The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-26
J. ID. Estes was In Detroit yesterday.

John Edgerton has been visiting in De-
troit this week.
Mrs. +. A. Watson was In Saginaw Sum
day with friends.
e. e. Bentley went to Chicago on a busi-
ness trip the first Of the week.
A. K. butcher, of the Fair, spent Sun
day with his family In st. Johns.
Will Priest and Glen Reynolds spent
Sunday at the home of Mr.. Priest, In Ven
ice.
The force of workmen at the Ow0ssO
Carriage Works is already being gradually
increased.
A break In the Estey factory A engine
hndered work some Monday and laid of q
number of the men.
Mrs. George w. Sackrder is entertaining
her sister. Mrs. Fitch, and the Iatter's
daughter, both of Mason.
The eldest daughter of Grand Trunk
Agent and MIS-. A. b. Convey has been quite
i'll at their home on Elm street.
Mrs. j. 7. Mellick. who has been visiting
her cousin, Mrs. A. M. Bentley returned
to her home in Lapeer Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Smith, of North Wash
ington street entertained Mr.. and Mrs. E. f.
Joslyu, of Byron over Sunday.
Pensions granted: Increase, $14 to SIT
per month, Christian Cook. Perry; Ambrose
f. Spencer, Bancroft, $l6 to SIT.
Rev. r. o. Cooper, of Christ chur CHI is in
st. Johns today attending meeting OF the
central convocation of Episcopal churches.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Achard, of Howell
street, entertained Mrs. Achard's sister,
Mrs. Fred Clifton and Mr.. Clifton the first
of the week.
A broken water pipe in the basement of
Estey factory Il made small sized pond
before the water was shut off and the break
repaired.
City Assessor Laverock has already put
in several hard days work on the tax rolls
of the city having begun with the property
in the second ward.
Mrs. FL. G. Osburn started Monday for
Hoboken, N. j., to join her husband who
lis now in charge of the automobile works
recently acquired by his company.
George w. Long and Henry Weiss, of
st. Louis, who have been in the city for
some time to take treatment of DR.. j. d..
Crum, returned home Saturday.
The playing of Mrs. E. G. VanNess in
the Baptist church Sunday was highly APP
preciated by the audiences which heard it.
The playing was of very high order.
w. K. Kreher writes home from st. Jo-
seph where he recently went TO take charge
of a dry goods and clothing house that he
is we'll pleased with both his work and the
city.
B.S. Stratton, A. M. Hume and F. H..
Watson, worshipful master and past mas
tiers of Owosso Lodge No. 81, represented
this lodge in the grand lodge In session In
Detroit Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. b. Pratt have rented the
Struber house on Park street, up to the
present occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. p. Il.
Black. The latter have taken suite of
rooms in the Struber residence on Washing
ton street.
A brother of Mrs. DIR. Arnold, of this
city, who has been with the mounted police
of the Canadian Northwest Territory for
the past ten years, expects to leave soon for
South Africa with regiment Of Canadian
rough riders.
The st. Johns lodge Knights of Pythias
visited OwossO Lodge No. 81, last evening
when work was done both in the second
and third degrees, Owosso lodge doing the
work In the second and st. Johns In the
third. A banquet followed the limitations
The Band of Hope, of Corunna avenue,
celebrated its first anniversary Tuesday
night when its members met ut the home Of
Mrs. John Flemmipg and celebrated the
event In a fitting manner. The organiza-
ton Lss Zone good work during the ) ear
just past.
An inspiration institute for Saginaw
county will be held In Chesaning, begin
ming Thursday, Feb. LIST and closing Satur-
day afternoon. On the program we notice
the names of Hon. j. E. Hammond. Hon.
II. r. Pattengill, Miss Alice Marsh, of De-
troit, and Chas. T. McFarlane, of Ypsilanti.
Hon. Hugh McCurdy, of Corunna, has
again become the head of the Michigan
Council Of Deliberation Ancient Accepted
Scottish Rite Masons, having been elected
to that position for the next three years at
the twelfth triennial concave OF the council
In Detroit Monday evening.
The Acme quartette will have part on
the program of the state farmers institute,
and right here 1t may be suggested that as
the farmers of Shiawassee county can ap-
preciate the singing Of good quartette, the
Acme quartette will do we'll to have extra
selections Oh hand to be in a position to
respond to encores.
A deal Is said to have been consumated
IN tho Ounooo n No-ro~.