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Michigan  Tradesman.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN,  W EDNESDAY,  MAY  26.  1886.

NO.  UO.

GROCERS  IN  COUNCIL.

The Early Closing Movement—The Bogus 

Butter Question.

The regular semi-monthly meeting of  the 
Retail Grocers’ Association, which was held 
on the  18th, was  largely  attended.  Presi­
dent Herrick presided  and  Secratary John­
son officiated as  scribe.

Applications  for  membership  were  re­
ceived from  Geo. T.  Grady, Thos.  Keating, 
Rhine  Osting,  Pell & Fisher  and  Jacob P. 
Maus, all of whom were elected members of 
the  Association.  These  accessions  swell 
the total membership to eighty-four.

President Herrick  referred  to  the action 
of the Common. Council  relative to the ped­
dler license and suggested that the members 
of the Association call upon the  Mayor and 
request him to  favor  the  trade  by making 
tlxe license as high as he can consistently.

Secretary Johnson, iit  the  request of  the 
President,  read  the  following  article  con­
demnatory of the sale of bogus butter:

internal  laws, 

The proposition in Congress to  tax  oleo­
margarine  under  the 
if 
adopted would be an  effectual  way to iden­
tify the product, and to  secure  its  sale for 
what it  actually is.  We  hear a  great deal 
froni those who are interested in  the manu­
facture or sale of this article about the legal 
persecution  they are  suffering  from  those 
who wish to monopolize the market for but­
ter made from milk.  They claim that oleo­
margarine is as healthy as the purest butter, 
and much more  palatable  than a large part 
of the “rancid  stuff” sold  at  the  groceries.
We wonder that some  enterprising friend 
of  the  compound thus  defended  does  not 
come boldly into  the  market with the oleo­
margarine in  its natural  state,  and sell it if 
he can on its own  merits.  We never heard 
the slightest objection to such a course. But 
is not the very manufacture  of  this  article 
denounced?  Yes;  but  only  because  it  is 
made to imitate  genuine butter. 
If  it was 
offered for  sale  in  such  guise  that no one 
could be defrauded by its  sale  there  would 
be no outcry against it.
As  the  process  is  patented  there  is  no 
secret in its  preparation.  We  will  not re­
peat here the  method  of  extracting the fat 
and  preparing it for use,  as we  have  often 
given it,  and it is not a very pleasant theme 
for those who  are troubled  with a squeam­
ish  stomach.  The  manufactories  in  this 
country  are  cleanly,  and  great  pains  are 
taken to deodorize the  product and to make 
it sweet both to the taste and smell; but not 
a pound of it could be  sold for  common use 
if it was duly labeled and  the  entire opera­
tion was  described  in  legible  print  on the 
package  inclosing  it.  A  little  cream  or 
milk is stirred  into  most  of  it  to give  it a 
butter flavor,  and it is  colored  to  resemble 
the product of the farmer’s dairy.
The object of these  additions is to enable 
jtlie dealer to  sell it for  genuine butter, and 
that is our  sole  objection  to the  manufac­
ture.  We do not think it is sufficiently un­
healthy  (if,  indeed,  it is in any way deleter­
ious to health) to be  denounced  on that ac­
count.  But it is made on purpose to be im­
posed  on  the  consumer  for  another  and a 
very different  article.  Say what  they will, 
the manufacturers are aiding and abetting a 
fraud.  They are turning out on article that 
is common fat extracted  from  the carcasses 
of  animals  compounded  with  gastry  juice 
“made  from  macerating  the  stomach of  a 
sheep or pig,” and coloring  and  flavoring it 
to imitate butter, with  the  sole view of en­
abling those who deal in it to impose on the 
public.  The  manufacturer  may sell to the 
wholesale  dealer  every pound of it for  ex­
actly what it is, but he has designed it for a 
fraudulent use,  and he  knows  that the con­
sumer will be cheated by it.  He is morally 
as guilty as if  he stamped every pound of it 
Pure Orange  county butter,” and  retailed 
it as such at his own door.
We  are  often  answered  that  the  butter 
makers  color  their  product,  and  the  oleo­
margarine manufacturers are only following 
their example. 
It is .true  that winter-made 
butter would be pale "if a little annatto were 
not added to make it  resemble  the summer 
churning.  This is so far an imposition,  but 
the article sold is really butter,  and the con­
sumer,  if he likes  the  flavor,  is  the  victim 
of a very mild fraud. 
In like maimer a sec­
ond  grade of  coffee is  often  polished  and 
shaken up with a  little  coloring to give it a 
fine green tint, making it  more attractive in 
the market.  But  tills  is no  excuse for the 
man who prepares split peas and sells them 
as a substitute for coffee,  or  grinds up chic­
ory  and other well  known  adulterants and 
turns the  compound  over  to  a dealer to be 
retailed as genuine Mocha.
All brandy, even the purest sold, is color­
ed,  the  natural  product  being  a  very  pale 
hue; this  does  not  justify  the  addition  of 
color  and  flavoring  mixtures  to  common 
alcohol  for the purpose of  passing it off on 
unsuspecting  customers  as  pure  cognac 
which  is  solely the  product  of  the  grape 
The truth is  that if  the  element  of  fraud 
was eliminated  from  the  manufacture and 
sale  of  oleomargarine  the  entire  business 
would  collapse  and  be  discontinued.  We 
care  not  how  many  chemists  certificates 
(we always thought it a shame  they can  be 
bought  so  cheaply!)  áre  obtained  setting 
forth  that  this  fat,  witli  the  .gastric  juice 
from  the  pig’s  stomach,  as  aforesaid,  is as 
healthy as the  best  butter,  and much  more 
tobe  desired  than  a  poor  product of  the 
dairy, there will  be no  demand  for it from 
any quarter unless it is so prepared that the 
customer can be cheated into  buying it.
With a view of proving to us his  honesty 
a manufacturer once  introduced us to a gro 
cer in Brooklyn  who  bought  the  oleomar 
garine from  him for what  it  actually was 
and who sold  it as he  claimed,  to  his  cus 
tomers on  the same  terms.  We  called on 
the grocer to furnish us  the names  of  cus 
tomers who  knew  what they were  buying. 
He gave us three and we visited them. They 
were  boarding-house  keepers  who  frankly 
confessed that if their  boarders  knew what 
they  were  eating  they  would  leave  their 
houses. The boarding-house keepers, bought 
it because  it  presented  the  appearance  of 
good butter  and  could  be  obtained at only 
half the price.
We are not therefore persecuting the man­
ufacturers of fat from the carcasses of  dead 
fl.pima.is  with a view  of  “destroying an im­
portant  American  industry.”  We are sim­
ply opposing^ the  manufacture  and  sale of

If  these “honest”  manufac­
bogus butter. 
turers will leave out of their animal fat only 
what they  add to  cheat the  consumer  into 
the  belief  that  he  is  eating  dairy  butter, 
they  may  fry out  every  dead  animal they 
can  buy from  Minnesota  to  Texas, give it 
all the  gastric  juice  they  can  find  in  the 
stomach of every pig that is killed,  and  get 
all the trade  they can  for  the pale product. 
It is the flavoring and  coloring  to cheat the 
consumer that show  the  fraudulent charac­
ter of the whole business.

Collector Cooper  presented a  letter from 
a member  of  the  Association,  written  to a 
delinquent stating that if  the  latter did not 
pay an account by a certain  date  he  would 
be  reported  to  the  Association  as a  dead­
beat.  This is  such  a  manifest  usurpation 
of the privileges of the Law Committee that 
the President stated that hereafter members 
should not make  such  statements,  but sim­
ply state that the men would be  reported to 
the  Association  as  delinquents. 
It  is  the 
duty of the Law Committee to  say whether 
a man shall be classed as a dead-beat.

Reports  from  various  parts  of  the  city 
showed  that  the  early  closing  movement 
was  general,  except  on  Grandville  avenue 
and  in  a  certain  portion  of  the  Seventh 
ward.  A committee  was  appointed  to at­
tempt  to  bring  the  refractory  dealers  in 
line.

The question  of  calling a  State  conven­
tion was discussed in all  its bearings,  and a 
call will probably be  issued in  the near fu­
ture.

The  Collector  reported  $54.69  collected 
since  the  last  meeting,  and  the  Treasurer 
reported a balanee on hand of  $29.99.  The 
meeting then adjourned.

The  Egg  Preserving  Nuisance.

From the New York Tribune.

The egg-preserving  business  demoralizes 
the principal of supply and  demand  as  ap­
plied to fresli eggs. 
If  it  could  be  wiped 
out at a stroke  and  only  fresh  eggs  were 
allowed to be sold, the inducements to meet 
the  demand  would  be  sufficient  to  make 
their production a regular and constant busi­
ness the year around.  As it is, the summer 
eggs  produced  by careless  and  indifferent 
farmers in the remote country  districts  are 
gathered up and preserved to be pushed up­
on the winter markets  at prices only a  few 
cents below those  of  fresh  eggs,  often  not 
nearly so much as  the  actual  difference  in 
value,  allowing the old ones  to  be  entirely 
sound, which they often  are not.

Well-informed egg consumers know  that 
in a great  many cases  two  new,  fresh  laid 
eggs  are  worth  as  much  for  their  use as 
three preserved  eggs  which  look  quite  as 
good in the shell.  Such people  are  always 
willing to pay an extra price for eggs which 
they know to be fresh, but they distrust  all 
eggs  which  have  passed  through  several 
hands  and  buy only of  known  producers. 
This  is  one  of  the  reactionary  benefits  of 
the preserving business.  But it is  only the 
few who are able to profit  by this  condition 
of things, although the number  is constant­
ly on the increase, as  consumers  learn  that 
there  is  substantial  advantage  in  buying 
directly from  producers,  though  at  an  ad 
vanced  price.

Meanwhile, many farmers who were sell­
ing eggs  in  summer  at  about  12  cents  a 
dozen,  to come back to  their  local  markets 
in the winter in competition with their own 
fresh  productions  after  paying  somebody 
else a profit, have taken a personal hand  in 
catering  to  the  supply  of  stale  eggs  and 
others seek the recipe for  preserving. 
had the only one in existence  I would  bum 
it, but unfortunately the nuisance cannot be 
thus abated.  Of course farmers would  not 
sell preserved  eggs for fresh, but so long as 
the former control the price  of  all,  they do 
not feel called upon to  advertise  their  age 
any more than the  bogus-butter  dealers  do 
their wares. 
It is diamond cut diamond all 
around.

If 

There are,  perhaps, a  dozen  methods  of 
egg-preserving, with many modifications  of 
some of them.  That  in  most  general  use 
and probably most practicable, is the liming 
method.  The larger  concerns  with  which 
I am acquainted use about  a  bushel  of  un­
slaked  lime  and a peck of  fine salt, to fifty 
or sixty gallons  of  pure  water.  The  lime 
is carefully slaked and the  salt and remain 
ing water afterward added,  when  the  mass 
is left to deposito the lime till  thè  solution 
becomes clear.  The more common practice 
is to draw  off  the  solution  at  this  stage, 
leaving the sedimentary matter in the  slak 
ing tub,  though in some cases the  eggs  are 
put in without the removal of the sediment
In some cases,  and formerly it was pretty 
generally the practice,  when  the vat or ves 
sei in which the eggs are preserved  is near­
ly full a  cloth is spread on top of them  and 
the sediment spread upon  that  as  a  cover 
This is kept under the surface of the  liquid 
so as to remain wet at  ail  times.  The  ob 
ject sought in this arrangement  is  to  more 
thoroughly fill the pores of the shells, which 
is supposed to be  effected  by  the  comstant 
precipitation of the minute particles orlime 
through the cloth.  Whether  this  very fine 
theory  is  sound  or  not,  it  is  undoubtedly 
well to keep the eggs covered.

Some  preservers  go  to  the  extreme  of 
pouring all the sediment back upon the eggs 
after they are placed  in the brine.  Others, 
though I doubt if very many,  spead a  layer

of washed sand over the precipitated matter 
to keep the eggs from contact with the lime 
and save labor in cleaning them for market. 
In some cases the  proportion  of  lime  used 
is very much smaller and of  salt  larger. 
I 
have no doubt  that  those  who  use  only  a 
peck of liuie to fifty gallons  of  water  keep 
the eggs quite as well, but it  is  doubtful  if 
the results are  any better  for  the  increase 
of salt,  though that may  be the  case  where 
the temperature of the  storeroom  is not un­
der full control.

Very little or very much care is expended 
upon the after  preparation of  the  eggs  for 
market, according to circumstances.  When 
they are to be sold on their good looks,  and 
perhaps passed off by the  retailer for fresh, 
they  are  twice  washed;  at  first  in  cold 
water, afterward in hot  water  to  dry them 
quickly.  They are next  examined  minute­
ly for any adhering particles of lime,  which 
are removed with fine sandpaper.  They are 
then  placed  in  racks  for  candling,  after 
which  they are  packed  for  market.  Any 
defect,  however slight, discoverable  by  the 
candling  process,  consigns  an  egg  to  the 
second grade, which is sold to  less  particu­
lar customers.

There  is  always  much complaint of  the 
quality of limed eggs.  They are  often said 
to have thin, watery whites. 
It  is  not  the 
effect of liming,  but  of  original  condition. 
They are  gathered  from  the  ends  of  the 
earth  and  are of every conceivable quality. 
The  hens  are  fed  anything,  everything  a 
starving  hen  will  eat, or  not fed at all,  as 
the  case  may  be, and  there is nothing but 
which may be reasonably supposed  to  con­
tribute its quota to a case of preserved eggs. 
My  acquaintance  with  the  ice-house  and 
other  methods  is  more  limited.  A  good 
live  egg  would  undoubtedly  keep  a  long 
time in cool spring water;  so it would  in  a 
cool cellar,  and I would rather trust the cel­
lar till after somebody else has tried the ex­
periment.

Points for Retailers.

The weakest  spot  in  every  merchant is 

where he thinks himself  to be the wisest.

Y man who knows  how  to mix pleasures 
with business  is fortunate.  He  can use or 
reserve them at his will.

It is a part of  every  dealer’s  business  to 
keep his  capital  actively at  work  earning 
interest.  He fails to do this when it is idle 
half the time.

Another very essential lesson  to learn is, 
for  the  dealer  not  to  invest  in  anything 
which is likely to take  up his  time  and di­
vert his attention from his regular business.
In making  an  estimate  of  the  price  or 
value of any specific lot of  goods in an auc­
tion  room,  the  dealer  ought  to  know  the 
private sale  price of  the same, so as to not 
overbid it.

When the stòck of goods  is  once all paid 
for, the  ordinary monthly receipts  pays all 
the monthly purchases and expenses.  Any 
amount of money left over may be regarded 
as surplus profits.

Y retailer who  has  a  good  paying  busi­
ness,  which requires  his  time to  keep it in 
due order  and  profitable  condition,  out  to 
discard in his investment  all idea of  specu­
lating or profiting in any way on the money 
invested, except simply by the interest.

Knowledge of human  nature—the  ability 
to penetrate, as it were,[into  the recesses of 
others’ minds,  and  to decide  how they will 
act—is a most  valuable  acquisition  to  the 
merchant or to  any one  who  buys or  sells 
goods,  and should  be cultivated  to the full­
est extent.

As a rule when a dealer is in financial dif­
ficulty,  lawyers are not good advisers.  As a 
class they are not of a  compromising  char­
acter.  Everything  goes  according  to  law 
with them,  The best  advisers  under  such 
circumstances  are fellow  merchants  of ex­
perience and uprightness.

When an insolvent dealer  has  fairly and 
honestly  conducted  his  business, both  be­
fore and after failure,  so that  his  creditors 
cannot  justly make  any objections,  he may 
confidentially rely on  getting a compromise 
if he fully and fairly shows his position, and 
offers  to  pay all  that  the  creditors  could 
themselves realize from  the assets  through, 
an assignment.

Whether any venture in business is a rash 
one or not depends very much upon the man 
who manages it. 
If he has carefully calcu­
lated all the risks and guarded against them, 
it may be simply a bold undertaking which, 
in  its  results  will  do  him  credit.  But  if 
recklessly  undertaken,  without  prudent 
safeguards  against  the  dangers  which en­
viron  it,  its  disastrous  termination  will 
bring shame  and  disgrace on  its projector.
Oil Inspector La Du has  issued a circular 
to oil dealers,  stating that  while heretofore 
intentional  violators of  the law  have been 
promptly prosecuted  wherever found,  cases 
of violation apparently arising  from  ignor­
ance or wrong construction of the  law have 
been charitably dealt  with.  The  time  has 
come when this  must  cease. 
Ignorance of 
the provisions of  a law so long in existence 
and enforcement as  the  Michigan oil law is 
inexcusable,  and will no longer  be accepted 
as a barrier to  prosecution.  The law  must 
and will be enforced.

Benj. Newkirk has  been  cashier  of  the 

Jackson City bank for thirty years.

PARTNER  WANTED.

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dollars to take interest in a first-class furni­
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mill in connection with the furniture factory. 
Factory and mill situated  in  good  locality. 
Timber plenty and cheap.  Address

E. Howard, Gobleville, Mich.

FO R   SA IjB.

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land, situated in Osceola county.  The  land  is 
estimated to contain 15,000,000 shingle  timber: 
550,000 feet green pine;  3,000,000  hemlock; 900, 
000 red oak, birch and maple.  About  20  acres 
is covered with good cedar. The land is nearly 
all  suitable  for  farming  purposes.  Price  of 
land and timbor, $5 per acre.  Price of timber 
alone, $3 per acre.  The mill is  in  good  order 
and  is  now  in  operation.  It  will be sold  for 
$1,600,  one-third  down  and  balance  on  time 
with  good  security.  For  fuller  particulars 
call  on  or  address, W.  L.  Beardsley, Hersey 
Mich.

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W A G O N S !

Logging Carts and Trucks, 

Mill  and  Dump  Carts, 

Lumbermen’s  and 

River Tools.

W e c a rry  a  la rg e  sto c k  o f  m a te ria l, a n d   h a v e   o v e ry  
{^"S pecial  A tte n tio n   G iven  to   R e p a irin g , P a in tin g  

fa c ility  fo r m ak in g  flrst-class W agons o f a ll k inds.
a n d  L e tte rin g .

Shops on Front St.,  Grand Rapids, Mioh.

W hy d o n ’t  y ou m ak e  y o u r ow n

TO THE  EETAIL  GROCER.
BalLlns  P o w d er
A nd a  h u n d red  p e r c e n t,  p ro fit!  I h a v e   m ad e m in e fo r 
y e a rs.  Tw elve receip ts, in clu d in g  th e  lea d in g  p ow ders 
o f th e  d a y , w ith  fu ll d ire c tio n s fo r  p re p a rin g ,—th e   re ­
s u lt o f 30 y e a rs’ c o llectin g ,  se le c tin g   a n d   e x p e rim e n t­
in g , se n t fo r a  $1 p o sta l n o te.  A ddress

C. F. Bartlett. Baldwinsville,  N.  Y.

STEAM  LAQNDRT

43 and 45 Kent Street.

ST A N L EY   N .  A LL E N ,  Proprietor.
WE  DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS  WORK AND  USE  NO 

CHEMICALS.

Orders by Mail and Express promptly at­

tended  to.

m

Albert  Coye  &  S od,
AWNINGS,  TENTS,

D EA LER  IN

Horse,  Wagon  and  Stack 
Covers, Hammocks and Spread­
ers,  Hammock  Supports  and 
Chairs, Buggy  Seat  Tops, Etc.

v Send for Price-List.

7 3  C anal  St.
JUDD  c*5  GO.,

And Full Line Winter Goods.

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 
103  CANAL  STREET._________
We carry a full  line of 
Seeds  of  every  variety, 
both for field and garden. 
Parties  in  want  should 
write to or see the

GRAND RAPIDS  OUffl  MD  SEED CO.

71 CANAL STREET.

interferring with  the  sale  of  farm  imple-  the Alpena mills through  the  south branch
ments and machinery.

of the Nenelon river.

Fred.  C.  Bostwick,  son  of  a  prominent 
Kalamazoo business man,  is  iu  jail at East 
Saginaw, charged with obtaining  goods un­
der  false  pretenses.  Bestwick  began  life 
with  every prospect  of  an  honorable  and 
successful career,  but he became addicted to 
drink and has sunk  to  the depths.  Only a 
few  months  ago  he  married  an  estimable 
Paw Taw lady, who  hoped  to reform  him.

Purely Personal.

Frank  Hamilton,  President of  the Trav­
erse City Business Men’s Association, pass­
ed through the  city last  Wednesday,  on his 
way home from Saco,  Me., where he attend­
ed the funeral of a relative.

Robert Hunting,  who  has  been  confined 
to his house for a couple of  months  in con­
sequence  of a badly sprained foot, hopes to 
resume his  duties, at  the  office of the Mer­
chants’ Despatch about June 15.

Smith  Barnes,  general  manager  of  the 
Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co., at  Traverse 
City, and Harry Montague, manager  of  the 
grocery department of the same house, were 
in the city last Friday, on  their  way  home 
from Chicago.

Deacon  Birdsall,  the  urbane,  courteous 
and handsome cashier  at  Peck’s drug store, 
can be seen these pleasant evenings  gliding 
gracefully  along  on  a  spic-span,  nickle- 
plated,  non-corrosive,  non-explosive,  top- 
action,  ocillating,  vibrating,  pendulating 
j  bicycle,  which he has lately invested in.
John Read, Tom.  Belknap, Frank Sokup, 
Had.  Pearl,  Ote  Watson  and  Bill  Smitn, 
who made a  memorable  visit  to Rice Lake 
last  season—memorable  in  the  amount of 
liquid  refreshments  taken  along—are  ar­
ranging to make a pilgrimage  down  Grand 
River this  summer.  The  party will  be re­
inforced  by  Oscar Blumricli,  Frecl.  Temple 
and  Wm.  Woodworth, and  the  liquid gro­
cery feature of  the  commissary department 
will be correspondingly increased.

D. W. Archer,  the prince of  canned  com 
packers,  put in a day or two at this  market 
last week.  He was persuaded to book orders 
for five or six carloads of his celebrated corn 
and could easily have secured  orders  for  as 
much more had he been  so  disposed.  The 
factories  at  Chillocothe,  111.,  Atlantic  and 
Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  will  be  operated  to 
their fullest capacity this season, 2,200 acres 
of sweet com having already been arranged 
for.

The  Wool  Market.

The  wool  season  has  now  fairly begun, 
all the  extensive handlers  having  put their 
buyers in  the field.  The  market  starts in 
at about 21 cents  for washed  and  one-third 
less for  unwashed,  although  higher  prices 
are  frequently  paid  for  choice  lots.  The 
preference  is for medium grades,  fine wools 
being from two  to  three  cents  lower  than 
last year.

Putnam & Brooks carry an immense stock 
of nuts of all kinds and are prepared  to  fill 
all orders,  however large.

The  Tradesm an  has  unquestioned 
authority for the statement  that  on the ter­
mination of the present partnership relation 
in the firm of  Nelson,  Matter  &  Co., next 
March, the  business  will be  merged into a 
stock company under the corporate name of 
the  Nelson  &  Matter  Furniture  Co.  The 
capital  stock  will  probably  be  placed  at 
1*300,000 and an effort will be made to distrib­
ute it into as many hands as possible.  With 
this end in view, an opportunity will be given 
the foremen and good  workmen  in the em­
ploy  of  the  firm  to  take  stock  in  small 
blocks, and as a  guaranty  that  the  “freez­
ing-out game,” so often  worked under such 
circumstances  will  not  be resorted to,  the 
stock will be made non-assessable.

A R O U N D   T H E   S T A T E .

E.  F. Knapp,  grocer at Eaton Rapids,  has 

W.  B.  Mott,  druggist  at  Baldwin,  has 

sold out.

sold out.

West Bros,  succeed J. R. West in general 

trade at Novi.

G. A.  George, furniture dealer at Stanton, 

has been closed by the sheriff.

Joseph Jacobs,  clothing dealer at Sturgis, 

has removed to Battle Creek.

Geo. E. Childs  succeeds M.  S. Ellmore in 

the jewelry business at Flint.

B. J. Whelpley has sold his general stock 

at Hoytville to E. L.  Halliday.

A.  E.  Bailey succeeds A.  E. Bailey & Co. 

in general trade at Spring Arbor.

Gage & O’Brien  succeed G.  S. O’Brien in 

the grocery business at Dowagiac.

Irwin  & Carey  succeed  Jeremiah  M.  Ir­

win in the grocery business at Jackson.

Conrad  Bros, have  taken  possession  of 

the Chas. Young drug stock at Otsego.

Turk & Starker have purchased the cloth­

ing store of Antoine Kudnerr, at Pontiac.

Armstrong & Ferguson, druggists at Mid- 
dleville, are succeeded by J. W.  Armstrong.
The grocery store of C. J. Russell, at Bat­
tle Creek, has been closed on a chattel mort­
gage  held  by  A.  R. & W. F.  Linn,  of  De­
troit.

C.  H.  Adams,  the  Otsego  druggist,  re­
cently recovered  the  body of  his five-year- 
old  son,  who  was  downed  about  eleven 
weeks  ago.

H.  E.  Batsford,  who  has  been  assisting 
C. H. Adams, the Otsego  druggist for  sev­
eral weeks past, has  returned  to his  home 
in this city.

Frank  B.  Watkins,  general  dealer  at 
Monterey,  is  erecting a new  store  building 
at Hopkins Station and will  engage in gen­
eral trade at that place.

John  R. Bartlett  has  been  admitted  to 
partnership in the firm of G. B. Mamvaring, 
hardware dealer at Imlay City. The firm name 
will hereafter  by G. R.  Manwaring & Co.

R.  C.  Hunter,  who  recently  sued  his 
brother at Lakeview,  John  E.  Hunter,  for 
damages  “for bringing the name of  Hunter 
into  disrepute,”  obtained  judgment  by de­
fault.

Elmer Desvioignes,  has  sold his stock of 
drugs,  at Lake  City,  to  W.  J.  Roach, who 
will continue the business.  Roach was for­
merly  a  book-keeper  for  H. J.  McMillan, 
the lumberman.

