The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-09-27
TIE Times.
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LOCAL NEwS.
OwOSSO. FRIDAY. SEPT. 81. 1895.

Clinton county fair will be. held at st.
Johns next week.
Shiawassee county state taxes for this
year amount to $45, 4s6.2s.
The M. E. ladies Melted about 800 at their
dining hall during the fair.
G. B. Radford has the excavations COM
pleted for new house on Adams street.
The subject of Rev. w. B. Matteson's
Sunday morning sermon at the Armory will
be: The Headship Of the Holy Spirit.
Lewis Brooks has the foundation up for
new house on Water street, just back of his
fathers house which faces Adams street.
V. M. Moreau will again assume control
of the Reporter on Tuesday next. Mr..
Walton has not yet decided what he will do.
Thirteen of the Baptist young people
went to Vernon Wednesday evening and
attended an associatiOnal B. Y. p. u. rally
at that place.
Ed. Cheney has the excavation we'll un-
der way for new house on the corner of
Lingle and Frankfort streets in the Maple
Ridge addition.
Married, yesterday afternoon at Corunna,
at the home of j. Hilderbrant, Erastus w.
Durkee, of this city and Miss Mary Shultz,
Rev. j. s. Fisher officiating.
The annual Y. M. G. A. committeemen's
tea, given by the Woman's Auxiliary, will
be held on Friday evening Oct. 4th, in the
Congregational church parlors.
The Mothers Club will meet with Mrs. j..
d. Crum, Ball street. next Thursday after
noon. Mrs. w. e. Ward will have a paper
on Teaching Children to Love Nature"
Rollin Pond is making for Geo. w. Lee
die, of Fow.ervllle, large and costly
monument for the grave of his wife. II
will be one of the best turned out in long
time.
The city band will furnish the music fol
the Arbeiter Society at its annual ball
next Wednesday evening" r. M. Grove,
the manager of the band, has been hard a,
work arranging one of the Wang opera
waltzes in suitable form for the band.
We are in receipt of an ''in memorian'
card announcing the death of John Edward,
son of Prof. and Mrs. Frederick Sellick a
Hinsdale, ILL.,, on Sept. 6, aged five hours
Their friends in Owosso sympathize Will
them in their sorrow.
M. III. Reynolds was in Detroit Tuesday
attending meeting of the executive com
mittee OF the State Sunday School Associa
ton, at which the program for the annua
meeting, Nov. 10, 20, 81, was arranged
Gen. ]. b. Gordon, of Georgia, was invitet
to deliver the opening address.
Born, on Friday last, to Mr.. and Mrs
Geo. T. Campbell, a son; to Mr.. and Mrs
Elmer Cheney, Saturday, daughter; t
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Danner, Saturday,
son; to Mr.. and Mrs. K. E. Lohnes, Mon
day, son; to Mr.. and Mrs. Z. Brott, Mon
day, son. THE TIMES extends congratu
lations to all the happy parents.
With ~ starters in the 2:27 trot at Ian
sing, Tuesday, Chas. Owens fast mare
Ernestine by Byerly Abdallah, dam b.
Louis Napoleon, won the race in thre
straight heats. Time: 1923, 2:211l, 2:221S
This is reduction of six seconds OF
Ernestine's record, and she can 90 consider
ably faster. The purse was $500.
K. l.. Deyereaux and A. f. LOOMS spen
part Of the week in Detroit purchasing tn
stock for their new grocery. They will
open for business Saturday, Oct. 18th a
corner Of Washington and Mason streets
Both gentlemen are well known in th
community and we bespeak for them tn
success they deserve. See their ad. in thi
issue.
st. Johns Republicans: Mr.. Charles A
Merrifeld of Owosso, who is studying TO
the ministry at the Adventist college q
Battle Creek, was united In marriage wit
Cora Bell Wood, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
her parents, by Rev. d. d. Martin, thi
a morning. The happy couple left for Battl
, Greek, where they will reside for the pres
a ent.
r. p. Bigelow has resigned his positio
as travelling salesman for the wholesal
grocery house of Berdan & Co., Toledo,
take effect Oct. LIST. Mr.. Blgelow has rel
4 resented this firm for six years in a highl
q satisfactory manner and his resignation wa
accepted with regret. Hereafter he wi
represent the Simpson Computing Scale
Co., of Tecumseh, in northern Michigan
Those who witnessed the parade labor da
will recall the splendid display made by M
Blgelow Of the scales made by this Co.