The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-03-24
OWOSSO FRIDAY. MARCH "a. 1899.
LOCAL NEWS.

Meeting Of the Y. M. q. A. congress this
evening
Teachers examination at Corunna, March
80 and 81.
The city schools close tonight for the
spring vacation.
S. b. Pitts spent Monday in Flint look
ing over grocery stock. d
D Elmer Underwood has accepted posi-
ton with l.. d. Wilson.
The loss on w. l.. Payne's residence has
been adjusted at 1897 "a.
DIR. A. r. Ball, Corunna, has been grant
ed patent on napkin holder.
j. M. Storey expects to enlarge his spoke
factory during the coming season.
Lesion, the little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Cheney, Lingle avenue, is very sick with
tonsilitis.
Easter sale and supper at the Congrega-
tiOnal church on Wednesday evening next.
Supper Is cents.
The Royal Neighbors will serve a ten
cent supper in their hall over Murray &
Terbush's store, Saturday evening.
e. E Bentley has purchased the Byerly
property, 400 Nv. Oliver street, paying
So 075. He will occupy the same shortly.
l.. r. McDiarmid, first tennor, and
manager of the Albion College quartette.
will sing at the First M. Z. church Sunday
morning.
The Social Union of the Congregational
church will hold work meeting at the
home of Mrs. G. W. Loring. on Tuesday
afternoon, at o'clock.
The property of the Michigan Package
Co. was sold at receivers sale on Tues
day to Detroit parties. 1t is expected that
arrangements will be made to continue the
plant in operation here.
Personal property at the home of e. M.
Townsend, known as the Wilcox farm, OK
miles from Bennington and miles south
west of OwOssO, will be sold at auction,
Tuesday, March 2sth. at 10 O'Clock a. m.
Charles A. Towne will leave about the
middle of next month for Europe, having
accepted commission to write series of
articles on the railway system of Belgium
for the Cosmopolitan magazine. He will re-
turn In September.
A meeting of the republican county com.
mittee was held Wednesday afternoon at the
Office of chairman f. FL. Watson to arrange
preliminaries for the spring election. The
reports indicated strong sentiment In all
parts of the county favorable to Judge
Smith and Commissioner Bristol.
William K. Curtis, the we'll informed
Washington correspondent of the Chicago
Record says: In reply to many inquiries l
would say that volunteers who served In
the navy and regular soldiers who served In
the navy and regular soldiers who served
in the army outside of the country during
the late war can obtain their extra pay by
writing to the auditor for the navy depart
ment and the auditor for the war depart
ment, respectively, giving the name, COM
pany, regiment, date of discharge and resi-.
dence
Rev. Geo. E. Grassland, of GAINESVILLE,
Ohio, made a very favorable impression
Sunday at the Congregational church where
he is to supply the pulpit until the arrival
of MIR. Hanks, the new pastor, May LIST.
His morning sermon was on Friendship"
aud the evening one on "What Think Ye
of Christ" Both sermons were thought
fully prepared and were both appreciated
and thoroughly enjoyed by the members of
the congregations who are congratulating
themselves on such happy solution of the
problem of supplying the pulpit during the
time previous to Mr.. Hanks coming.
Grove & Payne, the bustliDg implement
dealers, furnish strong example of what
push and energy In the face of discourage
ing circumstances will do. In less than
four months from the date of the disaster
GUS fire which burned not only the building
they occupied, but their entire stock of
goods. they have erected brick building on
the old site, which Is now filed with COM
plete line Of implements. buggies, surries,
wagons, ETC., In fact everything a farmer
needs. We call your attention to their half
page ad In this issue, which must satisfy
anyone that they mean business. The firm
report having good business, up-todate
with very fattering prospects for q good
So ason. Certainly they deserve 1t.