The Owosso times., 1882-02-10

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servers.
The prospects for the construction Of
railroad from East Saginaw to Durand,
under the auspices of the Chicago and
Grand Trunk. are said to be bright. At
least the people of Saginaw are pushing
the enterprise vigorously,
The Toledo Blade company are offering
to sell some valuable books on exceedingly
liberal terms. They will. also. give one
copy worth from 81 so TO 81. 90 to any
person who will send them three subscrib
ers to the Blade at $i.25 each.
The Rev. Dr. Picrson. of Detroit. will
lecture at the NJ. z. church, Corunna, on
The 10Th inst. He is one OF the most in
teresting speakers in the State, and should
be greeted by full house. The subject
of the lecture is not announced.
DR.. Daniel L. Dakin, of Detroit, a for
mcr resident of this city, is here this
week visiting friends and attending to
business matters. The DR.. thinks il
may return to Owosso to reside.
Rev. Mr.. Platt will give fourth lecture
on Turkey, the manners and customs Of
the people, etc.. at the Congregational
church next Sabbath evening. These
lectures are very interesting, and the
house is crowded at every lecture.
90 10 no. hal l.; tbat
the F. & p. M. railroad will hereafter run
their trains into Detroit by the ID. & NJ.
railway from Holly, though il is thought
they will not much longer run into the
Michigan Central depot in Detroit.
The attention of all buyers of boots and
shoes is directed to the new advertisement
of Messrs. Brewer q Howe. They have
fine stock of goods which they propose
to sell ut prices which will make it an
object for you to buy about this time
Gov. Jerome passed through the city on
Tuesday on his way home from Ontono
gon. He says the first 90 miles of The
Bule River and Ontonogon railroad is
built, opened and ready for business, and
has been accepted by the State authorities.
The Shiawassee Journal pcrtincntly
asks If IA thousand men can go to work
ut o'clock in the morning without The
ringing of u bell why is it that 800 people
cannot assemble inca church without a
previous ding-donging lasting half an
hOur9"
In the case of the People VS.. Joseph
Butler, charged with rape, the jury found
the respondent guilty. The case has at
tr,cted good deal Of interest and public
opinion at Corunna is not very generally
IN accord with the verdict. On former
trial the jury disagreed.
NJ. N. McBain has on exhibition some
very fine fashion plates, spriug and sum
mer styles. One that is particularly benu-
liful and instructive as it contains lif,
ike lkenesses of Vanderbilt. Gould
Field, Sage, Hatch. Dillon. Mills, Bel
mont. BaIl0u and Kcenc. the Kings OF
Wall street.
Mcssrs. Laverock & Livingston hnv,
commenced the manufacture of cigar
boxes and propose 10 make the business
one of the permanent industries of this
busy city. They are young men Of energy.
and seem determined to succeed. We
trust all in want ot goods in their line will
give them call.
MARKETS Pork il now selling IN
Owosso for 81 so TO $7.75; beef, from to
@ cents; chickens, to9 Cts. turkeys, II
els wheat, $1.25; corn. 30 cts. per bas
ket; oats. 40 cts. barley. $3.50 to $1.GO
per centum; hay. 70 to 80 per ton;
clover seed. $4.6O to $4.65 q bushcl;
timothy seed, $500.
Thursday morning General Manager
Ledyard, General Superintendent Brown,
General Passenger and Ticket Agcn,
Rugglcs, this division Superintendent. and
some other prominent officials of the
Michigan Central were in this city looking
after the construction Of the new depot
| and other railroad matters.
The Estey Manufacturing Company
during the month of January shippe
goods 20 Ohio Iowa, Texas. Dakota
New York, Nebraska. Minnesota, lllini~
Kentucky. Pennsylvania. West Virrinm.
and Michigan. and in addition they now
have customers in Vermont. Kansas.
Massachusetts. Indiana and Missouri.
The Lansing Republican states that "in
some parts Of the State Commissioner
Morley's book on Michigan and its re-.
sources Is being used as text book for
reading classes in the schools" That l.
right. A thorough knowledge of the Stat,
and its capabilities should be taught every
child THIS will insure a love OF hom,
and state pride that is cOmmendablc.
We are In receipt of Vick's Floral
Guide for 1882. For many years we have
received this annual regularly, but hav
no recollection of having seen one llial
was more worthy of public attention.
Wick has been for years the leading Florist
in the United States and we have never
fail ii to find his seeds. flower and gar
den. and his hubs true to name and of
the very best quality. Farmers, gardeners,
florists, all persons in want of any kind
of seeds for the flower or vegetable gar
den should send to Wick for his Floral
Guide. In II they will find a fund of
valuable information. Price only 10 cts.
See advertisement.
The Laingsburg News says, Last
week Charley Hayes entered ID. Lebar's