The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-08-17


m, and Sunday at 1880 a. m. Quar-
terly conference, love feast and sac
rament at the usual hours. Mr.. Holds
kiss will also give temperance lee.
ture at the church in Henderson at
1850 p. m, Aug. 10Th. All are in
vited
The Drs. Knapp Have moved their
office into the front rooms over the
grocery store of Grahame & Haskell,
in Burhan's new block, which they
have fitted up in fine style, and where
they will be pleased to meet all of
their old friends and other persons
desiring their services.
Attention is asked to the ordinance
prescribing the powers and duties Of
the Board of Health, and also to the
one relating to peddlers license pass
ed at the last meeting Of the Council,
and published in this issue.
The change in the gutter on the
east side Of Washington street at the
crossing of Exchange street is de-
cided improvement.
Alderman Wells reports the put
ting in of IS crosswalks in the past
two weeks.
The editor of THE TINES was at
Ovid on Saturday. New wheat was
coming in rapidly. Ex-senator
Beattie said to us that he had taken
in that day about 1850 bushels,
mostly No. 2. He, also, told US that
for the year ending August 1st, 1883,
he had bought upwards of 2a5,ooo
bushels of wheat, and about 10000
lbs. of wool. We should Judge that
was a pretty good years work.
Report says that there was fall
OF snow in Maple Grove township,
Barry county, on the sd inst, suffi-
cient in quantity to whiten the ground.
A, the same date, there were frosts
over portions of northern Michigan
that did much harm in some places
to the growing crops. There has not
been any frost in this section, but for
some days the weather has been
unusually cool for this time in the
year.
Under the law passed by the last
legislature teachers of all grades
must pass an examination in physiol-
ogy with reference to the effects Of
alcohol on the human system, and no
certificate can be legally granted to
any person to teach in any of the
schools of the state who does not
pass satisfactory examination in this
particular. This fact is one of i'm
portance and from what we know, we
fear that many persons who desire
and expect to teach during the COM
ing year will be excluded for the rea-
son that they have not given this
subject the attention the law requires.
AS the result of collision on the
track, at the Charlotte races, on
Wednesday, the trotting horse Rey-
nard was killed and Bankers Roths-
child fatally hurt. $4,000 had been
recently refused for the dead horse
and the other was valued at $4,000.
Reynard was bred by S. A. Yerkes,
of Bennington was sired by Louis
Napoleon, dam unknown. He was
sold to Dewey & Stewart when three
years old; at four years showed a
mile in 2:47 on the Owosso track
after that for two years he was used
On city delivery wagon, and one
day on being unhitched from the
wagon made two half miles in 1922
and 1:aIA. Soon after this in the
fall of 1881 he was sold by Dewey &
Stewart to George Carpenter of this
city for $500. After keeping him a
few weeks, Mr.. c. sold him to F. w.
Bradley, Of Bay City, for $500.
Bradley put him on the turf in 1882,
when he made record of 2:4o, and
tapped out horses in 2:28H. In
February 1883, Bradley sold him to
Seth Mclean, also, of Bay City, for
$4,000. In March Reynard was
sent to Louisville, KY, to prepare
for the western circuit. where he