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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1890-07-10

TO all concerned. lt sapS the
strength OF our people and
weakens their power to pro-
cure redress. We need every
body's help, because our up
pressorsare q great party
entrenchedi in thestrongholds
OF the government. Natur-
ally the redress Of wrongs OF
casioned by unjust legisla4
tion is the repeal of that Leg
islation, The great Demo-
cratic party Of America, now
in a.l;lrge numerical lnaiori.
ty, but deprived of the con-
troll OF the government by
the most unscrupulous meth
ods, openly and almost with
unaninity. favors the repeal
OF all the legislation of which
you complain. A little stren-
gthening of it's hands, and
but a little, will enable it to
triumph. Its triumph will be
yours. A little sapping Of it's
strength, a little division Of
its ranks, will be it's defeata-
gain. It's defeat will likewise
be yours. The danger is that
oppressed freelnen BECOME i'm
patient and impatient men
are often unwise. Your great
organization is but little
more than two years old-it
is not yet grown, 1t cannot
look for a great harvest ofre
suit before the sowing and
maturing of the crop. Alread
Y wonderful thingshave been
achieved. Venerable legisla-
tors, lifelong servants ofcor-
porations and Wall street
policy have already come to
know that there is q large
class OF the American peOple
called farmers and who have
rights and privileges like 9th
crs. No greater shock for
years past has been given to
the sleek and comfortable re-
cipients of class legislation
than the recent passage
through the Senateof the bill
to restore the unlimited coin
age and legal tender charac-
ter Of silver. This was un-
doubtedly due to the FARM
ers' Alliance. For the past
six months there has been
more discussion upon the
condition of the farmers and
matters pertaining to their
interests than had taken placv
within ten yersprevious. The
more of that talk the better
! for thefarmers. Their wrongs
are so palpable that the JUS
tice of redressing them will
become more and more irre-
sistible, as the lights turned
on. The policy Of thefarmers,
being now right, is to keep
within the right. Demand
nothing that is illegal, ask
nothingthatis unreasonable.
! Especially, it seems to me.
they should be careful not to
injure their friends.
They should hold their for
ces in handready to aid those
; who favor them and strike
those only who are hostile 10
their purposes and principles.
!. The attempt to make q p0-
i iitical party of the FarlnersS
} Alliance for the purpose Of
supplanting either Of tho
great parties who divide the
i American people would BE- 4
mistake. In the South
j lit could only destroy the dem
D locratic party and leave III
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-21
The New Estey Factory.

The new furniture factory to be erected
by ID. M. Estey and others will be built on
the land just west of the Stever Car Oiler
The site consists of 20 lots between the
Oiler property and Cedar street. The ID. Il
NJ. Ry. runs along the south side, the T..
81 A. A. and M. G. r. II. on the north,
making it most desirable place for such an
industry as the new one is to be. The site
was purchased of Mrs. II. N. Williams and
G. S. & b. D. Williams at a cost of SIS, OOO
Thursday morning force of men and
twenty teams were put at work excavating
for the cellar for the main building, which
is to be S0x250 feet, three stories high
above basement.
Messrs. Abrey Il Frazier offered to donate
eight acres of land on the Wright farm for
the site, and the citizens of the West Side
made liberal offer to have the factory
located near the Robbins table factory.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-21
LOCAL TEwS

Pure buckwheat flour at Banister's.
Call and see the new aristotypes at Moore
Bros.
For fine wedding stationery come to TIE
TIMES.
Cracker jars, something new, at 7. O..
Christians.
Dressed pork is worth in the Owosso
market $4.25 per hundred.
You can buy great big load of wood at
the Tool Co. works for IS cents.
p. ID. White is improving the appearance
of his house with coat of paint.
sour streets ought to be paved" is the sal
utation nowadays. 1t Is even so.
The Tool Co. is getting in an immense
supply of lumber for the winters work.
yickery & Son, of Flushing, have sold
their creamery outfit to Owosso parties.
The Shiawassee Savings and Loan Asso-
citation made loans to the amount of $1,000
Monday evening.
Several car loads of cattle and sheep were
shipped from OwOssO by the T.&A.A. road
to West Virginia on Tuesday.
Owosso lodge X. p. is arranging for so
cial party for December 10th. 1t Will be one
of the social events Of the season.
The December term of the circuit court
will be an unusually long one, owing to so
many cases going over from the September
term.
About 40 young men met at the Y. M. Q.
A. rooms Monday night and signlfied their
intention of joining the commercial arithme-
tic class taught by Supt. Simmons.
The w.R.C. will serve chicken pie sup
per from until o'clock Saturday Of this
week i'm the new G.. A. X. hall, Grow block,
second floor. All invited. Tickets fifteen
cents.
We will repeat for the benefit of the
American that THE TINES is the only Re
publican paper I'm Owosso that heartily sup
ports the ticket every campaign. We never
bolt the track. We think Bro. Owen would
feel happy If he could say so much.
A postal card with your address will bring
you a sample copy of The TIMES which
contains the educational column and more
news matter than any other paper I'm Sha-
wassee county. In job work The TINES
can do cheaper and better work because we
have fast presses and can make 1900 inn
pressions an hour and we employ twice the
force of any other Office In Shiawassee Co.
Choice mince meat at Banister's.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-21
Jim Burns, grandson of Napoleon, has
obtained q record of 1881.

