The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-11-18
LOCAL NEWS
CIRCULATION THIS WEEK, 2,496.

Work on the armory is being hurried
along.
Corunna democrats had jubilee Tuesday
evening.
Born, on Sunday to Mr.. and Mrs. M. H..
Persons, daughter.
We wonder if Owosso citizens are proud
of The roads leading into the city.
E. e. White has sold his interest in the
Pearl steam laundry to l.. j. Stiff.
Teachers will find fine line of cards at
this Office suitable for programs, etc.
The last issue of the COrunna Journal
still had Winans running for governor.
County Treasurer Mason is busy making
out tax rolls for several of the townships.
Geo. II. Grahame has purchased the
OwOssso agency of the Detroit Free Press.
The Congregational ladies are preparing
for bazaar to be held early. i'm December.
The young men of the city can proftably
spend an evening in the Y. M. G. A. room.
The election bets have most all been paid
and business has resumed its accustomed
pace.
THE TINES makes a speciality of fine job
printing Call and see our samples and get
prices.
At the Congregational church next Mon
day evening, the original Fisk Jubilee
Singers.
Said that Owosso has at least half doz-
en- men willing to serve as deputy or under
Sheriff for Sherff-elect Jacobs.
Quantities of potatoes are being shipped to
Owosso which K. f. Dudley has purchased
in villages up the L. IL A. A. road.
A few persons have not yet called for
their county fair premiums. They will
oblige the secretary by doing so at once.
o. w. Kenyon has purchased an interest
i'm the produce business of j. III. Thorn.
The finn name will be Thorn & Kenyon.
Several Shawassee county republicans
already have petitions in circulation asking
for clerkshfps at Lansing in the various de-
partments.
Our jolly friend, G. Hubbard, says the
street railway cars were all up Salt Creek
the first of the week to bring back the re-
publicans.
The Ladies Aid Society will hold an oys-
ter supper at the Disciples church corner of
Oliver and Hickory SITS. on Saturday evening
Nov. 10 supper from 9 to 9. Price Is cts.
All are cordially invited.
Daniel Lewis will sell at his farm two
miles east of Ovid, OH Tuesday, Nov. %, at
auction. several horses, 100 sheep, a wagon,
road cart, several sets of harness and nmner-
GUS small tools. Sale begins at / o'clock p.
m charm ITsual forms
THE TIMES is threatened with another
libel suit for what was said in its columns
at the time the $15, 600 suit was commenced.
The more the merrer. Our list OF friends
was never so long as it has been since we
were asked to hand over $4,000.
Suit has been begun i'm the United States
court to restrain the T., A. A. q n. M.
road from occupyinga strip of land lying
between land owned by the company and
their new docks, at Frankfort, until the
land has been condemned and paid for.
About twenty members of OwOsso lodge
Knights of Pythias together with the city
band were in Mt. Pleasant, Tuesday, at
tending the laying of the corner stone of
the Normal School building. The cere-
monies of the day were impressive and in
VicoOuB.
A dangerous counterfeit silver quarter
dated 1892 has made its appearance. Its
face is perfect and the reverse nearly so. 1t
Is an imitation of one made at the New Or
leans mint this year. The weight is the
same as the genuine coin and the only flaw
Is in the ling of the coin when IL is dropped.
The question OF dividing the first and
fourth wards to form fifth ward is being
agitated. Three schemes are proposed, one
to make all of these two wards south of the
river and west of Cedar street into fifth
ward, one to make the territory south of the
river and west of Shawassee st. into fifth
ward and to form the fourth ward
of the territory south of the river and
east of Shiawassee street. There seems to
be quite diversity of opinion on the sub
ject. Some opposing any change and
others favoring one or the other of the above
divisions The question should be considered
at general meeting Of the citizens before
any definite move Is made.