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G R A N D   R A P ID S,  M ICH IG AN,  W E D N E SD A Y ,  OCTOBER  13,  1886

f iit g b .e e  <& s m i t h
Boots, Shoes and Slippers

Wholesale Manufacturers

DETROIT,  MICH.

¡ ^ “Michigan Agents Woonsocket Rubber 

Com pany.,^)

Office  and  Factory—11,  13,  15  and  17 
Woodbridge street West.  Dealers cordially 
invited to call on us when in  town.

BELKNAP
Wagon anU Sleigh Co.
W A G O N S !

Spring, Freight, Express, 

Lumber and Farm

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Logging Carts and Trucks, 

Mill  and  Dump  Carts, 

Lumbermen’s  and 

River Tools.

We carry a large stock of  m aterial, and  have  overy 
tarSpeeial  A ttention  Given  to   Repairing, Painting 

facility for m aking first-class W agons of all kinds.
and Lettering.

Shops on Front St..  Grand Rapids, Mioh.

We have just purchased a 

large invoice of

“PLANK ROAD PU T

Send us a Trial Order.

Spring  Chicken,  Moxie  and 

Eclipse always in stock.

Oin ey, S hields & Co.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

JUDD  db  OO.,

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

And Full Line W inter Goods.

102  CANAL STREET.

LUDWIG  WINTERNITZ,

STA TE  A G E N T   FO R

^ 

YEAST-

^A.JUNKER  Gcn'-Agj

106 Kent Street, Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

TELEPHO NE  566.

Grocers  bakers and others can secure the agency for 
th e ir tow n on this Y east by applying to above address. 
None genuine unless i t bears above label.

STEAM  LAUNDRY,

43 and 45 Kent Street.

STANLEY  N.  ALLEN,  Proprietor.
Wl DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AH USE NO 

CHEHCALS,

Orders  by  Mail  and  Express  Promptly At­

tended  to.
BUY  WHIPS  and  LASHES
G rm  ROYS  cSo  GO.,

OF

M anufacturers’ agents,

2 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

■  Get spot cash prices and have th e  profits.  Orders by 
m ail prom ptly attended to.

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

GRANO RAPIOS CHAIN ANO SEED CO.
GUSTAVE  A.  WOLE,  Attorney.

71 CANAL STREET.

Over Fourth N ational Bank.  Telephone ±07. 

COMMERCIAL  LAW  &  COLLECTIONS.
The CELEBRATED  EMERY  $3  SHOE
HATCH  &  EMERY, Chicago  and  Boston, 
227 Jefferson Street, 

D.  G.  KENYON, Traveling Salesman,

MANUFACTURED  BY

G rand Rapids, Mich.

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JUST  STARTING

Will M  everythin! they want
OFFICE  SUPPLIES,

------AT------

RIGHT  PRICES

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Geo. A. H all & Co.

29  MONROE  ST.,  -   .GRAND  RAPIDS.

STATIONERS,
PLUG TOBACCO.
TURKEY .39
B ig 6 Cents, 
.36 
Dainty   {¿.{gygtSif  .42
All above brands for sale only by

WHOLESALE  GROCERS, 

GRAND  RAPID S, 

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MICH.

Having been witnesses of the  truly  miracu­
lous cures made by Golden Seal Bitters, we do 
not hesitate to say that there is no other  rem­
edy for blood, liver, stomach, and  kidney  dis­
eases, half its equal.

ALBERT COYE & SON,
AWNINGS § TENTS

DEALERS IN

Horse and Wagon Covers, 

Oiled Clothing,
Feed Bags,

Wide Ducks, etc.

fla g s &  Banners made to order.

73 CANAL ST., 

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GRAND RAPIDS.

Only 35  Cents.

So confident are we that  Dr.  Pete’s  35  cent 
Cough Cure will not disappoint  the  most san­
guine  expectations  of  a  single  broken-dawn 
consumptive invalid that we w arrant it.  Had 
we not the most perfect confidence  in  Its  vir­
tues, we would not thiuk  of  offering  It  as we 
do.  Sold by Hazeltine, Perkins  &  Co.,  whole­
sale druggists, Grand Rapids, Mich.
MOS2X.2a7  BROS.

Anri P roduce.

36, 28, 30 and 32  OTTAWA  ST.,  G’D  RAPIDS.

EDMOND  B.  DIKEMAN,

THK—

GREAT  WATCH  MAKER,

—AND—

J E W E L E R

44  CANAL  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICH.

PIONEER

PREPARED

PAINTS

Order your stock now.  Having  a  large 
stock of the above celebrated brand MIXED 
PAINTS, we are prepared to, fill all orders. 
W e give the  following

G-uarantee s

When our Pioneer Prepared P aint is put 
on any building, and if within  three years 
it should crack or peel off, and,  thus fa il  to 
give  the  fu ll  satisfaction guaranteed,  we 
agree to repa int the buildiwj at our expense, 
with  the  best  White  Lead  or  such  other 
paint as the owner may select.

Hazeltine & Pertins Drag Co.

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

CUSSMAXT’S

MENTHOL INHALER

NEURALGIA
Quickly relieved  by  Cushman’s  Menthol 
Inhaler when all others  fail.  How  is  that 
possible?  Because by  inhalation  the  very 
volatile  remedy  is  carried  directly  to the 
delicate net work of nerves in the nose  and 
head, and applied directly to the nerves, and 
so  rapidly  assimilated  that  quick relief, is 
obtained. 
It will  last  six  months  to  one. 
year,  and the last grain is as  potent  as  the 
first inhalation.  You will find it  sells  rap­
idly.  Retail price, 50c.

SEHPOLS HEIMEH 

VOIGT,
A   CO.,

Im porters and Jobbers of

•  STAPLE and FANCY

D r y   G rO o cL s  !
OVERALLS, PANTS, Etc., 
our  own  make.  A  complete 
Line  of  TOYS,  FANCY 
CROCKERY,  and  FANCY 
WOODEN-WARE,  our  own 
importation.
Inspecion solicited.  Chicago and Detroit 
prices guaranteed. 
’

« 

A Tragedy of Evidence.
Wilkie Collins in Youths’ Companion.

At  that  memorable  period  in  the  early 
history of the  United  States  when  Ameri­
can citizens resented  the tyranny of George 
the Third and his Parliament  by destroying 
a cargo of taxed tea, a Bristol trader arrived 
the  harbor of Boston, having one passenger 
on  board.  This  person was  a  young  En­
glishwoman,  named  Esther Calvert, daugh­
ter of a shopkeeper at Cheltenham and niece 
of the captain of the ship.

Some  years  before  her  departure  from 
England Esther had  suffered from an afflic­
tion—associated  with  a  deplorable  public 
event—which had shaken her attachment to 
her native land.  Free,  at a later  period, to 
choose for herself,  she  resolved  on leaving 
England  as  soon  as  employment  could  be 
found  for her  in  another country.  After a 
weary interval of  expectation,  the  sea-cap­
tain liad obtained a situation  for  his  niece 
as housekeeper in the family of Mrs. Ander- 
kin—a widow lady living in Boston.

Esther had been well practised  in domes­
tic  duties  during  the  long  illness  of  her 
mother. 
Intelligent,  modest  and  sweet- 
tempered, she  soon  became a favorite  with 
Mrs.  Anderkin  and  the  members  of  her 
young family.  The children  found but one 
fault with the  new housekeeper; she  dress­
ed  invariably  in  dismal  black;  and  it  was 
impossible to prevail  upon  her  to  give the 
cause. 
It was  known  that she  was not an 
orphan,  and she  liad  acknowlédged that no 
relations of hers had recently died—and yet 
she persisted in  wearing  mourning.  Some 
great grief  had  evidently overshadowed the 
life of the gentle English housekeeper.

On the day before  he sailed  on his home­
ward voyage the  sea-captain  called  to  take 
leave  of  his  niece—and  then  asked if  he 
could also pay his  respects  to  Mrs.  Ander­
kin.  He was informed that the lady of  the 
house  had gone out,  but that the governess 
would be happy to.receive him.  At  the in­
terview  which followed  they talked  of  Es­
ther,  and agreed so well  in their good opin­
ion of her that the captain paid a long visit. 
The governess  had  persuaded  him  to  tell 
the story of his niece’s wasted life.
But he insisted on one condition.
“If we had been in England,” he said,  “I 
should have kept  the matter  secret  for the 
sake of  the family.  Here,  in America,  Es- 
.  tlier is a  stranger—here she will  stay—and 
no slur will be  cast  on  the  family name at 
home.  But mind one tiling!  I trust to your 
honor to take no one  into your confidence— 
excepting only the  mistress  of  the house.”
More than one hundred years have passed 
since  these  words  were  spoken.  Esther’s 
sad story may be harmlessly told now.

In the year 1762 a young man named John 
Jennings, employed as  a  waiter at a York­
shire inn,  astonished his master by announc­
ing that he was engaged  to be married,  and 
that  he  proposed  retiring  from service on 
next  quarter-day.  Further  inquiry showed 
that the  young  woman’s  name was Esther 
Calvert,  and that  Jennings  was greatly her 
inferior  in  social  rank.  Her father’s  con­
sent to the marriage depended on her lover’s 
success  in  rising  in  the  world.  Friends 
with money were inclined to  trust Jennings 
and to help  him  to  start  a  business of his 
own,  if Miss Calvert’s father would do some­
thing for the young people on his  side.  He 
made no objection and the marriage engage­
ment was sanctioned accordingly.

One evening, when  the  last days of Jen- 
ning’s service  were  drawing  to  an  end,  a 
gentleman on horseback  stopped at the inn. 
In a state  of  great  agitation  he  informed 
the landlady that he was on his way to Hull, 
but that lie  liad been  so  frightended  as to 
make it impossible for  him  to  continue his 
journey.  A  highwayman  liad  robbed  him 
of a purse containing twenty guineas.  The 
thief’s  face  (as  usual  in  those  days)  was 
concealed by a mask; and there was but one 
chance of bringing  him  to  justice. 
It was 
the  traveler’s  custom  to  place  a  private 
mark on  every gold  piece  that  he  carried 
with him on a journey; and the stolen guin­
eas might possibly be traced in that way.

The landlord  (one  Mr. Brunell)  attended 
ou his guest at supper.  His  wife  had only 
that moment told  him  of  the  robbery; and 
he  liad  a  circumstance  to  mention  whicli 
might lead to the discovery of the thief.  In 
the first place,  however,  he wished to ask at 
what  time the  crime  liad  been  committed. 
The traveler answered that he had been rob­
bed late in the  eveuing,  just  as  it  was be­
ginning to  get dark.  O11  hearing  this Mr. 
Brunell looked very much  distressed.

“I  have  got  a  waiter  here  named  Jen­
nings,” he said,  “a man  superior to his sta­
tion in life—good  manners  and  a fair  edu­
cation—in fact,  a general favorite.  But for 
some little time  past  I  have  observed  that 
he has been  rather  free  with  his money in 
betting,  and  that  habits  of  drinking  have 
grown on him.  I am afraid he is not worthy 
of the good opinion  entertained  of  him  by 
myself and by other persons.  This evening 
I sent him out to get  some small  silver for 
me,  giving  him  a  guinea  to  change.  He 
came  back  intoxicated, 
telling  me  that 
change was  not  to be had. 
I  ordered  him 
to bed—and  then  happened  to  look at the 
guinea which he had brought back.  Unfor­
tunately I had not at that time heard of  the 
robbery,  and  pai¿l  the  guinea  away  with

some other money in settlement of a trades­
man’s account.  But  this  I  am  sure  of— 
there was a mark on the  guinea which Jen­
nings gave  back  to  me. 
It  is, of  course, 
possible that there might  have been a mark 
(which escaped  my  notice)  on  the  guinea 
which I took  ou<i of  my purse  when I sent 
for change.”

“Or,”  the  traveler  suggested,  “it  may 
have been one  of  my stolen  guineas  given 
back by mistake by this  drunken  waiter of 
yours,  instead of the guinea  handed  to him 
by yourself.  Do you think he is asleep?” 

“Sure to be asleep,  sir—in his condition.” 
“Do  you  object,  Mr.  Brunell,  after  what 
you have told me, to  setting  this matter  at 
rest by searching the man’s clothes?”

The landlord  hesitated.  “It  seems  hard 
on Jennings,” he said,  “if we prove to have 
been  suspicious  of  him  without  a  cause. 
Can you speak  positively,  sir,  to  the mark 
which you put on your money?”

The traveler declared that  lie could swear 
to  his  mark.  Mr.  Brunell  yielded.  The 
two went up together to  the waiter’s  room.
Jennings  was fast  asleep.  At  the  very 
outset of the search  they  found  the  stolen 
bag of  money in  his  pocket.  The  guineas 
—nineteen  in number—had a mark on each 
one  of  them,  and  that  mark  the  traveler 
identified.  After  this  discovery  there was 
but one course  to  take.  The  waiter’s pro­
testations of innocence when they woke him 
and accused him of  the robbery were words 
flatly contradicted by facts.  He was charg­
ed before a magistrate with  the theft of the 
money and, as a matter of course,  was com­
mitted for trial.

The  circumstances  were 

so  strongly 
against  him  that  his  own  friends  recom­
mended Jennings to plead guilty and appeal 
to the mercy of  the  court.  He  refused  to 
follow their advice and  was bravely encour­
aged to persist in that  decision  by the poor 
girl,  who believed in his innocence with her 
whole heart.  At that dreadful  crisis in her 
life she  secured  the  best  legal  assistance, 
and took from  her little  dowry the  money 
that  paid the  expenses.

At the  next  assizes  the  case »was tried. 
The proceedings  before  the  judge  were  a 
repetition  (at  great  length  and  with more 
solemnity)  of  the  proceedings  before  the 
‘ magistrate.  No skill  in  cross-examination 
could shake the direct statement of the wit­
nesses.  The evidence was  made absolutely 
complete by the  appearance  of  the  trades­
man  to  whom  Mr.  Brunell  had  paid  the 
marked guinea.  The coin  (so marked)  was 
a curiosity; the  man  had  kept  it,  and  he 
now produced it in  court.  The  judge sum­
med up,  finding  literatelly  nothing that  he 
could say,  as an honest man,  in favor of the 
prisoner.  The  jury  returned  a  verdict of 
guilty,  after  a  consultation  which  was  a 
mere matter  of form.  Clearer  circumstan­
tial evidence of  guilt  had  never  been pro­
duced in the  opinion of  every  person—but 
one—who  was  present  at  the  trial.  The 
sentence on Jennings  for  highway robbery 
was,  by the law of those days,  death on the 
scaffold.

Friends were found to help Esther in  the 
last effort  that  the faithful  creature  could 
now make—the attempt to obtain a commu­
tation of  the  sentence.  She  was  admitted 
to an interview  with  the  Home  Secretary, 
and her petition was  presented to the King. 
Here, again,  the  indisputable  evidence  for­
bade the  exercise  of  mercy.  Esther’s  be­
trothed husband  was  hanged at Hull.  His 
last words declared his innocence—with the 
rope around his neck.

Before a  year  had  passed  the  one  poor 
consolation that  she  conld  hope for  in this 
world  found  Esther  in  her  misery.  The 
proof that  Jennings  had  died  a  martyr to 
the fallibility of  human  justice  was  made 
public by the  confession of  the guilty man. 
Another criminal trial  took  place at the as­
sizes.  The landlord of  an  inn  was  found 
guilty of  having  stolen  the  property  of  a 
person staying at  his  house. 
It was stated 
in evidence that  this  was  not  his  first of­
fence.  He had been  habitually a robber on 
the highway,  and his name was Brunell.

The  wretch  confessed  that  he  was  the 
masked  highwayman, who  had  stolen  the 
bag of  guineas.  Riding  by  a  nearer  way 
than  was  known  to  the  traveler  he  had 
reached  the  inn  first.  There  lie  found  a 
person in trade waiting for  him by appoint­
ment for the settlement of a bill.  Not hav­
ing enough money of  his  own about him to 
pay the  whole  amount, Brunell  had  made 
use of one  of  the  stolen  guineas,  and  had 
only  heard  the  traveler  declare  that  his 
money was marked after the tradesman had 
left  the  house.  To  ask for  tire  return of 
the fatal guinea was  more  than he dared to 
attempt.  But  one  other  alternative  pre­
sented itself.  The merciless villain insured 
his own safety by the  sacrifice  of  an inno­
cent man.

After the time when the  sea-captain  had 
paid  his  visit  at  Mrs.  Anderkin’s  house, 
Esther’s position became  subject  to certain 
changes.  One little domestic privilege  fol­
lowed another,  so gradually  and  so modest­
ly  that  the  housekeeper  found  herself  a 
loved and honored  member  of  the  family, 
without being able to  trace  by what succes­
sion  of  events  she  had  risen  to  the  new 
place that  she  occupied.  The  secret  con­
fided to the two ladieJhad been strictly pre­

NO .  160

served;  Esther  never  even  suspected  that 
they knew the deplorable  story of  her  lov­
er’s  death.  Her life,  after  what  she  had 
suffered,  was not  prolonged to a  great age. 
She died—peacefully unconscious of the tor* • 
rors of death.  Her last words  were spoken- 
with  a  smile.  She  looked  at  the  lovingr 
friends assembled round  her  bed,  and  saidf 
“My dear one is waiting for me.  Good-by.”

Protection for Retailers.

Except by the adoption  of  a  strictly cash 
system the retail dealers seem bound to suf­
fer more  or  less  from  bad  debts,  but  the 
evil at  present  is  such  a  crying  one  that 
some effort should be made  to  discover  the 
best means of reducing the  evil  to  a  mini- 
mun.  When a  stranger  moves  into a town 
he usually pays cash  at  the start and works 
into Credit  by  degrees,  and  at  present the 
only thing that can be done  is  to  limit  the 
amount of  credit,  and  when  that  limit  is 
reached,  insist on a settlement,  and if a set­
tlement is refused expose him.  But here is 
the  rub—the  retail  dealers  in  our  towns, 
small and large,  live at  open  warfare  with 
each other, and  when  one  gets caught by a 
dead-beat lie lets him go to his neighbor and 
beat him in his turn,  as if he wished  others 
to be done  as  he  had  been.  How  simple 
such conduct is,  is  beyond  expression. 
It 
does  one  merchant  no  good  to  have  his 
neighbor lose by  a  bad  debt because he has 
lost.  Much better to tell all the other  deal­
ers and  be  told  of  their  bad  customers in 
return.  And  this  is  the  indicator  which 
points  to the means of  prevention,  namely, 
a  combination  of  dealers.  Wherever  this 
has been tried it  has  been  found  to  work 
successfully.  Let  any  merchant  in a town 
of a few thousand inhabitants go to the other 
dealers and propose such  a  union; let it not 
only include the furnishing  of  a list of bod 
customers, but a  plan  for  concerted action 
on  any  point.  A  combination  will  often 
find it very easy to effect what,  single hand­
ed,  would  be  an  impossibility. 
In  how 
many towns  do  the  merchants  keep  open 
anywhere from two to five  hours more than 
is necessary,  simply  because  each  man  is 
afraid of his  neighbor?  How  many  small 
debts are lost because it does  not pay to sue 
for a small  sum?  Why  not  let  this combi­
nation hire a  good  lawyer  and  protect  the 
interests of each?  How  often  does  a mer- * 
chant have to stand  injustice  at  the  hands 
of some  railroad  or  insurance  corporation 
because he must fight his battle single hand­
ed?  Rather let them learn that justice done 
to one is j ustice done to all.  That protecting 
one dealer from a small loss is protecting them 
all. and that “many a mickle makes a muck- 
le.”

To stand with hands  in  pockets and let a 
man you know to  be  a  dead-beat victimize 
your fellow  merchants  does  not repay your 
losses; to indifferently let  some fellow deal­
er struggle against  an  imposition  does not 
prevent you  from  being  imposed  on  in the 
same identical way;  and  so it goes.  Every 
dealer  should aim not  only  to  protect him­
self,  but his class,  for what one has to stand 
all must stand, be  it  a  bad  customer or an 
unjust freight charge, and in protecting one 
you protect all.

Adulterated Molasses.
From the New York Shipping List.

It  is a well known fact  to every one con­
nected witli the  grocery trade,  that  there is 
scarcely an  article of  household  consump­
tion that is so thoroughly “doctored” before 
it reaches  the consumer’s table,  as  what  is 
now retailed as molasses.  To be a success­
ful  dealer  in  molasses  now-a-days  means 
nothing more  than  to be a  skillful  mixer; 
and to  fin<T a  gallon  of pure  molasses in a 
corner  grocery would  be as difficult  as the 
solution of  the scriptural  proverb  concern­
ing  a camel  passing  through  the eye of  a 
needle.  First  the  jobber,  who  buys  from 
the importer,  has a grand  mixing match,  in 
which  the  original  stuff  entirely loses  its 
identity.  Then the next dealer to handle it 
“doctors” it to suit his trade  and assure his 
profit, and  the  retailer  can  scarcely  resist 
the temptation  to  dash  in  something  that 
will improve its body, color or flavor, sb that 
when it reaches  the  consumer  it  would be 
difficult to determine wiiat it really contain­
ed.  But the most singular phase of this bus­
iness is  that  the  mixture, adulterated as it 
is with glucose water, salts of tin and many 
other  ingredients, 
is  more  salable  than 
straight,  unadulterated  goods,  and  even 
when placed  beside  the  pure  stuff will be 
taken  in  preference  by  the  unsuspecting 
buyer. 
It is a  relief to  know from compe­
tent authorities that a moderate use of  salts 
of tin does not make a poisonous compound, 
but it is not very assuring to  learn that it is 
a dangerous  substance  in unskilled  hands, 
and where there is no  guarantee  that it has. 
been used in homeopathic doses.

W hat Would They Think of Him.

From the Hornellsville Tribune.

A Friendship  woman  would  not  let her 
husband kiss her  at  the front gate for  fear 
people would  think  she was  the hired girl.
The total  amount  of  logs  “hung  up” by 
the drouth in  various  Michigan  streams  is 
reported at 735,700,000 feet.

Marcus  Pollasky,  president  of  the  Gra­
tiot County  Savings  Bank,  has commenced 
the erection of a .block in Alma.

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Importers,

Jobbers and 
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Retailers of

B O O K S ,
SMonurr & Snnflries,

 

20  and  22  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mioh,
GHTS22TG BOOT.
We pay the highest price for it.  Address
Peck Bros., Druggists, (jrand Rapids, Mich.

Muzzy’s Com Starch is prepared expressly 
for  food,  is  made  of .only  the best white 
com,  and is guaranteed absolutely pure.

The popularity of Muzzy’s Corn  and  Sun 
Gloss Starch is proven by the large sale, ag­
gregating  many  millions  of  pounds  each 
year.

The State Assayer of Massachusetts  says 
Muzzy’s Com Starch for  table  use,  is  per­
fectly pure,  well prepared,  and of  excellent 
quality.

Muzzy’s  Starch,  both  for  laundry  and 
table-use,  is the very best offered to the con­
sumer.  Ail  wholesale  and  retail  grocers 
sell it/

A Warning.

Pain is given for the wise purpose of inform­
ing us  of  the presence of danger and disease. 
Any iittle  excitement  of  an  unusual  nature 
disturbs  the  balance  of  the  system, the  ner­
vous  energies  are  exhausted,  and  headache 
and a hundred other disturbances  are  the  re­
sult.  Many  of  the  miseries  of  modern man 
and womanhood might be cured  and  prevent­
ed were their  approach  heeded  and  resisted, 
having  their  origin  in  derangements  of  the 
lifer  and blood, dyspepsia,  jaundice,  indiges­
tion, costiveness ana other unwholesome  con­
ditions.  Evils of a diseased nature find  a cer­
tain cure by the use of Golden Seal Bitters.  In 
this  medicine, nature,  aided  by  art,  has  pro­
duced a rare  combination  of  medicinal  prop­
erties, wisely adapted for the cure of  diseases 
common to mankind.  The vitilizing principles 
embodied in Golden Seal Bitters will assuredly 
cure the broken down dyspeptic.  Sold by Haz­
el tind,  PerkinB  &  Co.,  wholesale  druggists, 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 

163

— ARE----

EATON  &  CHRISTENSON,
EXCLUSIVE  AGENTS
A im  Ciiar Co.'s
CIGARS,

In this State for the

COLDWATER,  MICH.

Having Handled the Goods for Fifteen 
Years  with  Entire  Satisfaction  to 
Themselves and the Trade at Large. 
Dealers should remember that the
A m erioan Cigar Co.’s
Goods  can  he  obtained  only  through 
the Authorized Factory Agents.

EatoD&Christinson

77  CANAL  STREET. 

I

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and lairafadurinç Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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

WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  13,  1886.

G rand R apids T raveling Men’s Association.
President,  L.  M. Mills;  Vice-President, S. A. Sears;  Sec­
retary and Treasurer, Geo. H. Seymour;  Board of Di­
rectors, H. S. Robertson,  Geo.  F.  Owen,  J.  N.  Brad­
ford, A. B. Cole and Wm. Logie.

G rand  R apids  R ntcliers’  Union. 

President, John Katz;  Secretary, Chas. Velite; Treas­

urer, Joseph Schlaus.

f a r   Subscribers and others,  when writing 
to  advertisers, will confer a favor on  the pub­
lisher bv  mentioning that they saw the adver­
tisement in the columns of  this  papei.

The decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme 
Court,  to the effect that the  law  forbidding 
the payment of  workmen by “store orders” 
is unconstitutional, is cause for  genuine  re­
gret.  The  law  was  eminently  necessary, 
and although  not  enforced  as  it  ought  to 
have been,  it did tend to affix a stigma upon 
a practice, which has  been  fruitful in exac­
tions  and  oppressions.  But  now  that  a 
State confesses  its  inability  to  redress this 
evil,  it will be left to organized  labor to put 
an end to it.  There could be no more legit­
imate use of the power  the  Trades’ Unions 
possess, than the emancipation of labor from 
this yoke,  and the establishment of the rule 
of paying men for their labor in money, and 
not in “trade.”

