The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-09-08
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The M. G. sold "a tickets to Chicago
Tuesday.
Sunday with the pastor of the Flint Congre-
gational church.
Married, Thursday evening, Sept Z, by
Rev. W.B. Matteson, E. b. Kaiser and Mrs.
M. Grow, both of this city.
The appearance of the Y. M. c. A. rooms
has been improved by new lnoleum in the
reading room. The game room is also again
carpeted.
Castree & Shaw have sold 40 hay presses
so far this season and expect to sell at least
100. They are we'll pleased with their
change from Flint to Owosoo.
Prof. Tubbs gave an exhibition half-mile
run with one of his famous teams of chariot
horses at Port Huron in 81 seconds. He
will drive the same team at the county fair
q. A. ConnOr has undertaken the whole
sale oyster trade and will supply the trade
in Owosso and neighboring towns with fresh
oysters. He will receive daily shipments,
the first Of which began this week.
The reputation of the Owosso High school
is still growing as it deserves to- At the
opening of the city schools Tuesday the en-
rolment for the High School alone was 1866
a number equalling the total enrolment
of the High School for last year.
That the county fair is attracting unusual
attention this year is shown by the fact that
the first entry came from Woodruff town
ship and the second from Brady, Saginaw
county, while entries for the races have
been received from all parts of the state.
The statement of the Shiawassee Savings
and Loan association for the four months
ending Aug. 31st shows the total loans in
force to be $107, 375; cash on hand 81, TIC. "a;
total assets $120,309.O6. The total number
of shares of stock outstanding is 1851.
The new residence and household goods
of Ed. Martin on N. Washington street
were totally destroyed by fire about three
o'clock this morning. Insurance $4,000,
which is several hundred dollars less than
the cost. How the fire originated is not
known.
| 1t is very important that all children who
intend to 90 to school should do so at once.
The rooms are rapidly filling and the super
intendent wishes to make some transfers
next week to relieve some rooms that are
crowded. So If you want a good seat, you
had better be on hand for business.
An exchange says: How often do we
hear people say, "Where in the world do
all the flies come from ?" 1t is simple
enough. The topper makes the bottle fiy,
the stern father makes the CAD fy, the
blacksmith makes the fire fly, the carpenter
makes the saw fly, the driver makes the
horse fly, the boarder makes the butter fly,
and number of well dressed daughters
make the common house fly.
At the Bicycle club races Tuesday night
the half-mile race was won by Broom with
10 rod handicap; Hathaway I'd with three
rods and Burhans Sd with twelve rods han
dicap. In the mile race Broom and Bur-
hans were handicapped each 90 rods and
Hathaway six. Hathaway won first,
Broom second and Burhans third. Hatha-
! way was given 10 rods in the two mile race,
. Broom and Burhans each 3s, Hathaway
t winning first, Broom and Burhans second
Y and third respectively.
The men at the Estey factories were pait
i off Tuesday evening in money the company
T very evidently keeping its promise not t.
resort to the due bills until forced to do so
Q Even in this event 1t is not likely the mel
n would lose anything as one of the larges
. business firms of the city has already adver
g tised its willingness to take such bills in ex
s change for merchandise. The Estey Mfg
It Co. intends to keep all its employees a
}. work, to pay them cash weekly and not Il
n make cut in wages or the number of hour
work.