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Some  of  the  Trials  and  Tribulations  of  a 

From  the U. S. Tobacco Jo u rnal.

Broken Down Invalids.

Cigar  Manufacturer.

a t  w h o l e s a l e  o n l y .

Probably never in the history of Cough Med­
icines has any article m et success equal to th a t 
w hich has been showered upon  Dr.  P ete’s  35- 
cent Cough Cure.  T housands o f hopeless eases 
of Coughs, Colds and Consum ption have yield­
ed  to   this  tru ly   m iraculous  discovery.  F or 
th is reason, we reel w arranted  in  risking  our 
reputation and m oney on its  m erits,  bold  by 
the H azeltine & P erkins D rug Co., G fand Rap­
ids, Mich. 
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2  P earl  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  M ich.

GUSTAVE  A.  WOLF,

Attorney,

O v e r  F o urth N ational  Bank.  Telephone  407. 

COLLECTIONS

Prom ptly attended to thro u g h o u t th e State. 

References:  H art & Amber a,  E aton  &  Christen­

son, Enterprise Cigar Co.

A P T O ? •
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T O   T H E   T H A E E .

I met my friend Cohn, the cigar manufac­
turer,  the  other  day,  and  asked  why  he 
looked  so  downcast.  He  replied  that  he 
was looking  for a grave. 
I sought to draw 
him  out  regarding 
trouble  which 
the 
brought on  such  a  depressed  condition of 
mind,  whereupon he  unbosomed himself as 
follows:

“I used  to  run  a  cigar  factory—think  I 
ran it twenty  years—the  Knights of  Labor 
un it now.  About  a  month  ago  I made a 
contract with Brown,  the  Nashville jobber, 
for a  quarter  of  a  million of  cigars.  He 
casually  remarked  that  he  would  like  to 
have them  with  the  white  label.  Well,  I 
knew very  little  about a white  or a yellow 
label,  and if he  had  said  he wanted one in 
navy blue or paris green I would have prom­
ised him the  same also.  Why not?  Later 
on I found  out  that  the  white label could 
only be  obtained  from  what  they  call the 
Knights of Labor,  and so, believing anyway 
that workmen  were  entitled to have a club 
or so,  the same as bosses,  you  know—play­
ing poker now and then, you know—I made 
my  shop  a  Knight  of  Labor  shop.  The 
next day some men  came to me in my office 
and said  that  they  were a committee from 
the Knights of  Labor. 
I said:  T am glad 
to see you.’  Well,  they said they were just 
as glad,  and even more  glad, to see me, be­
cause I showed myself a friend to the work­
ingman.  They then  said they were a com 
mittee,  and  had  investigated  the  prices I 
was paying to  the  cigarmakers,  and found 
that  I  ought  to  pay  for  the  cigars I had 
been  paying  seven  dollars a thousand for, 
nine  dollars  instead.  Well,  I told  them I 
was glad to  see  them,  of course,  but I had 
taken a contract  for  a  quarter of a million 
of cigars,  calculating on wages at seven dol- 
ars a thousand;  but  now  that they wanted 
nine dollars I would be losing money.  Well, 
they said they were glad to see me,  but,  if I 
wanted the white label, I would have to pay 
the nine dollars or do without the label.  To 
make a long  story  short,  I gave them nine 
dollars,  and went into my private office, and 
looked  in  the  glass  and  said  to  myself 
‘What a damned fool I was!’

Herr Cohn  paused  for a few  minutes in 
silence,  during  which  he  unloosened  his 
necktie,  permitting a  volley  of sighs to es­
cape with increased rapidity and force.

the Knights  of  Labor;  and  then  we want 
you to  give  us  chairs  a  great  deal softer 
than we had  them  before,  and if you don’t 
pay us a dollar  more a week we must stop, 
and the white label will never get  into your 
shop.”

What  do  you  think  I did?  I sent  up a 
lot of rocking  chairs,  my stripper foreman 
wears a muzzle,  and  the  girls  get a dollar 
a week  more.  But  that  isn’t  all.  Down 
comes Mike, a little shaver of 14.  He strips, 
too.  He says:

“Mister  Cohn,  Oi am a committee of the 
stripper  bhoys;  we  all  belong  to  them 
Knoights of Labor.  Yer told me to schtripp 
Havana fillers,  and  de schtuff yer gave me 
is seed.  Anny  feller  kin  see dat. 
It’s no 
use,  Mr.  Cohn,  for  yer  to be decaivin’ us 
Knoights.  Ef  yer  want  me  to  keep  on 
strhippin’ de  schtuff  ye must  be payin’ me 
a dollar  extra  a  week;  if  yer  don’t,  dem 
white labels  wouldn’t  be  Ilyin’ around this 
here shebang in a hurry.”

What do you think I did?  I paid him an 
extra  dollar  and  promised  to  give  him a 
partnership in the business before the monti 
was out.  Well,  in  the  mean  time  I  hat 
been  packing  up  cigars,  ready  to ship to 
I sent to  the Knights 
Brown in Nashville. 
of Labor for the white labels. 
I sent a doz 
en times.  Every time they had another ex­
cuse.  They were not  ready with the inves 
tigation;  they  wanted  me  to sign this and 
that;  they wanted  mo  to  do this and that, 
and I did  this  and  tiiat,  till  at  last  the 
promised to give  them to  me this morning 
I had the whole 250,000 cigars  ready.  The 
pasters were waiting for the labels to come; 
the cartmen were  waiting  to  load them on 
their carts.  Then the committee came,  and 
instead of giving me the labels they told me 
that they  understood  these  cigars  were to 
go to Brown,  in Nashville.  But Brown had 
just discharged a Knight of Labor, had been 
boycotted  by  the  Knights  of  Labor,  and 
hence I  could  not  get  the  labels  for  the 
oods to be shipped to Brown!
As  he closed his  narrative,  the poor man 
fell to the floor.  Restoratives were applied, 
but to no effect.  The  coroner’s  jury heart 
my evidence and promptly brought in a ver­
dict to the effect that the  “deceased came to 
his death by a too liberal dose of  the Union 
Label.”  We buried  the  victim  in a sunny 
spot in the cemetery and reared a monument 
over  his  remains  bearing  the  inscription, 
Killed by the Union Label.”

Points for Retailers.

Keep  your goods  displayed  attractively; 
latest 

Worry  is  a  slow  poison. 

It  never  did 
anyone aught  but  harm,  even  when taken 
in homoeopathic dose.

Some  lies are made  out  of  whole  cloth. 
The cloth is made out of wool that is pulled 
over people’s eyes

What  is  ease?”  asks  a  philosopher. 
Ease is a thousand-dollar salary and  a hun- 
dred-dollar  job.

Pay  your  clerks  living  salaries;  do  not 
seek  to  work  the  life out of them because 
they are dependent  on  you  for  their  daily 
bread.

your  windows  should  contain  the 
oods and novelties.
Differ as much as  you  please  in  politics 
and religion, but when  it  comes  to matters 
pertaining  to  your  interests  and  the pros­
perity  of  your  town  unite  and  pull  to­
gether.

“Well,  the next  day  after  I got to work 
under  the  nine-dollar  International  treaty 
with the Knights,  another  committee came 
to see me. 
‘What  do  you want?’  I asked 
‘We want,’  they said,  ‘we want you to dis­
charge  Bimmel,  a cigarmaker  working  up 
stairs.  He  belongs to a certain  union,  and 
the  Knights  of  Labor  don’t  work  in any 
shop where members of that  union are  em­
ployed.’  What do you  think I did?  I told 
Bimmel to bimmel  himself out of the shop.
oor  Bimmel!  He  had  worked  for  me 
some  twenty  years.  Then  the  committee 
said that there  were  other  men  around up 
stairs who were  not  Knights,  and,  in order 
investigate,  all  work  should  be stopped 
for two  days.  What  do  you  think I did?
stopped work  for  two days.  Then when 
all went along smoothly again, another com­
mittee came  to  see  me.  They  said that I 
as using a kind  of  wrapper  that was en­
tirely against the by-laws of  the Knights of 
abor,  and if I did  not  pay an extra dollar 
per thousand,  all  hands  would  quit work.
At the commencement  of  the  year make
What do’you think I did?  I paid  the extra  up your U1}mi just how extensively you will
dollar aud took a Russian bath to sweat out 
advertise,  and  use that amount judiciously, 
of me  a  suicidal  thought.  Then  all  was 
for  there  is  as  much  in  advertising as in 
quiet  for a few  days.  Another  committee 
buying goods.
appeared.  This  time  it  was  a committee 
To air theological  or  political opinions in 
from the packers;  they were all  Knights of
presence of  customers is  to run  the risk of
jabor.  They requested me not to take any | losing ^eir good will and trade and gaining
more  boxes  from  my  regular  box-maker. 
nothing.  Business  and  theology,  or  poli­
Why?  Because that  box-maker bought his I 
tics,  never mix well.  Each occupy separate 
cedar wood from  an  importer  whose uncle j 
spheres.
employed  non-union  people  somewhere 
down in Mexico  or  elsewhere,  and if I did | man,
not give up the box-maker or make the box- j 
maker  make  the  importer  denounce  his 
uncle by getting  his  cedar  from somebody 
else,  they were bound to leave the shop, and 
f they did,  the white label could not be had 
from the Knights of  Labor.  What  do you 
think  I  did?  I  took  another  box-maker; 
but as I did not do so  right  away,  but used 
up about  a  day  to  hunt  up  another  box- 
maker,  the  packers  demanded  25  cents a 
thousand  extra  pay  in  future.  What  do 
you think I did?  I  paid  the extra 25 cents 
Good houses always appreciate good men, 
and had a tooth pulled.  Not that  the tooth 
and good men  do  not change  positions un­
was had or hurt me;  no;  but I had to inflict 
less for exceptional  reasons.  Long  service 
some sort of punishment on myself for hav-
on the road for  the  same  house is  the best
ing been such a damned  fool for ever going  proof 0f adaptibility and the most  practical
into that white label business.  A few days 
recommendation.  Such  need  never  com­
after that I was  sitting  in  my  office when 
plain of salary; they can command it.
down  came  two  stripper  girls;  Lizzie and 
Maggie they are called.

The final end of business is accumulation, 
which is the best  proof of one’s adaption to 
his  calling. 
It  represents  industry,  econ­
omy,  sound judgment,  character,  social  and 
will-power.  All these  must  work harmon­
iously to attain the end  in view—accumula­
tion.

It  puts a  good  deal  of  backbone  into a 
if he feels that  every merchant  along
street,  in  every case  where he can con- 
sistently do  so,  will  refuse  credit  to good 
men. 
It  puts  the  competition on a  better 
basis and leads to better results.

“Good morning,  Herr Cohn.”
“Good  morning  Lizzie  and  Maggie,”  I 
said;  and I said it quite nicely,  too. 
I felt, 
you  know,  that  something  was  coming 
Well, said  Lizzie:

Away down deep in every human heart is 
something that  makes one  long at times to 
trample the cares  of  earth  under  foot  and 
pillow the head on the clouds, but an oppor­
tunity to make a dollar  with  apparent ease 
will bring the  average  man  back  to  earth 
with a suddenness  that  nothing else in life 
can eclipse.

“Mister Cohn,” said she, “Mister Cohn,we 
are Knights of Labor—we got into that con 
Leslie  is  trying  to  organize  a creamery
dition  last  night at a meeting,  and,  Mister
Cohn,  we  have  been  made  a committee to I association  and  lias  the  promise  of  1,000 
inform you  that  if  your  stripper  foreman  cows  as  a  starter.  Most  of  the  stock  is 
don’t  stop  hollering

work  up,  girls,’  we I already taken

NO. 133.

Morality of the Traveling Fraternity. 

Correspondence New Y ork Tribune.

“I hope  you  will  excuse  my  criticising 
our remarks  as to commercial  travelers in 
our editorial  article  on  “Traveling Sales­
men,” especially after the many complimen­
tary expressions  in it  about  the  fraternity. 
The  very practical  and  sensible  views ex­
pressed  as  to  the  license  system  in  some 
parts of the country will be read with pleas­
ure by  every traveling  man,  but  as  to  the 
supposed  immorality  of  their  conduct  in 
other  respects and its  being at all  peculiar 
or incident to their occupation,  I think they 
will feel  like protesting  against  it.  After 
some thirteen years’ experience on the road,
I will state as a  fact  coming  under my ob­
servation that no traveling  man whose hab­
its and morals are bad can  continue for any 
length  of  time  in  that  occupation.  The 
“drummer’s” time is too valuable to himself 
and his employers to he  spent  in  the  pur­
suit of vice.  Perhaps he  is to a certain ex­
tent responsible  for  the  prevalence of  the 
idea because of a looseness of  talk which is 
unfortunately taken too  seriously by listen­
ers and not recognized as more in the nature 
of persiflage  than  of  matter-of-fact.  New 
men on the road very often  talk  too  much, 
but  everything  they say is not to  be taken 
literally any more  than  the  usual  extrava­
gance  of  our  American  humorists  is  so 
taken.

“Besides  this  view  of 

it  I  would  call 
your  attention  to  the  fact  that there  are 
many men who are  reported  in the press as 
getting into  scrapes  and who are classed as- 
commercial travelers, who,  if  their  charac­
ters were investigated,  would  turn out to be 
simply frauds traveling under  false  colors. 
I have been  approached  by  bunco steerers, 
gamblers  and  confidence  men  who  have 
tried to palm themselves off as  “drummers” 
upon me unsuccessfully,  but  who might de­
ceive others  who  are  not  members  of  the 
craft like myself and who could  not deceive 
business  men  after  five  minutes conversa­
tion.”

A Grocer’s  Accomplishments.

Dr.  Sehliemann, who has achieved reputa­
tion as a discover  of  relics  of  the Homeric 
age,  was recently dined by the London Gro­
cers’ Company,  and made a speech, in which 
he said:

“I  feel  an  infinite  pleasure  in  thinking 
that I am myself  a grocer,  and  in praising 
here the grocers’  business,  I  praise  a trade 
which I have followed up with  unremitting 
zeal for a period  of  twenty-eight  years. 
I 
was hardly twelve  years of age  when I be­
came a grocer’s apprentice  in  a small coun­
try shop in Mecklenburg, where, during five 
years and a half,  I  was  engaged  hi  selling 
herrings,  butter,  salt,  whisky,  sugar  and 
coffee,  by  the  half-pennyworths,  and  my 
master thought it a very  lucky chance if we 
sold two pounds sterling worth of  groceries 
in  one day.

“I was raisdd from  that  honorable situa­
tion and became porter to the wholesale gro­
cer,  F.  C.  Quinn,  of  Amsterdam. 
In that 
new  capacity  I  succeeded  in 
two  years 
in  making  up  for  my  sadly  neglected 
education,  and  became  correspondent  and 
bookkeeper with the  wholesale grocers,  B. 
II.  Schroder  &  Co.,  of  Amsterdam,  who, 
after an interval  of  two  years, sent me out 
to St.  Petersburg,  as their agent to sell gro­
ceries on commission.

“A year later I established  myself in the 
same city as a wholesale  grocer  on my own 
account,  and  have  conducted  there  an  ex­
tensive trade for  eighteen  and a half years.
“But  my  business  has  never  prevented 
me from continuing my  studies,  and  when 
in  April,  1804,  I  thought  I  had  money 
enough to retire  from  commercial pursuits, 
I found  myself  in  possession  of  sufficient 
theoretical knowledge to devote the remain­
der of my life to Homeric archieology.

“The  habit  1  had  acquired  in  my  long 
career as grocer  not  to  do  anything super­
ficially, but  to  proceed  in  everything with 
tact,  system and  perseverance,  has  been of 
immense advantage to me in  my arelueolog- 
ical explorations, and  1 feel bold to say that 
hail I not been a grocer,  I could  never have 
succeeded in  discovering  Troy,  or  the five 
royal sepulchers of  Mycense.

Valuable Suggestions.

Retailers should  insist upon a regular set­
tlement of accounts.  Dilatory and doubtful 
patrons  are  not  worth  cultivating.  The 
ledger should be inspected  daily and collec­
tions promptly made.  Keep  a close  watch 
on  delinquents.  Some  worthy  people  are 
slow to settle a bill,  but  there is no  excuse 
for not pushing for a settlement.  The rules 
of a  store soon come  to be  understood in a 
community. 
If they are  rigidly carried out 
customers will respect  them,  and if at  first 
they are inclined  to shirk  their observance* 
they  will  eventually regard  them,  provided 
they are  persistently enforced.  Then,  too, 
the business  character  and  method  of  the 
retailer are known to his patrons.  He is an 
example for his customers. 
If he is irregu­
lar in his methods* they  become  indifferent 
about their accounts  and  obligations.  The 
abuse of  the credit system is what causes it 
to be called  a curse.  A  man  who  cannot 
succeed with credit  is  not  likely to make a 
success with  the cash  plan.  Men  succeed 
and fail under  both  systems,  and  the  con­
clusion is,  the fault lies with the man.

A JO U R N A L DEVOTED TO TH E

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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

WEDNESDAY,  APRIL  7,  1886.
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange.
Organized at Grand Rapids October 8,1884.

President—L ester J . Rindge.
V ice-President—Chas.  H. Leonard.
T reasu rer—Geo. IS.  D unton.
A nnual M eeting—Second  W ednesday evening 
R egular  M eetings—Second  W ednesday  even­

o f October.
ing of each m onth.

Traverse City Business  Men’s Association.

President,  F rank  H am ilton;  Secretary,  C.  T. 

Lockwood;  T reasurer, J. T. Beadle.

B usiness  Men’s  Protective  Union 

Cheboygan.

President,  A.  M.  W esgate;  Vice-President, 

H. Cham bers;  Secretary, A. J. Paddock.
Luther Protective Association.

P resident, W. B. Pool:  V ice-President, R. M 
Sm ith;  Secretary. J as.  M.  V erity;  Treasurer, 
Geo. Osborne.
Ionia  Business  Men’s  Protective  A s­

sociation.

P resident, Wm.  E.  Kelsey:  V ice-President 

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

Ovid Business Men’s  Association.
P resident, C.  H.  H unter:  Secretary,  L ester 

Copley.

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

THE  GREAT  STRIKE.

The strike of the Knights of Labor on the 
railroads of the Southwest has  ended  more 
happily  than  it began.  There is a general 
disposition of the public to sympathize with 
the demands of labor upon the great,corpora­
tions for better remuneration and more  fav­
orable conditions of  work. 
In  the  face  of 
the proof that some  corporations  are  never 
more inconsiderate  than  in  their  dealings 
with  their  men,  there  is  a  break  down 
of  tlie  old  prejudice  against  united  ac­
tion  on  the  part  of  the  men.  We  hear 
far  fewer  homilies  from  the  newspapers 
on 
that  combination 
cannot  affect  the  rate  of  wages,  and that 
combined action by  the  workingmen  is  an 
invasion  of  the  rights  of  capital or of so­
ciety!  In a word,  the  social  sanity  is  in­
creasing in this matter.

the  great 

truths 

It is,  therefore,  the more unfortunate that 
just at this turn of affairs a strike  like  this 
has  occurred.  While  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
does  not  question  the  moral  right  Of  the 
workingmen to refuse to work for employers 
who  discharge  men  for  belonging  to  the 
union,  it most emphatically denies the moral 
right of the trade unionists to refuse to work 
with those who are not in the  union.  And 
when the workmen on every line of  railroad 
running into St.  Louis cease to work because 
one unionist is dismissed  for another reason 
than  his  membership  in  the  union,  this 
seems as wanton and tyranical  an  exercise 
of power as any that a  corporation  is capa­
ble of.

The  national  organization  whose  mem­
bers struck in this case had  given no assent 
to the strike.  From first to last the nation­
al executive of the Knights  of  Labor  char­
acterized the strike as  hasty and  unreason­
able.  As we  have  known for  years  past, 
Mr.  Powder]y,  the Master Workman of the 
order,  regards  strikes  with  disfavor.  He 
threw himself into the  organization and ex­
tension of the order with the  hope  of creat­
ing an organ of labor opinion,  which should 
supersede the old trades  unions,  and  make 
strikes with their concomitant  disturbances 
impossible and needless.  He has the strong­
est faith in  the  power  first  of  arbitration 
and then of peaceful  pressure to secure  all 
that the  workingman  has  a  right  to ask. 
And  his  labors  in  this  case  to  bring  the 
strike  to  an end  have been  successful,  be­
cause his  attitude  brought  to  his  support 
the public opinion of the country.

Why did he  fail to  prevent the strike,  or 
to  prevent  its  continuance  for  so  many 
weeks?  The explanation seems to be found 
in defects in the  structure  of  the organiza­
It has 
tion. 
It has been built up in liaste. 
accepted  great  bodies  of  people 
into  its 
membership,  without  securing  any  proper 
attention to the orders of the central author­
ity.  By  multitudes  it  has  been  accepted 
simply as a national  trades’ union of all the 
trades instead of one,  and  as possessing no 
other weapon than trades unions  possessed. 
Its future  history is  not  doubtful.  Either 
it  will  consolidate  its  authority  so  as  to 
make the  orders  of  the  central  authority 
obeyed or it will go to pieces.

Of the two  chief  difficulties  encountered 
by the order the first  is  that it  cannot bind 
its membership by any oath or pledge of ab­
solute obedience.  The instant it  does  that 
it closes its ranks to all  conscientious Cath­
olics, and  without  them it can  accomplish ¡ 
nothing.  The Catholic church  casts out of 
its communion  all  who bind  themselves by 
oath or pledge to surrender their consciences 
into the hands of the heads  of  a  voluntary 
association.  With that  bond  of  unity the 
order  must  dispense.  The  second  is  the 
want of homogeneity in the working classes 
themselves.  America  is  a  big  place,  and 
the  laboring  people  like  every  other  have 
local character.  These railroad men of  the 
Southwest  evidently  are  of a  temper very 
different from those of the North and West. 
The same differences sunder the  laborers of 
the  Pacific  from  the  Atlantic  coast.  To 
bind men of such different  ideals and inter­
ests  into a great  national  labor  league is a

task  apparently  beyond  human  power. 
Nevertheless,  Mr.  Powderly  has conducted 
to a settlement this very  awkward  and em­
barrassed controversy,  and as the  result en­
courages  the  hope  that  future  differences 
may prove equally adjustable|it also tends of 
course,  to a  greater  degree  of unity among 
the  working  people,  who  thus  bceome ac­
customed to expect  a  peaceful  and  orderly 
solution.

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

IN  THE  CITY.

The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision 
Co.  is out with a new one-horse  rig for city 
work.

Benj.  F.  Emery,  dealer in fish and canned 
goods at 37 Canal street,  will  add a  line of 
groceries.

F.  F.  Allen  general  dealer  at  Hartford, 
has  added  a  line  of  groceries.  Amos  S. 
Musselman & Co.  furnished the stock.

Hull Freeman and Wm. Jones have fann­
ed a copartnership at  Mancelona  under the 
finn name of Freeman & Jones and engaged 
in  general  trade  at  the furnace.  Bulkley, 
Lemons  &  Hoops  furnished  the  grocery 
stock.

“In a business experience of thirty years, 
1 have never seen tallow  as  low  as  it is at 
present,” said Wm.  T.  Hess,  the other day. 
“ 1 attribute the  low  price  to  the  fact that 
cotton seed oil has entirely superceded it for 
many uses.”

N.  Strahan has leased the new tliree-story 
buildiug recently erected by J. W.  Converse 
on South  Front street,  opposite Pearl street 
bridge,  and  will put in a line  of  machinery 
suited to the manufacture of fine parlor fur­
niture.  Hester & Fox furnished the motive 
power  in  the  shape  of  a  25  horse-power 
Atlas engine.

The Valley City Manufacturing  Co.,  hav­
ing effected a settlement  with  all  its credi­
tors on the basis of 35 percent., has secured 
an agreement from each  stockholder to pay 
in 5 per cent,  on  the  amount of  stock  held 
by him,  which,  it  is  thought, .will  give the 
management  sufficient  working  capital  to 
carry on the business  successfully.

L.  V.  Moulton is at work on a new engine 
which he expects  will  meet  with  a cordial 
reception  at  the  hands of  machinists. 
It 
will use  kerosene  as  fuel,  will  be  built on 
botli horizontal and  rotary plans,  and  be so 
constructed as to  utilize  heat  and exhaust, 
as well as steam.  Mr.  Moulton  is  now  at 
work on patterns for the engine, and a com­
plete machine will  probably be put in oper­
ation within the next three months.

The Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.  lias 
attached the  Hunter  drug  stock,  at Lake- 
view,  for a claim owing the  concern at  the 
time of  the J.  E.  Hunter  failure,  on South 
Division street,  several months  ago.  J.  E. 
claims  that  the  stock  is  owned  jointly by 
him and  a  brother,  W.  C.  Hunter,  while a 
third brother has attached the  stock for rent 
and begun a damage suit against J. E.  Hun­
ter, claiming that the latter  has  injured the 
former’s  reputation  by  making  the  name 
Hunter odious in Lakeview.

a r o u n d   t h e   s t a t e .

J.  N.  Galbraith,  general  dealer  at  Ama- 

dore,  has sold out.

John  Ball,  general dealer  at  Fremont,  is 

removing to Kalamazoo.

H.  Kretscli  succeeds  A.  Himmelhock  in 

the dry goods business at Caro.

C.  C.  Duff  succeeds  Duff  &  Banister  in 

the grocery business at Owosso.

M.  M.  Hodge  is  erecting  an  addition to 

his grocery store at Middleville.

Daniel Irish  succeeds  Devine & Irish  in 

the hardware business at Dexter.

Falls & Traax,  grocers  at  Spring  Lake, 

have dissolved, each continuing.

Eugene Shook succeeds  Law & Shook in 

the grocery business at  Mt.  Clemens.

W.  H.  Wood & Co.  succeed Miller, Wood 

& Co.  in the crockery business at Detroit.

Jacob De Spelder  succeeds De Spelder  & 
Balkema in general  trade at  Grand Haven.
Johnson  &  Foote,  general  dealers  at 
Stockbridge,  have  dissolved,  each  continu­
ing.

M.  M.  Ilodge  succeeds  Maggie  Wood  in 
the grocery and bakery  business at Middle­
ville.
*  A.  Ryerson & Co.  succeed  John  W.  Sey­
mour & Son  in  the  hardware  business  at 
Ionia.

Wm.  Rebeck succeeds  Rebeck & Hack in 
the grocery and saloon business at East Sag­
inaw.

Shipman & Kinne succeeds Shipman Bros, 
in the gents’  furnishing  goods  business  at 
Jackson.

D.  M.  Cooley succeeds  W.  II.  Randall in 
the  grocery  and  confectionery  business  at 
Paw Paw.

David Williams  will  move  his  boot and 
shoe and harness  business from  Woodland 
to Bonanza.

