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PORT  SHELDON.

Graphic  History of  a  Long  Forgotten 

City.
W ritten fo r The Tradesman.

Nearly all  history  sometimes  repeats 
itself, and that which may appear to this 
generation  new  and  strange  may  have 
been  new  to  others  long  ago  passed 
away; or it may re-appear  to  succeeding 
generations in  some  other  form,  to  be 
known by a new and novel name.  With­
in the past twenty  years a term has been 
coined, or, rather,  another  meaning  has 
been given to an old word, to designate a 
rapid and morbid growth  of  a  city,  vil­
lage or country.  This term is “a boom,” 
and I often hear it said that booms never 
occurred until within the period  named. 
That the word  had  no  meaning  in  the 
sense now used is certain;  yet  “booms,” 
such as hardly have an equal  to-day, did 
take place in the first half of this centnry; 
and, if  we  take  into  account  the  com­
parative poverty of the  country  at  that 
time, the great scarcity of  available cash 
and the almost entire absence of million­
aires, 1  think  it  will  he  conceded  that 
the boom of which  a  condensed  history 
will here be given  has  seldom  or  never 
been equalled on this continent.

On the  Eastern  shore  of  Lake  Mich­
igan, in the county of  Ottawa,  township 
of Olive, and near  the  mouth  of  Pigeon 
Lake, where it  empties  into  that  great 
inland  sea,  once  stood  the  nucleus  of 
a  city  by  the  name  of  Port  Sheldon. 
Where,  over  half  a  century  ago,  was 
heard the sound  of  axe and  hammer and 
the noise of  machinery,  where  shipping 
lay at anchor off shore,  and  busy  hands 
were loading and unloading merchandise, 
all is now a comparative waste  of  marsh 
and  sand,  with  hardly  a  building  left 
standing  to  mark  the  spot  where  160 
acres of land  was  cleared  of  trees  and 
stumps,  and  surveyed  into  lots  and 
streets for a city to be.  Few  people  are 
now  living whose  hopes  and  happiness 
were centered in the rise and progress of 
Port Sheldon as a commercial center, and 
few in Grand Rapids  know  anything  of 
its history.  The “boom” of Port Sheldon, 
although startlingly  rapid and on a scale 
of gorgeous magnificence, lasted  for  the 
short period of about two years.

T h e T ra desm a n’s reporter is indebted 
to Mr. A. W. Pike, of this city, for  most 
of  the  information  herein  contained, 
whose  courtesy  in  affording  its  repre­
sentative with all of historic and statistic 
interest connected with Port  Sheldon  at 
that period is hereby acknowledged.
Mr. Pike, who was born at Cincinnati and 
came to St. Joseph,  Mich.,  in  1827,  ap­
pears to be the only gentleman  living  in 
this section  of  the  country,  if  not  the 
only one anywhere, who is  able to give a 
concise  account  of  what  transpired  in 
that embryo city.  He is  a  genial,  well- 
preserved gentleman of 77  years, retain­
ing  all  his  faculties  to  a  remarkable 
degree.  He possesses  the  best  possible 
facilities for furnishing  the  information 
required, from the fact that he  was  long 
a resident Indian trader in this section of 
Michigan and, after the  collapse  of  the 
,  Port  Sheldon  bubble,  was  appointed

resident agent there for a length of time, 
empowered  to  dispose  of  the  real  and 
personal  property  then  owned  by  the 
company.  He  has  been  a  resident of 
Grand Rapids most of  the  time  since  it 
was a small  village.

The moving spirit in the inception and 
building of  Port  Sheldon was  a  gentle­
man  of  French  descent, from  Philadel­
phia,  by the  name  of Alex. H. Jaudon— 
a man of wealth, measured  by what con­
stituted wealth  at  that  time.  This  was 
in the  year  1837. 
It  was  during  what 
was known as the  “wild  cat”  period  in 
Michigan, which really meant  unlimited 
free hanking privileges, with  little or no 
basic  coin  behind  their  promise-to-pay 
issues.  The entire State may be  said  to 
have been “booming” then,  and  by most 
people in the Eastern  States  it  was con­
sidered not  only  the  promised  land  of 
milk and honey, but as possessing almost 
exhaustless  wealth  in  timber,  soil  and 
mines.

A number  of  other  gentlemen  from 
Philadelphia and one, at least, from New 
York joined with Mr. Jaudon  in  the en­
terprise of  making  Port  Sheldon a com­
mercial city, and a company was formed, 
known as the  “Port  Sheldon Land Co.,” 
during the year 1837-8,  which  expended 
at least $110,000 the first eighteen months 
in clearing  the  land, in  erecting  build­
ings  and  making  other  improvements. 
As  previously  mentioned,  160  acres  of 
land was first cleared and  platted for the 
new  city.  This  original  plat  was 
lithographed and is still in the possession 
of Mr. Pike.  After the city was laid out 
and  while  building  was  in  progress, 
many  strangers  came,  attracted  by 
rumors of a growing city  in  the  wilder­
ness and with the  intention  of  casting 
their fortunes with it.  Still others came, 
in order to obtain work, as, for  the  time 
being, cash was paid  by the company for 
all kinds of labor required.

At  the  end  of  the  first  six  months, 
fifteen  first-class  buildings  were  fin­
ished and occupied.  Among these build­
ings were the following:  a large  general 
store building  for  the  company,  which 
was at once filled  with a stock  of  every 
class of goods imaginable, many  of them 
far too rich  and  fashionable  for  the  in­
habitants of the new country, if  we  pos­
sibly except a few families in Port  Shel­
don itself; a saw mill, which was  one  of 
the  earliest  necessities  constructed;  a 
large hotel was among the first  buildings 
furnished.  All the buildings were  prin­
cipally of wood, as no other material was 
then as available.  The dimension of the 
“Ottawa House,” as the hotel was called, 
are  not definitely known, but there were 
two very high stories and an attic. It had a 
frontage of eighty-eight feet.  A balcony 
with  balustrade  ran  across  the  entire 
front,  supported  by  Grecian  columns. 
For  that  day  it  was  supeibly  finished 
throughout, at a cost of $60,000, and  was 
then by far the finest hotel  in  the  State. 
Its location was on  the  shore  of Pigeon 
Lake and in full view  from  Lake  Mich­
igan.  A railroad  was  surveyed  during 
this year from Port  Huron,  in  a  nearly 
due west line,  to  run  via  Grand Rapids

DAVIS’ CARBOLIC OIL 

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knee joint.  A few weeks ago I had a very severe 
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Liniment, the third application  of  which  cured 
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(then a small village), with  its  terminus 
at the future  metropolitan  city  of  Port 
Sheldon.  The western  end of this  road, 
for about two miles,  was  cleared  of  the 
forest trees and stumped and  graded  all 
ready for  the  ties.  The  determination 
and animus of those engaged  in  city and 
railroad building was shown in the  erec­
tion  of  a  depot  building,  the  roof  of 
which was supported by Grecian columns. 
It was  finished the first year, at a cost of 
$8,000 or $10,000.

With  all  the  hurry  and  hustle  of 
modern “booms”  and  modern  railroad 
building, it  is  doubtful  whether  an  in­
stance is on record  of  such  a  building, 
with so  many  offices,  being  completed 
ready  for  business  with  so  small  an 
amount of initial  work.
The harbor at this port,  in  a  state  of 
nature, was, like all  the  others  on  the 
eastern shore Lake Michigan,  obstructed 
by sand bars,  so that only  small  yachts 
or barges could  enter,  until  piers  were 
built  and  a  considerable  amount  of 
dredging  done.  The  real  harbor  here 
was Pigeon Lake,  the  depth of its water 
at that time  heing  from  forty  to  sixty 
feet, and  its  surface  area  about  three- 
fourths of  a  mile  one  way  and  half  a 
mile the other.  Relying, probably, upon 
the  important  location  of  their  to  be 
city, the company  expected that the gen­
eral  government  would,  eventually, re­
move all obstructions from  the  entrance 
to  an  otherwise  excellent  harbor.  To 
further that  desirable  end,  and  also to 
bring  the  matter  into  public,  and  es­
pecially into marine  notice, the company 
erected a good light-house at  the  mouth 
of  Pigeon  Creek,  as  the  outlet  of  the 
harbor  was  called,  and  were  so  enter­
prising as to keep, at their  own expense, 
a  light  burning  during 
the  following 
year.  Vessels  of  heavy  tounage might 
anchor near shore but dared  not attempt 
to enter.

A  recital  of  the  apparently  reckless 
and  foolish  expenditure  of  such large 
amounts  of  money  in  a  land  where  so 
large a  number  of  its  inhabitants  were 
wandering tribes of  Indians, and  where 
the  prospect  of  either  interest  or  divi­
dends was in the  dim, shadowy distance, 
not  only  excites  the  surprise  of  the 
reader but seems incredible.
In speaking of the condition  of affairs, 
Mr. Pike said:  “There was comparatively 
little gold  or  silver  coin  in  circulation 
here in Michigan, if  we  except that paid 
annually to about 6,000  Indians  who  re­
ceived  their  annuity  at  Grand  Rapids. 
These  wards  of  the  nation  were  truly 
children as regarded the value  of money, 
and  usually  but  few  days 
transpired 
before poor Lo’s  last  dollar  was  trans­
ferred to the  pocket  of  the  white man. 
It  was  not  squandered,  by  any  means, 
but was paid for provisions, clothing and 
guns  and  ammunition  with  which  to 
supply  themselves  with  the  wild  game 
with which the country  abounded.  The 
Indians were always paid  in silver,  with 
only one exception of which  I remember, 
and  that  year,  for  some  reason  best 
known  to  the  government,  they  were 
paid  in  gold  coin.  They  did  not  like 
paper money,  although, in  making their 
purchases, they were  sometimes  obliged 
to take it in change.”

From two hotel registers of the Ottawa 
House, now  in  possession  of  Mr.  Pike, 
were  gleanqd a few  items  which may be 
of interest to T h e T radesm an' s readers. 
The  older  of  these  registers  is  an  or­
dinary commercial day  book, 8x12 inches

in size, containing about 100  pages, with 
good  heavy  cap  paper,  half  bound  in 
paper and with leather back and corners. 
The first date in this book is December 1, 
1838,  and  the  last  date  March  1,  1842. 
It appears that the landlord of this  hotel 
was Charles T. Badger,  as  is  shown  by 
the following copy from a print executed 
in New York:
The  subscriber,  late  of  the Marshall 
House,  Philadelphia,  begs  leave  to  in­
form the public  and  travelers  generally 
that he  has  taken  that  large  and  com­
modious  hotel  lately  erected  at  Port 
Sheldon,  Michigan, known as the  Ottawa 
House,  which he intends  opening  about 
the first of June  next.  The  house  will 
be furnished in a style not  surpassed  by 
any house iu the country.  His furniture 
will  be  entirely  new, selected  from  the 
eastern cities.  His bar will be furnished 
with  wines  and  liquors  of  superior 
quality and choice brands, all  selected in 
New York  and  Philadelphia.  The  sub­
scriber, from his long experience in busi­
ness and unremitting  attention,  hopes to 
share a portion of public patronage.

Ch a rles T. Ba d g er,  Proprietor.

Above  this notice is a cut of the hotel.
The headings and rulings  between the 
four words at  the  top  of  the  pages  of 
this register were all  done  with a pen in 
the plain writing of that  date  and  were 
simply,  “Date.-----  Name.-------   Resi­
dence. ------- Destination.” 
It  also  ap­
pears  that  the  Port  Sheldon  Land  Co. 
appointed  agents  who  were  prominent 
men  residing  in  different  parts  of  the 
Union;  but  no  mention  is  made  of  the 
duties and requirements of  these gentle­
men.

One of the Ottawa House registers con­

son, Louisiana.
Louisiana.
Penn.

tains the following entry:
Agents for Port Sheldon.
Feb. 20th, Chas. T. Badger, Port  Hud­
Feb. 20tb, A.  H. Jaudon, New Orleans, 
Aug. 9th,  S.  S.  Taylor,  Philadelphia, 
Aug.  14th,  W.  T.  Aubrey,  Mobile,  Ala.
Aug. 14th, S. Coates,  Mobile, Ala.
During the first half of the present cen­
tury, people looked  upon dancing as not 
only one of the most graceful and health­
ful, but alSb the most  moral  and  refined 
of  all  amusements,  and  its  indulgence 
was  almost  universal,  especially in the 
Middle and Western States; and. to judge 
from  these  registers,  balls,  or  dancing 
parties,  were  among  the  chief  amuse­
ments  at  this  young  city  during  the 
winter  months.  Probably 
there  were 
more then who believed  in  the  truth  of
the old French motto, adopted and placed 
upon the  royal  arms  of  Great  Britain, 
than  there  are  to-day:  “Honi  soit  qui 
mal y pense.”  The  following  is  a  ver­
batim record  of  one  party  and  contains 
the  names  of  many  from  Grand Rapids 
who attended:

Do
Do
Do 

“  , Grand Rapids.

Do 
Grand  Rapids.

Grand Ball Party, Jan. 29, 1840.
Wm. Butts and Lady, Grandville.
Judge Almy  “ 
Capt. David Carver,  Grand Haven.
Doc.  Williams, 
Do
A. W. Richardson, Rush Creek.
Wm. H.  Godfroy, 
Do 
R. Godfroy, and Lady 
Louis Campau and lady,  Do 
John Almy 
Do 
General Brown 
N. H.  White 
J. N. Elliert 
C. Edgerly 
S. M. Edgell 
J. Wendell 
J. W. Pierce 
E. Jewell 
C. Smith
Nathan Throop and Lady,Grand Rapids. 
David McIntosh, “  “ 
Capt.  Sims,
W. T.  Wood, 
George Comstock, 
In regard to these festivities, Mr.  Pike

Tecumseh, Mich. 
Grandville.
Port Sheldon. 
Grandville.
Grand Rapids.
Do 
Grand Rapids. 
Do

Ohio City.
Grand  Haven.

Do 
Do 

Do 

Do 

Do

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said:  “It  was  not  unnsual  for  from 
twenty  to thirty  couples  to  attend  from 
Grand Rapids  and  vicinity.  As  a  trail 
was cut through the  woods  from  Grand- 
ville  to  Port  Sheldon, thirty-four miles 
distant, it  was  followed  in  the  winter 
season, as near as  might  be,  the  sleigh­
loads winding in and out among the trees. 
Grandville was then at the head of  river 
navigation  for  heavy  draft  vessels  and 
was expected to become a very important 
place.”

The name  and  fame  of  Port  Sheldon 
must have spread far  and  wide,  as per­
sons  from 
long  distances  are  found 
registered  at  the  Ottawa  House.  One 
secretary of legation  registers in  French 
July 4, 1839,  as follows:  “Le Comte L de 
Bail let,  Secretaire  de Legation de S. M., 
le Roi des  Beiges.”  The  Count  was  ac­
quainted  with  some  of  the  gentlemen 
composing  the  Port  Sheldon  Land  Co. 
and, it is said,  came to visit  them,  prob- 
bly at their  invitation,  and  was  accom­
panied  by his  personal  servants.  July 
27, the  same  year,  the  steamboat O.  W. 
Cole arrived from St. Joseph, which  city 
was  then  larger  than Chicago,  bringing 
the following passengers, who registered: 
E. P. Deacon,  A.  G.  Deacon,  E.  North 
and R.  F.  Kellogg.  July  29,  the  same 
year, is registered the name,  “Lieutqnant 
Macomb, U. S. Army,”  who  wrote as his 
destination,  “On a Fancy Trip;”  October 
12, the same  year,  “Gov.  Lewis,  Lewis- 
burg,”  “Victoria”  being  given  as  his 
destination; March, 1840,  “Capt. Simons, 
of  the  Patriot  Service,”  the  latter,  no 
doubt, having  reference to the Canadian 
Rebellion which had occurred  a  year  or 
two  previous.  One, D. W.  McIntosh, of 
Grand  Haven,  registers  Jan.  15,  1840, 
and remarks in the column marked “Des­
tination,”  that  he  is  “After  galls”— 
whether to attend a party, or for servants, 
or for wives is not stated.

The nearest house  to  Port Sheldon oc­
cupied  by  white  people  was  at  Grand 
Haven,  thirteen  miles  distant.  The 
buildings generally were far  better  than 
those in Grand Rapids  at  that day.  All 
lots in  Port  Sheldon  were  64x128  feet. 
Board  sidewalks  were  constructed  and 
the  streets  were  well  cleared,  portions 
being  graded.  Said  Mr.  Pike,  “Some 
fifty or sixty votes were cast at their first 
election, and the greatest  resident popu­
lation at any one  time  would not exceed 
300.”  The inhabitants were not  lacking 
for meat, as bear, deer and  wild  turkeys 
were very numerous, although during the 
unusually hard winter  of  1842-3  most of 
the turkeys died.
Tribulations  of  a  Retail  Groceryman. 
W ritten  (or  T h e   T r a d e s m a n .
“ Henry, stop the clock—it  makes  too 
much noise.  And take  that  pile  of  ac­
counts and see  if  you  can’t  do  a  little 
collecting.  Hold on!  Let me look them 
over—well,  I  guess  you  needn’t  go. 
Every  one  of  those  fellows  has  a  bill 
against me and ”-------

Telephone rings.
“ Hello!  Yes’m.”
(Now, a great deal depends  upon  how 
you say this “ yes’m.”  You want to give 
it a soft, persuasive  accent,  like  molas­
ses sliding down a cellar door.)

“ Yes’m, what is it?”
“ Where are the groceries  I ordered of 

you a little while ago?”

“ Wagon  just  going  out—will  get  to 

your place in a few minutes.”

“ Now, see here, sir.  What  time have 
I got to order groceries  in  order  to  get 
them the same week?  Do you suppose I

want to get up at  5  o’clock in the morn­
ing to order groceries for  dinner?  I  am 
expecting company for the  World’s Fair, 
and, if I should give you an order  now,  1 
shouldn’t expect to  get  the  goods  until 
after it was all over.  You are  not  deal­
ing  with  Doctor  Tanner,  but,  if  we 
should keep on buying groceries  of  you, 
we  could  beat  his  record  and not half 
try!”

Bang!
Another customer gone, and  the  rent’s 
due next week!  Proprietor  goes  out  in 
front of the store,  kicks an innocent  dog 
that happens to  be  running  along,  and 
has about made up his  mind to  slip  an­
other gallon  of  water  into  the  oysters 
when a female—and a  woman  at  that— 
enters  and, holding  out  two tickets and 
a smile, says,  “ Two dollars, please.”

The proprietor wishes  she  had  never 
been born—that her mother had  died  an 
infant.  He  remembers  that  he  hasn’t 
paid his  hired  girl  in  four  weeks  and 
that the baby has got to have a  new pair 
of shoes, but he also remembers that this 
woman is a good customer and that  they 
are too scarce to take  any  chances with; 
so,  while his mind fastens upon that  lit­
tle passage of Scripture about  the  wind 
being “ tempered to the shorn lamb”  he 
smilingly  hands  her  the  amount asked 
for,  which,  at  the  time,  looks  to  him 
bigger  than  the  entire  National  debt. 
In return, he receives  two  tickets  on  a 
silk quilt, to be raffled for the  benefit  of 
the “ Pastors’ Aid Society.”

Delivery  boy  shows  up  about  this 
time and says:  “ Oats are  all  gone, and 
you’ll  have  to  get  some  more hay in a 
few  days.  And  say!  That  woman  up 
at 742 Cypress street  wants  another half 
pound of butter, and she says  that  if  it 
don’t make  any  difference  to you, she’d 
like some that aint quite  so  energetic as 
the last you sent her. 
It  got  away  and 
she had to chase it half way back  to  the 
store before she caught it.”

The proprietor docks  the  boy  for  fif­
teen minutes lost time in  delivering  the 
message and is about to start out  to  see 
if his competitors are doing any business 
when the telephone rings  again.

“ Hello!  Is this the proprietor?”

□ “ What can we do for you?”
“ Please  send  up  a  compressed yeast 
cake, and have your boy take  back  that 
granulated  sugar  and  change  it.  My 
girl didn’t have good luck  with  her  last 
cake, and she lays  it  to  the  sugar, and
“ Madam, it  gives  me  great  pleasure 
to inform you that the proprietor of  this 
store is dead.  The  immediate  cause  of 
his death, the doctors say,  was  a  clot on 
the brain.  He was  hopeful  to  the  last 
and  seemed  to  be  resigned  to his fate. 
The stock is to be sold to  the  first  capi­
talist who comes along with a  dollar and 
twenty-five cents in cash, and who  wish­
es to engage in a  good,  paying  business 
that  will  consume  his  entire time, and 
which  will  fit  him  for  an  early grave. 
Funeral to-morrow—creditors will attend 
in a body.” 

The Paesow.

A New House. 

»

One of Hudson’s new divines called on 
one  of his parishioners at  his  store soon 
after he came to town.  The  storekeeper 
did  not  recognize 
in  his  visitor  the 
preacher whom  he  had  heard  expound 
the doctrine from the pulpit the previous 
Sunday, but mistook him for a drummer. 
“Let’s see,”  said  the  merchant,  “what 
house do  you  represent?”  “The  house 
of the Lord,” responded the  dominie.

Spring & Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

D ress  G oods,  S h a w ls,  C loak s, 
N o tio n s, 
R ib b o n s,  H o siery , 
G lo v es,  U n d e r w e a r ,  W o o le n s , 
F la n n e ls,  B la n k ets,  G in g h a m s, 
P r in ts  a n d   D o m estic  C otton s

We invite the attention of the  trade to our complete and well 

assorted stock at lowest market  prices.

Spring & Company.
R IN D G B , H E R T S C H   <fe  CO.,

12,  14  AND  16 

PEARL  ST..

GRAND  RAPIDS,
Ask  our  salesmen 
or  call  and  see  our 
improved  and  new 
lines  of  Men’s,  Boys’ 
and  Youth’s  Shoes 
for  Spring trade.

We  are  making the 
best  lines  for service 
offered by any one.

Our river goods lead 
all others.  We  carry 
a  full  line of  jobbing 
goods  and  offer  most 
e v e ry th in g   at  old 
prices.

THE  PUTNAM  GANDY  GO.,
Wholesale
Man tifacturers.

Fruit  and  Nut  Jobbers.

ASK  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

S.  K.  BOLLES. 

K.  B.  DIKEMAN.

S.  K .  H olies  &  Co.,

<  77  CANAL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

W h o le s a le   C ig a r  D e a le rs.

“ T O S S   U P

!

”

The  "TOSS  U P”  Cigar  is  not a competitor 
against  any  other 5c brands, but all 10c brands, 
because  it  is  equal  to  any  10c  cigar  on  the 
market.

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AMONO THE TRADE.

ABOUND THE STATE.

Kingsley—M. S. Brownson  has  put in 

a new grocery stock.

Hastings—A. Leins has sold  his  meat 

market to H. J. Mead.

Bay  City—L.  Fontaine  &  Son  have 

opened a new shoe store.

Rollo—Jacob H.  Yerdan  is  succeeded 

by Ayers & Son in general trade.

Northville—Samuel  Knapp  succeeds 

Knapp Bros, in the grocery business.

Saginaw—Otto M.  Rohde,  grocer,  has 
sold out to Anna  (Mrs.  August)  Rohde.
St. Louis—Julia M.  (Mrs. E.  M.) John­
son has sold out her  furniture  business.
Lansing—T. S. Guy has sold  his  bak­
ery and restaurant to C. E.  Davis  &  Co.
Charlotte—D. G. McClure  succeeds  C. 
H. McClure & Co. in the  grain  business.
Edmore — John  S.  Burgess  succeeds 
Burgess & Joslin in  the  furniture  busi­
ness.

Edmore—A. C. Morehead  is succeeded 
in the grocery business by John  B.  Har­
rison.

Sherman—R.  D.  Frederick  has  sold 
his  book  and  stationery  stock  to L.  P. 
Champenois.

Colon—John  Fair  has  removed  his 
general stock from Greenfield Mills, Ind., 
to Colon Junction.

Saginaw—John C.  Schnell  has  opened 
a grocery store  at  the  corner  of  Jones 
and Sixth street.

Oden—The  Northern  Mich.  Lumber 
Co.  has  both  its  sawmills  and  shingle 
mills in operation.

Reed  City—D.  C.  Williams  succeeds 
Williams  &  Kerry  in  the  grocery  and 
boot and shoe business.

Standish—J.  B.  Sperry & Co. succeed 
Geo. N. Schillinger in the  hardware  and 
agricultural implement business.

Nashville—H.  L. Walrath has  decided 
to close out his  grocery  stock  and  con­
tinue the harness business alone.

Bloomingdale—J.  G.  Lockard  &  Son 
succeed W. R. Scott &  Bro.  in  the  con­
fectionery and tobacco  business.

Tekonsha—Henry P.  Aldrich  has  ex­
changed his general stock  for  residence 
property in the suburbs of Detroit.

