The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-05-12

Grove & Payne received car of 80 900
pounds of binder Irvine Monday.
Charles Cooper and Edward Swain, of
Detroit, spent Sunday Ia Owoss0.
Frank Lawrence spent Sunday with his
parents, Postmaster and Mrs Lawrence
Work has been begun on the walls of the
Henderson block, corner OF Main and Cedar
streets.
Mr.. and Mrs. h. Kirk White and Mrs.
A. M. Bentley were in Detroit part of
Monday and Tuesday.
Paul M. Roth was in Owosso Saturday,
being called back from his western trip by
the illness of his father in Ionia.
DIR. M. W. Peters was In Detroit Wednes-
day and Thursday, attending a reception
rendered the alumni of the Detroit Medical
College.
Mrs. Mary Carpenter returned to her
home In Byron this morning. after spend.
ing several months at the home of her son,
Geo. Carpenter.
The Misses Jeanette Smith and Belle
Fisher spent part of Saturday and Sunday
at their homes In Byron, riding there
on their bicycles.
AT the communion service In the Baptist
church Sunday morning Rev. G. V. North
rop extended the hand of church fellowship
to thirty-two new church members.
Rev. Il. w. Bicks, of Dexter, will de-
liver his lecture on Character" at the
Riverside M. E. church, Wednesday even.
ing, May 18th. Admission 10 cents.
Mr.. Daniel Christian left Wednesday for
st. Louis to take treatment at one of the
sanitariums. He was accompanied by his
daughter, Mrs. A. M. Donsereaux, Of
Lansing.
Chas. Getchell, of New Haven, was TAX
en- to Pontiac asylum yesterday by Sheriff
Scougale having been declared insane. 1t
is thought he will improve under the care.
full treatment he will receive.
While one freight train was standing
near the ID. IL M. station Monday evening
another came in at a lively rate from the
east, and when the scare was over the two
trains were but little more than six feet
apart. 1t was narrow escape from bad
collision.
The funeral of Walter Fowler, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. f. K, Fowler, was held at the
family residence, north Of the. city Tuesday.
The young man died Sunday morning, hav-
ing literally starved to death, structure of
the aesophogus having prevented his taking
any food whatever.
Mr.. j. X. Blackwood fully appreciates
the kindness shown by OwossO business
men in accompanying the body of his
brother to the station and especially the
other hardware dealers in the city who
acted as pail bearers, and has expressed his
thanks to the various papers.
The Owosso high school team was de-
feated ia Lansing Saturday afternoon by
the high school team in that city by score
of 9 to 8. The Lansing team had much the
best of the OwossO team In respect to pre-
viUus practice and coaching. considering
which the showing of the OwOsso team
was not at all bad.
Rudolph J. Tick received letter from the
war department Monday stating that the
body of his brother, Louis, was buried in
Arlington cemetery, Washington. and Civ.
ing the number of his grave. 1t is matter
of satisfaction to all friends to know that
the body of one of OwOsso's dead heroes no
longer rests in foreign soil.
There is a possibility that new steel rails
may take the place of the light rails now in
use by the Owosso & Corunna street Ry.
II this change Is made street car pass
engers will no longer need to imagine
themselves rough riders-as the smooth
running Of the cars on south Washington
street where heavy rails are laid in the
pavement clearly shows.
Mrs. Georse Whitney died at her home
on Lansing street, Tuesday, from stomach
trouble from which she had suffered for q
year and a half. A post norton examina.
ton proved the trouble to have been a
chronic Inflammation of the stomach. Mrs.
Whitney leaves one child besides her hus
band. Funeral services were held yester.
day at the house and the body taken to
Bath for burial,
The members of the fire department
walked in on their retiring chief, Moses
Keyte, Friday evening, completely surpris-
ing him, and spent the evening with him.
During the evening Fred Edwards In behalf
OF the company presented Mr.. Keyte with a
gold chain and Forester's charm with the
department initials, o. +. d.. on one side.
Refreshments were served by Mrs. Keyte.
assisted by her daughter, Miss Lena. and
Miss Dollie Murray.
Wilson Tent K. o. T. NJ, of this city,
entertained about twenty Sir knights OF
Corunna Tent at Its regular meeting Mon.
day night. The degree team of Wilson
tent did excpllent work IN n candidate the