J.  Colestock has  closed  out  his  harness 
business  at  Woodland,  and  will  move  to 
Eaton Rapids.
»  T. J. Jennings  has  sold  his  bakery,  at 
Cadillac,  to  A.  Rathman,  formerly of Cad­
illac,  but  for  the  past  year  a  resident of 
Owosso.

McLeod & Sawyer,  hardware and agricul­
tural  implement dealer at  Schoolcraft,  have 
sold their stock of agricultural implements to { 
Pursel Bros.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

The Iosco Lumber Co.,  at East Ta was,  is 

about selling out.

emery wheels.

Hester & Fox have  put in  a  full  line of 

Lenawee County Dairy Notes.

The larger factories are getting from 2,000 

to 3,000 pounds of milk daily.

B.  E.  Peeples  started  March  15  and has 

already made several consignments.

Rufus  Baker,  who  started  his  “Home” 
factory about March 1, is selling new cheese.
Orders  are coining in to the factorymen at 
a lively rate.  Dealers say all the old cheese 
was closed out some time ago.

Pratt  &  Green,  of  South  Fairfield,  are 
putting up a new cheese factory, which will 
be in running order in a few days.
MOULTON & REMPIS,
SETTEES, ROOF CRESTING

M anufacturers  of

C.  B.  Chatfield succeeds Gates & Chatfield 

in the grist mill business at Bay City.

W.  Fox & Son will build a  saw and plan­
ing mill  at  Middleville  at  a  cost  of  about 
$7,000.

Springstead  &  Co.  succeed  P.  B.  Nar- 
more in the planing  mill  and  lumber busi­
ness  at Lansing.

P. J.  Richter,  of Bay City,  has invented a 
buggy spring,  and a company  with  $20,000 
capital stock has been organized to push the 
invention.

The Grand Haven Lumber Co.,  of  Grand 
Haven, lias started  its  three mills,  running 
10 hours  a day,  and paying the same wages 
paid last year for 11 hours.

A. J.  Harrington  &  Sons,  of  St.  Louis, 
will move  the  machinery  of  tiieir  planing | 
mill to  Montague.  They  are to  receive as 
an  inducement a cash  bonus  and a  $0,000 j 
mill property at one-tliird its value.

O.  S.  Richmond,  who  has  been manufac­
turing pumps for years near Richmond,  has ! 
patented a spring-tooth leveling and pulver- j 
izing hareow,  and  has  received  offers from j 
Port Huron and St.  Clair caiptalists looking j 
toward  its  manufacture  on  an  extensive 
scale.

STRAY  FACTS.

A.  II.  Brown,  meat  dealer  at  Jackson, 

has  assigned.

J.  B.  Hire succeeds  Hire  &  Webb in the 

meat business at Ovid.

Minden  City is  to  have  a  salt  block,  a 

creamery and a new brick hotel.

Ayers & Stewart,  meat dealers  at  Coral, 

have dissolved,  Stewart retiring.

Henry Lapworth succeeds Meyer & Guider 
in the  furniture  and  undertaking  business 
at Saginaw.

Rumor has  it  that  the  Calumet & Ilecla 
Mining  Co.  will  establish  three  stores in 
the  vicinity  of  their- works  and  will  sell 
goods to employes at actual cost.
A Disgusted Drummer.

From  the Brooklyn Union.

A tall young man in  jumper and overalls 
stood in the engine room of one of the larg­
est factories of this city the other  morning. 
He was the assistant engineer, and his chief 
was out.  A  brisk  little  drummer  in  full 
dude  vestments  opened  the  door  and  ap­
proached.  “Are you the engineer?”  “Yes.” 
“You smoke?”  “Yes.”  “Have  a  cigar?” 
“Certainly.”  “Use  a  great  deal  of oil,  I 
suppose?”  “Yes.”  “Every drink?”  “Yes,” 
“Got a few minutes to spare?”  “Certainly.” 
“Come across the  street  with  me?”  “All 
right; Johnny,  mind  that  crank  and  look 
after  the  engine.”  They  went across  tlfe 
road  and  when  they  returned  the  young 
man in the jumper and overalls had the con­
tents  of a small  bottle of  wine  under  his 
belt,  and  his  pocket  was  full  of  choice 
cigars.  “I would  like to  introduce  my oil 
here.” 
“Here  are  some  sam­
ples.”  “Yes.”  “How do  you like them?” 
“Well, the chief engineer has come in; there 
he is.  You had  better  talk with him.”  A 
look of wild surprise, rage and scorn played 
on that  drummer’s  face  one  instant—then 
he turned  sadly  away  and  approached the 
person indicated.  The wily assistant wink­
ed at his chief,  grinned like a fiend  and ex­
posed the cigars to view.  “Don’t want any 
oil; got in four barrels yesterday.  Well sat­
isfied with the brand I’m using.  Good day.” 
But the  drummer  answered  not.  He  was 
gone.

“Yes.” 

The  Grocery  Market.

Business is good,  but  collections  are  not 
as free  as  could  be  wished,  owing  to  the 
condition of the roads, which tends to reduce 
mercantile  transactions  to  the  minimum. 
Confectioners A is off  a  sixpence,  but with 
this exception the sugar market has sustain­
ed no change during the week.  The  stead­
iness of the general market is something re­
markable.

The  cracker  manufacturers  announce  a 
decline of % cent on crackers,  but  make no 
change on sweet goods. 

Oranges are a  little  higher.  Lemons are 
firm at last week’s priees.  Bananas remain 
in short supply.  Nuts are steady at former 
prices.

•

Miscellaneous  Dairy Notes.

Potter & Harris will start up their  Maple 

River creamery,  at Ovid,  on April 12.

The meeting at South  Lyon in  the  inter­
ests of a creamery was a dismal  failure,  but 
few attending.

Morenci  Observer:  Peleg  Lee’s  cheese 
factory will begin the season’s  manufactur­
ing next week at the rate of  $1.25 per hun­
dred.  All patrons  are  now obliged to sign 
a contract agreeing neither to water nor skim 
their milk.  Any violation of  tills  contract 
will be punishable by a fine of  $25 or more, 
and in extreme cases to  expulsion  from the 
factory association.

Purely Personal.

M.  W.  Fisher  has  taken  the  position  of : 

billing clerk for Spring & Company.

Samuel M.  Lemon claims that he can cure I 
asthma  or  hay  fever,  even  in  their  mostj 
severe  form,  and  substantiates  his  claims j 
by the testimonials of  several  persons who j 
have obtained complete  relief  by the use of 
his  remedies.

The Gripsack Brigade.

Frank E.  Chase is achieving  considerable 
notoriety  through  his  success  in  treating 
tape worms.  His treatment  is rational and 
never fails to  accomplish  the  complete ex­
pulsion of the animal.

Hides, Pelts and Furs.

Hides are flat.  Pelts are quiet.  Furs are 
firm.  Wool is lower.  Tallow is much low­
er and dull.

A n d  J o b b e rs  in  G ray   I ro n   C a stin g s.

W HITE  KOK  PR ICE-LIST.

51 and 56 North Front Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

L. S. Hill & Co,

Fishing Tackle

A  Specialty at

Wholesale and Retail.

Dealers are  invited  to  send  for  our 
new Illustrated Catalogue for the trade 
only.

Don’t purchase your Spring Stock of 
Tackle  until  you  have  received  our 
prices, as we have m any new  and desir­
able goods, w ith  prices  guaranteed  as 
low  as the lowest, on Rods, R eels, Lines 
and Leaders, Snelled H ooks and H ooks 
of  every  variety,  all  sizes  of  French 
Trout Baskets w ith capacity 6 to 25 lbs., 
new   Cane  Poles,  Artificial  Baits, etc., 
and a general  line  of  Sporting  Goods.

Li. S . I2XX.X*  <&  CO.

21  P e a r l  S t r e e t ,  G r a n d   R a p id s ,  M ic ii.

GRAND  RAPIDS

GRA1H ID  SEED CO.

SEED  MERCHANTS,

...........60 a  bu

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prices fo r to-day:
Clover, P rim e ......................
“  No. 2......................
“  M ammoth  Prim e
“  W h ite ..................... 20c $  lb
“  A lsy b e ................. ,20c  “ 
“  Al faifa or Lucerne20c  •* 
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Office and  Warehouse:  71  CANAL ST.
Grand  Rapid s, A pril 6,1886. 
Dear  Sir s—Below  wo  hand  you  jobbing 
6  50
6 25
7  00
9  00
9  00
9  00
Tim othy, P rim e................. .............  45 *¡8 bu 2  10
F air to Good.......
2  00
Bed T op............................... ..............14 lb bu
1  00
B lueG rass............................
2  50
O rchard G rass.....................
2  50
H ungarian  ........................................48 lb bu
90
Millet, com m on...................
90
“  G e rm a n ...................
1  00
B u ck w h eat.......................... .............. 
1  00
Peas, W hite F ield...............................60 lb bu
1  25
Rye, W inter.........................................56 tbliu
W heat,  S pring....................................60 lb bu
$  cw t
Barley, 
rh ite............................32 lb bu
Oats, choice
lye
Corn, E arly 8  Bowed  Y ankee.......56 D) bu
Im proved Learning Dent 
‘  Leant i 
Onion Sets,  Bed o r  Yellow
i, Bed <
W hite  ............
Whit
Onion  Tops.  Eve
Priees oil  Bape, C anary and  all  other  seeds
on application.
The above prices  are  free  on  board  cars in 
lots of live o r m ore bags a t a tim e.  Cartage on 
sm aller quantities.
We carry the largest line of G arden Seeds  in 
Bulk of any house in th e S tate w est of D etroit, 
and would  be  pleased  a t  any  tim e  to quote 
you prices,
All Field  Seeds  are  spot - Cash on receipt of 
goods.

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f . T. LAMOREAUX,  Ait.

orgreen

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POWDER

This Baking Pow der  m akes  th e  WHITEST, 
LIGHTEST  and  m ost  HEALTHFUL  Biscuits, 
Cakes, Bread, etc.  TRY  IT   and be convinced. 
P repared only by the
Arctic Manufacturing Co.,  ,

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

There will  be  six  different  mills  run at 

Pinconning the coming season.

Make your own baking powder. 

I vertisement in another column.

See  ad-

&  CHRIS

A g en ts  fo r  a   fu ll  lin e   of

S. I. Tenable A Co.’s

PETERSBURG ,  VA.,

P L U G   T O B A C C O S ,
NIMROD,
E.  C.,

BLUE  RETEli,

SPREAD  EAGLE,

BIG FIVE CENTER.

m

FOR  SALE.

A Good Opening for a  Small Amout of 

Capital.

P arties  doing  a  good  general  m erchandise 
business,  desiring  to  rem ove  from  the State, 
offer th e ir  en tire  stock  of  general  m erchan­
dise for  sale  a t  a  low  price.  H ave  the  only 
store in th e town of  any  kind  and  post office, 
the en tire trad e of  two  mills  and  cam ps  and 
p a rt  trade  of  th ree  more.  Expenses  very 
light.  H ave  done  an  average  business  of 
$2,000 per m onth retail fo r the past two  years. 
H ave  no  poor  accounts  to  sell,  nothing but 
bright,  new,  staple  goods.  Will g u arantee  a 
bright,  active,  econom ical  m an  can, pay  for 
the stock in  one  year.  P urchasing  p arty  can 
also Handle shingles  in  connection, if desired. 
I t  is  really  th e  best  business  chance  for  a 
young m an who  is  not afraid to rough it a lit­
tle th a t has been offered.  Term s strictly  cash 
or good security on  p a rt  if  desired.  Address 

W. C. W., Box 399,  Big Rapids,  Mich.

FR E D .  D.  YALE.

D A N IE L  LY NCH .

SUCCESSORS  TO

FRED. D. YALE. & CD.
OHAS. S. YALE & BRO.,
Balias Powders, Extracts, Blninp,
GROCERS'  SUNDRIES.
All orders addressed to the new  firm will re ­

WHOLESALE  MANUFACTURERS  OF

A N D   JOBBERS  OF

ceive prom pt attention.

40 and 42 South Division St., 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICH.

For easy  ironing nse  “ Electric Lustre’» 
Starch.  It is  all prepared for immediate I 
use la O n e  P o u n d  P a c k a g e s , which 
go as far as two pounds of any other Starch. [
Ask your  Grocer for  it.
The Electric Lustre Starci Co.

204  Franklin  St..  New York.

J O H N   C A U L F I E L D

Wholesale Agent,

Èssi

GRAND  RAPIDS,

POTATOES.

We make the handling of POTATOES,  APPLES and BEANS 
in car lots a special feature of our business.  If you have any of 
these goods to ship, or anything in the produce line, let us  hear 
from you, and will keep you posted  on  market  price  and  pros­
pects.  Liberal cash advances made on car lots when desired.

1 5 7   S .   W

Agents for Walker’s Patent Butter Worker.

EARL  BROS.,  Commission  Merchants.
JOHN  CAULFIELD,

  S t . ,   C h i c a g o ,   1 1 1 .

R eference:  FI RST  NATIONAL  RANK.

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WHOLESALE

GROCER,

Ora.xici Pta/pids, IMaoli.

B.  LEIDERSDORF  &  CO.,

MILWAUKEE, WIS.,

MANUFACTURERS  OF  THE  CELEBRATED

UNCLE  SAM,  ROB  ROY,  MINERS  AND  PUD- 

D L E R S ,   RAILROAD  BOY  AND  HURRAH 

SMOKING;  COMMANDER  AND 

HAIR  LIFTER  C H E W I N G  

TOBACCOS.

«TOUJSr  CAITIjI^ IE IjD,  w h o l e s a l e   g r o c e r

Headquarters for above named brands at

Successors to Fox, Iisselim  & Loveridp,

“Wholesale  Grocers.
musselman’s corker plug and rum cigars.

AGENTS  FOB

The best and most attractive goods on the market.

S e n d   f o r   S a m p l e   B u t t . 

S e e   Q u o t a t i o n s   i n   P r i c e -L i s t .

At  Manufacturors’ Prices.

SAM PLES  TO  THE  TRAD E  ONLY.

House and Store Shades Made to Order.

68  MONROE  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Nelson  Bros.  &  Co.

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STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.
Two Y ears—F.  H. J. V anEm ster, Bay City. 
T hree Y ears—Jacob Jcsson, Muskegon.
F our Y ea rs—Jam es V ernor,  D etroit.
Five Y ears—O ttm ar Eberbach, A nn A rbor. 
Six Y ears—Geo. McDonald.  Kalamazoo. 
President—O ttm ar Eberbach.
Secretary—J  acob^Josson.
T reasurer—Jas. V ernor.
'  Michigan  Slate  Pharmaceutical  Association.

OFFICERS.

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Grand  Rapids. 

P resid en t—H. J.  Brown, A nn A rbor.
F irst  V ice-President—F rank  J.  W urzburg, 
Second V ice-President—A. B. Stevens. D etroit, 
Third V ice-President—F rank Inglis, D etroit. 
S ecretary—S. E. Parkell,  Owosso.
T reasurer—Wm. D upont, D etroit.
E xecutive  Committee—Jacob  Jesson,  Geo. 
G undrum , F rank Wells, F. W.  R.  P erry   and 
Jo h n  E. Peck. 
Local Secretary—Will L. W hite, G rand Rapids. 
N ext  place  of  m eeting—A t  G rand  Rapids, 

Tuesday, October  12,1886.
Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.

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ORGANIZED  OCTOBER 9, 1884.

OFFICERS.

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P resident—F rank J. W urzburg.
Vice-President—Wm. L. W hite.
Secretary—F rank H. Escott.
T reasurer—H enry B. Fairchild.
Board  of  C en sors-P resident,  V ice-President 
and Secretary. 
Board  of  T rustees—The  President,  Win.  H. 
Van Leeuwen, Isaac  W atts,  Win.  E.  W hite, 
Wm. L. W hite. 
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Com m ittee on  Pharm acy—M. B.  Kimm,  H.  L. 
Locher and Wm. E. W hite.
Com m ittee on  Trad©  M atters—Jo h n   E.  Peck, 
H.  B. Fairchild and Win. H. V an Leeuwen.
Com m ittee  on  Legislation—Jas.  D.  Lacey, 
Isaac W atts and A. C.  Bauer.
Regular  M eetings—F irst  Thursday evening m 
each m onth.
A nnual  M eetings—F irst  T hursday evening m 
Novem ber. 
N ext  M eeting—T hursday  evening.  May  6.  a t 
“The T radesm an” office.

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Detroit Pharmaceutical Society.

Organized October, 1863.

OFFICERS.

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zer. 

President—Wm. Dupont.
F irst V ice-President—F rank Inglis.
Second Vice P resident—J.  W. Caldwell. 
Secretarv and T reasurer—F. W. It. Perry. 
A ssistant Secretary and T reasurer—A. B. Salt- 
A nnual M eeting—F irst W ednesday in June. 
R egular  M eetings—First  W ednesday  in  each 

m onth.
Jackson County Pharmaceutical Asso­

ciation.
OFFICERS.
P resident—R. F. Latim er.
V ice-President—C. D. Colwell.
Secretary—F. A.  King.
T reasurer—Chas. E. H um phrey.
Board of  Censors—Z.  W.  W aldron. C.  E.  Foot 
A nnual M eeting- First Thursday in November. 
R egular  M eetings—F irst  Thursday  o f  each 

and C. H. Haskins.

m onth.

Saginaw  County  Pharmaceutical  So­

ciety.

TEM PO RA RY  O FFIC ER S.

Chairm an—H enry Melchers.
S ecretarv—D. E.  Prall.
Muskegon  Drug  Clerks’  Association.

OFFICERS.
P resident—John K. Meyers.
Secretary and T reasurer—O. A. Lloyd.
R egular Meetings—Second and fo u rth  W ednes­
N ext M eeting—W ednesday evening,  A pril  14.

day of each m onth.

The Spotter—No.  2.

Hello,  parti,  arountl  once  again,  eh? 
Trade picking up?  Tain’t?  Well,  shucks, 
it  will  soon,  anyhow.  Say,  I  got  a good 
one on  that same  nibs,  what  checked him­
self up on his mother’s ride with him. Well, 
sir,  just  before he  resigned,  he had  a row 
with a fellow up to Walton  Junction.  Fel­
low didn’t  pay him  enough money,  so  just 
before  the  train  pulled  out,  old  Gruff  he 
shakes his fist at  the  man  that  was stand­
ing quiet on the depot platform.  Well,  the 
fellow come  running at  Gruff, put his hand 
behind  him,  and  pulled  out  an  old  clay 
dudeen,  pointed it  at  the  old man,  and the 
old man he just hollered and run toward the 
train engine,  yelling  at  every jump,  “For 
God’s sake, Bill,  [ Bill  Smith was the engin­
eer]  pull out,” and old Gruff swung onto the 
baggage  car,  and went  in and  told the bag­
gage man  as how a woodsman was going to 
shoot him.

I saw it all. 

About the best tiling I ever saw was what
Sam  B-----,  the man what hooked the  local
tickets,  once done.  Some dam fool traveling 
man,  that thought everybody was  like him, 
sat down  alongside of a  lady  and  insulted 
her.  When Sam passed through the car,  she 
told him and Sam he told the pup,  in pretty 
plain language,  to get out of the car.  Well, 
the  feller  went  into  the  smoker,  and  he 
looked  blacker’n  a cloud,  he  was  so  mad. 
Sam is a  little  man,  but  just  chuck  full o’ 
grit,  and when this feller what had insulted
the  lady got  off the  train at  P-------- ,  and
called Sam a  low name,  why Sam  he  just 
climbed onto  him,  and did  give him Jesse.
Seem’  a  little  article  in  the  paper  this 
morning about them fellers  that robbed the 
train in Indiana  the  other  day,  puts me in 
mind of  Westfall’s  death.  Oh,  yes,  I  was 
there. 
I  always  did  and al­
ways will  think  that it was  a put  up  job 
to kill  Westfall.  The  whole  snap  looked 
just  like it.  You  see,  after  they  stopped 
the train and  told  us to  hold up our hands, 
why he did just what the rest done,  held up 
his hands.  He was sittin’ along  of  me and 
was just a teilin’ me about the new boy baby 
they had to his house,  and  little did he or I 
think that in  ten  minutes  that baby would 
be without  a  father.  Such  is  life  in  rail­
roading  or  in  traveling.  You  can’t  tell 
what minute a rail may break  or something 
give way and psitt! a broken limb, or maybe 
a  funeral  at  your  house  with  you  as  the 
corpse.  Well,  after  them  fellers  left  our 
car,  Westfall  he  said  to me,  “I am  going 
into the  next  car  to  see  they don’t insult 
any ladies.”  Well,  sir,  he had no more than 
got up from  his seat,  than  someone  fired a 
shot in our direction and Westfall fell dead. 
Oh,  it  was  just  awful!  No,  they  never 
found out  who  killed  him.  Never will,  I 
reckon.  Good-day,  sir,  see  you again some 
time, I  hope. 

Leo. A.  Cabo.

Maxims for  Merchants.

The best merchant  is  he  whose business 
talent is of the  highest  order and improved 
to the highest pitch.

Of  all  quarrels  the  most  senseless,  the 
most bootless,  the most worrying, is a quar­
rel with  your circumstances.

Every  man  has  three  characters—that 
which he  exhibits,  that  which  he  lias  and 
that wdiich lie thinks he has.

Some merchants  are  prolific in  schemes, 
in  execution.  Like 
but  miserably  poor 
some  trees,  they spend  themselves  in blos­
som and never bear fruit.

A.  T.  Stewart  was  deliberately,  consist­
ently  and  methodically  keen.  He  would 
buy as scarcely  any  other  man  could  buy; 
he  would  sell  as  scarcely  any  other man 
could sell.

Many merchants object too much,  consult 
too  long,  advertise  too  little,  and  seldom 
drive business home  to  the full  period,  but. 
content themselves with a mediocrity of suc­
cess.

Half of the heavy hearts and broken spir­
its and sleepless eyes among the  merchants 
of New York  might  be  spared,  were  they 
only willing to conform their appearances to 
their substance.

In business there  are  many  who  cannot 
rise,  many  who  cannot  help  descending, 
many who of necessity fall,  many who earn 
their bread many who  only  waste  it  w hen 
once in their own hands.

Some men seem to take failure quite com­
fortably; they stop  and go  on  again,  with­
out changing their style  of  living or lower­
ing their heads.  That is a feat that no hon­
est business man can admire.

The true  merchant  is  not  the  man who 
best understands  his business and contrives 
to bargain others out of their  profits,  but he 
who best understands his business and never 
takes  advantage of any man’s  ignorance or 
of any man’s necessity.

Great  merit or  great  failings will  make 
you respected or despised,  but  trifles,  little 
attentions,  mere  nothings,  either  done  or 
neglected,  will  make  you  either  liked  or 
disliked in the general run of  the world.

in  commerce, 

“Leading  articles” 

like 
leading articles in  journalism,  are meant to 
make a character  for  the  whole.  But it is 
questionable whether a merchant is justified 
in taking such modes  of  attracting  the  at­
tention of  the  public  unless  he lias  actual 
advantages to offer.

VISITING  BUYERS.

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

Will Ashton, A shton Bros., Traverse City.
E. Conklin,  Ravenna.
R. K.  H esseltine, Casnovia.
T. J . Sheridan, W right’s Siding.
C. G. Jones,  West Olive.
Jo h n  Koopman, Falm outh.
Joshua Colby, Rockford.
T. Stadt, Spring Lake.
Wm. DePree, Zeeland.
J. E. W hite,  P entw ator.
J. Riley, Dorr.
C. H. Doming.  D utton.
I. J. Quick & Co., Allendale.
A. P atterson, Dorr.
A. Wragner,  Eastm anville.
N. C. K ingsbarge, Sparta.
H.  Brinkm an, Overisel.
Duff & McMurray, Ada.
Kam ps & W estveld, Zeeland.
G. Dots, Grand  H aven.
E. B. W right,  Woodville.
A. Cuddefoot, Casnovia.
W esly H anna,  Casnovia.
W m .’Irving, Grandville.
A. P atterson, Dorr.
C. A.  Y oungquist, Big Rapids.
O. Sanders, Rockford.
W. D. Hopkinson & Co., Paris.
H enry DeKline, Jam estow n.
Mr. W heeler,  W heeler Bros., Shelby.
J. F. Clark, Big Rapids.
H enry Strobe, Morley.
F ra n k  Sommers,  Dorr.
A. Norris & Son, Casnovia.
Glen & P orter. E ast Jordan.
A. Mulholland, Ashton.
B. A. Jones,  Leetsville.
M. P. Shields, Hilliards.
A. & L. M. Wolf,  Hudsonville.
J . F arraw ay, Vriesland.
J. M. Sutherland, Caledonia.
L. Perrigo,  B urnip’s Corners.
Jorgensen &  H em ingsen, G rant.
Jno. Koopman.  Falm outh.
Mr. Smith, Smith & Bristol, Ada.
John G unstra. Lainont.
N. DeVries, Jam estow n.
Dr. J. M. Sutherland, Caledonia.
Den H erder & Tanis,  Vriesland.
H erder & Lahuis, Zeeland.
Wm.  Black, Cedar Springs.
J. V. Crandall & Son, Sand Lake.
N. DeVries, Jam estow n.
J. M. Doak, G rand Haven.
John Smith,  Ada.
B. Gilbert, Moline.
T. J. Sheridan & Co.,  Woodville.
J . H. Spires. Leroy.
C. Bergin,  Lowell.
C. S. Comstock, Pierson.
Mr, Fisher, Carrel & Fisher, Dorr.
W. S.  Root., Talmadge.
John VV.  Mead, Berlin.
E. P. B arnard, Maple Valley.
H. M. Freem an, Lisbon.
L. J. Cody, Woodville.
C. H. Milner, Big Rapids.
Sisson 6i Lillev Lum ber Co., Sisson’s Mills.
H iggins & Allen, Scottsville.
A. A.  Weeks, G rattan.
Neal McMillan, Rockford.
E. T. V an O strand, Allegan.
C. Stocking, G rattan.
Thys Stadt, Spring Lake.
W alling Bros., Lam ont.
R. A.  H astings, Sparta.
John Van Eenan,  Zeeland.
N.  K. Jepson,  Clarksville.
Nelson Degrow, Cedar Springs.
H.  W. P otter, Jennisonville.
Clark, Russell & Co., Bonanza.
H oag & Judson, Cannonsburg
Bode & Keeney,  Ferry.
C.  K. Hoyt,  Hudsonville.
Geo.  W. Sharer. Cedar Springs.
Scovillo & MeAuley,  Edgerton.

A dry goods house is spoken of in the Shoe 
and  Leather Reporter,  which  purchased a 
certain grade  of  shoes at  Si.50 a  pair and 
sold them at $1.49. 
It was  an effective ad­
vertisement,  but  the  proprietors took pains 
to limit  the sale of  them as  much  as they 
could; they gave a gratuity of 5 cents to the 
clerk who  succeeded in  persuading a shop­
per to take  something  instead  that  paid  a 
profit.

