The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-19

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Children's day exercises at the NJ. Il.
church next Sunday.
Twelve coach loads of excursionists went
10 Whitmore Lake, Sunday.
The contractors are making splendid pro-
gress on the new M. L. church. ase.
lngle & Convis SOLD three binders and
three sprlngtooth harrows, Saturday. z
Frleseke Bros. are furnishing the brick
Tor the new Congregational church.
Horsman Il Campbell will furnish the
cut stone for the new Congregational
church. a sA
Jos. Amos is talking OF erecting build
ing 22xS0, three stories, on his Exchange
street lot.
Quite large number of OwOsso people
are planning 10 go TO Bay View to spend
Supt Simmons received the graduating
class at his residence on Saginaw street, last
Tuesday night.
c. Mahaney has purchased the Pease
property on Ball street, and Will at once re-
model the house.
Rev. Washington Gardner addresses the
Vernon High School graduating class, Fri
day evening" June 26.
G.. M. Edwards has been at Clare this
week with a gang of men from this city,
pushing work on a school house..
Home grown strawberries now supply the
"a N off oil mr.
to curtail the crop to any great extent.
All persons intending to start in the bicy-
Gle race tomorrow evening must give their
names to Louis Burhans by Saturday noon.
Knapp & Smith will occupy L. Strubers
new store on Exchange street when 1t Is fln-
ished. 1t will make an excellent place for
them.
Moses Keyte has broken ground for his
new store building on Main street south.
Mrs. b. f. Taylor will probably build on
the lot south.
Kirk Beelby was convicted in Justice
Baldwin's court Wednesday of assaulting
his hired man. Fine $40, and $50 costs. 1t
is understood he will appeal.
Payne Bros. employ four or five men,
steady, in their market gardening, south of
OwOssO. A considerable amount of acreage
is to be devoted to Strawberries.
Radford & Co. are doing fine business
at their bottling works. The demand for
their goods is steady, shipments being made
on all roads leading out of Owosso.
The Baptist society is still figuring on re-
modelling its church. MalcomsOn & Higgin-
botham, of Detroit, are the architects EN-
ployed to do the work on the plans.
Perhaps the largest audience ever attend
ing church service in Owosso was in the
opera house last Sunday to listen to the
educational address of Rev. j. r. Reitzel.
Saturday, Earl Hopkins, West Side, re-
ceived gun-shot wound in the under lip.
The story is that he was shot by boy play
ing with target gun. DR.. Crum dressed
the wound.
1t seems to us that street railway fran
chise is worth good sum to the city. The
council should not give it away. Other
cities are paid for such privileges. Why
not Owosso?
Corunna will vote Monday next on the
question of bonding for $10,0 900 to put in an
electric light plant. Sentiment is divided,
great many people thinking that OwOssO
electricity is good enough.
The Labor Day association meets at X. of
L. hall, June %, after installation of officers
they will proceed to appoint committees, etc.
There is no doubt that the celebration will
be q success in every way.
Chidrens day exercises of the COngrega-
tional Sunday school will take place at the
opera house Sunday evening at o'clock
sharp. The sermon and services in the
morning will also be appropriate to the day.
There will be an ice cream and straw
berry social next Tuesday evening, in the
new barn of Jas. Mack. The proceeds to
aid the McCaul Sunday school. An invita-
ton is extended to all.
Arrangements are being made to give the
Kirmes or dance of all nations soon. AL
ready one meeting has been held to organ
ize for its presentation. The Kirmes has
been given i'm several of the cities and has
proven drawing entertainment.
If OwossO is to have military company,
about forty of the company will have to put
i'm appearance to drill next Tuesday even
ing. Captain Roth has spent his time to
drill the company and IL the members will
not turn out to drill, come around and say
so like men.
'Acrostic Barmaid, were the two words
which came by cable from Antwerp,
Belgium, to OwossO, Mich, and which glad
dened the family of G. g. Duff, as they
were from Miss Helen Duff, announcing
her safe arrival across the ocean after a
thirteen days trip to that port.
Contracts have been closed with G. M.
Edwards for the carpenter work, and with
T.. G. Tdrver, Detroit, for the stone work
on the new Congregational church. Mr..
Turver is very highly recommended as q
first-class workman, one who thoroughly
understands laying field boulders.
j. N. Mcbride. of THE TIMES, leaves this
evening for South Dakota; whether alone
Of otherwise we are unable to ay.-Press.
Mr.. Mcbride has gone to North Dakota on
business trip relating to land owned there
and is unaccOmpanied save by his common
sense and disregard Of sensational gossip,
two things which the Press paragrapher
neither takes with him when ne journeys or
keeps with him when at home. 8E
The question of whether N. johnson Is to
be prosecuted rests entirely with the parents
of the children. Pros. Attorney Miner