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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-04
A uisauce.

am pleased that you have kindly given
me little space in your paper to ventilate
my wrath at an abuse that has been grow
ing upon us for several years. l refer to
the practice of keeping an audience waiting
till most respectable people ought to be, and
would be, i'm their beds, before the enter
tainment at the opera house begins. The
last time l was i'm the hall it would have
been o'clock in just ten minutes when
Chaplain McCabe began his lecture. This
is due largely to the fact that the managers
of the lectures, concerts, ETC., insist on wait
ing till the last reserved seat is occupied
before permitting the curtain to rise, and so
a score of people or less will keep 200 other
people waiting, on an average, one time
with another. a half hour to suit their con-
venience. Now 300 people waiting one
half-hOur means in the aggregate the loss of
ten working days of ten hours each. Why
do the ten persons insist on perpetrating
this wrong? So far as l know only because
it is so common, so vulgar to go early.
Upon the evening referred to it was 10
minutes to Q o'clock when the last of the
upper tendon sailed into the hall, and hav-
ing compelled six persons to vacate their
seats that she might reach her reserve. flut-
tered down into it, having adjusted her
Gainsborough at an angle of fOrty-five
degrees, that being the point of greatest
ObscuratiOn-that is, hiding the stage from
the greatest number of people behind her,
graciously permitted the business of the
evening to go forward.
There are other reasons, good and suffi-
cient, that may be urged against this prac-
Mcc, besides the waste of time. 1t usually
happens, i'm these degenerate days. that an
audience that has been kept waiting 80, or
even 10 minutes, without any apparent rea-
son, is mad--l am, always-and so 1t is a
wrong to the stage as well as the audience.
1t is not pleasant for the lecturer, the actor,
the singer to face house full of people who
feel more like using some ugly-maybe
''cuss" words-than applauding. Much
valuable time is thus wasted before the
audience is in a properly receptive mood.
There is another, a sanitary reason, why
this delay is pernicious. 1t Is known that
the opera hall is not properly ventilated.
BY the time have been breathing air for
half an hour that has already done duty for
quite a percentage of 900 other persons
whose mouths are more or less filed with
foul, decayed teeth, with tobacco, and
catarrh, IL stands to reason that / must feel
something more like fool than / did i'm
my normal condition.
The subject is by no means exhausted.
The remedy is easy and practicable-let
there be definite, axed hour when enter
tainments are to begin, andiwhen the min
ute arrives let the curtain go up. Upper
tendon will be there. L.
April |, 1890.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-04
Camp Fire.

The G. A. r., assisted by the w. II. c.,
will hold Scamp Fire" at Wesener's Hall,
on the 9th of April, that being the Gath an
niversary of Lees Surrender. At this camp
fire there will be short sketches of army life
and incidents such as ''The Capture of jeff
Davis" Lees Surrender" Life on the Gun
Boat, 1.-THE Blowing up of the Sultana on
the Mississippi" &c., delivered by boys who
were there. There will also be songs and
recitations, also a bountiful supper will be
provided. $1.50 worth of enjoyment, and
all for 15c. Proceeds to go to needy veter-
ans
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-04
Asbury s. s. Anniversary

Long before the hour appointed for the
exercises to begin, Asbury chapel was pack
ed to its utmost capacity, many being turned
away for want of even standing room. The
program, lasting an hour and half, was
well rendered, about 35 persons taking part.
Among the number being Mrs. ID. M. Chris
tian, Mrs. G. b. Spencer, j. ii. Hicks, Mag
gle Halsey, G. w. Parker, Della Garrison,
Jesse Halsey, Ethel Embury, j. II. Robbins,
Jr., Edw. McAfee, Nellie Smith. Mrs. j. +.
Terril's and Mrs. Jas. Smiths classes.
Treasurer Mackey reported having receiv-
ed during the year $119 and discussed Sic.
$50 of which was paid for the chapel organ,
S35 for s. s. supplies and the balance on
bookcase, bell, and other incidental ex-
penses.
Anna Stewards report as secretary showed
a growth of 125 scholars for the year. The
school Is in flourishing condition, and its
2nd year, upon which it enters next Sunday,
Is full Of promise.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-04
Easter next Sunday.
pa0;strot;op to-norra,y