New York egg dealers complain  that  the 
trade has been seriously affected by the late­
ness of  Lent’s  comifig  this  year.  One  of 
them says that the  cause  for the  decline in 
eggs is that as this  year  Easter falls on the 
last  possible  day,  and  at  a  time  when it 
comes as easy and natural for  a  hen to lay 
eggs as for a girl  to  gossip,  this  insures  a 
full supply daring the entire forty days.

The Drug Market.

Trade  and  collections  continue  good. 
Citric acid,  balsam tulu,  balsam peril,  borax 
and  gum  arabic  are  easier,  although  not 
quotably lower.  Cubebs and German chamo­
mile have advanced and both are very'  firm. 
Senna leaves are firm at the advance.  Lyco­
podium  is  advancing.  Oil  anise,  cassia, 
wintergreen  and  sassafras  have  declined. 
Oil  bergamont  and  lemon  have  advanced 
and  the  advance 
firmly  maintained. 
Most brands of cheap oil  are quotable at al­
most any price.  Opium is weak.  Morphine 
has declined.  Quinine is  dull.

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The Dime Museum.

T h e   T r a d e s m a n  lias refrained from say­
ing anything  of the  Dime  Museum,  either 
in praise or disparagement,  until it was sat­
isfied that the entertainment given possessed 
genuine merit.  The Museum has now been 
in operation about two months and the best 
evidence of its popularity is the  large num­
ber of people  attending  every performance 
and the handsome  returns  pocketed by the 
proprietors.  The  show 
legitimate  in 
every respect  and  deserves the  liberal  pat­
ronage it is receiving.

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legislature. 

A bill aimed at the  pernicious  custom of 
boycotting  has  been  introduced  into  the 
Kentucky 
It  provides  that 
“any two or more  persons  who  shall bind 
themselves  together  to  prevent  any  com­
pany  or  corporation  from  transacting  its 
lawful  business  shall  be  punished  witli  a 
heavy fine or be  imprisoned  in  the  county 
jail for  not  more  than a  year.”  Petitions 
with immense numbers  of  signatures  have 
been  received from  all  parts  of  the  State 
favoring the passage of the  hill.  The  idea 
advanced  by  all  the  petitioners  is  that, 
while a man has a  perfect  right to  work or 
not as he  pleases,  he lias  no  right to  con­
spire to enforce idleness on those who want 
to work,  or to destroy the busines of  a con­
cern simply because it will not  hire  him at 
his own terms,  however  extravagant or un­
reasonable.

J

Mills &  Goodman, Props.

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GRAND  RAPIDS, 
MICH.
W ANTED—Situations by registered  pharm ­

acists and assistants.  Also situation by 
young m an of some experience b u t  not  regis­
tered.  Will work for very  sm all  salary.  Can 
furnish good references.
LX)U  SALE—Stock of about $2,000  in central 
J? 
p a rt of State on railroad can be bought a t 
great discount and on easy term s.
OTOCK of $3,500 on L. S. & M. S. R. R. fo r sale 
k5  on easy term s.  Doing best business of the 
place.
QTOOK  of $1,500 on C. &  W.  M.  R.  R.  doinj, 
O  
OTOCK of about $1,000 on D., G. H. &M. R, R 
k5  Will sell fo r cash only.

tine paying business.

o th er d rug store In town.

on two railw ays in central  p a rt  of  State. 

M ust be sold on account of o th er business.

n orthern  p a rt  of  State, in tow n  of  2,000 
inhabitants.  Doing  the  best  business  of  the 
place.

STOCK of $1.500 in southern p a rt of State. No 
IjMNE  STOCK  of  $3,50C  on  two  R.  R.’s  in 
STOCK  of $1,800 in tow n  of  3,000  inhabitants 
STOCK of $1,500 in N orthern lum beringtow n. 
A LSO m any o ther stocks, th e  particulars  of 
which wc will furnish free on application.
e m S E X T G   H O O T .
We pay th e highest price for it.  Address
P e c k   B r o s .,  Druggists, Grand Rapids,Mich.

Doing the best business of the placo.

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MENTHOL INHALE!

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A superior Remedy fo r  the im m ediate relief 
of  N euralgia,  Headache, C ararrh, H ay Fever, 
A sthm a,  B roncbitus,  Sore  Throat,  Earache, 
Toothache,  and  all diseases of th e th ro a t  and 
lungs.
The neatest and m ost etlicient way  o f  using 
m enthol.

Try Them.  They Sell Readily.

For Sale by
Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., G’d Rapids. 
Farrand, Williams & Co., ]
JTSk  Ei‘ 5 5 5 ?  
¡ Detroit,  Mich.
f 
John J. Dodds & Co., 
T.  H.  Hinchman & Co.,  J 
time he calls.

Ask their traveler to show you one the  next 

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Prices, 25c, 50c and 91 per bottle :  91.75, !

S'ÉT’a  I

50,87 per doz.

A  JUSTLY  CELEBRATED  REMEDY.

Pern  Davis’  Pain  Ki

TAKEN  INTERNALLY relieves the most  accute  Pains 
instantly, affording relief and comfort  to  the  patient 
suffering  from  Pains  and  Cramps  in  the  Stomach, 
Rheumatic or Neuralgic Pains in any  part  of  the  sys­
tem; and in Bowel Complains it is a sovereign remedy.
USED  EXTERNALLY  it is equally efficacious, and  as 
a Liniment, nothing gives quicker ease in  Burns, Cuts, 
Bruises, Sprains, Stings from insects, and Scalds. 

KVDirections accompany each bottle.

Price, 26c, 50c and $1 per bottle.
Sold by all druggists.!  Trade supplied by

HAZELTINE  &  PERKINS  DRUG  CO.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT,

A dvanced—Alcohol;  cube*»  b erries;  cham o­
Declined—M orphia;  oil anise;  oil cassia;  oil 

mile flowers, Germ an.
sassafras;  oil w intergreen.
ACIDS.

Acetic, No.  8......................................
Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav.  1.040).........
Carbolic...............................................
C itric.......
M uriatic 18  dog.................................
N itric 36 deg......................................
O xalic..................................................
Sulphuric  66 d eg...............................
T artaric  pow dered..........................
Benzoic,  E nglish.....................oz
Benzoic,  G erm an.............................
T an n ic.................................................

AM MONIA.

C arbonate.................................. $  B>
M uriate (Powd. 22c)..........................
£ qua 16 deg or  3f.............................
A qua 18 deg or  4 f.............................

BALSAMS.

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

BARKS.

Cassia, in m ats (Pow’d 20c)............
Cinchona,  yellow ............................
Elm,  select.......................................
Elm, ground, p u re ............................
Elm, powdered,  p u re .......................
Sassafras, of ro o t.............................
Wild Cherry, select..........................
Bayberry  pow dered........................
Hemlock  pow dered..........................
W a h o o ................................................
Soap  g round......................................

9  @  10 
30  @  35 
34  @  38 
85  @  90 
@
12 
@11 
12 
10 3  @
4
52  @  55 
18
12  @  15 
12  @  15

14  ©   16 
14
3  @ 
5
6
4  ®  

40@45 
40 
1  75 
45

11
18
13
14
15 
10 
12 20 
18 
30 
12

B E R R IE S .

Cubeb  prim e (Powd 1  00c)............
Ju n ip e r...............................................
Prickly A sh........................................

®   95 
6  ©   7
50  @  60

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 and 25 ft boxes, 25c)...
Licorice,  powdered, p u re ..............
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 ft doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 ft  boxes)................
................
Lgowood, 4 s  
Logwood, >4s 
................
Logwood, ass’d 
................
Fluid E x tracts—25 $  cent, off list.

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do 
do 

374
9
12
13 
15
14

FLO W ERS.

A rnica..................................................  15  @  18
Chamomile,  R om an...................
30
Chamomile,  G erm an.................

GUMS.

60®  75 
Aloes,  B arbadoes........................
12 
Aloes, Cape (Powd  20c)..............
50
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)—
28®  30 
A m m oniac....................................
90 
Arabic, powdered  select...........
90 
Arabic, 1st  picked......................
80
A rabic,2d  p ick ed ........................
75
Arabic,  3d picked.............................  
55
Arabic, sifted so rts.......................... 
20
Assafcentida, prim e (Powd 35c)... 
55@60
Benzoin............................................... 
25®  27
C am phor............................................. 
Catechu. Is (4  14c, Xs  16c)............  
13
Euphorbium  pow dered................... 
35®  40
G albanuin strain ed.......................... 
80
80®  90
G am boge............................................. 
Guaiac, prim e (Powd  45c).............. 
35
20
Kino [Powdered, 30c]....................... 
1  25
M astic................................................. 
40
M yrrh. T urkish (Powdered  47c)... 
3  30
Opium, pure (Powd $4 60)................ 
Shellac, Campbell’s .......................... 
30
Shellac,  E nglish...............................  
26
Shellac,  n ativ e................................... 
24
Shellac bleached...............................  
30
T ra g a c a n th ............  ........................   30  @1  00

H ERBS—IN   OUNCE  PACKAGES

H o a rh o u n d ........................................
L obelia................................................
P ep p erm in t........................................
R ue.......................................................
S p e a rm in t..........................................
Sweet M ajoram .................................
Tanzy  ..................................................
T h y m e .................................................
W orm w ood........................................
Citrate and  Q uinine........................
Solution m ur., fo r  tin c tu re s.........
Sulphate, pure  c ry sta l...................
C itra te ................................................
Phosphate  ..........................................

IR O N .

.40
.24

..30

13  @

LEA VES.

Buchu, short (Powd 25c).................
Sage, Italian, bulk (>4s & 4 s, 12c)...
Senna,  Alex, n a tu ra l......................   33
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled..
Senna,  pow dered.............................
Senna tinnì velli.................................
U va  U rsl.............................................
Belledonna..........................................
Foxglove.............................................
H en b an e.............................................
Rose, re d .............................................

LIQUORS.

W., D. & Co.’8 Sour Mash W hisky
D ruggists’ F avorite  R ye..............
Whisky, o ther  b ran d s...................
Gin, Old T om ......................................
Gin,  H olland......................................
B ran d y ................................................
Catawba  W ines.................................
P o rt W ines..........................................

M AGNESIA.

Carbonate, P attiso n ’s, 2 oz............
Carbonate, Jonning’s, 2 oz..............
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s  solution__
Calcined.............................................

2  00 
1  75 
1  10
1  35
2 00 
1  75 
1  25 
1  35

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

37
65

O IL S.

Almond, sw eet...................................
Am ber,  rectified...............................
A nise....................................................
Bay ^   oz...........................................
B ergam ont.........................................
C a sto r..................................................
C roton..................................................
C a je p u t...............................................
C a ssia..................................................
Cedar, conftnercial  (Pure 75c).......
Ci tre n e lla ...............................§ . . . .
C loves..................................................
Cod Liver, N. F .....  
......... $  gal
Cod Liver, b e st..........................
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16
Cubebs, P. &  W .................................
E rig e ro n .............................................
Firew eed.............................................
G eranium   $   o z.................................
Hemlock, com m ercial (Pure 75c)..
Ju n ip e r  wood....................................
Ju n ip e r  b erries.................................
Lavender flowers, F ren ch ..............
Lavender garden 
..............
Lavender spike 
..............
Lemon, new  c ro p .............................
Lemon,  Sanderson’s ........................
L em ongrass........................................
Olive, M alaga.....................
Olive, “ Sublim e  Italian   . 
___
Origanum , red  flowers, F re n c h ...
Origanum ,  No. 1.............................
P en n y ro y al.......................................
Pepperm int,  w hite..........................
Rose 
oz...........................................
Rosemary, French  (Flowers $1  50)
Salad, $   g a l........................................
Savin....................................................
Sandal  Wood, G erm an...................
Sandal Wood, W. I ............................
S assafras.............................................
S p e a rm in t..........................................
T a n s y ................................................ A   00
T ar (by gal 50c)...................................  10
W intergreen...................................
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $4.00).......
W orm seed..........................................

do 
do 

POTASSIUM .

ROOTS.

B icrom ate.................................. $  ft
Bromide, cryst. and  gran. b u lk ...
Chlorate, cry st (Powd 23c)..............
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, b u lk .......
P russiate yellow ...............................
A lk a n e t...............................................
Althea, c u t.........................................
Arrow,  St. V incent’s ......................
Arrow, Taylor’s, in Xs and  ¡4s__
Blood (Powd 18c)...............................
Calamus,  peeled...............................
Calamus, Gorm an  w hite, peeled..
Elecam pane, pow dered...................
G entian (Powd  15c)..........................
Ginger, A frican ( Powd 14c)............  11
Ginger, Jam aica  bleached............
Golden Seal (Powd 25c)...................
Hellebore, w hite, pow dered...........
Ipecac, Rio, pow dered.....................
Jalap,  pow dered...............................
Licorice,  select (Powd 15)....... .  ..
Licorice, ex tra select......................
P ink, tru e ...........................................
Rhei, from  select to  choice...........1 00
Rhei, powdered E. 1......................... 110
Rhei, choice c u t  cu b es...................
Rhei, choice cu t  fingers..................
S erp o n taria.......................................
S en ek a................................................
Sarsaparilla,  H o n d u ras..................
Sarsaparilla,  M exican............ .

45  ®   50 
45 
1  80 
50 
3 25 
1  44®1  65 
1  75 
75 
85 
35 
75 
1  25 
1  20
1  50 
6  00 
8  50 
1  60
2  00

50 
2 00 
2 01 
1  00 
90 
3 00
3 50 
80
@  90 
2 75 
1  25 
50
1  30
4  50 
8  00
65
2  75 
1  00 
4  50 
7  00
50 
@9 00 
©4  25 
©  12
3 50 
2  00

®

12@14 
40® 43
3 00 
28
20 
25 
17 
33 
12 
20 
35 
20 
10 
12
17 
20 
20
1  20 
30
18 
20 
85
®1 50 
@1  20 
2 00 
2 25 
65 
60 
43 
20

®

do 

SEEDS.

do 
do 

SPONGES.

do 
do 
do 
do 

M ISCELLANEOUS.

do 
do Scherin’s  do  ...
do 

1  25 
60 
1  50 
1  78 
1  -K) 
1  75 
47 
25
23 
20 
40 
40
70
40
15
50
24 
20 
12
1  10 
50 
65
1  10 
8 
3 
50 
60
14
15 
90 
70

2Mi®
3  ®
44®
6  @
50
2
2  00 
40 
2 00 
00  ®9  75 
2 30 
50
6®  7
9@10 
2 25 
18
14 
4  00 
14

Squills, white (Powd 35c).............
15
Valerian, English (Powd 30c).......
25
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)__
20
Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)..............
15
Bird, mixed in B> packages.........
5  @ 6
4  @ 44
15  @ 18
Caraway, best D utch (Powd  20c).
1 50
Cardamon,  A leppee........................
1
75
Cardamon, M alabar..........................
15
C elery..................................................
10
Coriander,  Dest  E nglish.................
15
F e n n e l.................................................
Flax,  clean .........................................
3X®
4  ® 44
Flax, pure grd (bbl  3X)...................
7  © 8
Foenugreek, pow dered...................
44® 5410
M ustard, w hite  Black  10c). 
Q u in c e....................................
6  @
14
Worm,  L ev an t__
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage....... 2 25  @2 50
2 00
........  
Nassau 
do 
1  10
. . . .  
Velvet E x tra do 
E xtra Yellow do 
85
........  
G rass 
........  
do 
65
H ard head, fo r slate u se.................  
75
Yellow Reef, 
.................  
1  40
Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.21) $  g a l__  
2
30
50
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cen t ex. ref. 
1
A nodyne  Hoffman’s ........................
50
Arsenic, D onovan’s solution.........
Arsenic, Fow ler’s so lution............
12
A nnatto  1 ft ro lls.............................
45
34
A lum ...........................................   ¡jjlft 
A lum , ground  (Powd 9c)...............  
4
A nnatto,  p rim e.................................
45
A ntim ony, powdered,  coin’l ......... 
Arsenic, w hite, pow dered.............. 
Blue  Soluble......................................
Bay  Rum , im ported, b e st.............. 
Bay Rum , dom estic, H., P. & Co.’s .
Balm Gilead  B uds............................
Beans,  T onka....................................
Beans,  V anilla...................................
Bism uth, sub  n itra te ......................
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c)........................
Blue V itriol  ......................................
Borax, refined (Powd  11c)..............
Cantharides, Russian  pow dered..
Capsicum  Pods, A frican ...............
Capsicum Pods, A frican  pow’d . . .
Capsicum Pods,  Bombay 
do  ...
Carmine,  No. 40.................................
Cassia  B uds........................................
Calomel.  A m erican..........................
Chalk, prepared d ro p .......................
Chalk, p recipitate E nglish............
Chalk,  red  fingers............................
Chalk, white lu m p ............................
Chloroform ,  Squlbb’s .....................
Coioeynth  apples.............................
Chloral hydrate, Germ an  cru sts..
c ry st...
Chloral 
Chloral 
Chloral 
cru sts..
@
C hloroform ........................................ 
Cinehonidia, P. &  W .........*.............  20  ®
Cinchonidia, o ther brands..............  18  @
Cloves (Powd  23c).............................   18  @
C ochineal...........................................
Cocoa  B u tte r.........  ........................
Copperas (by bbl  lc )........................
Corrosive Sublim ate........................
Corks, X and X X —40 off  list.........
Cream T artar, p u re pow dered.......  
Cream T artar, grocer’s, 10 ft box..
Creasote...............................................
Cudbear,  p rim e.................................
C uttle Fish B one...............................
D e x trin e .............................................
D over’s  Pow ders.............................
D ragon’s Blood M ass.......................
E rgot  pow dered...............................
E th er Squibb’s ...................................
Em ery, T urkish, all  No.’s ..............
Epsom Salts (bbl.  1%)....................... 
E rgot, fre sh ........................................
E th tr, sulphuric, U. S.  P ................
Flake  w hite........................................
G rains  P aradise...............................
Gelatine,  Cooper’s . ..........................
®
G elatine, F re n c h ..............................  4(  _
Glassware, flint,70 & 10, by box 60 & 10less
Glassware, green, 60  and 10 d is__
12  @ 
Glue,  ca n n e t....................................
Glue, w h ite.........................................
16  ® 
Glycerine,  p u re .................................
16  @ 
Hops  4  s and 4 s ...............................
25®
Iodoform  $&oz...................................
In d ig o .................................................
Insect Powder, best  D alm atian.
Insect Powder, H., P. & Co„ boxes
Iodine,  resubiim ed..........................
Isinglass,  A m erican........................
Ja p o n ic a .............................................
London  P u rp le .................................
Lead, aceta te ......................................
Lime, chloride, (4 s 2s 10c & 4 s  11c)
L u p u lin e.............................................
L ycopodium ......................................
M ace....................................................
Madder, best  D u tch ......................
Manna, S.  F ........................................
M ercury..............................................
Morphia, sulph., P. & W ..'....  ^  oz
Musk, Canton, II., P. &  Co.’s .........
Moss, Iceland............................. ^  ft
Moss,  Iris h ........................................
M ustard,  E nglish.............................
M ustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  can s.........
N utgalls...............................................
N utm egs, No. 1...................................
N8x  V om ica......................................
O intm ent. M ercurial, 4 d ................
P aris G reen......................................... 
Pepper, Black  B erry ......................
P ep sin .................................................. 
Pitch, T rue B urgundy.....................
6  ®
Quassia  ............................................... 
Quinia, Sulph, P, & W ............ft oz  80  @
Quinine,  G erm an.............................
70® 75
Red  P re cip ita te........................^  ft
85
Seidlitz  M ixture...............................
Strychnia, c ry st.................................
1  60
Silver N itrate, c ry st..........................   74
® 78
Saffron, A m erican..........................
35
Sal  G lauber......................................
© 2
Sal N itre, large  c ry st.....................
10
Sal  N itre, m edium   c ry st..............
9
Sal Rochelle......................................
33
Sal  Soda.............................................
@ 24
Sal io In................................................
2  15 
S a n to n in ...........................................
6 50 
Snuffs, Maccoboy o r Scotch.........
35
Soda Ash  [by keg 3 cj.....................
4 
Sperm aceti........................................
48
Soda,  Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s ...
5 
Soap, W hite Castile........................
14 
Soap, G reen  do 
..........................
17
Soap, M ottled do 
..........................
9
Soap, 
do 
..........................
1114
Soap,  M azzini....................................
Spirits N itre, 3 F ...............................   26  ®
28
Spirits N itre, 4 F ...............................  30  ®
Sugar Milk pow dered......................
35
34®
Sulphur, flour....................................  
4
34
Sulphur,  roll......................................  
3®
T artar Em etic.
60
, 4  gal. cans ÿ  doz
2  70
Tar,
qu arts in tin
1  40
pints in tin ..
Tar,
85
en ice............
25
&  F. brand.
55
8
Gal

17 
28 
20 
40 
40 
©1  00 
®   40 
@1  0ft 
4  00 
1  50
10  ®   15 
15 
8
1  00 
50 
50
124®  13 
60
2 35®2 60 
40 
10 
12 
30 
18 
23 
60 
10 
45

Zinc,  Sulphate

17 @
2

44®

OILS.

do
do

do 

85

®

ft

S

Whale, w in ter............................
Lard, e x tra .................................
Lard, No.  1.................................
Linseed, pure  raw ...................
Linseed, b o ile d .........................
N eat’s Foot, w inter  strained.
Spirits T u rp eu tin e...................
V A RN ISH ES.
No. 1 T urp  Coach.....................
E xtra  T u rp ...............................
Coach  Body................................
No.  I T urp F u rn itu re ..............
E x tra T urk  D aiinir.................
Ja p an  D ryer, No. 1  T u rp .......

PA IN TS

Bbl
Red  V enetian.............................   1%
Ochre, yellow  M arseilles__
IX 
Ochre, yellow  B erm uda...........
IX
P utty, com m ercial  ...."............
P u tty , strictly p u re...................
24
Vermilion, prim e  A m erican..
V erm ilion, E nglish...................
Green,  P en in su lar.....................
Lead, red  strictly  p u re ............
Lead, w hite, strictly p u re .......
W hiting, w hite  Spanish.......   .
W hiting,  Gilders^......................
W hite, Paris A m erican............
W hiting  P aris English cliff..
P ioneer P repared  I  a in ts.......
Swiss Villa Prepare»  P a in ts..

'7   @ 
Bbl 
70
55
45 
43
46 
70 
46

...1   10@1  20 
... 1  60@1  70 
..2  75@3  00 
...1   00® 1  10 
...1  55@1  60 
...  70®  75
Lb 
2®  3 
2®  3 
2®  3 
24®   3 
2X@  3 
13@16 
58® 60 
16@17 
7®  74 
7®  74 
@70 
@90 
1  10 
1  40 
1  20@1  40 
1  00® 1  20

OILS.

ILLU M IN A TIN G .

LU B R IC A T IN G .

Water White................................................. 124
Michigan  Test..............................................104
Capitol Cylinder...........................................3654
Model  Cylinder............................................ 314
Shield Cylinder............................................ 264
Eldorado  Engine......................................... 244
Peerless  Machinery...................  
224
Challenge Machinery................................... 204
Paraffine  ..................................................... 204
Black. Summer, West Virginia................. 10
Black. 26® to 30®......................................... 11
Black, 16® C.  T................... 
Zero................... ........................................,13

11X

 

WHOLESALE

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IMPORTERS  AND  JOBBERS  OF

DrisJfitoiiifis.Ctaii 
Paints, Oils, YarnisD 
a i D r ill's

MAN*UFACTUBF.BS  OF

Elegant  Planiaceitical  Prepara­

tions,  Fliitl  Extracts  and 

Elixirs

G EXE UAL WHOLESALE AG NTS FOB

Wolf, Patton & Co. and John L. 

Whiting, Manufacturers  of 

Fine Paint and  Var­

nish Brushes.
T1IE  CELEBRATED

igrPrenaiflPa

ALSO  FOR  TIIE

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

Horse Brushes.

WE  A BE  SOLE  OWNERS  OF

Weatherly’s licligai Catarrl 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 ineaM LiprDepartiit

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
ers  with  PURE  GOODS  in  this depart­
ment.  W e CONTROL and are the ONLY 
AUTHORIZED  AGENTS for the  sale  of 
the celebrated

WITHERS DADE&GO.’S

Henderson Co., Ky.,

Sour Mash ¡¿and  Old-Fashioned 

Hand-Made, Copper- 

Distilled

WHISKYS.
W e not only offer these  goods  to  be ex­
celled by NO OTHER KNOWN  BRAND 
in the market, but superior  in  all  respects 
to  most  that  are  exposed  to  sale.  W e 
GUARANTEE perfect and complete satis­
faction and where this brand of  goods  has 
been once introduced  the  future  trade  has 
been assured.

W e are also owners of the

W h ic h   co n tin u es to  h av e so  m an y   favor­
ites a m o n g  d ru g g ists w h o  h av e  sold  th e s e  
goods for a  very long tim e.  B u y  our

Gins, Brandies & Fine Wines.

W e  call your a tte n tio n   to  th e  ad jo in in g  
list of m arket q u o tatio n s w h ic’  w e  aim   to 
m ake a s com plete a n d  perfect  a s  possible. 
F o r special  q u an tities  an d   q u o tatio n s  o n  
su c h  articles a s do n o t ap p ear  on  th e  list, 

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E tc .,  w e in v ite y o u r correspondence.

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an d  personal atten tio n .

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A MERCANTILE  JOUBNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

K.  A.  STO W E  &  HKO., P ro p rie to rs.

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

Telephone No. 95.

t Entered  at  the  Postoffice  at  Grand  Rapids  as 

Second-class Matter .1

WEDNESDAY.  APRIL  7,1886.

BUSINESS LAW.

B rief D igests of R ecent D ecisions in Courts 

of  L ast Resort.

EMPLOYEE AND  EMPLOYEE—GROUND  FOR 

DISCHARGE.

The mere fact that  an  employee brings a 
suit against his  employer  to recover  a debt 
due him arising out of a transaction indepen­
dent of the relation of master and servant is 
not a ground for discharge,  according to the 
decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court 
in the case  of  Clay  Commercial Telephone 
Co.  vs.  Root.

CHATTEL MORTGAGE—FRAUD AS  AGAINST 

CREDITORS.

The Minnesota Supreme Court held in the 
case  of  Bannon  vs.  Bowler  that  while  a 
mortgage  of  chattels  (as a  stock  in  trade) 
left in possession  of  the  mortgagor,  which 
by its terras authorized the latter  to dispose 
of the property as his own without  satisfac­
tion of the  mortgage  debt,  should be deem­
ed fraudulent as against the creditors of the 
mortgagor, yet that a stipulation in the mort­
gage  providing  for  the  application  of  the 
proceeds of  sales  directly  to  the  mortgage 
debt would be liable to no such objection.