Owosso—H.  W.  Parker  has  sold  his 
grocery stock to F. W. Gardner, who was 
formerly engaged in trade  at  St.  Johns.
Kalamazoo—W.E.  Birge, of the former 
firm of Brown  &  Birge,  has  taken  the 
management of the  drug  department  of 
R. L. Parkin.

Detroit—T.  H.  Hinchman &  Sons  will 
discontinue their wholesale grocery busi­
ness and devote themselves wholly to the 
jobbing of drugs.

Spring Grove—B.  F.  Marr  &  Co. have 
moved their  general  stock'  to  Whiting, 
Ind.  J.  S.  Marr  will  shortly  resume 
business here with a fresh stock.

Walkerville—Benj. F. Stone  has  trad­
ed his store property and furniture stock 
here for the drug stock of  Horace  Peck, 
at Walton.  He is succeeded  in  the  un­
dertaking business by Daunt Beals.

Fennville—Wm. M. Bale has purchased 
the interests of John  Barron  and  A.  M. 
Johnson  in 
the  grocery  and  crockery 
firm of W. M.  Bale &  Co.  and  will  con­
tinue the business under  his  own name.
Stanton—Epley  &  Devine  have  sold 
their  grocery  stock  to  Curtis  Ball and 
Warren McLean, who  will  continue  the I 
business under the style  of  Ball  &  Mc­
Lean.  Possession was given  Feb. 2.

Muskegon—A.  A.  Wood  has  retired 
from the Muskegon  Hardware  Co.  The I

business  will  be  continued  under  the 
same style by Chas.  H.  Hackley, Geo.  R. 
Selkirk,  H.  J.  Vanzalingen  and  John 
Baninga.

Eastmanville—Assignee  Goodrich  ad­
vertises to sell  the  assets  in  the  Adam 
Wagner  matter  at  public  sale  on Feb. 
18.  Thé  assets  comprise  the  general 
stock and 750  acres  of  land  in  Ottawa 
and Newaygo counties.

Saginaw — Ferdinand  Daudt,  of  the 
Daudt-Watson  Co.,  has  purchased  an 
interest in the Daudt Glass and Crockery 
Co., at Toledo, and has gone to  that city 
to reside.  Mr. Daudt retains his interest 
here, but the business  will  be  managed 
by Mr.  Watson.

Detroit—The late Bishop Borgess  held 
a $2,000 chnttel mortgage on the stock of 
Harris & Karpp, 215 Woodward  avenue, 
which was recorded Dec. 28, 1887.  Two 
days later a $3.000 mortgage was filed by 
Pforzheimer, Keller & Co., of New York, 
and  later  they  took  possession  of  the 
stock under their second mortgage.  The 
Bishop did not present his  claim  for the 
reason that, should he take possession of 
the stock, he would be  harrassed  by  re­
plevin suits from  creditors  of  the  firm. 
After the Bishop’s  death  Fr.  M.  J.  P. 
Dempsey,  administrator  of  his  estate, 
brought suit’against Pforzheimer,  Keller 
&  Co.  to  recover  the $2,000 secured by 
the  first  mortgage.  Judge' Gartner  de­
cided the case on  the  28th  in  favor  of 
Fr. Dempsey for $2,000 and  interest.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Bay City—Eichone  Bros,  are  cutting
30.000  shingles  daily  at  their  mill  at 
White Feather.

Battle Creek—The Battle  Creek  Knit­
ting Co.  has  uttered  chattel  mortgages 
aggregating $15,000.

Saginaw—Wylie Bros, have begun  the 
work of  building a new  shingle  mill  on 
the site of the one recently burned.

Coleman—C. D. Cope, of Mt.  Pleasant, 
has rented F. B. Simons’ shingle  mill for 
several years and is getting in a stock  of 
bolts.

Saginaw—Campbell & Koons have  put
300.000 feet of logs into the Little Sugar, 
and have sold  the logs  to  Bliss  &  Van 
Auken.

Ontonagon—The Diamond  Match Co. is 
putting in a shingle mill here, which will 
be ready for  business on  the  opening  of 
navigation.

West Branch—Charles  Cline’s  sawmill 
manufactured  6,000,000  feet  of  lumber 
last season.  He  saws  by  the  thousand 
for D. Wright & Co. of Saginaw.

Coldwater—The Coldwater  Cutter Co., 
which has been in  financial  straits,  has 
made a settlement with  its  creditors  by 
which it will be allowed to go on.

Bay City—The sawmill of  H. W.  Sage 
& Co. makes the best  record  during  the 
decade ending  with  1890.  During  that
period it  manufactured  416,445,251  feet 
of lumber.

V

Baraga—William Coach, who has  been 
South  looking  over  his  timber  interests 
in Louisiana, has returned, and is  devot­
ing his  energies to his operations  on  the 
Otter river.

Muskegon — Chas.  Watson  has  pur­
chased the interest  of  Peter  Jungen  in 
the firm of Jungen & Fink,  cigar  manu­
facturers.  The new firm will be  known 
as Watson & Fink.

Bay City—The  Eddy,  Avery  &  Eddy 
sawmill is undergoing extensive improve­
ments.  The structure will be overhauled

M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

and some  new  machinery  put in, and a 
brick refuse liurner is being erected.

Kingsley—M/S.  Brownson’s hardwood 
sawmill will begin  operations  in  a  few 
days.  He expects to light the mill  with 
electricity,  having  ordered  a  dynamo 
and the necessary wiring and lamps.

Kalamazoo—Cornelius  Barkenbus  has 
retired from the firm of  Bevans  &  Bar­
kenbus,  manufacturers  of  carriages. 
The business will be continued by  T. R. 
Bevans under his own name.

Avron—Arnott &  Dickson are  putting 
up a  small  mill  near  this  place  for cut­
ting hemlock ties,  they  having  the  con­
tract  to  furnish  ties  for  the  new  Iron 
Range & Huron Bay Railway.

Greenville—H. L.  McNutt has closed a 
contract  for  the  erection  of  a  shingle 
mill on his 320-acre  farm  on  sections 25 
and 26, in  Douglas  township.  The  mill 
is to be running in 60 days.

Kalamazoo—T.  S.  Skinner  has  pur­
chased  a  half  interest  in  the  harrow 
manufactory of L. C.  Lull & Co. and will 
take the business management  of the en­
terprise.  The  firm  name  remains  the 
same.
Harrison—W.  H. & F. A.  Wilson  have 
sold the  machinery in  their  sawmill  to 
the  Poplarville Lumber  Co. and  it  will 
be  shipped  to  Mississippi,  where  the 
purchaser owns  timber, and  proposes  to 
operate on an extensive scale.

Menominee—Stinchfield,  Whitney  & 
Co.  recently  brought  suit  against  the 
city of Menominee and recovered between 
$800 and $900 taxes on logs floated to that 
place that  had previously been  taxed  in 
Florence  county, Wis., under  the  State 
law.

Avron—C.  M.  Turner  is  overhauling 
his  sawmill  and  adding  some  new 
machinery.  He has taken a  contract  to 
get out 1,000,000 feet of hemlock and ma­
ple for the new Huron bay ore dock,  and 
will  saw  in  addition  a  small  amount  of 
pine.

Bay  City—S.  A.  McLean  has  struck 
another  lead.  He  has  stopped  boring 
for  natural  gas  in  Bay  City,  coal  in 
Tuscola, and has  gone  to  Port  Arthur, 
Ont. 
It is said pay dirt has been  struck 
in a silver mine there in which he  is  in­
terested to the extent of being  half own­
er.  He has also a half interest  in  2,000 
acres of  mineral  land  in  that  locality, 
which has been located this winter.

Manistee—Stokoe & Nelson, who  haye 
been  doing  a  custom  business  at  this 
point for the past few  years, have  about 
decided to try their hands at cedar exclu­
sively this  year,  and  with  that  end  in 
view are buying all of the cedar possible. 
As they had already some pine and  hem­
lock contracted  for,  they  have sold  that 
class of  stock  to  some of  the  other  mill 
firms at this point, but they will probably 
saw up a little  hardwood, of  which  they 
were not able to dispose so readily.  The 
venture  will  be  looked  upon  with  some 
interest,  as  it  has  not  heretofore  been 
considered possible  to  run  a mill  profit­
ably at this point on cedar alone.
The Fish Law a Farce.

No Man’s  L and  (near  Traverse  City) 
Jan.  30.—In  all  human  probability,  I 
owe the State of Michigan more than any 
land  lubber  who  ever  trespassed  on 
school lands.  As near as I can estimate, 
I am indebted to  this  glorious  common­
wealth  to  the  tune  of $6,000,000.  The 
recent fish and game law  prescribes that 
a fisherman shall use a mesh  in  gill nets 
not less than 4% inches  and 
inches 
with  pound  nets.  Besides  being  a 
manifest  injustice  to  pound  net  fish­
ermen,  the  entire  law  is  ridiculous,

as very  few  whitefish  could  be  caught 
in  pound  nets with meshes  larger  than 
4  inches. 
I  use  a  4  inch  mesh  and 
a  3 
inch  mesh  with  pound  nets, 
and as I am rendering myself  liable  to a 
fine of $100 every time I do so, a summer 
resorter who is good at figures  estimated 
that I was  indebted  to  the  State  about 
$5,500,000 last summer.  As I  have  fish­
ed about two  months  since,  I  probably 
owe  the  commonwealth  a  half  million 
more by this time.
The most foolish feature in the law, to 
my thinking, is the restriction  regarding 
herring and perch nets.  The legal  mesh 
is 214 inch, but the man who  could catch 
a  herring  or  perch  in such a net would 
be  an  attraction  in  a  dime  museum. 
The entire law,  so  far  as  it  applies  to 
fishermen,  is  foolish  and  unnecessary. 
The Legislature might as  well  require a 
farmer  to  use  a  wagon in winter and a 
sleigh in summer as to  restrict  the  fish­
erman in such  a way.  After  he  selects 
his fishing  ground,  it  does  not pay him 
to  make  a  change  again  soon,  and  he 
takes pains  to  catch  no  fish  which  are 
not marketable. 
It is not to  his interest 
to do anything  which  would  injure  the 
fishing, for if he does so  he  will have to 
move, thus losing all  the  improvements 
he has made. 
If any  of  the  champions 
of the law will visit  me  at  my  “ Island 
Home”  next  summer,  the  “ Hermit  of 
Traverse Bay ” will satisfy even the most 
obdurate of the futility of the law.

D i c k   B a s s e t t .

FOR SALE, WANTED,  BTC.

Advertisements will be inserted  under  th is  head for 
two  cents  &  word  th e  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
m ent taken fo r less th an  86 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

. 

179

I TOR 8ALE—CLOTHING So FURNISHING GOODS  BUS- 
iness, established five years in good town  of  1.300 
people.  A snap for someone, as there is but one  other 
clothing store here.  L  R. Hinsdill, H artford, Mich. 181
I  TOR  SALE—STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MERCHANDISE 
1  about 85 m iles south of Grand Rapids;  also  stock 
of drugs  in  connection,  if  desired.  All  clean  stock. 
Good reasons for selling.  Will sell cheao.  Rent  reas­
onable.  Address No. 183, care Michigan Tradesman. 183 
ARDWARE—FOR SALE, CLEAN STOCK OF  HARD- 
ware in one  of  the  best  towns  in  M ichigan;  a  
rare opportunity for  someone;  term s  cash.  Address 
Wood & Atwood, Flint. Mich.___________________ 182

WANTED—SITUATION  BY AN EXPERIENCED DRY 

goods,  clothing,  boot  and  shoe  and  grocery 
salesman.  Would invest a   few  hundred  dollars  in  a  
good paying business in a  live town.  Address  No.  179, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 

FOR  SALE—CLEAN  STOCK,  COMPRISING  HARD- 

ware," groceries,  crockery,  harness  and  general 
lrm berm an’s supplies.  Stock will inventory from  $12,- 
000  to  $16.000.  To  a   purchaser  with  a   considerable 
quantity of cash, a  g reat bargain  will  be given.  Pipp 
Bros. & M artindale,  Kalkaska, Mich. 

■ OR  SALE-CLEAN  DRUG  STOCK.  SITUATED  ON 
FiOR  SALE—WELL-SELECTED  DRUG  STOCK,  IN- 

best retail street in Grand Rapids.  Expenses small 
good  paying  patronage.  Address  No.  102,  care Mich. 
102
Tradesman. 
ventorying about $1,200,  situated  in  good  coun­
try  town of 500 people.  Reason for selling, p roprietor 
has o ther  business.  Address >No.  173,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

F OR  SALE—WELL-8ELECTED  DRUG  STOCK  AND 

new  fixtures  in  desirable  location  in  th is  city; 
will sell ~at  Invoice  on  reasonable  term s;  reason  for 
selling,  owner  has  o ther  business.  L.  M.  Mills,  64 
South Ionia street,  Grand Rapids._______________136

tures;  stock well  assorted  can  be  bought  a t  a 
bargain.  Address for  particulars  S. P. Hicks, Ldwell, 
Mich._________________________________________ 124

F OR SALE—A COMPLETE  DRUG STOCK  AND F ix­
W ANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOR  A 

general  or  grocery stock;  m ust be cheap.  Ad­
dress No. 26, ca re Michigan Tradesman.___________ 26
T   WANT  A  STOCK  OF  GOODS  IN  EXCHANGE  FOR 
_L  a   good farm  between Muskegon and Grand Rapids 
or  a   house  and  lot  in  Grand  Rapids.  W rite, giving 
particulars, to O. F. Conklin. Grand Rapids._______ 186

SAMPLES OF TWO  KINDS  OF  COUPONS  FOR  RE- 

tailers  will  be  Bent free  to  any dealer  who  will 
w rite for them  to  the  8utliff  Coupon  Pass  Book  Co., 
Albany. N. Y. 

173

174

M4

SITUATIONS WANTED.

gan Tradesman. 

WANTED—TO  LEARN  OF  GOOD  OPENING  FOR 
WANTED—REGISTERED  DRUG  CLERK  TO  TAKE 

practicing  physician.  Address  184,  care  Michi 
184
position a t once  a t a  m oderate  salary  to  sta rt 
with.  Must  be  tem perate  and  of  good  m oral  char- 
acter.  Address No. 186, care Michigan Tradesm an.  186

WANTED — SITUATION  IN  OFFICE  BY  YOUNG 

lady of 20, who  has  had  the  advantage  of  col­
legiate education;  does not  w rite  short  hand,  but  is 
good penm an; wages > o t so m uch an object as a pleas­
a n t place to work.  Address Z,  care  Michigan  Trades­
m an____________________________________  

122

MISCELLANEOUS.

■ BOLISH  THE  PASS  BOOK  AN# SUBSTITUTE THE 

Tradesm an  Coupon,  which is now in use by over 
6,000  Michigan  m erchants—all  of  whom are  warm  in 
praise  of  its  effectiveness.  Send  for  sample  order, 
which  will  be  sent  prepaid  on  receipt  of  $1.  The 
Tradesm an Company, Grand Rapids.

I TOR SALE  OR  RENT—CORNER  LOT  AND  6-ROOM 

.  house on N orth  Lafayette st., cellar, brick found­
ation  and  soft  w ater  in  kitchen.  $1,200.  Terms  to 
suit.  Cheap enough  for  an  investm ent.  Address  No 
187, care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

187.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

E, Burger ha9 sold his grocery stock to 

Herman Burger.

The  Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co.  fur­
nished  the  stock  for  the  new  grocery 
store of W. J. Smith at 161 Monroe street.
Henry Hocksma compromised the claim 
of  the  Olney  &  Judson  Grocer Co. and 
the attachment on  his  grocery  stock on 
Grandville avenue was withdrawn.

Frank O. Lord &  Co.  expect  to  open 
their new  grocery  store at  the corner  of 
Ionia and Fountain  Streets  next  Satur­
day. 
I. M. Clark & Son  will furnish  the
stock.

J. Schripsma  has  purchased  the  gro­
cery stock of Matthews Ashterhof at  869 
South East  street  and  added  a  line  of 
notions.  P. Steketee  &  Sons  furnished 
the stock.  _______________

The Holland  grocers  who  prefer  bulk 
yeast to tin foil are endeavoring to secure 
the location  of  an  independent  agency 
here, so  that  supplies  can  be  obtained 
from first hands.

Alvin B. Moseley  and  Geo.  F. Stevens 
have been admitted to partnership in the 
firm of  Moseley Bros., produce and  com­
mission dealers.  The firm name remains 
the same as before.

I.  M.  Clark  &  Sou  foreclosed  their 
mortgage on the grocery stock  of  M.  F. 
Tuck,  at  Greenville,  subsequently  dis­
posing of the same  to  W. D.  Reynolds & 
Co., the  Coopersville  grocers,  who  will 
remove to  Greenville  and  continue  the 
business.

E. S. Pierce has decided to re-engage in 
the clothing business, having  leased  the 
store in the Aldrich block now  being va­
cated by Korl, Knott & Co.  He will fdrm 
an alliance  with a  popular  young  man 
whose identity he is not yet ready to dis­
close,  carrying  both  ready  made  and 
custom made goods.

Purely Personal.

Frank  E.  Leonard  and  Frank  Stone 
have  gone  to  New  York  to  purchase 
goods for the spring and summer trade.

Geo.  R.  Mayhew  has  returned  from 
New  York  and  Boston,  where  he  has 
been for the past three  weeks.

Ben.  W.  Putnam,  President  of  the 
Putnam Candy Co, has  returned  from  a 
ten days’ visit to  the  cities  of  the  sea­
board.

J. W.  Milliken, of the dry  goods house 
of  Hamilton  &  Milliken,  at  Traverse 
City, was in town Saturday  on  his  way 
to New York.  He  will  spend  a  couple 
of  weeks  at  Boston and his old home in 
Maine before  returning.

J. Steinberg,  the Traverse  City  cloth­
ier,  was in town last Wednesday  for  the
purpose of  securing  plaus  for  the new 
brick  building  he  proposes  to erect the 
coming  season.  The  structure  will  be 
56x100 feet in dimensions and two stories 
high.
Hon. E. B. Martin,  who  was  formerly 
engaged  in  the  grist  mill  business  at 
Reed  City,  has  concluded  to remove to 
Bozeman, Mont., in March,  having  pur­
chased a  tract  of  land  adjacent  to  the 
town on the occasion  of  his  recent visit 
to  the  Northwest. 
It  is  not  unlikely 
that he will embark in  the  manufacture 
of flour at his new location.

Gripsack Brigade.

F..D. Carleton  has  gone  on  the 
for the Princess Dressing Case Co.

road

Scott Swigart, who is now on  the  road 
for the Globe Tobacco  Co.,  was  in  town 
Monday on  business  connected  with  bis 
investment in the Michigan  Fire  Ladder 
and Truck Co.

T. G. Selleck  has severed  his  connec­
tion with the Waddell Manufacturing Co. 
and embarked in the manufacture of fur­
niture  ornaments  at  Rockford  in  com­
pany with his brother, Frank H. Selleck.
Dick Warner has  severed  his  connec­
tion  with  the  Telfer  Spice  Co. and en­
gaged with the Lemon  &  Wheeler  Com­
pany.-  Under the  new  arrangement, he 
will continue to visit his  “ solid  trade ” 
outside the city, but will spend the  most 
of  his  time  among  the city trade.  Mr. 
Warner is one of the oldest  men  now in 
the  business  and  will  naturally  carry 
considerable  new  trade  to  his  new  con­
nection.

Snyder vs.  Walker.

Grand Ra pid s, Jan. 27.—J. S. Walker, 
in his reply  to  “Short  Count  Pickles,” 
crawfishes out of the blame  by  throwing 
it upon his employes.  His reply  is  evi­
dently  made  by  the  same  parties  who 
count his pickles,  for that, too, is  “short 
count” and morally oblique.
He did buy a bushel of potatoes of  me 
and got very generous measure,  as  I  am 
prepared  to  prove  by  an  eye  witness. 
Here, there can be  no  question of  short 
weight, since they are  sold  by  standard 
measure, and, being  there  personally to 
receive them, he should  and  would have 
kicked then if there  had been any short­
age.  Moreover, he, no doubt,  had  them 
weighed by those who count  his  pickles 
and with equal accuracy.  The same  ap­
plies to the beans.  Again, Mr. Walker’s 
treacherous faculty for numbers misleads 
him when he says he  paid  40  cents  per 
pound for the spices, as  I  never  charged 
anyone over 35 cents; and  what  he  calls 
“the poorest  trash  on  earth”  gives  my 
trade great satisfaction.
Allow me to revert  once  more  to  the 
pickle deal.  Mr.  Walker’s man  came  to 
me  and  the  following  colloquy  took 
place:
“Don’t you want to buy some pickles?” 
“I just bought some.”
“Why don’t you buy them  where they 
are put up and get them cheap?”
“What do you get for them?”
“Four dollars for a half and  $7.50  per 
“I can get them for $7.”
“They can’t sell them for that.”
“I don’t care—that’s their business.” 
“Yes, but do you get fu ll count then?’ 
“I don’t know,  but,  as  you  put  them 
up, you ought to know about that.” 
“Well, you see,  we  want  to  sell—and 
must  sell—the  wholesalers,  and  some­
times so cheap that we cau’t  afford  to— 
well, you know how  that  goes  in  busi­
ness.”

barrel.”

Comment is superfluous.
Now, Mr. Walker claims that, if his in­
structions  were  followed,  his  pickles 
would run full count  and  over.  This is 
amazing, because the  keg which I found 
short count was  chuck fu ll!
His explanation—as well  as  his  busi­
ness  methods—stands  in  great  need  of 
and  emendation. 
thorough 
Meanwhile, what I say to one  of my col­
leagues  with  reference  to  the  pickle 
trade, I say unto all—watch.

revision 

J ohn Sn y d er.
Willing to Wager on the  Count.
Grand  R a pid s,  Jan.  3 0 —I have  four 
barrels of J. S.  Walker’s  pickles  in  my 
cellar and stand ready to wager $50  that 
I made  Mr. 
every barrel is short count. 
Walker  this  offer  in  T h e  T radesm an 
office,  but  he  declined  to  accept  it. 
I 
now offer to wager the same amount with 
any  of  his  friends,  agreeing  to permit 
any  disinterested  party  to  make  the 
count. 

J oseph  T schaunek.

f r H'TTl  3SOCÆÏIOA3ST  T R A D E S M A N ,
J.  Yanderwerp and D.  B. Crater  have 
parted company with I. M.  Clark & Son.
If  any  errors  or  omissions  occur  in 
T h e T radesm an’s list of traveling men, 
as given this week, a  knowledge  of  the 
same will be thankfully received.

BANKRUPT SALE

5

O f  Sp ortin g   Goods.
H a v in g   b o u g h t 

sto c k   o f 
S paldin g  &  Co.,  1 0 0   M o n ro e  St.,  o f  th e 
a ssig n e e ,  it  m u st  b e  so ld   o u t  at  o n c e   at w a y  
b e lo w   w h o le s a le   p rices.  A v a il  y o u r s e lv e s  o f
th is o p p o rtu n ity .

en tire 

th e 

C.  B.  JU D D .

JL 

ta  w-» 

Grand Rapids, Mich

MANCFACTURED  BY

th e  m a r k e t 
S e lls   th e 
q u ick est  a n d   p a y s  th e

RED T h e   m o st  effectiv e  C ou gh   D rop  in 
COUGH  ,bh"i,.Try
A. E. BROOKS & CO.
The  Finest  Line  of  Candy  in  the  State. DROPS
Coupon  Bools Buy  of  the  Largest  Manufacturers  in  the 

The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids

Cou  try  and  Save  Money.

C.  N .  R A P P   &  CO.,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits.

» No. IONIA  ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

O R A N G E S, DEM ONS and B A N A N A S.
H e y m a n   &  C o m p an y ,
S lo t  Cases

Manufacturers  of

Of  Every  Description. [

WHITE FOB  PRICES. □
First-Class  Work  Only.
G R A N D   R A P ID S .

6 3   a n d   6 6   C an al  St.,

CRACKERS, BISCUITS AND SWEETcGOODS.

Muskegon Cracker Co
L A R G E ST  V A R IE T Y  IN  T H E  S T A T E
No  Connection  lift  Any  U r   M
457  459  461,  463  W.  WESTERN AVENUE, 
MUSKEGON,  MICH.

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PAID  TO  MAID  ORDERS.

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T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

Dry  Goods*

P r ic e s  C urrent.

Topics.

