The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-01-06
THE OWOSSO TIMES.
Entered at the Postoffice IN Owosso for
transmission as second -class matter.
Published everv Friday noon.
OWOssO FRIDAY. JAN. 9, 1899.
LOCAL NEWS.

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Jay v. Retap, the we'll known OVID hotel
keeper, died Monday.
Miss Clara Woodland gave a masquerade
party at her home last evening.
The city schools opened again Tuesday
for the winter term of twelve weeks.
The seventh series of stock in the Shia
wassee Savings Society has now matured.
M. Shuein has been moving back his
stock of clothing and mems furnishings from
Durand this week.
R. P. Bigelow, who represents the Stin-
son Computing Scale Co., has opened an
Office in the Keeler building.
Tine Knights of Pythias installed officers
last evening and INDUCED In banquet and
q smoker after the installation.
The Casket Works indoor base ball team
won the game Saturday evening from the
Independents by a score of IL to 8.
There will be mass meeting for men in
the Methodist church Sunday afternoon I'M
der the leadership of Evangelist Cordner.
One of the employees on the new bridge,
Jerome Beadle, had one of his legs quite
painfully jammed Monday by falling steel
beam.
Arthur Gordon, an employee Of the
Casket Works, had his left hand very badly
mangled Tuesday morning In a jOinter
which he was running.
Civil Engineer H. K. Riggs returned to
Toledo yesterday, after waiting most OF the
the week to have the council accept the re-
port on the west side sewers.
Mrs. w. 4. Collins gave a whist party
Tuesday afternoon in honor of her guests,
Mrs. Fred Palmer and Miss Corinne Collins,
who returned to Detroit In the evening.
Prof. Byron w. King, of Pittsburg. Pa,
will address the Y. M. Z. A. meeting Sun
day afternoon, at quarter past four. The
meeting will open with a fifteen minutes
song service.
The Owosso Telephone Co. now furnish
the following residence connections which
have been made this week: d. N. Estey,
No. ID; f. Ii. Watson, No. 2l6, and Odell
Chapman, 221.
The common council tried Wednesday for
the second time this week to pull itself to-
gether for a meeting but was unable to find
quorum of itself and adjourned again for
the lack of that mt edful majority.
Mrs. Dawson, of Troy, will begin evan.
gelistic revival work in the Asbury M. K.
church, on Sunday, Jan. 22nd. Mrs. Daw
son comes highly spoken Of as a successful
labOrer in such work, and a meeting of great
religious power may be expected.
The Bee Hive closed its doors Wednes-
day for inventory. A $500 attachment on
the stock to cover the claims of a Grand
Rrpids creditor figures in the deal, but the
manager, Harry Hooper, announces his ex-
pecta,iOn of being open for business again
in few days.
A number of the members Of Colfax Odd
Fellows lodge surprised Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
Markham, at their home corner of Saginaw
and King streets, Monday night Refresh
ments were brought along and disposed of,
while a fine reminder of the visit was left
by the callers.
The OwOssO Telephone Co. now has
power generator connected with its boards
which still further improves their working
and relieves the operators of large amount
of work. Manager r W. Crawford COM
pleted the installation of the generator yes
terday. 1t is run by water motor put In
by A. +. Hollis.
| The carriage factory bali team and the
Independents will play Saturday evening.
In the armory. The Independents have
been screwiDg their nerve up to the top
notch and propose to begin a new recopd
with tomorrow nights game. The fact that
they have not won game yet cannot keep
their spirits down and they are going In to
win tomorrow night.
The annual New Years ball. given by
the Assembly club, was a very pleasant So
ciety event. About fifty couples from the
regular membership of the club attended
and about sixteen other guests were also 10
attendance. The music furnished by Wes-
ener's full orchestra was all that could be
desired, and the we'll lighted room and
smooth, spacious floor Of the armory never
was the scene Of happier event. The ban
quet roc m presided over by the ladies OF the
Episcopal church was very prettly arrang-
ed. the small tables being decorated with
carnations, smilax and handsome glassware.