The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-16
OWOSSO FRIDAY. JULY 16. 1897.
LOCAL NEW S.

Barnum q Bailey's greatest show Aug. IL.
Revs. Sweet and Cromer exchanged
pulpts Sunday morning.
Haying is about completed and the wheat
harvest is well under way.
Fortyone tickets were sold at Owosso for
the Grand Rapids excursion, Sunday.
Sewer connections are being made for the
Laubengayer building on Washington street.
President Parmenter, of the Shiawassee
Mutual, was in the city on business. Mon
day.
City water consumers should be very care
full not to waste the water. The supply
runs low these hot days.
Mrs. McCrea has moved her stock of
millinery to rooms over A. Deckert's tailor
shop. south Washington street.
w. G. Stiff, of Burton, claims to own the
champion swarm of bees of the county. In
IA days they made 20 pounds of excellent
honey.
The SANDER suit commenced by Miss
Inez Minnock against j. T. McCurdy, of
COrunna, has been discontinued by the
plaintiff.
The Gas Co. has finished the work of ex-
tending its mains about the city, having laid
two carloads of pipe. Considerable en-
plOyment has been furnished in this work.
Mrs. K. M. Miller was overcome by the
excessive heat Saturday noon at her home
on Goodhue street and was in critical con-
dition for some time, but is now improving
and past danger.
The Owosso Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
will hold union picnic at the park tomor-
row. All Odd Fellows and Rebekahs are
invited with the Injunction to bring lunch
baskets with enough In them for two.
Herman Deal who purchased the Owosso
Greenhouse of j. B. Woodin last winter
has become tired of the job and turned it
over to Mr.. Woodin again. Mr.. Deal has
taken charge of his mothers greenhouse on
Comstock street.
j. c. johnson received letter from John
Henderson, his partner, yesterday morning,
in which the latter says he is feeling much
better and stronger. He is still at Colorado
Springs, but has visited most of the sur.
towns.
The facilities of THE TIMES for doing
fine job printing neatly and promptly are
not excelled by any Office in the county.
Our prices are always right. Give us call
IL you need anything from calling card to
full sheet poster.
Drs. Perkins, of this city, Halstead, of
Perry, and Jones, of Corunna, who now
constitute the pension examining board,
were busy examining applicants for pen
sions at the Office of Perkins & Hume in
this city, Wednesday.
A four year old son of Supr. j. Y. Mar
tin, of Caledonia, fell from a barn door Sat
urday, striking on a stose, iDjuring his spine
seriously and paralyzing the lower part of
his body. The boy has improved some
what during the week, and it is thought
that he will ultimately recover.
The subscription list of the Odd Fellow,
published by the late Geo. M. Dewey, was
sold on Tuesday to K. s. Andrews 81 Go
publishers of the williamson Enterprise.
Mr.. Andrews is the present deputy grand
master of the grand lodge of Michigan
and is favorably known by the fraternity
throughout the state. The success of the
publication under his management Is as
sured.
The Fat Mems Cycle Touring Club cut it
run short Friday night. The members say
this was on account of the heat, but 1t Is
suspected that the invitation of Mrs. q. l..
Taylor, the wife of one of the members, to
partake of refreshments on their lawn, had
much to do with the shortness OF the run.
At any rate the club thoroughly enjoyed
the lemonade, strawberry sherbet, and
cake, with which Mrs. Taylor served them.
The new caps and belts which were
ordered some time since for Company g.
have arrived and were given out Tuesday
night. 1t will be remembered that the
caps and belts were rejected at the late in
specton because they we're no longer Of the
regulation style. The new caps and woven
web cartridge belts are u. s. regu.
lation equipment and the company will pre-
sent quite different appearance in them.
New campaign hats were also given cut In
place OF the ones rejected at inspection, and
number of new oyercoats were alse given
out.