The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-05-22

Soioy DrVs. iaunury Is Ovef-run Win
work all the time.
The track at the fair ground was never In
better shape than at the present time.
The Groton Bridge Co. sold four bridges
In Maple Grove on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Parmerly rejoice in
birth or a daughter, who came to their
household Monday.
The Lansing horsemen will give a race
meeting June %, "a, rs and 20. Purses to
the amount of $500 will be offered.
The X. of p. will be commanded memo
rial day by Captain Rorison, formerly COM
mandant Of the Saginaw X. of p.
Payne Bros, gardeners, are branching out
extensively in the plant business, shipping
vegetable plants to different parts of the
State.
Over one hundred men are already en-
ploy ed in the new Estey factory and the
first lot of furniture manufactured Is being
finished.
The article on light and heat, published
in another column, opens wide field OF
speculation and is well worthy of careful
reading.
The furnaces for the Smead system are
in position at the M. K. church, giving per-
sons interested good opportunity to look
them over.
Supper will be served by the w. r. G. in
In their hall Saturday afternoon from five
until eight o'clock. Tickets ten Cents. All
are invited.
The ladies of the Helping Hand society
will give pink tea at the Asbury church
next Wednesday evening, May 81. Ad-
mission 10 cents.
The hook and ladder boys have recently
cleaned up the truck and everything relat-
ing to this branch of the department Is In
excellent condition.
Jas Root arrested for robbbing the Ban
lively that he was in Detroit at the time the
offense was committed.
Several of the labor organizations have
under consideration the organization of a
mutual accident insurance company embrace
| ing factOrymen at work in this city.
Gov. Winans is said to have received a
| letter from an OwOsso man commenting the
veto of the bill appropriating money for the
discharged prisoners home in Detroit.
Ii Is Sdlu ludb tllc dtIOuo ulCCIiuS tu"t
was to be held early in June in OwossO is
now under consideration by Grand Pres.
Partridge with reference to the exact date.
Postmaster Cossitt's assistants are ath-
letes, as appeared in the Y. M. G. A. gym
nasium exhibition. White, EgglestOn and
Cossitt being winners in the contests and all
are in the postal service.
'.Who discovered American" was the
question put by teacher in the eastern pOr-
| ton of the county, when q young hopeful
| answered up quickly, "Hiram Johnson, y
thus paying a compliment to the first dis
trict representative.
The Ann Arbor Ry. will give an eXcur-
sion to Ann Arbor, Thursday, May %, to
visit the art loan in Newberry hall. The
excursion contemplated by the church so
cieties was abandoned on account Of lack of
time to work up the matter.
| If you want to you can ''hellO" through
fOrty-five different phones in OwOssO, be-
cause that is the number of subscribers to
the Telephone Exchange at present. All OF
which at $40 apiece is $1,000 per year that
is collected for rentals alone.
The prolonged drouth is beginning to
seriously affect crops. Wheat is practically
at standstll. while oats and barley show
scarcely any growth. The hay crop has
made no advances and only in few places
has corn come up. The rain fall in May
has been almost nothing.
Account Art Loan at Ann Arbor. The
T., A. A. q N. M. will run an excursion
Thursday, May %, leaving on regular trair
at 8 a. m. and returning at 8 p. m. Fare
for round trip, including admission to Ar
Loan, $l.55. This is an excellent oppOr
tunity to visit the University city.
VIM. Mack, aged eighteen, employed il
the new Estey factory met with painful
accident Monday afternoon. While SHOW
ing board on the tenanter his arm came il
contact with the saw, cutting and manglinl
the muscles. DIR. Crum dressed the wOunC
and the factorymen raised a purse of $50 TO
Mack.
Monday three tramps were stealing rid,
on a Michigan Central freight train ant
while waiting in Owosso, John Slater on,
of the trio cast his eyes upon pair of pant
hanging on a clothes line belonging to Hen
ry Hickey, and in addition to stealing hi
ride, Slater stole the pants. Justice Bald
win gave Slater 80 days in the county Jail
Patsey Cavanaugh wanted another drinl
i'll addition to what he was already Loaded
with Monday night and sought quarre
with Andy Brown, DevereauX's hostler
near Coles store. Cavanaugh made severa
vicious thrusts at Brown with knife, strik
ing him on the arm and shoulder blade
Had it not been for the timely arrival of TIN
nightwatch, Brown would have been killed
Cavanaugh spent the night in the lookup
and was arraigned before Justice Baldwin
Tuesday morning.
Rudolph Ochmig and Otto Lintner, finish
ers in Estey's factory were working afte
hours on the night of May 9th in order t,
secure lay off the next day, and becoming
enraged at one another over some matter re
lating to the work, Otto bearded Rudolph
not only figuratively but literally pulling
out handfuls of Rudolph's whiskers. Fo
this injury to Rudolph and infractiol
of the laws Of the State of Michigan, Ott'
Lintner was fined nine dollars in Justic
Baldwin's court, Tuesday.
Geo. ii. Riley organized lodge of tn
American Home Protector society in thi
city Thursday evening May IA. Their
were twenty-five charter members presen
and officers were elected as follows: DIR
Arnold, past ruler; Hiram Oliver, ruler
Marcus Burch, vice ruler; Daniel Converse
secretary: V. q. Cook treasurer: John Sui