The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-16

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Q. d. Stewart was at Eaton Rapids
last Friday.
Rev. l.. B. Platt and wife have gone
to California.
E. r. Hutchins, of Detroit, was in
Owosso Thursday.
]. w. Angel made business trip
to Lansing, Wednesday.
April a6,-prize dance-Opera
house-two elegant prizes.
Our manufacturing establishments
all report large orders on hand.
The city scraper has been put to
good use on our streets this week.
New line of hand made oil cloth
shades just received at Loring & Sons.
Hon. c. L. Benjamin, mayor of
Saginaw City, was in Owosso, Satur-
day.
Your attention is asked to the ad.
of M. ]. Rich, the West Side harness
maker.
The city treasurer's report shows
cash balance in the treasury of a little
over $500.
II. H. Daniels returned home Wed
nesday morning from his visit to
Lockport, N. Y.
Our readers are requested to send
in news items at any time-we are
glad to receive them.
Attention farmers, see and heed
the announcement OF Lewis & Son,
and then call on them.
Builders will rejoice when the
weather is favorable SO that the brick
makers can get to work.
Capt. Lannin of the Salvation
Army will soon leave Owosso to take
charge of post in the east.
The question now agitating the
minds of not few is, who will be city
marshal for the coming year.
The village election in Ovid result
ed in the election of the entire Re-
publican ticket except treasurer.
Carpenters have been making some
changes in the interior of the store of
Lawrence, Hamblin & Co. this week.
Fred Wildermuth has commenced
drawing out the dirt from his. lots
preparatory to building his new hotel:
The council has ordered a side
walk laid along the angling road
from Washington street to the Bush
farm.
Stewart Beebe has on exhibition in
the post office window we'll executed
life size portrait of Rev. Geo. H.
Wilson.
Increasing business compels Dave
Dwight to have more room and so
this week he is building an addition
to his shop.
E. A. Todd, Sr., returned home
Monday from his Mexico trip. He
reports the outlook for his mining
interests as good.
c. M. Fitch is in this city working
up conclave of the Royal Adelphia.
This association pays the policy in
case of death, and an amount for
each weeks sickness.
Mrs. Lawrence Van Dusen tripped
and fell on defective side walk on
Ball street, Wednesday evening, in
juring her right hip seriously.
The Williams block is to be re-
paired, repainted, a new cornice put
on and plate glass fronts put in. This
will be decided improvement.
The theme of Rev. Thomas Stalk
er's sermon, next Sabbath evening, at
the M. f. church will be "The Moral
Purpose of the Garden of Eden"
The Excelsior works are overrun
with orders and have put on a night
force and will run night and day. Mr..
Faughner also reports large sales Of
lumber.
The Ready Helpers will give an
old fashioned tea party at Mrs. M.
Guile's, on Wednesday afternoon of
NEXT week. Tea from $3.50 to 300
o'clock.
The council passed an ordinance
Monday night requiring sidewalk
to be laid on the east side of Mulberry
street from King street north 10 the
city limits. The work is already about
half done.
c. S. Williams, well known to far
mers hereabouts, makes his spring
announcement OF farming tools in this
issue. The goods handled by him
are the best in the market-such as
the famous Jackson wagon, Oliver
chilled plows, etc.