The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-18

cal lire engine.
Some improvements are being made at
Ashury chapel
Mrs. Geo. Charlton died very suddenly at
her home last evening.
Patronize THE TIMES job department for
commercial printing OF all kinds.
Isaac Banghart, of Owosso township, is
the happy father of an eight pound daugh-
ter.
One of the houses i'm the Holmes addition
was somewhat damaged by fire Monday
evening.
l.. w. Barnes, OF Byron, was reelected
director of the MernO sheep breeders state
association at its meeting in Lansing, Tues
day.
stock breeders have been i'm attendance at
the various state meetings held in Lansing
this week. Shiawassee stock men are well
up in their respective lines.
l.. w. Barnes, of Byron. read a paper be-
fore the State Swine Breeders association
at Lansing this week which is spoken of
very highly as complete summary of the
hog raising business in the past and pre-
diction of the future OF the business.
Hiram johnson, of Venice, is candidate
for one of the positions in the democratic
house of representatives at Washington. and
has such assurances as to warrant the high
est hopes. Representative Johnson is one
of those good hearted fellows that even his
political foes cannot but wish him the success
which has come to him.
The home of l.. K. Woodland was packed
Friday evening by an interested audience
to listen to the "Christmas Carol" The
persons who took part acquitted themselves
finely, and the tableaux were pleasing to
all-whO could see. BY request, and to give
all an opportunity to both see and hear, the
entertainment will be repeated in the old M.
E. church Tuesday evening, Dec 20.
Perry World: The funeral of Edward
Turner occurred at the Congregational
church last week. ED" had been at work
at OwOsso for some time but was compelled
to give up his position on account of his
health. One year ago this month he buried
his wife who died of the same disease-cOn-
sumption. He was hard working, ener-
getic young man and leaves host of friends
in this community.
We notice in the Charlotte Republican
that the postmaster at Chester has called a
meeting of the fourth-class postmasters of
Eaton county for the purpose of perfecting
an organization, which in turn will work
with national organization of fOurth-class
pOstmasters to effect an increase in the COM
pensatiOn of such pOStmasters. We suggest
that Shiawassee county pOstmasters should
get together and organize for the same pur-
pose. The pay of pOstmasters OF this class
is outrageously small.
| Never before i'm the history of OwossO
| were the merchants so we'll supplied for the
| holiday trade. Never before has there been
such lively competition among merchants in
| all branches of trade. and the result Is that
| it is entirely unnecessary to 60 elsewhere to
buy goods People here owe it to the mer-
chants of this city to do their trading here.
| Who ever heard of cty's growing where
the people went elsewhere to trade? Pat
rOnize the best and most reliable merchants
and for a list of these just read the adver-
| tsements in this issue.
| Merchants and the banks have been
greatly troubled lately by the scarcity of
pennies that are much needed in making
| change. 1t is expected the famine will be
relieved soon by the distribution through
| the country banks of some thirty-siX tons of
| the little coins that are now slowed away in
the sub-treasury vaults in New York city.
| This great accumulation is said to be due to
the penny-in-the-slot machines and as the
offices or the companies owning them are in
New York, they unload their contents upon
the sub-treasury. The pennies are stored in
O,4O0 bags, weighing seven pounds each.
Henry Clark. one of the laborers employ
ed on the Congregational church. met with
an accident Thursday morning which nearly
cost him his life. He was employed as &
tender for the masons and had been at work
hosting up stone and brick in keg to thu
masons on the scaffoldng. One keg was ,
little overloaded making it top-heavy
Clark pulled it up and one of the men tool
hold of the rope to pull 1t over to unload a,
he did this the keg overturned, one of tn,
stone striking Clark on the forehead, frac
turing his skull and bruising his arm badly
He was carried to DR.. Crum's Office where
his wounds were dressed. The DR.. think
he will soon be able to get about.
The Labadie Co. is meeting with mucl
favor i'm its eastern trip, being greeted witt
crowded houses almost every night. Robt
Hammond, manager of the Cambridge pa.
opera house, in private letter TO the mana
ger at GAINESVILLE (OhiO), says: "Wha
you want to do is to get out among your bes
people and work them house that Their
, will not be standing room. They wer
here last night, and consider them, al
through, as the best people ever seen in m.
house. You could have heard pin drop
people paid such attention. If your peOpl
appreciate good, deep play, such as Down
ing i'm the Gladiator, Ing0mar is just wha
you want. These people are right up witt
Robert Downing; better support. See tina
this company is treated well. You hav
never had as good company in your hOus
before"
Some practical hints as to how they us
the telephone have been published and som
of them are well worth repeating. One mai
will get right up to the telephone and sa.
what he has to say loud enough to be heart
|, q square away. The next one stands ava!
back and does the same thing, while a thrt
will almost whisper into the instrument
There is only one way to talk through
telephone and the Central might be savet
world of trouble and undeseryed abuse /
|, all users would carefully learn to follow it
; The way is to stand little back and talk il
an ordinary tone, as If you were speaking t
man couple of feet away, instead of one
two or three miles away overa wire. Don
yell, don't whisper; simply speak i'm al
ordinary tone and distinctly. The word
| are carried by electricity and not Inv th