M A N U F A C T U R IN G   M A T T E R S .

Manchester is to have two cigar  factories 

in the near future.

A starch factory is soon to  be established 

at Marshalltown, Iowa.

R.  H.  Purcill,  of  Negaunee,  and  R.  J. 
Webb, of Florence,  will  establish  a factory 
for the  manufacture  of  powder  and nitro­
glycerine.

S T R A Y   F A C T S .

Roscoe & Speicher  succeed  R.  Roscoe in 

the bakery business at Mancelona.

E.  S.  Howard  succeeds  J. D. Bloodgood 

in the meat business at Dowagiac.

Geo.  F.  Cross  succeeds  Cross &  Walker 

in the lumber business at Standish.

Shavalier & Stevens succeed  Newberry & 
Shavalier in the sawmill  business  at Petos- 
key.

J. B.  Connor succeeds Connor & Wood in 
the agricultural implement  business at Paw 
Paw.

The Detroit  Lumber  Co.  will  put a. new 
gang into its mill at Menominee the coming 
summer.

Gates  Howes  succeeds  Darwin & Howes 
in the manufacture of  lumber and  shingles 
at Evart.

Wright & Ketcham,  of Saginaw,  are pay­
ing $5.50 a  thousand for  elm  logs,  on the 
bank, near Sears.

Sheridan  business  men  have  music  in 
their  souls.  They will  chip  in  a  quarter 
apiece that the band may play on  the street 
every Thursday night.

A new vein of salt has been struck in the 
Mackinaw Lumber Co.’s well, at St. Ignace. 
There are 600  feet  of  brine  in  the well of 
70  per  cent, strength.

A Jackson retail grocer,  who  has been in 
business  for  many  years,  claims  to  have 
$30,000 of  unpaid  accounts  on  his  books, 
which he is willing to sell for $200.

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.

D on’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 th e lowest, on Bods, B eels, Lines 
and Leaders, Snelled H ooks and H ooks 
of  every  variety,  all  sizes  of  French 
Trout B askets w ith capacity 6 to 25 lbs., 
new   Cane  Poles,  Artificial  Baits, etc., 
and a general  line  of  Sporting  Goods.

L. S. H IL L   <&  CO.

21 Pearl Street,  Grand  Rai>ids,  Mich.

11 J

abroad.  In a few years the Roman Catholic 
missions will cease to be centers  of  French 
diplomatic  intrigue.

As  in  New  England,  the  great  textile 
manufacturers of  Philadelphia  are  uniting 
to resist unreasonable demands on  the  part 
of associations of  the  working  men.  The 
usefulness of such a union of capitalists will 
depend very much on the spirit  which  ani­
mates it. 
If it be characterized  by  a  tem­
per of mere class  antagonism,  it  will  only 
add to the difficulties of the situation. 
If it 
show  an  honest  desire  to  do whatever is 
just  and  fair,  and  a  readiness  to  submit 
moot-points to  an  impartial  arbitration,  it 
may  do  much  to  pave the way out of  the 
chaos of conflicting interests.

A number of  the rubber  factories  in the 
combination  are  considering the  necessity 
of advancing rubber goods 5 percent., which 
would  change  the  present  discount  to  35 
per cent.  The  occasion for  the advance,  if 
an advance  takes place, is a sharp  upward 
tendency in the price of  raw rubber and the 
changes in the labor market.

The red flag and  the boycott  are two im­
portations  from  Europe  which  will  never 
take root in the  soil of  free America.  The 
man who  champions  either  may  safely be 
set  down  as  a  dangerous  person—as  one 
who would stab a friend  in  the  back with­
out provocation.

A note to the editor  of The Tradesman 
from  a  leading  grocer  of  Big Rapids c6n- 
veys the intelligence that the  merchants  of 
that place are on  the  verge  of  organizing. 
With Big Rapids in  the  field, tally twenty- 
six associations for Michigan!

The man who advocates the boycott is de­
void of honesty and is a traitor to  his coun­
try.  He is a man whom decent people gen­
erally gives a wide berth.

AMONG TH E  TRADE.

I N   T H E   C IT Y .

J. A. Dupree has  purchased  the  grocery 
stock  of  M.  Newberry  on  South  Front 
street.

O. Ball has engaged in  the  grocery busi­
ness  at  Morley.  Clark, Jewell  & Co.  fur­
nished the stock.

A.  Hilliards  has  put  in  a  sawmill  four 
miles  west  of  Ashton.  Hester & Fox  fur­
nished the mill and power.

Zenas  E.  Allen  has  added  a  six  inch 
moulder to his furniture factory.  Hester & 
Fox furnished the same.

L.  McCurdy, has engaged  in  the grocery 
business  on  Stocking  street,  near  Fourth 
street.  The  stock  was  purchased  at  this
market. 

_________________

B. F. Archer has engaged in the hardware 
business at Ferry.  The stock was furnished 
by  Foster,  Stevens  &  Co.,  A.  D.  Baker 
placing the order.

Geo. T. Grady  is  enlarging  his  grocery 
store on the  corner  of  Spring  and  Island 
streets  by widening  the  building  ten feet, 
making it 27x27 feet in dimensions.

at 

the  Otter  school  house, 

John  Demstra  has  engaged  in  general 
trade 
two 
miles  east of  Forest  Grove,  in  Jamestown 
township,  Ottawa  county.  Olney,  Shields 
&  Co.  furnished  the  groceries and  Voigt, 
Ilerpolsheimer & Co.  the dry goods.

I. It. Wilson has sold his picture and pic­
ture frame business at 39 Canal  street to J. 
W.  Crater,  who  was  formerly  engaged  in 
the saloon business  here, but  who has  con­
ducted a  cheap  jewelry  and  auction  busi­
ness at Ionia for several months past.

Saddlery hardware  dealers  are  rejoicing 
over the news that a  sharp  advance has oc­
curred in a considerable number of common 
grade  goods,  in  some  cases  amounting  to 
12Yi  per cent.  Local  jobbers  are fortunate 
in having full stocks  of  the  goods  affected 
by  the  advance,  which  will  give  them  an 
opportunity  to  get  back  some  of  the  loss 
sustained when the goods declined.

Agent Hill, of  the Merchants’  Despatch, 
has arranged to run  a  refrigerator car from 
here to White  Pigeon every  Tuesday,  con­
necting with a  through train  on  the  main 
line of the  L.  S. & M.  S.  Railway. 
In  the 
event of a Dairy Board  of  Trade  being es­
tablished at  this  market, he  will  run a re­
frigerator  car  out  of  Grand  Rapids  every 
Tuesday and Friday morning,  connecting at 
Detroit with the fast trains  running east

Geo. G. Whitworth, for several years past 
city  and  suburban  salesman  for  Foster, 
Stevens & Co., has gone on the road for the 
Furniture  Caster  Association,  a  corpor­
ation in  process of organization,  to be com­
posed of W. R. Fox, Julius Berkgy, Geo. G. 
Whitworth  and  several  other  gentlemen. 
The  object of the company is to  engage  in 
the  manufacture  and  sale of  the  Fox pat­
ent  caster socket and track plate, which,  it 
is claimed,  is destined to supercede all other 
devices of the kind now on the market.

F

A JO U R N A L DEVOTED TO TH E

lercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the Slate.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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

WEDNESDAY,  MAY  26,1886.
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange.

Organized at Grand Rapid» October 8,1884.

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

of October.
ing of each month._______________

Traverse City Business Men’s Association.

President,  Frank  Hamilton;  Secretary,  C. T. 

Lockwood;  Treasurer, J. T. Beadle.

Business  Men’s  Protective  Union  of 

Cheboygan.

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

H. Chambers;  Secretary, A. J. Paddock.
Luther Protective Association.

President, W. B. Pool:  Vice-President, R. M. 
Smith;  Secretary. Jas.  M.  Verity;  Treasurer, 
Geo. Osborne. 
Ionia  Business  Men’s  Protective  A s­

_______ _

sociation.

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

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

M erchants’ Union of N ashville.

President, Herbert  M.  Lee;  Vice-President, 
C!. E. Goodwin;  Treasurer, G. A. Truman; Sec­
retary and Attorney, Walter Webster.

Ovid Business Men’s Association. 
President, C.  H.  Hunter:  Secretary,  Lester 

Cooley.

J3T-  Subscribers  and others,  when writing 
to advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub­
lisher by  mentioning that they saw the adver­
tisement in the columns of  this paper.

STOP  TH E  STREAM.

The question of some  general  restriction 
upon  immigration,  which  ■will  save  the 
country from a deluge of  all  the  most  ob­
jectionable elements of Europe and Asia,  is 
once more  under  discussion.  The renewal 
of the anti-Chinese disturbance on the Pacific 
coast, the colossal petition to Congress ask­
ing that a  permanent prohibition  be laid on 
Chinese  immigration, and  the  abominable 
misconduct  of  the  Anarchist  element  of 
German,  Polish  and  Bohemian immigrants 
in Cleveland, Chicago and  Milwaukee have 
emphasized the need of  a  more careful dis­
crimination.  The fact is that every disturb­
ance in Europe sends us a great body of the 
•disturbing element.  The attack  on the life 
of the Emperor of  Germany sent  us  Social 
Democrats and  Anarchists  by the  myriad, 
The struggle between the Teutonic and Sla 
vonic races along the great dividing line has 
driven hither multitudes of  the most ignor 
ant and degraded labor  of  Eastern Europe, 
The friction involved  in the transition from 
old to new in  Italy has  driven  to  America 
hundreds  of  thousands  of  ill-taught,  un 
trained and  passionate  Italians.  And  the 
pressure of Chinese  population  on the food 
■supply of their coast  has  furnished  us and 
every other  coast  or  island  of the  Pacific 
with ooolies  innumerable. 
In  a  word,  w 
have social  problems  of  nearly  half  man 
kind added to those which our  own circiun 
stances have entailed  upon us.  Our natur 
alization 
citizenship of persons  not “well  affected to 
the  government  of  the  United  States. 
Why not  forbid  their  immigration?  This 
rule  w'ould  suffice  to 
include  Socialists 
Anarchists, Mormons, and other  disturbing 
elements.  Or if we admit  them, we should 
accompany the refusal of  citizenship by ex­
clusion from  political  associations and pol­
itical agitation of all kinds.  This,  together 
with the enforcement of the law against the 
importation of labor,  would furnish  a feasi­
ble solution of our problem.

the  admission 

laws  forbid 

In spite of  repeated  assurances  that  the 
labor troubles were over,  Chicago  still  con­
tinues to be much disturbed.  The arrest of 
Anarchists continue, but are fewer, while the 
number of workmen, especially of Poles and 
Bohemiams,  who are on strike is still large. 
The  courts  are  making ready to bring  the 
arrested  men  to  trial, and  one  judge  has 
been instructing the  grand  jury  as  to  the 
limits of free speech.  His  position  is  that 
any  speech  is  exempt  from  legal  conse­
quences which does not lead  to illegal acts. 
To  this  definition  we  should take decided 
exception.  Any speech which is manifestly 
■calculated to incite to illegal acts is  proper­
ly to be held criminal,  while speech that has 
not  that  criminal  intention  is  innocent, 
whatever  its  effects.  . It  is  quite possible 
that  words  which  had  no  evil  intention, 
when addressed to a mob of desperate men, 
may be so received by them as  to  prove  an 
incentive to crime.  Are we then  to punish 
their author?  Was Felix  Holt  justly  pun­
ished for the speech which led  the  mob  to 
plunder and wreck  Treby Manor, when  his 
real object was to get  the  mob  away  from 
the whisky vaults?

The double role which France has played 
for some time past, of an atheistic  republic 
at home, but the orthadox  champion of Ro­
man Catholic missions abroad,  seems likely 
to come to at end.  The  emperor  of  China 
has taken steps to have the Roman Catholic 
missions in that country entirely  dissevered 
from France’s  diplomacy.  To  effect  this, 
he has entered into direct relations with the 
Papacy, and is  negotiating  a  sort  of  con­
cordat  which  will  make  French interven­
tion of no use to  the  church.  The Papacy 
is  not  unwilling  to  accede  to this, as  the 
course taken by  French  statesmen at  home 
has not made the Roman Court  disposed  to 
favor  the  extension  of  French  influence

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Importers,

Parker  &  Blood,  of  Laingsburg,  have 
patented a flour bolter,  which is said to be a 
good one.  Other  Laingsburg  parties  have 
applied for a patent on a unique nut fasten­
er.

Agricultural  implement  dealers  assert 
that  the  present  distrust  among  business 
men is by no means absent in farming com­
munities,  as the farmers are inclined to view 
the situation  with  more  alarm  than is con­
sistent.  Many  farmers  who  intended  to 
purchase new machinery the present season 
have deferred  purchasing  until  next  year, 
giving as a  reason  that  they “do not know 
what minute the damned strikers may come 
out in the country and stop their men plow­
ing in the fields.”  Ridiculous  as  such  ap­
prehension appears in the  eyes of business,  , 1—  
,
men  it nevertheless exists  and  is  seriously I triet  Rayburn & Son  are  driving them to j 20 and  22 Monroe St„ Grand  Ramds,  Mioh

The crockery, glassware and fancy notion 
store of  George Young, Manistee,  has been 
closed  on  chattel  mortgage  by  Frank  El- 
wood.  The  stock  will  be  sold  at  auction 
May 29.

B O O K S ,

Logs to the  amount  of  75,000,000 to 80,- 
000,000 feet are,  this  season, to come  from 
the Hubbard lake region ^pf  the Alpena dis
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We handle on Commission BERRTES, Etc.  All orders filled at lowest market price.  Corres­
NO.  i>  IONIA  ST.

pondence solicited.  APPLES  AND  POTATOES  in ear lots  Specialties. 

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

MISCELLANEOUS.

Advertisements of 35 words or  less  inserted 
in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, 
or  50  cents  for  three weeks.  Advance  pay­
ment.
Advertisements  directing  that  answers  be 
sent in care of this office must be accompanied 
by 25 cents extra, to cover expense of postage, 
etc. 
"YTTANTED—A position  as  book-keeper  and 
VV  general office  man  by  a  gentleman of 
large experience.  Would prefer  a  lumbering 
firm or large manufacturing concern.  Address 
and refer to Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops.  140tf

•

IttOR  RENT—Desirable brick  store  building 

in a thriving farming town, twenty miles 
1 
from  Grand  Rapids.  Good  opening  tor gro­
cery  or  general  stock.  Address  Store, care 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n . 

ITiOR  SALE—Stock  of  general  merchandise 

. 
and house and lot, oil theBhore  of  Grand 
Traverse  Bay,  near  rai'road.  Small  amount 
required  down.  Address  “Zero,”  care  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n . 

I40tf

145

IriOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE—Farm  of 120 

acres in southern  Michigan, 100 acres  im­
proved.  Large  frame  house  and  barn,  and 
large orchard.  Will sell  on  long  time  or ex­
change for a stock of boots and  shoes  or  gro­
ceries.  Address  L.  B.  C.,  care T h e   T r a d e s ­
m a n . 

141

IjiOR  SALE—A drug store.  One of the hand- 

somest drug stores in  the  State,  doing  a 
4 
splendid  business, in  a  town  of 12.000 inhabi­
tants.  Stock, etc., will inventory about, $3,500. 
A v e r a g e  cash sales, $25 a day  and  increasing. 
No  paint  and  oils  carried  in  stock.  Owner 
wishes to go  into  manufacturing  business  at 
once.  Address, for full particulars, Aloes, care 
TRADesMAN office. 

138tf

142

J70R  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE—Two pieces of 

store property situated  on  a  main  busi­
4 
ness street.  Will sell  cheap  or  exchange  for 
stock of general merchandise.  Address  Fred. 
C. Yonker, box 1970, Muskegon, Mich. 
TpOR  8ALE—A  stock  of  groceries  and  flx- 
X* 
tures  In  a  splendid  location.  Low  rent 
and a good trade.  Will sell for cash or trade for 
good city property.  Address  No. 10,  T r a d e s ­
m a n  office. 

■ GENTS WANTED—For an  article  used in 

every house.  I can give a live man a good 
paying job in every town in the United States. 
For particulars, address with stamp, A. Retan, 
Pewamo. Mich. 

■OR SALE—Desiring a  change  of  climate, 

on account of poor health, I will sell at  a 
bargain my stock  of merchandise,  consisting 
of  dry  goods,  groceries  and boots and shoes. 
Stock will invoice about  $2,500.  I  will  sell  or 
rent store building on terms to suit purchaser. 
If you mean business, call on or address.  C. L. 
Howard, Clarksville. Ionia Co., Mich. 

138tf

148*

142*

I F YOU WANT—To get into business, to sell 

your business, to secure additional capital, 
to  get  a  situation,  If  you have anything for
sale or want to buy anything, advertise In the 
Miscellaneous Column of The  T r a d e s m a n .  A 
twenty-five word  advertisement  costs  but 2o 
cents a week or 50 cents for three weeks.

“Will  Deal  Fairly  W ith  Delinquents.’ 
From the Lowell Journal.

The Business Men’s Association of  Low­
ell will deal fairly  with delinquents, giving 
them ample time  to pay up their  accounts 
The dead-beats who  fail  to clear  their rec 
ord will be  listed  and  published.  The ob­
ject is  protection, not revenge.  Dead-beat 
ism as a profession must be discouraged.
Should be on h ile in Every Office. 

From the Big Rapids Wide Awake.
The  Michigan  Tradesman,  of  Grand 
Rapids  should  be  placed  on  file  in  every 
merchant’s office. 
Its  quotations  are relia­
ble, and its general  information is of  great 
value to every business man,  and costs only 
one dollar a  year.

WHOLESALE

FULL  LINE  OF  ALL  STAPLE 

PLUGS  KEPT  IN  STOCK.

Sole Agents for Celebrated

L.  C.  B.,  American  Field,  Pan- 

tilla, Our Nickle,  The Rats, 

Fox’s Clipper.

7t  South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Exclusively Wholesale.

Order Sample M by Ma u»
MOULTON & REMPIS,
SETTEES, ROOF CRESTING

Manufacturers  of

m

VASES,

W R IT S  FOR  PR ICE-LIST.

And Jobbers in  Gray Iron  Castings.
54 and 66 N o rth  F ro n t S tre e t, G ran d  R apids, M ich.
we  give

W ith

Plenty of Practice.

“Are  you  having  much  practice  now?” 

asked an old doctor of a young beginner.

“Yes,  sir; a great deal,  thank you.”
“Ah,  I am glad to  hear it. 
is your practice particularly?”

“Well,  sir,  particularly in economy.”

In  what line 

The Kind  of Poison to Get.

Husband (desperately)—Life  has no lon­
I’ll  kill  myself. 

ger  any charms  for  me. 
I’ll take poison.

Wife (calmly^—Well,  if you do  take poi­
son, my dear,  get the kind that’s advertised 
‘Don’t die in the house.’ ”

Professon A.  B.  Prescott  says:  “So  far 
the artificial derivatives of quinoline, under 
trial as medicinal  agents,  do  not  appear to 
be sufficiently stable compounds to be satis­
factory articles for  general  use.  But  it  is 
not  at  all  improbable  that stable artificial 
quinoline 
having  distinct 
medicinal value of their own, may be brought 
into permanent use.  And it need  not  sur­
prise us at any time to learn of  the  labora­
tory conversion of chinchonine into quinine, 
by  methods  which  may  or  may  not  be 
economical in manufacture.”

compounds, 

The saints  have a  pretty full  contingent 
in the patent  medicine  line.  There  is St. 
Jacob’s oil,  St. Joseph’s  salve, St.  Patrick’s 
bog salve,  St.  Bernard’s  vegetable pills,  St. 
Catharine’s wrater and St. Nicholas’ salve.

“Fermentum”  the  only  Reliable  Com­

pressed Yeast  See advertisement
CUSXXMA2TS

MENTHOL INHALER

Headache Quickly Relieved
B y U sing Cushman’s M enthol Inhaler.
It acts as by  magic,  the  Mentholized  Air 
penetrating directly to the  nerves  affected. 
It is  convenient  to  use 
Carry it with you. 
at any time.  No liquid to drop or spill.  It 
is cool and  refreshing, taking  the  place  of 
the smelling bottle.  Durable  and  cleanly; 
will last six months to a year.  All druggists 
should keep the Menthol  Inhaler. 
It  sells 
at sight.  Retail price 50c.

A Million Dollars.

Millions of dollars would be  saved  annually 
by the invalids of every community, if, instead 
of  calling  in  a  physician  for  every ailment, 
they were all wise enough to put their trustin 
Golden Seal Bitters, a certain cure for  all dis­
eases  arising  from  an  impure  state  of  the 
Blood and Liver, such as Scrofula in its various 
forms. Rheumatism, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, 
Female irregularities, Diseases of the Kidneys 
and  Bladder,  Exposure  and  Imprudence  of 
Life.  No person can take these Bitters accord­
ing to instructions,  and  remain  long  unwell, i 
provided their bones are not destroyed by min- 
eral poison or other means,  and  the  vital  or­
gans wasted beyond the point of repair.  Gold- 
ed Seal Bitters numbers on its list of cures  ac­
quired a arreat celebrity, being used as  a  fam­
ily  medicine.  Sold  by  Hazeltine  & Perkins 
Drug Co. 

143

TH E  OLD  R EL IA B LE

Perry  Davis  Pail  Killer,

Established 1840.

A ll D ruggists Should Keep It.

PRICES  TO  THE  TRADE:
- 

Small Size..................................   25 
Medium Size.............................   50 
Large size.................................. 1 00 
K iller.  G et th e  G enuine.

B ew are o f Im ita tio n s.  T h ere is b u t One P a i n . 

Per Bottle.  PerDoz.
180
3 60
7 30

J.  N .  Harris  & Co., Ltd., Cincinnati, O.

P ro p rie to rs  fo r th e  S o u th e rn  a n d  W e ste rn  S tates. 

For Sale by all Medicine Dealers.

Allen’s LungBalsam

The Great Remedy for Curing

Coughs, Colds, Croup,

C02 TSTJMFTZOZT,
And  Other  Throat  and  Lung  Affections.
tSTW e  call  y o u r  a tte n tio n   to   th e   fa c t t h a t th e   old 
S ta n d ard   R em edy,  ALLEN’S  LUNG  BALSAM,  ie  now  
p u t u p  in  th re e  sizes—25 cen ts, 50 c e n ts a n d  $1 p e r b o ttle.
Small............................................$1  75 per dozen
Medium.......................................  3  50 
Large  ...........................................  7 00 
J.  N .  Harris & Co., Ltd., Cincinnati, O.

“
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Drugs él ¿IQeMcineg

STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARM ACY.
One Year—F. H. J. Van Ernster. Bay City. 
Two Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Three Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Four Years—Ottmar Eberbach. Ann Arbor. 
Five Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. 
President—Ottmar Eberbach.
Secretary—Jacob Jesson.
Treasurer—Jas. Vernor.

Michigan  Slate  Pharmaceutical  Association.

O F F IC E R S .

Grand Rapids. 

President—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
First  Vice-President—Frank  J.  Wurzburg, 
Second Vice-President—A. B. Stevens. Detroit, 
Third Vice-President—Frank Inglis, Detroit. 
Secretary—S. E. Parkell,  Owosso.
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—Jacob  Jesson,  Geo. 
Gundrum, Frank Wells, F. W.  R.  Perry  and 
John E. Peck. 
Local Secretary-Will L. White, Grand Rap ds. 
Next  place  of  meeting—At  Grand  Rapids, 

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Tuesday, October 13, 1886.

Grand Rapids Pharm aceutical Society.

O R G A N IZED   OCTOBER 9,1884.

O F F IC E R S .

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President—Frank J. Wurzburg.
Vice-President—Wm. L. White.
Secretary—Frank H. Escott.
Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild.
Board  of  Censors—President,  Vice-President 
and Secretary. 
Board  of  Trustees—The  President,  Wm.  H. 
Van Leeuwen, Isaac  Watts,  Wm.  E.  White, 
Wm. L. White. 
_   _
Committee on Phaamacy—M. B.  Kimm,  H.  E. 
Locher and Wm. E. White.
Committee on Trade  Matters—John  E.  Peck, 
H. B. Fairchild and Wm. H. Van Leeu™en.
Committee  on  Legislation—Jas.  D.  Lacey, 
Isaac Watts and A. C.  Bauer.
Regular Meetings—First  Thursday evening in 
each month.
Annual  Meetings—First  Thursday evening in 
November.
Next  Meeting—Thursday evening, June 3,  at 
“The Tradesman” office.

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D etroit Pharm aceutical Society.

Organized October, 1863.

O FFIC ERS.

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

month.

Jackson County Pharm aceutical  A sso­

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

and C. H. Haskins. 

,

month.

Saginaw  County  Pharm aceutical  So­

ciety.

President—Jay Smith.
First Vice-President—W. H. Yarnall.
Second Vice-President—R. Bruske. 
Secretary— D. E. Prall.
Treasurer—H. Melchers.
Committee on  Trade  Matters—W. B. Moore, 
H.  G.  Hamilton,  H.  Melchers,  W.  H.  Keeler 
and R. J. Birney.
Regular Meeting—Second  Wednesday after­
noon of each month.

M uskegon  Drug  Clerks’  Association.

O F FIC E R S .
President—Fred. Heath.
Vice-President—J. C. Terry.
Secretary and Treasurer—L. B. Glover. 
Regular Meetings—Second and fourth Wednes­
Next Meeting—Wednesday evening, May 28.

day of each month.

A  DRUGGIST’S JOKE.

How  it  Led  to  the  Discovery  of a  Silly 

Girl’s Adventures.

Boston Correspondence New York Sun.

