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

John Skingsley returned to his home In
Roscommon Tuesday morning, after look
ing after his Owosso property.
NJ. l.. Parker has kiln of 800, 900 brick
yet to be burned Work in the yard other
than this has stopped for the season.
The revival meetings In the M. K. church
are drawing large congregations, and the
evangelists seem to be making their influence
felt
The business part of west Main street near
the Michigan Central station is now expert
encrg the pleasure of having the street
torn up for sewers.
One horse. several head of cattle. swine,
80 hens, farm tools, household goods, etc.,
will be sold at public sale Monday, Nov.
l4th, at the VIM. Schafer farm in Owosso
township.
Private Arthur Taylor, of Cheboygan
came to Owosso Tuesday to report for duty,
his furlough having expired and no nstruc-
lions of extension having been sent him.
de returned to his home Wednesday.
A combined degree team from Colfax and
Owosso No. SO lodges, l. o. o. f., initiated
two candidates in Colfax lodge rooms,
Tuesday evening About hundred Odd
Fellows were present. All joined in an
oyster supper after the initiation.
A linen shower party was given yester-
day morning by Miss Edna Marshall in
honor of Miss Lucy Horsman, whose mar
riage to Mr.. William d. Fitzpatrick takes
place next Wednesday. Each of the guests
carried to the party some handsome piece
of linen with which they ''showered" the
prospective bride at given signal.
The Robbins Table Co. has got well
along on the improvements it has been
making In Its plant. The extension to the
large building on the south is finished and
the west end is being finished off for the
Offices. The new boiler is Ia position and
has been connected up, while work on the
new brick boiler house is nearly done.
The lecture given by John Fitzgibbons,
the Evening News war correspondent, was
listened to by large audience which filled
the auditorium and nearly filled the gallery
at the Baptist church Wednesday evening.
The lecture was very good, as nearly all of
Mr.. Fitzgibb0n's war correspondence was,
but the fact that he read it. detracted much
from the pleasure of the entertainment
MrS fiyruo Raip,ar ooya dano;o, ,oo,t.,
on the new asphalt pavement in front of the
Merell House, Wednesday evening. The
street was lighted by four huge gasoline
torches used by the paving company.
Music was furnished by the City Band
The party was a success and not only fur
nished pleasure for the guests but also con.
siderable amusement to a large crowd of
on-lookers who were attracted by thu un-
usual sight.
The Eastern Stars gave Hobo social
Tuesday evening, at which fun ran riot.
Seven female hobos, the worst ever seen,
escorted the guests to their seats and served
them with bologna, cheese, crackers. and
coffee with skinned milk, the dry food be
ing carried in red bandanas. Later on
some of the gentlemen present found a real
hobo, on the street-one of the most typical
of his kind and brought him up stairs where
the sister bobOs treated him with marked
respect until they all discovered him to be
r. p. Bigelow in disguise. Besides this
hobo the guest of the evening was Horace
M. Oren, republican candidate for attorney
general. The ladies who represented the
weary walkers were the, Mesdames r. P.
Bigelow, 1. Il Keeler, A. ID. Whipple. A
M. Hume, j. ID Crum, F. II. Watson, and
G. II. Cossitt.