Pertinent  Observations  on Current 
“I have a good  joke  on  Berdan & Co., 
the  extensive  Toledo  grocery  jobbers,” 
remarked  Geo.  B.  Horton,  the  cheese 
king of Lenawee county,  the  other  day. 
” 1 received  a  card  from  the  house  last 
spring, requesting  me  to  ship  them 100 
boxes of a certain brand of  cheese  every 
morning. 
1  suspected  that  the  man 
making the  order  meant  to  say  ‘every 
Monday  morning.’  but  the  order  was 
plainly written in  typewriter  and  there 
was no alternative for me but to send the 
goods as instructed.  This  I  did for five 
consecutive days, when I received a letter 
from the house, asking my authority  for 
shipping  so  many  cheese. 
In  reply, I 
mailed the order to the house, when I re­
ceived an amended order.  As  the  price 
slumped off  shortly  afterward,  the  fre­
quent shipment  had  worked  to  my  ad­
vantage, but 1 ceased  to  rejoice  when  I 
learned that the mistake caused the type­
writer her position.”

* * *

* * *

“I wish Lansing would  make  more of 
an effort to secure  manufacturing  enter­
prises, remarked General Manager Heald 
the other day.  “I  would  gladly do all I 
could to  further such  endeavors; even to 
the extent of transporting  materials  for 
buildings free of cost.  Manufacturing is 
what makes a town great and prosperous. 
‘‘There’s a  man  who  will  always  be 
as  poor  as  Job’s  turkey,”  remarked  a 
merchant of a clerk in his employ,  “ be­
cause he is never content to do  as  he  is 
told.  I  have  my  own  way  of running 
things, and I  have  told  him  repeatedly 
that  I  wanted  him  to  observe my way, 
but he ignores me  completely. 
If  I  re­
monstrate,  he  always  has  a  plausible 
excuse at his tongue’s  end,  and  I  keep 
him out of sympathy, although frequent­
ly tempted to  ask  him  to  find  another 
place. 
I ha^e seen many  such  cases  in 
a  business  career  of  thirty  years,  and 
never knew a bull-headed clerk to  get  a 
step  above  the  station  in which he be­
gan.  The  same  is  true,  I  imagine,  in 
other brances of business.  An  editorial 
friend of mine tells me that an editor  in 
his  employ  was  always  sure to go con­
trary to instructions, but his faithfulness 
in other things insures him a  steady  sit­
uation in an  inferior  position,  although 
his ability is such that  he  would receive 
frequent  promotion  but for  the fatal de­
fect  in his  character—the determination 
to  subjugate  his  employer’s will  to  his 
own.”

* * *

“ One of the puzzles  which  I  am  un­
able to unravel is  the  manner  in  which 
manufacturers  of  jelly  pay  5  cents  a 
pound  for  apple  parings  and cores and 
then sell us the manufactured product so 
we  can  job  it  at  4  cents a pound,” ob­
served  Amos  S.  Mussel man,  the  other 
day. 
‘‘The pail and label does  not  cost 
less than }£ cent a pound,  which  leaves 
the manufacturer only  about  half  what 
he paid for the  raw  product. 
It  would 
be  worth  a  man’s  time  to  visit a jelly 
factory and ascertain  how  the  thing  is 
done.”

Will M.  Hine, formerly assistant book­
keeper for Spring & Company, is now  on 
the road for a specialty  hardware  house 
of New York, covering the large trade of 
Michigan,  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois  and 
Wisconsin.

U N B LEA CH ED   COTTONS.

Atlantic A..............7
H
P..............6
D..............6*
LL..............53i
Amory.....................7
Archery  Bunting...  4 
Beaver Dam  A A ..  5)4
Blackstone O, 32__  5
Black  Rock  ...........7
Boot, AL................  7)4
Chapman cheese cl.  3?4
Comet.....................   7
Dwight Star............  7J4

Clifton CCC...........  614
“  Arrow Brand 5)4 
“  World Wide..  7
“  LL............... 5
Pull Yard Wide...... 6)4
Honest Width.........  6%
Hartford A  ............ 5)4
Madras cheese cloth 634
Nolbe R..................  5M
Our Level  Best......6)4
Oxford  R  ..............  614
Pequot....................  7)4
Solar.......................  6)4
Top of the Heap__7)4

 
 

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D R ESS  GOODS.

Hamilton 

..10
...11
..12
..18
..19

H A L F  BLEA C H ED   COTTONS.

U N BLEA C H ED   CANTON  FL A N N E L .
Middlesex No.  1 
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-2 
“  3

BLEA CH ED   COTTONS.
GlenMUls.
Gold Medal..............714
Green  Ticket........... 814
Great Falls.............   614
Hope......................... 7)4
Just  Out........  434® 5
King  Phillip.............734
OP......7)4
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10)4
Lonsdale...........  @ 834
Middlesex........   @5
No Name...............  7)4
Oak View......   ...... 6
Our Own................   5)4
Prideof the West. ..12
Rosalind...................7)4
Sunlight.................   4)4
Vinyard..................  8)4

Amsburg.................7
Blackstone AA......8
Beats AU................   4)4
Cleveland.............  7
Cabot...................... 7)4
Cabot,  X.................634
DwightAnchor......834
shorts.  834
Edwards................. 6
Empire....................7
Farwell...................7M
Fruit of the  Loom..  834
Fitchville  .............7)4
First Prlze.....  ...... 6)4
Fruit of the Loom X-  8
Fairmount.....  ........ 4J4
Full Value..............634
Geo. Washington...  814
Cabot......................   734ID wight Anchor...... 9
Farwell...................8
TremontN..............  5)4
Hamilton N............   6)4
L............ 7
Middlesex  AT........  8
X...........  9
No. 25....  9
BLEA C H ED   CANTON  FL A N N E L . 
2.
A O.
4.
5.

Hamilton N............ 7)4 Middlesex A A..........11
Middlesex P T..........8
.12 
A T..........9
• 18)4 
• 17)4 
X A........  9
X F ........ 10)4
.16
............... 8
Nameless................20
9
......... 25
10)4
......... 27)4
......... 30
......... 32)4
......   35

G G  Cashmere........21
Nameless..............16
................18
Biddeford..............   6 
INaumkeagsatteen..  7)4
Brunswick.............6  )4| Rockport...... ........... 6)4
Allen, staple...........  5)4
Merrlm’ck shirtings.  4)4 
fancy...........  514
Repp furn .  8)4
robes...........  5
Pacific fancy..........6
American  fancy—   534
robes............6)4
American indigo__534
Portsmouth robes...  6 
American shirtings.  4)4
Simpson mourning..  6
Arnold 
6)4
greys........6
long cloth B.10)4
“ 
solid black.  6 
Washington indigo.  6 
“ 
“  C.  8)4
century cloth 7
“ 
“  Turkey robes..  7)4
“  gold seal...... 10)4
“  India robes__ 7)4
“  plain T’ky X 34  8)4 
“  Turkey red.. 10)4
Berlin solids...........  5)4
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“  oil blue.......   6)4
key red................ 6
“  green ....  6)4
“ 
Cocheco fancy 
Martha Washington
“  madders 
6 
Turkey red 34...... 7)4
Eddystone fancy 
Martha
6 
Hamilton fanecv 
65H 
Turkey red.......... 9)4
staple 
Riverpointrobes....  5 
Manchester fancy
6
Windsor fancy........6)4
new era.  6 
10)4
Merrimack D fancy.  6
Amoskeag A C A.... 13)4
AC A.............  
  12)4
Hamilton N ............ 7)4
Pemberton AAA__16
York....................... 10)4
D............ 8)4
Awning.. 11
Swift River............   7)4
Farmer....................8
Pearl  River............ 12)4
First Prize..............11)4
Warren................... 14
Lenox M ills...........18
.  8 •  7)4 
Atlanta,  D..............  634|3tark  A
Boot........................   634  No Name —
Clifton, K...............   7)4|Top of Heap.
.10
Simpson.......
......

........20
........18 Black.......... ....  9® 9)4
......... ...........10)4
........16

gold  ticket 

indigo blue

COTTON  D R IL L .

CO BSET  JE A N S.

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TICK IN G S.

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7 
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Coechco........ ........10)4

“ 

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Jaffrey..............
Lancaster.........
Lawrence, 9 oz.. 
No. 220
No. 250
No. 280

Amoskeag..............12)4
9 oz...... 14)4
brown .18
Andover..............11)4
Everett, blue..........12
brown......12

...11)4
...12)4
...13)4
...13
...11)4
...10)4
BINGHAM S.Lancaster,  staple...  634 
Glenarven................ 634
fancies....  7 
“ 
Lancashire............... 6)4
“  Normandie  8
Normandie............... 7)4
Westbrook..............8
Renfrew Dress........7)4
........... 10
“ 
Toll du Nord....l0@10)4
York....................634
Amoskeag.............. 7
Hampton..............6)4
AFC........10)4
Windermeer........... 5
Persian.....................8)4
Cumberland........... 5
Bates.........................634
Warwick...............   8)4
Essex......................4)4
Peerless, wnite.......18  IPeerless  colored.. .20)4

C A R PET  W A R P.

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G RA IN   BAGS.

TH R EA D S.

R E D   F L A N N E L .

M IX ED   FLA N N EL.

K N ITTIN G   COTTON.

..33
8... ....34
10... ....35
.36

Amoskeag.............. 16)4| Valley City.............. 15)4
Stark...................... 20)4 Georgia................... 15)4
American...............16)41 Pacific.................... 14)4
Clark’s Mile End....45  IBarbour's................88
Coats’, J. & P .........45  Marshall’s............... 88
Holyoke................. 22)4l
White.  Colored.
White.  Colored.
42
38 No.  14... ....37
No.  6  .
43
“  16...
39
...38
“ 
...39
40
44
“ 
“  18...
“  20... ....40
45
41
“  12...
CAM BRICS.Washington............  4M
Slater........................4)4
White Star............   4)4
Red Cross...............   4M
Lockwood.................4M
Kid Glove...............  4*
Newmarket.............. 4)4
Wood’s..................   4M
Edwards.................  4)4
Brunswick............  4M
Fireman.................32)4|T W..........................22)4
Creedmore............. 27)4|FT..............  
32)4
Talbot XXX........... 30  J R F , XXX...............35
Nameless................27)4 (Buckeye...................32)4
Red & Blue, plaid. .40
Grey SR W...........17)4
Union R................. 22)4
Western W .............18)4
Windsor..................18)4
D R P ............ ......... 18)4
Flushing XXX........23)4
6 oz Western...........21
Manitoba..............23)4
Union  B.................22)4
Nameless...... 8  @ 9)41 
9  ©10)4 
...... 8)4@10  I 
12)4
Slate.  Brown.  Black. Slate. Brown. Black.
13
9)4 
15
10)4 
17
11)4 
12)4 
20
Severen, 8 oz......... •  9)4 West  Point, 8 oz ...10)4
May land, 8oz........ .10)4
10 oz ...12)4
“
Greenwood, 7)4 oz. ■  9)4 Raven, lOoz......
...13)4
......
Greenwood, 8 oz... • 11)4 Stark
...13)4
W AD D IN G S.
.17 50
White, doz..............25  IPer bale, 40 doz.
Colored, doz...........20 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
“  Red Cross....  9
“  Best...............10)4
“  Best AA........12)4

Pawtucket...............10)4
Dundie...................   9
Bedford...................10)4
Valley  City.............10)4
Coraline................99 SOlWonderful............14 75
Schilling’s ............  9 00 j Brighton...............4 75
Cortleelli, doz........ 75  [CorticeUi knitting,

CANVASS  AND  PA D D IN G .
13
9)4
15
10)4
17
11)4
20
12)4

9M 13
10)4 15
11)4 17
12)4 20
DU CK S.

DOM ET  FL A N N EL.

twist, doz. .37)4  per Moz  ball........30
50 yd, doz. .37)4)
HOOKS  AND  E T E S — P E R  GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k & White..l0  INo  4 Bl’S A White..15 
“ 
..20
“ 
..25
No 2-20, M C.........50  INo 4—15  F  3)4........ 40

..12  “ 8 
..12  I “  10 

SEW IN G   SIL K .

CORSETS.

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2 
3 

PIN S .

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3—18, S C..........45  I

No  2 White & Bl’k..l2  INo  8 White & Bl’k..20 
“ 
.23
“ 
..26
|No3.......................... 36
No2........................28 

COTTON  T A P E .
..15  “ 10 
..18  I “  12 
SA FETY   PIN S .

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4 
6 

Playing Cards

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICE LIST.

Daniel  Lynch,

19  So.  Ionia  S t,  Grand Rapids.

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

Dry Goods

NOTIONS AND HOLIDAY GOODS.

Manufacturers of

Shirts,  Pants,  Oileralla,  Etc.

Complete -Fall  Stock  now  ready  for 
inspection, including a fine line of Prints, 
Underwear, Pants, Gloves,  Mittens  and 
Lam bermen’s Goods.  Chicago and Detroit 
prices guaranteed.

48,50 and 52 Ottawa S t, 

ORAND  RAPIDS, 

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-  MICH

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J.  B o w n e , President.

D. A. K  ODOETT, Vice-President.

H. w. Nash, Cashier
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

Transacts a general banking business.

Make a Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

J.&P.GOATS’

Imperial__ ..........10)4 5—4.. ..2 25  6—4.
.

N E E D L E S— P E R   M.

A. James.................1 501 Steamboat...............   40
Crowelv’s...............1  35 Gold  Eyed.....................l 50
Marshall’s..............1 00|
“  . .. .2 10 

.3 2515—4--- 1  95  6—4. ..2 95
.3 IO)

TA B LE  O IL  CLOTH.
“ 

If.  STEIŒTIELIEL  & SO)BIS,

Wholesale  - Dry ■

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M ICH.

W e  have  just  received  a  large  line  of  Outing 
Shirts  in  Flannel,  Silk,  W ool  and  Linen,  Domett, 
Cheviot and  Satine;  also a complete  line of cheap 
and medium price  PANTS.  Inspection invited.

SIX-CORD

IN

Spool  Cotton
" 
WHITE,  BLACK  AND  COLORS,
Hand and Machine Use,
P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS;

FOR  SALE  BY

FOR

H A R D W A R E .

P r ic e s  C urrent.

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

7

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
Snell’s ..........................................................  
60
Cook’s ........................................................... 
40
Jennings’, genuine....................................... 
25
Jennings’,  Imitation...................................50&10

AUGURS AND BITS. 

dig.

AXES.

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BABROWS. 

First Quality, S. B. Bronze..........................$ 8 50
D.  B. Bronze...........................  12 50
S. B. S. Steel.............................   9 50
D. B. Steel.................................14 00
dig.
Railroad......................................................I 14 00
Garden.....................................................   net 
dis.

Stove.............................................................50&10
Carriage new list.  ....................................... 
70
Plow.............................................................40*10
Sleigh shoe................................................... 
70

bolts. 

BUCKETS.

BUTTS, CAST. 

Well,  plain.................................................. • 3 50
Well, swivel......................................................  4 00
dlS.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.............. 60*10
Wrought Loose Pin.......................................60*10
Wrought Table............................................ 60*10
Wrought Inside Blind.................................. 60*10
Wrought Brass............................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s...............................................70*16
Blind,  Parker’s............................................. 70*10
Blind, Shepard’s .......................................... 
70
40
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85................ 

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BABS.

Grain........................................................ dis. 50*02

Cast Steel............................................per 2> 
Ely’s 1-10................................................ perm  66
Hick’s C. F ..............................  
 
G. D .........................................................   “  35
Musket..................................................... 
“  60

5

 

CARTRIDGES.

Rim  Fire...................................................... 
Central  Fire.....................................................dis. 25

56

chisels. 

dis.

Socket Firmer.............................................. 70*10
Socket Framing.............................................70*16
Socket Comer................................................70*10
Socket Slicks................................................70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................ 
40
dis.
Curry,  Lawrence’s  .....................................  
40
Hotchkiss..........................................  
 
25
White Crayons, per gross...............12@12*4 dis. 10

combs. 

CHALK.

 

COFFER.

“ 

Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
14x52,14x56,14x60.......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x56 ana 14x60.......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................................  
Bottoms.....................................................  . 
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks.....................................  
Taper and straight Shank............................ 
Morse’s Taper Shank.................................... 

drills. 

dis.

30
28
25
25
27
50
50
50

MUFFINS PANS.

Small sizes, ser pound................................  
Large sizes, per pound............................  

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Com. 4  piece, 6 In........................... doz. net 
75
Corrugated..................................... dis. 20*10*10
“ 
Adlustable........................................................dis. 40*10
“ 
dis.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

07
    6*4

ELBOWS.

Clark’s, small, 118; large, 126.......................  
Ives’, 1,118; 2,124; 3, *30............................ 

30
25

files—New List. 

dis.

Disston’s ................................*................... 60*16
New  American............................................. 60*10
Nicholson’s ..................................................60*10
Heller’s......................................................... 
50
Heller’B Horse Rasps...................................  
50

GALVANIZED IRON

12 

Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
15 
List 
dis.

13 
sauoes. 

Discount, 60

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

14 

28
18

50

HAM M ERS.

 

 

 

* 

dis.

dlS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

HIN G ES.

dis.
dis.

HANSBRS. 

MATTOCKS.

HOLLOW WARE.

w i r e  goods. 

LOCKS—DOOB. 

k n o b s —New List. 

Maydole  *  Co.’s...............................................dis. 25
25
Kip’s .................. 
dis. 
Yerkes & Plumb’s...............................  dis. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel..................  
30c list 60
. .80c 40*10
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand 
Gate, Clark’s, 1 ,2,3......... 
dls.60&10
State........................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 in. 4*4  14  and
longer  .................. ,.................................   3*4
Screw Hook and  Bye, *4.........................net 
10
“ 
“  %......................... net 
8*4
“  M.........................net 
“ 
7*4
* ........................  net  7*4
“ 
“ 
dis. 
70
Strap and T ........................................ 
Bam Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track..  .50*10
Champion,  anti friction.............................  60*10
30 00
40
 
Kidder, wood track.......................  
Pots...............................................................  
60
Kettles..........................................................  
60
60
Spiders................................................-___ 
Gray enameled................  
40*10
H OUSE  F U R N IS H IN S   GOODS.
Stamped  Tin Ware...............................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware.  ......................... 
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new list 33*4*10
dis.
Bright...................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes.  .......................................... 70*10*10
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes.....................  
70*10*10
l e v e l s . 
70
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s 
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.............  .. 
55
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings............  
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings....................... 
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain...... 
70
Russell * Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  -----       55
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s ...........................  
55
Branford’s ................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ...................................   .  .......... 
55
Adze Eye  ........................................116.00, dis. 60
Hunt Bye 
...................................   »15.00, dis. 60
“ 60
Hunt’s ....................... 
...........»18.50, dis. 20*10.
dlS.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled.....................  
50
dis.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ..................... 
40
... 
40
**  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables  ... 
“  Landers,  Ferry *  Clt  k’s ................  
40
“  Enterprise 
25
Stebbln’s Pattern..........................................60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 66*10
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
25
Steel nails, base............................................. 195
Wire nails, base............................................. 2 35
Steel.  Wire.
60....... 
Base
Base 
10
50......................................................Base 
40 ....................................................   05 
20
20
10 
30..................................................... 
30
15 
20............................. 
16.....................................................  
35
15 
35
12..................................................... 
15 
10.....................................................   20 
40
8 ...:..................................................   25 
50
7 * 6 ..................................................  40 
66
4 .......................................................   60 
90
3.........................................................1 00 
1  50
2 00
2.........................................................1 50 
Fine 3................................................ 1 50 
2  00
Case  10.............................................   60 
90
1  00
8.............................................   75 
6.............................................   90 
1  25
100
Finish 10...........................................  85 
1  25
8.............................................1 00 
6  ..........................................1  15 
1  50
Clinch  10..........................................   85 
75
'  8......................................... 1 00 
90
1  00
6........................................... 1 15 
Barrell %...........................................1 75 
2  50
dis.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   @40
Sciota  Bench................................................  @60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  @40
Bench, first quality.......................................  @60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...........  *10
Fry,  Acme............................................ dls.60—10
70
Common,  polished.................................dis. 
Iron and  Tinned.........................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Burs.............................  
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

................. 
MOLASSES GATES. 

Advance over base: 

MAULS. 
kills. 

p a t e n t  p l a n i s h e d  i r o n .

tlanes. 

rivets. 

N A IL S

Broken packs *4c per pound extra.

PANS.

dlS.

dis.

 

 

 

 

r o p e s .

squares.

SHEET CRON.

9
18*4
dis.
75
60
20
Com. 
13 10 
3 20 
3 20 
3 30 
3 40 
3 50
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Sisal, *4 inch and larger .............................. 
Manilla
Steel and Iron............................................
Try and Bevels...........................................
Mitre..........................................................
Com.  Smooth.
Nos. 10 to 14.....................................64 20
Nos. 15 to 17.....................................4 20
Nos.  18 to 21.....................................  4 20
Nos. 22 to 24 .....................................  4  20
Nos. 25 to 26.......................... 
..  440
No. 27 ...............................................   4 60
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86...................................... dis. 40*10
50
Silver Lake, White A..............................list 
“ 
Drab A.................................   “ 
56
“  White  B..............................   “ 
50
“ 
Drab B...................................  “ 
55
“  White C.................................   “ 
35

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dis.

saws. 

traps. 

Hand........................................  

“ 
Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,__ 
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__ 
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot__ 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot............................................. 

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton »25
ao
70
50
30
30
Steel, Game................................................... 60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s  .. 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion............................... 11.50 per doz.
dis.
Bright Market  .............................................  65
Annealed Market..........................................70—10
Coppered Market.........................................   60
Tinned Market............................................   62*4
Coppered Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................  3 40
painted...................................   2 80

wire. 

dis.

“ 

HOBSK NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

Au Sable...............................dis. 25*10@25*10*06
Putnam.......................................... 
dis. 09
dis. 10*10
N orth western................................  
dig.
Baxter's Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................  
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,..................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable...............................75*10
Bird Cages................................................... 
50
Pumps, Cistern........................................  
75
Screws, New List.........................................  
50
Casters, Bed  and  Plate...........................50*10*10
Dampers, American.................................. 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods  __  
66

MISCELLANEOUS. 

dis.

M K T  A I X .
PIG TIN.

“ 

ZINC.

2Re
30c

SOLDER.

Pig  Large.................................................... 
Pig Bars....................................................  
Duty;  Sheet, 2*4c per pound.
660 pound  casks........................................... 
7*4
Per  pound.................................................... 
7)4
*4@*4..........................................................  ....18
Extra W iping........................................ 
15
The  prices  of  the many  other  qualities  of
solder in the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson........................................per  pound  16
Hallett’s......................................  
13
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10xl4IC, Charcoal........................................ 6700
14x20IC,
7  ro
10x14 IX, 
8  75 
14x20 IX, 
8  75

“ 
“ 
TIN — ALLAW AY G RADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

....................  ...........
...............................
Each additional X on this grade, »1.75.
10x14 IC,  Charcoal................................
14x20 IC, 
....................................
10x14 IX, 
..................... ...............
14x20 IX, 
Each additional X on this grade 11.50.
ROOFING  PLA TES
Worcester.......................

14x20 IC,
6  25
14x20 IX,
7  75
20x28 IC,
13 00 
14x20 IC,
5  50 
14x20 IX,
7 00
20x28 IC,
11  50
20x28 IX,
14  50
14x28  IX.
« 4   00
14x31  IX.........................................................15 50
ISæ k ! f“r N“ • I B°“er*’} 
1«

•   6  25
6  25
7  75 
7  75

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

Allaway  Grade.

B O IL E R  SIZE T IN  F L A T I.

P°n“d 

Visit  Market  Often.

From the Industrial World.
Country hardware  merchants—that  is, 
those  doing  business  in  towns of  from 
1,000  to 15,000  inhabitants—should make 
it  a  rule  to  visit  the  larger centers  of 
trade not less than ten  or  fifteen times a 
year,  or  oftener,  if  not  too  far  away. 
There  is  always  something  new, either 
in  the  tool or general  hardware  line  or 
stove  department,  which  can  be  seen 
sooner  by a visit to the city than if  they 
waited  for  a  catalogue  circular, or  for 
the traveling  salesman  to  come  around. 
Another thing, there are often job lots of 
bargains to be secured in the way of cut 
tlery,  table  and  pocket,  which  may be 
offered  as a leader  in  their  own  stores. 
Besides, a live man is sure to “catch on” 
to  some  new  ideas, see  and  hear  some 
thing  out of  the ordinary run of  things, 
all  of  which  can  be turned to'good  ac­
count,  and  very often  the  points  thus 
made  and  acquired  by  attrition  with 
the wholesale trade will  help to increase 
his  business.  This,  we believe,  is  well 
worthy the consideration of  our  country 
readers among the hardware trade.

Michigan Dairy Notes.
will be in operation by April 1.

The new cheese  factory,  at  Garleton, 

The Otsego creamery will be converted 
into a cheese factory the  coming  season.
D. G. Gillis,  who  recently  established 
a separator creamery at Morenci,  is  pay­
ing §1 per 100 for milk.
Goodsell & Delano are building a sepa­
rator creamery at Jaspar, which  they ex­
pect to have in operation by March  1.
C. A. French,* formerly  business man­
ager of the  Grand  Rapids  Democrat,  is 
negotiating for the purchase of the Grand 
River  creamery,  at  Grandville. 
In  the 
event of  his  securing, the  preperty,  he 
will put in a separator or extractor.
Six cheese factories  were  operated  in 
Sanilac county the past season, and from 
2,750,000 pounds of milk  281,086  pounds 
of cheese was produced. 
It was  all pur­
chased for the English market  and  it  is 
claimed that it netted the farmers 9 cents 
per pound.

