The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-04-12
Buds are well out on maple trees.

The assessor will soon be on hand. 1t Is
time to hide the dog.
The Owosso social club will give dancing
party on Tuesday evening, April 2a.
The rain last night and to-day will fill up
many low well and empty cistern.
LOring Il Son have done very creditable
work in papering the stores in the Wesener
block.
If you use Allen b. Wrisley's Good Cheer
soap, you will do your washing in in one
half the usual time.
Morris Cavanaugh died at Cleveland the
first of the week. His remains were brought
here for interment.
A 1S-year-old son of Walter Smalley fell
from trapeze bar on Tuesday evening
breaking his left arm.
Everyone set out tree this spring. We
should all be interested i'm identifying our
city and approaches thereto.
The Governor has appointed Saturday,
April 20, as ArbOr Day. great many
trees should be put out in Owosso.
A new time table is to go into effect on
the ID. G. II. & M. Ry. No. will run
from Grand Haven instead of Grand Rapids
as at present.
A number of friends of DIR. and Mrs.
Hume called on them i'm their new home on
Monday evening and left as remembrance
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The lecture by the Rev. Potts, of Detroit
Wednesday evening, was listened to with
pleasure by large audience. What is very
remarkable about this lecturer is that he is
entirely deaf.
A young man applied to the county clerk
recently for marriage license but was I'M
able to say how his fance's name was
spelled and went away in search of informa-
ton OH that point
Dave Dwight's business has outgrown his
present quarters and he has rented the
Mathews blacksmith shop on Main street
and will put force of men at work there.
Dave is a hustler and is building up a big
| business.
Handsome Autographs of the Detroit in
ternational league club were hung up in
Owosse, Tuesday, by ii. b. Merkle, Of
Detroit. On the lithO were excellent like
nesses Of Ed. Wiswell, left fielder, and M.
Macarthur, pitcher of the club.
A. r. Mcbride was re-arrested on charge
of slandering Miss GOodell and brought be-
fore Justice Baldwin on Thursday. The
case occupied the afternoon and resulted i'm
the discharge of the defendant. Prosecuting
attorney Miner appeared for the prosecution
and Watson & Chapman for Mr.. Mcbride.
The Congregational church was crowded
on Sunday evening by large congregation,
which listened with marked attention to a
very interesting discourse by the pastor, on
Robert Elsmere. Strong ground was taken
against the book, although the speaker
| thought good would result from the dis
cussiOn of religious subjects in works of
| fiction.
Last Sunday was the beginning of the
second year Of..Rev. r. r. Davies pastorate
| in OwOssO. In the morning sermon atten-
ton was called to the pressing need of a
new church, the old one being entirely too
| small for the accommodation of the cOngre-
CATION. Mr.. Davies work during the year
has been very successful, and the church is
at present in hourishing condition.
The Secretary of the County Board of
School Examiners is sending out circulars
| to the directors of schools, enquiring how
the work done by teachers last winter was
regarded, asking for suggestions and the
naming of three ladies who will be asked
to visit the schools in addition to the vista
| tons of the Secretary. A complete record
of the local opinion of school work will thus
be maintained.
Monday morning County Agent Mabin
received telephone message from Supt.
Cover, of the Reform school at Lansing,
that Dello Kinney, who was sent up from
Owosso township, died that morning of ty-
phoid pneumonia. Mr.. Mabin ordered the
body sent here and on Wednesday funeral
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STARTS and the remains placed i'm the vault.
The boys age was IL years.
ID. j. Hicks, who has been teaching school
in Rush for the past five months, believes
in internal improvements. Recently he
aroused the district to make 'bee," and
gravel the school yard. He and the pupils
laid the grounds off in walks and evergreens
are to be planted and liberty pole is to
swing the U. s. flag to the breezes. Mr..
Hicks use his school yard for drill ground
and the way the district swear by their
teacher is no surprise. MAY his tribe in
crease"
The cylinder of the large engine at the
Estey factory broke on Tuesday afternoon,
causing the works to shut down. The break
is a bad one and will take some time and an
outlay of about fifteen hundred dollars to
repair it. In the meantime power will be
furnished by small engine, so that one
force of men can work during the day OH
the first floor and in the night another force
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