The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-02-24

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Goods for the new firm of Lyon 4 Pond
| ale arriving daily.
A new Opera House is among the posi-
bilites for Owoss0 this year.
Born on TUESDAY OF last week to Prof.
| and Mrs. Ii. III. Frost, of Bay City, a son.
Whitney Mockridge, the eminent Ameri-
can tenor is billed for Ow0ssO March 18th.
On Monday evening Feb. 27th Mrs. DIR.
Allen will give test meeting at Spiritual
| Hall.
| Living Circulating Library at the Lad es'
Library rooms next Monday night. Usuai
| prize.
| Fred Townsend will speak at the Y. M.
| G.. A. meeting Sunday afternoon. at
o'clock.
| Forty excursion tickets were sold to De-
trot at tho ID. IL M. Tuesday and We'd
! nesday.
cutoff saw at the Ow0ssO Mfg. Co.'s shop
on Wednesday.
| Shall the representation on the board of
supervisors be equalized? All the town.
ships seem to say, yes.
The bill amending the charter of Owosso
| city passed the house on Wednesday and
was given immediate effect.
| The democrats will hold ward caucuses
| tonight to elect delegates to the county con-
venton to be held tomorrow.
| The Ann Arbor Register credits NJ W..
| WillOughby with having one of the fastt st
road horses owned in that city.
The grand council r. T. Oft. will meet in
| FOwervile on Tuesday next. Mrs. e. nj.
| Dewey will represent OwossO council.
Deputy Sheriff Ransom, of Flushing, was
in Owosso, Sunday, locking after three
chickens thieves who had escaped from Jail.
f. e. HartshOn attended a meeting of the
state retail dealers i'm agricultural imple-
ments at Jackson Wednesday and Thursday.
The Saginaw News gives Col. Byerly a
fine send off for Michigan pension agent.
The Col. is highly endorsed for this appoint
ment.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Stewart and Miss Gracia Stew
art entertained their Sunday school classes
at tea Tuesday evening followed by sleigh
ride.
Nj. II. Reynolds has been busy for 10
days past mailing 10. 900 copies of the pro-
ceedngs of the State Sunday School con-
ventiOn.
A donation will be rendered Rev. w. M.
Ward, pastor of the Corunna M. K. church,
at the Mansard House on Wednesday even
ing next
The prOhibitiOnists at their county con-
vention on Saturday nominated Prof. +. w.
French, of Vernon for County Commissioner
of Schools.
The democratic judicial convention will
most likely be held i'm Durand, March I'd.
Hon. Hugh McCurdy is a candidate for the
nomination.
Large crowds have been at the Mulberry
street hill nearly every evening this week
enjoying the cOasting which is especially
good this winter.
Those who braved the storm on Sunday
evening to hear Rev. j. r. ReitZels lecture
on washington and Lincoln" were well
repaid for their trouble.
Mrs. Ledbeter is confined to her home by
sickness. She is suffering at present from
bad limb. caused by fall on broken
side walk OH Oliver st.
George r. Vending, the eloquent orator.
will deliver his most celebrated lecture,
1.-The man of Galilee," in the Y. NJ. G.. A.
Course Monday, March 9th.
Since Tuesday the OwossO Mfg. Co. have
been running until nine O'clock at night.
They are crowded with orders and have to
work over time in order to keep up.
Shelton & Curry will move their stock
of groceries from west Owosso to the store
vacated 10y ID. L. Murphy. They expect to
be in their new quarters 10y March 1.
Adriel Crawford, local reporter for THE
TIMES. has assisted Uncle Sam since Tues
day distributing mail, thus making our local
department somewhat slim this week.
The Saginaw News says Congressman
YOumans' chances of being appointed third
assistant post master general are good. He
has been endorsed by all the Michigan DEM
Ocratic congressman save Whiting
f. ID. Vanderkarr will sell at auction at
his farm one mile south and west of Corun-
ma on Tuesday, March z, at 10 a. m. four
horses, Al high grade Merno sheep and a
large number of farm implements. Usual
| terms.
The report that Valentine Goldsmith, of
| this city, was robbed of $500 i'm Detroit on
| Wednesday proves to be untrue. Mr.. Gold
smith found most of his money in one of his
! pockets after his arrival home. He was re-
lieved of but $500.
Beginning with this week we shall print
each week three columns of condensed
Michigan state news, including the proceed
ings of the legislature. We are certain this
will please our readers, giving them as it
does almost as much state news as the city
| weeklies do.
| A Living Circulating Library will circu-
late around the ladies' Library rooms next
Monday evening. Persons will dress or
wear an ornament or badge to represent the
| title of some book, and the one who can rec
ognize the greatest number of books repre-
scented takes the prize. There will also be
games and other amusements. Admission
| 10 cents.
Hiram johnson, supervisor of Venice, is
the only supervisor who refused to sign the
petition to equalize the representation on
| the board of supervisors. Venice township
is equalized at $3.50. 900, COrunna, $500, 600;
Venice has 1,414 population, Corunna I, 1892;
Venice casts 1888 votes, COrunna 357; Venice
has one supervisor, Corunna three, still the