The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-07

Born, wednesday, to MIR. and Mrs. VIM.
III. Powers. daughter.
On our extra pages this week will be
found the list of lands to be sold for taxes
In December next.
There will be no services at the Congre.
gational church Sunday. Sunday school
will also be omitted.
Chas. Mentally has been engaged to cook
for Co. G while in camp. and the boys are
assured of good supply of well cooked ra-
| tions.
The Misses Nellie Carpenter and Mayme
Hoyt gave very pleasant lawn party We'd
nesday evening on the large lawn between
their homes on Water street.
The Christ church choir boys will give an
ice cream social next Wednesday evening at
! the home of A. E. Stever and wife, the pro-
ceeds to go to the choir fund.
Excursion rates will be given on all rail-
roads entering Owosso, for twenty-five
miles on every side on the occasion of the
Sunday school rally to be held here Friday,
August %.
The full amount of the insurance, 81, $50,
was paid in the case of the Eckhardt 81
Becker fire of last week. The company has
not yet decided whether it will rebuild or
not
The Casket Factory which has been shut
down the past week to put new tubes in one
of the boilers, was compelled by the rush of
orders to start up again though running
with but one boiler.
The Ann Arbor Ry. shops are now run
ming ten hours per day instead of but eight,
but stop work Saturday noon, by this
change putting in more time each week and
yet getting half holiday.
The Owosso Light Infantry enjoyed the
pleasure of trolley party and ride last eve
ming at the invitation of President Ralph,
and after the ride the assurance given by
the boys that President Ralph was "all
right" was heard throughout large part of
the city.
Hartshorn & Son have sold a fine delivery
wagon, made by the Milburn Wagon Co.,
to the Owosso Dairy Co., which expects to
put it on the street in short time. 1t will
be the finest milk wagon in the city. w.
FL. Lingle has charge of the business of the
new company.
John Kiefer, of this city, will reopen the
Kiefer House, at Henderson, giving grand
ball next Tuesday evening. Owosso peo-
pie who wish to attend will be carried down
and back free of charge, if they will leave
their names at the place of business of John
Frawley, RUDE Biehler or Chas. Steadman.
Chas. S. Williams, E. p. Byerly and Geo.
b. McCaughna attended the meeting of the
democratic state central committee at Sagi-
nav, Tuesday. Mr.. Williams resigned from
the committee, his views not being in har-
mony with the platform adopted at Chicago.
Ex-Mayor E. A. Gould was elected to take
his place.
George A. Needham, the popular M. G.
agent, had surprise Monday when his wife
invited about fifteen of his gentlemen
friends to spend the evening with him in
honor of his birthday. They were not sat
isfied with that program alone, however.
| and brought along fine leather covered
easy chair to help him in remembering q
very pleasant evening.
Company G was inspected Tuesday even
ing by Major P. M. Roth, at which time
corpOrals' warrants were given to Frank
Angevine and Edward Case. The compa
ny has less than two weeks in which to gel
ready for camp, and will doubtless do Its
best i'm the time that remains to be found
among the best drilled and equipped com
panies at the encampment.
| The Citizens Savings Bank has issued {
little booklet of twenty-four pages, devoted
to history of the various issues of money
in the United States since 1889. 1t is en-
tirely historical and statistical and no effor
is made to influence any opinion or to sup
port any theory. 1t is full of facts and i
very useful in aiding to obtain a clear un
Outstanding of the monetary situation of tn,
country.
We are in receipt of a copy of the NUNS
ing Republican,, giving an account of the &C
cident by which Walter ii. Bloomberg,
brother of Mrs. William Lewis, of Benning
ton, lost his life. He was caught by fall
ing log while helping load car and die,
within two hours. Mr.. Bloomberg had liv
ed in Bennington for years and was wei
known there. He was an uncle of Mrs
George Martin, of this city. He left tire
children who were visiting in Owosso whe
the news of their fathers death reache
them.
Personal Mention.