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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-28

Mrs Ernest O'Dell, GA west King street,
while walking on Mulberry street Tuesday
morning, slipped and fell on the sidewalk in
front of Albert Todd's residence, spraining
her right wrist severely. She was assisted
to the residence of r. p. Blgelow. where
she was kindly cared for. The sidewalk
where she fell leads down to the bridge and
is very steep and slippery, having been
used by the central school pupils as favor
lite sliding place.
Ed. Markham, son of George s. Markham
who keeps grocery at the corner of Dewey
and East Oliver streets, lies very Ill with
consumption, having had several severe
hemorrhages of the lungs within the past
two weeks. He is twenty-seven years of
age, and has lived in Owosso more or less
for the past twelve years. He is telegraph
operator and was last employed in the Mich
igan Central freight house in this city.
Mrs. Markham, the mother, also has been
ailipg this week.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-28
Delegate at Large.

The following letter explains itself fully
Mr.. Brewer is a candidate for delegate al
large to the National Republican Conven.
tion, and his candidacy in no way conflicts
with anybody in this Congressional District.
No man in the state would better represent
Michigan in that great republican assem-
bage and he would represent the republic
can sentiment of the district and state for
Gov. Mckinley.
PONTIAC, MICH Feb. 10, '96.
EDITOR GAZETTE:
My Dear Sir: / want to go as delegate
to the St. Louis Convention and l want to
go very much, hence make this appeal to
the Republicans of Michigan. AS Oakland
county had a district delegate to the con-
vention four years ago she Is not entitled to
a district delegate this year., therefore l
must be chosen by the state convention as a
delegate at large II l go at all. The Sixth
Congressional. District has never, to my
recollection, had delegate at large.
have perhaps as good claims upon the party
for such honor as any one, and no better
than thousands of others. / want no one
deceived IL am chosen. Among all the
good men named as candidates for the pres
idency, favor the nomination of William
Mckinley, of Ohio. Truly yours,
M. s. BREWER.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-28
In Aid of the Armenian Sufferers.

We, the undersigned, citizens of Owosso,
in full enjoyment of the privileges of good
government, living in peace in our homes,
in no peril of our lives, having had our in
dignation stirred by the heartless cruelty of
the Moslem Turk and our pity kindled to-
ward the thousands of starving widows and
little children who have survived the Ar
menian massacres and following the example
of other cities in our land do call upon the
people of Owosso to assemble in the Armory
on Sunday, March 1, at o'clock p. m, for
the purpose of considering the situation of
these suffering Armenians and making an
Offering for their relief.
Josiah Turner, f. A. Gould, E. G. Van
Ness, II. Kirk White, ID. M. Christian, j..
Thompson, B. s. Knapp, ]. c. Shattuck,
G. G. Duff, K. T. Austin, A. f. Todd,
James Osburn, w. s. Hunt, G.. r. Lyon,
III. b. Peterson, l.. K. Gould, @. ID. Stewart.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-28
The Popular Lecture Course.

All who have not as yet bought tickets for
the popular lecture course can now get them
at so cts. each where two or more are taken.
The balance of the course includes two of
the finest concerts ever given in Owosso,
the famous Harvard Male Quartette and
Lovett's Boston Stars, and two lectures, one
by Frederick G. Lee and the other by Jahu
Dewitt Miller. The first three numbers of
the course have given excellent satisfaction
and the Epworth League are giving exceed
ingly fine entertainments for the money.
The price now should enable all to buy
tickets which will be for sale at the door Of
the First M. e. church, where the entertain
ments and lectures will be held. The next
number will be the lecture given by Freder-
lex G.. Lee, entitled, 1.-The Lady or the
Tiger" Wednesday evening, March 4th.
Go and hear him as he is a very fine lecturer.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-28

A gentleman (?) who helped conduct the
institute at Corunha writes as follows to the
Mt. Pleasant Enterprise:
''Going from Corunna to Mt. Pleasant re-
minded me of Carleton's lines:
II you want to enjoy Heaven well
You want to be in He'll spell.
We enjoyed your institute and meeting so
many intelligent, well-informed people, who
could appreciate what we had to offer you.
l trust the seed planted there will yield a
bountiful harvest IN the general uplift OF
farmers and farming. That is what the
farmers institute does, not entirely by what
Is brought from abroad, but by what the
farmers themselves contribute as we'll"
The institute at Corunna was. in almost
every respect, model one and much good
came of il. The efforts of the men sent
here were highly appreciated and the man
who wrote the above simply shows himself a
sap-sucker who is unworthy of the honor
bestowed upon him by the State Board of
Agriculture. He was undoubtedly one of
the few from abroad who were of no value
to the institute and caused the unfavorabe
comment on the institute system of the
state,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-28

