The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-05-16


Do not fail to carefully note the articles
on the tariff in this issue OF THE TIMES.
The Estey Co. loaded a car with furni-
ture on Thursday for Miles City. Montana
The water in the shiawassee river re-
mains unusually high for this season of the
year.
The union teachers meeting at Ovid on
Friday and Saturday last was grand
success.
A portable engine is being put in perfect
repair at the Bailey shops, and will be sold
at a bargain.
Mrs. Oscar Dunning and Mrs. Tilsley,
OF Lockport, N. Y. are visiting at w. Il.
Cummings this week.
Mr.. Mcsorley finished a nice house TO-
home, on Exchange street east, and
moved into it this week
Mr.. Seward Chaffee, of Byron, will
sell some choice Short Horn cattle at
Lansing, Thursday, June 5th
E. l.. Brewer and We editor enjoyed the
luxuries of the Lansing House, Jacob
Aberle, mine hoste, on Monday.
THE TINES wants good, live cores
pendent at Corunna. To the right person
liberal compensation will be paid.
Fishing in the Shiawassee seems to be
very attractive sport just now, il the
strings Of fish are not very "hefty."
The central office of the telephone comr
pany in Owosso is to be located in the
drug store of Osborn Bros. on Main street.
Geo. Charlton has completed quite ap
addition to his house and otherwise i'm
proved his home at the head of Exchange
street, east.
Patten will open his restaurant under
Brewers shoe store on Saturday evening.
He will have the finest ice cream parors
in the city.
The Estey Manufacturing Company
hope to be able to move into their new.
convenient and elegant business Office
about June LIST.
The Estey manufactury has added
twelve new styles of chamber sets to their
line during the last two months and some
of them are beauties.
Major Anderson, the great railroad so.
licitor, and COL Merrill, of engineer corps
OF the t., A. A. Il N. railway, made us a
pleasant call last Friday afternoon.
The jug breaking entertainment at Opera
on Tuesday evening wasa decided novelty,
very interesting TO all present and sue
cess financially-the net receipts exceeding
$50.
Hon. +. B. Stockbridge wlthdraws his
name from the list of candidates for the
Republican nomination for Governor. He
would have been nominated had he re-
manned in the field and would have been
easily elected.
The building boom does not seem 10
suffer any in Owosso from the scarcity of
money. More new houses arc being built
at this time than at any other one time
in the history of the city, and many OF
them are first.clas in every respect.
The G. p. desires every member OF
Oriental Encampment, who possibly can,
to attend the meeting on Wednesday eve
ming next. Work on Golden Rule degree
besides other business of importance will
engage the attention Of the Patriarchs.
There were 10 divorce cases on the cal.
sndar of the Circuit Court. OF these four
were heard. Two DEGREES being granted
and two cases dismissed. Judge Newton
grants divorces with great reluctance and
only on the most conclusive evidence, and
in this he does just right.
The telephone poles are nearly all set TO,
\ the line between Holly and Owosso, and
two wires are being strung. When this
branch is completed. the line will be con
tnued to St. Johns, and then be put
through from Lansing to Saginaw. We
can soon "hello" to the rest of the world
Owosso is good market. At this time
potatoes are selling on the street at five
cents bushel over the Detroit price, but
ter from two to three cents per h., and
many other articles in like proportion. I,
10 the home market caused by our manu-
featuring industries that bring about thi,
state Of facts and for their existence We
are indebted to the Republican policy OF
protection to American industries.
Frieseke Bros. have commenced making
brick on an extensive scale. We found
about % men at work in their yard Thurs
day morning. They now have about $50,
600 brick on the yard that they are placing
in kiln as rapidly as possible. and hope
to be able to put fire in the arches early
next week. While we were there they
were making brick at the rate of sixty
minute. and probably turn out abou
$4,000 every pleasant day, and yet the,
cannot I'LL their orders.
The following named persons have beer