The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-04-07

attention of such of our readers as love
good thing.
Meyreles' 21st Commandery Band will
give concert on Friday evening, April
2Sth. for the benefit of the new uniform
fund. The programme will consist of
violin, cornet and piano solos and vocal
music by some of Owosso's best singers.
Now don't you fail to read the new adj
vertisement of Mr. McBain. He has
large stock both of cloth and ready made
clothing, and if you call on him you will
he sure to buy good goods. at the lowest
living prices.
A prominent official of the Toledo and
Northwestern Railroad Company, has
been spending considerable time in this
city during the present week, arranging
for future operations. and is expected to
return in a few days.
In the issue last week in q supplement
we printed the General Laws passed at
the special session. The copy was a GER
tilted one, and their accuracy can be de-
pended on, and they should be carefully
kept for future reference.
Herman Frieseke has our thankssfor the
April number of the Drainage and Farm
Journal, published by j. j. w. Billingsley
& Son, indianapolis, Indiana, magazine
that must be of interest to our farmers who
have lands which ought to be under
drained.
There is simply no truth in the state
ment of the Evening News that Corunna
has secured two thirds of the Supervisors
at the election this week, or that they
have majority on the Board that favors
that city as against Owosso on the county
seat question
The High School opened on Monday
last with, an unusual attendance for the
spring term, there being IL more scholars
10 attendance than at the opening of the
spring term of 81. In the lower rooms
the enrolment is also larger, in the first
primary there is an increase of 81.
We ask the attention of our readers to
the advertisement of the Woodland Bros.
They have very large stock of all kinds
of furniture, many of the patterns being
new and novel. Go and see them, get
their prices and be convinced that they
mean to sell goods at live and let live
prices
Attention is directed to the advertise.
mt IF ~ Ap,,, AL Il
in saying that we have never seen in any
inland store, in this State, finer lot of
wall papers than he is prepared to place be-
fore his customers for inspection, and as
to prices, we do not believe goods of the
same quality can be bought lower in Mich
igan.
A party of engineers. during the past
week have. surveyed the line for pro-
posed railroad from Durand to Owosso,
running north of Corunna, near the coal
mine, and through our city on King street.
| 1t is presumed that this is Grand Trunk
project, but we cannot find any one who
knows just what the facts are, or who is
making the survey.
The Rev. Emory Curtis, long the pastor
of the Baptist church at Niles, and well
known as one of the ablest Clcrgymen of
that denomination in the State, and late of
the Baptist church at Belvedere. Illinois,
has, owing ill health given up his charge
there, and removed to Owosso for quiet
home, where he can get much needed rest,
with hopes of recuperation.
We said nothing about the "superlative
goodness" of Gov. Jerome, the Corunna
Journal to the contrary notwithst andng.
But we did say that d. II. Jerome was a
good Governor, and do say that so far as
our knowledge extends, there was never a
better, though others have been just as
good. The fact is all the Republican Gov.
errors OF Michigan have been able, efficient
and popular officers.
A very pertinent query comes from
Americans in business in all parts of
Europe, who are beginning to ask why,
since the French Government does not
seem inclined to fulfill its promise to re.
peal the odious decree with regard to
American sailed meats, reprisals are not
at once engaged in. They say nothing
but reprisals will bring certain class of
Frenchmen TO their senses.
In this city for supervisors in the LIST and
end Judicial Districts there was no Re-
publican opposition to the election of
Messrs. Horsman and Baldwin, and their
large majorities represent very largely the
votes of both the Democratic and Republic
can electors. Both are excellent officers,
and the people of all parties were very
friendly to them, a fact of which, as men,
they have reason to beproud,
In Shiawassee, we understand, the
Democrats by aid of Republican votes in
the eastern part of the township succeeded
in defeating for re election Mr.. J. Fl,
Hartwell who consented to run as Q
citizens candidate for supervisor, after