Referring to the  recent  State convention, 
the  Denver  Retail  Grocer  remarks as fol­
lows:
The business men of Michigan propose to 
carry on a war that will be  very interesting 
to the  dead-beat  fraternity,  and  we  know 
they will be successful.  The  merchants of 
this State ought to follow suit.  We have  a 
good many  associations  already  organized 
in  Colorado,  and  other  towns  are  pretty 
ripe for the movement.  There should  be  a 
general business  men’s  association  formed 
A great many evils and abuses that are now 
affecting the trade could easily be overcome, 
and the merchants could find an easy way to 
trace the dead-beats that roam from town to 
town, and put a damper on them.

Hastings and Sparta organized  last week 
according  to  announcement  and  the  mer­
chants  of  Western  Antrim  country  also 
wheeled into line.  Ada joins the  ranks  on 
Thursday evening of  this  week  and  Way- 
land, Greenville and Muir are on tiie ragged 
edge.  From present  indications  Michigan 
will have eighty local  organizations  before 
the March meeting of the  State Association

The  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 

the 
Oceana  Business  Men’s  Association  and 
the  Traverse  City Business  Men’s  Associa­
tion have already affiliated with the State or­
ganization.  Other  associations  should  do 
so without delay,  in  order to  secure  the in­
formation contained in the first  Notification 
Sheet, which will  be  issued  about  October 
20.

The President’ and Secretary of  the Mich­
igan  Business  Men’s  Association  authorize 
T he T radesman*  to  state  that  they  will 
offer five dollars as  a  prize for the best sys­
tem of collection  blanks  for use in  local as­
sociations,  the premium to  be awarded by a 
committee selected  by the  next  State  con­
vention. 

________________

The gun fired  by the  Michigan  Business 
Men’s  Association  on  September  21  was 
heard as far away as New  Mexico.  A sub­
scriber of  T h e  T ra desm a n  at  Albuqaer 
que writes for blanks  and  full  instructions 
as to how to proceed  to  organize,  which in­
formation was promptly furnished.

AMONG  TH E  TRADE.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

E.  Densmore has been granted* a patent on 
a  combination  for  cementing  veneers  and 
other wood, which he claims is perfectly in- 
soluabie  and  will  never  sour, even in  the 
warmest  weather.

C.  S. Kahn,  formerly of the firm  of Kahn 
Bros.,  Cincinnati,  and  H.  Lostro,  who  was 
with  the  same  house,  have  engaged in the 
produce and commission business at 3 North 
Ionia street,  under the firm name  of  Kahn, 
Lostro & Co.

H.  I .eonard  &  Sons  are  now  pleasantly 
located with their wholesale  department  in 
their new block oh the corner of Fulton and 
Spring  streets—140  to  144  Fulton—where 
they are ready to  receive  buyers and fill all 
orders.

A ROUND  T H E   STA TE.

Richard  Ferris,  hardware  dealer  at  Bay 

City,  lias sold out.

ville, have sold  out.

iiiaw, has sold out.

Tiffany Bros.,  hardware dealers at Jones 

E.  (Mrs. Jos.  E.)  Adams,  grocer  at  Sag 

Bennett  &  Swayzie,  general  dealers 

Oxford,  have been closed by creditors.

E.  A.  Hamilton  succeeds  Hamilton 

Bennett  in  the  dmg  business  at  White 
Pigeon.

L.  H.  Town,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
grocery business  at  Breckenridge,  will en 
gage in the same business at Cadilac.

Chas.  Glasgow, the  South  Cass  general 
dealer,  lias  opened  a  branch store at Tam 
arack  Comers,  Woodland  township,  Barry 
county.

Charlevoix  Journal:  H.  P.  Cook  has 
bought Loftus Cook’s  interest in the tobac 
co store,  and has  removed’  the  stock  into

Crouter’s building, lately occupied by Budd’s } 
agate works,  and  will  keep  in  addition  a 
full stock of  confectionery,  fruit  and vege­
tables.

M AN U FA CTU RIN G   M ATTERS.

Frace & Harvey,  the Saranac  millers, are 
putting on the market a new brand of buck­
wheat.

Parker & Dutton, lumber and cider manu­
facturers at Alpine,  have  put  in a machine 
for the manufacture of picket wire fence.

The Detroit Safe Co. is  replacing  all  the 
safes sent  out  during  a  period  of  several 
months a couple  of  years ago, owing to the 
fact  that  the  packing  was  defective  and 
caused  the  doors  to  expand  so  that  they 
could not be closed.

C. E.  Brewster,  who has  long  been  iden­
tified with Gibbs Bros., at Mayfield, lias pur­
chased  the  Nickerson  sawmill, three  miles 
west  of  Kingsley,  and  will  manufacture 
cant hook  and  peavey handles  exclusively. 
He still maintains his connection with Gibbs 
Bros.

Hood &  Gale’s  mill,  at  Tioga,  is  to be 
shipped to the state of New York.  That is 
the  second  mill  to  go  from  Michigan  to 
New York  this  year,  after  having  served 
the  pine  generation  in  their 
localities. 
The Beidler mill migration from  Muskegon 
was  one  of  the  two  that  have  progressed 
backward a» it were.  New York  seems  to 
be short on old mills.

STRAY  FA C T S.

About  700  packages  of  fish  have  been 

caught in Glen Arbor bay this season.

The Doherty-Baars  Lumber Co.,  at Men­
ominee, will put in 14,000,000  feet  of  logs 
iu the vicinity of Norway.  .

A  heavy  Bay  City  lumber  firm  asserts 
that  its  sales  in  September  netted  S3  a 
thousand over sales in August.

Joe.  Lather,  late  of  Reed  City,  succeeds 
J. Aiken in the blacksmitii business at Her- 
sey.  The latter has removed to Washhurn, 
Wis.

Swan,  White & Smith lately shipped their 
last cargo of lumber  from  Muskegon,  after 
having  shipped  an  average  of  18,000,000 
feet a ypar from that point for 20 years.

Charlevoix Journal:  W.  H. Walker has 
already  picked  100  barrels  of  cranberries 
from liis marsh on the  shore  of Glen  Lake, 
but a recent  overflow  stopped  the  picking 
for the  present.  He  expects  to  have  300 
barrels more.

A.  new furniture  factory,  with  a  capital 
stock of  .$100,000,  is  contemplated  in East 
Saginaw.  Thé  prime  movers  are  Henry 
mil  Ernest  B.  Fiege  and  Mr.  Silisby. 
East Çaginaw  offers  a  bonus of $10,000 for 
such an enterprise.

C.  B. Lambert, agent for Davis & Rankin, 
has closed a contract for  a  $5,000 creamery 
at Grandville  to  be  known  as  the  Grand 
River  Valley  Creamery.  Jas.  Horton will 
manage  the  enterprise,  which  will go into 
operation April 1.

The log barge Michigan, which  is  said to 
have  proved  unprofitable  as  a  log  carrier 
from the  Spanish  river  region  to  Alpena, 
was lately at Marquette  for  a  load  of  iron 
ore. 
It is claimed that  she  can carry 2,000 
tons of ore, and  is  described  as  the largest 
vessel ever in the port of Marquette.

Purely Personal.

E.  J.  Herrick,  President  of  the  Retail 
Grocers’  Association,  has  gone  to  Elyria, 
Ohio,  where he will spend  a  month,  visit­
ing the scenes-of his birth place.  He is  ac­
companied by his wife and daughter.

Harry  Fairchild  has  got  his  hands full 
this week.  Besides looking after  the  com­
fort of a couple of  hundred druggists,  he  is 
entertaining his sister, Miss Belle Fairchild, 
of Rochester, N.  Y.

Geo.  P. Gifford, Jr., and A. S.  Doak wen 
to Traverse  City last  week and took a fish 
ing trip with  Will  Ashton, of  the  firm  of 
Ashton  Bros.  Before  leaving  for  home. 
Gifford and  Doak  begged  nearly all of  the 
fish caught by the trio and stole the remain 
der,  and  when  the  fish  arrived  in  Grand 
Rapids they got in a fight  over the division.! 
Friends  interferred  and  the  difficulty  was 
arranged in an amicable  manner.

Robert M.  Floyd  responded  to  the  toast 
“The Ladies,” at the recent banquet  of  the 
New  York  Seventh  Veterans,  at  Chicago, 
in the course of which he got off the follow­
ing hit on his own sex:

And now the husband, still a lover.
O’er the dying fire hover,

And his wife so true and tried,
Listening to the wind outside.

When with cherry laugh 
Till he makes her through ,his taffy, 

He calls her idol of his soul,
llring another hod of coal.

Western Antrim  County  Presents  a  Solid 

Front.

Ce n t r a l L a k e,  Oct.  6,1886.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Itapids:

•

D e a r Sin—At a  meeting  held  at  Eastr 
port, on Tuesday evening, Oct. 5,  to consid­
er the  advisability  of  forming  a  Business 
Men’s Protective Association,  a  permanent 
organization was effected,  and the following 
officers were elected:

Lake. 
port.
Lake.

President—F.  II.  Thurston,  of  Central 
Vice-President—L.  R.  Rogers,  of  East- 
Secretary—Geo.  L.  Thurston,  of  Central 
Treasurer—C.  L. Harris, of  Eastport.
It is the purpose of the organization to in­
clude in its membership the business men of 
Bellaire,  Eastport,  Central  Lake,  Torch 
Lake,  Atwood,  Norwood,  Spencer  Creek 
and other small towns in this part of Antrim 
county.  The next meeting is called at East- 
port, on Tuesday eveqjng, October 19.

Geo. L.  Thurston, Sec’y.

C. Stocking,  Grattan.
Ed. Roys, Roys Bros., Coral.
C. K. Hoyt.  Hudsonville.
Henry DeKline, Jamestown.
G. N. Reynolds, Belmont.
K. Mulder, Fremont.
H. G. Green, Petoskey.
J. Marlatt,  Berlin.
Knapp & Walsworth, Howard City.
F. C. Stone, Cedar Springs.
F. E. Campan, Alaska.
Adam Wagner, Eastman ville.
Cornell & Griswold, Griswold.
Jay Marlatt, Berlin..
Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg.
Geo. Carrington, Trent.
Scoville & McAuley. Edgerton.
Wm.  VerMenlen, Beaver Dam.
Nicholas Bouma, Fisher.
Geo. Cardinal. Ashton.
Vclsey Bros., Lamont.
8. D. Goss, Lowell.
Smith & Bristol, Ada.
Harvey Cockell, Mears.
John Gunstra, Lamont.
H. Rice, Alpine.
Wm. Karsten, Beaver Dam.
G. TenHoor, Forest Grove.
A. C. Karclay, Crosby.
John W. Mead, Berlin.
G. H. Walbrink, Allendale.
M. J. Howard, Englishville.
J. Omler. Wright.
Neal McMillan, Rockford.
R. B. McCullock, Berlin..
G. C. Baker, Lebarge.
,T. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
IT. DeVries,  Jamestown.
Narragang & Son, Byron Center.
McDonald & Travis, St. Johns.
John Cole, Fremont.
Mr. Paton, Paton & Andrus, Shelby. 
Lawrence Ware, Sand Lake.
G. W. Bullock, Reed City.
P. T. Cook, Reynolds.
M. Heyboer & Bro., Drenthe.
Wm. Rose, Hose Bros., Allendale.
L. H. Town, Cadillac.
J. C. Drew, Rockford.
R. Gannon, White Cloud.
Woodruff &Monk, Saranac.
Gus. Begman, Bauer.
Cole & Cnapel, Ada.
Jas. Wilson,  Cutler &  Savidge  Lumber  Co., 
Edrnore and Stanton.
W. W. Forrester, Pierson.
C. E. Chapin, Stanton.
John Danaher, Baldwin.
Geo. A. Sage, Rockgord.
Wm. Thomas & Son, Bowne.
E. E. Rice,  Croton.
A. Purchase, South Blendon.
W. N. Hutchinson, Grant.
J. H. Murray, South  Boardman.
A. Norris, A. Norris & Son,  Casnovia.
C. Durkee, Altoua.
E. W. Pickett, Wayland.
John Spring, Spring & Lindley, Bailey. 
Henry Harding, Bridgeton.
W. I. Woodruff, Copley.
Mr. Frost, Benton & Frost, Whitehall.

The Peppermint Yield.

“The peppermint  crop  turned  out better 
than was anticipated,”  said  Graham  Roys, 
the other day,  “The  late  rains  helped  the 
new  planting  very  materially,  in  conse­
quence of which the  total  yield  was nearer 
an average crop than  any one was led to ex­
pect.  Only  tha  small  growers  are selling 
their  oil,  the  heavy  holders  preferring  to 
hold their stocks for higher prices.”

Good Words Unsolicited.

G.  Whitten,  grocer,  Petoskey:  “ It  is  well 

worth the price charged for it.”

Rice & Lillie, general  dealers,  Coopersville: 

“We could not keep house  without it.”

A. Shook, druggist, Coral  Would not know 

how to get along without T he Tradesman.”

%

The Gripsack Brigade.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Silas K. Bolles is on  a tour  of  the towns 

in Eastern Michigan.

Chas. F. Bigelow,  representing James K.
P. Pine,  of Chicago, was  in  town on  Sun­
day.
,C. S. Kelsey,  President  of  the  Michigan 
Division, T. P. A.» is in  town for  a  day or 
two.*.

B.  F.  Emery  started  out  Monday  for  a 
trip around the State in the interest of  Wm. 
L.  Ellis & Co., of Baltimore.

Perley W.  Hall has sold the grocery stock 
at Benton  Harbor  which  lie  recently  pur­
chased of W.  II.  Woodley  to  S.  A.  Went­
worth,  who will continue the business.

W.  H.  Hunt,  late with  Lawrence & Cha­
pin,  of  Kalamazoo,  now  represents  the 
Grand  Rapids  Portable  House  Co  in  the 
South.  He is at present  located at Charles­
ton and is meeting with good success.

Frank H. White, who has  worked steadi­
ly for three years without a breathing spell, 
left  Saturday for  a  two  weeks’ visit  with 
friends  at  Chippewa  Falls, Wis.  John C. 
Dunton will  go  over  his  route  in  his ab­
sence.

J.  L.  Streletsky, Michigan  representative 
for the Roper & Baxter Cigar Co.,  of Chica­
go, has concluded  to  make  Grand  Rapids 
his headquarters,  having  removed his fami­
ly here and  taken  up  Ills  residence  at 128 
Canal street.

Geo. McKay and wife reached Los Angeles 
September  26,  and  have  secured  pleasant 
quarters  and  gone to house-keeping..  Mrs. 
McKay’s  health  is  somewhat 
improved, 
eo. has made an engagement with the Los 
Angeles Rubber Stamp Co.  for  the present.
Frank Oatman, traveling  salesman for R. 
P.  Gustin  &Co.,  Bay  City,  left  home  on 
Sept.  28,  going  to  Vassar,  Millington  and 
East Saginaw.  He  was  seen  in  the latter 
place Oct.  1,  since  which  time  no  tiding» 
have been heard of him.  Mr Oatman’s wife 
fears that lie has been foully dealt with, but 
there are suspicions of suicide.

Since the advent of  A.  F.  Peake’s young­
ster,  his house  has  been deluged  with  cir­
culars setting  forth  the  merits of  the var­
ious  baby  foods,  baby  carriages,  baby 
swings, etc.  Mr.  Peake  was  much pleased 
with the attention  shown  him  at first,  but 
when his circular  mail  increased  to about a 
bushel a day,  the tiling  began to get monot­
onous.  A. A.  Howard  is  the man who put 
the job up on him.

Hotel Gazette:  Commercial  travelers are 
talking of organizing a  boycott  against  the 
licensed bandits known as sleeping  car por­
ters,  whose  frequent  demands  for  “fifty 
cents all around” mount up in the  course of 
a year to  thousands  of  dollars.  We  wish 
the  traveling  men  success.  Certainly  the 
sleeping car monopolies exact  enough  from 
their patrons  for  very  ordinary  accomoda­
tions to be able to pay  their  servants  living 
wages.

VISITING  BUYERS.

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

162*

Advertisements of 25 words or  less  Inserted 
in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, 
or  50  cents  for  three weeks.  Advance  pay­
ment.
Advertisements  directing  that  answers  be 
sent in care of this office m ust be accompanied 
by.25 cents extra, to cover expense of postage, 
etc.
SI>OR SALE—Good  assortment  of  millinery 
at half m arket value;  also building fitted 
1 
expressly for business, with convenient living 
rooms  attached.  Great  bargain.  Address 
I*ock Box 10, Lakeview, Mich. 
162*
ATT ANTED—Situation  in  a  drug  store  by a 
v V 
registered pharmacist.  References.  Ad­
dress E. R.. Box 35, Climax, Mich. 
TXT ANTED—Partner  who  will  take  half in­
ly  
terest  in  a  grocery  store  and  manage 
same.  I  have  brick  store  in  live  city  well 
adapted'  to  grocery  business,  but  am  unac­
quainted  with  that line  of  trade.  Applicant | 
m ust be  able  to furnish  unexceptional refer­
ences,  Address, “Grocery,”  box  33, Big  Rap­
ids, Mich. 
162
■ OR SALE—1,000 cords seasoned beech wood, 
delivered in Grand Rapids for $1.45.  Geo. 
162*
Gokey, West  Olive, Mich. 
■
ANTED—By  young  married  man, situa­
tion in retail grocery store.  Eight years’ 
xperience.  Good references.  Address “ Sales­
man,” care The Tradesman. 
■
ANTED—Situation by registered pharma­
cist who has had  extensive  experience. 
Reference as to honesty and  ability.  Address 
J.M ., Box 435, Reed City, Mich. 
TXT ANTED—Employment,  office  preferred, 
V i 
eighteen  years’  experience,  wholesale 
and  retail,  clerk,  book-keeper  and traveling 
salesman—mostly in hardware trade.  Will  go 
anywhere in the State.  Address 282, care  The 
Tradesman. 
160*
■ ANTED—To know of some live little town 
in Northern Michigan in need of  a  bar­
ber  shop.  .  Address  Box  1»,  Kalarno,  Eaton 
County, Mich.

164*

161*

IF  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 T h e   T r a d e s m a n .  A 
twenty-five word  advertisement  costs  but  25 
cents a week or 50 cents for three weeks.

------AND-----

A  GOOD  PROPERTY

Business  For  Sale

At Summit City, Mich.,

Consisting of a well selected  stock  of  Gen­
eral Merchandise suited to the  trade  and  a 
new  two-run  Burr  Grist  Mill.  This  mill 
was put up  by  a  first-class  workman  and 
started  to  run  Sept.  23d.  Building  new 
and in good  shape,  No  shoddy  stock  or 
building.  Good location.

G.  C.  WILLEY.

FOX  &  BRADFORD,

Agents for a full line of

PETERSBURG,  VA.,

PLUG  TOBACCOS,
NIMROD,
E.  C.,

BLUE  RETER,

SPREAD  EAGLE,

BIG FIVE CENTER.

RETAIL  BROCERS.

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winter trade?  If  so,  read  the  following  low  prices,  on  my 
LEADING BRANDS  OF  SOAPS, which are  guaranteed  equal 
to SIMILAR brands of any soap maker,  for they are  time-tried 
and fire-tested.

LAUNDRY  SO A PS.

Acme. 
ilar to American Family. 

“LATHER,” 1 lb. and 3 lb. bars, 60 lbs in box. 'Similar to
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“OLD  COUNTRY,” “improved,” 801 lb. bars in box.  Sim­
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Same.  5 to 10 boxes.  Ditto.  -
“UNO,” 100 12 oz. oval bars in box.  Similar to Lenox.
“CITY,” iOO 12 oz. bars in box.  Similar to Town Talk. 
“WHITE  SWAN,”  IOO  12  oz.  bars in  box.  A  elegant 
Floating Soap, similar to Ivory.
“QUICK  WORK,”  IOO  12  oz.  bars in box.  A splendid 
Labor Saving Soap, similar to Frank Siddell’s or New 
French Process. 
4.75
“IMPERIAL  LAUNDRY,” IOO 11 oz. bars in box.  Similar 
to Mono, but not colored green. 
2.50
No new patent, quick, cold-made process used in their  making,  such  Soaps  have 

Per box.
$3.00
3.50
3.40
3.75
3.15
6 .0 0

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Yosemite  Bouquet, W hite  Clover, Honey, Clipper, Glycer­
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most complete line of FINE  MILLED Toilet Soaps on this Con­
tinent.

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  handle these Soaps and always find  them  exactly  as 
represented.  QUICK  SALE  and  not  to  be  excelled  by any other make of Soaps in 
price, quality, style, or stock.
Terms, 60 days or 2 per cent, off for cash in  10 days, 5 box. lots or  upwards  deliv­
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Manufactured only by

A X jXjS M   b .  W R . I S L E Y ,

H.. L. H all, sta te  A gent, 

479, 4 3 1, 483 Fifth Ave., Chicago. 

Office  141  Bates St., Detroit, Mich.

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BRAND

Our Oysters are packed only at Packing House.  W e do not cater for Slack Filled 
or cheap Bulk Trade, better known as Fresh  Water  Snaps;  but  handle  nothing  but 
choice Salt Sea Stock.  A Trial will Convince You.  Prices from  Baltimore  or  Grand 
Rapids  furnished  on  application.

W c carry a large stock of

Consignments of Game Solicited.

S ea  and  Lake  Fish,  in   Packages.
33.  F .  EAffEFLYT,

O 7  CANAL ST. 

Manager.

Order a sample case of

HONEY BEE COFFEE.  .
PRINCESS  BAKING  POWDER,

Equal to the Best in the market.

J. H. Iip i &
PURE.  I  NEW  PROCESS  STARCH.

59  Jefferson  ave.,  Detroit, Mich..

SWEET.
This Starch having th e  light  Starch  and  Gluten 
One-Tliirci  Less

removed,

Cah be used than any other in th e M arket.

M anufactured by th e

FIRMENICH  MNFG. CO.

Factories:  M arshalltow n,  Iow a;  P eoria,  Ills.

Offices  at  Peoria,  Ills.

FOR  SALE  BY  *

SURE.

STRONG. Clark,  Jewell  &  Co.

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 É

R eference:  FIR ST

I. W ater St., Oliloago, XU,
NATIONAL  BANK.

WHOLESALE

Full Line Key West Goods in Stock.
Full Line of all Staple Plugs Kept in Stack.

Sole Agents for Celebrated’

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

tilla, Our Nickle,  The Rats, 

Fox’s Clipper.

76 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

E xclu si v kl y W iio l e s a l e.

Or d er Sa m p l e M iiy  Ma il.

COAL, AND  BUILDING MATERIALS.
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows:

“ 

“ 

1  00 1
Ohio White Lime, per  bbl.................... 
85 j
Ohio White Lime, car lots.................... 
Louisville Cement,  per bbl.................. 
1 30 i
Akron Cement per  bbl........................  
1 30
Buffalo Cement,  per bbl......................  
1  30 j
.................... 1  05@1  10 |
Car lots 
Plastering hair, per b u .........................  25®  30 j
Land plaster, per to n ........................... 
3 50
Land pi aster, car lots............................_ 
_  2 50
Fire brick, per  M.................................. $25 @ $35
Fire clay, per bbl.................................. 
3 00
Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots. .$5 75@6 00 
Anthracite,#tove and nut, car lots..  6 C0@6 25
Caunell, oar lots.............................. „  .  ®6 00 1
Ohio Lump, car lots............................  3  10®3 25
BJossburgor Cumberland, c»r lots..  4 50®5 00 
Portland Cement............................   3 50©4 00 I

COAL.

W M . SEA RS & GO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

Agents  for

AMBOY  CHEESE.

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

  FULLER  & STOWE COMPANY,

'
Engravers and Printers

D esigners

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

Autographs, Etc., on Short Notice.

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

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

S.  HETMAN & SON, SHOW  CASE

48  CANAL  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  3IICH.

MANUFACTUEEES.

Every style o f Show Cases, in w alnut, cherry, m ahogany, oak or bird’s-eye maple on hand or made to order. 
Illustrated Catalogue and Price-List mailed on application.  M erchants 

Best of workm anship and lowest prices. 
are invited to cali and look over our line w hen iu the city.

RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO.,
BOOTS  AND  SHOES.

MANUFACTURERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

AGENTS  FOR THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

14 and 16 Pearl Street, 

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

OBERNE,  HOSICK  &  CO.,

Manufacturers of FINE  LAUNDRY a i  TOILET  SOAPS,

1QO Mioliigan St., Oliicago, 111.

W e m ake th e following brands:

HARD WATER, Linen, German Family, Sweet 16, W hite Satin, 

Country  Talk, Mermaid, it will float, Silver Brick, Daisy, 

W hite Prussian, Glycerine Family, Napkin, Royal.

Our  HARD  WATER  Soap can be  used  in  either  hard  or  soft  water,  and  will go 
one quarter farther than any  other  Soap  made. 
(Trade  mark,  girl  at  pump.)  We  are 
getting orders for it now from all parts  of  the  country.  Send  for  a  sample  order.  We 
pay all railroad and boat freights.  Our goods are not in Michigan Jobbing house«.

A. HTJFFORD, General A gent, Box 14,  GRAND  It A M D S,  M ICH.

W rite m e for Prices.

L.  M.  CARY.

CART <& LOVERIDGE,

L.  L.  LOVEK1DGE.

GENERAL  DEALERS  IN

F ire and Burglar Proof

Combination and Time Locks,

11 Ionia Street, 

Grand Rapids, Mich.
MICHIGAN  OIGAE  00.

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M anufacturers of the Celebrated

U V E .   C

  C
Leading 10c Cigar; and

.

.

T U M   Y U M ,

The best 5c Cigar in the Market.

SICS-  FLAF1DS, 

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MICH,

OB.DBK

Our Xae&der Sm oking j Our Leader F in e Cut 

15c per pound. 

j 

33c per pound.

Our Leader Skcrts,  j  Our Leader Cigars,

16c per pound.

$30 per M.
TH©  B est  In.  the  W orld .

Clark, Jew ell &  Co.,

BOLE  AGENTS  FO R

Dwinell, Hayward & Co.’s Royal Java Coffee;  and 

O’Brien & Murray’s “Hand Made Cigar.”

Organization of the Sparta Business Men's 

Association.

