The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-12-27
LOCAL. NEWS

Il Cdi udy.
The pension board will meet on Tuesday
of next week.
Room TO rent, furnished or not furnished,
over Beebe's store.
The educational column will be found on
an inside page this week.
We wish every one of our readers happy
and prosperous new year.
The annual meeting of the Congregational
society was adjourned to Jan. Is.
The Merell House provided an excellent
Christmas dinner for just seventy guests.
The Christmas number of the Breeders
Gazette was beauty. Send 10 cents to the
publishers at Chicago for a copy.
Married, at Ashley, Dec. "a, by Rev. E.
Little, Mr.. Frank NJ Chapman, of Owosso,
and Miss Jennie M. Pitts, of Ashley.
Eminent Commander Geo. r. Black will
entertain the knights of Corunna Com
mandery at his home on New Years even
ing.
Homer x Webb showed in their market for
Christmas beef a yearling heifer from the
farm of K. j. Cook and cow purchased of
Hiram Freeman, both choice animals.
The TIMES received among its Christmas
gifts a notice from Auditor General Aplin
that it had been designated to print the tax
sales beginning with the first issue in jan
uary.
Art loan and oyster supper. Fine arts
will be exhibited by the Aid society on
Tuesday evening Dec. 31st, 1889 at the Dis
ciple church, corner of Oliver and Hickory
Streets.
The Christmas number of the Chicago
Horseman contained a double page illustra-
ton of Louis Napoleon and Fanny Mapes
and their sons, including Jerome Eddy,
Geo. Milo, Edmore, Larry W., and Frank
Noble.
Mr.. j. w. Bartnett, of Butler University
Irvington, Ind, will hold series of meetings
at the Disciple church corner of Oliver and
Hickory streets, commencing Thursday eve
ming Dec. Goth and will continue until Mon
day evening.
James Gustin has rented the old Lauben-
gayer building OH Exchange street and is
prepared to do furniture repairing and fine
upholstering. VIII also buy and sell fur
niture of all kinds Anyone having articles
of furniture to sell will profit by calling on
him.
County Agent Mabn was called to CO.
runna on Monday to look after the case of
Lulu Clifford, aged -, arrested on charge
of assaulting Lottie Fish, both of Corunna.
The girl was found guilty and upon recon-
mendation of Mr.. Mabin sentence was sus-
pended.
Daniel Burhans has purchased the Pease
property on Exchange street west, including
the buildings occupied by ]. e. Williams
and Chas. Holman. Dan'l will reap a
good thing from this investment just as he
has from all his others. Price paid for the
property, $1,000.
The suspension bridge across the river
below the island was destroyed by the high
wind on Saturday evening. BY the outlay
of a few dollars the bridge could have been
made strong and safe and the cost of ii
would not have been wasted. The advice
of THE TIMES given two or three weeks
ago TO put it in repair was not needed,
hence the result.
Although the weather was decidedly UNI
| favorable to display as fine as is usual al
their market, still Messrs. Goodyear & Elan.
nigan caught the eye of the passers by with
their show of Christmas meats. The mar
ket was neatly trimmed and the porkers
mutton and beef hung up shown to the bes
| advantage. The cattle were purchased
| from j. w. Hibbard, two and three yeal
old heifers, weighing 1880, for which they
paid four cents per pound. The animal:
certainly made prime beef and were fattet
just enough.
Justice Baldwin was unusually busy tn,
first of the week. Patrick Ryan and Tim
Othy Doyle were found guilty on charge O
stealing shoes from Salisbury Bros, ant
Jos. Bertrand. They will board with Sheriff
Morrice for 30 days. Geo. Soules stole 6
shawl from the store of g. c. Duff belong
ing to a lady from Bennington. His
Christmas gift was term of 30 days i'm thu
Ionia house of correction, where he wa
taken on Wednesday by deputy sheriff Re
| tan. John Cook was tried on charge of as
saulting Fred Wildermuth, found guilty by
the jury and sentanced to pay fine of S2'
and S12 costs. Henry Watson wanted Il
find place to board for the winter ant
broke window in the city bakery and stol'
a pie. He was quite disappointed when HI
was given 30 days sentance i'm the county
| Jail and wanted the time extended.
The first merry chimes of Christmas bell
were heard at the 4th ward Union chapel OF
Monday evening. The room was nicely
noticed and ON the platform was arranged
two beautiful evergreen trees with their TOT
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