Jim Burns, a grandson of Napoleon, has
obtained record of 2:31.
Myrtle, by Jerome Eddy recently obtained
record of 2:25L in race at Boston. This
makes three Eddys i'm the charmed circle.
A yearling colt bred by VIVA. Saver,
sired by his stallion Jim Peck, dam, Tiny
Wilson, 2:31 Il (dam of Raven Boy, 2:15L
and kindergarten, 2:26) recently obtained
a record of 1859 in race. Jim Pecks sire
is Louis Napoleon, dam by Louis Napoleon.
Wanted-Two girls for kitchen work.
MERELL HOUSE.
For sale:-A desirable lot within a block
Of the new Estey furniture factory. Inquire
at this Office.
Don't fail to see our new cloaks. No adj
vance here. OsBURN & Sons.
Wanted:-A competent girl to do house.
work. Inquire at 20s Oliver street west.
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist society
will serve tea at the residence of Mrs. CIV.
Darling, 715 North Washington street, FRI
day evening, Nov. 81, from 5 to o o'clock.
Commencing at s o'clock there will he a
musical given by the best talent In our city.
Two male quartettes have been engaged for
the evening. By ORDER OF Con-.
For sale-Some very nice Poland China
pigs, six weeks old; also two-year-old
thoroughbred Shropshire ram. Inquire of
r. Converse, one mile south OF Owosso.
Lost, two ten dollar bills, a five dollar
bill and dollar bill on Wednesday, be-
tween l.. K. Woodlands and the post Office.
Finder will be rewarded by returningto this
office
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-21
Location Of Electric Lights.

The committee on location of electric
lights, consisting of Aldermen Gould, Clapp
and Keyte on the part of the common coun-
Gil and E. l.. Brewer, G. j. Stuart and
Warren Woodward of the business mems
association have located the lights at
street intersections as follows: Ridge
and Washington, Corunna st. and
Washington, COmstOck and Washington,
Main and Washington, Exchange and
Washington, Mason and Washington, Good
hue and Washington, Elizabeth and WASH
ington, North Washington ST., Dewey and
Main, Saginaw and Main, Water and Main,
Elm and Main, Lansing and Main, Chapman
and Main, Oliver and Dewey, Clinton and
Mich. Ave-, Cass and Mich Ave-, Shiawas-
see and Howard, Cedar st. between Ann
Arbor & d., G. III. & M. r. r. tracks,
Stewart and Chapman, Shiawassee and
Stewart, Division and COrunna, Maple and
Corunna, Grace ST., Hickory and Oliver,
Ball and Oliver, Mulberry and Oliver, Eliza
beth and Mulberry, Mulberry, north, in
front OF residence of Alvin Evans, Pine and
King, Water and King, Hickory and King
Adams and King, Park and Williams, Oak
and Mason, Hickory and Exchange, Ball
and Exchange, Howell and River, Grover
and Oak.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-21

