The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-11

Read Roehm & Wright's new ad on the
LIST page. They are reliable dealers.
The Easterly Irvine Binder won at the
field trial this afternoon. Sold by G.
j. Stuart.
The prize for the largest Sunday School
in the procession, was awarded to the M.
L. School, of Rush township.
The Bicycle races were very attractive,
and all the sports passed off, so far as we
know to the entire satisfaction of the
crowd. avs
The first ballot in the National Demo
cratic convention waa as follows: Cleve-
land 392; Bayard III; Thurman SO; Ran.
dali 80; Mcdonald So; Carlisle 81. The
second was as follows: Cleveland 6S3
Bayard 81; Hendricks 45i; Thurman A;
balance scattering. Cleveland was then
declared nominated.
Mrs Hansman has built a new sidewalk
on the east and north fronts of her grocery.
a fine improvement.
The decorations on Centennial Engine
which attracted SO much attention on the
4th, was the personal work of Mr.. Walter
A. Osborn the engineer.
The Bailey Mfg. Co., have just received
an order for two gage lathes from Che.
mung Co., N, Y.
A fine lard press for Parker & Bowers
has just been finished by the Bailey Mfg.
Company.
1t is very pleasant to note an active
increase of business IN all parts of the
country since thhe adjournment of Con-
gress. If it could not meet again for ten
years, the country at the end of the de-
cade would find its business interest so
firmly planted, that neither Democratic
House. or Chicago, Demo-Butler con-
vention could disturb it.
Mrs. James B. Ferguson, and grandson,
Harry Daniels, returned on Monday, from
six weeks visit in New York.
Ye editor, and E. L. Brewer and fami-
ly were at Pine Lake on Tuesday.
z. o. Dewey, was at Eagle, Clinton Co,
on Tuesday.
The Bailey Mfg. Co., have just received
an order for the iron work for three store
fronts from parties in Corunna.
His Honor the Mayor is still sojourning
at Mackinac, and is not expected homo
before come time next week.
THE TIMES notes that Howell & Co.,
are exceedingly busy putting in order the
threshers engines of which they have five
in their shops.
On Thursday, Ex-Mayor Cossett, got
some of his clothing caught on an revolv-
ing shaft that he was filling. and was shirt
in less time than it takes to tell the story.
Fortunately the clothing was thus readily
torn off, otherwise, he would have been
seriously Injured.
The new business Office of the Woodland
brothers, now completed, is model Of
convenience.
As Mrs Geo. Stedman, and Mrs. w. B.
Parker were going from their home south
west of Owosso to the marsh place in
south west Bennington, on Sunday, they
met two couple of young people running
horses. The ladies drove out as far as
they could, and called to the parties to
stop, but they did not heed the call, and
ran into the ladies buggy, overtirning it,
throwing the ladies violently to the graund
and seriously injuring Mrs. Stedman, SO
that her life is despaired of. Mrs. Par
ker was not seriously injured. The par
ties in the other buggies, with the excep
ton of one of the young men, who offered
such assistance as he could render, gave
the ladies no aid, the other fellow or the
girls did not offer the slightest assistance.
These same fellows came near demolish-
ing the team of DIR. Marshall, of Perry, on
the same trip. They certainly should be
arrested and severely punished.
T. r. Bailey and wife, and Mrs. c. c.
Duu WeTc III DctTOit Ihis NCCh'
Mr.. Drake of Corunna, has sold the
mare Myrtle Drake, sired by Louis Napo-
Loon dam by Fisk's Mambrino Chief, 2nd
dam by Geo. NJ. Patchen; to Reuben Arm
strong, of Texas, for $4,000, after the sale
the mare was shipped to Kalamazoo, and
the morning after her arrival there, trotted
a trial OH the kalamazoo track in 2:30,
after the trial, Armstrong said to Drake,
"when this mare trots in the twenties, 1
will send you $500 more, and if below the
twenties $500.
Miss Eta French, and Miss Jessie Lyon
left Thursday evening for q visit with
friends in New York.
Miss Nellie Parker has gone to Chagrin
Falls, Ohio, TO spend her vacation.
At the request of q great many of our
readers, we have secured the Grafton OF
James Mcbride. and will give it place in