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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-07-06
Geo w. Owen has been granted a

Geo w. Owen has been granted a
pension.
Archie Robertson has been en-.
gagged as janitor for the central
school building; John L. Miller for
the second ward, and Bert Wicking
for the 4th ward.
The Robbins Table Co. have a
new pattern Of extension tables which
is taking very well with the trade.
The shop is being run with a full
force and it is hard to fill orders.
On Tuesday evening the School
Board completed the list OF teachers
by engaging Miss Anna Gould as
assistant preceptress of the high
school; Miss Lola Dunbar and Miss
Ida Durkee were advanced grade
each, and Miss Lydia Goodwin en-
gagged to fill the place vacated by
Miss Durkee.
One of the pleasantest social events
of the season took place on Tuesday
last at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
N. A. Finch, the occasion being the
marriage of their niece, Miss Lizzie
Davis, to Edward fowler, of Chicago.
1t was a quiet home wedding only
the relatives and personal friends
being present. At four o'clock, the
hour set for the ceremony, the strains
of the wedding march (played by
Miss Minnie Finch) were heard and
the bridal party entered the parlors
and took position under floral can
opy composed Of lilies and roses.
First came Rev. Thomas fowler,
father of the groom, then John
fowler, best man, and Miss Lau
IA Upper, maid Of honor, who
we're followed by the bride and
groom. The bride was lastly arrayed
in q cream colored dress Of Faille
Franchise. The simple and impress.
i've ceremony was soon over and con.
gratulations followed. An elaborate
wedding supper was afterwards served.
Mr.. and Mrs. fowler left on the
evening train for trip to the Atlantic
coast, after which they will be at
home to their friends at the Sherman
House, Chicago Fhe wedding gifts
were many and elegant.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-07-06
Luther Potter and wife are caring
foFAa tiauehtes UoFusJulyz4. sssNzStsssas'

FORE daughter oofn' July r'Ss'..''''''l'
The officers elect of Owosso lodge
I. o. o. F. are: N. c., Frank ]. Du-
bois, ". G., Martin Cute: Rec. Sec,
Bert Middaugh; Treas, A. Robert
son. -
The resignation of A T. Nichols
as cashier of the Corunna National
Bank has been accepted by the di-
rectors, and ]. ID. Leland chosen to
fill the position.
The gents roadster race at the fair
grounds Wednesday, was won by p.
M. Roth in straight heats. The 2:5o
race by E. Russell. The crowd In
attendance was not large.
A Democratic county convention
to elect delegates to the State and
Congressional conventions will be
held at the city hall, Owosso, on Sat-
urday, June ID, at II o'clock a. m.
Among the successful ones at the
pharmacy examination held in De-
troit last week, we note the name of
John Wesener of this city. A large
per cent of the applicants failed to
pass the examination.
The game of ball at Corunna on
the 4th between the Detroit Boys
Own Club and the Corunna Juvenile
Stars was as fine an exhibition as one
could wish TO see. Both clubs were
anxious to win and played at their
best. The battery work of the Stars
was excellent-striking out ID men.
The score stood 10 to a in favor OF
Corunna. The clubs have each won
game and the third will be played
in Detroit some time this month.
Justice Baldwin's court was the
scene of lively law suit on Friday
and Saturday last. The parties were
the Bstey Mfg. Co. VS.. F. ]. Spigel,
of Oakley. Suit was brought to re-
cover damages for non ful6llment
of lumber contract. Judgment
was rendered for the plaintiff in the
sum of $I47.88. Watson & Chap
man appeared for the plaintiff; Byron
Snow and J. E. Turner for defendant.
The celebration at Corunna drew
good crowd to that city. The
principal events Of the day were the
Grafton by Judge William Newton
and the ball game. The address by
the Judge was q scholarly one, brim
full of interesting points. The
Declaration of Independence was
read by Francis R. Boselly. The
committee IN charge of the exercises
worked hard to make the celebration
a success and deserve the thanks oil
the community for their work.
Sunday evening Warden Hatch oil
the Michigan State Prison at Jack
son delivered an address on Prison
reform at the Congregational church
He was greeted by large audience
who paid the closest attention fol-
over an hour and whose interest in
the subject matter was shown by the
many questions asked him at the
close of his remarks. The central
thought of the address was that the
sentence of criminal should be left
within certain limits to the discretion
and judgment of the prison officers
and that no man should be released
until he was competent to perform
the duties of good citizen and
until he had learned to respect the
rights of life and property. Prison
control, moreover should be elimi
mated from the sphere of politics.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-07-06
Personal Mention.
. Joel Lyon IS in the city,

