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage......2
25  ®2 50 
Nassau 
do 
do 
........
2  00 
. . . .
Velvet Extra do 
do 
1  10 
Extra Yellow do 
do 
.......
85 
do 
Grass 
do 
........
65
Hard head, for slate use................
Yellow Reef, 
................
1  40
Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.19^ $  gal__
2 29 
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref.
1  50
Anodyne Hoffman’s.......................
50
27
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution........  
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution...........  
12
Annatto  1 9> rolls............................ 
45
Alum.........................................  $lft  2)4®  3)
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)............... 
3  @  4
Annatto,  prime............................... 
45
4¡4®  5
Antitnony, powdered,  com’l ........  
Arsenic, white, powdered.............  
6  @ 
7
Blue  Soluble.................................... 
50
Bay  Rum, imported, best............. 
2  75
2 00
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 
Balm Gilead  Buds..........................  
40
Beans,  Tonka..................................  
2 00
Beans, Vanilla.................................7 00  @9 75
Bismuth, sub  nitrate.....................  
2 30
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c)....................... 
50
Blue Vitriol  .................................... 
7
9@10
Borax, refined (Powd  lie).............  
2 25
Cantharides, Russian  powdered.. 
Capsicum  Pods, African............... 
18
Capsicum Pods, African  pow’d ... 
22
Capsicum Pods,  Bombay  do  ... 
14
Carmine,  N o.40 ............................... 
4 00
Cassia  Buds...................................... 
14
Calomel.  American......................... 
75
Chalk, prepared drop.....................  
5
Chalk, precipitate English............ 
12
Chalk,  red  fingers..........................  
8
Chalk, white lump..........................  
2
1 £5 
Chloroform,  Squibb’s ....................
Coloeynth, apples............................
60 
Chloral hydrate, German  crusts..
1 50 
cryst...
Chloral do 
1 70 
Chloral 
do  Scherin’s  do  ...
1 90 
Chloral do 
crusts..
1 75 
Chloroform.....................................
@  48 
Cinchonidia, P. &  W........*............
20  @  25 
Cinchonidia, other brands.............
18  ®  23 
Cloves (Powd 23c)............................
18  @  20 
Cochineal  ..: ....................................
40 
Cocoa  Butter..................................
40
Copperas (by bbl  lc).......................
Corrosive Sublimate.......................
70
Corks, X and XX—40 off  list........
Cream Tartar, pure powdered.......
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 H> box..
Creasote............................................
Cuttle Fish Bone.............................
Dextrine...........................................
Dover’s  Powders............................
Dragon’s Blood Mass.....................
Ergot  powdered.............................
Ether Squibb’s..........  ....................
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s .............
Epsom Salts (bbl. 1%).....................
Ergot, fresh......................................
Ether, sulphuric, U. 8.  P ...............
Flake  white......................................
Grains  Paradise.............................
Gelatine, Cooper’s..........................
Gelatine, French  ............................
Glassware, flint, 70 off,by box 60off
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dls__
Glue,  caunet..................................
Glue, white.......................................
Glycerine, pure...............................
Hops  )4s and 
..............................
Iodoform 
oz.................................
Indigo...............................................
Insect Powder, best Dalmatian."
Insect Powder, H., P. & Co,, boxes
Iodine,  resublimed........................
Isinglass,  American.......................
Japonica...........................................
London  Purple...............................
Lead, acetate....................................
Lime, chloride,04s 2s 10c & ¿ 8  lie)
Lupuline...........................................
Lycopodium....................................
50 
Mace.................................................
50
Madder, best  Dutch.....................
12)4®  13 
Manna, S.  F .....................................
Mercury............................................
60
Morphia, suiph., P. Sc W........ f) oz
2 60®2 85 
Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s........
40
Moss, Iceland.................................$  ft
Moss,  Irish...................................... 
12
Mustard,  English............................ 
30
18
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  cans...... 
Nutgalls............................................ 
23
60
Nutmegs, No. 1................................. 
Nux  Vomica.................................... 
10
Ointment. Mercurial, )4d............... 
45
Paris Green.................................... 
17  @  25
18
Pepper, Black  Berry.....................  
Pepsin...............................................  
2 50
Pitch, True Burgundy............................. 
Quassia  ............................................  
6  @  7
Quinia, Suiph, P. & W........... ft oz  80  @  85
75®  80
Quinine,  German............................ 
Red  Precipitate.........................91 ft 
85
Seidiitz  Mixturo.............................  
28
Strychnia, cry st............................... 
1 60
Silver Nitrate, cryst.......................  74  ®  78
Saffron, American................................... 
Sal  Glauber.................. 
 
2
Sal N itre, large  cryst.....................  
10
Sal  Nitre, medium  cryst........................ 
33
Sal Rochelle...................................... 
2  ®  2)4
Sal  Soda............................................ 
2  15
Salicin................ 
 
Santonin........................................... 
0 50
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch.......... 
38
Soda Ash [by keg 3c]............................... 
Spermaceti................................................ 
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s__  
Soap, White Castile................................. 
Soap, Green  do 
................................. 
Soap, Mottled do 
......................... 
Soap, 
do  do 
................................. 
Soap, Mazzini........................................... 
Spirits Nitre, 3 F ..............................  26  ®  28
Spirits Nitre, 4 F ............................   30  ®  32
Sugar Milk powdered.............................. 
Sulphur, flour..................................   3)4®  4
Sulphur,  roll.................................... 
Tartar Emetic........................................... 
Tar, N. C. Pine, )4 gal. cans  <gi doz 
Tar, 
quarts in tin.......... 
Tar, 
pints In tin...................... 
Turpentine,  Venice..................$  ft 
Wax, White, 8. &  F. brand............ 
Zinc,  Sulphate................................. 

12  @  17
16  ®  28
1614®  20 
25®  40 
40
85  @1 00
35  ®  40 
®1  00 4 00 
1 50
10  ®  15 

2 70
140
25
55
7  ®  8

15 81 00 

45  ®  70

4)4©  5

3®  3)4

2  ©

do 
do 

© 

9

 

 

O IL S .

V A RN ISH ES.

Capitol  Cylinder..................................................75
Model  Cylinder................................................... 60
Shield  Cylinder................................................... 50
Eldorado Engine................................................. 35
Peerless  Machinery........................................... 30
Challenge Machinery..........................................25
Backus Fine Engine...........................................30
Black Diamond Machinery................................30
Castor Machine  Oil.............................................6C
Paraffine, 25  deg.............................................. 15)4
Paraffine, 28  deg................................................. 21
Sperm, winter bleached...................................... l  40
Bbl  Gal
75
Whale, winter......................................  70 
60
Lard, extra...........................................  55 
Lard, No.  1...........................................  46 
56
Linseed, pure raw..............................  43 
46
Linseed, boiled..................................   40' 
49
90
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained...........   70 
Spirits Turpentine.............................   50 
60
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 Turk  Damar..............................1  55® 1  60
Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp.....................   70®  75
Lb
2® 3
2® 3
2® 3
2)4® 3
2)4® 3
13®16
58@60
16®17
7©  7*4
7® 714
®70
©90
110
140
1 20®1 40
1 00©1 20

Bbl 
Red Venetian............................  1?|£ 
Ochre, yellow  Marseilles........  15£ 
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda..........  IK 
Putty, commercial..................  2)4 
Putty, Btrictly pure..................  2)4 
Vermilion,prime American.. 
Vermilion,  English.................. 
Green, Peninsular.................... 
Lead, reel strictly pure...........  
Lead, white, strictly pure....... 
Whiting, white  Spanish.......... 
Whiting,  Gilders'....................  
White, Paris American...........  
Whiting  Paris English cliff.. 
Pioneer Prepared  Taints....... 
Swiss Villa Preparer  Paints.. 

PA IN TS

WHOLESALE

Druggists!

42 and 44  Ottawa Street and  8g,  gi, 

g3 and gs Louis Street. 

IMPORTERS  AND JOBBERS OF

M A N U FA CTU RERS  o f

Elegant  Pharmaceutical  Prepara­

tions,  M   Extracts  aai 

Elixirs

G E N E R A L   W H O LESA LE  A GN TS  FOR

W olf, Patton & Co. and John L. 

W hiting, Manufacturers  of 

Fine Paint and  Var­

nish Brushes.
THE  CELEBRATED

Pioneer Preparetl Paints.

ALSO  FOR  THE

Grand Rapids Brush Co., Manu­
facturers of Hair, Shoe snd 

Horse Brushes.

W E  A R E   SOLE  OW NERS  OF

Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Care

Which is positively the best Remedy 

of the kind on the market.

W e  desire  particular  attention  of those 
about purchasing outfits for new  stores  to 
the fact of our  UNSURPASSED  FACIL­
ITIES for meeting the wants of  this  class 
of buyers WITHOUT  DELAY and in the 
most  approved  and  acceptable  manner 
known to the drug trade.  Our  special  ef­
forts in this  direction  have  received  from 
hundreds or our customers the  most satis­
fying recommendations.

W iiBaM LiprDeprlm t

35

W e 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  to us for so satis­
factorily supplying the wants of our custom­
7
ers  with  PURE  GOODS  in  this depart­
ment.  We CONTROL and are the ONLY 
AUTHORIZED  AGENTS for the  sale  of 
the celebrated

WITHERS DADE & CO.’S

Distilled

Henderson Co., Ky.,

Hand-Made, Copper- 

9
Sour  Mash  and  Old-Fashioned 
4
48
W H I S K Y S .
14
17
11
W e not only offer these  goods  to  be ex­
14
celled by NO OTHER KNOWN  BRAND 
in the market, but superior  in  all  respects 
36
to  most  that  are  exposed  to  sale.  W e 
GUARANTEE perfect and complete satis­
60
faction and where this brand of  goods  has 
been once introduced  the  future  trade  has 
been assured.
86

W e are also owners of the

Druggists’  Favorite  Rye,

Which continues to have so  many  favor­
ites among druggists who have  sold  these 
goods for a very long time.  Buy our

W e 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  quotations  on 
such articles as do not appear  on  the  list, 

such asPatent Medicines,
Hazeltine 

Etc., we invite your correspondence.
and personal attention.

Mail  orders  always  receive  our special 

& Perkins 

Drug Co.

A.  MEBCANTILK  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

E.  A.  STOWE  &  1ÎKO., Proprietor«.

Office in Eagle Building, 49 Lyon St., 3d Floor. 

Telephone No. 95,

\ Entered  at  the  Postnfflce  at  Grand Rapid*  a* 

SecondrcUi*s Matter.1

WEDNESDAY,  MARCH  10,  1886.

Selling Vegetables by Weight.*

JENNINGS’

Flavoring* Extracts!
JENNINGS  &  SMITH,

MANUFACTURED  BY

Props. Arctic Manufacturing.Co.,

G R A N D   R A P I D S ,  

- 

M I C H

3SÆ I

A

D

O

ROASTED  COFFEE,
insr  i  ipoxxisnD  pack ag es.
GOOD  COMMON  R IO   COFFEE,
Packed in Attractive Shape in I lb. Packages Oaly.

Mr.  President  and  Members  of  the  Associa­

tion:
Living as we do in an  age of  reform and 
associating ourselves together  as an organi­
zation  for  the  purpose  of  effecting  such 
changes as will be conducive to the  best in 
terests of the retail  grocery trade  of  Grand 
Rapids,  the question  naturally arises,  what 
reforms are  most needed  and which of  the 
many questions  that  claim  our attention is 
entitled  to  our  first  consideration?  Fore­
most among these  questions is the practica 
bility of selling fresh  vegetables by weight 
and  as all the members of this  Association 
are familiar with the details  of the business 
they have probably  realized  in  past  exper 
fence how  extremely unsatisfactory  it is to 
sell  by  measure  or  count  such  goods  as 
string  beans, spinach,  asparagus,  cabbage 
etc.,  and probably we all  have  had  a  com 
mon  experience  in  attempting  to  make 
profit on such vegetables when  they  would 
only hold out three pecks to the bushel  and 
in rare cases,  have  been  surprised  and  de­
lighted  to  realize  five  pecks.  So,  also,  in 
goods by the barrel.  Where they vary from 
a  peck  to  half  bushel,  it  is  impossible  to 
make accurate computation and certain it is 
that these inequalities are detrimental to the 
best interests of both producer and consum­
er as well as to the  retailer.  There seems to 
be a unanimity of sentiment  on this subject 
among dealers  and  no doubt such  a reform 
could  be  accomplished,  if  some  practical 
standard of weights  could  be adopted;  and 
it would not be very ¡hard to arrive at definite 
conclusions, having,  as  we  do, the example 
of  the  New  York  Association,  which  has 
adopted the following  resolutions  and  pro­
poses to adhere to them rigidly:

W hereas—We  believe  that  uniformity 
in the contents of packages of all vegetables 
shipped  to  this  market  would  be  a  great 
benefit,  not alone to the  retail  trade, but to 
the  best  interests  of  the  shippers  thereof, 
and commission dealers as well; and
W iie k k a s—After full and fair discussion 
and thorough examination  by our  member 
in regard to the  best  mode  of  buying  and 
selling such vegetables shipped to  this mar­
ket, therefore  be it
Resolved—That  this  Union  recommend 
the  following  standard  of  packages  and 
weights and ask all receivers of such veget 
ables to  instruct  their  shippers  to  comply 
with the same.
Green peas—% bbherates  25  lbs.,  % bbl.
Green beans—% bbl.  creates  25  lbs.,  K 
Tomatoes—% bbl.  crates 40 lbs.
Spinach,  pu,  up  dry—per  bbl.  50  lbs., 
Sprouts and Kale, put up dry—per bbl. 50 
Cabbage—number  of  heads  and  weight 
Cucumbers—actual count marked on each 
Squashes—number  and  weight  on  each 
Sweet potatoes and yams—150 lbs. to each 
Beets—weight or  number  of  bunches on 
Resolved—That shippers  be  requested to 

net.
lbs.
marked on package.
package.
package.
bbl.
each barrel.  And be it further 

crates 40 lbs.,  bbl.  75 lbs.
bbl. crates 40 lbs.,  bbl.  75 lbs.

grade all vegetables sent to  this market.

Per quart.  Per small measure. 

It is fair to presume that  this is an excel­
lent  standard,  considering  that  the  New 
York dealers adopted it after careful consid­
eration,  and  that  many  of  their  members 
have had years of practical experience in the 
business.  Here also is a list of weights for 
small measures,  which would  be considered 
accurate:
lbs
5 
lbs 
Old potatoes,  3 
4X  lbs
New potatoes,  2%  lbs 
5 
lbs
lbs 
Yel.  turnips,  3 
4% lbs
White turnips, 2%  lbs 
4% lbs
Beets 
2M  lbs 
4% lbs
Sweet Potatoes 2 )4  lbs 
lbs
Apples, 
2 H  lbs 
4 
33ti lbs
2 
Onions, 
lbs 
lbs
23^  lbs 
Tomatoes, 
4 
2 
lbs
Peas, 
1%  lbs 
Beans, 
1% lbs
1 
lb 
Carrots and parsnips,  when  not bunched, 
should be sold at so much  per pound.
Spinach,  sprouts,  field  salad  and  water 
cresses  should  be  sold  at  so  much  per 
pound.
L a te r in the  season peaches,  pears,  etc., 
should be calculated on the same basis.