PAYM ENTS  BY   ASSIGNEE  FOR  CREDITORS.
Payments by an assignee  for  the  benefit 
of creditors  do  not  prevent  the running of 
the statute of limitations as to a debt of  the 
assignor,  according  to  the  decision  of  the 
Michigan Supreme Court in the case of Par­
sons vs.  Clark.  The court said:  “It is the 
duty of an assignee to pay and discharge the 
debts of his assignor,  so far as he is enabled 
to do  so,  from  the  assets,  and  he  has  no 
authority in virtue of  his trust to renew,  re­
vive or continue in  force  the  undischarged 
portion thereof, or to  bind  his  assignor by 
either an express or implied promise of pay­
ment.  The right  of  action  by the creditor 
against the  debtor  is  not barred  by the as­
signment.  He  may  bring  his  action,  not­
withstanding  the  assignment,  as  soon  as 
it is made.  The assignment,  therefore,  did 
not operate to prevent the  statute from run­
ning.”

SALE  OF  ORGAN— SATISFACTION  OF  PUR­

CHASER.

An organ-vender set up an organ in a per­
son’s house under an agreement that the lat­
ter should keep it and pay for it if it proved 
satisfactory to him.  The buyer felt  dissat­
isfied,  and so notified the  vender.  The lat­
ter  thought  that  the  dissatisfaction  was 
without  reasonable  ground.  The Supreme 
Court of Vermont held,  McClure vs. Briggs, 
that provided the buyer  acted in good  faith 
he was,  under the agreement, the sole judge 
as to his satisfaction with  the  organ.  The 
court,  in giving judgment,  said:  “It is said 
that he was bound to be  satisfied,  as he had 
t no ground to be dissatisfied.  He was bound 
to act honestly,  and  to  give the instrument 
a  fair  trial,  and  such  as  the  seller  had a 
right,  under  the  circumstances to expect he 
would give  it,  and  herein  to exercise  such 
judgment and capacity as he had, for by the 
contract he was the one to  be  satisfied,  and 
not another  for him. 
If  he  did  this,  and 
was  still  dissatisfied,  and  that  dissatisfac­
tion was  real  and  not  feigned,  honest and 
not  pretended,  it is  enough,  and  plaintiffs 
have  not  fulfilled  their  contract,  and  all 
these elements  are  gaetherable  from the re­
port.”

INSURANCE  POLICY— MEANING  OF  OCCU­

PANCY.

An insurance policy issued  on a dwelling 
house and  farm  buldings  contained a  pro­
vision that if  the  premises  became  vacant 
and remained  so  for  ten  days  without the 
consent of the company,  the  policy  should 
be void.  At the time  the  policy was taken 
out  the premises were  occupied by a tenant 
who left  after  a  year’s  time. 
It  appeared 
that the  insured  lived  two  miles from  the 
place, and that the premises were only occu­
pied by hands  going  to and  fro  when they 
had  work  to  do  on  the  insured  premises; 
when they had  no work  the  premises were 
vacant.  The Supreme  Court of  Wisconsin 
held lliat  the  premises  were  not  occupied 
under the terms  of  the  policy.  The  court 
said:  “For a  dwelling  to be in  a  state of 
occupancy there must  be  In it  the presence 
of human beings as at their customary place 
of  abode,  not  absolutely  continuous,  but it 
must be the place  of  usual return  and hab­
itual stoppage.  *  *  *  A dwelling-house 
and a bam are unoccupied within the mean­
ing of  an  insurance  policy  which  provides 
that buildings unoccupied  shall not be  cov­
ered by the  policy  when  the  house is only 
used by servants in taking their meals when 
working a contiguous farm  and  the bam is 
only used in storing hay and tools.”

PRIVILEGED  COMMUNICATION—MERCAN­

TILE AGENCIES.

The law governing communications made 
by mercantile agencies  to their  subscribers 
in the  course  of  their  business  was  much 
discussed  by Judge Harmon, of  the Super­
ior  Court  of  Cincinnati,  in  charging  the 
jury in the  recent  case  of  Crist  vs. Brad- 
street Company.  This vsfas an action brought

against  the  Company  for  alleged  misrep­
resentations made by it to certain of its sub­
scribers  regarding  the  mercantile  standing 
and  credit  of  the  plaintiff.  The  judge in 
his  charge  made  the  following  clear  and 
forcible statement  of the  principles of  law 
applicable to  the  case:  “In  the  ordinary 
case  of  a  publication  by  one  person  of 
another,  if the  publishing  be admitted  and 
the statement be one  which  from its nature 
is calculuted to injure  the business  reputa­
tion,  standing or credit  of  the  person  com­
plaining,  his  case  is  made  out,  unless  the 
publisher prove  his  statements  to  be true. 
*  *  *  But where the person  making the 
statement  was  under  some  obligation  or 
duty to make a statement  on  the subject to 
the persons to whom it  was  made,  a differ­
ent rule applies  and for a  manifest reason. 
Ordinary publications are  purely voluntary. 
The only duty the  maker  of  them  owes to 
any one  is  to  the  person  whom  they con­
cern—the duty not to injure him  by stating 
anything false about  him,  and this  duty  is 
absolute.  Where,  however,  the  publica­
tion  is  made  because  the  maker  is  under 
obligation to the person to wrliom it is made, 
to give  information  about  the  person con­
cerned,  he also owes a duty to the person to 
whom the  statement  is  made,  not  to  mis­
lead  him  by  withholding  information  re­
ceived and honestly believed to be true.  The 
law,  therefore,  which  is  reasonable  in  all 
things, does not in such cases impose on the 
person making  the  statement  the  absolute 
risk  as to its  truth,  as  in  other  cases,  but 
protects him,  although it proves to be false, 
if it  was made in an effort,  in good faith,  to 
discharge  his  duty  of  giving  information, 
and  with  an  honest  belief  in  its  truth. 
Statements made in the discharge of  such a 
duty are  called ‘privileged,’  and  the  priv­
ilege extends  to  them  whether  the duty be 
imposed by law,  as where  one is called as a 
witness; by circumstances,  as  where  one is 
inquired of concerning a person formerly in 
his employ by one  about  to employ him,  or 
voluntarily assumed  by undertaking to pro­
cure information on  the subject  dealt  with 
by the statement for persons whose interest 
makes it proper for  them  to  have it.  The 
duty of defendant  was  of  the  latter  class, 
the  others  being  mentioned  merely  for  il­
lustration. 
It  wTas  engaged  in a  business 
which the commercial world has  found use­
ful,  and which the law  recognizes as  legit­
imate and proper,  viz. :  the business  of  col­
lecting for the use of its customers informa­
tion concerning the reputation, standing and 
credit  of  persons  engaged  in  the  various 
branches of trade  and  commerce.  Persons 
having or  liable  to  have  commercial  deal­
ings with others have a right  to make  such 
inquiries upon all  subjects relating  to such 
others as  are calculated  to  inform  them to 
what extent they would be justified in deal­
ing with  or  trusting  them.  Such  subjects 
include  the  means,  past  history,  present 
standing,  reputation  for  honesty  and  fair 
dealing,  personal  habits,  so  far  as  they 
affect business  standing,  etc.,  of  such  per­
sons.  *  *  *  Those desiring  such infor­
mation for  such  purposes  not only  have a 
right to make inquiries themselves, but send 
their  employes  or  special  agents  to  make 
them, or may employ persons  engaged,  like 
defendant, in the general business of collect­
ing and furnishing such  information.  And 
in order that the duty of  supplying such in­
formation.  And 
in  order  that  the  duty 
of  supplying  such  information  may  be 
freely  and  faithfully  performed,  the  law, 
from  motives  of  sound  policy,  confers  on 
persons bearing such relations to each other 
the  privilege  of  freely  communicating  on 
such subjects so  long  as  they  have  an eye 
single to the  discharge of such  duty.  *  * 
The business of the mercantile agency estab­
lished and conducted  by  the  defendant,  as 
disclosed in the evidence,  is lawful and use­
ful, and the défendent had the right to com­
municate the information it possessed  as to 
the character, credit  and financial  standing 
of plaintiff to any person or firm  entitled to 
use and receive  it  for his or their  guidance 
in dealing with the plaintiff,  and  if  the de­
fendant, In obtaining and giving such infor­
mation to such persons so entitled to receive 
the same,  acted in good  faith, and  believed 
such  information  to  be  true,  there  is  no 
ground for action, even though the informa­
tion communicated should prove to be incor­
rect and unfounded  in fact.”

N evor to  o u r  knowledge  has  any  medicine 
m et with the success as  has  Golden  Seal  Bit­
It  com prises  the best  rem edies  of  the 
ters. 
vegetable kingdom  so as to derive the greatest 
m edicinal  effect,  and  is  m aking  w onderful 
cures. 

135

Are Ton t e i  to 
Stelle a Store, Pai 
Iïj or Closet?

I f  so,  tm d for 
prices  and  fur- 
thcr  information.

Eggleston  & Patten’s
Adjustable Ratchet Bar

PATENT

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Creates  a N ew  E ra 
in  Sto r e  F u rnish­
in g .  It  entirely su­
persedes 
the  old 
style  wherever  in­
troduced.

% Satisfaction Gnanunteed

A ll

infringe- 
ment> pro­
secuted.
I f not to b« 
h ad   from  
E T T T jy o u r  local 
H a rd w a re  
V? 
D ea ler, 
«end  y o u r
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order*  di*

€ < .//• 

Torrance & Go., Trov, N. Y.

PUTNAM & BROOKS
Wholesale Mannfactnrers of

PURE  CANDY

ORANGES,  LEMONS, 

BANANAS,  FIGS,  DATES, 

2KTu.ts,  E to .

CURTISS, DUNTON  & CO.,

; ] l  i* p  r  r

Twines, Cordage, Woodenware,
Tamil  Felt, Tamil  Board, B a l i   Boarfl, Etc.
LYON  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

WOOL TWINE,  BINDERS’ TWINE,

!, BERTSCH & CO.,  *
BOOTS  AND  SHOES.  *

MANUFACTURERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

AGENTS  FOR  THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

14 and 16 Pearl Street, 

-  Grand Rapids, Mich.  ^

WM. SEARS & CO.
Cracker Manufacturers,

Mi

1

I 

D IR E C T IO N S  
We have cooked the corn in tl 
{Should  be  Thot 

sufficiently. 
Warmed (not cooked) adding  pie 
Good Butter i size of hen’s egg 
of fresh  milk  (preferable  tc 
Season to suit when on the tal 
genuine unless bearing the signal

Oft

CHILL1C0THE
a t   T H IS

Every can wrapped in colored tissue paper with 

signature and stamp on each can.

JOBBERS  IN

DRY  GOODS,

83  Monroe  JSt.,

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers a Specialty.

Agents  for

A M B O Y   C H E E S E .

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

GO  TO

FOli

Figs, Dates,

ETC.

BULKLEY, LEMON £ HOOPS,
W holesale  Grocers.

I m p o r t e r s   a n d

Sole Agontis for

F. J. DETTENTHALER,
OYSTERS & FISH,

JOBBER  OF

B U T T E R . -AJSTID E G G S ,

&

CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED,

117 MONROE ST., 

- 

GRAND  RAPIDS, MIOH.

JENNINGS’

Flavoring  Extracts!
JENNINGS  &  SMITH,

MANUFACTURED  BY

Props. Arctic Manufacturing up.,

G R A N D   R A P ID S .

M IO H .

j m

Thompson & Taylor Spice  Co.’s  “ Mag­

nolia ” Package Coffee.
SOLE  PROPRIETORS

Daniel Scotten &  Co.’s “ HIAWATHA” 

Plug Tobacco.

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

Royal Java.
Golden Santos.

“J O L L Y   T Ih A E ”  F i n e   O m 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 delicacies.

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

25,27 and 29 Ionia St. ant 51, 53, 55,57 ant 59 Mant Sts.,

G-rand Rapids, Mloli.

Making  Electric  Lamps.

From  the New Y ork Tribune.

The  incandescent  electric  light  has  be­
come a  familiar  object  to every one.  The 
little glass bulbs with  their  brilliant horse­
shoe of  glowing  filament  attract  no  more 
attention  than  the  flickering gas-jet.  But 
the facts  about  the  gas-jet  are  easily and 
generally  understood,  while  the  electric 
lamp is Still a puzzle to many people.  Both 
produce light by incandescence.  The mole­
cules of  gas  are  rendered  incandescent by 
the  heat  generated  by  the  combustion of 
other molecules.  The blue portion of every 
gas flame  is  where  combustion  is  taking 
place,  and  from that  comes the heat which 
keeps the  rest  in  a  state of  incandesence. 
With  the  electric  lamp  it  is the heat pro­
duced by the  friction of  an electric current 
compelled  to  go  through a fine carbon fila­
ment,  which raises that  filament to a condi­
tion of incandesence and produces light.

The three substances which enter into the 
composition of an  electric  lamp  are  glass, 
platinum wire and bamboo or paper.  Glass 
bulbs  are  readily  prepared  by  the  usual 
methods of  glass-blowing,  but the prepara­
tion  of  the  bamboo  is  a  delicate  piece of 
work. 
In  the  best  lamps  the  little horse­
shoe is made of  bamboo,  and  this material 
has proved its superiority to its rival, paper, 
in several ways.  The  bamboo  comes from 
Japan  in  the  bundles  of  slips  a  foot  in 
length.  Japanese  bamboo  is  of finer qual­
ity  than  the  Chinese. 
It  is  first  split up 
into little  square  strips.  Girls round these 
off by running them through dies until  they 
look  like  little  broom  straws.  These are 
put in crucibles  with  graphite  and submit­
ted to a white heat for several hours.  This 
carbonizes them thoroughly.  The filaments 
are not all of  exactly  the  same  size when 
taken out  of  the  crucibles,  and  if used in 
that state would present varying resistances 
to the current,  and  the  lamps would not be 
even and economical in  their working.  To 
make  them  uniform,  they  are  put one by 
one into a glass jar  from which the  air can 
be  exhausted  and  a  hydrogen  gas—the 
lightest of the  products of  petroleum—can 
be added.  A  current  of electricity  is  mu 
through  the  horseshoe  filament  and it ab­
sorbs carbon from the gas until the operator 
sees that its  resistance  has been reduced to 
the  regulation amount.  The standard  used 
in the factory  from  which  this description 
was  obtained  is  250  ohms.  The  moment 
when the resistence has reached the desired 
point is told by means of an apparatus fam­
iliar to electricians—the Wheatstone bridge.
the 
bulb,  the  carbon  filament,  and the stopper 
containing the  two  platinum  wires  which 
are to connect the horseshoe of  carbon with 
the system of wires that carries the  current 
all over a building to the hundreds of lamps. 
It only  remains  to  put  the  stopper  in its 
place at the  larger  end  of  the pear-shaped 
glass bulb,  seal it air-tight in the  flame of a 
blow-pipe,  extract the  air  from the bulb by 
a mercury  pump,  and  then  seal  the other 
end.  The  bulb  is  made  of  the  thinnest 
glass,  and  before  the air is exhausted from 
it,  it  will break easily.  After the vacum is 
created,  however,  it  can  be  handled care­
lessly  without  injury;  and  when  it  does 
break there is a report  like  that  of a dozen 
pop-guns.

Now,  the  lamp  is  in  three  parts: 

The lamps are  expected  to  bum six hun­
dred hours.  Sometimes,  like other  articles 
of human  manufacture,  they  fall  short of 
expectations.  The competitive trial recent­
ly made  at  the  Franklin  Institute  of  the 
lamps of the  various  companies  furnished 
several  woeful  examples  of this truth.  A 
well-made  lamp  will  last  that  length  of 
time,  however. 
If,  by  bad  workmanship, 
air is allowed to leak  in,  the  carbon bums 
out quickly. 
If it is  run  at too high a ten­
sion—that is,  if  too  much  current  is sent 
through it,  the  friction  wears out the little 
horseshoe in a  shorter  time  and  it breaks 
It is the necessity for a practically  absolute 
vacuum  that  requires  the  employment  of 
the platinum  connecting  wires.  Platinum 
is the only metal  which  expands  and con­
tracts with heat at  the  same  rate as glass. 
This keeps  the  joint,  where the wires pass 
through the  glass,  always  tight so that no 
air  can  enter.  There is a fortune in  store 
for the inventor who  can  get up some kind 
of cement  that will  prevent the passage of 
air,  and at the  same  time  admit the use of 
cheap  copper  instead  of  costly  platinum 
wires.  The  problem  may  be  capable  of 
solution,  for  this  whole  matter  of electric 
lighting is still in its infancy,  though  not a 
most vigorous state of infancy.

The prevention  of  decay  in wood is said 
to be  effectively  accomplished  by exhaust­
ing the air from the  pores,  and filling them 
with  a  gutta  percha  solution,  a  substance 
which preserves  the wood  alike from mois 
ture,  water and the  action of the sun.  The 
solution  is  made  by  mixing  two-fcirds of 
gutta percha to  one-third  of  paraffine,  this 
mixture  being  then  heated  to  liquefy the 
gutta  percha,  when it is readily  introduce 
into the pores of the wood,  the effect of the 
gutta  percha  being,  when it becomes  cool 
to harden the pores.

STEAM  LAUNDRY

43 and 45 Kent Street. 

STANLEY  N.  ALLEN,  Proprietor.
WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO 

CHEMICALS.

Orders  by M ail and E xpress prom ptly a t 

tended  to.

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Offered in this Market are  as follows:

PLUG  TOBACCO.

RED  F O X .................................................
BIG  D R I V E .........................................
PATROL 
.................................................
.................................
JACK  RABBIT 
SILVER  C O I N .........................................
P A N IC .........................................................
BLACK  PRINCE,  DARK 
BIG  STUMP 
APPLE  J A C K .........................................

- 

-

-

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

FUTE  CUT.

2c less in 6 pail lots.

THE  MEIGS  FINE  CUT, DARK, Plug flavor 
.62
STUNNER,  D A R K ........................................ .35
RED  BIRD,  B R I G H T .................................... .48
OPERA  QUEEN,  BRIGHT  - 
.40
..............................................................32
FRUIT 
O  SO  S W E E T ..................................................30
SM O KIN G .
ARTHUR’S  CHOICE, LONG  CUT,  BRIGHT 
- 
RED  FOX,  LONG  CUT,  FOIL 
- 
- 
GIPSEY  QUEEN,  GRANULATED 
- 
- 
- 
- 
OLD  COMFORT,  IN  CLOTH 
SEAL  OF  GRAND  RAPIDS,  IN  CLOTH 
D IM E   SMOKER,  IN  CLOTH  - 
- 
- 
- 
2c less in  100 pound lots.

.22 
.26
.26
.27
.24 
.24

- 

These brands are sold only by

Arthur Meigs & Co.

Wholesale Grocers,

Who warrant the same to be unequalled.  We guar­
antee  every  pound  to  be  perfect  and  all  right  in 
every particular.  V7e 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.

SPRING  &

COMPANY,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Staple and  Fancy

DRY  GOODS

MATTMOa

OIL  CLOTHS

BTC.,  13 TO.

6 and 8 Monroe Street,

G r a n d   R a p i d a »

gpglgf;

OLNEY, SHIELDS  4  CO.
WHOLESALE
U f i

A n d   I M P O R T E R S   O F   T E A S .

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

l^oA-LpiirA’s Peavey Fltzg.

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

ALSO  SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

M E I T D E I -   <&  B R O S . ’  C e l e b r a t e d   C I G A R S ,

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, 

- 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Leader  Shorts.

Leader Smoking

15c per pound.
16c per pound.
The Best in the "World.
CLARK, JEWELL  &  00,

See  Our  Wholesale  Quotations  else­

where in this issue and write for

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n

WHOLESALE

FULL  LINE  OF  ALL  STAPLE 

PLUGS  KEPT  IN  STOCK.

Sole Agents for Celebrated

F.  &  B.  Boquet,  Spanish  Fly 

Pantilla, Rosa DeOro, Amer­

ican  Olub,  Jim  Fox 

Clipper, Moxie.

76 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
E x c lu s iv e ly   W h o le s a le .
PORTABLE AND  STATIONARY
E N G I N E S

From  3 to 150 Horse-Power,  Boilers, Saw  Mills, 
G rist Mills, Wood W orking  M achinery,  S haft­
ing,  Pulleys  and  Boxes.  C ontracts  made  for 
Complete Outfits.

m

'¿Alté1

w.  O.  Donl»on,

Special  Prices  in  Oar  Lots. 
We are prepared to rnle Bottom Prices  or anything we handle.
A. B. KNOWLSON,
W.  J.  QUAN  &  CO.'S

3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids,  Mich.

88,90  and  93  South  Division  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN.

R UCKBOARD  W AGON I

$80,
$60 per 1,000, 
With  750  Dorothy  Cigars  at 
And  750  Pansy Blossom  Cigars  at $35 per 1,000,

Making 1,500 Cigars in all.

W e will  give  free  a  New  Style  Buck- 
board W agon like above cut.  The W agon 
is  made  of the  very  best  material,  with 
improved  springs;  handsomely  trimmed 
and varnished.  You get this wagon for a 
limited  time  only, with  $71.25  worth  oi 
Cigars.
.
" W .

  J .   d T J - A - Z S T   &,  C O

O H I O  .A/Gt O,  I3L.X-J.

Terms 4 months or 4 per cent, discount for Cash in ten days.

F R E S H   M EATS.

John  M ohrhard  quotes  the trad e  selling

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

:ys—FOREIGN,

SNUFF.

@  24 
@ 
7 
©  14 
@  14 

... 
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“ 
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L orillard’s A m erican G entlem en.......  @  72
Maecoboy.............................   @  55
Gail & A x’ 
@  44
............................ 
R appee..................................   @  35
Railroad  Mills  Scotch............................ 
©  45
Lotzbeck  ..................................................  @1  30

“ 

VINEGAR.

*
^  y,

G roceries.

Grocers’ Association of I

of Mnskee«

OFFICERS.

P resid en t—H. B. Fargo.
F irst Vice-President—Win. B. K eift.
Second Vice-President—A. Towl.
Recording S ecretary—Wm. Peer.
Financial Secretary—John DeHaas.
Board o i D irectors—(). Lam bert, W. 1. McKen­
zie, H. B. Sm ith, Wm. B.Kelly, A.  Towl  and 
E.  Johnson.
Finance Committee—Wm.  B. Kelly,  A.  Towl 
and E. Johnson.
Com m ittee  on  Rooms  and  L ibrary—O.  Lam­
bert, H.  B. Sm ith an d   W. 1. McKenzie.
A rb itration  Com m ittee—B.  Borgm an.  G arrit 
W agner and John DeHaas.
Com plaint  Comm ittee—Wm.  B.  K eift,  D.  A. 
Boelkins, J. O. Jeannot,  H.  S.  Miner  and L. 
V incent.
Law Committee—H. B.  Fargo,  Wm.  B.  K eift 
and A. Towl.
T ransportation Committee—Wm. B. K eift, A n­
drew  W ierengo and Wm. Peer.
Regular m eetings—First and third W ednesday 
evenings  of each m onth.
N ext m eeting—Wednesday' evening, A pril 7.
RETAIL  GROCERS’  ASSOCIATION 

OF  GRAND  RAPIDS.

ORGANIZED  NOVEMBER  10,  1885.

P resident—Erw in J. H errick.
F irst Vice-President—E. E.  W alker.
Second V ice-President—Jas. A. Coye.
Secretary—Cornelius A. Johnson.
T reasurer—B. S. H arris.
Board of  D irectors—Eugene  Richmond,  Wm. 
H. Sigel, A. J. Elliott, H enry A.  H ydorn  and 
W. E. Knox.
Finance  Committee—W. E.  K nox.  H.  A.  H y­
dorn and A. J. Elliott.
Room Com m ittee—A. J. Elliott,  Eugene  Rich­
mond and Wm. H. Sigel.
A rbitration  Committee—Jam es  Farnsw orth, 
M. J. Lewis and A.  Rasch.
Complaint  Com m ittee—J.  George  Lehm an, 
M artin C. D eJager and A. G. W agner.
A nnual m eetings—Second Tuesday in Novem­
ber.
Regular  m eetings—F irst  and  Third  Tuesday 
Evenings of each m onth.
N ext m eeting—Tuesday evening,  April 30.

IN  LINE.

Kalamazoo Grocers Determined to Present 

a Solid Front.

At a preliminary  meeting of  the  grocers 
of Kalamazoo, held on the 33d,  and  attend­
ed by about  thirty  leading  representatives 
of the trade,  it was voted to  extend an invi­
tation to the editor of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  to 
address a subsequent  meeting  on  the aims 
and objects of grocers’  associations.  Tues­
day evening,  April 30,  was agreed upon as a 
convenient date for all parties concerned,  on 
which occasion between forty and  fifty gro­
cers assembled at the place designed.  Pey­
ton Ranney acted as chairman of  the  meet­
ing and Julius Schuster  officiated  as secre­
tary.  Mr.  Stowe  referred  to the  origin of 
the  grocer  movement  in  the  East,  to  the 
rapid increase  in  number  and  membership 
and to  the  good  results  following  in  the 
wake of  concerted  action, 
lie  related the 
particulars attending the organization of the 
Traverse City,  Muskegon and Grand Rapids 
associations,  referring in  detail to  the var­
ious objects  sought  to  be  obtained  by the 
latter organization'and the good  results  al­
ready accomplished.  He  asserted  that  the 
dead-beat  question  was  practically solved, 
that the peddler nuisance  was in a fair way 
to curtailment and that the present abuse of 
selling  vegetables  by  measure  instead  of 
weight would  undoubtedly be  remedied by 
a thorough  discussion of  all the  points in­
volved,  followed by the general  adoption of 
the conclusions reached.  He complimented 
the  meeting  for  the large  number  present 
and predicted for the Kalamazoo Association 
a future pregnant with good results.

A considerable  discussion  followed rela­
tive  to  the  scope  the  organization  should 
take, after which  the  following  gentlemen 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  prepare a 
draft of a constitution  and  by-laws and re­
port at a meeting to be called as soon as the 
committee  completes the  work  asigned  it: 
O. K.  Buckhout, W.  C.  Davis, R.  A.  Stone, 
Julius Schuster; and B.  L.  Desenberg.

Several speeches were made, setting forth 
the need of  organized  effort,  and  the faith 
those present had in the  efficiency of a gro­
cers’ league.  From the tone of the remarks 
made and the promises of  co-operation sent 
in by those grocers who were  unable  to  be 
present at the  meeting,  it  was  clearly evi­
dent that the trade was a unit as regards or­
ganization and that  no fear need  be appre­
hended that any grocer would  stay out.

The Committee on Hall  reported in favor 
of securing the  large room  of  the Knights 
of Maccabees  for  meeting  purposes,  which 
can be leased for $40 per  year.  The report 
was accepted and laid on the table  for future 
consideration.

A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Stowe 
for his assistance  in  starting  the  Associa­
tion, and the meeting  adjourned.

