The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-10-18

chapters of Country Luck"
Architect E. S. Ingersoll has just finished
the plans for new house to be built on
Oliver street east, by DIR. F. f. Hoyer.
All parties intending to secure season
tickets for the X. of p. series of parties will
confer a favor by reporting to the committee
at once.
Odell Chapman husked 20 bushels of corn
in half day the first of the week on 80
bet that he could do the same in a day.
Good work for lawyer.
The work of pipe laying for the water
works is being pushed along quite fast. The
city has large force of men at work and
wants 200 more, to whom good and sure pay
is guaranteed.
The Carnival tea on Tuesday evening was
one of the most successful affairs ever gotten
up in the city. Everyone present enjoyed
themselves. The Episcopal ladies never do
anything by halves anyway, and this enter
tainment reflects great credit on them.
The Y. M. c. A. lecture course will be
opened Nov. 7th, by Russell A. Conwell.
Season tickets are now on sale at p. 0.
lobby and at Y. M. c. A. rooms. Circulars
containing full information will be mailed
to parties not residing in the city. by APP
plication to the general secretary.
The Owosso Industrial University is be-
ing largely attended. 1t is certainly the
place for a business education. Already
they have several pupils in the shorthand
department who can write from 60 to 70
words per minute after studying only four
weeks. Learn shorthand if you want pay
ing position.
The Odd Fellows of Owosso will hold
Memorial services at their hall over the
postoffice, on Tuesday evening next. The
exercises will consist of music, and address
es by Rev. r. r. Davies, remarks by Rev.
G. b. Spencer and others. After the liter
airy exercises, collation. will be served by
the Daughter of Rebekah. The public is
most cordially invited to be present.
Hastings Banner.-We believe there are
very few if any who oppose the plan nowi
vogue here of aiding the establishment of
manufacturing institutions in this city. The
results already prove the wisdom of the
plan. If there are any who oppose, we
wish they could see OwOsso, which we did
for the first time on Thursday last. In 1880
Hastings had 20 more population than
Owosso. In 1881 that city began its gifts
to manufacturing enterprises, which up to
date have amounted to over $70,000 In
1884, Owosso had 3,S6s population, Hast
ings 2,622-oh had gained 1886 on us in
four years. Now Owosso has over 1000
people, Hastings 3,0O0-or 1900 more than
we can show. Owosso is still growing. In
her factories 1000 people find employment,
and new buildings and improvements are
going on in every quarter Of that busy city.
Nothing but her liberal aid to manufacture
ing institutions has enabled OwossO to make
such showing. Her people will cheerfully
give $40, 900 more to get new factories If
they can get the chance. That's what
makes the town. Among the II new brick
fronts on OwossO's business streets erected
this year, none were more creditabe than
the fine OwOsso TIMES block, owned by e.
o. Dewey, whom many of our readers will
remember. The TIMES has now one of
the finest printing offices in Michigan, and
like everything else there, is booming in
great shape.
In reply to what we said last week con-
corning the water work question and the
position taken by the Press, that paper pub
fishes this week long article claiming that
it intended to stand by the city in the con-
troversy and thought the committee was
working for the best interests of the city.
Well, that all may be, but the Press had a
strange way of backing up the endeavor of
the committee to get good work done by
the contractors. The Press says: 1.-The fact
is, THE TIMES engaged the type of us, after
the article appeared in The Press, to use
the same in its columns" There is q
mistake somewhere about this. The fact is
that in moving we thought it would be inn
possible to print OH time, and so sent one of
our employees to ask q loan from The Press
of its type of the real estate transfers, mar
rage licenses, lecture course announcement
and financial part" of Myers & Sons state
ment. We never intended for moment to
publish the slurs of Myers & Son on the sec
rotary and assistant engineer of the water
works committee. We simply wanted their
financial statement in order to show where
it was false. Previous to the issuing of the
Press we were informed by friend of that
paper that Myers statement was to be pub
lished, being paid for, and that he had pre-
pared an article in rebuttal, showed it to
of the water works committee who
approved it, and that he had requested The
Press to publish the same. The article did
not appear. Why not? The TINES has
no desire to injure The Press, but we were
surprised to see the article referred to pub
lished In its columns. 1t certainly was
poor way of showing its confidence In the
committee. The Press certainly did ''poise"
as the defender Of the men who were de-