The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-08-25

Mrs. Fred Richardson is taking an outing
at Tawas.
Miss Ethelyn ellison returned from Nor
rice, Wednesday.
The stone work on Hall Bros. store was
commenced yesterday.
Miss lone fuller visited friends in Sagi.
nav the first of the week.
Judge S. F. Smith left yesterday for a
brief outing near Petoskey.
Mrs. Emma Robbins and sons, Bert and
Ben, are visiting in Detroit.
Miss Edna Osborn is visiting her sister,
Mrs. w. j. Benn in Saginaw.
The matinee club has race meeting this
afternoon at the fair grounds.
F. K. Converse was in Detroit on bust
ness Wednesday and Thursday.
| S. G. May, of THE TIMES force spent
Wednesday and Thursday in Lansing.
Mesdames @. A. Conner and A. L.
Northway visited Byron friends Sunday.
Five new nickeled soft coal heaters have
been put In the M. G. stations in this city.
Mrs. j. j. Davis and daughter are visit
ing Rev. and Mrs. e. w. Hunt in Lansing
Mrs. George Jenkins, of Jackson. has
been the guest OF Mrs. Ami Nelson the past
week.
Miss Henrietta Williams and Mrs. c. Nc
Cormick returned last evening from Mus.
kegon.
Floyd Bailey, night operator for the Ann
ArbOr Ry., at Cadillac, is visiting his par
ents in this city.
The Modern Woodmen enjoyed refresh
ments at Connors' after their meeting Wed
nesday evening.
Mrs. Ii. w. Parker. Mrs. G. Fred
Williams and Miss Georgia Colt are taking
an outing at Bay View.
Ernest II. Jacobs returned yesterday
from Les Cheneaux Islands where he has
been spending the summer.
Deputy Food Inspector Geo. W. Haskell
returned the latter part of the week from
his northern Michigan trip.
The OwOsso Telephone Co. has con-
structed line to the residence of E. w.
Bilhimer, south of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Williams and son
Charles, returned Wednesday evening from
Highland Park, near Grand Haven.
Word has been received from the quarter
master general that Company II would be
Immediately supplied with the old Spring.
field rifles.
Lyon & POLd have a full page ad again
this week to tell of the many bargains Of
fered in their ''sbort end" sale. Their store
is crowded with buyers daily.
Saml. Lowery, who has been an en-
ployee of THE TINES for several years past,
has taken good job with a large Job office
in Detroit. Mr.. Lowery's friends wish him
all possible success.
Miss Edna Converse, of Ann Arbor, has
been the guest of Supt. and Mrs. Converse
and old Owosso friends this week. She
will 90 to Beloit for a short visit before re
, turning to her work.
George A. Lanphere gave wheeling
party Wednesday evening in honor of his
friend, w. B. Wells. The party toasted
marshmellows in the Emerson school house
grove after the bicycle run.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Hubbard, Of Ben.
nington, are spending few days at Macki
nae and other points in northern Michigan.
While absent MIR. Hubbard will purchase O
large bill of lumber TO be used i'm remodel.
ing residence which he has purchased a,
Bennington station.
There was no evening service at the Bap
fist church Sunday, and there will be none
, next Sunday evening Rev c. V. North
rup occupied his pulpit Sunday morning
and seems to be much better than two
weeks before. Mrs. NorthrOp is also i'm
proving from her sickness.
Memo Bentley and Robt. Gale returned
Wednesday from months outing in the
Adirondacks. They report fine time
climbing over the mountains and hunting
deer. Calvin Bentley, who accompanied
them and has rems ined with bis father fol
a longer outing, succeeded in shooting two
deer.
The residents on west King street had
lively time Wednesday afternoon, fighting
fire, which ran through the dry grass ovel
= large area. Only by hard work was the
) fire kept from reaching some of the resi-
dences. Considerable damage was done or
the Beckwith property. 1t is thought the
| fire was set by party of horse traders.
George Welte returned from Lansing yes
terday morning. He joined the Elks II
Ian sing the plight before and those wht
kept an eye on him declare that George.
hesltating manner of speech was fuency it.
self compared with the lame and haltins
style of his walk yesterday. George ma,
be something OF heavy weight but the
Lansing Eks evidently proved to be equa