The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-12-22
TIE Times.
TWELVE PAGES.
owosso, MICH. DECEMBER %. 1898
Entered at the post0ffice In Owosso for
as secOnd-class matter.
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The Casket factory is rushed with orders.
Rollin Pond sent load of monuments to
New Lothrop yesterday.
THE TIMES extends the compliments of
the season to its IL, 500 readers.
Judge Newton will receive $4,000 as a
bequest from his former wife.
The Congregational ladies Melted about
S75 from their bazaar last week.
The Ovid M. e. church will be dedi-
Gated the first Sunday in January.
The annual meeting of the Baptist church
will be held next thursday evening.
The Shiawassee Mutual Fire Insurance
Co. will hold its annual meeting at Corunna
Jan. 4.
Murray & Terbush announce great sale
of clothing in their full page ad. In this
issue.
The Estey employees will be paid off Sat
urday night this week, next Monday being
Christmas.
Judge Newton telegraphed Wednesday
to adjourn the circuit court from yesterday
to Wednesday next.
The children of the infant class al the M.
K. Sunday school will have their Christmas
exercises Monday afternoon In the church.
Owing to a broken smoke stack at the
COrunna road elevator on Monday, GoOdale
& Beswick could not buy wheat until We'd
nesday when the break was repaired.
The johnson Baking Co. is still pushing
its cracker trade and are now averaging
thirty-five barrels per day. On Wednesday
they made the largest shipment yet made,
sixty barrels.
The telephone company has placed a
power generator in Woodlands factory
and hereafter during working hours the
operator at the central Office will ring
you up by pressing the button. This how
ever means better service for patrons as the
operator can work much faster. A new
long distance receiver and patent ear phone
have also been added recently to the equip
ment at the central Office.
The death of Mrs. Jonah Fuller occurred
on the 10th at the residence of her sister or
east Williams street. The funeral was
held at her sons residence, Monday. Mrs
Fuller was sixty-nine years old and leaves
sister, Mrs. w. jackson and sou, T. ID
| Fuller. She was wife of the late ex-sherif
| Jonah Fuller and had been for some time
caring for a son in Dakota who recently
died there and whose remains were brough
to Owosso for burial last week.
The Michigan Hoop Co. purchased
| large amount of hoops last week, NOR,
being brought in than ever before so early
in the season. The price of hoops ruI
| from SO so to $40. 90 per thousand and load
worth from forty to City dollars apiece ar
| frequently brought in. AS it takes bu
three years to raise the saplings to make
/ hoops and they always command goo
price, il seems strange more farmers do no
pay more attention to the hoop market
The profits certainly compare favorabl.
with those from wheat or, what Is neare
like 1t, wood selling.
At the Tuesday evening meeting OF tn
Owosso Light Infantry, LIST Lieutenant A
=. Bliss was elected Captain, I'd Lieutenan
Van Epps was given a promotion to Is
Lieutenant and LIST Sergeant John Hender
son was elt cted I'd Lieutenant.
A committee OF seven was appointed
from the company to act with a citizens
committee. to be appointed by the mayor
and devise and carry out plans for bal
or entertainment OF some kind, the pro
ceeds to be sent to the suffering miners II
the upper peninsula. The character of th
entertainment will be decided by the join
committee. The company will furnish
the armory, without charge, and do all II
its power to make the event success. Tn
committee appointed by the company con
sists of the following: Capt. A. 3. Bliss
Lieut.. A. j. Van Epps, II. II. Bumps, Maj
p. M. Roth, Geo. k. Bailey, ID. w. Waiter
and Harry Tooley.