The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-07-26
The dates for tina Bancroft fair have been

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Mrs. Frank Dickerson returned to hel
home In Hillsdale, Thursday, after weeks
visit with relatives in Owosso and Corunna
K. p. Byerly e. l.. Devereaux, @. b.
Radford, Cyrus Reimer and j. j. Dayi:
were among the Owosso men who we've at
the Detroit races part of the week.
VIM. Ekelburg, of Adrian formerly leader
of the K. o T M band in this city, has been
in the city during the week.
Mrs. Knapp has returned to her home In
Owosso, after few months visit with rela-
tlves in northern Ohio and southern Mich
igan.
Prof. Smith and wife, who have been
visiting their daughter Mrs. r. E. Travis,
have returned to their home in Naperville,
Ill.
Mrs. +. r. Miles and daughter, of Grand
Rapids, are the guests of Mrs. e. w. Wood
ward.
Hugh Woodward, of Detroit, is in the
city to make a two weeks visit with rela-
tives.
Born, Tuesday morning to Mr.. and Mrs.
E. J, Markham, an eight and q half pound
son.
Miss Twaits, who has been visiting the
Misses Matlock has left for visit with
Saginaw friends before returning to her
home in Lansing.
w. r. Hookway has been entertaining
VIM. Saybolt and F. Hookway, of Ohio,
| during the past week.
Miss Mary Stack is taking her vacation
from Blacks store. She will visit in Detroit
and Saginaw before her return.
Pearl Hathaway took fourth position in
the twenty-five mile bicycle race at Detroit
Saturday securing, as prize Waverly
bicycle. Samuel Amspozcr secured a bam-
boo fish rod and swinging cradle, one of
the prizes offered to the winning married
man.
Mrs. Charles Starr, of Three Rivers is
guest of Mrs. G. Van Ness.
DR.. w. e. Ward ic entertaining his cousin
Miss Mary Wood, of Ann Arbor.
Mrs. l.. Case, of Bancroft, and Mrs. E.
Eddy, of New York City, were guests of
Mrs. Buckminster, Wednesday.
Mrs. j. ii. Van Buskirk returned Tues
day from her Pontiac visit. Her sister Mrs.
F. Ii. Losee returned with her and is now
visiting her.
Mrs. p. G. Carruthers and daughter, Miss
Fannie, were guests at E. L. Deveeraux's
yesterday.
Mrs. Sarah Terbush, of Fenton, is visiting
her sons, w. ID. Murray and j. M. Terbush.
w. E. Mckenzie and family left yesterday
for a visit of several weeks with Detroit
and Cleveland relatives.
A weekly cake sale has been arranged
for by the Baptist ladies'. The sales will
take place Saturday afternoon at Mrs l.. A,
Stones, corner of Washington and Mason
streets, where orders can be left Thursdays.
Grove & Payne are exhibiting novelty
at their store on Main street in the shape of
a corn harvesting machine. The machine
is smaller than the regular binders, while it
cuts the corn and binds it into bundles, and
will cut from eight 10 ten acres per day. 1t
is Mccormick and is the first machine of
its kind brought to this city.
The Traverse City Herald in its complete
report of the Parmalee murder case, speaks
of the argument of Chas. Turner as follows:
"Mr. Turner followed for the defense, and
showed thorough knowledge of the case,
and his two hours plea for the accused was
a forceful one. Mr.. Turner is a compare
lively late conner here, but he has already
proved his ability" Also that Turner &
Gates have made name for good fighters"
At meeting of the water board and the
committee from tie common council We'd
nesday evening it was decided best not to
attempt to personally take charge of the
building of the new reservoir, but to make a
contract with some one to do all of the work
including the excavating, an item which
WAS uOt luCluucu III lilo lOTmeT DluS.
Neither the committee nor the board wished
to take the responsibility Of building it and
recommended that special meeting of the
council he called to attend to the matter.
The White laundry was totally destroyed
by fire Saturday forenoon at about o o'clock.
The gasoline tank on the second floor had
| sprung leak and the gasoline which
leaked down the pipes, caught fire from a
light in one of the machines. What clothes
there were in the building were mostly
saved. j. j. Stever had seven hundred
dollars insurance on the building, the
insurance running only until noon of that
day. The insurance on the stock had
not been changed over since it was made
out to FL. p. White and Pitt Whited, the
former owners, and Mrs. l.. j. Stiff the pres
ent owner had no insurance whatever.
AT the annual school meeting in the report
| of Secretary Shattuck there appeared an