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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-21
PROBATE ORDER.

STATE OF MICHIGAN
COUNTY OF SHIAwAssEE.
At session of the Probate Court for the County
OF Shiawasseo holden at the Probate Office, in the
City of Corunna on Tuesday the 9TH day OF March.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-f0ur.
PRESENT, A. A. HARPER. Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the Estate of Frederick II. Lacey
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition, duly verified,
Of Aiza l.. Fowler. praying that administration of
the estate Of said deceased may be granted TO the
petitioner or some other suitable person.
Thereupon it is Ordered. That Monday the 3lst
Gay OF March, 1884, ut ten o'clock in the fore
noon, be assigned for the hearing Of said petition,
and that the heirs at law of said deceased, and all
other persons interested in said estate, required
to appear at a session of said Court, then TO be
holden at the Probate Office, in the city of Corunns
and show If any there be why the prayer Of the
petitioner should not be granted;
And IL Is Further Ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested In said estate
of the tendency of said petition and the hearing
thereof by causing copy of this order to be pub
lished in THE TIMES, newspaper printed and
circulated In said County of Shiawassee for three
successive weeks, previous TO said day of hearing
"a trse copy IA. HARPER, Judge OF Probate
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-21
VERNON.

MIR. McKercher, of Judville, was
in town Sunday.
Rus. Case has been in Detroit q
part of this week, purchasing goods
for his new store, which he intends
to start in a few days.
Our Cornet Band meets twice 4
week, now-Mondays, and Tuesdays
John Dean has purchased the three
lots north Of the Baptist Parsonage,
OF Thos. Lovely. He intends to
bald house on them in the coming
summer or fall
Albert Graham has been engaged
by Rus. Case as a clerk in his store.
Miss Minnie Sleeth has been en-
gageG 20 teach the summer term OF
school, one mile south of this place.
Thomas Lovely, of WILLIAMSON,
visited friends here few days of
this week.
a. L Chandler, of Corrunna, was
in town last Tuesday.
Bert Holmes has purchased the
house south of the M. f. Church,
which is now occupied by Prof.
P1unkett.
I. Church has rented the house
COW occupied by John Lon.
Rev. w. II. Sheir, of Flint, preach
ed at the M. L. Church, last Sunday
morning and evening.
Jimmie Lansing, of this place, was
arrested in Detroit, last week, for
stealing chain from lady Of that
place. He has since been sentenced
to the House Of Correction until
FL years of age. He was considered
mischievous boy, and had been in
there before, for stealing horse,
when only eight years old.
Rev. Seth Reed, of Flint, preached
at the Methodist church, Thursday
evening of last week.
Mrs. Henry Clark and son, re-
turned from a short visit at Ypsilanti,
tast Tuesday.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-21
GOING TO REFORM

Queen Victoria and the Princess of
Wales have resolved to improve the
tone and manners of London aristo-
cratic society. They are alarmed at
the encroachmen,s Of American vul-
garity and French refinement and will
attempt to repress both. This is on
the authority of the Rev. Robert
Laird Collier, who is now in London.
''To quiet Americans in this city,"
he writes, "this change, should it be
wrought, will be no great blow; but
IL ought to be deemed blessing. 1t
is perfectly true that some Americans
Who travel in Europe are louder and
more staggering than other people.
The English court haye been gracious
toward their American cousins, and
society in London has accorded
Americans very gracious entree.
For the most part educated and re-
fined Americans are entertaining, but
there is class who come 10 England
and talk through their noses, in very
bad grammar, and in very loud voices,
and amuse people by measuring
every thing they see by how much it
costs The women are usually we'll
dressed and talk louder than the men
Both alike fling their money around
in reckless and ostentatious fashion,
and sober-minded people wish they
could make themselves less numerous.
Still the writer is bound to say these
types are very few, compared with
the well-bred self-respecting Ameri-
cans with whom one meets in tavell-
ing in Europe. Indeed, many English
people choose to travel with Amer
leans, preferring the intelligent COM
muuicativeness of their Yankee
cousins to the reticence of John Bull.
However, the Queen and the Princess
are tired OF the 'baser Sort and what
they call American vulgarity' will
40 longer be permittedat court.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-21
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.

