The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1881-12-23

Teachers wishing to attend the State
Teachers Association. to be held ct Ian
sing next week, can purchase round trip
tickets on the NJ. G. r. r. at excursion
rates. cents per mile. And on the ID. &
M. at the same rate to and from Owosso
junction.
As Christmas gift send THE TIMES
for 1882 to such persons As are interested
In the growth and prosperity of the city.
1t will be q live representa- tive of all the
interests, moral and social, and oil the
bus mess enterprises Of the city, and of
the county.
Every soldier and sailor in Michigan,
entitled under the law, to q copy of the
second edition of Michigan in the War;"
should at once procure their certificates of
the Adjutant General. and have them en-
tered upon the State librarians record, to
ensure the receipt of the book.
The National Stock Journal for Decem-
Der is q superb number. In fact, all the
numbers of this Journal are exceedingly
valuable to every stoc ok grower or sheep
breeder. Specimen numbers can be seen
at THE TIMES office, where subscriptions
will be taken for II at the low price of
$1.75 year: with THE TIMES. both for
$3.15.
Clara Louisa Kellogg will give concert
at Music Hall. Detroit, on Monday eve.,
Dec. 26th. On that day, the d. & M.
railway company will sell tickets to De
troit and return for single fare-tickets
good going east on any train on that day.
and to return on night train same night.
which will be held at Detroit until II
o'clock.
It may interest our readers to know that
Mr.. Copas has purchased to date 248, 082
lbs. Of pork at any average price of just
about SO. 90 per hundred. making the cost
TO him $I7,117.6S; and he has. besides.
invested a large amount In beef and
poultry Probably that does not exceed
one half of the amount purchased in
Owosso since October LIST.
The utmost caution, on the part of
everyone, should be used to prevent the
destruction of property by fire. The daily
papers report, day after day, the destruc-
ton of homes, offices, stores and mills. ia
an alarming extent by fires, many of which
are said to be incendiary, but too many of
them are apparently caused from lack of
care and attention on the part of occupants.
Ogden's beautiful Sunday School Can
tata entitled the Birth of Christ" will be
rendered in Opera Hall, by the Congrega-
tional Sabbath School and choir assisted
by other musicians of the city, all in ap
propriate costume, this Friday evening.
1t is hoped that there will be large
attendance. Admission Is cents for adults,
10 cents for children. Children of the
Congregational Sunday School free.
The Ladies' Cornet Band, of Caro-,
Mich, will give a concert at Opera Hall
on Wednesday evening Jan'y 4th. The
organization consists of 10 young and at.
tractive ladies, daughters of prominent
citizens of Caro-, and have commanded
| the warmest concentrations from the
newspapers and people wherever they
have given concerts. Popular prices; re-
served seats for sale at the post office.
Greet them with full house.
The Advertiser of the 18th inst, out
lines the business houses in Bancroft as
follows: "5 general stores; drug stores
hardware stores; 2 shoe shops; regu
lar grocery stores; 2 meat markets. 8
wagon shops; a blacksmith shops; reg
ular furniture store and undertaken; 3
millinery stores; 2 planning mills; 2
coopers; 8 wheat buyers; grist mill
A hotels; Q harness shops; physicians
2 barber shops; an iron foundry; sash
and door mill; postofice and newspaper. .
And adds. that is "a good business show
ing for years old village" Right
| brother Hurst.
The December term of our Circuit Court
closed on Tuesday afternoon. With i,
closed the official services, as Judge, OF
Hon. Josiah Turner, who for twenty -four
years has graced the bench of this judicial
circuit. Improving the opportunity the
lawyers of the shiawassee bar presented
the Judge with purse containing $210
as slight testimonial of their esteem
Several pleasant speeches were made, and
a general good time was INDUCED in by all
present. Certainly Judge Turner retires
from his long, ardious, and but half re
Enumerated services, with the confidence
and regard of the bar of the district, and
we doubt not of vast majority of the
people.