The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30

Mrs. Herbert Harris and Mrs. Gerow, of
Ovid. visited Owosso friends Tuesday
A plumber of Owossoites have attended
the street fairs at Howell and Saginaw this
week.
W. 81 Story, of Bay City. is doing the
night operating at the Junction during the
absence of Ticket Agent 4. p Vandewater.
Tuesdays Grand Rapids Herald contain
ed the following dispatch from Middleyile,
concerning an enterprise in which Mr.. l. II.
Keeler, of this city, is interested:
Schrader, the great western healer, at
tracted considerable attention when he ap.
peared on the city streets Wednesday, with
his long hair and beard and big black robe.
The newly made postoffice Benedcts
have returned to their labors for the govern
ment, Mailing Clerk h. p. White beginning
work again wednesday morning, and Car
rler Chas. McGilvra reporting for duty
today.
Company held short drill in the
armory Monday evening. This was the
first time the company had ever drilled in
this city when wearing their Khark uni
forms. and large crowd watched them 60
through their ev0lutiOns. 1t was the first
regular company drill held since leaving
Camp Alger.
At its meeting Tuesday night the school
atta ta N bar oe If mi
nor Importance, the purchase of fifty feet of
hose for use in the Central school and
ordering the repairing of one of the large
chimneys being among the items looked
after. Another recitation room will also be
fitted up for the use Of the high school.
The Spanish block house hes been allow
ed to stand this week, and large number
of people who failed to see the relics and
souvenirs brought home by members of Co.
G have been improving the opportunity.
The Effel tower, which has also been left
standing, has not had so good an excuse for
remaining in the streets which are begin
ming to resume their former appearance
The Keeler brass company has purchased
machinery for manufacturing sheet brass
furniture trimmings, and is moving its Office
to Main street to make room for new fac
tory building which will be erected at once.
The new building will be sOx4O, three stor-
les on water front and two stories along the
Michigan Central railroad, connecting their
Main street building with the present fac
tory.
Niles Virgins has completed 20x22 feet
addition to his bicycle shop>on west Main
street, and intends to be In a position to
take care of anything that may come along
in the line of repairing. He has an Odds
gasoline engine, six foot lathe with twenty
inch swing, and has large drill which he
expects to have here within day or two
The addition of this machinery makes
his shop very complete one.
At the annual meeting of the Ladies So
cial Union OF the Congregational church
icers were elected President. Mrs. c. ID.
Stewart; vice. presidents, Mrs. j. Thompson,
Mrs. B. G. Evans; secretary, Mrs. G. B.
Radford; financial secretary, Mrs. &. L.
Campbell; treasurer, Mrs M. Osburn. The
Union was very successful in its work the
past year, clearing over $500.
The Owosso City Mills band will visit the
Howell street fair today and will win adj
miration from every side. The band is
composed of the following well known
artists equally divided between the amateur
and professional classes, with Haskell in
the primary class by himself: George 81.
Haskell, Charles Paris, r. n. Parshall and
NJ. l.. Parshall. The band will play "a
Hot Time in the Old Town." and there will
be one.
Mr. G. S. Williams, of Detroit, has been
appointed professor of hydraulics in the en-
cheering department of Cornell University,
an appointment which is marked compile
ment to Mr.. Williams but which is no more
than his ability deserves Mr.. Williams has
been engineer in charge of Detrolt's water
works for a number of years and has given
the subject of hydraulics much study. HeI
is graduate of the University of Michigan
and has read a number of papers before the
engineering society at Ann Arbor. He is
quite well known in Owosso, having super
intended the construction of the Owosso wa
ter works.
Keeps Folks Well