The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-30
TIE Times.
Entered at the postoffice In Owosso 70
transmission as second class matter.
LOCAL. NEWS.
OWOSSO. FRIDAY. AUG. 80. 1895.
Decorate for Labor Day.

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goods.
Fl. M. Post is putting steel roof on John
COmstock's house.
The M. G. sold twelve tickets to Owosso
day morning.
A patent on casket lid has been granted
to G. A. Ruebekam, who has assigned the
same to L.. f.. Woodland.
-Four second and twenty-nine third grade
certificates were granted as result of the
recent teachers examination.
Work on the Baptist church has been
delayed this week by the failure of the
Findlay Company to get brick here.
Grove & Payne and Castree & Shaw will
make big display of agricultural imple-
ments, carriages, ETC., at the county fair.
Gillett Bros. are marketing large quanti-
ties of vegetables in Owosso daily. They
are well pleased with the results of their
gardening.
ID. II. Salisbury will make novel show
at the county fair. He intends to place one
of his machines in one of the halls and
manufacture shoes.
The labor day committee requests all
manufacturers to blow their whistles at the
moment of starting the parade The signal
will be given by the water works whistle.
Charles Retain died Monday at his home
on East Main street at the age of sixteen.
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fever. The funeral was held Wednesday
afternoon.
The year and half old daughter of G. q.
Kronk died Monday of cholera infantum, at
was held Wednesday, the burial taking
place in Corunna.
B. s. Stratton, of Howell, the new agent
of the T. & A. A. in this city is taking hold
in an energetic manner, is gentlemanly
appearing young man and has the reputa-
ton of being hustler for business.
Beswick & Burnett will finish the M. E.
church at ST. Johns nearly month before
building will. be an ornament to the town,
while the interior arrangements are excellent.
The first list of entries received FOR the
county fair numbered one hundred and one.
This is the largest list ever received SO long
before the far and one of the largest ever
made. Every indication points to big
| show.
The ladies of the Owosso Congregational
church will serve splendid % cent dinner
in the dining rooms of the church on Labor
Day. The church is but short distance
from the grounds where the exercises will
take place. Patronize the ladies.
The ladies of the w. r. G. will serve
meals Labor Day at the Armory, the pro-
ceeds to go toward the soldiers monument
fund. ALI old soldiers and their families
visiting the city that day are cordially inylt-
cd to take dinner and supper with them.
r. r. Marsh has issued a little pamphlet
on plum growing, stating how the trees
should be put out and cared for to give the
best results. The ideas given are the obser-
vations for years of the successful culture of
this popular fruit. Ten cents will secure a
copy.
Two boys caught In Payne Bros melon
patch settled Monday by paying $500 each.
Hereafter the firm will let the law take its
course with such offenders. The new law
which goes into force to-day covers such
stealing and provides suitable punishment.
The Eastern Michigan Free Methodist
conference held at Elsie made the following
appointments: Owosso, Corunna, New Hav-
en-, Rev. A. Mott; Ovid and Elsie, Rev. s.
Potterfeld; Oakley and Chaplin, Rev. T. d.
Bennett; Perry, Rev. Ii. Voorhees,; Lennon,
Rev. Il. ID. Harley; Hazelton, Rev. w. G.
Roe.
On Wednesday, Sept. IL, the second day
of the county fair at Owosso, every school
child in Shiawassee county under fifteen
years of age will be admitted free upon pre-
sentation of certificate from the teacher of
the school at which the pupil attends, giving
name and age. Blank forms will be sup
piled to all teachers.
The Owosso Manufacturing Company is
building 20x2s foot addition to its boiler
room, and will use the additional space thus
obtained for machine shop. The large
new lathe and the shaper will be placed in
the room and separate engine will be pro-
vided to run the department which will be
fitted up with all the tools necessary for this
work and will be valuable addition to the
shops equipment.