A joke by a druggist’s  clerk  in  Dedham 
has brought to attention a queer  case  of  a 
wealthy young girl’s  infatuation  for  a con­
vict,  Richard  Rafferty,  who  has  been  an 
amateur minstrel performer,  with the  stage 
name,  “Dick  Rolph.”  He  was  arrested 
four months ago for  vagrancy,  and commit­
ted to the House of  Correction.  Dick  was 
made fireman.  He posed as a  martyr. 
In 
Wilton,  Me.,  lives  a  wealthy  gentleman 
whose daughter was sent  to  Boston  a  few 
months ago to complete her musical  educa­
tion.  She made  her  temporary home  with 
a prominent family  in  Dedham.  Curiosity 
led her to visit the county jail several times. 
There she met Rafferty, with whom she fell 
in love.  He said he was  going  to  reform, 
and that when  he  was  released  he  would 
turn over a new leaf and  endeavor  to  win 
back  the  respect  he  had  lost  through  in­
temperance.

A correspondence was secretly begun and 
the  young  woman  employed  a  milliner  in 
town,  who  recently  gave  up  business,  to 
convey her letters to Dick.  Her  last letter, 
written  on  May  1,  she  began  with  “Dear 
Dick,” and urged that as he  would be liber­
ated in three days,  she hoped  he  would re­
form.  She said she had selected a secluded 
spot for a meeting, and she directed Dick to 
go under the covered bridge on High street, 
then turn to the right, and go over the  rail­
road crossing and into a field directly at the 
left,  and then she  would  meet  him  at  the 
“Bars.”

Rafferty  admits  that  the  meeting  took 
place,  and Chief of Police Drugan says that 
he saw the young woman  in  company with 
Rafferty  after  2  o’clock  in  the  morning. 
Several clandestine meetings were  held  be­
tween the pair,  some of them  lasting  until 
after 4  o’clock  in  the  morning.  The  girl 
was then escorted by her lover to the  house 
of their milliner friend,  it being too  late  to 
return to her residence  on  Village  avenue. 
The young woman,  in  consequence  of  get­
ting caught in the rain during  one  of  those 
meetings,  had a severe cold.  Her  lover,  in 
order to show his devotion,  went  to  a  drug 
store in the town and asked  for same cough 
medicine.  The clerk gave  Rafferty a  sam­
ple  bottle  of  cough  syrup.  Rafferty  re­
quested the clerk to put a label on  the  bot­
tle,  tearing off the sample label.  The clerk 
for a joke placed a label on the bottle which 
bore the word “poison” and  “ten drops  for 
a dose.”  The bottle was  wrapped up with- 
rty  knowing  the  nature  ojg )he

label,  and  was  sent  by  messenger  to  the 
young woman.

The  bottle  was  discovered  in  the  sick 
chamber,  and  aroused  suspicion  that  the 
young woman had partaken of some  of  the 
liquid.  A physician was summoned and all 
the  facts  were  finally  ascertained.  The 
young  woman  became  very  ill,  and  her 
father and mother wrere sent for.  The whole 
story was told to them, and the girl  will be 
closely watched and taken  home.  Rafferty 
has  an  engagement with the “Wild West” 
show, and was to leave to-day to meet  that 
combination.
Am  Ende  Still  Followed  by  Misfortune. 
From the New York Sun, 30th.

When  druggist  Charles  G. Am Ende,  of 
Hoboken, (caused  the  death  in that  city a 
year ago of the Misses Ella and  Marguerite 
Holtz by putting morphine  instead of quin­
ine in a  prescription,  he  was  so  overcome 
with grief that  he took  poison.  He recov­
ered, however, but  he  resolved  at  least to 
retire from  the  drug  business.  His store, 
on the  first  floor  of  the  three-story  brick 
building on the  comer of  Washington  and 
Seventh  streets,  was the  finest in  the city, 
but he transferred it and the stock to Henry 
Franke,  who had  been  his  clerk for  more 
than fifteen  years.  He  was  tried for man­
slaughter, but was acquitted.  He  then be­
gan to feel  that  inactivity could  not  undo 
his  fatal  blunder,  and  soon  afterward  he 
formed a partnership with his fonner clerk. 
He refrained from putting up  prescriptions, 
and spent his  time  in the laboratory,  in the 
third story of  the building,  where  the firm 
manufactured chemicals and  antiseptic pre­
parations.  Three men were employed there, 
Edwin Spoerri, John  Wickinan  and  Theo-
dore Heyser.

At 11 o’clock yesterday morning  Mr.  Am 
Ende came to this city.  Half an hour later, 
while the  three  men  were  at  work in the 
laboratory, an explosion occurred, and in an 
instant some inflammable liquids had caught 
fire.  The three  men  rushed for  the  door, 
but because of the  dense  smoke  they wrere 
unable to reach it.  The burning liquids had 
been  scattered  over  them,  and  when  at 
lengtlf they found an avenue of escape, they 
were hardly  able  to  move  because  of  the 
bums they had received.  Spoerri and Wick­
inan succeeded in crawling  out of  the win­
dow facing Seventh  street  to  an adjoining 
building.  They  made  their  way  to  the 
street, and were  carried  to St.  Mary’s Hos­
pital.

While these two men were  making  their 
escape  Heyser  made  his  appearance  at  a 
third  story  window  on  the  Washington 
street side  of  the  building.  His  face was 
terribly blistered and his  clothing was par­
tially burned from  his  body.  He stood for 
a moment at  the  window,  as  though unde­
cided what  to do.  The  flames  were  close 
behind  him,  and smoke was  pouring out of 
the  window’.  People  in  the  street  below 
cried to him to jump,  and  he  took their ad­
vice.  He  leaped  on  an  awning  over  the 
drug store windows.  This  broke  his  fall. 
He rolled  off,  but  he  struck  the  sidewalk 
on his feet.  He walked to  St.  Mary’s Hos­
pital.  The firemen confined  the fire  to the 
room where it started.  The laboratory was to­
tally destroyed, and Mr. Am Ende estimates 
his loss at $5,000.  The stock  in  the  drug 
store w'as damaged  by water to  the  extent 
of $3,000, and  Henry  Hankins,  who  owns 
the building,  places his loss at $1,000.  Am 
Ende’s loss is covered by insurance.

At the  hospital  it  was  said  that Heyser 
was the only one of the injured men who is 
likely to die.  His face and body are a mass 
of burns,  and his head had swollen to twice 
its normal size.  The  cause of  the  explos­
ion is not known.

Test for Gum Arabic.

To test gum  arabic for adulteration  with 
dextrine,  add  15  drops  solution  of  ferric 
chloride,  15 drops saturated  solution of  red 
pnissiate of  potash, and 5 drops  dilute hy- 
drocholoric acid, 1,165 specific weight,  to 60 
centimeters water. 
If 3 centimeters of this 
reagent are added  to 6 cubic  centimeters of 
a 20 per  cent,  solution  of  the  gum  to  be 
tested,  pure gum  gives a clear  yellow,  syr­
upy mixture,  which remains  unchanged for 
eight or ten hours; but if the gum was mixed 
with  dextrine,  the  yellow  color  changes 
within an hour, and in two or three hours it 
turns blue.

The Drug Market.

Business  is  fair.  Collections  are  quiet. 
Morphine, cinchonidia  and  castor  oil have 
declined.  Carbolic acid continues  to  hard­
en.  Camphor  is  firm,  but  not  quotably 
higher.  Oil lemon and bergamont are weak. 
Quinine is extremely dull at  the 5  cent  de­
cline,  on account of 15 per cent,  lower prices 
on genuine bark.

Five distinct perfumes  obtained from the 
orange  tree may be named as follows: 1, the 
true orange flower odor,  obtained by the en- 
fleurage process  of  digestion  with a fat; 2, 
oil neroli petale or oil  neroli  bigarade,  pre­
paredly distillation from the flowers of the 
sweet and bitter  orange  respectively; 3,  oil 
neroli petit  grain,  by  distillation  from the 
leaves and unripe fruit; 4, oil of orange Por­
tugal,  obtained  by  rolling  the  fruit  in  a 
spiked cup known as the eculle; 5, commer­
cial oil of orange,  obtained by expression or 
distillation, from orange peel.

Hart  Argus:  The  druggists  of  Mason 
county have  formed  a  pharmaceutical  so­
ciety,  and their secretary has  written prom­
inent  druggists  of  this  county,  to  see  if 
Oceana county druggists do not want to join 
in and form a  Mason-Oceana  Asso-ciation.
Putnam  &  Brooks  are  headquarters  for 
fire-works  and  fire-crackers.  Early  pur­
chases advised.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT,

Advanced—Cloves.
Declined—Quinine; castor oil;  cinchonidia; 

ACID S.

morphia, P. &  W.
9 @ 10
Acetic, No.  8....................................
30 @ 35
Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav.  1.040)........
Carbolic............................................ ■16 @ 38
70 ® 75
Citric.................................................
Muriatic 18  deg...............................
3 @ 5
11 ® 12
Nitric 36 deg....................................
10 @ 12
Oxalic...............................................
3 @ 4
Sulphuric 66 deg.............................
50 ® 53
Tartaric  powdered.......................
18
Benzoic,  English....................$) oz
Benzoic,  German............................ 12 @ 15
12 @ 15
Tannic..............................................
12 @ 14
14
3 @ 5
4 @ 6
38@42
40
1 75
45

Carbonate.................................V
Muriate (Powd. 22c).........................
? qua 16 deg or  3f............................
Aqua 18 deg or 4f............................

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

AMMONIA.

BALSAMS.

BARKS.

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

BERRIES.

11
18
13
14
15
10
12
20
18
30
12

EXTRACTS.

@1 10
Cubeb  prime (Powd 1  10c)............
6 @ 7
Juniper.............................................
Prickly Ash...................................... 50 @ 60
27
Licorice (10 and 25 lb boxes, 25c)...
37 Vi
Licorice,  powdered, pure.............
9
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 lb doxes).
12
Logwood, Is (25 lb  boxes)...............
13
...............
Lgowood, Vis 
do 
15
Logwood, 14s 
do 
...............
14
Logwood, ass’d  do 
...............
Fluid Extracts—25 $  cent, off list.

FLOWERS..

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

GUMS.

Aloes,  Bftibadoes............................
Aloes, Cape (Powd  20c)..................
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)..........
Ammoniac.......................................
Arabic, powdered  select...............
Arabic, 1st picked..........................
Arabic,2d  picked............................
Arabic,  3d picked............................
Arabic, sifted sorts.........................
Assafoentida, prime (Powd 35c)...
Benzoin............................................
Camphor...........................................
Catechu. Is (Vi 14c, Vis  16c)............
Euphorbium powdered..................
Galbanum strained.........................
Gamboge...........................................
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c).............
Kino [Powdered, 30cl.....................
Mastic..............................................
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered  47c)...
Opium, pure (Powd $4 60)...............
Shellac, Campbell’s ........................
Shellac,  English..............................
Shellac, native.................................
Shellac bleached..............................
Tragacanth............  .......................

13 @ 15
25
30

60® 75
12
50
28® 30
80
80
70
60
50
20
50@55
Ì5@ 27
13
35® 40
80
80® so
35
20
1 25
40
3 30
25
20
30
30 @1 00

H ERBS—IN   OUNCE  PACKAGES.
Hoarhound..............................................
Lobelia......................................................
Peppermint........ :....................................
Rue.............................................................
Spearmint...............................................
Sweet Majoram........................................
Tanzy ........................................................
Thyme......................................................
Wormwood..............................................

IR O N .

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

25
.25
25
.40
24 
35
25 
,30

4 00
20
7

LEA VES.

Buchu, short (Powd 25c)................   13  @  14
6
Sage, Italian, bulk ()4s& Vis, 12c)... 
Senna, Alex, natural.....................   33  @  35
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled.. 
50
Senna,  powdered....................................  
Senna tinnivelli........................................ 
Uva  Ursi................................................... 
Beliedonna.............................................  
Foxglove...................................................  
Henbane................................................... 
Rose, red.............   ........................... 

2 35

LIQ U O R S.

W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00  @2 50
Druggists’ Favorite  Rye.............. 1 75  @2  00
Whisky, other brands...................1  10  @1  50
Gin, Old Tom................................... 135  @175
Gin,  Holland................................... 2 00  @3  50
Brandy.............................................1 75  @6  50
Catawba  Wines.............................. 1 25  @2  00
Port Wines.......................................1 35  @2  50

M AGNESIA.

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

22
2 25

O IL S .

Almond, sweet.................................  45  @  50
45
Amber, rectified.............................. 
Anise.................................................  
1  80
Bay $   oz.........................................  
50
Bergamont.......................................  
3 00
Castor................................................  1 42®1 60
1  75
Croton...............................................  
Cajeput............................................  
75
85
Cassia................................................ 
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c)....... 
35
75
Citronella........................................ 
Cloves...............................................  
1  60
Cod Liver, N. F........................#  gal 
1 20
Cod Liver, best......................... 
1  50
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 
Cubebs, P. & W ...............................  
9 00
1  60
Erigeron........................................... 
2 00
Fire weed........................................... 
Geranium  ^  oz...............................  
75
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. 
35
Juniper wood..................................  
50
Juniper berries........ ......................  
8 00
2 01
Lavender flowers, French............. 
Lavender garden 
1  00
.............  
Lavender spike 
90
.............  
3 00
Lemon, new crop............................ 
2 75
Lemon,  Sanderson’s.......................  
80
Lemongrass...................................... 
Olive,  Malaga.......  ......................... 
90®1  00
Olive, “Sublime  Italian  ............... 
2 75
125
Origanum, red flowers, French... 
Origanum,  No. 1............................ 
50
1  00
Pennyroyal...................................... 
Peppermint,  white.........................  3 90@4 00
Rose $   oz......................................... 
8 00
65
Rosemary, French  (Flowers $1 50) 
Salad, $   gal...................................... 
2 75
Savin.................................................  
1 00
Sandal  Wood, German.................. 
4 50
7 00
Sandal Wood, W. 1..........................  
Sassafras........................................... 
45
Spearmint.......................................  
@7  50
Tansy A ...........................................4 00  @4 25
Tar (by gal 50c).................................  10  @  12
-2 25
Wintergreen................................. 
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $4.00)....... 
3 50
Worm seed 
2 00
...............................  

do 
do 

POTASSIUM .

Bieromate.................................$  lb 
Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... 
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23c).............  
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk....... 
Prussiate yellow.............................. 

12® 14
37@40
22
3 00
28

ROOTS.

Alkanet............................................  
20
Althea, o u t....................................... 
25
17
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s.....................  
Arrow, Taylor’s, In )4s and Vis__  
33
12
Blood (Powd 18c).............................. 
20
Calamus,  peeled.............................. 
36
Calamus, German  white, peeled.. 
Elecampane, powdered..................  
20
10
Gentian (Powd  15c)........................  
Ginger, African (Powd 14c)............  11  ®  12
17
Ginger, Jamaica  bleached...........  
Golden Seal (Powd 26c).................. 
20
20
Hellebore, white, powdered.......... 
Ipecac, Rio, powdered.................... 
1  20
Jalap,  powdered.............................. 
30
Licorice,  select (Powd 16).............  
18
Licorice, extra select...................... 
20
Pink, true......................................... 
80
Rhei, from select to  choice..........1 00  @1 60
Rhei, powdered E. 1........................ 110  @1 20
2 00
Rhei, choice cut  cubes................. 
Rhei, choice cut fingers................  
2  26
Serpentaria................ 
66
Seneka..............................  
60
40
Sarsaparilla,  Honduras................. 
Sarsaparilla,  Mexican................... 
20

 

 

 

 

6 00

®

2
2

do 

14
75
5

SEEDS.

SPONGES.

do 
do 

2 25
18
22
14
4 00

do 
do Scherin’s  do  ...
do 

Mustard, white  Black 10c). 
Quince..................................
Worm, Levant.

12
8
1 25 
60 
1 50 
1  70 
1  90 
1  75 
47 
20 
18 
25 
40 
40 2 
70
40 
15 
50 
24 
20 
12 
1  10 
50 
65 
1  10 
8 
3 
50 
60
14
15 
90 
70

Squills, white (Powd 35c)..............
Valerian, English (Powd 30c)........
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)...
Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)............. .
Bird, mixed in lb packages..........
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 20c).
Cardamon,  Aleppee.......................
Cardamon, Malabar........................
Celery...............................................
Coriander, Dest English................
Fennel............................................ .

15
25
20
15
5  @ 6
4  @ 4Vi
15  @ 18
1 10
1 25
15
10
15
3 íí@4  @ 4Vi
7  @ 8
4Vi@ 5V410
6  @ 714
2 25  @2 50
.......
Nassau 
do 
do 
2 00 
. . . .
Velvet Extra do 
do 
1  10 
Extra Yellow do 
do 
........
85 
.......
Grass 
do 
do 
65 
Hard head, for slate use................
75
Yellow Reef, 
.................
1 40
MISCELLANEOUS.
Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.21) #  gai__
2 30 
Alcohol, wood, 95 per Centex, ref.
1 50
Anodyne Hoffman’s.......................
50
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution........
27
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution............
12
Annatto 1 lb rolls............................
45
Alum.........................................  $B>  2Vi@
3Vi
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)............... 
3  @
4 
Annatto, prime...............................
45
Antimony, powdered,  com’l........  
4 Vi®
5 
Arsenic, white, powdered.............  
6  ®
7
Blue  Soluble...................................
60
Bay  Rum, imported, best............. ' 
75
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 
00
Balm Gilead  Buds..........................
40
Beans,  Tonka
00
Beans, Vanilla.................................7 00  @9 75
2 30
Bismuth, sub nitrate.....................  
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c)...........  
50
Blue V itriol.................................... 
6®  7
y@lo
Borax, refined (Powd  lie). 
Cantharides, Russian  powdered.. 
Capsicum  Pods, African......................... 
Capsicum Pods, African  pow’d ... 
Capsicum Pods,  Bombay 
do ... 
Carmine, N o.40 ...............................  
Cassia  Buds.......................... 
Calomel.  American............. 
Chalk, prepared drop.......... 
Chalk, precipitate English...........
Chalk,  red fingers..........................
Chalk, white lump..........................
Chloroform,  Squlbb’s ....................
Colocynth  apples............................
Chloral hydrate, German  crusts..
cryst...
Chloral 
Chloral 
Chloral 
crusts..
Chloroform...................................... 
@
Cinchonidia, P. & W........ *............  15  @
Cinchonidia. other brands.............   13  ®
Cloves (Powd 25c)............................  23  ®
Cochineal.........................................
Cocoa  Butter..................................
Copperas (by bbl  lc).......................
Corrosive Sublimate.......................
Corks, X and XX—40 off  list........
Cream Tartar, pure powdered....... 
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 lb box..
Creasote.
Cudbear, prime...............................
Cuttle Fish Bone..............................
Dextrine..........................................
Dover’s  Powders............................
Dragon’s Blood Mass.....................
Ergot  powdered..............................
Ether Squibb’s.................................
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s .............
Epsom Salts (bbl. 1%).....................  
Ergot, fresh......................................
Ether, sulphuric, U. S.  P ...............
Flake white......................................
Grains  Paradise..............................
Gelatine, Cooper’s..........................
Gelatine. French  ............................  45  ®
Glassware, flint, 70 & 10, by box 60 &10 less 
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis....
Glue,  cabinet..................................   12  I®  17
Glue.wbite.......................................   16  ®  28
Glycerine, pure...............................   16  @  20
Hops  Vis and bis.............................. 
25<®  40
Iodoform ^  oz................................. 
40
Indigo...............................................   85  @1  00
Insect Powder, best Dalmatian...  35  ®  40
@1 00
Insect Powder, H.. P. & Co., boxes 
4 00
Iodine,  resublimed........................  
Isinglass,  American....................... 
l   50
65
Japonica........................................... 
7
London  Purple...............................   10  <®  15
Lead, acetate.. <t.............................. 
15
8
Lime, chloride,(Vis 2s 10c & )4s lie) 
l  00
Lupuline........................................... 
Lycopodium....................................  
50
25
50
Mace.................................................  
25
Madder, best  Dutch.....................  
12Vi@  13
10
Manna, 8.  F...................................... 
75
35
Mercury............................................  
60
30
Morphia, sulph., P. & W........ $  oz  2 25@2 50
35
40
Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co»’s ........  
10
Moss, Iceland............................^ lb 
12
Moss,  Irish...................................... 
Mustard,  English............................ 
30
18
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 lb  cans........ 
Nutgalls............................................  
23
Nutmegs, No. 1................................. 
60
Nux  Yomlca.................................... 
10
Ointment. Mercurial, Vid............... 
45
Paris Green.................................... 
17  ® 25
18
Pepper, Black  Berry.....................  
Pepsin...............................................  
2 50
Pitch, True Burgundy.................... 
7
Quassia............................................  
6  ®  7
Quinia, Sulph, P. & W............Iboz  70  @  75
37
Quinine,  German............................  65  ®  70
Red  Precipitate.......................$Mb 
85"
65
Seidlitz  Mixture.............................. 
28
1 60
Strychnia, cryst............................... 
Silver Nitrate, cryst.......................  74  ®  78
35
Saffron, American.  ....................... 
®  2
Sal  Glauber...................................... 
Sal Nitre, large cryst.....................  
10
Sal  Nitre, medium  cryst............... 
9
Sal Rochelle...................................... 
33
Sal Soda............................................ 
Salicin...............................................  
2 15
Santonin........................................... 
6 50
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch..
35 
Soda Ash [by keg 3c].....................
4 
Spermaceti.......................................
48
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s.... 
Soap, White Castile.........................
14
.........................
Soap, Green  do 
17
9
Soap, Mottled do 
.........................
Soap, 
do  do 
.........................
11
Soap,  Mazzini..................................
14
28
Spirits Nitre, 3 F ..............................  26  <®
32
Spirits Nitre, 4 F ..............................  30  l®
Sugar Milk powdered 
35
-  Jr-
Sulphur, flour..................................  
3)4®
4
3®
Sulphur,  roll.
3V4 
Tartar Emetic..................................
60 
2 70 
Tar, N. C. Pine, Vi gal. cans  ft doz
Tar, 
quarts in tin..........
1 40 
Tar, 
pints in tin..............
85 
Turpentine,  Venice................$  lb
25 
Wax, White, S. &  F. brand...........
55 
i  8
Zinc,  Sulphate................................. 

2  ®  2V4

4Vi@

do 
do 

2  @

O IL S .

Bbl

2J4
3Vi

Whale, winter.............................
Lard, extra..................................
Lard, No.  1..................................
Linseed, pure  raw.....................
Linseed, boiled..........................
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained...
Spirits Turpentine.....................
VARNISHES.
No. 1 Turp  Coach.......................
Extra  Turp.................................
Coach Body.................................
No. 1 Turp Furniture................
Extra Turk  Dajaar....................
Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp..........

PAINTS

Red Venbtian............................
Ochre, yellow Marseilles........
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda..........
Putty, commercial..................
Putty, strictly pure..................
Vermilion, prime American.. 
Vermilion, English..................
Green, Peninsular...................
Lead, red strictly  pure...........
Lead, white, strictly pure.......
Whiting, white Spanish..........
Whiting,  Gilders*.....................
White, Paris American...........
Whiting  Paris English cliff..
Pioneer Prepared  1 aints......
Swiss Villa Preparei  Paints..

OILS.

ILLUMINATING.
Water White...............................
Michigan  Test............................
LUBRICATING.
Capitol Cylinder.........................
Model  Cylinder..........................
Shield  Cylinder........... ..............
Eldorado  Engine.......................
Peerless  Machinery..................
Challenge Machinery................
Paraffine  ....................................
Black. Summer, West Virginia
Black, 26° to 30®.......................
Black, 15® C.  T..........................
Zero..............................................

7
Bbl  Gal 
75
70 
60
55 
55
45 
43
40 
43 
46
70 
90
38 
43
..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
2Vi@ 3
214® 3
13®16
53®6C
16@17
7® 7Vi
7® 7 Vi
@70
@90
1  10
1 40
1 20® 1  40
1 00® 1  20

.......: . m h
............10ft
---------36)4
............31 Vi
............26V4
............24V4
............22 Vi
........... 20 Vi
............20 Vi
............10
............11
............11)4
............13

WHOLESALE

Druggists!

42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 8g, 91,

93 and 95 Louis Street. 

IMPORTERS  AND JOBBERS OF

MANUFACTURERS  OF

E lept  Pharmaceutical  Prepara­

tions,  Fluid  Extracts  and 

Elixirs

G E N E R A L   W H O L E S A L E   A G N T S   F O R

Wolf, Patton & Co. and John L. 

Whiting, Manufacturers  of 

Fine Paint and  Var­

nish Brushes.
THE  CELEBRATED

ALSO  FOR  THE

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

Horse Brushes.

W E   A R E   S O L E   O W N E R S   O F

Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Care

Which is positively the best Remedy 

of the kind on tiie 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.

Wine and Lipor Senartment

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 AGO.’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

D r ifts ’  Favorite  Rye;

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

W e call your attention to  the  adjoining 
list of market quotations which we  aim  to 
make as complete and perfect  as  possible. 
For special  quantities  and  quotations  on 
such articles as do not appear  on  the  list, 

such asPatent Medicines,
Hazeltine 

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

Mail  orders  always  receive  our special 

& Perkins 

i Drug Co.

M id p i 

MiExclame.

Mills &  Goodman, Props.

GRAND  RAPID S, 

- 

MICH.

»

VX7 ANTED—Registered  drug  clerks,  either 
TV  pharmacists or assistants,who are sober, 
honest,  industrious  and  willing’ to  work on 
moderate salary. 

sell on liberal terms.

1  well located and doing fine business.  Will 

Co, in fine farming region.  Would prefer 
to sell for cash, but will  give  time  on  half  if 
well secured.

. 
in southwestern portion of State.  Must be 
sold on account of other business;  terms very 
easy.

FOR SALE—Stock of about  $2,000  in  Barry 
Ir'OR SALE—Stock of $7,000 in Grand Rapids, 
17'OK  SALE—Desirable stock of  about  $1,200 
I^OR  SALE—The  finest  business  north of 
FOR SALE—Stock of $3,000 in growing town 
Ij^OR SALE—Very desirable  stock  of  $6.000, 
■ LSO many other stocks, the  particulars  of 

1  Grand  Rapids.  'General  stock  of  about 
$15,000.  Would prefer to sell whole stock,  but 
will sell any section separate.

on the lake shore in midst of peach region. 
Will sell only with residence.  Doing business 
of $10,000 per annum.

which we will furnish free on application.
TT'OR SALE—Dentist office  and  practice do- 
JP 
ing  business  of  (2,000  p<sr  annum.  No 
other dentist within 10 miles.  , Must be sold by 
June 10. 