Accompanied  by A.  S. Burnell,  Secretary 
of Burnell’s Retail Collecting and Reporting 
Agency, of  Marshalltown,  Iowa,  the  editor 
of  T h e  T ra d esm a n  visited  §parta  last 
Friday  evening,  for  the  purpose  of  assist­
ing in  the  formation  of  a  business men’s 
association.  C. O.  Cain was selected to act 
as  chairman  and  E.  C. Fisk  as  secretary. 
The  constitution  of  the Hastings Business 
Men’s  Association—which*  is  given  in full 
on another page of  this  week’s paper—was 
adopted  witl^ a  few  minor  amendments, 
when  the  following  gentlemen  presented 
their  names for charter  membership in  the 
Association:  C.  O.  Cain,  A.  B.  Cheney, 
Ed.  Snyder,  J.  R.  Harrison,  S.'S.  He«sel- 
tine, *J. M.  Balcom,  O.  H.  Woodiu,  E.  C. 
Fisk,  Hinman & Ballard,  S.  H. Ballard,  M. 
B.  Nash,  L.  E.  Paige.

The  election  of  officers  resulted  as  fol­

lows:

President—J.  R.  Harrison,
Vice-President—S.  S.  Hesseltine.
Secretary—M. B. Nash.
Treasurer—S.  H. Ballard.
Executive  Committee—President,  Secre­
tary,  Treasurer,  L.  E.  Paige  and  A.  B. 
Cheney.

The appointment  of  the  Business  Com­
mittee  was  deferred  until  the  next  meet­
ing.

Mr. Burnell addressed the meeting on the 
subject of  concerted  action  iu dealing with 
the  delinquent,  and  Mr.  Stowe  explained 
the aims and objects  of  the Michigan Busi­
ness Men’s  Association,  suggesting that the 
benefits  secured  would  warrant the Sparta 
Association in becoming  an auxiliary to the 
State organization.

A system of  blanks  was adopted—one to 
be sent out  by the merchant and one by the 
Banker  Cheney—when 
the  meeting  ad­
journed.

The  Sparta  Business  Men’s  Association 
starts out under favorable auspices and will 
undoubtedly play an important  part  in  the 
development  of  Sparta  and  the prosperity 
of her business men.

Traverse  City  Business  Men’s  Associa­

tion.

T r a v e r se Cit y ,  Oct.  11,  188G.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:
De a r  Sir —Enclosed  please find  express 
order for  88.90,  as  per  capita  tax  for  our 
Association.
Our  regular  meeting  held  Oct. 5  was  a 
rouser.  After hearing reports from the del­
egates to the State Association, the members 
expressed  themselves  as  highly pleased at 
the honor and courtesy shown the delegates 
by the  Grand  Rapids  Grocery’ Association, 
and they also  expressed  their  gratitude  to 
the other delegates for the honor shown our 
Association by electing our President to the 
office of President.
The  matter  of  early closing was  talked" 
quite  freely  and  I  think  some  good  will 
arise from it,  as  one firm  [Hamilton & Mil- 
liken—Ed.]  lias  already commenced  early 
closing,  keeping  open  two  nights  in  the 
week.  Other firms will soon follow.
The matter of collecting bad accounts was 
discussed and a  new  method  presented by 
President  Hamilton  was  laid  before  the 
meeting and  finally referred  to  the Rating 
Committee to decide upon.

Yours  truly, 

C. E.  L o c k w o o d .

Sec’y Traverse City B.  M.  A.
The  Good  News  Reaches  New  Mexico.

A lbu q u erq u e,  N.  M.,  Oct.  5,  188(5.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

Dear Sir —At the  request of  several  of 
the grocers  here,  I  write  you for a copy of 
the by-laws  of  your  associations; also for a 
copy  of  the  notices  sent  to  delinquent 
debtors and  also for  apy other  information 
you can give us about organizing here.  We 
have  been  reading  about  the  organization 
there in  your paper and are  very much  in­
terested.  Any  expense  attending  sending 
them will be remitted at once.

Yours truly, 

A l f r e d  Cra w fo rd.

Special Meeting of the  State Board of  Di­

rectors.

All members of the State  Board of Dirçc- 
tors of  the Michigan Division of  the  Trav­
elers’ Protective  Association  are  requested 
to be present  at  a  special  meeting  of  the 
Board,  to be held at  the Morton House par­
lors,  ifl the city of  Grand. Rapids, on Octo­
ber 29,  at 2 p.  m. 

L eo.  A.  Caro,

By order  of 
Cr a w fo rd S.  K e l se y ,  President.

Secretary.

Organization at Manton.

From the Manton Tribune.

The Business  Men’s  Association  met  at 
the  Secretary’s  office.  Wednesday,  and 
transacted the  little  business  that come be­
fore them,  had a good  neighborly  talk and 
adjourned.  We are privileged  to  say  that 
the Association  is  already  developing  into 
one of the  best  institutions  in  the village, 
both for its members and the town.  May it 
continue to  prosper.
After the Delinqent—Advertising the Town.

L yons,  Oct.  6,  1886.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

De a r  Sir—Our Association has  voted to 
publish  the  names  of all  dead-beats  who 
refuse to pay attention to “Blank B.”
We are getting out a neat circular for  the 
purpose of advertising our village and when 
they are out, I will send you a copy.

Yours  truly, 

D. A.  R eynolds, 

. 
Sec’y Lyons Business Men’s  Association.
A.  S. Burnell, Secretary  and  Manager  of 
the Burnell Retail Collecting and Reporting 
Agency, put in  a  couple  of  -days at Grand 
Rapids last week,  seeking rest  and  recrea­
tion and information  relative to  the plan of 
the Michigan  associations.  When the  sys­
tem was explained  to  him,  lie  was  free to 
assert  that  the  Wolverine  organizations 
were on a broad and  solid foundation,  from 
which  no  earthquake  coûld  shake  them. 
Mr.  Burnell’s  operations  extend  entirely 
over Iowa and Nebraska  and over a portion 
of Kansas,  Illinois,  Wisconsin  and  Minne­
sota,  and the results are so satisfactory that 
he  contemplates enlarging  his  scope of op­
erations.

Association Work  in Cleveland.

From the Cleveland Leader, Oct. 6.

The  Retail  Grocers’  Association  met in 
executive session last  night at  the Board of 
Trade rooms.  The doors  were  guarded  by 
a stalwart sergeant-at-arms  to  keep  out re­
porters.  The executive session was held so 
that the  members  would feel no delicacy in 
mentioning the  names  of  their  delinquent 
customers.  One  hundred  and  twenty gro­
cers were present,  and all took an active in­
terest in the  proceedings,  twenty-eight new 
members being  received.  Twenty-five resi­
dents  of  Cleveland  who failed to pay their 
grocery bills were  placed  on the delinquent 
list and turned  over  to the  tender  mercies 
of the  law  department.  The  law  depart­
ment  reported that 8125 of delinquent debts 
had  been  collected  during  the  past  two 
weeks, a large  portion  of  which  had  been 
outlawed.  The secretary was  instmeted to 
infonn  signers of the  two petitions for  the 
organization of the original society,  and the 
members of the same  before the recent con­
solidation,  that they would have to sign the 
new enrollment  books before they would be 
recognized as members  of  the new  associa­
tion.  The  discussion  of  the  evening  was 
upon  the  liquor  question.  A  number  of 
grocers sell liquor  and  the  law department 
asked  if  they  were  supposed  to  collect 
liquor bills for the members.  After an hour 
of sharp debate,  it  was  decided that the as­
sociation was for  grocery men  and  that the 
liquor league would protect the  liquor inter­
est.  The law department was instructed to 
collect no  liquor  bills,  but  if  a  delinquent 
debtor wanted to  pay such a bill  they could 
receive the money.  The matter of incorpor­
ation was  discussed and  action indefinitely 
postponed.  The meeting last night was the 
best  attended of any  yet held,  and the gro­
cers  are  very  much  encouraged  over  the 
rapid growth and  deep interest taken in the 
association.

Will  Have “ The Tradesman.”

J. L.*Manning, proprietor of the Manning 
House,  at Kalkaska, is  about as  cunning as 
they make’em.  Two  or  three  years  ago, 
lie sent in his subscription to T iie  T r a d es­
m an,  which was  accepted  under  the  sup­
position  that lie  was a merchant.  As soon 
as  the  mistake  was  discovered, his, name 
was erased  from  the  books and the money 
paid was returned.  He then induced a phy­
sician who was  boarding  witli  him at  the 
hotel  to  subscribe  for  the  paper, but  the 
editor  “smelled  a  mice”  and  declined the 
subscription.  Then  Mr.  Manning  wrote  a 
threatening  letter,  stating  that  he  was de­
termined  to have  the paper,  if  not  by fair 
means then by foul.  Nothing  further  was 
heard  from’  him  until  about  a  week  ago, 
when  the following letter came to hand: 
K a l k a sk a ,  Oct.  6,1886.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:
D e a r  Sir—When  you  cut me  off  from 
T h e T ra d esm a n, on account of some crank 
here,  you evidently thought  I  could not get 
T h e T ra d esm a n,  but I took  it regular for 
a year after that—not in  my own name,  but 
Mr.  C.  S. White, who runs the book store in 
the post office,  had it come in  his name and 
then put  it  in  my box; so  you see there  is 
more than one  way to  skin a cat. 
I do not 
want it so  much for  myself  as I do for the 
traveling men  who  stop  with  me,  as they 
always want  it to look at  when here.

Yours truly, 
The Cooperage Market.

J.  L.  Ma n n in g.

Thus far,  the present season  has  been  a 
fa ir one, but lias been neither above nor  be­
low the average.  Prices remain  extremely 
moderate and the demand is not as  large as 
it should  be for this time of year.  Taking 
it as a whole,  Michigan  must  be  “looking 
up” in the cooperage industry,  for  while  a 
few years ago most of the large stave  mills 
sent the greater part of  their  stock  to  dis­
tant markets,  they now  find  sale  for  most 
of it in their own State.  There are no indi­
cations  of  a  “boom  at  present,  although 
there will be a great demand for  apple  bar­
rel  stock  tiie  latter  part  of  the  present 
month.

A German firm is preparing  to  manufac­
ture  on a commercial  scale  saccharine,  the 
new  substance  which 
is  many  times  as 
sweet as sugar.

c o o p e r a g e .

 

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HEADS.

STAVES.
“ 

D. Quay quotes as follows, f. o. b. at  Bailey: 
@  6 00
Red oak flour bbl. staves...............M 
@  5 25
Elm 
M 
@31  00
White oak tee staves, s’d and j ’t.M 
“  M  19 50@22 00
White oak pork bbl. 
Produce barrel staves................... M 
@ 4  75
@17  00
Tight bbl. and li’ds to m atch........ M 
Tierce, dowelled and circled, se t__  
15@  16
Pork, 
“  __  
*• 
*• 
12®  13
Tierce  heads,  square...............$  M  23 09@26 90
Pork bbl. “ 
...............$  M  19 00@21 00
Produce barrel, se t............................■  @  4
Flour 
** 
@  414
Cull  wood  heading.......................3)i@  3)4
White oak and hickory tee, 8 f’t.
White oak and hickory  “  7i4f’t.
Hickory  flour  bbl....................
Asta, round  “ 
“  ...................
Ash, flat lacked, 654 f’t ...........
Coiled  elm ................................
DARRELS.

M 11 00@12 50
M 10 00® 11 00
M 7 00®  8 25
M 6 00®  6 75
M 3 75@  4 50
Ö00®  7 (0

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White oak pork barrels, h’d m’d.M 
.M 1 00®  1 10
e..
85® 95
White oak pork barrels, m achine..
White oak lard  tierces__
1 15®  1 25
75@ 90
Beef and lardfhalf barrels 
1 00®  1 10
Custom barrels, one  head.
Flour  barrels.....................
30® 37
25® 28
Produce  barrels................

HOOPS.

HARDW OOD  LUMBER.

The furniture factories  here, pay  as  follows 
for dry stock:
Basswood, log-run...
............... 
@13 00
Birch, log-run...........
............... 15 00@18 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2...
...............  @25 00
Black Ash, log-run...
...............  @13 00
Cherry,  log-run........
............... 25 00@35  00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and 2.
............... 45 00@50 00
Cherry,  cull.......«.  ..
...............  @10 00
Maple,  log-run.
................13 00@15  00
Maple, soft,  log-run...........................12 00@14  00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2..............................  @20 00
@25 Oo
Maple, clear, flooring......................... 
Maple, white, selected....................... 
@25  Oo
Red Oak, log-run................................. 
@18 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2......................... 
@24 00
Red Oak, quarter  saw ed... .............  
@35  00
Red Oak, No.  1, step  plank.............. *  @25 00
Walnut, log-run..................................  
@55  00
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2..........................   @75  00
Walnuts,  culls....................................  @25 00
  @13 00
Grey  Elm, log-run........................ 
White Ash,  log-run........................... 14 00@16 00
Whitewood,  log-run.......................... 
©23 00

LUMBER. LATH  AND SHINGLES.

Uppers, 1 inch.................................. per M $14 00
Uppers,H4. 1V4 an d 2 in c h ....,................  46 00
Selects, 1 inch..............................................  35 00
Selects, 1&, 1)4 and 2  inch........................   38 (X)
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 qO
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet.........................  17  00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 loet.......  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., 20feet..........................   17  00
Nq. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet.......  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet.........................  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet........................   14 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 13,14 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 fe et..........................  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 feet........................   13 00
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  culls,  al
9 00
widths and  lengths.......................... 8 00 
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 i n ............................  33 00
C Strips, 4 or 6 inch................ ...................   27 90
Np. 1 Fencing, all  lengths.........................  15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  feet...............  12 00
No. 2 Fencing. 16 feet................................   12 Oo
No. 1 Fencinv. 4  inch.................................  15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 4  inch.................................  12  q0
Norway C and better, 4 or 6 inch.............   20 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, A and  B..................  18 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C...............................  14 50
Bevel Siding, 6 inch. No. 1  Common__  
9 00
Bevel Siding,  6 inch,  Clear.....................   20 (X)
Piece Stuff,2x4 to 2x12,12 to 16 f t ............  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
«X X X 18 in.  Thin.....................................  
3 00
| XXX 16 in................................................. 
2  75
No. 2 or 6 in. C. B 18 in. Shingles............... 
1  75
No. 2or 5 in. C. B. 16  in .............................. 
140
Lath  .................................. .................  1  75® 2 00

WOODENtVARE.

Standard  Tubs, No. 1.....................................5 25
Standard  Tubs, No. 2.....................................4 25
Standard  Tubs, No. 3..................................... 3 25
Standard Pails, two hoop.............................. 1  25
Standard Pails, three hoop........................... 1  50
Pails, ground wood 
.'.............................4  06
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes.......................... 2 00
B utter  Pails, ash........................................¿..2  50
Butter Ladles..................................................1  00
Rolling P ins.....................................................  75
Potato  Mashers........ ......................................  50
Clothes Pounders........................................... 2 25
Clothes Pins.....................................................  60
Mop Stocks.......................................................l 00
Washboards, single........................................ 1 75
Washboards, double.......................................2 25
Diamond  M arket............................................  40
Bushel, narrow band.....................................1 60
Bushel, wide band..........................................l  75
Clothes, splint.  No. 1..................................... 3 50
Clothes, splint,  No. 2..................................... 375
Clothes, splint,  No. 3..................................... 4 ¿0
Clothes, willow  No. 1.....................................6 00
Clothes, willow  No. 2.....................................7 00
Clothes, willow  No. 3.............   ..................... 8 On
W ater  Tight, bu................   .......................... 3  75
“  h a ifb u .....................................2 85

BASKETS.

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MISCELLANEOUS.

Hemlock Bark—Local buyers are paying $5.50 
for  offerings  of  new bark.  The  demand  is 
not very active.

Ginseng—Local  dealers  pay  $1.50  ^   lb  for 

clean washed roots.

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

I f o a r b w a r e .

These  prices  are  for cash buyers,  wh®  pay 

promptly and buy in full  packages.

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

 

dis 

BELLS.

BARROWS.

BALANCES.

Ives’,  old style....................„ ................. dis60&10
N.  H. C. Co................................................dis60&10
Douglass’
................................................dis60&10
Pierces’ ....................................  
Alis60&10
Snell’s ........................................................dis60&10
Cook’s  ...................................................... dis40&10
Jennings’,  genuine........................................... dis 25
Jennings’, imitation................................dis50&10
Spring........................ 
40
Railroad...................................................... $  13 00
Garden...................................................... net 33 00
H an d ..............................................dis  $ 60&10&10
60&10
C°w.................................................... dis 
30&15
C all...................................................dis 
G ong................................................. dis 
25
60&10
Door. Sargent..................................dis 
Stove.......................................................dis $ 
40
Carriage  new  list.................................dis 
75
Plow  .  . ................................................. dis  30&10
Sleigh Shoe............................................ dis 
75
Wrought Barrel  Bolts.........................dis  60&10
Cast Barrel  Bolts.................................dis  60&10
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs.................... dis 
60
Cast Square Spring.............................. dis 
60
Cast C hain......................................  
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob............. dis  60&10
Wrought Square ....;  ......................... dis  60&10
Wrought Sunk Flush...........................dis 
60
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
F lush...................................................dis  C0&10
Ives’  Door..............................................dis  60&10

dis 60&10

BOLTS.

BRACES.

f

BUTTS. CAST.

__ dis
...... dis

B arber................................................... dis $ 
40
Backus...................................................dis  50&10
Spofford..
50
Am. Ball............
net
Well, plain........
3 50
Well, swivel......
4 00
Cast Loose Pin, figured......................... dis  70&10
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin  bronzed...........dis  70&10
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.. dis  60&10
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint..dis  60&10
Wrought  Loose  Pin..............................dis  6Ü&10
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip ............. dis  60& 5
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned..............dis 80& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tip p e d ...................................................dis  60& 5
Wrought Table..............................  
  dis  10&60
Wrought  Inside  Blind...........................dis  10&60
75
Wrought Brass.................................. . dis 
80
Blind, OLük’s ...........................................dis 
Blind, Parker’s ........................................dis 
”80
Blind,  Shepard’s.....................................dis 
70

CAPS.

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

60
35
60

CATRIDGES.

 

Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Wiuchester  new llst50&10
Rim  Fire, United  States......................... dis50&10
Central  Fire........................ 
disGO&lO
CHISELS.
75
Socket Firm er.........................................dis 
75
Socket Fram ing......................................dis 
75
Socket Corner.........................................dis 
Socket 81icks...........................................dis 
75
Butchers’Tanged  Firm er.....................dis 
40
Barton’s Socket Firm ers......................dis 
20
Cold......................................................... net
Curry,  Lawrence’s.................................dis  40&10
25
Hotchkiss  .............................................dis 
60
Brass,  Racking’s........................................ 
Bibb’s .........................................................  
60
B e er................  
40&10
Fenns’............................................
60

COMBS.

COCKS.

 

 

COPPER.

Planished, 14 ©z cut to size........ ........... V lb 28
14x52,14x56,14 xOO.....................
31
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60......
22
Cold Rolled, 14x48.........................
22
Morse’s Bit  Stock....................... .......dis
40
Taper and Straight Shank.......... .......dis
40
Morse’s Taper  Shank.................. .......dis
40
Com. 4 piece, 6  in............................doznet  $.85
Corrugated............................................dis  20&10
A djustable..........»................................dis  % &10

ELBOWS.

DRILLS

_ _
EXPANSIVE BITS.

Clar’s, small, $18 00;  large, $26 00.
Ives’, 1, $18 00;  2, $24 00; 3, $30 00.

dis
dis

20

f i l e s —New List.

12 

55&10
55&10
55&10
55&10
55&10
55&10
28 
18

I American File Association  List........ dis
j Disstou’s ................................................dig
New  American........................... ! ......dis
Nicholson’s ........................................... .dig
Heller’s .........................................".".".'.'.'dis
Heller’s  Horse Rasps...................         .dis
Nos. 16 to 20, 
List 

GALVANIZED  IRON,
14 

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

dis
50
.........dis 
25
25
..........dis 
...........dis  40&10
..........30 c list 50
Hand..30c40&10
50&10
60&1O
40
h i n g e s .
60
....................per '¿oz, net, 2 50
3)4 
10)4 
8 y* 
YMs 
lié

13 
GAUGES.
Stanley Rule and Lev-el Co.’s.
HAMMERS.
Maydole & Co.’s .......................
Kip’s .........................................
Yerkes  &  Plumb’s ..................
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel........
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Stool, 
hangers.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track
Champion,  anti-friction................  
dis
Kidder, wood track.......................". ..dis
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3................................dis 
State.. . . . . . . . . . .  
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4)4  14
and  longer............................................
Screw Hook and Eye,  Hi  . . . . . . . . '. net
Screw Hook and  Eye %............. '. ' net
Screw Hook and Eye  «4..........net
Screw Hook and Eye,  %........... 
  net
Strap and  T ................................ . . . . dis
HOLLOW  WARE.
Stamped Tin W are....................................
30
Japanned Tin  Ware..................^
25
Granite  Iron  Ware...................... . ” !!!!! 
Grub  1.................................... ..........$11 00, dis 60
Grub  ^...............................................   11  50, dis 60
Grub 3.................................. ..............   12 00, dis 60
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings.......  dis
45
Door, porcelain, jap.  trim m ings.......
45
Door, porcelain, plated  trim m ings...
45
Door, porcelain, trim m ings..........
45
Drawer and  Shutter,  porcelain.........dis
70
Picture, H. L. Judd &  Co.’s ..................
40&1Ü
Hem ucite...........................  
  Vdis
45
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list,  dis
45
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s .................... dis
45
Branford’s .............................................dis
45
Norwalk’s .............................................dis
45
LEVELS.
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.
.dis  70
MATTOCKS.
Adze  Eye......................................$16 00 dis
Hunt  Eye......................................$15 00  dis
H unt’s
$18 50 dis 20 & 10 
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled 
...............  dis*  50
Coffee,  Parkers  Co.’s ............................dis  40&10
Coffee, P. S. &W.Mfg-. Co.’sMalleabics dis 40@10
Coffee, Landers, Ferry «ScClark’s ........dis  40@10
Coffee,  Enterprise....  ..............................dis  25
Stebbin’s P a tte rn __ .•................................dis  70
Stebbin’s Genuine......................................dis  70
Enterprise,  self-measuring........ .. .... ..dis  25

 
LOCKS—DOOR.

MOLASSES GATES.

MAULS.
MILLS/

KNOBS.

HOES.

 

NAILS.

Common. Bra  and Fencing.

....................................... *1 keg $2 20
8d and 9 d adv...............................................  
05
6d and 7d  adv.......................................................50
4d and 5d  adv...................................................... 75
3d  advance..........;..........................1 50
3d fine  advance............................!!!.” .*!.'!"  3 00
Clinch nails, adv............................” ...!. 
1 75
Finishing 
Size—inches  (  3 
Adv. $  keg 
Steel Nails—2 30.
Zinc or tin. Chase’s Patent......................dis60«Scl0
Zinc, with brass bottom............................. dis  50
Brass or  Copper......................................... dis  50
R eaper....................................per gross, $12net
O lm steads........... .....................................   50&10

I  lOd  8d 
2)4 
$1 25  1  50  1  75  2 00 

6d  4d
2 
1)4

OILERS.

PLANES.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.................................dis  15
SciotaBench...................................... !!!!!!dis  25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy........ . . . . . . . . dis  15
Bench, flrstqualitv..................................... dis  20
Stanley  Rule and Level Co.’s, wood__ dis20&10

PANS.

HOPES.

Fry, Acme..  .......................................... dis 50&10
Commou, polished...................................dis60&10
Dripping.................................................$  a, 
e
Iron and Tinned........... W.................. dis
40
Copper Rivets and  Burs..........'.___.dis
60
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27  &

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

RIVBK.

Broken packs )4c $  lb extra.

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, 54 in. and  larger........-.....................
Manilla...................................................
Steel and Iron........................................dis
Try and Bevels...................................... dis
Mitre  .....................................................dis

9«
13 y,
70
60
20
Com. Smooth.  Com.

$2
2  80
2 90
3 00
All sheets No, 18 and lighter,  over 2  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14..................................$4 20
Nos. 15 to  17..................................   4 so
NOS. 18 to 21...................................  420
Nos. 22 to  24..................................   4 20
Nos .25 to 26..................................   4 40
No. 27 ..............................................  4 60
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 lbs, $   fi>__
In smaller quansities, <¡3  lb 
TACKS.
American, all  kinds............................ dis
dis
Steel, all kinds...............................      dis
dis
Swedes, all  kinds...........
dis
Gimp and  Lace...............
dis
Cigar Box  Nalls............. . .................. .....
dis
Finishing  Nails.  ................................. dis
dis
Common and Patent  Brad 
dis
Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks.dis
dis
Trunk and Clout Nalls.........................dis
dis
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails...........d__
dis
Leathered Carpet  Tacks.................... dis
dis
TINNER’S SOLDER.
No. 1,  Refined...............................
Market  Half-and-half................
Strictly  Half-and-half................

0%
6
60
60
60
60
50
50
£0
50
50
45
35
12 50
16 00
17  50

TIN  PLATES.

6 25

rates.

TIN—LEADED.

Cards for Charcoals, $6  75.
IC,
10x14, Charcoal........................
IX,
10x14,Charcoal........................
IC,
12x12, Charcoal........................
IX,
12x12,  Charcoal  .......................
IC.
14x20, Charcoal........................
IX,
14x20,  Charcoal........................
IXX,
14x20, Charcoal.........................
8 75 
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool........................
10 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  8 75 
Roofing, 14x20, IC.........................................  5 25
Roofing, 14x20,  IX .......................................   6  75
Rooflfg, 20x28, IC.........................................  11  00
Roofing,  20x28,  IX ................................ 
  14  00
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne.................  5 50'
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne............  .  7 00
IC, 20x28, choice  Charcoal Terne................ 11 00
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne............  14 00
Steel. Game...................................................60&10
OneidalCommuntity,  Newhouse’s ...........dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. .60&1O
Hotchkiss’  .................................................... 60&1O
S, P. & W.  Mfg.  Co.’s ..................................6O&IO1
Mouse, choker........................................18c $  doz
Mouse,  delusion.................................$1 50 ^  doz
Bright M arket...  .................................  dis  67)4
Annealed M arket....................  ..........dis 
70
Coppered Market..............................................dis 62)4
Extra Bailing.............  
dis  55
 
Tinned  Market................................ 
dis  62)4
Tinned  Broom...................................  
  $  a>  09
Tinned M attress.............................................ft 8)4
Coppered  Spring  Steel...... ........... dis 40@40&10
Tinned Spring Steel.....................................dis  50
Plain Fence................ ; .............................$  tb  3)4
Barbed Fence, galvanized..................  
4)g
painted.....................................3%
Copper...............................................new  list net
Hrass.................................................new list net

TRAPS.

