The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-01-19
Band concert at the opera house this even

Rev. q. Daniels will address the Y. M. c
: A. meeting next Sunday afternoon.
T A very pleasant pedro party was given a
the home of Mrs M. Fortress last evening
The Owosso Boiler Works are building a
so foot smoke stack for the Ovid water
works.
s. T. Waugh has changed the date of his
auction sale from Jan. 25 to Wednesday,
Jan. "a.
Copas & Son have shipped to the city this
week from neighboring cities several tons
of pork.
Attention is called to the statement of the
Shiawassee Mutual Fire Insurance company
published in this issue.
An alarm Of fire from the residence of
Chas. Allen called the department out last
night. Damage slight.
Chas. Holman, of Corunna, read paper
before state meeting of superintendent of
the poor in Detroit yesterday.
The ladies' aid society of the Riverside
church held social at Guy Coles on Cor
NINA Ave-, Thursday evening.
e. W. Bilhimer shipped 700 hens to
parties in Dexter ON Wednesday. He will
purchase any number of good fowls.
Arthur Steggel, of this city, will serve for
year to come as one of the directors of the
Saginaw Valley Spiritualist Association.
The city has purchased a gray horse of
G. W. Eusler, of Shiawassee township, to
take the place of the one that died. Price,
$165.
If the Holly Advertiser will deduct two
per cent from its statement as to the tax
levy in Owosso, 1t will state very near the
right figure.
j. r. Lyon was in Flint, Tuesday, to
argue a motion to set aside the order APP
pointing r. Waters receiver Of the street
railway line.
The Woodland factory will probably start
up with full force Monday. They have
been making a thorough overhauling of
machinery, shafting, etc.
The w. r. c. and g. A. r. post enjoyed
an oyster supper Wednesday evening In
their hall, about eighty members being
present.
Roy Cheal has been appointed local agent
for the Detroit Journal. He will see that
the paper is delivered promptly each even
ing to all subscribers.
The new motors for the street car line
arrived Wednesday. The general impress
sion seems to be that it will be unsafe to
allow them to run over the bridges.
Moses Mix has purchased of ID. Burhans
the two stores on north Ball street which
have been occupied by George Ingle. He
will probably move his blacksmith shop
into one of them.
Jas. West and John Cisco are in jail at
Corunna awaiting trial on charge of steal
ing potatoes from John Babcock, of Middle
bury. The arrest was made by deputy
sheriff Van Hoten.
L. M. Amsden, of Corunna, fell dead
Sunday evening as he was entering his
barn to do the chores. He had been about
the house as usual all day. He was MEM
Der of the Baptist church and of Wallace
post G. A. r. His age was SO years.
j. j. Larmour u. s. postal inspector
was in the city Wednesday and Thursday
on official business. The lease will soon
expire for the building now occupied by the
post Office and bids are being received for
location for FIVE years.
Judge Moore on Monday sentenced Jas.
Mahoney to ten years imprisonment for
stealing from jewelry store in Columbia
vile, Lapeer county, in October last.
Mahoney will be remembered as the man
who was arrested by Nightwatch Barres-
ford in this city while his pal was stealing
from Sturtevants saloon.
The Century Co., 33 East 18th St., New
York, have just issued "Pudd'nhead Will
sons Calendar for 1894" containing humor-
ous extracts from Mark Twain's latest
story. "Puddnhead Wilson," now appear
ing in The Century. They offer to send
copy of the calendar free to anyone who
will inclose them stamp to pay postage.
The work of putting in sewers has
commenced. Engineer Hartwig with a gang
of men broke ground Wednesday morning.
The first work is to move the street railway
track on Main street so that the sewer can
be put in the center of the street. The force
at work has been increased daily and now
numbers about 65 men, who will rush the
work just as fast as possible.
Died, at the home of her daughter in st.
Johns, on Sunday evening, of paralysis,
Mrs. Rosetta Kenney, aged rs years and
six months. Mrs. Kenney was one of the
old settlers OF this county, having lived in
Middlebury township most Of the time since
ls46. The funeral occurred at St. Johns
Wednesday. Mrs. Kenney was the mother
of ex-County Clerk Kenney, Mrs. s. X.
wlnans and Mrs. Martha Bogardus, Of
Lansing.