Seventy couples tripped the light fantastic
last night in the hall of Owosso Lodge No.
So i. o. o. #. Another party will be Civ
en- on Thursday evening, March 10.
A bright sun and light breeze laid the
ground bare over the entire city yesterday,
and it looks as IL the last SNOWFALL of the
season would soon be fired.
Welte took some fine photographs of the
new street cars-but the one with its win
dows full of handsome OwossO ladies will
doubtless be the most popular with buyers.
The Maccabees will give another social
party at their hall in the Shatluck block
next Thursday evening. Judging from the
last one 1t will be an extremely pleasant af-
fair.
Washington's birthday was spent very
quietly here, nothing in the way of gen.
eral celebration being attempted. Numer-
Gus flags foated in the breeze and Co. G
made brief parade in the evening. The
postoffice employees spent very pleasant
CfChiuS az luO hoiiC VI OnoliCS
six miles south of the city.
The Eolian Quartet assisted by the Ruby
Banjo Club gives a concert this evening at
the Maple River church. 1t is composed of
G. ID. Reynolds, first tenor; S. r. Hoyt. sec
ond tenor; Roy Knapp, first bass and Will
Sullivan, second bass. The quartet was
chrlstened the Eolan by Mrs. ID. M. Chris
tian and it is already beginning to be a pop
ular name.
Sunday afternoon rather portly young
man with rosy cheeks attempted to board
one of the new trolley cars while in motion,
on Main street near Washington street, and
was ierked around and dropped in the mud
behind the car. When the car did stop he
boarded it, being little the worse for wear
and enjoyed (9) trip to Corunna.
Talk about big number of kernels of
corn on cOb Levi McCarn, of Hazelton,
bought bushel of the variety known as the
white capped yellow dent. paying three dol
lars for the same. He raised seven acres of
fine corn, two ears of which may be seen
at the store of Perry & Cameron. One has
1000 kernels on it and the other 1900
Flushing Observer.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-28
Obituary

The funeral of Patrick Rourke, who died
Sunday morning at his home in Rush town.
ship, occurred Tuesday. The services were
held at st. Paul's church, the Rev. FIR. Do
man officiating, and were largely attended,
there being seventy carriages in the funeral
procession. He was born in Ireland, was
seventy.six years old at the time of his
death and was one OF the first settlers in
Rush township.
Miss Johanna Doyle, daughter Of Mrs.
Thomas Gadola, was born in COrunna and
died at her home 314 Saginaw street, Mon
day, aged twenty-three years, She was .
popular and lovable woman and bore with
heroic patience the pains incident to con-
sumption from which she had suffered for a
year previous to her death. The funeral
occurred at st. PauPs church yesterday
morning at ten o'clock, Rev. FIR. O'Sullivan,
of Gaines, officiating.
Mrs. Jane M. Sanborn, for eight years a
resident of Chesaning, removed to Owosso,
August 1, 1895, to care for her orphan
grandchildren, with whom she resided al
the time of her death, which occurred Tues
day at 220 DickersoD street. She was born
in Genesee county, New York and had at
tanned the age of seventy years and eight
months, when she died from the general de.
cline incident to old age. Out Of large
family of children only her son, Charles
Fox, of Owosso. survives her. The funeral
occurred at the residence yesterday, Rev.
Spayd officiating. and the remains were
taken to Chesaning for interment. The
children desire to thank their neighbors fol
their many kindnesses done during Mrs.
Sanborn's illness
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-28
EDITOR OF THE TIMES:
M. s. BREWER.

