The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-05-16
Bancroft.

Geo. b. Symes, of Owosso, was in town
| wednesday afternoon, shaking hands with
his old friends and neighbors. e
There is full grown rumOr TO the effect
that new, neat and tasty paper is to take
| the place of the Advertiser in the near fu-
ture, and that the Office is to be supplied
with all new material, including cylinder
press to be run by steam. Charles Kellogg,
formerly OF this place, is to be manager and
editor but the scheme is backed up by Mr..
jackson, of Charlotte, who possesses all the
essential requirements to make the enter
| prise success. 1t is just what is needed
by the citizens and business men of our
beautiful village and will receive their un-
| limited patronage.
Some misunderstanding about a settle.
ment, resulted i'm hand to hand conflict
| between farmer who is building house
and the mason who built the cellar wall,
Wednesday forenoon, SO l am informed.
just how many rounds, under what rules
or what the results, have not yet learned.
Sunday afternoon a load of granite, cut
and ready to be placed in the building, pass
ed through this place over the Grand Trunk
Ry., en- route from the DOdlin Granite Co.,
Maine, to Omaha, Nebraska. Each piece
was numbered and marked for "City Hall"
and were evidently prepared at the quarry
in Maine and designed to occupy some inn
portant position in that beautiful structure,
according to the plans of the supervising
architect.
Mrs. Martin Wood died very suddenly
Sunday evening at her residence in Fremont.
Mr.. Wood was up stairs after she retired
and hearing noise went down stairs to her
room and found her unconscious, and i'm
mediately called their son who was up
stairs, but before he could reach her she had
expired. She had been i'm usual health dur
ing the spring and was at neighber's dur
ing the evening. Mrs, Wood was very
estimable lady, and beside her husband and
two children, leaves many friends to mourn
her loss. The funeral took place from her
late residence Wednesday afternoon.
From Friday noon last until Saturday at
p. M, 25S inches of ram had fallen in
tub standing in the rear of Mr. Gurney's
residence, and yet the farmers are not salts
fed.
VIM. Friend, an old resident of Bancroft,
but who has been living with his daughter
in Decatur, Michigan, for some time past,
died there last week and the remains were
brought here for burial. The funeral took
place from the Nj. f. church Saturday fore
noon and the remains laid in the Fremont
cemetery.
o. Scribner j. Kent and j. Dayis consti-
tuted fishing party who went to lake
near Argentine on Thursday of last week,
leaving here about p. m. and returning
the same night with about a bushel of the
finny tribe, some of which were large and
all very nice.
DR.. e. w. Harvey, wife and son, left
Monday morning OH the o'clock train for
trip across the briny deep. If they have
not been delayed they are now ON the YES
SELL having taken passage Wednesday morn
ing from Montreal. They expect to remain
for while in London with Geo. Matthews,
former resident of Bancroft, but who is
now keeping boarding house in that Evil
lage."
DIR. Wells b. Fox has opened an Office for
the practice of medicine in the room lately
occupied by DIR. Harvey.
The supervisor having completed his as
sessment, it is now safe to turn your dog
loose
Beulah Bliss and husband, Sundayed
with her parents near Wright's mills i'm
Antrim.
Miss May Tower is visiting her parents
near Saginaw.
l.. ID. Obert, the veterinary surgeon. has
so much busines in the vicinity of Duffield
that he contemplates having regular days at
at that point.
Charles Kent and John =. Flood were i'm
Grand Rapids the first Of this week.
Monroe Simonson and Edd Case were in
Ypsilanti, Monday.
Mat Wixom's great show played to small
but very intelligent audience Monday even
ing and went on their way Tuesday morn
ing, pony, dogs and all.
The Nashville Students have come and
gone. They played here Saturday evening
and left Monday morning. They sang well.
and the result of the verdict of the small but
appreciative audience was, fairly well done.
JONES.