Kalamazoo  possesses  excellent  material 
for  a  working  organization  and  T h e  
Tradesman bespeaks for  the  new project 
the full  measure of  success  its  promoters 
anticipate and deserve.

OUR  ROLL  OF  HONOR.

We,  the undersigned wholesale dealers of 
Grand Rapids,  hereby  pledge  ourselves to 
the Retail  Grocers’  Association,  not to sell 
goods in our  respective  lines  to consumers: 

O l n e y ,  S h ie l d s  & Co.,
H a w k in s  & P e r k y ,
F.  J.  Lamb & Co.,
Bulki.ky,  Lemon & Hoops,
Amos Mussei.man & Co.,
Fox & Bradford,
O.  W.  Blain,
I ra O. Green,
Moseley Bros.,
Bunting & Shedd,
W.  F.  Gibson  & Co.,
S.  C.  Peer,
Clark, J ewell & Co.,
Cody, Ball  & Co..
J ennings & Smith,
J ohn Caulfield,
Fred D.  Yale & Co.,
Telfer & Brooks,
E aton & Christenson,
H a z e l t in e   & P e r k in s  Drug Co.

“Silver King”  coffee is all therage.  One 
silver  present  given  with  every  1  pound 
package.

The  W est  Side  Grocer.

Something is going rong in our  store and 
I don’t no the reeson unless it is on akkount 
of a drawr Pa had trubble with the other da.
Pa was wateing on  a  Kustomer  and had 
okkashun  to  open  a  drawr to get a  stove 
brush for  the  Kustomer.  Pa  pulled  on it 
but the drawr would  give  only on one side, 
and then  he  would  push  it  back  and try 
again and the drawr would give only on the 
other side.  Pa got kinder mad but lie didnt 
say anything  and  tryd  again  but it would 
only give  on  one side.  Then Pa gerked it 
and got red in the  face but the  drawr didnt 
come out atall  and  Pa showd his teeth and 
sed dumit and  then  he give it a awful hard 
gerk and the  handals  come  off and landed 
Pa in a tin  of.  lard;  and  then  I sed to Pa 
lard hav mercy  on  you  and Pa through a 3 
pound block of Kod fisch at me but I dodged 
it;  and it  nocked  off  the  Kustomer’s plug 
hat onto the floor and the hunk of Kod fisch 
landed on the  Sho  Kase  and  broak  threw 
the glass and  the  fine glass got mixt in the 
rock  Kandy  and I  made  traks  and  stood 
with the bak  dore  in  my  fist and hqllered 
out to Pa that  he cud go  thru Gerusalem as 
easy now as  Balam did.  Pa  lias  ben mad 
at me ever  since  and wont speek to me un­
less he wants the sprowts  pict off the Pota­
toes in the sellar.

A lady telerfoned  down  last nite and Pa 
It  was  about  7 
ansered  the  telerfone. 
oclock in the evening and our deelivry wag­
gon had gone home and  the lady which tel­
erfoned wanted 3 cents worth of  east deliv­
ered  rite  away.  Pa  put  it  down* on the 
book expekting to  get  more orders but she 
didnt want  anything more and Pa hung up 
the telerfone  and wauked  up and down the 
ilore,  and the  more  he wauked the more he 
tauked to his self and  his face got read and 
he was beginning to swet  and finaly lie sed 
dumit I wont do it,  and  then Pa  telerfoned 
back to the lady that lie was out of east and 
then the lady  wanted  him to go out and by 
it for her and send it up and Pa told an aw­
ful big ly and sed  that  all  his naybars w as 
cloased up and  then  lie  hung up the teler­
fone and told a man  that  the lady who tel­
erfoned didnt by 2 dollers worth of grocerys 
of him in a yere,  but she always  called on 
him  when  she  wanted a faver  dun. 
then 
Pa told the  man  that  the  same  lady won 
time bawt 2 pownds  of  brown  Sluigar and 
wanted it deliverd  C.  o.  D.  and  then she 
gave Pa ten sents  and wanted him to buy a 
kuppel of bottles of beer for her and send it 
up at the same time with the 12 sents worth 
of sliugar.  Pa  sed  lie  wood  and  got  the 
beer and  cent  it  up  with  the Sliugar and 
when  the  delivery  boy  got  to  the  ladies 
house there was uoboddy in the kitchen and 
lie set the beer on the  tabell and cum home 
with out Kollecting the 13 sents for the Shu- 
gar.  Pa wated  60  days  and  didnt see the 
lady any more  and  then  he  cent me up to 
Kollect the  bill  of  12 sents.  and the lady 
sed that the  delivery  boy  was to blaim for 
the brakeing of  won  of  the bottles of beer 
when lie delivered  it  caws  he set it on the 
ege of the tabell  and the Kat nocked it awf 
and broak it.  and caws lie was the fawltof 
breaking it she want going to pay for it and 
so she  sub  trackted  the 5 sents of the beer 
from the 12 sents  Shugar  bill and pade me 
7 sents and  wanted  me  to  reseat  the bill, 
but I woodent  do  it and she told me to tell 
Pa that she wood  never  traid with him eny 
moar.  Pa was  awful  sorry,  betehur sweet 
life.

‘Baking Powder” advertisement else-

See  1 
where.

Why don’t you make your own

TO THE  RETAIL  GROCER.
BalLing  Pow der
And a krundred per cent,  profit!  I have  made m ine for 
years.  Twelve receipts, including the leading powders 
of the day, with full directions for  preparing1,—the  re­
sult of 30 years’ collecting,  selecting  and  experiment­
ing, sent for a  $1 postal note.  Address

C.  P .  B artlett,  B a ld w in sv ille,  N.  Y.

BULL
Tobaccos.
TRADE UNION 

LABOR  UNION,

The largest amount of good tobacco for the 

least m*oney.

a n d   e x tr a  good

FI2STE  OUTS
These goods are all UNION  MADE,  and 
each box is duly  stamped  with  the  Union 
Label.  No sc a b  work goes from  this  fac­
tory.  Every employee  is a Union man and 
a K.  of L.

If your jobber don’t sell  it,  your order  di­
rect will be filled promptly at prices quoted, 
and delivered to your railroad  depot free  of 
freight.

Bull Dog Tobacco Works,
Co v in g t o n ,  K y.

Dissolution of Copartnership.

Notice is hereby  given  th a t  the  copartner­
ship heretofore existing u n der the  firm   nam e 
o f Leach & F orrester, m an ufacturers and deal­
ers  in  shingles,  is  this  day dissolved, W.  W. 
F orrester  succeeding.  A ll  accounts  due  the 
late firm m ust be  paid to th e  said  W.  W.  For­
rester and all debts of th e late firm will be paid 
by th e said W. W. F orrester.

C. N.  LEACH.
W.  W.  FORESTER.

Dated at Pierson, March Id, 1886.

i

5  @  7
6(4@  7(4
6(4©  7(4
8  @9
7  @  7(4
6(4®  7
13  @14
14  @15
@14
@14

............ 35
............ 32
............28
............ 20
______ 18
.........1  75
.........1  15
.........1  65
.........1  00
.........1  40
@10
@  7
@  7
@  4
@  9

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llrices as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides........................
Fresh  Beef, hind  q u a rte rs.......
M utton,  carcasses.......................
V eal............/7 ...............................
Pork  Sausage...............................
Bologna..........................................
Fow ls...............................................
Spring Chickens..........................
Ducks  ...........................................
Turkeys  ........................................

OYSTERS  A N D   F IS H .

F. J . D ettenthaler quotes as follows

OYSTERS.

New  Y ork  C ounts......................
H. F. H. &  Co.  Selects................
S e le c ts...........................................
A nchors.........................................
Standards  .....................................
Selects, by b u lk ............................
Standards, by  b u lk ......................
Shrew sbury shells, $   100..........
Princess  Bay  Clams, 
100.......
100..........
New  York  Counts, 
FRESH  FISH.
Cod  ................................................
H addock..........................................
M ackerel........................................
Mackinaw T ro u t..........................
P erch ...............................................
W hiteflsh ......... 
.........................
■  ----------

H A R D W O O D   L U M B ER .

The fu rn itu re  factories  here pay  as  follows
fo r dry  stock :
Basswood, log-run.......................
@13  00
Birch, log-run...............................
....16 00@20  00
Birch, Nos. 1 and  2......................
@25  00
Black Ash, log-run.......................
@13  00
Cherry,  log-run............................ __ 25 00@30  00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2...................
....45 00@50 00
Cherry,  cu ll..................................
@10 00
....15 00@1?  00
Maple,  log-run.............................
Maple, soft,  log-run...................
....12 00@14  00
Maple, Nos. l a n d 2......................
@20  00
Maple, clear, flooring.................
©25  00
Maple, white, selected...............
©25  00
Red Oak, log-run..........................
@18  00
Red Oak, Nos. 1  and 2..................
@23 00
Red Oak, No.  1, step  iilank.......
@25 00
W alnut, log-run.............................
@55  00
W alnut, Nos. 1 and 2...................
@75  00
W alnuts,  cu lls.............................
@25 00
Grey  Elm, log-run........................
@13 00
W hite Ash,  log-run......................
....14 00@16 00
W hitewood,  log-run.....................
@33  00

TIME  TABLES.

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

(KALAMAZOO  DIVISION.)

Leave.

N. Y.

A rrive.
Ex. and  N. Y.
N. Y.
Mail. Mail.
Ex.
Mail.
a.  in.
P. III.
a. m. p. in.
4:40
7:50 Dp. .G rand  Rajiids. . .A r  9:50
7:15
5:58
9:07....... .A lle g a n ...........
5:58
..  8:32
6:55 10:05....... .K alam azoo__ .......7:30
5:00
9:50 11:40....... .W hite Pigeon. .......5:50
3:30
a.  m. p. in.
a. m.
p. m.
4:15
5:10....... .Toledo.............. .......11:15
10:40
9:30....... .C leveland....... .......6:40
8:20
6:30
p. 111. a. m.
a. m. p. m.
3:30....... .Buffalo  ..........
2:40
....11:55 11:55
a. m. p. m.
p. m.
a. m.
5:40
8:00....... . C hicago.......... .Lv  11  30
8:50
A local freight leaves Grand Rapids a t lp .m ., 
carry in g  passengers as fa r as A llegan.
All  trains daily except Sunday.

J. W. McK ennev, G eneral A gent.

Chicago & West Michigan.

Leaves. A rrives, 
tM ail.............
4:30 p m 
+I)ay  E xprès 
9:25 p  m 
♦Night  Expr 
5:45 a m 
Muskegon Ei 
11:20 a m
•Daily. 
tD 
Pullm an SI 
rh t  trains, 
Through  par 
______
¡areful  at-
tendan
-------— ,  ....„ „ „ t  ex tra   charge  to  Chicago  on
1:00 p. m., and through coach  on9:15a.  m. and 
10:40 p.  m.  trains.

-12:35 p n  
10:40 p i  
..  4:20 p v 
m nday. 
on  all  n
car  in   charge  of 

C£

NEWAYGO DIVISION.

Leaves.  A rrives.
E xpress...................................  4:20 p m   7:30 p m
E x p ress...................................  8:00am   10:50am
All trains arriv e and d ep art from  Union  De­
pot.
The  N orthern term inus of  th is Division is at 
Baldwin, w here close connection is m ade  with 
F. &  P. M.  train s  to  and  from   L udington  and 
M anistee.

J . H . Ca r p e n t e r .  G en’l Pass. A gent.
J .  B.  M u l l i k e n ,  G eneral  M anager.

Detroit,  Mackinac  & Marquette.
W est.
Goi

rlitf

i:00 p 
Expi

ikinaw  City 
ind  Kapids. 
>s. 1 and 2  m

s^at Mackinac City w ith Michigt

Connections  also  m ade  a t  St.  Ignace  with 
steam ers of the D etroit  and  Cleveland  Steam 
Navigation Company and all lake steam ers.
A t M arquette with the M arquette, H oughton 
& Ontonagon Railroad, for  all  Lake  Superior 
points. 

Gen. Supt., M arquette, Mich.
Gen. Pass, and T icket A gent. M arquette.

A.  WATSON,
E. W. ALLEN,

D etroit,  Grand  Haven &  M ilwaukee.

GOING EAST.

A rrives. 
fSteam boat  E xpress..........  
+Through  M ail......................10:40 a m  
tE vening  E xpress.................3:40 p m  
•Lim ited  E xpress................   8:30 p m  
tMixed, w ith  coach............  

Leaves.
6:25 a m

10:50 a m
3:50 p m
10:45 p m

11:00 a m

GOING WEST.

5:10 p m

7:10 a m

5:35 a m

1:10pm

tM orning  E xpress..............  1:05 p m 
+Through  M ail.....................   5:00 p m  
tSteam boat  E xpress........... 10:40 p m
tM ixod...............................................  
•N ig h tE x p ress......................  5:10 a m  
+Daily, Sundays excepted.  »Daily.
Passengers  taking  the  6:25  a.  m.  Express 
m ake close connections a t Owosso fo r Lansing 
and a t D etroit for New York, arriving th ere at 
10:00 a. m. the follow ing m orning.
The  N ight  E xpress  has  a  through  W agner 
Car  and  local  Sleeping  Car  D etroit  te   Grand 
Rapids.

D. P o t t e r , City Pass. A gent.
G e o . B. R e e v e , Traffic M anager, Chicago.

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana.

GOING NORTH.

A rrives.  Leaves
Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex  9:20 p m 
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  9:30 a m  11:30 a  m 
Ft. W ayne & M ackinac  Ex  4 :10pm  
5:05pm
7:00 a  m
G’d Rapids & T rav. City Ac. 
G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 
7:15 a m
M ackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  5:05 p m  
5:30 p m  
M ackinac & Ft. W ayi e E x .. 10:30 a m   11:45 a m 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac. 10:30 p m

GOING  SOUTH.

All train s daily except Sunday.

SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS.

N orth—T rain  leaving  a t  5:05  o’clock  p.  m. 
has  Sleeping  and  Chair  Cars  for  Petoskey 
and  M ackinac.  Train leaving a t 11:30 a. m. has 
com bined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinaw 
City.
South—Train leaving a t 5 :30 p. m. has  Wood­
ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.

C. L. Lo c k w o o d, Gen’i Pass. A gent.

M ichigan  G entral.

DEPART.

tD etroit E xpress......................................   6:00 a m
+Dav  E xpress............................................ 12:45 p m
•A tlantic E xpress.....................................10:40 p m
+Way F re ig h t.............................................  6:50 a  m
•Pacific  E x p ress................................................6:00 a m
tM a il.............................................................3:30 p m
+Grand  Rapids  E xpress.........................10:35 p m
W av F re ig h t.........................................................5:15 p m

ARRIVE.

tD aily except Sunday.  »Daily.
Sleeping  cars  ru n   on  A tlantic  and  Pacific 
E xpress.
D irect  and  prom pt  connection  m ade  with 
G reat  W estern,  G rand  T runk  and  Canada 
Southern train s in sam e depot a t D etroit, ttauB 
avoiding tran sfers.
The D etroit E xpress leaving at 6:00 a. m. has 
D raw ing  Room  and  P arlor  Car  fo r  D etroit, 
reaching th a t city a t 11:45 a. m., New Y ork 10:30 
a. m .,and  Boston 3:05  p. m. n e x t day.
A tra in  leaves D etroit a t 4 p. m. daily except 
Sunday w ith draw ing room  c ar attached, arriv­
ing a t G rand Rapids a t 10:35 p. m.

Chas. H. No r r is.  G en’l A gent

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45
35
65

4 
2 
2 
1 

These  prices  are  fo r  cash  buyers,  who  pay 

prom ptly and buy in full packages.
F razer’s .................  
901 P a r a g o n .................2  10
Diam ond  X ............  60 P aragon 25fi> pails.  90
Modoc, 4  doz..........2 50|Frazicrs,25 ft pails. 1  25
BAKING  POWDER.
Thom pson’s  Butterfly, b u lk ...

AXLE  GREASE.

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BLUING.

CANNED FISH.

“ 
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BROOMS.

“ 
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(4  “ 
“ 
1 
5 
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A rctic,  (6 tb cans, 6 doz. c a se ...
................... . 
 
 
 

6 o r 10 ft c a n s___ ..  27
(4,4 doz. in  case. ..  95
..1  95
(4,2  “ 
.1  25
Princess,  (4s........
(4s........ .  2 25
I s .......... .4  25
b u lk __ ,.  38
45
75
1  40
2  40
12  00
Silver Spoon. 50  c a n s......................................10  00
V ictorian, 1 ft cans,  (tall,) 2  doz...................2  00
Diamond,  “bulk,” ...........................................  
15
.. doz.
Dry, No. 2.....................................
. .doz.
Dry, No. 3....................................
.  doz. 
Liquid, 4 oz,.................................
..doz. 
Liquid, 8 oz..................................
. .$)  gross  4  00
A rctic 4 o z...................................
..........   8 00
A rctic 8  oz..................................
.........  12 00
A rctic 16 oz.................................
...........  2 00
A rctic No. 1 pepper bo x..........
A rctic No. 2 
..........
....................  3 00
A rctic No. 3 
..........
..................4  00
No. lH u r l................2  OOlCommonWhisk___  90
No. 2C arpet........... 2 25 Fancy  W hisk.......... I  00
No. 1 C arpet........... 2 50 Mill.............................3  50
No. 1  P arlo rG em ..2   751
Clams, 1 lb. L ittle N eck.......................................1 30
Clams, 2 lb. Little N eck.......................................2 00
Clam Chowder,  3 lb.................................  
2 15
Cove Oysters,  1  lb  standards.............................1 00
Cove Oysters, 2  ft  standards..........................   1 75
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic..............................................1 75
Lobsters, 2 lb, p icn ic.. . : .....................................2 50
Lobsters, l ft s ta r.................................................2 00
Lobsters, 2 1b s ta r .................................................3 00
Mackerel, l f t   fresh  stan d ard s......................... 1 10
M ackerel, 5 ft fresh  sta n d ard s.........................4 25
M ackerel in Tom ato Sauce, 3  f t....................... 3 00
M ackerel,3 ft in M ustard................................... 3 00
M ackerel, 3 ft  soused..........................................3 00
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia riv e r.............................. 1 40
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia riv e r..............................2 35
8
Sardines, dom estic (£8................................... 
Sardines,  dom estic  (4s...............................  
12
Sardines,  M ustard  (4s...................................  12
Sardines,  im ported  (¿s.................................  14
T rout. 3 ft  brook............................................  4 00
Apples. 3 ft sta n d a rd s...................................  75
Apples, gallons,  sta n d ard s............................... 2 10
Blackberries, sta n d ard s...............................   95
Cherries,  red  stan d ard .................................  95
D am sons...........................................................   90
Egg Plum s, standards 
................................1  25
G reen  Gages, standards 2 f t.............................. 1 25
Peaches, E x tra Y ellow .......................................1 75
Peaches,  stan d ard s..............................................1 60
Peaches,  seconds................................................. 1 25
Pineapples,  E rie............................................. I  50
Pineapples, stan d ard s................................... 1  40
Pineapples, Johnson’s sliced.......................2  60
Pineapples, Johnson’s, g ra te d ................... 2  75
Q u in ces.................................................................. 1 25
R aspberries,  e x tra ............................................. 1 15
Straw berries  ...................................................1  35

CANNED FRUITS.

CANNED FRUITS—CALI FORNIA.

 

Lusk’s.  M ariposa.
A p ric o ts....................................... 2  25 
2 00
2 00
Egg P lu m s....................................2  10 
G ra p e s........................................... 2  10 
1 80
Green  G ages................................ 2  10 
2 00
2 20
P e a rs................. 
2  50 
Q u inces.........................................2 50
2 25
P each es.......................... '............ 2  35 
CANNED VEGETABLES.
.3  00 
A sparagus, O yster B ay.....................
.  75
Beans, Lima,  sta n d ard .....................
.  95
Beans, Stringless,  E rie..
Beans, Lewis’  Boston B aked.....................1  65
Corn,  A rcher’s T rophy................................ I  00
“  A cm e........................................  ...........1  00
“  Maple L eaf..........................................  90
“  Excelsior.............................................. 1  00
Peas, F ren ch ................................................... 1  65
Peas, M arrofat, sta n d ard .............................1  40
Peas,  B eaver..................................................   70
Pum pkin, 3 ft G olden...................................  75
Succotash, sta n d ard .....................................   75
S q u ash .............................................................1  00
Tomatoes, standard  b rau d s.......................1  25
Michigan  full  cream ............................... 12 @12(2
H alf  skim ......................................................9 @10(4
S k im .....................................  
B aker’s ................... 37(41 Germ an  Sw eet...........23
R unkles’ ................. 35] Vienna Sweet  ..............22
Schepps. cake box...................................  @27(4
(48...............................................  @28
M altby’s 1 ft  ro u n d .................................  @26
assort  ...................................... .  @27
(4s.................................................  @28
M anhattan,  p ails.....................................  @20

CHOCOLATE.

COCO AN UT.

CHEESE,

5  @ 6

“ 
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COFFEES.

Green.

Roasted.

........ 7@15

R io ................
...9@13 R io ............
.........13 Golden Rio
Golden R io ..
.........13
Santos.......
Santos..........
M aricabo__ .........13 M aricabo..
. ,20@25
J a v a ............
J a v a ..........
.........24 O. G. Java.
O. G. J a v a ...
.........25 M ocha...  .
Mocha  .........
COFFE ES—PA C K AGE.
...............................  

60 tos lOOftsSOOfts
13(4  12X
13 
12%
13k

D ilw orth’s  ...
L io n ................
M cLaughlin’s 
A rbuckle’s  ..
G e rm a n .........
M a g n o lia __
60 foot  J u te ....... 1  00 
¡50 foot C otton___ 1 60
72 foot J u t e ........   1  25  60 foot C o tto n .... 1  75
40 Foot C otton___1  50  172 foot C otton___ 2 00

13%
13%
13(4

CORDAGE.

15(4

ip ft
5
5
5
5

5
7

7
8
8

X   XXX 

8(4
8(4
13(4
8(4

CRACKERS  AND  SWEET  GOODS.
K en osliaB utter.......................................  
Seym our  B u tte r................................  
B u tte r...................................................  
Fancy  B u tte r.............................  
4(4
S.  O yster..............................................  
P ic n ic ...................................................  
Fancy  O yster.............................  
4(4
Fancy  Soda................................. 
4(4
City Soda...................................................  
Soda  ..................................................... 
M ilk....................................................... 
B o sto n .......................................... 
G ra h a m ........................................ 
Oat  M eal......................................  
Pretzels, hand-m ade.............................. 
P re tz e ls..................................................... 
C rack n els....................................  
7(4 
Lem on Cream .............................  
Frosted C ream ......................................... 
G inger  Snaps.............................  
7(4 
No. 1 G inger  Snaps................... 
7(4
Lemon  Snaps'............................. 
Coffee  C akes...............................  
Lemon W afers............................ 
Ju m b les..................... 
E x tra H oney Ju m b les.............. 
Frosted  Honey  Cakes..............  
Cream  G em s...............................  
Bagleys  G em s............................ 
Seed  Cakes................................... 
S. &  M. Cakes........................................... 
Bloaters, Smoked Y arm outh......................75@s0
Cod,  w hole.......................................................4@a
Cod, Boneless................................................... 5@6(4
H a lib u t............................................................ 10@11
H erring, round,  (4  bbl.....................................2 25
H erring .round,  (4  b b l.....................................1 25
H erring; Holland,  bbls....................................11 00
H erring,  Holland,  k eg s...............................80@95
H erring,  Scaled..............................................22@23
Mackerel, shore, No. 2,  (4  bbls...........«___5 50
.......1 0 0
................  70
No. 3, (4 b b ls.................................3 50
12 ft  k its..............; ...........   62
............................  55
Shad, (4 b b l .........................................................2 50
T rout, (4  b b ls......................................................4 00
...............................................  80
W hite, No. 1, (4 b b ls ..................................... 6  50
W hite,  No. 1,12  ft k its.................................. 1  00
W hite, No. 1 ,101b k its...................................  90
W hite, Fam ily,  (4 bbls......................................2 50

“ 
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12 ft  kits 

FISH.

10 

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13(4
11(4
12(4
13(4
13(4
13(4
12(4

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

2 o z .......................
4 oz......................
6 oz.......................
8 oz......................
No. 2  T ap er.......
No.  4 
.......
(4 pint  ro u n d ...
1
No.  8.......... i . . . .
No. 1 0 .........

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Lemon. Vanilla.
. . . $   doz.l 00
1  40
................1  50
2 50
................2  50
4  00
3  50
................1  25
1  50
................1  75
3 00
................4 50
7  50
................9 00 15 00
................3  00
4  25
6 00

FRUITS—DOMESTIC.
A pricots, 251b boxes.......\
.............
Cherries, pitted, 50 ft  boxop...........
Egg plum s, 251b  boxes__ \
..........
P ears, 25 lb  boxes................. Y .......
Peaches,  D elaware. 50 lb bog^s.
Peaches, M ichigan............
Raspberries, 50 lb boxes..

@

@12(4 
&  23

C itro n ..............
C urrants,  new 
Lemon  Peel.  .
Orange P eel............
Prunes,  French,60s 
P runes,  French, 80s
P runes, T u rk ey __
I  Raisins, D ehesia... 
Raisins, London  Li 
r~  Raisins, California

Raisins,  Valencia., 
Raisins,  Im perials

Grand  Haven,  No.

1............................

•* 

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

©   4(4
©3  75
lyors........................3  00@3 20
@3 40
icatels...................
@2  00
J8s........................
@13(4
@10
...10%©10%
@3 50
MATCHES.
8, sq u are..........................1  00
', square, 3 g ro .................1 20
200,  parlor....... ..............1  75
■  3o0,  p arlor........
.. .2  25
7,  rou n d .......... ...............1  50
..............1  00
..............1  50
75
square.............................1  00
.
..............1  50
(4, ro u n d ............................1  00
............... ..............1 50
MOLASSES.
............15@19
............ 25@2S
............ 34@38
............ 38@42
............48@50
............52@55

Oshkosh, No.  2__
Oshkosh, No.  8__
Sw edish.................
Richardson’s No. 8 
Richardson’s No. 9 
Richardson’^ No. 7 
Richardson’s No. 7
Black  S tra p ..................................
Cuba B aking.................................
Porto  Rico....................................
New  Orleans,  good.....................
New Orleans, choice...................
New  Orleans,  fan cy ...................
(4 bills. 2c ex tra 

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OATMEAL.

PICKLES.

