The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-01-20
TIE Tines,
OWOSSO. FRIDAY, JAN. 20, 1893.
Entered at the postoffice In Owosso 70
as second-class matter.
LOCAL NEWS
CIRCULATION THIS WEEK, 2,44S.

Sio mug OOdl wan u hCIIy ooui,
And q merry old soul is he;
He calls for stove and he calls for his CRATE,
And he calls for prices three;
His eyes he winks as his money chinks,
And he rubs his hands with glee;
And he says to himself, "Aint all rights
There is only combine on me-"
Ice 90 inches thick is being put up.
The Savings society loaned $3.50, Mon
day evening.
Born, a son, to Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Doni-
gan, on Saturday last.
w. I'll. MUMMY has sold his cigar bust
ness in Corunna to Rolla West.
The Good Templers gave a social at L..
Opdyke's on Tuesday evening.
Woodland & North sent hundred dollar
bill of furniture to Ovid this week.
The clothing dealers are now besieged by
travelling statesmen with spring goods.
The five-year old son of Joseph Fritsch Is
quite sick with inflammation Of the lungs.
The Estey saw mill yard is increasing it,
stock of logs at the rate of about hundred
thousand feet day. =.
L. Woodland placed the last OF the new
machines in position this week. He has
added eiAht already this year.
The Congregational ladies will hold a
cake sale at the residence Of Mrs. NJ. l.
Stewart, Saturday afternoon.
Crystal Fount Lodge. of Hartwellville.
attended the meeting of the Good Templars
in this city, Wednesday evening.
The fire department was called out Satur-
day to extinguish an incipient fire In one o.
the Dimmick houses on Hickory street.
The price of oysters has doubled and
large quantities cannot be obtained even
the high price, owing to the long continued,
cold.
The Press gives the COrunna Journal anc
Independent a bad scoring this week foi
their attempt to get $15S. 10 from the count!
when only entitled to $S6.10.
Asbury Sunday school took sleigh rid,
to COrunna on Saturday last. The scholar
were finely entertained by Mrs. w. K
Jacobs at the Jail, being shown through tn,
building.
VIM. B. Wells, of Morrice, was re-electe,
as a director of the Citizens Mutual Fir
Insurance Co., at the meeting held at Holl,
last week. John M. Baird was re-electe,
secretary.
The Fort Street Union depot at Detroi'
will be formally opened tomorrow. Sew
eral of our citizens have been invited to b.
present. The building is 11S 1866 feet.
costing $500, 1000.
ID. ID. Strickland. local agent of the De
troit Journal, has made arrangements to re
ceive and deliver daily the morning editor
to Owosso subscribers. lie already has |,
good list and will make 1t still larger.
The Rector of Christ Episcopal Churcl
will preach on the following subjects mex
Sunday: Morning, 1890, "A Gospel for tn
Sick and Suffering" evening, 1880, "Reefe
Sails" All welcome. Full vested choir
special singing. Seats free.
Among the old English Wiltshire proverbs
is this one: ''If the grass grows II
Janiveer, 1t grows the worse fort all tn
year, Also this: "a January spring
worth nothing" 1t doesn't look as thougl
the grass would grow much In January thh
year.
The fruit report for 1892, also bulletin
treating on smut in oats and wheat, an
the external conformation of the horse
Ttldteu 10 TIC btlcCtiOu VI oh ohhh"'t nav
been published from the state agriculture
college. Parties interested and wishin,
copies should apply at the college, Lansing
Saginaw, Grand Rapids and other Mich
gan cities are to be connected with the new
long distance telephone system, by whicl
conversation can be carried on with New
York or Chicago. The new system dispense
with ground connections and no sound
heard except the voice of he speaker at thu
other end OF the line.
The farmers who come to the city will
wood or feed find 1t greatly to their al
vantage to drive to the feed barn of Lave
rock q GerOw on east Main street, wher
they can put their teams under shelter
small expense while waiting to sell thei
load. They also have the free use OF com
Portable waiting room.
We wish to say to the Corunna Journs
that The TIMES does not complain as to tb
representation Owosso has had I'm the list q
county officers. We believe Owossp ha
had all she was entitled to In this line
Neither did we have any reference to tn
senatorial controversy In what was said col,
corning "Abner SCOTS" article.