It is pleasing to note  that  some  progress 
has been made in this direction,  for we find 
lettuce sold by the pound  almost entirely in 
this city,  and one retailer  on  Monroe street 
was enterprising enough to sell string beans 
by weight during the entire season last year, 
with satisfactory results.

All things considered,  it is a “consumma­
tion  devoutly to  be  wished,”  and  the  co­
operation of producers and  shippers  would 
be productive of great  benefit  to all  parties 
concerned.

*  Paper read by Walter K. Meech before the 
last meeting of the Retail Grocers  Association 
of Grand Rapids.

Good Words Unsolicited.
Paul E. Morgan,  grocer,  Monroe: 

‘‘I  wish 

your paper success.”

B. K. Paxson, general dealer,Fitchburg:  ‘‘It 

is well worth the money."
C. E. Silver, general  dealer,  Acme:  “I  find 
your  paper  a  very  valuable  one for me and 
want it.”
J. W. Milliken, of Hamilton &  Milliken,  gen­
eral  dealers,  Traverse  City:  “I believe that 
the retailers’ associations are a good thing and 
that  THE  Tradesman  Is another good thing. 
I am more than glad if  I  can  do  anything to 
help either along." 

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PUTNAM & BROOKS
M e  la ifa ctw s of

PURE CANDY !

ORANGES,  LEMONS, 

BANANAS,  FIGS,  DATES, 

IsPcLts,  E to .

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STT.T.TJTral

IR E C T IO N S  
;■ cooked the corn in this can 
Should  he _ ThuruuglilH 
joked) adding  piece  ot 
.. ,„ize o f hen’s egg) and gill 
milk  (preferable  to  water.) 
, suit when on the table.
shearing the sighatureot

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Every can wrapped in colored tissue paper with 

signature and stamp on each can.

JOBBERS  IN

DRY  GOODS,

83  M onro©

AND  10,  12,  14,  16  AND  18  FOUNTAIN  STREET, 

GRAND  RA PID S,  M ICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers a Specialty.

OYSTERS & FISH

JOBBER  OF

BUTTER AND EGCS-S,

CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED,

117 MONROE ST., 

-  GRAND RAPIDS, MIC

Price, 1014 c peril).  Sen! for Sample.
,  T .   O X T - A - I N -  & ,  C O .
CHICAGO,  ILL.__________

J.  H.  THOMPSON  <&  CO.

BEE  SPICE  MILLS,

W H O LESA LE  OKOCKBS  A N D   JO BBERS  OF

Teas, Coffees & Spices,
The  Celebrated  Butterfly  Baking  Powder,

M A N U FA CTU RERS  OF

H e a l e r s   i n   T o b a e c o s ,   C i g a r s ,   E t c . ,

59  JEFFERSON  AVENUE, 

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DETROIT,  MICH.

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Tobacco is packed in 30 pound butts, lumps 2x12, Rough  and  Ready Clubs,  16 oz., 
full weight,  A case of 30 knives packed  on  the  top  of each  butt.  The  butt  of  Tobacco 
with case of Pocket Knives is branded “ Pen  Knives;”  the  one  with  Jacks,  “Jack  Knife.” 
The consumer gets a 16 oz,  Ping  of the  Finest  Tobacco  that  can  be  produced  by 

purchasing a GOOD  KNIFE at 65 cents, well worth the money.

Big thing for the Consumer, equally so for the Retailer.  Send ns your order.

W. J. GOULD & GO., Detroit, Mich.

ire Yon  Goins to 
Shelve a Store, Pan­
try or Closet?

Y inch

PATENT

I f so,  srvd for 
prices  and  fur­
ther  information.
Eggleston  & Patton’s
AdjnstaMe RatcMBar
Bracket Shelving Irons
Creates a New Era 
in  Store  Furnish- 
ing.  It  entirely su- 
the  old 
style  wherever  in­
troduced.

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SaUtfaeUon fiimran teed 

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mentspro- 
secutcd.

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had  from 
vour local
Hardware 
D ealer,
*«»4 y°u.r
orders  di­
rect  to
Torrance & Co., Trovf N. Y*

Gc/je 

CURTISS, DUNT0N & CO.,

W H O L E S A L E

PAPER, WOODEN WARE,
Snprior ait 1-2 a i 1-2 Binders’ Twine a i Wool Twine.

TWINES,  CORDAGE,  ETC.

LYON  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

FULLER  & STUWE COMPANY,

Engravers and Printers

D e s ig n e r s

Engravings and Electrotypes of Buildings, Machinery, Patented Articles, Portraits, 

Autographs, Etc., on Short Notice.

Cards, Letter, Note and Bill Heads and other Office Stationery a Leading  Feature. 

Address as above
49 Lyon Street, Up-Stairs, Grand Rapids, Mich.

IIÉÉÉIÉÉìsfei

Only 35 Cents.

So confident are we  that  Dr.  Pete’s  35 cent 
Cough Cure will not disappoint  the  most  san­
guine expectations  of  a  single  broken-dawn 
consumptive invalid that we warrant it.  Had 
we not the most perfr ct confidence  in  its  vir­
tues, we would not thiuk  of  olferiug  it  as  we 
do.  Sold by Hazeltine, Perkins  &  Co.,  whole­
sale druggists. Grand Uapids, Mich.

PORTABLE AND  STATIONARY

ID   ZEST C3“ I  3ST  ID  S

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

ALLEN  B. W RI8I

479,  481  and 483  Fifth Ave., Chicago, III.

MANUFACTURER  OF

Laundry and Toilet Soaps  and  Florentine Perfumes

Tie Best Laifliy Soaps  at  the Lowest Prices of any Manufacturer oa this Continent.

ra  ns

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W ,  C\  X>eni3on?

88,90 and 92 South Division Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN.

Is  now  made  the  BEST,  CHEAPEST  and  PUREST  ONE  POUND  bar  of 
Laundry Soap, for all household  purposes, in the market. 
It is a steam-pressed 
cake, that just fits the  hand, the  best  shape  for  use  and  wear,  and  always 
WASHES the CLOTHES  GLEAN, SWEET and WHITE, leaving the HANDS 
SOFT and  SMOOTH.

Packed 80 BARS—80 POUNDS—in a Box.  Now sold  at  4  1-2  cents  per 
POUND  BAR—$3.60 PER  BOX.  5 to  10 box lots delivered to  your railroad 
station  FREE  OF  FREIGHT.

N. B .-I make as COMPLETE a line of LAUNDRY  SOAPS as  any  man­

V V to .o lesa .le  A g e n t s ,  G r a n d   R a p id s .  AÆiolx

BUSINESS LAW.

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts 

of  Last Resort.

P E D D L E R S '  LIC EN SES  NOT  UNCONSTITU­

TIO N A L.

The constitutionality  of  an  ordinance of 
the city of  Dubuque,  prohibiting  petidling 
without  a license,  was  involved in the case 
of Wondover vs.  City of  Dubuque,  decided 
by Judge Sliiras,  of  the  United States Dis­
trict Court  The plaintiff,  a citizen of New 
York, was  arrested on  the charge  of  ped­
dling without  a  license, and  sued  the  city 
for damages.  The judge dismissed the suit, 
holding that the  ordinance  was  not in con­
flict  with  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States.

CO N V EY A N CE 

CO N SID ERA TIO N — - C R E D I­

TORS.

A father  conveyed  to  his son an  interest 
in  his  property,  the  consideration  for  the 
deed being that his son would live with and 
aid him  in his declining years.  The grantee 
having  left  his  father, the father  required 
that he should convey the property to anoth­
er son upon a like consideration.  The Ken­
tucky Court of Appeals  held  that the latter 
deal was not  fraudulent  as  to the creditors 
of  the  grantor,  he  never  having  paid  his 
father  any consideration  for  the  property, 
and having  acted  in  good  faith and  in ac­
cordance with his contract made at the time 
he accepted the deed.

IN D IV ID U A L   L IA B IL IT Y   OF  A SSO CIATES.
The case  of  Johnson et  al.  vs.  Corser et 
ah, decidal  recently by the  Supreme Court 
of Minnesota, was one in which it appeared 
that certain  persons  undertook to associate 
themselves  together  as  a  corporation,  but 
did not take the  proper  steps  to  that  end. 
They did,  however, malìe contracts as a cor­
poration,  and the creditors  sued them as in­
dividuals  and  recovered  judgments  which 
were sustained by the Supreme Court.  The 
court  held  that  the  attempt  to  incorpor­
ate  was  ineffectual 
indi­
vidual  liability of  the  associates,  and that 
upon  any  contract  which  they  might  be 
found  to  have  authorized  to  be  made,  or 
which they might have  ratified,  although in 
terms the contract was made as the contract 
of the association  or  assumed  corporation, 
the members might be held to an individual 
liability.

limit 

the 

to 

A G EN CY — A U TH O RITY   TO  COLLECT.

The general  manager  of  a  lumber  com­
pany,  having authority among, other  things 
to collect money on checks for the company, 
presented to a bank for payment a check for 
$300 drawn in favor of the company and on 
the bank,  and the  officers  through  mistake 
paid the manager $800 instead of $300.  The 
company  afterwards  refused  to  return  to 
the bank the  $500  paid  in  excess  over the 
amount of the check,  and the bank sued the 
company therefor.  The  Supreme  Court of 
Kansas held (Kansas Lumber  Company vs. 
Central Bank of Kansas)  that the^bank was 
entitled to recover; that the general manager 
in  receiving  the  $800,  was  acting  in  the 
course of his  employment;  that  the money 
paid  to  him  was  money paid  to  the  com­
pany,  and that the latter was  liable  for  the 
$500 in excess of the amount  of  the  check, 
whether the general manager  everraccount- 
ed to the corporation therefor or  not.

PO W ER  OF  STA TE  TO  F IX  T E L E PH O N E   R EN - 

TA I.S.

The Supreme Court of  Indiana has unan­
imously decided  that the act  passed by the 
last legislature regulating the  rentals of tel­
ephones in the State and reducing the charge 
for services from $5 hi $3 a month is consti­
tutional.  State vs.  Ilackett,  decided on the 
•20th inst.  The court holds  also’that  extra 
charges  above  $3  a month jmade  by  tele­
phone  companies  for  alleged  services  are 
illegal.  The view taken by the  court is that 
the telephone  lias become a common carrier 
in tlie sense in which the telegraph is a com­
mon carrier;  that  all  the  instruments  and 
appliances  used  by  a  telephone  company 
in the prosecution of its  business  are, con­
sequently in legal contemplation devoted to 
public use; and that it is now a  well-settled 
legal proposition that property thus devoted 
to a  public use,  according  to  the  court,  is 
not the taking of property  for a public pur­
pose within the meaning of  section 6G,  arti­
cle 1,  of the constitution of the State,  nor is 
such regulation and control  an  interference 
with the guaranteed rights of the  citizen in 
private property.  The court  holds that the 
obvious deduction from what has been said, 
as well as from the  authorities cited,  is that 
the power of a State Legislature to prescribe 
the  maximum  charges  which  a  telephone 
company may make  for ¡services  rendered, 
facilities afforded or articles of property fur­
nished for use in its  business,  is  complete. 
Regarding  the  right  of  the ¡¡¡company  to 
charge  separately  for  the  various  articles 
used in the telephone  service, claiming that 
the rental fixed by law  did  not  apply to all 
of them, the court says:  In a general sense, 
the name  “telephone” applies to any instru­
ment which transmits sound beyond the lim­
its of amiability,  but,  since the  recent  dis­
covery the name is  technically and  primar­
ily  restricted  to  an  instrument  or  device 
which transmits sound by means of electric­
ity and wires  similar  to  telegraphic wires. 
*  *  *  In view of the condition of things 
shown to have existed on April 12,1885, we 
feel constrained to hold that the word  “tele­
phone,” as used in the act of  that date,  was 
intended to desiginate an apparatus compos­
ed of  all  the  usual  and  necessary  instru­
ments for the  convenient  and  ready trans­
mission  and  reception  of  telephone  mes- 
rsages,  and not to a single  instrument only.

FK EI).  n .  YALE.

D A N IE L  LY NCH .

SUCCESSORS  TO

FID. D. YALE & CO.
CHAS. S. YALE & BRO.,
Baking Powders, Extracts, Binings,
GROCERS’  SUNDRIES.

W H O LESA LE  M A N U FA CTU RERS  OF

A N D   JO B B E R S  OF

A ll o r d e r s  a d d re s s e d  to   th e  n e w   firm   w ill  r e ­

c e iv e  p r o m p t a tte n tio n .

40 and 42 South Division S t, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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. 
MICH.

ufacturer on earth.
C O D Y
F. Ü. LAMB & CO
Fruits,  Vegetables,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

B utter, lE-gs®, C l i o c s o ,  HEtto.

3 and 10 Zonia St., Grand Uapids, Mich..

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  GIVEN  TO  FILLING  ORDERS.

SPRING  &

COMPANY

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

^Staple and  Fancy

DRY  GOODS
CARPETS,

MATTINGS,

■ r  ironing use  “ Electric Lontre’’ 
t Is  all prepared  for immediate 
une in O ne P o u n d  P a ck a g e« , which 
go as far as two pounds of any other Starch.
Ask  your  Grocer  for  it.
The Electric Lustre Starci Co.

204 Franklin  S t.t  New York.

J O H N

Wholesale Agent,

GRAN D   R A PID S, 

-  

M ICH.

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POWDER

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

O i l - .   C L O T H S

ETC.,  ETC.

6 and 8 Monroe Street,

Grand  Uapids,

A,  G O

See  Our  Wholesale  Quotations  else­

where in this issue and write for

Special  Prices  in  Oar  Lots. 
We are pjareil io make Bottom Prices on aiijtMipe tattle.
A .  B . K N O W L S O N ,

3  Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich.

THE  LEADING  BRANDS  OF
"’ Q 3 3 . A . O O O
P L U G   TOBACCO.

Offered in this Market are  as follows:

RED  FOX 
BIG  DRIVE 
PATROL 
JACK  RABBIT 
SILVER  COIN 
PANIC  -
BLACK  PRINCE,  DARK 
BIG  STUMP 
APPLE  JACK

- 

2c less in orders for  100 pounds of any one brand.

FINE  CUT.

THE  MEIGS  FINE  CUT, DARK, Plug flavor
STUNNER,  D A R K .................................
RED  BIRD,  BRIGHT 
OPERA  QUEEN,  BRIGHT  -
FRUIT 
O  SO  S W E E T .........................................

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

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2c less in 6 pail lots.