A  whalebone  syndicate  is  the  latest. 
Nearly every pound of whalebone  in  the 
country has been purchased  by  a  syndi­
cate  composed  of  San  Francisco,  New 
York  and  New  Bedford  parties. 
It  is 
said that  the  only  firm  which  has  not 
joined is that  of  J.  &  W.  R.  Wing, of 
New Bedford,  which has 8,000  pounds of 
Arctic  whalebone  on  hand.  The  last 
sale of bone was $4.50 per pound.

I ;  7KZ ONE YOU WANT, IF YOU WISH TO SELL YOUR CUSTOM­

ERS THE FREEZER THAT WILL GIVE THE BEST RESULTS.

DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELVES TO BE IMPOSED  UPON  BY TH08E 

V KO  MAY  TRY  TO  SELL  YOU  OTHER  FREEZER8  BY 

TELLING YOU THEY ARE “ ÜUST A8 GOOD ” OR

“ Just the same as the Gem.”

I" YOJ  CAN’T GET  THE  GEM  FROM  YOUR  REGULAR JOBBER, 

V HITE TO US AND WE’LL TELL YOU WHERE YOU CAN GET 

THEM OR GIVE YOU PRICE8 AND DISCOUNTS.

AMERICAN  MACHINE  CO.,

Lehigh Ave. and American St., 

-  PHILADELPHIA.
J ohn  H .  G raham & C o.  MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS, 

113 CHAMBER8 STREET,  NEW YORK.

“P” 

C A R   ST O V E .

Used  Largely  by  those  Shipping  Potatoes.

F O S T E R , STEVENS  &  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

MANUFACTURED  BY

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The Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association.

a   WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Retail  Trade  of the Woliferine State.
The  Tradesman  Company, Proprietor.

Subscription Price, One  Dollar per year, payable 
Advertising Rates made known on application. 

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.

Entered at  the  Grand  Rapids Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4.  1891.
The list of traveling  men published in 
another  portion  of  this  week’s  paper, 
showing that 404 representatives are sent 
out  by  Grand  Rapids  houses,  speaks 
volumes for the enterprise  and  aggress­
iveness of the  jobbers  and  manufactur­
ers of the Valley City.  As near  as  T h e 
T ra desm a n  can  estimate,  about  100 
additional traveling men  who  represent 
outside houses reside in Grand Rapids.

Testing Milk.

Sixty Tears Hence.

%

W r i t t e n   fo r T h b   T r a d e s m a n . 

“ Having only a  limited  acquaintance 
with you,”  said  Mr.  Earle,  as  the  two 
gentlemen walked  along  the#street,  “ I 
have  not  the  pleasure of knowing your 
name nor your previous history.”

“ My name,” said  the  old  gentleman, 
“ is  Willian Hahn,  and  I  was  born  in 
the city of New York,  in  1804.  My  pa­
rents came  from  Germany.  You  spoke 
of the telephone,”  continued  Mr. Hahn. 
“ I  was  an  old man when the telephone 
first became one  of  the  wonders  of  the 
world, and  I  was  still  living  when  al­
most every store and office  in  our  cities 
was considered  incomplete  for  business 
without one.  While they  worked  fairly 
well  for  short  distances,  the  old  tele­
graph  was  still  a  favorite.  We  could 
never converse through the telephone  at 
a greater distance than one or  two  hun­
dred miles, and even that at  a  great dis­
advantage, while you  have  informed me 
that  you  now  converse across the ocean 
without the least  difficulty.  May  I  ask 
if it is by cable?”

From  the New Dairy.
At first, the  fight  was  made to induce 
dairymen to test their own cows, but with 
very indifferent success.  This was prob­
ably  owing to  the  feeding of  the  dairy­
man that the thin milkers gave  lots of it 
and  the  thick  milkers  little  of  it,* and 
it “sorter” equalized itself and  so  made 
little difference to him.  With the breeder 
of  high-priced  dairy  stock  this  excuse 
did not  work  so  well;  as  he  was  con­
stantly selling,  he was liable to work his 
herd into an all-thick or  all-thin lot. 
In 
this way some of  them  took  to  testing, 
and especially as the “records” advertised 
their herds,  it soon became quite popular 
and  to  the  extent  of  creating  favorite 
families  in  all  the  breeds.  This  good 
work is  gradually  increasing,  until  we 
hope in a few years every man who buys 
a thoroughbred dairy animal will be able 
to  secure, at the same time, a full history 
of the performance of  its ancestors.
With the average dairyman  nothing of 
any consequence has  been  accomplished 
toward inducing him to test his cows, but 
fate is taking a kind of  mean  advantage 
of him by having somebody else do it for 
him.  When such a dairyman  wanted  to 
sell  milk  in  former  times  it  was  only 
necessary  to  haul  it  to  the  factory  or 
railroad and have it weighed  and receive 
his pay by the pound of  milk  furnished, 
even if he was careless enough to leave a 
bucket  of  water  in  the  can  when he 
rinsed  it.  Now  things  are  changing; 
thanks to  an  honorable  rivalry  among 
the experiment stations to  see which can 
invent the simplest form of  testing milk, 
we  are  rapidly  approaching  the 
time 
when each patron,  whether he  likes it or 
not, wiil have to accept pay  according to 
the value of  the  milk  he  furnishes  for 
the purpose for which it is purchased.
One trouble in this line of work  is  the 
necessity  of  testing  a  great  number  of j 
samples.  Professor Patrick, of the Iowa 
station, makes an excellent suggestion in | 
this line.  He proposes that  samples  be j 
taken of each patron’s  milk  every  time j 
it  is  delivered  and  poured into a vessel | 
large enough to hold, say, a week's supply 
of samples and at  the  end  of  the  week 
the whole lot be analyzed or tested.  The 
only trouble with this plan  is  that  milk 
held so long is liable to become unfit  for 
testing,  owing  to  its  curdling  or  the 
cream drying on it so that it will not work 
well in the ordina  _.  tester.  He  further 
suggests the use of some kind of preserva­
tive to keep the milk in as near a normal 
condition as possible.  Here is  a  chance 
for  the  patent  preservatives  to  get  in 
their work.

“ I can hardly call it a cable,” rejoined 
Mr. Earle.  “ It is an  entirely  new  pat­
ent and a new principle  is  involved.  It 
has superseded the  Bell  telephone com­
pletely.  Wonderful as the old telephone 
was, it was found that the laws of sound, 
or, rather,  the  medium  for  its  convey­
ance, were very imperfectly  understood. 
But, pardon me, and we will  renew  this 
subject later.  One  of  the  air  ships  is 
about  to  land  and  we  will witness the 
unloading.  Notice,  Mr.  Hahn,  how 
gently it moves downward, as  if  follow­
ing an inclined  plane,  and  how  easily, 
yet perfectly, two men  only  control and 
handle  the  bulky  machine.  The  other 
ships have passed onward,  you  will  no­
tice.  They  will  be  in  sight  for  some 
time yet.  Do you read the  name  of  the 
ship  on  her  pennant?  Very  appropri­
ate,  you  see—“Ursa  Major."  No  care 
is required, on landing, to make the ship 
fast,  as, by  the  simple  movement  of  a 
lever, which is automatically locked,  the 
power that moves it in  any  direction  is 
instantly cut off.  The motive  power  of 
these  ships  is  that  glory  of  our age— 
electricity.  See the master of  the  ship. 
He  is  stepping  upon  the  landing  and 
going into that small octagonal  building 
which is constructed wholly of  glass and 
aluminum.  That is  called  the  electori- 
tim.  A branch conductor there  connects 
with  the  main 
telephone  across  the 
ocean.  This  branch  may  be  switched 
onto many others, reaching  any  desired 
| point.  Every  main  city  landing  for 
i aerial ships has  one  of  these  buildings 
I which  are  indispensable  to  us  in  dis- 
| patching  business.  A  government  of- 
j fleer  presides  over  each.  From  where 
i we stand you can see the  master  of  the 
! ship sitting in a chair, with his  watch in 
! one hand and one ear to  a  glass  funnel.
! He is conversing with the  consignors  of 
| the cargo in  Liverpool,  informing  them 
| of his arrival  and  that  their  goods  are 
now  in  possession  of  the  consignees.
I He  gives  them  the  very  second of  his 
landing.  He also informs the  insurance 
i agents that their risk has expired.”

Prof.  Victor  C.  Vaughan,  whose  dis­
covery  of  tyrotoxicon made  his  name 
known wherever chemistry  is cherished, 
has  found  another  violently  poisonous 
principle  in  cheese  entirely  different 
from tyrotoxicon. 
Its  nature  has  not 
been fully established, but  it  is  one  of 
the so-called tox-albumins.  Dr. Vaughan 
is continuing his researches.

“ Why do these vessels sail  so  high in 
the air?  It  does  not  seem  necessary,”
| said Mr. Hahn.

“ They  are  only  obeying  the  aerial 
| laws  passed  by  Congress,”  replied  Mr. 
j Earle. 
“ You,  sir,  have  probably  no 
idea of the care now required in  the vast 
commercial  intercourse  of  the  world«

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

and  especially  of  oar  own  country, to 
prevent accidents from occurring.  When 
you fell asleep in  the  last  century,  the 
United States had only a little more than 
forty millions of inhabitants,  while,  to­
day, it numbers over 150,000,000.  Before 
the close of the last century,  we  had  al­
most  70,000,000.  The  air  is  now  the 
great traveling highway,  although there 
is,  to-day,  more  travel  by  rail  in  this 
country than there was in  your  time, as 
all railroads are now owned  and  operat­
ed  by  the  general  government, as  also 
are  the  telephones.  Transportation  by 
land and water is  still  exclusively  used 
for all very heavy and bulky  articles.  I 
shall have more  to  tell  you  concerning 
our railroads by and by, which  you  will 
wonder  at.  To  avoid  accidents  from 
collisions of our air ships,  which  would 
be a  fearful  thing  to  happen  to  them, 
Congress  has  decreed  that  all  aerial 
merchant ships shall  move  at  least  one 
mile from the  earth,  while  the  packets 
carrying the  mails And  passengers  and 
the  small  express  packages  shall  not 
exceed 800 feet above;  thus,  all  danger 
of  collisions is  avoided.  All  passenger 
packets bound westward shall sail  along 
at a height of 700 feet and not more than 
800  feet,  while  those  bound  eastward 
shall  sail  at  400  and  not  less than 300 
feet high.  The same rules  apply  going 
north or south  and to all quarter  points 
of the compass.  These altitudes  enable 
passengers  to  enjoy  the  scenery  upon 
the  earth’s  surface.  A  self-registering 
electrometer has been jn  vented, which is 
connected  with  the  compass  lying  in 
front of the  pilot,  by ^which  means  he 
can  at  once  observe  the exact distance 
his ship is from the surface of  the  earth 
and change the elevation if desired.”

“ What signals^ are  used  at  night  to 
make  the, location  of  these  air  ships 
known?” asked Mr. Hahn.

“ There are white  and  colored  lights, 
reading the same as those long in  use by 
ships  at  sea,  but  distinguished  from 
them by more artistic forms,  as  crosses, 
crescents, stars and constellations;  also, 
by  a  universal  agreement,  all  nations 
use  the  same  signals,”  answered  Mr. 
Earle.  “ There goes the master on board 
now.  Notice how silently and  graceful­
ly, like a bird on the wing, the Ursa Ma­
jor rises into space.”

“ Wonderful, indeed,”  said  Mr. Hahn, 
as  the  great  ship  floated  away  to  the 
west, rising gradually to her  lawful dis­
tance from Mother Earth. 
“ Navigating 
the air was spoken  of  as  long  ago  as I 
can remember, but was  only  considered 
the vagary of a  diseased  brain  and  dis­
missed as a joke by most persons.  There 
is, however, on record, a prophecy  by  a 
son of John Langdon, of  Marengo,  New 
York, in 1820, that, within  the  next one 
hundred years, aerial  navigation  would 
be  a  practical  fact,  and his description 
of the ships is almost identical with  this 
we now behold.  This  gentleman  was  a 
well-educated  man  for  that  early  day 
and was said by those who knew  him  to 
be a genius of a  high  order,  but,  being 
an invalid, be never achieved distinction 
and  died  comparatively  young.  Tell 
me,”  continned  Mr.  Hahn,  “ what  that 
music  means  that  we hear coming from 
the more central part of the city?  It  re­
minds me of what, in my day,  we  called 
a ‘calliope.’ ”

“Ah!  I  have read of the  steam  calli­
ope,” answered Mr. Earle,  “ but we have 
nothing of the kind now.  This  is called 
the ‘ mittag-chime ’ and is simply a chime

of electric bells that tells all  who  desire 
dinner  at  the  public  dining hall that it 
is ready.  We will go there  at  once and 
get our  dinner.  Of  course,  all  do  not 
dine  there,  as  thousands  prefer 
the 
privacy of their own homes, not  heeding 
the expense, while  other  thousands find 
equally  good  food  at  the  State Dining 
Hall.  These  public  dining  halls  were 
established by the State with the humane 
intention of feeding  the  laboring  popu­
lation and the poor of  our  cities  at  the 
bare cost of the food.  With the improved 
methods  of  cooking,  of  machinery, 
etc., the small army of waiters employed 
in  your  youth  are  not  required.  The 
comparatively  few  necessary  are  in  a 
room beneath, performing their  work on 
dumb waiters.  Reducing  expenses  and 
cooking so much at  once  made  it  quite 
possible  to  furnish  a  substantial  meal 
for  the  sum  of  five  cents,  or  any one 
plate  of  food, cup of  tea or coffee, with 
cream and sugar if desired,  for  one cent 
each,  so  that  all  could  have  excellent 
food  and  none  need 'go, hungry.  This 
was found  to  fulfil  the  purpose  so  ad­
mirably  and  was  such  a  boon  to  the 
masses that the state Legislatures  asked 
for a minimum tax of one-quarter of one 
per  cent.,  to  be  levied  yearly,  to  in­
crease the sum already set aside  for  the 
State Dining Halls,  so  that  all  classes, 
rich or poor, might be  fed  in  this  man­
ner,  if they  preferred. • Thus,  through 
their own voluntary taxation, the  people 
are feeding themselves better  and  for  a 
far less sum than by  any  other  method. 
Here we are at the Hall,”  continued Mr. 
Earle. 
“ Walk in with me  and you will 
witness  what will be quite new to  you.”
This  hall  was  on  a  level  with  the 
street and was a magnificent  one,  cover­
ing  an  entire  block.  A  multitude  of 
people  were  going  in  and  out  contin­
ually.

“ I  am  all  out  of  meal  checks  and 
small  change,”  said  Mr.  Earle,  “ and 
will, therefore, obtain a new supply.”

As he saidthis, he stood before  a long 
desk  upon  which  lay  newspapers from 
all parts of the country, held  in place by 
springs, ready  for  the  reader,  and  be­
neath which, in one place, he dropped  a 
fifty-cent piece in a  slot.  A  drawer  in­
stantly opened, from which  he  took ten 
bright metal meal checks and transferred 
them to his pocket

“ How do you manage if  you  desire  a 
penny plate  of  food  only?”  asked  Mr. 
Hahn.

“ You see those desks on  the  opposite 
side of this room,” answered  Mr.  Earle. 
“ Drop  a  five-cent  piece  in  there,  and 
you  get  five  one-cent  checks. 
In  still 
another slot you drop in a cent at  a time 
and obtain  a  penny  check.  Thus,  you 
see, all kinds  of  checks  are  obtainable, 
and they are good  anywhere in the State 
until used.  Wn  will  seat  ourselves  at 
this  table  and  I  will  drop  one  of  my 
metal checks into a slot in front  of  me.”
Instantly  a  sliding  door  in  front  of 
him was drawn aside,  and a  dumb  wait­
er shot up in the opening, with  a  server 
well loaded with smoking  hot  food,  up­
on lifting  which  the  door  moved  back 
into place.

[to b e continued.]

G. S. Putnam, for eleven  years  engag­
ed  in  general  trade  at  Fruitport,  has 
opened a clothing and  men’s  furnishing 
goods store at 502 South Division  street, 
corner of Fifth avenue.

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FINANCIAL.

Local  Stock  Quotations.

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JO B B IN G .

M A N U FACTURING.

Fifth National  ................................................ 100
Fourth  National  ..................  
100
Grand Rapids National.................................... 140
Grand  Rapids  Savings....................................125
Kent County Savings.......................................131
National  City................................................... 135
Old National.....................................................135
People’s Savings...............................................105
Michigan Trust Co...........................................115
Grand Rapids Packing  and Provision Co.  ... 103 
Hazeltine & Perkins Drug C o ......................... 100
Aldine Manufacturing Co...............................  60
Anti-Kalsomine  Co.......................................... 150
Antrim Iron  Co...................... 
115
Belknap Wagon & Sleigh Co............................100
Berkev & Gay  Furniture Co.............................85
Grand Rapids  Brush Co.................................. 100
Grand Rapids Electric Light and Power Co...  75
Grand Rapids Felt Boot Co..............................110
Grand Rapids School  Furniture Co............... 110
Michigan Barrel Co..........................................100
Nelson, Matter & Co.......................... 
100
New England  Furniture Co............................ 100
Phoenix Furniture Co........................................ 80
Sligh Furniture  Co............................................85
Widdicomb Furniture Co.................................120
Alpine Gravel  Road Co...................................   75
Canal Street Gravel  Road Co..........................  80
Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co.................... 120
Grandville Avenue  Plank Road Co................150
Plainfield Avenue Gravel Road Co.................  25
Walker Gravel  Road Co  .................................   80

M ISCELLANBOUS.

 

 

Financial  Miscellany.

Preferred stock  in  the  Thurber-Why- 

land Company is now quoted at 107 bid.

The Ionia Pottery Co., at  Ionia,  made 
a  trifle  less than  10 per cent, net on the 
business of 1890.  A cash dividend  of  7 
per  cent,  was  declared,  the  remainder 
being passed to surplus account.

The Big Ox Mining Co.,  which  has its 
headquarters  at  Helena  and  something 
like a  dozen  stockholders  in  this  city, 
will shortly be re-organized on  a capital­
ization of $300,000.  The Lower  Big  Ox 
mine has been found to be valueless, but 
the  Upper  mine  has  developed  into  a 
good paying  property.  The re-organiza­
tion is effected for the purpose of  secur­
ing $150,000 additional capital to develop 
the property.

THE SEVENTH ANNUAL.

vention at Lansing.

Partial Programme of the Coming Con­
The seventh annual convention  of  the 
Michigan Dairyman’s Association will be 
held at the City Hall,  Lansing,  on  Wed­
nesday, Thursday  and  Friday,  Feb.  18, 
19 and  20.  The  programme,  so  far  as 
already arranged, will be as follows: 

WEDNESDAY—9  O’CLOCK  A.  M.

Johnson.

1.  Call to order by President.
2.  Prayer by Rev.-----
3.  Address  of  welcome  by  Mayor 
4.  Response by S. J. Wilson, Flint.
5.  President’s annual address.
6.  Report of Secretary and Treasurer.
7.  Appointment of committees.
8.  Paper — “Progress  and  effect  of 
dairy and pure food  legislation  in  other 
states”—Hon. E. N.  Bates, Moline.
9.  Paper—“Fat in cheese”—Geo. Sin­
clair,  Hudsonville.
10.  Question box.

WEDNESDAY  AFTERNOON  AND  EVENING.
Papers and discussions on  the  factory 
creamery system.  Programme  prepared 
by Jas.  Slocum,  Holly.

THURSDAY—9  O’CLOCK A.  M.

1.  Paper—“How can the  average dai­
ryman determine the purity and strength 
of salt”—C. F. Moore, St. Clair.
2.  “How has Canada succeeded in dis­
placing us  in  the  English  markets”—J. 
H. Murdaugh, Croswell.
3.  Paper—“Progressive and profitable 
dairying”—John Boyd, Chicago.
4.  “Conditions  of  success  in  dairy­
ing”—a. D. Power, Northville.
5.  Question box.

TH U RSD A Y—1:30 O’CLOCK  P .  M. 

Address by Wm. H. Gilbert,  President 
of the New Tork State Dairyman’s  Asso­

ciation, who  will  illustrate  the  lecture 
by  a  practical  manipulation  of  cream 
and  butter  before  the  audience.  This 
portion of the programme is  contributed, 
by the Michigan Jersey  Breeders’  Asso­
ciation,  which  generously  assumes  all 
expenses in connection therewith.

THURSDAY—7:30 O’CLOCK P.  M.

1.  Paper—“Relative  importance  of 
the  dairy  to  other  branches  of  farming 
and plans necessary to secure an attract­
ive dairy department at  the  State  Fair” 
—Prof. Samuel Johnson,  Lansing.
2.  Paper—“Gleanings  from  past  ex­
perience  in  dairy  work”—J. H. Monrad, 
Chicago.
3. ¿.Paper—“What  has  five  years’  ex­
perience  proved  for  the  silo?”—E.  L. 
Lockwood, Petersburg.

FRIDAY—9 O’CLOCK  A.  M.

1.  Paper—“The  sire  as an important 
factor in raising dairy cows”—W. K. Sex­
ton, Howell.
2. lj Paper—“Progress  of  dairy'experi- 
niental work at  the  Agricultural College 
and plans for the future”—Prof. Eugene 
Davenport,  Lansing.
3.  Papers by Profs.  Clute,  Taft  and 
others.
4.  Election of officers, j
C 5.  Selection of next place of meeting.
6.  Adjournment.

oth er’topics.

Among other  subjects  which  will  be 
taken up at the convention  are  the  fol­
lowing:
states.”

“Notes  from  dairy  schools  in  other 
“Future prospects for dairy products.”
“Observations  on  the  battle  of  the 
“Winter  dairying.”
“The future of the separator.”
EX-GOVERNOR HOARD.

breeds.”

Invitations  to  the  convention  were 
sent to Ex-Governor Hoard and Col. Cur­
tis.  The latter is unable to  be  present, 
but the former is confidently expected to 
be with the meeting  at  least  two  days, 
which  will  be  the  first  appearance  of 
this  noted  dairy  apostle  before  the 
dairymen  of  Michigan.  No  set  pro­
gramme  has  been  arranged  for  Mr. 
Hoard,  as he can  talk  intelligently ? and 
understandingly  on  any  subject  akin 
to dairying.

THE  GILBERT  LECTURE.

The practical  demonstration of  butter 
making  by  Wm.  H.  Gilbert,  of  New 
York,  will  be  one  of  the  most  inter­
esting  and  instructive  features  of  the 
convention.  Further  particulars  of  the 
lecture  are  embodied  in  the  following 
letters from  Hon.  Isaac  Marston, of  De­
troit:

come  one,  come  a l l l 

Considering  the  feature» the  Associa­
tion is able to present at  thl» year’s  con­
vention, the officers do not  feel the  least 
hesitancy in inviting everyone connected 
with  dairying  in  any  of  its  various 
branches  to  attend  the  meeting,  which 
will undoubtedly be  remembered  as  one 
of the most profitable  gatherings  of  the 
kind ever held in this country.

Not in Favor of the Bonus.

From th e Boston M anufacturers’ Gazette.
Any  industry  or  enterprise  which  is 
not backed by its own capital and cannot 
stand on its own  bottom and needs to be 
bolstered up and supported  by  a  bonus 
in any form, is not the kind of a business 
enterprise that is wanted  to  build  up  a 
town. 
It is far better, if  you  have  any 
surplus aid of  this  kind,  to  use  it  in 
building up and extending some industry 
already established, and  which  by  such 
aid  would  prove  a  real  benefit  to  the 
place.

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THE  WINFIELD  MANUFACTURING  C0„

-MANUFACTURED  BY

WARREN,  OHIO.

AT  WHOLESALE  BY

F oster, Stev en s & Co.,  Grand  Rapid; 
Curtiss & Co.,
Oln ey & J udson Grocer Co.,  “
Gu n n H ardw are Co.,
Geo.  C. W et h e r b e e & Co.,  Detroit. 
F letc h er,  J en k s & Co.,
E.  F.  P er c iv a l,  P o rt  Huron.
D.  Robeson, 
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Robson Bros.. Lansing.

Dan d t,  Watson  &  Co.,  Saginaw. 
Wells-Stone  Merct.  Co., 
Wa lz & Ke l l e r, 
G.  W.  Bbu sk e, 
J ennison & Co., Bay City.
W a lsh  & E dinborouoh, W. Bay City.
H.  D.  W ood & Co., Toledo.
Dunscomb & Co., 
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Sta llb er g & Cl a p p,  “

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Made of Forged  Steel and Interchangeable in all  its Parts.