Steel  c u t................. 5 251 RolledOats,Shields’3 25
Steel Cut, (4  bbl__ 3  13 Rolled Oats. A cm e.3 25
Rolled  O ats............5 50 Quaker, 48  fts. ..........8   25
Rolled Oats, (4bbl. .3  00 Q uaker, 60  fts.,.......3  50
Rolled  Oats, cases.3 25[Quaker bbls__ .......6  00
M edium ..........................
@5 CO
S m a ll..............................
@8  00
2 25@8  00
Im ported Clay 3 gross.
Im ported Clay, No. 216, 3 g ross............
@2 25
Im ported Clay, No. 216, 2(4 gross.........
@1  85
A m erican  T. D.............
75©  90
Choice Carolina.. 
...6
Ja v a   .................
P rim e C arolina.. 
. .5(41 P a t n a ........................
Good  C a ro lin a... 
. .5 
i R angoon.......... 5(4@
Good L o uisiana..
£@3(4
..5  ¡Broken.
8ALERATUS.
DeLand’s p u re ........ 5(41 Dwight’s .....................5(4
Church’s  ................. 5(4 Sea  Foam ...................5(4
Taylor’s  G.  M------- 5(4¡Cap  Sheaf...................5(4

RICE.

P IP E S .

(4c less in 5 box lots.

SALT.

60 Pocket, F  F   D airy.............................  
28 P o ck et.................................................... 
100 3 ft  pockets.........................................  
Saginaw o r  M anistee.............................  
Diamond  C................................................  
Standard  Coarse......................................  
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. b ag s......... 
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. b ag s__  
H iggins’ English dairy  bu.  bags......... 
A m erican, dairy, (4  bu. b ag s................ 
Rock, bushels...........................................  
W arsaw, D airy, bu.  bags......................  

2 25
2  15
235

100
l   45
l   25
75
2  75
70
25
28
45

SAUCES.

  @2 00

Parisian,  (4  p in ts....................................  
P epper Sauce, red  sm all......................   @  70
P epper Sauce, green  .............................   @  SO
P epper Sauce, red  large rin g ..............  @1  25
P epper Sauce, green, large rin g .........  @l  50
Catsup, Tomato,  p in ts............................  @  80
Catsup, Tom ato,  q u arts  .......................  @1  20
H alford Sauce, p in ts.................................. 
@3 50
H alford Sauce,  (4 p in ts..........................  @2 20
Acrpe,  b a rs.......
Acme,  blocks...
Best  A m erican.
Circus  ................
Big Five  Center
N ickel..................
G em .....................

...3  75i'Napkin.....................4  85
,.  3  22; T o w el...................... 4  75
...3 08]W hite  M arseilles..5  60 
. .3  75 W hite Cotton  Oil. .5  60
...3  90|Sham rock................3  30
. ..3  45 Blue D anube.......... 3  95
..3  35 London  Fam ily__ 3 60

SOAPS.

SPICES.

“ 

Whole.

G round.
P e p p e r...............
,16@25;Pepper..................  @18
A llspice..............
, 12@15| A llspice...............   8@10
Cinnam on...........
18@30 C assia....................10@11
Cloves  ...............
,15@25 Nutmegs,  No. 1..  @60 
G inger  ...............
.16@20 N utm egs.  No. 3..  @50
M ustard..............
,15@30j Cloves  .................. 16@18
Cayenne  ............
.25@35!
STARCH.
Electric  L u stre............
N iagara,  L aundry................
N iagara, g lo ss......................
Niagara,  c o rn ........................
Royal,  c o rn .............................
lau n d ry......................
Q uaker, laundry, 56ft............
SUGARS.
C u b e s.......................................
P ow dered.................................
G ranulated,  S tan d ard..........
Confectionery A .....................
Standard A ...............................
No. 1, W hite E x tra  C............
No. 2, E x tra C..........................
No. 3 C........................................
No.4 C........................................
SYRUPS.
Corn,  barrels 
........................
22@26
................ 
Corn, (4 bbls............................
84087
................ 
Corn,  10 gallon kegs...............
@29
................ 
Corn, 5 gallon kegs.................
1  35
................ 
P u re  Sugar, bbl......................
................ 
22@26
P u re Sugar, (4 bbl...................
24@28
................ 
P ure Sugar  5 gal kegs..........
................  @1  50
Ja p an   o rd in ary ..........   .........
....................... 15@20
Ja p an  fa ir to good.................
.......................25@30
Jap an  fine.................................
.......................35@45
Ja p an  d u st...............................
....................... 15@20
Youug H yson..........................
.......................30@50
Gun Pow der.............................
.......................35@5U
O olong......................................
-33@55@6C
C ongo..............................................................   25@30

TEAS.

TOBACCO—FINE C U T -IN   PAILS.

7(4

8(4

6(4

SMOKING

O ur Block..................60] Old  T im e.......................35
Yum  Yum ................ 251Underwood’sC ap p er35
Sweet  Rose...............32  Sweet  Rose................ 45
May  Q ueen...............65]  Meigs & Co.’s Stunner35
Jolly  T im e................ 40]  A tla s............................ 35
Dark AmericanEagle67 Royal Gam e................ 38
The M eigs..................63  Mule  E ar..................... 65
Red  B ird....................50  F o u n tain ......................74
State  S eal..................60  Old C ongress...............61
P rairie F lo w e r........651 Good L uck................... 52
Indian  Q ueen........... 60j Blaze A w ay...........” 35
Bull  D og...................*57!H air L ifter..................30
Crown  L eaf...............66  Jim   D andy..................38
H iaw ath a.................. 65  O ur  B ird..................... 28
G lo b e ......................... 65  Brother  Jo n a th a n .. .28
May Flow er...............70  i
11(4
•Delivered.
9(4
BigD eal......................27  Lucky  .........................30
Ruby, c u t  p lu g ........35  Boss  ..............................15
N avy Clippings........ 26 Two  N ickel.................24
L e a d e r........................15  Duke’s  D urham ........40
Hard  T ack.................32  G reenCoruCob Pipe 26
Dixie v ........................28 Owl................................. ltj
Old T a r.......  ..............40 Rob R oy....................... 26
A rth u r's  Choice.......22 Uncle  Sam ___ '...........28
Red F o x ......................26iLumborman.................25
F lirt..............................28  Railroad Boy...............38
Gold  D ust...................26  M ountain Rose........... 18
Gold  Block.................30  Home C om fort...........25
¡Old  R ip........................60
Seal of G rand Rapids 
(cloth)...................251Seal of N orth Caro-
lina, 2  oz...................48
Tram way, 3 oz..........401 
M iners and P uddlers. 28 Seal of N orth  Caro-
Peerless  ....*.............24 
lina, 4oz.....................48
S tan d ard .................... 20 Seal of North Caro-
lina, 8 oz.....................45
Old Tom ...................... 18 
Tom &  J e rry ..............24 Seal of N orth  Caro-
J o k e r..
lina, 16 oz boxes___42
4 
T ra v e le r.........
----35 King Bee, lo n g cu t.. .22
M aiden............
— 25 Sweet L otus............... 32
Pickwick  Club 
__ 40l G ray lin g ......................32
Nigger  H ead..
__ 26|Seal Skin......................30
H o llan d ...........
__ 22; Red Clover...................32
G erm an ...................... l
Good  L uck..................26

8(4

Q uaker...................
Bull  Dog................
H iaw ath a..............
Jolly  T a r................
Jolly  T im e............

PLUG.
. .28, T rade  U nion......... . .*36
.*36|Labor U nion............*30
. .42j S plendid................. ..  38
. .32|Old Solder............... ..40
. .42|Red F o x ......................42
. .32| Big  D rive.............. ...40
. .32] Seal of Grand Rapids 40
P u n c h ...................
. .36 P a tro l.........................40
Big  N ig...............
. .37| Jack  R abbit...............38
¿(pear  H ead .........
..39]Chocolate  Cream .,...44
Old  H onesty.......
,.40¡ N im ro d ................. ....40
Whole  E a rth .......
..32|E .C ........................... ...38
Crazy  Q uilt..............32;Spread  E agle...............36
P.  V ........................... 40] Big Five C enter........... 33
Spring C hicken.........3 8 ;P arro t..........................42
Eclipse  ...................... 30|B u8ter..........................35
M oxie.........................34'Black P rince................ 35
B la c k ja c k ................32]Black  R acer................ 85
H ia w a th a..................42jStar................................39
M usselm an’s Corker. 30] Climax  ....................... 42
T u rk ey ............ ...........39 Acorn  ......................... 40
D a in ty ....................... 44 jHorse  Shoe..................3g
•D elivered. 

2c. less in th ree b u tt lots.
SHORTS.

L e a d e r....................... 16! H iaw ath a......................22
M ayflow er................ 23|01d Congress................23
G lobe...........................22 May  L eaf.....................22
Mule E a r............ ........ 231 D ark 
.................... 20

m ., 
C id e r......................................... 

30 in’. 

os 

50 gr.
10

MISCELLANEOUS.

do 

95
Bath Brick im p o rted .............................. 
75
A m erican.............................. 
do 
Burners, No.  1 .............................................  
4 QO
„   do 
No  2............................. !!!!!!! 
1  50
7  60
Condensed Milk, Eagle  b rand.............. 
Cream T artar 5 and 10ft cans..............  15@25
Candles, S tar.............................................  @12(4
Candles,  H otel.................................. 
@¡4
E x tract Coffee, V.  C......................!. .!!  @80
Gum,  Rubber  100 lum ps........................   @35
Gum,  Rubber 200 lum ps................................@35
Gum, S p ru c o ............................................  30@35
Hominy, $   bbl.........................................   @3 50
Jelly, in !S0 ft  p ails......................  
(fh  av.
Pearl  B arley.........................................]   2%©  3
Peas, Green  B ush.................................".  " 
25
Peas, Split  P re p are d ...................... @ 3
Powder,  K eg......................................... ”   @3 (10
Powder,  (4  K eg ........................................  @1  »0
Sage  ...........................................................  
©   is

F e lix ........................ "  

1  25

CANDY,  FR U IT S  A N D   NUTS. 

P u tn am  & Brooks quote as follow s:

 

 

 

 

 

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

FANCY—IN  BULK.

FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.

8(4@9
9©  9(4
..........................10(4@U
©   9

STICK.
Standard, 251b boxes.............................  
................................  
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
MIXED
Royal, 25 ft  p ails..................... 
Royal, 200 ft bbls............................................... @8(4
E xtra, 25 ft  pails..........................................10@10(4
French Cream, 25 tb p ails...........................12{£&12V&
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases.....................................12(4@
Broken, 25  1b  pails.............. 
..............  ©in
Broken, 200 ft  bbls..................."!!!!!!'.!!  9@  9(4
Lemon  D rops.............................  
12@13
13@14
Sour D rops.............................. 
P epperm int  D ro p s.." .!.”.'!.” ' ................  © u
Chocolate  D rops..................... 
45
H M Chocolate  D rops! . ! . . ! . . . . . . ..................43
Gum  D ro p s ........................ !.".!!."..'................10
Licorice D rops.....................!.!!!!....................
A B  Licorice  D rops.. 
p>
Lozenges, p la in ................... 
¡¿@15
Lozenges,  p rin te d .......................................15@I6
Im p e ria ls.........................................  
14^15
M o tto es...............  
’  "   * 1 5
Cream  B ar...............!.'!!!.'.'.'.'"!!.'!!.'.'!;.¿¿@14
Molasses B a r.................................
Caram els.....................! ..!! ..!! .." ! .." ! ..!  
18
Hand Made C ream s... 
43
Plain  Cream s.....................!.'.'!!.'.'!'." I ! "¿¿@17
Decorated  Cream s..................... 
20
String Rock...............................'!!!."!................ 14
B urnt Alm onds............ !!!!!......................
W intergreen  B erries....!!"!!* "!* .* ,!]  14@15
Lozenges, plain  in  pails.....................  11 (£@12
Lozenges, plain in  bbls..........!!!.!!!! .10(4@11
Lozenges, printed in p ails.. . . . . . . .  
@12(4
11(4@12
Lozenges, printed  in  b b ls.... 
Chocolate Drops, in pails.........  .......... 12  @12(4
Gum  Drops  in  pails............ 
...........  6(4  ©7
Gum Drops, in bbls.....................<@5(4
Moss Drops, in  pails.......! ...................... 
Moss Drops, in b ills .......... 
Sour Drops, in  pails...........!.............................43
Im perials, in  pails.......... ! " ” ...............13  @12(4
Im perials  in  bbls................. ! .! .! .!  !!  10(4@11
Bananas  Asp inw all............................
O ranges, California, fa n c y .. !!!.!.!.!.■   @4  00
Oranges, California,  choice..................3 0o@3  50
O ranges, Jam aica, bbls................
 
Oranges, F lorida................................ 
©o  50
O ranges, Valencia, cases!!!!!!!!!"!..' 
Oranges,  M essina.............................. 
Oranges,  N aples............ ! . ...................... 
o0
Lemons,  choice.............. 
Lemons, fan cy .................... ] ! ! ! ! " '! " !s 00@5  50
rig s, layers,  new,  » f t .......... 
Figs,  Bags, 50 f t. . . . . . . .  
................ 
Dates, frails  do  ......... 
Dates, (4 do  d o ......... 
Dates, sk in ...................... !!!!."!!!!!!!!'
Dates, (2  sk in ........................
Dates, Fard  10 ft box ¿9  f t ..................... 
©40
©   9
Dates, Fard 50 ft box ¿9 f t . .         ..........  
Dates.  Persian 50 ft box » f t .................   @7(4
Pine Apples, "¡9  doz.....................!.!!!! 
°
„   . 
4  ©  4(4
Prim e  Red,  raw  39  ft  ... 
Choice 
© 5
Fancy H.P. do 
©  5L4
5  ©  sif
Choice W hite,  Va.do  ........... 
Fancy H P ..  Va  do  ............  ..............  e%@  7

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v n fftm
.....................  7v!@  s
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PEANUTS.
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FRUITS

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Almonds,  T arrag o n a.............................. 43  ©17
Iv aca......................................" i s   @16
C a lifo rn ia................... 
15  ©4«
B razils................................ ! " ” !” !!"   8  @  9
Chestnuts, p er b u ............ .!.!!!!!!!!!.
Filberts, Sicily...................! ....!..’!.’.” ! 11 (£@12
B arcelona................................  
© jo
W alnuts,  G renoble.............................   14(4@15
M arbo............................. ..........
£ r? n c b .....................!!!!.'!!!.'  s  @11
Pecans,  Texas, H. P ...................... ] . '] ]  9  @43
M issouri....................!!!!!!.!.8(4®   9
Cocoanuts, $  100......................................  

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PRO V ISIO N S

The  G rand Rapids  Packing  &  Prov 

quote  as  follows:

vision  Co.

PO R K   IN   BARRELS
Mess, Chicago packing, new .......
Clear,  S. P.  R ooth.........................
Short Cut, new ..........................
Hack, clear, short  c u t.........
E x tra fam ily clear, short  c u t..
Clear,  A. W ebster, new  ..............
E x tra clear pig, short c u t.:...!!!
E x tra clear, h eav y .........................
Clear quill, short  c u t__ !!!.!.!.!
Boston clear, short c u t.................
Clear back, short c u t.......... !!!!!!
Standard clear, short  cut, b est!!
DRY  SALT  MEATS— IN   B<
Long Clears, h eavy........................
m edium .....................
“ 
l ig h t..........................
“ 
Short Clears, heavy...................."
do. 
m edium ...................
light...........................
do. 
SMOKED  MEATS— CANVASSED

.11  00
.11  00
.11  25 
.12 50 
.13 00 
. 13 50 
.13  75 
.13  75 
.13  00 
.13 00 
.13 00 
.13  25

OK  PLAIN.

Hams, h eavy.............................................

“  m edium ......................
“ 

lig h t.............................. ..!!!!!!!!'.!!
Boneless  Hams,  best...................
Boneless  H am s...............................  ! ! ! . " '
Boneless Shoulders............... ! .! . .! .. ..!. .!
B reakfast  B acon...................!.!!!!.!!!..
Dried B e ef,ex tra  q u ality .........! ...!.! .!.!
Dried Beef, Ham  pieces....................... ."".’!
Shoulders cured  in sw eet pickle...........
Tierces  .............................................
30 and 50 ft T u b s................. .! ! .! ...! ! ...
50 1b Round Tins, 100 cases..!!!. ..
LARD IN   TIN   P A ILS .

LARD.

20 ft Pails, 4 pails in  case........................
3 lb Pails, 20 111 a  case................... !!!!!! ".
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case....................... !".!'.!
101b Pails, 6 in a c a s e ............................"

B E EF  IN  BARRELS.

.  9 00 
.13 00

E x tra Mess Beef, w arranted 200 fts.........
Boneless,  e x tra .............................................
SAUSAGE— FRESH AND SMOKED.
P ork  Sausage...................................
Ham  Sausage..........................!!!!!..".'!!!.’!
Tongue  Sausage........................ ."!!!!'.!!.'!!  "
F ran k fo rt  Sausage......................!!!!.".!!'!."..
Blood  Sausage...............................
Bologna, stra ig h t..............
Bologna? th ic k ....................................!.!.!!!!!!
H ead  Cheese..................................!!!!!!!!!!!'.!
In  half b arre ls..................................................  3 59
In q u a rte r  b arrels............................... . . . . . . .

P IG S ’  FEET.

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

“ 

Ohio W hite Lime, per  b b l....
Ohio W hite Lime, car lo ts...
Louisville Cement,  p er b b l..
A kron Cement per  bbl.........
Buffalo Cement,  p er b b l.......
Car lots 
....
P lastering hair, per b u __
Stucco, i>erbbl...................
Land plaster, p er to n .......
Land plaster, car lo ts.......
F ire brick, per  M..............
F ireclay , per  b b l..............
COAL.

“ 

A nth racite,eg g  and grate, car lo ts..$5 
A nthracite, stove and  n u t, car lo ts..  8
Can noli,  car lo ts...............................
Ohio Lum p, ear  lo ts.......... . . . . . . .  *  "  3
Blossburg o r  Cum berland, c ar iots..  4 
P ortland  C em ent...............................  
3

1  00 
85 
1  30 
1  30 
1  30 
05@1  10 
25©  30 
1  75 
à 50 
3 50 
P35 @ $35 
3 00

75@6 OO 
00@6  35 
@6 00 
1003 35 
5005 00 
5004  00

OUT  AROUND.

News and Gossip  Furnished  by  Our  Own 

Correspondents.

K alam azoo.

Julius Bader  & Co.  are  now  represented 
on the  road by the following travelers:  H. 
C.  Kendrick,  Southern Michigan and North­
ern  Indiana;  E.  A.  Welch,  Central  Michi­
gan; J.  P.  II.  Armstrong,  the  Lake  Michi­
gan towns; John Roe, the Upper Peninsula. 
Mr.  Bader now attends  to  the wants of the 
city trade himself.
W.  C.  Davis  claims  his  house  to be the 
pioneer  grocery  establishment  of  Kalama­
zoo,  the  business  having been  established 
by his father thirty-one years ago.
It is claimed by those who are in position 
to make a careful estimate  that  the  celery 
crop will be three times as large the coming 
season  as it  ever  has  been  heretofore.  A 
competent  authority  on the  subject asserts 
that last  year’s crop amounted  to  about  an 
even  1,000,000 dozen bunches,  which netted 
the grower  about 15  cents  a  dozen  on the 
average,  making total net receipts from that 
source of $150,000.
“The  celery business is  in  a  deplorable 
condition,” said a veteran  shipper,  “in con­
sequence of the great number of small grow­
ers engaged in the culture.  They all  think 
they can get  along  without  the help of the 
shippers, and the consequence is  they Hood 
every available market at  certain seasons of 
the year, thus demoralizing prices and bring­
ing 
into  disrepute 
through the  non-uniformity of the  product. 
The  amount  of  poor  celery  now  shipped 
from Kalamazoo  is sufficient to give the en­
tire  industry  a  bad  black  eye,  unless the 
practice is stopped.”

the  whole  business 

N ew aygo.

Hon.  E.  L.  Gray  will  shortly  erect  an 
office building  on the  spot  previously occu­
pied by him.
Miss Mary Edwards has »taken  the  posi­
tion of book-keeper for the Newaygo Furni­
ture Co.

S.  I).  Thompson is painting his store.

M uskegon.

II.  Muldoon  and  Charles  Lecus  have 
formed a copartnership and bought  the saw 
. and shingle  mill  on Duck  Lake  known as 
the  “Miner Mill.”  They expect to have it in 
running operation in about ten days.  They 
have  also  bought  a  quantity  of  standing 
timber,  pine and hardwood.  The firm  will 
be known as Muldoon & Lecus.
Dr.  J.  Bedard  has  purchased  the Barcus 
drug stock,  on  Pine  street,  of  C.  L.  Brun- 
dage.

Traverse  City.

Harry  Montague  is  in  Chicago;  buying 
goods for the Mercantile Co.
J.  Steinburg  is  in New  York,  buying his 
spring stock of goods.
C.  M.  Bell  has  refitted  the  store  lately 
vacated by Duval & lluelmantel  and moved 
in.
J.  A.  McManus  is  “outside”  after  goods 
for tlie  “Famous.”
Capt. Aldrich  has  been  in town,  looking 
after  business  for  the  Paxton  the  coming 
season.
M.  E.  llaskell  has  purchased  the  legal 
blank business  carried  on  for a  number of 
years at the Herald office, making his stock 
the largest north of Grand Rapids.

O tte r  T a k e .

W.  E.  Cumings has  moved  into  his new 
brick  hotel.  Dr.  J.  W.  McMeekin  intends 
removing to  West Bay City in a short time

O tisville.

It is now stated  that  there  is a  prospect 
of a fine  brick  hotel  being  erected on  the 
site of the one just burned.
Cadillac.

J.  W.  Cobbs,  of the lumber firm of Cobbs 
& Mitchell,  has returned from his California 
trip.
F.  A.  Koegle is adding  a  bay window  to 
the upper  story front  of  his store,  improv­
ing its appearance.
Win.  Goodman,  the Clare hardware  mer­
chant,  has  been  here  the  past  week  on a 
visit to  his  son,  F.  II.,  who  has  charge of 
C.  & N.  E.  Railway here.
S. V.  Albertson will soon  remove his fur­
niture stock  to the  building  recently occu­
pied by Anderson’s shoe stock and the store 
vacated by Albertson will be taken by C. R. 
Smith, the grocer.
Cadillac has been  a  disastrous  place  for 
the  North  American  Accident  Insurance 
Co.,  three members  now  drawing a weekly 
indemnity.
Jas.  C.  McAdam, the drygoods merchant, 
has just returned from a trip to Philadelphia 
and other points East.
Jno.  Parsons  has  just  returned  from an 
extended visit to the British Isles.

Luther.

John Goodman  arid  John  Berner,  under 
the firm name  of  Goodman & Berner,  have 
opened a meat market.
G.  A.  Osborne,  of the  firm  of Osborne & 
Hammond,  druggists,  has  been  appointed 
postmaster here.  Frank Taylor,  book-keep­
er  in  the  L.  C.  &  L.  Co.  store,  has  been 
placed at the head of the store.
P.  Howell  has  opened  a  confection­
ery store on State street.

Itig Kapidti.

The  M.  B.  Wiseman  grocery  stock  and 
fixtures  sold  for  $245.70,  which  included 
$25  worth of the  Dailey stock,  which was 
assigned  to  Wiseman  early  in  the  fall. 
Wiseman had claimed that  he was carrying 
about $2,000 in stock and fixtures.  Glidden 
& Marsh  are  out  about  sixty  dollars  and 
John W.  Wiseman is  out  about $100 on in­
dorsed  paper.  M.  B.  says  his  wife  will 
soon be doing business at the same location.
Will Harmon left last  week with the bal­
ance of dry goods stock to locate at Ionia.
J.  W.  Slawson  has  his  building  nearly 
ready for  his agriculture stock.
T.  II.  Clayton,  of Reed City, came within 
$150 of  buying out  Walker & McNaugliton 
furniture undertaking stock last week.  The 
latter  are  now  glad  that  he  did  not  take
them at their offer.

. --——————
The  Hardware Market.

The hardware market has a healthy tone, 
as the demand  seems to be actuated  by the 
actual requirements of  consumers. 
Imple­
ments and tools continue to show the great­
est  activity,  while  cutlery,  shelf  goods, 
builders’  hardware  and  tinners’  stock  are 
moving  satisfactorily.  Heavy  nardware is 
in moderate request.  Wagon  and  carriage 
nardware  shows a  small  improvement but 
sells chiefly in light lots.  Barber wire is al­
so  a  trifle  more  active  and 
is  steady. 
Changes in values have  been  very few dur­
ing the  week,  and of  the  most  part of  no 
consequence.  Tacks are  unsettled,  but are 
scarcely as  much so  as  the  circumstances | 
might seem to warrant  the  trade in expect-1 
tog.

Good Words Unsolicited.

Mrs.  J.  A.  Holmes,  grocer.  B attle  Creek: 

“ Good, live paper.”

“ Wish you success.”

A.  A.  W atkins,  general  dealer,  Clarion: 

F ran k  P. M errill,  druggist,  Ith aca:  “ I  like 

your paper very  m uch.”

Wm. Neilan. general  dealer, W eldon  Creek: 
“I m ight g et along w ithout it, b a t  don’t   w ant 
to.  I t is one of the dandies  I like.”
MISCELLANEOUS.

A dvertisem ents  of 25 words o r  less  inserted 
in th is colum n at th e  rate of 25 cents per week, 
or  50  cents  for  th ree weeks.  A dvance  pay­
m ent.
A dvertisem ents  directing  th a t  answ ers  be 
sent in care of this office m ust be accom panied 
by 25 cents ex tra, to cover expense of postage, 
etc.

I^OR SALE—Cheap and on term s to suit, store 

with  dwelling  attached,  in  th e  liveliest 
m anufacturing tow n of 2,000 population in the 
State.  Splendid opening fo r  grocery  or  drug 
store.  Only one drug store in the  place.  Will 
not ren t.  For term s, etc., address  J.  W. H er­
rick, Muskegon, Mich. 

fpOU  SALE—G eneral stock, com prising lines 

of dry goods, groceries, boots  and  shoes, 
hardw are, drugs, etc.  Owner is postm aster, at 
salary of 
p er year.  Am doing a good pay­
ing  business,  but  compelled  to  close  o u t  a t 
sacrifice, on account of  ill-health.  Address it. 
B. Jennings, New Troy, Mich. 
"ITTANTED—To  sell  a  good  hotel  in  a  live 
VV 
lum ber tow n.  Will exchange fo r  stock 
of  m erchandise. 
It,  is  the  only hotel  in  the 
place.  A ddress “ D,” care Tradcsman.  133*
TpOR  SALE—The  fo n t  of  brevier  type  for- 
X1  m erly used on The Tradesman.  The fo n t 
com prises 222 pounds, with  italic,  and  can  be 
had fo r 30 .cents a pound.  Apply  a t the office.

135*

135*

JUDD  db  OO-,

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE

And Full Line W inter Goods.

10*  CANAL  STREET.

E E S T E E   <&,  F 0 2 S ,
Saw and Grist Mill  Machinery,
Planers,  Matchers,  Moulders  and  all 

Manufacturers’ Agents for

kinds of Wood-Working Machin­

ery, Saws, Belting and Oils.

