The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-25

The city band will give Christmas
dan cling party at the armory this Friday
evening and it should be well patronized.
This organization has held together and
practised continually and without much fl
nancial aid. The members have bought new
and handsome uniforms and have served the
citizens many times without reward and
this opportunity should be taken to repay
them at least In measure.
Charles Shaw received silver medal on
Monday from the patent Office, 1t being
customary to give out two medals each
month to the two most meritorious Inven-
tions. Mr.. Shaw's invention provides for
the use of steel frames la their land rollers,
made in such way that the platforms of
the rollers can be packed In much smaller
space than the old cast iron roller frame
could be. while at the same time the frame
is stronger.
A. Steggall reports business to be lively
at his machine shop. He has just finished
thirty'tw two carvers for the Woodland Furni-
ture Works and has new line shaft to put
up In the casket factory A furniture press
for the Estey factory, machinery for the new
ice house at Hopkins lake and various re-
pairs on the street car motors have had their
share in keeping up business. He has EN-.
ployed another machinist, Charles Haskell,
OF Grand Ledge.
The Robbins Table Co. shut down its
shop last night for the usual ten days stop
during the holidays. Inventory and re-
pairs will be attended to In the meantime
The company has been able to keep the
factory running quite steadily the past
year, and Mr.. Robbins says it has been an
improvement on the year before Custom
ers are becommiDg acquainted with the ad-
vantages of their patent extension table
with its receptacle for the extra leaves, and
a much better trade Is looked for in 1897.
The company has done better than mos,
table companies In the past two or three
years and merits the success 1t Is sure to
obtain.
The fourth order of recent date, from
Cape Town, s. Africa, has been filled this
week at the Estey factory b. This order
comprises about half a car load of cham
Der suits. Another shipment has been
made this week to East London, England
Besides this there are two more orders to be
filled in the near future for each of East
London and Cape Town. A short time age
shipment of furniture was made to
johannesburg. s. Africa. Among the Or
ders soon to he shipped is car load lot for a
other car loads to be shipped before Janu.
airy 1st.
A good looking, well dressed woman who
was wanted on charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses escaped from the Of.
ficers here Monday night The woman had
been collecting money in Chesaning from
the business men to send an old lady to an
old ladies' home. Something about hel
scheme aroused the suspicion of the men
whe had paid her money and she was fol.
lowed to Owosso and found at the National
She said she lived in Corunna, but would
not give her name. Officer Barrisford was
sent for but the woman had disappeared
when he came. She was later found al
the Widermuth, but slipped away from thi:
place also before she was arrested. She Il
supposed to have worked the same game al
Ovid last week.
The Associated Chalit held genera
meeting Friday night in the parlors of the
Congregational church at which Attorney
A. o. Crozier, of Grand Rapids and l.. G.
Storrs, of Lansing, president of the Nationa
Conference of Charities, gave considerable
more insight into the methods and value Of
these organizations. lndiscriminate giving
is now generally recognized to be an evil
This is guarded against by the associated
charities, as an investigation is required FOL
every case of relief. Much duplication o.
assistance Is done away with and many
more people are aided at a much less tota
expense under the systematic methods car
ried out by these associations. A constitu
ton had been adopted for the OwossC
society the week before, and at this meetinl
the following board of directors was elected
DIR. G. Mccormick, DR.. b. s. Knapp, Rev
w. d. Matteson, James Laverock, A. X
Hartshorn, Fred Williams and the Mes
danes T. M. Wiley, Mershon. A. Il. Stever
K. f. Dudley, j. w. Zimmerman, ALDER
Todd and Frank Smith.
Personal Mention.