SMOKING,

ARTHUR’S  CHOICE, LONG  CUT,  BRIGHT 
RED  FOX,  LONG  CUT,  FOIL 
GIPSEY  QUEEN,  GRANULATED 
OLD  COMFORT,  IN  CLOTH 
SEAL  OF  GRAND  RAPIDS,  IN  CLOTH 
DIME  SMOKER,  IN  CLOTH  -
2c less in  100 pound lots.

- 

These brands are sold only by

Arthur

& Co.

Wholesale Grocers,

Who warrant the same to be unequalled.  We guar­
antee  every  pound  to  be  perfect  and  all  right  in 
every particular.  We cordially invite you, when  in 
the  city,  to  visit  our  place of business,  77, 79 and 
81 South Division Street.  It may save you  money.

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.44 
.40
.36 
.42
.42 
.35
.36 
.44

.62
.35
.48
.40
.32
.30

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.26
.26
.27
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Grocers’ Association of the City of Muskegon.

OFFICERS.

President—H. B. Fargo.
First Vice-President—Wm. B. Keift.
Second Vice-President—A. Towl.
Recording Secretary—Wm. Peer.
Financial Secretary—John DeHaas.
Board of Directors—O. Lambert, W. 1. McKen­
zie, H. B. Smith, Wm. B. Kelly, A.  Towl  and 
E.  Johnson.
Finance Committee—Wm.  B. Kelly,  A.  Towl 
and K. Johnson.
Committee  on  Booms  and  Library—O.  Lam­
bert, H. B. Smith and W. 1. McKenzie.
Arbitration  Committee—B.  Borgman.  Garrit 
Wagner and John DeHaas. 
Complaint  Committee—Wm.  B.  Keift,  D.  A. 
Boelkins, J. O. Jeanuot,  H.  S.  Miner  and L. 
Vincent.
Law Committee—H. B.  Fargo,  Wm.  B.  Keift 
and A. Towl. 
Transportation Committee—Wm. B. Kent, An­
drew Wierengo and Wm. Peer.
Regular meetings—First and third Wednesday 
evenings  of each month.
Next meeting—Wednesday  evening,  March  3.
Traverse City Business Men’s Association.

__

.

T r a v e r se  Cit y ,  March 6,1886.

The  Traverse  City  Business  Men’s  As­
sociation held its regular  monthly  meetiug 
at its rooms on Tuesday  evening,  March  2. 
The meeting was called to  order  by  Presi­
dent F.  Hamilton.  The roll call  of officers 
was  responded  to  by  F.  Hamilton,  Presi­
dent,  D.  E.  Carter,  First  Vice-President 
and C.  E.  Lockwood,  Secretary.  The  fol­
lowing  new  members  were  recommended 
and  elected  to  active  membership:  E.  A. 
Parkinson, Will Ashton and Frank Ashton. 
E.  li.  Kneeland  was  elected  an  honorary 
member.  The  Transportation  Committee 
made a report,  showing that  they  had  not 
been idle,  but were  engaged  in  classifying 
and ascertaining'the amount of freight ship­
ped into this place from all  sources,  and  by 
combining  all  the  business  men  together 
would be able to secure a much cheaper rate 
of freight.  They have already  been  inter­
viewed by some lines  in  the  matter,  to  ar­
range,  if possible, the rate that would satis­
fy the business men.  The  Committee  was 
instructed to report again at the  next meet­
ing.
S. E.  Wait was  invited  to  entertain  the 
Association  with  a  description of his  late 
trip to  California, which  was  done  by  the 
President reading notes taken by  Mr.  Wait 
while on his trip, which were  very interest­
ing.  A  vote  of  thanks  was  given by  all 
present to Mr. Wait.
There was quite an interest  shown in  re­
gard  to  inducing  manufacturers  to  locate 
here,  talking  over  the  advantages  of  the 
place,  and the vast amount of  timber  of all 
kinds right at hand.  A salt well was talked 
of,  also a furniture manufactory and others. 
It wras then moved and carried to appoint  a 
committee of three to invite  any  person  or 
persons looking for a place to locate to visit 
this place and meet the  business  men  with 
a  view  to  locating  here.  The  chair  ap­
pointed as such committee Messrs. Thos. It. 
Bentley,  C. A. Hammond and J. W. Hilton.

C. E.  L ockwood,  Sec’y.
The Advantage of Concerted Action. 

From the Merchant’s Mail.

The power of the  collecting  system  was 
well exemplified the other day  when a mer­
chant of French extraction entered the store 
of the President of the Association and said: 
“Be yez the prisident of the  society for bad 
debts ?”  The nature of the Association was 
explained to him and he responded :  “That’s 
the one;  a man came into  me  store yester­
day and said,  ‘I want  to  pay  the  bill  I'in 
after owing yez’—begorra,  1 had to ask him 
his name to find  out  he  owed me. 
It  was 
over twelve years  ago  the  baste  had been 
owing me.  He paid some and said he would 
come  in next week and square  up,  that he 
didn’t want his name going from one end of 
the town to the other as a dead bate.  Faith, he 
axed me if I belonged to  the  society  and I 
told him,  be jabbers,  I did,  and  I  want to 
jine at once.”  The  collecting  system  is  a 
daisy,  and beats all other agencies.
High  Priced  Luxuries.

From the New York Times.

A gentlemen on his way up town stepped 
into a Broadway grocery and asked the price 
of a box of  strawberries  displayed  in  the 
window.

“My wife is sick,” he explained to a friend 
who was with him,  “and  a  few  of  those 
berries would do her good.”

“Five dollars,” was the  grocer’s  dictum.
“Five dollars 1”  he  exclaimed,  pushing 
them away,  “it would be wicked to pay that 
much for a few strawberries.”

“Sorry,  sir,” said  the  grocer,  “anything 

else,  sir ?”

“What are Reina Victorias worth ?”
“Seventeen dollars,  sir;  shall I send  you 

a box ?”

“Yes,  you may as well.”

Anecdote of Phil. Armour.

Phillip D.  Armour is a very generous man. 
A clergyman in whom he had confidence one 
day  asked  him  for  $30  to  relieve  a  poor 
woman  whose  newborn  baby  was  lying 
naked  in  her  one  room  where  there  was 
neither  fire  nor  food.  The  money was  at 
once handed to  the  parson,  who  afterward 
returned it it with a note saying that he nad 
“discovered that  the  woman  was of  ill re­
pute and the child  the  result  of  sin.”  Mr. 
Armonr at once sent word to  Mrs. Armour, 
who gave the starving mother and child am­
ple assistance,  while her husband, stamping 
with  rage,  shouted  to  his  clerk:  “If that 
d— —d scoundrel comes in here again throw 
him out!”

A Voice from the Rockies.

From the Denver Retail Grocer.

Eighteen cities and  villages  in  the  State 
of Michgan  have  organized  retailers’  asso­
ciations,  and they are  going to call a  State 
convention as  soon as the  number  reaches 
twenty-five. 
It will  be  composed  of  dele­
gates  from each  association  and lay  dele­
gates from each town not already organized. 
Michigan  is keeping pace with the far east, 
and Brother Stowe is  doing  good  work for 
the retail trade.

Hides,  Pelts  and  Furs.

Hides are decidedly weak,  on  account of 
strikes in the Eastern tanneries and  factor­
ies.  Pelts are firm.  FYrs are firm.  Tallow 
is  weak  and low.  Wqol  is  about  1  cent 
lower.

HANG  THIS  ON  THE  OUTER  WALL!
THAT  HE  WHO  RUNS  MAY  READ.
You Will Never See the Like Agaiu.

The Greatest Offers Ever Made  the  Purchasers  of Tobacco 

Since the Discovery of the Weed.

We have seen all the schemes,  and now come  to  the  front  with  one  that  d o u ble 

discounts anything ever placed before the public.

IT  IS  SHORT,  SWEET  AND  DECISIVE.
Taking advantage of the war between Plug Tobacco Manufacturers, we secured

1,000  Butts,  28 
lbs.  each,
Gold Shield Plug,

McAlpin’s Famous

R. & R., 2x12,15-oz., SPACED  6, OF

Well known to be one of the finest and most reliable brands  of  Plug  Tobacco  manufac­
tured in the United States,  and we now offer to the trade of Michigan,  the  grandest  bar­
gain ever put before them.  Our offers are only good for th ir ty  d a y s, as we cannot d u­
pl ic a t e them. 
It will be “first come,  first served.’’  Our f u l l  g u a r a n t e e goes forth 
with these offers that everything is just as we represent it.  The country has been flooded 
with tobacco schemes for the past year. 
It made us tired to keep track of all the schemes 
that have been issued;  it was equally perplexing to our customers.  And now, for a grand 
round-up,  we have decided to cap the climax by offering such a practical list of gifts with 
the above brand that all other tobacco schemes will be driven from the field and sink into 
oblivion.
We call attention of the public to the fact that we are offering  a  f ir st-class  piece 
of Plug Tobacco  a t  a   much  le ss  p r ic e  than  poor  seconds  are  being  forced  upon 
the public,  backed by schemes that have no merit,  while we claim  that never  in  the his­
tory of the Tobacco Trade have such expensive and meritorous articles  been offered  with 
any Tobacco as the J am es  St e w a r t  Co.  have the pleasure of naming  in this sheet.  A 
careful perusal of the list must convince everybody that such is the  case. 
If  you  desire 
further proof,  pu r c h a se a butt or more of Gold Shield,  select your  articles,  and  we will 
warrant a duplicate order by return mail.  PRICE,  ONLY  38c  PER  POUND.
We cordially Invite our friends to inspect the dazzling display of articles now  on ex­
hibition in our office, purchased for Above purpose.

A  GRAND  OFFER.
Very Fine Organ, Valued at $125.

We Offer with  40  B U L t/tS   of Gold Shield a 

AN  ELEGANT  OFFER.
We offer with  30  B T J L ttS   of Gold  Shield a 
Superb  Tea  Set,  comprising  Five  Pieces  of 

Beautifully and Artistically Engraved.

Rogers Bros.’ Finest Ware, Gold  Lined  and 
A  HANDSOME  OFFER.
W e  offer  with  20 Butts of  Gold  Shield  a 
Very Handsome Silver  Tea  Set, comprising Six 

List price, $80.

Pieces of Rogers Bros.’ Finest Triple-plate 

Ware, Embossed.  List price, $60.

W ith  l O   28-lb Butts Gold Shield we Offer One of 

the Following Articles:

Four  Barrels  My  Flour,  @  $5.00 

One-half  Chest  Japan  Tea,  80  lbs., J.  S.  Co.,  L.,  No.  5,  @ 25c.  This Tea is our 
own importation.  Retails quick at 40 cents per  lb.,  making  this  offer  net  the  retailer 
bbl.,  $20.00.  This  is  our  Famous 
$32. 
Patent  Roller  Process  Flour. 
Six  Hundred  100 Per Cent.  Cigars,  @  $35 ^  M,  $21. 
This is our own brand,  and one of the finest 5-centers  ever sold  in  Michigan.  Nets  re­
tailer $30. 
One Thousand Henry Clay Cigars,  $25.  This  brand  is  one  of  our  best 
Two  Thousand  Pennsylvania 
sellers and can be retailed for five cents,  netting  $50. 
Stogas,  @$12.50,  $25.  These  are  new  goods  in  our  market,  much better  than a low- 
grade cigar,  at eight tor a quarter will net the retailer the  large  sum  of  $62.50. 
One 
24-tb  Butt Drummond’s Horse Shoe Plug. 
One 30-ft> Butt Wilson  &  McCauley’s  Big 
Ring] Plug.  One 30-lb Butt Garland Plug.  Elegant chew. 
One 30-ft) Butt Hotspur
Seventy-five lbs.  Topsy Granulated  Smoking,  put  up  in  3-oz. cloth, 
Smoking Plug. 
retails at 10c per pkg. 
One Berry  Dish,  silver  and  glass  combined.  This is one of 
Rogers Bros.’ elegant pieces,  listed $28. 
One  Beautiful  Silver  Cake  Basket,  Rogers 
Bros.’ Triple-plated ware,  listed at $20.
W ith  5   Butts Gold  Shield One  of  the  Following 

Articles will be Given to the Purchaser:

Two Barrels My Flour. 

Two  Hundred  and  Fifty  James  Stewart  Co.’s 100 Per 
Five  Hundred  Henry  Clay  Cigars. 
Cent.  Cigars. 
One  Thousand  Pennsylvania 
Stogas.  Thirty-five pounds Topsy Granulated Smoking. 
One-half  chest  Japan  Tea, 
p.  M.  (P.)  101-2, new crop,  56 pounds.  Our jobbing  price, 22c;  retails  at  35c. 
One- 
half  chest  Dust,  No.  6,  (M.)  80  pounds.  Our  own importation, retails quick at 25c. 
Five 4J^ pound baskets  Choicest  Japan  Tea.  These  baskets,  or  Japanese  boxes,  are 
works of art,  showing the wonderful skill of the Japanese in working colored  straw  into 
artistic designs.  These baskets are  our own importation under Queen Brand Tea,  retails 
at 75c to 85c per pound.  We have them in  4
Eight 2 im­
pound Baskets Queen Brand Japan  Tea. 
Sixteen  1-lb  Baskets  Queen  Brand  Japan 
One  Silver Pitcher,  Triple-plated, 
Tea.  These 1-lb baskets have been retailed at $1. 
Satin Finish,  $10.  One beautiful Silver Flower Vase,  listed $8.50. 
One Silver Cake
Basket, elegant design,  $9. 
One Very Handsome Toilet Set, listed $10. 
One Silver 
One Triple-plated  Silver  Caster,  5  bottles,  listed  $8.75. 
Butter Dish, chased, $8.50. 
One 10-lb Butt McAlpin’s Santa Claus Plug,  5-oz. plugs and one of the finest chews  ever 
put up in Plug Tobacco,  retails 80c. 
One 10-ft>  Butt  McAlpin’s  Success  Plug,  a  gilt 
edge, first-class piece of fine tobacco.  Nothing finer sold in the fancy line of  plugs  than 
McAlpin’s Santa Claus aud Success  brands.

2K  and  1  pound  boxes. 

One Handsome Toilet Set,  $7.

One  Dozed  Red  Sox,  retail  at  60c  per  pair. 

W ith 3 Butts Gold Shield W e Offer an Extremely

Attractive List:
One Elegant Ice Cream Set, of finest French china, consisting of  one  Large  Platter, 
One  Beautiful  Water  or 
and one dozen plates,  handsomely decorated,  valued  at  $8. 
Lemonade Set, comprising one handsome Hammered Brass  Salver,  one Pitcher and Four 
Tumblers of genuine,  imported Bohemian Glass,  worth $7.50. 
One  Barrel  My  Flour. 
Three  Hundred  Henry  Clay 
One Hundred and Fifty One Hundred Per Cent.  Cigars. 
Cigars.  Twenty lbs.  Topsy Granulated Smoking  Tobacco. 
Five  Hundred  Pennsyl­
vania Stogas. 
lb Baskets 
Three 2%  lb Baskets Queen Brand Jbpan Tea. 
Queen Brand Basket Fired Japan Tea. 
Ten l-ft> Baskets Queen Brand  Japan  Tea. 
One  Silver  Flower  Vase,  listed  $6.50. 
One Silver Caster,  four bottles,  $6.25. 
One Berry Dish,  Silver  and  Glass  combined, 
$7.50. 
W ith  2   Butts.  The  Articles  in  this  Class  are 

W orth from $2 to $5.50.
100  100  Per  Cent  Cigars. 
10  lbs  Topsy  Granulated  Smoking  Tobacco. 