To the Republicans of the town.
ship of Middlebury:
You are hereby notified that there
will be a Repub lican Caucus held al
the Town Hall in said township, ON
Friday the 4th day of April, 1884, at
one o'clock p. m, for the purpose of
nominating candidates for township
officers for the ensuing year, to be
supported at the next annual town.
ship meeting. And also for the pur-
pose of transacting any other bust.
ness which may properly come before
said meeting. 1t is desired that ev-
cry Republican IN the township who
The importance of full
caucus, and the continued success of
the Grand Old Republican Party will
be present.
BY order of Committee.
l.. KINNEY,
Chairman of Committee.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-21
TIE Times.
OwOSSO, MICHIGAN.
GEO. NJ. DEWEY. EDITOR.
Congressional District Convention.

congressional DistrIct convention.
There will he neld Republican Con-
ycntion for the Eighth Congressional Dis
trict, for the election of two (2) delegates
aud two (2) aliernntes 10 the Republican
National Convention TO meet in Chicago
on the 3d'day of June next, at the Com
mon Council chamber in East Saginaw,
on Tuesday. the 22d day of April next, at
one o'clock in the afternoon.
All Republicans and any and all other
citizens, who are willing 10 co operate with
the Republican party in building up the
policy of protection to American labor,
who favor full, fair and free vote o.
every American citizen and IN honest
count of every ballot polled, are cordially
invited TO join in the election of delegates
10 this convention.
The several counties will he entitled 10
the following representation:
Midland, 3
isabella, )
t.ratiot 10
Shiawassec. II
Montcalm. IL
Saginaw. ~
BY order Of The Congressional Commit
t~, GEO. NJ. DEWEY,
Chairman.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-21

Washington Davis was in Ovid
Monday.
]. ]. Parmelee was at Flint Mon.
day.
Mortimer Cowles. Of Lansing, was
in the city Tuesday.
A. HI. Willard, of Olivet, was in
the city Saturday last.
Walter MUMMY came down from
Cadillac Friday evening last.
There will be a maple sugar social
at the M. +. church, Bennington Sta
ton. Wednesday evening, March &C,
for the beneG, Of Rev. X. d. Robin.
son. Music free. All are invited.
]. S. Mcbride, OF Burton, has pur-
chased from clover lawn farm, Bat
tie Creek, Mich, Jersey bull calf,
an unregistered COW, and the regis
tereu COW julia OF BrlghtSlde. They
are good specimens of the breed, and
we note their purchase with pleasure.
We are pleased to learn that Mr.
Thomas Sayles is to remain with l..
+. Woodland, during the ensuing
year. Mr.. S. is first class business
man, and under his management the
sales of lumber have been wonderful.
Mr.. S. thought of going into business
on his own account, but after two
weeks spent in investigating the lum-
Der traffic both north and south, con-
cluded it was best TO let we'll enough
alone, and stay with the old we'll es-
tablished house, and look after its
interests.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-21
OWOSSO.

Notice is hereby given that the
Republican electors Of the township
of Owosso, will meet at the Brooks
school house, on Friday, April 4th,
1884, at o'clock p. NJ. for the pur-
pose of nominating township officers,
also to elect delegates to the County
Convention when called.
Owosso March 18th 1884.
<. B. KNAPP,
Chairman of Committee.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-21

l am now showing up one of the
most complete lines of Paper Hang
ings in the line of Sidewall and Cell
ing Decorations, Window Shades of
all kinds and descriptions, Window
Cornices, Polls, Pulls and fixtures
ever brought into this county, come
and see the goods and be made hap.
py. G.. w. LoRRTNG.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-21
PERRY.

The Republican caucus in the
township of Perry, for the nomina
ton of township officers, and The
transaction of any other business that
may properly come before IT, Will
be held at the village of Perry, on
Monday March 3rst, at O'clock p.
NJ. A full attendance is desired.
BY order Of Committee.
]. ]. Walker, Town Clerk.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-21
A CARD.

If you want a good job of paint
ing, paper hanging, done, call on
Frederick Wellington, Main ST., West
Owosso, and you will get it done.
Papering ceilings a speciality. Work
done to order. All orders promptly
attended TO. 48-4
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-21

