The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-09
Miss Maud Jackson is clerking at Lyon


d Ponds.
Something new every day at the Owosso
Free Street Fair. Sept. 20. 81, % and 2S.
Oakside school opened Tuesday with a
good attendance. The school certainly de-
serves large attendance and seems likely
have 1t.
The Chesaning fair dates are Sept. 14-15.
The association has been entirely re'organ-
lied and the new management intend to
have first class exhibition.
The Bryan Comedians band has been
has been favoriDg the city with strictly high
grade band music this week-music of the
class that is always treat to hear.
Miss Ora Davis was elected president of
the Baptist Young Peoples Union, at a
special meeting, Wednesday night. Miss
Mabel Osburn was elected secretary.
Harry Crosby. who was book keeper for
the Woodland Furniture Works before the
fire, and lost '9s model bicycle in the fire,
has secured position with f. G. Achard
as book keeper.
George Grahame has started his cigar
factory, Oh the second floor of the building
occupied by Chas. McNally's cafe. The
Flvette is the name of new cigar which
he is putting on the market.
The common council at its meeting Tues
day evening approved the contract made
between the Board of Public Works and
the Warren-Scharff Co., of New York, for
paving OwOssO streets as mentioned in last
weeks TIMES. WORK will now be quickly
got under way.
Achille Philion, the world renowned
equilibrist gives two of his aerial globe
rolling performances daily at the Owosso
Free Street Fair, Sept. 90, 81, % and 80
Five Hundred Dollars was paid for this
attraction alone and II is free to all visitors
to The Fair. Half fare on all railroads.
The st. Johns telephone linemen worked
the first half of the week assisting the
Owosso Telephone Co. repair the damage
done to its plant. The poles which burned
were on corner and consequently let the
lines down into the street where they had
to be cut to get them out of the way just as
soon as the poles were down.
The electric light and both telephone
companies were badly Inconvenience by
the fire, and suffered loss of about a hun
dred dollars apiece from burnt poles and
wires. Each company has had force of
men at work making repairs and putting
up new poles and all are again in perfect
working order.
The Insurance adjusters all reached the
city yesterday morning to adjust the loss on
the Woodland fire, and made almost unpre-
cedented dispatch with the work. Before
night the adjusters had agreed to recon-
mend that the entire sum named in the
policies be paid to Mr.. Woodland. The
insurance amounts to exactly $64, 500.
That the work of the Woodland Furniture
Works has good reputation is shown by
have already been sent for by firms doing
business in the state. While we dislike to
see these men go and hope they may yet be
brought back here again, they are to be
congratulated on finding their services in
such demand.
Rev. John Sweet started for Montauk
Point, Long Island, Monday morning to get
the body of his son Francis who died Aug.
80. His son was member of Co. f, 22nd
u. s. regular Infantry. Mr.. Sweet expect
ed to reach Flushing by yesterday when the
funeral would be held. Owosso friends
sympathize with Mr.. and Mrs. Sweet who
lost another son shortly after moving to this
city.
VIM. Greedy, of Grand Rapids, was taken
in by Officer Hammond, Wednesday even
ing for being drunk and disorderly. Yes
terday morning after. being sentenced to
FIVE days in the county jail by Justice Nc.
Caughna, he told the justice that he was
just out from ninety days term at the
House of Correction for assaulting the How
ell marshal, story he was quite shrewd In
keeping to himself until his sentence had
been passed.
Hon. a. s. Hadsall, of this city, was re-
nominated by the acknowledgements union
silver party for State senator, at Lansing,
on Wednesday. The contest was lively
one, the delegates from lpgham opposing
Mr.. Hadsalps nomination and supporting
Stanley K. Parkill, of this city, who was
not present. The formal ballot gave Had.
sail so votes and Parkill, 46. The latter
gentleman was not In any sense a candidate
and would have supported Mr.. Hadsall II
he had been present
The G.. A. r. excursion party to Cincin
natl carried away nearly sixty Owosso peo.