One Dozen Bohemian Glass Tumblers,  warranted  genuine,  very  beautiful. 
200  Henry Clay Cigars. 

Two 
300
%  Sacks  My  Flour. 
6-Ib  Butt
Pennsylvania  Stogas. 
Two 2>£-lb  Baskets 
McAlpin’s Peavy Plug. 
One  Silver  Pickel  Dish. 
Queen Japan Tea. 
One  Handsome  Silver  Pepper,  engraved. 
One Dozen Sheffield Dinner Knives,  steel. 
One Silver and Gilt Owl Pepper. 
One Silver 
Tea Bell. 
Oue 7-ft> Gursey Blanket.  One Handsome
One Genuine Meerschaum Smoking Set,  Elegant Plush 
Glass Clock, canary color,  $3. 
Case, contains a Beautifully Carved Pipe,  also Cigar Holders, Cigar Clip and Match Safe, 
retail price 85.50. 
________________
1   Butt.  The Articles in this Class are W orth  from 

One Silver Boot Pepper,  very unique. 

One 4K-lb Basket Queen Japan Tea. 

Six 1-lbBaskets  Queen  Japan  Tea. 

One Elegant Napkin Ring. 

Two 

$1.25 up to $2.25.

One-half Dozen Bohemian Glass  Tumblers. 

100 Henry Clay  Cigars. 
One 2%-ft> Basket Queen Japan Tea. 

100 Per Cent.  Cigars. 
Tobacco. 
Tea. 
Prime Roasted Rio Coffee. 
field Dinner Knives,  $1.50. 
Napkin Ring,  $2.25. 

One Case No. 9 Matches. 

One-quarter  Sack  My  Flour. 

50 
5  tb  Topsy  Granulated  Smoking 
Three 1-tb  Baskets  Queen  Japan 
Ten  lbs 
One dozen Silver-plated Spoons. 
One-half  Dozen Shef­
One Handsome Lumberman’s  Sash,  $1.25.  One jSilver

One 5-gal.  Keg Buffalo  No.  6  Syrup. 

One Silver Owl Pepper,  $1.50. 

THE JAMES STEWART CO.,  Ltd.

One Silver  Cup,  $2..  *

EAST  SAGINAW,  Mich., Feb. 

1886.

These  prices  sto  for  cauli  buyer»,  who  pay I 

promptly and buy in full packages.

AXLE  GREASE.

b a r i n o   p o w d e r .

Frazer’s ................   OOjParngon..............ISO
Diamond  X ...........   60 Paragan25B> pails. 1  20
Modoc, 4  doz..........2 50lFraziers,25ft pails.l  25
Thompson’s  Butterfly, bulk...................  25
6 or 10 ft cans....  27
4 .4 doz. in case... 
4 , 2  “ 
" ...195

95
J. H. Thompson & Co.’s Princess, U s..........1 25 |
4s...
Is........... 4 25
bulk.......  28
.............   45

Arctic, % ft cans.......................

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BLUING.

CANNED  FISH .

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BROOMS.

Silver Spoon, 3  doz.........................................7 50
Dry, No. 2............................................doz. 
25
Dry, No. 3............................................doz. 
45
Liquid, 4 oz,........................................doz. 
35
Liquid, 8 oz......................................... doz. 
65
Arctic 4 oz.........................................V  gross 4 00
Arctic 8  oz.......................................................  8 00
Arctic 16 oz....................................................   12  00
Arctic No. 1 pepper box................................  2 00
Arctic No. 2 
3 00
Arctic No. 3 
4  00
No. ICarpet............2 75INo.  2 Hurl...............200
No.2Carpet__-....2 50 Fancy  Whisk.......... 100
No. 1  ParlorGem..2 90 CommonWhisk—   75 
No. 1 Hurl...............2 251
Clams, 1 lb  standards....................................I 15
Clams, 21b  standards....................................1 75
Clam Chowder,  31b.......................................2 10
Cove Oysters, 1  ft  standards.......................1 00
Cove Oysters, 2  ft  standards.....................  1 50
Lobsters, 1 1b picnic.......................................1 75
Lobsters, 1 1b star.......................................... 2 00
Lobsters, 2 ft star.......................................... 2 90
Mackerel, lib  fresh  standards....................1 10
Mackerel, 5 1b fresh  standards................... 3 50
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3  ft..................5 25
Mackerel, 3 ft in Mustard.............................5 25
Mackerel, 3 1b broiled....................................3 25
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia river........................ 1 55
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia river........................ 2 30
Salmon.lib  Sacramento............................. 1 45
8
Sardines, domestic 4 s .................................... 
15
Sardines,  domestic  4 b................................  
Sardines,  Mustard  4 s ...................................  12
Sardines,  imported  4 b.................................   14
Trout. 3 ft  brook.................................—   4 50
Apples, 3 1b standards.................................  90
Apples, gallons,  standards..........................2 10
Blackberries, standards.............................  95
Cherries,  red  standard........... ...............85@1  00
Damsons......................................................... 1 00
Egg Plums, standards 
.............................. 1  40
Green  Gages, standards 2 ft.........................1 40
Peaches, Extra Yellow................................ 1 60
Peaches, standards....................................... 1 40
Peaches,  seconds.......................................... 1 25
Pineapples, Erie............................................I 75
Pineapples, standards.................................. 1 50
Quinces.......................................................... 1 45
Raspberries,  extra.......................................1 10
Lusk’s.  Mariposa.

CANNED  FRUTT8— CALIFO RNIA.

c a n n e d   f r u i t s .

2 20
1 85
1 85
1 85
2 25
2 25
2 20

Apricots......................................2 40 
Egg Plums.................................. 3 10 
Grapes......................................... 2 10 
Green Gages............................... 2  10 
Pears............................................ 2 65 
Quinces....................................... 2 75 
Peaches....................................... 2 55 
CANNED  VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay................................3 25
Beans, Lima,  standard.........................  90@1  10
Beans, Stringless, Erie...............................   80
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked...................... 1 65
Corn,  Trophy.........................:.....................1  05
f*  Red Seal..............................................  90
r  Excelsior............................................. 1 00
Peas, French.................................................. 1 75
Peas, Marrofat, standard.............................1 60
Peas, B eaver................................................  70
Pumpkin, 3 ft Golden..................................   85
Succotash, standard....................................   90
Tomatoes, Trophy............................................   1 15
Tomatoes,  Hillsdale..............................  
 
Tomatoes,  Adrian............................................   1 15
Tomatoes, Three Rivers.............................   1
Michigan  full  cream..............................11 @12
Half skim...................................................9 @104
Skim ...........................................................5 @6
Boston...................... 361 German Sweet............25
Baker’s .....................38 Vienna Sweet  ............23
Runkles’ ...................351
Schepps. cake box....................................   @2714
i/2s ................................................  @28
Maltby’s 1 ft  round...................................  @26
assort  .........................................   @27
14s............,................................   @28
Manhattan,  pails......................................  @20

CHOCOLATE.

COCOANUT.

CHEESE.

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COFFEES

Green.
R io..................
Golden Rio....
Santos.............
Maricabo..
J a v a ........
O. G. Java. 
Mocha  ....

9@12
........... 12
..........13
..........13
...20@25
..........24
..........25
COFFEES-

Roasted.
R io..................... '
Golden Rio........
Santos.................
Maricabo.......
Java..........
O. G. Java. 
Mocha.. 
.
PACKAGE.

.24@26
28
.28

 

5

5

5

.1

714

714

Mbs 3 Ofts
12%l*>a/ 12«
Dilworth’8 .................................
1-4.
Lion............................................
13
I24
McLaughlin’s  ............................   13
Arbuckle’s  ............................... 
13
German......................................
12« 124
13
13«
Magnolia  ...............................  
14
CORDAGE.
72 foot J u te .......  1  25  172 foot Cotton..
60 foot Jute.......1  00  [60 foot Cotton..
40FootCottou__ 150  [50 foot Cotton.
CRACKERS  AND  SW EET  GOODS.
||X X X
614
514
514
514
514

Kenosha Butter..........................   W r
Diamond  Butter....................... 
Seymour  Butter....................... 
Butter......................................... 
Fancy  Butter..............................  
S.  Oyster....................................
Picnic.........................................
Fancy  Oyster.........................  . 
Fancy  Soda.................................. 
City Soda....................................
Soda  ...........................................
Milk..........................................
Boston.......................................
Graham......................................
Oat  Meal....................................
Pretzels, hand-made— ..........
Pretzels......................................
Cracknels..................................
Lemon Cream............................
Frosted Cream..........................
Ginger  Snaps............................
No. 1 Ginger  Snaps..................
Lemon  Snaps............................
Coffee  Cakes..............................
Lemon Wafers..........................
Jumbles......................................
Extra Honey Jumbles.. ..........
Frosted Honey  Cakes.............
Cream  Gems.............................
Bagievs  Gems— ,..................
Seed Cakes.................................
S. &  M. Cakes............................
Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth......................75@80
Cod, whole.....................................................@5
Cod,Boneless................................................ 5@614
H alibut.....................................................  
Herring 14  bbls..............................................2 50
Herring, Holland, domestic........................80@95
Herring, Scaled............................................ 22@23
Mackerel, Penny bbls.................................4 75@5
Mackerel, shore, No. 2,14  bbls..................5 00
........ •. l 00
 
No. 3,14 bbls...............................3 50
*•  12 ft  kits............................  62
**  10  “ 
............................  55
Shad, 14 b b l....................................................2 50
Trout, 14  bbls................................................. 3 75
“  12 ft  kits............................................   70
“  10  “ 
 
White, No, 1,14 bb ls..................................... 6 50
White, No. 1,12  1b kits.................................. 1 00
White, No. 1,10 ft kits.................................  90
White, Family, 14 bbls..................................2 25
Lemon.  Vanilla.
1  40

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FLA V O RIN G  EXTRACTS.

12 ft kits 

1214
814

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Jennings’2 oz............................V  doz.l 00 
4 oz..........................................1 50 
2 50
6 oz......................................... 2 50 
4 00
8oz....................................... 3 50  5 00
50 
No. 2 Taper........................ 1  25  1
00
No.  4 
.........................176  3
14 pint  round..................... 4 50 
7 50
......................9 00  15 00
1 
No.  8.................................... 8 00 
No. 10 ................ 
4  25 

4 25
6 00

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FR U IT S— DOM ESTIC.

Apricots, 251b boxes..............................  @  25
Cherries, pitted, 501b  b o x e s . ,.........  @  15
Egg plums, 251b  boxes.........................  @  20
Lempn Peel.  . . ......................................  @  15
Pears, 25 ft boxes..................................  @  25
Peaches,  Delaware, 50 ft boxes..........  @  28
Peaches, M ichigan.............................  @1214
Raspberries, 50 ft b o xes...,................  @  25

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FRUITS—FOREIGN.

 

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KEROSENE  O IL.

Citron......................................................  ©  25
Currants,  new.......................................   7  @  714
Prunes,  French, 60s...............................  @  15 |
Pru nes, French, 80s...... 
@ 10
Prunes, Turkey.....................................   44@  05
Raisins, Dehesia....................................  @4 00
Raisins, London  Layers.......................  @3 00
Raisins, California  “ 
.......................   @2 50
Raisins, Loose Muscatels, new...........   @2 20
Raisins, Muscatels, 10 ft boxes...........   ©  90
Raisins, Ondaras, 14s............................  ©  13
Raisins, 
38s............................  @1214
Raisins, Sultanas,  new........................   © 994
Raisins,  Valencia..................................   @1014
Raisins, Imperials, 10 ft  boxes...........   @1 00
Water White........12%  |  Legal  Test..............1J4  |
Grand  Haven,  No.  8, square.......
.1  00
Grand Haven, No 9, square, 3 gro................ 1 20 I
Grand  Haven,  No.  200,  parlor.....................1 7o
Grand  Haven,  No. 3o0, parlor.....................2 25 |
Grand  Haven,  No.  7,  round
Oshkosh, No. 2.......................
Oshkosh, No.  8.......................
........................ 1 50
Swedish..................................
Richardson's No. 8  square..
...1  00 
Richardson’s No. 9 
....1 50
Richardson’s No. 714, round..........................1 00
Richardson’s No. 7 
............................150
Black Strap...................................................15@19
Porto  Rico.....................................................28@30
New  Orleans,  good......................................38@42
New Orleans, choice.................................... 48@50
New  Orleans,  fancy.................................... 52@55

................................1 00

MOLASSES.

MATCHES.

do
do 

14 bids. 3c extra.

OATMEAL.

Steel  cut................ 5 OOlRolledOats,Shields’3 25
Steel Cut, 14 bbl__ 3 00 Rolled Oats, Acme.3  25
Rolled  Oats........... 5 50 Quaker, 48 lbs..........3 25
Rolled Oats, l*bbl..3 OOlQuaker,60 fts......... 2 50
Rolled  Oats, cases.3 oOlQuakerbbls.............6 00
PICKLES.
Medium........
......................................  @5 25
......................................  @3 00
Small.............
......................................  ©3 00

14 barrols .

“ 

PIPE S.

•o ss................................ ..2 25@3 00
@2 25
. 216,3 gross........
@1  85
. 216, 24 gross__
@ 9 0

RICE.

. .64!Java  ........... ___  @6
, .5 4 |P a tn a ......... ............... 5«
..5  Rangoon... ... .54@54
..5  ¡Broken.
... .324 @3^4
ALERATUS.

Good Louisiana..
DeLand’s pure...
................5 4
Church’s  ...........
............... 54
Taiylor’s G. M..........54'Cap Sheaf.................54

4  c less in 5 box lots.

SALT.

2 25
2 15
2 35

60 Pocket, F F  Dairy............................ 
28 Pocket................................................. 
100 3 ft  pockets.......................................  
Saginaw or  Manistee............................ 
Diamond C.............................................. 
Standard  Coarse.................................... 
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags........ 
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags.... 
Higgins’ English dairy bu.  bags........ 
American, dairy, 14 bu. bags............... 
Rock, bushels......................................... 
Parisian, 14  pints..................................   @2 00
Pepper Sauce, red  small.....................  @  75
Pepper Sauce, green  ............................  @1  00
Pepper Sauce, red  large ring.............   @1  35
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring........  @1  70
Catsup, Tomato,  pints..........................   @  80
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts  .....................   @1 25
Halford Sauce, pints................................  @3 50
Halford Sauce, 14 pints.........................  @2 20

100
1  45
1 25
75
2  75
70
25
28

SAUCES.