HESTER  &  FOX, 

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Grand Rapids,  Mich.

O R D E R

Jennings*  Extracts.

S e e   Q u o ta t i o n s .

G. R.  MA.YHBW, 

-  Grand  Rapids.

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Drugs 0  Medicines•

Stale  Board  of Pharm acy.

One  T ear—Stanley E. P ark ill, Owosso.
Two  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Three  Tears—Jam es  Yernor, D etroit.
(four Tears—O ttm ar Eberbaeh, Ann Arbor 
Five Years—George Grundram, Ionia.
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Sec retary—Jas.  Vem or, D etroit.
Treasurer—Geo  McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Meetings  for  1891—Grand  Rapids,  March  8;  Ann 
Arbor. May 5;  Star Island (Detroit) July 7;  Houghton, 
Sept. 1;  Lansing, Nov. 4.

Michigan  S t a te   Pharm aceutical  Ass*n. 

President— D. E. P i all. Saginaw.
T in t Vice-President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. 
Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor. 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Ann Arbor, in  October, 1891.________
Grand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical  Society. 
President. W. R. Jew ett,  Secretary,  Frank H. Escott 
Regular Meetings— First Wednesday evening of March, 
June, September and December.
Grand Rapid« D rug Clerks* Association. 
President, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. Ç. Smith._______

Detroit  Pharm aceutical  Society. 
President, J.  W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackm an.
Muskegon  Drug  Clerks*  Association. 

President, C. 8. Koon;  Secretary, A. T. W heeler.

P o is o n o u s  F o o d s.

W ritten f o r  T h e  T r a d e s m a n .

While it is not my desire to  pose  as  a
needless alarmist,  I yet  claim  the  privi­
lege of passing judgment upon  any  arti­
cle that  may be deleterious to the  health
of any people of whatsoever country.

Not content with adulterating the food 
we eat, or palming off  the  factitious  for 
the genuine, a brace of demons in human 
form has been found who, for the sake of 
a few paltry pence, are scattering disease 
and death among their  own  countrymen 
by  converting  the  decomposed  flesh  of 
horses  into  smoked  meat  and  sausages. 
The names of this pair of scoundrels  are 
given as Auguste Brische and Amiel Bay- 
ens.  They carried on a factory at Cherry 
Lane, New  Jersey,  for  the  manufacture 
of these villainous  products.  How  long 
this factory has been in  existence  is  not 
stated and, possibly, not  known.  These 
diseased meats were exported to Austria. 
Learning that they  were  to  be  arrested 
for the crime, the two were making hasty 
preparations to  leave  for  Europe.  One 
of them, however, was arrested and com­
mitted to jail in default of bail.  A large 
consignment of the  meat  was  found  on 
board a vessel, with which one, if not both, 
of them intended to sail.

One cannot withstand a feeling of  hor­
ror at  the  devilish, grasping  avaricious­
ness in a human breast  which  will  per­
mit such a cool, calculating crime as sell­
ing poison for an  eatable, thus  entailing 
disease, if not  death,  upon  men, women 
and children, and these their  own  coun­
trymen!  It is a crime akin to murder and 
should be punished with at least  twenty- 
five years in prison at hard  labor. 
It  is 
the  duty  of  every  journal  in  the  coun­
try—the trade journals  in  particular—to 
continually cry out against such atrocious 
crimes, and to ask for the sure and speedy 
punishment of those engaged in such bus­
iness.
Of course, there  are  good  and  whole­
some  smoked  meats,  sausages  and  pre­
served meats—meats fit for the most  del­
icate invalid; but, if diseased or partially 
decomposed  meats,  disguised  by  disin­
fectants and spices, be allowed to go forth 
from a factory, it will soon ruin  the  sale 
of legitimate goods.  There are many fac­
tories in the United States for  preparing 
meats by smoking and canning—factories 
owned and operated by honorable  men— 
men who would  sooner  sever  the  right 
arm than knowingly send out diseased or 
decayed  meats; whose  animals  intended 
for  food  are, before  being  slaughtered, 
examined by a board of disinterested  in­
spectors, appointed by the cities in which 
such factories  are  located.  These  men,

as also the public who traffic in  and  par­
take of their healthful food,  are  directly 
and deeply interested in blotting off such 
miscreants as Brische  and  Bayens  from 
the face of the earth! 

H.

Criticism  of the  Critic.

Kalamazoo,  Jan.  29.—I  noticed  an 
article in your paper of Jan. 28, entitled, 
“The  University  Appropriation,”  by
Louis H------- , of  Kalamazoo,  in  whicb
he scores the  University  of Michigan in 
general, and  the  Pharmacy  Department 
in  particular. 
I  atn  personally  ac­
quainted with  Louis  H------- , who  is  a
foreigner, having met  him  last  year  in 
the University,  and  can  ascribe  his  un­
just criticism  of  the  institution  only to 
the fact that he incurred the  displeasure 
of all he came in contact with, by his ex­
treme “freshness,”  and  hence  seeks  to 
retaliate for a feeling he is  the cause of, 
by running down the University of Mich­
igan.  While  I  have  great  respect  for 
most foreigners I  must  say  that  my  re­
spect for  Louis  H------- is  very  limited
and that,  his  statements  are  not  worth 
answering. I merely write this piece that 
all  may  know  the  disposition  of  the
author  and  judge  his  writings  accord­
ingly. 
I  don’t  w ant  you  to  take  my
word, but  hope  you  will  ask  any  con­
scientious person who is acquainted with
both  Louis  H------- and  the  University
of Michigan for their opinion of both. 
I 
dislike controversy  very  much,  but  the 
brazenness of  his  piece  forced  from  me 
this  statement. 

Respectfully,

H.  R.  W------- .

Discrimination,  Not  Restriction.
Jan.  31.—I  am 
K ala m a zo o, 

in 
thorough accord with your views  on  the 
immigration  question,  as  set  forth  in 
this week’s paper.  The article  in  ques­
tion strikes the keynote of  the situation. 
Too much  stress cannot be laid upon the 
subject.
Numerous causes  have  led  to  an  in­
creased influx of foreign laborers  during 
the  past  year.  Very  many undesirable 
foreigners have been forced  to  emigrate 
for various reasons,  chief  among  which 
is  the  severe  weather  which  has  pre­
vailed throughout  Europe,  leading  peo­
ple of this class to cross the ocean in the 
hopes of finding a more  comfortable  cli­
mate.  Troubles among the lower classes 
in regard to the labor question have been 
another  fruitful  source  of  supply  of 
these  undesirable  wanderers,  stick-to- 
ativeness appearing  to  be  an  unknown 
quantity  in  their  make  up.  United 
States  consuls  have  failed  to  preform 
their duty  in  ascertaining the  true  con­
dition  of  immigrants.  State  laws  have 
not  been  stringent  enough  to  exclude 
them  from  among  us.  Of  late  years, 
there has  been a most  alarming increase 
in  criminality and  insanity among those 
of alien pauper birth, and there is a most 
pressing  need  for a more  rigid  national 
law,  as well as of a national bureau to be 
under  the  supervision  of  the  treasury 
department.
Some  foreign  governments  deny  the 
right of  United  States  consuls  to  ques­
tion  immigrants  before  their  departure 
from their own  country,  but our right to 
question  them after  landing on our  own 
shores  cannot  be  gainsaid.  What  is 
needed  is  a  national  passport  system. 
Such  a  system  as  is  employed  by  the 
Swiss  government  would,  undoubtedly, 
give  us  eminent  satisfaction.  Other 
countries, also, should adopt it.  It might 
even be enlarged  so as to include minute 
points  in  regard  to  the  character  and 
qualifications of  the  immigrant, and  the 
government  issuing this passport should 
be  held responsible  for  the  truth of  the 
statements contained  in  such  document.
As an example of the influence exerted 
by  these  foreigners,  the  following  in­
stances  may  be cited:  Many industries 
in  New  England  are  in  the  hands  of 
foreigners  or  their  immediate  descend­
ants. 
In the mills  of  these  states,  the 
number of native-born laborers is  great­
ly in the  minority.  Of  these  enterpris­
es, there are at least two which  are  con­
trolled by men who not only owe no feal­
ty to our government,  but have no inten­
tion  of  becoming  naturalized.  Accord­
ing to the estimate  of  Special  Agent  of 
the  Treasury  Department  Montgomery,

more than three-fourths of  all  the  New 
England fishermen are aliens, ^having  no 
homes in this country and unamenable to 
its  laws.  The  same  authority  states 
that, by actual count, over  50  per  cent, 
of those engaged in lumbering  along our 
northern boundary are Canadians, and all 
attempts  to  restrict  them  have  proved 
abortive.
It  is  the  opinion  of Agent Litchman, 
of  the  Treasury  Department,  that  this 
vexatious subject of  immigration  is  the 
root  of  all  our labor conflicts.  Certain 
contractors  have  been  in  the  habit  of 
contracting,  in cases of  emergency, with 
agents across the water to  furnish  them 
with  workmen.  Those  which  are  sent 
over  here  at  snch  a  call  are  not  the 
skilled artisans,  but  the  cheap,  unedu­
cated class of laborers  that  are  a  detri­
ment to all progress,  social,  political  or 
economical,  wherever  they  may  estab­
lish themselves.  They are not  the  kind 
to  be  received  with  open  arms—these 
drifting,  shifting,  ne’er-do-weels.  Let 
them stay in  their own country—or  any 
but ours—for we have  no  use  for them.
In work requiring no  brain  work,  no 
intelligence beyond the power to  handle 
the products of a machine, the  unskilled
mechanic can be utilized by  manufactur­
ers.  There  is  no  competition  between
such and our skilled native  laborers.
In some of the  states,  notably  Massa­
chusetts and New York,  great  attention 
has been paid  to  obtaining  statistics in 
regard  to  the  source  of  the  obnoxious 
pauper  and  criminal  element. 
In  the 
former  State,  while  ignorance  among 
those  born  in  this  country has been on 
the wane since ’75, among the alien born 
and their descendants it  has been on the 
increase.  According 
law  of 
heredity, ignorance connot give  birth  to 
knowledge, and, if  the  foreigner  is  un­
able  to  read  and  write  in  his  own 
language,  it  is  hardly  to  be  expected 
that he will become an erudite scholar in 
that  of  a  country  other  than  his own. 
During the year 1885,  in  this same State, 
over one-fourth of  the  population  were 
immigrants,  and this  number  furnished 
40.6 per  cent,  of  all  its  prisoners  and 
36.87  per  cent,  of  its  convicts.  The 
foreigners among the indigent contingent 
were  represented  by  44.03  per  cent. 
They are also so generous  as  to  supply 
over one-third of its insane.
With such facts as  the  above  staring 
us in the face, the clamoring demand for 
better laws on this subject  is  not  to  be 
wondered  at.  What  is  needed  is  not 
exclusion of immigration, but discrimina­
tion, and the sooner that  this  matter  is 
attended to the better it will  be  for  the 
people of this nation. 

T h in k er.

the 

to 

The Drug Market.

Opium  is  unchanged.  Morphia 

is 
steady.  Quinine  is  very unsettled,  as  a 
result of a cut by the  New York Quinine 
and Chemical Co. on small tins.  Cincho- 
nidia is lower.  Citric acid has advanced. 
Russian  hemp seed  has  advanced.  Car­
bolic  acid  is  lower.  Lupulin  has  de­
clined.  Linseed oil has advanced.  Tur­
pentine is higher.

Out of Circulation.

Robert McKnight  runs a general  store 
at Sand Creek, a place  distinguished  be­
cause  it  was  thither  that  Tom  Navin 
drove to take the train in his  flight from 
justice.  Mr. and Mrs. McKnight  started 
to count the change on hand a few nights 
ago.  Emptying  the  bag  on  the  table, 
Mrs. McKnight discovered what  is  prob­
ably the most valuable  5-cent  piece  ex­
tant.  The  jarring  on the  table  caused 
the piece of money  to  split  in  two  aud 
from the center rolled a gold dollar.  Mr. 
McKnight has not the remotest  idea who 
paid the “nickel” to  him,  but  it  is  un­
necessary to say he has put it out  of  cir­
culation.

Hudsonville—F. H.  Campbell  has  re­
tired from the firm of C. K. Hoyt  &  Co., 
general  dealers.  The  business  is  con­
tinued  by  C.  K.  Hoyt  under  his  own 
name.

Bay  City—Wendland,  Christopher  & 
Co. have opened a new  dry  goods  store.

T H  K  M I C H I G A N   T R A J D K S M A J N .

Notice to  Stockholders.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the 
Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana  Railroad  Company, 
will  be  held at the general  office, in the  city of 
Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Wednesday, March 
4th, 1H91, at one o’clock p. m., for the election of 
thirteen Directors to serve  for the ensuing year, 
and  for the  transaction of  such other  business 
as may be presented at the meeting.

J. H. P. Hughart, Secretary.

For  Fall  painting  you  have  to  use  a

D R Y E R

in mixing  WHITE  LEAD 

USE OUR

(JROWN  JBPRN  DRYER.

We call vonr attention to our CROWN JAPAN 
DRYER  that we can guarantee  equal  In  every 
respect to any on the market.

Its points of superiority over all others, are: 
1st.  It will mix with RAW or boiled oil.
2d. 
It will dry any paint without tack.
3d. 
It will dry with a good gloss,  thns  ADD­
ING a GLOSS to the paint,  rather  than  making 
it FLAT, as most Dryers do.
4th. 
I t   is  fre e   fro m   R o sin ,  a n d   is   e n tire ly  
w ith o u t s e d im e n t, a n d  w ill n o t th ic k e n .
5th.  It is always  reliable and is the STRONG­
EST LIQUID  DRYER In the market.

P u t  u p  In one g a llo n   sq u a r e  ca n s.

Write for special prices.

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.,

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

GXXTSXXTG  R O O T.

W e  p a y  t h e  h i g h e s t  p r ic e  f o r  i t .   A d d re s s

p r n i r   D D n Q   Wholesale  Druggists, 
C D U lA   D H U iOm 

g r a n d   r a pto s.

Send for Quotations.

WM.  BRUMMELER  &  SONS

M anufacturers o f and Jobbers in 

Pieced and Stam ped Tinw are,  Rags,

M etals, Iron,  Rubber and W iping  Rags 

264 So. Ionia St., GRAND  RAPIDS. 

Telephone 640.Fornitore

-----AT-----

Nelson, 

M atter 

& Co,'s

S ty le s   N e w ,  C h eap , 
M ed iu m   a n d   E x p e n ­
siv e.
Large  Variety. 

Prices Low.

TETE  M IC H IG A N   T R A D E SM A N .

1 1

Wholesale Price  Current,

Advanced—Citric acid, hemp seed, linseed oil, turpentine. 

Declined—Quinine, cinchonidia,

c a rb o lic  a c id ,  lu p u lin .

“ 

" 

Morphia,  S. P. & W...2 
S. N.  Y.  Q. &
C. Co.......................2
Moschus Canton.......
Myrlstlca, No. 1.........
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..
Os.  Sepia.................».
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Picis Liq, N.  0.7)4 gài
doz  .........................
Picis Llq., quarts......
pints.........
Pii Hydrarg, (po. 80).. 
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22).. 
Piper Alba, (po g 5 ) . . . .
Pix  Burgun...............
Plumbi A cet..............
Pulvis Ipecac et opii.. 1 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......
Pyrethrum,  pv...........
Quassiae....................
Quinia, S .P .4 W ......
S.  German__
Rubia  Tinctorum......
Saccharum Lactis pv..
Salacin.......................2
Sanguis  Draconis......
Santonine  .................
Sapo,  W.....................

“ 

30@2 55
20@2 45 
@  40 
70®  75 @  10 
33®  38
@2 00
@2 00 
@1 00 
@  70 
@  50 @  1 
®  3 
@  7
14®  15 
10@1 20
@1  25 
30®  35 
8®   10 
37®  42 
24®  30 
12®  14 
@  40 
00@2  10 
40®  50 
®4 50 
12®  14 
10®   12 
@  15

“  

Seidlitz  Mixture...
@ 25
Sinapis...................
@ 18
o p t .......................... 
3U
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes....................
@ 35
Snuff. Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
Soda Boras, (po. 13)
.  12®  13
Soda  et Potass Tart. ..  30®  33
Soda Carb...............
@ 5
Soda,  Bi-Carb.........
Soda,  Ash..............
..  3)4®  4
Soda, Sulphas.........
@  2
Spts. Ether C o........ ..  50®  55
@2 25
“  Myrcia  Dorn...
“  Myrcia Imp...
@3 00
‘  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
@2 33
2 23).....................
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal...
@1  10
Sulphur, Subl......... . •  2)4® 3)4
“  Roll........... ..  2)4® 3
Tamarinds..............
8®  10
Terebenth Venice... ..  28®  30
Theobromae........... ..  5G®  55
Vanilla.................... .9 00@16 00
Zlnci  Sulph............ ..  7®  8

OILS.

Whale, winter......... .  70 
Lard,  extra.............. .  55 
Lard, No.  1.............. .  45 
Linseed, pure raw  .
ÌÒ

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
50
—l
O

“ 

paints. 

Llndseed,  boiled  ....  57 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...............   50 
Spirits Turpentine__  45 

60
69
50
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian..............1M  2@8
Ochre,yellow  Mars...  1M  2@4
“ 
Ber....... 1H  2®3
Putty,  commercial__2M 2)4®3
“  strictly  pure..... 2)4  2£@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
13®16
Vermilion,  English__  86088
Green,  Peninsular...... 
70®75
Lead,  red....................  @7)4
“  w hite................  @7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
1  00
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
Cliff.......................... 
1 40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl 20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.....................1 00@1 20

V A RN ISH ES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach....1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................166®1  70
Coach  Body...............2 75®3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn.......1  00@1:10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55®l  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp........................   70®  76

HAZBLTINB

& 

RBRKIN
DRUG  CO.

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

-D RUGS--

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries

D ealen in

Patent  Medicines,  Paints,  Oils, liarnishes.

Sole  Agents  for  the  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints.

We  are  Sole  Proprietor* of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY

We have in stock and offer a fall line of

W M sk le s,  B ra n d ie s,

a l a s ,   W i n e s ,

W e are  Sole  Agents  in  Michigan  for  W . D. & Go., 

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

W hisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  W hisky.

W e sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
W e give our Personal^ Attention to Mail  Orders  and  Gkiar 
All orders are Shipped and  Invoiced  the  same  day  we re 

antee Satisfaction.
ceive them.  Send in a trial order.

flazeltine S Perkins  Drug  Co,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

ACIDUM.
8©  10
Aceticum................... 
Benzolcum German. 
80@1  00
Boracic 
30
....................  
Carbolicum...............   26@  33
Citricum....................  52®  55
Hydrochior...............  
3®  5
.................   10®  12
Nitrocum 
Oxalieum....................  11®  13
Phosphorium dll........ 
20
Salicylicum.................1  46®1 80
Sulph uricum..............  Hi®  5
Tannlcum....................1  40@1 60
Tartaricum.................  40®  42

AMMONIA.

a 

Aqua, 16  deg..............  314®  6
20  deg..............  5H@  7
Carbonas  ...................  12®  14
Chloridum.................  12®  14

ANILINE.

Black...........................2 00@2 25
Brown.........................  80@1  00
Red.........................         45®  50
Yellow........................2 50@3 00

BACCAE.

Cubeae (po. 1  50.......... 1  0O®1 75
Juniperus..................   8®  10
Xanthoxylum............   25®  30
Copaiba......................  60®  65
Peru............................  @1  80
Terabin, Canada  ......   35®  40
Tolutan......................  40®  45

BALSAMUM.

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian —   .........   18
Cassiae  ...............................  H
Cinchona P lav a.................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrica  Cerifera, po.............  20
Primus Virgin!....................  12
Qulllaia,  grd.......................   12
Sassafras  ............................  12
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........  10

EXTRACTUM.

Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...  24®  25
“ 
po...........  33®  35
Haematox, 151b. box..  11®  12
Is...............  13®  14
" 
“  Ms..............  14®  15
fcs..............  16®  17
“ 
FERRUM.

Carbonate Preclp........  ®  15
Citrate and Quinia—   @3 50
Citrate  Soluble...........  @ 80
Ferrocyanidum Sol—   ®  50
Solut  Chloride...........  @  15
Sulphate,  com'l......... 1)4® 
2
pure............   ®  7

“ 

FLORA.

FOLIA.

Arnica.......................   28®  30
Anthemis...................  20®  25
Matricaria 
......  25®  30

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin

...................  20®  22
nivelly....................   25®  28
Alx.  35®  50
and  Hs....................   12®  15
8®  10

Salvia  officinalis,  )4s
UraUrsi...................... 

“ 

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SUMMI.

“ 
“ 

“ 
•  “ 
“ 
“ 

2d 
3d 
sifted sorts... 
po........  75@1 

Acacia,  1st  picked....  @1 00
.... @ 90
....  @ 80
® 65
00
Aloe,  Bart», (po. 60)...  50®  60
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  @  12
“  Socotri, (po.  60).  @ 50
Catechu, Is, ()4s, 14 %s,
16)............................  ®  1
Ammoniac.................  25®  30
Assafcetida, (po. 30)...  @ 15
Benzoin um.................  50®  55
Camphors..................   50®  52
Buphorblum  po  ........  35®  lo
Galbanum...................  @3 00
Gamboge, po..............  80®  95
Gualacum, (po  40)  ...  @ 35
Kino,  (po.  25)............  @  20
Mastic.......................  ®  90
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  @  40
Opii,  (po. 3 85)............ 2 25®2 40
Shellac  .....................   28®  40
bleached........  ?3@  35
Tragacanth...............   30®  75

“ 
hxrba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium......................       25
Bupatorium.........................  20
Lobelia................................   25
Malorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.................  23
••  V ir.........................  25
Rue.......................... 
30
Tanacetum, V......................  22
Thymus,  V..........................   25
Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M__  20®  25
Carbonate, Jenning5..  35®  36

MAONESIA.

 

 

OLEUM.

Absinthium................ 5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
Amyaalae, Araarae__8 00@8 25
Anisi.......................... 1  90@2 00
Auranti  Cortex.........   ©2 50
Bergamli  ...................3 75@4 00
Caiiputi......................  90@1  00
Caryophyill.................1  20®1 25
Cedar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodil...............   @2 00
Clnnamonil................ 1  20®1 25
Cltronella....................  ®  45
Conium  Mac..............  85®  65
Copaiba  ...............,...1  20@1  30

Cubebae.................. 12  00@12 50
Kxechthitos................  90®1  uo
Erigeron......................... 1  90@2 00
Gaultherla......................2 00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce......  @  75
Gossipil,  Sem. gal......  50@  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  85®2 00
Junlperi......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Limonis...........................1  80@2 80
Mentha Piper...................2 90@3 00
Mentha Verid................. 2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal............   80@1 00
Myrcia, ounce...............   @ 50
Olive............................  80@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal. .35)  10®  12
Rlcini..............................1  16@1 28
Rosmarin!............  
75®1  00
Rosae, ounce..............  ®6 00
Succinl.......................  40®  45
Sabina.......................  90®1  00
Santal  ....................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras.«.................  45®  50
Sinapis, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tiglfi..........................  @1  50
Thyme.......................  40®  50
opt  ...............   @  60
Theobromas...............  15®  20
BiCarb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide....................  37®  40
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate, (po. 16)........  14®  16
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide..............................2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  30®  33
Potassa, Bitart, com...  @ 15
Potass Nitras, opt......   8®  10
Potass Nitras.............. 
7®  9
Prussiate...... .............  30®  33
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18

POTASSIUM.

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r a d ix .

 

“ 

“ 

Aconitum..................   20®  25
Althae.........................  25®  30
Anchusa....................  15®  20
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus............. 
20®  50
Gentiana, (po. 15)......   10®  12
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 10)..................   @  35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po....................... 2 40@2 50
Iris plox (po. 20@22)..  18®  20
Jalapa,  pr..................   45®  50
Maranta,  )4s.....  
  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei.............................   75@1 00
“  cut.....................   @1  75
“  pv.......................  75@1  35
Spigelia.....................   48®  53
Sanguinaria, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  40®  45
Senega.......................  50®  55
Slmilax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40 
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Syuiplocarpus,  Fceti-
  @  35
Valeriana, Eng. (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15® _20
ingiber a ..................   10®  15
Zingiber  j .............. 
22®  25
SEMEM.
@ 15
Anisum,  (po.  20). 
Apium  (graveleons)..  15®  18
Bird, Is................... 
4®  6
Carui, (po. 18)............  
8®  12
Cardamon........................1  00@1 25
Corlandrum...............   10®  12
Cannabis Sativa......... 4)4® 
5
Cydonium....................   75@1 00
Chenopodlum  ...........  10®  12
Dipterix Odorate........2 00©2 25
Foeniculum...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  pot........ 
6®  8
L ini............................4  @4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3)4)...  4  @4)4
Lobelia.......................  35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   3)4® 4)4
Rapa..........................   6®  7
Sinapis,  Albu............   8®  9
,r  Nigra...........  11®  12

dus,  po.............  

