The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-23


Postmaster Stiff, Of Burton, died Satur
day, aged rs years.
A concrete walk is being laid around the
residence of G. r. Black.
Remember the X. p. excursion to Sagi-
nav, Aug. 2s. Fare, 81 for the round trip.
See the old Commodore make bread in
"Chip o. the Old Block" at Salisbury's Opera
House Aug 81.
The Chesaning friends of Prof. French
presented him with quite large purse of
money one day last week.
The roof is being on and the work will be
pushed rapidly along on finishing the Odd
Fellow and TIMES building.
A large party of Knights Templar and
Owosso business men with their ladies pass
ed Thursday at Whitemore lake.
Owners Of traction engines should re-
member that the law compels them to send
man ahead to give warning when their
engines are running on the highway.
One of the city horses stepped on a ten
penny nail last Saturday running it into its
foot the full length, making bad wound.
City teamster Martin is caring for the horse
carefully.
Prof. Richey, principal elect of the high
school, has been released by the school
board at his request The board chose
Prof. II. Ii. Frost, of West Bay City, to fill
the position.
"A tip top show was the general COM
ment heard as the curtain dropped on the
last act of Charles II played by the Labadie
company at Opera House, Wednesday eve
ming. The audience was as fine a one as
ever greeted show in the city and was
fully competent to Judge of the merits of
the play and company. Both were pro-
nounced unusually good. Mr.. Francis
Labadie and Miss Hattie ROwell are strong
favorites with an Owosso audience and on
Wednesday evening added to their former
popularity.
Mrs. Ii. N. Williams received word OH
Saturday of the death of her BROTHER Rev.
Stephen Mattoen, at Marion, Ohio, on
Thursday evening, aged 70 years. Mr.
M. was missionary to Siam for twenty
years, and at one time acted as United
States consult he, also, served as interpreter
for the officials of this country when i'm
portant treaties were made years ago.
Twenty years ago he founded Biddell Col
lege, Charlotte, North Carolina, and up to
March last was actively engaged in the
management of the College, acting as presi-
dent and treasurer for fifteen years. He
was fine scholar, a logical thinker and
withal good man.
Abram e. Minimum, dude insurance
agent, made this city headquarters for some
time up to two weeks ago representing a
life insurance company. His manner of
doing business not being satisfactory to the
company he was discharged. He at once
began soliciting insurance for the Union
Central Co. of Cincinnati, and did quite a
flourishing business, everything apparently
being all right, He issued a number of re-
ceipts for policies which never materialized,
ran up bills at several places and left for
pastures green. The company was at once
notified and an agent was sent here to inves-
tigate the charges preferred against him,
resulting in warrant being sworn out
by II. II. Hall for his arrest. Deputy
sheriff Retain found his man at Grand Ledge
on Monday and brought him to Owosso.
His examination will take place Sept. be-
fore Justice Baldwin; i'm the meantime he
is out on 500 bail. Among the persons
who paid him money are II. ii. Hall, Chas.
Green and Bert Hicks. The Lansing Re-
publican says that Minimum has left fol
parts unknown.