The times., 1891-07-24
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Duff received a car load of baskets We'd
nesday.
The savingssocIety loaned s5, $50 Monday
evening.
The Catholics are preparing for bazaar
to be held In October. ~
The ladies of the Episcopal church netted
SlS7 from the Kirmess. s.--.-
The Congregational ladies cleared about
S75 from their dinner, yesterday.
G. l.. Dimmick has commenced work on
the third story OF his building.
The next term of the circuit court opens
Sept. IA. The fair begins the 18th.
viii the council order the dogs muzzled
now, or wait until after some one Is bittenY
Blower pipes for the machinery In the
Estey factory are being put in by Saginaw
firm.
VIII. Mumby, of Corunna, has purchased
the cigar manufacturing business of Beebe
Il Son.
This week sees wheat harvesting COM
pleted. Threshing has already commenced,
with good yields reported.
Work is delayed OH the Congregational
church this week on account of the Ionia
sandstone not getting here.
A car load of water melons was shipped
to Owosso, Monday, by Detroit firm and
disposed of to local dealers. aa14g.r
A tree blew across one of the fire alarm
wires during the storm Wednesday night,
ringing the alarm in the engine house.
The large barn on the farm of Eli Martin
In Caledonia township was destroyed by
fire Thursday morning incurring heavy
loss. 81 %e
Will the council put in new bridge
across the Shawassee on Oliver street, or
will it wait until after some one Is injured,
and then do it?
Although it is yet a year to the time of
nominating conventions, several candidates
are already in training for nominations on
the county ticket.
Several extra police were detailed Thurs
day to act as specials during the show. The
police report the crowd as very orderly and
easily managed.
A. worker, of Lansing, will speak on the
house Sunday evening at 1880.
Shiawassee County Institute, Aug 80.
Any person who can accommodate teachers
with board and room will confer favor
by notifying III. b. Dewey.
Harry Cossitt started i'm novelty bicycle
race at Detroit, winning first place, but
was disqualified on claim of q foul made by
the rider who came in second.
The pastor of the Congregational church
will preach his last sermon. before vacation,
next Sunday morning, with a prelude on
"Fve months work in OwossO."
Wm. Woodruff, of Ovid, while attending
the show, had his pocket picked. The loss
was seventy dollars i'm money, and in addi-
tion certificates of deposit and notes.
The various factories shut down Thurs
day morning on account of the circus. So
many of the employees were desirous of at
tending the performance that it was con-
sidered best to close
G. w. Mattoon. of Shiawassee township,
met with an accident last week by being
thrown from a binder, his horses becoming
frightened and unmanagable.
The board of education, at its meeting,
Tuesday evening, elected the old officers,
viz: Pres. w. M. fitzpatrick; Sec'y, e. V.
Smith; Treas, A. E. Hartshorn.
About $3.50 worth of Kirmess pictures
have been sold by Welte. The groups are
excellent pictures and command ready
sale at the reasonable price asked, SOC per
group.
Week after next Owosso will be filled
with schoomasters and schoolma'ms. The
Teachers Institute for one week in the high
school Building, conducted by Messrs. Cup
pies, McKone and Dewey, calls them here.
Serious illness, caused by eating cherries
is reported in family near Ovid. Examin-
alton of the cherries showed that they were
imperfect ones and were inhabited by from
two to three worms each. The worms be-
ing the cause of the sickness.
Joseph Kelley, workman in the new
Estey factory, had a foot crushed by a
weight falling from swing saw. He car
ried insurance in the u. s. Benevolent Ac-
cident Society. Adna Berk is the accredited
agent for this company in Owosso.
The statement of the Owosso Savings
Bank published in another column shows
that institution to be in flOurishing condi-
ton. The resources of the bank show loans
and discounts to the amount of 1922, ISL. SO;
due from other banks, SO, 396. 10; real estate,
furniture, ETC., $15,500 cash, 6,996.29.
The liabilities include a surplus of $500;
deposits, $1e1, ,73S.75; bills rediscounted,
$4,000.
On reaching home on Tuesday evening,
s. A. Crane was greatly surprised to find
his house filled with friends and neighbOrs,
who had come to help him celebrate his
49th birthday. During the evening T. M.
Wiley presented him a chair and other pres
ents on behalf of those assembled, making
a fine presentation speech. Mr.. Crane re-
piled as best as he could under the circum-
stances. 1t was a happy occasion.
Persons in this county are at present re-
ceiving what are known as green goods cir
culars. An unknown person I'm New York
proposes to exchange package of counter
felt money for greenbacks. Clippings from
New York papers are enclosed attesting the
wonderful accuracy of the new counterfeits.
The mails are not to be trusted with COM
munications addressed to green goods men
who are to be communicated with by wire