The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-05

Fire and water did damage to the amount
of 81, 900 at the Estey Carriage Co.'s factory
at midnight Wednesday. 1t is not known
how the fire originated.
Department Commander Shakespeare will
pass through Owosso Monday morning at
O'clock. lie will be pleased to meet as
many of the old soldiers as will find 1t con-
venient to be at the M. q. depot at that
ime.
Two stories of five story brick building
owned by Mrs. w. X. Tillotson, of this city,
Louis last week, doing damage to the
amount of $40, 900. Mr.. Tillotson left We'd
nesday to arrange for the necessary repairs.
The business Of the Ann Arbor road is
steadily improving. For the first week in
May '95. the earnings were $s1, 4O5, and for
the same period this year, S21,97S. From
Jan. to May Z, '95, the earnings were
1856. 227; this year they were $780, 1858.
The Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Co.
has commenced proceedings to foreclOse a
$12, 900 mortgage against II. l.. Hollister,
owner of the 900 acre farm northwest of
Owosso, known as the Bunker farm, form
ery owned by Thos. Matthias.
In renewing his subscription to The
TIMES, f. M. Marsh, of Atlanta, Ca,
writes that ereat struggle is on there at
present on the money question. AS usual
Frank is on the right side and is fighting
free silver. We are pleased to state that
Mr.. Marsh has an excellent position and is
doing well.
The annual meetings of the Woman's Mis-
sionary Societies of the Congregational
churches of the Genesee Association, will
be held in this city at the Congregational
church, Wednesday and Thursday, June 10
first day; home and foreign Wednesday
evening, and foreign missions on Thursday.
State Supt. Warren will be present.
The case of the People VS.. l. ID. II. Ralph,
charged with assault and battery alleged to
have been committed upon K. ii. Beecham,
May %, was tried before Justice Byerly at
the city hall Wednesday morning The de-
PENDANT was fined S. and $40 costs, which
he paid. The case of the People VS.. E. Ii.
Beecham charged with the same offense was
| dismissed.
The case of Mary A. Wright, of Morrce.
VS. the Grand Trunk railway, was settled
on Tuesday, the company paying the plain
tiff satisfactory amount to compensate heI
for injuries received by falling from a train
a year ago. 1t was apparent that the negll-
gence of the railway employees caused the
accident. Watson & Chapman were Mrs.
Wrights attorneys and Hon. Harrison Geer
represented the road.
| On Sunday, June IA, the Frohsinn Sing.
| ing Society, of Detroit, and the ArbeiteI
| Singing Society, of Toledo, will run an ex-
cursion to Owosso. 1t is also expected that
trains will run from Grand Rapids and Bay
City. A large number of visitors are eX-
pected, who will be the guests of the Local
Arbeiter Society while here. An instru
mental and vocal concert will be given in
the afternoon at Arbeiter hill.
| Myron Carey, who lives near Shaftsburg,
met with serious accident on S. Washing
ton street, near Estey Factory A, Monday
afternoon at one o'clock. He was riding
into the city at a moderate pace when he
was run down, knocked off his bicycle and
run over by carriage which was following
him. He was taken to the Office of DR.
Perkins & Hume, where 1t was found ne
cessary to take six stitches In the perineun
which had been ruptured.
A dispatch from Hilsdale to the Free
Press says: Rev. FIR. p. j. Slane, who ha:
been in charge of the Catholic church il
Hilsdale for the last seventeen years, ha
been transferred to Owosso by Bishop Foley
A protest against the transfer has beef
signed by nearly every member of tn
parish, and sent to the bishop. During th'
time FIR. Slane has been in charge of tn
parish he has built new and elegan
church, new parsonage, and accumulated
church property to the amount of nearly o
quite $4,000. 1t is not yet known VIII
will be FIR. Slane's successor here.