The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-28
WHOLE NO. 557
Bancroft.

long suffering. The funeral was held at
the house on Monday last, the Rev. A. G..
Waterman officiating.
Prof. Bumps was in town Wednesday
afternoon, representing the Prosecuting
Atty, who at the present time is very busy
and unfortunately cannot be in two suits in
two different towns at one and the same time
John f. Mabin was in town Wednesday
looking after the interests of the different
reform schools and houses of correction of
this state of which he is agent for this
county.
Henry Wagar, of the Exchange Hotel in
Owosso, will take dinner with his brother
here and in the evening play for dance i'll
the Opera house.
DR.. j. w. Pike of Charlotte, will close a
two weeks engagement in the Opera house
OH Saturday evening.
James Heath was in town Friday last for
| the first time since the first day of October,
when he went home sick and has since been
confined to the house with typhoid pneumo-
mia.
Edith Wheelock has got the measles
Her father has got Sciatc Rheumatism.
The Battle Creek Sanitarium loses one pa
tient for the time being at least because
Edith had too much measles to accompany
the doctor and take care of him at the noted
better have them right away for they will
be awful common as soon as those that are
sown have time 10 materialiZe.
An "Uncle Tom" company with Uncle
Tom, TOpsy, dog, donkey and all will oc-
cupy Philips opera house OH Monday even
ing next.
Seventy-fve cents will buy a bushel of
potatoes now and the farmers who sold for
sixty or sixty five cents are looking for
somebody to kick them all over town.
| The stockholders of Bancroft Union
Market Fair will hold meeting at the
council room in this village, on Monday
afternoon next, for the election of officers
and such other business as may properly
come before them.
There is school in Bancroft. 1t is a
graded school. Lester Palmerton, q boy
thirteen years old, said he would not at
tend He was arrested and brought before
| Justice Gurney, when he changed his mind
| and said he would go If he had a chance.
| This was why he was let off on suspended
sentence. He changed his mind again and
| again said he would not 60, and was again
arrested and brought before Justice Gurney
who, after advising with John f. Mabin,
agent for the State board of charities and
corrections, gave him card to the reform
school at Lansing until he is 16 years old,
tuition free. Other boys beware.
The Dayton Family occupy the opera
house on Tuesday evening next, with full
set of Swiss bells. They furnish their own
brass band, which is led by two girls, one
eight and the other ten years of age, who
also take an active part in the entertain
ment, as we'll as one girl six years old.
Their entertainment consists of musical
varieties, and coming highly recommended
is said to be first class in every respect.
The Maccabees are still unusually active
and ! have it from good authority that at
least twenty applications have been written
up within the last two weeks These taken
with those already in the hive will make
quite swarm Of bees and an extensive
social gathering is anticipated in he near
future.
How about the lecture course? Now is
| the time TO take it up. Some one start a
! paper and see what can be done.
The reason we have smelled onions so
strong is because Henry Beregr and Joseph
Agnew have been moving their crop. They
raise onions by the car load. KiRKwoop.
|
o. F. Webster was in Saginaw Wednes-
day.
Tad VanDusen ate Thanksgiving turkey
at Ypsilanti.
At the Chicago Fat Stock aud Dairy
Show, Quincy Mcbride, of Burton. Shia-
wassee county, seems to have been the only
exhibitor of butter from this State. But he
was not scared Off by that fact, for he got
first and second premiums for Michigan
dairy butter, first premium for Michigan
print butter, and the sweepstakes for the
best print butter i'm the show. That is a
pretty good record for one season. First
place in the Detroit Exposition, first at State
Fair. and first at Chicago. Mich Farmer.
We want all the trade we can get and we
are after yours, WEBB 81 WICKING.
John Mabin, agent Of the State board OF
Corrections and Charities. was called to Co
runna last week to investigate the case Of
Frank Cummin, who together with john
Smith had broken into house near Vernon,
thoroughly ransacking the premises for val
uables. Cummin Is one of those unfortunate
waits who never knew home or parents
and even his age is matter of conjecture.
He was taken to the reform school Thurs
day. John Smith was bound over to appear
for trial at the circuit court to answer to the
charge of burglary, being too old to enter
the reform school.
100000 voices now proclaim the ''Whto
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made. Light running, silent running. A
greater range of work than any machine in
the world. For sale only by the Mich. S.M
&Organ Co., 207 n. Washington st.
They say every rule has an exception. II
you prove an exception to the hitherto un-
broken rule that DIR. Craig's Kidney and
Liver Cure Is infalible there is a thousand
dollars coming to you from the manufac.
turers. This is genuine offer. Sold by
Parkill & Son.
A variety of evaporated and dried fruit:
at Banisters.
A Miss Howard from Portland Ionis
county, came to Owosso Tuesday with the
intention of starting millinery store anC
dressfiaking establishment. Tuesday nigh
she blew out the gas on retiring in hel
room at the National hotel and was fount
unconscious in the morning. She will re
cover
Dibble e. Parsons are Offering special in
.ducemcnts in the hat line. All sizes ant
styles are going at greatly reduced rates