The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-03-11
LOCAL fEws
CIRCULATION YHINEEK, 1882.
Attend the caucuses.

'oi 'noh pipe organ.
The plastering on Congregational
church is nearly finished
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. DO. Gable, Thurs
DAY morning, daughter
Percy Edwards has md ed his law Office
TO rooms in the Thomas Dck.
The dates of the counI fair will prob
ably be Sept. ~, 2S, 30 al 80.
Justice Baldwin will me his Office into
the rooms to be vacated bDr. Hover.
Fifty-six members of IL Light Infantry
attended service in Id at the M. T..
church, Sunday.
The temperance sermoDf Rev. j. r.
Retzel is attracting muchttention in all
parts of the county.
The spring meeting of e county agri-
culture association will hheld at THE
TINES Office Monday next.
There is a general comp mt as to the
scarcity OF farm hands thiIear, notwith-
standing good wages are Oiled.
The democrat ward caucus will be held
Wednesday evening, MarcfB, the city eau
cuses Saturday evening theSth.
The K. p. band has pun ased eighteen
uniforms from Armstrong 60, Detroit, to
be delivered April 1st Co$2SO.
The Daughters of Rebeh will hold a
| ten cent social at the rdlence of S. f.
Smith, Tuesday evening, Msh Is.
The republicans of st. Jols elected their
entire village ticket Monday good major
tiles. Many votes were thrdn out as de-
fective.
The Union Workers willive a "Past
and Present" tea at the Unidchurch next
Wednesday evening. Onlyl0 cents adj
mission.
The p. of /. will give wan sugar So
cial at Harryman's hall, Benngton, Satur-
day evening, March 10. EveI,ne is invit-
ed to attend.
The prospects are that caNill soon be
given to an experienced man THE YMCA.
secretaryship. The decision vi be made
in few days.
Loren Watkins is mentioned the princi-
pal of the Perry schools to sceed II. j.
McEwen next year. Mr.. Mcwen is to
enter the Michigan University.
Chicken pie will be served ahe G. A.
r. hall, Saturday afternoon FIN FIVE to
eight. Tickets, fifteen cents. 4 sale of
aprons will also be held at the sne time.
Frieseke Bros. sold the bricklast week
for the new building of the ste bank at
Perry. They are also shippingbrick for
one of the asylum buildings at htiac.
Every time a few citizens g together
and begin to talk about roads Il question
of making the Main street road stirst-class
one, comes up. 1t is subject tit will not
down.
Rev. L. E. Heddle and Rev. JJ. Smith
will speak on the subject 'Our yws of the
saloon question" at the Union all Asbury
churches respectively, next Salath eve
ming at 1880.
Keep in mind that spring is ahand and
the spiders are at work making leir webs,
and there will be the largest cobeb at the
Baptist chapel Friday evening Mich IS for
only 10 cents.
The evening services in the CoEregation-
al church will be suspended Surdf evening
in order to listen to the Rev. Rsevelt at
Christ's church, this being the frs Sunday
evening service of the newly hsIlled rec
tor.
On Wednesday evening, Marble, there
will be warm maple sugar socii held at
the Disciple church, the proceeds b apply
on the church debt. All those Infested in
a good work come and help, AT have
good time.
Col. Dane lectured before a hge audi
ence at the Methodist church, Ftiay even
ing. 1t is unfortunate that the does not
start down the Rhine instead of 10 as the
current would facilitate his trav6 which
make too long a lecture.
G. Loynes. the present efficient clerk of
Fairfield township, is mentioned asa cand-
date for supervisor i'm that townslp. Mr..
Loynes being the only republican elected
last spring is counted upon as a vos getter.
Fairfield should have republican apervis-
or this year.
There will be thank Offering melting i'm
the M. E. church, Thursday aftenDn and
evening, March II. The acknowledging
will begin promptly at o'clock. Supper
will be served from to 8. A fe pro-
gam has been arranged for both aernoOn
and evening. All are cordially irtted to
be present.
We are informed that Congressman You
mans had secured Hiram johnson bsition
as bookkeeper in one of the departments at
Washington and that Mr.. johnson delined.
However, as all these appointments re un-
der the civil service commission it iSair to
presume that this little myth is batting
around for campaign purposes. Ydmans
has no such places at his disposal, an is as
absolutely pOwerless to secure .patroage in
this way as IL he had never been borI
Mayor Smith has declined a renomiation
which would have been almost unanimously
rendered him, and reelection wouldhave
certainly followed. Mayor Smiths adninis-
ration has been without scandal. Tk wa
Ter works have been made servicablel and
he city this year will begin to deriveeve-
1ue. The street car franchise was laced
n such way that those who accepttl it
we're made responsible. And had II not
been for such foresight the laborers woltl to-
lay be unpaid. Mr.. Smith declinesa re-
nomination for purely business reasons
Edward Baxter Perry will appear inthis
.ity March 20. OF him the Rochester Her.
Id says: Mr.. Perry is blind, and of cdrse
lis playing partakes Of the wonderful on
hat account, but without considering bat,
may be said that he is finished and dts
ic pianist. His programme embraced nm
,ers of wide diversity in style and mve-
nent, and in each case the rendition waare-
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