The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-08-25

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Tuesday night
Miss Flora Topping is the guest of rela-
tives in Fenton.
Prof f. w. French, of Perry, was In the
city Wednesday.
Grand celebration at Caledonia Park on
labor day, Sept. 4.
The Gas Co. report the sale of three gas
stoves on Wednesday.
John Varco has begun work as a brake
man on the Ann Arbor Ry.
Guy Stanton left Tuesday evening for a
weeks vacation In Lansing.
Harry Barnes, OF Detroit, is spending the
week with OwOssO relatives and friends.
Mrs. Henry Bagley and daughter return
ed Saturday from visit with her parents
at Marshall.
The Disciple Sunday school held picnic
In the grove on the river bank at the foot of
King street, Wednesday.
j s. Thompson and N. ID. Berry were
among the Aun Arbor employees in Detroit
Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs. Bert Younglove and two daughters,
of Detroit, are visiting at the home of ROllin
Pond and other Owosso friends.
Ed. Cheney returned to work at the Ann
] Arbor shops, Wednesday, after two days
absence on account of bicycle accident.
Frank Collamer and Miles Tumble went
| to Detroit, Wednesday night. to spend yes
terday and today taking in the Elks' car.
nival.
| Bennington tent K. o. T. M will hold
basket picnic on Mound Spring farm. Fri
day, Sept. sth. Everyone is invited to be
present.
Misses Bessie and Anna Motto left yes
terday for visit with their sister In Chat
tanooga, Tenn. Their father accompanied
them as far as Toledo.
A new electric lighting plant is about to
be installed IN Estey factory b, a separate
small engine and two hundred light dyna.
mo making up the equipment.
Charles Bradley returned to work in
the car shops, Monday. after nine weeks
lay off on account of the injuries to his eye
caused by small piece of flying steel.
Mrs. Geo. Il. Warren returned Tuesday
from ten months visit in Buena Park,
California, and has resumed housekeeping
at the corner of Goodhue and Park streets.
The Estey Mfg. Co. has car load order
of bedroom suites which will be shipped to-
day or tomorrow to Mexico City, Mexico.
The furniture will, however, be settled for
on a gold basis.
Daniel Griffith, who has been working
with the construction train on the Ann
Arbor at Boone Hill, returned home Tue:-
day with his face so badly swollen from
poison ivy that he could not work.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. Wykes went to Detroit
yesterday to meet their daughter, Miss
Edith. They accompanied her as far as
Cleveland on her way back to her years
work in the Miller school, ALTERNATE, Vr-
ginia
The building committee and the superin-
tendents of the poor are very much pleased
with the work being done by the contractor
on the new building at the county farm.
The building is up and the slate roof is be.
ing put on. The inside work will be pushed
along very rapidly.
The Owosso City Band won favorable
comment again "Wednesday during the
Eiks' carnival in Lansing. The City Band
is all right and Owosso's musical reputa.
ton will never suffer where it is en-.
gagged to play. The place of honor in the
parade Wednesday was given to the Owes.
so band.
The Ann Arbor Milling Co. has been
obliged to refuse to buy wheat for the last
week or 80 at its mill and elevator In this
city owing to extensive repairs which are
being made on the company's flour mill in
Ann ArbOr. The company's supply of -four
brought in. This inconvenience Is not ex-
pected to last much longer.
Howard l. Crawford, who went to Chi.
cago few weeks ago and took the position
of assistant operator in the Western Union
Office in Cobb Hall of the University of
Chicago, has been promoted to the position
of regular agent, owing to the resignation
of the regular operator. Reports show that
he is succeeding nicely in his more RESPONSE
BILE position. He is also carrying courses
of study in the University.
Rolin Pond has raised the building occu
pied by his monument works. on South
Wa hington street, nearly two feet, making
it even with the grade of the street. Tit
walls have been built up higher and goo6
basement is provided by the change. Con
siderable filling will be necessary in from
of the building before a cement walk can b.
laid, but when the work is completed thu
place will be greatly improved in appear
ance.
The work of improving the old foundr,