The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-11-04

K N. Parshall was In Perry on business
Wednesday.
Mrs. A. l.. Nichols visited in Vernon the
first of the week.
Jesse Ball is spending few days with
old friends in this city.
Miss Anna Helm, of Jackson, is the guest
of her uncle, Alex Mcdonald.
The Owosso light infantry indoor base
ball team has begun practicing.
Wesener's popular orchestra gives dane
ing party at the armory tonight,
Geo. M. Dewey came home from Lansing
Wednesday evening to remain week.
Hon. j. W. Turner will address repub-
lican rally in South Saginaw tomorrow eve
ming.
The side rails for the new Main street
bridge have been received and are on the
ground.
Louis Converse fell while working in his
meat market Wednesday, and hurt his left
knee severely
Robt. Smith, the genial president of the
Robt Smith Printing Co., Lansing, was in
the city Monday.
Lewis Storrer and Chas. Sackrider are
conducting a store In Laingsburg this week
for Wicking q Storrer.
w. II. Trip & Co. lost two trays full of
rings which were stolen Wednesday night
from the case in fro mt of the Globe.
Rupert Paris, of Saginaw, who is now in
the employment of the Phipps-Penoyer
grocery firm, called on Owosso friends yes
terday.
George Sweet, of the First National
Bank, Ovid, spent the first part of the week
visiting his parents, Rev. and Mrs. John
Sweet in this city.
The members of Rev. John Sweets
Bible class presented him with rocking
chair. Saturday evening, and spent pleas
ant evening with him. - -
Z The last member of Co G returned to
this city Monday morning, He was Private
Arthur Let's who has been in the hospital
at Fort Myers, Va. for number of weeks.
The house occupied by Fred S. Brown,
on Huron street was burned up Saturday
night, about midnight. The fire is sup
posed to have been started by cats Overturn
ing lighted lamp.
Married, Sunday afternoon by Rev. g.
V. Northrop, Mrs. Ella Fuller and Mr..
Judson Bristol, of Perry. The ceremony
took place at the home of the bride just
north of the city on Hickory street, in the
presence of a few relatives only.
The high school foot ball team was de-
feated in Flint Saturday by score of IL to
0. The students of the school for the deaf
proved to be good players. Neither side
scored in the first half. but for once the
Owosso team did its best playing in the
first half and was scored on twice in the
second.
Early closing has been revived among
some classes OF dealers who have either
never been In the habit OF closing early or
have else who have been getting out of the
habit. Grocers and meat markets on both
sides of the city are now agreed In closing
at seven O'Clock, every evening except Mon
day and Saturday.
Perhaps the bean raisers of the county
are not generally aware of it, but the Co
runna road elevator offers one of the best
markets for that product in the county.
Mr.. A. l.. Nichols who runs the elevator
has had considerable experience in purchas-
ing beans and is able to give farmers the
highest price for their produce.
The eight inch water main just west
of the new abutment for the new
bridge on Main street was broken Mon
day morning by the dropping of piece of
sewer pipe on 1t. The break occasiOned
/ considerable inconvenience to the west side
water users as well as to the w0rkmen on
the water and sewer systems before it was
repaired.
Capt. A. j. Van Epps resumed command
of Co. G, SD Mich. VOL Infy. Saturday.
He has been on furlough until that date
ever since coming home and 1.-The company
has in consequence been In Command of LIST
Lieut.. l.. II. Retain. The captains fur
Tough having expired and having report.
ed to Col. Boynton for duty he becomes
again the company commander after an alb
sence of nearly four months from that post.
The members of the Kaleidoscope Club
were entertained by Mrs IL. p. White at
her home on Lee street Monday evening.
Mr.. White and the other gentlemen friends
of the club members made a sudden APP
pearance in the midst of the festivities,
coming in via the roof and an upstairs win
dow. The party thus increased In size pro.
ceeded to spend the remainder of pleas.
ant evening with refreshments, flash light
pictures and hallow- cen jokes.
The mems meeting In the Baptist church
Sunday afternoon was the greatest success
of any Sunday afternoon meeting ever Civ
en- under the auspIces of the Y M a. A I'm