The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-07-07
Local News.

MRS. .. u flttS ana cnlluren are VlsitinR
relatives near Birmingham.
f. NJ. Whelan, of Shiawassee, made THE
TIMES welcome call Wednesday.
Rudolph Lamfrom, Of New Baltimore,
Ohio, is visiting his parents In this city.
The casket factory is being fitted through
out with patent automatic fire extinguish-
ers.
The Juniors defeated the Corunna B. l. G.
team at Caledonia Park, Tuesday, by q
score of IL to 8.
l.. @. COoper.of Bennington drove home
today with new Osborne binder purchased
of Hartshorn q SON.
Mrs. b. N. Montrose, of Saginaw, was
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. +. q. Ach-
ard, the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Hookway returned
Wednesday from short visit with the lat
ter's parents in Saginaw,
Grand Trunk Ry excursion to Detroit
Sunday, July o. Train leaves Owosso at
$50 a. IN. Fare for round trep, $500
David Swineford, one of the Ann Ar
boris best engineers, has been promoted to
the position of travelling engineer for the
| road.
In spite of the all days rain the Teach
ers' State Institute opened IN the Owossu
high school rooms Wednesday with an at
tendance of sixty.
Married, Monday evening, by Justice
Baldwin, Miss Maud Jennings and Mr..
William Parry, of this city. Mr.. Parry served
with the regular army In Porto Rico.
Caud Bentley is improving his vacation
from the engineering department of the
University by gaining practical experience
in the Castree & Shaw Ccmpany's shops.
Will Noble expects to start on his sum-
mer trip for the Estey Mfg. Co. tomorrow
or Monday, going via Grand Rapids where
he will make brief visit at the Estey sales
rooms.
Miss Haight, of Chicago, sang two solos
in the Baptist church Sunday, which added
greatly to the enjoyment as we'll as the
value of the services. She will sing again
Sunday.
Lightning struck the large barn on the
farm of K. j. Cook last night damaging the
roof considerably and tearing OF some of the
siding, but fortunately it did not set fire to
the building.
Mrs. w. A. F. Bartell, with her twin
girls, Irene and Keren, of Codwater, is In
Owosso to spend the summer with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Bodamer and
family, on North Washington street.
During July and August there will be no
evening service at the Episcopal church.
The morning service and the Sunday school
will be held at the usual hours, and the
Corunna service will be held at half past
seven.
Rev. and Mrs. G. V. Northrop went to
Long Lake near Fenton Monday, where
they will spend two months at their cot
tage, Dew Drop Inn. Mr.. Northrop will
occupy his pulpit in the Baptist church as
usual.
Mrs. John Everett is the guest of her par.
ents, MIR. and Mrs. E. l.. Brewer. on Good.
hue street. Mrs. l.. G. Brewer and daugh-
ter, who had been visiting Mrs. Everett in
Ann Arbor, returned to Owosso with her
Wednesday evening.
The Sunday Grand Rapids Herald print
ed an excellent half tone engraving of Miss
Alice Maude Donnelly. who graduated
from the U. of M. this year. Miss Dom
nelly will be remembered as the daughter
of the late Rev. John Donnelly, ID. d.
Willie, the nine year old son OF A. j.
Cadmsn, was quite severely burned about
the face and head last evening by the ex-
plosiOn of some gunpOwder which he and
some other boys were trying to ignite. 1t
Is not thought that the injuries will be
serious.
Howard Whelan, son of Mr.. and Mrs. g.
A. Whelan, of Shiawassee, has returned
home from a stay of three years in the
west, mostly spent In Oregon and Wash
ingtOn. Mr.. Whelan saw much of the
western country, its varied business activi-
ties, etc., and returned home satisfied that
my Michigan" is not excelled by any state
In the west.
Last fall there might have been some
81 mpathy justly felt for the paving COM
pany when 1t desired to improve Sun
days as we'll as other days to get the paving |
done before 1t became impossible to finish it, |
but at present, with all summer for the work |
there does not seem to be the faintest rea-
son for any Sunday work on Owosso streets. |
1t is to be hoped that no more will be at |
tempted.
A slight blaze in the home of Abraham |
Stanton on C0runna avenue Sunday morn.
ing about ten o'clock called out the fire |
department. The fire was put out without |
the aid of the department. Some difficulty
was experienced in getting MIR. Stanton,
who Is suffering with a broken leg. out of |
the house, but 1t was accomplished without |
further injury to him. The hose wagon
met with an accident by striking the pole |
against telephone pole, breaking the |
wagon pole and tipping over the wagon,
fortunately, however, without hurting any |
one.
The closing number In the lecture course |
given by the young people of the Congrega-
ti0nal church, will be given next Tuesday |
evening, July 18th, by Mr.. Charles II. |
Gould, of Chicago. former Owosso boy
and graduate of the Owosso high school |
The lecture is one which Mr.. Gould has |
delivered before the Historical Society of |
Chicago, fact which alone tells all that is |
necessary TO know of ts scholarly qualities. |
The lecture Is called {" Footprints of Wash