Depot for  Independence  Wood  Split  Pulley.  Large 
stock kept on hand.  Send  for  sample  pullev  and  be­
come convinced of their superiority.  Write for prices. 
(¡rand  Rapids,  M id i.
130  Oakes  S t.f 

- 

Standard  Tubs, No. 1...................... .
Standard  Tubs, No. 2........................
Standard  Tubs, No. 3........................
Standard Pails, two hoop.................
Standard Pails, three hoop..............
W hite Cedar, three  hoop  ................
Dowell Tubs, No. 1.............................
Dowell  Tubs,  No. 3............................
W hite Cedar, No. 1.............................
W hite Cedar, No. 2.............................
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes............
B utter  Ladles......................................
Rolling P in s ........................................
Potato  M ashers...................................
Clothes P o u n d ers...............................
Clothes P in s.........................................
Mop Stocks...........................................
W ashboards, single............................
W ashboards, double..........................

BASKETS.

Diamond  M arket..............................
Bushel, narrow   band........................
Bushel, wide band.............................
Clothes, splint.  No. 1........................
Clothes, splint.  No. 2 ........................
Clothes, splint.  No. 3 ............................
Clothes, willow, No. 1........................
Clothes, wiliow. No. 2........................
Clothes, willow. No. 3........................

............ 7  00
............6 00
...5  00
............ 1  40
............ 1  65
............ 2  00
............8  00
............6  00
............ 7  50
............ 6  50
............ 2  00
............1  25
............1 00
............  75
. . . 2 2 ft
............  65
............1  25
............1  75
............ 2  25

............  40
............1  60
............ 1  75
............3 50
............ 3  75
............4  00
............5  00
............6  00
............7  Oo

COUNTRY  PRODUCE.

Apples—Choice  w inter  fru it  is  in  fair  de­

mand a t (1.75.

Beans—Local buyers pay -50e@75e 

bu.  for
unpicked  and  hold  ordinary  hand-picked  for 
$1.10@$1.15.

B u tter—Sweet  dairy  is  in  fair dem and and 

firm at 16. while old  is dull a t 5@8c.

B utterine—Cream ery packed com m ands 20c. 
Dairy rolls are held  a t 14@15c and solid packed 
a t I2@I4c.

Cabbages—In  fa ir dem and  at $8@S10r# 100.
Cheese—The  best  grades  of  October  and 

Novem ber m ake are  selling  a t 1114@1214.
Cider—New sw eet com m ands 10c $  gal.
C ranberries—New  Jersey  berries  are  slow 
sale a t $2 per bu.  box, and  W iscousin Bell and 
Cherry berries are held at $5 per bbl.

Dried A pples—Q uartered and sliced,  3®3!4c. 

E vaporated, 614@7c, according to  quality.

Dried Peaches—Pared,  15c.
Eggs—A little firm er, jobbers now holdingat 

ll@12c.

H oney—Choice new in  comb is firm a t 14c.
H ay—Bailed is active and firm a t $15 per ton 

in two and five ton lots and  $13 in c ar lots.

Hops—Brewers pay 8@10e 
L ettuce—20c f!  lb.
Onions—Home-grown, 75c $  bu. or $2.25 <p bbl.
Pop Corn—Choice new com m ands  254c  $   ft 

lb.

P otatoes—Buyers are paying  3Qe for Rose or 

and old 3c 9  ft.

Burbanks,

P ieplant—8c ¡p ft.
P oultry—Scarce  and  high.  Fowls  sell  for 
10@1014c;  chickens,  11@11.14g;  ducks,  12c; and 
turkeys, 12c.

Sweet P otatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys, $4 $  bbl.
T urnips—25c $  bu.

GRAINS  AND MILLING  PRODUCTS.

W heat—No change.  The city  m illers pay as 
follows:  Lancaster,  85;  Fulse,  82c;  Clawson, 
82c.

lots and 38@40c in carlots.
car lots.

Corn—Jobbing generally a t 44@45c  in 100 bu. 
Oats—W hite, 88c in small  lots  and  33@35c  in 
Rye—48@50c $  bu.
Barley—Brew ers pay $1.25 p  cwt.
Flour—No change.  Fancy P atent, $5.50 p  bbl. 
In  sacks and  $5.75 in  wood.'  Straight, $4.60  9 
bbl. in sacks and $4.80 in  wood.

Meal—Bolted, $2.75 9  bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $15  9  ton.  Bran, $15 j 
9  ton.  Ships, $16 $  ton.  Middlings, $16 9 ton. 
J
Corn and Oats, $18 9  ton. 

B U N N   H A R D W A R E

COMPANY,

Exclusively Wholesale,

Present to the Trade the

OF

Shelf  and  Heavy  Hardware

Our Stock Comprises Everything

Included in a First-Glass

HARDWARE  STOCK.

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

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

“ A” Wood’s p aten t planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 
9
“ B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 

Broken packs 14c ft 1b extra.

ROPES.

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, Vt In. and  larg er....................................   814
M anilla................................................................  15
Steel and Tron.. ...................................... dis
Try and Bevels. ......................................dis
M itre  ................ ...................................... 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. 18to  21.... .............................   4  20
Nos. 22 to  24__ .............................   4  20
Nos .25 to  26__ .............................   4  40
No. 27................. .............................   4  60
wide n ot less th an  2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In  casks of 600 fts, $   f t.............................
In  sm aller quansities, $   f t.
No. 1,  Refined............................................. 
M arket  H alf-and-half.............................  
S trictly  H alf-and-half.............................  

514

12 50
15 00
16  50

tinner’s solder.

TIN  PLATES.

Cards fo r  Charcoals, $6  75.

 

 

rates.

TRAPS.

TIN—LEADED.

10x14, Charcoal...................................  5  75
IC, 
10x14,Charcoal....................... .........  7  25
IX , 
12x12, Charcoal..................... 
6  25
IC, 
12x12,  C h a rc o a l................................   7  75
IX , 
14x20, Charcoal...................................  5  75
IC, 
IX , 
14x20,  Charcoal...-.............................  7  25
IXX,  14x20, Charcoal..................................   8  75
IX X X , 14x20, Chareool................................    1(1  77
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal............................. '12 55
IX , 
20x28, Charcoal..................................   15  50
DC,  100 P late C harcoal...............................  6  50
DX,  100 Plate C harcoal...............................   8  50
DXX,  100 P late C harcoal.............................   10 50
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal..........................  12  50
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  P late add 1  50  to  6  75 
Roofing, 14x20, IC .....................................  
  5 25
Roofing, 14x20,  IX ..........................................  6  75
Roofing, 20x28, 1C...........................................   11  00
Roofing,  20x28,  IX ..........................................  14  00
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal  T erne.................   5 50
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  T ern e............... 7  00
1C, 20x28, choice  Charcoal T ern e................. 11  00
IX, 20x28, choico Charcoal  T ern e............   14  00
Steel, G am e...................................................... 60&10
OneidajComm untity,  Newhouse’s .......... dis  85
Oneida Com m unity, Hawley &  N orton’s. .60&1O
H otchkiss’  ....................................................... 60&10
S, P. & W.  Mfg.  Co.’s ....................................60&10
Mouse,  choker..........................................18c ft doz
Mouse,  delusion...................................$1  50 ft doz
Bright  M arket.............................
.........dis  67^4
A nnealed M arket........................
.......dis 
70
Coppered M arket.......................... .......... dis  62)4
E x tra B ailing................................. ............  dis  55
Tinned  M arket.............................. ...........dis  6214
Tinned  Broom ............................... ............ $ f t   09
Tinned M attress............................ ............ fi ft  8H
Coppered  Spring  S teel..............
. .dis  40®40&1Ô
Tinned Spring Steel.....................
............ dis  50
Plain Fence.................................... ............ fl ft  314
Barbed  F ence...............................
Copper............................................. ... new  list net
...n e w   list net
B rass...............................................
WIRE GOODS.
B rig h t.............................................
.dis  70&10&10
Screw Eyes....................................
.dis  70&10&10
Hook’s ........................................... ..dis  70&10&1Q
Gate Hooks and  E y es...............
. dis  70&10&10
WRENCHES.
B axter’s A djustable,  nickeled.
Coe’s G enuine...............................
.......dis 
60
Coe’s P aten t A gricultural, w rought, dis  75&10
Coe’s  P aten t, m alleable............
...diB 75&10&1Ü
MISCELLANEOUS.

50
B irdC ages...................................................... 
Pum ps,  C istern...................................... dis  70&I0
Screws,  new  list.......................................... 
83*4
Casters,  Bed  and  P la te ......................disoO&lO&lO
Dam pers, A m e ric a n ...................................  40&10
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods..6O&10&5 
Copper  B ottom s.......................................... 
19c

L U M B E R ,  L A T H   A N D   SH IN G LE S.

The Newaygo M anufacturing  Co,  quote f . o. 

b. cars  as follows:
U ppers, 1 in c h .................................... p e r M $4-4 00
U ppers, 114,1!4 and 2 in ch ..........................  46 00
Selects, 1 in ch .................................................  35  00
Selects, 114, 114 and 2  in c h ..........................  38  00
Fine Common, 1 in ch ...................................  30 00
Shop, 1 in ch ............................................... 
30 00
Fine, Common, 114, 114 and 2 in c h ............   32 00
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  fe e t....  15 00 
No. 1 Stocks, 12 In., 18 f e e t.........................  16 q0

No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 fe e t......................
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 f e e t...
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 fe e t................
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 fe e t...............
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 feet
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 fe e t.................
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20fe e t..................
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and 16  fe e t...
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 fe e t...........
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 fe e t..........
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,  14 and 16 feet
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 fe e t................
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 fe e t................
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16  feet
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 fe e t.................
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 fe e t................
Coarse  Common  o r  shipping  culls,  all
w idths and  len g th s............................8  00®  9
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 i n .............................   33
C Strips, 4 or 6 in ch ............................
No. 1 Fencing, all  lengths................
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  fe e t__
Np. 2 Fencing.  16 fe e t........................
No. 1 Fencing, 4  in ch ........................
No. 2 Fencing, 4  in c h ........................
Norway C and better, 4 o r 6 in ch ...
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, A and  B.........
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C........................
Bevel Siding, 6 inch. No. 1  Common
Bevel Siding,  6  inch,  Clear............
Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12.12 to 1 6 ft..
$1 additional fo r each 2  feet above 16 ft. 
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B ....
Dressed Moo ring, 6 in.  C............
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., No. 1, com m on..
Dressed Flooring 6in.. No. 2 com m on__
Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1  00  additiinal. 
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. B and  C lear..
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., C............................
Dressed Flooring, 4 o r 5 in.. No. 1  com ’n 
Dressed Flooring, 4 o r 5 in.. No. 2  com ’n 
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1  00 additional.
( XXX 18 in. Standard  Shingles..............
-{XXX 18 in.  T h in ........................................
I X X X  16 in....................................................
No. 2 o r 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Shingles..............
No. 2 o r 5 in. C. B. 16  in ..............................
Lath  .......................................................   l  751

H ID E S . PE L T S  A N D   FURS.

P erkins & Hess pay as follows 

HIDES.

G reen ..... $  ft  @ 6  Calf skins,
P a rt  c u re d ... 
Full cu red __  
Dry hides and 

6®  7
®   8
k ip s ............  6  ©   8

Deacon skins,

or cu red__   8  @10
9   piece.......20  @50

reon

SHEEP PELTS.

Old wool, estim ated washed ¡p f t.........
@25
Tallow .........................................................  354©  39
Fine washed <p ft 24@25lUnwashed............
2-3
Coarse  w ashed... 18®22|

WOOL.

FURS.

B e ar................................. ........................1  00® 12  00
F is h e r ............................ ..........................2  00@6  00
Red F o x .......................... ..........................1  00@1  25
Grey Fox........................ ..........................1  00® L  20
M a rtin ..........................
..........................   25@1  00
M in k .............................
..........................  05®  70
.......................... 
18
M uskrat,  w in ter.......... ..........................  12®  14
.......................... 
8
6@ 
fa ll..............
kits  .............. ..........................  @ 
2
.......................... 4  00®6  00
O tte r.............................
..........................  10@1  00
Raccoon........................
S kunk............................. ..........................  10@1  35
Beaver,  $   f t...............
..........................1  50@3  00
...................... ..........................  10®  25
Deer, 9  

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COOPERAGE.

 

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HEADS.

STAVES.

Quay, K illen &  Co.  quote  as  follows, f. o. b. 

a t  G rand  Rapids.
Red oak flour bbl. stav es............... M  6  00®  7  00
Elm 
M  5  00@  5  75
W hite oak tee staves, s’d and j ’t.M   20  00@2$  00
W hite oak pork bbl. 
“  M 18  50@20  00
15®  16
Tierce, dowelled and circled, s e t...
12® 
13
Pork, 
...
Basswood, kiln dried, se t.................
4®  414
W hite oak and hickory tee, 8 f’t.  M  11 
50@13 00 
W hite oak and hickory  “  714f’t.M   10
00® 11  00 
H ickory  flour  b b l..........................M  6
6  50®  7  50 
6 25®  7  00 
Ash, round  “ 
“ ..........................M  6
3 50®  4  00
Ash, flat racked, 614 f’t ................. M  3
W hite oak pork barrels, h ’d m’d.M 
1  00®  1  10 
90®  1  90 
W hite oak pork barrels, m ach in e..
1  20®  1  30
W hite oak lard  tierces.....................
75® 90
Beef and lard half  b arre ls..............
1  00® 1  10
Custom barrels, one  head................
30® 37
F lour  b a rre ls ....................................
23® 26
Produce  barrels............................

BARRELS.

HOOPS.

tv

DRY  GOODS  PRICE  CURRENT.

The follow ing quotations are given  to  show 
relative values, but they may be considered, to 
some extent, “outside prices,” and  are  not  as 
low as buyers of reasonable  quantities can, in 
m ost  instances, obtain  them   at. 
It  will  pay 
every  m erchant  to  m ake  frequent  visits  to 
m arket, not only in  respect  to  prices,  but  to 
keep posted on  the  ever-changing  styles  and 
fashions, m any of which are n ever shown  “on 
the  road.”

WIDE  BROWN COTTONS.

Androscoggin, 9-4. . 17 
| Peppereli, 10-4........ .19
Androscoggin, 7-4. .1354 ¡Peppereli, 11-4........ .23
Peppereli,  7-4....... .13  Pequot,  7-4............. .14*4
Peppereli,  8-4__ .15 
i Pequot,  8-4............. .16
Peppereli,  9-4....... .17 
¡Pequot,  9-4.............. 13

CHECKS.

Caledonia, XX, oz. .10 
¡Park Mills, No. 90.. 14
Caledonia,  X, oz.. . 9  
¡Park  Mills, No.  100..15
Economy,  o z . . .
1 Prodigy, oz...............  8^5Í
Park Miffs, No.  50. .10  ¡Otis  A pron...............  8M
Park Mills, No. 60. .11 
¡Otis  F u rn itu re........  8*4
P ark Mills, No. 70. .12 
¡York,  1  oz............... 9*4
Park Mills, No. 80. . 13 
¡York, A A, ex tra  oz..1214

Plaid.

Plain.
A lab am a.......
.  614 A lab am a................. 7
G eo rg ia................. .  SJ4| A u g u s ta ................. 7
Jewell  ..............
.  8  G eo rg ia................... 6H
K entucky  ...............  8J4|Louisiana............... 634
L a n e ..............
.  814 T e n n e sse e.............. 1114
Santee  ................... ..  714¡T oledo..................... 62£

OSNABURGS.

BLEACHED COTTONS.

814¡Greene, G  4-4 

Avondale,  36..........
.  .. 514
A rt  cam brics, 3 6 .. .  9)4  Hill, 4-4.....................,  7
Androscoggin. 4-4. .  71i  Hill, 7-8..................... 614
Androscoggin, 5-4. .12141 Hope,  4 4 .................
Ballou, 4-4.............. .  514¡King  Phillip  cam-
Ballou, 5-4.............. .  6 
j  brie, 4 4 ................. 914
Boott,  O. 4-4.......... .  8)4 ¡Limvood,  4-4.......... 714
Boott,  E . 5-5............
¡Lonsdale,  4 4 .......... .  714
7 
Boott, AGC, 4-4__ .  914| Lonsdale  cam bric..1014
Boott,  R.  3-4...
514  I.angdon, GB, 4 4 ... 8*4
Blackstone, AA 4-4 0!4|Langdon,  46............ 11
Chapman, X, 4-4... .  5141Masonville,  4 4 ....... 714
Conway,  4-4.......... .  614¡Maxwell. 4 4 .............. 8
Cabot, 4-4..............
.  654  New  York Mill, 4-4.1014
Cabot, 7-8.................. .  6 
¡New Jersey,  4-4__ 8
Canoe,  3-4.............. .  4 
¡Pocasset,  P. M. C .. 714
Domestic,  36........ .  Tl*¡Pride of the W est.. 1014
Dwight Anchor, 4-4.  8 
¡Pocahontas,  4 4 __ 714
Davol, 4-4...............
¡Slaterville, 7-8.......... 614
8 
Fruit of Loom, 44..■  * 14¡Victoria,  A A .......
F ru it of Loom, 7-8..
1W oodbury, 4 4 __
Fruit of  the  Loom
¡W hitinsville,  4-4.
1W hit.insville, 7-8..
Gold  Medal, 4 4 ..  ...  6V4 ' W am sutta, 4 4__
Gold Medal, 7-8........  514| Williamsville,  30.
Gilded  A ge............ .  7*4

cam bric,  4-4.........11

SILK:SIA8.

Crow n...................... 1714| M asonville  S .......
No.  10.......................... 11  1L onsdale..............
C oin.......................... 10  ¡Lonsdale A ..........
A nchor.................... 15 V ictory  O ............
Blackburn ..............,  8 V ictory J ..............
jV ictory  D ............
D avol.........................14 
London.................... V’*4 Victory  K ..........
Phoenix A ............
P a c o n ia ....................12
Red  C ross............... •  714 Phoenix  B............
Social  Im perial__ .16
Phoenix X X .......
M asonville TS.

tyles

DOMESTIC GINGHAMS.

FINE BROWN  COTTONS.

s t y l e s ....................1014

HEAVY BROWN  COTTONS.

WIDE  BLEACHED COTTONS.

G ordon.......................7
¡Greylock, 
dress 

W hite Mfg Co, stap  63£ 
W hite Mfg Cot fane  714 
54¡White  M anf’g   Co,
14  E arlston................  714

B ookfold.............1214
dress  sty les........1014
iterville, 
sty les.....................  6

¡Johnson  Manfg Co,
Johnson  Manfg Co, 
dress

PRINTS.
.5141 G lo u cester...............514
.0 
jGloucesterinourn’g.514
.554¡Hamilton  fan cy __ 6
•514  H artel fan cy ........... 514
. 5 V2 M err imac  D.............6
.514 ! M anchester.............6

Albion,  solid.......
Albion,  g re y .......
Allen’s  ch eck s... 
A ilen’s  fa n c y ....
Allen’s p in k .........
Allen’s p u rp le.........
A m erican, fancy__ 514 O riental  fan cy ..........514
Arnold fan cy............6 
|O riental  robes..........614
IJerlinsolid..............  5 
iPaeitic  robes.............6
¡Richmond...................514
Cocheeo  fan cy .........6 
Cocheeorobes.......... 614 ¡Steel  R iver.................514
Conestoga fan cy __ 6 
¡Simpson’s ...................6
E d d y sto n e...............6  W ashington fa n c y ..5
Eagle  fan cy .............5  W ashington  blues.  5.
G arner p in k ..............5541
A ppleton  A, 4-4—   6 
Indian O rchard, 40.  7
Boott  M, 4-4............  714  Indian O rchard, 36.  6
Boston  F, 4-4..........   634  Laconia  B, 7-4.........13
Continental C, 4-4..  614  Lyman  B, 40-in......9
C ontinental  D, 40 in  734 Mass.  BB, 4-4.........   514
Conestoga W, 4-4...  6*4  N ashua  E, 40-in....  754
Conestoga  D, 7-8...  434 N ashua  R, 4-4........6*4
Conestoga  G, 30-in.  5 
¡Nashua 0.7-8...........6
Dwight  X, 3-4.........  434¡Newmarket N ........514
Dwight Y ,7-8..........   0I4  Peppereli E, 40-in..  634
Dwight  Z, 4-4.......... 51i  Peppereli  R, 4 4 ___ 6J4
Dwight Star, 4-4__ 614¡Peppereli  0,7-8___ 534
Dwight Star,40-in..  714  Peppereli  N, 3-4__554
E nterprise EE, 36..  434 Pocasset  C, 4-4......634
G reat Falls E, 4-4...  614 Saranac  R ...............   6
F arm ers’ A, 4-4.......514¡Saranac  E .................734
A m o sk e ag ..............  7 
Amoskeag, Persian  9 
B ates.......................... 0
B erk sh ire..............   6
Glasgow,  fan cy __
Glasgow,  royal__ 6
G loucester, 
new
s ta n d a rd ..............  7
P lu n k e t...................   7
L an caster................  7
L angdow u................7
Renfrew ,  d ress__ 9
A ndroscoggi n, 74. .15  ¡Peppereli.  10-4.......,22
Androscoggin, 84. .16  Peppereli,  114....... 24
Peppereli,  7 4 ....... .15  Pequot,  7 4 ............. .16
Peppereli,  8 4 ....... .17  Pequot,  8 4 ............ ..18
Peppereli,  9 4 ....... .19  ¡Pequot,  9 4 ............ ..20
A tlantic  A, 4 4 .... .  614  Lawrence XX, 44., 6*4
A tlantic  H, 4 4 __ .  614¡Lawrence X X X  40,.  754
A tlantic  D, 4 4 __ .  554 ¡Lawrence LL, 44..,
A tlantic P, 4 4 ....... .  5 
¡Newmarket N ........ !  514
A tlantic  LL, 4 4 ... .  4?4¡Mystic R iv er,4 4 ..,.  544
A driatic, 36............ .  714  Pequot A, 4 4 ...........  634
A ugusta, 4 4 .......... ,.  614¡Piedmont,  36...........  6
Boott  M, 4-4........... .  6 
¡Stark AA, 4 4 ...........  614
Boott  FF, 4 4 ......... .  614 ¡Tremont CC, 4 4 __ .  454
G raniteville, 4 4 ... .  554  Utica,  4-4..................10
Indian  Head, 4-4.. .  6541W achusett,  4-4___ .  614
Indiana Head 45-in1.11141W achusett,  30-in..,.  554
Amoskeag,  ACA.. .17 
¡Falls, X X X X ......... .18*4
“ 44. .1214 ¡Falls, X X X ............ ..1514
Amoskeag 
Amoskeag,  A ....... .1114 Falls,  BB...............
.1114
Amoskeag,  B ....... .11 
¡Falls,  BBC, 36.........1914
Amoskeag,  C....... .1014  Falls,  aw n in g ...... 19
Amoskeag,  D ....... .10  H am ilton,  BT, 32...  914
Amoskeag,  E .........  9541Hamilton
914
Amoskeag, F ...........  9
H am ilton,  H ...........814
Prem ium   A, 4-4___17
H am ilton  fa n c y ...  814
Prem ium   B..
¡Methuen A A ......... 1114
16 
Extra 4 4 .........
¡Methuen ASA....... 1614
.. 16 
E x tra 7-8.........
.. 1414 ¡Omega  A, 7-8..........1014
¡Omega  A, 4 4 .........1214
Gold Medal 4-4
..15 
CCA  7-8...........
.. 1214 ¡Omega ACA, 7-8___13
CT 4-4..............
..14 
¡Om egaACA,4 4....15
Omega SE, 7-8......... 24
RC 7-8......................... 14
Omega SE, 4 4 .........27
BF 7-8.........................1C
AF 4-4.....................*..19
Omega M. 7-8........ 22
Cordis AAA, 32........14
Omega M, 4 4 ..........25
Cordis  ACA, 32........15
She tu ck et SS&SS W 1114 
Cordis No. 1, 32........15
15  Shetucket, S & SW.12 
Cordis  No. 2.............14
14  Shetucket,  SFS 
..12
Cordis  No. 3.............13
13  Stock bridge  A .......7
Cordis  No. 4.
.........1114¡Stockbridge fancy.  8
GLAZED CAMBRICS.
G a rn e r.....................5 
¡E m pire.............
H ookset...................  5  ¡W ashington...
lied  Cross................  5  Edw ards............
Forest G rove..........  
¡S. S. a Sous__
GRAIN  BAGS.
A m erican  A .. 
.. .1414|Old  Ironsides.
Stark A ............
.  .20  ¡W heatland__
Boston
...  614¡Otis  CC.......
...  9
E v erett  blu e...........1114 W arren  A X A .........11
E verett  brow n.......1114  W arren  BB.............10
¡W arren  CC.............. 9
Otis  A X A ............... 11 
Otis B B .....................10 
¡York,  b lu e.............. 1214
M anville............41i®6J4|S. S. & Sons........ 434@5
M asonville.......514@6ki ¡G arn er............... 55£®61£
Red  Cross.......
B e rlin ..............
G a rn e r............
B rooks..................... 50
Clark’s O.  N. T ........55
J. & P.  C oats...........55
W illim antic 6 cord. 55 
W illimantic 3 cord.40 
Charleston ball sew

¡Eagle  and  Phoenix 
Mills ball sew ing.30 
Green  &  D an iels...25
S taffo rd .................. 25
Hall & M anning. ...28 
Holyoke...................25

W IO A N S .
..  654 ¡Thistle Mills............   6
..  6 

¡Rose..........................  614

PAPER  CAMBRICS.

SPOOL COTTON.

TICKINGS.

DENIMS.

434

ing th read .............30  |

CORSET JEANS.

A rm o ry ...................  7  {Kearsage................7
A nd ro sco g g in.......714 N aum keagsatteen.  7 ,
Canoe R iver............  5141 Peppereli  bleached  8J4
Clarendon.5@5}£ j Pepperel 1 s a t..........................8
Hallowell  Im p........634 ¡Rockport............  614
Iud. Orch. Im p .......5)4¡Law rencesat.............  6
L aco n ia...................   7 
¡Conogosat...........534

M ISCKLLAN SOUS.

Hem lock B ark—The local  tau n ers  are  offer­

ing $5 p er cord delivered, cash.

Ginseng—Local  dealers  pay  $1.59®1.60 

ft 

fo r clean w ashed roots.

R ubber Boots and Shoes—Local  jobbers  are 
authorized  to   offer  40  and  5 p er  cent, off  on 
standard goods and 40,10 and 5 per cent; off on 
second quality.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

These  prices  are  fo r  cash  buyers,  who  pay 

prom ptly and buy in fu ll  packages.

AUGERS AND BITS.

BELLS.

BALANCES.
BARROWS.

