The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30
sOWOSSO FRIDAY, JULY 80, 1897.
LOCAL NEWS.

First-class job printing at reasonable
prices atTHE TIMES.
Born, Monday, son to Mr.. and Mrs. j.
s. Mcclure, of Durand.
DR.. Mccormick is building a new house
on his farm in Middlebury.
Co. ID, 1st Michigan Cavalry will hold
reunion at Ovid, August 27th.
New wheat is moving quite freely and it
is stated to be the best in quality for ten
years.
Rollin Pond sold a fine dark Barre granite
monument to l.. +. Davis, of Flushing,
Monday.
The allowance for clerk hire at the Owes
so postoflice has been fixed at $4,000 for
the current year.
A large number of people were out with
smoked glasses yesterday looking at the
eclipse of the sun.
The tin shop at the Ann Arbor car shops
is being moved into the north part OF the
round house this week.
A break on the engine at the Estey fac
tory b occasioned some delay and consid-
cradle inconvenience the first of the week.
John Golf swore out a warrant yesterday
for the arrest of Charles Sumner and wife,
who live west Of the city. charging them
with assault and battery. They were
brought before Justice McCaughna yester-
day afternoon.
THE TIMES acknowledges the receipt of
copies of the San Francisco Call and the
Humboldt Times, of Eureka, Calf, sent by
ID. b. Reed, of this city. Like most other
papers the Call is full of accounts of the
riches of the Klondyke regions.
Chas. McNally will 20 to Island Lake
again this year with Co. g, and will see
that the boys have enough to eat and that
too of the right sort. After coming back
from camp Mr.. McNally expects to open
lunch room in the Gates store on Exchange
street.
The third annual picnic at the j. d.
Leland farm is to be held on Wednes-
day, August 4. The former picnics held
on this farm lin Caledonia township have
been unusually pleasant and this one will
be no exception. The public generally is
invited to attend.
j. B. Woodin has commenced the manu-
facture of jute paper flower pots for shipping
plants. These are light, strong and much
more convenient than the crooks ordinarily
used. They can be furnished waterproof If
! desired. They should be in active demand
among shippers of plants.
! Will May, of this city, astonished forty
| five riders in Pontiac Saturday in the
twenty-five mile road race. He was the
only man who was obliged to start at
scratch, but he won the race and prize Of
$25 In one hour, ten minutes and half.
Supt. j. W. Simmons was called to Mt.
Pleasant Saturday from Petoskey on bust
ness connected with the state board of edu-
cation. From there he came to Owosso to
spend Sunday. Monday morning he left
for Ypsianti and Detroit on business, re-
turning to Petoskey Wednesday. He says
that Mrs. Simmons Is feeling much better
since going north, and that Fred is also
better.
Rev. A. c. Marshall, of Corunna, was adj
mitted to membership in the Shiawassee
Baptist Association at meeting of the d.
rectors at Lansing Monday. Mr.. Marshall
was formerly one of the leading men in IL @
Free Methodist denomination but has been
preaching In the Corunna Baptist church
for some time past. He Is at present mayor
of Corunna
A half grown mongrel pup played Joke
on the ''official dog catcher" and inciden-
tally upon Alderman Jordan, Tuesday by
Jumping out of the new dog pound, which
the alderman had reported to be in such
condition that no canine could escape from
1t. The cur shook himself and seemed per-
fectly satisfied with the deal, but who paid
the boy quarter for bringing the dog TO
the dog catcher?
Congregational church services next Sun
day at 10:40 a. m. Sermon by the pastor,
j. @. Cromer. Topic Goods keeping power,
"a vacation sermon. The vesper service
will be discontinued, but instead Rev. Will
Ament will speak on China, using the stere-
optIcon to illustrate. Mr.. Ament Is always
interesting and he has a large number of
new views which he took himself on the
ground In China He should be greeted by
full house.