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

A number of the scholars of the Congre-
gational S. s. are picnicing near Goss school
house today.
The ordinance relative to erecting wooden
buildings within the fire limits should be
strictly enforced.
Mush-the council thanking the fire de-
partment for excellent work and then the
department thanking the council for the vote
of thanks.
The supervisors get Sl75 apiece for max
ing the assessment. The city clerk does
many times the work the supervisors do
and gets $50
The especial premium" committee of the
county fair will soon call on Our merchants
and business men. Everyone should be
prepared to help the fair.
Chas. Green devotes what spare time he
has as express transfer clerk at the Junction
to market garden business and has fine
lot of vegetables and berries coming along.
The Register Union, published by e. S.
Reeves, at Ovid, is one of the exchanges
coming to our table which is carefully read
every week. 1t is wide awake, has a
good line of county news and is always well
printed. The last number shines out in a
new dress.
The Forum for July will contain review
of the policy and an estimate OF the charac-
ter of the young Emperor OF Germany, by
+. Heinrich Getfcken, Imperial Privy COun-
cilor, who explains in detail the dismissal OF
Bismark and the relations between the
Emperor and the ex-Chance!or. This arti-
Gle is one of the most important ever con-
tributed to an American review.
List of letters remaining uncalled for at
the postoffice i'm OwossO the week ending
June 10. 1891: Thomas Heaven. John
Hyer, w. G. Jones, j. +. Jewell, Luke
Cavanaugh, Elmer Griffith, Nelson Adams,
John BOrand, DANES Boomer. Geo. Brad
shaw. The Wilson Creamery Mfg. Co., G. NJ.
Rich, May SemOn, Art StOlenben. Carl
SPECIAL, Ed. Smith, Smith & Glass, Mr.
Van Decker, Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace. Drop.
Mr.. Newberger. Foreign: Ernest Havers.
The Pontiac Gazette last week contained
an extended write-up of Pontiac and the
territory surrounding that beautiful city.
The effort being put forward to make
Pontiac a suburban residence place for De-
troiters is certain to result i'm big growth
in population, not only to Pontiac, but also
to Birmingham and other smaller places
The Gazette by the way ranks high up
among Michgan's best papers. Its editorial
utterances are sound, its local columns well
filled and every home interest carefully
cared for.
The official figures of the census of 1890
shows the following population for Shiawas-
see county cities, villages and townships:
Cities: Owosso, 1854; Corunna, 1882. Viii
lagos: Bancroft, 642; Laingsburg, 654;
Byron. Alb; Vernon, 5S5; Perry, 434. Town |
ships: Antrim, 992; Bennington, 1898;
Burns, 1867; Caledonia, 1887; Fairfield, 977;
Hazeton. 1901; Middlebury, 965; New
Haven, 1852; OwOssO, 1871; Perry, 1900;
Rush. 1862; Sciota. 144s; Shiawassee, 1892;
population of Durand and Morrice villages
are not yet received.
Lansing Journal: Prof. Davis of the
Agricultural College has returned from the
fruit farm Of j. L.. Stearns of South Haven,
where he went for the purpose of making a
test of the comparative merits of shaking
and spraying to rid plum trees of curculiO
He was in the orchard for two weeks, but
abandoned the test, as he found but two of
the pests on the entire $50 trees. Mr.
Stearns sprayed the trees early in the sea-
son with the Bordeaux mixture, made up of
% SdllOIlS VI WdttI, lOuI pOuiluS VI llilit
and pounds of sulphate of copper, to rid
the trees of leaf blight, and is of the opinion
that the curculio didn't like the solution.
The poets sing, in dainty rhymes,
OF summer days and Sunny climes.
OF beauteOus maidens, passing fair,
With witching eyes and waving hair,
Till near the end you're apt to see
IT'S but an lad" for p. +. =.
That is. Pierce's FavOrite Prescription, the
infallible and guaranteed remedy for all
kinds of female weakness, which cures the
ailments of feeble, rundown" and debilited
women. and restores them to youthfulness
and beauty once more. The price of this
royal remedy, DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pres
cription, is but 81 90 bottle, and money re-
funded in every case If it doesn't give salts
faction. See guarantee on bottle wrapper.
The Bay View Season.
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