The times., 1890-08-15
LOCAL NEWS
See calls for republican caucuses.

See calls for republican caucuses.
Commencement exercises at the Agricul
tural college Tuesday next.
A patent was granted to d. Nj. Estey,
Tuesday, on furniture drawer.
About every fourth man in OwossO has a
petition to be appointed as mail carrier.
Remember that the Owosso Music Co.
sells the Domestic, Singer, Helpmate and
White sewing machines
Warren Woodland will give ten foot ex-
tension table to the farmer making the larg-
est list of entries at the county fair.
Republican county convention at Corunna
next Friday. Every township should be
represented by its full number of delegates.
Before October 1st all subscription ac-
counts due THE TIMES MUST be paid or ar
ranged for. Those in arrears please take
notice.
The talk of building an auditorium to seat
at least |, 900 persons has been again revived.
Certainly no one can doubt the need of such
q place in Owosso.
The annual report of the Supt. of Public
Instruction for 1SS9-90 has been received.
An able article by Sec'y Jas. n. Mcbride is
Incorporated therein.
The Y. NJ. c. A. lecture committee is
busy at work preparing the course for the
coming winter. Only the very best talent
will be employed.
The Pontiac papers of last week report
the population of that city at CLOS. So
Owosso is the largest city on the line of the
ID. d. M. between Detroit and Grand
Rapids.
The new ten cent music recently received
by the Mich. S. nj. S Organ Co. has already
become very populor. All the latest songs
and piano and violin music only ten cents.
Call for catalogue.
Wheat is now coming in quite freely.
White brings SO cents and red 90 cents.
The Owosso dealers are receiving wheat
from all parts of the county and some from
adjoining counties.
At the gun club contest Wednesday Jay
Terbush won the county badge. Fred
Gothke the club badge. AT the shoot the
week before J. S. Haggart captured the
club badge and Mr.. Terbush the county.
The Clapp Patent Case Co. are now re-
ceiving voluntary orders for the use of their
patents. The furniture factories find that
their customers demand it, and that they
cannot do without the valuable improve
ment.
Oakside school will open on Sept. Sth.
Shorthand and typewriting will be important
features of the work this year. Mrs.
Gould's success during the past has been
uniformly great, and we predict that the
coming year will be the most successful yet.
The Reed farm on the Corunna road has
been so plated as to provide for bridge
across the river, thus permitting teams from
the eastern part of the county to enter this
CITY from Corunna without twice crossing
the It. & A. railway track.
Battle Creek Journal A fine audience
assembled at the NJ. r. church last evening
to listen to the lecture by Supt Simmons,
and by their closest attention testified their
appreciation of the entire service. The lee
ture was, like its author manly, vigorous,
and thoroughly enjoyable, and abounded in
practical sense for every day life. The
Institute, so successful thus far, continues
during the present week. We would sug-
rest to our readers that, as none OF its
sessions are secret, they would enjoy visit
to the classes and would by their presence
encourage those connected with 1t.