The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-01-29
LOCAL NEWS


Secretary Lohnes will practically close his
work i'm OwossO on Sunday.
DIR. Crum now occupies his new Office on
Ball street near his residence.
Cadillac will carry its T. Il A. A. bond
case to the u. 5. supreme court.
1t is said that the planning mill of l.. E.
Woodland is the oldest one In Michigan.
Garrison Bros, of Vernon, paid the farm
ers $40, 600 for butter and eggs last year.
E.. A. Fox, of Elsie, was granted certif-
cate as pharmacist at the recent examina-
ton In Bay City.
There are twice as many daily Tribunes
taken i'm Bancroft as there are copies of the
Detroit Free Press.
The Shiawassee County Farmers Institute
at Durand February II and Is. The pro-
gram will be published later.
A private letter from Prof. A. j. Cook in
California where he Is spending the winter,
speaks In glowing terms Of that country.
The drug. store of G. B. Howe at North
Star was destroyed by fire last week. Mr..
Howe formerly resided In this city.
The Household Specially Co. reports bus
mess as quite lively. They received an
order this week for carload of mop handles.
An advance agent for Barnum & Bailey's
show was In Owosso, Tuesday, contracting
for bill boards. He says the show will visit
OwOssO in 1892.
The Y. M. G. A. district conference will
be held at Alma, beginning Friday of next
week. OwOsso will probably be represented
by good delegation.
Harry Date &C the Methodist church has
been drawing large number of people to
his revival services. An excellent chorus
choir assists in these meetings.
The Farmers Alliance at Morrice last
week elected the following officers: Chas.
Service, president; Frank Savage, vice pres
ident; Henry Allen, secretary; Mrs. Rachel
Beardsley, treasurer.
The morning service at the Congregation
al chureh-subject, "SOme Definitions of
Christian Church." The evening service
will be a song service under Mr.. G. c. Duff's
leadership with double quartette choir.
The Y. M. C. A. is preparing to hold
grand mass meeting for men next Sunday,
IN which the city pastors are expected to
participate, and Evangelist Harry Date de-
liver an addres. The music will be made
especially interesting. Plan to attend.
Hot air from the furnace in THE TIMES
Office set fire to the floor adjoining the regis
ter Saturday evening. Harry Howard, THE
TIMES pressman in the Office at the time,
discovered the smoke and with some assist
ance eXtnguished the fire before. serious
damage was done.
The COrunna Joarnal has been'lOoking up
the marriage license business and finds that
32l licenses were granted last year and SO
divorces were granted by the court within
the same time. All of which shows that
marriage in every eight cases succeeded and
in the ninth instance was a failure.
THE TIMES edition for several weeks past
has been S3 quires in addition to supple
ment. The supplement was omitted in the
count of paper used. THE TINES has the
largest circulation of any paper in Shiawas-
see county, has more presses, more type and
employs double the force Of any other paper.
st. Johns Independent: Bert Brown, a
former st. Johns boy, who for the past two
years has been travelling in the west, except
the past six months, which have been spent
in photograph gallery in Ottumwa, Iowa.
has returned to his home and friends and
will settle permanently in a gallery in
OwOssO.
Experience social at the Baptist chapel,
Wednesday evening, Feb. 3rd, unique, indie
>cribabe, full of the amusing and thrilling!
Preparations under way for month. Forty
to fifty ladies engaged. a rare treat in
store. Music will be added to the evenings
enjoyment. All are cordially welcome.
Admission 10 cents.
Rev. j. ID. Miller at the Methodist church
in the Y. M. &. A. lecture course drew
large audience to learn of 1.-THE uses of
Uginess." Mr.. Miller is a hOmely. unpre-
tentiOus gentleman, who opens mp his mouth
and lets flow superb address. Miller's good
nature and appeal to all that ennobles, car
ries the audience with him irresstibly.
M. l.. Stewart Il Co. bid in the crockery
stock Of ID. w. Waters ut the chattel mort
gage sale yesterday. Considerable excite
ment was occasioned by the appearance of
Treasurer Murphy at the sale with several
men to seize a part of the stock in payment
of the taxes. After lively skirmish Mr..
M. succeeded In securing two large tables
full of goods.
The Charlotte Republican is TO be con-
graduated on winning the libel suit for
5000 damages brought against it by a
supervisor who thought he had been injured
by articles published charging him with
taking fees which he was not entitled to.
Judge Hooker decided in this case that a
supervisor cannot legally receive pay or
mileage for any committee work done while
the board is not in session. The case was
holly contested with able attorneys on each
side, occupying five and half days time.
1t took the jury three-quarters of an hour
to decide on their righteous verdict.
Grand Rapids Democrat: George M.
Dewey, the veteran OwOssO editor, has lot
of nice, early Seeding obituaries on hand
that are the pride of his heart. A few days
ago another OwOssO man bearing Deweys
name was thoughtless enough to die and all
the editors who had ever said anything
mean about George M. in the excitement of
argument stopped the press to strew flowers
Of sOrrowful eloquence all over the family
burial lot. Mr.. Dewey frankly admits that
he never knew before how good man could
be and still run newspaper.
Miss Mary Crugher, for several years past
housekeeper for w. M. Fitzpatrick, met with
severe accident Wednesday afternoon.
She had been at work, during the afternoon
cleaning a dress with fluid containing gas