WIRE.

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WRENCHES.

WIRE GOODS.
B right...............................................dis  70&10&10
Screw Eyes..............................  
  dis  70&10&10
Hook’s ..............................................dis  70&10&10
Gate Hooks and  Eyes.............. ;..dis  70&10&10
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled...............
Coe’s Genuine....................................... dis  . 
ft)
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis  75&10
Coe's  Patent, malleable.................dis 75&W&10
B irdcages................................................... 
50
Pumps,  Cistern....................................dis  70&10
Screws,  new  list........................................  75@10
Casters,  Bed  and  Plate.................... dis50icH'Ai0
Dampers, A m erican.................................  40&10
Forks, hoes, rakes and all stqel goods. .60&1C&5 
Copper  Bottoms........................................ 
22o

MISCELLANEOUS.

TUB M ielan Tradesman.

A MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

K.  A.  STOWE  &  BUO., P roprietors.

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

Telephone No. 95,

t •  ntered  at the  Postofflce  at Grand Rapide  an 

Second-class Matter. 1

WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  13,  1886.

HURRAH  FOR  HASTINGS.

Successful  Organization  of  a  Business 

Men’s Association.

In  accordance  with  previous  announce­
ment, the editor of  T h e  T hadesm an  met 
with  the  business  men  of  Hastings  last 
Wednesday  evening  and  assisted  in  the 
formation of  the  Hastings  Business  Men’s 
Association.  The meeting was called to or­
der by L.  E.  Stauffer,  who  presided  at  a 
preliminary meeting held a  week  previous­
ly,  and J.  Van Arman continued  to  act  as 
secretary pro tern.  Mr.  Stauffer stated  the 
objects  of  the  meeting,  when  Mr.  Stowe 
was called upon  to  explain  the  system  in 
use by the other associations  in  the  State. 
At the conclusion  of  his remarks,  a resolu­
tion was adopted to  the  effect  that  the or­
ganization of an association be  immediately 
proceeded with,  when the following  consti­
tution and by-laws were adopted:

PREAMBLE.

W h e k e a 8,  comparison  of 

ideas  and 
methods  and  concert  of  action  are  nec­
essity to  the  well-being  of  any  commun­
ity; and
W h e r e a s,  We  believe  that  a  Business 
Men’s ¡Association will accomplish these ob­
jects; therefore
Resolved—That we, business men of Has­
tings and vicinity,  duly assembled  on Octo­
ber 6,  1886, do hereby organize ourselves in­
to such au  Association  and  adopt  the con­
stitution and by-laws following: 
CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE  I—NAME.

The name of this organization shall be the 

Hastings Business Men’s Association.

ARTICLE  II— OBJECTS.

The objects of  this  Association  shall be 
to unite merchants and other reputable bus­
iness  men  for  reform,  development  of  in­
dustries and work for the general good,  and 
to promote  by all  legitimate  means  the so­
cial,  moral  and  business  interests  of  its 
members.  Among the special objects sought 
to be obtained are the following:

1.  Promoting kinder feelings toward hon­
orable  competitors and removing the inclin­
ation  to berate and  criminate  neighbors  in 
trade.
2.  Greater  care  to  secure  good  helpers 
and make and  keep  them worthy by a live­
lier interest in their efforts,  habits and com­
forts.
3.  Inspiring confiance between buyer and 
seller by doing businesss on legitimate prin­
ciples.
4.  Shorter  hours  for  doing  business  in, 
and an honest endeavor to educate the buyer 
to make his  purchases  between 7 a. in. and 
6 p. m.,  six days a week.
,  5.  The proper  observance of  all national 
holidays  and  more  frequent  intervals  for 
.rest and recreation.
6.  Abolishing the  tendency to  indiscrim­
inate credit  and  stim ulating  the  selling of 
merchandise for ready pay.
7.  Protection  against  inferior  and  adul­
terated  goods,  short  weights,  counts  and 
measures,  fictitious  brands  and labels,  and 
misrepresentation in public and private.
8.  Maintaining a  delinquent  department, 
for receiving  and  imparting  prompt  infor­
mation as to the standing of persons asking 
credit.
9.  Protection  against  unjust  laws affect­
ing business men and  a careful  scruteny of 
all  legislation relating to the  same.
10.  To stimulate  a  determination to ren­
der  the  title  “Business  Man”  a  synonym 
for  honor,  firmness,  probity,  justice  and 
high morals.

ARTICLE  III— MEMBERSHIP.

Any firm or individual  doing a legitimate 
business  may  become  a  member  of  this 
Association  by paying to  the Secretary the 
sum of 81  membership fee  and' agreeing to 
pay 25 cents  quarterly dues  in advance and 
any assessments which may be voted by the 
Association to meet expenses.

ARTICLE  IV— OBLIGATION.

Every person  or firm becoming a member 
of this Association shall be honorably bound 
to conform  to the rules,  regulations and by­
laws. 
*

ARTICLE  V —NON-PAYMENT  OF  DUES.
Any  member  of  this  Association  who 
shall  neglect or  refuse  to pay his  dues,  or 
any assessment ordered  by the Association, 
for three  months  after  such  sum  becomes 
•due, shall thereby forfeit his membership.

ARTICLE  VI— OFFICERS.

The officers of this Association slian con­
sist  of  a  President, Vice-President. Secre­
tary and  Treasurer,  an  Executive  Commit­
tee of five members, of which the President, 
Secretary  and  Treasurer  shall  be  three, 
and a  Business  Committee  of  three  mem­
bers.  These  officers  shall  be  elected  an­
nually by ballot  and  shall hold  office until 
their successors are elected.

ARTICLE  VII— DUTIES OF OFFICERS.
Section 1—The President shall  preside at 
all meetings,  if present;  in his  absence the 
Vice-President.

Section 2—The Secretary shall  receive all 
money due the Association from any source 
and pay the  same  to  the Treasurer, taking 
his  receipt  therefor;  keep  a record  of  all 
meetings; conduct  all correspondence under ' 
direction of  the Executive Committee; keep 
a list of all members in a book  provided for 
the  purpose  and  notify  all  committees  of 
their appointment

Section 3—The Treasurer shall receive all 
monies  from  the  Secretary, giving  his  re­
ceipt  therefor; pay all bills  when approved 
by the Executive Committee  and report the 
condition of the  treasury when  required by 
the Executive Committee.

Section 4—The Executive Committee shall 
have  charge  of  the  delinquent  lists; shall 
provide rooms for the Association; audit all 
bills; examine the books and accounts of the 
Secretary and  Treasurer and  make a semi­
annual report of  the financial  condition  of 
the Association.
Section 5—It shall be the duty of the Bus­
iness Committee  to  look  after  all  matters 
pertaining to  the  growth and well-being of

Hastings; to use all possible inducements to 
secure the  location of  mills,  factories  and 
other improvements; and  to  endeavor to se­
cure any needed  concessions  in freight,  ex­
press and insurance rates.

ARTICLE VIII—COMPENSATION.

No compensation for service shall be paid 

any officer, except the Secretary.

ARTICLE  IX—MEETINGS.

Section 1—The annual meeting of the As 
sociation shall beheld  the  first  Wednesday 
of each October.
Section 2—The regular meetings of the As­
sociation shall be held on  the  first Wednes­
day of  each month.  Special meetings shall 
be  called  by  the  President  on  the  writ­
ten request of five members.

ARTICLE X—ORDER  OF BUSINESS.

1.  Reading minutes of the last meeting.
2.  Admission of members.
3.  Reports of committees.
4.  Reading of correspondence.
’  5.  Unfinished business.
6.  New business.
7.  Election  of  officers  and  appointment 
8.  Report of Treasurer.
9.  Adjournment.

of committees.

ARTICLE  XI—AMENDMENTS.

This Constitution and By-laws may be al­
tered or  amended  by a  two-thirds  vote  of 
those  present at  any regular  meeting,  pro­
vided a written notice  of  such alteration or 
amendment has been presented  at  the pre­
ceding regular meeting.

ARTICLE XII—BY-LAWS.

By-laws not in conflict with this constitu­
tion may be established for the  government 
of the Association  on the two-thirds vote of 
the members present at any session.

BY-LAWS.

ARTICLE  I—QUORUM.

Seven members sliall constitute a quorum 

for the transaction of business.

RULES AND  REGULATIONS.

Rule l.  The  special aim of this Associa­
tion is to facilitate  the  collection of  doubt­
ful  accounts  and  other  debts  by  fair  and 
honorable  methods,  and  to  guard  against 
the extending of  credit to  debtors found on 
investigation to be unworthy of it.
Rule  2.  The  Association  emphatically 
asserts that it  hopes to collect  all debts due 
the members  without publicity,  and  that it 
neither desires nor intends,  in any instance, 
to permit its  members  to  intentionally an­
noy or  to persecute  any person indebted to 
members of  the Association.
Rule 3.  That  no  injustice  may be done 
to,  or  advantage  taken  of,  any  debtor, by 
any individual  member of  the Association, 
it shall be the duty of every member to send 
by mail a  sealed  circular  letter,  issued  by 
the Association,  to  the debtor,  setting forth 
these facts,  to-wit:  That the person named 
in  said letter is  indebted to  the member or
the firm therein named in the sum of 8-----,
that the debtor is granted twenty days from 
date entered on said  letter  in which to  pay 
the debt,  or to  satisfactorily arrange for  its 
payment; that,  if after the expiration of the 
twenty  days thus  granted, the  debtor shall 
have failed to pay or failed to have arranged 
for payment the member shall report him to 
the  executive  committee,  which  committee 
Shall  thereupon place  his name  on the de­
linquent list; except disputed accounts which 
shall be referred to  the  Executive  Commit­
tee  for  investigation  and  report, which re­
port  shall  be  acted  upon  by the Associa­
tion.
Ride 4.  The  circular  letter  sent  to  the 
debror  shall  be enclosed  in  the  authorized 
envelope of  the Association,  on which shall 
be  printed, 
ten 
days return  to  Secretary  Hastings Business 
Men’s  Association,”  and  the  non-retum of 
any  circular  letter  thus  mailed,  shall  be 
deemed sufficient evidence that  the said let­
ter was received by the debtor addressed.
Rule 5.  Any  member  trusting  a  man 
whose  name  appears  on  delinquent  list 
shall be fined 810.

“If  not  called  for  in 

An opportunity was then given those who 
wished to  identify themselves  with the As­
sociation to hand in  their  names,  which in­
vitation was responded  to  by the following 
gentlemen:  A.  Rower,  I.  Russell,  W. J.  & 
I/.  L.  Holliday,  Hogle & Cook, R. K. Grant, 
C.  H.  & M.  W.  Hicks,  Bert Tinkler, Smith,- 
Hams  & Yau  Arman,  Stauffer  &  Crawley, 
Henry  Houghtalin,  E.  W.  Morrill  &  Co., 
John  Dennis,  A.  E.  Harris,  M. E. Nevins, 
J.  H.  Beamer &  Co.,  W.  II.  Schantz,  E.  Y. 
Hoyle,  A.  D.  Cook,  J.  G.  Runyan  & Co., 
Levi Fowler.

The election  of  officers  resulted  in  the 
choice of  the following  gentlemen  for  the 
positions named:

President—L.  E.  Stauffer.
Vice-President—E.  Y.  Hogle.
Secretary—J. A.  Van Arman.
Treasurer—Edward Morrill.
Executive  Committee—President,  Secre­
tary, Treasurer,  W.  H.  Schautz  and  L.  L. 
Halloway.

On motion  of  John  Dennis,  the  election 
of the  Business  Committee  was  postponed 
until  the  next  meeting,  in  order  to  allow 
some  of  the  heavier  shippers  to  identify 
themselves with the Association.

A vote of thanks was tendered Mr.  Stowe 
for his assistance in effecting  the  organiza­
tion,  when  the  meeting  adjourned  for one 
week.

Interesting  to Cigar Dealers.

From the Elmira Gazette.

“Did you know that a cigar dealer violates 
the law nearly every time you buy a cigar?” 
asked an officer of a  Gazette  representative 
the other day.

“Well, no,  I  did  not  know  it,” was  the 

scribe’s response.  “How does he do it?”

“Just  this  way,”  pursued  the  officer. 
“ You call for  a  cigar,  the  dealer  takes  a 
handful  from  the  box,  spreads  them  out 
before  you,  and  after  you  have  selected 
what you want he returns  the  remainder to 
the box.  This  is  a  violation  of  the  law. 
The  dealer  has  no  right  to  return  those 
cigars to the box, and he could be  punished 
for it.”

H.  W.  Burkholder,  general  dealer  at 

Berlamont,  has sold out.

Joel L. Jones, grocer and meat  dealer  at 

S t Charles, has sold out.

Peabody  &  Hudnutt,  of  Hanover,  have 
purchased  Paul  A.  Read’s  drug  store  at 
Adrian.

Chas. Broas & Co.  succeed  Broas,  Brown 
& Co. in the wholesale  boot  and  shoe busi­
ness at betroit

H E S T E R   <Ss  FOX,

MANUFACTURERS’  AGENTS  FOR  9

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Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock 

(or  immediate  delivery.

Saws, Belting and Oils.

Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, 

And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley.  Large  stock  kept  on  hand.  Send  for  sample 
^Ypits for Prices. 

Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.

130  OAK£S  ST.*  G RA hD  RAPIDS*  MICH.

a t   t h i s

Every can wrapped in colored tissue paper with 

signature and stamp on each can.

I
DRY  GOODS,

JOBBERS  IN

AND IsTOTIOIsrS,

83  M onroe  St.,

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers  j  I  Qp PP1 illfTT 
American and Stark A Bags 
1 ** ujJuulQllj ■

' 

See  Our  Wholesale  Quotations  else­

where in this issue and write for

Special  Prices in  Car  Lots. 
We are prepared to make Bottom Prices on anything we handle.
A. B.KNOW LSON,

3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Bapids, Mich.
ORDER  A  SAMPLE  CASE

Packed  2  doz.  1  lb.  cans  in  case 
with 2 doz.  10  inch  Oblong  Glass 
Dishes  Assorted  Colors  for  $8.40.

We Guarantee the above Baking Powder to give Entire Satisfaction.

Arctic Manufacturing Co.

OrtAKTI)  RAPIDS,  MICH.

JXXTXTX2TGS’ 

Flavoring  E x tracts
JENNINGS & SMITH, G’d Rapids, Mich.

Are acknowledged the best, being pure and made

from the Fruit.

JO BBERS  OF

O Y S T E R S
c a n Dy .

And Manufacturers of

OLNEY, SHIELDS  &  GO.,
W HOLESALE

And  IM PORTEES  OF  TEA S.

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

at latest declines and for cash.

by no other jobbers in the city.

We have  specialties  in  TOBACCOS  and  CIGARS  possessed 

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

MoAlpin’s IPeeuvev IPluig.

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

ALSO  SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

ME1TDBL  A  BROS.’  Celebrated  CIGARS,

Finer quality and lower prices than any handled 

in the market.

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

5 and 7 Ionia Street,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Manufactured by the

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

RALEIGH,  3ST.  O.

G R A N D   R A PID S,  MICH.,

Wholesale agents for the

STATE OP ^ÆIOIÏIC3-^JSr.

T h is  is   the  only  authorized  Z .  of  X*. 
Sm oking  Tobacco  on  the  m arket.  The 
stock  of  th is  corporation  is a ll  owned  by 
the Z . of Xi.  A ssem blies  in   the  D . S.,  and 
every m em ber  w ill  not  only  buy  it  him ­
self, but do h is utm ost tb  m ake  it  popular. 
D ealers w ill therefore see the advisability 
of putting it in  stock  at once.  W e  w ill ftii 
orders for an y quantity at follow ing prices, 
u su al term s:

2 OZ.46;  40Z .44;  8 0Z.43;  16 OZ. 42.
ARTHUR MEIGS & GO.,
Wholesale  Grocers,

77, 79, 81 and 83 South D i m  St, t a d  Rapids, Mich.

MICHIGAN  DIVISION

first day of  every  month,  and  furnished to 
the official organ  of  the  State  for  publica­
tion.

Craw ford  S.  K e l se y ,
Pres. Mich. Dlv.  T.  P. A.

Working for the Repeal  of the  “Drummer 

Tax.”

M. J.  Matthews,  chairman  of  the  Legis­
lative Committee of the T.  P.  A.,  has  sent 
the  chairman  of  each  state  Legislative 
Committee the following circular:

D e a r  Sir—Please obtain as soon as possi­
ble the  name  and  address  of  all  congres­
sional candidates in your State,  of  all  par­
ties,  and the  number  of  their congressional 
districts  and  when  obtained  send to each a 
copy  of  the  enclosed  letter.  Preserve  on 
file for future reference their replies,  and as 
early as possible  in  October,  not later than 
the 20th,  advise the  members  of  your State 
Division  which  particular  congressional 
candidates  have  pledged  themselves to ad­
vocate  the  enactment  of  laws  to  prohibit 
the  enforcement  of  all  “Drummer  Tax 
Laws.”
This Committee will forward you in a few 
days an appeal to the members of the Asso­
ciation  to  be  accompanied  with  a  letter 
from you which  we  have  taken  the liberty 
to print for  your  signature.  When you re­
ceive it send it with the appeal to the names 
and  addresses  of  the  members  of  your 
State as given you by  the  Secretary a short 
time ago, and as  per  our  instructions,  that 
will be  sent  you  regarding  same  in a few 
days.  Please report  progress  of your com­
mittee work to the Chairman of the Nation­
al Committee on the  first  of  each  succeed­
ing month,  beginning with October.
This  Committee  desires  in its annual re­
port to make favorable mention of the work 
done by each State Division committee.
This Committee recoginizes its field of la­
bor to be entirely  of  a  national  character, 
and has no desire  to  dictate  regarding  the 
interests of the Association  where  affected 
by  State  legislation,  but  will,  however, 
willingly act in  mi  advisory  way,  if called 
upon to do so by the chairmen of State com­
mittees. 
In  this  conuection  we  may  be 
permitted to say that each  State Committee 
can do very effective work in the election of 
State legislators or assemblymen,  they mak­
ing our United States senators.
In all matters of a  local  or  State  nature 
the chairman of State  Legislative  Commit­
tees have absolate  authority  as  committee- 
men to devise  any  plan  of  procedure  they 
may think for the best  interests  of  the  As­
sociation,  making a report of their  work  to 
the  chairman  of  the  National  Legislative 
Committee, to be incorporated in their quar­
terly and  annual  reports  to  the  Board of 
Directors and the Association.
Gentlemen, the highest honor  that can be 
conferred  upon  a  committeeman  is the un­
animous approval of his constituents.
. The  letter  to be forwarded  congressional 
candidates, above  referred to,  is as follows:
De a r  Sir —There are 200,000 commercial 
travelers  in  the  United  States.  They  are 
prominent among the recognized representa­
tives  of  the  commercial  interests  of  this 
Great  American  Nation. 
In  many  of the 
principal cities,  states  and  teritories  there 
exists  and  are  being enforced  the so-called 
“Drummer  Tax Laws.”  These  laws have 
been  repeatedly  declared  unconstitutional 
(in several  test  cases)  by  the  Honorable, 
• 
the Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States. 
They are unjust and obstruct the prosperity 
of the nation.  All commercial interests de­
mand  their  abolition.  The  manufacturing 
and  the  wholesale  interests  of  the  North, 
East and West call  for  congressional enact­
ment prohibiting  the  enforcement  of these 
unjust laws.  There is  now  pending before 
Congress a bill known as  the “James Bill,” 
that is said to  be  adequate  to  tiie  necessi­
ties of this case.
The Travelers’  Protective  Association  of 
the  United  States  has  a  well  organized 
membership and is in  favor  with  the  mer­
chant and traveler,  all directly  interested in 
the growth and prosperity of the nation, and 
are associated  for  mutual  benefit ^md pro­
tection.
This Association  desires your aid and as­
sistance  (if elected to Congress),  in the pas­
sage  of  the  “James  Bill,”  or  some  other 
constitutional bill that  may  become  a  law, 
which will prohibit the enforcement, of these 
unjust “License  Laws.”
Commercial  travelers  and  members  of 
the  Travelers’  Protective  Association  and 
residents in  your  congressional  district  de­
sire to know your sentiments on the forego­
ing subject,  and are  awaiting your.unquali­
fied answer to the following questions:
Will you vote for  aud  favor  the passage 
of the  “James Bill,” if it is a constitutional 
bill?
If the “James  Bill”  is found to be  defec­
tive in  its provisions,  or does not  pass,  will 
you prepare or encourage the preparation of 
anothej bill  and  persistently  urge,  during 
your term,  the enactment of a law that  will 
prohibit  the  enforcement  of  these  unjust 
“Dliimmer Tax  Laws?”
Your reply,  if received on or  before Octo­
ber  15th  inst,  will  be  announced  to  the 
commercial voters of your congressional dis­
trict not later in the month than the 25th in­
st. 
If  no reply is received from you  by the 
15th of October  it  will  be  understood  that 
you do not care to promise  to render us the 
aid we ask for.

• Flint

GRAND  RAPIDS

SEED  MERCHANTS,
Office and Warehouse:  71  Canal St.

GRAIN AID SEED CO.
W. T.  LAMOREAM, Agent
CLOVER

-AND-

TIMOTHY

A  SPECIALTY. -

Travelers’ Protective Ass’n.

President—C. S. Kelsey, B attle Creek.
Vice-President—A. F. l’eake, Jackson. 
Secretary-Treasurer—Leo. A. Caro, G rand Rapids. 
Board  of  Directors—E.  L.  Jones,  B attle  Creek;  C.  L. 
Zacherle, Kalam azoo;  C.  W.  Gregg,  Jackson;  L.  J. 
K oster, D etroit;  H. E. Trem ayn, Bay City. 

S ertfeant-atanns—D. G. C rotty, Muskegon.
Caplain—Rev.  W ashington G ardner, Jackson.  .
Official Organ—Tub  Michigan  Tradesman'.

ST A T E   CO M M ITTEES.

Form al  A nnouncem ent of  Sam e  by  Presi­

dent  Kelsey.

B a ttl e Cr e e k ,  October 6,  1886.
To all member of Michigan Division T. P. A.: 

Gr e e t in g —By virtue of  the authority in 
me vested as  President of the Michigan  Di­
vision of  the Travelers’  Protective Associa­
tion,  and  in  accordance  with  resolutions 
passed at  the  annual  State  convention  of 
the  Michigan  Division  on August 28,  1886, 
I  hereby designate  and  appoint  the follow­
ing Committees,  as the State  Committees of 
the Michigan Division of the Travelers’  Pro­
tective Association, for the fiscal year ending 
July 1,1887, the duties of office to commence 
w ith  even  date  of 
this  appointm ent,  and 
continue - In full force until  successors shall 
have been duly appointed and qualified:

LEGISLATION.

C. L. Zacharie, Chairman................... Kalamazoo
F.  T.  Collver.............................................. Detroit
L. M. Mills.......................................Grand Rapids
W. G. Kendall...........................................Jackson
L  J*Allen.......................................... Battle Creek
H. BvTremain..................................................Bay C*4?
J.  N.  Blake...........................  
Flint
M. D.  Field................................................Lansing
R. Beattie..............................................Ann Arbor

RAIL ROAD.

George F. Owen, Chairman........Grand  Rapids
Thomas  Madill...........................................Detroit
J. M. Rue............................................Battle Creek
G. W. Palmer..................................... — Jackson
J . H.  Sandborn...................................Kalamazoo
H. A. MoCausland........................East  Saginaw
F. W.  Shively........................................Coldwater
J . F. Cooper................................................Detroit
F. H. Whitney...........................................Mendon
George W. H urter.................................... Owosso
M. A. Read.............................................. Ypsilanti

HOTEL.

W.  J. Leavitt,  Chairman....................... Jackson
John M. Ward...................................... Kalamazoo
J. H. Cutting.............................................. Detroit
A. L. Lay............................................ Battle Creek
Joseph Reed.................................................Grand Rapids
Edwy  Knight...........................................Jackson
J. W. Parker......................................... Coldwater
John  B.  Skinner.............. 
Adrian
L. L. Henion.........................................  .Lansing
John  P ruyn........... ; .......   ...........................Niles
Lucius L. Clarke...............................................Bay City
Ed ward S. Kelley...............................................St. Joseph
Perley W. Hall........................................... Benton Harbor

 

PRESS.

L . 
J. Allen,  Chairman.......Battle Creek
J. L. McCauley...........................................Detroit
Leo. A. Caro.................................................Grand Rapids
A. W.  Noble...........................................Dowagiac
J . A. Reed................................................. Jackson
J .  Leroy  Root.................................... Kalamazoo
M. E.  Carlton..............................  
Louis  Blitz..................................................Detroit
Glenn Mills................................................Jackson
Thomas  R. Allen..........................  
  Adrian
Charles  W. Jones..........................Grand Rapids
C. R.  Hutchinson................................. Coldwater

 

 

’BUS AND BAGGAGE.

A. A.  Howard,  Chairman.................. Coldwater
Charles  H. Joslin....................................  Detroit
A. O.  Scratchley......................................Jackson
C. B. Quigley................................. Grand Rapids
H.  C.  P otter........................................Kalamazoo
W.  G.  Richards......................... /* ,...Union City
R.  Shettler.....................................   Battle Creek
Thomas Plues........................................... Hudson
Andrew  Weigh.....................................Muskegon
Edward  N. Skinner................................Hillsdale
John  Glass................................................Cadillac
W. P. Griffith...............................................Howell
W. S.  Gould........ .......................... 
Owosso

RELIEF.