EDITOR OF THE TINES:
The gentleman who objected to the reso-
lutions passed by the late institute at Cor
unna, and who pronounced them disgrace
to the farming community, when it comes
down to considering the resolutions, abso-
lutely refuses to do so. When single par
agraph of the resolutions which was proper
ly stricken out by the assemblage, is the
only thing he objected to, why then were
the resolutions as passed disgrace to the
farmers? When the agricultural communi.
ty finds that their properties and incomes
are shrinking and their taxes are increasing;
that they cannot afford the formerly consid-
cred necessarles of life, what will they do?
There are farmers in this county who own
their farms and who heretofore have been in
comfortable circumstances, that this year in
order to pay their taxes are living with
scarcely any of the common groceries to
supply their table. Instead of coffee they
use parched rye and wheat. There is from
to learn, but a single student In any of our
state colleges. Does not such conditions
call for protest, for halt in expenditures at
some point? Those resolutions were formed
with such conditions in view and If the gen.
teman who objects to them has more ex-
cellent way, better remedy, let him name
it. If he has good plan or wise counsel
let him give it, ''for In the multitude of
counsellors there Is wisdom"
Has the gentleman had men and women
come and beg for labor that they might sup
port their families and pay the taxes as
sessed on their homes? Has the gentleman
had men offer their property, both real and
personal, at a sacrifice to secure money to
pay their taxes? If he has not 1t may be
that he will excuse the sympathy that those
who have had such experiences have for
those who are taxed beyond their ability TO
bear. Cold discretion and policy might
compel one to pass these things unnotced,
but Is it right that you should not touch
even your finger to lift the burden? l ask
the gentleman who disapproves of those res
olutions to present his plan for the alleyia-
ton OF the conditions of high taxes.
Very Respectfully,
JAS. N. MCBRIDE.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-28
At Harper Hospital, Detroit.

Mrs. Louis Flickinger, of this city, has
been for two years a sufferer from an I'M
known trouble. For over year she has
been in almost constant pain, but, like the
heroic woman tina she is, has kept up and
attended to household and church duties
regularly. Physicians of this city being
unable to diagnose the trouble she went last
week to Detroit, where, on Saturday at
Harper hospital she underwent an operation
performed by DR.. Ii. o. Walker, noted
surgeon and specialist. For over an hour
she was under the influence OF chloroform
and for forty minutes was upon the eperat-
ing table. The operation was upon the
bladder and although free from surgery and
thoroughly under the influence of chloro
form the pain was so txcrutiating that ma
ture showed itself in audible groans and
muscle movements. The work was done so
skillfully and successfully that under favor
able circumstances she will be able to return
home in two or three weeks. She is at
Harper hospital under the care Of cOmpe-
tent nurses, and is receiving every possible
attention. Mr.. Flickinger went to Detroit
Saturday, returning Tuesday, and is highly
pleased with the successful outcome of the
dangerous operation. 1t relieves HIM and
the few friends who have known of the
trouble from the constant worry and anxiety
which has attended the case, and it Is a
pleasure to all to know that Mrs. Flickinger
will soon be able to take up her work in the
various societies in which she has been so
earnest worker.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-28
Condensed Testimony.

Charles @. Hood, broker and manufactu-
rer's agent, Columbus, Ohio, certifies that
d. Kings New Discovery has no equal as
cobgh remedy. J. I'D. Brown, Prop. st.
James Hotel, Fl Wayne, Ind, testifies that
be was cured of a cough of two years stand
ing, caused by la grippe, by DIR. Kings New
Discovery. b. f. Merrill, OF Baldwinsvile,
Mass, says that he has used and recon-
mesded It and never knew IL to fail and
would rather have 1t than any doctor. be-
cause IL always cures. Mrs. Hemming. 222
f 25th St., Chicago, always keeps 1t at hand
and has no fear of Group, because II instant
ly relieves Free trial bottles at M. A.
Sprague Il Co.'s drug store.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-28

The Ladies' Church Building Society of
the Congregational church gave an individ-
ual chicken-pie supper in the church parlors
Saturday evening which netted them little
over $40. They think of giving another one
In few weeks.
Friday evening the Owosso and C0runna
officials, from the highest to lowest degrees,
were invited to try the new street cars,
which they did, making two complete trips
and stopping for general handshakings and
congratulations at the Grand Central hotel
in Corunna and the popular Wildermuth
house in Owosso.
The case of Lowe, Jarvis q Co. VS.. Aiken
& Cooper was decided i'm favor of the plain
tiffs, they receiving judgment of $75.75
against Aiken, and no cause of action as
against Cooper. The account was for debt
contracted by Aiken before he took in Coop
er as partner, Aiken claiming that Cooper
had half the benefit of the goods purchased
and should pay half of the debt.-Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-28
Wants Shiawassee County News.
BRooKINGs, s. d., Feb. IA, '9e

