The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-03-29
LOCAL NEwS


. Complete stock of paints at Mnrphys.
Vote to pay Michigan's Governor salary
of $4,000.
Miss Ella Smith is building house on
Water street.
Three persons were baptised at the Epis-
copal church Sunday.
Rev. K. p. Little, of Alpena, will preach
at the Baptist church Sunday.
Deacon Wiswel is the title the Detroit
: papers give to our crack ball player.
. The foot bridge has been replaced across
the Shiawassee at the foot of Oak street.
" w. A. Woodland has commenced digging
the cellar for his new Main street store.
Rev. Spencer baptised twenty-three per-
sons at the M. f. church Sundas evening.
Eighty Saginaw business men made Du-
rand a visit Sunday. Poor time for an eX-
cursion.
Pray, the jeweler, will re-
move soon to the Dimmick
block.
An engine is at work at the water works
wells pumping them out, testing the capac-
ity of the wells.
l.. X. Acker, of Vermontville, and j. f..
Slower, of Charlotte, will soon open hard
ware store in Durand.
You will save money by buying your
baby cabs, velocipedes, boys express wag-
ons etc. at The Famous.
Dick Willover has purchased Austin Phil
lips saloon, and the latter has removed to
Corunna to run lunch room.
Mr.. e. Wyckes and Louis ID. Eastman
have been elected deacons and Mrs. Louise
Gould and Mrs. Emma Ament deaconesses
,-.of the Congregational church.
= Walk into the double store of Osburn 81
Sons and see the piles of clothing rspring
wear. The styles are handsome.
j. C.. Cravens has been appointed post
master at Elsie. He was selected by vote
of the Republican patrons of the Office.
The .Corunna coal company made the
largest shipment of coal in two days last
week in its history, $50 tons being sent out.
The examination of Ed. Grow was COM
menced before Justice Baldwin, Tuesday,
and after five witnesses were examined the
case was adjourned to April 10th.
Sunday evening, March 3lst, Rev. DIR.
Conover will preach sermon at Christ
church, to men only, upon the subject of
personal purity, in behalf of the ''White
Cross" movement.
the officers elected at the Tuesday even
ing meeting of the Congregational Y. p. S.
@. Il. are: Pres, G. o. Bates; Vice Pres,
H. d. Eastman; Sec, Miss Lizzie Comstock;
Treas, Mrs. Loomis.
"A thing of beauty is a JOY for ever"
Therefore go to Detroit Floral Exhibition
over the ID. G. III. & M. Ry who sell return
tickets on April Sd, and 4th including adj
mission to exhibition, for only S2.65.
Next Tuesday evening in the G. A. II.
hall the w. r. G. will hold a basket social.
The young people are cordially invited to
come, and each lady is requested to bring a
basket or box, containing lunch for two.
Come one and all and have q pleasant even
ing.
The Rev. DIR. Roy, of Chicago, will speak
at the Congregational church next Sunday.
Giving in the evening stereoptcan lecture
with views of the South, over which he has
travelled extensively as agent of the Ameri-
can Missionary Association. Public cor
daily igited.
There is strong talk that about July 1st,
when the T. q N. M. Ry. Co.'S. lease of the
Saginaw & Mackinaw railroad expires, the
road will change hands and that the T. g.
A. A. will withdraw from the valley. 1t Is
quite probable the Grand Trunk will obtain
Possession of the road.
Four young boys, whose names we with
hold for their parents sake, we're arrested
and brought before Justice Baldwin, Mon
day, on charge Of breaking into the second
ward school house Sunday evening and car
rying on numerous small articles. The boys
are to be examined to day.