The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-02-24
OwOSSO FRIDAY. FEB. "a. 1899.
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
Henry Covill died at the county farm on
Monday, aged "a years.
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. r. Hoyt are moving into
one of the Comstock flats on west William
street.
Murray & Terbush. Grove q Payne, and
w. e. Collins & Co., have changes of ads In
this issue.
8. T. Van Dusen will remove his stock OF
goods to part of the store occupied by T. o,
Christian.
John w. Mentor, of Ovid, has been
granted reissue Of his pension at $16 pei
month.
A letter from Rev. j. @. CromeI states
that he is nicely settled in his work at st.
Louis, Mo.
The meeting of the county Farmers Club
Is to be held at the court house in COrunna.
tomorrow.
Duard Blair has given up his place as the
driver of the city hook and ladder team.
Adna Burke will take the place.
Mrs n Magaw died at the residence of
her SON in-law, Frank Thompson, of Gale
donia, on Monday, aged "A years.
The superintendents of the. poor have
very properly re-appointed N. K. Nc
Kenze as overseer of the county farm.
f. ID. Nichols of the Auditor Generals
Office, Lansing, is in the city to attend the
funeral of his aunt, Mrs. j. w. Dewey.
The directors of the Shiawassee Mutual
Fire Ins. Co. have appointed f. G. Morrice
agent for Bennington township and John
Wilds for Antrim.
Benjamin Hook, one the old and re-
spected citizens of Rush township, died at
his home on Sunday from the effects of the
grip. The funeral services were held
Tuesday, Rev. H. King officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. K. Fairchild, of Drayton,
N. D., and Miss Phoebe Fairchild. of Sag.
NAV, spent Sunday In the city with their
sister, Mrs. VIM. Broad. Mr.. f. was q
former resident of the city but had not been
here for twenty years.
G. s. Allison & Son will soon occupy the
b. W. Mann store building on Washington
street, having purchased the same. A num-
Der of changes and some improvements are
to be made at once. The location Ia one of
the best In the city. The consideration for
the property was SO, 900.
The Sunday school classes of Mrs. Evans
and Mr.. Fred Lawrence will give ten cent
novelty social at the Baptist church, We'd
nesday evening, March LIST. Among the
most interesting features of the evening
will be the candy booth, the art exhibit, the
crayon contest, and the match making.
About two o'clock Thursday morning fire
was discovered in Joe Gerson's clothing
store and before the flames were under con-
troll damage to the amount of thousand
NC. Dawes, was also scorched and smoked
up. Loss covered by insurance In both
cases.
e. B. Shuts, who has come to be known
as one of the best painters, wall paper
hangers and decorators In the city, has
secured store In Durand and in company
with his brother will open up a paint and
wall paper store In that village. His
Owosso friends wish him success In the
venture.
The following is a list of letters adver-
tised at the Owosso pOstoffice Feb. IL:
j. f. Mills. Tommie Buck, Agnes Quinn,
j. r. Macbeth, Chas. Blake. Mrs. s. T.
Curtis, Mary Carney. Wesley Donnell,
Mrs. j. o. Kelly, John Lsnfair, Bert O.
McRae, Charles Slim, JnO Stout, j. 4. Pat
terson, Chas. II. Norton, Tim OConnor, w.
Rose. Foreign, Richard Moffatt.
Yesterday morning II. p. White received
a card from Tom H. Chandler, former
Owosso boy and schoolmate of Mr.. White.
The card was mailed at Naples, Italy. Feb.
7th, and simply said, II leave Naples next
week." Tom was always Of rowing dispo-
sition and has been In nearly every country
ON the globe. His mother and two sisters
have not heard from him since 1898 and had
he was dead. Warren Pierpont,
administrator of the estate of Toms father,
has some money that belongs to Tom but is
unable to locate him. Mr.. White has re-
ce,ved several cards from Tom during the
wears he has been gone, but never word as
h where he could be found where letter
,.o,,ld ro ach bjm.-Press.