Ives’,  old  sty le............................................dis60&10
N.  H. C. Co...................................................dis60&10
Douglass’............ ......................................... dis60&10
P ierces’  ......................................... 
dis60&10
Snell’s ........................................................... dis60&10
Cook’s  ..........................................................di840&10
Jennings’,  g enuine.................................... dis 
25
Je nnings’,  im itation................................. disSO&lO
Spring.................................................... '...d is  
40
R a ilro a d ...........................................................$ 13 00
G arden.......................................................... n et 33 00
H a n d ...................
...................................... dis  $  60&10&lff
Cow.......................
60&10
C a ll.......................
30&15
G o n g .................
25
Door, S a rg e n t...
60&10
Stove......................
.......... dis $
40 
Carriage  new  list
............ dis
80 
Plow  ...............................................
............dis
30&1Í
Sleigh Shoe__ , 
..........................
..dis 
W rought Barrel  B olts................
. .dis 
60&10
Cast  Barrel  B olts........................
. .dis 
60&10
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs...........
. .dis 
60
Cast Square Spring.....................
. .dis 
60
Cast  C h a in .....................;..............................
. .dis
60&10
W rought Barrel, brass  knob........¡...d is
eo&io
W rought S q u a re.....................................dis
60&10
W rought Sunk F lush............................ dis
60
W rought  Bronze
Flush .................
60&10
Ives’  D oor............
60&10

.dis
.............................dis
............................ dis
............................ dis

and  Plated Knob

.......... dis  ¡
.......... dis  1

BOLTS.

BRACES.

fi

4  00

.  _ 

40
50&10
50net

........d is $
.......... dis

B a rb e r...................
B ackus...................
Spofford.................
Am. Ball................
Well. Dlafn............ BUCKETS.
Well, sw ivel....................................
BUTTS. CAST. 
Cast Loose Pin, figured............
„  
______________   70&10
Cast Loose Pin,  Berlin  bronzed............dis  70&10
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.. die  60&10
W rought N arrow , bright fast  jo in t..dis  60&10
W rought  Loose  P in ................................dis  60&10
W rought Loose Pin, acorn tip .............. dis  6U&  5
W roughtLoose Pin, ja p an n ed .............. dis  60&  5
W roughtLoose Pin, japanned, silver
tip p e d ......................................................dis  60&  5
W rought Table.......................................... dis  10&60
W rought  Inside  B lind............................ dis  10&60
W rought B rass..........................................dis 
75
Blind, Clark’s ............................................. dis  80&10
Blind, P ark er’s ..........................................dis  80&10
Blind,  Shepard’s ....................................... dis 
70

CAPS.

Ely’s 1-10....................................... p er  m $65
H ick’s C. F .............................................  
G. D ........................................................... 
M usket...................................................... 

go
35
60

CATRIDGES.

Rim Fire, U. M.C. & W inchester  new  listSO&lO
Rim  Fire, United  States.........................disSO&lO
Central  F ire .................................................dis30&10.

CHISELS.

Socket F irm er..............................
.dis 75&10
Socket  F ram ing...................................... .....
.dis 75&10
Socket  C orner.......................................” dis
.dis 75&10
Socket Slicks.........................................  .dis
.dis
75
B utchers’ Tanged  F irm er....................dis
.dis
40
B arton’s Socket  F irm ers......................dis
.dis
20
Cold.................................................
.net

Curry,  Law rence’s ..................................dis
.dis 40&10
H otchkiss  ............................................... dis
.dis
25

Brass,  Racking’s ..........................
60
Bibb’s ........................................... „
60
Beer . ...................................................................40&Ï0
40&10
F e n n s .............................................
60

COMBS.

COCKS.

COPPER.

Planished, 14 oz cu t to size...................... $  ft
14x52,14x56,14 x60.....................
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60__
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................

ft  28

19

DRILLS

ELBOWS.

EXPANSIVE BITS.

Morse’s B it  Stock..................................dis
T aper and S traight S hank....................dis
Morse’s T aper  S hank............................ dig
Com. 4 piece, 6  in ...
.d o z n e t  $.85
C orrugated..............................................dis  20&10
Adj u sta b le .............................................. dis  14 &10
Claris, small, $18  00;  large, $26  00.  dis 
20
Ives’, 1, $18  00 ;  2. $24  00 ;  3, $30 00.  dis 
25
A m erican File A ssociation  L ist........dis  55&10
55&10
D isston’s ............................................... dis 
New  A m erican.......................................dis  55&10
Nicholson’s ............................................dis 
55&10
H eller’s ..................................................dis 
55&10
H eller’s  H orse R asps........................... dig  56&10
28
Nos. 16 to 20, 
L ist 
18

27 
15 
D iscount, Ju n ia ta  50@10, Charcoal 60. 

GALVANIZED IRON,
22 and  24,  25 and 26, 
14 

p il e s—New List.

12 

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ............dis 

50

13 
GAUGES.
HAMMERS.

HINGES.

HANGERS.

Maydole & Co.’s ....................................dis 
25
K ip’s ........................................................ dis 
25
Yerkes  &  Plum b’s ................................dis  40&1C
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel......................30 c  list 40
Blacksm ith’s Solid Cast Steel, H and. .30 c 40&10 
Barn Door K idder Mfg. Co., Wood track   50&10
Champion,  an ti-frictio n....................dis 
60&10
Kidder, wood  tra c k .............................dis 
40
Gate, Clark’s, l, 2,  3............................. dis 
60
S tate...............................................per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to   12  in.  4(4  14
and  longer................................................  
3y%
Screw Hook and Eye,  54  ................... net 
1014
Screw Hook and Eye %..................... net 
8*4
Screw Hook and Eye  94..................... n et 
7yt
7V4
Screw Hook and Eye,  %....................n et 
Strap and  T ......................................... dis 
65
Stam ped Tin W are......................................  
30
Japanned Tin  W are................................... 
25
G ranite  Iron  W are....................................  
25
G rub  1.................................................. $11 00, dis 60
G rub  2..................................................   11  50, dis 60
G rub 3....................................................  12 00, dis 60
45
Door, m ineral, jap. trim m in g s.............dis 
Door, porcelain, jap.  trim m in g s............  
45
45
Door, porcelain, plated  trim m in g s....... 
Door, porcelain,  trim m ings..................... 
45
D raw er and  Shutter,  porcelain...........dis 
70
P icture, H. L. Ju d d  &  Co.’s .......................  40&10
H e m acite......................................  
dis 45
LOCKS—DOOR.

HOLLOW  WARE.

45
Russell & Irw in Mfg. Co.’s new list, .dis 
Mallory, W heeler &  Co.’s .......................dis 
45
45
B ranford’s .................................................dis 
45
N orw alk’s .................................................dis 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s .................... dis  70

LEVELS.

KNOBS.

HOES.

 

MILLS.

Coffee,  P arkers  Co.’s ..............................dis  40&I0
Coffee, P. S. &W. Mfg. Co.’sM alleables  dis 
60
Coffee, Landers, F erry &  Clark’s .........dis 
60
Coffee,  E n terp rise....................................... dis  25

MATTOCKS.

Adze  E ye........................................$16  00  dis 
60
|  H unt  E ye........................................$15 00  dis 
60
H u n t’s ...........................................$18  50 dis 20 & 10

NAILS.

Common, Bra  an u Fencing.

lOdto  60d.....................  . . . / . .............. 9  keg $2  50
8d and 9 d  ad v ..................................................  
25
6d and 7d  adv................... ............................... 
50
75
4d and 5d  ad v ................*  ............................... 
3d  advance........................................................  1  50
3d fine  advance.......... i ................................. 
3  00
Clinch nails,  ad v ....../
...................................  1  75
Finishing 
Size—inches  .(  3 
Adv. f  keg 
Steel Nails—2  65.  1 
Stebbin’s P atteün  ............................. .........dis
Stebbin’s G enuine............................. .........dis
E nterprise,  soif-m easuring............ .........dis

I  Kkl 
$1  23  1  50  1  75  2  00 
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/   8d  6d 
,  2*4 
2 

MOLASSES GATES.

4d
114

70
70
25

MAULS.
OILERS.

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Sperry & Co.*s, Post,  handled......... .......  dis 50
Zinc or tin, Chase’s P aten t.......................dis60&10
Zinc, w ith brass bo tto m ...............................dis  60
Brass o r  C opper.............................................dis  50
R eaper........................................per  gross, $12 n et
O lm stesd’s ..................................................   50&10
Ohio T joI Co.’s, fa n c y ................................ dis  15
Sciota B ench....................................................dis  25
Sandiisky Tool Co.’s,  fan cy........................dis  15
Benqfa, first q u ality ....................................... dis  20
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s,  wood— dis20&10

PLANES.

PANS.

F r», A cm e............ .....................................dis 50&10
Common, polished...............................  . .dis60&10
Dribping.:...............................................V «>
Irofiand Tinned................................ dlls
Copier Rivets and  Burs..............  

RIVETS.

dis

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H. LEONARD & SONS.  GRAND  RAPIDS. ICE.

A ssorted Package

Fine Glazed Earthenware

“Common Sense” Stew Pans.

 

 

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round  bottom ....... 

72
12 V4-gal. Milk P ans,  flat b ottom ............  6 
8  1  92
“ 
24  1-gal. 
12  1-gal. 
“ 
96
8 
doz. 1-gal. Stew Pans, round bottom2  00 
67
56
Si doz.  &-gal. 
1  50 
4  77
25
5  02
A  complete  «took  of  AKRON  OHIO  STONEWARE 
constantly on hand.  We are agents of Akron Stoneware 
Association and will make special  prices in car lots de­
livered to any point in Michigan or Indiana.

P a c k a g e ....................... 0.............. 

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o ï l . .   O - A js r s .

3-gal.
6-gal.
6-gal.
JO-gal.
W-gal.
1-gal.
K-gal.
1-gal.

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“Good Enough,” T in ................................12 00

P er  doz.
•• 
.......................... 15  00
Wood J a c k e t.........18 00
.........24  00
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1  00

 

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Glass Can, Tin Ja c k e t.............................   3 00
Tin  C an...................................  
No charge fo r boxes.

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2 
1 
9 
8 
4 each.
.07 

.09 
6 each.
.07 
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One Crato A ssorted

“Burgess  &  Goddards”  White 

Granite  English Ware, 

“Grown” Shape.

Diamond X.

4 doz. Plates, P ie ......................................  48 1  92
“ 
4 doz. 
T e a ....................................  58  «32
B re a k fa st........................   09  7 59
“ 
11 doz. 
3 doz. 
“   D in n e r.............................   80  2 40
1 doz. 
“ 
Soup.............................  
 
69 69
6 doz. F ru it Saucers, 4 in .....................  3«  1  92
6 sets Handled  T eas.............................   4«
6  30 
18 sets Uuhandled T eas.......  .............. 
35
3
2 54
15 p latters 7in. Sin. 9 in. 18in. 11 in. 12 in.
27

3 
22 

3 
16 

3 
11 

16 B akers 5 in.  6 in.  7 in.  8 in.

.12 

.17

“  

.12 

24 Scollops, 5 in.  6 in.  7 in.  8 in.
.09 
.17
2 Covered Dishes,  7  in ................. doz  4  46
8 in ..........................5  10
2 
1 Sauce Boat, 14c;  2 Pickle, 11c..........
4 Covered  B u tte rs................................3  83
2 Tea Pots,  24s...................................... 3  40
6 Sugar Bowls,  24s................................2  87
6 Cream ers, 24s...................................... 1  28
3 Bowls,  q u a rts.................................  . .1  06
6 
pint and a h a lf.......... ............   85
6 
p in t.............................................  71
6 
24 Pitchers, 6s  12s 
.22 
4 pair Ewers and  Basins, 9s............ 8  08
6 Covered Chambers,  9s.................. 5  10
6 Soaps, 27c each ;  6 Mugs, .07  each ..

6
4 
30s  36s
.11 
.09

4 
24s 
.13 

4 
.33 

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Lines of Crockery

1  80

1  28

53  55

Carried in Original  Packages  o r  Repacked  to 
order:  Wedgewood  &  Co.,  Whit«  G ranite; 
Knowles,  Taylor  &  Knowles, W hite  G ranite: 
T.& R.Boote,Royal Semi Porcelain; Wedgewood 
& Co., L ustre B and; W. H. Grindley & Co., Dec­
orated W are;  T. & R. Bootes, D ecorated W are.

Swore He’d Never Buy Goods  in Chicago.
From  the Chicago H erald.

“It  takes  nerve  to  make  a  sale  some­
times,”  said  a  Chicago  drummer;  “a  few 
weeks ago I was out in  Northern  Michigan 
and called  on a German who  handles goods 
in our line.  When  I went  into  his store I 
asked  him  how  he  would  like to talk to a 
Chicago drummer to-day.

“ ‘No  Shekawgy  trummer  in  mine,’ he 
exclaimed;  “you Shekawgy beoples  all dam 
swindlers. 
I have nodings to  do with She- 
kawTgy vellers  no  more  already.  Yon  he 
peat me owut seexty  tollar  swi  week  ago. 
I don’t vant any goots to-day. 
I haf  swore 
everything to puy from Grand  Rapids some 
more.’

“ ‘But I’m not from Chicago,’I replied,  at 
once seeing how the wind blowed,  ‘I’m from 
Grand  Rapids,  and  represent  so-and-so,’ 
giving him  the  name of  my  firm,  and run­
ning my  risks  on  his  recognizing  Chicago 
as  our  location. 
‘You’re  right—the  man 
who buys in Chicago must expect  to be rob­
bed.  They’re  a regular  gang  of  skinners 
there.  Let’s see,  how is your stock of sugar 
to-day?  I can do something nice for you in 
sugars.  We have contracted  for the  whole 
output of a big refinery,  and  can  beat Chi­
cago all to pieces on prices.’

“Well to make a  long  story short,  I sold 
him a good bill of goods,  shipping  them by 
Grand Rapids and  arranging  with  a friend 
of mine there in another line of  business  to 
see to the waybills and  also  to look out for 
our mail,  which  I told the German  to send 
to liis street number.  Since selling that bill 
we  have  had a number of nice  mail  orders 
from  him,  and  have  found  him  good pay, 
too. 
‘I like to 
trade  mit  you  Grand  Rapids  pizniz men. 
Shekawgy vos no goot.’ ”

In  his last  letter  he  said: 

A Student of  Human Nature.

Stranger  (to  fellow  passenger)—Excuse 
me,  but am 1 not  right  in taking  you for a 
professional man?

Fellow passenger—Yes,  sir.
Stranger—Thanks. 

It is not often that I 
make a mistake in  judging my fellow men. 
Your  work  is  head  work  altogether,  of 
course?

Fellow passenger—Oh,  yes  sir,  entirely 

so.

Stranger—Er—lawyer?
Fellow passenger—No,  sir; barber.

One of the post traders at a  Western fort 
was buying  supplies  in  Denver  fhe  other 
day,  and was  asked  by  the  firm  how  his 
last consignment of  canned  tomatoes  sold. 
“Lost money on ’em,” was the reply.  “How 
could you?  We  billed them to  you at  ten 
cents per ean.”  “Yes,  and my stupid clerk 
retailed them at $2  each,  when  my regular 
figure has always been 88. 
If  you  can bill 
me a new lot at about eight cents, and I can 
work ’em off for 83.50, perhaps  I can make 
myself whole.”

A ssorted Package

Glass  Standard  Lamps.

NO.  46.

*6 doz. No. 171 A. Stand L am ps.......
ü  doz. No. 171 B 
—
.......
% doz. No. 191A 
.......
H doz. No. 191 B 
.......
yi doz. No. 191 C 
Yi doz. No. 191 D 
.......
Ü doz. No. 155 B 
.......
% doz. No. 700 Low H and Lamps —  
1 doz. No. 702 
% doz. No. 85 Footed H and Lamps.

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.1  00 
.1  40 
.1  10 
.1  50

P ack ag e..........................

Less 10 per cen t on  $7

454 doz. No. 1  B urners. 
1  doz. No. 0 

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Sold eith er with o r w ithout the B urners.

10  2o

Spontaneous  Combustion.

Nearly all  animal  and  vegetable oils,  in 
combination with animal or vegetable  fibre, 
will  ignite  spontaneously  under  favorable 
conditions, as will also lamp-black, charcoal | 
and some kinds of bituminous coal. 
It will 
thus be seen  that  where  oils  are  used the 
danger of  fire  is  imminent,  and  the  only | 
safeguard is to at once burn  all oily,  greasy 
or paint  rags,  waste,  sawdust,  etc.,  when 
no longer  needed  for use.  They should be 
kept in metal receptacles, and removed from 
the building every day,  and never be left on 
floors,  under  benches,  etc.,  over  night. 
Painters’overalls should be hung up in such 
position as to  permit  a  free  circulation of 
air about them,  as  they- are liable to ignite 
spontaneously if  allowed  to lie in heaps on 
the floors or benches.  Mineral or eartli oils 
have not  as  yet  developed  this  quality of 
spontaneous combustion, but a due  sense of 
caution would  suggest  that they be treated 
with  the  same  rigid  care  so  essential  to 
safety with oils known to possess this qual­
ity of self-ignition.

A writer on  the  subject  of fires in wood 
shops,  states  that  the  average time for the 
more  common  kinds of wood-working con­
cerns to burn  is  in  eight  years,  while the 
average life of  iron-working shops is  about 
twenty  years.  And lie cannot  see  why  so 
many  wood-working  establishments  burn, 
nor  why  a  planing  mill  should  burn any 
oftener than any  other  shop,  if proper care 
is taken to prevent fires.  We think he goes 
a little too  far here.  A wood  shop,  once a 
fire  is  started,  is  nearly  always  doomed, 
while  a  machine  shop  may  have a dozen 
fires started  in  it  and  extinguished.  The 
great difference in  the  nature  of the estab­
lishments  precludes  comparison  as  a  fire 
risk.  But  the  writer  alluded  to  is  about 
right when he says;  “With  the  improved 
devices for  taking  away  the  shavings and 
dust,  a  planing  mill  can  be  kept  as 
clean as any other shop, and if the machines 
were brushed off and the vile accumulations 
of fust and  grease  scraped  off  every day, 
there would be but  little  danger  from that 
source.”

The Salem,  Mass.,  city council committee 
on public property, says the Lynn Reporter, 
having reason to believe that the band gren­
ades  distributed  in  the  public  buildings 
were deteriorating,  thought it would  exper­
iment  with  some  in  a  school-house  base­
ment  one day last week.  So the committee 
built up a little fire,  and then began to break 
hand-grenades on it.  After throwing twen­
ty-five,  the  fire  still  burned  briskly,  but  a 
handful of snow  extinguished it.

The Oxford  Creamery  Co.  has  been  or­
ganized and  4,000 shares  sold.  The build­
ing,  which  is  being  constructed,  is to  cost 
8800.  Caas.  Randall  is  manager,  and the 
company expect to  begin  operations  about 
tiie middle of April.

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The Square “Windsor”

Dinner W  are.

Price-List on Application.

This new decorated pattern is the success 
of the trade  and  readily  retails  at  $48.50 
per set of 125 prices.  Positively the hand­
somest set on the  market.

ASSORTED  CRATE

“A. Meakins” Lustre Band Dec­

oration “Albion” Square 

Shape.
DIAMOND  L.

2 92
3 56

5 25

2  92

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4 
.41 

9  in.
.33 
9 in.
.73 

2
.57  6 30

4 doz. P lates, 5 In. o r  P io ................   73 
6  in. o r  T e a ..............   89 
4 doz. 
10 doz. 
7  in. or  B reak fast........ 1 06  10  60
3 doz. 
8  in. or  D in n er............. 1  12  3 66
6 doz. F ru it Saucers,  4 in.....................  49  2 94
2 doz. Soup P lates, 7  in ........................ 1  06  2  12
21 P latters,8 in.  9 in.  10 in.  11 in.  12 in.  14 in.

2 
.14 
4 each.
12 Bakers, 7 in. 
.16 
6 each.
24 Scollops, 6 in. 
.14 

4 
3 
6 
.33 
.16  .24 
9 in.
8 in. 
.23 
.24 
8 in. 
7 in. 
.24 
.16 
2 each.
6 Covered Dishes, 7 in. 
8 in. 
3 90
.65 
.57 
6 Boats, 2 60;  4 Pickles, 1  95 
1  95
2 Sauce T ureens, com plete.........doz  9  75  1  63
4 Covered B utters, 5  in ........................ 5  85  1  95
12 doz.  Individual  B u tte rs...................  33  3 96
1
4 Casseroles, 7 in. 
.65 
3 Tea Pots, 24s,  5  20; 6 Sugars, 24s, 4  39 
6 Creams, 24s........................................... 1  95 
6
9 
36s
18 Bowls, 24s  30s 
1  30 1  08 
6 
3 
24 Pitchers, 6s  12s  24s 
5 76
3 pairs Ewers and  Basin, 9s.............12  35  3 09
3 Covered Chambers,  9s....................7  80  1  95
2 Soaps, 41;  2  Vases, 41;  6 Mugs, 1  24 
2 26
24 sets H andled  T eas................p er set  65  15  60
4 sets Handled Coffees............  
76  3  04
2  50

6 
6
30s  36s
5  85  3 90  2 28  1  95  1  63 

C ra te ................................................  

2
 
8 in. 
.73 

1
9  in.
.81 

3 
163 

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2 92
3  49
97

1 93

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“  Blue 
“  Crystal 

One Box Containing 
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No. 101 Hobnail Tumbler. 
No. 101 Hobnail Tumbler.
1 y2 doz. No. 101, Canary Tum blers.
1y2 
1% 
VA 

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Total, 6 doz. @ 70.....................4  20
B ox.............................................  35
$4 55
Plain Table Tumblers. 
Plain Table Tumblers.
One B arrel C ontaining 18 dozen 
ASSORTED  COMMON  TUMBLERS.
4 doz. Plain %  pint.
4 doz. 
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4 doz. S tar 
3 doz. Fluted,  “
3 doz. P anel 
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18 doz. @ 30c <¡3 doz............ .............5  40
B b l..........................................  35
$5  75

sta r bottom .

Half Gallon Water Pitchers. 
Half Gallon Water Pitchers.

25  CENT  BARGAINS.

doz. in b b l................p er doz  1  95
“Em pire,” 
“P atience,”A 8Sorted.ldoz.inbbl. per doz  2  25 
“Owl,” A ssorted, 1 doz. in  b b l__ per doz  2  00
New Glassware fo r Spring Trade 
New Glassware fo r Spring Trade

The  “No.  100 Lace” Pattern.

ica.

Most Graceful and Stylish Shape in Amer­
Sets, Blue A m ber o r C anary............   each 
80
Sets,  C rystal............................................. each 
65
Sauce P lates, any color.........................doz.
c ry sta l..............................doz
Salvers, 10 in., any  color....................... doz
10 in., c ry sta l.............................doz
Individual B utters, assorted colors.........
Covered Sauce Bowls, any color..............
c ry s ta l...................
ILLUSTRATIONS  MAILED.

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TJLBTjE s e t

Of 9-D Pattern.

Extra Heavy  Flint Glass.
ASSORTED  CASK  NO.  9-D  WARE.
doz. 9-D  S ets............
doz. 9-D C eleries__
doz. 9-D Pitchers, half gallon. 
! doz. 9-D Comports, 4  in.
! doz. 9-D Tum blers  ..
! doz. 9-D G oblets.......
, doz. 9 D Comports,  Sin.
, doz. 9-D Salver, 9 i n ...
, doz. 9-D Salver, 10  In..
: doz. 9-D P ic k le s..........
;  doz. 9-D Oval  Berry. 8 in .....
, doz. 9-D Oval  Berry, 9 in.
,  doz. 8-D Bread  P lates__

1  87 
46

Package.

Less 10 per cent, on $8  20.

8 20

Five and Ten Cent

New  Packages  for  1886,  su­

perior to any goods now sold.

Illustrations  of  all  lines  of 
new glassware will be forward- 
! ed on request and we would be 
pleased to have  the  trade  call 
and examine our new  goods  in 
person when in the city.
Our Great Specialty of

n  nl l t

Suitable for all lines, that may  be  retailed 
at the popular prices  of  5c,  10c  and  25c, 
continues in favor  with  the  trade,  and  is 
a help to every merchant who uses it.

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THE  OLD  RELIABLE

MASON'S PORCELAIN GAP
Eiru.it  Jars.

Bock Bottom  Prices G uaranteed.

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Patented  Jnn.P.’?.”. 
Re-laaued Juuo 6,’" Ï. 
Pat« A pril 23< ’8 2 .

T h e   “ L i g h t n i n g ”

Self-M il, Patent Top Fruit Jar.

P E R K I N S   <&  H E S S ,
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

D E A L E R S  IN

NOS.  132  an d   124  LOUIS  S T R E E T ,  G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H IG A N .

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USE.

o. w .   blain &   co., Produce
Foreign  aM  Domestic  Fruits, Soutira  M atais, Etc.

-D E A L E R S   IN -

We handle on Commission BERRIES, Etc.  All orders filled a t lowest m arket price.  Corres­
NO.  t)  IO N IA   ST.

pondence solicited.  APPLES  AND  POTATOES  in car lots  Specialties. 

W H O L E SA L E   D E A L E R   IN

Butter, Eggs, Pop  Corn,

Green and Dried Fruits,

Write me for prices. 

POP  CORN  A   SPECIALTY. 

W .  T .  L O N G ,  V IC K S B U R G ,  M IC K .

E .  F A L L A S ,

M asala  k  Commission-Blitter  k  Eggs  a  Specialty.

Choice B u tte r alw ays on hand.  All  Orders  receive P rom pt and Careful A ttention. 

CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED.

No. 1 Egg Crates  fo r Sale.  Stevens’ No. 1 p a te n t fillers used.  50 cents each.

97  and 99 Canal Street, ’ 

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

Increasing in favor  every year.

Heavenricli Bros. 
WHOLESALE  OLOTHiERS,

MANUFACTURERS  OF  PERFECT  FITTING

Tailor  Made  Olotliing,
Mall Orders sent in care L.  IF.  ATKIN S will receive Prompt Attention.

AT  LOWEST  TRICES.

138 and MO Jefferson Ave. 

13326337

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’ n" WoodMnp St., DETROIT.

FULLER  & STOWE COMPANY,

| Engravers and P r i n t e r s

D o s i g n o 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.

J.  T.  BELL  <&  CO.,
Saginaw  Valley  Fruit  House! grand opera house
And  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS,

A  TICKET  TO  THE  DRAWING

-OF  TIIE-

Dealers in all kinds Country Produce & Foreign Fruits.

— 1 East Saginaw, Mich.
“
F. J. LAMB & CO.,
Fruits,  Vegetables,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Butter, Bggs, Gbeese, Etc. 

Wholesale Agents for the Lima Egg Orates and Fillers.

8 and 10 Ionia S t, Grand Eapids, Mich.

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TELFER  <&  BROOKS,
46 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Sole  Agents,