The TIMES Printing Co. have on sale
or for exchange for good house and lot
in the city of Owosso, 80 acres of farming
land, 81 miles from Chesaning. 90 acres
improved, IL acres of fine timothy mead
ow and go acres of timber. The wood and
timber on the land will sell for enough to
pay for the property. For further partic-
ulars call at this office.
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NOTICE

is hereby given that 1 will sell nj public auction
sale, on the First day Of April ut Owosso, Michigan,
under the provisions of See. 3iC0. Of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, one ~ package of
Whiskey. Package No. 1874. Distiery Warehouse
Stamp, No. T.. 736539i. Tax Paid Stamp. No. Il.
4240l05, produced by s. J. Greenbaum, Distier. 7ih
istrict, Ky, and seized In the hands OF Frank H..
Gates for violation Of the Internal Revenue Laws,
unless claim therefor is made aud bond given rs
required 10y law.
JAMES II. STONE, Collector.
by :. s. OLDs, Deputy Collector.
Dated March 9TH, 1854.
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NOTICE.

l have sold one half of my entire
stock of groceries, etc., to +. II. Ban
ister, late of the firm of Lawrence &
Banister, and the style of the firm is
changed to Duff & Banister. All
persons owing accounts to toe firm of
c. c. Duff are requested to call and
settle. G. C.. DUFF.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-21

State of Michigan, County of Shiawassee, IS.
], &. f.. Hershey, Cashier of the above -named
bank, do soemnly swear that the above statement
is true to the best OF my knowledge and belief
e.. T. HERSHEY, Cashier.
[LSl Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10Th day of March, 1884. T.. l.. BREWER,
Notary Public, Shiawassee Co, Mich.
Correct--Attest:
I'D. DEWEY,
l.. SrRUBER, ! Directors.
NJ. OsBURN,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-21
BENNINGTON

The Republicans of the township
OF Bennington are requested to meet
at Pitts Hotel, Saturday, March 2oth
1884, O'Clock p. NJ. for the purpose
of nominating township officers.
S. PITTS,
Chairman Of Committee.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-21

JOHN w SKADAN, In Chsncery.
Defendant
Salt pending In the Circuit Court for the County
OF Shiawassee-in Cbancery, at Corlnna on the
l4th day Of March, A. ID. 1874.
Upon due proof by affidavit that John W.
Skadan, defendant in the above entitled cause
pending In said court is resident OF the Territory
OF Dakota. and non resident Of this State; and on
motion of ). +. Smith. Solicitor for Complainant
1t is ordered, That the said defendant do appear.
and answer the bill of complaint filed in said cause,
on the sixteenth day Of July, ID. 1884, else the
said Dill o, complaint shall be taken as confessed
And Further, That this order be published
within twenty days from this date In THE
TIMES, newspaper printed In the said County of
and BIO published therein once In each
week for six weeks In succession. such publication
however shall not be necessary In case copy of
this order be served on the defendant personally.
nc least twenty days before the time herein pre-
scribed for his appearance.
Dated this 14th day Of March, A. ID. 1884,
WILLARD j. TURNER,
Circuit Court Commissioner for Shiawassee Co
True copy +. +. WEIGH, Register
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-21

nnVHN Send six cents for postage,
II PkIIH aud receive free, n costly box
II i ulAu, of goods which win help all. OF
either sex, TO more money away
than anything else In this world. Fortunes await
the workers absolutely sure. At once address TRuE
* Co., Augusta, Maine March 81 vi
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Examination Of Teachers for ShiaWaSSee
County.

Regular public examination at Corunna, Fri
day and Saturday, March % and %.
ur sRss.aAl ppP Hnsc examination at Bancroft Sat-
sp.eial public examination at Corunna, Sat
Special public examination at Perry, August
Applications for first and second grade Ger.
tiHcates will be received at the regular public
'i Each s5sninsstion will begin promptly at
a limited amount Of time will be given for
Nominations will be held in the school
buildings Of the above named places, unless
BY order Of the Board Of Examiners.
Byron, Feb. 2. 1884. '''"
observed at the coming examination of teachers
Orthcgraphy from co to 90 am.
Arithmetic from 8 80 to 70 IS
History from 10 IS to II 90
Reading from II 30 to I2 IN.
Grammar from 90 to D.. m.
Civil Government from % to } 90
Geography from 3 90 to on
Geography from 90 to 90
Theory and Art from 90 to 10
Penmanship from 80 to 90
IL is highly important that applicants be present
at the time appointed for beginning the examina-
tons. Applicants for first and second grade GER
tihcates must be present at the regular public ex
animation questions for those grades certif.
cation will not be given at the other examinations
No third grade applicants will be ckamised on
Saturday, March 20.
Byron March 40 1884.
By order OF the Board OF Eek.
GEo X. BRADr, Secretary.
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REPORT OF TIE CONDITION
Or The
First National Bank

At owosso, in the State of Michigan at the close Of
business, March 9Th, 1891.
RESOURCES.
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Order Of Publication.