“ 

“ 
“ 

Frumenti, W., D.  Co. .2 00@2 50
D. F. R......1  75@2 00
1  10@1 50
 
Junlperi8  Co. O. T ___1  75®1 75
“ 
.1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  B.........1  75®2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli............1  75@6 50
Vini Oporto................ 1  2S@2 00
Vini  Alba................... 1 25@2 00

...... 

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage.................. 2 25®2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ................. 
2 00
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........  
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage................... 
%
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  ....................... 
65
Hard for  slate  use__ 
75
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se.......................... 
1  40

s y r u p s .

Accacla...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac............................ 
..  60
Ferri  Iod.............................   50
Auranti  Cortes....................  50
Rhei  Arom..........................   50
Slmilax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Scillae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  50
Prunus  vlrg.............  
  50

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TINCTURES.
Aconltum  NapelllsR. 
F.
Aloes..........................
and myrrh........
A rnica.......................
Asafoetida..................
Atrope Belladonna__
Benzoin......................
“  Co.................
Sanguinaria...............
Barosma....................
Cantharides...............
Capsicum..................
C» damon..................
Co...............
Castor........................
Catechu....................
Cinchona..................
Co...............
Columba....................
Conium.....................
Cubeba.......................
Digitalis....................
Ergot..........................
Gentian.....................
“  Co..................
G u a ic a ..............................
ammon..........
“ 
Zingiber....................
Hyoscyamus..............
Iodine.......................
“  Colorless.........
Ferri  Chloridum........
K ino..........................
Lobelia.......................
Myrrh.........................
Nox  Vomica....   ......
Opii............................
**  Camphorated......
“  Deodor...............
Auranti Cortex..........
Quassia.....................
H h a ta n y   ..........................
Rhei............................
Cassia  Acutifol.........
Co—
Serpentaria...............
Stromonlum...............
Tolutan.....  ...........
Valerian.................
Veratrum Veride........
M ISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

50 
60 
60 
50 
0 60 
60 
50 
50 
50 
75 
50 
75 
75 
00 
50 I 
50 
60 
50 I 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
60 
50 60 
50 
50 
75 ! 
75 
35 
50 I 
50 
50 ¡ 
SO 
85 
50 
; oo !
50 
SO i 
50 
50; 
50 
50 
50 
60 
60 
50 
50

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“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

‘ 
“ 

“ 
ground,  (po.
7).............................  

.(Ether, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alumen.....................   2)4® 3)4
3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antlmonl, po..............  4®  5
et Potass T.  55©  60;
Antipyrin.................. 1  35® 1  40
Antifebrin..................  @  25 I
Argent!  Nitras, ounce  ©  75
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
11;  Ms,  12)..............  @  9
Canthandes  Russian,
p o ............................  @1  75
Capslcl  Fructus, a f...  @  16
po....  @ 20
Bpo.  @  151
Caryopbyllus, (po.  18)  13®  14
Carmine, No. 40.........  @3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......  50®  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus.......................  @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @ 20
Centraria....................  @  10
Cetaceum...................  @  45
Chloroform...............   60®  63
squibbs..  @1  10
Chloral Hyd Cret........1 50@1  75
Chondrus...................  20®  25
Cinchonldlne, P.  &  W  15®  20 
German 3)4®  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
cent  .......................  @  60
Creasotum.................  @  50
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........  @  2
“  prep..................  
5®  5
“  preclp................  9®  11
“  Rubra...............   @  8
Crocus.......................  30®  35
Cudbear......................  @  24
Cuprl Sulph...............   6®  7
-Dextrine....................  10®  12
Ether Sulph...............   68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po..................   @ 
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Ergota, (po.)  60 .........   50®  55
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla..........................  @  23
Gambler......................7  @8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  70
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Glassware  flint,  70 per cent, 
by box 60 less
Glue,  Brown.............. 
9®  15
“  White...............   13®  25
Glycerlna...................17  @  25
Grana Paradlsl...........  @  22
Humulus....................  25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @  95
“  Cor ...  @  85
Ox Rubrum 
-@1:5 
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@1 15
Ammoniati. 
Unguentum.  4i@  55
Hydrargyrum............   @ 75
.1  25®1  50
IchthyoDolla, Am. 
Indigo.........................  75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 7E@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulin......................  50®  55
Lycopodium.............  50®  55
Macis......................7.  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod.................  ©  27
Liquor Potass Arsinitis  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
«4)......................  m   3
Manilla.  8. F ............   50®  60

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Wools  Firmer  and Higher—Hides  and 

Tallow Weak  and  Low er- 

Furs  Higher.

Wools have sold more freely at a slight 
advance.  Stocks  are  well  cleaned  up, 
with considerable  looking  around  after 
more wool, by  dealers,  with  some  buy­
ing.  The cloths do not  bring  a  corres­
ponding advance, but  short  supply  and 
strong foreign  markets  keep  prices  on 
wools well up and advancing.

Hides are in  good  supply,  with  light 
demand,  and  show  considerable  weak­
ness.  Sales  are  made  at  *£c. less, and 
are likely to go  lower.  Private  advices 
say  that  leather  was  never  so  dull  of 
sale, and tanners are well supplied  with 
hides.
Tallow is weak,  with  large  offerings 
The  export  demand  is  light,  and  only 
choice, in good packages, is taken.

Furs are in good  demand  at  a  strong 
advance,  with 
the  usual  excitement 
among the buyers attending  an  advance 
in the market.  This has  a  tendency  to 
wild buying, and the result is  that some 
are paying more than  the  markets  here 
or  abroad  will  warrant.  Many  of  the 
leading houses  have  called  a  halt,  not 
wishing to throw money broadcast  with 
out a reasonable assurance  of  its  bring­
ing a return.

Will Be Full Count Hereafter.

Gkand  Ra pid s,  Jan .  29.—If  1  may 
have  a little  space  in  your  paper,  1  w ill 
try  and  explain  the  “ short count”   pickle 
trouble.
Since 1  began  business  for  myself 
have always put up my  own  pickles  un 
til this  year.  My  business  in  the  city 
and sickness has  kept  me away  part  of 
the time.  At  such  times  the men  put 
ting  up  pickles  have  sorted  them  too 
big.  Now the grocer  gets just  as  much 
pickles,  the  consumer  gets  more,  and 
this will not do  his  trade  any  hurt,  as 
many people  that  buy  medium  pickles 
like them large.  These  pickles  did  not 
go out in this shape with the intention of 
beating the dealer or  anyone  else.  Just 
as soon as 1 found it  out,  1  went  to  the 
jobbing trade and told them that I would 
make it  right  and  for  them  to  do  the 
same, and 1 have done so with  all  that I 
have heard of.  That is all that  any man 
can  do.
One more word—allow me to say  that, 
hereafter my pickles will he fu ll count, as 
we are counting every bbl.  and package.
Thanking you for this space, I remain, 

Yours truly,

J.  S.  W a lk e r.

“Nell  Came  Singing-”

The train was running at »high rate of 
speed  across  the  country,  with  every­
thing apparently  going  well,  when  the 
peed suddenly slackened  and  presently 
we came to a dead stop.  There had been 
an accident by  which  the  engineer  had 
been terribly hurt, and  he  was  brought 
back to the baggage car  and  one  of  the 
train men sent forward.
How bad is it, Jim?”  asked  the  con­
ductor, as we were trying to do  what  we 
could for the poor fellow.
‘So  bad  that  I  shan’t  pull  through, 
Tom.”
•Don’t say  that!  You’ll  be  home  in 
twenty  minutes,  and  the  doctor  won’t 
find it so bad.”
At the end  of  the  time  specified  we 
stopped at a small  country  station,  and 
as the wheels ceased to roll, the suffering 
man  looked  up  at  the  conductor  and 
said:

“Nell will be coming, Tom.”
“Yes.”
“Make it  as  light  as  you  can.  Poor 
Nell!”
And, as we were lifting the burned and 
bleeding body out of the side door of the 
car, a bit of a woman, wearing the whitest 
of aprons and the  cutest  of  straw  hats, 
came up  the  platform,  singing  “Annie 
Laurie.”  She had  some  flowers  in  her 
hand, culled from the  little  front  door- 
yard for her  Jim,  and  she  had  almost 
passed us on her way to the engine when 
she caught sight of our burden, cried out 
in her fear  and  agony  and  fell  as  one 
dead.
“Poor Nell, she came singing,” moaned 
the engineer.
“Poor  Nell!”  whispered  everyone 
gathered about, and for long hours as we 
sped forward  each  signal  whistle  from 
the hand  of- the  man  who  had  looked 
upon  that  picture #of  woe  and  misery 
seemed to shriek  out  the  words,  “Poor 
—poor Nell!”

H. A. Graves, the Quincy  grocer,  was 
in town a couple of days  last  week,  the 
guest of  A. K. Wheeler.

For the finest coffees in the world, high 
grade teas, spices, etc., see  J. P. Visner, 
17 Hermitage block, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Agent for E. J. Gillies & Co.,  New  York 
City. 

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THOMAS  STOKES,
S A L T   B I S H ,

W H O LESA LE  D E A L E R   IN

New  Y ork  City.
Represented in Michigan by

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The  Grocery  Market.

J.  P,  VISNER,  Merchandise  Broker,

17  Hermitage  Block,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Sugars  are  without  change.  Some 
grades of confectionery have been reduced 
M  to  sic-  Canned  corn  and  tomatoes 
continue  to  strengthen.  Whitefish  are 
firmer.
P E R  K  I  IT S   &
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

Who will quote  prices by mail or  call on dealers 
wishing a supply for lenten trade.

H E S

DEALERS IN

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NOS.  182 and  124  LOUIS STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. 

WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE.

S H 2Z E 31D S   I

If You  want  to buy or sell  Clover Seed or  Beans, please  corres­

pond with ns

The  Alfred  Brown  Seed  Store.

Seed Catalogues wUlflbe ready January  15.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples—Green, $4,25@4.50 for choice eating and 
$3.50@$3.75 for  cooking  stock.  Evaporated  are 
firm  at  14@15c,  and  sun-dried  are  strong  at 
10@10*4c.
Beans—The  market is more  active, but no ad­
vance has taken  place.  Handlers pay $1.65@1.80 
for country picked and find  no difficulty in mak 
ing  sales  at  $2.05@2.10 for city picked.

Beets—50c per bu.
Butter—Dairy is in moderate demand.  Dealers 
pay 16c and  hold at 18c.  Creamery is in fair  de­
mand at 22@24c.

Cabbages—:0c  per do*, or $4 per 100.
Carrots—20@25c per bu.
Celery—20@25c per doz.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, II .25;  produce barrels 
25c.
Cranberries—Cape  Cod  commands $11@13  per 
bbl. and Bell and Cherry are held at $10@10.50.
Eggs—Fresh are easier, dealers  now paying  16 
and  holding  at  18c.  The  market  is  tending 
downward.  Old eggs are  nearly all  out of  mar­
ket.Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, $4.60  per  bu.; 
medium, $4.10@4.30.  Timothy, $1.50@1.60 per bu.
Lettuce—15c per lb.
Onions — The  market  is  strong  and  active. 
Dealers pay $1.25 and hold at $1.50.
Potatoes — The  market  shows  evidences  of 
weakening  in  some  places.  Dealers  generally 
anticipated a cold winter and laid in large stocks 
As the  good shipping weather has  enabled ship­
ments  to go forward  continually, some markets 
have naturally become glutted and weak.

Squash—l*4c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys are scarce, 
Turnips—30@35c per bu.

readily commanding $4.50 per bu.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co. 

PO R K   IN   B A R R E L S.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new...................................................... 11  00
Shortcut.....................................................   11  00
Extra clear pig, short cut..............................12 50
Extra clear,  heavy......................................
Clear, fat back.............................................  12 00
Boston clear, short cut................................   12 50
Clear back, short cut..................................... 12 25
Standard clear, short cut. best...................   12 50

s a u s a g e —Fresh and Smoked.

.........................................754

Pork Sausage.....................................................6%
Ham Sausage...................................................9
Tongue Sausage..............................................9
Frankfort Sausage 
Blood Sausage.................................................  5
Bologna, straight............................................ 5
Bologna,  thick........................................... 
5
Head Cheese.............................................. "...  5
Tierces............................................................ ®:
Tubs.................................................................7
501b. Tins........................................................7

l a r d — Kettle Rendered.

LARD.

Family.

Tierces ..................................... .5*
0 and  501b. Tubs.................... 5X
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case............ ■ 6*4
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case.............. ■ 6«
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case............. •6*
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case............ .6
50 lb. Cans................................ -5ÎÎ
B E E F   IN  B A R R ELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs.
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.
Boneless, rump butts...............

Com-
pound.
5*4
5/^
6*4
6*4
6
5K
5*4
...... 7 00
...... 7 0C
......  9 75

SM OKED  MEATS

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16 lbs......................................   9
12 to 14 lbs.................................9*4
picnic...................................................  6
best boneless........................................9
Shoulders........................................................  59£
Breakfast Bacon, boneless............................. 8
Dried beef, ham prices.............................—   8
Long Clears, heavy......................................... 5*4
Briskets,  medium..........................................   5J£
light................................................5M

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FISH  and  OYSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

F R E S H   F IS H .

FRESH MEATS.

Swift and Company quote as follows:
Beef, carcass..........................................

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fore 
loins, No. 3.................................10  @
ribs............................................ 
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rounds..............  ........................  @ *

6*
6*4
3%

Hogs........................................................1143.
Bologna.................................................. 
Pork loins..............................................   ©
“  shoulders.........   .........................   © 5
Sausage, blood or head.........................  @5
liver.........................................  © 5,
Frankfort................................   © 7*4
Mutton....................... ...........................  @  6V4
Veal........................................................ 

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The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STIC K   CA N D T.

Standard,  per  lb...................................   © §
“  H.H...........................................  @8
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Twist  ................................—  
© 8
pails or packages, net  weight......... 8*4
“  24< -lb. bbls  ........................................  8
Boston  Cream  ................................................ 1®
Cut  Loaf........................................................... ®
Extra H. H...................................................... 1®
Boxes.
8
8*4
8*4

M IX ED   CA N D T. Bbls. 
Standard, per lb........................ '..7*4
Leader..........................................7*4 
Special..........................................8 
Royal............................................8 
Nobby................................................................J
M idget............................................................ f®
English  Rock..............................................   •- 9
Conserves............................. 
9
Cut Loaf..........................................................
Broken Taffy..............................................neJ’ 9*4
Peanut Squares..........................................net, »*4
Extra..........................  
-.............................   J®
Kindergarten  ................................................. J®
French Creams.......................... '.................... “
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fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

Per Box
.60
Lemon Drops.
Sour Drops......................................................
Peppermint Drops.......................................... j”
Chocolate Drops............................................. *®
H. M. ChocolateoDrops............................  — 90
Gum Drops................................................40@j’®
Licorice Drops...............................................1
A. B. Licorice Drops.......................  ............ =o
Lozenges, plain................................ .............. ¡j?
printed................................................jo
Imperials.........................................................
Mottoes.............................................................‘j?
Cream Bar............. ..................................J®
Molasses Bar.............................................
Hand Made Creams................................9C@1 00
Plain Creams............................................. 8U@9t)
Decorated Creams......................................... 1 ®®
Burnt Almonds................................... 1  W@1  J®
Wlntergreen  Berries.......................................65
Lozenges, plain, in  pails.................................J1
printed, In palls.............................. «
Chocolate Drops, In palls................................
Gum Drops, In palls........................................
Moss Drops, in palls................................... — J®
Sour Drops, In palls.........................................J®
Imperials, In palls....................... 
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Floridas, fancy 250-200176-150...........  @13 75
138-126........................   3 25@3 50
96...............................  @
Russets, fancy 200-1^6-150-138.............. 
3 50
3 25
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300-240......*2 75@3 00
Messlnas, 
200............  
3 25
Messina, choice, 360.............................  @ 3:50
fancy, 360.............................  @ 400
choice 300.............................  @ 3 75
fancy380  .............................  @ 400
Figs, Smyrna,  new,  fancy  layers.......   18@20
........  @16
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Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................  ©10
.........................  @8
Persian, 50-lb.  box....................  4*4@ 6

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©10 
smoked.........................
©10 
© 9 
Trout...........................................
@18 
Halibut........................................
© 5 
Ciscoes 
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© 9 
Flounders......... ........................
Bluefish  ...'................................
@10 
©26 
Mackerel.....................................
Cod..............................................
@10 
@18
California salmon.......................
oysters—Cans.
©35
Fairhaven  Counts......................
©28
F. J. D. Selects............................
@23
Selects........................................
F. J. D.........................................
@ 22
Anchors......................................
@20
@18
Standards...........  ......................
@16
Favorites.....................................
SH E L L   GOODS.
Oysters, per  100.....................................1  25@1  50
Clams, 
.....................................  75@100
Standards, per gal..................................  @1  25
Selects, 
@1  65
1  80
Scrimps, 
1 50  Fancy, H. P., Steamboats.............
Clam s,, 
I  50 I 
“_____Roasted.
Scallops, 

I v a c a .......................... ......... ..
C a lifo rn ia ..............................
Brazils............................................
Filberts...........................................
Walnuts, Grenoble.........................
“  Marbot.............................
Chili..............................
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Table Nuts, No. 1..........................
No. 2 ........................
Pecans, Texas. H. P  ......................
Cocoanuts, full sacks  .................
Fancy, H.  P.,SunsRoasted
Fancy, H.  P„ S ta rs............
“  Roasted.
Choice, H. P.,  Ex Prime —  
“  Roasted.

Almonds, Tarragona.............................  ©17*4
@17
@17
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@12 
@10*4 
@15*4 
@14 
14@16 
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WHOLESALE

Paper  Warehouse.

FLOUR SACKS,  GROCERY  BAGS,  TWINE  AND  WOODEN  WARE.

Houseman  Block, 

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T E A .D E S M A .I s r .

Wholesale h*rice  Current•

The  quotation*  given  below  are  such  as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who 

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2 76
4 20

A P P L E   B U T T E B .

A X L E   GREA SE.

Chicago goods................7%@8
Frazer’s ........... .................12 40
Aurora................................  1 75
Diamond............................. 1  75
Wise’s ................................   2 25
Thepure, 10c packages-----$1  20
......   1  56

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Acme, % lb. cans, 3 doz  ... 

14 lb.  “ 
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...... 26 00
Less 20 per cent, to retailers. 
45
2  “  ....  85
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Telfer’s,  14 lb. cans, doz..  45
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40eo
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Arctic, 14 9> can s.............. 
14 lb
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Red Star, 14 lb  cans.........
14 B>  “ 
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B A TH  B R IC K .
English, 2 doz. in case—  
75 
Bristol,  2  “
70
American. 2 doz. in case..
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals................4 00
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“  pints,  round...........10 50
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
“  No. 3, 
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“  No. 5, 
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“  1 oz ball  ................. 4 50
No. 2 Hurl..........................   175
2 00
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet.........................2 25
-2  50
No. 1 
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Common Whisk.................  
90
Fancy 
M ill....................................  3 25
Warehouse.........................  2 75
Rising Sun  ......................... 5 00
York State..........................  ,  „
Self Rising...........................4 50
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes...............   10
Star,  40 
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Paraffine.............................   “
Wicking.............................. 25

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Clam Chowder, 3 lb.............2  10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand.... 1 25
2 lb.  “  __ 2 25
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Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic...........1  90
2  lb.  “ 
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1 lb.  Star................2  50
2 1b. Star..-............ 3 25
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.3 50
1  lb.  stand  ..........1  20
2  lb. 
2 00
3 lb. in Mustard.. .3 50
31b.  soused......... 3 50
Salmon,1 lb. Columbia 1 75@1  90 
1 lb.  Alaska..  @1  60
Sardines, domestic  %s........ 
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Pears.

Gages.

Peaches.

P R U IT S .
Apples.
York State, gallons....
Apricots.
Santa  Cruz.................
2 40
Lusk’s.........................
Cherries.
1  20 
Red.............................
Pitted Hamburg.........
1  40
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
E rie............................. 1  35@.l 45
Gooseberries.
Common  ...  .............. 
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P ie...............................1 60@l
Maxwell............. '•••■ 
2 25
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Shepard’s ................... 
California..................... 2 25@2 50
1 2!
Domestic....................
Riverside............ . —
Pineapples.
1  30
Common....................
2 40 
Johnson’s  sliced.......
2 t5
grated  ......
Quinces.
Common....................
1  10
Raspberries.
1  30
Red.............................
1 40
Black  Hamburg.........
Strawberries.
Lawrence...................
1  10
Hamburg...................
2  00
1  40
Common....................
Corned beef.........................2 00
Roast....................................1
Beans, soaked  Lima...........  85
“  Green  Lima.......... @1  60
“  String..................... @  90
“  Stringless...................   90
“  Lewis’ Boston Baked.. 1 40 
Corn,stand,  brands.. 1  05@1  40
Peas,  soaked.......................   75
"  marrofat...................@1 30
*•  stand June....................1 40
»  sifted  ‘ 
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Whortleberries. 

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standard..................1 30

“  fine French......................2 10
Mushrooms...............................1 80
Pumpkin  ......................... @1  00
Squash  ............................... 1  10
Succotash, soaked..............   85
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Tomatoes, stand br’ds 1  00@1  10
CHOCOLATE— B A K E R ’S.
German Sweet.................. 
22
34
Premium..........................  
Pure.................................. 
38
Breakfast  Cocoa.............. 
40
Bulk......................................4
Red..........  
7
Fancy Full  Cream  .. .11  @1154 
Good 
.  ..10  @1C%
Part Skimmed............  8  @ 9
Sap  Sago....................  @22
Edam  ........................  @1  00
Swiss, imported  ......   24®  25
domestic  ....  15®  16
Limburger..........................   15
CHEW IN G   G U K .
Rubber, 100 lumps................ 35
200 
Spruce, 200 pieces................40
Snider’s, % pint........................1 35
pint.............................2 30
quart...........................3 50
CLOTHES P IN S .

CATSU P.

COCOA  SH ELLS.

C O PPEE  EX TRA CT.

copper—Green.

5 gross boxes  ...................... 50
Bulk.............................4  @454
Pound  packages...........  @7
Valley City.........................  75
Felix......................................... 1 15
Hummel’s ..........................  
65
Rio, fair......................  @20
“  good...................  @21
“  prime..................  @22
“ 
fancy,  washed...  @24V4
“  golden................   @23%
Santos.........................20  @23
Mexican & Guatemala 23  @25
Java,  Interior.............24  @26
“  Mandheling— 27  @29
Peaberry.................... 22  @24
Mocha, genuine......   26  @28
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
coffees—Package.
Bunola................................. 24%
in cabinets................24%
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX....24%
Lion  ........ 
24%
“  In cabinets  .................25%
2414
Durham................ 
CLOTHES  L IN E S.
1  35 
Cotton,  40 ft.........per doz
1  50
50 ft.......... 
“
1  75
60 f t.......... 
“
70 ft.......... 
“
2  00 
2 25 
80 ft.........  
“
60 ft.......... 
“
1  00 
1  15
72 ft-........ 
“
CONDENSED M ILK .
7 50 
70

Eagle.................................
Anglo-Swis8............. 6 00@

1 
■ ' 
‘ 
■ 
Jute 

“ 

Foreign.

“ 

FA RINACEOUS  GOODS.

imported......  @11

Valencias................... 
8
Ondaras.....................   814@ 9
Sultanas..................    16  @20
Farina, 100 lb. kegs............   04
Hominy, per  bbl.................4 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box__  55
Pearl  Barley................3  @ 314
Peas, green.................  @110
“  split...................  @ 314
Sago,  German............  @5
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’r l...  5  @ 6
Wheat,  cracked.........   @5
Vermicelli, Import—   @11
domestic...  @55
P IS H — SALT.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
• 

10  lb kit

“  kegs, 

“
.1  00 
.1:50 
“
“
.2  00
...3 00
“ 
“
GUN  PO W D ER .