JOSA 1Joh - IA thS Sisys
Mrs. L. E. Gould is visiting In
Adrian. f9eg
E. G. Hamblin. of Lansing, Sun
dayed 10 Owosso,
SgMn. wn.sawsr. 0fRush, y quite
seriously sick. sssAS
Bert Taylor is at home in Tawas
City for 2 two weeks stay,
WM. r. Peck and wife, OF Chicago.
are in the city visiting at !. II Peck's.
Chas. Foote is very low and the
Chances are very small for his recov-
sry{ Asss}
o. H. Packer has been engaged as
principal Of the Byron school. Sal
airy S7ooy TCYV93t n -;lT' -l,t
= H @, Proud, of Detroit, is the
new station agent of the T, & A. A.
in this city. '0AN2 - 9hA
Aid. Wells and family visited
Grand Rapids friends the fore part
of the week.
Bro. Allen of the Bancroft Adver-
tiser graced our sanctum with his
presence Monday.
Judge O. A. Smith, of Lansing,
visited with his brothers S. F. and o.
S. Smith, Tuesday.
Mrs. w. K. Tillotson and son left
Tuesday for New Jersey for visit
with Rev. L. B. Platt and family.
Miss Rena Smith was thrown from
carriage Friday last and sustained a
fracture of one of the bones of her
left arm.
Fred S. Retain preached in the
Baptist church at Lalngsburg on
Sunday. He may supply there during
the summer.
Geo. ]. Begole has rented one of
Geo. Sprinkle's houses on Exchange
street and will remove to this city,
from Marshall.
Mrs. John Waters, of Lockport,
N. Y, is visiting her son Dan w.
Waters and Mrs. +. r. Bailey: on
Hickory street.
E. M. Miller has been elected
Secretary of the Shiawassee Loan and
Savings Society. All persons inter.
ested should make note of this fact.
DR.. Lasell w., Lyon and family, OF
Alpena, and Herbert Lyon, of Detroit,
were at w. J. Lyons Wednesday.
Mrs. L. w. Lyon will remain for
some time.
John Wesner has accepted a
position in a drug store in Grand
Rapids and left for that place We'd
nesday evening. Johns Owosso
friends wish him success.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christian, of Chagrin
Falls, Ohio, parents of d. M. and T.
O. Christian, have rented VIM
Howell's Main street residence and
will remove to this city. Mr.. Howell
has moved into his new house on
Comstock street.
Pontiac Gazette: Miss Ella Daw.
son graduated from the literary
course at the Michigan University,
this week. Some of the family went
to Ann Arbor to witness the com
mencement exercises, congratulate
Miss Ella and cast floral offerings a,
her feet, in this important event OF
her life. Possessed of the richest OIL
educational capital, she is prepared,
we trust, to secure paying investment
in life's conflict for preferment.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-07-06
Wanted

To exchange-any kind of first class fruit
tree stock for good gentle mare or horse.
Stock to be delivered next Oct Or would
buy on time till next Fall and will give
security. Address. Isl
Belle Avenue Nursery.
st. Charles, Mich.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-07-06
Strawberry Festival.

The Disciples of Owosso will hold
a strawberry festival at VanHoten's
Strawberry Farm, on Friday, July 6,
afternoon and evening, to aid the
building of the chapel in Owosso.
All are invited.
BY request Of Com.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-07-06
Notice Of Annual School Meeting.

The annual School Meeting of the I'm
ION School District of the City Of Owosso
for the election of school district officers
and for the transaction of such other bust
ness as may lawfully come before il, viii
be held at opera hall, on Monday. the 9th
day. Of July, A. D., 1888, at 1880 o'clocl
In the afternoon. ~
(, Dated this eth day OF June. 1883.
A @. MCCORMICK, Secretary
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-07-06

Now is your time to get watches,
silverware, ETC., cheap. Fifteen per
cent off at Pray's the jewe;er.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-07-06

A girl wanted to do general house
work. MRS. H. N. WILLIAMS.
Cor. Ball and Oliver SITS.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-07-06
Bee-K

have several hundred At by 1t and st
by st section boxes filled with nice white
comb, which l will sell cheap.
o. s. SMITH.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-07-06