BROOKINGs, s. D., Feb. IA, '96.
Owosso TIMES, Owosso, Mich:
My DEAR Mr.. DEwEY:-Find enclosed
$1.O0 for subscription. viii you please
change the address of my paper from Ban
croft, Mich, to Brookings, s. ID. l cannot
get along without THE TIMES. Am down
at Sioux Falls today for Farmers Insti
tute. This southeastern part of the state is
filled with fine farms and generally produces
good crops; but the central and western
parts are badly dried up. Dairying is CON-
ing to be great industry here and many
CO operative creameries are being built.
Yours Truly,
E. A BITRNETT
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-28

Apropos of DR.. Jameson's raid the newspa.
pers lately have been filled with dispatches
from the Transvaal, but IL is safe TO say that
few people know anything about its inhabitants,
an article in the March Forum, by Captain t.
Lorraine White, q fourteen years. resident OF
South Africa, throws a flood of light on the
Manners and Customs OF the Boers"-an ex-
tremely interesting and entertaining paper.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-28

Michigan we think will be solid for Nc
Klnley for president. For governor, with
Aitken, Conant, O'Donnell and Bliss in the
field good selection should be made
Byron Herald.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-28

George A. Steel, of st. Johne, is candi-
date this year for State treasurer and would,
II nominated, be candidate against whom
nothing could be said. A better financler
the State does not afford.-Gratiot Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-28
Regular Meeting.

The regular meeting of the Board of Man
ayers of the Dorcas Society will be held at
the Home on Friday, Feb. 2S at two o'clock.
Every member is requested to be present,
also all members of the society are invited
to be present. BY ORDER OF PRE- sIDENT
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-28

For SALE-Clyde gelding, years old,
weight 1850 pounds. Sound, kind and true.
G. e. REED, OF Summit Ave.. Owosso.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-05
TELEPHONES IN EUROPE.
Not So Extensively Used as in the United
States

Not So Extensively Used rs in the United
States.
The worldwide reputation of the
American, not only for inventiveness,
but for the quick and ready adoption
and use of all the appliances of prac-
teal science, is well sustained by the
statistics recently published concern
ins the use of telephones. 1t appears,
says the Youths Companion, that in
the number of their telephones the
United States are far in advance of
any of the European nations. We
have some 6S6,0O0 telephones in use,
while England and Germany together
have probably about half that number,
and it is said that they exceed all the
rest of Europe combined.
But there are two small countries
which, in proportion to their popula-
ton, use more telephones than the
other European nations. Switzerland,
according to late statistics, has one
telephone to every 147 inhabitants. and
sweden one to every 1S4, while in Eng
lana and Germany there is only one
telephone to every 26o inhabitants.
A curious reason has been suggested
for the extensive use of telephones in
Sweden, namely, that they have proved
particularly useful on account of the
difficulties of locomotion there, and the
great length of the winter nights, which
tends to increase those difficulties and
perhaps to inspire, like the twilight of
more genial climes, desire for closer
human communion.
The obstacles to locomotion in the
Alps are thought to furnish similar
reason for the great development of
the use of telephones in Switzerland,
although the enormous influx of sum-
mer tourists is perhaps the most ef-
fective cause of their popularity in
that country.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-05
PARTISAN BOARDING HOUSE.
One Landlady Who Has Made Fortune
on of Americans.

Ono Landlady Who Has Made a Fortune
OF of Americans.
Few American women can afford to
pay hotel prices for long stays in Eu
rope. but are forced to live in boarding
houses when they are abroad, q thing
at which they turn up their noses wher
they are at home. The pension prices
in Paris range from seven to fifteen
francs day. 1t is well to give up the
idea of getting into "sweh private
family" Swell private families in Paris
do not keep boarders. There is swell
pension, however, in Paris which has
many well-known Americans under it's
roof all the time. Among others
Duchess de la Rochefoucauld, when,
she was Miss Matte Mitchell, of Ore
Gon, lived there with her mother. This
boarding house is near the Arc de
1riomphe, and the landlady has made
fortune out of her American boarders;
she says her daughters dot is 100000
francs. The food is not any too good
one gets rather too much veal there
but the cooking is excellent. There is
another large pension in the Champs
Elysees quarter where rooms the size
of a packing case are seven francs day,
inorc comfortable ones 12. Light, fuel,
towels, ETC., are extra. All the servants
have to be tipped all the time, as tie
landlady pays them starvation wages.
You will see at this pension at the table
d'hote decayed Spanish grandees, Por-
tuguese marquises, Greek diplomats,
Belgian barons, queer French counts
and queerer French countesses, South
American heiresses, Persian generals
and any number of American mammas
and daughters. AT this place the food
is good and we'll cooked.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-05
Death of Miss Reed.