L. M. Mills, Chairman..................Grand  Rapids
W. H.  Bauer.............................................. Detroit
A.  W.  Stitt................................................Jackson
C.  B. Nearing................................... Battle Creek
J.  Bader...............................................Kalamazoo
Theodore  Gale......................................... Lansing
M. S. Knapp................................................Adrian
J .  H. Cutting.............................................. Detroit
J . Decker...................................................Jackson
John H. Aitken.............................................. Flint
C. W. Hayes.......................................................Big Rapids
Stephen M. A ustin.................................... Benton Harbor
G. F. Cole................................................. Marshall

EMPLOYMENT.

A. W. Ailes, Chairman..............................Detroit
W. B. Reid................................................. Jacksqu
Frank  Henderson.................. j . . Kalamazoo
George IV. McKay........................Grand Rapids
J. M. Stanley.....................................Battle Creek
John McHugh......................................... Marshall
James  E. Day.............................................Detroit
D.  G.  Crotty......................................... Muskegon
W. W. Richardson......................................... Flint
E. H.  Ross...................................................Adrian
Charles  A. Mahaney................................. Homer

ARRANGEMENT.

 

A. F. Peake,  Chairman.................  
..Jackson
•C. L. Zacharte......................................Kalamazoo
George  F. Owen........................... Grand  Rapids
W. J. Leavitt.............................................Jackson
A. A. Howard........................................Coldwater
A. W. Ailes..........................- ....................Detroit
L.  M.  Mills.....................................Grand Rapids
E. M. Richards.................................. Battle Creek
H.  M.  Lees................................................Lansing
W. L. Morley...............................................Detroit
H. E. Trem ain.................................................. Bay City
J .  F. Blake.............................................. 
...F lint
Charles M. Rowley.............................. Port  Hurn

AUDITING.

L. J. Koster, Chairman....................♦ .... Detroit
E. L. Jones.........................................Battle Creek
Charles Gregg.  ........................................Jackson
•  C. L. Zacharie...................................... Kalamazoo
H. E. Trem ain..........................................bay City
By recent enactm ent  of the National con­
vention,  the chairman of each of the follow­
ing  State  Committees—Legislative,  Rail­
road,  Hotel  and Press—are  required to sub­
m it a report  of  the  work  accomplished by 
their respective  committees  to the chairman 
of  the  respective  N ational  Committee,  at 
least two weeMfe prior  to  the  regular m eet­
ings  of  the  N ational  Board  of  Directors. 
’Bus and  Baggage  Committee  will  submit 
report  to  the  National  H otel  Committee. 
T he Relief,  Employment,  Arrangem ent and 
A uditing Committees  will  subm it reports to 
the regular or special  meetings of  the  State 
Board of Directors,  upon notification by the 
S tate Secretary.

Beliving th at courtesy to  our  State  mem­
bership  requires,  and  the  best  interests of 
the  State  Division  demand,  a  perfect  and 
correct  statem ent  of  our  State  finances, 
within  the  reach  of  every  member  at all 
times,  I  shall request,  a t  the  special  meet­
ing of the State  Board  of  Directors,  called 
for  October 28,  that  they order a  report of 
the  total  receipts,  disbursem ents  and  bal­
a n c e   in  treasury  to  be  made  out  by  the 
'T reasurer of  the  Michigan  Division on  the

FRED. D. YALE.

DANIEL LYNCH.

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F H . D. YALE & CO.
CHAS. S. YALE & BRO.,
Bakins Fowflers, Extracts, Bluings,
GROCERS’  SUNDRIES.
All orders addressed to the new  firm will re* 

WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF

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GRIND  RAPIDS,  * 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,
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From 2 to 150 Horse-Power,  Boilers, Saw  Mills, 
Grist Mills, Wood Working  Machinery,  Shaft­
ing,  Pulley's  and  Boxes.  Contracts  made  lor 
Complete Outfits.

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F.  J

ENTHALER,

Sole  Agent  for  H.  P. 
Hemingway  &  Co.’s 
Celebrated  Baltimore

In cans, kegs and bar­
rels.
Mail  Orders  Will  Receive 

Prompt  Attention.

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Grand  Rapids, Mich.

THE  BEST  IN  THE  MARKE!

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See Q uotations in  Price-C urrent,
HOGLE & GO. Jobbers  Michigan  W ater  W hite  and
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Forflip  id   Donstic  Fruits, Sontlern  VogotaWos, Etc.barTOls  West 
Warehouse:  Lee’s  Ferry Dock, MUSKEGON, MICH.

We handle on Commission BERRIES, Etc.  All orders filled at lowest market price.  Corres­
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DRIED  FRUITS—FOREIGN.

SYRUPS.

MATCHES.

C itron........................................... ........   @  24
C urrants................................................  6%@  6%
& 
14
Lemon Peel.
Orange Peel.....................
., 
^   14 I  ule Ear
..12%® 
Pm nes,  French,60s........
;. 8%@
Prunes, French, 80s.........
..  @ 4%
Prunes, Turkey...............
..  @3 50
Raisins, Dehesia.............
@3 00 
Raisins, London Layers.
Raisins, California  “
@ 3 10 
@2 50 
Raisins, Loose Muscatels 
Raisins, Ondaras,  28s...
@10%
Raisins.  Sultanas..................................   @7%
Raisins,  Valencia, new  .......................  8%@  9
Raisins,  Im perials.................................  @3 20
Grand  Haven,  No. 8, square.............................. 1 00
G randH a/en, N o9, square, 3 g ro ...^................1 20
Grand  Haven,  No.  200,  parlor...........................1 75
Grand  Haven,  No.  300, parlort.........................2 25
Grand  Haven,  No.  7,  round.............................. 1 50
Oshkosh, No.  2................................................1  00
Oshkosh, No.  8..................................................1 50
Swedish............................................................   75
Richardson’s No. 8 square...............................100
............................1 50
Richardson’s No. 9 
Richardson’s No. 7%,  round..........................1  00
Richardson’s No. 7 
............................ 150
MOLASSES.
Black  Strap__ i.................... 
15@17
Cuba Bakiug..................................................25@28
Porto  Rico.....................................................24@30
New  Orleans,  good..-.................................28@34
New Orleans, choice.....................................44@50
New  Orleans,  fancy.....................................52@55

Our  Leader.............. 161 Hiawatha —
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Mayflower................23|Old Congress.
May  Leaf. 
Globe.
»¡D ark........
I JHUie.Lar..........
Corn,  barrels  ................,....... .........
Corn, % bbls.....................’.................
Corn,  tO gallon kegs..........................
Corn, 5 gallon kegs............................
Pure  Sugar, bbl.................................
Pure Sugar, % bbl.............................
Lorillard’s American Gentlemen..
Maccoboy........................
Gail & Ax’ 
.......................
Rappee............................
Railroad  Mills  Scotch.....................
(Lotzbeck  ..........................................
Japan ordinary................................
Japan fair to good...........................
Japan fine...............,........................
Japan dust...............'.........................
Young Hvson..................................
GunPowder.....................................
Oolong..............................................
Congo...............................................

VINEOAR.

do 
do 

SNUFF.

TEAS.

“ 
“ 

“ 

.......2322

24@26
26@28
@20
@31
23@26
26@30

..  @ 5 5
@  44 
@ 3 5  
@ 4 5  
@1 30
........ 18@20
........ 25@30
........ 35@45
........ 15@20
........ 30@50
........ 35@50
. .33@55@6C 
.......25@30
50 gr. 
10 
10 
16

tering with a two-horse rig,  at  the  rate  of 
$12 per year.  The  reason  given  for  such 
discrimination  is that Loucks would  other­
wise have  to  be  support«!  from  the  poor 
fund, but the real reason is that he was for­
merly a saloon keeper,  and  is  supposed  by 
the alderman and supervisor of his ward  to 
have some political influence with  the  low­
er elements of society. 
Is was on  their  re­
commendation  and  representations 
that 
Mayor Dikeman granted him a license at the 
figure named.

Jas.  A.  Coye thought that the Association 
could make little headway in regulating the 
peddler until the charter is  amended  so  as 
to provide for the establishment  of  a  mar­
ket. 
If the city can compell a farmer to sell 
his hay and wood at a  stated  place,  it  can 
extend its franchise so as  to  include  butter 
and eggs as  well.  Some  doubt  being  ex­
pressed as to the constitutionality of such  a 
measure,  Mr.  Coye  asserted  that  the  city 
owns the streets and has  the  right  to  pre­
scribe whether traffic as well as travel  shall 
bfe carried on therein.

On motion of  A. J.  Elliott,  the  meeting 

adjourned.

“Delinquents Will  Get Shut Off.”

From the H art Argus.

There  seems  to  be  a  misunderstanding 
with reference to the County Business Men’s 
Association.  Responsible  parties who pay 
their debts  can  still  get  credit,  but  those 
who get goods,  for which they do not intend 
to pay, w,ill get  shut off.  Delinquents  will 
get ample notice  before  being  put  on  the 
dead-beat  list.  After 
the  time  they  are 
given lias expired,  they  are  notified by let­
ter, and then before  being  put on the dead­
beat list  they  are  again  notified  and  time 
given them to get around.  We  believe  the 
Association will be  a  benefit  to  all  honest 
people concerned.  Those who pay  will get 
their goods  cheaper,  because  they will not 
be obliged to pay 10 to 15 per cent, more for 
bad debts, and will  help  to  build  up busi­
ness relations which will  be  more  satisfac­
tory all  around.

The  Grocery  Market.

Business is  good  and collections are fair. 
Sugars are  even  a  trifle  weaker  than  they 
were  a  week  ago.  Valencia  raisins  con­
tinue to decline.  Canned  pumpkin  is mov­
ing upward at a rapid pace.

Jamacia oranges are now more plenty and 
prices a \shade  lower.  Lemons  are  also a 
little lower in price, but the fruit is more or 
less green and hard.  The  new crop of  figs 
will begin to  arrive in  a  few  days.  Nuts 
are firm and  in  good  demand.  Chestnuts, 
on account of  the  mild  weather  and  light 
frosts,  are not  coming  in  to  speak of.  A 
cold snap would  soon  Jiring  them  to time. 
The weather of  late  has  been fine  and the 
demand for candy unusually heavy.  Prices 
are steady.

Good News from Oceana  County.

Hart,  Oct.  7,  1886.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:
Dear  Sir—Enclosed  please  find  $1.50, 
per capita tax on fifteen members, which will 
entitle us to membership in the State  Asso­
ciation.
Although we had only fifteen members on 
October 1,  we now have  forty-three  names 
enrolled,  and 1 think that by our next meet­
ing, every business mEfh in Hart,  Shelby and 
Pentwater will be with us.

Yours  truly,

E.  S.  H o u g h ta lin g,

Sec’y Oceana Business Men’s Association.
New Recruit in the Ranks of Organization.
Ch icag o,  Oct.  4,  1886. 

Editor M ic h i g a n  T r a d e s m a n  :

D e a r  Sir—Since I took hold  of the edi­
torial work on this paper one  month  ago,  I 
have tried to stir up my readers on the  sub­
ject  of  retail associations. 
I  have been so 
successful  that  on  this  day I have received 
three requests  for  instructions and  by-laws 
for  associations. 
I have  none,  but  would 
like to get some of those used by the Michigan 
Associations, if possible.  Can you help me 
in tliis matter? 

Yours,

J ohn B.  W a ld o, 

COUNTRY  PRODUCE.

Apples—Good  shipping stock  of eating var­
ieties is in  fair  demand  at  $1.50@$1.75  ^   bbl. 
Cooking apples command $1.25.  ,

Beans—Dry, handpicked, $1.50 ^  bu.
Beets—New, 45e $  bu.
Buckwheat—3c $  lb.
B utter—Michigan  creamery  is  in  good  de­
mand  at 22@24c.  Dairy is in active demand at 
16@18c.

Cabbages—$3©$3.50 $  100, according to  size. 
Carrots—43c ^   bu.
Celery—Grand  Haven  or  Kalamazoo,  20c  $  

doz.
. Cheese—The price continues to move upward, 
jobbers now holding  Michigan  full  cream  at 
12@12%c.  The factories demand  10%@llc for 
September and October make.

Cranberries—Choice Cape  Cod  command $8 
$   bbl.  Jerseys,  $2.50  $   bu.  Home  grown, 
$2.25 $  bu.

Dried Apples—Evaporated, 854c  19  lb;  quar­

tered and sliced, 3c $  ft.

Dried Peaches—Pared. 15c.
Eggs—Searoe.  Jobbers  pay 16c  and sell for 

18c.

Grapes—Concords, 3@5c  $   ft.;  Wordens, 6c; 
Delawares, scarce at 9c.  Catawbas  command 
6c and Niagaras lie.

Honey—Easy a t 12@13c.
Hay—Bailed  is  moderately  active  at  $15 
per ton  in two and five ton lots and  $14  in car 
lots.

Onions—Dry, $2 $   bbl.
Potatoes—Dealers  are  offering  25@30c,  the 
foreign demand not warranting higher prices 
at present.

Pop Corn—2c $  1b.
Peppers—Green,75c  ip bu.
Sweet  Potatoes—Baltimores,  $2.25  $   bbl. 

Jerseys, $2.75 $  bbl.

Squash—Hubbard, 2c 
Tomatoes—35@40c <p bp.

ft.

GRAINS AND MILLINO PRODUCTS. 

Wheat—2c  lower.  City millers  pay  71 cents 
for Lancaster and 68  for  Fulse  and  Clawson.
Corn—Jobbing generally at 46@47c  in 100 bu. 

lots and 42(5)430 in carlots.

Oats—White, 38c in small lots  and  32@33c  in 

car lots.

Bye—48@50c $  bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 $  cwt.
Flour—Lower.  Patent,  $5  $   bbl.  in  sàcks 
and  $5.20  in  wood.  Straight,  $4  $   bbl.  in 
sacks and $4.20 in  wood.

Meal—Bolted, $3.75  bbl.
Mill Feed-Screenings, $14  $  ton.  Bran, $12 
fgton.  Ships, $13 $  ton.  Middlings, $15$ ton. 
Corn and Oats, $18  $  ton.

OYSTERS  AND  FISH .

...  1 
4

25

45
!  1  40 
.  2  40 
12  00 
.  2 00 
15

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

These prices  are  for  cash  buyers,  who  pay 

promptly and buy in full packages.

AXLE  GREASE.

80 P a ra g o n ................ 2  10
........ . 
Crown
Paragon 25 ft pails.  90 
Frazer's................. 
90
Fraziers,25 ft pails. 1  25
Diamond  X ...........   60
Modoc, 4  doz..........2 50

Acme, % 1b cans, 3 doz. case........................  

85
.........................  160

BAKING  POWDER.
•*  2  “ 

“ 

“  % ft 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

B ulk......................................
Princess,  %s......................................
%s......................................
Is ...............................  ....
bulk..................................
Arctic, % 1b cans, 6 doz. case..........
...........

“•1  “  1  -  :::::::

“  % 

“ 

“ 

4 

1 

5 

“ 

“ 

" 

...........
Victorian. 1 1b cans, (tall,) 2 doz —
Diamond,  “bulk,” ..........................
BLUING
25
doz.
Dry, No. 2..............................
45
.doz.
Dry, No. 3.............................
35
doz.
Liquid, 4 oz,..........................
65
.doz.
Liquid, 8 oz...........................
$   gross 3  50
Arctic 4 OZ.................................................. V  gross  o  ;
Arctic 8  oz......................................................  7 20
Arctic 16 oz....................................................   12 00
Arctic No. 1 pepper box...............................  2 00
Arctic No. 2 
.........................:•••  3 00
Arctic No. 3 
............................... 4 00

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BROOMS.

No. 2H url......... ...2  OOlParlor  Gem............3 00
No. 1 H url...............2 25 Common W hisk__   90
No. 2Carpet...........2 50 Fancy  Whisk......... 1 00
No. 1 Carpet...........2  75|Mill........................... 3  75

*  

CANNED FISH .

Clams, 1 1b, Little Neck...............................1 65
Clam Chowder,  3 1b...................................• •!3 20
Cove Oysters, 1  ft  standards...............95@1 00
Cove Oysters, 2  1b  standards....................  1 75
Lobsters, 1 1b picnic.....................................1 75
Lobsters, 2 ft, picnic...................................2 65
Lobsters, 1 1b sta r........................................ 2 00
Lobsters, 2 ft sta r........................................3 00
Mackerel, l f t   fresh  standards................. 1  20
Mackerel, 5 1b fresh  standards.................4  75
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 ft............... 3 00
Mackerel,3 1b in M ustard...........................3 00
Mackerel, 3 1b  soused................................. 3 00
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia river......................1  70
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia river......................2 85
Sardines, domestic %s................................7@8
Sardines,  domestic  Vis.............................. 
12
Sardines,  Mustard  Vis.................................  13
Sardines,  imported  %s...............................   14
Trout. 3ft  brook.......................................   4 00

CANNED FRUITS.

Apples, 3 ft standards.................................  75
Apples, gallons,  standards.......................2 00
Blackberries, standards............................1  10
Cherries,  red  standard........ ......................  95
Damsons...................................................... 1 00
.......................1 20@1
Egg Plums, standards 
Green Gages, standards 2 ft__
..........1 90
Peaches, Extra Yellow....................
..........1 60
Peaches,  standards..........................
..........1 25
Peaches,  seconds..............................
..........1  50
Pineapples, standards....................
..........2. 60
Pineapples, Johnson’s sliced..........
..........2 75
Pineapples, Johnson’s, grated.......
..........1 25
Quinces..............................................
.1  20@1 30 
Raspberries,  extra__ : ...................
.1  1C@1  25
Strawberries  ....................................
CANNED VEGETABLES.

. 1 20@1 25

CLAMS.

(A sters.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
Selects................................................. ...............30 Asparagus, Oyster Bay........
Beans, Lima,  standard........
............................................ ...............20 Beans, Stringiess, Erie........
standard 
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked
Corn,  Archer’s Trophy........
“  Morning  Glory..........
Quohog, ?! 100......................................
“  Acme.............•.............
Little Neck, $  100............................... .. 
FRESH  FISH .
“  Excelsior....................................
Cod  ............................................
Peas, French.. t....................................
Haddock....................................
Peas, extra m arrofat..........................
Mackerel....................................
Peas, standard......................................
Mackinaw T rout.......................
Pumpkin, 3 ft Golden............. .............
Perch...........................................
Succotash, standard........ ...................
Smelts.........................................
Squash...................................................
W hitefish..................................
Tomatoes, standard  brands...............

Maple Leaf..........

@10 
©  7 
@20 
@  7 
@ 3 
@11

1  00
80

..15

.10

...3 00 
...  80 
...  95 
,..1  65 
...1  00 
...1  00 
...1   00 
...  90 
...1 00 
...1   60 
...1  20
. .90@1  00 
..75@1 40
.......1  00
....1   15

HIDES. PELTS  AND  FURS. 

Perkins & Hess pay as follows: 

HIDES.

G reen__ 1? ft  7@  7%
Part cured...  8  @  8%
Full cured 
  8%@  9
Dry hides and
k ip s...........   8  @12

Calf skins, green
Deacon skins,

or cured__ 7  @  9
^  piece.......20  @50

SHEEP PELTS.

Old woo!, estimated washed $  ft........25  @28
Tallow............................................— • • • •  3  @3%

Fine washed $  ft 25@28|Coarse washed.. .20@24 
Medium  ............. 27@30|Unwashed............ 
2-3

WOOL.

FRESH   MEATS, 

John  Mohrhard 

quotes  the trade  selling

prices as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides...................................  5  @ 6
Fresh  Beef, hind quarters..................  5  @  7
Dressed  Hogs......................................... 5%@  6
Mutton,  carcasses................................. 5%@  6
Spring Lamb...........................................  6%@  7
Veal..........................................................  7  @ 8
Pork Sausage.........................................   @ 8
Bologna...................................................   @ 6
Fowls........................................................  @1®
Spring  Chickens....................................   @12
Ducks  .....................................................  @13
Turkeys  .................................................

Much Sought After.

Archie—See how I  am  hunted  after;  all 

these are invitations.

Friend—Good gracious!  All  invitations? 

Invitations to  what?

Archie—To call and settle accounts.

Michigan full  cream ............................12  @12%
York  State, Acme.................................  @12%

CHEESE.

CHOCOLATE.

Baker’s .....................37iGerman  Sweet..........23
Runkles’ ................... 35¡Vienna Sweet  ..........22

COCOANUT.

Schepps, Is............................  ............
Is and  %s............................
%s.........................................
Is in tin  pails.....................
%s 
......................
Maitby’s,  Is.........................................
Is and  %s....................

“ 
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“ 
“ 

“ 

Manhattan,  pails. 
Peerless  ...............

@25
@26
@27
@27%
@28%
@23%
@24
@24%
@30
©16

COFFEES

Green.

Rio................11% @13
Golden Rio..............15
Santos.......... 14  @15
Maricabo.................13
J a v a .................20@25
O. G .Java............... 22
Mocha  .................... 22

Roasted.

R io.................... 12@16
Golden Rio....... 16@18
Santos......................18
Maricabo................. 18
Java...................24@28
O. G. Java............... 26
Mocha......................26

COFFEES—PACKAGE.

60 fts 100 fts 300 fts 
............................15%  15%  15%
X X X X .............
Arbuckle’s  __ ............................15%  15% 15%
15%
Dilworth’s ....... ............. .............. 
15%
Standard  ........ ............................ 
15%
G erm an........... ............................ 
15%
L ion.................. ............................  
Magnolia.......... ............................ 
15%
15% 15%
Royal................. ............................ 
Eagle................ ............................15%  15% lo%
Silver  King— ............................ 
21
M exican.......... ............................ 
16

21

CORDAGE.

60 foot Ju te __ .  1  00  150 foot Cotton__ 1  60
72 foot J u t e __ .  1  25  ¡60 foot Cotton__ l  75
40FootCottou.. . .1 50  ¡72 foot Cotton__ 2 00

CRACKERS  AND  SWEET  GOODS.

% bbls. 2c extra

OATMEAL.

Rolled Oats, bbl__ 5

“ 

“  % bbl.3 00!  “
“  cases 3 25!
PICKLES.

75ISteel  cut,  bbl........ 5 50
Vi  b b l...3 00

PIPES.

RICE.
.5%¡ Patna

Medium...........................................
“  % bbl.................................
Small,  bbl..................... .................
Imported Clay 3 gross..................
Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross... 
Imported Clay, No. 216,2% gross.
American  T. D...............................
Choice Carolina.......6% ¡Java
Prime Carolina., 
Good Carolina.. 
Good Louisiana., 
Table  ...............
DeLand’s pure
Church’s  .......
Taylor’s  G. M.

¡Rangoon 
. ..a  
Broken.
.. .5 
.. .6
Japan ............
SALERATUS.
. ..5% ¡Dwight’s .......
. ..5%jSea  Foam__
5%¡Cap Sheaf__
SALT.

%c less in 5 box lots.
60 Pocket, F F  Dairy.....................
28 P ocket... . ....................................
100 3 ft  pockets.................................
Saginaw or  Manistee.....................
Diamond C.......................................
Standard  Coarse.............................
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags.. 
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags 
Higgins’ English dairy bu.  bags..
American, dairy, % bu. bags........
Rock, bushels..................................
Warsaw, Dairy, bu. bags...  ........

@6  00 
@3 50 
@7 00
.. ..2 25@3 00 
@2 25 
@185 
....  75@  90

...............5%
.......5%@5%
.......3%@3%

........ 5%
........ 5%
........ 5%

2  15 
2 35 
88 
1  45 
1 25

SAUCES.

SOAPS.

@2  00 
@  70 
©  80 
@1  25 
@1 50 
@  80 
@1  20 
@3 50 
@2 20

Parisian, %  pints............. ............... .
Pepper Sauce, red  small.....................
Pepper Sauce, g re e n ............................
Pepper Sauce, red  large ring.............
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring........
Catsup, Tomato,  pints..........................
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts  .....................
Halford Sauce, pints...........................
Halford Sauce, % pints........................
A corn.........................3 85. Extra Chicago Fam-
M aster....................... 4 00|  ily ..........................2
New Process, 1  ft..3  85 Napkin....................4
New Process, 3  ft..3 96¡Towel..................... 4
Acme,  bars........... 3 55|White  Marseilles
Acme,  blocks.....  30;'
Best  American 
C ircu s.............
Big Five  C enter.. .3  85|Mystic White
Nickel.........................3 45
Shamrock..................3 15
Blue Danube...........2 55
London  Family__ 2 30l

50
W hiteCotton  Oil..5 50
131 R ailroad__ .■..........3 50
’OllT.  G.........................3 45
.4 65
Saxon  Blue........... 2 60
Palmer’s, 100 bars..5 50 
7o  ** '  . .4 25

94

“ 

Ground. 

SPICES.

Wholo.

“ 

“ 
“  

“ 
“  
“ 
“ 

STARCH.

‘‘  3ft 
“ 

P epper.......... .... 16@25 IPèpper............... .  @18
Allspice........ __ 12@15| Allspice.............. .  S@10
Cinnamon__ __ 18@30 Cassia................. .10@ll
Cloves  .......... __ 15@25;Nutmegs,  No. 1. .  @60
Ginger  ....... . . . ,16@20Nutmegs,  No.2. .  @50
M ustard........ .  ..15@30Cloves  ............... .  @25
Cayenne  ....... __ 25@3a!
@ 5% 
Muzzy, Gloss, 1 ft  packages................
“ 
...............
© 5% 
bulk...............................
“ 
® 4 
“  Corn, 1 ft packages.................
@   6 
Firmcnieh, new process, gloss, l ft__
@ 5 
“ 
3 ft....
@ 5 @ 6*4 
“  
6 f t . . . .
@ 4% @ 6 
“ bulk, boxes or bbls
“  corn, 1 ft...............
@3 20 ® 6 
Electric  L ustre......................................
Royal,  corn............................................
gloss, 1  ft  packages................
@ 5% 
“  boxes ..............................
@ 3% 
Niagara, laundry,  bbls.......................
@  3% 
boxes.....................
@ 4 @ 524 
gloss, 1  ft..............................
corn........... ............................
@  6 
Quaker, laundry, 56ft!..........................
@4 50
@ 6% 
Cut  Laaf.................................................
C ubes............................................... ■.... 
I
6/8®  624
Pow dered...............................................   6*4^   624
Granulated,  Standard..........................  @  6%
Confectionery A ....................................   @5 81
Standard A ..............................................  @  524
No. 1, White Extra  C............................  @ 524
No. 2, Extra C.........................................  5%@  5%
No. 3 C......................................................  5  @ 5V4
No.4 C.....................................................  4?4@  424

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SUOARS.

