The times., 1890-03-14
Bancroft.

Will Il. Simmons Sundayed with his son
James, who has a position as cashier in o
commission house i'm Detroit.
o. Il. Allen and wife spent the Sabbath
with Mrs. Aliens mother, Mrs. Byers.
Fred Sabin and wife have just returned
from Florida, where they have been spend
ing the winter, watching fieas, snakes and
| alligators, and raising strawberries which
| foolish Northern aristocrats were glad TO
pay So quart for. Mr.. and Mrs. Stanner-
ell and Walter Whipple, who went with
them last fall, will remain there long enough
| to harvest crop of cucumbers, which they
have growing and are nearly ready to pick.
Cholera preventative with each basket.
John Wager has vacated the parsonage
and moved into Mrs. Peach's house on Main
street which William Kean has Just left
empty, he having bought and lately moved
into the K. Burkhart house which has Just
been vacated by Mrs. Smith who has recent
| ly moved to Brighton. The parsonage. will
| be repaired before it Is rented again.
Tom Cudney spent several years of the
earlier part of his life with Elias Hagerty's
peaple near this village. Some four of five
| years ago Mr.. Hagarty having quietly
passed away he took to himself wife, q
| young and estimable lady of Owosso, and
since that time he has been living in OwOs-
| so. SciOta and Laingsburg, the last year and
half, being, / am informed, under the
legal protection of the city fathers of that
noted and memorable city last mentioned.
1t Is reported now, however, that he has
again returned to the old homestead, as it
were, and in the future will look after the
interests of Mrs. Hagerty and her farm, in
the meantime keeping an eye out for him
self.
Muddy as it was, Mr.. and Mrs. S. J.. Cur
ney were in OwOssO Tuesday of this week.
About two weeks ago the people of Ban
croft were threatened with an ice famine,
but few nights of nearly zero weather
together with lot of energy, and the ice
houses are now filled and the ice men are
now happy over the prospect of ice cream
and cool lager i'm the coming sultry July
days.
Charles Obert. son of 0. II. Obert has
secured position i'm the Preston National
Bank, of Detroit, and his name already ap-
pears on their pay roll.
o. III. Obert and family are engaged in
making the necessary arrangements for
leaving Bancroft and will, l understand,
locate in Detroit at 90, Perry ST., where
Mrs. Obert and the two boys, Charlie and
Cass, will keep house. Mr.. Obert will re-
main here, however. and look after his
elevator and farming interests.
Mr.. Taylor, an elderly gentleman who
came here from Canada not many months
ago and who has been in poor health for a
long time, quietly passed away Monday
afternoon of this week. Funeral services
were held in the M. K. church Wednesday
afternoon and the family departed for the
old homestead in Canada, where the re-
mains were taken for burial.
Loren c. Shelby has again returned to
Owosso to continue his electric treatment.
Charter election on Monday last passed
off very quietly. But very light vote (66)
was pOlled. There was virtually but one
ticket in the field, although second ticket
appeared at 8 o'clock in the afternoon, the
polls closing at 4. There were but seven
votes cast for the new ticket, which was
undoubtedly gotten up by the boys for a
joke and without the knowledge OF consent
Of any of the candidates thereon named.
Officers elected were: William ii. Payne,
president; MyrOn Wilcox. recorder; Ward
Devereaux, assessor; Henry Williams,
Frank Greenman and Calvin 7. Devereaux,
trustees for two years.
SOlon Stone is about to go OH the road for
Brown, of Detroit, and l.. c. Smith takes
the place i'm the Blue Front clothing house
made vacant by Stones departure.
Alden Soper has again returned to Ban
croft with his family and if you want o
neat, clean shave. step into o. S. Tapping's
shop and you will find ''Alden" right in
line.
Mrs. n. G. Phillips. who has been visit
ing friends and relatives in the east, will
return to Bancroft about the Goth inst She
still makes her home in Detroit.
Edgar Fuller. of Antrim township, lost
valuable horse last week by having his leg
broken while he and his mate were running
away.
The village of Bancroft commenced it's
new year March 3rd, with no Indebtedness,
walks, cross-wallIs, and streets in good re-
pair; a good chemical engine. and hook and
ladder truck, uniformed fire company of 25
men, brick engine house and, council room
about $3.50 in cash on hand. We think this
is good record. What seven-year-old can
make better showing? Taxes never more
that one-half of one per cent per annum on
the assessed valuation.
The friends of S. j. Gurney. an old resi-
dent and 'justice of the peace" of Shia-
WaSSee township, VIII DC SuTpTlSeu 10 lcdIll
that he has been arrested, charged with
high crime and misdemeanor. But such is
the lamentable fact. On Saturday last.
March sth, as was his custom, he went to
Owosso for medical treatment and imme
diately Oh his arrival there he was confront
ed by purported u. s. Marshal Nelan,
armed with modern gun of immense cali
bre and flint lock propensities, and strip
of parchment not a mile long nor q yard
wide, issued from his honor Judge Byerly's
court, he, the said officer, leveled his fowl
ing piece on the offender, ordered him to put
up his dukes. One glance at the huge
smooth bore orifice was ample evidence that
this was well rendered advice, and with
little or no difficulty he was Immediately
taken before his honor Judge Byerly, who
with due solemnity proceeded to read the
gigantic charge which set forth that a Ger
tain time to wit: the 4th day of March, the
said Sanders j. Quincy disobeyed the order
of the said court by refusing, neglecting or
remaining away from said court during the
trial of the cause of the people VS. Smith
charged with adultry, wherein Smith was
complaining witness, he the said Sanders
j. Gurney having had due and timely notice
to be and appear as associate justice during
the trial of the said cause. The said pris-