The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-09-03
THE OWOSSO TIMES.
Entered at the Postoffice IN Owosso for
transmission as second-class matter.
Published every Friday noon.
oWOsso FRIDAY. SEPT. 8. 1897.
LOCAL NEWS.

Collins & Co. lave change OF ad today.
Matinee races at the fair ground this after
noon.
The rain Wednesday will be of great
value to the corn crop.
Bring your family and come to Owosso,
Monday for day of solid fun.
A. E. Palmer is building an extensive
addition to his house on River street.
To accommodate our advertisers it is
necessary for THE TIMES to issue ten pages
today.
j. ii. BRANDED has sold new forty horse
power boiler to Mueller Bros, for use in
their brewery in this city.
1t was called ball game. Score: Paige
Fence Giants, 90; nine picked up to repre-
sent the Corunna Stars, 1.
The placing of big patch on the boiler
at M. L. Parker's brick yard made other
business dull at the brick yard until yesrer-
day.
Chas. Vouthrot, of Venice, is in the
market every other day with as fine cab,
bage as are grown anywhere. He has over
5000 head.
The Corunna Journal will print the list
of lands to be sold in Shiawassee county fo'
taxes next May. 1t is safe to say that the
list will be carefully watched this year.
The business men of Owosso cannot dc
better when in need Of Job printing of any
kind than to call on THE TIMES. Our job
department is strictly up to date in every
way.
ALI but about $4,000 of the tax of $685.
9s3.7s levied on Michigan railroads for the
current year has been received by Auditor
General Dix. Suit has been commenced
against those in arrears.
The Foresters entertained the members
of Alta Court, companions of the Foresters,
at luncheon, Monday evening, very neat.
ly repaying the latter for the spread given
some time since by them.
WickiDg & Storrer have an immense
stock of goods FOR the fall trade, to which
they call attention in half page ad. today
The prices are so phenomenally low thai
buyers cannot afford to overlook them.
With good weather Owosso will have {
big crowd to care for on Monday. Tht
labor day celebrations in the past have beer
so successful that people will come from
long distances to enjoy the program out
lined for Mondays celebration.
Owosso will be we'll provided for in The
matter of lectures and entertainments thi
year. The University Extension lecture
will be particularly interesting and instruct
| i've, while the Y. M. G. A. Star course will
furnish entertainment of the highest quail
ty, beside a splendid lecture by Gen. j. b
Gordon.
The whole number of applicants at the
August teachers examination was ninety
eight, Of which number there were fifty
four for third grade, forty-one for secon
grade, and three for first grade certificates
OF these, twenty seven received third grade
twenty-five second grade, and one frs
grade certificate.
Rev. w. s. Ament, of this city, will oc
cupy the Baptist pulpit Sunday, morning
and evening. In the evening he will spea
of the Baptist missions in China. The la'
ter address will doubtless be especially in
teresting, for though Mr.. Ament has bee
] connected with the Congregational mission
in China, he numbers among his friends
many of the best known ard Oldest of tn
Baptist missionaries as we'll.
j. Fl. BRANDED furnished eighty dollar
worth of repairs Monday on new thresh
ing engine, owned by l.. Cronklte, mort
of Vernon. Mr.. Cronkite had taken tn
outfit to farm, expecting to begin worl
the next morning on the threshing. In tn
night however some miscreant let the waite
out of the boiler and then built fire unde
1t, damaging it to the above amount. Thi
seemed particularly hard luck. as the engin
was brand new one, and 1t would go har'
with the fellow who did the job II he shoul'
be caught.
Advertisements which are posted OF
buildings and fences usually long outliv
whatever usefulness they ever had, but
curiosity in this line of advertising may b.
seen any day by going into the Ann Arbo
Milling Cos feed mill and elevator. Tn
sign Is one posted over twenty.six year
ago by Gregory u McHardy, who theI
owned the elevator and ran 1t near the plac
now occupied by the box factory. Tn
notice reads. WANTED, every pound o
wool in ShIawassee and adjoining counties,
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