“ 

TOBACCO—FINE C U T -IN  PAILS.

Five and  Seven........45 Cross Cut.....................35
Magnet.......................25 Old Jim ........................35
Seal of Detroit..........60 Old  Time.....................¡15
Jim  Dandy................ 38  Underwood’s Capper 35
Our  Bird.............'....28 Sweet  Rose...............45
Brother  Jonathan.. .28 Meigs & Co.’s Stunner35
Our Block..................60 A tlas........................... 35
Jolly  Time................ 40 Royal Game................38
Our  Leader...............331 Mule E a r.................. 65
Sweet  Rose...............32'Fountain.....................74
May  Queen.............. 65! Old Congress...............64
Dark AmericanEagle67¡Good Luck................52
The Meigs..................601Blaze Away.
Red  Bird....................50 Hair L ifter..
30
Prairie Flower  .. . ...65!Globe  ........................ 65
Indian Queen__ __ 60¡Bull  Dog.................. 57
May Flower........ __ 70|Crown  Leaf.............. 66
Sweet  Pippin__ __ 45 ¡H ustler.................... 22

(Sroceries.

M ichigan  Business  Men's  Association. 

.

President—F rank H am ilton, Traverse City- 
F irst Viee-President—Paul P. Morgan, Monroe. 
Second Vice-President—E. J. H errick. Grand Rapids. 
Secretary—K. A. Stowe. Grand Rapids.
Treasurer—Julius Schuster, Kalamazoo. 
Executive Comm ittee—President, F irst Vice-1 residei 
Secretary, N. B. Blain and W.  E. Kelsey.
Comm ittee on Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, Traver 
City;  P. Ranney, Kalamazoo;  A.  W.  W estgate,  Ct 
boygan. 
.
Crandall, Sand Lake;  J. F. Clark, Bij? Rapids. 
F. Em ery, Grand Rapids;  the Secretary.
M erchant’s Protective Ass’n of Big  Rapids. 
President,  N.  H.  Beebe:  F irst  Vice-President,  W.  E. 
O verton;  Second Vice-President, C.  B.  Love joy;  Sec­
retary , A. S. H obart;  Treasurer, J. F, Clark.
South  A rm   and  P ast 

Comm ittee on Legislation—IV. E.  Kelsey,  Ionia;  J.
Comm ittee on Membership—H. S.  Church,  Sturgis; 

.Jordan  Business 

.

.

Men’s  As’n.

President. A. E. Pickard;  Secretary, John  Long; Treas- 

urer, John Cham berlain.
Business  Men’s  Protective  Union  of  Che­

boygan.

President, A. W.  W estgate;  Vice-President,  H.  Cham­

bers;  Secretary, H. G. Dozer.

M erchant’s  Union  of Nashville. 

President, H erbert M. Lee;  Vice-President, C. E.  Good- 
win;  Treasurer, G. A. Trum an;  Secretary and Attor- 
ney, W alter W ebster.

W.
Treasurer,  C.  L.  Streng,

W hite  Bake  Business  M en’s As’n. 
President. A. T. Ltnderm an, W hitehall ;  Secretary,

B.  Nicholson,  W hitehall; 
Montague
Business-Men’s Protective As’n of Kingsley. 
President.  Jas.  Broderick:  Vice-President,  A.  G.  Ed­
i>o. W. Cliaufty ;  Treasurer, H. P.

vards:  Secretary,G  
W hipple.
K alam azoo  R etail Grocers* Association. 
President. P. Ranney:  F irst Vice-President, O. K. Buck-
M.  S.  Scovine;  Treasurer,  Julius

hout :  Seeretarj 
Schnste

Lyons  Business  Men’s  As’n. 

. 

President,  A. K. Roof;  Vice-President,  B.  M.  Hutchin-
Quillon.Secretary, D. A. Reynolds;  Treasurer,  John  Me-
R etail  Groeer’s  Ass’n  of Grand  Rapids. 
President, Erwin J. H errick;  First V iee-President, L. E.
Treasurer,  B.  S.

Secretary,  E.  A.  Stowt

W alker;
H arris.
Grocers’  Ass'n  of 
President, H. B. Fargo

City  of  M uskegon. 
the
Fin
;  Vice-President.  Win-  B. 
: Treasurer, John DcHass.
Keift;  Secretary, Wm. Peer
R etail Grocers’T rade Union As’n of D etroit. 
President, John Blessed ; Vice-President. Robert Barrie ; 
Secretary. H. K undinger;  Treasurer, Henry Nebe.

L ath er  Protective  As’n.

President.  W.  B.  Pool:  Vice-President,  R.  M. Smith; 

Secretary, Jas. M. V erity;  Treasurer, Geo. Osborne.

Lowell  Rusiness  Men's  Protective  Ass’n.
President, N. B. Blain;  Vice-President, John Giles;  Sec­
retary , Frank T. King;  Treasurer, Chas. D. Pease.  «

Cadillac  Business  M en’s  As’n. 

President, A. W. Newark;  Vice-President,  F.  B.  Kelly 

Secretary, J. C. Me Adam;  Treasurer, P. Medalie.

Sturgis  Business  Men’s  Association. 

President, Henry S. Church;  Vice-President, H.  L.  An­

thony;  Secretary and Treasurer,  Wm. Jorn.

Traverse  City  Business  Men’s  Association. 
President,  F rank  H am ilton:  Secretary,  C.  T,  Lock- 

wood;  Treasurer, J. T. Beadle.
Ionia  Business  Men’s  Protective  Ass’n. 
President. Wm. E. Kelsey;  Viee-President, H. M. Lew; 
Secretary-, Fred. Cutler, Jr.
Business Men’s Protective Ass’n of Saranac. 
President.  Geo.  A.  P otts;  Secretary,  P.  T. W illiams;
Treasurer, S. M. C n i'ford.
E lk R apids Business Men’s Protective As’n. 
P resident..I. J. McLaughlin;  Secretary,  C.  L.  M artin; 
Treasurer, A. B. .Conklin.

Oceana  Business  M en’s  As’n. 

President—W. E. Thorp;  Secretary, E. S. H oughtaling, 

Treasurer, H. H. Bunyea.
M anton’s  Business  Men’s  Association. 
President. F. A. Jenison;  Secretary, R. Fuller;  Treas­

urer, J. C. Bostick.

H astings  Business  M en’s Association. 

President. L. E. Stauffer;  Secretary,  J.  A.  VnnArman.

Ovid  Business  M en’s  As’n. 

President, C. H. H unter;  Secretary, Lester Cooley.

Regular  Meeting  of  the  Retail  Grocers’ 

Association.

At the regular  semi-monthly  meeting  of 
the Retail  Grocers’  Association,  held  last 
Tuesday evening, the following applications 
for membership were received,  all theappli- 
cants being elected: Jay F.  Ferris,  51  Mon­
roe street; G.  II.  DeGraaf, 221 South  Divis­
ion street; Thos. Wasson,  111  Canal  street; 
Edwin White, corner  Broadway  and  Sixth 
street; A. J. Ten Raa, 202 Watson street.

reported 

B.  S.  Harris, chairman of the  Committee 
on Entertainment  for  the recent  State Con­
receipt  of  $460 
vention, 
from.  subscriptions,  and  $58  from 
the 
sale of tickets, making a total of $518.  The 
expenses of the entertainment were $216.50, 
leaving a balance of $801.50.  On motion of 
E. A.  Stowe, Mr.  Harris was  instructed  to 
procure a certificate of deposit for the amount, 
which will be held in trust by  the  Associa­
tion as an entertainment fund.

the 

The  following  communication  was  re­

ceived from the State Association:

Ge n tl em en—Wo enclose herewith a copy 
of  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the 
Michigan Business Men’s  Association,  and 
take this means of informing you  that  you 
are entitled to representation in—and parti­
cipation in the benefits of—the Association, 
on the payment of an annual per capita  tax 
of ten cents,  which should be remitted to the 
Secretary  immediately.  This  will  entitle 
your organization  to  representation  at  all 
Conventions, on  the basis  of  one  delegate 
for eacli ten  members  or  fraction  thereof, 
and also entitle you to valuable information 
secured by the Delinquent Department,  rel­
ative to the residence changes  of  poor-pay­
ing customers.
Trusting that you will conclude  to  make 
your organization auxiliary to the State  As­
sociation,  we are

Yours truly.

E.  A.  Sto w e,  Sec.,

Traverse City.

F ra n k  H am ilton,  Pres.,  Grand Rapids.
On motion of A.  J.  Elliott,  the communi­
cation was accepted and placed on file,  and 
Treasurer Harris was instructed to  forward 
to the Secretary of the  State  Association  a 
check for $11,  as  per  capita  dues  for  110 
members.

Collector Cooper  reported  the  collection 
of $81.07 since the iast meeting.  On  being 
asked for an informal report as to the result 
of his  investigations into  the  present  sys­
tem  of  granting  licenses  to  peddlers,  he 
stated that the whole question  is  aptly  ex­
press«!  by  the term  “political  influence.” 
For instance, G.  S.  Clark, who has paid tax­
es for years on a store, stock  and  dwelling 
house,  is compelled to pay at the rate of $100 
a year for the privilege of  peddling  on  the 
streets with a one-horse  wagon,  while  Ed­
ward Loucks, who is a  miserable,  shiftless 
vagabond,  is granted the privilege  of

30 g r. 
08 
08

White W ine..................................
Cider................   ..........................
York State Apple........................
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bath Brick im ported..................
90
do 
American...................
Burners, No. 1 .............................
1 00 
do  No.  2.............................
1 50 
Condensed Milk, Eagle  brand..,
7  35 
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans...
@25 
Candles, Star................................
@11 
Candles.  Hotel.............................
@12 
Camphor, oz., 2 ft boxes........... .
@35 
Extract Coffee, V.  C................ .
@80
F e lix ...............
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps...........
@25
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.............
@35
Gum, Spruce...........................................  30@35
Hominy, 
@3i 
Jelly, in 30 ft  pails__
@ 4 
Pearl Barley...............
@ 3% 
Peas, Green  Bush__
@1 25 
Peas, Split  Prepared.
@   2% @4 00 
Powder, Keg...............
Powder, %  K eg..........
@2 25 
Sage  ............................
@  10

bbl.

do 

CANDY, FRUITS AND  NUTS. 

Putnam  & Brooks quote as follow s: 

STICK.

do
do

Standard, 25 ft boxes.
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
Royal, 251b  pails.............................
Royal, 200 ft bbls.............................
Extra, 25 ft  pails.............................
Extra. 200 ft bbls.............................
Freneh Cream, 25 ft pails...............
Cut loaf, 25 ft  eases.........................
Broken, 25  ft  pails..........................
Broken, 200 ft  bbls............. .'...........
FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES
Lemon  Drops..................................
Sour Drops.......................................
Peppermint  Drops........................
Chocolate  Drops.............................
H M Chocolate  Drops....................
Gum  Drops  ...............  ..................
Licorice Drops.................................
A B  Licorice  Drops.......................
Lozenges, plain..............................
Lozenges,  printed..........................
Im perials.........................................
M ottoes............................................
Cream  Bar.......................................
Molasses B ar....................................
Caramels..........................................
Hand Made Creams........................
Plain  Creams..................................
Decorated  Creams..........................
String Rock.....................................
Burnt Almonds...............................
Wintergreen  Berries.....................
FANCY—IN  BULK.

8%@  9 
9  @ 9V 
@10
@ 9 
© 8% 
@10 
@ 9% 
@12 
@12 
@10% 
@ 9%
@13@14
@14
15
18
10
12
15
16 
15
15
13 
13 
18
__ 18@19
17
20
__ 13@14
..  20@22 
15

.... 
.... 

Lozenges, plain  in  pails.......................
Lozenges, plain in  bbls........................
Lozenges, printed in pails....................
Lozenges, printed in  bbls....................
Chocolate Drops, in pails.....................
Gum  Drops  in pails..............................6
Gum Drops, in bbls............................... 5
Moss Drops, in  pails.............................
Moss Drops, in b b ls ..............................
Sour Drops, in  pails..............................
Imperials, in  pails.................................
Imperials  in  bbls........... .............. .  ..

@12 
@11 
@13 
@12 
@12% 
@   6% @ 5% 
@10 
@ » 
©12 
© 12% 
@ 11%

FRUITS

Bananas  Aspinwali.....................
Oranges, California, fa n cy .......
Oranges, California,  choice........
Oranges, Jamaica, bbls................
Orauges, Florida..........................
Oranges, Valencia, cases.............
Oranges. Messina..........................
Oranges,  Naples............................
Lemons,  choice.............................
Lemons, fancy...............................
Lemons, California.......................
Figs, layers, new,  <jp ft..................
Figs, Bags, 50 ft.............................
Dates, frails do  ............................
Dates, % do  d o ...........................
Dates, skin.....................................
Dates, %  skin................................
Dates, Fard 10 ft box 
ft...........
Dates, Fard 50 ft box ^  ft..........
Dates, Persian 50 ft box 19 ft........
Pine Apples, $  doz.......................

00@3 GO

.8 50@SN)0

@7 OO

@   6 
4%@ 5 
@ 5

@10 
@  9 
©  8

PEANUTS.
ft..................
d o ...............

do 

Prime  Red,  raw 
......  4  @ 4%
Choice 
........   4%@ 5
ñtíffh  SCi
Choice White, Va.do  ..................
........   @  5%
Fancy H P,.  Va  do  ..................
........   6%@ 6%
H. P .V a.........................................
........   @ 6
Almonds,  Tarragona.................. ........  @16
@16 
.15  @16 
.  8%@ 9
.U @13
@10
@17

Brazils..........................
Chestnuts, per bu........
Filberts, Sicily.............
Barcelona__
Walnuts,  Grenoble__

Ivaca.
California

NUTS.

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

French..........................
California.....................
Missouri.......................

Pecans,  Texas, H.  P ..................... .......9  @13
.......8%@  9
Cocoanuts, 
*

100............................ ....... 
PROVISIONS.

The  Grand Rapids  Packing  & Provision  Co.

quote  as  follows:

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

Mess, Chicago packing, new........ ...............10 00
Short Cut, new.............................................. 13 25
Back, clear, short  cu t..........  ..... ...............13 75
Extra, family clear, short  cu t__ ................13 00
Clear,  A. Webster, new  ............. .............. 14  60
Extra clear pig, short out...........
Extra clear,heavy........................................14 00
Clear quill, short  c u t...................
Boston clear, short cu t................................14  50
Clear back, short cu t................... ................14 50
S tan d ar^ lear, short  cut, b est...................14 75

DRY  SALT MEATS—IN  BOXES.

Long Clears, heavy.......................
medium...................
lig h t.......................
Short Clears, heavy.....................
medium...................
light........................

“ 
“ 
do. 
do. 
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN.
Hams, average 20  fts.................. ..................11%
“ 
16  fts.................. ..................12
12 to 14 fts.......... ..................12%

“ 
“ 

boneless............................ ..................10
“ 
“  best  boneless.......................................11
Shoulders.....................................
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..^.. ..................9
Dried Beef, extra.................. .*... ..................  9

LARD.

Tierces  ............................................
30 and 50 ft T ubs............................
50 ft Round Tins, 100 cases............
LARD IN  TIN PAILS.
20 ft Pails, 4 pails in  case.............
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case....................
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case....................
10 ft Pails, 6 in a case....................
BEEF IN  BARRELS.

6%
6%
6%

6I¿

Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 fts...........   8 00
Boneless,  ex tra..............................................ll  50

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

Pork  Sausage...................................................
Ham  Sausage............................... i..................
Tongue  Sausage..................... ....................
Frankfort  Sausage.................................... .
Blood  Sausage.................................................
Bologna, straight............................................
Bologna,  thick.................................................
Head  Cheese....................................................

PIGS’  FEET.

In half barrels...............................................   3 50
In quarter barrels........................................

Editor Commercial Bulletin.

OYSTERS!

We  commenced  handling  Mills  & 
Robinson’s  Oysters  on  October  1st. 
The goods w ill be canned in Baltimore, 
and we  think  them  superior  to  goods 
canned in Detroit or  Grand  Rapids,  as 
they are canned the same day they  are 
shucked,  and  not  laid’  around  exposed 
to the air for days before they are  can­
ned.

Eaton  &  Christenson

)

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

ZEH.  F A L L A S ,

Makes a Specialty of

Butter  and  Eggs,  Fruits  and  Oysters.

Cold Storage in Connection.  All Orders  receive Prom pt and Careful Attention.

We Handle the Celebrated “ROCK BRAND” Oysters.

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

bux-197  and 89 Canal Street, 

. 

- 

Grand Rapids, Michigan

X  XXX  $ f t
6%

5
7

5
5

_ 
5

7%

4%

4%
4%

SMOKING

♦Delivered.

7% 8%
7% 8%
7%
12%
8%

Our  Leader........ __ 15|Unit  ......................... 30
Old Vet................ __ 30j Eight  Hours............ 24
7
Big Deal............... ....27 Lucky  ..................... 30
Ruby, cut  plug.. __ 35 Boss  ......................... 15
8
Navy Clippings.. __ 26 Two  Nickel.............. 24
8
__ 15| Duke’s  Durham___ 40
11%
9% Hard  Tack.......... __ 32[Green Corn Cob Pipe 26
15% Dixie.................... ....28 Owl............................ 16
Old T ar................ __ 40: Bob Roy.................... 26
8% A rthur’s  Choice. . ...22,Uncle  Sam............... 28
Red Fox............... __ 26 Lum berm an............
Gold Dust........... __ 20 liai 1 road Boy............ 38
Gold  Block.......... __ 301 Mountain Rose......... 18
Seal of Grand Rapids  Home Comfort........ 25
(cloth)........... __ 25|Oid  Rip...................... 60

Kenosha B utter........................  
Seymour  B utter....................... 
B utter....................................
Fancy  B utter.......................
S.  Oyster...............................
Picnic....................................
Fancy  Oyster.......................
Fancy  Soda..........................
City Soda...............................
Soda  ......................................
M ilk.......................................
B oston..................................
G raham .................................
Oat  Meal...............................
Pretzels, hand-made.. ........
Pretzels........ ........................
Cracknels..............................
Lemon Cream.......................
Frosted Cream.....................
Ginger  Snaps.......................
No. 1 Ginger  Snaps.............
Lemon  Snaps.......................
Coffee  Cakes.........................
13%
Lemon W afers.....................
11% Tramway, 3  oz... __ 40| Seal of North Caro-
Jum bles....................  ..........
Miners and Puddle« 
lina, 2  oz 
Extra Honey Jum bles........
12%
Peerless 
4iSeal of North  Caro­
13%
Frosted Honey  Cakes........
Standard.
lina, 4oz..................48
Cream  Gems.........................
13%
.201
Old Tom.....................18;Seal of North  Caro-
13%
Bagleys  Gems.....................
Toin & Jerry .............24¡ 
lina, 8oz.................. 45
Seed Cakes............................
12%
. .25|Seal of North  Caro-
Joker........ ....
S. &  M. Cakes................
8%
lina, 16 oz boxes__ 42
.. 35 
T raveler......
Maiden........
, .25|King Bee, longcut...22 
Cod, whole..: ............................................ 3%@4V
.......40! Sweet Lotus...............32
Pickwick  Club.
Cod, boneless..............................  
5@6%
Nigger  Head............. 26!Grayling.................... Si
H alib u t............................. 
9@10
 
H olland...
Herring, round,  %  bbl........................ 3  75@3-00
Germ an. . . _________________
Herring .round,  %  bbl........................ 1  60@1  '
K. of  L ...............42@46|Good  Luck
Herring, Holland,  bbls............................. 11  00
Honey  Dew..
Herring, Holland,  kegs.............................75@80
Herring, Sealed. .. : .....................................   @20
.*36 
Star
Mackerel, shore, No. 1, % bbls..................7 00
.*30 
Old Solder
...........1 20
“ 
Clipper  ..................... 34lSplendid
.  38 
“ 
............... 100
..42 
Corner Stone.............34 Red Fox.......
No. 3,% bbls..........  ..................3 25
Scalping  K nife........34 Big  Drive...
..42 
Shad, % b b l............................................2 25@2 50
..40
Sam Boss..................  34 P atrol..........
Trout, %  bbls...............................................4 00
Next  .......................... 29 Jack Rabbit.
“  10 ft  k its............................................   70
D ainty.......................44|Chocolate  Cream___39
White, No. 1, % b b ls................................... 6  00
Old  Honesty.............40|NimrOd.......................35
White, NO. 1,12  ft kits................................  90
Jolly T ar................ 32 Big Five Center.............33
White, No. 1,10 ft k its.................................  80
Jolly  Time.................... 32 P a rro t....................4!
White, Family, % bbls.............................. 2  15
F av o rite........................42j B u ste r....................3i
kits.....................................   45
Black  Bird............... 32 Black Prince...............35
Live and Let  Live.. .32 Black  Racer..............35
Lemon. Vanilla.
Quaker..........................28 Climax  ................... 42
Bull  Dog.......................*38 Acorn  ................... 39
H iaw atha..................42 Horse  Shoe................36
Big  Nig..........................37  V iuco.....................34
Spear  Head............... 391 Merry W ar.................22
Whole E arth........... 32 Ben  Franklin.............. 32
Crazy  Quilt......................32 Moxie..................34
P.  V ............................ 40 Black Jack.................82
Spring Chicken........38jHiawatha................... 42
Eclipse  ..................... 30] Musselman’s Corker.30
Turkey'.......................39|
♦Delivered. 
2c. less In three butt lots.

4 oz.............................1 50 
“ 
6 oz...........................2  50 
“ 
8 oz.....................,....3  50 
“ 
“  No. 2 T aper............. 125 
................1  75 
“  No.4' 
“   % pint, round............. 4 50 
..........9 00 
“
“ 
“ 
“  No. 3-panel.................110 
“  No. 8 
*■  ............... 2  75 
“  No. 10  “ 
..............4   25 

25|Queen  Bee. 
PLUG.
............. 39jTrade Union..
...............37 Labor Union..

“ 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Jennings’ D. C.,2 oz...............doz.  1 06 

2 50
4 OO
5 00
2 75
7 50

12 ft kits 
10 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

15 00
165

4 25
6 00

FISH.

“ 
“ 
“ 

l 40

150

“ 
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Drugs & flßebicines

Stale  Board  of Pharm acy.

O ne Year—F. H. J. V anEm ster, Bay City. 
Two Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
T hree Y ears—Jam es  Vernor, Detroit.
Four Years—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
Five Y ears—Geo. McDonald. Kalamazoo. 
President—O ttm ar Eberbach.
S ecretary—Jacob Jesson.
T reasurer—Jas. Vernor.
Next Meeting—At Lansing, November 2.

M ichigan  State  P harm aceutical  Ass’n.

President—H. J. Brown. Ann  Arbor.
F irst Vice-President—Frank  J. W urzburg,  G’d  Rapids. 
Second Vice-President—A. B. Stevens. Detroit.
Third Vice-President—F rank Inglis, Detroit.
Secretary—S. E. l’arkell. Owosso.
T reasurer—Win. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive  Com m ittee—Jacob  Jesson,  Geo.  Gundrum, 
Local Secretary—Will L. W hite, Grand Rapids.
Next Place of Meeting—At Grand Rapids,  Tuesday,  Oc­

Frank Wells. F. W. R. P erry and John E. Peck.

tober 12, lKKfi.

G rand  Hap Ids  Pharm aceutical  Society.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER  9, 1884.

P resident—Frank  J. W urzburg.
Vice-President—Wm. L. W hite.
Secretary—Frank H. Escott.
T reasurer—Henry  B. Fairchild.
Board of  Censors—President,  Vice-President  and  Sec­
retary.
Board of Trustees—The President,  Wm.  H.  Van  Leeu- 
wen, Isaac W atts, Wm. E. W hite and Wm.  L.  W hite.
.Com m ittee on Pharm acy—M. B.  Kiinm,  H.  E.  Locher 
and Wm. E. W hite.
Comm ittee on Trade M atters—John E. Peck, H. B. Fair- 
child and Wm. H. Van Leeuwen.
C om m ittee on Legislation—Jas. I). Lacey,  Isaac W atts 
and A. C. Bauer.
R egular  Meetings—F irst  Thursday  evening  in  each 
month.
Annual Meeting—First  Thursday evening In November.
N ext M eeting—T h u rsd ay  ev en in g , Nov.4, a t  Th e Trades­

man office.

D etroit  Pharm aceutical  Society.
I 

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER,  1883.

President—A. F.  Parker.
F irst Vice-President—F rank  Inglis.
Second Vice-President—J. C. Mueller.
Secretary and Treasurer—A. W. Allen.
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—H. McRae. 
Annual Meeting—F irst W ednesday in June.
R egular Meetings—F irst W ednesday in each  m onth.
Jackson  County  P harm aceutical  Ass’n. 

Haskins.

President—R. F. Latim er.
Vice-President—C. D. Colwell.
Secretary—F.  A. King.
T reasurer—Chas. E. Hum phrey.
Board of Censors—Z. W. W aldron, C. E ‘ Foot  and C. H 
Annual Meeting—F irst Thursday in November. 
R egular M eetings—F irst Thursday in each  m onth.
Saginaw  County  Pharm aceutical  Society. 
President—Jay  Smith.
F irst Vice-President—W. H. Yarnall.
Second V ice-President—R. Brüske.
Secretary—D. E. P rall.'
T reasurer—H. Melchers.
Com m ittee on Trade M atters—W. B. Moore, H. G. Ham 
R egular  Meetings—Second  W ednesday  afternoon  in 

ilton. H. Melchers, W. H. Keeler and  R. J. Birney. 
each month.

M uskegon  D rug  Clerks’  Association. 

