The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-04-26
Read the ads. Of the NJ. S. 4 o. Co.


Save money and buy your wall paper at
Loring's.
Lost, fountain pen. Finder will please
return to this Office.
L. p. Gilbert has purchased +. ii. Clark's
Insurance business.
Special meeting of the Business Mems
Association this evening.
Are Shiawassee Co. sheep breeders going
to have ''shearing' or does itnot pay?
If you owe anything on subscription now
is good time to call and pay up.
The postoffice will be opened Tuesday
from to o, IL to 1 and to o'clock.
Rev. Davies will speak Sunday evening
on the Inauguration of George Washington.
DIR. Hume was elected chairman of the
board of school inspectors for OwossO city.
Eunice L., wife of Henry G. Stanhope,
died at her home on Friday last, aged 80
years.
Supervisor Cooper, of Caledonia township,
is repairing and making additions to his
house.
Prof Henry Wade Rogers, of the Univer-
sity, will lecture i'm the M. +. church this
evening.
DIR. G. o. Austin is the postmaster APP
pointed at Morrice instead of Jarvis Protect
as announced at first.
Battle Creek parties were in Owosso on
Wednesday looking for building in which
to open crOckery store.
The election of officers for Christ church
was postponed at the Monday evening meet
ing to some future evening.
Fire caught i'm the grass along the river
bank near the shook factory Wednesday,
calling out the fire department.
Burglars carried off 500 worth of cloth
ing from w. A. McMullen's store, COrunna,
on Friday night last. No clue.
Miss Minnie Scott, the elocutionist, will
give an entertainment at the Baptist church
this, Friday, evening. Attend if you cans
A large number of Odd Fellows and
Daughters of Rcbekah are at Howell today
celebrating the 10th anniversary of Odd
Fellowship in America.
The old race bed has been surveyed out
and will taxed as nonresident property. 1t
is hoped that in this means the ownership
of the property will be discovered.
c. A. Conner is evidently prospecting. He
has purchased the building and lot on Ex-
change street west known as the Waugh
property. He will probably build.
N. M. Pray has had telegraph wire run
into his store, over which he will receive
correct time every morning. You can de-
pend on his time to set your watch.
Parties have been in OwossO during the
week looking the place over with a view of
coming here to open machine shop and
manufacture portable steam engines.
j. w. Hibbard, ofoMound Spring farm,
has commenced sheep shearing. "Jabe"
has 200 head of choice merinos and expects
that wool hnwashed) will be about 20 cts.
T. o. Christian has purchased an imported
regulator with a mercury pendulum, which
| is not subject to heat or cold thus ensuring
correct time. The regulator is fine, large
one, costing 500.
| An eight year old son of Gus Hinze found
| cartridge OIL Wednesday and proceeded TO
throw it in the stOve-result the end of
three fingers were blown off and one of his
| eyes quite seriously injured.
Go to the first ice cream social of the sea-
son at the residence of Mr.. johnson OH west
Main street formerly occupied by DR.. HILL
A fine program has been prepared by the
Y. l.. +. M. society of the Methodist
church. Bill ten cents.
One of the most attractive windows seen
in the city for months is the representation
of the Rock of Ages in the show front at d..
| M. Christians store. On an island covered
with flowers and plants are two dolls pray
| ing at the base of a white cross.
John DesborOugh, farmer of New Hav-
EN- township, committed suicide last Friday
by shooting himself in the head with re-
volver. He had been sick for some time
with consumption. He made will few
hours before committing the deed,
A lawn tennis club was organized in this
city Monday evening with the following Off
GERS: Pres, S. E. Parkill; vice-Pres., Miss
Rena Smith; Sec., Miss Anna Willoughby;
Treas, l.. l. Stewart. A committee was
appointed to secure grounds and play will
| commence next week.
Easter Sabbath was fittingly observed at
the M. E. church. The perfume of beauti-
full flowers gave welcome to the large au-
dience that assembled i'm the morning; the
pastor, Rev. G. b. Spencer, preached an
excellent and appropriate sermon on the
"Resurrection." AT $3.50 i'm the evening an
immense audience was present to listen to
the exercises prepared by the Sunday
School. The little, as well as the older
ones, acquitted themselves admirably in
song and recitations. After two hours of
pleasant greetings the large audience was
dismissed and all went to their homes feel
| ing that il was good to have been there"