The times., 1895-05-10

session of the famous Lewis art gallery.
James Rosencrans, one of the well known
pioneers of Owosso, died at his home NORTH
of the city Saturday and was buried Mon
day under the auspices Of Owosso Lodge
| No. SS, /. o. o. f., of which he was FOL
many years member. He has been sick
| Tor over year with cancer, and his death
was q relief from most painful illness.
He was 70 years of age.
The School Board has engaged the follow
ing teachers: j. !. Bricker, of Hillsdale, to
be principal of the Washington school; 4.
p. Miller, of Mears, sth grade central build
ing; G. B. Chaffee, assistant in the high
school; Miss Allen, Niles, 4th grade centra'
building. The teachers heretofore offered
position, have, with one exception, accepted.
b. Goldstein is said to be very careless
about calling people names, If they do not
agree with him. In disagreement, or
rather refusal to pay proper charges on a
box of express he applied one of his epithets
to Tom Ledbeter, who waited until he was
off duty and meeting Goldstein on WASH
ing ton street gave the fellow good beat
ing Monday.
The work of Geo. Carpenter as deputy
game and fish warden has resulted in a
more general observance of the law this
spring than at any time for several years
past. While Mr.. Carpenter has not arrest
ed any one, his activity in making the law
known and getting about to the streams
causes those who would violate the law to
be careful and not do so.
The Euterpean Club gave its second
musical at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. 1. Ii.
Keeler, last Friday evening About one
hundred friends had been invited, and they
were most pleasingly entertained. Besides
the music Miss Maud Gates entertained
with recitatiOns. The club has twenty
members, all enthusiastic musicians and
their studies and discussions will make
them among the we'll informed clubs of the
state.
Officers of the Congregational Missionary
Union for the coming year were selected
Friday as follows: President, Mrs. E. ID.
Perkins; vice president, Mrs, Emily Ament;
secretary, Mrs. c. G. Duff; treasurer, Miss
Eta Williams. Chairmen OF committees:
Senior Foreign, Mrs. n. McBain; junior
foreign, Miss Brewer; home missions, Mrs.
T. NJ. Wiley; juvenils work, Mrs. NJ. N.
Osburn; local benevolence, Mrs. Hershey;
hospital, Mrs. M. c. Dawes.
Disciples of Christ closed their series of
meetings in the fourth ward Monday eye
ming. One took fellowship with the church.
Owing to the occupation of people in other
directions, meetings were suspended to be
resumed when people are less occupied.
Their Evangelist, Ii. E, Rassel, has decided
to move his family from Kalkaska to Owosso,
from whence to operate as and independent
evangelist for the Disciples. He has rented
a house on Gilbert street and will be settled
the first of next week.
Rev. j. G. Cromer began his work as
pastor of the Congregational church last
Sunday, and was greeted in the morning by
a large congregation who were very much
pleased with his sermon. An unusually
large number attended the evening service
and the pastor again demonstrated his ability
to instruct and interest all attendants. Mr..
Cromer is most pleasant gentleman soci-
ally, and in his Sunday school and outside
work, is said to be a very superior man.
His welcome was certainly hearty one,
and we look for renewal and revival of
the good work done by the church in the
past.
During the past two weeks Deputy Labor
Commissioner ii. r. Dewey has been in the
city carrying on systematic investigation
of the charges frequently made to the Labor
Bureau by citizens that child labor was
being employed in the factories of Owosso.
Mr.. Dewey went carefully about his work,
determined to get at the facts and If the
charges were true to put stop to the prac-
tice and If need be prosecute the offenders.
After he had the cases we'll in hand Mr.. d.
called upon the employers and laid the facts
before them. In number of the cases the
boys had signed statements, which were
verified by parents (which, however, were
proven to be untrue) that they were IA
years Of age, the law providing that children
under that age shall not be employed in
In other cases the boys were
working at piece work and were not EN-.
plOyed by the proprietors; while in still
other cases the boys had been put at work
with the knowledge of the employers that
they were not of legal age. In the latter
cases the boys were only taken at the
urgent solicitation of their parents, who
were in some cases absolutely dependent on
the earnings of their children, and who will
be left in destitute circumstances when this
small weekly income is cut off. Mr.. Dewey
says that in every case the employers prom
ised to discharge the boys and to hereafter
carefully follow the law. He says that in
many of the cases the parents are alone
for the boys being at work and
not in school, while i'm other cases the boys