Ground. 

SPICES.

Whole.

 

 

TEAS.

SUGARS.

STARCH.

-IN  PA IL S.

Pepper............... 16@25IPepper..................  @19
Allspice..............12@15 Allspice................   8@10
Cinnamon...........18@30 Cassia.................... 10@11
Cloves  ................ 15@25 Nutmegs  .............60@65
Ginger............... 16@20 Cloves  ...................16@18
Mustard..............15@30j
Cayenne............ 25@35|
Elastic, 64 packages, per  box....................  5 ¡15
SYRUPS.
Corn,  barrels  ......................  
 
24@28
Corn, 14 bbls............................................ 
26@30
1 15
@30
Corn, 10 gallon kegs...............................  
30@3l
Corn, 5 gallon kegs................................. 
Corn, 414 gallon kegs.............................  
30@31
Pure  Sugar, bbl...................................... 
23@28
Pure Sugar, 14 bbl..................................  
25@30
Pure Sugar  5 gal kegs..........................  @1 50
Cubes......................................................  @  754
Powdered...............................................   @  7)4
Granulated,  Standard..........................   ©  6%
Confectionery A....................................  @  6?»
Standard A .................................. 
  @  6*4
No. 1, White Extra  C............................  5«@ 6
No. 2, Extra C.........................................  594© 57*
No. 3 C......................................................  5«@ 594
No. 4 C....................................................   5%@ 514
No. 5 C......................................................  5%@  5)4
Japan ordinary........... .........
.................. 15©20
.................. 35@30
Japan fair to good................
.................. 35@45
Japan fine...............................
...................15@20
Japan dust............................
...................30@50
Young Hyson........................
..................35© 50
GunPowder..........................
........... 33@55@6C
Oolong..................................
.................. 25@30
Congo.....................................
TOBACCO— FINE CUT-
MaV  Queen............ ,65!01d Time....................35
Jolly  Time................ 40! Underwood’s Capper 35
Dark AmericanEagle6”! Sweet  Rose...............45
The Meigs..................62| Meigs & Co.’s Stunner35
Red  Bird....................50 Atlas............ .■............ 35
State  Seal..................6o[ltoyalGame................38
Prairie Flow er........ 66|Mule Ear.....................65
Indian Queen........... 60[Fountain.....................74
Bull  Dog................... 60 Old Congress...............64
Crown  Leaf.............. 66|Good Luck..................52
Hiawatha..................65'Blaze Away................35
Globe  ........................ 65. Hair Lifter..................30
May Flower.............. 70'
Whole Earth...........................................  @32
Crazy  Quilt............................................   @32
P.  Y.........................................................   @40
Spring Chicken......................................  @38
Eclipse  ...................................................  @30
Moxie......................................................  @35
Black Jack..............................  
  @32
Hiawatha...............................................   @42
Musselman’s Corker..............................  @30
Turkey  ...................................................  @39
Big Five Cent.........................................  ©35
Dainty.....................................................  @42
Splendid.................................................   @38
Old Soldier..............................................  @40
Knife, single  butt.................................  @50
lots..........................   @49
“  ..........................   @48
Rum.........................................................   @40
Money......................................................  @44
Red  Fox...................................................  @42
Big Drive.................................................   @44
Seal of Grand Rapids............................  @40
Patrol ...................................................  
    @40
Jack Rabbit............................................  @38
Chocolate Cream....................................   @44
Nimrod....................................................   @40
E. C...........................................................  @38
Spread Eagle...........................................  @36
Big Five Center......................................  @33
Parrot  ...............................:...................   @42
Tramway.................................................   @44
Buster  ....................................................   @35
Black Prince...........................................  @35
Black Racer............................................   @35
Leggett & Myers'Star..........................   @39
Climax....................................................   @42
Acorn......................................................  @40
HorseShoe..............................................  @42

two 
five 

PLUG.

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2c. less In three butt lots.

SMOKING

Green CornCob Pipe 20
Hard  Tack.................32
Owl..............................16
King Bee.................   .22
Rob Roy......................26
D ixie...........................28
Uncle  Sam.................28
Old Tar....................... 40
70
Lumberman..............25
Arthur’s  Choice.......22
Railroad Boy..............38
Red Fox......................26
Mountain Rose.......... 18
Flirt............................ 28
Home Comfort.......... 25
Gold Dust.................. 26
Old Rip....................... 60
Gold Block.................30
Seal of North Caro­
Seal of Grand Rapids
lina, 2  oz.................48
(cloth)...................25
65
Seal of North  Caro­
Tramway, 3 oz..........40
lina, 4oz...................48
Miners and Puddle rs. 28 
............24 Seal of North  Caro-
Peerless 
201 
lina, 8oz.
45
Standard
Seal of North  Caro-
Old Tom..................... 18
lina, 16 oz boxes__ 42
Tom & Jerry..............24
Applejack.................24
Joker...........................25
King Bee, longcut.. .22 
Traveler.................... 35
Milwaukee  Prize....24
Maiden....................... 25
Rattler....................... 28
Pickwick Club.......... 40
Holland Mixed..........16
Nigger Head..............26
Sweet Lotus,..............32
Holland......................22
Conqueror.................23
German..................... 16
............. :52 Grayling.....................32
Red Clover 
............. 26iSeal Skin.....................30
Good  Luck
Mayflower................231 Hiawatha....................22
Globe......................... 22 Old Congress...............23
Mule Ear................... 23|May  Leaf....................22
Lorillard’s American Gentlemen.......  @  72
.  Maccoboy............................  @  55
Gail & Ax’ 
@  44
Rappee................................  @  35
Railroad  Mills Scotch.,......................  @  45
Lotzbeok  ..............  
@190

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

SHORTS.

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VINEGAR.

Star brand,  pure  cider...........
Star brand, white wine...........
MISCELLANEOUS
Bath Brick imported...............
do 
American................
Burners, No. 1 ..........................
do  No.  2..........................
Condensed Milk, Eagle  brand. 
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans.
Candles, Star.............................
Candles,  Hotel..........................
Extract Coffee, V.  C................
F elix.............
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps..........
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps..........
Gum, Spruce.............................
Hominy, 
bbl..........................
Jelly, in 30 ft  pails...................
Pearl  Barley.............................
Peas, Green  Bush....................
Peas, Split  Prepared...............
Powder,  Keg.............................
Powder, 4   Keg........................
Sage  ...........................................
Sauerkraut, bbls.......................
4   bbls..................

do 

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1  00

@3 50
4@ ij
«©   !3
m 35
@ ;3
@3 00
@1 90
@ 18
@4 50
@2 50

C A N D Y .  FR U IT S  A N D   NUTS.
Putnam & Brooks quote as follows :
STICK.
Standard, 25 1b boxes............................ 
Twist, 
.............................  
 
Cut Loaf 
MIXED

do 
do 

84@9
9@ 9
104@11

Royal, 25 ft  pails.............................
Royal, 200 ft bbls.............................
Extra, 25 ft  pails.............................
Extra, 200 ft bbls.............................
French Cream, 25 ft pails...............
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases........................
Broken, 25  1b pails..........................
Broken, 200 ft  bbls..........................
FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES

Lemon  Drops............................
Sour Drops............................
Peppermint  Drops..................
Chocolate Drops...................... ” ] \
H M Chocolate  Drops__ ...!....!
Gum  D rops........ ..........................*
Licorice Drops................
A B  Licorice  Drops..............., ’ ‘ “
Lozenges, plain............................
Lozenges,  printed................
Imperials.................................
Mottoes................................;;;;;;;;
Cream  Bar.............................
Molasses Bar.....................
Caramels...............................
Hand Made Creams..................
Plain  Creams..................................*
Decorated  Creams................ . . . . . .
String Rock.....................................'
Burnt Almonds.....................
W intergreen  Berries...........’ .. "'
FANCY—IN   BULK.
Lozenges, plain in  pails.............
Lozenges, plain in  bbls..........
Lozenges, printed in pails...!..
Lozenges, printed in  bbls........!
Chocolate Drops, in pails...........
Gum  Drops  in pails.............. . . .
Gum Drops, in bbls...........
Moss Drops, in  pails.......!.!.!.!.
Moss Drops, in bb ls...............
Sour Drops, in  pails.............’ ’. ’
Imperials, in  pails................ .. ..
Imperials  in  bbls...........

FRUITS

Bananas  Aspinwall....................
Oranges, California, fancy........
Iranges, California,  choice.......
Oranges, Jamaica, bbls..............
Oranges, Florida.  . . , ...............
Oranges, Valencia, cases......
Oranges, Messina..................
Oranges,  Naples............. . .  . . .  .
Lemons,  choice................ . . . . . .
Lemons, fancy.....................'!."!!!
Figs, layers, new,  sjf) ft.............
Figs, Bags, 50 ft...................
Dates, frails  do  ................  . . . . .
Dates, 4  do  d o ................ .
Dates, skin............................
Dates, 4   skin.......................
Dates, Fard 10 to box if)  ft.....  .
Dates, Fard 50 ft box if) lb.......
Dates. Persian 501b box $  ft__
Pine Apples, $  doz.....................

“ 
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PEANUTS.
Prime  Red,  raw  $   ft..................
do  .............. "
Choice 
Fancy H.P. do 
do  ........
Choice White, Va.do  ..................
Fancy H P,. Va  d o ..................
H. P.Va.........................................
Almonds,’Tarragona.NUTS.

Ivaca___.....................
California..................
Brazils..........................................
Chestnuts, per bu.......................’
Filberts, Sicily.............................
Barcelona.....................
Walnuts,  Grenoble.....................
Mar bo..........................
French........................
California....................
Pecans,  Texas, 11. P....................
Missouri.......................
Cocoanuts, $  100..........................

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@84
10@J04 
9 @  94 
12@124 
124© ©10 
9@ 94

.... 12 
I4@15 
15@16 
14@15
__ .15
13@14
__ 13
18

.114@12 
104©11 
@124 
• 114@12 
.12  @124 
..6 4   @7
.  @ 54
@10

.12  @12 
104@1J

. 1  50©2 50 
@4 00 
@3 60

.5  50@6 00 
.3 00@3 25
73 25@3 50 
@4  00 
■ 124@16 
.  8 @ 9 
@ 44 
@ 5

4  @ 44 
@  5 
@  54
5  @ 54 
65Ü@ 7

@  6

.16

)17
.......15  @16
.......15  @10
.......9  @ 94
.114© 12
.......  @10
.......14  @144
8  @11
.......  @12
.......9  @13
.......84@  9
.......  @4 50

PROVISIONS.
The  Grand Rapids  Packing  & 

Provision  Co.

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

quote  as  follows:
Mess, Chicago packing, new........................ 11  50
Clear,  S. P.  Booth.........................................11  50
Short Cut, new................................................. 11 50
Back, clear, short  cut.................................. .13 00
Extra family clear, short  cut.......................)2 00
Clear,  A. Webster, n e w ............................. 12  75
Extra clear pig, short cut...................   .. ..13 75
Extra clear, heavy.......................................... 13 00
Clear quill, short  cut..................................... 13 25
Boston clear, short cut.................................13 25
Clear back, short cut....................................13 25
Standard clear, short  cut, best..................13 50

Hams, heavy.................................

DRY  SALT  MEATS—IN  BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy................................. 
medium.;..........................  
lig h t..................................  
medium........................
light.............................

0
“ 
6
“ 
*  6
do. 
04
do. 
64
SMOKED  MEATS—CANVASSED  OH PJLAJLN.
........... 9 4
“  medium.................................... ................94
ligh t......................................... ........... 9«
“ 
Boneless  Hams, best.........................
..............10
Boneless  Hams............................
..............9
Boneless Shoulders.......................
...........   6 4
Breakfast  Bacon.............................
...........   7«
..........9
Dried Beef, extra quality................
Dried Beef, Ham pieces....................
..........104
Shoulders cured in sweet pickle__ ...........   6

LARD.

Tierces  ...............................................
30 and 50 ft Tubs................................
50 ft Round Tins, 100 cases................

LARD IN  T IN   P A IL S .

20 ft Pails, 4 pails in  case....................... 
3 1b Pails, 20 in a case.............................. 
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case..............................  
10 ft Pails. 6 In a case .............................  

64
6«

04
74
7 4
7

B E EF IN  BA RR ELS.

Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 fts...........   9 00
Boneless,  extra..............................................13 00

SAUSAGE— FRESH  AND SMOKED.

Pork  Sausage..................................................
Ham  Sausage...................................................
Tongue  Sausage...........................................
Frankfort  Sausage........... f............................
Blood  Sausage.................................................
Bologna, straight............................................
Bologna,  thick.................................................
Head  Cheese...................................................
In half barrels  ..............................................  3 75
In quarter barrels.........................................

P IG S ’  FEET.

OYSTERS AND  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: 

OYSTERS.

 

 
 

 
 

 
 

New  York  Counts.............................................. 33
H. F. H. &  Co.  Selects........................................30
Selects..............................  
26
Anchors.................................................................18
Standards  ......................  
16
Favorites................... 
15
Mediums  ................... 
14
Primes..................... 
13
Selects, by bulk............................................... 1 60
Standards, by  bulk.............................. 1  00@l 10
Shrewsbury shells, $   100...............................1 40
80
Princess  Bay  Clams, 
100................................1  40
New York  Counts, 
FR ESH   F IS H .
Cod  .................... 
.................................  @10
Haddock.................................................   @ 8
Mackerel................................................12  @124
Maeklnaw Trout........ ...........................  @  7
Perch,  dressed..........J...........................   @ 6
Smelts.......................J ........................... 10  @11
@ 9
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OUT  AROUND.

News and Gossip  Furnished  by  Our  Own 

Correspondents.

Ferry.

Bode & Keeney have about a million  and 
a half feet of logs in their  yard,  which they 
will convert into lumber as  fast as possible. 
Their mill started  up  February 25 and  will 
continue  in  operation  until  their  stock  of 
logs is all cut.  The firm  will  shortly start 
shingle  and  lath  saws  in  connection  with 
their sawmill.
Powers Brfes.  will rebuild their  grist mill 
and change from stone to  roller process.
Bode & Keeney  have  concluded  the pre­
liminary arrangements for a two-story frame 
store building,  40x100 feet  in  dimensions. 
They will  occupy  the  new  structure  with 
their general  stock,  using  the  old  store as 
an agricultural implement depot.
The indications are  that  Ferry  will have 
railway facilities  by fall,  Manager  Ashley 
having positively promised  our  people that 
the  Pentwater branch  of the Toledo & Ann 
Arbor Railway  shall  pass tlirougli  the vil­
lage.

Lukenide.