'  well located  in  Grand  Rapids.  Will sell 
wbole stock on very easy terms, or  half inter­

est for cash.

I

F. J. DETTENTHALER,
OYSTERS & FISH,

JOBBER  OF

Lautz. Bros. &  Co.’s SOAPS.
Niagara STARCH.
Dwinell, Howard & Co.’s K ^ a°4haandJava'
Thompson & Taylor Spice  Co.’s  “ Mag­

Golden Santos.

■RPH

were distinctly less.  Perhaps  the  demand 
for less exhaustive labor on the part  of  the 
workmen may help others to sober reflection 
on this question of over-work. 
______

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

W E D N E S D A Y .

E .  A .  STO W E  &  B E O ., P ro p r ie to r s.

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

Telephone No. 95.

I Entered  at  the  Po*tofflce  at  Grand  Rapid»  ax 

Secondrclaxs Matter.1

WEDNESDAY, MAY 26,1886.

EIGHT  HOURS  OR  TEN?

6a k Tk 6
POWDER

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

Arctic Manufacturing Co.,

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .
TIME TABLES.
Chicago A West Michigan.

Leaves.  Arrives,
tMail......................................9:00 am   4:30 pm
+Day Express..................... 12:35pm 
9:25pm
♦Night  Express..................10:40 p m  5:45 a m
Muskegon Express.............   4:20 pm   11:20 am
♦Daily.  (Daily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars  on  all  night trains. 
Through  parlor  car  in  charge  of  careful  at­
tendants without extra charge to Chicago on 
1:00 p. m., and through coach  on 9:15 a.  m. and 
10:40 p. m. trains.

NEWAYGO D IV IS IO N .

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

_  „ _

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

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

„

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

A. WATSON,
E. W. ALLEN,

Lake Shore A Michigan Southern.

(KALAM AZOO  D IV IS IO N .)

* 

Leave. 

Arrive.
Ex. and  N.Y. 
N. Y.  N.Y
Mail.  Mail. 
Mail.  Ex
a. m. 
a. m.  p. m
p. m. 
7:50 Dp.. Grand Rapids... Ar 9:50  7:15
4:40 
9:07....... Allegan....................   8:32  6:58
5:58 
10:05....... Kalamazoo................  7:30  5:00
6:55 
11:40....... White Pigeon...........  5:50  3:30
9:50 
p. ra. 
P- m.  a. m
a. m. 
5:10....... Toledo........................11:15  10:40
4:15 
9:30....... Cleveland.................  6:40  6:30
8:20 
a. m.  p. m
a. m. 
p. m. 
3:30.......B uffalo.....................11:55  11:55
2:40 
p. m. 
P* m.  a. m
a. m. 
8:00........Chicago............ Lv 11 30 
8:50
5:40
A local freight leaves Grand Rapids at 1 p. m 
carrying passengers as far as Allegan.
All trains daily except Sunday.

J . W. McK enney, G eneral A gent.
Grand  Rapids A  Indiana.

GO ING NORTH.Arrives.  Leaves
Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex  9:20 p m 
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  9:30am  11:30am 
F t. Wayne & Mackinac Ex  4:10 pm  
5:05 pm 
7:00 a m
G’d Rapids & Trav. City Ac. 
G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 
7:15 a m
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  5:05 pm   5:30pm 
Mackinac & Ft. Wayne Ex.. 10:30 am   11:45 am  
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac. 10:30 p m 

GO ING  SOUTH.

All trains daily except Sunday.

SLE EPIN G  CAR ARRANGEM ENTS.

North—Train  leaving  at 5:05  o’clock  p.  m. 
has  Sleeping  and  Chair  Cars  for Petoskey 
and  Mackinac.  Trainleaving at II :30 a. m. has 
combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinaw
^ South—'Train leaving at 5:30 p.m. has  Wood­
ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.

C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

The question raised by the  renewed  agi­
tation  for  the  reduction  of  the  hours  of 
labor from ten to eight a day,  is  one  which 
cannot  be  dealt  with  off-hand.  ^It^seems 
plain that the change  is  desirable  if  it  be 
practicable.  But we do not think  it  possi­
ble to decide upon  its  practicability  in  ad­
vance of all experience,  or of a more  ample 
experience than we have had as yet.  Wheth­
er we have reached the point at which eight 
hours of labor from the laboring  population 
of the world is sufficient  for  the  industrial 
needs  of  the  world, we  cannot  tell.  We 
should need something like  omniscience  to 
decide that.  But we think that the  indica­
tions point that way.

In a  very  great  number  of  branches  of 
productive industry our  powers  of  produc­
tion have increased in the last twenty years 
to a far greater extent than the  twentyjper 
cent,  reduction  now  asked  in  the  hours 
given  to  production.  But  again  how  far 
this increase has  produced  new  conditions 
which make a fresh demand  upon  the time 
of the laborer, we  cannot  tell.  To  take  a 
familiar parallel, the invention of  the  sew­
ing-machine has not reduced the  amount of 
time needed for the making of a lady’s dress.
It  has  merely substituted  elaboration  for 
simplicity.

There is one country to which the friends 
of the movement  appeal  with  great  confi­
dence. 
In some  if  not  all the  Australian 
colonies an eight hour law lias been in force 
.  for years.  The law is now accepted as wise 
and proper by all classes. 
In  at  least  one 
colony the amiiversary of its adoption is  an 
annual  holiday.  Yet  Australia  has  ad­
vanced more  rapidly in  wealth  during  the 
recent  decades  than  even  America  has. 
There  has  been  no  such  decay  of  wages, 
profits and savings as the opponents  of  the 
eight hour plan fortell  for us.

There is force, however,  in  the  objection 
that this  eight  hour  demand  should  have 
been the outcome of an international  move­
ment  Our producers may be seriously em­
barrassed  by the  competition  of  countries 
whose laborers work  for  longer  hours  and 
therefore for  lower  renumeration.  But  if 
this is found to be true, the  remedy will  be 
found  in  laying  further  restrictions  upon 
the competition of such countries with  our­
selves.  This remedy is in the  hands of the 
American  workmen. 
It  is  their  business 
to  demand  that'  while  the  duties  of  the 
Tariff shall  stand  as  the  law  specifies  for 
countries  which  have  and enforce an eight 
hour  law,  they shall  be  twenty  per  cent, 
higher for those which do not.

There is  no  argumentative  force  in  the 
objection that “the  workingman  is  asking 
for  ten  hours’ pay for  eight hours’ work.” 
The day’s wages is not fixed with  reference 
to the number of hours for which the wage- 
earner  works.  Both  the  hours  and  the 
wages are fixed by  a  general  consideration 
of what is fair to the  workman.  The pres­
ent status has been reached as  the  outcome 
of a good deal  of  struggle  on  both  sides. 
What  the  workingman  has  obtained  has 
been determined largely by the  public opin­
ion  of  the  community,  which  fixes  the 
standard by which the  American  workman 
must live.  The workman makes his appeal 
to both public opinion and the power  of as­
sociation in asking that the  hours  of  labor 
shall be reduced. 
If  he  succeed, this  will 
effect no reduction of wages, for the  stand­
ard of his living will  not  be  lowered.  He 
will be paid at the old rate for the new  tale 
o f hours.  His employer,  it  is  said, cannot 
• afford this. 
If his employer were bound by 
law to sell his goods at a  specified price,  he 
probably could not.  But prices  are  as  ad­
justable as  wages.  The  workman’s  labor 
being a greater element of cost  than before, 
will be added to the price,  whAe the profits 
are not excessive.

A general rise in prices is not a  calamity. 
A general fall of prices,  much  as  we  have 
had for the last thirteen years almost  with­
out interruption,  is much  more  calamitous. 
That this fall has been  caused by a  general 
over-production  though  the  improvements 
in the methods of manufacture seems almost 
capable of demonstration. 
In  proposing to 
work eight hours a day  instead  of  ten, the 
workingmen propose to produce  more  com­
modities than they did ten years ago.

It is no answer tp the demand to say that 
other classes work more than eight  hours  a 
day. 
It is quite true;  but ought they to  do 
so?  Mr. Herbert Spencer toid  us  that  we 
generally work much too hard,  and that the 
gospel of relaxation is one  which  we  need 
to take to heart  Was he not  right?  Most 
of us work much too hard and for too many 
hours.  We are burning the candle  at  both 
ends ail the time.  The American of a  cen­
tury ago was  a  leisurely mortal.  He  took 
his time, and seldom was hurried.  He  gave 
more time to the affairs  of  the community, 
and  less  to  the  work  of  accumulating 
wealth.  He  had  leisure  for  that  eternal 
vigilance which he was  fond  of  describing 
as “the price of liberty.”  On the  whole he 
was a happier man,  if not so rich a  man  as 
his descendant.  His  chances  of  dying  of 
heart  disease,  apoplexy h t nervous  prostra­
tion,  or of ending his  <3^ys  in  a madhouse,

"W O- 

A.  Y pHasara i  33

D IR E C T IO N S  

W e hare cooked the com  in this can 
sufficiently* 
Should  be  Thoroughly 
Warmed (not cooked) adding  piece ot 
Good Butter (size of hen's egg) and gill 
o f fresh  m ilk  (preferable  to  water.) 
Season to suit when on the table« None 
genuine unless bearing the signature of

CHILUCOTHE  111.
A t   THIS

Every can wrapped in colored tissue paper with 

signature and stamp on each can.

Amos S. Musselman § Co.
W holesale  Grocers.
MUSSELMAN’S CORKER PLUG AND RUM CIGARS.

Successors to Fox, Insselman & Loveridp,

AGENTS  FOR

The best and most attractive goods on the market.

Send  for  Sample  Butt.  See  Quotations  in  Price-List.

B U T T E R  .A.3STID E G G S ,

CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED,

117 MONROE ST., 

- 

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

JOBBERS  IN

DRY  GOODS,

-A .3ST3D   N O T I O N S ,

83  M onroe  St„

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

G R A ND   R A P ID S,  MICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps 
American and Stark

rarps and Geese Feathers  j  *  CJ-nnpiQÎtïï 
rk A Bags 
l A Ö P b l d i l j .

Detroit)  Grand  Haven A  Milwaukee.

GO ING EAST.Arrives. 
Leaves
tSteamboat  Express.............6:20 am   6:25 am
■(Through  Mail..................... 10:40 am  
•(Evening  Express................ 3:40 pm  
♦Limited  Express................  6:25 pm  
(Mixed, with coach...........  

11:00 a m

10:50 am
3:50 pm
6:30 pm

GO ING W EST.

(Morning  Express..............   1:06 pm   1:10 p m
(Through  Mail...................   5:00 p m  5:10 p m
(Steamboat Express........... 10:40 p m  10:45 p m
(Mixed.................................. I :S am
♦NightExpress.......................5:10 am  
(Daily, Sundays excepted.  *Dailv. 
Passengers  taking  the  6:25  a.  m.  Express 
make close connections at Ofcrosso for Lansing 
and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 
10:00 a. m. the following morning.
The  Night  Express  has  a through Wagner 
Car and local  Sleeping  Car Detroit  to Grand 
Rapids.

D. Potter, City Pass. Agent 
Geo. B. Reeve, Traffic Manager, Chicago.

5:35 am

Miohigan  Central.

D E PA R T.

A R R IV E .

(Detroit Express...................................... 6:00 a m
(Dav  Express..........................................12:46 P m
♦Atlantic Express...................................10:40 p m
(Way Freight.............................................6:60 am
♦Pacific  Express..............................................6:00 am
(M ail..........................................................3:j» P m
(Grand  Rapids  Express........................10:35 p m
Way Freight............. ............... ..............5:16 pm
(Daily except Sunday.  »Daily.
Sleeping  oars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific
Street  and  prompt  connection  made  with 
Great  Western,  Grand:  Trunk  and  Canada 
Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus
avoiding transfers. 
The Detroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has 
Drawing  Room  and  Psrlor  Car  for  Detroit 
reaching that city at 11:46 a. m., New York 10:"' 
a. m.,and  Boston 3:06 p. m. next day.
A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily excel* 
Sunday with drawing room oar attached, a m v  
log at Grand Rapids at 10:% p. m.

_____

Chas. H. Norris,  Gen’l Agent

Wall Paper! Window Shades

At  M anufacturers’  P rices.

SAM PLES  TO  THE  TRAD E  ONLY.

House and Store Shades Made to Order
N elson  Bros.  &  Co

68  MONROE  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

JENNINGS’

Flavoring  E xtracts!
JENNINGS  &  SMITH,

MANUFACTUKED  BY

Props. Arctic Manufacturing Go.,

M anufactured  Only  by

ABSOLUTE
Warranted to be Pure Goods.
TELFER  &  BROOKS,
BULKLEY, LEMON 4 HOOPS,
W holesale  Grocers.
“Jolly Tar” Plug Tobacco.
Daniel  Scotten &  Co.’s “HIAW ATHA” 

46  Ottawa  St., Grand Rapids.

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

S olo A gents fo r

Plug Tobacco.

nolia ” Package Coffee.
SOLE  PROPRIETORS

“J O L L Y   T IA fliE ”  F i n e   O u t.

Dark and sweet, with plug flavor, the best goods 

on the market.

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

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

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

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

PUTNAM & BROOKS
Wholesale Mannlactnrers of

PURE  CANDY Î

ORANGES,  LEMONS, 

BANANAS,  FIGS,  DATES, 

N u t s ,  E t o .

W M . SEA RS & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

A gents  fox*

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

37,36 & 41 Kent  Street.  Grand  Rapids,  Michjj

THE  BEST  IN  THE  MARKE!

Maxims for  Merchants.

8 * .8b   & 8ft SQVMWWATER, STRE-FTT.ÜH1Q&EQ.

Order  a  case  from your Jobber.  See Quotations in Price-Current.

(Soobe.

WIDE BROWN COTTONS.

The following 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
most  instances, obtain them  at.  It  will pay
every  merchant  to  make  frequent  visits  to
market, not only in  respect  to  prices,  but to
Keep posted on  the ever-changing  styles and
tashions, many of ivhic i are never shown “on
the  road.”
Androscoggin, 9-4.. 17  IPepperell, 10-4........ 19
Androscoggin, 7-4.. 1354! Pepperell, 11-4........ 22
Pepperell,  7-4........ 13 Peqiiot,  7-4........... 1454
Pepperell,  8-4........ 15 Pequot,  8-4........... 16
Pepperell,  9-4........ 17  IPequot,  9-4............. 18
Economy, oz..........
Park Mills, No. 100 15
Park Mills, No. 50.. 10  1Prodigy, oz...........
854
Park Mills, No. 60.. 11 Otis Apron...........
854
Park Mills, No. 70.. 13
litis  Furniture__ 854
Park Mills, No. 80.. 13  :York,  1  oz..........
954
Park Mills, No. 90.. 14  1York. AA, extra oz 1254

CHECKS.

os NABUROS.

Plain.

Plaid.

9*4

PR IN T S .

BLEACHED COTTONS.

FINE BROWN COTTONS.

6*
Alabama................ 654 Alabama..............
Georgia..................
Augusta................ 654
Jewell  .................... 8  jGeorgia.................. «54
Kentucky  ............. 854 Louisiana............... 654
L ane....................... 854 Toledo.................... 654
Santee.................... 754!
Avondale,  36........
8541 Gilded Age...........
754
.  . 554
Art  cambrics, 36.. »54 Greene, G  4-4 
Androscoggin, 4-4. 7/4 Hill, 4-4..................
754
Androscoggin, 5-4. 1354 Hill, 7-8..................
«54
Ballou, 4-4............... 554 Hope,  4-4............... 654
6 King  Phillip  cam
Ballou, 5-4.............
Boott, 0.4-4.......... 854 brie, 4-4............... 954
Boott,  E. 5-5.......... 7 Linwood,  4-4........
754
Boott, K. 34.......... 554 Lonsdale  cambric. 1054
Blackstone, AA 4-4 654 Langdon, GB, 4-4.. 854
Chapman, X, 4-4... 554 Langdon,  46.......... .11
Conway,  4-4.......... 6/4 Masonville,  4-4__ 754
654 New York Mill, 4-4.1054
Cabot, 4-4.............
Cabot, 7-8............... 6 New Jersey,  4-4... 8
4 Poeasset,  P. M. C. 754
Canoe,  3-4.............
Pride of the West. .1054
Domestic,  36........
Dwight Anchor, 4-4 85* Pocahontas,  4-4... 734
8 Slaterville, 7-8....... .  654
Davol, 4-4..............
Fruit of Loom, 4-4. 7« Woodbury, 4-4....... .  554
Fruit of Loom, 7-8. 654 Whitinsville,  4-4.. .  654
Fruit of  the  Loom, Whltinsvlllo, 7-8... .  6
cambric,  4-4...... 11 Wamsutta, 4-4....... .  954
Gold Medal, 4-4..  . 6^4iWilliamsville, 36.. •  854
Gold Medal, 7-8.... 654
Crown.................... 1754 Masonville  8 ........ .11
No.  10.................... 11 Lonsdale............... .  »54
Coin....................... .10 i Lonsdale A ........... U
Anchor.................. .15 1 Victory  O............. .  554
Blackburn ............ 8 | Victory J .............. .  654
Davol..................... .14 ¡Victory  D............. .  854
London.................. .1354¡Victory  K............. .1054
Paconia................ .13 1 Phoenix A ............. .1954
Bed  Cross............. .  754 Phoenix  B............. •1054
Masonville TS....... 8 ¡Phoenix X X .......... .  5
Albion, solid...........554 ¡Gloucester................554
Albion,  grey...........6  ¡Gloucestermourn’g.554
Allen’s  checks........554 Hamilton  fancy___ 6
Ailen’s  fancy..........554  Hartel fancy.............554
Allen’s pink.............55i MeTrimae D...............6
Allen’s purple.........554 Manchester...............6
American, fancy__554 Oriental fancy..........554
Arnold fancy...........6  ¡Oriental  robes..........654
Cocheco  fancy....... « Richmond............... .554
Cocheco robes........ .654 Steel River............. .554
Conestoga fancy... .6 Simpson s ............... .6
Eddystone............. 6 Washington fancy. .5
Washington  blues. 5
Eagle fancy............
Garner pink........... .554
Indian Orchard, 40. 7
Appleton  A, 4-4__ 6
Boott  M, 4-4........... 7/4! Indian Orchard, 36. 6
Boston  F, 4-4.......... 6 \ Laconia  B, 7-4........ 13
Continental C, 4-4.. «54 Lyman B, 40-in....... 9
Continental D, 40 in 7« Mass. BB, 4-4.......... 554
Conestoga W, 4-4... 654 Nashua  E, 40-in__ 754
Conestoga  D, 7-8... 4K Nashua  R, 4-4........ 654
Conestoga  G, 30-in. 5 TNashua 0.7-8.......... «
Dwight  X, 3-4........ 454 Newmarket N........ 554
Dwight Y, 7-8.......... 55* Pepperell E, 40-in.. «54
Dwight Z, 4-4.......... 554 Pepperell  R, 4-4__ «54
Dwight Star, 4-4__ 6 Pepperell  0 , 7-8__ 5514
Dwight Star,40-in.. 7 Pepperell  N, 3-4__ 554
Enterprise EE, 36.. 454 Pocàsset  C, 4-4....... 654
Great "Falls E, 4-4... 654 Saranac  R............... 6
Farmers’ A, 4-4...... 554 Saranac E............... 754
Amoskeag............. 7
Amoskeag, Persian 9 
styles....................
Bates....................... 6
Berkshire.............
Glasgow,  fancy__
Glasgow,  royal— 654 White Mfg Co, stap  ÖX
now White Mfg Co, fane 754
Gloucester, 
standard ............. 754 White  Manf’g  Co
Plunket.................. 754 Earlston............... 754
Lancaster............... 7 Gordon....................
dress
Langdown.............
Renfrew,  dress— 9
Androscoggin, 7-4. 15 Pepperell.  10-4.......22
Androscoggin, 8-4.. 16 Pepperell,  11-4....... 24
Pepperell,  7-4........ 15 Pequot,  74............. 16
Pepperell,  8-4........ 17 Pequot,  84............. 18
Pepperell,  9-4........ 1» Pequot.  94............. 20
Atlantic  A, 4-4....... 654iLawrence XX, 4-4.. 6M
Lawrence XXX 40 7514
Atlantic  H, 4-4.......
Atlantic  D, 4-4...... 554  Lawrence LL, 4-4.. 5
Newmarket N ....... 554
Atlantic P, 4-4........
Atlantic LL, 4-4__ 4M Mystic River, 44.. 5514
7H Pequot A, 44........ Ö5K
Adriatic, 36...........
«
Augusta, 4-4.......... 6H Piedmont,  36........
Stark AA, 44........
Boott  M, 4-4...........
654
«54 Tremont  CC, 44... 454
Boott  FF, 4-4........
10
Graniteville, 4-4__ 554 Utica,  4-4...............
654|Wacbusett,  4-4__
Indian  Head, 4-4..
«54
Indiana Head 45-in, 11541Wachusett, 30-in.. 554
Amoskeag,  ACA.. 17 Falls, XXX........... 1554
Amoskeag  “ 4-4. 1254 Falls,  BB...............
litt
Amoskeag,  A ....... 1154 Falls,  BBC, 36....... 1954
Amosk6ag,  B ....... 11 Falls,  awning....... 19
Amoskeag,  C....... 1054 Hamilton,  BT, 32. 954
Amoskeag,  D....... 10 Hamilton,  D ........
9tt
Amoskeag,  E....... 954 Hamilton,  H........ 854
9 Hamilton  fancy.. 854
Amoskeag, F........
Premium  A ,4-4... 17 Methuen AA........
litt
Premium  B.......... 16 Methuen ASA....... 1654
Extra 4-4................ 16 Omega A, 7-8........ 1054
Extra 7-8................ 1454 Omega A, 4 4 ........ 1254
CCA 7-8.................. 12 V4 Omega ACA, 7-8... 13
14 Omega ACA, 44... 15
CT4-4.....................
RC 7-8..................... 14 Omega SE, 7-8....... 24
BF 7-8..................... 16 Omega SE, 4 4 ....... 27
AF 4-4..................... 19 Omega M. 7-8....... 23
Cordis AAA, 32__ 14 Omega M, 4 4 ........ 25
Cordis ACA, 32.... 15 Shetueket SS&SSW 1154
Cordis No. 1,32__ 15 Shetueket, S & SW.12
. 12
Cordis No. 2.......... 14 Shetueket,  SFS 
Cordis  No. 3 .......... 13 Stockbridge  A __ 7
1154 Stockbridge fancy 8
Cordis  No.4 __
Falls, XXXX........ 16541
Washington.......... 454 Royal  Globe........
454
454¡Crown....................
S. S. A Sons...........
454
American  A ........ 1454¡Amoskeag........... 1454
Stark A ................ 20541
9
Boston..................
Everett  blue........ 12 ¡Warren  AXA....... 11
Everett brown__ 12 ¡Warren  BB.......... 10
9
Otis  AXA............. 11 ¡Warren CC...........
Otis BB....................10 
|York,  blue..............1254

Johnson  Manfg Co,
Bookfold.............
1254
Johnson Manfg Co
dress  styles........ 1054
dress
stylos................... 6

styles  .......  ........ 1054

654;Otis c c ..................

DOMESTIC GINGHAMS.

WIDE  BLEACHED COTTONS.

HEAVY  BUOI rN  COTTONS.

6 Slaterville, 

SOFT  CAMBRICS.

Grey lock, 

GRAIN  BAGS.

TICKINGS.

7

PAPER  CAMBRICS.

Manville.......... 4 54 @5  IS. S. A Sons........4 54 @5 54
Masonville......654@«tt ¡Garner.............. 454@554

WIOANS.

Red  Cross.......
Berlin............. __ 6
Garner ...........

....  «54 Thistle Mills........... 6

Rose......................... 654

SPO OL COTTON.
....50 Eagle  and  Phoenix
Brooks...........
Mills ball sewing.30
Clark’s O. N. T __ 55
J. A P.  Coats..
....55 Green  A  Daniels... 25
Willimantic 6 cord.55 Stafford.................. 25
Willimantic 3 cord.40 Hall A Manning__ 28
Holyoke.................. ¿5
Charleston ball sew

ing thread...

....30
CORSET JE A N S .

..  7 Kearsage................ 654
Armory..........
Androscoggin ....  754 Naumkeag satteen 654
Canoe River...
....  554 Pepperell  bleached
..5@5J4 Pepperell sat.......... 8
Clarendon.......
Hallowell  Imp ....  554 Robkport............... 654
6
Ind. Orch. Imp ....  554 Lawrence sat........
Laconia ..........

A  Spanish vessel

laden  with  molasses
went ashore on the  Florida coast some days 
ago,  and  all  but one of  the  crew escaped, 
thanks to the  assistance of  the residents of 
that neighborhood.  When the wreck broke 
up and the casks of molasses began to come 
ashore, the captain  and  the  crew stood by 
with axes and broke them up as fast as they 
came within reach,  refusing even the empty 
casks  to the  men who  so  recently  helped 
save their lives.

A buyer  needs  a  hundred  eyes,  a  seller 

To believe  a  business  impossible  is  the 

A merchant must  keep  at  the  helm and 

not one.

way to make it so.

steer his own ship.

sink big ships.

run itself to death.

Beware of little  expenses,  as  small leaks 

Never chase a lie,  let it  alone  and it will 

Avoid extreme credit.  This  is  a tempta­

tion that may lead to min.

If you are prospering in  your business do 

not make too mucli show.

Keep your word,  be honest,  and  consider 

a good name as equivalent for capital.

Speak very little in business; rather pump 

others than be pumped yourself.

Keep your eye fixed upon  the  mark,  and 

don’t flinch when you pull the trigger.

Some merchants lose an hour in the morn­

ing and look for it all the rest of the day.

