The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-13
Bancroft.

w. w. SecOrd was quiet caller in BAR
croft on Tuesday last and spoke very highly
| of the town and its many improvements
since he first issued the Bancroft Bulletin.
| from its then unincOrpOrated limits. This
was his first newspaper venture and dates
back to about 1879. Secord is at present
resident of East Saginaw, and is acting in
the amusement line, posing in the various
cities and villages as an illusiOnist, magician
| and el0cutiOnist.
The few cases of scarlet fever reported in
| our village are doing nicely, and it seems
| almost foolish to close the schools on account
| of it. Yet those better posted than / have
considered it advisable, and on the principle
that an ounce OF prevention is worth pound
| of cure, so mote it be.
The republican electors of Shiawassee
township will meet in caucus on Tuesday
afternoon next at the opera house in this
village to elect delegates to the county con-
vention to be held in Corunna the following
day.
The potato market has been quite active
here for few days. Several carloads hav-
ing found market at prices ranging from
so to S5 cents.
1t is neither the Mckinley bill nor Bill
Mckinley, but just plain, common, every
plus hogs, sheep and cattle from this section
of the country, paying the farmer such
liberal prices that it leaves him but a small
margin when they are disposed of in the
markets farther east.
Several of our citizens are just now con-
valescng from a.decdedly measly attack.
Lester G.. Smith was at Davisburg on
Tuesday of this week.
Ella Smedley is in Ann Arbor, for few
days, visiting her mother, Mrs. l.. Smith.
Several of our sporting citizens, armed
with spears, minnows, ETC., etc., are plant
ing batteries, piling up Notifications, dig
gipg trenches and making other preparations
for general and upited warfare on the finny
tribe of Shiawassee river, adjacent to Nagg's
bridge.
Nelson Vantuyl, one of the pioneers of
Shiawassee county and one of the first set
tiers, is in very poor health at the present
time.
John Gilbert VS.. John j. AthertOn wa
the title of a suit in the circuit court, and
the question at issue involved the charge OF
fraudulent transactions i'm the conveyance
of a certain farm i'm Dufiield and building
known as the Babcock block in Bancroft.
One week ago the prospects were favorable
John Babcock has secured title to the
block in exchange for lot near the cooper
shop whereon he is to place residence for
Gilbert. The suit Is declared off and all
parties Clawyers excepted) are decidedly
better off.
| Geo. COsgrove left here OH Saturday
last for Chicago, where he will take a course
of lectures at a medical college.
On account of the i'll health Of one of the
musicians there was no dance at the opera
house on Saturday evening last.
Roger Sherman and Frank Greenman
have returned from their two weeks exeur-
sion in the sunny south, taking in Chata-
nooga, Cumberland Gap, Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge and many other places of
interest. MIR. Greenman was soldier in
the late war and his duties led him through
this section OF country something more than
twenty-five years ago and the greatest
| change between then and now is that there
are less soldiers and more children than was
| apparent then. Mr.. Sherman, when asked
what the chief products were, answered,
cotton and corn, but principally children.
| From what can be learned from those who
took advantage of the excursion, the por-
| tons of the south through which they passed
! is quite run down, the buildings dilapidated
the fences, where there are any, are in poor
repair, and there is very little, IL any indi-
cation of thrift and prosperity.
Mr.. and Mrs. John O'Hara are entertain
ing friends from near Loclport, N. Y. The
mother of Gertie O'Hara, who has been liv-
ing with them for two years and who then
came from the same place, will return with
them.
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