P resident—I. C.  Terry.
Vice-President—D. A. Schumacher.
Secretary and Treasurer—L. B. Glover.
R egular  Meetings—Second  and  fourth  W ednesday  of 
Next M eeting—W ednesday evening, Oct. 13.

each month.

Oceana County P harm aceutical Society. 

President—F. W. Fincher.
Vice-President—F. W. VanWiekle.
Secretary—F rank Cady.
Treasurer—E. A. W right.

Monthly  Meeting  of  the  Grand  Rapids 

Pharmaceutical Society.

At the  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the 
Grand  Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society, 
held at T h e T ra desm a n office last  Thurs­
day evening, O.  B. Dickinson was elected  a 
member of the Society.

H.  B.  Fairchild,  of the special Committee 
on Finance, reported that $278 had been col­
lected for the  purpose  of  meeting  the  ex­
penses of the State convention.  The report 
was accepted and thanks rendered the Com­
mittee, John E.  Peck being extended  a  ris­
ing vote of thanks for volunteer services  on 
the Committee.

Chairman Stowe,  of the  special  Commit­
tee on Printing, reported that the  work  as­
signed the Committee was well  under  way. 
The report was accepted.

Communications were  received  from  the 
Woman’s Relief Corps and Custer Post,  G. 
A.  R., declining to relinquish their right  to 
hold their regular meetings on the afternoon 
and evening of October 13.

A resolution was  adopted  requesting  the 
Executive Committee of  the State  Associa­
tion to accept M.  B.  Church’s  invitation  to 
the convention for the second  afternoon  of 
the  State  meeting.

H.  B. Fairchild requested that the  Presi­
dent call another member of the  Society  to 
the chair,  as lie wished to introduce  {i  mat­
ter  of  personal  interest  to  the  chairman. 
The President  called  W.  L.  White to  the 
chair, when Mr. Fairchild introduced the fol­
lowing resolution and  moved  its  adoption:
W hereas,  T he Michigan T radesman 
has nominated  our  honored  President  for 
President of the Michigan State Pharmaceu­
tical Association,  and A.  W. Allen,  of  De­
troit,  for Secretary; and
W h e r e a s ,  We  recognize  in  both  these 
gentlemen all the attributes necessary to the 
successful discharge of the duties devolving 
upon the respective positions;  therefore
Resolved,  That we  do  cordially  endorse 
said nominations,  and will use all honorable 
eudeavors to secure the election of the  gen­
tlemen named.

The resolution was unanimously  adopted, 
when Mr.  Wurzburg was recalled to thechair 
and thanked the Society for their  unsolicit­
ed efforts  in  his  behalf.  He  assured  the 
meeting that he did not seek  the  office,  but 
in case it should come his way lie  promised 
to discharge its duties to the best of his abil­
ity.

Dr.  Watts  suggested  that  inasmuch  as 
many of the visiting  druggists would be ac- ! 
companied by their wives,  it would be inor- 
4er to add Dr. Phoebe A.  French and  sister j 
to  the  Reception  Committee.  Mr.  Watts j 
put  the suggestion in the form of a  motion, 
which was adopted.

On motion of Wm.  II.  Van  Leeuwen  lo­
cal Secretary  White was  instructed to  rent 
additional chairs for the meeting, and secure 
such assistance as might  be necessary,  and 
on motion of Mr.  Peck,  lie was instructed to 
incur any additional expense deemed  neces­
sary for the occasion.

A  letter  was  read  by  Jas.  A. Bassett, 
denying that he  ever  advised  druggists  to 
stay away from the  convention,  but  admit­
ting that he had stated to the  trade that the 
meeting would not be  of  sufficient  interest 
to warrant his attending it.  The latter was 
placed on file,  and on motion of  Dr.  Watts, 
T he  T r a d e sm a n was  tendered  a  vote  of 
thanks for its outspoken course  in  relation 
to the matter.

The meeting then adjourned.

WURZBURG  AND  ALLEN.

Endorsement  Everywhere  of the Winning

Ticket.

As stated,in T h e T ra d esm a n last week, 
there  appears  to  be  only one opinion as to 
who should succeed  the  present  President 
and Secretary of  the  Michigan  State Phar­
maceutical  Association  and  that  opinion 
was  fvoiced  by  T h e  T ra d esm a n  in  pre­
senting  the  names  of  Frank J.  Wurzburg 
and A.  W.  Allen for  the  positions  named. 
Since  the  nominations  were  made,  nearly 
one  hundred  letters  endorsing  the  gentle­
men  have  been  received  by the  editor  of 
T h e T ra desm a n  and  the members of  the 
local Pharmaceutical Society,  from which it 
would  appear that  no one would  be so fool­
ish as to ’attempt to  contest the claims pre­
sented  by the friends of  Messrs. Wurzburg 
and Allen.  As will be seen by referring to the 
report of  the Grand  Rapids Pharmaceutical 
Society, that organization cordially endorsed 
both nominations at its regular meeting last 
Thursday evening and  the Detroit  Pharma­
ceutical  Association  unanimously  adopted 
the following resolution at its regular meet­
ing on Wednesday evening:

W h e r e a s,  T h e Mich ig a n T ra desm a n 
has  nominated  Frank  J.  Wurzburg,  of 
Grand Rapids,  for  President  of  the Michi­
gan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association and 
A.  W.  Allen,  of  this  city,  for  Secretary; 
and
W a er k a s,  W e  consider  both gentlemen 
admirably  qualified 
the  positions 
named; therefore
Resolved—That this  Society cordially en­
dorse  said nominatioQs and  that  the  mem­
bers will use all  honorable  endeavors to se­
cure their  election.

to  fill 

Among  tiie  many  letters  received  from 
members of  the  Association since the nom­
inations were made are the following:

A   D ETRO IT  END ORSEM EN T.

, 

Det r o it,  Oct.  7,  1886.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

De a r  Sir—Your nomination of Frank J. 
Wurzburg,  of  Grand  Rapids, for  President 
and A. W. Allen, of  this city, for Secretary 
of the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Asso­
ciation is  a good  one,  and  will  receive my 
hearty  support.  A  personal  acquaintance 
with both of these  gentlemen  convinces me 
that they are just the  men for the positions 
mentioned. 

Yours respectfully,

F ra n k I n g l is.

A N O TH ER   D ETR O IT EN D ORSEM EN T.

The State Meeting.

The annual meeting of the M.  S.  P. A.  is 
an assurred  success,  enough  members hav­
ing already arrived to warrant the statement 
that the present convention will be the larg­
est ever held by the Association.  The only 
change in the programme thus far is the sub­
stitution of a special train for carriages to con­
vey the members to the plaster quarries, the 
large number who  will avail  themselves of 
the invitation rendering such  a  change nec­
essary.  The  exhibitors  have  gotten  their 
goods in place  in  exhibit  hall,  the  display 
being the  largest  and  finest  ever made  in 
tli is State.

Local  Secretary White,  who  has worked 
like a beaver to  render the  exhibit  depart­
ment  a  success,  expresses  a  good  deal  of 
warmth over the action  of  Jas.  E.  Davis & 
Co.,  the  Detroit  jobbing  house.  He  says 
the house was the  first  applicant  for  space 
last March  and  was  assigned tig; best loca­
tion in the hall.  “About  two  weeks ago,” 
said  Mr.  White,  “Davis  wrote  me,  with­
drawing  his  application,  and  in the mean­
time his man  Bassett  went  around  among 
the trade with the statement  that  the meet­
ing would' not  be  worth  attending.  Now 
Davis comes  here  with a  big  exhibit  and 
five  men,  open 3  up  at  one  of  the  hotels, 
and is doing  all  lie  can  to ' draw druggists 
away from the  meeting and the  regular ex­
hibit. 
I  thought  it was  mean  enough for 
Bassett to go  around lying  about  the Asso­
ciation,  but Davis’ action  is  even more con­
temptible.”

Visit to the Plaster Quarries.

A pleasant feature of the programme pre­
pared for the entertainment of the members 
of the Association  is  the  proposed  visit to 
the  mills  and  factories  of  the  Alabastiue 
and  Anti-Kalsomine  Companies.  A  gen­
eral invitation has been  extended  to  mem­
bers to  be  present  at  exhibit  hall  at  1:30 
o’clock p. in.,  on Wednesday afternoon,  the 
13th  inst.,  where  they will  be  met by rep­
resentatives of  the two  companies,  and es­
corted to  the  union  depot,  wlxere  special 
trains will be in waiting on the C.  & W. M. 
and G.  R. & I.  railroads  to  convey them to 
their destination.  A very enjoyable as well 
as profitable  experience  awaits all  partici­
pating in the trijj.

Det r o it Oct. 6,  1886.

E: A. Stowe, Grand Rapids;

D e a r Sir—I am in receipt of sample copy 
of  T h e  T ra d esm a n.  Please  accept  my 
It  is  plain  to  see  that 
thanks for  same. 
T h e  T ra d esm a n  fills  a  long  felt  want 
among  the  merchants  of  Michigan  and 
should  be  heartily  supported  and  patron­
ized by every live business man in the State.
I also see mentioned  the  names  of  F.  J. 
Wurzburg  and  A.  W.  Allen  for President 
and  Secretary  of  the  M.  S.  1*.  A.,  respec­
tively, and  1  would  say  as  a  member  of 
that Association  that I freely endorse  both 
candidates. 
I am only acquainted with Mr. 
Wurzburg  by  reputation,  but  I  think  the 
presidency is  justly due  to  Grand  Rapids 
and  that  the  Association  will  not make a 
mistake in electing him.  As to Allen,  I am 
sure a more  prudent  selection  could not be 
be made, for  his past  history shows  him to 
be one of  the most  earnest  and hard-work­
ing members of the Association.
continued 
success 
to  T h e 
T ra desm a n,  I remain,
Yours respectfully

Wishing 

L.  G.  B l a k e s l e e.

D R.  M U E LLE R ’S  CHOICE.

D et r io t,  Oct.  9,  1886.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids;
De a r Sir—I cheerfully endorse the nom­
ination  of  Mr.  Wurzburg for President and 
Mr.  A.  W.  Allen  for Secretary of the M.  S. 
P.  A.  for the ensuing year.

l^spectfully, 

J .  C.  Mu e l l e r.

A   GOOD  SELECTIO N.

D etr o it,  Oct.  8,  1886.

E .  A .  S to w e , Grand Rapids:

De a r Sir —I heartily endorse  the nomin­
ation  of  Mr.  Wurzburg  for  President  and 
Mr.  Allen  as  Secretary  of  the  Michigan 
State Pharmaceutical Association.
A better  selection,  I  think  could  not  he 
made. 

Yours respectfully,

F.  A.  Cooke.

FROM  TH E  E X E C U T IV E   COM M ITTEE.

D etr o it,  Oct.  7,  1886.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

D e a r Sir—I  heartily endorse  your nom­
inations of F. J. Wurzburg and A.  W.  Alien 
and shall do  all  in  my power  to help elect 
them.
I think tliis is  the  feeling  of  all Detroit 
members. 

Yours respectfully,

F.  W.  R.  Perry.

T R E A SU R E R   D U PO N T  SPE A K S.

•  D etr o it,  Oct.  8,  1886.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:
De a r  Sir —The article appearing in your 
valuable  journal of  October  6,  headed “A 
Look Ahead” is timely and opportune.  The 
advocacy  of  Mr.  Frank  J.  Wurzburg  for 
President and of  A.  W.  Allen for Secretary 
meets with my hearty approval.

Yours truly, 
Do Not Overlook  Us.

W m.  D u po n t.

Peck Bros.,  129  and  131  Monroe  street, 
beg to extend  the  hand  of  welcome to the 
members of the Michigan State  Pharmaceu­
tical Association.  Their doors will he wide 
open  on  the  12th,  13th  and  14th.  Their 
prescription  clerks,  Messrs.  V.  II.  Middle- 
ton,  F.  Aid worth and assistant  M.  Kibboon 
heartily  join  us  in  our  efforts  to  take  in 
the strangers,  and  also Mr.  W.  E.  Osborne, 
C.  Shaw,  M.  Clark,  I.  Birdsall, C.  Clark,  J. 
Bosnia and  M.  Brewer each  and all  desire 
to  greet  their  old  friends,  while  cordially 
inviting as many new  ones as  will do them 
the honor to call and look over our stock on 
the occasion  of  the  annual  meeting of  the 
Michigan Stat^ Pharmaceutical Association.

Respectfully, 
The Drug Market.

P eck  B ros.

Acid citric continues  to  decline.  Opium 
is  easier.  Balsam  copaiba,  cubeb  berries, 
chloroform,  oil  cloves  and  cloves  are  ad­
vancing. 
Iodine and  its  preparations have 
declined,  with a tendency  to  still lower fig­
ures.  Glycerine i» very firm at the advance. 
Wood  alcohol  continues  scarce  and  high. 
Salicylic  acid  has  advanced, on  account  of 
small stocks,  to  $2.25.

Greeting to the Trade.

To the Retail Drug Trade:

The Ilazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.  ex­
tend to the drag trade*of Michigan a cordial 
invitation 
to  make  their  establishment 
headquarters while in attendance on the an­
nual meeting  of  the State  Association next 
week.  Every  convenience  which  we  can 
arrange to enhance the pleasure of your visit 
will be at your disposal,  and we are prepar­
ed to give all a cordial welcome.

II a z e l t in e & P er k in s D rug  Co.
Make Yourselves at Home.

We extend a cordial  invitation to the vis­
iting drug trade on the  occasion of the con­
vention to make our place  of  business tlieir 
headquarters and \vill do all that lies in  our 
way to render the  visit  pleasant and agree­
able. 

L.  1).  P utnam & Co.

11

M i l l s   &   G o o d m a n ,   P r o p s .

.

357 South Union St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
W ANTED—Registered  drug  clerks,  either 
pharmacists or assistants,who are sober, 
honest,  industrious  and  willing  to  work  on 
moderate salary.
n*.OR  SALE—Neat  little  stock  of  about  800 
*• 
in small town in Indiana, in midst  of  fine 
farming region.
FOR  SALE—Stock of about $1,8 0 iu town  of 
800 inhabitants in Ohio.  Doing good  pay­
ing business.
TpOR  SALE—Stock of $1,500 in Northern town 
J- 
of about 350  inhabitants.  Can  be bought 
at liberal discount.
FOR  SALE—Stock of about  $1,200  in  south­
western  p irt of State,  in  town  of  about 
300 inhabitants.  Reason for selling, other bus­
iness. 
TJiOR' SALE- Finest busli 
uslness chance north of 
—  Grand Rapids,  8tool
)ck  of  about  $5.000  in 
town  of  5,000  inhabitants.  Doing  very  flue 
business.
FOR  SALE—Very desirable stock of $3,000 in 
in  midst of  peach  region.  Will  sell only 
with residence.
F OR  SALE—Several  well  located  stocks  in 
this city of about $2,000, $4,000  and  $6,000, 
can be bought bn very reasonable terms.
■  LSO—Many  other  stocks,  the  particulars 
•  of which we will  furnish  on  application.
rO  DRUGGISTS—Wishing  to  secure  clerks 
we will furnish the  address  and  full  par­
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WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced—Bermuda Arrow  Root, Locopod- 
Declined—Sulphur, brimstone, iodine, iodide 

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ACIDS.

ium.
potash, oil peppermint, gum opium.
"  
.  ■.................................................   ©
Acetic, No.  8.................................... 
Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav.  1.040)..........  30 ©
Carbolic............................................   30  ©
C itric...................................................  70 ©
Muriatic 18  deg.................................. 
3 @
Nitric 36 deg.................................... 
11  ©
Oxalic...............................................   10  ©
Sulphuric 66 deg................................ 
3 @
Tartaric  powdered........................   50  ©
Benzoic,  English....................]9 oz
Benzoic,  German..........  ...............  12  ©
Tannic................ 
13  ©
Carbonate.................................$  lb  12  ©
Muriate (Powd. 22c).........................
3 ©
A qua 16 deg or  3f..............................  
Aqua 18 deg or  4f............................. 
4 ©

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1  50 
45

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18
13
14
15 
10 
12 
20 18 
30 
12

BALSAMS.

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

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

BERRIES.

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 and 25 ft boxes, 25c)...
Licorice,  powdered, pure.............
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 ft doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 ft  boxes)........ .
...........
Lgowood, 54s 
Logwood, Ha 
...............
Logwood, ass’d 
..............
Fluid Extracts—25 ft cent, off list.

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FLOWERS.

Arnica............................................
Chamomile,  Roman.....................
Chamomile,  Germ an....................

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GUMS.

Cubeb  prime (Powd 1  15c)........ ..
6  ©
Juniper............................................  
Prickly Ash.................'A ...............   50  @

@1  10
7
60

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25 
30

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Aloes,  Barbadoes..........................
60©  75 
Aloes, Cape (Powd  20c)................
12 
in
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)........
28©  30 
Ammoniac......................................
Arabic, powdered  select...........
90 
Arabic, 1st picked.........................
90
Arabic,2d  picked.......................
85 
Arabic,  3d picked........ .................
70
Arabic, sifted sorts.......................
55 
15
Assafcentida, prime (Powd 28c).. 
Benzoin  ............
Camphor............................. t.........
25© 27
13
Catechu. Is ()4  14c, Xs  16c)........
Euphorbium powdered................
35© 40
Galbanum strained.....  ...............
80
80© «0
Gamboge.........................................
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c)...........
35
Kino [Powdered, 30c]....................
20
Mastic..............................................
1
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered  47c)..
40
Opium, pure (Powd $4 40).............
3 00
Shellac, Campbell’s .......................
25
Shellac,  English............................
22
Shellac, native...............................
2!)
Shellac bleached............................
30
T ragacanth......................................  30  @1 00

HERBS—IN  OUNCE  PACKAGES. 

H oarhounri....................................  
Lobelia............................................
Pepperm int..................................
Rue...................................................
S pearm int......................................
Sweet Majoram..........................   .
Tanzy ..............................................
T hym e............................................
W ormwood................................

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25
25
40
24
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25
30
25

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IRON.

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

LEAVES.

Buchu, short (Powd 25c)...............
Sage, Italian, bulk Ois & )4s. 12c)...
Senna,  Alex, natural........ ............,  33
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled..
Senna,  powdered............................
Senna tinnivelli...............................
Uva  Ursl...........................................
Belledonna.......................................
Foxglove...........................................
H enbane...........................................
Rpse, red...........................................

LIQUORS.

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

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©6 50 
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Carbonate, Pattison’s„2 oz...........
Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2 oz.............
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s  solution__
Calcined...........................................
Almond, sweet.................................  45  ©  50
45
Amber,  rectified.............................. 
Anise........... ....................................  
2  00
Bay $   oz__ "..................................  
50
Bergamont.......................................  
3  00
Castor...............................................   1  42© l  60
i  75
Croton............................................... 
C ajeput............................................ 
75
85
Cassia............................................... 
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c)....... 
35
Citronella.......................................  
75
Cloves........................................  
1  75
Cod Liver, N. F ....................... $  gal 
1  20
]  50
Cod Liver, best........................  
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 
Cubeb8, P. &  W............................... 
8  5o
l  60
Erigeron........................................... 
2  00
Firewood..-....................................... 
Geranium  $   oz.............................. 
75
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. 
35
Juniper wood..................................  
60
2 00
Juniper berries............................... 
Lavender flowers, French.............  
2 01
Lavender garden 
1  00
............. 
90
Lavender spike 
.............  
2 25
Lemon, hew  crop............................ 
Lemon,  Sanderson’s....................... 
2 75
Lemongrass...................................... 
80
Olive,  Malaga...! ..................... .*... 
9Q©1  00
2 75
Olive, “Sublime  Italian 
............. 
Origanum, red  flowers, French... 
1 25
Origanum,  No. 1................ 
50
Pennyroyal.......................1............  
1  00
Peppermint,  white........................   3 00©3 25
8  00
Rose  ÿ   oz......................................... 
Rosemary, French  (Mowers $1  50) 
65
Salad, ^   gal................................ 
2  75
Savin.............. 
 
100
Sandal  Wood, German.................. 
4  50
7  00
Sandal Wood, W. 1..........................  
Sassafras........................................... 
45
Spearm int.......................................  
@7  50
T ansy..............................................  4 00  @4  25
Tar (by gal 50c).................................  10  ©  12
W intergreen................................. 
2 40
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $4.00)....... 
3  50
W ormseed.......................................  
2  00
Bicromate.............................$ ft
Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk...
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23c)............
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk......
Prussiate yellow......................•...
Alkanet......................................
Althea, cut..................................
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s...................
Arrow, Taylor’s, in &S and )4s__
Blood (Powd 18c)..........................
Calamus,  peeled........... ..............
Calamus, German white, peeled..
Elecampane, powdered................
Gentian (Powd  15c).....................
G inger, African (Powd 14c)..........  11
Ginger, Jamaica  bleached..........
Golden Seal (Powd 25o)................
Hellebore, white, powdered.........
Ipecac, Rio, powdered.................
Jalap, powdered..........................
Licorice,  select (Powd 15)............
Licorice, extra select...................
Pink, true....................................
Rhel, from select to  choice.........100
Rhel, powdered E. 1......................1 10
Rbei, choice cut  cubes..............
Rhei, choice cut fingers..............
Serpentaria.................................
Seneka.............. , .......................
Sarsaparilla,  Honduras..............
Sarsaparilla, Mdxioan.................

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20 
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4 00 
14 
75 
5 
12

Squills, white (Powd 35c)..............
Valerian, English (Powd 30c)........
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)...
Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)...............
! Bird, mixed in ft packages..........
Canary,  Smyrna.............................
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd  20c).
Cardamon,  Aleppee........... ..........
Cardamon, Malabar.......................
C elery.............................................
Coriander,  nest  English................
F en n el..................................
Max, pure grd (bbl 3)4»........
Foenugreek, powdered........
Hemp,  Russian.....................
Mustard, white  Black  10c)..
Q uince....................................
Rape, English........................
Worm,  Levant.......................
„  
SPONGES.
Nassau 
do
Velvet Ext 
do
ExtraYr  • 
do
Grass
dc
,for slate use 
|  Hard ’ 
I  Yoffow Reef, 
................
Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.25>  gai__
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref.
Anodyne Hoffman’s .......................
,  Arsenic, Donovan’s solution........
! Arsenic, Fowler’s solution............
| Annatto  1 ft rolls.............
Alum .........................................  «
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)...............
Annatto,  prim e.«...........................
Antimony, powdered,  com’i ..!  ..
Arsenic, white, powdered........   „
Blue  Soluble.  ...............................
I  Bay  Rum, imported, best!!!!"!!' 
j  Bay Rum, domestic, H.,P. & Co.’«
j  Balm Gilead  Buds........................
Beans,  Tonka................
Beans,  Vanilla................ 7
Bismuth, sub  nitrate.......  .
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c)........
Blue Vitriol  .................................."
Borax, refined (Powd  lie )..! .! ! .!  
Cautharides. Russian  powdered.!
Capsicum  Pods. A lriean.......
) Capsicum Pods, African  pow’d!!!
I Capsicum Pods,  Bombay  do  .
Carmine,  No. 40............................
Cassia  Buds...................!!!!!!!!!!!!
Calomel*.  American.................... \’m\
Chalk, prepared drop...............
Chalk; precipitate English........ ! !
Chalk,  red  lingers........................”
Chalk, white lum p........... !.!!!!!!!
i 25
u,  S<juibb’s ............. .!..
Chloroform 
Colocyntli 
appiles............................
60
!  Chloral hj 
OmîtS German  crusts..
i 50
|  Chloral 
ilo
i 76
cryst...
Chlora i 
do
i 90
Chloral 
do
i 75
crusts..
Chloroform
11
@ 40
îi, P. & w !!!!!"!!!!!!!;
15  0
20
a, other brands.............
9  @ 14
vvd  2»C)............................ 25  © 27
40
40
70
40 
15 
50 
24 
20 
12 
1  10 
50 
65 
1  10 
8 
3 
50 
60
14
15 
90
0@  7i

Cocoa  B utter..................... !  !!!
Copperas (by bbl  le)...........!!!!!!!
Corrosive Sublimate...............
Corks. X and XX—40 off  list
Cream Tartar, pure powdered....... 
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 ft box..
Creasote............................................
Cudbear,  prime...................!!!!!!!!
Cuttle Fish Bone................. !!!!!!!!
D extrine...................................‘! ’ ’
Dover’s  Powders...............
Dragon’s Blood Mass........
Ergot  powdered................
Ether Squibb’s ...................
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s!
Epsom Salts (bbl.  1%)..............!!.!!! 
Ergot, fr/isli__ ’...................... !!!!!!
Ether, sulphuric, U. S.  P ..!!!!!.!!
Flake  white...............................
G rains  Paradise.......!.!!!!!! ’!!!’’
Gelatine,  Cooper’s
Gelatine. French  ............................  _
Glassware, flint, 70 & id, by box 60 & 10 less
Glassware, green, 60  and  10 dis__
Glue,  caiin et................................. 
12  ©  17
Glue,white.......................................   16  ©  28
Glycerine, pure...............................  17  ©  23
Hops  14 s and ?4s .............................. 
25©  40
Iodoform «p  oz.......................; ........ 
40
Indigo...................................... ....!!!  85  @1 no
Insect Powder, best  Dalm atian...  35  ©  40
@1 00
Insect Powder, H„ P. & Co., boxes 
Iodine,  resublimed........................  
3 60
Isinglass,  American..................... . 
1  50
Japonica.........................................  
7
London  Purple.........................,! ’
10  ©  15 
Lead, acetate...............................
15 
Lime, chloride, (%s 2s 10c & ¿ s  lie)
8
Lupuline...........................................
1  00 
Lycopodium............................
60 
M ace..............................................
50
Madder, best  Dutch...............!.!. ”
12)4©  13 
Manna, S.  P .......................... .
1 00 
Mercury
65
Morphia, sulph., P. & IV........ ^  oz
2  15@2 35 
Musk, Canton, H., P. ie  Co.’s ........
40 
Moss, Iceland............................$  a
10 
Moss,  Irish.............................
12 
Mustard,  English..................
30 
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  cans
18 
Nutgalls..................................
23 
N utrnegs, No. 1.......................
60 
Nux  Vomica..........................
10 
Ointment. Mercurial, )4d __
45
Paris Green............................
18  ©  26 
Pepper, Black  Berry...........
18 
Pepsin.....................................
2 50
Pitch, True Burgundy..........
Quassia  ..................... ............
6  @  7
Quiiiia. Sulph, P, & W...........
65  ©  70 
Quinine,  German..................
50  ©  60 
Red  Precipitate.....................
85
Seidlitz  M ixture....................
28
Strychnia, cryst.....................
1  60
Silver Nitrate, cryst.............
66  @ 70
Saffron, American.  .............
Sal  Glauber............................
Sal Nitre, largo  cryst...........
Sal  Nitre, medium  cryst__
Sal Rochelle............................
Sal  Soda..................................
Salicirl......................................
Santonin.............................
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch.
Soda Ash [by keg 3c]............
Spermaceti.............................
Soap, White Castile........................
........................
|  Soap, G reen  do 
Soap, Mottled do 
........................
Soap, 
do 
........................
Soap,  Mazzini..................................
Spirits Nitre. 3 F .............................
Spirits Nitre, 4 F .............................
Sugar Milk powdered.....................
Sulphur, flour..................................
Sulphur,  roll................ ._.................
Tartar Emetic.................................
Tar, N. C. Pino, ¡4 gal. cans  $  doz
Tar, 
quarts in tin ..........
Tar, 
pints in tin .............
Turpentine,  Venice................18 ft
Wax, White, S. 5c  F. brand...........
Zinc,  Sulphate.................................