Cod, whole...................5%@  514
“  bricks..............  7%@  8
“  strip s..................7%@  8%
Halibut............... . 
@10
5 25
Herring, gibbed,  bbl —  
3 00 
14 bbl.. 
“  Holland,  bbls..
12 00 
75 
...
“ 
“ 
Scaled...........
20
40
Mackerel, No. 1,  14 bbl..
12 00 
.1  10
Pollock.......................3 00@3 25
Trout,  14 bbls............   @5 25
10  lb.  k i ts ......................  80
White,  No. 1, 14 bbls..  @8 75
10 lb. kits......   95
Family,  14 bbls........3 00
kits........- •  ■  55
FLA V O RIN G  EXTRACTS-JenningS’ 
DC  DC
Lemon. Vanilla
1
2 oz folding box.
1  50
3 oz 
4 oz 
2  00 
3 00 4 '0
6 oz 
8 oz 
Kegs...................................5  50
Half  kegs...........................3 00
Sage.........................-...........75
Hops.....................................25
Chicago  goods....................  4
No.  ... 
............   30
No. 1....................................  40
No. 2...................................  SO
Pure.....................................   30
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily....................................  18
Condensed, 2 doz.....................1 25
No. 9  sulphur......................2 00
Anchor parlor......................1 70
No. 2 home.......................... 1  10
Export  parlor......................4 25
Black  Strap...................... 
16
Cuba Baking.................... 
19
Porto  Rico........................19@23
New Orleans, good........... 
25
35
choice........ 
fancy.........  
45
One-half barrels, 3c extra

LA M P  W ICKS.

M OLASSES.

M ATCHES.

LICORICE.

JE L L IE S .

H E R B S.

“ 
“ 

LY E.

 
 

“ 

2 50
3 00
4 00

“  “ 
“  “ 
“  “ 

5 006 00

“ “ 
“ “ 
“Tradesman.”

COUPONS.
“Superior.”
$ 1. per hundred......
8 2,  “
.......
8 5 , “ 
810, 
..........
820, 
..........
8 1, per hundred...............   2 00
................  2 50
- 2  “ 
3 00
 
8 5, 
810, 
 
4 ft)
820, 
 
5 00
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over.............. 5 per  cent.
500  “ 
10 
 
1000  “ 
20 
 
CRA CK ERS.
Kenosha Butter...................  714
5%
Seymour 
“ 
Butter....................................5%
“  family.. 
114 
“  biscuit.
614 
714 
Boston...........
City Soda......
7* 
3oda.
6
5%
S. Oyster ............ 
City Oyster, XXX.................  5%
Strictly  pure......................  38
Grocers’.............................  
25
DRIED  FRUITS.

C R E A K  TA R TA R .

“
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DOM ESTIC.
1014@11 
Apples, sun-dried—  
14  @15 
“ 
evaporated... 
Apricots,
20  @21 9
ackberries “
Bla
Peaches 
“
.20  @22
P R U N E S .
Turkey.......................  @.9
@10
Bosnia.....................
French ....................
@11
P E E L .
Lemon.....................
Orange....................
CITRON.
In drum...................
In boxes..................
CURRANTS
Zante, in  barrels........  @ 5%
@ 5% 
' w
@  6

in  14-bbls........ 
In less quantity 
r a i s i n s  —California
B ags...................... •  7
London Layers,  2 cr’n
•• 
3  “
fancy.
“ 
Muscatels, 2 crown  ...

@18
@20

“ 
“ 

2  10 
2  20 
2 35
1 65
2  00

3  “

“ 

OATM EAL.

PIC K L E S.

R O LLED   OATS

Barrels  ............................... 6 7
Half barrels..............................3 50
Barrels......................  @6  5
Half bbls....................  @3 50
Medium................................   $7 50
% b b l......................... 4 25
Small, bbl...............................  9 00
%  bbl..............................5 60
Clay, No.  216............................ 1 75
Cob, No.  3.................................1 25
Carolina head...................... 7
“  No. 1...................... 6V4
“  No. 2............... 6  @
Japan, No. 1.........................7
“  No. 2......................... 6

“  T. D. full count...........  75

P IP E S .

B IC E .

SA U ER K R A U T.

Barrels......................................*> 25
Half barrels..............................3 00
Kitchen,3 doz.  inbox......   2 50
Hand  3  “ 
...... 2 50
Snider’s  Tomato......................2 40

SA POLIO.
“ 
SO UPS.

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

“ 
“ 
“ 

Allspice..........................   - .10
Cassia, China in mats........  7
Batavia in bund— 15
Saigon in rolls........35
Cloves,  Amboyna................25
Zanzibar..................15
Mace  Batavia.....................80
Nutmegs, fancy..................80
“  No.  1..................... 75
“  No.  2..................... 65
Pepper, Singapore, black — 15 
“ 
“  white...  .25
shot......................   19
“ 
Pure Ground in Bulk.
Allspice..............................15
Cassia,  Batavia..................200
and  Saigon.25
“ 
“ 
Saigon.................. 35
Cloves,  Amboyna............. 30
“  Zanzibar............... 20
Ginger, African..................15
“  Cochin...................18
Jam aica................£0
“ 
Mace  Batavia...............   .. .80
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste..25
“  Trieste...................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ................. 75
Pepper, Singapore, black--- 20
“  white....... 30
Cayenne..............25

“ 

“ 
Sage.

“ 

%s 

“Absolute” in Packages.

.  SUGARS

54s
Allspice.......................   80 150
Cinnamon....................   84 1 55
Cloves..........................   84 155
Ginger, Jam .................  84 1  55
“  Af....................   80 1  50
Mustard.......................   84 155
Pepper........................   84 I K
Sage..............................   84
Cut  Loaf....................  @ 7%
Cubes.........................  @6%
Powdered..................   @6%
Standard  Granulated.  @ 6%
Fine...........  @ 6%
Confectioners’ A........  @619
White Extra  C.........   @*6
Extra  C......................  @5%
C ...............................  @5%
Yellow 
....................  @5%
Dark  Molasses...........
¿Less than 100 lbs.  %c advance 
Tea, 2 0), ‘tin  scoop.........8 G 50
.........   7 8
“ ’  5-0),  tin  scoop.........   8 75
“ 
.........   8 75
Grocers’, 11-0),  tin  scoop.  11  00 
brass  “  ..  12 25
“  ..  13 25
brass  “  ..  14 75

“ 
“  *  22-0),  tin 
“ 
STARCH.
Corn.
20-lb  boxes..........................   6V4
40-lb 
...........:  ..........  6%
Gloss.
1-lb packages  ......................  6
3-lb 
.......................6
6-lb 
.......................   654
40 and;50 lb. boxes..............4%
Barrels  ...............................  4%
Scotch, in  bladders............ 37
Maccaboy, in jars............... 35
French Rappee, in Jars......43

scales—Perfection.
“  brass  “ 
“  brass  “ 

SN U F F .

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

SO A P.

Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

Superior.............................. 3 30
Queen  Anne...... ................ 3 85
German  Family..................
Mottled  German.................3 00
Old German........................2 70
U. S. Big Bargain...............2 00
Frost, Floater.....................3 75
Cocoa  Castile  ....................3 00
Cocoa Castile. Fancy..  ......3 36
Old Country, 80...................3 20
Uno, 100...............................3 50
Bouncer, 100....................... 3 00

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

1%

SODA.

SE E D S.

SAL  SODA.

Boxes..........................  ......5%
Kegs, English.......................4%
Kegs.................................... 
Granulated,  boxes..............2
Mixed bird.................4%@ 6
Caraway...............................  9
Canary............'................... 354
Hemp.....................................454
Anise....................................13
Rape...............................  • •  6
Mustard.................................7%
Common Fine per bbl......  @95
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......  27
28 pocket.............................1  75
60 
“ 
............................. 2 00
............................. 2  15
100  “ 
Ashton bu. bags.................  75
Higgins  “ 
.................  75
Warsaw 
35
 
.................   20
Diamond  Crystal,  cases  ...1  50 
“  28-lb sacks  25
50
“  56-lb 
“  60  pocket.2 25
“  28 
.2 10
“  barrels..  .1  75

“ 
54 bu  “ 

“ 
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SALT

“ 

“ 

“ 

 

SA LERA TU S.

“ 

Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .5%
Dwight’s Com........................ 554
Taylor’s .................................5%
DeLand’sCap  Sheaf.............554
pure.........................554
Our Leader..........................   5
Corn, barrels.................... 
25
one-half barrels—  
27
Pure  Sugar, bbl................30@40
“ 
half barrel —  32@42

SY R U PS.

“ 

TEAS.

SU N  C U RED .

B A SK ET  F IR E D .

SW EET  GOODS.
Ginger Snaps..............
Sugar Creams............
Frosted Creams.........
Graham Crackers......
Oatmeal Crackers—
SHOE  PO LISH .
Jettine. 1 doz. in  box...
japan—Regular.
F air...........................
@20
Good.......................... 
_
Choice...........................24 @29
Choicest....................... 32 @36
D ust.............................10 @14
F air............................  @2*
Good..........................  @22
Choice...........................24 @29
Choicest....................... 32 @-6
Dust..............................10 @14
F air...........................   @2i
Choice........................   @25
Choicest.....................   @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @4> 
Common to  fair........... 25 @3F
Extra fine to finest —  50  @65
Choicest fancy.............75 @85
Common to  fair........... 25 @30
Superior to  fine........... 30 @50
Fine to choicest........... 55 @65
Common to  fair........... 20 @3c
Superior to fine............ 40 @5T
Common to fair........... 18 @26
Superior to  fine........... 30 @40
F air............................. 25  @3’
Choice.......................... 30  @35
Best............................. 55  @65
Tea Dust.....................   8  @10

EN G LISH   BR EA K FA ST.

YOUNG  HYSON.

GUN PO W D ER.

IM PE R IA L .

OOLONG.

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

tobaccos—Smoking.

Hiawatha  ................. 
60
Sweet  Cuba...............  
34
tobaccos—Plug.
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good.................... 37
Peach  Pie  ..............................34
“Tobacco” ..............................35
Hector..................................17
Plow Boy, 2  oz.................... 32
4 oz.................... 31
16 o z................... 32
V IN EG A R .
40 gr.....................................  8
50gr..............-  ............. ----  9
Tin foil cakes, per doz  ..........15
Baker’s, per  lb....................... 30

yeast—Compressed.

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P A P E R .

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TW IN ES.

PAPER & WOODESWAB) 
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol 
lows:
Straw 
................................. 175
Rockfalls..............................200
Hardware..............................2)4
Bakers...................  
2%
Dry  Goods..................   5J4@5
Jute Manilla................. 6%@3
Red  Express  No. 1.............. 5
No.2.............4
48Cotton.......................  ..25
Cotton, No. 1.......................22
.18
Sea  Island, assorted.........  40
No. 5 Hemp......................... 18
No. 6  “ .................................17
Wool..................................... 7
Tubs, No. 1........................   7 00
“  No. 2.......................... 6 00
“  No. 3.......................... 5 00
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
1 50
“  No. 1,  three-hoop  ...  1  75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes—   50
Bowls, 11 inch...................   1 00
13  “ 
.................   1  25
15  “  ................... 2 00
17  “ 
.................   2 75
assorted, 17s and  19s  2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s 2 75
Baskets, market.................  35
bushel.................  1  50
“  No.2 6 25
“  No.3 7 25

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75
“ 
“ 

WOODENWAHE.

“ 
“ 

13
“  Xo.l  3  50 
“  No.2 4 26
“  No.3 5 00
GRAINS anti FEEDSTUFF»

splint 

“ 
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•' 
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W H EA T.

RYE.

M EAL.

FLO U R .

W hite........................  
95
95
Red............................ 
A11 wheat bought on 60 lb. test.
Bolted..............................   1  45
1  65
Granulated................. 
5 00
Straight, in  sacks  ...
5 20
“  barrels.  .
“ 
6  CO 
Patent  “  sacks.
“ 
“  barrels...
6  20 
4 8‘t 
Graham
sacks...
Rye
2 00
M IL L ST U FFS.
Bran..................................  20 00
Screenings.....................   16 10
Middlings.......................  20 50
Mixed  Feed.....................   22 00
Coarse meal.....................   21  50
No.l  ........................
@57
BA R LEY .
No. 1.........................
1  20 
1  15
No. 2.........................
Small  lots.........................  57
Car 
54
Small  lots.................. .......  52
Car 
“  ........................... 48
No. 1..................................  9 00
No. 2.................................   8 00
HIDES,  PELTS  and  H  K>.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 
lows, nominal:
H ID E S.
Green....................
Part Cured............
Full 
............
Dry.........................
Kips, g reen ...........
“  cured......   ...
Calfskins,  green........  5
cured..........5
Deacon skins.............. 10

@ 5 
@ 5 @ 5% 
@ 7 
© 5
@ 5% ® 6 
@  7 @30

“  ....................... 

CORN.

OATS.

HAY.

“ 

“ 

No. 2 hides % off.

Shearlings...................10
@25@28
Estimated wool, per 1b 20
WOOL.
• 20@30 
W ashed.................
Unwashed........... .
10@22
F U R S .
Outside prices are for No. 1 only
Badger..................... *0 20@#1 00
Bear.......................   5  00@30 00
Beaver....................   2 00@ 8 (0
Cat,  house.............. 
05@  25
Cat, wild................. 
10 to  50
Coon  .................... 
25@ 1  00
Fisher.....................  4 00® 6 00
Fox,  cross  ............  2 00@ 5 00
Fox,  red  ...............   1  00s 1 75
Fox,  gray...............   40@  70
Lynx.......................  2 00@ 3  00
Martin, pale and yel­
low  .....................  
40@  1  00
Martin, dark...........  1 50@ 3  On
Mink....................... 
25@  1  25
Muskrat..................   07 
20
Opossum................. 
05 
15
Otter.......................  3 00  10  00
Skunk.................... 
10  1  50
3 00 
Wolf  ....... 
Beaver castors, per
5 00
00 5
Thin and green....................   10
Long gray............................   20
Gray.....  ........ 
25
Red and  blue......................   35
Tallow.......................3  @3%
Grease  butter  ...........1  @2
Switches....................  1V4@ 2
Ginseng.....................2 5i@3 0)

 
miscellaneous.

deerskins—Per  pound.

l b .........................  2 

1  00

 

OILS.

he Standard Oil  Co. quotes as 
follows:
Water White..............  @9
Michigan test............  @ 8%
Naptha.......................  @ 7%
Gasoline.....................  @9%
Cylinder................... 27  @36
Engine    ..................13  @21
Black, 15 Cold  Test...  @9%

EL  P uritano  Cigar.
The FinesHO Cent Gigar

O N   E A R T H .

MANUFACTURED  BY

DILW0RTH  BROTHERS,

PITTSBURGH.

TRADE  SUPPLIED BY

I.  M.  CLARK  &  SON,

Grand Rapids.
BRADDOCK, BATEMAN  & CO., 
Bay  City

1 4 *

404  STBONQ.

List  of  Traveling’  Men  Working:  for 

Grand  Rapids Houses.

The following  is  believed  to be a cor­
rect list of the traveling  men  who  work 
for Grand Rapids  houses. 
If any  errors 
bave crept into the list or  there  are  any 
omissions,  the  same  will  be  gladly  cor­
rected in subsequent issues:

Adams & North—I. D. North.
Aldine  Manufacturing  Co. — W.  H. 
Pierce, E. F. Gilbert,  E. F. Pomeroy.
Z.  E.  Allen—E.  S.  Matteson,  ------
Graham, O.  M.  Bugbee,  W.  8.  Emery, 
Edward Ward, Geo. Lewis.
Anti-Kalsomine  Co.—Prof.  T.  P.  S. 
Hampson,  D. R.  White, G.  M.  Wheeler, 
W. H. Fuller.
Alabastine Co.—Geo. W.  Gage,  D.  W. 
Ensign, G. H. Southard,  W.  T.  Merritt, 
Frank Blood, Daniel Beecher, H. C. Foot, 
W.  C.  Harper,  James  Wykes,  Samuel 
' Lewis, A. C. Antrim,  B. F. Winch.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co.— J.  B. 
Evans, D. S. Haugh,  B. F. Parmenter, C. 
M. McLain, Robert Hanna,  Geo.  McWil­
liams, Anthony J. Quist, Thos. Ferguson. 

Barlow Bros.—W. A. Morse.
J. A. Bauman—N. A. Parker.
Belknap W. & S. Co.—D. W. Johns. 
Wm. A.  Berkey  Furniture  Co.—L.  D. 
Berry, Fred Hills,  A.  M.  Jones,  W.  H. 
Melhuish, Geo.  S. Knapp,  Geo.  B.  Stod­
dard.
Bissell  Carpet  Sweeper  Co.—Geo.  S. 
Sanford, O. W. Dunn, C. R. Bacon, W. C. 
Foote,  C. H. Bass, J. J. Van Leuven,  C.
B.  Howard.  E.  H. Hudson,  C.  C.  Wood­
ruff, C.  W. Williams.
S. K. Bolles  &  Co.—Geo.  W.  Thayer, 
Jr. W. P. Townsend,  M. W.  Mon nett.
Wm.  Brummeler  &  Sons—Wm.  G. 
Brummeler.
A. E. Brooks &Co.—Wm. B. Edmunds, 
J. Henry  Dawley,  Geo.  W.  McKay,  A. 
Oswold.

Brookings Lumber Co.—H.  H. Snell. 
Brown & Sehler—T.  B.  Snyder,  F. E. 
Brown,  Frank  Stage,  Jno.  L.  Bailey, 
Chas. J. Rice.

Bunting & Davis—E.  A. Ives.
Buss Machine Works—Geo.  Buss,  Ed. 
Buss.
Cappon & Bertsch  Leather  Co.—C. C. 
Harley, E. E. Woodford,  J.  Haefner,  R. 
T. Scott, N.  H. Adams.
Chase Bros. Piano  Co.—S.  H.  Gissin, 
L. C. Bangbart, Geo.  E.  Boltwood, O. C. 
Clock, J, H. Campbell, F. V. Streeter, A. 
E. Bolt.

M. E. Christenson—Hi.  Madden.
I. M. Clark & Son—H.  A.  Hudson,  J.
E. Ireland, Jas. A. Massie, H.  S. Powell, 
J.  McBurney,  0.  B.  Shaw,  Jas.  G. 
Cloyes, J.  A.  King,  D.  B.  Crater.

Perry, W. J. Jones.

Corl, Knott A Co.—W. J.  Deppen. 
Curtiss & Co.—Frank H. White,  O.  A. 
A. S. Davis—A. S. Davis.
W. C.  Denison—E.  F.  Snyder,  N.  W. 
Barker.
W.  H.  Downs—W.  H.  Downs,  S.  F. 
Downs.
Wm. Drueke—Chas. Drueke, Elliott F. 
Coveil.
Eaton, Lyon & Co.—J. L.  Kymer, Geo. 
H. Raynor, Peter Lubach, W. B. Dudley.
Elliott Button  Fastener  Co.—Wm.  E. 
Elliott.
E. Fallas—Edwin Fallas.
Folding  Chair  &  Table  Co.—W.  A. 
Sammons, John B. Logan. Geo. Lewis, S. 
Luther, S.  S. Chesebro,  J.  P.  Olmstead. 
Foster, Stevens  &  Co.—A.  D.  Baker,
F. R. Miles, Harvey B.  Baxter.
C. C. Folmer & Co.—F.  E. Powers.
Frey Bros.—Henry Geiges,  Geo.  Gute. 
Gelock Bottling Co.—John Sparks. 
Theo. B. Goossen—John Hagens. 
Goshen  Sweeper  Co.—John  V.  Riley, 
Jas.  S.  Knox,  Chas.  H.  Lyon,  A.  C. 
Gonter.
Grand  Rapids  Brass  Co.—Ervin  D. 
Whitlock.
Grand Rapids Brush Co.—C.  S.  Paine,
C. W. Peck, Wm. Clark.
Grand Rapids Cabinet Co.—McKevitte, 
Chesebro & Gamsey,  Henry  J.  Ringold, 
E.  T.  Barnes.
Grand Rapids Cabinet Furniture  Co.— 
Henry J. Ringold.
Grand Rapids Chair Co.—A. A. Barber, 
J.  R. Shelley.
Grand  Rapids  Custom  Shirt  Co.—O.

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

Davis, M. Zacharius, W. L. Smith, M. H. 
Hawkins.
Grand Rapids Felt Boot Co.—Jas. Hall. | 
Grand  Rapids  Furniture  Co.—J.  C. | 
More, L. C. Stow.
Grand Rapids  Hand  Screw  Co.—Wm. 
B. Bennett.
Grand Rapids  Manufacturing  Co.—A. 
T.  Davis, D. H. Moore,  E. N. Carrier.
Grand Rapids Mattress Co.—Albert  L. 
Russell,  Henry J. Ringold.
Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. 
—Chas. S. Robinson, John Garvey, Jr.
Grand Rapids Parlor Furniture Co.—A. 
W.  Slack,  J.  F.  Muir,  J.  C.  Gorham, 
------- Barnes.
Grand  Rapids  Refrigerator  Co.—Geo.
M.  Lovelock, S. Engel,  A.  W.  Bond,  J. 
H.  Barrett, E.  H. Brittan.
Grand Rapids  School  Furniture  Co.—
E. K. Fassett,  Frank M.  Bemis,  Seth  E. 
Wells, J.  L.  Waite,  E.  S.  Phillips,  D. 
Witmer.
Grand  Rapids  Stave  Co.—Geo.  W. 
Hewes.
Grand Rapids Steel Wire Nail  Co.—G. 
W.  Kelsey.
j  Grand Rapids  Table  Co.—W.  H.  Ka- 
than, R. J. Stow.
Grand  Rapids  Wheelbarrow  Co.— 
Arthur Brittan,  E.  H.  Brittan,  Arthur 
Bond, Geo. M.  Lovelock.
Gunn  Hardware  Co.—A.  H.  Nichols,
I W. K.  Manley, B. F. Tinkham.
Wm. Hake—Frank J. Wilmes.
Harrison  Wagon  Works — John  M. 
Pratt, C. R. Pugh, Chas. Eastman,  F.  W. 
Russell, Jos. Baker,  B.  W.  Chase,  Jno. 
Parker.

I

Harvey & Heystek—H., J. Heystek. 
Hawkins &  Company—A. S. Doak, W.
F. Blake, D. E. McVean,  John  Brumme­
ler, John H. Payne, G. B.  Conkey.
Hazeltine <&  Perkins  Drug Co.—L. M. 
Mills, C. Crawford, A.  W. Peck.J 
Hester & Fox—M.  Hester. 
Hirth & Krause—A. B. Hirth.
Jennings & Smith—W. H. Jennings, E.
N.  Morgan, J. T. Avery, S.  V.  De Graff. 
W. R.  Keeler—W.  R.  Keeler,  W.  A.
McWilliams, F.  H. Beagle.
Alex. Kennedy—John  Green,  John  J. 
Dutmers.
Kent  Furniture  Manufacturing  Co.— 
Chas.  W. Disbrow, S. Luther.
J. E.  Kenning & Co.—John E. Kenning, i 
Chas. Flynn.
Klingmau & Limbert Chair Co.—G.  W. 
Dunn,  Ed.  Klingman, B. C. McVey,  F. L. 
Moone, J.  K.  Milligan,  W.  E.  Failing, 
John A. Specht, J.  E. Bussey.
Kortlander & Murphy—R. D.  McGann, 
Wm.  Kortlander, H. B. Ware.
Kuppenheimer Bros. —Augustus Kup- 
penheimer.
Kusterer  Brewing  Co.—Jno.  Sparks, 
Jos. Vogt.
Lamoreaux & Co.—Geo. W. Turner, C.
H. Allen, Chas.  H. Bacon.
Lemon  & Wheeler  Company—Herbert 
Baker, Manley Jones, Will  Jones,  Louis 
Immegart, John P. Osting, Chas. E. Hall, 
Dick Warner.
H. Leonard & Sons—Joe Reed, Wm. B. 
Collins, Frank Hadden.
Lustig Cigar Co.—A.  B.  Gates,  P.  D. 
Armstrong, Jacob Lustig.
Daniel Lynch—J. C. Watson,  John  M. 
Shields, Geo. Bloss, H. B. Amer.
Martin’s  Middlings  Purifier  Co.—Jas. 
B.  Martin.
McCord  &  Bradfield  Furniture  Co.— 
J.  W.  Wheelock,  J.  R.  Shelley,  C.  J. 
Wenderoth,  Frank Wenderoth.
C. B. Metzger—Jas. McCard.
Mills &  Lacey Manufacturing Co.—W. 
Moseley Bros.—H. Elmer Moseley. 
Musselman  &  Widdicomb—Valda  A. 
Johnston, Chas.  Brooks, John C. Utman, 
Dell Wright,  Seneca Rademaker.

E.  Hurd, O.  K. Olmsted.

Nelson Bros. & Co.—Wm. Van Zee. 
Nelson, Matter & Co.—M.  L.  Fitch, J. 
B. Watkins, W. S. Wells, Geo. S. Knapp, 
Geo. B. Stoddard, J. W. Wheelock.
New  England  Furniture  Co.—W.  S. 
Emery,  G.  B. Lewis,  E. H. Ward,  M. C. 
French, Geo. L.  Withers,  W.  M.  Camp­
bell, J. P. Olmsted, A. W.  Slack,  W.  B. 
Rose.
New York Biscuit Co.—C.  F.  Ballard, 
J. P. Oggle, C. L. Lawton.
Olney & Judson Grocer Co.—Ed. Frick, 
Jas. A. Morrison, Jas. N. Bradford, Jerry 
Woltman, B. S. Davenport, H. S. Robert­
son, John Cummins, A. O. Freeman.
Oriel Cabinet Co.—W.  H.  Boyns,  Geo.
I.  Somes.

