The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-14

Misses Georgia Colt and Elnor Tubbs Inc
score-cards, SO arranged as to give each ono
the autograph signature of his or her part
ner, show that while some had bad luck"
most of the club are good players. ke-
freshments were served, after which some
of the old-fashioned games were INDUCED In
to.the amusement of all. The next meeting
will be held with Miss Josie Collier, 22S
Michigan Ave.
Quackenbush Post No. 205 g. A. r. is
making arrangements to send to the Sol
dlers' Home at Milwaukee, Wis, Giles g.
Sheldon, an old veteran of the 42nd Reg
Ohio volunteer Infantry, who is destitute
aud helpless, being partially paralyzed.
He receives pension of SO month, which
is, of course, insufficient to support one in
his condition. The soldiers home at Day
the Michigan soldiers home at Grand Rap
ids because he has not been in the state a
year.
The Bay City indoor base ball team was
defeated by the Owosso Light Infantry
team in game of ball at the armory We'd
nesday evening, the score being IA to 0.
large audience of spectators filled the gal
lery and applauded both teams. After the
game the light fantastic was trlpped 10
piano music played by Mrs. A. HI. Beebe.
She is exceedingly popular as dance mu-
slclan and was loudly applauded upon enter
ing the hall after the game.
An alarm of fire from box 10 Sunday
evening was caused by small fire in the
house at the corner of River and Shiawassee
streets owned by Mckenzie q Robinson and
containing household goods belonging to
Fred Hohisel packed ready for removal.
There was no one in the house at the time
and the fire, which was in chffonier. was
probably caused by mice chewing matches.
The fire was quickly extingulshed the loss
being about $50 on the house and $50 on the
goods, fully insured.
The Mems Club of the Baptist church
held an enjoyable meeting Friday evening,
at the pleasant home of L. Ii. Keller, cor
ner of Ball and west Oliver streets Officers
elected for the ensuing year are: President.
G. e. Rigley; vice president, L. III. Keller;
secretary and treasurer, K. b. Warren;
program committee, Ii. K. White, William
Sprague and j. Ii. Webster. After pleas
ant business meeting, in which plans for
the future were discussed, the club partook
of delightful repast.
Prof. Hamilton King, president of the
preparatory department of Olivet college,
occupied the pulpit of the First Congrega-
tional church Sunday morning and In the
evening addressed a union meeting at the
First Nj. K. church. The church was filed
to its utmost capacity and all listened with
interest to his statements of facts drawn
from personal experience and showing that
local option is success in Eaton county.
formal and very pertinent to the question
discussed.
The rear portion Of Copas & Sons meat
market, built for cold storage purposes and
used by the Toledo Brewing and Mailing
Co., took fire Tuesday noon from the prob
able explosion of kerosene oil stove left
burning to prevent the beer from chilling.
The alarm was turned in at 1880 and in
five minutes the building was deluged with
water, holes being chopped through the roof
SO that streams could be poured into the
partitions containing the sawdust. The
building was damaged about $500, insured
for SO, 600 in the j. l.. Ash agency for the
Merchants Insurance Co., of Newark, n.
j., and So, 600 in the Pacific, Lyon & Had
sail, agents.
Rev. Henry King, who was First Ser
geant in the Third Michigan Infantry and
is Colonel on the staff of the national COM
mander in-chief of the G.. A. R., and also
holds the same rank on the staff of the state
department of the G. A. r., has been APP
PORTED as county agent of the state board
of corrections and charities. His commits
sion signed by Gov. Rich came Saturday.
1t is his duty to counsel with justices of the
| pOuCO III lNEoiu w ONhiPieAheo hie'uO oS"'ho'
children under sixteen years Of age, except
in cases punishable by imprisonment fol
life. He is required to thoroughly inyesti-
gate cases OF that kind. He also has O
general supervision of children from the
state public school at Coldwater who are
taken to be raised or employed by families
| in this county. In cases of children who
are misused or who are ungovernabe lie
has to investigate the matter and accom-
| panies the children on their return to the
school. Mr.. King succeeds G. N. Race,
resigned His selection gives general salts
| faction.
| The Empire Stock Co. finished a sue
cessful run of three nights with the Gold
King, at Salisbury s opera house, Saturday
evening. There was good sized audience,
whose frequent applause showed their ap'
probation of the humor, thrill and pathos
with which the play was filed. Il. s.
Even as Jack Goodman was admirable and
f. II. Chapel as Dan McGinty, son Of
old Ireland was inimitable. His makeup