The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-17
Bancroft.

Harry Barney, the one-armed reformed
actor, of New Jersey, is giving series of
lectures at the opera house this week, COM
mencing Monday and concluding Thursday
evening, with an extra Thursday afternoon
at the M. 4. church. The first three lee
lures were under the auspices Of the w. G..
L. u, and the subject of temperance was
fully discussed from the standpoint of
one-armed reformed actor, with no admis-
sion fee. Thursday evening an admission
fee was charged, the subject being Behind
the Scenes" Mr.. Barney fully explained
how he lost his arm and the temptations,
which are set before the actor and is called
his most popular lecture.
The fire alarm Oh Monday evening about
8 o'clock was caused by a slight blaze in
the ceiling of the opera house and being
discovered in time was soon extinguished
with but little damage. The fire was caused
by lamp blazing up too near the ceiling.
The fire protection over the lamp had been
carelessly removed.
at the late election, did. There was an
other fellow running for the same office.
The other fellow was elected and that is
paramount to saying that was not.
slipped out and the other fellow slipped in.
In fact it was sort Of slip election and the
opponent that got the most slips was elected.
The enemy got some slips over my name
and that was very humiliatng. / had
seven slips over the other fellow and that
was very cOnsoling, but the real solid COM
fort in this case was in knowing that each
OF twenty-eight of my near and dear friends,
extremely anxious about my welfare, sue
ceeded in putting on from two to six slips
that they knew for a certainty went in the
hnx nd 10 ic fNxh ha.rA n..lxv
seven came out in my. favor and what be-
came of the balance am not informed, but
being slips perhaps it is but fair to believe
they slipped out of the box. That they
were put i'm the box is beyond controversy
because each of my twenty-eght friends
have confidentially told me so. and that so
well establishes the fact that it will never
slip my mind.
AT the M. E. church on Sunday evening
last, union temperance services were held,
conducted under the auspices of the w. T..
L. U. Among the varied exercises which
consisted of vocal and instrumental music,
Rotations, essays, etc., recitation by Miss
Fisher was decidedly we'll rendered, also
an essay by Prof. Brant The music was
all very good, but the solo by Della Euler
and two pieces by Mertie Kitchen, at one
time resident of Bancroft but at present
music teacher in Detroit, were entitled to
much more than ordinary comment.
In Bancroft's infancy, e. ID. Kitchen
came from Byron to Bancroft and ran
general store near the old hotel. He finally
moved back to Byron and again returned to
Bancroft and lost his goods and store by fire.
Since then he has resided i'm Webberville
and North Lansing and at present is resi-
dent of Detroit. His wife and daughter
(the music teacher above mentiOned) were
in Bancroft over Sunday, calling on old
friends.
Mrs. DIR. Wheelock has been very sick for
the past week with cholera morbus.
Vert Britton and wife are at home in DIR.
WheeloclS's house on Main street, where
they have quite recently commenced house
keeping, their wedding dating back only
few weeks.
Mrs. S. j. Quincy will be in Detroit and
Cleveland next week, looking up the new
est and best styles and procuring full
and complete stock of millinery and fancy
goods for spring and summer.
Walter Whipple has gone to Albion to
accept a position recently offered him by the
Albion Manufacturing Co.
The latest reports are to the effect that
| Luther Hartshorn and Mrs. Geo. Matthews
are yet alive, but should they survive it viii
be contrary to the most sanguine expecta-
tions of those who are situated so as to best
know their condition.
1t is said that Bancroft will have at least
three saloons during the ensuing year with
the brick to hear from. The three spoken
of are to be in line on the west side of
Main street adjoining one another and COM
mencing but one door south of the r. r.
Beulah, youngest daughter of Geo. Bliss,
has returned from Fenton, to spend few
days with her parents in Antrim.
The X. o. T. M. are progressing very
! finely, each regular meeting bringing them
one or more new members.
With the prospective X. of p. of Ban
croft all is working well, their list of men,-
bers being second to none in Bancroft both
physically and mentally and with the pros
poets as favorable as at present 1t is but fair
to presume that when instituted it will be
in their own lodge room, fully furnished
and all paid for, "d'ye moind."
The hearing on the appeal from the high
way commissioner, which was to have come
of Monday last, quorum not being pres
ent, was adjourned to April 90.
Tom Cudney, having been sick nearly all
winter is now much improved, his appear
ance indicating that he will soon be man
again physically. KIRKwooD.