The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-01-12

pany and great convenience 10 our citi- |
zens. The addition 10 the freight house
was completed some time since and is a
much needed Improvement and will be
further enlarged by the addition Of the
space now used MS a passenger waiting
room.
Mr.. George Thomas and wife, who have
been spending some time with friends in
and about London. Ontario, have returned
home. 1t Is pleasant to see the genial
face Of Mr.. Thomas again ut his wonied
place, at the Junction House. Long may
he live TO serve the public. with good cheer
and excellent dinners
Do not forget the quarterly temperance
meeting to be held at 12 M. next Sunday,
at the Maple River church. They have an
interesting program.
j. c. Bontecou will deliver an address
on the Alliance. ut half past ten o'clock
next Sunday morning at the Maple River
church.
Capt. Bontecou general agent for the
temperance Alliance will speak at the fol-
lowing places: This evening at Morrice;
Saturday evening, Hartwellville; Sunday
evening. Bancroft. Last night he WAS at
Judd's Corners
We have received from Hiram Sibley &
Co., the seedmen. OF Rochester, N. Y,
copy of The northern edition If their Far
mer's Almanac" for 'S3. 1t is valuable
treatise in the hands of any person interest
ed in agricultural enterprises of any kind
1t can be had for 10 cents by addressing
the publishers, as above.
We heartily join our leading exchang
in saying, Down with all class legisa-
tion."
Some friend sends us copy of The
Baltimore, Md. Sun, with the Sun Alma.
nae as supplement. The Sun appears
to shine for ALL" and the almanac is not a
whit inferior to any ono Of the thousand,
more or less, of such publications which
adOrn our office table.
Z. M. Brooks says that whether there is
to be new Touring mill where flour will
be manufactured by the roller process, yea
or nay, he keeps constantly on hand II fine
stock of roller process -four, which he sells
at low prices.
While in Corunna one day last week
one of the retiring county officials said to
us that THE TIMES is the best ne,osparer
in the county and the best Republican
paper"
At the annual meeting of the First
National Bank the following officers were
elected: Pres, T. d. Dewey; Vice Pres,
NJ. Osburn; Cashier, G. Z. Hershey; Di
rectors, T. d. Dewey. NJ. Osburn, James
Osburn, l.. Sruber. A. II. Byerly. F. II.
Gould and E. II. Hutchins.
Tell your neighbor to subscribe for TIE
TIMES.
Speaking OF the cooperative life insur
nnce organizations, Hon. Oliver Pillsbury.
of New Hampshire, the ablest insurance
comm issioner in the country, says. Il, is
very advisable that some method be de-
vised which may be easily comprehended,
and through which the masses may obtain
reliable insurance at less cost, and have
just what they pay for" This is just the
kind of insurance furnished by the Odd
Fellows Mutual Benefit Association, at
less than one-third the cost in the com.
panies operated on the old plan, and jus,
as reliable For additional particulars in.
quire of the editor of The TIMES. The
Royal Tcmplars of T, importance, also, fur.
nisll reliable insurance at actual cost. 10 all
total abstinence men. The Ancient Order
of United Workmen is live, active in.
surance lodge. In any Of these associa
tions, our experience is that $5 will pay
for as much and as good insurance ms SEQ
will in the old live insurance companies.
The Tabernacle was none too large t.
contain the audience which gathered last
evening to hear Mrs. Ann Eliza Young's
lecture, ''Utah's Curse and the Nations
Shame" The lecture was preceded by
two spirited recitations by Miss Julia F
Lee, of Utica, N Y. Mrs. Young's lee
tnre deserves a careful synopsis, but lack
Of space only permits us to say that it was
the earnest, sincere. well prepared effort
of woman who seems particularly adap
ted for the difficult mission she has under
taken. She graphically described the hor
rors of the "bloud atonement" in 1867 and
1853, and exposed in keen sarcastic style
some of the frauds and shams practiced by
the Mormon leaders upon their deluded
dupes. She referred bitterly to the man
ner in which the Government has tolcr
aied this great evil of polygamy and the
slight measures which have b. en- taken t.
prevent It's spread She conluded with
an eloquent appeal in behalf of the women
Of Utah. Mrs. Young is fine appearing,