The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1881-08-19
Charlie Turner IS slilI quito sick.

The Week with Miss Eta Wells.
Beautiful oil paintings decorate the walls
Of Weqdard Bros furniture rooms.
Mr. Thos. Neand is charging and inn
proving his carriage factory.
Mrs. Joseph Howe and daughter return
ed from Wisconsin Wednesday.
Miss Watrous. of Howell, is spending
several weeks with Miss Nora Towne.
A semaphore has been put up at the
jackson, Lansing & Saginaw depot
These are the days for hailstorms and
frosts. according to yennor.
+. The band concert Tuesday evening was
enjoyed by u large numb~r of our citizens.
The brick.work on the addition to the
National hotel will be finished this week.
Mrs. Benton Hanchctt, of Saginaw was
hhc guest of Mrs. David Gould yesterday.
The Frieseke Bros. are shipping brick
this week to Lowell, Lansing, Fenton and
Bath.
Miss Cronk and Miss Shatto, of Flush
ing, are visiting the family of Mr. e. V.
Smith
The Blue Sox expect to match "Our
Boys" of Detroit at base ball. at Ovid,
September 9th.
Died: Miss May Alsdorf, daughter of
DIR. and Mrs. Alsdorf of Lansing, died at
Corunna, to day. 's1s's
Miss Bertha Philips of Cleveland, sister
of Mrs. Arthur McIIardy is visiting the
later in this city.
Mr.. W. f. Guile has moved back into the
old store which has been handsomely fitted
up to receive his fine stock of goods
One of the drivers belonging to ICole's
circus was badly injured last night while
assisting in loading the railroad trains.
Register Finch of Corunna is enjoying a
visit from his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. David
Finch, of Clyde, N. Y. ra
What shall we take 10 the County Fair?
is an open question now. Sept. es. 90
and 80, are days it occurs 10 1881.
i The Cigarmakers' strike in Detroit,
which has just ended. created regular
boom in The cigar business in Owosso.
Misses Ida and Lillian Whitney, ldaugh-
ters of Mr. GU Whitney, of Detroit, are
in town visiting their cousin, Miss Josie
Fletcher.
. Rev. Mr. Chaddock leaves here next
Monday for short visitin western New |
York, previous to his removal to Alton, |
Illinois.
The Woman's Christian Temperance |
Union of the sixth congressional ldistrict |
holds its fifth annual convention at Hol-
ly, Aug, 81 and Sept. I.
Judging from the Clearer, Harrison must |
be red hot place, but still the Editor of
that lively sheet takes it cool and regales |
himself with ice cream.
Miss Lillian Holley of Vernon, and
Miss Clara Osborn of Owosso, enter school
! at Oberlin next term. Miss Osborn will |
devote her time to music exclusively
Professor Graves and four ladies, his
pupils in vocal music, are reheaIsing in
preparation for several Parlor Concerts
which will take place later in the season.
Mr.. c. S. Williams informs us that the
present rise in the price of wheat is due to
corner" which has been formed in Chi
cage. Wheat is. now $1.25 and may
"climb" higher '-'ANh'~
Rev. e. W. Shaw, of Vernon, gave the
TINES office pleasant call, Wednesday,
evening. He informs us that he is about
to close his pastorate over the Congrega-
tional church 'ofthat Village II
They are SO busy in II. G. Gates cigar
mandatory that itreminds one of bee
hive, The shop is turning out about 1000
cigars perday, and orders are coming in
thick and fast, - ,f,.g.gg
Howell& Co. keep the Shiawassee Iron
Works booming. They are at work re-
pairing engines for Estey, and Cooper &
Robbins. The Estey saw mil when com
plete will be one of the best, fitted up mills
in the state. q hrs Fs9ngIo ya,sol
Hon. Sumner Howard will please accept
our thanks for complimentary tickets to
the Northeastern Agricultural Society of
Mich igan.' Meetings of the society will be
held In East Saginaw, on. the ~, %, 80 and
Both of September, 1881. , y
Notwithstanding that certain newspapers
report that the lively grayling have desert
ed the crooked Au Sable, Messrs. J. s.
Hoyt, G.. r. Lyon and d. Gould will |
start for that happy hunting and fishingj
ground next week, 10 try their luck.
Rev. w. L. Farnum Frank Banister,
s. K. Parkill. q. A. owne and p. S.
Crawford are at Spring Lake camping
out. It is the intention of the party to re
main there ssveral.days and enjoy them
selves in boating and fishing OF course
they had good time yesterday when it
raincd(D rtvs.ItSSf -
Mrs Kate Brearley Ford, formerly a
teacher in the Cortnna Union school, is at
Bangor, Me-, engaged with her husband. |
Prof. Ford, in writing the history Of PEI
nobscot county. Later in the season, Mrs i
Ford is engaged TO deliver course of lee
lures, on Teaching, before an Institute at
Cincinnati, Ohio. p 81 ata
The August. meeting of the Grand Rap
ids Driving Park Association, Will be held {,
30, "a. 25, and 20. The prospects