How about that water works well-will
1t ever be completed.
q. Hibbard was in Chicago this week,
taking In the fat stock show.
G. G. Turner. of Muskegon, was in the
city the fore part of the week.
If you want sheet of card board or blot
ting paper, come to THE TIMES.
q. w. Darling has been granted patent
on his backing brush in Canada.
ID. M. Estey will employ $50 men pext
week on his new furniture works.
Will Eggleston has been appointed as an
assistant to the mail carriers force.
The addition to the cold storage building
improves its appearance decidedly.
The enrolment of pupils in the city
schools was increased by IL this week.
C. S. Bingham is exhibiting his Shrop-
shire sheep at the Chicago fat stock show.
Nj. ID. Grow will give Thanksgiving
dance in his hall on the evening of the 27th.
Lewis Il Son paid the farmers of Shia-
wassee county about ~, 800 for apples this
fall.
Rev. +. l.. Little will deliver the sermon
Thanksgiving day at the Congregational
church.
The prediction is that OwOsso will have
the biggest boom next year of any time i'm
its history.
Mrs. S. b. Fuller entertained her friends
at tea party Tuesday night and card
party Wednesday night
w. r. Coats was in the city Wednesday.
He has paid the bill for pipe used in the
water works extension.
Post master Cossitt has appointed Harand
White as distributing clerk in the post Office,
beginning Monday, Nov. "a.
Henry Stanlake, of Owosso township, has
moved to OwOsso and will engage with his
brother in contracting and building.
1t is strange what mournful expression
some people can put on after they think a
damage snit can be maintained against the
city.
Several OwossO democrats were at Sagi-
nav Thursday night, participating in the re-
jOicings over election results. That's all
right bOys-its our turn i'm '92.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Disciple
IHuIcl, vi OWOSSO, Will give al oyster sup
per at the chapel on Friday evening, Nov.
2sth. All are cordially invited. Supper Is
cents.
Through an oversight in this Office, the
name of William Wright was omitted from
among the published list of contributors to
the nj. K. church at Burton. Mr.. Wright
paid $40 and it should haye been so stated.
The ladies of the Congregational church
on Thursday sent missionary box valued
Cat low estimate) at $500 to a minister in
the northern part of the State. They also
sent a box few days ago worth $25. There
will be happy Thanksgiving in two families.
Jacob Craven, a pioneer resident of Mid
dlebury township whose business has been
farming swamp 40 and managing an
aggregation of threshing, slat cutting, wood
saving and other machines, last week
folded his tent and other flexible articles
and stole away, leaving an aged father and
numerous creditors to mourn his absence.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-21
Common Council.

Pres. Gould presided with five aldermen
present at the Monday session.
The city clerk presented the following
veto by the Mayor of the electric street rail-
way franchise:
To the Common Council OF the City of Owosso:
nance of the Common Council of the City of
Owosso entitled ian ordinance relative to the
granting Of franchise to Charles ID. Haines,
Elmer Il. Haines and Andrew G.. Haines and
their successors and assigns, and any company
or corporation succeeding to their property
rights to locate, establish, construct and main
in the CITY Of owosso. should not 20 into efect:
1st. For the reason that said ordinance per
mits the use Of animals, steam and other power
on said railways Believe the large majority Of
the citizens are entirely opposed to the use OF
any other power than that OF electricity to pro
the use of steam would be dangerous and i'm
practicable and the use Of animals would not
accord with the spirit of progress in our growing
city.
end. For the reason that the ordinance as
passed by the Council gives the Railway Com
pany an unlimited and unrestricted right to
build It's railways on all the streets of the City
and on any of them, while believe It for the
best interest of the city that the Common Coun-
Gil should retain the power to direct upon what
streets railways should be constructed and upon
what portion of the streets rails should be laid.
3rd For the reason that said ordinance
places no sufficient limitation upon the time
ing its railways or shall commence the same;
the result being that II the company constructs
one mile OF railway by June list 1921, they may
decline to construct any more during 30 years,
and still retain the franchise for that time. This
would In my opinion be an obstruction In the
way OF further improvement and could not help
but embarass the council and the city In any
subsequent attempt to procure system or
street railways In the city.
For these reasons this day lodged in the ONCE
of the City Clerk by me, have declined to APP
prove said ordinance
Dated Owosso, Nov 12 1890
Theoveto was sustained by vote of the
council
General accounts to the amount of S273.57
and water works accounts to the amount OF
S123.43 were presented and allowed.
A receipt was presented from city treasur-
er Kohler for S140. 73 sidewalk tax.
The sidewalk committee reported favor
ably on the petitions for sidewalks ON both
sides of Oak street from Main to Williams
street. The report was adopted. An Or
dinance for the same was adopted. Also an
ordinance to grade Hickory street from Com
stock street south to Jerome Ave.
The liquor bond of Valentine Goldsmith
with II. Piero, NJ. Van Wagner and Fred
Weingart as sureties was presented and
tabled for week.
Cedar cross walks were ordered on WASH
ington street running from Richardson's and
Lawrence's groceries to the east side OF the
street.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-21

