The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-04-28
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An owosso phone is being placed in the
residence of E. Bentley.
M l.. Parker expects to begin the manu-
facture of brick within few days.
Mrs. Herbert Alliton returned Tuesday
from visit with friends in Saginaw.
A. A. Crawford returned Monday even
ing from few days visit In Bay City.
Roy Woodruff has been assisting THE
TINES this week during rush of work.
Senator and Mrs. M. ID. Wagner spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. II. s. Hadsall.
Sewer connections are being made at the
residence of j. A. Cooper, West Main
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Shaft and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. s. Barrett, of Shaftsburg, were In the
city Wednesday.
Five candidates were given the first
degree in Masonry by the Owosso lodge
Wednesday evening.
DIR. j. Ii. Waite was called to New York,
Wednesday, by dispatch announcing the
serious sickness of a sister,
K. o. Dewey attended meeting of the
executive committee of the Michigan Press
Association at Lansing, Tuesday.
John Kasmeyer was brought before JUS
tice McCaughna Monday on charge of at
tempting to use knife on Lem Knapp.
Ruoipaoc 10 I;vaIy ohout ha otnra %
Grove & Payne, farmers coming in long
distances daily to buy machinery of them.
Born, on the goth to Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Kerr, Durand, daughter; to Supt. and
Mrs. w. f. Bradley, Durand, a daughter
on Saturday.
Rev. s. A. Strawn, of Lowell, Ind, oc.
cupied the Disciple church Sunday and has
been conducting revival services every
evening this week.
A number of Owosso Masons go to Byron
tonight where Byron lodge No. so, f. and
A. M. expect to initiate a class of fourteen
candidates. A banquet will follow the
limitations.
The Modern Woodmen entertained
visitors frOM number of neighbOring
camps Wednesday night. After initiating
a number of new candidates they INDUCED
in fine banquet.
The directors Of the Owosso Cycle Path
Club held a meeting in the Y. M. G. A.
rooms Tuesday and decided to put the cycle
path, east of the city, in first class shape at
once. The job will not be difficult one
as the path stood the winter we'll.
George Barnett, of this city, and Miss
Carrie Stevens, of Port Huron, were mar
ried Tuesday at the home of the latter's
parents They will reside at 514 River
street. Mr.. Barnett has been connected
with the Castree & Shaw Co.'s factory for
the past five years.
The Cycle Path Club is to be still! further
popuarized this summer the price of '99
buttons being reduced to twenty five cents.
This is certainly within the reach of every
wheelman and all should see that they at
least wear button and do that much to
help pay the expenses of keeping the path
in repair.
The City Band escorted the British
Guards band from the street cars to the
Wildermuth house Wednesday noon and
later escorted the Guards to the armory
where the British band gave concert of
the highest order to large audience. Will
Beers carried Old Glory at the head of the
march and other Co. G boys acted as ushers
in the armory.
The two small boys of Mr.. and Mrs.
Adna Burke won newspaper notorety, &C.
casiOned considerable alarm on the part of
their parents and incidentally made day
of it Monday by disappearing during the
forenoon. All efforts to find them proved
unavailing, but they came home in the
| evening and announced that they had had a
! good time picking flowers In the woods.
George Palmer, of Venice, has filed a
petition In chancery asking to have his
marriage with Victoria Beers annuled on
the ground that she already had one hus'
band living when he married her. AS &C
cording to all accounts his married life has
not been exactly happy he doubtless con
sders this method, the result of late dis.
covery, a pleasant way out of the trouble.
V. X. Brown, who has made the New
National such a popular hostelry since
taking control some two years ago, ha:
leased the Bailey House in IOnia, to take
control next Monday. The New Nationa
will still be conducted by him but will bt
under the immediate supervision of s. G. l.
Brown who as day clerk has not only mad,
himself familiar with the position bu
popular with visitors.
The receipts at the Owosso postoffice fo
the ten months of the present fiscal yea
exceed those for the same period last yea
by neat sum. This matter i'm which
every citizen of Owosso is interested, as tn,
better showing made in this way increases
our chances for a public building. Con