10
9
o3
2)4
15 
50 
35 
4  • 
50
4)4© 5
14
17
11
14
26  © 28
30  © 32
35
2)4© 3)4
2M@

60
2 70
i 40
85
28
55
7  © ’ 8
Bbl
Gal
75
.  70
.  55
60
.  45
55
.  42
45
48
.  45
.  70
90
.  42
47
VARNISHES.
No. 1 Turp  Coach.....................
...1   10@1 20
Extra  Turp........ ................................... 1  60©l  To
Coach Body........................................... 2  75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furniture............................1  00@l  10
Extra Turk  Damar...............................1  55@1  60
Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp.
PAINTS

Linseed, pure  raw ..................
Linseed, boiled.......................
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained.

Whale, winter....................................

ft oz
¡g ft 
___ 

do 
do 

2  ©

OILS.

70©

do 

©

•  

6

Red  Venptlan............................
Ochre, j^ellow  Marseilles........
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda..........
Putty, com m ercial..................
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 olitf..
Pioneer Prepared  1 a in ts __
Swiss Villa Prepare'  Paints..

Bbl
&Ili
IX
2*
2)4

Lb 
2© 3 
2© 3 
2© 3 
2)4©  3 
2X@  3 
13@16 i 
05@70 
16@17 
•  7© 7)4 
7©  714 @70 
@90 
1  10 
1  40 
1 20@1  40 
1 00@1  20

OILS.

ILLUMINATING.

 

Water W hite...................................................  11)4
Michigan  Test..................................................1014
LUBRICATING.
Capitol Cylinder..................... 
36)4
Model  Cylinder............; ....... ‘.........................31)4
Shield  Cylinder................................................26)4
Eldorado  Engine.............................................23
Peerless Machinery........................................20
Challenge Machinery...................................... 19
Paraffine  ......................................................... 20)4
Black. Summer, West Virginia...................  8
Black, 25° to 30P........................... 
9
Black, 15° C.  T ..............................................10
Z ero............ 
........................ 
.11

 

 

WHOLESALE

Druggists!

42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, 91,

93 and 95 Louis Street.

IMPORTERS  AND JOBBERS  OF

Drugs, leflicings, Gheiuicals, 
Paints, Oils, Yarnislius, 
e l   Druggist’s 
Seines.

M A N U FA CTU RERS  o f

Elegant  Plmacentical  Prepara­

tions,  Unit  Extracts  and

p u   ■

G EN E R A L   W H O LESA LE  A GN TS  FO R 

'

Wolf, Patton & Oo. and John L. 

Whiting, Manufacturers  of 

Fine Paint and  Var­

nish Brushes.
THE  CELEBRATED

rie e r m p r a  m s .

ALSO  FOR  THE

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

Horse Brushes.

W E  A R E   SOLE  OW NERS  OF

Weatherly’s licligai Catarrh Care

Which is positively the best Remedy 

of the kind on the market.

W e  desire  particular  attention  of those 
about purchasing outfits for new  stores  to 
the fact of our  UNSURPASSED  FACIL­
ITIES for meeting the wants of  thus  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 anil Liquor DepartniBit

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 & CO.'S

Henderson Co., Ky.,

Sour  Mash  and  Old-Fashioned 

Hand-Made, Copper- 

Distilled

WHISKY'S.
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.  We 
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

Druggists’  Favorite  Rye,

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

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

Patent Medicines,

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

Mail  orders  always  receive  our special 

H azeltine 

& P erkins 

D rug Oo.

Wholesale Crockery,

Glassware & Lamp  G oods.

H. LEONARD & SONS

Stoneware

And Bargain Goods.

Nos.  134,136,138  and  140  Fulton  S t,  Comer  Spring  S t,  G rand  Eapids,  Mich.

Crumb Brush and Tray.

$  doz.  $  gross.

Revised Price-List of Tin- 
W are.  Terms pash.  30 
Days’  Allowed  on  Ap­
proved  Credit.  1  per 
cent, discount for  Cash 
in  10 Days.  All  goods 
w arranted  strictly first 
class.

Basting Spoons.
$  doz.
12 inch Oval Threaded....................  39
1 4 .......................... 
........ *.........   r>°
Whittled  Wood..................  35
Wood Handle.....................   33
 
45
Tinned........  35
45

» 
Rd. Iron“ 
“ 

“ 

.. 

•• 

 

 

 

F latiron“

1 gross.
4 50
5  60 
4  00
4 50
5 40
4  25
5 25 
4 00
6 25
7  25
8  60

Biscuit and Cookie Cutters.

1 30
195
3 00

4 90
4  90
9 75

9 75

2&  inch  Buiscut Cutter................   17 
3 
................   18 
Assorted  Animal Cookie C utter..  28 

*‘ 

.. 

‘4 

Comb  Cases.

Comb Cases Assorted  Colors........  44 
........   44 
No. 3 
No. 2 
........   84 

“ 
“ 
Cullenders.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

No. 20 Medium Footed................   1 25
.................  1 50
No. 30 Large 

“ 

Coffee Pots.
1 quart Pieced Coffee Pots.......... 

‘4 
•• 

» 
“ 
“ 

“ 
4* 
•• 

84 
..........  1  25
............150
............. 1 *75
Extra Heavy Coffee P ots.. .1  85 
...3 50
...3 00

•• 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Canisters.

“ 
“ 

«» 

1 pound Japaned T ea.... 
1 

Coffee

4* 

“ 

4. 

Fancy  Asst.  Colors.........................S 25
‘‘  Shell Pattern.. 4 20
Cake Turners.

*4 

No. 200 Retd. Blade Iron Handle..  42 
No.  1  Russia  Iron  Blade  Wood
H andle.......................................
No.  50  Russia  Iron  Blade  Wood

H andle.......................................   *8

No. 18 Retd.  Blade  Wood  Handle 
 

 

84

Ebony...........................  
Cups..
(See Mugs.)
Dippers.

.. 

*• 

“ 
“ 

1 quart Plain  Stamped..................  42 
Retined  Stamped.............   52 
.............   75 
Plain  Stamped................   56
2 
Pieced........................... 
  79
2 
No. 60 Cocoa shape Ebony Handle  70 
77
No. 51 Cup 
87
No. 22 
“ 
70
No. 29 Ladles 
40
No. 139  “ 

“ 
 

“ 
“

“ 

“ 

“ 

 

Dust  Pans

Toy Painted Asst. Colors...............  33
\   sheet Asst. Colors.  35
Japaned Full sheet.........................  7®

“  

“ 

Drip  Pans.

8x10 Russia Iron Drip Pans..........  75
...  93 
8x12
...1 00 
9x14
...1 25 
10x15
...1 60
12x17

Dish  Pans.
(See Rinsing Pans.)

Funnels.

1 pint  Funnels.................................  33
50
1 quart 
C orrugated...........   48
1  “

“ 

Grates.

Vi 6beet Vegetable Ebony Handle  42
Wood Frame Vegetable—  t ........  42
Nutmeg b o x ....................................   44

Match Safes.

9  50 
9 50

Twin  Asst.  Colors..........................   35
No. 10 Bronze Iro n ..........................   87

$  doz.  \
No. 2 Bronze Iron........ ...................  70
Daisy Asst.  Colors  to  hang  with

cover................ 

 

 

45

 

 

“ 

“ 

Excelsior  Pocket.......................   75
Daisy 
Mascott 

“ 
7b
“  Hammered......2  00
Mincing Knives.
Single Blade Russia Iron..........  42
Double  “ 

........ —   85
Mugs and Cups.
1 pint Pieced...............................  24
1  “  Stamped...........................   33
Picnic Planished Loose H andle...  30
...  33
...  37
Daisy Painted  Mugs  Asst. Colors  45
45

“ 
“  Hammered  “ 

Pails 

Solid 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 3 

Toy No. 2 Painted Smttjt) Cup Asst.
Colors........... ........;.................
“  Medium  Cup
Asst. Colors............................
Muffin Rings.

Plain 6 on sheet...............................1  50
............................'.8 00
Scolloped 8 on sheet.......................2 25

“  8 

" 

Measures.

‘4 

4‘ 
“ 
“ 

Gill  Lipped  Measures.................. .  35
Vi pint Lipped  Measures...............  40
45
1 
 
”5
1 quart 
 
 
2  •• 
125
4  •• 
...............2 00
1 pint Graduated M easure...........   39
............  45
1 quart 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

 
 

Oil Cans.

.< 

Vi gallon Kerosene  Tin Oil Can.. .1 60
1 
..........  2 00
0 Zinc Sewing Machine Oil  Can...  33
2  “  Machine Oil Can....................  62

*4 

“ 

Pails.

“ 

1 quart  Covered  Pails  ..................  56
“ 
2  ** 
.....................   75
3
 
.........................................110
.................. 1  50
“ 
4  44 
“ 
“ 
“ 
6 
................... 1  90
“ 
2 
“ 
“ 
“  oval.............   95
“  Graduated cov’d .................  84
2 
“ ..................... 1  75
‘4 
4 
1 
“  Painted 
“ 
..................  75

“ 

 

4 75 

4 50 

9  50 

9 50

4 90
6 00

8  75
6 50 
8  00 
8  00
9  00
10 25 
8 00 
1  75

3 75
4 00 
8 75

3 75 
5  75 
5 40

4 75 
4  75 
1 60

4 00 
4 25

1 gross. 
8 00

5 25 
9 00 
9 00

4 75 
10  00

2 75
3 75 
3 60
3 75
4 25
5  40 
5 40

3 00

3 00

$  doz.  y

! gross. 
10 00

. 

44 

“ 

.“  Flared Black Handle' Pails  85
“  1  25

5 
6  
1 0 ......................................................n o
14  “ 
3 
4 
10  “  Strainer  Pails.........................3 25
14  *‘ 

"  1 95
“  Rd  Pieced Dinner Pails.. .2 00
“  oval 
.. .2 50

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

....................4 00

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Pot Covers.

9V4 inch Hemmed and Ringed.......  35
•   “ 
lOVi  “ 
.......  42
Preserve Kettles.
No.  180  Retinned  Preserve  Ket­

44 

4 25 
4  75

No.  200  Retinned  Preserve  Ket­

tles ........... 

tles ................ 

 

 

1  35

1  75

No.  210  Retinned  Preserve  Ket­

“ 

‘ “

Vi pint Dairy 
1 
“
1 quart  “ 
lVi  44
2 
“ 
“
3 
..
4 
“
5 
6 
“
8  “  
10 
“  

tles .............................................. 1 i*0
Pans Plain Dairy.
16 
19 
26 
30 
35 
41 
56 
62 
* 65 
80
...................................................................  86
Pans Retinned Dairy.
4 quart Ret’d Dairy.........................  87
6 
.........................100
.........................1 25
8 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

4<
“  

44 

Pans Pieced.
4  quart  Round  Pieced  Pudding

P a n .................................. 

 

  TO

6-  quart  Round  Pieced  Milk

4. 

.. 

» 

'*» 

P an ............. ................................1  13
3 quart Oval  Pieced  pudding Pan  70
*• 
gg
4 
Pans Deep Pudding.
3 quart Stam’d Deep Pudding Pan  65
4 
73

44 
Patty Pans.
Scollop  Patty Pans.........................

44 

44 

“ 

44 

Plates.

9 inch Plain  Pie Plate....................  24

1  90
2 26 
3 00
3 50
4 00 
4  75
6 50
7 25 
7 60 
9 25
10  15

10 75 
12  00

8  25

8 25 
10 50

7  50
8 25

80

4 00
4  50
5 25 
8 50

4  50
5 25

3 75 
7 25

6 50 
8  50

11 25 
9 75

Snooks Still in the Land of the Living.
Ca n t H ook Corners,  Sept.  9,  1886. 

Editor M i c h i g a n  T r a d e s m a n  :

D e ju i Sir—-Your letter,  enquiring  as  to 
the probabilities  ot  our  all  being  dead  up 
here or  not,  just  came  to  hand.  We  are 
alive yet and I think we are getting on pret­
ty  fair.  To  be  sure,  business  is  not  so 
rushing as to keep us up nights,  but  still it 
is gaining.  Our losses  from  bad  debts are 
not near so much as  in  previous  years  and 
that is a comfort.

I like the platform  and  constitution first 
rate that was adopted at the Michigan Busi­
ness  Men’s  Association  the  other  day.  1 
am sorry I could not  have  been  there,  but 
the  fact is, Algernon  was  off  hunting  and 
fishing for ten days—he  has to have a little 
crack at the  squirrels  and  patridges  every 
September—so,  as my other clerk,  Bill Sim- 
rnonds, has never been  able  to  rightly  un­
derstand the exact  distinguishing difference 
between epsom salts and  oxalic  acid or tar­
tar emetic and roshell salts,  1 am obliged to 
keep him mostly  in  the  grocery,  dry goods 
and  hardware  departments  and  attend  to 
drugs myself,  wThen  Banks  is away.  This 
is my excuse.
My  brother-in-law,  who  lives  in  Grand 
Rapids, writes me that  the  convention call­
ed on me to get up. 
I spose they wanted  a 
speech. 
I am ever so  much  obliged  to  the 
convention, but if  I  had  have  been  there, 
such is my native  modesty,  I  should  have 
just as like as not been afraid to get up.

My brother-in-law,  John,  is a grocer,  and 
he is all taken up with the convention.  He 
says  “That editor of  T iie  T ra desm a n  is 
stirring up things over this State to beat the 
dickens.” 

I think so myself.

At our last N.  W. P. A. we resolved that 
you ought to have the champion  belt  as  an 
organizer.
It  is  certainly  wonderful  the  way  the 
movement  has  spread. 
I notice  that other 
states are catching  the  epidemic.  Let  the 
good work go on.

We  are  not  trying  so  much  to  reform 
others, as we are trying to reform ourselves. 
That is the beauty  of  it.  A  few more cen­
turies of this loose  way  of  doing  business 
and trade would go to the  everlasting  bow­
wows.
We must bear in mind that there  are  lots 
of mercantile dead-beats, as well  as  others 
and we must discountanance them.

In case  I  should  be  able  to  attend  the 
pharmaceutical convention,  which is highly 
probable,  I think it would be well for me to 
go in disguise,  under  some  such  name  as 
Bandervilt or Gay Jould; because, you know 
they might call on  me  for  a  speech  and  I 
should feel like falling through the floor. 
I 
am terrible bashful.  Bilson says I  have no 
more cheek than  a  government  mule,  and 
I guess I haven’t. 

Yours  truly, 

Soliman  Snooks, 
General Dealer

Soap Made from Wool Fat.

* 
The French chemists have solved the prob­
lem of what shall be done with the millions 
of pounds of waste grease  known  as  wool 
fat, by finding a  means  of  turning  it  into 
soap.  The fat having  been  heated  to  the 
melting jpoint absorbs certain compounds of 
sulphur,  for which it seems to have a remark­
able chemical  affinity, to the  extent  of  re­
taining in a fixed  state  one  hundred  times 
its volume of sulphureted hydrogen.  When 
the fat thereafter is  allowed  to  cool,  it  is 
found to be soap.  The combination of  sub­
stances destroys the  distinctive  unpleasant 
odor of both, the mixture being  fine  and  of 
perfect homogeneity.  From the interesting 
report of Consul Williams, at Rouen, giving 
these particulars,  it is learned that manufac­
tured soap of this kind has already taken its 
place as a  commercial  product  in  France. 
It is not a toilet soap, but it is so cheap that 
it is likely to displace soaps based  on  soda 
for many important uses, particularly in vine 
culture and horticulture as a defense against 
the insects that prey upon plants.  None of 
the plant vermin like a sulphur  application. 
The soap would also have its  sanitary  uses 
as a powerful  disinfectant,  and  perhaps  a 
remedy  for  some  cutaneous  ailments. 
If 
this wool fat can thus be used as a  soap,  it 
may  be  profitably  used  up.  As  half  the 
weight of wool is grease,  whatever  may  be 
obtained from the waste goes to cheapen the 
cost of woolens in the long run, thus adding 
materially to human comfort.  -

The Ruling Passion.

It was a dying dry goods clerk,  who,  af­
ter being visited by a  benevolent  lady  who 
sought to smooth  his journey  to  the  other 
world, turned his glassy eyes upon  her,  af 
ter she had ceased speaking, and  6oftly  en 
quired:

“Anything else to-day, ma’am?”

The Mill Has Stopped Grinding.

“Was that your wife I heard talking  just 

now?”

‘*1 guess not.  She’s closed  for  repairs.”
“What do you mean?”
“She has gone to the dentist’s.”

One of the Fellows W e’re After.

Grocer—I’ve called  with  that  little  bill 

Mrs. Short.

Mrs. Short—Oh,  I’m so sorry; my husband 
has gone away, and won’t return for a week.
Hoarse whisper from behind—Make  it  a 

month, Sarah,  make it a month.

“Something in Double Width?”

Fat old lady (In dry  goods  store)—I  will 

look at your dress goods.

Clerk—Yes, ma’am.  Something  in  dou­

ble width?

The Toronto co-operative ’bus  association 

has wound up its affairs.

Lamps  are  filled  direct 
by  THE  PUMP  without 
lifting the Can.  The Fill­
ing Tube adjusting to suit 
the h eighth  of any lamp. 
Any overflow or drippings 
are  returned  to  the  Can 
through an opening in the 
center of the  top.  When 
closed  the  Filling  Tube 
enters this opening,  pre­
venting evaporation from 
EITHER PUMP OB CAN.

OIL AND GASOLINE CAN!

Every Live Dealer Should Sell Them.

This is the Most Practical, Large-Sized Family Can in the Market. 

It should be  an 
object with dealers, when possible,  to do away with the annoyance and frequent filling ol 
small cans.  A little effort and a slight difference in the price of oil in  quantities will in­
sure you a good trade in these cans,  and guarantee-your customers  Absolute Safety  and 
the Greatest Possible Convenience.

NEEDED  IN   EVERY  FAMILY  W HERE  OIL  IS  USED.

OVER  200,000  IN  ACTUAL  USE  !

DON’T  BE!  HTUMBUGGED 

W ith Cheap and  Worthless limitations.  Buy  the  Original, the  Genuine,  Old 

Reliable  “ GOOD  ENOUGH.”

WINFIELD  MAN’F ’G  CO.,  WARREN, OHIO.

SEND  FOR  COMPLETE  CIRCULARS  AND  PRICE-LIST.

MANUFACTURED  BY

FOR SALE IN GRAND  RAPIDS  BY

CURTISS, DUNTON & CO., Wholesale Paper & Woodenware, 
FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  CO., 
-  Wholesale Hardware,
H. LEONARD  &  SONS, - 
-  Wholesale Crockery.
- 

- 

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POTATOES!

CAR  LOTS  A  “SPECIALTY.”

We offer Best Facilities.  Long Experience.  Watchful  Attention.  Attend  Faith­
fully to Cars Consigned to us.  Employ  Watchmen  to  see  to  Unloading.  OUR  MR. 
POTA-
THOMPSON  ATTENDS  PERSONALLY  TO  SELLING. 
TOE  MARKET  REPORTS.  KEEP  OUR  SHIPPERS  fully posted.  OUR  QUOTED 
PRICES  CAN  BE  DEPENDED  UPON.  WE  DO  NOT  quote irregular or anticipated 
prices.  Consignments Solicited.  Correspondence Invited from  Consignors  to  this  mar­
ket.  References given when requested.

Issue 

WM. H, THOMPSON & CO,, w i

-  CHICAGO, ILL.
166  SOUTH  WATER  ST.,
H E S S ,
P E R K I N S
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  1*8  and  1*4 LOUIS STREET, GRAND  RAPIDS. MICHIGAN.

WE CARRY A  STOCK OF  CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL  USE.

*' 

44 
Scollop 
...........
Jelly Cake  “ 
............
Deep Jelly Cake  Plate

$  doz.  $  gross.
3 90 
3 00
3 25
4  75

33
25
28
40
45

Rinsing and Dish Pans.

8 quart  I. C. Rinsing PanB.......... 1 *80
......................2  00
........... 2 60
............3 25
. . . . . . . . 2   60
............3 25
..........3 75

“  
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“ 
4* 

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Pieced Dish P an......................1 90

“ 

“ 

“  ...................2  50

No. 0 Bowl  W ire..............................  42
No. 1 
...............................   45
No. 2 
...............................  77

44 
44 
Tin Sundries.

44 
“ 

doz.  $  gross.
4 75
5 00 
9 00

3 quart Milk Cans............................2  15
Tin Dinner  Horns..........................   36
Apple  Corers..................................   33
Japaned Pepper  boxes..................  20
Dredge 
..................   50
Pint Molasses Cans........   89
Spice boxes 6 m  a  tray ..2  25 
A. B. C. Rattles with Whistle........   18

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Toasters.

Bright Wire Broilers or Toasters.  42 
92

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

4  25 
3  75 
2 25
5 75 
10 50

CO

4 00 
9 50

Scoops.

No. 0 Spice Scoop............................  40
No. 34 Family  Scoop.......................  50
“  Ebony  Handle  88
No. 39 
Skimmers.

“ 

Flat Milk  Skimmer........................  22
Handled Milk  Skimmer................   42
Pierced Long Handle Skim mer...  45
Sieves  and  Sifters.

Electric Light Sifter............. ......... 1
Champion sieve  ..............................
No. 16 Tin Rim  sieve  braced........2
Nested Wood Rim  sieve  braced  3 
sizes............................................
Spuare Pans.

“ 

8x12 Biscuit P an..........
“ 
6x10 Bread 
......... .
“  Wired.
6x10 
Sauce Pans.
No. 012 Retinned Sauce Pans.......
No. 016 
No. 018
2 quart Pieced 
4  **

........ 1
........ 1
Cov’d 
“  1

“

Strainers.

Small Pieced Milk Strainer...........
No. 3 Gravy Stamped Ret’d Ebony
H andle.......................................
No. 2 Gravy Stamped Ret’d Ebony
H andle.......................................
No. 2 Sherwood  Wire Ebony Han­
dle............................................... !

90

80
25
50
90
75

80

35

4  50
5 70 
10 50

2 40 
1  75 
5 00

10 40

5 40 
5 50 
10 50

9 40 

10 50

9 50 

9 00 

4  00

Tea or Coffee Pot Stands.

Bright Wire sqr. coffee pot stands  43 
No. 17 Coppered Rou’d  coffee  pot

stands.........................................  32
Sherwoods ret’d coffee pot stonds  85

Tea Pots.

4 90

3 25 
10 00

No. 20 octagon planished tea pofcs.l  10 
No. 30 
.1 50
.2 00
No. 40 
No. 60 
.2 35

44 
44 
“ 
Tea Kettles.

“ 
“ 
44 

“ 
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“ 

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“ 

No, 7 
No. 8

Copper bottom .................... 4  75 
6 50

Tubed Cakes.

4 25 
6  00

4 60 
3 35

8 50

8  00
6 50
7 20

9 50

8 inch Tubed Cakes.........................  38
10  “ 
.........................  52

“ 

“ 

W ash Basins.

No. 6 Wash Basin Plain  no ring..  39 
No. 6 
“ 
44  with  ring  44
No. 6%  “ 

Retinned  with

“ 
“ 

r in g ............................................   75

No. 6^   Wash  basin  Retinnde  no

r i n g ............................................   70
No. 7 Wash Basin  Plain  no ring..  56 
No. 7 Wash  Basin  plain with ring  61 
No. 7  “ 

Retinned  with

44 

r in g ............................................   80

W ash Boilers.
No.  7  Pieced  Copper  Bottoms

Heavy.......................................11  50

No.  8  Pieced  Copper  Bottoms 

Heaay  .....................................14  00

S ole Agents for

Ixrrporters  and.

BULKLEY, LEMON 4  HOOPS,
W holesale  Grocers.
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Celebrated Soaps. 
Niagara Starch Co.’s Celebrated Starch. 
“Jolly  Tar”  Celebrated  Plug  Tobacco, 
Jolly  Time”  Celebrated  Fine  Cut  To­
Dwinell,  Hayward  &  Co.’s  Roasted 
Thomson  &  Taylor’s  Magnolia  Coffee. 
Warsaw Salt Co.’s Warsaw Salt.
“ Benton” Tomatoes, Benton Harbor. 
“ Van  Camp”  Tomatoes,  Indianapolis. 
“Acme ”  Sugar Corn, Best in the World.
In addition to a fall line  of staple groceries, we are the 
only house in Michigan which carries a complete assortment 
of fancy groceries and table delicacies.

dark and light.
bacco.
Coffees.

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

G-rand R apids, Mieli.

25,27 aid 29 Ionia Stand 51,53,55,57 and 59 Island Sts.,
F. J. LAMB & CO.
DIAMOND BRAND OYSTERS
Also  Fruits and Country Produce.

D. D. ‘Mallory & Co.’s

STATE  AGENTS FOR

