The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-06-02


home In Ypsilanti this week.
Geo. l.. Keller, of Vaudeville, was the
guest OF L. II. Keeler, yesterday.
Miss Josephine Ward, of Laingsburg,
visited her brother. DIR. w. Z. Ward, yes.
terdsy.
Miss Nellie Lyle spent Sunday and Mon
day visiting relatives and friends In St.
Charles.
Samuel Willis, of Thompsonvllle, spent
the first Of the week with Mrs. Willis, In
this city.
Hon. John NorthwOod will be one of the
speakers at the Mccormick Day banquet
tomorrow.
Misses Wealthy and Maggie Whiting, of
Flint, were the guests of Miss Della Fox
Wednesday.
Gen. r. A. Alger has been invited to be
present at the re union OF the Third Cavalry
to be he'd in this city June 14th.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. l.. Brewer returned
Monday from a visit with their daughter,
Mrs. John Everett, at Grass Lake.
James Findlater and Warren Pierpont
spent Sunday with the Mesdames FIndlater
and Pierpont at the St. Louis sanitarium.
Miss Nettie Hoover, returned to her home
in Chelsea. Wednesday, after few days
visit with her sister, Mrs. X. w. Crawford.
Ed j. Hunt was home from Albion Col
lege oyer night, returning to Lansing this
morning to be present at the field day con-
tests.
Mrs. Julia Sharrs has presented the
Ladies' Library Association with ten dol
lars which is greatly appreciated by the
members.
Judge S. f. Smith, f. II. Watson and S.
s. Miner attended the annual banquet of
the Genesee county bar association held at
Flint last evening
The reasons why G. S. Allison q Son
can sell che apply are, we pay no store rent, \
we pay no clerk hire and buy our goods I'M
large quantities and get the highest cash
discounts.
Ann Arbor dispatches state that Harry
Hutchins, dean of the law department, has
decided to decline the presidency of the,
Iowa university and will remain with the
U. of M.
The promotion exercises of the eighth
grs des of our city schools will be held in
the high school assembly room, Thursday,
June s, at two o'clock. All friends of our
schools are cordially invited to be present.
The Ann Arbor Ry. has recently secured
terminal facilities at Menominee and is
planning to build depot and warehouse in
that city. The ferry business across Lake
Michigan is growing to important and profit
able proportions.
Attorney VIM. A. Norton, of st. Johns,
is expected to be in the city tomorrow to
make speech at the Mccormick Day rally.
Every one who heard Mr.. Norton speak
during the campaign last fall knows what
sort of treat his part of the program will
be.
The attention of the circuit court was
occupied from Thursday until Monday after
noon with the trial of the damage case of
Geo. Burkhart VS. the Grand Trunk Ry.
The jury was out five hours and reported to
Judge Smith that 1t was impossible to agree
upon verdict.
OwOsso Lodge, No. 81, F. & A. M, en-
joyed large amount of work Wednesday
afternoon and evening, putting seven can
didates through the mysteries of the third
degree. At seven o'clock in the evening a
fine supper. was served to the Masonic
brethren in the parlors of the M. E. church
by the ladies of that church.
Editor o. T. Hoover, of the Chelsea
Standard, and Miss Hoover, spent part of
the week in this city with their sister, Mrs.
r. w. Crawford. Mr.. Hoover also attend
ed the Masonic lodge. Wednesday, and saw
his brother-in-law properly put through the
third degree. He returned home yesterday.
Mrs. Crawford and small son 90 to Chelsea
today with Mrs. Hoover to make short
visit with relatives and friends.
The Owosso high school base ball club
defeated the Corunna high school nine
tuesday by score of 25 to 6. Rigley and
Gale, Owosso's pitchers, struck out five
men each. Owosso ran in seventeen scores
in the first inning. Allen, OF Owosso, made
one home run bringing in three men who
were on bases, while Rigley made home
run the third time he went to bat in the
first inning.
Caro- Advertiser: Otto Sprague. former
Tuscola county boy, but who is now one of
the prominent business men OF Owosso, Is
very likely to be determined upon as the
supervisor of the census for this congress
siOnal district. Mr.. Sprague has won an
enviable reputation and host of frien1s
during his business career, none of whom
will be more pleased over his appointment
than those in this county.
Corunna Commandry Knights Templar
has been doing considerable work within
the last week on Owosso Masonic aspirants.
Among the number who have taken d.