Keep your books  neatly posted up to  the 
day,  and  arrange  your  papers  systemati­
cally.

Trust him little  who  praises all, him less 
who censures all,  and him  least  who is in­
different about all.

Consider  everybody  sharper  than  your­
self; take the  meaning  of  people, not their 
words,  as a guide in business.

In business,  work  on  positive  facts;  do 
In 

not  let  hope  predominate  too  much. 
other  words,  don’t be visionary.

A good paymaster is  the  lord of  another 

man’s purse.

Go with the business tide if possible,  and 

avoid going against it.

Punctuality is the hinge  of  business. 

It 
is a virtue  that all men reverence in theory, 
and but few carry out in practice.

A  man is neither good  nor  wise nor rich 
at once; but  by  softly  creeping  up the hill 
he every  day  betters  his  prospect,  till  at 
last he gains tlxe top.

Every first-rate  man of  business  can cre­
ate a first-rate  business.  By  such  a  man 
obstacles  of  time,  situation,  poverty  and 
competition can be overcome.

Bankruptcy is a woe which no man should 
wantonly provoke.  He  that  has  once  de­
scended that fall lias enough to  weigh upon 
his heart for years.

Every business is  what it  is  made to be; 
-but  that  very  thing,  so  far  from  proving 
that every man may have a  flourishing bus­
iness,  shows  that  the  incompetent  man is 
sure to be always at the  foot of  the ladder.
Seconds Brands Packed  in  Baltimore. 

From the Baltimore Price List.

Below  will  be  found  a  list  of  seconds 
brands packed at this  market  which go out 
under  fictitious  names.  Our  purpose  in 
keeping these  latter  before  the  public is to 
prevent unscrupulous  meddlemeu  from im­
posing them  on  buyers  as  standards, after 
having bought them as seconds:

Carroll Co. Packing Co.
Frank Albert.
Brown,  Tatein & Co.
Barnes & Connor,
II. Byer—Cambridge,
-----Beckwith,
Chesapeake,
Chester River,
Dexter & Co.,
C.  R.  Dayton & Co.,
Edwards & Perry,
Elder, Brewster & Co.,
J .  Greenwood & Co.,
Samuel Hodges & Co.,
John Hall & Co.,
C. C.  Lawrence & Co.,
Lord & Wallis,
Marsh & Brown,
M. Martyn & Co.,
Nunley,  Hynes & Co.,
Ross & Co.,
Stewart Bros.,
Stanley Bros. &  Co.,
R.  Scott  & Co.,
J . B. Thomas & Co.,
Tyler & Dolman,
J . T.  Williams#  Co.,
R.  Williamson  & Co.,
P. Wheeler & Co.,
J. Walker &  Co.,
Harry Webster,
McSliowfaith & Co.,
Archer,  Allen & Co.,
Baker & Brown,
J.  M. Berry,
IL Brill & Co.,
Coltingham Canning Co.,
J.  W.  Durham  & Co.,
W.  H.  Elmore & Son,
John Fisher & Co.,
Griffith Preserving Co.,
J. Jones & Co.,
E.  H.  Lyons & Co.
Wm.  Maxwell,

I  L.  Lutz,

W. H.  Myer,
II.  Nelson &  Co.,
Russell & Bros.
■I  John Sheppard,
Spencer Wright,
Somers, Foote & Co.,
Vinton, Baker  & Co.,
P.  Werner & Co.,
I Webster & Co.,
Winfield & Co.,
IW. Young & Co.
From  Puck.

A  Heartless  Decepton.

“I understand you haf vailed in peesness 

Mr.  Levi?”

“Yes;  I  was  unvortunate  in  a  brivate 
sbeculation.  Dot  vas  not the vorst.  I vas 
deceived.”

“How so?”
“In my  assignee.  He  was  a  scoundrel. 
He vorked his vay into  my convidence,  unt 
made me bay ninety-six ber cent.  Did  you 
effer hear of such an oudrage?”

Wait & Young, general  dealers at Kings­
ton are succeeded by A.  C. Young, who has 
removed the  stock to Caro.

G. W.  Stevens & Son  succeed  Stevens & 
Henderson in the brokerage business f t De-

J

TWINES,

CORDAGE, 

WOODENWARE.

Wool Twine, Binders’ Twine, Tarred  Felt, 

Tarred Board, Building Board, Etc.

LYON 

-  GrRAlSri)  R A PID S,

L,.  M.  CARY.

CART <& LOVERIDCE,

L.  L.  LOVKUIDGE.

GENERAL  DEALERS  IN

7 ire and Burglar Proof

Combination and Time Locks,
Grand Sapida,

11 Ionia Street,

SPRING  &

COMPANY,

W HOLESALE  D EA L ER S  IN

Staple and  Fancy

DRY  GOODS,
CARPETS,

MATTINGS,

OIL  CLOTHS

BTOm  e t c .

6 and 8 Monroe Street,

Grand  Rapida,

GO  TO

FOR

Figs, Dates,

ETC.

M anufactured by tlxe

SMOKING  TOBACCO,
National K. ofL. Co-operative Tobacco Co.
Arthur  Meigs  &  Go.,

RA LEIGH ,  N.  O.

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  MICH.,

W holesale agent3 for the

STATE OF MICHIGAN.

popular.  Dealers w ill therefore see the 
advisability  of  putting  it  in  stock  at 
once.  W e w ill fill orders for any quan­
tity at follow ing prices, usual  terms:
20Z.46;  4 OZ. 44;  8 0Z.43;  I60Z.42.
ARTHUR MEIGS & CO.,
Wholesale  Grocers,

77,79,81 and 83 South Division St, Grand Rapids, MM.

(Srocerieô.

Grocers’ Association of the City of Muskegon.

O F FIC E R S .

President—H. B. Fargo.
First Vice-President—Wm. B. Keift.
Second Vice-President—A. Towl.
Recording Secretary—Wm. Pedr.
Financial Secretary—John DeHaas.
Board of Directors—O. Lambert, W. 1. McKen­
zie, H. B. Smith, Wm. B.Kelly, A.  Towl  and 
E.  Johnson.
Finance Committee—Wm.  B. Kelly,  A.  Towl 
and E. Johnson.
Committee  on  Rooms  and  Library—O.  Lam­
bert, H. B. Smith and W. 1. McKenzie.
Arbitration  Committee—B.  Borgman.  Garrit 
Wagner and John DeHaas.
Complaint  Committee—Wm.  B.  Keift,  D.  A. 
Boelkins, J. O. Jeannot,  R.  S.  Miner  and L. 
Vincent.
Law Committee—H. B.  Fargo,  Wm.  B.  Keift 
and A. Towl.
Transportation Committee—Wm. B, Keift, An­
drew Wierengo and Wm. Peer.
Regular meetings—First and third Wednesday 
evenings  of each month.
Next meeting—Wednesday evening, June 2.
R ETA IL  GROCERS’  ASSOCIATION 

OF  G R A N D   R A P ID S.

ORG A N IZED   NO VEM BER  10, 1885.

President—Erwin J. Herrick.
First Vice-President—E. E. Walker.
Second Vice-President—Jas. A. Coye.
Secretary—Cornelius A. Johnson.
Treasurer—B. S. Harris.
Board of  Directors—Eugene  Richmond,  Wm. 
H. Sigel, A. J. Elliott, Henry A.  Hydorn  and 
W. E. Knox.
Finance  Committee—W. E.  Knox,  H.  A.  Hy­
dorn and A. J. Elliott.
Room Committee—A. J. Elliott, Eugene  Rich­
mond and Wm. H. Sigel.
Arbitration  Committee—James  Farnsworth, 
M. J. Lewis and A. Rasch.
Complaint  Committee—J.  George  Lehman, 
Martin C. DeJager and A. G. Wagner.
Collectors—Cooper & Barber, 69  Waterloo  St., 
Eagle Hotel block.
Annual meetings—Second Tuesday in Novem­
ber.
Regular  meetings—First  and  Third  Tuesday 
Evenings of each month.
Next meeting—Tuesday evening, June 1.

Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association.

President—P.  Ranney.
First Vice-President—O. K. Buckhout.
Second Vice-President—Hugh Beggs. 
Secretary—M. S. Scoville.
Treasurer—J ulius  Schuster.
Regular  Meetings—Second  and  fourth Tues­

days of each month.

The Boys and the Cucumber.

The festive cucumber is out,
The small boy hovers nigh,
A second-hand tooth-pick in his mouth, 
A twinkle in his  eye.

What makes the grocer eye  him so,
Full well he knows his time has come, 

And shake his head and sigh?
That boy has got to die!

For weeks that man has tried to keep 
A cucumber in view,
This is the last one of the pile,
And this is the last boy, too!

Those seven boys that lived near by 
That he was forced to  Paris Green!

Had used the poor man so,
Six of those boy| lie low.

The Cat that ate the rat  poison 
In Frost’s new funny book—
Was not a circumstance to these 
Poor boys, who this food took.

Their mothers saw them swelling up, 
They heard the sound as on they rushed 

But did not stay to see;
And sat behind a tree.

The pieces they could not retain, 
And never did they know the cause 

Because theylflew so high;
Of this flight to the sky.

The grocer turned to weigh some flsh, 
Gone with the festive cucumber 

The boy!  was no more seen,
And the dose of Paris green.

The Muskegon Association Again on Deck. 
From the Muskegon News, 20th.

The regular semi-monthly meeting of  the 
Retail Grocers’ Association, which was held 
at Good  ■Templars’ hall  last  evening,  was 
attended  by  about  twenty-five  representa­
tives of the fraternity.  E.  A.  Stowe, editor 
of Tiie Michigan Tradesman, was  pres­
ent  by invitation  and  addressed  the  Asso­
ciation on the growth of  the  grocery move­
ment in this  State,  and  of  the  benefits al­
ready  secured  by  several  organizations  by 
means of  concerted  action.  He said that a 
movement was  on foot to hold a State  con­
vention  of  grocerymen  at  Grand  Rapids 
sometime during  the  summer,  and that  the 
Muskegon  Association  should  send  a full 
delegation.
As there  are  about  a  100  grocers in the 
city,  and only about fifty of them belong  to 
the Association, each member  was instruct­
ed to bring in one or  more  applications for 
membership  at  a  special  meeting,  which 
will be held on Friday evening.

RESULT OF  THE  SECOND  MEETING.

Muskegon,  May 22,  1886. 

Editor Michigan Tradesman:

Dear Sir—According to promise,  I send 
you below a record of the proceedings of our 
adjourned  meeting,  held  last  night.  We 
had a  large  and  enthusiastic  meeting,  all 
the principal dealers in the  city being pres­
ent.
t

The roll call of officers showed all present 
except II.  B.  Fargo,  who is sick,  and Gerrit 
Wagner,  who is out of town.

Applications  for  membership  from  D. 
Christie  &  Co.,  John  B.  McCracken,  H. 
Cummings and John Banniga were received 
and  accepted,  omitting  the  usual  rule  of 
electing members.

It was moved and supported that all mem­
bers of the  Association withdraw all quota­
tions of prices in  newspapers  and  dodgers 
by the 24th of this  month,  which  was  car­
ried unanimously.

The meeting then adjourned for one week.

Wm.  Peer,  Secretary.

The  Grocery  Market.

Business is fairly good and collections are 
fair.  Sugars have  begun to  advance,  as is 
usual at this time of  the  year,  and package 
coffees  have advanced  % cent.  Other  arti- 
clers in the grocery line are  about steady.

Oranges and  lemons  are in  good request 
and prices  are firm.  Nuts  are  steady and 
unchanged.  Peanuts  are  higher  in  first 
hands for best grades.  Figs  and  dates are 
steady.  Bananas are more  plenty.

Putnam  &  Brooks  are  handling  large 
quantities of oranges  and  lemons.  Orders 
for car lots or less given  prompt  attention.
“Fermentum”  the  only  Reliable  Com­

pressed Yeast.  See advertisement.

Smoke the celebrated  '‘American  Field.” 

Fox & Bradford,  sole agents.

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: 

Olney,  Shields & Co.,
Hawkins & Perry,
F. J.  Lamb & Co.,
Bulkley,  Lemon & Hoops,
Amos Musselman & Co.,
Fox & Bradford,
O.  W.  Blain,
Ira O.  Green,
Moseley Bros.,
B unting & Shedd,
W.  F.  Gibson  & Co.,
S.  C.  Peer,
Clark, Jewell & Co.,
Cody,  Ball  & Co..
Jennings & Smith,
John Caulfield,
Fred D.  Yale & Co.,
Telfer & Brooks,
Eaton & Christenson,
Ludwig  Winternitz,
Mohl  &  Kenning,
Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.

Retail Dealers’ Exchange.

As stated by The Tradesman  a  couple 
of weeks ago,  a project is  on  foot  for  the 
organization of a Retail Dealers’ Exchange, 
to  be  composed  ot retail dealers  in  every 
line of trade.  The movement  is  supported 
by nearly every business  man  in  this  city 
and is  taking shope  in  the following  form: 
We,  the undersigned, hereby join in a call 
of business men for the purpose of consider­
ing the advisability of  organizing  a  Retail 
Dealers’ Exchange,  time and  place of meet­
ing to be given  by notice  in  the  daily  pa­
pers. 
»
The object of the  organization  is  to  cor­
rect the numerous abuses to which the trade 
is now subjected,  to adopt a plan  for  gain­
ing reliable information as  to  the  standing 
of those with whom the members do a credit 
business and for  the  general  advancement 
of the business interests of the city.

Spring & Company,
Foster,  Stevens & Co., 
Houseman,  Donnally & Jones,
E.  S.  Pierce,
H.  Leonard & Sons,
Y ossen Bros.,
Eaton & Lyon,
Paul W.  Friedrich,
Stanly &  Sciiroeder,
J.  Miner,
J.  C.  Herkner,
A.  Preusser,
A.  May,
J. A.  Stratton,
Thomas & Crippen,
J. L.  Wilkes,
Nelson Bros.  & Co.,
L.  B. V an Leuven,
Scott & Williams,
Voigt,  Herpolsheimer & Co.,
J.  F.  Ferris,
Cole & Brother,
Bra dfield & Co.,
F. Granello,
Morgan & Avery,
Shriver,  Weatherly & Co.,
A.  D.  E slEr,
Bemis  Bros,
J.  V anderveen,
Peck Bros,
Mills, Lacey & Dickinson,
F.  B.  Winegar,
John II.  Beekmam,
A. Johnson & Son,
Palen & Herold,
G.  It.  Mayh ew ,
Adams &  Co.,
Leonard  Benjamins,
Zeirleyn & Carstens,
F. V an Driele & Co.,
Caswell, Bros.,
A.  H.  Fowl,
E.  E.  Walker,
Herrick & Randall,
E. R.  Wilson,
John Kendall & Co.,
R.  H.  Brennen,
Nellie Buckley,
Benj.  Pyle,  M. D.,
Jas.  R.  Fraser,
Geo.  G.  Steketee,
J. Barth,
S.  N.;Watson & Co.,
V anderveen & Witman,
W.  S.  Gunn & Sons.
Miscellaneous  Dairy Notes.

. 

The  Milford  creamery  turns  out  about 

2,000  pounds of butter per week.

Kalamazoo  Herald:  J.  R.  McCall  has 
sold a creamery outfit with  a capacity of 2,- 
000  pounds  of  butter per day to parties in 
St.  Louis, Mich.

Arrangements  have  been  completed  for 
the  establishment  of  a  creamery  at  Port 
Huron.  A stock company has been formed 
with a capital of $5,000,  land  and  building 
leased,  and the machinery is expected to ar­
rive soon.  The company will  begin  opera­
tions as soon as the machinery can be placed 
in working  order.

Agent  Hill,  of 

the  Merchants’  Des­
patch,  has  returned  from  a trip  along the 
line  of  the  C.  & W. M.  Railway,  taken for 
the  purpose  of  ascertaining  whether  the 
creameries on that road will warrant the es­
tablishment of a dairy refrigerator line.  He 
found the  Hartford  creamery to be making 
2,300 pounds per week,  the  Bangor  cream­
ery 800 pounds,  the Holland creamery 3,000 
pounds  and  the  Zeeland  creamery  800 
pounds. 
In case  he  can  arrange  for  a  re­
frigerator car over  the  C.  & W.  M.  at regu­
lar  intervals, the  Paw  Paw  creamery will 
forward  its  product  to  Hartford  and  the 
Whitehall  creamery will ship its product so 
as to catch the car at Holland.

“Caused  Quite a Flutter.”

From the Ionia Standard.

The recent publication of  a list  of nearly 
300  “dead-beats”  by  the  Ionia  Business 
Men’s  Protective  Association  has  caused 
quite a flutter in business circles in this city. 
The  Commitee  seems  to  have  been  com­
prehensive and impartial in its blacklisting, 
and have included  representatives of nearly 
all the trades and professions in Ionia coun­
ty.  It is to be hoped it will move cautiously 
in this matter.  Not? only will it  do a grave 
injustice to a person by putting him on such 
a list without due  cause and  the proper in­
vestigation, but every mistake  will  weaken 
the effects  of  the  list  with those  who are 
properly placed there.

“Silver King” coffee is all the rage.  One 
silver  present  given  with  every  l   pound 
package.

GRAND  RAPIDS

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CUBRENT.

These  prices  are  for  cash  buyers,  who  pay 

promptly and buy in full packages.

SEED  MERCHANTS,

“ 

Office and Warehouse:  71 CANAL ST.
Grand  Ra pid s, May 17,1886.

“ 
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“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
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“  Mammoth  Prime......... 
“  W hite................ . .20c $  ft 
“  A lsyk e................20c  “ 
“  AlfalfaorLucerne20c 
“ 
Fair to Good (if in  stock) 
“ 

Dea r  Sir s—Below  we  hand  you  jobbing 
prices fo r to-day:
Clover, Prime.................................. 60 B> bu  6 00
7 00
12 00
9 00
12  00
Timothy. Prime.............................   45  bu  2 00
1  90
Red Top............................................14 1b bu 
90
2 50
Blue Grass.....................................  
Orchard Grass..............................  
2 50
90
Hungarian  ...................................... 48ftbu 
90
Millet, common............................  
*‘  German............................. 
1 00
75
Buckwheat...................................  
Peas, White Field........................... 60 lb bu  1  15
Rye, Winter..................................... 56 ft bu 
75
85
“ 
Wheat,  Spring.................................60 ft bu  1 10
Barley.  “ 
..................................   $  cwt  1 50
50
Oats, choice white..........................32 ft bu 
Corn, Early 8  Rowed Yankee......56 ft bu  1  75
160
“  Learning, Early Dent............ 
“ 
“  Red  Blazed........................ 
1 75
Prices on Rape, Canary and all  other 
seeds
on application.
The above prices  are  free  on  board  cars in 
lots of five or more bags at a time.  Cartage on 
smaller quantities.
We carry the largest line of Garden Seeds in 
Bulk of any house in the State west of Detroit, 
and would  be  pieased  at  any  time  to quote 
you prices,
All Field  Seeds  are  spot  Cash on receipt of 
goods.
W.  T. Lamoreaux, Agt.

Spring........ J............................. 

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F R E D .  D.  YALE.

D A N IE L  LY N CH .

SUCCESSORS  TO

FID. D. YALE & CO.
CHAS. S. YALE & BRO.,
Baiini Pow t e , Extracts, Bluings,
GROCERS’  SUNDRIES.
All orders addressed to the new  firm will re­

WHOLESALE  MANUFACTURERS OF

AND JOBBERS  OF

ceive prompt attention.

40 and 42 South Division St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

MICH.

BULL  DOG
Tobaccos.
TRADE UNION 

LABOR UNION,

The largest amount of good tobacco for the 

least money.

AND  EXTRA  GOOD

FINE  CUTS
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,
Covington,  Ky.

For easy  Ironing osa  “ Electric Lastre* 
Starch.  It is  all prepared for immediate I 
use in O n e P o u n d  P ack ages,'w h ich  
go as far as two pounds of any other Starch. [
Ask your  Grocer  for it.
TBs Electric lastre Stanili Co.
204 Franklin 8t.t Hew York.

JOHN CAUZflFZSZaD 

Wholesale Agent,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

A X LE  GREASE.

Challenge...............  80
Frazer’s ................. 
90
Diamond  X ...........   60
Modoc, 4  doz..........2 50

Paragon................ 2 10
Paragon 25 ft palls.  90 
Fraziers,25 ft pails. 1  25

“ 
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“ 
“ 

BA K IN G   PO W D ER.
“ 
54 
4   “ 
1 
“ 
5 
“ 

Arctic, % ft cans, 6 doz. case.......................  
.......................  
 
 
 

45
75
1  40
2  40
12 00
Silver Spoon. 50  cans....................................10 00
Victorian. 1 ft cans, (tall,) 2 doz..................2 00
15
Diamond,  “bulk,” ......................................... 

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4 
2 
2 
1 

 
 

BLU IN G .

Dry, No. 2....................................
Dry, No. 3...................................
Liquid, 4 oz,............................... .
Liquid, 8 oz..................................
Arctic 4 oz.......................... •. 
Arctic 8  oz..................................
Arctic 16 oz..................................
Arctic No. 1 pepper box...........
Arctic No. 2 
...........
Arctic No. 3 
...........

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“ 
“ 
BROOMS.

25
45
35
65

doz.
doz.
doz.
doz.
$   gross 3 50
20 
12 00 
2  00
3 00
4 00

No. 2 Hurl................2 00 Parlor  Gem.............3 00
No. 1 Hurl...............2 25 Common Whisk__   90
No. 2Carpet.............2 50 Fancy  Whisk..........1 00
No. 1 Carpet.............2 75 Mill...........................3 75

CANNED  F IS H .

 

Clams, 1 ft, Little Neck.................................1 30
Clams, 2 ft. Little Neck................................ 2 00
Clam Chowder,  3 ft......................... 
2  15
Cove Oysters, 1  ft standards.......................1 00
Cove Oysters, 2  ft standards....................  1 75
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic....................................... 1 75
Lobsters, 2 ft, picnic..................................... 2 50
Lobsters, 1 ft star............................... 
2  00
Lobsters, 2 ft star..........................................3 00
Mackerel, lft  fresh  standards....................1 10
Mackerel, 5 ft fresh standards................... 4 25
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 ft..................3 00
Mackerel, 3 ft in Mustard.............................3 00
Mackerel, 3 ft  soused....................................3 00
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia river........................ 1 50
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia river........................ 2 35
Sardines, domestic %s................................. 
8
Sardines,  domestic  54s.............................. 
12
Sardines,  Mustard  4 s ...: ..........................   12
Sardines,  imported  54s...............................   14
Trout, 3ft  brook................................ —   4 €0

CANNED F R U IT S .

Apples, 3 ft standards.................................  75
Apples, gallons,  standards..........................2 20
Blackberries, standards...............................1 10
Cherries,  red  standard...............................   95
Damsons......................................................... 1 00
Egg Plums, standards 
.............................. 1 25
Green Gages, standards 2ft........................ 1 25
Peaches, Extra Yellow................................ 1 90
Peaches, standards....................................... 1 60
Peaches,  seconds...........................................1 25
Pineapples, standards.................................. 1 50
Pineapples, Johnson’s sliced.......................2 60
Pineapples, Johnson’s, grated................... 2 75
Quinces.......................................................... 1 25
Raspberries,  extra.......................................1 35
Strawberries  ................................................1 35

CANNED FRUTTSt-C A L IF O R N IA .

Egg Plums............................... .2 10
Grapes...................................... .2 10
Green Gages............................ .2 10 
2 50
Quinces.................................... .2 50
Peaches.................................... .2 35
CANNED V EG ETA BLES.

Lusk’s. Mariposa. 
2 00 
2 00
1  80
2 00 
2 20
2 25

........ 3 00
Asparagus, Oyster Bay..........
........  80
Beans, Lima,  standard..........
........   95
Beans, Stringless, Erie..........
........ 1 65
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked.
Coro,  Archer’s Trophy..........
........1 00
........ Î  00
“  Morning  Glory............
........1  00
“  Acme..............................
........  90
“  Maple Leaf....................
........ 1  00
“  Excelsior.......................
Peas, French............................
Peas, Marrofat, standard, Erie........ ........ 1  50
........   70
Peas  .........................................
....... 
75
Peas, Fink, Dwyer & Co........
Pumpkin, 3 ft Golden.............
........  75
Succotash, standard...............
__ 75@1  40
Squash......................................
........ 1 00
Tomatoes, standard  brands..
..1  15@1  20

CH EESE.

Michigan  full  cream............................  @12
Half skim.................... 
Skim   
................................................. 5  @6

..................   9  @1054

CHOCOLATE.

COCO AN UT.

Baker’s ..................3754|German Sweet...........23
Runkles’ ....................35|Vienna Sweet  .......... 22
@2754@28
@26
@27
@28
@20

Schepps, cake box.......................
54s..................................
“ 
Maltby’s 1 ft  round.....................
“ 
assort  ............................
“  *  54s....................................
Manhattan,  pails.........................

Green.

C O FFEES.

Roasted.

R io.................. . .9@12 R io................
Golden Rio__ .......12 Golden Rio...
Santos............. .......13
Santos...........
Maricabo........ .......13 Maricabo.......
J a v a ............... .20® 25 Java...............
O. G. Java....... .......24
Mocha  ............ .......25 Mocha...........

.. 7@15
.......16
.......17
.......17
.24© 26
0. G. Java__ .......28
.......28

CO FFEES—PACKAGE.

60 lbs 100 lbs 3001b
X X XX...........................................13%  13%  135
Dilworth’s ....................................  
13%  13?
Lion  ...................... :.....................  
1354  135
Arbuckle’s  .................................. 13%  13%  13?
German......................................... 
1354  13
Magnolia....................................... 13%  1354  13
Silver King..................................  
21 
21
M exican....................................... 16

CORDAGE.

60 foot Jute.......  1  00  150 foot Cotton___1 60
72 foot J u te ....... 1  25  60 foot Cotton___1 75
40FootCotton___1 50  172 foot Cotton___2 00

CR ACKERS  AND  SW EET  GOODS.

