The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-02-23

Mrs. Mary Clark, of Pontiac is the guest
of Mrs. A. M. Farnsworth this week.
Ex-Sherff Morrice, of Perry, was caller
on Owosso friends the first of the week.
Ed. j. Hunt spent Sunday and Monday
with his friend, Clyde Watson, at Judd's
Corners.
Owosso Lodge No. 81 initiated class of
eight candidates at its Wednesday evening
meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Crawford attended
the Sousa band concert In Ann Arbor Tues
day evening.
Will A. Fox has accepted the position of
teacher of the school at Judd's Corners, to
begin April I'd.
Dennis McAuliffe is now in charge Of the
express wagon over which N. j. Phillips
has recently presided.
Ray r. Retain has resigned his position
as city editor Of the American and is sue
ceeded by M. j. Phillips.
The Young Peoples Guild Of Christ
Episcopal church gave . social Tuesday
evening at the rectory.
Mrs. K. Il. Jacobs broke her left arm
near the wrist Sunday, by slipping and fall
ing, while on her way to church.
j. A. Barrie is contemplating the erection
Of two story brick block on the site of his
present building on west Main street this
spring.
Eight Of the friends Of Stanley 4. Parkill
gave him q surprise Tuesday evening by
calling on him and spending the evening
with him.
Miss Myra Place left Tuesday morning
for Amelia, Va, where she will visit her
friend, Mrs. j. K. Fuller. She expects to
be absent about three weeks.
George Devereaux entertained his friend,
K. Smith, of Grass Lake, Tuesday. The
two gentlemen spent the day looking up
some of Shiawassee's horse flesh.
E. l.. Brewer and Mrs. T. M. Wiley are
delegates from the Owosso council of Royal
| Templt RS to the Grand Council which meets
in Lansing next Tuesday and Wednesday
| The report has leaked out that several
thousand hands employed 10y the Barbour
Flax Spinning Company, of Patterson, y. j.,
are soon to receive a substantial advance In
wages.
| The A. o. u w. degree team conferred
the degree of the ORIENTAL Order oi
various lodges in the Forester hall las
evening.
| Ed. McAvoy, Of this city, was fined S.. q
by Justice Peacock, OF Corunna, Monday
afternoon. McAvoy was charged and con
victed of threatening John Drake and call
ing him unpleasant names.
| Miss Emma Frieseke returned Mon
day evening from Detroit where sh,
has been visiting for the last two weeks
Miss Frieseke was bridesmaid at thu
Hubbard Watkins wedding.
j. M. Edwards, foreman of the trimming
department at the carriage factory, was sur
prised Saturday afternoon by his fellow
workmen who presented him with fin,
gold watch as reminder of his birthday.
The country eighth grade examination
for entrance to the high schools of tn,
county direct from the district schools oc
ours tomorrow, Saturday, In the various
parts of the county, but under the genera
supervision of Commissioner 0. l.. Bristol
The OwOsso members of the Order OF tb,
Eastern Star, accompanied by number o
the COrunna and Vernon members enjoy et
the third anniversary Of Huldah Chapter o
Byron, Friday evening. The visitors wen
down over one hundred strong. Abigail
Chapter, of Owosso, exemplified the wOrl
on two candidates After the work fin
banquet was served by the Byron Stars il
the opera house which had been prettil,
decorated for the event. Speeches an,
music added to the enjoyment of the Oc
casion.
John Edgerton returned Saturday from
Syracuse, New York, in the vicinity O
which no spent last week. While absen
Mr. Edgerton purchased a farm of on
hundred eighty acres at MinOa, nea
Syracuse, paying $1,000 for the same
The farm has every convenience in respec
to buildings, the house alone having cos
when built more than he paid for the Who'll
farm, and Is well stocked, Mr.. Edgertol
purchasing one half of the stock as well
MI. Edgerton has been DESTROYS of return
ing to New York for some time and ex
poets TO move there this spring.
II. II. Seeley, of Ann Arbor, was in tn
city Sunday and Monday. He had with hin
a sample lamp turned out by the Superlo
Mfg. Co., of Ann Arbor, of which he is
member. The company is just getting 1t
first lot of lamps ready for the marke, an
from every indication 1t would seem that |
should be able to sell them as fast as it ca