The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-29

Jr., fell backwards from a chair on Tues
day OF this week, breaking his arm Just
above the wrist joint. The fracture is
said to have been bad one.
One Of the most prompt and efficient
Justices of the Peace it has ever been our
fortune to see officiatc in the state OF
Michigan, is Benjamin +. Taylor, of
Owosso.
Papers were issued Thursday by Justice
Taylor for the arrest of ID. Foot, C. De.
Witt and - Callard for taking horse
from the barn of John Bowers and driving
it nearly to death. But the boys, rather
than allow the strong arm of the law to
get a hold on them, settled by paying Mr.
Bowers $50.
January term of the Supreme Court will
open at Lansing on the Sd of January,
with 100 cases ON the calander, two or
three of which are from this county.
The Evening News asks US if We desire
to exchange with it the coming year. Ger
tainly we do. We like the News because
it is bright aud newsy every time, but VIC
detest its free trade doctrines and think it
must be very cheeky to claim to be an add
vocate of the interests of the laborng
classes while it strives to incorporate into
our laws policy that would rob the work.
ing men of more than half the not overly
large pay they are now getting for their
labor.
Miss Alice L. Myrick, of Ann Arbor,
who for the last term has been Preceptress
of our High School, has, to the very great
regret of the Board of Education and the
public generally, resigned her situation
and gone home-report says to be mar
ried at an early day.
Ion p. Mcconnell. teacher in one of
the public schools in Rush township, was
tried before Justice Taylor on Thursday,
for committing an assault on scholar.
The jury disagreed and the case was, by
consent, submitted to the Court. who
found the defendent not guilty, with good
and probable reasons for making the com
plant.
At an early hour on Thursday morning,
the boiler in the FIGURING mill of Mr..
McKellop, at Perry, blew up, instantly
killing the engineer, Mr.. S. o. Strainc.
The explosion must have been terrific
one rs it is reported that peice of the
boiler weighing 5000 pounds was thrown
Is rods and the governor, weighing GO
pounds, three squares and was imbedded
in the earth one foot where it fell.
The communion service OF the First
Congregational church will be on Sunday,
January T. at o'clock r. M, instead of
next Sunday, A. NJ. GEO. III. WILSON.
The following persons were elected of.
ficers of the Congregational Sunday
school for the ensuing year, on Sunday
last:
President, Rev Geo. III. Wilson.
Superintendent, Frank Banister
Asst. Superintendent Fred Gould
Clerk, Will Gould
Treasurer, Miss Minnie Guile.
Librarian, Miss Myrtle Broad
Asst Librarian, Miss Josie Collier
Organist Miss Josie Fletcher
The annual meeting of the Congrega
tional church and society was recently helt
at the chapel. DR.. Parkill presided, ans
the meeting elected
E Salisbury, Trustee
Oscar Wells, Treasurer
Charles E. Stewart, CLERK
After the election tic meeting voted tina
the Trustees should assess the annual rem
tai of the pews at once, and to place thu
diagram in DR.. Parkill's store, when thu
present occupants of the pews can rent thu
same, and if not so rented prior to 2 O'Clock
p. m. of Tuesday, January ed, then sale
pews to be rented so the first applicant
at the assessed price.
Medical Meeting.