Kenosha Butter.........................
Seymour  Butter....................... 
Butter......................................... 
Fancy  Butter............................ 
S.  Oyster....................................  
Picnic......................................... 
Fancy  Oyster........................... 
Fancy  Soda............................... 
City Soda....................................  
Soda  ........................................... 
Milk............................................  
Boston........................................ 
Graham...................................... 
Oat  Meal.................................... 
Pretzels, hand-made................. 
Pretzels...................................... 
Cracknels................................... 
Lemon Cream.......................... . 
Frosted Cream..........................  
Ginger  Snaps.......................... 
No. I Ginger Snaps.................. 
Lemon  Snaps........*.................  
Coffee Cakes.............................  
Lemon Wafers..........................  
Jumbles...................................... 
Extra Honey Jumbles.............  
Frosted Honey  Cakes.............. 
Cream  Gems.............................. 
Bagievs  Gems..........................  
Seed Cakes................................. 
S. &  M. Cakes............................ 

F IS H .

X  XXX
5
5
5
5

454

454
454

5
7

754 
854
754  854
754
1254
854

$ f t
654

754

7
8
8
1154
954
1554
854

1354
1154
1254
1354
1354
1354
1254
854

 

Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth.....................   @75
Cod, whole..................................................354@454
Cod,Boneless..........  .....................................5@654
Halibut — .........................................  
10@11
Herring, round.  54  bbl.........................2 00@2 25
Herring .round,  %  bbl............................. 1 25
Herring, Holland,  bbls............................. 11 00
Herring, Holland,  kegs..............................80@95
Herring, Scaled............................................   @25
Mackerel, shore, No. 2, 54  bbls..................5 50
“ 
...........  so
“ 
................  60
No. 3, 54 bbls...............................3 50
“  12 ft  kits...........................   62
“ 
..........................   55
Shad, 54 b b l...................................................2^50
Trout, 54  bbls.........................................3 50@3 75
............................................   75
White, No. 1,54 bbls....................................5 85
White, No. 1,12 ft kits.*...............................   80
White, No. 1.101b kits.................................  70
White, Family, 54 bbls................................2 25

“  121b kits 
“  10  “ 

“  10  “ 

10  “ 

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FLA V O RIN G  EXTRACTS.

Jennings’2 oz............................ft  doz.l 00
4 oz.........................................150
6 oz..............................................2 50
8oz..............................................3 50
No. 2 Taper............................... 1 25
No.  4 
54 pint  round............................4 50
1 
3 
NO.  8..........................  
No. 10........  

Lemon.  Vanilla.
1 40
2 50
4 00
5 00
1 50
2 75 
7 50
15 00 
1 65 
4 25 
600

..........................175
.......................8 00
......................1  1 n
 
2 75
.....4  26

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D R IE D   FR U ITS—DOM ESTIC.

D R IE D   FR U IT S—F O R E IG N .

Apricots, 251b boxes.............................   @  25
Cherries, pitted, 50 ft  boxes................   @  12
Egg plums, 25 lb  boxes.........................  @  20
Pears, 25 ft boxes..................................   @  15
Peaches,  Delaware, r.01b boxes..........  @  28
Peaches, Michigan.................................  @1254
Raspberries, 50 1b boxes.......................  @  23
Citron......................................................  @  21
Currants.................................................  @ 7
Lemon P eel...........................................  @  14
Orange Peel............................................   @  14
Prunes, French, 60s...............................1254@
Prunes, French, 80s...............................  854@
Prunes, Turkey......................................  @454
Raisins, Dehesia....................................  @3 75
Raisins, London Layers.......................3 00@3 20
Raisins, California
@2 40 
Raisins, Loose Muscatels....................
@2  00 
Raisins, Ondaras,  28s..........................
@13 
Raisins,  Sultanas...............................
@ 954 
Raisins, Valencia.................................
@1054 
Raisins,  Imperials...............................
@3 50
Grand  Haven,  No.  8, square.............
...1  00 
Grand Haven, No 9, square, 3 gro................ _
1 20
Grand  Haven,  No.  200,  parlor..................... 1
Grand  Haven,  So.  300, parlor...............
Grand  Haven,  No.  7,  round..................
.1  50 
Oshkosh, No. 2..........................................
.1 00 
Oshkosh, No.  8................................................. ......
.1 50
Swedish............................................................   75
Richardson’s No. 8  square............................1 00
Richardson’s No. 9 
.............................150
Richardson’s No. 754, round..........................1 00
Richardson’s No. 7 
.............................150
Black  Strap................................................... 15@19
Cuba Baking................................................. 25@28
Porto  Rico.....................................................31@38
New  Orleans, good......................................38@42
New Orleans, choice.....................................48@50
New Orleans,  fancy.................................... 52@55

MOLASSES.

MATCHES.

do 
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54 bbls. 2c extra.

OATM EAL.

“ 

PIC K L E S .

Steel  cut................ 5 25 Rolled Oats, Acme.6 00
Steel Cut, 54 bbl— 3 OOl Rolled Oats, Acme.3 25
Rolled  Oats.
Quaker, 48 lbs.........2 25
Rolled Oats, 54bbl..3 00 
Quaker, 60 lbs.........2 85
Rolled  Oats, cases.3 25 
Quaker bbls............ 6
RolledOats,Shields’3 25
Medium........ *.................................
54 barrels.........................
Small...............................................
Imported Clay 3 gross..................
Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross...
Imported Clay, No. 216,2% grass.
American  T .D ..,.........................
Choice Carolina.;.. .654'J a v a __
Prime Carolina.......554 Patna ...
................ 554
Good Carolina........5  Rangoon
........ 5%@54
Good Louisiana...... 5  ¡Broken.
......3%@354
DeLand’s pure........554 ¡Dwight’s ................... 5%
Church’s  ................ 5%iSea  Foam..................554
Taylor’s G. M..........5%iCap Sheaf..................5%

@5 GO 
@3 OO 
@3 00
...2 25@3 00
@1 85 
5@  90

SALERATUS.

P IP E S .

R IC E .

%c less in 5 box lots.

SALT.

60 Pocket, F F  Dairy............................ 
28 Pocket.................................................  
1003 ft pockets.......................................  
Saginaw or Manistee............................ 
Diamond C.............................................. 
Standard  Coarse.................................... 
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags........  
Ashton. English, dairy, 4 bu. bags__
Higgins’ English dairy bu.  bags........
American, dairy, 54 bu. bags...............
Rock, bushels.........................................
Warsaw, Dairy, bu. bags.....................
.....................  

54  “ 

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2 25
2 15
2 35
90
1 45
1 25
75
70
25
28
25

SA UCES.

Parisian, 54  pints..................................   @2 00
Pepper Sauce, red  small.....................   @  70
Pepper Sauge, g reen ............................  @  80
Pepper Sauce, red  large ring.............   @1 25
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring........  @1 50
Catsup, Tomato,  pints..........................   @  80
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts  .....................   @1 20
Halford Sauce, pints............................  @3 50
Halford Sauce, 54 pints.........................  @2 20
New Process, 1  lb..3 96 Napkin....................4  85
New Process, 3  1b..3 85 Towel......................4  75
Acme,  bars........... 3 75 White  Marseilles..5 60
Acme,  blocks.......  3 22 White Cotton  Oil..5 60
Best  American__ 3 08 Shamrock................3 30
Circus  .................... 3 75! Blue Danube..........2 95
Big Five  Center...3 90!London  Family__ 2 60
Nickel..................... 3 45iGem.........................3 35

SO APS.

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STA RCH.

Ground.

laundry......................................  4  @  5

Pepper................ 16@25|Pepper.................   @18
@10
.......10@11
@60
----- ---------....  @50

Whole.
...16@25
...12@15 Allspioe.............
...18@30 Cassia................
.. .15@25 Nutmegs,  No. 1,
.. .16@20 Nutmegs,  No. 2
----„ —  ................ —„— 
Mustard..........
...15@30 
Cloves  ..............
Cayenne  ........
.. .25@35i
Electric  Lustre......................................  @3 20
Niagara,  Laundry.................................3%@ 4
Niagara, gloss.......................................   @5%
Niagara, corn.........................................  @ 654
Royal,  corn.......  .................................   @  5%
Quaker, laundry, 56ft............................  @4 50
Cut  Loaf...............................................   @754
Powdered...............................................   @7%
Granulated.  Standard..........................   © 6%
Confectionery A .........................................  @6%
Standard A ............................................. 6  18@ 6%
No. 1, White Extra  C ... / ....................  6  ©6%
No. 2, Extra C.........................................  5%@ 5%
No.3C ......................................................  554@ 5%
No. 4 C....................................................   5%@ 5%
No.5 C......................................................5  @5%
22@26
Corn,  barrels  ............................... 
 
Corn, 54 bbls............................................'  * 24@27
Corn,  10 gallon kegs...............................  
@29
Corn, 5 gallon kegs................................. 
l 35
Pure  Sugar, bbl.. .•................................. 
22@26
Pure Sugar, 54 bbl..................................  
24@28
Pure Sugar  5 gal kesrs..........................  @1 50

SY RUPS.

SUGARS.

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

SMOKING

Our  Leader.............. 33 Old Time.....................35
Our Block..................60| Underwood’s Capper 35
Yum  Yum................25 Sweet  Rose................45
Sweet  Rose............ 321  Meigs & Co.’s Stunner35
May  Queen............65  Atlas...........................35
Jolly Time..............40  Royal Game............... 38
Dark AmericanEagle67 Mule Ear.................... 65
The Meigs............... 62  Fountain.................... 74
Red  Bird................. 50  Old Congress..............64
State  Seal............... 60!  Good Luck.................52
Prairie Flow er........651 Blaze Away................ 35
Indian Queen...........60 Hair Lifter..................30
Bull  Dog.................*67  Jim Dandy................. 38
Crown  Leaf.............. 66 Our  Bird.....................28
Hiawatha..................62 Brother  Jonathan...28
G lobe........................ 65[Sweet  Pippin.............45
May Flower............ 701
♦Delivered.
Our  Leader.............. 15|Unit  ............................30
Old Vet...................... 30 Eight  Hours...............24
Big Deal.....................27 Lucky  ........................ 30
Ruby, cut  plug........35! Boss  ............ 
15
Navy Clippings........26 Two  Nickel................24
Leader.......................15 Duke’s  Durham........40
Hard  Tack................32 Green Corn Cob Pipe 26
D ixie..........................28 Owl...............................16
Old Tar.......................401 Rob Roy...................... 26
Arthur’s  Choice...... 22|Uncle  Sam..................28
Red Fox..................... 26'Lumberman...............25
F lirt...;..................... 28 ¡Railroad Boy.............. 38
Gold Dust..................26¡MountainRose........... 18
Gold Block................30;Home Comfort...........25
lOld Rip.......................60
Seal of Grand Rapids 
(cloth)..................25 Seal qi North Caro-
Tramway, 3 oz..........40| 
lina, 2  oz..................48
Miners and Puddlers.28|Seal of North Caro-
Peerless  ....................241 
lina, 4oz...................48
Standard................... 20! Seal of North  Caro-
Old Tom.....................181 
lina, 8 oz................... 45
Tom & Jerry............. 24 Seal of North  Caro-
Joker..........................25 
lina, 16 oz boxes___42
Traveler....................35!King Bee, longcut...22
Malden....................... 25! Sweet Lotus............... 32
Pickwick  Club.............40 Grayling..................32
Nigger Head................26 Seal Skin..................30
Holland.......................22 Red Clover................32
German.......................15 Good  Luck................ 26
K. of  L................ 42@46iIIoney  Dew............... 25

PLU G .

Quaker.......................28iTrade Union............*36
Bull  Dog.................. *36 Labor Union............*30
Hiawatha..................... 42 Splendid...............   38
J oily Tar......................32 Old Solder.................40
Jolly Time..................... 32 Money................... 44
Favorite........................42 Red Fox...................42
Black  Bird...................32j Big  Drive.................40
Live and Let  Live.. .32 Seal of GrandRapids 40
Punch.............................. 361 Patrol....................40
Big  Nig......................37i Jack Rabbit...............38
Spear Head...........39 Chocolate  Cream_____44
Old  Honesty................. 40 Nimrod.................. 40
Whole Earth............. 32|E.C.............................. 38
Crazy  Quilt...............32! Spread  Eagle.............36
P.  v .........................40! Big Five Center........... 33
Spring Chicken.............38 Parrot................... 42
Eclipse  ......................30 Buster........................35
Black Prince..............35
Moxie.........................34
Black  Racer..............86
Blackjack.................32
Star............................ 39
Hiawatha.................. 42
Climax  ......................42
Musselman’s Corker.30
Turkey......................39
Acorn  .........................40
D ain ty.........................44
Horse  Shoe................ Ho
♦Delivered.
2c. less in three butt lots.

SHORTS.

TEAS.

Our  Leader..............16!  Hiawatha...................22
Mayflower................23  Old Congress..............Si
1 Globe......................... 22  May  Leaf...................22
Mule Ear...................2)1  Dark...........................20
Japan ordinary........................................... 18@20
Japan fair to good.......................................25@30
Japan tine..................................................... 35@45
! Japan dust..
............................................. 15@20
Young Hyson...............................................30@50
Gun Powder..................................................35@50
Oolong.................................................... 33@55@6C
Congo.............................................................25@30
Lorillard’s American Gentlemen.......  ©  72
Maccoboy............................  @  55
Gail & Ax’ 
..........................   @  44
Rappee.................................  @  35
Railroad  Mills  Scotch..........................   @  45
Lotzbeck  ...............................................   @1 30
50 gr.
10
* 
10

White Wine..................................   08 
Cider..............................................  08 

VINEGAR.

SNUFF.

30 gr. 

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MISCELLANEOUS.

do 

Bath Brick imported..........................
95
do 
American............................
Burners, No. 1 ......................................
1 00 
do  No.  2......................................
1 50
Condensed Milk, Eagle  brand...........
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 1b cans.............   15@25
Candles, Star...........................................  @124
Candles,  Hotel........................................  @14
Extract Coffee, V.  C..............................  @80
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.......................  @25
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.......................   @35
Gum, Spruce...........................................  30@35
Hominy, $  bbl.......................................   @3 50
Jelly, in 30 ft  pails.................................  @ 44
Pearl Barley. ^......................................... 2%@ 3
Peas, Green  Bush.................................  @1 25
Peas, Split  Prepared............................  @ 3
Powder, Keg...........................................  @3 OO
Powder, 4   Keg......................................  @1 90
Sage  ............. .........................................   @  18

F elix..........................  

l 25

CANDY, FRUITS AND  NUTS. 

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Putnam & Brooks quote as follow s:

FANCY—IN  BULK.

FANCY—IN 5 lb BOXES.

STICK.
Standard, 25 ft boxes.............................   9  @  94
Twist, 
.............................   94@10
Cut Loaf 
 
104@11
MIXED
Royal, 251b  pails.............
............9  @9%
Royal, 2001b bbls.............
............  84®  9
Extra, 25 ft  pails.............
........... 104@J1
Extra, 2001b bbls.............
............   @10
French Cream, 25 lb pails
........... 12%@13
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases........
...........   @124
Broken, 25  lb  pails..........
........... 10  ©104
Broken, 200 ft  bbls..........
............94@10
Lemon  Drops.............................................13@14
Sour Drops.................................................  @14
Peppermint  Drops..................................   @15
Chocolate Drops.......................................  
45
jg.
H M Chocolate  Drops.............................. 
Gum  D rops.............................................. 
10
Licorice Drops................................. ....** 
23
A B  Licorice  Drops.......................12
Lozenges, plain......................................... 
45
Lozenges,  printed...................................*. 
is
Imperials 
............................................  
15
is
Mottoes............................................  „  
Cream  Bar.,........................................... .‘¡13@14
Molasses Bar...................................... 
i:xai4
j8
Caramels.................................................. 
Hand Made Creams...................................18@19
Plain  Creams............................................  
17
Decorated Creams............................. .. ”* 
»0
String Rock...............................................  
14
Burnt Almonds......................................... 20@22
Wintergreen  Berries.....................   . 
15
Lozenges, plain in  pails........................ 12  @124
Lozenges, plain in bbls..........................u   @114
Lozenges, printed in pails....................  @13
Lozenges, printed in  bbls...................  @12
Chocolate Drops, in pails.......... 7a „.. 124@13
Gum  Drops  in pails...........................“ 
64
Gum Drops, in bbls.............................   5 ® ^
Moss Drops, in  pails........................... 
  @10r
Moss Drops, in bbls  .............................   @ 9V
Sour Drops, in  pails.................................... @12
Imperials, in  pails.......................... 
124@13
Imperials  in  bbls.......................... '  “  1J4@12
Bananas  Aspinwall.......................
Oranges, California, fancy...........
Oranges, California,  choice..........
Oranges, Jamaica, bbls..................
Oranges, Florida.............................
Oranges, Valencia, cases..........
Oranges, Messina............................
Oranges,  Naples.............................
Lemons,  choice.........................  ’¡'  .  6 00©6 25
Lemons, fancy......................................¡6 2o@6 50
Lemons, California..............................4 50®5 00
Figs, layers, new,  $  ft........................ .124@16
Figs, Bags, 50 ft.....................................   7  @ 74
Dates, frails  do  .................................. .  @ 44
Dates, % do  d o ............................©  5
Dates, skin..................................... ¡¡¡”
Dates, 4   skin............................
Dates, Fard 10 ft box iji  ft...................  @10
Dates, Fard 50 ft box $  ft...................... 84@  9
Dates, Persian 501b box # f t ............... 
@ 8
Pine Apples, $   doz.............................   2 25@2 50
PEANUTS.
Prime Red,  raw  $   ft..................... 
4  @ 44
d o ........................ *.  @ 5
Choice 
do  ..........................   @ 54
Fancy H.P. do 
Choice White, Y a.do............................  5  @ 54
Fancy H P„  Va  do  ...........................  @ 7
H .P .V a...................................................  @ 6
Almonds,  Tarragona.............................15  @16
Ivaca.......................................  @15
California............................. 14  @15
Brazils......................................................  8  @ 9
Chestnuts, per bu..................................
Filberts, Sicily....................................... 114@12
Barcelona...............................10  @11
“ 
Walnuts,  Grenoble...............................144@15
“  Marbo.....................................
French...................................   8  @11
“ 
California...............................  @12
Pecans, Texas, H. P ...............................  9  @13
“  Missouri................................. 84©  9
Cocoanuts, 

100....................................  @4  50

FRUITS

NUT8.

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PROVISIONS.

The  Grand Rapids  Packing &  Provision  Co. 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

quote  as  follows:
Mess, Chicago packing, new.........................  975
Clear,  S. P. Booth.............................................. jj qo
Short Cut, new................................................11  00
Back, clear, short  cut...................................13 50
Extra family clear, short  cut.............!!".!. 12 00
Clear,  A. Webster, n e w ..................................12 50
Extra clear pig, short cut......................¡¡¡¡is  75
Extra clear,heavy.............................................. 12 75
Clear quill, short  cut.....................................13 00
Boston clear, short cut............................!! ¡13 00
Clear back, short cut............................. . .  ¡13 00
Standard clear, short  cut, best...  . . . . . . .  13 25 
DRY SALT MEATS—IN BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy................................. 
medium............................... 
lig h t.................................... 
Short Clears, heavy................................. 
light..................................... 

6
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64
do.  medium.........................................64
do. 
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SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR  PLAIN.
Hams, heavy.......................................... ......■..  gv
“  medium.......................................¡¡¡!  10
ligh t...........................................  *..¡"¡10%
“ 
Boneless  Hams, best......................................jq
Boneless  Hams...............................   ...¡¡¡¡¡¡." 9
Boneless Shoulders...............................   ” 
Breakfast  Bacon............................ .¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡" 7'u
Dried Beef, extra  quality........
..................104
Dried Beef, Ham pieces.....................................
Shoulders cured  in sweet pickle........... ’ *6%
Tierces  ................................................... 
«4
30 and 50 ft Tubs....................................
0%
501b Round Tins, 100 cases........... . ¡ * ‘ ¡ ¡ 
201b Pails, 4 pails in  case.......................  
64
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case.............................. 
7
5 1b Pails, 12 in a case......................... 6%
10 lb Pails, 6 in a case.......................¡¡" 
6%
Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 lbs...........   8 50
Boneless,  extra...............................................    qo
Pork Sausage..................................................
Ham  Sausage........................................¡¡¡¡.!
Tongue  Sausage...................................¡¡II**"
Frankfort  Sausage.......................... 1.1.  I.
Blood  Sausage......................................'".I"'
Bologna, straight..............................1II11II* *
Bologna,  thick.................................................
Head  Cheese........................................¡IIIIIII
In half barrels............................................... 
In quarter barrels...................... .IIIIIIIIIH

SAUSAGE— FRESH AND SMOKED.

LARD IN  TIN   P A IL S .

B E EF IN   BA RRELS.

P IG S ’  FEET.

LAUD.

35«

" * ‘ J54

F R E S H   M E A T S.

John  Mohrhard  quotes  the  trade  sellimr 
prices as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides...................................  54@  74
Fresh  Beef, hind quarters........¡1111*8  @ o/s
Dressed Hogs................................................  
Mutton,  carcasses................................... 74^   8j£
Pork Sausage;.IIIIIII."¡HI¡¡¡i¡¡¡¡H  7  @ 74

S^.v.v.v.v.v.v:............
Ducks 
rkeys

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O U T   A R O U N D .

N ew s and G ossip  Furnished  by  Our  Own 

Correspondents.

P e n tw a te ri

The Brick  and  Tile  Co.  is  building two 
large  scows,  with  which  to  ship  brick to 
Chicago.  They are  150x36x9 feet.
At the annual meeting of  the  Pentwater 
Furniture Co.,  the following  directors were 
•elected:  Ed.  Maxwell,  W.  E.  Ambler,  T. 
Collister,  F.  Neilsen,  G. W.  Imus,  Wm.  B. 
O.  Sands  and  Edwin  Nickerson.  The  di­
rectors  subsequently elected  the  following 
■officers:

President—T. Collister.
Vice-President—G. W. Imus.
Secretary—Wm.  Hudson.
Treasurer—F.  Neilsen.

Hersey.

Frank Procter has  purchased the grocery 
stock of his brother,  Fred  Procter,  and will 
continue the business at the same place.
We have no saloon,  no  moat  market and 
need a barber shop.
Business is fair.

M u sk egon .

The  recent  death  of  Andrew  Dik  from 
consumption  throws  his  grocery  business 
into the  hands  of  his  wife  and  daughter 
who will continue at the old stand.
Business is starting up very satisfactorily 
and all indications are favorable for a pleas­
ant and profitable season’s  trade.
Muskegon  county is  about  twenty years 
behind the times, so far as the management 
of the clerk’s office is concerned.  The pres­
ent incumbent  perfonns all  the  work  that 
could  reasonably  be  expected  of  any one 
man, but it is  impossible for  him to attend 
to his puties  in court and  calls at the  office 
at the same time.  If Muskegon county can­
not afford to hire him a deputy, the vacancy 
ought to be  filled by a  public  subscription.
Barcus Bros, are  running  extra  time,  on 
acccount of a number of pressing orders for 
manufactured goods.
Frank  Johnson  has  returned  from  Chi­
cago,  where  he  purchased  a  new  grocery 
stock, which he will open up at Lakeside.
Business men generally are talking of pe­
titioning the Goodrich Transportation Co. to 
run a daily  line  of  boats  from  Chicago to 
Muskegon,  instead  of  tri-weekly,  as  is the 
practice at present.

T raverse  C ity.

Hannah,  Lay & Co.’s  saw  mill  has  shut 
<lown while a  new  cylinder  steam  feed  is 
being put in.  The old feed will  be  placed 
in their' Long Lake mills.
J. W.  Markham’s  brick  yard  presents  a 
lively appearance.  One  million  brick  will 
be  made,  beside  those  already  contracted 
for.
Nearly all the farmers are  planting  pota­
toes in large quantities.  Among the largest 
growers are John Black, forty acres;  H.  K. 
Brinkman,  forty*  acres;  H.  D.  Campbell, 
fifteen  acres;  M.  S.  Brownson,  forty-five 
acres.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders 
of the Hannah &  Lay  Mercantile  Co.,  the 
old directors and officers were re-elected.
E.  McNamara  has  moved  his  stock  of 
goods to the Hannah  building.

Hudson.

John  li.  Bate  has  moved  his  hardware 
stock  into  the  store  recently  vacated  by 
Henry  McMaster.
Ernest Pratt,  baker at  Halstead’s bakery, 
threw open the furnace door  the  other  day 
to  replenish  the  supply  of  wood, when a 
fierce flame  blew out,  striking  him in  the 
face and burning him  in a terrible  manner.
Moreland  Bros.  & Crane, of  Adrian,  and 
Emerson & Co.,  of Toledo,  have begun suit 
against Ira Swaney,  assignee for  A.  D.  lie- 
tan & Son,  who  failed  several  weeks  ago, 
for the  recovery of  their  accounts.  Their 
claim is that  they held  a  chattel  mortgage 
on the stock,  which was being  held in trust 
by  the  firm,  but  which  had  not  been  re­
corded.

Big Rapids.

W.  S.  Johnson & Son, late of Fort Dodge, 
Iowa,  have  purchased  the  residence  and 
small store property of Mr. Glossinger,  loca­
ted near to Third ward school building,  and 
will put in a line of confectionery and  light 
groceries.
Dr.  John Clark & Co., who lately  put  in 
a small drug stock at  the  upper depot,  will 
during the week move the same  to  the  old 
Pios  drug  store,  opposite  the  Big  Rapids 
Furniture Store.
R. A.  Moon has returned  from  his  wed­
ding trip  and  will  undoubtedly  soon  com­
mence the erection of his  new  brick  store, 
just south of the Newton building.
G.  F.  Stearns,  President of the  Northern 
National Bank,  has  just  finished  planting 
fourteen acres of potatoes.
Cadillac.

