The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-05-26
Cold yet.
But growing warmer.
Decoration day next Tuesday.

H"'u iios' Veuhesday morning.
Forepaugh will appear May s1st.
Council proceedings on the eighth page.
p. M. Roth aud Phil. Black we're at
Fenton Tuesday.
The next regular meeting of the Board
of State Auditors will be held May S1st.
Mr.. Albert Todd spent a few days this
week in the busy city of Grand Rapids.
H. l.. Lewis now in the market to buy
and pay the highest price for good clean
wool.
Cleaning up the streets seems to be in
order and decided improvements are being
made.
The people of Burton want y side track
and an elevator. Hope them may get
them.
Miss Hattie Andrus. of Saginaw, spent
Sunday with her aunt, Mrs. w. Fl.
Andrus.
Mr.. Richard Simoneau. of East Saginaw.
spent several days last week visiting in
this city.
Miss Jessie Mann, of Saginaw City,
visited friends in this city the early part
of the week.
The annual meeting of the State Pioneer
Society will be held at Lansing, June
18th and 9Th.
Look carefully at our advertising
columns. Some new ads. of special i'm
portance appear this week.
The Register of Deeds, N. A. Finch
Esq, has our thanks for the list of trans
fers printed in this issue Of THE TIMES.
Rev. G. H. Grannis, of Ypsilanti, was
in the city several days last week and
part of the present visiting with Rev. L..
B.. Plat.
The sugar naples that adorn our streets
in such profusion are beginning to be
tinged with a beautiful and delicate tracery
of pale green.
Joseph Harvey an employee of the
Woodland Brothers, had the ball of his
right hand very badly cut on a jointer
on Wednesday.
We hear that the Lightning rod vendors
are p~erambulating the county. Give
them a wide berth, OF you will pay dear
for the whistle.
We are much pleased to learn that
Oracle Stewart, who for some time past
has been seriously sick of typhoid fever,
is convalescent.
The Ladies' Aid Society will serve next
Saturday fish chowder, roast turkey, and
the other luxuries of the season. Give
them a liberal patronage.
We have several hundred exchange
papers for sale cheap. They are excellent
to put under carpets, better than straw
and but little IL any more expensive.
Remember the spring meeting Of the
Central Michigan Agricultural Society to
be held on their grounds in the city of
Lansing. May 31st and June LIST and I'd.
The concert given by the Band boys on
Friday last was enjoyed by a small audi
ence. The programme was well carried
out and merited a much larger attendance.
Next week we shall print an exceed.
ingly interesting letter written by DIR. e.
F. Grant, Of California. descriptive OF a
trip From San Francisco to Walla
Walla."
Miss Flora spencer has been obliged on
account of i'll health to give up her
position as assistant book -keeper at the
Estey factory and returned to her home
at Bancroft.
Mr.. Cobb, of the firm Of Dullgun &
Cobb, of Kalamazoo, was here on Wed
ncsday morning and made arrangements
with II. L. Lewis, Jr., to buy wool for the
firm this season.
Fl. M. Thayer, Of Elba, Gratiot Co., a
former resident of the township of Middle
bury, Shiawassee CO.., was arrested at
Ithaca, on the 10Th inst, for passing
counterfeit money. r
The brick and tile mandatory of this
city is quite extensive. Both the factories
commenced fire last week, each using
improved machinery and from 20 to 25
men during the season.
The new sidewalk on the north side Of
Exchange street. west, is a very desirable
improvement. The walk was laid by
Aid. Wclla. which is a sufficient guarantee
that the work was well done.
That reliable Republican paper, the
Gratiot Journal, has just entered on it's
seventeenth volume. The Journal is one
OF our best exchanges and we certainly
hope it may be successful beyond expecta-
tion the coming year.
We regret to learn that A. w. Giles,