THE  WBL8H -D E   ROO  MILLING  GO.,

H O L L A N D , 

M IC H .

Dally  Capacity. 

400  Bbls. 
BRANDS: 
SUNLIGHT, 
DAISY, 
PURITY. 
IDLEWILD, 
ECONOMY.

MORNING  STAR, 
DAILY  BREAD, 

S P E C IA L T IE S :
Wheatena,, 

Graham,

Buckwheat  Flour, 

Rye Flour, 

Bolted  Meal, 
Rye  Meal, 
Buckwheat Grits, 

Wheat Grits,

Pearl Barley,
Oat Meal, 

Rolled  Oats.

fiWALSH PE ROO MILLING CO.

IlLL., ELEVATOR

r S A N  BARD ROLLER MILLS

P i   i l l

CORRESPONDENCE 

SOLICITED.

ESTABLISHED  30  YEARS.

Michael  Kolb  &  Son,
Wholesale  C lothing  lUanilfactilrers

ONE  OF  THE  OLDEST  AND  MOST  RELIABLE

R O C b E S T E R ,  N.  Y .

■  BUSINESS  established  30  years 

speaks well  for its  integrity  and 
it is  just 30 years  since  Micbael 
Kolb  first  entered  into  the  wholesale 
Clothing M anufacturing Business 
at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  it  is  an  ad­
mitted  fact  through  the  trade  generally 
that  he  has  not a rival  in  style,  fit  and 
make  up of  every garment  shipped  out 
of that eminent house of Michael Kolb & 
Son.  The  senior  member  of  the  firm 
always was  and is opposed to leaders  or 
baits  in  any special  line, he  adopts  the 
honest system of  small  profits, one price 
and quick returns.
The firm’s  representative in Michigan, 
William Connor, who is in liis tenth year 
with us,  will wait upon any of  the  trade 
and  show  our  line, buy or not  buy, giv­
ing  every one  an  opportunity to see  our 
line, learn our prices and equitable terms 
and  trusting to future  events.  In  addi­
tion.  Mr. Connor  attends  periodically at 
Sweet’s  Hotel in Grand  Rapids  and will 
be there Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 
Feb.  5, 6  and  7,  1891,  when  customers’
expenses  are paid  who  meet him  there to bliy.  Such of  the  trade wishing  him to 
call, k'.ndly address William Connor, Box 346, Marshall, Mich.
M IC H A E L   K O L B   &  SON.
Pennsylvania  LmobniB’s.

The  best  fitting  Stocking  Rub­
bers in the market.  A  full line of 
Lycoming Rubbers on'hand.  Try 
them.
GEO. H.  REEDER & CO.,

State  Agents, for 

L Y C O M IN G   R U B B E R   CO.

158  and  160  East  [Fulton  Street.

MOSELEY  BROS,

F r u its ,  S eed s, O y s te rs  9 P r o d u c e .

------ W H O L E S A L E ------

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed,  Beans or  Potatoes,  will be 

2 0 ,28, 30 and 32 O ttaw a  St., 

pleased to hear from you.
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• 

GRAND  RAPIDS

Perkins & Hess—J.  B. Tanner, Edward 
Duffy, R. H. Smith, Albert Fecht.
Perkins  <&  Co.—Clinton  C.  Durgin, 
Frank F. Davis, W. B. Watson.
Perkins &  Richmond—C.  B.  Perkins, 
Geo. Ward.
• C. O. & A. D. Porter—J.  S.  Logan.
Powers &  Walker  Casket  Co.—W.  S. 
Bush, Chas. R. Baxter, A.  D. Estabrook. 
F.  G.  Smith,  Chas.  A.  Shaffer,  C.  E. 
Ferry.
Phoenix  Furniture  Co.—J.  C.  Riley,
Paul F. Markoff,------- Donagon.
Putnam  Candy  Co.—F.  W.  Orsinger, 
Chas. R.  Remington,  Geo.  Cox,  W.  A. 
Van Leuven, H. L. Gregory, J. H. Miller, 
Chas. Long.
Princess  Dressing  Case  Co.—F.  D. 
Carleton.
Priestley  Express Wagon & Sleigh Co. 
—Geo. Arnott, T. J. Beaubien.
H. Rademaker & Sons—C. E.  Clark, J. 
Rademaker.
F. Raniville—Thos.  I).  Haight,  Peter 
Dosch.
C. N. Rapp & Co.—Wm. R.  Mayo,  W. 
C. Wood.
Geo. H. Reeder & Co.—Geo. H. Reeder, 
J. P. Reeder, Juhn Fell, Robert M. Earle.
Rindge, Bertsch & Co.—Will A. Rindge, 
Geo.  J.  Heinzelman,  John  A.  Sherick, 
Russell  W.  Bertsch,  Fred  E.  Walther, 
Lew C. Becker.
H. Schneider & Co.—Geo.  H. Seymour, 
Chas. Richardson.
Scofield,  Shurmer  &  Teagle—Ben.  J. 
Van Leuven, Wm. F. West.
Sligh Furniture Co.—E. M.  Mills, S. G. 
Estabrook,  D.  B.  Starkweather,  E. 
Rochat, G. F.  Keck,  Jno.  H. Lewis, J. R. 
Shelton, A. T. Drinkle.
Spiral Spring Buggy Co.—W.  F.  Fan- 
dell.
Spring &  Company—Geo.  C.  Bonnell, 
Joe Finkler, B. Beneker.
Standard Oil Co.—R.  J.  Coppes, E. H. 
Poole, J. W. Esler.
P.  Steketee  &  Sons—F. J.  Michmers- 
huizen,  E.  Kuyers. B. Dosker.
Stow & Davis  Furniture  Co.—Geo.  R. 
Davis, Frank D. Forbush.
Studley & Barclay—W.  Y. Barclay, W. 
B. Jarvis, R. B. Kellogg.
M. L. Sweet—R. W. Reynolds.
Telfer Spice  Co.—Peter  Lankester,  1. 
H. Cole.
Tradesman Company—M.  J.  Wrisley, 
Dr. F. A. Howig.
M. H. Treusch & Bro.—E. Treusch,  C. 
W. Shaw, F. T. Blakeslee, M. T. Streeter, 
A. J. Sink.
Universal  Tripod  Company — R.  J. 
Ferris, J. P. Olmstead, W.  M.  Campbell.
Valley City Milling Co.—G. H. Jacobs, 
Thos.  Wilkinson.
Veit & Rathmann—Jack  Veit.
C. G. A.  Voigt & Co.—Edward C. Man­
Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co.—Ralph 
Voigt Milling Co.—A. L.  Braisted,  A.
E. E. Walker—J. J.  Wright.
J. S. Walker—C. J.  Clark.
Peter  Weir ich  Brewing  Co.—Geo.  C. 
Bratt.
Western  Plaster  Agency—Frank  B. 
Christopher.
Welch Folding Bed Co.—L.  W. Welch,
W. S.  Earle.
Widdicomb Furniture Co.—Charles W. 
Jones, A. A. Barber, T.  C.  Langley,  F. 
W.  Powers.
Welch Folding Bed Co.—A. A. Barber. 
Winchester & Daniels—J.  C.  Mulford. 
Arthur Wood  Carriage  Co.—Chas.  A. 
Worden  Furniture  Co.—Klingman  & 

gold, Wm. H.  Sigel.
Blocksma  Henry Snitseler.
V. Wood.

Wood.
Limbert.

W A.NTBD.

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

If you have any  of  the  above  goods to 
ship, or anything In  the Produce  line, let 
us near  from you.  Liberal cash advances 
made when desired.

,
E A R L   B R O S .
157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

C o m m issio n   M e r c h a n t s

Reference : First National Bank,  Chicago. 
Michigan Tradesman. Grand Rapida.

C ro ck ery   & G la ssw a r e

LA M P  B U R N ER S.

No. 0 Sun  ....................................................  
No. 1  “  ...........................................................  50
No. 2  “  ...........................................................  75
Tubular.........................................  
 

 

 

 

  45

lamp chimneys.—Per box 

6 doz. In box.

 

 
 

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First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

No. 0 Sun......................................................... 1  75
No. 1  “  ..........................................................1  88
No. 2  “  ......................................................... 2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp top................................ 
“ 
No. 1 
No. 2  “ 
No. OSun, crimp top.......................................2 60
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
Pearl top.
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled....................3 70
...................4 70
No. 2  “ 
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
....................4 70
La Bastlc.  .
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz............ ..........1  25
....................... 150
No. 2  “ 
“ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz....................................... 1  36
No. 2  “ 
........................................160

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STONEW  A BE— AKRON.

Butter Crocks, per gal............................... 
Jugs, H gal., per doz...................................   75
...................................  90
..................................  1  80
Milk Pans, H gal., per doz.  (glazed 75c)  ...  66 
“ 
78

“  1 
“ 
“  2  “ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
1  “ 

“  90c) 

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06 %

F.J.D R Y T E N rH JM R

JOBBER  OF

Bulk and Canned

YSTERS,

And  Fresh and Salt

M all  Orders  R eceive  P rom pt  Attention. 

See quotations in another column. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

EDMUND B.DIKEMAh

THE  GREAT

W atG h  flla k e r

S2 - JBW BÍBf,

44  GRML  S?.,
Grand Rapids  -
ERTÖN,  LYON  »  GO.

JOBBERS  OF

A Complete  Line  o f

HAMMOCKS,

FISHING  TACKLE,

MARBLES,
= = B A S E   BALL  GOODS = =
Our new sporting goods catalogue will  be  ready 

about February 10th.

E A T O N , L Y O N   &  CO.

20 and 22 Monroe St.

T H E   M IC H IG A N .  T R A D E SM A N

Grand Rapids & Indiana.

In effect December 7,1890.

TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

For Saginaw, solid t r a i n ........... 
For Traverse C ity.......................... |  5:15 a m  
For Traverse  City & Mackinaw!  9:20 a m 
For Saginaw, solid tra in ............  
For Cadillac....................................t   2:15 p m  
For Mackinaw................................ t  8:50 p m  
From Kalamazoo..........................t  3:55 p m

75

 

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

South. 

Arrive from   Leave going 
North.
t  7:30 a m
t   7:05 a m
t il  :30 a m
t   4:30 p m
t  5:00 p m
¡¡10:30 p m  j
Arrive from   Leave going j 

2 40
3 40

North. 
For  C in cin n ati....  .....................|  6.00am  
For Kalamazoo and  C hicago... 110:15 a m 
2 25
From Saginaw................................. 11:45 a  m
For Fort W ayne and the  E ast.. 
For Cincinnati.................................t 5:30 p m  
For Kalamazo and  Chicago__ tl0:00 p m  
From Saginaw................................110:30 p m

South.
t   6:30  a m
110:30 a m
t  2:00  p m  j
|   6:00 p in
¡11:05  p m
Trains m arked (|) run daily; (t) daily except Sunday. 
Sleeping and p arlor car  service:  N orth—11:30  a   ra 
train , parlor  chair  car  for  Mackinaw City;  10:30 p m  
for  Mackinaw  City.  | 
train ,  W agner  sleeping  car 
South—6:30 a  ra train , parlor ch air car for  Cincinnati 
10:30 a  m train , through parlor coach to Chicago: 6 p n 
train, W agner sleeping car for  Cincinnati;  11:05  p  n 
train, W agner sleeping car for Chicago.

2 80
3 80

M uskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.

For Muskegon—Leave. 

From  Muskegon—Arrive.

7:00  a m  
11:15 a m  
5:40 p m 

10:10 a m
3:45 p m
8:45 p m

Through tickets and full inform ation  can  be had by 
calling upon A. Almquist.  ticket  agent  a t  Union Sta­
tion,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 67 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich.

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

C. L. LOCKWOOD,

Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

GOING WEST.

Arrives.
tX orning Express............................12:50 p m
tThrough Mall.................................. 5 :00 p m
tGrand Rapids  Express.................. 10:25 p m
•Night Express...................................6:40 a m
tMixed.............................................
GOING BAST.
tD etroit  E x p ress...........................
tThrough Mail.................. 
10:10 a m
fEvening Express..............................3:35 p m
•Night  Express.................................. 9:50 p m

Leaves 
1:00 p m 
5:10 p m
7:05 am  
7:30 a m
6:50am  
10:20 a m  
3:45 p m 
10:55 p m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily.
D etroit Express  leaving 6:50 a  m has W agner parlor 
and buffet car attached, and Evening  Express leaving 
3:45 p m has p arlor car  attached.  These trains make 
direct connection in Detroit for all points East.
Express leaving a t  10:55  p  m  has  W agner  sleeping 
car tojD etroit, a rriving in Detroit  a t 7:20 a  m.
Tickets  and 
at 
D.t G. H. A  M .R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and a t the depot 
J as. Campbell, City Passenger Agent. 

car  berths  secured 

sleeping 

J no. W. Loup, Traffic Manager, Detroit.

CHICAGO 

:05 +8:40

DEPART FOR

JANUARY 4,1891.
&  WEST  MICHIGAN  BY.
P. M.

+9:00
+9:00
+7:25  +5:05  .. 
+9:00  +1:00 + 
+7:25  +5:05  .. 
+7:25  +5:05 
. 
+7:25  +5:05  . 
+7:25  +5:05! 
+9:00  +1:00; + 
+9:00¡  +1:001+

A. M. P.  M. P. M.
Chicago............ +9:00 +1:00 *11:35
+1:09lSll:35
Indianapolis__
+11:35 
Benton Harbor.. 
+1:00 
+11 *.35
+1:00
St. Joseph.........
Traverse  City...
Muskegon.........
Manistee  .........
Ludington........
Baldwin  ...........
Big Rapids........
:05  +8:40  .......
Grand  Haven... 
:05|  +8: ¡01*11:35
Holland............
tWeek Days.  »Everyday.  § Except Saturday.
9.rw \  A. M. has through chair car to Chica- 
«UU  go.  N o extra charge for seats.
1 ,A A   P. M.  runs  through to Chicago  solid 
•UU  with Wagner buffet car;  seats  75 cts
5,/\rr  P. M. has  through free  chair  car  to 
•UO  Manistee,  via M.  & N. E. R. R.; solid 
train to Traverse City.
P. M. is solid  train  with Wagner pal- 
•DO  ace sleeping  car  through to •  hicago.

DETROIT, 

DEPART  FOR

NOVEMBER  a w m  
Lansing & Northern  B  K
A  M. P  ]S1. P. M.
Detroit  and  East.................. +7:25 +1:20 *6 :25
+7:25 +1:20 *6:25
Lansing................................
Howell................................... +7:25 +1:20 *6:25
Grand  Ledge......................... +7:25 +1:20 *6:25
Lake  Odessa.......................... +7:2 +1:20 *6:25
Plymouth..  .......................... +7:25 +1:20 *6:25
Howard  City......................... +7:30 +4:30
Edmore................................. +7:30 +4:30
........... +7:30 +4:30
Alma...................  
St. Louis  ............................... +7:30 + 1:30
+7:30 +4:30
Saginaw  City.....................

♦Every Day.  +Week Days. 
fT.tJFT  A  M. runs through to Detroit with par- 
I  .¿ it)  lor car;  seats 25  cents.
1.£)rv  P. M.  Has  through  Parlor  car  to  De- 
.¿ U   troit.  Seats, 25 cents.

For  tickets  and  information  apply  at  Union 
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe  street, or Union station.

Geo. D eH a ven, Gen. Pass’r Agt.

AVOID  THE

B Y   USINO

“TRADESMAN”

“SUPERIOR” Goilpon Books

OB

15
M i c h i g a n  C e n t r a l

“  The Niagara Falls Route.”

DEPART.  ARRIVE
Detroit Express....................................   7:20 a  m  10:00 p m
5:00 p m
Mixed 
....................................................  6:30 a m  
Day  Express........................................12:00 a m   10:00 a m
•Atlantic & Pacific Express.............11:15 p m 
6:00 a m
New York Express...............................6:40 p m  
1:15 p m

train s to and from  Detroit.
Express to  and  from   Detroit.

•Daily.
All o ther dally except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  A tlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
P arlor cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
F r e d  M. B r ig g s . Gen'l Agent. 85 Monroe St.
G. 8 . H a w k in s , Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W .R ugglrs.G. P.  &  T. Agent., Chicago.

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor & North  Michigan 

Railway.

In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  between 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.

VIA d.; l. & N.

Lv. Grand Rapids a t......7:25 a. m. and 1:20 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t............... 1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m.

VIA  D .,  6 .  H .  Sc II.

Lv. Grand Rapids a t......6:50 a. m. and 3:45 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t............... 1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m.

Return connections equally as good.

W. H. B ennett, General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

FIT  FOR
A Minus
Table:

A ll goods bearing the 

name  of

THUBBER.WHYI.UND  &  CO.. 

OB

ALEXIS  GODILLOT, JR.

Grocers visiting Nexv York  are  cordially invited 
to  call and  see  us, and  if they  wish,  have  their 
correspondence addressed in our care.  We shall 
be glad to be of use  to  them in any way.  Write 
us about anything you wish to know.

THORBER, WHYLAND  & 00.,

West Broadway, Beacie & Hudson Streets 

New Trrk City

BEFORE  BUYING  GRATES!
ig e t  C ircu lar and Testimonials.  Sent Frei.g
J   Economical,  Sanitary,  Cleanly  and  Artistic.  -  1 
■ ALDINE  FIRE  PLACE,  BRA-ND RAPID!, MICH, j

For Portable  or  Stationary  Engines, 1 
to 500 Horse Power,  Portable or Station­
ary Boilers, Saw Mills, Shafting, Pullies, 
Boxes,  Wood-working Machinery,  Plan­
ers, Matchers, Moulders, etc., call on
W.  C.  DENISON,

Manufacturers’  Agent,

88,  90,  92  So.  D ivision  St.,  G 

Hapida, 

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W ritten fo r Th e Tradesman.

And  the  conductor  watched  for  a 
chance to signal  the  engineer!  Then  I 
committed the  unpardonable act of folly.
I tried to argue with  the  conductor  of a 
freight  train! 
I  told  him  that  I  had 
boarded the  train  at  the  suggestion  of 
the baggageman.  He  smiled. 
I  offered 
to pay  treble  the amount  of  fare to the 
next station and buy him a box of  cigars 
to  boot  He  shook  his  head.  All  he 
said was that his company  merely leased 
the track, the train  was  running  on  for 
a certain number of  miles, and  he could 
not collect fare on the leased track.

And the  train  ran  slower  and slower 
until it came  to  a  dead  stop!  In  about 
thirty seconds  I  found  myself  standing 
by the track  with  my  boxes  about  me. 
As  the  train  moved  gracefully  away  a 
pirate  of  a  brakeman  standing  on  the 
rear platform, attached  the thumb of his 
right haud to the tip of a very  red  nose, 
spread four dirty fingers out in the shape 
of a fan, and waved them in the air as he
uttered one short sentence:
“How are you, Spotter:'”
I  took  out *my  note  book  and  made 
another mem.:  “Never look  like  a rail­
way spotter, if you can avoid  it.”  Then 
I hastily collected  one or two expressive 
sentences and several large  stones which 
I hurled  at  the  retreating  form  before 
me.  Neither weapon seemed to have the 
least effect,  and  1  took  myself  and  my 
boxes  off  to a farm  house  which I  saw 
nestling  in a grove  of  lilac  bushes and 
dogs not far away.

At the  gate  1 encountered a son of the 
soil attired in a Tennessee  uniform, con 
sisting of a pair of overallsand a hickory

hirt, who called off the dogs and wanted 
to know if I was looking for  any  one  in 
particular. 
I  explained  the  situation 
and asked for a  team  to  take  me to  the 
next station.

“Be you a book agent?” he asked.
1 replied that  I  was a traveling  sales­
man for the great  house  of Syrup & Co., 
and would pay liberally for all favors.

‘I dunno but that’s the  same as a book 
agent,”  said  the  son  of  the  soil  as he 
watched his  brown  toes  wiggling in the 
sand,  “an’  you’d  better  stay  out  there 
till I call dad.  A book agent stayed here 
over  uight  once,  an’  mam  haint  found 
her  spoons  yit.  We’ve  been  mighty 
scary  of  strangers  ever  since.  Watch 
him, Tige!  Oh, he won’t bite you if you 
stand still.”

I stood  still.  So  did  the  dog.  Some 
day when I am at the  head  of  a  whole­
sale house I  mean  to  go back  there  and 
sit on  that  stake-and-ridered  fence  long 
enough to exterminate that dog and all his 
kith and  kin—even  unto  the  third  and 
fourth generation.

When “dad” came  it  didn’t  take  long 
to make a contract for transportation. 
I 
think now that the old  rascal  put on  all 
the  traffic  would  bear,  and  charged  me 
through rates to  the  terminal  point and 
local rates back to place of consignment, 
but I  would  have  paid  double what he 
asked. 
I tried to get him to sell the  dog 
and  thus  save  myself  the  expense  of 
going back there and killing  him, but he 
was “afeered mam wouldn’t like it.”

And so,  after  all  the  fancy  pictures I 
had drawn, I rode into the place where  I 
was to make  my first sale  behind a yoke 
of oxen, and that after  being thrown out 
of a ’bus and fired off a freight train.
I 

I left my  master  of  transportation  in

the outskirts of  the  village  and  walked 
down the street like a packhorse, followed 
by  a  crowd  of  youthful  ruffians  who 
clung to my heels up to the  very door of 
the pricipal store.

When I got inside the building I found 
the  proprietor  playing  seven-up  on  a 
cracker  barrel  with  an  old  gentleman 
who struck  me  rather  forcibly  as  being 
the identical person who  got  his  tongue 
twisted when  the  contractors  threw up 
their jobs  on  the  Tower  of  Babel.  He 
looked  old  enough  to  play  a  good  deal 
better game than he did that day.

I  presented  my  card  and  sat  down. 
The merchant might have read more than 
the first line on my card  if  his  idiot of a 
partner hadn’t turned jack.  As it was, he 
laid down the pastboard  and  studied his 
hand  until  1  half  expected  to  see  the 
king step out of  the  deck  and  demand a 
clean shave.

In a vain effort to  break  the deadlock, 
I produced my  cigar  case  and  passed it 
around, mingling with  my sixty-five dol­
lar cigars  a  facetious  remark  regarding 
the  state  of  trade.  I  don’t  know  now 
what it was, but I  thought at the time it 
was humorous.

The barbarian—who,  by  the  way, had 
a good hand and didn’t know how to play 
it—looked  up  with the  air of a man just 
awakened from a long sleep  and  wanted 
to know what he could do for me.
I pointed to the card still  lying  on the 
barrel  head,  and  replied  that  when  he 
had time  I’d  like  to  talk  business with 
him.

“You can’t talk no  business  with  me, 

stranger.  Where’s that other feller?”

“Off  on  another  route,”  I  replied, 
proudly,  “and  I’m  working  this  road 
now.  Stock running short?”

(“Hold on!  That’s my trick, pardner.) 
Off on another route, is he?  (That makes 
me game.)  He’d better  stay  off.  If  he 
comes around  here  again  I’ll  comb  his 
hair with the poker. 
(Anything  lowerin 
that?)”

‘Anything wrong  about  him,  uncle?” 
(There—low  game to your 
‘Wrong?” 
high jack.)  I should say so. 
I  used the 
last  barrel  of  sugar  he  sold  me  for 
plastering sand. 

(It’s my deal.)”

‘Must  be  some  mistake,”  I  replied, 
feeling very much as though  I  was  sel­
ling eggs by sample again.
‘N aw ; no mistake at all. 

(Beg?  Take 
one.)  I  took  some  of  it  to  a donation 
party, and the parson  hasn’t  traded here 
since. 
(Oh,  you’re  out  o’  trumps,  eh? 
High game to your  low.)”

“But it could not have  come  from our 
house, my dear sir.  We  pride  ourselves 
on our  sugars.”

The merchant laid down his  hand  and 
rested one long finger on my  card  as  he 
looked up into my face.
“That’s your house?”
“Certainly.”
“That’s where  it  came  from. 

I  tried 
some of your  bakin’  powder  up  at  the 
house an’ the  dough  fell  down  so  hard 
the hogs wouldn’t eat it. 
(You’ve got too 
many cards  there.)  No  sir-ee!  I  don’t 
want no  more o’ your  goods. 
(Wait  till 
this dude goes out, pardner; I can’t  play 
and talk too.)  Yes, yes;  if  I  should go 
crazy  and  want  something  from  your 
house  I’ll  write.  Good  day! 
(Now 
play.)”
I gathered  my  samples  and  departed. 
I stopped on the platform long enough to 
make another  mem—.  “Never  monkey 
with a country customer when he is play­
ing seven-up.”