For shawls and health underwear look at
OsBURN n Sons.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10
"Hard Winter" Signs.

c. C. Shaync has turned prophet. 1t is
Oh borrowed representations, however,
and is confined to the weather.
81 predict winter of unusual sever.
ity," he said to me "A couple of days ago.
~ base my calculations on the reports
of the trappers from the Northwest, and
particularly on the condition of the
various raw skins now being received in
the New York market, and especially
upon the heavy growth of "undcr fur"
or down. [ learned this from an old
trappcr from the Hudson Bay region.
Those old fellows can tell in midsummer
whether or not the coming winter is to
be severe or mild. Their forecast is
made in this way: When trapping they
have regular routes over which they
travel almost daily aud become familiar
with every detail of the topography OF
the surrounding country, its animals and
their habits. They tell me, and have
Travelled much among them during the
dull season buying up skins of all kinds,
that when certain animals begin to visit
certain portions of that country and Law
up extra food, supplies, ETC., that u
severe winter is sure to follow. Then,
too, they claim to tell from the appear
ance of the skins the approach of a severe
winter. If the ''catch" of skins fer
the month of September is unusually
heavy in fur and are covered with a
thicker layer of fat, the coming winter
is sure to be hard one. 1t seems as il
nature had provided the animals with
m additional heavy coat to withstand
he ravagcs of an extremely cold winter
When | receive the first of the seasons
skins, the first thing do is to examine
lem TO ascertain what kind of winter
expect, for my own satisfaction and
t business reasons. "-MeD York Sta.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10
DEGENERATE DAYS.

Oh, tho man with fist like the hoof OF ,
horse,
That con discount the kick Of mule in it.
force,
Has found, in the tusslo
or life, it is muscle,
And brains are waste as matter Of course.
He may get oil the favors OF fate he NAV
ask,
In glamour of gold for while can be bask,
Ii he pleases the asses
Who gather in masses
60 see him 60 over the falls in cask.
If you only are born with hcad sot awry;
If like cyclop you have only un oyo;
Ii you happen midget
Or have one extra digit,
You are bound TO succeed and You needn't
half try.
So, away with your Latin, away with your
Greek,
All tho training you uecd is to harden youi
cheek
They are thumpers, not scholars,
Who harvest the dollars,
And the wrcath's OIL the head of the museum
freak.
Charles w. Snyder, in Lippncot.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10
A Pleasant Surprise.

A few years ago, ii pleasant, genial
old gentleman called at one of the city
banks in London and requested an intro
'duction to one of the junior clerks. The
clerk, who had noticed the stranger and
seen him enter the managers room, was
startled by summons to go inside.
Once inside the managers room the clerk
found himself face to face with the
stranger. The visitor Immediately broke
the ice By saying nc, had the pleasure to
announce that by the death of an uncle.
and in consequence of the death of sew
cral other relatives, this young gentleman
was heir to baronctcy. Hardly belicv-
ing his ears, the clerk summoned up
enough presence of mind to ask if it was
an empty title. The visitor Immediately
and blandly informed him that his in
come was ut least ten thousand pounds
$3.50, 000) sterling year, with fifty thou
sand pounds $3.50, 0O0) at bank upon
current account. 1t has since been as
ccrtained that the income is not less than
sixteen thousand pounds $3.50, oO0) year
-ArgonaW.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10

The average citizen OF the United
States knows very little abou; the man.
agcmcnt of affairs in the sister republic
of Mexico. Every little while a bit of
news crccps into the papers which causes
us to modify our views. Thus we are
accustomed to think of our continent be-
iny free from the old-world vice of main.
tanning armies composed OF men forced
into service in time OF peace, but ii seems
that the system prevails in Mexico. Her
army, small Us il is, is made up in part
of forced recruits A number OF these
the other day, while under the charge of
an escort, mutinicd, severely wounded
lieutenant and killed sergeant. The
mutinecrs were subsequently arrested and
sent to the City Of Mexico, to be shot for
their crime. Something must be radi.
cally wrong in Mexico, observes the San
Francisco Chyoaicie, or She would not be
compelled to resort to force to keep III
her small army
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10

