The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-06-09

A. A. Crawford spent Tuesday In Lam
sing.
The Byron cheese factory is buying s, 900
pounds OF milk daily.
Rolla Bigelow continues to recover from
the operation he underwent last week.
G. b. Mcintosh was In Detroit Tuesday
combining business trip with days out
ing.
The Gas Co. has put In main from
Main to Exchange street on Ball during the
week.
At the special election held Monday,
Durand voted $50, 900 in bonds to put in
water works.
r. w. Crawford, manager for the
OwOsso Telephone Co., has been on the
sick list this week.
Mrs. Ezekiel Buckle died at the home of
her son, Fred Buckle, of Caledonia, on the
Sd, aged 81 years.
The commencement exercises of the Cor
unna high school will be held at the opera
house on Thursday evening next.
Fred Keif returned from Battle Creek to
attend the commencement exercises, his
sister being one of the graduates.
Hon. F. II. Watson is in Port Huron
today attending a meeting of the executive
committee of the State League of Republi
can clubs.
A. II. Owen, of Venice, was appointed
member of the committee of historians of
the State Pioneer Society at the meeting
held in Lansing this week.
Donald A. Ross, formerly of this city.
died at his home In Pontiac, Monday, aged
81 years. Mr.. Ross was roadmaster for the
d. & M. Ry. for 80 years.
j. B. Cross, of Ovid, the expert tree trim
mer, is at work about the city. Nothing
can be done which will add so much to the
appearance of the city as to trim the trees.
Chas. E. Rigley returned from Grand
Rapids Wednesday evening after looking
over affairs preparatory to making the July
semi annual furniture exhibit of the Estey
Mfg Co. in that city.
A number of his young gentlemen riends
met with Dallas Beswick at his home on
Saginaw street, Friday. night and helped
him celebrate the fact that he was twenty
one years old on that day.
The supreme court on Monday fled an
opinion reversing the decision of the cir
cult court In the case of Ismond vs..
Scougale. G. M. Hamper and Van R.
Pond were the successful attorneys.
The friends OF Arthur j. Tillson. former
ly clerk in j. s. Haggart's drug store in this
city, now dispensing clerk at the Pontiac
asylum, will be interested to learn of his
marriage last week, to Miss Effie Kicker, of
that city.
The Corunna Commandry Knights
Templar met yesterday afternoon in special
conclave to confer the Order of the Temple
degree upon Red Cross Companion A. F.
Hollis, of this city. In the evening II. e.
Southworth and G. B. Sickmon were given
the same work. The commandry gave a
drill on the ball grounds between four and
six o'clock.
A very pleasant reception was given to
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Knapp last evening at
the home of Mr.. Knapp's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. Il. Knapp on Hickory street. Mr..
and Mrs Knapp were married In Cincinnati
at the home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Woodward, Wednesday. and
came at once to Owosso. They will make
their home in Chicago.
County Clerk Beers received his long
promised certificate of merit, Monday. The
certificate Is handsome document and Is
signed by President Mckinley and Secy. of
War Alger. The certificate Is naturally
highly priced by Mr.. Beers and is quite as
much source of satisfaction to his friends,
who had felt that the corporaps actions on
the AguadOres water tank deserved some
special mark of appreciation.
ii. A. Larson, of Green Bay, Wisconsin,
grand lodge lecturer for the Good Templars,
will give a lecture on Saturday evening,
June "a, at Odd Fellows hall, corner Main
and Park streets. His subject will be,
''Some of the Many Phases of the Greatest
Reform Question Of the Day" Mr.. Larson
has had many years experience on the
public platform and is an earnest and en-
tertaining speaker. All are invited. Ad
mission free.
Annual AUXILIARY Meetinp