Miss Margaret Reed, with whom
many residents have made n. very
pleasant acquaintance through her
visits to her sister, Mrs. Col. Paxton
died February Goth, at the home of her
niece, Mrs. DR.. j. G.. Maple, Harris
burg, Pa.
She was bright, active, intelligent
woman; native of Lancaster, but for
the past eight years has made her
home in Harrisburg, Pa.
There are surviving her a brother,
r. S. Reed, Esq, Of Philadelphia. and
two sisters, Mrs. Col. Paxton, of this
place, and Mrs. Z. L. Moore, of ST.
Peter, MINI.
The interment was made at Lancas-
ter. A large concourse of friends paid
living tribute to her worth and char
acter by their presence at her funeral
Mrs. Paxton went to attend the funer-
al and proposes spending some time
East.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-05
Food Commissioners.

The Commercial Gazette few days
since thus discoursed on the Food Com
missionership: Mr. Food Commissioner
McNeal is candidate, we observe, for
third term. We are against third
term on general principals, and in this
special case there seems to be no good
reason to depart from the general rule.
The Pure Food law was enacted to
prevent injurious adulteration, of all
sorts and kinds. In it's purpose it had
the hearty support of the public, and
in it's purpose it meets our hearty APP
proval But it's enforcement has been
such as not to popularize the law.
Complaints haYe come from too many
quarters to be overlooked that the law
which was intended to be for the good
of the public has been used to subserve
other purposes, and that the law has
been less beneficial in its results than
it was hoped it would be.
Let us try another Commissioner,
who, while supporting the main feat
ures of the law, and enforcing them,
will not be so loaded down by small
technicalities as to hurt some interests
and benefit the State slightly, or not
at all
We have no candidate, but we are in
favor of any one big enough to think
of the good features ard spirit of the
law, and toe big to take note all Of the
small specks he can find.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-05
ANhouNcE M EMrS.


MR.. EDITOR: Will you please announce the
undersigned to be a candidate for the office Of
City Solicitor, subject to the will of the voters
at the coming Spring election?
CHARLES w. RICHARDS
Mr. EDITOR Please announce that will be
candidate for reelection to the office of City
Solicitor, at the coming April election.
j. G. Brennan
CITY CIVIL ENGINEER;
EDITOR LEADER:-Pl announce my name
for the ONCE OF City Civil Engineer, subject to
the vote Of the people at the April election.
w. p. MASON.
EDITOR LEADER:
Please announce my name as candidate
for reelection to the office Of City Engineer.
E. FRANK GATES
COUNCILMAN.
EDITOR LEADER-Will you announce in your
paper my name for the office Of Councilman
for the Fourth ward? DIR. j. c. HARDY.
EDITOR LEADER-Please announce the name
OF Frank Weber as a candidate for reelection
to Council from the Second Ward.
MANY TAXPAYERS.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
EDITOR LEADER:-will you announce the
name of B. E. Guyton for the Office of Justice
OF the Peace, and oblige MANY FRIENDS.
EDITOR LEADER:-Please announce my
name as a candidate for the Office of Justice of
the Peace in Marietta township, and oblige
MILLER II. HART.
MAYOR.
EDITOR LEADER-Please announce my name
as a candidate for Mayor of the city Of Mari
eta at the coming spring election. subject to
the will OF the voters. H. f. KRAFT.
EDITOR LEADER:-Please announce in your
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candidate for reelection at the next munich
pal election. VOTERS.
EDITOR LEADER-Please say in your paper
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of the City of Marietta, subject to the will of
the voters at the April Election.
EDw. MEIsENHELDER.
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for Township Clerk OF Marietta Township
subject to the decision OF the voters at the
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Office of Clerk of Marietta Township and
oblige MANY FRIENDS