The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-08-03
VIM. NJ. FITZPATRICK,
Chairman
The towns and cities in the county are
entitled to the following delegates:

1t is hoped that the Evening Jour-
nal will persuade Gov. Alger to run
for Congressman in the first district.
THE TINES notes with regret the
withdrawal of Hon. Clement Smith,
of Hastings, as candidate for the
Republican nomination for Congress
in the sd district. He is an able
man, one in every way worthy to be
the successor of Hon. James O'Don.
nell.
Senator Palmer in lengthy inter
view declares that he will not be a
candidate for reelection to the Sen
ate. He predicts that the Republ-
cans will carry the State by ten to
twenty thousand plurality, elect ten
of the eleven congressman and three
fourths OF the legislature.
Chesaning Republicans are wide
awake and have organized Harrison
and Morton club with large men,
bership. The officers are: Pres,
Joseph Collissi; vice pres, o. Chap
man; Sec, Chester Hopkins; treas,
Chas. Stuart.
Under recent act of Congress APP
proved by the President, any envel-
ope, wrapper or postal card contain
ing on the outside anything which re.
fleets injuriously upon the person adj
dressed or any one else, or upon his
character or conduct, or is plainly
calculated and intended to injure his
feelings or reputation, or bring him
into dlscredit, or which threatens
him, will be excluded from the mails.
Anything in the nature of an offensive
or threatening dun apparent upon
an envelope, outside cover or postal
card, or conveying the suggestion
that such dun is enclosed, will be ex-
cluded as non mailable under this
act.
"Well heeled" buyers wear E. l..
Brewers boots and shoes.
D. r. DeLand, the famous salera.
tus man of New York, and member
of the Democratic State Central
Committee, has come over to Harri-
son and Morton and 900 of his men
are with him. The solid South Mills
bill did it.
Morrice Sentinel: Crops were
greatly damaged by very destruc-
tive hail storm, which passed over
a section about four miles south of
Morrice, Wednesday evening of last
week. Specimens of corn stalks
were handed us by c. Nicholson,
which had been cut into strips by the
hail, and..which he informs us is fair
specimen of the work done by the
storm in that locality.-LrD. Goss
has been purchasing fine half.blood
Arabian horse.
The two Saginaw Democratic drom.
los are peculiar. Mr.. Burt, speaking
in Michigan for Michigan, says: at
the Mills bill is Democracy, am not
a Democrat" Mr.. Tarsney, speak
ing in Washington for the country,
says: 81 am prouder of my vote for
the Mills bill than of any other vote
have ever given in Congress.
That new Bradbury machine at E.
l.. Brewers sews rips in old boots
and shoes nearly as good as new.
The Forum for August contains an
analysis of the British and American
Governments by Judge James M.
Love, Of Iowa, who shows that we
have a much better system of checks
against the evils of party prejudice
and popular whim than the English.
1t is study OF the two Governments
by the Oldest U. S. Judge in point of
service, except one, now on the
bench, Judge Love having been an.
pointed in 1856. The second of the
economic articles by Edward Akin.
son, which the Forum has secured, is
"Must Humanity Starve at Last?"
1t is an effort towards the building up
of a distinctly American Social Sci
ence.
A good "two-foot" rule-never
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