The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-16

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Benz. BASTARD has returned from th'
west and resumed his position with Ths
Reporter.
The residence of VIM. Broad has beer
connected with the Owosso Telephone Co
exchange.
The scholars Of the Congregational Sun.
day school enjoyed melon social on Tues.
day evening.
Dozens of high priced attractions ex.
hibited Free at the Owosso Free Street
Fair, Sept. 2O-23.
Miss May Lawrence's Sunday school class
will give an entertainment in the Baptist
church parlors tonight.
The ladies of the Spiritual Society will
serve 10 cent supper in their hall. Satur-
day evening from to 8 o'clock.
A Todd & Co. offer as a premium SIS. 90
cash, for the best load of timothy hay
brought to market during the Owosso Free
Street Fair.
The services of the Spiritual Society,
which have been closed during the warm
weather, will reopen Sunday, Sept. 18th.
Mrs. A. K. Sheets, of Grand Ledge, will
conduct the services at the usual hour.
| The TIMES has been designated by
Auditor General Dix as the paper in which
the list of lands In Shiawassee county to be
| sold In May next for the non. payment of
taxes will be printed. The list will appear
In January.
Mrs. G. s. Allison returned yesterday
from her visit at st. Johns. Their house
hold goods are expected today and they
will begin housekeeping again at once In
the house just purchased of S. B. Pitts on
Water street.
Rollin Pond is exhibiting a curiosity in
the shape of an apple tree three years old
which is eight feet eight inches in height,
is not half inch in diameter at the bottom,
and has but one branch and that but three
inches in length.
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were ia Cadillac Wednesday and Thursday
getting pointers as to the crooks and turns
incident to the conduct of the street fair,
Marshal Barrisford paying especial atten-
ton to the former.
Co. G., 33d Mich. Volunteers, will build
a Spanish blockhouse in the streets of
Owosso, and during the Street Fair will
serve the public with bareback, sowbelly
and other delicacies enjoyed by them dur
ing their stay in Cuba.
Rollin Pond Is furnishing the cut stone
for DeHart Bros store in Vernon. He has
also finished huge four ton block of dark
Barre granite which will form the top of a
family monument for the Greenman Curtis
lot in the Bancroft cemetery.
The program for the semi-annual meeting
of the Genesee Association of Congregation.
al churches to be held In this city Sept. 81
rs, has been issued. The subjects of the
papers and addresses indicate that the
sessions will oe full of interest.
Hon. F. M. Shepard is expected home
today from Knoxville, Tenn, where he
went from the G.. A. r. encampment at
Cincinnati, to see his son Phil, who is a
member of Co. e, 31st Reg. He found his
son sick and obtained furlough for him.
Mrs. Dora K. Van Voorhees, wife of C.
w. Van Voohees died early yesterday morn
ing at her home. corner of Mason and Gil
bert streets after lingering sickness from
consumption. The deceased leaves besides
her husband, two small children to mourn
her loss. The funeral will be held Sunday
at the Disciple church Rev. l.. w. Spayd
officiating.
The Manistee Daily News contains an
account of the marriage, Saturday, of Ray
mond r. Sargent, formerly of this city. to
Mrs Belle ID. Simons, of Manistee. Ray
is in charge of the job department of the
News Publishing Co., at Manistee. Mr..
and Mrs. Sargent begin housekeeping at
once at 341 First street, in that city.
The building occupied by s. ID. Emory is
not to be the only one on west Exchange
street improved by liberal application of
white paint, as @. ID. Stewart who owns
the old mill property, has decided to paint
the building occupied by e. B. Tubbs, on
the opposite corner. With both of these
buildings painted, the appearance of that
end of the street will be improved several
hundred per cent
DIR. T. Ed. Carmody starts tomorrow for
Denver. Colorado, to be present at the
opening of the Denver College of Dental
Surgery, where he holds the professOrship
of Bacteriology and Histology. These are
both difficult subjects and 1t is rare thing
for SO young man to be placed in charge
of them. AS a consequence both the doctor
and his many friends have ample reason to
feel elated over his selection.
Miss Belle Longstreet, who will be re-
membered by numerous friends as men,
Der of the Owosso high school graduating
class of 1898, will leave In few weeks for
China to take up missionary work In that