S.  E.  Johuson,  of  the  firm  of  Johnson 
Bros.,  has started  a feed  store in  conjunc­
tion  with  Capt.  G.  B.  Becker.  The  new 
business will be known as Johnson & Beck­
er.
Five  of  the  prominent  tallymen  of  this 
place have joined forces  and opened a lum­
ber  inspection  office  near  Yander Lind’s 
feed store.  The finn will be known  as the 
Muskegon  Lumber Inspecting Co. 
It  con­
sists of James Pett,  Thos.  Cocherau,  J.  F. 
McBride,  W.  Y.  Church and  E.  B.  Gillett.

Lyons.

Oscar Amesden,  proprietor of the  woolen 
mills,  has  shut  down  for  repairs.  He  is 
putting in new macninery which will double 
liis capacity.
Hale Bros are running their flouring  mills 
night and  day,  and  shipping  large quanti­
ties of flour to Georgia.
J.  H.  Arnold & Son are running their tool 
factory full time.  They  report  a brisk de 
mand for goods for the spring trade.
Cornell’s windmill  factory  is working on 
contract for tanks  for  Wyoming  Territory 
parties.

Traverse  City.

Square timber is being bought in daily by 
rail  in  large  quantities and banked on the 
Bay Shore.
Geo.  Newberry,  formerly  with  the  Mer­
cantile  Co.,  is  now  employed  by  Ashton 
Bros.
R.  Goodrich  has  returned  from  his  trip 
through the South.
The Traverse City Manufacturing Co., re­
cently shipped a car load of  chair  stock  to 
Chicago, and  one  to  St. Joseph,  Mo.,  and 
has several large orders to fill for  Southern 
points.
Antoine Wilhelm,  the clothier,  has  form­
ed a copartnership with his  brother,  Eman­
uel Wilhelm,  of Milwaukee,  under  the firm 
name of Wilhelm  Bros.  Mr.  Wilhelm  will 
make this his future home.  The  new  firm 
will add a line of dry goods to the stock.
August  Beitner  and  W.  Connine  have 
their ice houses both filled with ice from the 
Bay.
T.  R.  Bentley has leased  ground  East  of 
town to J.  M.  Dewey &  Co.,  the  fish  com­
mission merchants of Toledo, who will erect 
an ice house capable of  holding  000  or  700 
tons  of  ice.  They  intend shipping frozen 
fish  by  rail  to  Southern  points.  Fishing 
will be carried on in both the bays  and  the 
lake.  This is a most important  addition to 
our business interests..
Nearly 3,000 sticks of square timber have 
been hauled to this point this  winter,  1,300 
alone  being  banked  at  the  mouth  of  the 
Boardman and along Front  street.  The es­
timated value if  $65,000,  all  of  which  has 
been paid to parties in this vicinity.

Ot<er  Lake.

Hairis & McCormack, 8f this village, have 
bought  the  boilers  and  engine  in  W.  C. 
Cummings’ old saw mill and  one-half inter­
est in the planing mill and machinery.  W. 
C.  Cummings  will  still  run  the  business 
himself as formerly.
Charles E. Seeley is making arrangements 
to  put  in  sawmill  machinery 
in  E.  B. 
Schott’s  planing  null  and  we  shall  soon 
have another sawmill again.
South  Arm.

Long & Draper have opened their/general 
store and are in receipt of a good line of pat­
ronage.
J.  B.  Webster has purchased an interest in 
the stair heading and'eedar shingle business 
of 11.  B. Severance,  and  the firm name will 
hereafter be II.  B. Severance & Co,
Hastings & Allen’s machine shop is rush­
ed with orders.

. 

Sam Cook, the  drayman,  is  moving  his 
effects to East Jordan,  and intends  to grow 
in  the  future.  A.  *S. 
up with that  town 
Run die,  succeeds him as drayman  here.
Capt. O: W.  Holly, owner of  the  steam­
boat  “Morley,” is over to  Elk  Rapids  and 
Old Mission,  preparing  for  the  opening  of 
navigation.
The Higgins murder case will be  tried at 
this term of court.  Much interest  is felt in 
the matter,  particularly  so  by  the Central 
Lake people.  From all your correspondent 
can learn,  it  was  one  of  the coolest,  most 
foul and long-premeditated  murders  on  re­
cord.
Andrew Dole has been duly elected  fore­
man of the hook and ladder fire company, in 
place of Mr. Locke,  moved to Stanton.
John Hall is selling off his worldly goods, 
preparatory  to returning  to  Greeley,  Col. 
Cold,  timber and snow  is  not  so  enticing 
to Johnnie as wind and sand.
The weather is such  that  people  are be­
ginning to prepare for sugaring.
Mrs.  Dr.  E.  Palmer,  late  from Colorado, 
has gone to  Genesee  county  to  visit  her 
sister.
The school here is progressing  finely  un­
der the direction of Prof. Diamond and Mrs. 
Guile.  Almost  every  child  on  the  roll  is 
present every day.  This speaks well for the 
health of the place.
Miss Cora Dunson,  from  Ohio,  is  here 
visiting her brother,  Tommy  Dunson,  one 
of the  proprietors  of  the  Mancelona stage 
line.
The Methodists expect to have their church 
all finished and ready for occupancy  by the 
middle of June.

Lake  City.

After long silence,  Lake  City  at  length 
departs from her ancient  custom and deter­
mines to assert her  identity.  The  impres­
sion may prevail to some extent  that Cadil­
lac has a monopoly  on  all 
the  booms  and 
business of this section and  that  Lake City 
is an unimportant  suburban  hamlet.  This 
is entirely wrong.  LalwaSSRty’s  importance

Plug Tobacco.

Lautz. Bros. & Co.’s SOAPS.
Niagara STARCH.
Dwinell, Howard & Co.’s ?°ya! Mocha and Java.

Royal Java.
Golden Santos.

Thompson & Taylor Spice  Co.’s  “ Mag­

nolia ” Package Coffee.
SOLE  PROPRIETORS

“JO I_iI_T5r  H TIhA E”  F i n ©   C u t

Dark and sweet, with plug flavor, the best goods 

on the market.

In addition to a full line  of staple groceries we are the 
only house in Michigan which carries a complete assortment 
of fancy groceries and table delicacits.

Mail orders  are  especially  solicited, which  invariably 
secure the lowest prices and prompt shipment.  Satisfaction 
guaranteed.

25,27 a i 29 Ionia St. and 51,53,55,57 and 59 Island Sts.,

G-rand. R a p id s , M icli.

as a business place is rapidly  growing  and 
the largest  lumber  camps  in  Wexford and 
Missaukee counties procure their supplies at 
tills  place.  Among  the  number  may  be 
mentioned Thayer  Lumber  Co.’s  Nos 1,  2, 
and 3,  Geo.  W.  Moore’s,  T.  D.  Stimson’s, 
Ducey Lumber Co.’s,  Paul Lux’s,  Watson & 
Co.’s, and numerous  smaller  camps.  The 
number of business  houses  are  constantly 
increasing and a bank  will  be  opened here 
about April 1.  A flour and feed mill is great­
ly need and would  command  an  extensive 
patronage.  The C.  & N.  E.  Railway  con­
nects this place with Cadillac  and  it  is  ex­
pected that the G.  R.  & I.  will  be  extended 
to this point early next summer.  The more 
sanguine confidently look for  the  Toledo & 
Ann Arbor and the C.  & W.  M.,  but  with­
out these latter Lake  City’s  prospects  for 
the future are most  promising,

C a d i l l a c .

Dry goods merchant P. Medal ie  lias  gone 
to New York to purchase his  spring  stock.
Manager J.  E.  Walker, of the  Telephone 
exchange,  says Cadillac  may  be  connected 
with Grand  Rapids  this  spring,  provided 
$2,500 in stock or scrip is taken here.
-  The prospects for a new three-story  brick 
block,  four stores wide,  to be built here this 
spring are now very bright  and  the  belief 
prevails that it is an  assured  certainty. 
It 
will be the largest and most  elaborately fin­
ished of any here.
W.  H.  Curran,  formerly  bookkeeper  for 
O.  S. Whitmore & Co.,  is in town.  He will 
soon locate in California.
F. A. Clary who broke his ankle at  Macki­
naw about ten days ago,  is doing  finely and 
will soon be on deck again.
Perry Nichols lias sold his meat market to 
F.  II.  Hutchinson,  recently  of  Cleveland, 
who will continue  the  business  at  the old 
stand.
A.  E. Smith,  proprietor of the  City Drug 
Store, lias j ust returned from a several weeks’ 
visit to friends at Manitowoc,  Wis.
J.  C.  Pollard,  who has been building Jno. 
Koopman’s new flouring mills  at Falmouth, 
lias returned home.
For some time reports have been circulated 
that  LaBar  &  Corelis  new  brick  block 
was unsafe and  that  the  foundations were 
giving  away.  The  owners  emphatically 
denied these assertions and claimed that the 
building was as  substantially  built  as  tiie 
majority of buildings in this  State.  At the 
last session of the  Board  of Supervisors  it 
was decided that since the  county  occupies 
the entire second floor witli  court  rooni and 
offices a committee of three competent archi­
tect should be selected to inspect the  build­
ing.  Two from Grand Rapids and one from 
Big Rapids were selected and they gave  the 
building  a  thorough'  examination, 
pro­
nouncing it  perfectly^safe.  This  will  un­
doubtedly silence the croakers.

The Hardware Market.

The hardware market  lias  been  without 
incident.  All lines have held their own  so 
far as volume of business is concerned,  and 
in some branches slight improvements  may 
have taken place,  but  such  have  not  been 
worthy of mention.  All classes of  general 
hardware,  shelf and  case  goods  have  been 
in good  seasonable  demand,  but  farm  im­
plements,  garden tools,  etc.,  and  tools  of 
pretty  much  all  kinds  for  out-of-door use 
are most favored.  Builders’ hardware is  in 
fair demand also,  and the same  may be said 
in  lesser  degree  of  wagon  and  carriage 
hardware for repair work.  For  new  work 
the latter is quieter.  Heavy  hardware sells 
slowly,  but the improvement  heretofore no- j 
ticed in railway supplies continues.  Barbed 
wire is as last reported. 
It  is  not  selling 
actively,  but gives some promise of  a  good j 
season’s trade.

Celery  Notes.

The  Grand  Haven celery crop is all mar­
keted for this season,  the last  lot coming to 
Grand Rapids last week.

The Otsego celery is improving in quality, 
the  initial  receipts  for  this  season  being 
away ahead of last year’s crop.

The Ionia crop is all marketed.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Advertisements of 25 words or  less  inserted 
in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, 
or  50  cents  for  three weeks.  Advance  pay­
ment.
Advertisements  directing  that  answers be 
sent in care of this office must be accompanied 
by 25 cents extra, to cover expense of postage, 
etc.

JT'OR  SALE—1 wish to engage in n special line 
of business and offer for sale half interest 
in the general merchandise store at  Richland,
Mich._Win. B. Tyler, Richland, Mich. 
130*
TT'OR  SALE—Drug store and  house  and  lot. 
X1  For further particulars inquire  of  or  ad­
dress Box 172, M askegou, Mich. 
TJARTNER  WANTED—A grocery  merchant 
A  with fifteen years’ experience  and  doing 
a business of $20,000 per year in oneof the best 
towns in Northern Michigan  desires a partner 
with  $2,000  capital.  For  particulars, address 
CB., care Th e  Tradesman. 

JX>R  SALE—The  font  of  brevier  type  for­

merly used on T h e  T r a d e s m a n .  Tuefont 
comprises 222 pounds, with  italic,  and  can  be 
had for 30 cents a pound.  Apply  at the office.

132*

132*

LUMBER, LATH  AND SHINGLES. 

The Newaygo Manufacturing Co,  quote f. o. 
b. cars  as follows:
Uppers, 1 inch.................................. per M $44 00
Uppers, 1^, 1H and 2 inch.........................  46 00
Selects, 1 inch..............................................  35 00
Selects, 1J4,1!4 and 2  inch.........................  38 00
Fine Common, 1 inch.................................  30 00
Shop, 1 inch.................................................   20 00
Fine, Common, 1*6,1% and 2 inch...........   32 00
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet  ...  15 m
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet.........................  16 no
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet........................   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
No. 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
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet.........................  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet........................   14 00
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., 18 feet.........................  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 feet.........................  13 00
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  culls,  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 Fehcing,  12,14 and 18  feet.............   12 00
No. 2 Fencing,  hi feet....................... 
12 Oo
No. 1 Fencing.  4  inch...............................   15 00
No. 2 Fencing,  4  Inch...............................   12 oO
Norway C and better, 4 or 6 inch.............   20 00
Bevel Siding, a inch, A and  B..................  18 00
Bevel Siding, 0 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 16ft............  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.
( XXX 18 in. Standard  Shingles............. 
3  10
•< XXX 18 in.  Thin.....................................  
3 00
( XXX 16 in................................................  
275
No. 2 or 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Shingles.............  
1  75
No. 2or 5 in. C. B. 16  in.............................  
l  40
Lath  ....................................................   1 75® 2 00

 

HIDES, PELTS  AND  FURS. 

Perkins & Hess pay as follows: 

Green__ $  &
Part cured...
Full cured__
Dry hides and 
k ip s...........

Calf skins, green
Deacon skins,

or cured__10  ® ll
$  piece......20  @50

h i d e s .

@ 6* 
®  8 
®
@12
SH E E P  p e l t s .

Old wool, estimated washed $  lb........
Tallow......................................................

Fine washed $  & 24@27|Unwashed__
Coarse washed... 18@22|

W OOL.

@25
@ 4

2-3

FU RS.

00@6 00
00@1 25
00@1 20

“ 
“ 

Bear.......................................................1  00® 12 00
Fisher  .....................................................2 
Red Fox....................................................1 
Grey Fox.................................................. 1 
Martin....................................................   25@1 00
Mink  ..  ...................................................  05®  70
18
“  Spring........................................... 
Muskrat,  winter....................................  12®  14
fall......................................... 
6®  8
kits  .......................................   @  2
Otter.........................................................4 
Raccoon...................................................  10@1 00
Skunk........................................., ...........  10@1  35
Beaver,  $   S>............................................1 
Deer, $   ft...............................................   10®  25
The monthly report of  State  Salt Inspec­
tor Hill shows  the  amount of salt inspected 
during February to be as follows.  Saginaw 
county, 65,074  barrels;  Bay, 24,331; Manis­
tee,  16,106; Midland,  4,991:  Mason,  5,954; 
St.  Clair,  2,843; Huron,  1,292;  Iosco,  410; 
total,  121,101.

00@6 00

50@3 00

BOLTS.

BARROW S.

BALANCES.