Registration tomorrow.
Nice lemons and bananas at Hunts.
The Board of Health says, ''clean upw
Turn out Republicans and vote your
ticket.
Hunts crackers cannot be equaled in the
city. Trs them.
Do not fail to read our extra two pages
this week. Ten columns OF good reading.
On account of the democratic caucus this
evening there will be no meeting Of the o..
B.M.A.
Come and investigate Hunts claim to low
prices and fine quality of goods. He means
business. eaH rr
DO net fail to read "A Nuisance'publish-
ed in this issue. There is good deal of
hard sense in it.
Chapel Il Son will pay so cents per BUSH
ei for horse radish delivered at their place
OIL the COrunna road.
M. l.. Parker wants to trade brick for a
frst-class work horse weighing not less
than 1900 lbs. See him at once.
Parkill IL Son have received 500 bottles of
ny of Hood g. Co., for the spring trade.
In note from Denver friend we learn
that W. I'll. and c. j. Andrus are doing a
big furnace and mantel business i'm that city,
The TIMES requests some friend in every
township to send in the election returns as
soon as possible after the result Is ANNOUNCE
i. ed. Give full details of the vote.
a & C. II. Thomas has purchased the restau-
rant business of John Vinkle, under Muir
ray & Terbush's store. Mr.. T. will serve
meals at all hours. Give him your
patronage. tt-aa4t AAtlt
The attention Of Justice Byerly was taken
all day "Wednesday I'm the trial of the case of
the people VS.. Sarah Haley on charge of
keeping house of ill-fame. The jury
found her guilty and sentence Of $25 fine
and S33.75 costs was imposed. An appeal
was taken to the Circuit Court.
The following from the Howell Republic
can will be surprise to MIR. Woodin's
friends here: Tuesday l.. M. Woodin
made an assignment to ThOmos Gordon Jr.
The assets and liabilities are thought to be
about equal. A short time age Mr.. Woodin
added stock OF groceries to his ice cream
business and owing to the close times and
tic ldCt tidI TIC pcOpiC WclC H~e SChOi~hy
aware that he kept groceries he was unable
to meet his obligations.
About two years ago the pretty opera,
Cinderella, was rendered i'm this city, by a
carefully trained chorus of young people.
under the direction OF Miss Carrie Rsse.
Arrangements are now being made to give
the Silver Slipper, some time in the near
future. About 100 children will take part.
This 0peretta was rendered recently In Up
sianti and the Commercial pays Miss Rose
the following graceful compliment on its
success. ''Onc OF the largest audiences
which ever gathered i'm our Opera House to
witness children's entertaipment, was
present last Saturday evening to see The
Silver Slipper, as given by the 100 children
trained by Miss Carrie Rose. To say that
the expectations of the enthusiastic audience
were fully realized, is very faint praise.
Every member was applauded, and many
encered. Miss Rose is an expert at her bus
mess, and deserves, and will receive, the
support of the best people where ever she
goes
Hunt has only the hes. dried beef.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-04

Canned goods of all kinds SO cheap at
Hunts, you can afford to eat them every
day i'm the week.
Yellow peaches very cheap at Hunts.
Full cream cheese at Hunts.
Sugar cured hams, the best that can be
had, at Hunts.
Buy your spring overcoat Of Murray q
Terbush.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-04

Graham crackers only 10c pound al
Hunts.
Ginger snaps only 10c at Hunts.
New canned salmon only 10: at Hunt.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-26
GREAT MEN.

John Ruskin feels buoyant and elastic on a
bright, clear day. but on dull, wet. day he is
moody and misanthropic He is his own
weather bureau.
Henry Warren of New Haven, who sells
papers on Connecticut railroad trains, is
doubtless the Nestor of newsboys He is in
his eighty-second year, and has the fur ther
distinction of a third set of teeth, now well
through.
Prince Bismarck is hard at work on his
"Reminiscences. Two secretaries are aiding
him in his task, one of them being the assist
ant doctor of Schweninger.
King Humbert of Italy affects to be English
and calls for rare steak and thick mutton
chops.
The emperor of China, Kooang Hsu, is liv-
ing in constant dread of assassination, Every
morsel of food and drop of liquid intended for
him has to be tasted by one of his luckless at
tendants.
Count Hartenau, best known as Prince
Alexander of Battenburg and of Bulgaria.
who married the pretty opera singer, Mile
loisinger is in great favor at the Austrian
court. His infant son was recently chris
tened under the name of Louis AleNander
the grand duke of Hcsse standing as god
father
Henry NJ. Stanley has become SO tired of
the receptions given him in London that he
never laughs and seldom smiles. 1t is like
pulling teeth to get him to talk on any other
subject than Africa.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-26
The Two DakOtns.