MARY j. NKADAN,
Complainant. State Of Michigan
VS.. SSeventh Judicial Circuit,
JOHN w SKADAN, In Chancery.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-14
The Orange Tree.

The orange tree is the longest-lived
fruit tree known. 1t is reputed to have
obtained the age of 300 years, and 1t has
been known to have flourished and borne
fruit for more than 100 years. No fruit
tree will grow and produce fruit so
well under rough treatment. 1t CON-
mences TO bear the third or fourth year
after budding, and by the fifth year it
will produce an abundant crop, but its
yield will increase gradually under IA
vorable circumstances, and as the years
pass on it will become a very produc
tive tree. The early growth of the or
ange is quite rapid, and by the tenth
year it will have increased more than
in the next fifty years, so far as its
breadth and height are concerned; but
as its age multiplies its fruit stems
greatly, aud an old tree will sometimes
bear thousands of oranges.-Jackso''-
U!Nc Times Union.
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Marked Trout.

1t is the custom of some of our fish
commissioners TO attach metal tags to
liberated salmon, that when captured
again the growth of the fish may be
noted. We once knew al angler who
was in the habit of putting his mark on
trout; but lie did not use metal tag.
1t was a rule with him to retain no
trout that weighed less than one-half
pound. When he landed one Of less
weight, he would carefully take it from
the hook, mark it by Lifting off the
upper portion of its tail-tin, and throw
it back into the water TO grow. Some
times he would catch these fish again
after they had attained the proper size
to find a place in his basket; and it
was often source of pleasure to him
to receive letter of thanks from some
fellow-anwler who had Glanced to take
one OF the marked big fellows. One
day this bitter of trouts' tails was driv-
ing along some eighteen miles from
home, when he came to a bridge over
q stream, and in passing saw big
trout rise. The next day, with his
tackle, he drove back over these eigh-
teen miles and tried for q rise. He
found not a sign of trout. The next
day he made the journey again, with q
like result. The third day. nothing
daunted, he drove out again. This
time he pulled out a three pound trout
The upper half of its tail-tin was gone;
and our friend has always believed
that ii was one Of his marked trout. -
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Cliff DWe,lers.

Arizona has n history which has
never been written, says letter TO the
San Francisco Chronicle. 1t is only
told by the empty irrigating canals,
the ruins Of populous towns, vacant
cliff dwellings, inscribed rocks, and
broken pottery found in many parts of
the territory. Before the European
saw his continent two races had lived
and died in Arizona. The earliest peo-
pie built their houses N valleys that
are now deep ravines, and the cliff
dwellings that are seen to-day resting
in the sides of deep arroyos two hun
dred feet above the bottom of the
gorge once stood upon solid ground,
and yet so many years have elapsed
since then that now the houses are high
and dry and accessible only to hardy
climbers. Time has dug away the
foundations rs well as SCARED and
Clipped the habitations. Between
the age of the cliff dwellers and that of
the white man come the race who built
the canals and farmed the valleys.
Dry and parched and barren as a great
part of Arizona is to-day, there was a
time, OF which abundant proof exists,
when the valleys were rich and fertile
and when great cities were populated
by an active, capable. and energetic
people. Who were these industrious
beings? No one can tell. Toltec or
Aztec, black or white, from Egypt or
from Peru, none can say. Time has
nearly destroyed evidences of their ex-
istenoe. In the lapse of ages their
history ha. grown almost q mythology.
What race they were, though! No
farming for them, if you please, on
any small scale. They had bitches to
bring water 10 their crops that would
astonish the soil-tillers of to-day, and
their houses were castles.
Perhaps the most extensive of their
ruins now are at a place called Casa
Grande, in the Gila river valley, six
miles below Florence and five miles
south of the river. When first discov-
cred by the spaniards, in 1910, the
largest building of the group was four
stories high and had walls six feet in
thickness. A hundred wears ago one
house still remained which was 42OX
200 feet. To-day there is but 4 sugges-
tion left of the former magniiicence of
the houses, but one may still see that
IIC Wills NCIG jHotic VI itUN uuu
gravel, held together by hard ce-
ment. and the rooms are still coated
with cement. Near Casa Grande are
the remains of an irrigating canal
which has been traced for forty miles,
and which must have watered thou
sands of acres which to-day are dry,
neglected wastes Miles OF these
wide canals can be seen scattered over
the territory. Everywhere are the evi-
dences of a prehistoric occupation of
the land. In building the city of Pres
cott, workmen unearthed not only
household and farming implements,
but discovered old foundations as well.
and as Arizona is settled and explored
there may yet be found more traces of
the people who lived and died here,
leaving suggestion as to who they
were, where they came from, whittier
they went. What care we for Pompeii?
We have q Vaster, richer field in which
TO search for treasures hid for untold
ages.
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A Microscope Peddier's Trick.