Ives’,  old style.......................*............... dis60&10
N.  H. C. Co................................................dis60&10
Douglass’................................................... dis60&10
Pierces’  .....................................................dis60&10
Snell’s ........................................................dis60&10
Cook’s  ...................................................... dis40&10
Jennings’,  genuine.................................. dis 
25
Jennings’, imitation................................dis50&10
Spring.........................................................dis 
40
Railroad........................... 
$  13 00
Garden....................................................... net 33 00
“ and..............................................dis  $ 60&10&10
60&10
Cow........................................................dis 
Cab.....................: ...........................dis 
30&15
Gong............... 
25
;..........................dis 
60&10
Door, Sargent......................................dis 
Stove...............  ....................................dis $ 
40
80
Carriage  new list............................... dis 
.................................................dls  30&K
Sleigh Shoe..........................................dis 
75
Wrought Barrel  Bolts....................... dis 
60&10
Cast  Barrel  Bolts............................... dis  00&10
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs...................dis 
60
Cast Square Spring.............................dis 
60
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob............dis  60&10
Wrought Square... 
.........................dis  60&10
60
Wrought Sunk Flush..........................dis 
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
60&10
H u sh ...............................................dis 
Ivos  Door.............................................dis 
60&10
Barber..................................................d isf 
40
Backus................................................. dis  50&10
Spofford................................................ dis 
50
net
Am. Ball................................................dis 
Well, plain..............................    
$  3 GO
.  4 oo
 
Well, swivel.................... 

BUCKETS.

BRACES.

. ’. 

 

BUTTS.  CAST.

Cast Loose Pin, figured......................dis  70&10
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin  bronzed........ dis  70&10
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis  60&10 
Wrought Narrow, bright  fast  joint..dis  60&10
Wrought Loose  Pin...........................dis  60&10
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip.......... dis  60* 5
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned.......... dis  60&  5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tipped................................................dis  60& 5
Wrought Table.....................................dis  10&60
Wrought  Inside Blind.......................   dis  10&60
Wrought Brass.....................................dis  7Ü&10
B ind, Clark’s........................................dis  80&10
ghnd, Parker’s.....................................dis  80&10
70
Bund,  Shepard’s..................................dis 

CAPS.

Hick s C. F............................................  
G. D............................................  
Musket................................ 
 

............................................... per  m $ 65
oo
35
60

CATRIDGES.

Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester  new list50&10
Rim  Fire, United  States.......................  disSO&lO
Central Fire.............................................. dis30&10

C H ISELS.

Socket Firmer..........................  
dis  75&10
Socket Framing............................!. . .' .'dis  75&10
Socket Corner....................................... dis  75&10
75
Socket Slicks..................................... . .'dis 
Butchers’ Tanged  ¿’’inner....................dis 
40
Barton’s Socket Firmers......................dis 
20
Cold.........................................................net

Curry, Lawrence’s.......  ....... 
Hotchkiss  ........................................... ,’dis 

  dis  40&10
25

 

 

COMBS.

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

Brass,  Racking’s.
Bibb’s ..................
B eer.....................
Fenns’..................

60
60
40&10
60
Planished, 14 oz cut to size__
........$  ft  28
........ r...  3i
Cold  Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60
21
Cold Rolled, 14x48..........................
...............  19
DRILLS
Morse’s Bit  Stock...............
40
...dis 
Taper and Straight Shank...
... dis 
40
Morse’s Taper  Shank..................... ...dis 
40
Com. 4 piece, 6  in.............
doz net  $.85
Corrugated.............
...dis  2Ö&10
Adjustable..........................
...dis  }$&10
Claris, small, $18 00;  large. $26 00.
20
Ives’, 1, $18 00 ;  2, $24 00 ;  3, $30 00.
25
American File Association  List..
...dis  55&K)
Disston’s ..........................
...dis  55&IO
New  American.......................
...dis  55&10
Nicholson’s........   .
...dis  55&10
Heller’s ............................
...dis  55&10
Heller’s  Horse Rasps..................... ...dis  55&10
Nos. 16 to 20, 
List 

22 and  24,  25 and 26,  27
15
Discount, Juniata 50@10, Charcoal 60. 

GALVANIZED  IRO N ,
14 

f i l e s —New List.

EX PA N SIV E B ITS.

ELBOW S.

dis 
dis 

12 

13 
GAUGES.

H IN G ES.

HANGERS.

HAMMERS.

HOLLOW   W ARE.

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis
50
Maydole & Co.’s....................................dis 
25
25
Kip’s ....................................................dis 
Yerkes  &  Plumb’s................................ dis  40&1C
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel..................... 30 e  list 40
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track  50&10
Champion,  anti-friction.......................dis  60&10
Kidder, wood  track........................... dis 
40
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3............................dis 
60
State............................................perdoz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  454  14
and  longer.............................................. 
354
Screw Hook and Eye, 
10H
.................. net 
8V6
Screw Hook and Eye %.................... net 
Screw Hook and Eye  &....................... net 
754
Screw Hook and Eye,  %......................net 
7H
Strap and  T ...............  ......................dis 
60
Stamped Tin Ware.................................... 
30
Japanned Tin  Ware................................. 
25
Granite Iron  Ware................................... 
25
Grub  1................................ .............. $11 00, dis 60
Grub  2...............................................   11  50, dis 60
Grub 3..................................................   12 00, disCO
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings............ dis 
50
Door, porcelain, jap.  trimmings...........  
50
50
Door, pofcelain, plated  trimmings....... 
Door, porcelain, trimmings.................... 
50
Drawer and  Shutter,  porcelain.......... dis 
70
Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.....................   40&10
Hemacite..........................  
dis 
50
50
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list.. dis 
Mallory, Wheeler &  Co.’s......................dis 
50
Branford’s ...............................................dis 
50
Norwalk’s ..............................  
dis 
50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ....................dis  70
Coffee,  Parkers  Co.’s............................dis 40&10
Coffee, P. S. &W. Mfg. Co.’s Maileables  dis 
60
Coffee, Landers, Ferry &  Clark’s ........dis 
60
Coffee,  Enterprise......................................dis  25
Adze  Eye.....................................$16 00 dis 
60
Hunt Eye.....................................$15 00  dis 
60
Hunt’s.........................................$18 50 dis 20 & 10

LOCKS— DOOR.

MATTOCKS.

LEV ELS.

KNOBS.

M ILLS.

HOES.

 

 

NA ILS.

Common. Bra  and Fencing.

2 

2*4 

MAULS.

MOLASSES GATES.

8d  6d  4d
1H

I  lOd 
$1 25  1 50  1  75  2 00 

lOdto  60d.............................................$ k eg$2  50
8d and 9 d adv...............................................  
25
6d and 7d  adv................................................ 
50
4d and 5d  adv...............................................  
75
3d  advance....................................................   1  ¿0
3d fine  advance........................................... 
3 00
Clinch nails, adv...........................................  1  75
Finishing 
Size—inches  j  3 
Adv. $  keg 
Steel Nails—2 65.
Stebbin’s Pattern  ............................ ........ dis 70
Stebbin’s Genuine............................ ........dis 70
Enterprise,  self-measuring........... ........dis 25
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled........ ........dis 50
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent......................die60&10
Zinc, with brass bottom..............................dis  50
Brass or  Cqjiper...........................................dis  50
Reaper..................................... per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s ............................. 
50&10
PLA N ES.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.................................dis  15
Sciota Bench................................................. dis  25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.......................dis  15
Bench, first quality......................................dis  20
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood__ dis20&10
Fry, Acme............. ................................. dis 50&10
Common, polished................................... dis60&10
lb 6
Dripping.............................................V 
40
Iron and Tinned................................dis 
Copper Rivets and  Burs.................. dls 
60

R IV E T S .

O ILER S.

PA NS.

 

 

BULKLEY, LEMON & HOOPS,ÿpiP^ G Dl^H ARDWARE
W holesale  Grocers.
Daniel Scotten &  Co.’s “HIAWATHA” 

C O M F A X T V ,

Importers  arid.

S o le  A g en ts fo r

These  prices  are  for cash buyers,  who  pay 

Exclusively Wholesale,

promptly and buy in full packages.

AUGERS AND B IT S .

BELLS.

 

Present to the Trade the

OF

Shelf  and  Heavy  Hardware

Era SHOffH IN WESTERN HUMAN.

Our Stock Comprises Everything

HARDWARE  STOCK

Included in a First-Class

Dealers visiting the  City  -are  Cordi­
ally  Invited  to  Call  and  Inspect  our 
Establishment.

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

“A” AVood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 
9

Broken packs %o $  ft extra.

ROPES.

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, 14 In. and  larger..................................   8V4
Manilla.............................................................  15
Steel and Iron.......................................dis 
Try and Bevels...;................................ dis 
Mitre  .....................................................dis 

70
60
20
Com. Smooth.  Com.
$2 80
2 90
3 00
3 10
3 20
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 fts, $   ft............................ 
In smaller quansities, $   ft.....................  
No. 1,  Refined........;................................  
Market  Half-and-half............................ 
Strictly  Half-and-half............................ 

t i n n e r ’s   s o l d e r .

54
6

12 50
15 00 I
16 50

TIN  PLATES.

Cards for Charcoals, $6 75.

rates.

TRAPS.

TIN—LEADED.

10x14, Charcoal................................   5  75
IC, 
10x14,Charcoal................................  7 25
IX, 
12x12, Charcoal.................................  6 25
IC, 
12x12,  Charcoal..............................   7  75
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal................................   5  75
IC, 
14x20,  Charcoal...............................   7 25
IX, 
1XX,  14x20, Charcoal................................  8  75
IXXX, 14x20, Cbarcool................................  10  75
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal............................  12  75
20x28, Charcoal................................  15 50 |
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 76 
Roofing, 14x20,  IC...... ...............................   5  25
Roofing, 14x20,  IX.......................................  6  75
Roofing, 20x28,  IC.......................................   11  00
Roofing,  30x28,  IX .......................................  14  00
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne....................... 5 50
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne.................... 7 00
IC, 20x28, choice  Charcoal Terne................ 11 00
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal  Terne............  14  00
Steel, Game...................................................... 60&10 I
OneidalCommuntity,  Newhouse’s ..........dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. .60&10
Hotchkiss’  .....................................................60&10
S, P. & W.  Mfg.  Co.’s...................................60&10
Mouse,  choker........................................ 18c $  doz
Mouse,  delusion.................................$1 50 $1 doz
Bright Market....................................... dis  67V4  '
Annealed Market................................ dis 
70 |
Coppered Market..................................... dis  6214 I
Extra Bailing............................................  dis  55 I
Tinned  Market..................................................dis 6214
Tinned  Broom..........  .............................. $} ft  09
Tinned Mattress.........................................$  ft  8*4 1
Coppered  Spring  Steel.................dis 40@40&i&
Tinned Spring Steel.................................. dis  50
Plain Fence................................................$  ft 3!4
Barbed  Fence..................................................
Copper............................................... new  list net
Brass.................................................. new  list net
Bright...............................................dis  70&10&10 ;
Screw Eyes.......................................dis  70&10&10
Hook’s ............................................. dis  70&10&10 i
Gate Hooks and  Eyes...................dis  70&10&10 !
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled...............
Coe’s Genuine................   ....................dis 
60
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis  75&10
Coe’s Patent, malleable..................dis 75&10&10 !
50 j
BirdCages................................................... 
Pumps,  Cistern....................................dis  70&10 ;
Screws,  new  list........................................ 
83?$  I
Casters,  Bed  and  Plate.................... dis50&10&10 1
Dampers, American.................................  40&10 \
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods. .60&10&5 
Copper  Bottoms.......................................  
19c ■

MISCELLANEOUS.

WIRE GOODS.

WRENCHES.

WIRE.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Hemlock Bark—The local  tanners  are  offer- i 

ing $5 per cord delivered, cash.

Ginseng—Local  dealers pay  $1.50@1.60  $   ft 

for clean washed roots.

Rubber Boots and Shoes—Local  jobbers  are 
authorized  to  offer  40  and  5 per cent, off on j 
standard goods and 40,10 and 5 per ceut. off on j 
second quality.

COUNTRY  PRODUCE,

Apples—Cholco  winter  fruit  is  in  fair  de­

mand at $1.75® $2.

Beans—Local buyers pay 50c@75c  $   bu.  for 
unpicked  and  hold  ordinary hand-picked  for 
$1.10@ $1.20.

Blitter—Michigan creamery is easy at 28@30. 
Sweet  dairy  is  in  fair demand and firm at 18, 
while old is dull at 5@8e.

Butterine—Creamery packed commands 20c. 
Dairy rolls are held at 14@15c and solid packed 
at 12@14c.

November make are  selling  at 11H@1214.

Cabbages—In fairderaand  at $8@$10 $  100.
Cheese—The  best  grades of  October  and 
Cider—8c  gal. and $1 for bbl.
Celery—25c  $   doz.  bunches  for  Kalamazoo 

or Otsego.

Cranberries—The  Michigan  crop  is  about 
played out.  New Jersey berries arc  slow sale 
at  $2  per  bu.  box,  and  Wisconsin  Bell  and 
Cherry berries are in occasional demand at  $5 
per bbl.

Dried Apples—Quartered and sliced,  3*4@4c. 

Evaporated, C^@8c,according to quality.

Dried Peaches—Pared, 15c.
Eggs—The  warm  weather  has  opened  the 
season in fine style, hen  fruit now being a drug 
on the market.  Dealers are pretty well loaded 
up with fresh stock,  for which they have  paid 
from 12 to 14c.  Jobbers generally are  holding 
them at about 15c.

Honey—Choice new  In comb  is firm  at  14c.
Hbf—Balled is active and firm at $15 per ton 

in twmand five ton lots and $13 in car lots.

Hops—Browers pay 8@10c $   ft.
Lettuce—25c $  ft.
Onions—Home-grown, 75c $  bu. or $2.25  bbl.
Pop Corn—Choice new commands  2Hc  $   ft 

and old 3c $  ft.

Potatoes—The  Southern  market  is weaker, 
in consequence  of  which  dealers  are loth  to 
pay more than 40c for Burbanks, 35c for  Rose, 
with the odds largely in favor of the latter.

Pieplant—8c $  ft.
Poultry—Scarce  and  high.  Fowls  sell  for 
10@10!4c;  chickens,  ll©ll?4c;  ducks,  12c; and 
turkeys, 12c.

Squash—Hubbard, quoted nominally at lc $  

ft. although very little is moving.

Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys, $4  bbl.
Turnips—25c $  bu.

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

Wheat—Higher.  The  city  millers  pay  as 
follows:  Lancaster,  88;  Fulse, 85c;  Clawson, 
85c.

Corn—Jobbing generally at 44@45c  in 100 bu. 

,

lots and 38@40c In carlots.

Oats—White, 38c In small lots  and 33@35c  in 

car lots.

cwt-

Rye—48®50c  bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 
Flour—No change. Fancy Patent, $5.50 $  bbl. 
In  sacks and  $5.75 in  wood.  Straight, $4.60  $  
bbl. in sacks and $4.80 in  wood.

Meal—Bolted, $2.75 $  bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $15  $  ton.  Bran, $15 
$  ton.  Ships, $ 16$  ton.  Middlings, $16 $  ton. 
Corn and Oats, $18  ^ ton.

FRESH  MEATS.

