The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-07-30

her Sanada visit Saturday.
Best floor and music at the rink.
August nth, Iath and 18th.
Hon. P. T. VanZile, of Charlotte,
was in Owosso on Wednesday.
Base ball: Owosso third nine, II;
Corunna club, 20; Wednesday after
noon.
Holman's new Box Stationery is
going like hot cakes-only IS cents.
Try it.
Miss Lille Gregory left yesterday
for Ludington, to be gone several
months.
Robbins & Son are laying their
patent concrete sidewalks in various
places around the city.
Miss Laura Bingham, who has been
at the home of We editor for several
months, departed for Chicago. Thurs
day.
E. l.. Griffith, of Laingsburg, is
being urged as suitable person tor
member of the Board of county Ex-
aminer.
Prof. Brandt, of Byron, and Prof.
Plunkett, of Vernon, during the past
week have made THE TINES office
pleasant calls.
The work Of preparing for the
reunion is being pushed vigorously
and arrang ements are as nearly per-
fected as may be at this time.
Married, by Rev. G. II. Wilson, at
the residence of the brides mother.
July 2Sth, 1886, Arthur S. Thomas
and Isabella Kerr, all of Owosso.
Miss Kate Sheppard, who has
been visiting at the residence of |.
l.. Peck for some time, left on Tues
day for her home in Medina, N. Y.
Smokers: If you want to know
whether c. G. Duff means anything
by his cigar adj, just step into his
store and look into his cigar case and
weep.
Chas. Stone and Ed. Wiswell, of
this city, left Wednesday evening for
trip in northern Michigan. They
will visit Cheboygan, Petoskey and
Harbor Springs.
1t is said that the surveyors of the
Michigan Central were in Owosso
on Monday and commenced work
on the survey for track from
Owosso to Lapeer.
The Daughters of Rebekah will
hold an ice cream social on Saturday
evening, July 3Ist, at the residence
Of Alderman Wiley on Williams street,
west of Water street A cordial in
vitation is extended TO the public to
be present.
The exhibition given at opera
hall Monday evening by Prof. Bristol
with his trained horses was one Of
the best ever seen in Owosso. Tricks
of various kinds were performed,
showing that the horses were most
skillfully trained.
Public sentiment throughout the
county seems to be in favor of the
election of Prof. J. c. Monroe, of
Perry, as a member of the Board of
County School Examiners. He is in
every way qualified to fill the position
and his election by the inspectors
would be credit to the county.
w. S. H.. Welton is taking the
school census. He reports 3S4 chill
dren of school age in the first ward
and $40 in the second. Total popu.
lation in first ward, 1853, an increase
of 90 since 1884; second ward, popu-
lation, IFS; increase, I6I. The
result in the third and fourth wards
is likely to astonish every one.
Rev. Mr.. Walton will return this
week. Service next Sunday at the
Episcopal church. Holy communion
and sermon at 10 a. m. standard, J
childrens service Choral partly) at
II a. m. A part of St. Paul's Sun
day school, Corunna, will be present
and exercises of an interesting char.
acter will be in order. Evening SER
vice 1890 p. m. Printed leaflets,
shortened service-partly musical.
About o'clock last Sunday morn
ing special freight train on the d.
& NJ railway ran over and instantly
killed William Voss, 10 months old
son of August Voss, who lives just
south of the track and west of Shia
wassee street. In some way the child
got out ofthe house and on the track,
and it is supposed that while the cars
were being coupled the train backed
over the child cutting it nearly in
two. AT the inquest on Monday be
fore Coroner Retain the jury found a
verdict in accord with the above
facts. The train men knew nothing
OF the affair until they arrived at
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