Earling wants lumber yard.
A Browning club has been organized at
Yankton,
A Lutheran church is being built at Ger
mantoWn.
A Woman's Relief corps has been mustered
in at Howard.
Wolsey will issue $500 in bonds to sink an
arteSian well
The Elk Point creamery turns out 5000
pounds of butter per week.
Kingsbury county old settlers will hold a
reunion at De Smet early in June.
The Black Hills association of COngrega-
tional churches will meet at Custer City June
( and =.
A smelter with capacity of 300 tons is
soon TO be erected in the new town of Pied
mont.
The Codington county Womans Christian
Temperance union will meet at Watertown
June ,.
The South Dakota Adventists will hold
their annual camp meeting at Madison about
the middle of June
Mrs. Gibson, living near Harrison at
tempted suicide the other day by striking
herself on the head with a hammer, This
is the third attempt within a short time. She
will be examined by tho commissioners OF
insanity
Rapid City caught fire from defective cleo
tric light wire aud was damaged to the cN-
tent of $500. The loss is partly covered by
insurance.
lain for the manufacture of Portland cement,
large deposits of the chalk rock ana clay,
from which the cement is made, having been
found I'm the vicinity.
A prisoner named Matthias Srouble sen
fenced from Hankton county for burglary,
has been transferred from the peuiteut.ary
to the Yankton asylum He had only been IN
the peuitcutary six weeks when he became
violently insane
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-26

more vigorous policy in enforcing the
law than has yet been applied. II is un-
doubtedly the fact that the greatest
danger to the law at present
is the want of such policy. The most
formidable feature of the attacks made
upon it is the charge that IL is not en-
forced, that although continually being
violated no one has yet suffered any Of
its penalties, and the friends of the law
find great difficulty In Offering a reason
able excuse for the shortcoming OF the
commission in this particular. That
body has officially said that the educa-
tional period since the law went into
effect has been ample and that the
time has come for firmly en-
forcing its provisions Yet it goes
on tolerating evasions and violations of
the law as if it made no provision for
furnishing offenders. The country would
very heartily approve any evidence
from the commission that it seriously
intends TO inaugurate more vigorous
and decisive policy for making the law
effective.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-26
MUST ORSERYE THE LILY.

After period of apparent Indifference
regarding railroad happenings, which it
was reasonably certain were not all in
conformity with the requirements of the
law, the interstate commerce commission
has decided to act. Whether from it's
own observations or from information
supplied it, the commission appears to
have discovered that the law is not being
observed, and that if it is not to become
a dead letter and the assaults made
upon.it be justified, energetic steps. are
necessary. 1t is stated that since the
recent rate wars began the railroads
have been notifying the commission of
changes in rates by telegraph, instead
of giving the legal notice which the law
requires. The act is sufficiently plain
and explicit in stating what must be
done. There must be ten days notice of
an advance in rates, fares and charges
and three days notice of reduction,
and in both cases the changes proposed
10 be made must be publicly
posted either by new schedules or by
plainly indicating the changes in the
schedules in force at the time, copies of
such schedules to be promptly filed with
the commission. But the railroads
have been paying no attention to this
provision beyond notifying the COM
mission of changes in the form of brief
and indefinite kilograms, from which it
could obtain ly partial information.
This disregard of plain and impor-
tant provision of the interstate commerce
act the commission has notified the
railroads will not longer be
permitted. Hereafter no notices of
joint rate advances or reductions by tele-
graph will be recognized unless given
for the full time required by statute and
plainly stating all the essential facts re-
garding the changes, conveying also the
official designation of the officer sending
the telegram, and this information must
be Immediately followed by a copy of the
printed tariff showing the changes pro-
posed. At the same time the notice is
given the commission of proposed
changes railroads are required to pub
licly post the changes contemplated
at each station on theirline. This order
is made to apply in the case of indie
pendent as in joint rate cases. 1t would
seem to have been quite sufficient to have
called the attention of railroad managers
to the sixth section of the interstate com
merce act, which it must be presumed all
of them are entirely familiar with, in
stead of going to the labor and expense
of issuing circular which is simply
restatement of the law, but this is in line
with the lenient and considerate policy
which the commission has uni
formly pursued toward offending cor"
porations, and which as a rule the cor
porations have abused. Perhaps they
will see the expedieucy of paying more
attention to the order of the commission
in the present case.
1t may be pertinently said in this CON
nection that there is an urgent demand,
TO which the interstate commerce COM
mission should give prompt heed, for a
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-26
A Protest of Responsibility.

