The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-12-07

Geo. NJ. Graham was In jackson on bust
ness Tuesday.
l.. d. Wilson has been in Chicago on
business this week.
Mrs. Lawrence Gould has returned to this
city after visit OF several weeks In Flint.
Hon. Geo. T. Mason, o. l.. Sprague and
K. o. Dewey were In Lansing yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Swarthout enter
tanned Lee Little6eld, Of Ovid, Sunday.
Rev. p. j. Kionka entertained Rev. G.
Bast and family, of South Haven, Tuesday.
There will be Christmas bazaar at the
Congregational church, December II and 10.
A number of men have gone to Saulte
Ste. Marie this week to work In mills In
that vicinity.
James Thompson returned Saturday from
trip to Minneapolis In the interests of the
state tax commission.
G. II. Otis, of Hudson, Wis, has been in
the city part of the week on business
connected with the settlement of the Betsey
COmstock estate.
Henry B. Briggs, reporter on the Sag :
NAV News, and a member of Company G,
33d Mich. Vols, was the guest of Officer
Lee II. Retain over Sunday.
There will be an election of officers of the
w. r G. Wednesday afternoon, December
18th. Meeting commences at two o'clock
sharp, Every member should be present.
Mrs. j. s. McConyery, of London, On
tario, who Is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thos. Carmody, has been spending a
part of this week her sister in Durand.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry A. Noble returned
Wednesday from their Pennsylvania visit
Mr.. Noble, who went partly on account Of
his health, is feeling much improved.
Owosso Lodge No. SO, 1. o. o. f. con-
ferred the first, second, and third degrees
on class of candidates Friday night. The
lodge is taking in new applications regu-
larry and is in very prosperous condition.
Quackenbush Post, In common with all
other G A. r. posts in this part of the
state is in receipt of an invitation to be
present at big camp fire to be given by
the Charles Foster Post of Lansing next
Wednesday night In that city.
On account of the condition of the roads
1t has been found necessary to cut down the
length of the trips made by mounted carrier
c. o. Loring and to give but one delivery a
day to certain territory In the city. The
carriers commenced work under the new
arrangement yesterday.
The Congregational Social Uuion will
hold its annual Xmas sale, Tuesday and
Wednesday, Dec. 18th and 18th, in the
church parlOrs. There will be booths de-
voted to fancy work and DOLE, lingerie an d
aprons, candy and flowers. An orchestra
will render music during the evening.
j. G. Stuart, secretary of the Shiawassee
Savings Society, went to Jackson Wednes-
day to attend the annual meeting of the
state league of loan associations in session
there Wednesday and Thursday. Mr..
Stuart was on the program with paper on
Conditions in the Different States"
The funeral services for Mrs. JudsOn
VanDusen were held Monday. Mrs. Var
Dusen died Friday from the effects of an
operation for tumor performed in Kala-
mazo0 hospital where she had been for sew
eral weeks. She had been sick for long
time previous to her going to the hospita
and had suffered great deal. She vas
forty-twO years of age and leaves one child
besides her husband.
POstOffice Inspector Parsell, of Flint,
spent Wednesday in the city checking up the
books of the Owosso office and sub-statlon
No. l.. He reported everything as being in
excellent shape. The establishment of the
sub-statiOn on the west side was highly
commended. Mr.. Parsell said the station
was doing an unusually large business for
new Office, especially In the sale Of money
orders. j s. Haggart, the clerk in charge,
has arranged to carry larger number of
stamps hereafter, also stamped envelopes,
etc.
Rev. Paul Desjardins, pastor of the Riv-
erside or COrunna Avenue M. K. church has
arranged schedule whereby he has ser
vices both morning and evening at the Co.
runna Avenue church instead of but one
service day as formerly, while services
are also conducted every Sunday at the Ker-
by school house and at the Kelly church
which are both included In the passionate Of
Mr.. Desjardins. Tie new schedule is ma de
possible by the securing of a number of diff
ferent church workers from this city, both
lay men ana others, to supply one of the ou;-
blue chui ches each SUNDAY. The preaching
services at the Kelly and Kerby churches
begin each Sunday at 2:15 standard time.
1t would seem that Owosso has been hav-
ing her full share of cheap mysterious at
fractions this week. Two women palmists
have been doing business In futures in the
store formerly occupied by the shoe de-
partment of Murray & Terbush's store, and
another woman has been giving nightly ex-
hlDitions of what she calls hypnotism In the
opera house. Whatever may be said OF the
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