The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-02-13

dSSuicu tlat INC present lily Hail
project in Owosso has no reference to
the county seat question. The ques-
ton is simply one as to the expedi-
ency of the proposed building under
existing circumstances. If it aVaS n
question of the building of Court
House there would be no divided
sentiment in the city. Everybody
would favor the project.
DR.. Henry A. Reynolds, the apostle
of temperance, is now working at
Grand Rapids, with wonderful sue
cess. We repeat a former suggestion
that it would be wise to secure his
services in Owosso.
The Bohemian oat swindler is said
to be again abroad in the land. Look
out for him and if he comes on your
premises give him the toe end of
your boot, nails and all, just when it
will be most effec,ual in getting him
out of your vicinity in the shortest
possible space of time.
Grave doubts as to the purity of
the ice taken from the pond are ex.
expressed, and as its use may be a
matter of life or death to the people,
it would seem as though this is a
question into which the Board Of
Health should make careful investi-
CATION.
The Ann Arbor Register of last
week had this item on the Toledo &
Ann Arbor road: "The Toledo road
has had year of prosperity. Its
gross earnings for the year of 1884
amount to S2I5,9I5 against $751;, 5a5
for 1884 showing many larger
road nigh, be proud Of"
John Hiffner, Of North Star, has
received back pension of SI,Ioo.
There was large importation OF
pure bred Hereford cattle into Gen.
esee county last week-the property
of Messrs. Foster & Pearsall and r.
J. Whaley. Each of the parties have
one bull and five heifers; and OF
them the Flint Citizen says, "there
are no finer bred Hereford animals in
existence to-day"
The Ladies' Floral Cabinet, the
finest of the American magazines de-
voted to Horticulture, for February is
on our table, and is indeed a treas
ure. Every lady in the county shoult
be subscriber.
Richard Hyde, of Fairfield, hac
one of his legs broken while loading
saw logs recently.
Traverse City business men have
formed an anti-dead. beat association
| G. S. Bulkley, of Ovid, had 500
Jersey cow killed by the cars one day
last week.
! The Michigan Association Of Spirit
ualists will hold their annual conven
ton at Grand Rapids, Feb. 81 tC
March Ist. For reduced railroad
rates write to ]. A. Marvin. Lansing
Chesaning Argus: T. l.. Green
R. H. Mason, and his brother o
Grand Rapids, and Frank Gould, o
Owosso, started Wednesday night fo
Kentucky, with the intention oflook
ing up timbered land.
Friday morning of last week wa
the coolest on record in many part
of the State. In Owosso IS degree
below zero was the record, Cadillac
81; Cheboygan, 40; Lapeer, 80
Ionia "a; Detroit 20.
Monday was as stormy as Sunda
was pleasant. The wind blew from
the northeast, and the snow was pilet
up promiscuously in all parts of thi
section of the State. The train
were all hours late.
Ovid Union: Nine-tenths of tn
criticism of paper comes from thos
who are largely indebted to it,
The mercury registered I6 degree
above zero Sunday last, at p. n
when II candidates were baptized i
the Maple river.---As setting he
will never get fat, so is it that tn
J merchant who never advertises wi
always have stale goods to sell a