E. l. Brewer sells Gray Bros
celebrated ladies' shoes.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-07-06

-O-<&@4 ~ - u
Splendid haying weather.
Wheat is beginning to turn.
Wool IS cents.
The Harrison hat is very popular.
For infants shoes call on E. L.
Brewer.
See the call for the Republican
county convention.
The Estey factory has been closed
down this week.
Tariff documents for free distribu-
ton at this Office.
City lots for sale on contracts. In
quire at this Office.
No services at the Episcopal
church until August S.
The Robbins Jr. band played at
Chesaning, Wednesday.
The building Of the steam granite
works is well under way.
The K. 7. band furnished music
for the celebration at Saginaw.
Quarterly temperance meeting at
Maple River on Sunday next.
Organize Republican clubs and
prepare for an active campaign.
The Republican State convention
will be held at Detroit, Aug, 8 and 9.
The foot bridge across the river
near the car shops is ready for use.
Remember the annual school meet
ing at opera hall next Monday even
ing.
Thos. Nelan has been drawn as a
Juror for the next term of the U. S.
court.
The first three days of this week
Chas. Conner sold two tons of ice
cream,
Parties wishing some low priced
dishes will do well to call on G.. w.
Watrous.
On Saturday last the Corunna
National Bank declared dividend
of S per cent.
L. T.. Munson has commenced
work on two more new houses in the
third ward.
The subject of Rev. R. r. Davies
address next Sunday will be, "The
Peoples of the u. S."
The Durand Express will make its
finest bow to the public next week.
Its editor acts like hustler.
The report of the Secretary will
show the finances Of the school board
to be in excellent condition.
The Owosse Browns were defeated
by the Agricultural College club at
Howell on the 4th. Score 90 to S..
Frieseke Bros. are supplying a
large number of brick for the new
buildings at Laingsburg and Durand.
A fine Harrison and Morton ban
ner graces the front of The Times
office. 1t is the work OF Geo. II.
Bedford.
Before his departure tor home the
scholars of the commercial course
presented Prof. Hartman an elegant
gold ring as token of their friend.
ship.
The YIN. c. A. had splendid
meeting on Sunday evening, the
Young people of the several churches
uniting. The meeting was in charge
of Louis Flickinger.
The name Of the station in Venice
township on the Toledo and Saginaw
railroad has been changed from
Lennon to Dickinson, in honor of
the pomaster general.
The brick work on the Casket
Works is being pushed along rapidly.
Orders come in as fast as they can be
filed and business is being carried
along as before the fire.
The officers for the neat six months
of the Young Peoples Society OF the
M. E. church are: Pres, Louis Flick
niger; vice pres, Wellington Will
ans; Sec, Ora Shanafelt; treasurer,
Mamie Shanafeit. ALL FaS
las. d. Estes has sold the ST. Johns
Independents to Geo. S. Corbitt, his
former partner. Mr.. Estes has been
unusually successful as a publishes
and retires 9th the best wishes of the
fraternity. To Mr.. Corbitt we ex'
tend our best wishes for success.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-07-06
For Sale.

House and lot for sale, 3 blocks
from the post Office on Park street.
Enquire of Plat Elwell or this Office.
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A Romantic Story.

A story IL told il Brooklyn society OF the
sudden appearance of former resilient with
largo diamond and an ambition, equally
glittering, to marry q former sweetheart if
he could. He had been to Australia, made n
pile, end was coming back To Say long enough
to get vito, give her the diamond, marry
her, and take her back there. Unfortunately,
the girl of his choice was engaged and about
to marry. The Australian Welt sadly away
without having shown his diamond, ard in IL
day or two he gave it to another old acqnant-
ancc. Then he called upon the lady Of his
choice to bid her Good-b,', and she told him
that she had been thinking tie matter over,
and had found that size loved him hotter than
she loved the man to T nom she was engaged.
Back went tho Young :uan to the girl to whom
be had made a present of his diamond anil
persuaded her to give it to him and to take
its worth in money or i'll another jewel. lie
then took the diamond to the girl for whom
it was intended, and she became his wife ard
they havo sailed for .lustralia.-Nuw York
Cur
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The Parsons Fea.

The pastor Of wealthy church welded a
rich man recently to n very beautiful girl
who has been al intimate friend for years of
tho parsons wife Sho started from the
church door on trip to Europe, and as tho
minister shook congratulatingly the hand Of
the now groom ho felt hard substance
slipped into his own 1t turned out to be q
handsome lockct pendant, with tho brides
initials and those of the pastors wife dono in
diamonds.
''Ill put your picture in 1t Mt once" said
the pleased lady; Kit Is the first welding fee
that bas come to NO."
So she posted Or to photographer and or
dercd reduced head Of her husband. She
had hardly got homo when a messenger in
formed hcr that, folded and rcfoldcd and
jammc.l il behind tho glass, they had found
q $lC0 bill Tho Rev Mr.. and Nrs. Sailor
Service arc awaiting letter from tho other
side to know to whom the money belongs, as
the Mrs. Rev. DR.. S. VOWS it goes with tho
locllct. and the locl;c5 LelonSS 10 hcr.-Eew
York Letter.
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a Curious ard Valuable book.

