The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-06-20

by the Governor assistant enumeration for
the 1st Judicial district in Owosso.
A live Blaine and Logan club has been
organized at Bancroft with John J. Ather.
ton as President and G. Fl. Fellows as
Secretary.
Daily we are asked. ''do you want
LOCALE" Yes, indeed we do, not one but
thousand every week. Just give us the
local news and you may be sure it win
be printed.
1t is reported that our Methodist friends
had very pleasant time at their lawn
gypsy social on Friday evening last.
Wool is coming in quite freely quite
as freely as il ought in the opinion of THE
TINES, as we expect to see 1t worth from
three to FIVE cents more in the near future
than it now brings IN Owosso, where the
buyers are paying cents pound more
for it than it is bringing in any of the ad-
jacent places \ l.,3a{ iQai 3 I
o. c. Ransom of Grand Rapids, who
was en- route for the State convention, on
Tuesday, with over forty delegates, on
the tram when asked at the Junction how
many delegates were for Butler. said not
d-n one.
Is it not time that a rousing ratification
meeting be held and Blaine and Logan
club organized.
The bill before Congress, to provide
for Soldiers Home in Michigan and APP
propriating $25OOO0 for that purpose,
will be law before the end of June. We
are advised that, in military circles,
Owosso is deemed very eligible point
for its location. To work, fellow citizens.
The Home would be worth more TO
Owosse than row Of court houses. 1t
would also be Godsend to the farmers Of
Shiawassee county, since 1t would add large
non-producing force to our army of cen
sumers.
We regret to hote that Ward Ingersoll
does not improve. We saw him on Thurs.
day, and he was looking badly. We hope
he may soon,begin to improve.
Boosting little of its enterprise, the
Grand Haven Herald says no enc Of its
exchanges published on Friday contained
the announcement of Blaine's nomination.
The Herald is mistaken, THE TIMES is
published Friday afternoons. We did. at
few minutes after four o'clock, send out
THE TIMES with Blaine's name at the head
our columns, and an editorial endorsing
the nomination as the best that could have
been made. Enterprisisg as the Herald
is, all the enterprise the State is not to be
found in its Office.
The skating rink nears completion. 1t
is a fine building. Has the largest all.
dience room in this section of the State.
1t will be a splendid place to hold all kinds
of public meetings, and is to be dedicated
by a 10 cent dance on the coming 4th.
The funeral of Miss Annie Mercie
French of Fairfield was held on Friday of
last week, under the supervision of Mr.. E.
Gould of this city. The attendance was
said to be the largest ever known in the
township. The bearers were young lady
friends Of the deceased. the Misses, Main,
Leavitt, Miller, Lacey, White. and Austin.
The floral display, the kindly rcmem-
brances of sorrowing friends, was beauti-
full. The religious services were conduct
ed by Rev. Mr.. Cramer.
The Michigan Central will sell round
trip tickets at one fare, to all the land dis
tricts in the northwest, west. and southwest
I'D to Monday night, the 23d inst. A
chance to take fine trip at mere nominal
expense.
Mrs. r. w. Duncan, sister of II. II.
Daniels, who has been spending some
time with her brother and family in Owos-
SO, left on Tuesday evening for Petoskey,
to spend the summer. M
Moses Allen, and James Mulholland are
building new brick blocks on Main street
in Corunna, north Of the Central Hotel.
These stores are to be 22x70 IT,. two stories
in height, and to first class in all respects.
Business seemed to be rather active on
the streets of Corunna Thursday forenoon.
and the buyers there are getting quite
large lot Of wool.
Our University boys, Will Gould, Fred
Todd, and Lasall Lyon, are home from
the University for the long vacation.
Students wishing instruction during
the summer vacation can arrange for re-
citation hours forenoons. at Oakside
school.
There can be no possible doubt that for
energy, manly integrity and determined
push Mr.. Ashley. in the construction
of the T. A. A. g. N railway, has proved
himself the equal of any man who ever
engaged in the construction of a railroad
in the state. And in view of these traits
of character we submit that the public are
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