The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-21

On Saturday, the 22d, the post Office will
close at IL o'clock M. and remain closed
until Monday morning, except the usual
hour on Sunday marning from 0 to 10.
Tuesday was Shrove Tuesday and beng
the day before Ash Wednesday, the day
when Lent begins, is usually the occasion
OF festivity with churchmen everywhere.
The Ladies Guild of Christ Episcopal church
gave a Quaker tea at the residence of Mrs.
E. A. Todd, 32l north Washington street.
The walters were dressed In neat Quaker
caps and white aprons and thee and
thou'd" everyone In true Quaker style.
Miss Winnie Townsend, stenographer for
City Clerk Edwards, while walking i'm front
of the al s. M q o. Co.'s store, slipped and
fell on the sidewalk injuring one wrist so
that it almost amounted to fracture. Dr.
Phippen was called and placed the arm In
splints. 1t will be several weeks before she
can use the injured member. Her many
friends will regret the unfortunate accident.
President Keller. of the Citizens Savings
Bank, announces that the bank will open on
Saturday evenings for the accommodation
of laboring men and others desiring to make
savings deposits, and for merchants who
prefer not to leave money in their stores
over Sunday. This move will be highly
appreciated.
The Aeoiean Male Quartette assisted by
the Ruby Banjo CllS will give a concert at
the Maple River Chi rch, Friday evening.
Feb. 28th. Tl'eSa 1wO musical organiza-
tiOns give fine concert and Maple River
people will be highly entertained. Friends
from the city are invited to attend. The
admission will be 10 cents.
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OF Miss Gertrude Faxon, west King street,
Monday afternoon. AS i'll ness prevented
the presentation Of part of the program,
much valuable discussion took place upon
persons and events of the day, Mayor Pin
gree. of Detroit, coming In for . share Of
attention. The club Il preparing for an
open meeting to be held In few weeks.
The board of public works met Monday
morning with all members present and Q
regular order of business was adopted with
a view of obviating unnecessary discussion.
Supt. COssitt reported that he had made 440
house to house inspections of water takers
and said that 1t would take the rest of the
month to complete the inspection. BY this
means those who use fixtures or water fer
which they have not paid will be detected
NJ. II. Reynolds. TIA west Main street.
alton attended Sunday school conventions at
Pontiac and Howell. Wednesday and Thurs
day. Mr.. Reynolds is an inspiring worker
in this line. He has devised a series Of
cards which when placed In the hands Of
Sunday school workers and returned will
give the statistics Of Sunday school work in
the entire state, a house to house visitation
being part of the plan.
ii. w. Mann and T. Vac Dusen. a popu-
lar salesman in Geo. r Black Il Sons dry
goods store, have formed q partnership
under the title of III. w. Mann & Co., and
will conduct wall paper, book and station
cry business In the store recently vacated by
Grove Brothers. The goods are rapidly be-
ing removed from MI Mann's store liz west
Main and things will be in shape for bust
ness tomorrow OF Monday. Both are gen.
tlemen of business experience and may well
expect successful trade.
James ii. Thorn, 6Oo Pine street, was ar
rested Tuesday on warrant sworn to be-
fore Justice Byerly by James Brown. q
farmer In poor circumstances, OF Antrim,
charging him with getting thirty-one cords
of wood under false pretenses. Mr.. Brown
claims that he was taking the wood to
ThOrn's place under the impression that 1t
was being applied on note given for some
farming implements and that he has Just
discovered that the note supposedly held by
Thorn, is held by the manufacturing con-
Germ of which Mr.. Thorn was formerly the
agent. The examination will be held Tues
day.
In the case of Allen Sheldon VS.. G. 4.
Shattuck ct. AL, dismissed by the late Judge
Montague and carried TO the supreme court,
q decision was handed down Tuesday by the
supreme court confirming the decision OF the
lower court. Fitzpatrick Il Pond were At
torneys for the defendants and q. X. Lyon
for the complainant Mr.. Sheldon had an
old judgment OF about 81, 200 againct G.. K.
Shattuck who had Endorsed note for 5000
given by the firm Of Shattuck q Baldwin
which failed. Mr., Sheldon's judgment hav-
ing remained unsatisted he applied to the
circuit court to have the purchase of the
sewing machine business by the Michigan
Sewing Machine Il Organ Co., i'm which q.
E. Shattuck is now interested, his wife hav-
ing invested her money In It, declared a
fraud upon the original creditors.
The young ladies of Owosso under the
benign influence of st. Valentine, gave a
delightful leap year party at the Armory
Friday evening Fred Knapp and Miss
Josie Collier led the grand march to music
furnished by the popular Wesener orchestra.
The young men were handsomely cared for
and not neglected In the slightest degree.
The Armory fitted with the finest of furni-
ture and draped In pink, white and green
bunting made an appropriate setting for the
scene The programs were exquisite and
the refreshments dainty. The guests from
out of town were: Messrs. Hugh McCurdy,
Bigelow, Gallagher, Evens, Parker, Pickert,
Angel, Scully, Dingwell and Cheney, OF
Corunna; Mr.. Raynale, Pontiac; Mr.. Crooks,
Toledo: X. q. Brownson, Lansing; Stanley
Cornell, IOnia; DIR. p. y. McEwan, j. Con.
molly, Detroit; Ollie Davis, Joe Osburn and
Byron Knapp, Ann Arbor.