The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-12-22

The Upiversity students return today for
the holiday vacation.
Quackenbush Post held Its annual in
spection Wednesday evening.
Miss Florence Fitzpatrick returned from
Olivet college Tuesday evening.
Miss Myra Sherwood is home from the
Moravian Seminary at Bethlehem, Pa, for
the holidays.
Rev. q. Ii. Hanks banquetted the choir
of the Congregational chulch In the church
parlors Wednesday evening.
B. 5. Hopkins, principal of the Menoml.
nee high school, is expected home tomorrow
evening for the Christmas vacation,
Burglars en'ered the furniture store of
c. K. Godfrry, in Bancroft. Sunday night,
broke open the safe rams acked its contents
but se,ured no money.
TIE Oak Grove Farmers Cub held a
pleasant meeting at the home of j. f.
Ri himer yesterday. A report OF the meet
ing will be given next week.
The State Republican states that Senator
C. b. CollnRwoOd expects to move with his
family to New Mexico shortly after January
LIST to look after his mining interests. In
company with several other directors Of his
company he left Lansing this morning to
visit the mines.
The Congregational Sunday school will
have its Christ mas exercises Monday even
ing in the church parlors when the cantata
The Waits Christmas in Fairyland, will be
given under the direction of Mrs Menhen-
nick and Miss Grace Hall. The exercises
will begin at seven o'clock and all friends
OF the school are invited to bs present.
Amoung the prizes not in the list Of
awards published in another column as
having been given at the poultry show last
Saturday was handsome Bible awarded
to Mr.. Chas J. McNally on his pen of Irish
pl lsants, "Mike" and "Biddy." The
award WIS special one, the money
for the same being raised by sub criptons
amen other exhibitors and breeders. The
exhibit certainly deserved special mention
for it was one of the most attractive fea-
turs of the show. Ii is said that Charles
has all the settings" promised now which
could suppsy should the hen lay three
eggs a day from now until spring.
The lecture given by Chaplain E. w.
White in the Baptist church Tuesday even
/ was we'll attended and the "reminiscences
OF army service were greatly enjoyed by the
audience, while the pictures of conditions in
Cuba were graphic and fairly startling
Chaplain White appeared on the platform
IN his white duck army uniform making a
striking military appearance. His lecture
Included brief review of the experiences,
serious and humorous, of the 3lst Michigan
Volunteers up to the time 1t spent several
ter and finally landed In Cuba. The chap
lain then recounted number of the facts
concerning the struggles of the island for
liberty and the helish measures resorted to
ny luo Opdulou w CAIcl tuo pVOPiC
who dared ask for freedom and dared at
ten pit to provide living for themselves and
families. With terrible earnestness he
pictured the condition of the people who
were even then, when the 3lst reached the
island, dying like rats of fevers, starvation
and Wounds. The work OF the U. s. gov
eminent in feeding aud caring for these
helpless people was described and lauded
as it deserved to be. With the wonderful |
fertility OF the island and the advent OF
American law, security and cipital, the
future of the island contains wonderful
but at pre;ent the need for
help and assistance is still imperative IL the
island Is not to go back into as bad con-
dition as before.