The times., 1890-10-03

VIII give everyone ample opportunity to pa,
up. Remember. Dec. we shall adopt The
casl-in-advance system and send The TIMES
to those who are paid ahead, dscontinuinl
promptly all papers not paid for.
County fair premiums are now being
paid
Wanted, girl to do light housework.
Inquire OF DIR. q. j. B. Stephens.
Oscar Bailey has wood saving outfit,
and is ready to do work promptly.
Nine teachers certificates were granted at
the examination in Corunna Sept. 26.
Prof. Durfee, of Hartland, Livingston
county, is the new principal OF the Vernon
schools.
~ Harris, of OwOssO. has the contract
and is building the town house for Owosso
township.
A 5O-lb. cake of Japonica i'm DIR. Parkill's
window has caused many inquiries as TO
what 1t is. . M
Monday evening, Oct. o, the Rev. r. r.
Davies delivers an address at Chesaning on
Christian Socialism.
Chas Garrison left Vernon yesterday to
take an important position in wholesale
drygoods house in Boston.
Still another bicycle sold by the Mich. S.
M. q Organ Co., making four within a
week. Who says the bicycle season is over?
Rob't Gibbons, in the Michigan Farmer,
says that the Shiawassee county fair had the
best exhibit of stock he had seen since the
State Fair. @
Patrice is probably one of the handsom-
est, most charming and talented OF our very
few clever soubrettes. York Evening
Telegram. fN
Rev. Roswell Walker died at his home
near Flushing, Sunday. He was a former
Baptist minister at Perry and other places
in the county.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Coleman died at Port Huron, on Monday,
where Mrs. Coleman had been visiting her
parents for some time.
The Congregational society will serve sup
per from O'clock to s, at the residence of
Mrs. NJ. l.. Stewart, next Wednesday, Oct.
s. supper Is cts. Proceeds to be applied on
Organ Fund,
A committee of the Agricultural Associa-
ton was appointed at a meeting of the di-
rectors, Monday to meet committee Of
the Patrons of Industry, to arrange terms
for cthe use of the fair grounds for stock
sales.
Supt. j. w. Simmons will address the Y.
M. G. "A. mems meeting, next Sunday.
These meetings have been very interesting
of late and quite largely attended. The as
sociation cordially invites all men of the city
to he present.
VIM. Savers stallion, Jim Peck, won the
$3.50 race at the ST. Johns fair Wednesday,
capturing the Sd, 4th, and 5th heats. Time,
2:42, 2:46, 2:47. Col. Mapes won second
money, finishing second in the fifth heat
with nine. starters.
The COrunna correspondent of the Byron
Herald and the Corunna Independent send
up their annual wall concerning the sShia-
wassee county fair. The unparalleled Sue
cess of the fair is sufficient answer without
wasting ammunition on such small game
In the farmers lumber wagon race at the
fair there were but two entries. The judges
awarded the race to Donald Carmichael,
but upon protest the board of directors vot-
ed that Nelson Perham was the winner and
the gang plow offered By c. S. Williams was
given him.
The tennis tournament which was to have
taken place Oh the tennis grounds last Sat
urday was postponed one week. 1t is ex-
pected that a number of players from Cor
unna and st. Johns will take part in the
contest tomorrow. One of the prizes,a fine
tennis racket, is on exhibition at Roth's.
Monday fire drill was given the pupils
at the Central school building. The drill
had been announced for the day, but the
time was not known until the alarm was
sounded, when pupils were reciting and at
the blackboards. All fell in line, and the
$50 pupils in the building were all in the
school yard in ~ minutes.
.'From Shawassee county" read the pla-
cards over exhibit after exhibit at the North
Eastern Fair at Saginaw last week. There
were but two lot of swine shown, except the
exhibits from this county. Every exhibitor
who visited the North Eastern Fair express
ed himself as being well treated. The Shi-
awassee county directors are j. w. Hubbard
and Quincy Mcbride.
Lulu b. by Louis Napoleon make rec
ord of 2:30 at Ithaca last week. The PAGER
Paul NJ, grandson Of Napoleon, won a
pacing race at Plymouth, getting mark of
2.2SA. j. p, another grandson, captured
a race and record Of 2:27H. Adora, by
Jerome Eddy, won q race in 2:3114. These
horses, with Tipseco, 2:30, by Napoleon,
made good record for Napoleon blood last
week. The list will grow as time goes by.
The Y. NJ. c. A. lecture course for this
season is replete with good things intellect
ually. The permanent good that the dissem-
nation of the ideas yielded bya first class
lecture course is inestimable and the forma-
tive influences that result from listening to
Conwell Nourse or Wilets should be consid-
cred. The high class of talent and the very
moderate price charged for season tickets
should give the course liberal patronage.
The canvass for the sale of tickets will soon
be made.
Flint Globe Mr.. Mark Earl, son of j.
Hamilton Earl, died suddenly at his home
OIL Mason street Thursday night, of hemor-
rhage of the bowels. He came over to his
place of business, VanWormer S Cases
Thursday morning as usual, but
was obliged to return home and take his
bed. He grew rapidly worse until he died.
He leaves wife and two children. His
father and mother reside on Third street,
first ward, also his sister, Miss Emma Earl,
a teacher in the city schools. He also has