The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-12-13


o'clock. Very important business.
| The Loyal Guards will nominate their Of
fcers to night and elect, December 27th'
This order was instituted In Owosso, In
March last and has already an active men,
bership of 1870.
The Y. M. @. A. district conference meets
In Saginaw tomorrow and next day. Among
the speakers, as per printed program, we
notice the names of Secretary Van Ness,
Prof. Simmons and James e. Clark, of
Owosso.
L. l.. Brewer was run down by lady
bicyclist on Tuesday but suffered no injury
from the collision. The rider was thrown
from her wheel, but after apologizlng was
able to mount and ride away, none the
worse for the accident.
The Kings Daughters are preparing to
serve Christmas dinner to the children Of
needy families. AS result of their recep-
ton on Friday evening they have dstribut-
ed considerable food aAd a quantity of
clothing to destitute families.
A half day more of favorable weather
will enable the contractors to complete the
brick work on the new Baptist church.
The bell will be swung into its place as
soon as the belfry tower is rooted. They
expect to begin plastering next week.
Sheriff Jacobs is reported to have said
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cost the taxpayers of the county not less
than 81 900. We do not believe he made
the statement; but IL he did he is wild in his
estimate. 1t will probably not exceed
$1,000.
Master Mechanic r. Tawse left Monday
for Pullman, ILL.,, to inspect the new freight
cars being made for the Ann Arbor road.
To accommodate the Owosso furniture fac
tories number of these cars will be made
80 and 40 feet long, to take their large car
load orders.
DR.. Osborn, health officer, reports only
one case of typhoid fever in the city, and
that convalescent case; and that we are
entirely free Of scarlet fever, diphtheria and
measles. There are few cases of humps
and woooping cough. The general health of
the city is excellent.
The Michigan ASSOCIATION of breeders of
improved live stock will hold its annual
meeting in Lansing, Dec. 18th. j. n. Nc
Bride, of this city, will read paper on
"Growing and utilizing the corn crop" The
meeting of the several stock associations
will occur on the nth.
Congressman Linton has introduced a
bill in the House of Representatives for the
erection of public building in Owosso to
cost 100000 1t also provides for COM
mission to be appointed by the Secretary of
the Treasury to select the site. Mr.. Lin
ton will make great effort to pass the bill
and we believe he will succeed.
The services at the Congregational church,
Rev. j. G. Cromer, pastor, will be held
next Sunday at the usual hours-10:45 a.
m. and 7:30 p. m, In the evening the pas
tor will speak to the topic ''Nobe life,"
using the character of DR.. Mcclure in 1.-The
Bonny Brier Bush" as foundation of the
sermon. Good music by the quartette.
Iohia Sentinel: Miss Media Hess, daugh-
ter of DIR. Hess, of GAINESVILLE, is one of the
missionaries at Marash, Turkey, and who
among others is in danger of being put to
death by the Turks. She was at one time a
pupil of the Ionia high school, and was quite
we'll known by many of our citizens. In a
that their church property was destroyed,
but that they were not in immediate danger
personally.
Chas. S. Lewis, formerly of Owosso, now
located at Casselton, North Dakota, writes
that they "have scarcely any snow, not
even enough to make go-devip slide easy,
although mercury has fingered down around
Is or 20 degrees below zero few mornings"
He also says farmers are quite confident
hey viii be able to survive this winter, as
they have their cellars we'll filled with po-
tatoes worth 8 cts. per bushel."
The ladies aid society of the Spiritual So
ciety will hold fair in their hall Thursday.
Dec. 10th, one day only, for the sale of
fancy and useful articles, from to s p. m.
Oysters will be served al 10 cts. per dish,
after which short program will be rem
dered. Mrs. DIR. Allen, of Flint, will give
in the line of tests whatever may be given to
her. Those wishing to purchase Christmas
presents come and look our articles over be-
fore purchasing elsewhere.
With all of its boosted prosperity there
are cases of great want in Owosso, many of
them deserving the charity of the charit-
able. In company with truant officer Nab
in, Supervisor Parker visited a family at 42O
west Howard street on Wednesday and
found it to consist of poor widow with six
children, and with no visible means of sup
port. Three of the children were barefooted
and the whole family in such situation as
to demand immediate assistance. While
here and there such cases as this may be
found Owosso perhaps is as free from actual
want as any city of its size In the country.