Perhaps the most singular curiosity in the
book world is volume that belongs to the
family OF the Prince do Li5nc, and is nov in
Franco. It is entitled "The Passion of
Christ" and is neither written nor printed
Every letter of the text is cut out Of a leaf,
and, being intcrleavcd with blue paper, is us
easily read as the best print. The labor and
patience bestowed upon its composition must
have been excessive, especially when the pre-
cision and the minuteness of the letters are
considered. The general execution in every
respect is indeed admirable, and the vellun
is OF tho most delicate and costly kind. Ru-
dolph II, of Germany, offered for it in 164o
II 600 ducats. which was probably equal to
60 900 at this day Tho most remarkable cir
culnstancc connected with this literary treas
ure is that it bears the royal arms CT Eng
land; but when it was in that country, and
by whom owned, has never been asccrtained.
The Bookworm.
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Australian system of voting.

There is bill before tho New York leGis-
lataro to establish in that state tic '.!Aus-
tralian" sTstem Of voting. Who ever sup
posed that Australia would teach America
how to protect the ballot? Verify, tho day
when Macarlay's Traveller from Van Dlcman's
Land will start on skctchinS tour in Eng
land ha5tcns to apace.
Tho Australian system was explained by
Allen Thorndil,c Rice in The North Ameri-
can Review somo tiro siccc It is plan to
prevent intimidation and bribery. The state
prints tho ballet and enforces secret voting.
Each voter is furnished with ballots of all
kinds. Tho bill then says: "Each elector
shall, upon receiving such ballots from the
ballot clerks, forthwith select ono ballot of
each OF the kinks which he intends to vote at
such election, and mako such alterations, if
any, as he wishes to mako thereon. 10 shall
thcrcupon Immediately destroy in tho, pres
encc OF the ballot clerks all tho other ballots
received by him. The election officers must
not furnish to any oro person information in
rcgartsao thc way that any voter cast his bal
lots. Only voters and election officers are to
be permitted near the polls. "-ChicaSo Times.
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witches in tho Cream.

A most peculiar case Of superstition exists
in Yorl; township, o. A well known farmer
named Milar has always kept fine lot of
COWS and made great deal of most excellent
butter Of late years ho has had what he
terms it, "1yitchcs in tho cream" giving
himself and family a great deal of trouble
and great loss. 1t happens about every two
weeks when they put the cream in the churn
it begins fonming over the top and refuses to
gather. No amount Of churning has any
effect toward gathering the butter, and the
cream is taken out and thrown far away.
Tho family attributes the trouble to witches
brought on through tile agency of woman
in tho nc1shborhood through spite. 1t is
strange case.-Chicago Herald.
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A Trunk Full of Dynamite.

There's young man in town who has
whole trunk full of dynamite in his room,
and good many persons are anxious lest lie
should let the stuff explode Some Of them
are miles away, too. This dynamite COLI
sists Of few hundred letters written by
members of the great whisky ring t,ll or
dozen years ago. "In the lot,' says tho
young man, s'arc letters which would mako
a great sensation if published even at this
lato day. But they'll not I've published What
am 1 keeping them for! don't know.
Nothing, suppose. Yet how could a fellow
go and destroy lot of letters like that. I
haven't the heart to do it. n-CLicago Herald.
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ssS AoOi.o"" HcTo 1IO-eil IL ticiI I.iil;cs.
was awful, hut magnificent. All tho Arctic
blasts and oil tho ice5erss coulI not drive
them from their duty. Thoir silence was
louder than thunder And this old ship OF a
world has many at their posts in Ito awful
chill Of neglect and frozen of tho worlds
Gcorn, and their silence shall DO tue cu!ory
of tho skies, and DO rewarded ;ong after this
weather beaten craft of Planet shall have
made its last voyage
thank God that the rishtiest influences
. are the most Silent. Tho fires il q furnace of
: factory, or of steamship, roar though
they only moyo n few shuttlcs or few
thousand tons, but tho sun that warns q
world rises and sets without q cracl,lc, or
funniest sound. Travellers visiting Mount
Ktna, having heard Of the glories Of sunrise
Oh that peak, went up to speml tao night
! thcro and SEQ tic s.;;i riso next morning, but
wien it came up it was go fur behind their
| anticpations thoy actually Kissed it. The
mighticst influences to-day arc like the
planetary system-completcly silent. Don't
liss tic sum-
O, womani docs not this story of Vnshti
tho queen, Vashti tho ve;,e;l, Vasl,ti tho sac
! riilco, Vashti the silont, novo Your soul?
Ny sermon convcrgcs into tho one absorbing
hopc that nono Of you may .lo sh.t out of the
palace gate of heaven. You can endure the
hardships and the privations, and the
!cruelties. and thel sfosuucsfo this life If
YOU can OH yg ain admiss on there: Tfhronghb,
tho hood Of tho everlasting covenant you
30 through those gates, or ncvcr.Co at ell.
When Zone was besicgcd tho daughter of
its ruler saw the golden bracelets on the left
nrrls OF the enemy, and she's ,rord to them
that SIC wol:ll bctray her city and surrender
it to them if they would only give her those
bracelets on their LETT ;.r:Gs. They accepted
tho prefer, and by night this daughter OF
tho ruler Of tho city opened ono of tho gates.
Tho army entered, and, kccTins their
promise, throw upon her their bracelets,
and also their shields, until under weight
sl'o died. Alas, that oil through tho ages
tho same folly. has been repeated, and
for tho tr-ukets and glittcring treas
urcs OF tits world men and women
swing open tho portals of their immortal
soul for an everlasting surrender, and die
under tho SHINING encouragement.
Through tho rich grace Of our Lord Jesus
Christ may you DO enabled to initiate the
example Of Ia bel, and Hannah, and Ali
gail, and Deborah, and Mary, and Vashti.
Amenl
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President Lincolu,s su,,s.itutc.

