The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-06-29


| Saginaw friends.
Mrs. j. G. Usher visited Capac friends
the latter part of last week.
Miss Maud Miner attended the alumni
banquet in Bancroft the latter part of last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Pierpont retul ned
Thursday morning from their visit in Shorts
vile, NY.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Fl. Howe went to Sagi-
visit with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy 8. Even spent part
of the week in the city looking up old
friends of the former.
Prin. and Mrs. l.. II. Wood entertained
the Misses Victoria and Fannie Allen, Of
jackson, the latter part of last week.
Mrs. w. M. Jackson and daughter, Miss
Della Jackson, formerly teacher in the
Owosso schools, are visiting Owosso rel
atives.
Stanley e. Parkill will leave Saturday
and II. Kirk White Monday for Kansas
City to attend the democratic national con-
vention.
Miss Mary Fitzpatrick expects to sail from
New York with Mr.. and Mrs. 81. G. Fries
exc and daughter for Paris on the 18th of
the coming month.
Rev. Fred s. Retain, OF Parkersburg, w.
Va, who was expected to be present In the
city at the marriage of his brother, Lee FL.
Retain to Miss Lena Fox, was prevented
from coming by sickness.
DelanO Burbank, of this city, who is
with the 9th Artillery at Honolulu, was
seriously injured recently by the recoil of
disappearing gun carriage and has been
confined to the hospital in consequence of
the accident.
Manager r. w. Crawford and his assist
ants installed the new switchboard at the
Corunna Office Sunday, working until nearly
Monday morning to get the board ready for
the weeks business. The new board is
built for one hundred numbers but is at
present wired for but forty. The Corunna
exchange Is constantly growing.
F. B. Holman, OF this city, and George
Grinley, of st. Charles, had an unpleasant
experience with horse which they were
driving on South Washington street yester-
day morning. The horse became frightened
at the street car and plunging, broke the
harness and began kicking. Mr.. Holman
received some severe bruises over his ribs
and his companion had his knees somewhat
battered up.
y Chas II. Downer, who has been figuring
in bigamy case In the circuit court for
several weeks past, was found guilty as
charged, by the jury yesterday afternoon
and sentenced to five years Imprisonment
at hard labor in the Marquette prison.
DOwner was given permission to speak In
his own behalf before sentence was pro-
nounced but was not particularly discreet
in his choice Of language and abused the
court which tried him thoroughly. Judge
Smith cut his trade short and imposed
sentence. The Detroit Mrs. Downer, who
the verdict was announced.
Shiawassee county was represented at the
state convention in Grand Rapids this week
by about thirty republican voters tho
only fifteen of these attended as delegates
to the convention. The delegates from this
county were as follows: A. M. Hume, w.
Fl. Bigelow, A. B. Cook, e. o. Dewey,
o. l.. Sprague, Odell Chapman, l. II.
Keller and Geo. w. Loring, of Owosso; II.
II. Pulver, Laingsburg; G. II. Stevens,
Perry; w. f. Bradley, Durand; F. e.
WEIGH and Carl Pickert, Corunna; Frank
Westcott, Vernon; j. Il. Clark, New Lothrop.
Others in attendance were: F. II. Watson,
Mayor Osburp, j. B. Stockdale, Geo. T.
Campbell, Ira G. Curry, DIR. d. h.
Lamb, j. w. Turner, A. L. Curry, Geo.
M. Dewey, G. N. Race, @. ". Lor-
ing, of Owosso; Fl. B. Mclaughlin
and Dr. Scott, of Vernon; M. L. Scougale,
of C0runna; w. r. Close, Of Byron.
With tomorrow night the first week of
the Owosso Assembly will have passed away
and in saying that the meetings have so
for been an entire success THE TIMES Is
not saying any more than is absolutely true
Beginning with the afternoon meetings last
Sunday the interest has been kept up to the
top notch by the succession of speakers of
more than ordinary ability and reputation
who had been secured by the management,
and the latter has not failed yet to present
every distinguished speaker whom it has
advertised. However sceptical anyone may
have been as to the success of the under
taking In the days when IL was still matter
Of uncertainty and before the indomitable
will and energy of the promoter of the enter
prise, Rev. g. @. Squires were known to
Owosso citizens as they are now, the success
of the series Of entertainments and lectures
cannot now be doubted by any. The weather
too, has been all that could be desired for
the success Of the undertaking. All In all
1t has been and still is, one of the best things
that was ever offered to residents OF Owosso
and vicinity and already the good which
has been done by the general meeting
together Of citlzeus for ten days series OF