The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-11-18
OWOSsO FRIDAY. NOV. rs, 1898.
LOCAL NEWS.

The Knights of Pythias have purchased a
new piano for their hall.
The invitations are out for the annual
Thanksgiving ball at the armory.
A carload of deer was shipped through
the city on the M. G. Ry. Tuesday morning.
The next lecture in the University Exten-
ton Course will be given on Friday even.
ing Nov 25th.
Rev. r. o. Cooper, of Toledo, will preach
at Christ Episcopal church next Sunday
tmOrning and evening.
AT meeting of the Congregational church
held last evening the resignation of Rev. j.
G. Cromer was accepted.
oyster supper at Connor's Wednesday even
ing after lodge meeting.
The Owosso Telephone Co. can now get
connection with Flint, Flushing and the
Saginaws over their lines.
Supt. E. T. Austin and party of teach
ers of the primary grades, visited Saginaw
east side schools Wednesday.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Rubekam entertained
the Klondike pedro club, at their home on
Michigan avenue, Friday evening.
A large party enjoyed dancing and light
refreshments at the home of George Wealth
by on South Chapman street Monday night
The Estey factory b is running light at
present while one OF the boilers is being re-
paired. About third of the machinery is
idle.
| The Estey Mfg. Co. is making another
African shipment, sending a consignment
of ''chests of draws" to Cape Town. via
New London, South Africa.
Owosso friends are sympathzing with q,
| NJ. Edwards in the loss he experienced by
the burning of the Ovid factory in which he
became interested few weeks ago.
The new patterns for 1899 are nearly
ready for the finishers at the Estey furni-
ture factory b. The samples will not be
sent out until the latter part of December.
| j. T. Walsh is having fixtures put In the
store partially occupied by A. K. Palmer's
| jewelry. stock and in week or two will
open up new stock of mems furnishing
goods.
The Michigan Central road train is haul
ing gravel from the Maple River pit near
the Hubbard farm to fll in the approach to
a new bridge at Saginaw. The train and
crew stay In Ow0sso nights.
w. l.. Parker received telegram Sun
day announcing the death of his father at
Caro-. With his family and Mesdames
Richard Chapman and s. j. Reed he left
Monday to attend the funeral.
The work of laying the pavement on the
last two blocks before coming to the Wash
ington street bridge is being done on the
lines first laid out, making the last block,
including cutters, only the width of the
driveway of the bridge.
At meeting of the civil board of Co. G
held in the Office of the president, Fred Ed
wards, Monday evening, 1t was decided to
keep the armory open from one to ten O'Clock
M for members. Eugene Youbgs was
also re- engaged as janitor.
Work on the sewer is progressing very
slowly on West Main street. Between How
all and Cedar streets the cut Is very deep
and the recent storms have been the cause
of considerable trouble from mud In the
botom of the trench and caving in along thu
sides.
The yeneering presses are all being moved
from the third floor of the main shop at th'
Estey factory A to the basement OF tn
buiIding fronting Washington street ant
soutb of the Office. The change gives NOR
room for the bench workers In the othe
building.
Workmen commenced Wednesday layini
brick pavement outside the street car track
ON South Washington street. The uppe
surface of the brick comes just even Will
the top of the new rails, an arrangement
! which will do away with fully half the dan
ger from driving along the tracks.
The O. a. C. street railway company nov
has an extra closed car. the magnet
which made Its first trip Tuesday. The ca
was purchased last summer for use as
trailer and has been reftted and equipped
} with motors in the shop here. II Is shorte
than the other cars but fills the bill while
the company is limited to but part OF IL
tracks, and for supplementary work.