The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-08-19
OwossO FRIDAY. AUG. 10, 1898.
LOCAL NEWS.


Geo. M. Edwards has been given the
contract to build the Kay Congregational
church at Shaftsburg.
The marriage of Emmett Sackrider, of
this city, to Miss Nora Lee, will take place
in Saginaw next Wednesday.
The Maccabees of Owosso will run their
fourth annual excursion to Detroit, Wednes-
day. Sept. 14th. Fare for round trip 81. 25.
DR.. ID. II. Lamb received an appointment
at Washington Wednesday as acting assist
! ant surgeon and was detailed for duty at
Fort Myer, Va.
Rev. j. s. Boyden, of Kalamazoo, sec
rotary Of the American Baptist Foreign
Missionary Society, occupied the Baptist
pulpit Sunday.
The Royal Neighbors of America, the
auxiliary of the Modern Woodmen. have
thirty-five candidates to initiate at their
meeting next Thursday night.
THE TIMES will send out premium list
supplement next week, giving information
of all sorts about the street fair, band
tournament and carnival of fun to be held
in Owosso, September 2O-23.
From the number of inquiries and appli-
cations for entries in the live stock depart
ment of the street fair. the management
confidently expects to surprise people
with this part of the exhibit.
Secy. McCaugbDa thinks the exhibit of
pets of all kinds will be one of the most in
teresting features of the street fair. This
department is open to all pets, cats, dogs,
birds, and others.
A. W. Henderson has opened up res
taurant in the Odd Fellow block. The
new restaurant will go under the name OF
the City Dining Hall, and will be run in
first class manner.
The Lady Foresters elected delegates
Monday night to the supreme meeting of
the order to be held in Toronto the latter
part of the month. Mrs. Chas. Collier and
Mrs. Fl. M. Post are the Owosso delegates.
The Women's Auxiliary of the Y. M. G.
A. realized the neat sum of $42 IS from
the social at the Armory Friday evening.
thus ensuriDg the purchasing and sending
of fine lot of hospital supplies to the
boys in camp.
Remember Ringing Bros. circus Friday,
Aug. Goth, and don't forget Krob's big
clearance sale of millinery. Everything
goes at reduced prices, cost not taken into
consideration. Read the ad. Cd page eight
of this issue Of the Times.
The school board held a meeting Tuesday
evening transacting routine business. Seats
were ordered to be bought for the Washing
ton school and plans were discussed and
orders given tor various improvements al
the Washington and Central schools.
The new seven and half ton Diebold
safe, which has been purchased for the city,
attracted considerable attention on the
street Wednesday morning on Its way Il
the city hall. The process of hosting the
safe to the second story of the city hall was
watched by an interested crowd.
The Episcopal Sunday School enjoyed @
picnic at Caledonia Park Tuesday, although
the ten gallon can of lemonade which
Supt. A. d. Whipple had ordered failed
to put In al appearance at the park. In
reality the lemonade had been delivered
at Gutes Hill by mistake and was being
hugely enjoyed by the picnic party there.
The Owosso City Band spent Tuesday
and Wednesday in jackson where they at.
tended band tournament on the latter day.
Their presence in the city Tuesday was in
the nature of high compliment as they
were the only band in the state to be asked
to assist in giving concerts on the day be-
fore the tournament. The boys made a
fine impression and were instrumental In
securing some more visiting bands for the
street fair.
II. ID. Lyon expects to 20 to New York
City next week to buy complete new
stock of goods for Lyon q Pond. Mr.. Pond
always makes good use of his experience on
these trips, both that gained by careful at
tention to customers wants In the store and
that gained by his experience when on the
road for wholesale house, and always
brings back fine lot of the latest and bes,
things In the dry goods line which he
knows how to get at fair prices.
j. ii. Robbins is figuring on extensive
improvements at the Robbins Table Com.
pany's plant. This time 1t is the boiler house
which is to be the scene Of the changes,
which will probably not take place before
the latter part of next month. The old
boiler house will be torn down and neat
brick one of larger size than the old one
will be built. A new boiler considerably
larger than the one now in use will be
added and the old one will be kept In reserve