The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-05

The Woodland factory is running but eight
hours day this week.
Rev. w. ID. Matteson will address the Y.
M. @. A. meeting Sunday afternoon.
The law firm of Chandler a. Friegel, of
Corunna, has dissolved partnership.
The Y. M. G. A. committeemen's recep-
ton and banquet will be held Friday even
ing, 10th inst.
Supt. Simmons has a very readable paper
on Teachers Institutes" in the last number
of The Moderator.
Commissioner Bumps has forwarded the
testimony in and his opinion of the Jacobs
investigation to Gov. Rich.
Chas. Farmer has purchased the Hatha-
way Touring mill at Ovid and will take pos
session about the middle of the month.
The premiums awarded at the county fair
will amount to about $1,000. The races
cost the association about $500 additional.
The Kalamazoo Bargain Store, Dimmick
block Exchange street west, will open for
business tomorrow. See their large ad. on
page s.
Chas. ID. Haines, of Owosso and COrunna
street railway fame, has been re-nominated
for congress by the democrats of the 10th
New York district.
The Y. M. G. A. State Convention at
Ann Arbor begins next Thursday. A num-
Der of members of the local association will
attend as delegates.
The young peoples society of the Con-
gregational church elected the following
officers Wednesday evening: President,
Mr.. Hawthorne; vice president, Miss Genie
Hurst; secretary, Miss May Jacobs; treas
urer, Glenn Reynolds: organist, Miss Pearl
Eddy.
Tom Cayanaugh quarreled with some of
the members of his family and concluded
to get out of their way by taking morphine
on top of good load of whisky on Tuesday
afternoon. Drs. Perkins and Hume fixed
him up, however, and he will have to con-
tinue to live.
Next Sunday morning the theme Of the
sermon by the pastor of the Congregational
church will be "Our Heritage" family talk,
it being the second anniversary of the occu-
pancy of the new meeting house. In the
evening the lecture will be on the subject
1.-The Masonry.of Jerusalem" The Masonic
fraternity and stone masons specially in
vited.
Arrangements are being completed for the
University Extension course of lectures.
The course will consist of six lectures by
Prof. Shepardson on the following subjects:
George Washington and the Making of
America, Thomas Jefferson and the Early
Republican Party, Andrew Jackson and
Notification, James K. Polk and Annexa-
ton, Henry Clay and the Wing Party, and
Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation.
Season tickets for the seventh annual
lecture course, given under the auspices of
the Y. M. G. A., are now on sale at the
usual price. $1.50. The course this season
is strong one. The concert companies
(the Divide Musin company and the Schubert
Male Quartet) are the best that could be
secured. The entertainer, Leland T. Pow
ers. is certainly the leader in his art, and is
great favorite in Owosso. The lecturers,
Prof. J.B. Denote, Col. l.. F. Copeland and
DR.. James Hedley, are three as popular and
entertaining lecturers as are on the plat
form today. Nor is their aim only to please.
but to instruct and benefit as well. We
consider the course we'll made up, and feel
confident it will give the best of satisfaction.
The opening number will not be given I'M
til after election.
The ball games at the county fair were
very pleasant feature to the visitors and
prizes will probably be offered next year.
The clubs did not live up to the agreement
in full and as protests were entered the $75
offered will be equally divided. Outside
players and combinations of players were
against the rules except where agreed upon
by all clubs. The Perry team with an anna
teur battery from Okemos played the fire.
men of this city on Wednesday, the Perry
team winning, 10 to s. The game was lively
and without guying or kicking and the good
playing was roundly applauded. On Thurs
day the fireman with help from Vernon de-
feated the Mutuals 16 to II and the crowd
were highly pleased. On Friday the Perry
team assisted by Derr and the battery of
Wednesday defeated the Mutuals assisted
by Haynes, of st. Johns, and others by
score of 10 to 8. The spectators were
very enthusiastic and it is certain that those
games alone were worth the admission
charged by the fair association. The we'd
ding on Thursday which we failed to men,
ton in the hurry of last week was highly
appreciated feature of Thursdays program.
Led by s. K. Parkill and large number of
young ladies and gentlemen the couple and
Rev. Frank Hoyt marched to the stand near
the floral hall where the knot was tied in
solemn and impressive manner. The con-
tracing parties were Herbert Underwood
and Miss Alice Pearsall, Of New Haven.