The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-05-13

J. G. Royce is building new house on
Ament street.
@. c. Gregory and family have removed
to Detroit to reside.
Rev. G. V. Northrop will deliver the
Memorial Day address,
The Cuban flag flies underneath the stars
and stripes over the city hall.
The Fat Mems Bicycle club will take its
first run Of the season this afternoon.
A new sidewalk Is being laid In front of
M. Fl. Reynolds residence on West Main
street
Ii K Needham has accepted position
with j. B. W0odin as stenographer at the
Owosso box factory.
G. j. Stuart has removed from 2O2 East
Exchange street to bis own residence, 403
West Oliver street.
Quackenbush Post and w. r. @. will at
tend services at the Congregational church
Sunday, May Goth.
Owosso lodge f. & A. M. has received an
invitation from Palestine lodge, of Detroit,
to visit them next month and work the
third degree.
Major Hume was In Flint Wednesday. ex-
aiming recruits for Company A. He will
also have charge of the examination of the
Saginaw recruits.
Geo. Bell and Copas & Sons have receiv-
ed the contract for furnishing LaPearl's
circus with eatables, the former with baked
goods and the latter with meats.
1t is claimed that ninety per cent Of the
applicants turned down by the rigid phys
ical examination for admittance into the
u. s. army and navy are cigarette smokers.
While running band saw at the Owosso
Mfg. Co.'S. plant last Friday afternoon,
Will Mathews had two fingers of his left
hand taken off DIR. Arnold dressed the
wound.
Sergeant Henry Bartrem received a fine
basket of fruit from the w. r. G. Monday.
The corps also presented Fred Getchell and
William Barrisford Jr. of Co. G with a sim
liar basket.
Principal w. e. Mckenzie, of the Bryant
school, has withdrawn his acceptance for
the coming year and will engage otherwise.
Mr.. Mckenzie has been a faithful teacher
for eighteen years.
John COnley died at his home in EastOn
last week Thursday. Funeral services were
held at st. PauPs Catholic church, this city,
Saturday. Mr.. Conley was a well-kn0wn
farmer and universally respected.
A MAI giving his home as p. Baronskie.
claiming this city for his home, was placed
in jail at Adrian Friday on account of being
mentally unbalanced. Marshal BarrsfOrd
is try ing to locate Mr.. BIS family but as yet
has not succeeded.
Invitations have been issued by Mr. and
Mrs Ii. w. BigelOw to their relatives and
immediate friends requesting the pleasure
of their company to celebrate their golden
wedding, Monday, May 90, o'clock p. m,
at their residence, Ais West Oliver street.
The insurance adjusters representing the
companies interested in the loss on the Es-
tey Carriage Co. were in the city Tuesday,
but could not adjust the insurance owing to
the failure of one supply house to furnish
duplicate invoices of goods sold the compa-
ny.
Bella Shout. Vim. Kelly and James Luby
each paid Justice Baldwin $l4.65 on Mon
day for the privilege OF being gloriously
drunk Saturday night. They attempted to
take possession of one of the street cars and
used indecent language. Conductor Hale
made things quite lively for them.
Chas. Adams has resigned his position as
lineman fol- the New State Telephone Co.
and accepted position with the Ann Ar
Dor Ry. Ee will have charge of the tele,
graph lines between Mt Pleasant and
Frankfort, removing to the latter place to
reside.
A full force of men began work. Monday,
making brick at the Frleseke brick yard
and the first kiln will be started next Mon
day. The brick made by this firm com.
mand a sale throughout the state and
already several large orders have been
received to be filed as soon as possible.
They expect to furnish brick for the new
jail which is soon to be built at Grand Hav.
en-. The tile department will begin opera
tions the first of next week.
The regular meeting Of the Amphictyor
Literary Society was held at the high schoo
Friday night and very interesting program
rendered. The debate Resolved, that the
pulpit is more powerful than the press" wa
decided in the affirmative. Before adjourn
ing short business meeting was held and {
resolution adopted making all present mem
bers of the society, permanent members
The time for calling the meeting to orde
was changed from 1880 to o'clock.
Geo. E Fellows. Ph.D assistant profess
sor of history at Chicago University, will