The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-03

Advertised letter at Garland, Mich; w,
Hendrick
The Office of the Shawassee Savings so
ciety is now over the Owosso Savings bank.
rear Office. t
Irving l.. Stewart will build house on
Park street ON the lot south of where he
now resides.
Subject of discourse to young people at
the M. K. church next Sabbath evening,
difficulties"
w. V. Robbins has opened bicycle and
general repair shop i'm Robbins Il Sons
plumbing shop on Ball street.
An account of the high school commence
ment at Perry has been crowded out OF this
issue and will appear next week.
County drain commissioner Mason reports
several petitions already for drains. His
first work will probably be on large drain
in Bennington.
The Y. M. C. A. social on the lawn of M.
l.. Stewart, Wednesday evening, was a
pleasant event. Interest in Y. M. G. A.
work is not allowed to flag by Sec. Lohnes.
A farmers basket picnic, in Rogers grove
one-h half mile south of Burton, will be one
of the 4th of July attractions. Ice cream,
music, shade and speeches make up the pro-
gram.
Miss Gertrude Gooddell of Corunna, well
known in musical circles In Owosso, was
married June 26 at Cleveland, o., to VIM.
Hubbell, of Ypsilanti, who is also a
musician.
A workman employed In Parker's brick
yard narrowly escaped an accident last
week. He caught his boot i'm the clay
grinder but managed to pull his foot out,
leaving the boot in the machine.
r.. r. Marsh has just finished building a
house for his brother in Detroit. He pur-
chased all his material of l.. K. Woodland,
took OwOssO men to do the work and did
the work for $500 less than Detroit contract
OrS bid.
1t was stated in the Press this week that
the Estey factory turned out 500 suits in
five days. The new factory turned out 400
suits of ash and 200 suits of maple, with
half the machinery and all new help in six
days and four hours.
Odell Chapman was the orator of the
Corunna high school alumni association last
Friday and delivered an excellent address.
Hudson Sheldon was toast master at the
banquet in the evening and seemed as much
at home as Tom Palmer or Chauncy Depew
would OH post prdndidJ occasions. Corun-
ma has maintained excellent schools and
numbers brilliant members among its
alumni
Among the questions asked by the census
enumeration last June was one relating to
mortgages upon real estate. In order to
secure the information it was deemed best
to have the census Office send direct to the
persons whose property was mortgaged for
the amount of Indebtedness, etc., rather
than have the enumerators ascertain the
same. At the present time letters are being
received by mortgagors, inquiring the
amount of Indebtedness, the reasons why
money was borrowed or debts contracted,
etc. A penalty is provided for failure to
answer these questions. While this may
appear at first blush to be an invasion of
private business, yet it should be remember
ed that the inquiry is made to ascertain the
condition of the country with reference TO
financial and economic legislation. If we
have had adverse laws and can trace results
to causes, it is of prime necessity to know
results. The man who blames the govern
ment for financial disaster should be the
first to furnish the government with the
facts i'm the case.