huilSNd tHU IHHtS'
If Governor Humphrey learns nothing else
from the imposing assembly of Kansas bust
ness men.which gathered to make respectful
request for an early resubmiSsion of the prohi-
biton amendment, he will be compe He'd to
admit that the issue in resuDmis5ion is not be-
tween whisky drinking and sobriety.
The professional prohbitonists have ham
mered away at that issue so long that they
have actually convinced many good people
that opposition to prohibition laws is love Of
drunkenness.
Resubmisson in Kansas is form of the
protest on principle against laws which are
wrong and Ineffective All decent men
condemn drunkenness or anything which
fosters drunkenness. The difference be-
tween the opinion of the great
gathering of wealth, respectability and
good citizenship which met Governor
Humphrey and the opinion of the
good people who support prohibition is
upon the province of government in dealing
with the traffic in liquor, In the communi-
ties from which the gentlemen 10 Topeka
came, the prohibition laws have been a
source of trouble loss and ill-feeling with no
compensating good whatever
What Governor Humphrey and his party
associates must determine is whether these
and other communities similarly situated are
TO be ignored and injured. rhe original
package decision has made the prohibition
law In all large towns worse than ever be-
cause II destroys the revenue collected under
the fine system.
The protest was in the name Of dignity,
temperance and sensible municipal govern
ment To vilhfy II viii hurt the yilllhers,
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-26
Guarded His Dead Master.

A large portion of southeastern Mis-
souri-some six or seven counties-is as
yet thinly settled, and thousands upon
thousands of acres of the low lands of
that section arc covered with dense
forests that have never been touched by
man, writes a Jackson, Mo-, correspond
ent. of Our Dumb Animals On February
s, 1883, a Mr.. Jacob Vincent, well-to-
do farmer living in one of those counties
(Donlllin county,, while out in the forest
looking for some of his stock, was killed
for his money. His horse came home in
the evening without the saddle, and the
family, fearing something serious had
happened, sent man next day in search
of the missing one. Following the tracks
of the horse through the forest, the man,
after a while came upon Mr.. Vincent $
saddle hanging in a tree. little farther
on he noticed spots of blood here and
there in the path, and soon he heard a
low growl short distance away. Look
ing in the direction whence the sound
came, he saw dog looking at him from
behind Il log. He approached the spot
and found Mr.. Vincent dead and his
faithful dog lying across his breast. The
brute was guarding the dead body of his
master. /
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-26

SiDur CUy jour nal.
The Journal is prepared to give heed to the
cry of The OMAHA BEE that the republican
party in Nebraska lis on the eve of great
crisis" The question is as to whether, as
the Journal undertook to say the other day.
the party is to be controlled by the anti-mo-
nopoly sentiment of the state. The BEE says
that fully 10000 republicans enrolled in the
Farmers alliance are awaiting ian assurance
from republicans in sympathy with their de-
mands that chance will be given them by
an early convention to redeem the state from
railroad rule by the nomination of candidates
of their own choice, and the adoption of a
platform that expresses in positive and une-
quivocal language the popular wish and will"
Well, the republican party of Nebraska must
get in line with the producers of the state, or
get out. The Journal believes that. And it
believes, also, that if the republican party in
Nebraska can have chance, III an early con-
ventiOn, the party will be put in line. 1t will
not only free itself,of corporate control but it
will make ticket and write platform that
shall answer as to its good faith with the
DeODle
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-26


