The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-03-18

spect Corunna Commandery, April @.
Howell lodge, f. & A. M. will visit the
OwOsso lodge on Wednesday evening next
and confer the work of the third degree.
AT the conclusion of the work banquet
will be served.
The trains on the M. q. railroad were de-
layed several hours Wednesday forenoon by
the washing out of a bridge between st.
Charles and Saginaw. After few hours
hard labor a road was constructed over the
washout and the trains wers again able to
continue their trips.
Mrs. A. u. Palver, an invalid from Ben
nington, was brought to the home of j. Il.
Terrill the first of the week, and is being
treated by DIR. Phippen.
Miss Bessie Palmer, who has been con-
fined to the house all winter by typhoid few.
er, is again able to be out.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. p. Beswick have decid-
ed to remove to their farm In New Haven
township to reside.
In letter received by l.. A. Hamblin,
from his brother, X. g., of Lansing, who
| has been spending the winter in the south,
Ed. tells of changing his complexion to the
| darkest kind of black dressing to suit the
| occasion and taking part with ten couple in
| a cake walk. The participants were guests
at Sea Side Inn, Sea Breeze, Florida. He
also admits that he was awarded the cake.
Yielding to the repeated solicitation of
friends to become candidate for city clerk,
John l.. Ash on Tuesday decided to an
nOunce his candidacy for that Office. If he
| is nominated 1t will be case of the Office
| seeking the man, as Mr.. Ash was not iuclined
| to make the race. He has many friends in
all parts of the city who are hard at work
for him.
+. K. Kohler and Meron Sherman left
| Tuesday for New York to buy goods for
| Osburn & Sons. Thew will be gone about
ten days.
The lady clerks of Osburn 81 Sons store
responded to call given by Miss Kate
Reineke, one OF their number, and were
|
Shiawassee street, Tuesday evening.
| Next Sunday Mrs. RUSSELL of Grand
Ledge, is expected to be with the Spiritual
ist Society. She gives descriptions, also
| character readings.
The Invincible whist club was entertained
Tuesday evening by MIR. and Mrs. g. w.
I
Just before Z o'clock Monday morning,
w. A. Sparkling, while passing the Argus
Office discovered fire in the composing
room on the second floor. With the help of
two Office employees the flames were quickly
: subdued. The damage to the type, stands,
ETC., was adjusted by the insurance COM
panies at $25. 90, and on the building at
$l4.10. The fire caught from an oil stove.
| The republican convention on Thursday
evening next will unquestionably re-nomi-
nate Stephen b. Pitts for city treasurer by
reclamation. Mr.. Pitts deserves to be re-
warded In this way. He has proven him
self thoroughly good man for the place, ac-
commodating in his dealing with the people
so far as tax collections were concerned, ac-
curate in the keeping of his books, etc.
His returns to the county treasurer were in
such excellent shape that Mr.. Colby de-
clared them to be the finest set he had re-
ceived since being in Office. Mr.. Pitts re-
at the polls.
| Detroit Evening News: A telephone
switch board of 800 numbers has just been
completed by the Detroit Switchboard q
Telephone Construction Company. 1t will
| be shipped to OwossO and the lines will be
connected with the central exchange in a
few days. A telephone switchboard Is
necessarily a complicated bit of mechan-
ism requiring high degree of mechanical
skill and the utmost pains in connecting up
| its hundreds of circuits. This OwOsso
board was designed and made in Detroit,
and the perfection of its working and the
convenience with which repairs may be
made are evidence of the skill of the build
ers. Particular attention has been paid to
the securing of perfect connections, for a
bad contact greatly weakens the electric
circuit of the instrument, IL 1t does not dis.
able the instrument. The switches are of
the knifeboard pattern, such as is used on
all heavy current circuits, and the plugs
and jacks are Of special design to insure
perfect contacts. Among other accessories
is convenient foot rest, covered with cor
rsgated rubber for the operators
| The last number on the Y. Nj. G. A. Star
Course was given Friday night by Gen. j.
| b. Gordon In the M. K. church, splendid
audience being present. The General was
met at the Junction by Rev. I'll. King, M.
| c. Dawes and II. X. White, and escorted
from the Merell to the church by Quacken-
bush Post, G. A. r. Miss Goss presided
at the organ and played the "Star Spangled
Banner" as Gen. Gordon and the committee
entered and went to the platform. This
was followed by the singing of America
led by K. K LOhnes, and the grand old
song was never more periodically sung.
The warmth and nature of the welcome