The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-05-04
LOCAL NEWS.

Born, Sunday, a son, to Mr.. and Mrs.
George Bell.
Moses Mix has opened blacksmith shop
in his building oil Ball street.
The T. IL A. A. Ry. will build new
bridge across the Shiawassee at Ryron.
Henry S. Hall will take the census in
Middlebury and w. II. Dean in Rush.
Knapp tS Smith delivered a large bill Of
furniture to Perry customer, this week.
j. Fyke lost three toes and had his foot
badly smashed by a car at the junction Sun
day evening.
Candidates for county offices next fall are
beginning to place themselves in the hands
of their friends.
J. j. Walker will count the people of
Perry township. r. b. Haviland will do
the same job in Burns.
Major Roth inspected Company We'd
nesday evening. The company passed a
very creditable inspection.
H. II. Frain has opened general black
smith shop in the north part of the building
occupied by Kelley & Pauucc.
The Owosso Boiler Works sold twenty
horse power portable engine to Clark John
son, of Branch Centre Wednesday.
The bodies of Maggie and Lizzie Camp
bell were taken from the vault at the ceme-
tary and placed in a double grave, Tuesday.
Evangelist James Connolly will give an
illustrated address of great practical value
to young men at the Y. M. e.. A. Sunday at
4 p. M.
Street Commissioner Crane will resign as
constable if the council will agree to gil the
vacancy by the appointment of the editor of
the Press. .
On Tuesday Justice Baldwin sentenced
drunk and Justice Byerly treated three the
same way.
Fred Alexander who has been working at
Steggal's blacksmith shop has purchased
an interest in the shop lately occupied by
Mix & Hazen.
Castree & Shaw received a car of wrought
scrap on the way to furnish material for
their hay presses.
The cylinder head in the steam carriage
at the Estey saw mill blew. out Monday
morning causing the mill to be shut down
until yesterday morning.
Mrs. Lizzie VanKirk on Tuesday plead
| al, IN, oil nd
was let off on suspended sentence and given
| ten days in which to get out of town.
An interesting and entertaining course of
| five lectures is promised by the 'Itinerants"
at the NJ. +. church next week. Admission
ten cents or thirty-fve cents for the course.
The sem-annual apportionment of pr-
mary school money amounts to S567, 2s2.05
or SO per capita for 676,073 children. This
is the largest apportionment ever made.
Grand Army men who desire to hear
their old comrade, Washington Gardner,
preach will be warmly welcomed at the
Congregational church next Sunday morn
ing and evening.
The "Big Eight" go to Lake Linden to-
night to spend few days fishing. The
club is composed of Fred Woodward, Hugh
Woodland, Byron Knapp, Tom Tubbs, Joe
Osburn, Rollow Bigelow, Dwight North and
Rue Paris.
The Methodists Women's Home Mission
Dgtrict Convention begins at Saginaw to-
morrow and lasts until Monday evening.
The delegates from Owosso are: Mesdames:
Bancroft. Mershon, Densmore, Salisbury,
Flickenger, Pitts and Miner.
Owosso friends of Rev. Geo. L. Thomp-
son will be pleased to learn that a unani-
nous call has been extended to him by the
Second Avenue Presbyterian church of De-
troit to become its pastor. On the first
ballot log votes were cast of which Mr..
Thompson received 49, the second ballot
gave him l12, every vote cast. His salary
will be $4,000.
signed as one of the county superintendent
of the poor. Supervisor Parker says, and
we believe it to be true, that his successor
should be an Owosso citizen. The calls for
help are numerous at this point and 1t is
often matter of great convenience to the
supervisors TO be able to advise with one OF
the superintendent.
Some of the factory men planned and
carried out on Saturday evening good
take-off on the Coxey army movement. Sey-
eral hundred of them headed by the city
band paraded the streets carrying banners
| inscribed, ION to Washington" Michigan
Branch Coxey's Army" I'VE want govern
ment pap" etc The boys had lively
time and made a little excitement.