C.  R.  Smith will adorn the exterior of his 
grocery store with a fresh coat of paint.
H.  A.  Crawford,  who  recently  sold  his 
grocery stock to Wilcox  Bros.,  has  decided 
to embark in the  produce  commission busi­
ness  and for  the  present  will  occupy Dr. 
Leeson’s store building.
The new  carriage  factory  is  now in full 
blast  and  Dennis  Kelleher,  the  proprietor, 
reports all the orders he can attend to.  The 
institution promises to be  an  important ad-, 
dition to Cadillac’s industries.
Hixson’s Hoop factory did its biggest day’s 
work last week, turning out over 12,000 bar­
rel hoops. 
E.  T.‘Conrad, formerly manager of Law’s 
branch  store  at Lake  City,  is now  behind 
the counter in Law’s Cadillac store.
Fred Ernest has sold  his  meat market on 
North Mitchell street to Hutchinson Bros.
Major C. L.  Andress offers the McKinnon 
House and furniture for sale, occasioned by 
the death of his wife.

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E lk   R ap id s.

Dr.  Bailey has purchased C. A.  Newton’s 
livery and feed  business  and will  continue 
the same at the old stand.  He will improve 
and add to the stock.
Wm.  Bearing has  bought back the liquor 
store from  Jno.  Powell, formerly owned by 
him.
The steamers Morley and  Cummings are 
making regular trip, the first from East Bay 
to Old Misson and the second from Traverse 
City to Elk Rapids and way ports.
The Time and Ida are  running from Bel- 
laire to this place.

Good W ords U nsolicited.

. H. Rinker, drugs and  groceries, Fenwick: 
ike the paper splendid.” 
l. Retan, general  dealer,  Pewamo:  ‘‘Send 
.long another year.  Don’t want to be wlth- 
;it.”
1. S. Hougbtaling, grocer, Hart:  “.Thanks to j 
e   T r a d e s m a n  for its  good work and for its 

the country grocer.”

T h e Gripsack Brigade.

John D. Mangum was  in  town  Monday.
John  Smyth,  late  with  Ludwig  Winter- 
nitz,  succeeds  J. M.  Chaplin  as  city  sales­
man for Telfer & Brooks.

“By  Gee”  started  out  again  yesterday, 
after  three  months’  of  enforced  idleness. 
His  clothes don’t  fit as  tight as  they used 
to.

Edward Pike,  formerly  with  F. J.  Lamb 
& Co., has gone on the road for  S. A.  Wel­
ling  covering  his  trade  by  means  of  a 
wagon.

John Eaman,  the grauger-looking traveler 
for the Fuller & Fuller Co., of Chicago, was 
in town a couple of days last  week,  a guest 
at the Michigan House.

Dave E.  Brackett,  formerly  with  D.  T. 
Fargo,  at  Sheridan,  has  gone  on the  road 
for  S.  A.  Welling, 
taking  the  territory 
southwest of Grand Rapids.

Battle Creek Call:  Mr. andMrs. C. S. Kel­
sey gave an informal reception to the Battle 
Creek members of the Travelers’ Protective 
Association on the evening of the 15th.

Gus. Sharp and Dr. Josiah B. Evans now 
sport  $30  diamand  pins, which  were  pre­
sented to them by a  plug tobacco  manufac­
turer in consideration of their good looks.

Wallace Franklin has  gone  to  the  New 
Pool of Bethesda  at  Cowlesville, N.  Y.,  in 
hopes of curing the stiffened  joint  received 
by jumping from a moving  train at Owosso 
two or three months ago.

Secretary King,  of the  Railway  Associa­
tion of Michigan,  write Secretary Caro  that 
round trip tickets to the Jackson convention 
over every railway in the State will be  sold 
at one fare on the 27th and 28th,  good to re 
turn up to midnight of the 2pth.  This con­
cession includes members of  the  T.  P.  A., 
their families and  friends.

W.  D.  Downey,  the  little  groceryman, 
will celebrate  the month  of  roses  by wed­
ding  Miss  Robbins,  the  charming  daugh­
ter  of  Capt.  Robins,  of  Grand  Haven. 
Downey was in town last  Saturday,  inquir­
ing the price  of  furniture, from  which  his 
friends infer that he does not propose to the 
tyranny of boarding house life.

Grover  Cleveland, Ad.  Baker  and Little 
Downey will all be married about  the same 
time next month.  As soon as Grover heard 
of  it,  he  proposed  that  the  three  couples 
take  their  wedding  trips  together,  but the 
latter did not  acquiesce.  Grover  evidently 
thought there  would be no  danger of going 
astray  or  “getting  strapped,” if  he  could 
get in such good company.

Harrey Baxter,  who  has  been  with Fos­
ter,  Stevens & Co.  for several  years and for 
three  years  manager  of  the  order  depart­
ment of  the wholesale  store,  succeeds Geo. 
G. Whitworth  as  city  salesman for Foster, 
Stevens  &  Co.  Mr. Baxter’s  thorough ac­
quaintance with the  business  in all  its  de­
tails, coupled witli his extended experience, 
makes  him  peculiarly  fitted for  the  posi­
tion.

The  Gunn  Hardware  Company  is  now 
represented on  the  road  by  the  following 
travelers:  Jas. L.  Lees,  who sees a portion 
of the city trade and takes in  the  D., L.  & 
N. and C.  & W.  M.,  south;  A.  II.  Nichols, 
who visits the balance of the city trade  and 
the towns within  a  radius  of  forty miles; 
Chas.  M.  Norton,  who calls  on  the  North­
ern trade.  A fourth man  will  be  commis­
sioned within a week or ten days.

Frank Weaver, the Manton  grocer,  sends 
Tiie  T radesman  the  following  enquiry 
under date of the 19th:  “Ask Charley Rob­
inson and Steve Sears  what  luck  they had 
fishing  at  Manton.  They went  from  this 
point  last  night  to  catch  fish.  Robinson 
fell in the water and was in so deep that his 
ears Hopped on top  of  the  water.  He was 
hauled out  in a  demoralized  condition,  his 
clothes were torn and  he  was  otherwise in 
bad shape.  He only  got  a  few  bites,  and 
they were mosquito bites.”

Mecosta Sentinel: 

It was  not  generally 
supposed that it  was  known  outside of our 
immediate  vicinity that  our  streams  were 
stocked  with  speckled  trout, but  on Wed­
nesday,  a  gentleman  from  Grand  Rapids 
quietly dropped  into  town,  took  a  look at 
the stream  at the north  of  town,  and was 
surprised  and  astonished  at  the  immense 
numbers of  trout to be seen,  in plain  view, 
of various sizes and  lengths.  Charley has­
tily got <Jut  his  fishing  tackle,  secured bait 
from  one  of  our  merchants,  and  made all 
arrangements for a big catch.  Upon  arriv­
ing at  the  stream,  a  misstep  sent  him  in 
over his shoe-tops,  but  nothing  daunted  he 
made  his  cast,  raised  him  and  landed  on 
the bank  a  fine  specimen—a  honied  dace, 
and the trout question  was  then  and there 
satisfactorily settled.  Successful trout fish­
ing  idjp  hazardous at  times  as dealing in 
pork options.

F ully  Organized.

The organization of the  Gunn  Hardware 
Company  has been completed  by the  elec­
tion of W.  S.  Gunn,  Will  A.  Gunn,  E.  F. 
Uhl and Frank Berles  as  directors,  who in 
turn have selected the following officers: 

Fresident—E.  F. Uhl.
Vice-President and General Manager—W. 

S.  Gunn.

Secretary—A.  S.  Goodman.
Treasurer—Will A.  Gunn.

T h e  Hardware  Market.

Business 

is  good  and  collections  are 
equally encouraging.  Nails have declined 5 
cents, steel  nails being  firm and  iron nails 
weak at the decline.  The trade in builders’ 
hardware  is  excellent.  No  new  develop­
ments have  come  to  light  in  barbed wire, 
the  demand  for  which  is  tolerably  fair. 
Other articles in the hardware line are about 
steady.

“Fennentum” the only reliable compress­

ed yeast.  See advertisement

V IS IT IN G   B U Y E R S .

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novia.

The following retail  dealers  have  visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:
Smith Barnes, general  manager  Hannah  & 
Lay  Mercantile Co., Traverse City.
Harry  Montague,  manager grocery  depart­
ment Hannah & Lay Mercantile  Co., Traverse 
City.Frank Hamilton, Hamilton & Milliken, Trav­
erse City.
Nicholas Bouma, Fisher.
Walter Struik, Forest Grove.
J. F. Clark, Big Rapids.
Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg.
James Colby, Rockford.
M.  A. Massie, Greenville.
Geo. P. Stark, Cascade.
C. Stocking, Grattan.
Frank Sommers,  Dorr.
C. E. Coburn, Pierson.
J. L. Handy, Woodstock.
Fred Euller, Deer Lake.
M. E. Walling, Walling Bros., Lamont.
W. H. Hicks, Morley.
Geo. N. Reynolds, Belmont.
J. C. Scott, Lowell.
Silas Lowe, Burnip’s Corners.
John M. Cloud, Cadillac.
Geo. Carrington, Trent.
Geo. W. Beyins, Tustin. 
J. Grutter,  Grandville.
J. J. Wiseman, Nunica.
John Gunstra,  Lamont.
Mr. Smith, Smith & Ballard, Ada.
N. DeVries, Jamestown.
Frank B. Watkins, Monterey.
C. K. Hoyt. Hudsonyille.
M. J. Howard, Englishville.
Jas. Riley, Dorr.
J. C. Hill, Manton.
John Smith, Ada.
F. P. Dunwell,  Ludington.
E.  B. Joyce, Cannonsburg.
G. B. Hansen,  Hudsonviile.
John D. Lange, Sparta.
R. Monteith, Otsego.
G. A. Bottje, Grand Haven.
C. W. Skellinger, Rockford.
James Buckley, Buckley  &  Daggett,  Petos-
Mr. Hesseltine, R. K. Hesseltine &  Son, Cas- 
Jos. Raymond, Berlin.
Wm. Pipp, Pipp Bros., Kalkaska.
Mr. Bergy, A. & E. Bergy, Caledonia.
D. B. Galentine, Bailey.
Dave Holmes, with West  Michigan  Lumber 
Paine & Field, English ville.
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
S. S. Dryden, Allegan.
Mr. Bode, Bode & Keeney, Ferry.
Mr. Wright, Cutler & Wright, Morley.
Geo. D. Barden,  Woodland.
G. F. Cook, Grove.
C. E. Coburn, Pierson.
R. Wertman, Zeeland.
Andre & Son,  Jennisonville.
C. Durkee. Altona.
Jas. Toland,  Ross.
Mr. Tanis, Den Herder & Tanis, Vriesland.
H. M. Harroun,  McLain.
P. Wyngarden, Vriesland.
John Spring, Spring &  Lindley, Bailey.
John Kamps, Zutphen.
A. Purchase, South Blendon.
Wm. Vermeulen, Beaver Dam.
Moedyk, DeKruif & Co., Zeeland.
J. C. Hill, Manton.
John Yeakey, Wayland.
G. L. White, Barnhart &  White,  Mancelona. 
A. C. Barkley, Crosby.
S. M. Geary, Maple Hill.
John Gunstra, Lamont.
M. Lutz, Caledonia.
W. P. Andrus, Cedar Springs.
G. Ten Hoor, Forest Grove.
T. J. Sheridan & Co., Woodville.
Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg.
H. Callner, Muskegon.
W. Black, Cedar Springs.
John Scholten,  Overisel.
It. G. Smith, Wayland.
John Demstra, Forest Grove.
G. N. Reynolds, Belmont.
J. F. Clark, Big Rapids.
O. Ball, Morley.
Geo. Lentz, Croton.
W. H. Hicks, Morley.
Neal McMillan, Rockford.
Dr. J. W. Kirtland. Lakeview.
N. DeVries, Jamestown.
Childs & Carper.’Childs’ Mills.
Mr. Lovely, Denton &  Lovely, Howard  City.

Co., Woodville.

Hides,  Pelts  and  Wool.

Hides  are  without  change.  Pelts  are 
quiet.  Tallow  is  fiat.  Wool  is quiet,  and 
but little yet offered.

C OUNTRY  PR O D U C E .
Apples—Entirely out of market.
Asparagus—35c per doz. bunches.
Beans—Local buyers pay 50c©75c  $   bu.  for 
unpicked  and  hold  ordinary hand-picked for 
$1.10@$1.15. 
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Beans—String,  $1.75  for % bu. crate.  Wax, 

$2.25 <¡3 % bu. crate.

Beets—New, 40e f! doz. bunches.
Butter—Michigan  creamery  is  in  fair  de­
mand at 17@18c.  Dairy is a drug on the market 
at lie.

Butterine—Solid packed is held at 14c.
Cabbages—$4 per crate  of about fifty heads.
Cabbage Plants—35c $  100.
Carrots—25c V  doz.
Cucumbers—55c $  doz.
Cheese—April  and  May  stock  of  Michigan 

cheese is in good demand at ll@ll*4c.

Cranberries—Out of market.
Dried Apples—Quartered and sliced,  3@3*4c. 

Evaporated, 6*4@7c, according to quality.

Dried Peaches—Pared. 15c.
Eggs—In  plentiful  supply  and  weak.  Job­

bers pay 9@10c and sell for 10@10*4c.

Honey—Easy at  KJ@14c.
Hay—Bailed is active and firm at $15 per ton 

in two and five ton lots and $13 In car lots.

Lettuce—12c $  lb.
Maple Sugar—7@8c.
Mint—25c $  doz.
Onions—Green,  10c  V  doz.  bunches.  Ber­
mudas,  $2.75  $   bu.  crate.  Yellow Danvers, 
$2.50  bbl.

Peas—Green, $1.50 V bu. box.
Pop Corn—Choice new commands  2*4c  $   lb 

and old 3c V lb.

Potatoes—Old  stock  is  about  played  out. 
New potatoes are in good demand at  $2.50 per 
bu. sack or $5 $  bbl.
Pieplant—lc $  tb.
Poultry—Scarce  and  high.  Fowls  sell for 
10@10*4c; turkeys, 12c.  Ducks are out of mar- 
k©t

Radishes—18c.V doz.
Spinach—70c $  bu.
Strawberries— $2$ 24 qt, crate.
Tomatoes—Florida, $1.75 $  *4 bu. box.
Tomato Plants—40c V 100.

g r a i n s  a n d  m i l l i n g   p r o d u c t s .

Wheat—No change.  The city millers pay as 
follows:  Lancaster,  81;  Fulse,  78c;  Clawson,
8c.  *
Corn—Jobbing generally at 44@45c  in 100 bu. 

lots aud 38@40c in carlots.

Oats—White, 40c In small lots  and 35@36c  in 

car lots.

Rye—48@60c $  bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 ¥  cwt.
Flour—No change.  Fancy Patent, $5.50 V bbl. 
In  sacksand  $5.75 in  wood.  Straight, $4.60  $  
bbl. In sacks and $4.80 in  wood.

Meal-Bolted, $3.75 V bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $14  V ton.  Bran, $15
ton.  Ships, $15 V ton.  Middlings, $16 $  ton. 

Corn and Oats, $17  $  ton.

M ISC E L L A N E O U S.

Hemlock  Bhrk—Local  tanners  are  paying
1.75  per  cord  for  old bark, and making con­
tracts for new bark on  the  basis  of  $5.50 per 
cord, delivered, cash.

Ginseng—Local  dealers  pay  $1.75  V  lb  for 

clean washed roots.

Rubber Boots and Shoes—Local  jobbers  are 
authorized to offer standard goods at  35  and 6 
per cent, off, and second quality at 35,5 and 10 
per cent off. 

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M anufacture of M atches  in  T h is City.
Grand Ra pid s,  May 21,1886. 

Editor Michigan Tradesman:
D ea r Sir—I notice  some  controversy in 
your  paper  about  matches.  Along  about 
1870 a  match  factory  was  started  in  this 
city by John A.  Harriman,  who  came  here 
from New Hampshire for that purpose.  Mr. 
Harriman is now* Clerk and Register of An­
trim county,  this  State.  He  continued the 
business for several months, but  it evident­
ly did not pay,  for  he  went out of the busi­
ness.  The  factory  was  operated  on  the 
West Side,  near Bridge  and  Front  streets.
T he T radesman has written Mr.  Harri­
man, requesting him to  prepare a short his­
tory of the enterprise here,  for publication. 
Another attempt was made to engage in the 
manufacture of  matches  on  a  small  scale 
about two years ago,  but the enterprise fail­
ed through  lack of  capital  and  because of 
the poor quality of  goods turned out.

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P O R T A B L E  A N D   S T A T IO N A R Y

E N G I N E S

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

W .  O,  D en iso n ,

88,90 and 92 South  Division  Street,

G R A N D   R A P ID S , 

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M IC H IG A N .

HESTER & FOE,
Saw and Grist Mill  Machinery,
Planers,  Matchers,  Moulders  and  all 

M a n u fa c tu re rs’  A gents fo r

kinds of Wood-Working Machin­

ery, Saws, Belting and Oils.

gaBKrSvI

D epot fo r  Ind ep en d en ce  W ood  S plit  P u lley .  L arg ’c 
sto c k  k e p t on han d .  Send  fo r  sam p le  p u lley   a n d   be 
com e convinced o f th e ir  su p e rio rity .  W rite  fo r p rices
130 Oakes St.,
Grand Kapids,  Mich.

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COAL  AND  BUILDING  MATERIALS.
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows;
Ohio White Lime, per  bbl................
Ohio White Lime, car lots................
Louisville Cement,  per bbl...............
Akron Cement per  bbl.....................
B'tifalb Cement,  per bbl...................
Carlots 
.....................
Plastering hair, per bu.....................
Stucco, per bbl....................................
Land plaster, per ton.........................
Land plaster, car lots........................
Fire brick, per  M...............................
Fireclay, per  bbl...............................
Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots.. 
Anthracite, stove and  nut, car lots.
Cannell,  car lots.................................
Ohio Lump, car  lots..........................
Blossburgor Cumberland, car lots. 
Portland  Cement...............................
OYSTERS  A N D   F ISH .

1 HO 
85
1  30 
1  30 
1 30 
.1  0501  10 
.  250  30
1 75 
* d 50
2 50 
$35
3 I lo
$5 7506 00 
6 H)@6 25 
©6 00
3 10©3 25
4 5005 00 
3 5004  00

.$251

COAL.

F.  J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: 

OYSTERS.

New York  Counts..............................................40
FRESH  F IS H .
Cod  ................. 
.................................  ©10
Haddock.................................................   @  7
Mackerel.................................................12  @12*4
Mackinaw Trout....................................  ©  6
Perch........................................................  ©  4
Smelts  .................................................... 10  ©11
Whiteflsh...............................................   ©  7

COOPERAGE.

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STAVES. 
“ 

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

at  Grand  Rapids.
*
Red oak Hour bbl. staves...............M  6 50® 7 00
Elm 
M 6 50© 6 00
White oak toe staves, s’d and j’t.M  20 00®23 00 
“  M  18 50@20 00
White oak pork bbl.  “ 
Tierce, dowelled and circled, set__  
15©  16
“ 
Pork, 
.... 
12©  13
“ 
Tierce  heads,  square...............$  M 23 09@26 90
Pork bbl. “ 
...............$  M  18 00®20 00
Basswood, kiln dried, set.................. 
4©  454

HEADS.

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H O O PS .

White oak and hickory tee, 8 f t .  M  11 00®12 50 
White oak and hickory  “  7*4f’t. M 10 00@11 00
Hickory  flour  bbl..........................M  7 60© 8 25
Ash, round  “ 
“  ......................... M  6 25© 7 00
Ash, fiat racked, 6*4 F t.................. M  3 50© 4 25

B A RR ELS.

White oak pork barrels, h’d m’d.M  1 00©  1  10 
85®  95
White oak pork barrels, machine.. 
White oak lard  tierces....................  1  15® 1 25
75© 90
Beef and lard half  barrels................. 
Custom barrels, one  head...............  1 00© 1 10
Flour  barrels.......................................  
30© 37
Produce  barrels.......  ......................... 
23© 25
HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

The furniture factories  here pay  as follows 
for dry stock:
Basswood, log-run.............................  
@13 00
Birch, log-run.....................................16 00©20 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2..............................  @25 00
Black Ash, log-ruq..............................  @13 00
Cherry,  log-run. M ...........................25 00@30 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  ana 2........
■ ..........45 00050 00
Cherry,  cull.........................................  @10 00
Maple,  log-run..................................... 15 00017 00
Maple, soft,  log-run............................12 00® 14 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2..............................  @20 00
Maple, clear, flooring......................... 
©25 Oo
Maple, white, selected.......................  @25 On
Rea Oak, log-run........................ 
@18 00
 
@22 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2......................... 
Red Oak, No.  1, step plank............... 
©25 00
  ©55 00
Walnut, log-run...............................  
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2..........................   @75 oo
Walnuts,  c u lls...................  
  @25 00
Grey  Elm, log-run.............................  
@13 00
White Ash,  log-run............................. 14 00016 00
Whitewood,  log-run...................  
  ©23 00

 

Ibarbvpare.

These  prices  are  for cash  buyers,  who  pay 

promptly and buy in full packages.

AUGERS AND B ITS.

 

 

BELLS.

BALANCES.

Ives’,  old  style.......................... I............ dis60&10
N.  H. C. Co................................................disHO&lO
Douglass’................................................... disOOAlO
Pierces’ ....................................  
dis60&10
Snell’s ........................................................dis60&10
Cook’s  .......................................................dis40&10
Jennings’,  genuine..................................dls 
25
Jennings’, imitation................................dis50&10
Spring.........................................................dis 
40
BARROW S.
Railroad...................................  
$  13 00
Garden.......................................................net 33 00
Hand..............................................dis  $ 60&10&10
Cow.................................................... dis 
60&10
Call.................................................... dis 
30&15
Gong................................................. dis 
2a
Door, Sargent..................................dis 
60&10
Stove.....................................................dis $ 
40
80
Carriage  new  list...................................dis 
P lo w • • ••.................................................dis  30&1C
Sleigh Shoe..............................................dis 
75
Wrought Barrel  Bolts.......1.........! .!  dis  60&10
Cast  Barrel  Bolts.................................. dis  60&10
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs...................dis 
60
Cast Square Spring............................  dis 
60
Cast Chain ....  .....................................dis  60&10
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob...............dis  60&10
Wrought Square....................................dis  60&10
Wrought Sunk Flush..........................dis 
60
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
T F lu ^ .................................................... dis  60&10
Ives’ Door............................................... dis  60&10

BOLTS.

BRACES.

40
Barber..................................................dis$ 
Backus................................................... ..dis  50&10
Spofford................................................ dis 
50
Am. Ball................................................dis 
net
Well, plain  ..................................................$ 350
Well, swivel.................................................  

BUCKETS.

4 00

BUTTS, CAST.

Cast Loose Pin, figured......................dis 
70&10
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed?..  ..dis  70&10 
Cast Loose Joint, gonuine bronzed, .dis  60&10 
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint..dis  60&10
Wrought  Loose  Pin.......................... dis 
60&10
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip..........dis 
60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned..........dis 
60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tipped.......................  .......................dis  60& 5
Wrought Table....................................dis 
10&60
10&60
Wrought  Inside  Blind.......................dis 
Wrought Llrass....................................dis 
75
80&10
Blind, Clark’s.......................................dis 
Blind, Parker’s....................................dis 
80&10
Blind,  Shepard’s................................. dis 
70

CAPS.

Ely’s 1-10...............................................per  m $65
Hick s C. F ............................................  
«0
G.  D.................................................... 
35
Musket................................................... 
60

CA TRIDO ES.

Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester  now  list50&10
Rim  Fire, United  States......................... dis50&10
Central Fire.............................................. dis30&10
Socket Firmer.........................................dis  75&10
Socket Framing......................................dis  75&10
Socket Corner.........................................dis  75&10
Socket Slicks...........................................dis 
75
Butchers’ Tanged  Firmer.....................dis 
40
Barton's Socket Firmers................... dis 
20
Cold....................................... ;................net

C H ISELS.

COMBS.

Curry,  Lawrence’s.................................dis  40&10
25
Hotchkiss  .............................................dis 
Brass,  Racking’s.......................................  
60
Bibb’s ...................................................................60
Beer ................................................................ 40&10
l'enns.........................................................  
60

COCKS.

C O PPER .

D R IL LS

H IN G ES.

GAUGES.

ELBOW S.

HA NG ERS.

HAMMERS.

EX PA N SIV E  B ITS.

files—New List.

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

ao lb  28
Planished, 14 oz cut to size........  
 
 
31
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60............ 
• \
Cold Rolled, 14x48................................................19
40
Morse’s Bit  Stock.................................dls 
Taper and Straight Shank.................   dis 
40
Morse’s Taper  Shank........................... dis 
40
Com. 4 piece, 6  in............................doz net  $.85
Corrugated..............................................dis  20&10
Adjustable............................................. dis  *4&10
Claris, small, $18 00;  large, $26 00.  dis 
20
Ives’, 1. $18 00 ;  2. $24 00 ;  3, $30 00.  dis 
25
American File Association  List........dis  55&10
Disston’s ................................................ dis  55&10
New American..........................  
dis  5»&m
Nicholson’s........................................ :::dis  55&10
Heller 8 ...................................................dis  55&10
Heller’s Horse Rasps........................   .dis  55&10
28
Nos. 16 to 20, 
Ll8^-  12 
15 18

GA LVANIZED IR O N ,
, 
M 

22 and  24,  25 and 26,  27 
,  13 
Discount, Juniata 50@10, Charcoal 60.
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s...............dis 
50
Maydole & Co.’s...................................   dis 
25
Kip’s ...................................................'.’.!dis 
25
Yerkes  &  Plumb’s................................dis  40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel...................  30 c  list 40
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track  50&10
Champion,  anti-friction.......................dis  60&10
Kidder, wood  track...............................dis 
40
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3............................... dis 
60
......................................per doz, net, 2 50
State. 
Screw Hook aud Strap, to  12  in.  4*4  14
and  longer............................................  
3^
Screw Hook and Eye,  *4  ...............’. .'net 
10*4
Screw Hook and Eye %....................... net 
8*4
7*4
Screw Hook and Eye 
......................net 
Screw Hook and Eye,  %.............  
net 
7*4
65
Strap and  T ......................................‘.'dis 
Stamped Tin Ware....................................  
30
Japanned Tin  Ware................................. 
25
Granite Iron  Ware.............................!!!.! 
25
Grub  1...............................................$11 00, disCO
Grub  2...............................................   1150, dis 60
Grub 3.................................................  13 O0,dis60
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings............dis 
45
Door, porcelain, jap.  trimmings...........  
45
Door, porcelain, plated  trimmings....... 
45
Door, porcelain, trimmings.................... 
45
Drawer and  Shutter,  porcelain........dis 
70
Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s .....................   40&10
Humacite...........................  
dig 
45
45
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list.. dis 
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s......................dis 
45
Branford’s .............................................. dis 
45
Norwalk’s  ..................... 
dis 
45
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ..................... dis  70
Adze  Eye......................................$16 00 dis 
60
Hunt Eye......................................$15 00 dis 
60
Hunt’s.........................................$18 50 dis 20 & 10
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled....................dis  50
Coffee,  Parkers  Co.’s........ 1..................dis 40&10
Coffee, P. S.&W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables  dis 
60
Coffee, Landers, Ferry &  Clark’s........ dis 
60
Coffee,  Enterprise....................................... dls  25
Stebbin’s Pattern  ...................................... dis  70
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................dis  70
Enterprise,  self-measuring....................... dis  25

MOLASSES GATES.