An Allegheny physician, having his
suspicious aroused that there was some
trick about the living things found in
the water on the South Side when ex-
amined under microscope, found that
:: pcddler Of microscopes had led to
all the trouble. The attention of DR..
Shiliito, of Allegheny, was called to
the matter. DIR. Shilhto possesses one
of the finest microscopes in the coun-
try, and is an expert in all microscope
cal matters. lie examined one of the
peddler's plates, and found that the
''wrigglers' were what are known as
sour-paste lizards. These creatures,
Invisible 10 the naked eye, are generat-
ed by sour paste. The paste can be
dried and kept for years. A drop of
water will dissolve it and reanimate
the thousands of lizards that it con-
tains The peddler was hunted up
and forced to divulge his secret. He
had in his vest pocket small bottle
filled with sour paste i'll liquid form.
On entering an Office he would offer to
show the Impurities in drop of wat
cr. The drop would be brought to
him Oh his glass plate. In the most
natural manner possible no would
draw his toothpick, which WAS sticking
in the invisible bottle in his pocket,
and spread the water over the surface
Of the glass. Just enough OF the sour
paste adhered TO the toothpick and was
deposited on the glass to carry num-
Der OF the lizards with il. TIE glass,
so prepared. would be placed under
the magniiier, and the water would be
found TO be alive with transparent liz
ards that seemed never tired of flash
ing back and forth under the glass.
Dr.. Shillito exposed the trick to a
number of friends last evening, after
having successfully made them believe
that il was the water alone that they
were examining. g.-P'ttsb1rg (Pa.J Cam
7lercidk.
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A Constantinopolitan Fire Company.
We soon CAUGHT sirht of the captain

We soon caught sight of the captain
OF the company. He was tall athletic
fellow, wearing short, loose trousers of
white cotton cloth. His legs were bare
below the knees; he wore Turkish red
pointed shoes on his feet, without any
stockings-a loose jacket of brown felt
over a white cotton shirt, and his head
was covered with metallic bowl, which
shone brightly. A leather belt encir-
cled his waist and was clasped with a
large brass buckle in front. He was
coming towards us at q double quick
trot, brandishing, in 4 proud manner,
the brass spout that belonged TO the
hose. He was followed by the engine
and the firemen that belonged to it.
Oh, what sight! Most of them were
scantily clothed, and some did not even
have caps upon their heads, but | no.
ticed that all wore the regulation belt
with the large buckle in front. They
were evidently of the class that COM
posed the riffratf of the city. The en-
gine itself was nothing more than q
big-sized garden pump, carried on the
shoulders of eight men, tour in front
and four behind. They relieved ono
another every now and then with great
deXterity and alertness.
They soon swept by us. followed by
the hose, which was coiled over long
pole, the ends of which rested on the
shoulders of another file of men. just
as they reached the next corner there
emerged from side street another en-
@ine, whereupon squabble for the
right of way Immediately arose. The
two companies jostled and pushed for
ward. each party trying to get ahead
of the other. After Il long harangue
and buster, accompanied by constant
yelling, screaming. and hard words.
they lowered their respective engines
to the ground and fell into regular
fight, wrestling, pushing. and knock
ING one another down in the most fero-
cious manner. Their looks and actions
were frantic and they fought like mad
men.
"Ah! There comes the Ser-Asker,
the minister of war! He'll soon settle
their disputed" cried a voice near us.
and he did.
He was preceded by a neU0detjec, who
cleared the way for him, and when he
came up he promptly ordered the COM
panies to take up their engines and fol-
low him, which they did with the ut
most meekness and alacrity. There
was no chance for either party to claim
Il victory, but they kept up subdued
rattle of words all the way.-FrOm
"H0D We t0ere Ba032cd ont IN ConSta1-
ttlaOple. by OSc0nyan. IN 50. Nicholas
J0r august. -