The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-07-15
$4,000!

Band concert this evening.
Glynn & Monroe have new ad. in this
issue.
Remember the dates of our county fair,
Sept 1880.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. f. E. Kohler, son,
Saturday, July 9th.
DIR. Curtis free show draws an immense
crowd every night
The work of laying the water pipe on
Mason street is finished.
A Grand Army post was instituted at
Gaines, Monday evening.
Trim up the shade trees, it will improve
the appearance of the city.
The ladies of the Congregational church
will serve meals July Goth.
A number of our citizens have attended
the races at Saginaw this week.
Will all our correspondents make an
especial effort to write letter each week?
THE TIMES has by far the largest circula-
ton of any paper published in the county.
Still no sewers or any move to improve
the Main street road east to the coal mine.
Bicycle races are likely to be one of the
attractive features at the county fair this
fall.
The Eagle Clothing House has been closed
and the goods are being packed for ship
ment.
The Altar Guild will have a cake sale,
Saturday afternoon from to o'clock, in
the Dimmick store.
The railroads will give reduced ra.es to
Saginaw next week on account of the re-
publican State convention.
Mrs. McBain's S. S. class will have a cake
sale Saturday afternoon i'm the building for
merly occupied by +. IL. Banister.
The Detroit Journal is fast getting to the
front as the model daily Of Michigan. One
cent day delivered at your door each even
ing.
Dent & Dunn sold 80 lots yesterday in the
Riverside addition at prices ranging from
1927 10 sos. This sale will be continued this
evening.
The Altar Guild will have lawn party
social at Mrs. Arthur K. Stevens next We'd
nesday evening. Ice cream and cake. Ad-
mission, 10 cents.
Geo. Welte thinks he can beat the record
in phOtOgraphing, having averaged SO neg
atives day for the last six days in June.
He employs five persons at his gallery and
expects to increase this force.
1t does not seem to us that it is policy for
the city to let the summer pass without eX-
tending the water mains east on Main street
and then south to the pump house. 1t is
only matter of safety. Will it be done?
The TIMES can't sport new dress but
it has $4,000 suit. The opposite is true
with the Kalamazoo Telegraph--it has a
fine new dress, having recently disposed of
several (libeD suits. Advertising always
did pay.
With 20 persons present the democrats
organized a Cleveland and Stevenson club at
the city hall on Tuesday evening The
officers elected are: President, ID. G.. Clapp;
vice presidents, K. A. Gould, p. M. Roth,
j. B. Conner, Otto Helm; secretary j. G.
Shattuck; treasurer, j. M. Beckwith. Over
200 members have been secured.
w. +. Gardner was called to st. Johns,
Thursday, by the death of his father VIM.
G. Gardner who died from stroke of APP
oplexy after four hours sickness, Mr..
Gardner had resided on the same farm
for SO years and was highly respect
ed by large circle of friends. His age
was ~ years. Funeral services were
held Sunday.
Great preparations are being made by
astronomers throughout the world to study
the planet Mars on the night of Aug. 5.
Prof. Taylor of the State University of
Washington at Seattle, says that on that day
Mars will be directly opposite the earth, a
position it gains but once in Is years, and
the distance from the earth will be reduced
from the maximum of 140, 000,0 900 miles to
ha pioht Of
1000 telescopes will be pointed at the planet.
AS viewed from the Lick observatory
drought the great telescope the distance
will apparently be reduced to 1880 miles,
and sky gazers are awaiting with feverish
anxiety for the day to arrive.
AS many of our citizens take a great deal
of pride in the looks of their lawns and
many have wrong idea as to the proper
care of the same we copy the following
from neighboring paper which we think
is good advice: "A gentleman who claims
to know whereof he speaks says that people
make great mistake when they NOW their
lawns and rake up the newly cut grass
from the sod. He says that the lawns of
the French, English and Scottish estates
are the pride of the owners of those lands
No Brussels can be softer or prettier q an
the grassy sod to be found in these cOun,f.cs.
The lawns are given as careful attention as
Is possible to bestOw. The surface is treated
with top dressing every three years, con-
sisting of bone dust, rotted sod and leaf
mould. Two days before the mower is used
heavy roller is run over the lawn, each
section being carefully rolled down. Then
in proper time the moving machine cuts the
grass but rake is never used and the cut
grass is left on the sod as protection from
weather and excessive sun. This soon
makes the sod springy, soft and matted and
also prevents the sod from drying and be-
coming barren"