HOLLOW   W ARE.

LOCKS—DOOR.

MATTOCKS.

LEV ELS.

MAULS.

KNOBS.

M ILLS.

HOES.

N A ILS.

Common, Bra  and Fencing.

lOd to  60d.........................................keg $2  15
25
8dand9 d adv......................................  ..... 
6d and 7d  adv................................................ 
50
4d and 5d  adv................................................ 
75
l  50
3d advance..................................................... 
3d fine advance.......................... 
3 00
Clinch nails, adv...........................................  1  75
Finishing 
Size—inches  J  3 
Adv. »  keg 
Steel Nails—2 30.
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent......................disOO&lO
Zinc, with brass bottom.............................dis  50
Brassor  Copper..........................................dis  50
Reaper..................................... per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s ..................................................  50&iq j

\  lOd 
$1 25  1 50  1 75  2 00 

8d  6d  4d
1*4

O IL E R S .

2*4 

2 

 

 

PLA N ES.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................ dis  15 j
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.......................dis  15
Bench, first quality................................... dis  20
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood__ dis20&10
Fry, Acme................................................dls 50&10
Common, polished................................  .dis60&10
Dripping.................................. 
y  
Iron and Tinned.........................  
dis 40
Copper Rivets and  Burs.....................dis 
60

R IV E T S.

PA NS.

 

 

l*l5

PA TENT FLA N ISA ED  IRO N .

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

Broken packs *4c $  0> extra.

ROPES.

TACKS.

SQUARES.

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

$4 20
4 20
4  20
4 20
4 40
4 60

5*4
6
60
60
60
60
50
50
50
50
50
45
35
12 50
15 00
16 50

.  8*4
.  13*4
70
60
20
Com. Smooth. Corn.
$2 80
2 90
3 00
3 10
3 20
All sheets No, 18 and  lighter, over 30 inches

Sisal, *4 In. and  larger...............
Manilla.........................................
Steel and Iron..............................
Try and Bevels............................
Mitre  ...........................................
SHEET IKON.
Nos. 10 to  14................. ..............
Nos. 15 to  17.................................
Nos. 18 to 21................................
Nos. 22 to 24.................................
Nos .25 to 26.................................
No. 27............................................
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 lbs, V  If>.............
In smaller quansities, V 
.......
American, all  kinds..................
.......dis
Steel, all kinds............................
.......dis
Swedes, all  kinds  .....................
.......dis
Cigar Box  Nails........................
...... dis
Finishing Nails
dìa
Common and Patent  Brads__ ........dis
Hungarian Nails and Miners* Tticks, dis
Trunk and Clout Nails...............
.......dis
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails.
.......dis
Leathered Carpet  Tacks..........
.......dis
TINNER’S SOLDER
No. 1,  Refined.............................
Market  Half-and-half..............
Strictly  Half-and-half..............
TIN  PLATES.
Cards for Charcoals, ï>6 75.
10x14, Charcoal.............
IC, 
10xl4,Charcoal.............
IX, 
7 25
12x12, Charcoal.............
IC, 
12x12,  Charcoal  ............
IX, 
7 75
14x20, Charcoal.............
IC, 
5 75
IX, 
14x20,  Charcoal.............
7 25
IXX,  14x20, Charcoal.............
8 75
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool.............
lü  77
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal..........
12 55
IX, 
20x28, Charcoal.............
15 50
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal..........
6 50
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal..........
.  8 50
DXX,  100 Plate Charcoal..........
10 50
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal.......
.  12 50
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1  50  to 6 75
Roofing, 14x20,1C.......................
.  5 25
Rooting, 14x20,  IX.....................
6 75
Roofing, 20x28, 1C.......................
.  h   00
Roofing,  20x28,  IX.....................
.  14 00
T IN — LEA DED .
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne............. ..  5 60
00
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne........
IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne................ 11 00
IX, 20x28,sehoice Charcoal Terne............  14 00
Steel, Game.....................................................60&10
Onelda'Communtity,  Newhouse’s ..........dls  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. .60&10
Hotchkiss’  .....................................................60&10
S, P. & W.  Mfg.  Co.’s ...................................60&10
Mouse,  choker........................................18c $1 doz
Mouse,  delusion................................ $1 50 V doz
Bright  Market...................................................dis 67*4
Annealed Market................................dis 
70
Coppered Market..............................................dis 62*4
Extra Bailing............................................  dis  66
Tinned  Market................................................. dis 62*4
Tinned  Broom........................................... .....V®> 09
Tinned Mattress.......................................V ® 8*4
Coppered  Spring  Steel..................dis 40@40&10
Tinned Spring Steel................................. dis  50
Plain Fence...............................................V ® 3*4
Barbed Fence, galvanized...................   ......... 4*4
painted.................................... 314
Copper.............................................. new  list net
Brass..................................................new  list net
Bright..............................................dis  70&10&10
Screw Eyes......................................dis  70&10&10
Hook’s ............................................ dis  70&10&10
Gate Hooks and  Eyes..................dis  70&10&1Q

W IR E GOODS.

rates.

TR A PS.

W IR E .

“ 

w r e n c h e b .

Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled...............
Coe’s Genuine...................................... dis 
60
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis  75&10
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.................dis  75&10&10

M ISCELLANEOUS.

Birdcages......................................... 
50
Pumps,  Cistern...................................dis  70&10
Screws,  new  list..............................  75@10
Casters,  Bed  and  Plate..............disaO&lO&lO
Dampers, American.......................  40&10
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods. .60&10&5 
Copper  Bottoms.............................. 
21c

LUMBER. LATH  AND SHINGLES. 

The Newaygo Manufacturing Co.  quote f. o. 
b. cars as follows:
Uppers, 1 inch..................................per M $44 00
Uppers, 1*4,1*4 and 2 inch........................   46 00
Selects, 1 inch..............................................  35 00
Selects, 1*4,1*4 and 2  inch........................   38 00
Fine Common, 1 inch.................................  30 00
Shop, 1 inch.................................................  20 00
Fine, Common, 1*4,1*4 and 2 inch...........   25 00
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet  ...  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet........................   16 nO
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet........................   17  00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet.........................  16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet.........................  17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 feet........   15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet..........................   16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20 feet..........................   17  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., K, 14 and 16 feet.......  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet.........................  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet........................   14  00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet.........................  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet.........................  14  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16 feet........   11  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet..........................  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 feet.........................  13 00
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  culls,  all 
widths and  lengths.......................... 8 00©  9 00
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 in
33 00 
C Strips, 4 or 6 inch....................................
27 00 
No. 1 Fencing, all  lengths........................
15 00 
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  feet...............
12 00 
No. 2 Fencing. 16 feet.................................
12 On 
No. 1 Fencing, 4  inch.................................
15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 4  inch.................................
12 no 
Norway C and better, 4 or 6 inch.............
20 00 
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, A and  B..................
18 00 
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C...............................
14 50 
Bevel Siding, 6 inch. No. 1  Common....
0 00 
Bevel Siding, 6  inch,  Clear.....................
20 00 
Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12.12 to 16ft............
11 00
$1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft.
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B....................
36 00 
Dressed Flooring, 6 in.  C..........................
29 00 
Dressed Flooring, 6 In., No. 1, common..
17 00 
Dressed Flooring 6 in.. No. 2 common__
14 00
Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00  additiinal.
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. B and  Clear..
35 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., C..........................   26 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 1  com’n  16 00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in.. No. 2  com’n  14 00 
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional
( X X X 18 in. Standard  Shingles...........
3 10 
■{XXX18 in.  Thin...............  ..................
3 00 
( X X X 16 in.................................................
2  75
No. 2 or 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Shingles.............  
1  75
140
No.2or 5 in. C. B. 16  in.............................  
Lijtb  ....................................................   i 75® 2 00

HIDES. PELTS AND  FURS. 

Perkins Sc Hess pay as follows:

H ID ES.

Green ... .V lb  @ 6 
Part cured... 
Full cured—   8  ©  8*4 Deacon skins,
Dry hides and 

7©  7*4  or cured....  8  @10 
V piece.......20  ©50

icalf skins, green

kips...........   6  @ 8 

|

8H E E P  PEL TS.

Old wool, estimated washed V lb........20  ©22
Tallow.........................................*..........  2*4© 3

Fine washed V lb 20®22| Unwashed............ 
Coarse washed... 18@22|

W OOL.

2-3

• w o o  D E N  W A R E .

Standard  Tubs, No. 1 ......................................... 5 50
Standard  Tubs, No. 2...........................................4 50
Standard  Tubs, No. 3........................................... 3 go
Standard Palls, two hoop.....................................1 25
Standard Pails, three hoop..................................1 go
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes................................2 00
Butter  Pails, ash..................................................2 50
Butter Ladles........................................................ 1 25
Rolling Pins............................................................1 aa
Potato Mashers...............................................
Clothes Pounders................................................ ,2 25
ClothesPins......................................................  gg
Mop Stocks....................................;..................1 25
Washboards, single...............................................1 75
Washboards, double.............................................2 25

BA SK ETS.

Diamond  Market............................................   40
Bushel, narrow band..........................................gq
Bushel, wide band.................................... . !!!l 75
Clothes, splint,  No. 1............................... .!” 3 60
Clothes, splint,  No. 2.....................................!!1!3 75
Clothes, splint,  No. 3..............................."..4 00
Clothes, willow  No. 1.....................................       6 00
Clothes, willow  No. 2..........................  
7 m
Clothes, willow  No. 3............................. 

  «

fi> 6

 

! H. LEONARD & SONS, HMD  RAPIDS

PRICE  LIST.  HOUSEHOLD  IDEF-A-FlTL/CElSrT.  IP-A-IFtT  ©.

Terms Cash.  Thirty days allowed on approved credit.  One per cent, discount for Cash in Ten Days.  We present a few more specialties from our Household Department stock, showing 
a  staple, regular line of rapid sellers that will find their place in every PROGRESSIVE  MERCHANT’S store.  In addition to the immense variety of goods shown in these  last  36  columns,  we 
carry the LARGEST  STOCK  and  GREATEST  VARIETY  of Glassware and Crockery shown in the State.  WE  MEET  ALL  COMPETITION  AT  HOME  OR  ABROAD. 

%

31

Baskets.

3 2

Lunch Baskets.

We take pleasure in opening  this line for 
our  trade,  as  we  have  the ¡Satisfaction  of 
knowing  that,  as  they  were bought direct 
from  the  manufacturing  villages  of  Ger­
many, we  can  name  the  lowest  prices  at 
which they  have  ever  been  offered, .and  a 
clean,  new  stock,  that  cannot  help  but 
please.  No old goods to be  disposed of.

3 3  and.  84

Table and Splash Mats.

BWTOBü

35  an d   80

33IIR.ID O-A-GrlES.  Assorted Package.

We sellthe celebrated “JEWETT” Bird Cage, to the exclusion of all inferior makes, and an 

experience of many years assures us that this is the safest policy.

The prices are now lower than most cages in market, and by  taking  these  goods  you  get 
the most pleasing cage in every respect made in America.  All fitted with Jewett’s patent Self» 
Locking Hook, and patent Seed anil Water Fount, of which there are no equals, and which can 
be found on no other cage.

SPLINT TABLE  Mats, 10x14 inches, per dozen sets of 3 each......................................  96 
SAILOR’S PALM  LEAF Table Mat, finely woven by  old  and  disabled  sailors.  4

in set.  Per dozen sets............................................................................................... 8 00

NO.  67  SPLINT  SPLASH  MATS  as shown in cut above.  Three styles with bright

hand-painted flowers, size 18x36 inches................................................................... 1  50

NO.  62 SPLINT SPLASH  MATS.  Same size, woven  in  assorted  colored  splints,

a wonder at  this price.................................................................................................  89 

Per doz.  Per gross.
11 00

10 50

A f e

m   ,

Richters’ Genuine 10 Key Harmonica. 

(All sizes carried in stock).

Folding Clothes Bars.  Folds up when not in use.  10 bars, each 2 feet long.  See cut.5 50 
Folding Clothes Bars.  To fit in corner, or will fold around stove or window..........9 00

ROLLING  PIN, revolving handle,  warranted  finest  quality,  polished  maple, no

seconds, 1354 in. long....................................................................................................  65
Potatoe Mashers, same quality and  material, polished.................................................   39

B B S jn a a

•iirp^iimitmiiriiiii mimi

............... mm..
n'S'SMS ixaraoræajm

Assortment of Case  H,  1>.  2.

NO. 991  PALM LEAF Lunch.  The largest 
and most durable basket for the mon­
ey ever offered, 9x6x454.......................  2 25
NO.  992  PALM  LEAF.  The  regular 50 
cent size.  We offer at a  price  unex­
celled, and opportunity to make a cut
rate at retail..........................................   3 75
NO. 994  PALM  LEAF,  1154 inches...........   6 75
NO. 995 PALM  LEAF, 12 inches...............
NO. 996  PALM  LEAF, 13  inches.’.............   10 00  Toy Potatoe Mashers.........................  38
NO. 7482 ASSORTED  LUNCH, varnished 
I Towel Roller, 18 in., iron  ends.........  89
willow and finely woyen  straw braid, 
| jjjg^ j{0pS 
40
assorted in bronze,  dark  brown  and 
Napkin Rings, genuine  Swiss  carv­
white.  9x5x454.  The  largest size for 
a “quarter”.  ............................ 
........

Wood Basting Spoons.. 
Toy Rolling Pins...........

ing .................................................   89

6 50
8 00
9 50

Gross. 
4 00 
4 50 
4 00 
10 50 
4 50

10 50

$doz.

New 7 Pin Hat and Coat Rack.  Very

strong, with porcelain tips........  78

Tin  Corner  Knife  Box,  polished 
whitowood,  can  be  sold  with  a
profit  ............................................  80

Wood  Frame  Vegetable  Grater,  a 

large tin grater in wood  frame.  42

NO.  50 GERMAN  WILLOW  Lunch  Bas­
ket.  7x9  inches,  white,  clean  goods, 
with colored willow stripes.  Rugular 
jobbers’ price on this, $2 per doz. Ours 
No.  40.  Same  style,  only  a  very  large 
lunch basket, 9x10 inches at top.  6 in, 
deep  ........................................................

4 25

NO. 00 RATl’AN Lunch or Shopping Bas­
ket.  Yellow  fine  woven  body with 
brown  trimming,  beveled  top,  1154 
x7.  A  basket  that  but  few  dealers 
can offer at our figure....................... .'.  4  50

10 50

$  doz.  Gross.

CHIP  BASKET,  5  in  nest,  one  of 
the  best  sellers,  useful  in  a 
dozen  ways...................................  38 
Work Baskets.

No. 1.  The  largest  10  cent  Work

Basket. 854  inches......................  89

No. 2.  Extra  size.  Similar  style, 
but 9?4 inches in diameter, with 
strong, woven bottom................ 1 65

Per Doz.

No. 342-1.  Extra strong, pure  white wil­

low, solid, close bottom, 10 in. across.  2 00 
No. 342-2.  Same style, 11  in. diameter...  2 65 
Infant  Basket.  Size  12x15 inches,  with 
four handles, very firmly woven, solid 
wood work bottom, made for use. not 
show ........................................................  3 90
Willow Clothes Baskets.
Of the finest and strongest  German  Wil­

low.  Will last a lifetime.
No. 4,29 inches long.......................................  5 50
No. 3,31 
No. 2,32 
No. 1,34 

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A  Fortune  in  Parlor  Matches.

Who would think a man could make mill­
ions  of  dollars  manufacturing  matches  at 
two cents a box? writes the  New York cor­
respondent of  a  contemporary.  Yet  mill­
ions  have  been  made  out  of  this  simple 
scratch in  everyday life. 
I  saw  a  gentle­
man  this  morning from Wilmington, Del., 
the center of the match-making  industry of 
this country. 
In this  village  of  some  40,- 
000  people  the  head  center  of  the  parlor 
match lived and worked.  The concern  had 
two heads,  Swift and Courtney.  Swift was 
the  business man and  financier;  Courtney, 
the  mechanic  and  working  man.  There 
is  a  great  story about this match,  said my 
friend  from  the State and  city of  Bayard. 
Courtney,  who has just died, worth  a  mill­
ion of dollars or more, came to Wilmington 
some twenty  years  ago.  A  plain,  even  a 
coarse  mechanic,  his  stock in  trade  was  a 
knowledge  of  how  to  make  the paste for 
these parlor  match  heads,  those  little  red 
things  that  make  such  a  noise  when  you 
scratch  or  step  on  them.  Swift  went  in 
witli him,  and  this  concern  has  controlled 
the  manufacture  of  these  touchy  matches 
ever  since.  After  awhile  they  took  in 
Beecher  and  different  match  concerns  all 
over the country, but the paste for the heads 
of all these matches was made  in Wilming­
ton  and  by  Mr.  Courtney.  This  rather 
rough man long ago recognized the fact that 
the secret  how  to  make  this  combustible 
paste was his capital.  He guarded  it  with 
great fidelity.  He  would never divulge the 
intricacies of the process,  even  to  his  pro­
cess, even to his partners.  He had  a room 
in the factory  in  which  lie  worked  when 
mixing  the  substance,  and  from  this  the 
visitor was excluded.  He  also  carried the 
key,  and no one  was  allowed  to  approach 
the methods by which lie was seeking a for­
tune,  except  in  his  presence.  Although 
every method  was tried to abtain  the  com­
ponent parts of  this  paste  by  analysis,  no 
one but Courtney lias ever been  able to mix 
it with success.  Witli this  secret  and  Mr. 
Bayard’s  friendship  to  keep  the  tax  on 
matches up to a good round figure, this con­
cern made a great deal  of  money.  Finally 
Mr.  Courtney  began  to  fade;  The  odors 
from  the  compound he  mixed,  slowly,  but 
surely sapped his life.  Constant inhalation 
of its poisonous fumes told upon  him  until 
the  secret  by which he  made  his  fortune 
finally took his life.  He did  not  die, how­
e v e r ,  until he had imparted  to  his  son the 
information  through  which  he  had  made 
such a success in life,  and  the son, with his 
millions,  will doubtless  let  others  mix  the 
material  which  his  father  so  carefully 
guarded.  A  strange  world  this  is,  and 
strange  people  live  in  it.  With  alt  this 
striving after money, the means of enjoying 
it after  it  is  in  our  hands  is  often  taken 
away.  Courtney,  the match  man,  is only a 
type of a great  class.

The Value  of  Business  Integrity.

The value of well-established business in­
tegrity was never better  exemplified than it 
is  just  now  in  the  machinery  business. 
Buyers expect to buy for  little  money,  but 
quite as  much  they are  interested  in  get­
ting exactly what they bargain  for.  There 
is every reason why this should be  so.  No 
man ever considers anything cheap,  in  any 
sense of the word,  which  is  not  what  it  is 
represented to be.  Sharp practice may suc­
ceed  for  once,  but  not  again  in  the  same 
direction.

Some builders  of  steam  engines  are  re­
markably  busy,  having  secured  orders  in 
spite of lower figures by others in the  same 
line of engines,  because their reputation for 
honest work is undoubted.

In times of low prices  and  slack  orders, 
the temptation is to build cheap for the sake 
of naming low prices.  At the best this can 
only  secure  temporary  advantage. 
In  the 
end those  who  deliver  exactly  what  they 
sell,  maintaining their character  for  honest 
work,  will;take  the  orders  for  fair  living 
profits.  No one likes to  be  humbugged  in 
buying  machinery.

Laughable  Trade-Mark  Piracy.

The London  Customs  Commissioners re­
cently seized a lot of German cutlery.  One 
specimen,  a pearl-handled  four-bladed pen­
knife, was  so curious  an example  as to at­
tract special notice.  Each of the four blades 
bore a  different  stamp,  the  variety of  the 
names  struck  evincing a  charming  impar- 
tality  in  fixe  work  of  imposture.  One 
blade  was  marked  “Cook Brothers,  Shef­
field;”  another,  “F.  Moseley’s  Cutlery;” a 
third,  “Pennsylvania  Cutlery  Company,” 
and the fourth,  “Eagleton Knife Company.” 
The effect of  the promiscuous marking was 
so ludicrous as to suggest that the cutler had 
got  his  stock  of  blades  bearing  pirated 
marks mixed,  and failed to notice that they 
did  not  agree. 
It  is  scarcely  possible to 
suppose  him  to be  either  cynical  or silly 
enougli to deliberately  distribute among hi» 
customers  knives which carry  their  fraud­
ulent character on their surface.

Make  Friends of Your Customers. 

From the American Grocer.

Civility  pays.  Moroseness  drives  away 
trade.  Meeting  a  customer  with  a  glum 
countenance,  serving him with  no  word  of 
cheer  or  comment  is  the  way to  ruin the 
business.  A  word  of  welcome,  a  bit  of 
pleasantry,  a  judicious  allusion  to  some 
novelty  or fresh  line of  goods  will  fasten 
patronage.  Permanent trade is worth more 
than  transient  Nothing  will  secure  it 
so quickly and surely as making  one’s  self 
agreeable  to  all  comers.  That  does  not 
mean a familiarity  which  offends,  nor  im­
ply a spirit of fun or  joking  liable  to  dis­
please.  Never neglect  a customer  in  hand 
for a new-comer,  except by consent-  Serve 
everybody in tom,  even though a child.

5 0   CENT  CAGES.  CASE  H.  L..  2.  1 Box Containing:  4,  7  in. round;  4, 754 Inch
round;  4,  8  inch  round;  4,6x8 square;  4 7x9 square;  4, 754x754 square.  Total, 2
dozen cages at $4 40.  No charge for box.............................................................................
CASE  U . L„  3,  Containing 12 Assorted Cages.  One-half round,  one-half  square,  Av-:
erage price, each, 53 cents.  No charge for  box.  Total...................................................
Gross.  CASE  H.  L„  4.  Containing 12 assorted cages, each one of the latest square shape.  Av­
erage price, each 6 6 c.  No charge for  box.  Total.........................................................
9 00  CASE  H.  L., 5.  Containing 24 assorted cages, eleven of  them  are  the  latest  patterns, 
round  cages,  and  thirteen  of  them  warranted  to  be the very best selling square
cages.  Average price each, 68c.  Total................................................................................
9 50 J  OPEN  STOCK  CAGES.  We also carry a complete  assortment  of  these  beautiful  cag< 
stock, and guarantee to make the bottom prices if you wish to sort up your stock.  ( 
4  75 
plete Catalogue furnished free on application.

OLNEY, SHIELDS  &  CO.,
W HOLESALE
GROCER!

A nd  IM P O R T E R S   OF  T E A S .

Our Stock is complete in all branches.  New, fresh and bought 

at latest declines and for cash.

We  have  specialties  in  TOBACCOS  and  CIGARS  possessed 

by no other jobbers in the city.
A I c A -lp in ’s   P e a v e y   F lx ig . 

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

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

ALSO  SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

MERDEZi  <&  BROS.’  Celebrated  C IG A R S ,

Finer quality and lower prices than any handled 

in the market.

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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 Streep 

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

F. J. LAMB & CO.,
Fruits,  V egetables,

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

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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.

Agents for Walker’s Patent Butter Worker.

EARL  BROS.,  Commission  Merchants.

157 S. W ater St., C hicago, 111,

Reference:  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK.

where in this issue and write for

See  Our  W holesale  Quotations  else­
Special  Prices in  Car  Lots, 
f
 e are prepared to make Bottom Prices on anything we handle.
A. B. KNOW LSON,
RINDGE, BERTSCH  GO.,
BOOTS  AITD  SSO E S.

3 Canal Street, Basement,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE  DEALERS IN  .

AGENTS  FOR THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

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Grand Rapids, Mich.
14 and 16 Pearl Street, 
P E R K I 2STS  <&  H E S S ,
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

D E A L E R S  IN

NOS.  1 2 2   a n d   in 4  L O U IS  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.

E .  F A L L A S ,

Makes a Specialty of

Butter and Eggs, Lemons and Oranges,

Cold Storage In Connection.  All Orders  receive Prompt and Careful Attention. 

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

No. I Egg Crates  for Sale.  Stevens’ No. 1 patent fillers used.  50 oents each.

97  and 99 Canal Street, 

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Grand Rapids,»Michigan

Butter, B sss, Olio oso. Etc. 

Wholesale Agents for the Lima Egg Crates and Fillers.

8 and  10 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

OILDEH.

Our Leader Sm oking 

15c per pound.

Our Leader Fine Cut 

33c per pound.

Our Leader Skcrts, 

Our Leader  Cigars, 

10c per pound.

$30 per M.
Tli©  B est  in   tlie  W o rld .

Clark, Jew ell  &  Co.,

SO L E   A G E N T S  F O R

Dwinell, Hayward & Co.’s RovaUava Coffee,

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