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

Louis Deal visited friends IN Dundee
Sunday.
j. Il. Laverock was in st. Charles Mon
day on business.
c. w. Starr, of Toledo, was in the city
Tuesday on business
f. #. Evarts was appointed postmaster a
Chesaning, Tuesday.
Miss Carmelita Hill spent sunday II
Lansing with her parents.
Mrs G. b. Symes and daughter, Miss
Klttie,sare visiting in Ohio.
Atty. w. A. Norton and Sheriff Dunn, o
st. Johns, were in the city Monday.
The pension of w. r. Cowles, Durand
has been increased from Sl4 to SIT pei
month.
| K. G. Bacon, of the Castree q Shaw Co.
went to Chicago Wednesday on a snor
business trip.
Charles Voss has his left thumb badly
cut by saw Tuesday morning while work
ing in Estey factory B.
At o'clock Sunday afternoon, commun'
ion services will be held at the Congrega
tional church. No evening service.
Estey factory B began running twelve
hours day Wednesday, the overtime being
necessary to even begin to keep up with
orders.
Mrs. II. b. Cooney was called home from
Byran, Ohio, where she had been visiting,
Monday, on account of the serious illness
of her daughter. Mrs. r. j. Mcdaniel.
Miss Bertha Fowler was called home
Monday from Fix Rapids where she is
teaching In the public schools to attend
the funeral of her brother, Walter.
Prof. Geo. A. Hench, of the University,
who has been expected at various times dur
ing the past few weeks but who was always
hindered from coming. was in the city yes
terday inspecting the high school.
Edward Shuttleworth, who attempted to
thrash few people in Corunna on account
of church choir trouble which resulted in
his wife's leaving the choir in question, not
only took instead OF giving the thrashings,
but Friday paid twenty-five dollar fine as
well.
Z Frleseke Bros. expect to have their first
kiln of brick ready to burn next week il
the weather is not so unfavorable as to pre-
vent work. They expect to have fifteen
arches ready, which will mean 800, 900
brick ready for the market as soon as the
kiln coOls off after another week of burn
ing.
The Century will issue three special num-
bers: June, "Out-of doors Number; July,
1.-The story -tellers' Number; and August,
Midsummer and Travel Number" An ar
ticle by Henry van Dyke on "Fisherman's
Luck" dozen striking pictures of Niagara
Falls by the artist Castaigne. are two of
the features of the June issue.
Rev. w. III. Simmons, of the Corunna
Presbyterian church has received call to
the pastorate of the Mt Pleasant church
and expects to resign his CCrunDa charge,
the resignation to take effect June st.
Mr.. Simmons was ordained to the Presby-
terrain. ministry but a few days ago, tho he
has number of years of very successful
pastOrate work behind him.
Jos. Amos has let the contract to Geo. M.
Edwards to build his new livery barn, cor
per Exchange and Park streets. The
building is to be brick, 50x93 feet, two
stories high, store front. The south part
of the building now in use will be torn
down and the building moved to the south,
making a driveway on the north side of the
building. The old building will be used
for stabliDg.
List of letters remaining uncalled for in
Owosso pOstOfice the week ending May 8:
j. A. Barnes, VIM. P. Garry, l.. o. Pipp-
ing, Joseph Robinson, Thomas Reardon,
G. E. Seeley, Mrs. j. j. Williams, Agnes
Schuze, Mrs. VIM. Shaw, Spaulding & Co,
Mrs. Geo. B. Valentine, Mrs. Queenie
Millner, M. Hilper, Maud Ellis, Geo. ID.
Dolloff, Ray Dedley, w. Coe. w. W. Clark.
Foreign, maggie George.
The directors of the Owosso Telephone
Co. re. elected the old officers on Monday
evening, viz: G. w. Gale, president: O. Nc
Cormick, vice president; E. o. Dewey,
secretary treasurer. The company will at
once begin the work of constructing line
from this city to Hartwellville, and a
branch line to the farm of K. j. Cook.
This will be a great accommodation to
persons along the lne-eight subscribers
having already been secured--besides being
convenience which will be appreciated by
the business men of the city.
A good joke on the merchants of one of
the villages near Owosso was told short
time ago. The merchants had been making
strenuous kicks to the people in their local.
ity, urging the injustice of the people de-
sertiDg them and coming to Owosso to trade.
The merchants claimed that their neighbors
should have more local pride. A few days
later one of the ladies to whose attention
the matter had been called, met the wives