THERE is no doubt that Omaha needs
a workhouse where men who are serving
out sentences for misdemeanors can be
profitably employed in work that will
not come in competition with the honest
laborer and mechanic. In view of the
fact that the city does not hav> the
means for the erection of work
house, steps should be taken
for concert of action be-
tween city and county authorities.
The county commissioners have ample
power under existing laws to establish
and. maintain warehouses. The county
has the necessary grounds near the
county hospital, and can if it is desir-
able erect temporary buildings that will
answer the purpose until permanent
quarters can be had
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-26

WITH the exception of Australia
none of the Pacific isles are advancing
at such pace as Japan. American in
fluences have already wrought wonder
full change, not only in the forms of gov
ernmert, but also in the prosperity of
the people and the development of the
country. The first national parliament
will be elected in July. Heretofore the
influence of the titled aristocracy pre-
dominated in the island, but that power is
steadily waning, In the new parliament
these classes will control tho upper
branch, or house of lords, by hereditary
right. Members of the house of repre-
sentatives, three hundred in number, are
to be elected by ballot. The right of
suffrage is limited to men twenty
years of age, who pay an annual tax of
not less than fifteen dollars. Even
under this system of moderate constitu-
tional monarchy, the advancement of
Japan in the next ten years promises to
surpass the marvellous changes wrought
by civilization in the past decade
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-26

ONE of the business absurdities of the
government is the maintenance of the
Indian supply depot in New York. Con-
tractors for Indian supplies are com
PEELED to journey to that city, fifteen
hundred to two thousand miles from the
reservations, to present their bids. The
reasons for the location of the Office
there originally have long since passed
away, and it is to the interest of the
government to move to II central west
prn ppint
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-26
Iowa Items.

iowa ICe1f1S.
A Catholic college is to be built at st. Joe,
Kossuth county.
Over five hundred shade trees have been
planted in Alton this year.
Orange City farmers will this year double
the crop of celery raised last season.
The Atlantic canning company shipped ten
carloads of canned corn the other day.
The auditor of Decatur county has paid
bounty on forty-eight wolf scalps since
May /.
A attack of measles has driven G. W.
Mar1in, a West Bend farmer, insane, and he
has been taken to the Independence asylum.
The Northwestern Iowa editorial associa-
tion meets at Humboldt June II and II, and
the people of the city are making prepara-
tiOns to entertain their distin guished guests.
A company is being organized in Keokuk
to be known as the Keokuk hydraulic and
Electric power company, with capital of
$500, 600, the object of which is to utilize the
immense water power available from the Des
Moines rapids in the river at that point,
Zeke Clarke of Coralville took pity on
boy tramp the other day and offered him a
home. The youthful tourist repaid his kind
ness by stealing gold watch valued at Sl25
and several other articles. The booty was
recovered and the youth allowed to resume
his journey.
Lightning struck school house east of
Humbolt one day last week while school was
in session. Fourteen pupils and the teacher
felt a slight shock, but were not injured. A
ball of fire entered the room passed around
the school and out again, tearing a leg from
table and scattering few splnters.
Frederick Rochlitz, an old man of seventy
two, living near Pulaski was dragged to
death by horse the other day. He was lead
ing the animal with a halter when in some
way the strap became tangled around his
arm and before he could extricate himself the
horse took fright and ran away, dragging him
a distance of half mile,
During an electric storm in Des Moines
Thursday the house of Jacob RoclSey was
struck by lightning and badly damaged. Mrs.
Roclley was sitting in the kitchen when the
bolt came. The furniture in the room was
hurled about in every direction, the stove
overthrown, while flying bricks filled the air.
When the shock passed the little woman was
found standing amid the ruins, badly scared,
her face blaciened, her dress torn, but not
hair of her head injured.
Another unique lawsuit is about 10 be
brought before the district court of Jones
county. G. w. Beighle and his wife JOS
ephine, tenants on j. l.. JoSlin's farm, have
brought action against the latter for $40, 500
damages. The petition sets forth that Il son
and daughter of Joslin were attending West
ern college, at Toledo, where they were
taken sick with dphtheria, and that the
clothing worn by them during their sickness
was given to Mrs. Beighle to be washed, and
as a result of their presence in the house her
two children took the disease and died, in
consequence of which they ask damages in
the above amount.