The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-12-15

the city TUESDAY.
viii Ii. Brown is home from the Univer-
slty to spend the holidays.
c. IL. Otis, of Hudson, Wis, was in the
city on business Saturday.
A. K. butcher. of The Fair, spent Sun
day at his home In st. Johns.
Mrs. j. N. Mcbride and daughter left
Tuesday evening to visit Mr.. Mcbride IN
Colorado.
O. N. Race gave the members of Quacken-
bush Post and the w. r. G. an oyster sup
per Wednesday evening.
p. II. Black will go on the road as com.
mercial traveller, representing large New
York firm In Michigan.
The annual meeting of the Shiawassee
Mutual Fire lns. Co. will be held at Corun-
ma. Jan. 4th, at IL a. m.
School children will be admitted to the
poultry show 10 the Armory Saturday morn
Ing for only five cents each.
81. w. Mann was called to Dawson, Wed.
nssday, by the serious illness of his father,
a gentleman ninety years Of age.
Pensions granted: Hannah A. Alberts,
Laingsburg, $12 per month; reissue, Silas
F. Halsey, Owosso, $50 per month.
Rev. Henry King Is In Detroit attending
the annual meeting of county agents of the
State Board of Charities and Corrections.
N. K. Potter, of Burns, is assisting In
farmers institute work In the northern part
of the state. Mr.. Potter is good man for
the work.
DIR. E. T. Wilson and w. e. Mckenzie
have moved from rooms in the rear of the
Keller block to the front suite formerly
occupied by F. F. Bumps.
Star of Hope Rebekah lodge will serve a
chicken pie supper Saturday evening from
5 to O'clock in the Odd Fellow hall over
THE TIMES Office. Supper Is cts.
Clark Campbell was discharged from
Justice McCaughnas court Wednesday
on the charge of making threats against
the life of A. F. Hunt, the Byron banker.
Mrs. Jas. A. Gibson received letter
from her husband yesterday stating that
he was then getting nicely rested up from
his trip and was feeling much better again.
L. Wynkoop INDUCED his humor Satur
day by paying his city and sewer taxes in
one dollar bills which he carried about the
street loosely tossed into bushel basket
held under his arm.
Invitations have been issued for the mar
rage Of Herman j. Cute, formerly Of this
city. and Miss Kathryn Ella Keller, to occur
Dec. 9th at the home of the brides parents
in Richmond, Mich.
The lecture which was to have been given
by Stanley E. Parkill at the Maple River
church fast Sunday afternoon was post
poned on account of the funeral OF K r.
Mead, and will now probably not be given
until after the holidays.
Edward Warren, tn, man who helped
John Paul in the Hall Bros burglary,
plead guilty in Justice McCaughna's
court Monday to the charge of receiving
stolen property and was then let off on pay
ment of costs and the value of the goods
stolen.
Alfred l.uckhurst was convicted of cruel
ty 10 animals in Justice McCaughna's court
Friday and sentenced TO pay fne of TWEEN.
~. 1--WE dollars or spend thirty days in Ill
Luc9hnrst took horse from the down part
OF the city few weeks ago and it is said
tho animal was sight to behold when he
brought 1t back few hours later.
Postmaster Lawrence received advices
fro the Brooklyn, N. Y, postmaster Sat
day morning notifying him that twenty
money orders sent from this city to VIM f.
Miller, of the franklin syndicate. had been
held by him in that Office and could be OBJ
tanned by Owosso senders on the receipt OF
proper application The amount Of these
few orders alone is over $1,000.
The banquet given Tuesday evening by
Il n. 81 NJ l.. Parshall 70 the city grocery
dealers, at The Hotel Wlldermuth, was
largely attended The meeting was OF q
strictly business nature; everything passed
OIL pleasantly and satisfactory under.
standing was arrived at. The success OF
the social part" of the meeting was largely
due to the spicy stories OF Rev. Carlos II
Hanks, Messrs w. ii. Bigeow and A l..
Nichols, interspersed with the sweet strains
of music by Wesener's orchestra.
The Owosso Coal Company Is now ham
pered most Of all by the inability to gel
men enough TO work in its mine east of the
city. 1t is hoped to remedy this difficulty
10 part by the use of the most improved
form of coal cutting machines now on the
market, two of which have been purchased
and will sOoD be Ia use. They are the Har
rlson coal cutters and will be run by com
pressed air from a Norwalk air compressor
with capacity Of several times the mum
Der of drills the company expects to em
ploy for some time to come. The mine vii
soon be In the best shape SO far as ma
chinery Is concerned, that money can pro