During tho wcr, when n regiment of vol
uuteels was being raised il the District of
Columbia President Lincoln expressed Il dc
sire to place a substitute in lis rnnhs, ard
commissioned friend to find him one. john
S. Staples, who was the son of Clergyman
was selected and brought to. the president.
Mr.. Lincoln, after examining aim, expressed
himself as satisfied, and perfected arrange
ments by which Staples entered tho regiment
as substitute: Staples has just died at Do
yer, in New Jelsey.-'t,ank Leslics.
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partriires In tho snor.

In the northern states the ruled grouse,
commonly known as cartridges, have habit
Of nesting down III tho SHOW, and hunters
say they do so to keep warm. IN Oxford
county, Me-, a man WIS passing through
wood lot and was startled to see bird start
almost under his feet and fly away. Locking
carefully ahead of him he saw dozen or
moro black specks on the SHOW. Closer ill.,
spection proved that each Of these was the
head OF a partridge. The birds sat quite still
until he was almost near enough TO touch
them, then shook themselves FREQ from the
light snow and flew hurriedly away.
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Tho Cats NfefIic;nc.

A cat that had the appearance Of being
sick entered drug store at Van Barren, Mo.,
and began gnawing at paper package Of
medicine. On examination it WIS found
that the package contained cat.lip. y IIa,l-
tity OF it was poured OH the floor, anu lie
spectators were surprised to see tie cat eat
freely of the dry leaves and tiiea lio down
and walow in them. The cat has repeated
its visit to the drug Store every day since,
and has taken medicine regularly, the result
Of which is that il is rapidly recovering
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rea Grnwinc in Canadn.

Professor st. Andrews, of the Central Elk.
detrimental farm OF Canada, proposes trying
some experiments with hardy variety of
tea grown in Japan, and which, it is hoped,
may prove successful in the Dominion, as the
northern part OF Japan has climate about
as cold as that of the Ottawa valley.-Chi-
60 Nnu:s
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erom 1,rlntllsi to Australia.

The Britannia, of the Peninsular and Orl-
entail Steam Navigation compnny's line, has
lust made the passage from. Brindisi to Aus
Including detention i'll Egypt waiting
the mails, the detour to Ceyloh, and deteh-
ton there for thirty-six hours-in twenty
three days and ten hours-a continuous speed
ct sea for 5000 miles of, within fraction'
sixteen knots per hour.
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Doesn't Like Little SOLDIERS.

Queen Victoria, like Frederick the Great
of Prussia, cannot abide little soldiers. She
idmires big six or seven fcotcrs. If she hid
her way all the men in her army would be
sight feet bigh.-New York World
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l.u~pIpes for tho E,nir.

The emr of Afshar,'tan has ordered 200
bagpipcs. IL is hot stuffed what his serene
excel!ency's object may he i'll ordering 50
large o consignment OF these eccentric in-
rtrunlentS
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Two new steamers now being built in Bel
fast will have regular family suites, consist
ing of sleeping and sitting rooms and private
bath rooms,