The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24

| tletD, eighteen uuuuItu anu hihoey oiN' ~
half after seven o'clock" given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris Osburn, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
s. Williams, Mr.. and Mrs. Tod Kincaid'
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Osburn, Mr.. and Mrs.
Eben +. Dudley and Mr.. and Mrs. Asa ID.
Whipple.
On next Sunday evening the pastor OF
the Congregational church, Rev. J. Q. Gro
mer. very strongly urges uponi the citizens
of OwOsso to come and hear what he has to
say for local option. The stronger your
disbelief in the advisability of the proposed
adoption OF local option for Shiawassee
county the more urgent the invitation.
Come and hear.
Byron Herald: The Ann Arbor R'y Co.
has purchased 10 acres of land south of the
depot at Byron, for the purpose OF obtaining
gravel, and will have large force of men
working on the job the coming summer
A draft for $317.lS came to Byron on the
18th to pay for milk shipped from Byron to
the Condensed milk works at Howell dur
| ing the month of December. The factory
at Howell is receiving about IS tons of milk
daily.
The Corunna skating pond has been very
popular this week. Over hundred Owosso
people skated there Tuesday evening and
| last night an ice carnival was to be held,
the skaters appearing in masks. The street
railway company placed two electric lights
there for the benefit of the skaters, and on
Tuesday andWednesday evenings furnished
music foridancing and fire works as an at
traction for visitors.
Owosso Lodge, No. SS, l. o. o. F., will
give grand burlesque entertainment In
their hall over THE TINES Office tomorrow
evening at O'Clock, to which an admission
fee of Is cents will be charged. The print
ed programs promise an evening of fun and
laughter. The degree staff ofsthe lodge,
under the leadership of ''Mighty Miracle of
Wisdom" underwater, twill expose the
J mysteries of initiating candidate,
! The Business Mems Association meeting,
held last Friday, reelected the following
officers: President, A. ID. Whipple; Vice
Pres, o. l.. Sprague; Secy., G. L. Camp
bell; Treas, w. E. Collins, and an execu-
tive COMMITTEES consisting of. the officers and
James Osburn, G. ID. Stewart, and w. II.
Eingle. The question of city assessors was
taken up and will be continued at the meet
ing to be held this evening.
The Sunday school class of Mrs. l.. E.
Gould, numbering nearly thirty young peo-
pie, will entertain friends at the home of
Mrs. K. T. Austin, corner of Oliver and
Mulberry streets, this evening. The gen.
eral topic is ''Light in the East" being the
life of Martin Luther as miners son, as a
student and as reformer. Papers will be
read and Luther's hymn of the Reformation
will be sung in the German language. MIt
is to have one especial nOyelty-no collec-
ton is to be taken.
The handsome residence Of James osburn
was the scene last Wednesday evening of a
very enjoyable whist party given to ladies
by Mrs. James Osburn, who did the honors
of the occasion with ease and grace. Mando-
lin music was enjoyed during the eating of
delightful repast, after which whist was
played. There were nine tables and after
a spirited contest the first prize was won by
Mrs. l.. f. Woodland while the second was
awarded to Mrs. A. E. Stever. The house
was nicely decorated with carnations and
smilax. the guests receiving carnations as
favors.
The Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor gave very pleasant leap year
social i'm the parlors of the Congregational
church last Tuesday evening. Quotations
had been written on cards which were then
cut in two, one series of pieces being sold to
the ladies and the others were sold to the
young gentlemen who tried to End the rest of
their quotations. When the quotations had
been spliced they took refreshments together.
This plan afforded amusement to all and
brought a nice sum into the treasury of
the G. r. society. This society is active in
Its support of church interests and is very
popular with the young people.
The Current Topic Club met with Mrs. E.
T.. Austin last Monday afternoon. Miss
Mary Henderson gave an interesting paper
on Madagascar. Mrs. K. w. Woodward gave
an account of the plays and players at the
Detroit opera house this season. Miss
Faxon read a newspaper article giving Min
lister Bayard's speech in England. A gen.
eral opinion seemed to prevail during
the discussion which followed that Min
lister Bayard should have kept his thoughts
to himself and to have spoken them, If at
all, on American soil, but that his impeach-
ment would hardly be justifable. Mrs. A.
K. Stever gave an interesting sketch of Al
len G. Thurman, after which refreshments
were served. The next meeting will be
held with Miss Fanny Jones.
For some time there has been a desire in
the Genesee and Saginaw Associations of
Congregational churches to unite these two
bodies. The Saginaw Association went off