cue pinno or guitar. arc quito refresh
ing, and PLEASANTLY while away the
hour between daylight and dark, when
one Is apt to imagine. in the country
especially, that "the COLLINS II get you
Ell you don't watch out" Grandpa's
eyes sparkle, aud grandma's feet keep
tlme to the movement of little feet
Swimming across the floor.
Who would exchange this visit for
the seashore or the mountains? Surely
not tho three little maids who are so
happy here; and L may add the con-
taSion has affected us all, for are we
not together? Each presence affords
10y, even though every hour did not
call forth an act of uuselfish love. But
midst the sunniest hours OF our union
comes the chilling recollection that
when these happy weeks are ended,
months shall grow into years before we
shall group together in the big square
parlor at eyentide, and listen to each
others song and merry Jest. or sur
round the long table where grandma
has endeayorci to tempt each individ-
ual appetite, and whore We have lis
tened with suppressed amusement to
the magniiicd woes and adventures. re.
- WAY Aisti' S5ii 10, W lD litNC nOG
become acquainted with the name of
The farm appurtenanccs. and are fire.
qucntly arousing our risibilities by re-
ferrins to the hay cart as the Spring
buggy with holes in it," or to the milk
which is not nice and white as that
which we buy in town"
Can sous and daughters serve
higher ambition than to bring bios
SONS of love and plant them at tho
dear Old hearths;oue, where they may
bloom and eXhalo sweetest fragrance
around the forms OF father and mother,
so that their last days may seem the
best, and that We may deem ourselves
worthy to initiate them, in preccpt and
practice, not only III acknowledgements
OF the tenderness with which they havo
crowned our lives, but that we nav
profit by their example, and fill our
place worthily rs grandpas and grand
mas of the future.
And wleuat last the old folks die
Couid love Unchanged 10 blooming nowcrs
And strowcd abOvo tlicm here they lie
Iheir 5a:c3 should seem exotic bowers
And so | think, my blue-cycd BERTHE,
You shall receive birthday kisses, to
the number of many times five, before
YOU shall sec happier days than these
OF our visit ut GraudDa's
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10
A Good Memory.

GLOW do you manage to remember
the owners OF all those hats" asked a re.
porter of It porter standing in front of 3
hotel dining-ha.l the other day.
GLOW do | remember thcm?" he re-.
pcatcd, by way of reply. "NNhy, it's ms
easy as learning your \ b C's. Look at
that rack there. Probably there are fifty
hats on it, and if | cant pick out the
right one the very minute the guest comes
out I'm no good ut all. It's all in the
memory. You see, every hal has some
peculiar mark about it. Maybe the lin
ing is Il peculiar color, or there is Il hole
i'll it, or one Of thousand things, by
which it could DC picked out among the
rest. A man comes up and hands me his
hat. The first thing | do is to take Il
good look at his face and next at his hat
Both of them are fixed in my memory by
some striking popularity, and wouldn't
forget the man or the hat. if l was sound
asleep. My position depends on my abil-
ity to recognize and remember the odd
and striking in men and their belong
ings. - Indianapolis Journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10

Miss Kate Drcxcl, the Philadelphia
hciress TO over So, 600, 900, who was adj
United us Il postulatc into the severe or
dcrs of the Sisters of Mercy. has now
taken the white veil, her first six months
of probation having ended. This stcp
is a new one toward the black veil, which
about three years hence, will separate
her from the world for life. cit
would be mistake" says the New
York san, ''to attribute to undue intlu-
cnccs the disposition Miss Drcxel is max
ing of herself and her millions. II is
simply the natural development of the
life she has led since her infancy. Her
father was deeply religious man. So
was her mother, Miss Longstrcth, who
died when Kate was only two years old,
but found time to SOW in her mind the
seeds of mysticism which was carefully
cultivated since by her stepmothcr, a
Miss Bowler, whose family was of the
strictest religious habits such as are still
to be found in highly cultivated French
families nowadays. Sister Drcxel will
devote her life to the education of Indian
and colorcd girls, and u few years from
now will probably be heard from as the
lSuperioress of useful branch of her or.
DORM the West"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10

Thomas Lamb, United States pris-
oncr received At The Omaha pcnitcntiary
from Texas in January, 1889, on an
eighteen months sentence Tor smuggling,
has been pardoncd by the President.
Lamb, who is an Englishman by birth,
is the owner OF an enormous tract OF
land i'll Mexico, where his wife and four
children live, which is said to be valued
AT 81 900, 600, and yet he attempted to
increase his wealth by rcsorting to
crime