The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-09-13
LOCAL NB~wS.
owOssO. FRIDAY. SEPT. IS, 1895.

/, Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Mcintosh,
Sunday, ten pound girl.
M. l.. Parker is filling an order for $780,
600 brick, to be used in Manhattan, Ohio.
THE TIMES BLOCK and the Hartshorn
building have been connected with the
sewer this week.
The nOn-arrival of the cut stone for the
water table has somewhat delayed work on
the Keeler-Strahl block.
| Mason News: The band boys are emphatic
in their praises of the way Owosso people
treated them on Labor Dav.
Bert Proper cut the fore finger of his
left hand quite badly on growing saw at
the casket factory yesterday morning.
The marriage of Miss Carrie Book to
George G. Reineke took place at the Lutb-
Grams Salems church, Tuesday forenoon at
nine o'clock.
The funeral of the infant child of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Nelson was held Saturday
morning at the residence on Mulberry street.
The death occurred Thursday.
There will be preaching in the morning at
the M. e. church as usual, Rev. Henry
King of this city occupying the pulpit.
There will be no ey ening s-rvice.
| A pocketbook. containing small sum of
money, was picked up recently In front of
the Congregational church. Claim prop
erty at 42s Park street.
Samuel Amspoker and Will Douglass
took part in the bicycle races at the state
fair in Grand Rapids Monday, but found
too many better riders.
The infant daughter of Herbert Taylor,
who lives north of the city, died Sunday
morning, and the body was taken to Dia-
mondale Monday for burial.
The ladies aid society of the Church OF
Christ will give pumpkin pie social on the
evening of Sept II, at the residence Of H.
j. White, 426 Williams street east.
A tree literary and musical entertainment
will be given by the Home Forum benefit
order, Sept. IS, at 8 o'clock p. m. in theil
hall over w. A. Richardson's store on south
Washington street.
II. w. Mann has been busy rearrangine
his stock of books notions, wall paper, etc.
as he now occupies the whole store at the
old stand on Main street, and carries mucf
larger stock than ever before.
M. A. Sprague & Co. moved into thei
new store, 1O7 N. Washington street OF
Monday. They have very handsome ant
conveniently arranged drug store, which
new shelving, wall paper and paint combine
to make attractive.
The Owosso Mfg. Co. has started VI
after the usual summer shut down. Eacl
season finds the factory much better equip
ped for work than the season before, ant
numerous improvements make this year n,
exception.
Bonnie Robbins, seven year old son o
Mrs. j. III. Robbins, fell from tree nea
the Catholic church, Wednesday Afternoon
and suffered very bad compound fractur
: of the bones of his left leg near the ankle.
The saith reunion of the LIST Michigan
Engineers and Mechanics will b
held at Ionia, Wednesday. Oct. 10, 1896
Quite a number from Shiawassee count
will attend and very enjoyable time !
anticipated.
j. w. Hibbard has Just completed trou
pond on his vegetable farm southwest of tn
city. The pond covers an area of somethin
over half acre, has gravelly bottom an
! sides, is about three feet deep and constant
ly supplied with cold spring water.
The probabilities are that both Rev. j
M. Kerridge and Rev. Q. e. Hill will be re
turned to Owosso for another year, as bot
have been unanimously asked by their n
spective official boards to do so. They al
attending the M. K. conference at An
Arbor this week.
The central section in the opera house hs
q been re-seated with opera chairs and th
!, cane seated chairs which were in the centt
q take the place of the wooden chairs on til
sides. This change with papering an
painting make quite an Improvement in Ii
appearance of the house.
The house owned by Martin Burpee @
q east Main street caught fire on Wednesda
n afternoon, and although but a short distant
from the engine house, 1t had such sta
before the alarm was given that the hou'
was badly burned before the fire depar
ment could do anything. The house WI
occupied by John Corey and caught from Q
: loil stove.