The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-28
TIE Times.
owosso, FRIDAY. AUG. as, 1895,
TEN PAGES.
Entered at the postoffice in Owosso for
as second-class matter.
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
Jas. Gray, Jr, is quite sick this week.
Jas. Aten has purchased and moved into
a house on Ridge street.
Miss Mary Holloran has been kept at
home this week by sickness.
By request the l.. o. T. M. will repeat
their entertainment at the armory Wednesday
evening, Sept. End.
1t Is claimed that there are now Tut five
silver men among the whole force employed
at the Casket Works.
Ex-Congressman Levi T. Griffin has been
appointed pension agent for Michigan to
succeed III. II. Wheeler, deceased.
j. Il. BRANDED put up sixty-foot stack,
thirty-four inches In diameter, for the Fox
furniture factory In Corunna, Saturday.
A needed improvement has been made by
laying sidewalk on the south side of Will
liams street between Park and Saginaw
streets.
A party of young ladies rode out to the
home of Miss Rosetta Parks, few miles
south of the city, Wednesday and spent a
pleasant day.
Mrs. Fred Hurlbert Of S04 Ada street,
held the ticket emitting her to the White
sewing machine given away Saturday even
ing by Lyon & Pond.
81. Fl. Stever secured third place in the
five-mile bicycle race at Lansing, Tuesday.
Sam Amspoker and George Hunt, OF this
city, were also in attendance at the races.
The johnson Baking Co. has engaged an
expert cracker baker by the name of F.
Rowdy, of Marion, Ind, who will take
charge OF the cracker making next Monday.
Erven Geek is improving the front of his
Main street barber shop by coat of paint.
Erv is always on the lookout to improve the
appearance of his shop and takes just
pride In keeping 1t neat and attractive.
On our extra pages this week will be
found the mastery speech of Thos. b. Reed
recently delivered in Maine. We ask our
readers to give it a careful perusal. The
list of tax sales will be found on page ten.
f. w. Raven who has given excellent
satisfaction as agent for the American and
National express companies in this city has
been transferred to Saginaw, east side, and
has moved to that place with his family.
III. L. Clough, of Kalamazoo is now agent
for the express companies in the city.
Some one borrowed" Fred Miller's bicy-
Gle Monday evening from Devereaux &
Loomis' grocery and did not return it until
some time late at night, Officer Hammond
then finding 1t back of the store covered
with mud through which 1t had been ridden.
The d. of II. will have a picnic at
Caledonia park next Tuesday, Sept. list.
All are requested to meet at corner of Wash
ngton and Main streets at o'clock sharp.
All members of the ID. of II. and A. o. u.
w. and families are cordially invited.
You can save money by buying your dry
goods, clothing, shoes and furnishings at
204 north Washington street. They are
closing out the summer lines at less than
half value. Wooden and flannel goods at
less than wholesale price. The people
make no mistake when they bny them.
Special musical features of the services
at the Congregational church, Sunday, will
be, in the morning, Howells' "By the Wa
tiers of Babylon" sung by Fred Frieseke,
and Handel's Largo" violin solo by Miss
Lucy Jewett Smith. In the evening, Mas
cagni's ave Maria,s sung by Miss Ger
trude Smith.
A. Z. & II. II. Stever have rented the
Howe store on North Washington street and
commence moving their stock of wheels and
repair shop there today. This is the store
where the boys opened up their bicycle bus
mess In this city, but at that time they had
only half Of the store and did not have suf-
ficient room. The location Is good one,
and the change will without doubt increase
their business.
Frank johnson met with very painful
and quite serious accident at the Woodland
planning mill Monday forenoon. While
handling some lumber his left elbow came
In contact with band saw which cut bad
cash in 1t. The wound was dressed by Drs.
Phippen, Perkins and Hume, but the cut is
in a bad place and considerable bone was
removed by the saw.
The bicycle run, given Tuesday evening
by the Y. NJ. @. A. wheelmen turned out to
be a very pleasant affair, both ladies and
gentlemen rode out to the, home of G. G.
Rogers, near Burton, where they were
royalty entertained and treated to peaches
and cream with bouquet of flowers for each
besides. The evening was a very pleasant
one for riding, and all enjoyed the trip.