John  Mohrhard  quotes  the  trade  selling 

prices as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides............................A..  5  @  7
Fresh  Beef, hind  quarters............j..;  6¡4®  7K
Dressed  Hogs.........................................514®  51$
Mutton,  carcasses................................. 6  @  6!4
Veal..........................................................   8  @9
Pork  Sausage......................................... 7  ©  7^4
Bologna...................................................  614® 7
Fowls.........................................................10  @1014
Spring Chickens................................. 11  @1114
Ducks  ..................................................... 
©12
Turkeys  ...........................................   ©12

STEAM  LAUNDRY

tö and 45 Kent Street.

STANLEY  N.  ALLEN,  Proprietor.
WE  IMXLV FIRST CLASS  WORK AS»  DSE  SO 

CHEMICALS.

O rd e rs  b y   M a il an d   E x p r e s s   p r o m p tly   a t­

te n d ed   to.

o. w. b l a i n   & co., Produce Conimi
Foreign  a i  Domestic  Frnits; M t a   yegotios, Etc.

-DEALERS  IN-

Wo handle on Commission BERRIES, Etc.  All orders filled at lowest market price.  Corres­
NO.  O  IONIA ST.

pondence solicited.  APPLES  AND  POTATOES  in car lots  Specialties. 

WHOLESALE  DEALER  IN

Butter, Eggs, Pop  Corn,

Green and Dried Fruits,

Write me for prices. 

POP  CORN A   SPEC IALTY.

W .  T. LONG, VICKSBUUC, MICH.

Whisky.  .
Salt.-........
Lime.......
Flour__
Eggs........
'attic__
Hogs.......
Sheep__
Lumber.. 
Barley—
Wheat__
Flax  seec 
Apples...
Corn.......
Potatoes 
Oats  __

TO  ONE FIRST DEALER IN EVERY TOWN.  THIS ADVERTISEMENT, IF CUT 
OUT «AND  SENT  TO  US  WITHIN  THE  NEXT  THIRTY  DAYS,  WITH  AN 
ORDER  FOR  500  OF  “  W ARREN ’S  GRIP ”  CIGARS,  (PRICE  $35  PER M, DE­
LIVERED),  IS  GOOD  FOR  ONE  YEAR’S  SUBSCRIPTION  TO  THIS  PAPER, 
“ THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.”  WE  SELL  THIS  CIGAR  TO  BUT  ONE 
DEALER  IN  A  PLACE.  SO  SECURE  THIS  PAPER  FOR  ONE  YEAR  FREE, 
AND  THE  AGENCY  FOR  THE  BEST-SELLING  5  CENT  CIGAR  ON THE MAR­
KET  BEFORE  YOU  ARE  TOO  LATE.

GEO. T. WARREN & GO., Flint, Mich.

FEBRUARY  1ST,  1886.

__ 60 to 100 bbls
__ 70 to 100 bbls
__ 100 to 150 bbls
__ LUO to 150 bbls
__ 100 to 150 bbls
.... 
16 to 25 h’d
__  
50 to 75 h’d
__   75 to 100 h’d
..«,000 to 14,000ft
__   360 to 400 bu
....  350 to 600 bu 
....  350 to 500 bu
__ 100 to 175 bbls
__   400 to 500 bu
__   400 to 600 bu
....  790 to 900 bu

Q U   A N ’ S

CELEBRATED

ROARTED GORTA RIGA GOFFER
Fancy Mexican, Java & Select Santos Coffees

I3ST  1  llo.  PACKAGES.

A Mixture of

Price,  100 pound Cases,  15 

cents per ponnd.

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60 
36 

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15*1-8
15  1-4 

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500 pounds and over 1-2 cent per  pound  rebate.

W .  J . <a.TT-A-JST  <&, C O .

CHI CAG O,  ILLS.

O IM  SHIELDS  &  CO.
WHOLESALE

And IMPORTERS  OF  TEAS.

Our Stock is complete in all branches.  New, fresh and bought 
We have  specialties  in  TOBACCOS  and  CIGARS  possessed 

at latest declines and for cash.
by no other jobbers in the city.

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

N£o.^l;pin’s Peavey 3?Tu.g.

The P. V. is the Finest Tobacco on the market.

MENDEL  &  BEOS.’  Celebrated  CIGARS,

ALSO  SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

Finer quality and lower prices than any handled 

in the market.

VISITING  BUYERS  ARE  CORDIALLY  INVITED  TO  CALL  AND  EXAM­
INE  OUR  STOCK,  AND  MAIL  ORDERS  WILL  RECEIVE PROMPT AND CARE­
FUL  ATTENTION.

5 and 7 Ionia Street, 

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

E .  E   A  X_i  X_i  -A.  S ,
ta le   &  Coiiission—Butler  I  Eggs  a

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

CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED.

No. 1 Egg- Crates  for Sale.  Stevens’ No. 1 patent fillers used.  50 cents each.

97  and 99 Canal Street, 

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

DEALERS IN

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF CAKE TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USE.

NOS.  132  and  124  LOUIS  STREET.  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

PERKI NS  <&  HESS,
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

APPLES!

E LEONARD & RONS

W e have a large Western order trade for Apples in car lots, as well as a good local 
demand, and also handle both Evaporated and Sun-dried Apples largely. 
If you  have 
any of these goods to ship, or any Potatoes or Beans, let us hear from you, and we will 
keep  you  posted on market price and prospects.  Liberal cash advances made on dried 
fruit, also on apples in car lots.

EARL  BROS., Commission  Merchants,

W ith Gilt Edges and Hand Decorated Centers.  Sold by the Piece or Set.

Increase your trade by ordering a sample package of

J
Fine  Decorated  Porcelain  Ware,
Number
Number
1052.
1052,
Dinner Set, 125 pcs., $30.

157  S.  WATER  ST.,  CHICAGO,  ILL

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Reference—First National Bank.

12 Sauce Plates,
12 luci. Butters,
12 Dessert Plates, 
12 Breakfast Platt 
12 Dinner Plates, 
12 Soup Platèe
English. Decorated  Ware  on  Ivor y   Body.

2 Covered  Dishes, 
2 Casseroles,
2 Pickles.
I  Sauce  Boat,
1 Sauce T ureen,

1  Soup Tureen.
1  Salad or Fruit,
2  Bakers,
2 Covered Butter, 
12 Hand Teas.

1  Dish  9 in.,
1 Dish, 10 in., 
I Dish, 12 in., 
1 Dish, 14 in., 
1  Dish,  16 in.,

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Brown

Labore.

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Dinner Set, 105 pcs, $13.25.

12 Dinner Plates,
12 Breakfast Plate! 
12 Dessert Plates, 
12 Sauce Plates,
12 lnd. Butters,

1  Sauce  Boat, 
L Dish. 10 in., 
1  Covered B utter. 
1  Dish, 12 in., 
1 Dish,  14 in., 
1  Pickle, 
1  P itcher, 
2 Bakers, 8 in., 
1 Covered  Dish, 8 in..  1 Tea Pot, 

1 Sugar,
1 Cream,
1  Bowl,
13  Hand Teas.
2 Cake Plates.

12 Tea Plates,
12 Sauce Plates,

Tea. Set, 56 pcs., $5.40.

12 Cups and Saucers, 
2 Cake Plates, 

1 Tea Pot, 
1 Sugar,

1 Cream,
1 Slop  Bowl.

LIGHT !  LIGHT !

The Demand Continues for the

¡aTTATFER FEKFECTIOXT BURNER,

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PRICES  TO  DEALERS:

No  2  Two Cone  Bufner...........................Per dozen 
............................ 
No! 3  Three  “ 
Plain Chimneys for two  oone.................... 
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$5 04 
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160 

Retails at 60c each.

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20c  "
25o  **

H. LEONARD & SONS, 16 JYIonroe St.

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AGENTS  FOR

Successors to Fox, Insselian & Loveriflp,

The best and most attractive goods on the market.

W holesale  Grocers.
musselman’s corker  plug and rum cigars.
WM. SEARS & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

Send  for  Sample  B utt.  See  Quotations  in  Price-List.

A g en ts  fo r

AMBOY  CHEESE-

37, 39 & 41 Kent  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

GO  TO

FOR

Oranges,  Lemons.

Figs,  Dates,

23TC.

GOOD  FOE  ONE  D0LLAE

WHOLESALE

FULL  LINE  OF  ALL  STAPLE 

PLUGS  KEPT  IN  STOCK.
Sole Agents for Celebrated

&  B.  Boquet,  Spanish  Fly, 
Cantilla,  Rosa  Deora, 

American Club.

76 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Exclusively Wholesale.
HESTER  <&  FOH,
Saw and Grist Mill  Machinery,
Planers,  Matchers,  Moulders  and  all 

M a n u fa c tu re rs’  A g en ts fo r

kinds of Wood-Working Machin­

ery, Saws, Belting and Oils.
M ICHIGAN  AUTOMATIC  IN JE C T O R .

BEST ON THE  MARKET.

D epot fo r  Independence  W ood  S p lit  P u lley . 

I,arg< 
sto ck  k e p t on h an d .  Send  fo r  sam p le  p u lle y   a n d   be 
com e co n v in ced  of th e ir superiority-.  W rite to r  prices 
130 Oakes St., 
-  Grand Rapids, M idi

Capacity of Freight Cars.

BETAIL  GROCERS’ ASSOCIATION 

OF  GRAND  RAPIDS.

ORG A N IZED   NO VEM BER  10,  1885.

President—Erwin J. Herrick.
First Vice-President—E. E. Walker.
Second Vice-President—Jas. A. Coye.
Secretary—Cornelius A. Johnson.
Treasurer—B. S. Harris.
Board of  Directors—Eugene  Richmond,  Wm. 
H. Sigel, A. J. Elliott, Henry A. Hydorn  and 
W. E. Knox.
Finance  Committee—W. E.  Knox.  H.  A.  Hy­
dorn and A. J. Elliott.
Room Committee—A. J. Elliott,  Eugene  Rich­
mond and Wm. H. Sigel.
Arbitration  Committee—James  Farnsworth, 
M. J. Lewis and A. Ra6ch.
Complaint  Committee—J.  George  Lehman, 
Martin C. DeJager and A. G. Wagner.
Annual meetings—Second Tuesday in Novem­
ber. 
m
Regular  meetings—First  and  Third  Tuesday 
Evenings of each month.
Next meeting—Tuesday evening, March 16.

RETAIL  GROCERS.

A  Lively  and  Interesting  Meeting  of  the 

Local Association.

At the regular  semi-monthly  meeting  of 
the Retail Grocers’ Association,  held on the 
2nd,  W.  B.  Hembling,  A.  B. Frost, Smith 
Bros,  and  B.  Linderman  were  elected  to 
membership.

The  Committee  on  Entertainment  was 

given until the next meeting to report.

Walter  R.  Meech  then  read  a  paper on 
“Vegetables by Weight,” which is published 
in full in another part of this  week’s paper. 
The paper  was  accepted  and  laid  on  the 
table for future reference.

H.  A.  Ilydorn  stated  that  he  had  been 
requested by the officers of the Grand River 
Valley Horticultural  Society  to  request the 
Retail  Grocers’  Association  to  appoint  a 
committee of  three to act  in  concert with a 
similar committee from  that  Society to pre­
pare a  memorial  to  the  Common  Council, 
praying for the  establishment of  a  market 
place.  On motion,  the chair  appointed as 
such committee  Messrs.  Coye,  Hydorn and 
Walker.  Mr.  Coye declining, the President 
was substituted in his place.

Jos.  II.  Terrill  said  he  objected  to  the 
term “strictly confidential,” as  used  on the 
delinquent lists.  He thought they ought to 
be treated as publicly as possible and posted 
up in a  conspicuous  place  in  the  store  of 
every member of the Association.  He would 
have the names  printed  in  large type  and 
the attention of  everyone called to  the list.
E.  E.  Walker  expressed  similar  senti­
ments and Jas.  A.  Coye  stated  that lie was 
of the same opinion.  The only objection lie 
could see to the plan was the fact that some 
of the grocers might lack wall room.

E.  A.  Stowe  stated  that  those  who  ex 
pressed themselves in favor  of  making  the 
lists public overlooked one  important  point 
—the  illegality  of  such a  move.  He said 
the courts had held  that  no one has a right 
to publish the  fact  that  another  owes him 
until the creditor has first  thrown the claim 
into  a  judgment.  He alluded to a  forme 
custom  of  publishing  delinquent  lists  in 
The  Tradesm an—a  practice  which  he 
ceased when advised by the best legal talent 
that he was laying himself liable to prosecu­
tion  for damages by  so doing.  Unless the 
Association wished  to figure  in  the role of 
defendant in a law suit, the sheets better be 
regarded as “strictly confidential.”

On  motion,  the chair  appointed  Messrs. 
Walker,  Donaven and  Elliott  a committe 
to ascertain whether the members of the As 
ciation  have  a  legal  right  to  exhibit  the 
sheets to their customers.

President Elliott stated  that the Associa­
tion was giving too much of its  time  to the 
dead-beat  question.  There  are  subjects 
equally as important, which  should  receiv 
attention  and  action.  Foremost  among 
these is a discussion of the subject of selling 
fruits,  vegetables and  eggs  by  weight and 
putting  an  end  to  the sale  of  adulterated 
goods.  The Association ought to put  itself 
on  record on these questions  and take such 
action as would tend to bring it to ^ e  atten­
tion of  the  consuming  public.  Tne  latter 
should be made  to  look  upon the  Associa 
t on as the champion of pure  goods and cor 
rect  weights  and  measures  and  anything 
which would have a tendency tobring about 
friendly feeling on the part of the consumer 
should be  heartily  welcomed.  The  Presi 
dent exhorted those present to “extend their 
thoughts above the  great  subject of  collec 
tions.”

Jas. A.  Coye moved that  it  be  the  sense 
of the meeting that some representative job 
her be invited to address the Association on 
the subject of adulterated goods at the meet 
, mg a month hence.  The motion was adopt­
ed, but an attempt to  throw the  doors open 
to the public  failed.

W. E.  Knox  said  lie  believed  the public 

was  ready to buy eggs by weight, whenev 
the Association  voted to  adopt such a rule.
A. J.  Elliott said lie bought a crate of eggs 

of a  certain  commission  house  last  wee 
which contained very large eggs on one side 
and extremely small ones on the other.

Milo G.  Randall  thought it would be diffl 
cult to get eggs of the fanners, if the weight 
system was adopted.

A. J.  Elliott thought the system could 

put into practice without any trouble, as the 
fanners  would  sell  those  who  bought  ' 
weight the large eggs and those who bought 
by count the small ones.

Jas.  Coye referred to the  large amount 

eggs marketed  in the  vicinity of  Hastings 
and  ventured  the  assertion  that  if  Grand 
Rapids  adopted  the  weight  system  she 
would  get  all  the  large  eggs,  while  the 
small ones would go East 

Treasurer Hams reported  $32.45 cash 

hand, and the meeting adjourned.

