The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-25

THE TIME wishes all its readers Merry
Christmas. bin
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. P. G. Nash, son,
Wednesday.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. f. w, Smith. a
son, Friday last.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. l.. r. Steadman,
Sunday, daughter.
The boys are now decorating their hall
for their party the 30th
A number of our young people win go TO
Saginaw to attend party Monday evening.
The jury in the case of Josephine Enright
vs. the L. d A. A. R'y, rendered verdict
of $4,000 for plaintiff.
There will be appropriate Christmas SER
vices at the new M. +. Church next Sab
bath. Praise service in the evening.
Warm weather has somewhat dulled the
pork market this week. However, there
has been a great amount brought into
OwossO.
OwOssO stores have had some artistic win
dow displays for the holiday season. Rare
taste has been exhibited in this line by the
various decorators.
Byery & Loring have received notice of
the allowance of the following original pen
siOns: l.. $. BOwles, Mrs. Mary A. Rogers,
and Charles Ii. Cossett.
Earle, since the collapse of the Amos
building, has removed 10 Corunna and SUP
plies his OwOSsO customers from that point
until the new Amos brick is completed.
At the Minnesota Dairy Show at st.
hnI Ahx. l. I'll No. nt,NI.n
the butter made by j. S. Mcbride, Burton,
was awarded one of the first premiums.
j. A. Armstrong shipped thoroughbred
Scotch collie dog to ex-GOv. Morton, of Ne
braska this week. The dog was ordered
for the Governor as q Christ mas present.
A large delegation of teachers from
OwOssO and the county will represent the
educational sentiment of this section at the
State Teachers Association at Grand Rap
| ids next week.
What promises to be one of the grandest
| parties of the year is that of the LOcOmo-
tive Brotherhood New Years. Most elabor-
ate invitations, dance programs, decorations,
etc., have been ordered.
| Secy Taylor reports that there are now
| 10000 paying members of the =. of l.,
where as last year there were 10000. G. v.
Deland has resigned his connection with the
The Cooperative store at Lansing.
| IL o'clock, Dec. 30, is to be the wedding
hour of Miss Blanche Mahaney and Ebert
| w. Woodward. A large number of guests
are to witness the ceremony at the resi-
dence of the BRIDES parents on Ball street.
The Alumni Association of the MOrrce
| High School have their annual banquet
| during the holiday vacation this year and
| w. j. MckOne, of AlmOnt, is to be their
| guest. Few towns have more educational
spirit than MOrrice.
One of the best edited and neatly pub
lished fraternal newspapers in Michigan or
elsewhere for that matter, is The Odd Eel
low, edited by Geo. nj. Dewey, and print
ed by The TIMES Printing Co. The
issue of Dec. %, is typographical beauty.
| The long-distance telephone Is quietly
reaching out for all important points. and one
| of these days it will come forward as the
most formidable rival of the telegraph. The
| American Bell Telephone Company of BOs-
| ton has now under construction so lines be-
tween New York and Chicago. As each
| line has two wires and the distance between
| the two cities is about $50 miles, the total
quantity of wire required for these lines is
| $4,000 miles, enough to go four times
around the globe. These lines are all built
with copper wire. weighing ia pounds to
| the mile. At this rate IL, 052, 600 pounds, or
S,526 tons of wire Is required for this UNI
| dertaking.
The birds Christmas Carol" will be re-
peated in the old NJ. K. church, Tuesday
evening, Dec. Goth. New and enlarged
1 fo Ia Wi ha adnal n hpia M eli 40
program as follows:
Piono Solo,. Fantasia Mozart. Miss Gates
| Vocal Duet, Il heard q voice in the silent
night" Glover,
Miss Leland and Miss Shanfelt.
Violin and Piano ... Les Puritans". .. Danclor,
Misses Edith and Mabel Ferry.
Solo. Selected. Mrs. Allen.
Admission ID cents. For the Congrega-
| tional Church Building Fund.