The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-03-03

was finished wednesday.
VIM. Green had shoulder dislocated
last Sunday while exercising his horse.
Ovid Methodists will build new SIS, 900
church. They have already $500 pledged.
Adna Burke received an addition to his
family Monday in the person OF a ten and
one-half pound son.
VIM. Walker, brakeman on the t., s.
u M. moved his family to Owosso from
Muskegon, Wednesday.
Geo. Skutt, of Fairfield, paid Justice
Baldwin $2l.50 on Monday for assaulting
George Shannon of the same township.
The Owosso Mfg Co finished piping for
their steam heating on Tuesday. Their new
building has been completed and Is in use
this week.
The junior building society Of the NJ. E.
church meets tonight at the home of j. III.
Robbins. Business of Importance is to be
considered.
The young ladies Of the Baptist society
will give fan drill at the opera house one
week from tonight. An interesting pro-
gram will also be rendered.
The dwelling house on G. r. Lyons farm
east of this city, occupied by George Eddy,
was totally destroyed by fire Saturday after
noon. The building was fully insured.
The Young Mems Christian Association
of this district open their District Con-
ference at Flushing tonight and will con-
tinue in session over Sunday. A number
of members of our local association are in
attendance.
Attention is asked to the large advertise
ment Of Lyon & Pond on our eighth page
today. This firm will open for business on
Tuesday next with fine stock of new goods
We bespeak for them fair share OF the
public patronage.
All hope for the passage of the Owosso
public building bill in The House Of Repre-
sentatives Is gone. Col. Byerly writes home
that the committee was favorable to Owosso
but that it was impossible to pass any bill
this session. Well, we can try again.
The Estey Carriage Co. has commenced
its new building on the south side of the
Corunna road, next to the elevator. The
building is to be 5OxS0 feet. The company
has also lately closed some large contracts
for carriages and expect to turn out in the
neighborhood of hundred week.
M. ID. Corey is building an addition to
his laundry to hold the new carpet beaten he
has just set up. He has lately added new
dampener and this week has been making a
number of changes in shafting, arrange
ment Of washers, ETC., improvements which
will enable him to handle much larger
trade the coming season than ever before.
The next annual meeting of the high
court of Michigan Independent Order of
Foresters will be held in Owosso one year
hence. The contesting cities were Alpena
and Detroit Owosso is coming to be recOg-
nized as central point to hold gatherings
of this kind. Now let the State Encamp-
ment G. A. II. vote to come.
James A. Cooper has purchased the inter-
est of James Mclaughlin i'm the Owosso
Carriage Co. and now owns the entire inter-
est in the same. The company has been
busy for some time making extensive i'm
provements which will enable it to turn out
a larger quantity of goods than ever before.
The engine ana boiler are now in running
order and the machinery will be in operation
before long.
On Saturday morning last one of the en-
gines on the L. 81 A. A. Ry. blew up near
Cadillac, killing Patrick O'Niel, the fireman,
and injuring Engineer Miner of this city.
Mr.. ONiel was young man who had re-
Gently come from Canada to work for this
road. His remains were taken to Canada
for burial. AS to the cause of the accident
there are various reports afloat, the one
generally accepted being that the water in
the boiler was low
Owosso people are all pleased to learn that
the long litigation over the Crawford-0s-
nun property on the corner of Main and
Ball streets has ended and that the property,
three store fronts, 66x132, has been pur-
chased by ID. M. Christian. Just what i'm
provements Mr.. G. will make on the build
ings cannot yet be told, but it is a matter of
that he has obtained possess
ion of the property and will in the near
future make changes that will make the
stores like the location-one of the best in
the city.
A telegram to Miss Meta Gould OH Tues
day announced the sad news of the death
at one o'clock q. m. that day of Louise
Blenkiron Gould, wife of Mr.. Will s. Gould,
at Colorado Springs, Colo Mrs. Gould had
been in poor health for long time and had
gone to Colorado to seek relief. She will
long be remembered by many of the Owosso
high school scholars as a loving teacher and
a dear friend. The funeral occurred in
Chicago, yesterday at 10 o'clock, conducted
by Rev. G. IL. Wilson, her former pastor in
OwOsSO.
The democrat county convention was held
in Owosso, Saturday. J. w. Turner acted
as chairman and j. &. Shattuck, secretary.
Delegates were elected to the state and
judicial convention, the latter being in
structed to vote for the nomination of Hon.
Hugh McCurdy. w. G. Harrington, of
Vernon(e) was nominated for County Gem
missioners of Schools. A lively fight was
stirred up by resolution to endorse A. l..
Beard for appointment as deputy revenue
collector. w. S. Ii. Welton said he was a
candidate for the same Office and opposed
the resolution. 1t passed just the same.
Saulte Ste. Marie News. DR.. Hoyer, the
leading dentist of Owosso, wrote to DIR.
Conway this week to send him fresh fish.
At lotions the 500 dentist found Lake
Superior trout weighing "a pounds. This
he expressed to Owosso, with the expana-
ton that it was caught through the ice. DIR.
Conway added his regrets that the fish was
so small and said he would have sent
larger one only that it took so much time to
cut a hole through four feet of solid ice in
order to get bigger fish out. 1t is safe to
predict that the sample is big enough for
the OwossO doctor, whose diet at home Is
IN grass pilyp shark niokaral