The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-26

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this city, have removed from Ashley to
Durand.
City treasurer Wiley has collected about
$42, 900 Of the winter tax roll to date.
Wednesday Is the last day before the per
cent penalty will be added to all taxes not
paid.
The Rev. G. c. Squire will deliver his
popular lecture, "Civlc Reform" at Kerby
next Sunday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock. In
the evening his theme In the Corunna ave-
nue. M. K. church will he, "That sermon
one hundred years old-disciplinary and
needed"
The examination of Fred Foote, of Fen.
ton, before Justice McCaughna on the
charge OF having violated the conditions of
his states prison parole by INDUCING in
liquor and becoming intoxicated was begun
wednesday but was not completed and was
adjourned until next Wednesday.
Mrs. Ii. w. Mann and son Ernest went
to Davidson Tuesday evening called by the
announcement Of the death In the preceding
evening of Mr.. Mann's father. George Mann,
who had reached the age of nearly ninety.
three years. Mr.. Ii. w. Mann had been
with his father for about week past.
Lena, the seventeen year old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Sheldon, of the Ad-
vent settlement, died Tuesday. The funeral
services were held at the home Wednesday
afternoon, Rev. Mr.. Snow officiating. The
deceased had always been dwarfed In body
and has always been an invalid. Another
daughter is attending college at Battle
| Creek.
Mr.. aud Mrs. John p. Everett came to
| OwossO Monday noon from Ann Arbor,
Mr. Everett going on to Saginaw I'm the
afternoon to take the place of one of the
instructors In the Saginaw high school, who
has been compelled by sickness to give up
his work. Mrs. Everett will remain in
OwossO with her parents for the present.
The supreme court has ordered re- hear
ing in the case of Potter VS.. the ID. g M.
Railway. This case seems to be a hard
one to settle, having been originally argued
before the court year ago, rehearing Or
| dered In December, and a decision affirming
the verdict of the circuit court giving Pot.
ter a judgment of $4,000 handed down
this month.
A very peculiar break occurred in the
water mains Sunday near the street car
power house where on excavating to the
main water was found leaking through a
small round hole less than an inch across.
Further examination showed that not only
that section but fully two hundred feet of
thepipe were so damaged, seemingly by
electrOlysis, that 1t has been necessary to
i replace it with new pipe. There seems to
be no other plausible explanation of the
condition of the pipes but If true 1t Is the
first case of the kind discovered in this city.
The family of Mrs. Flora Reynolds suf-
fered another misfortune Sunday morning
when fire broke out near the roof of their
house on Ament street and before the
trouble was over with fire, and water to-
gether had nearly ruined everything. The
house was insured for $3.50 but the house.
hold goods were not insured. The fire
caught from defective chimney about
eleven O'Clock. This Is the same woman
whose husband was killed over year ago
by the ID. G. II. & M. Lear the Washington
street crossing.
Almond Burgess took tumble from the
Ann Arbor Ry.' grade crossing on Main
| street to the sidewalk below about noon
Monday. He was snow balling with
number of other boys and did not see or
hear the train coming. He was stunned by
his fall and could not tell whether he was
struck by the train or not but as there were
no marks on his body to indicate that he
was struck It was probably only the inv0l-
untary start which sent him over. Tho far
from being an accident of the nature Of that
which befell Mr.. John Dewey few weeks
ago 1t is another reminder Of the ADVISABLE
ty of separating the grades at that crossing.
Il. M. Olney, one of the Venice farmers
who has wintered large number OF west
ern sheep this season, was pleasant caller
at THE TIMES Office Tuesday. Mr.. Olney
uses No small amount of shrewd common
sense, the experience gained In many years
of stock raising and dairying In the con-
duct of his farming operations, and has
already sold enough OF the sheep purchased
last fall to pay for all the sheep he pur'
chased and all the feed they have eaten.
The sheep which he has now on hand. and
he has still a goodly number. come very
near to representing a net profit. While
there is of necessity risk In this business,
men thoroughly acquainted with the best
methods of It as is Mr.. Olney. always re
duce the risk to minimum and usually
realize good thing for their work.
Considerable surprise was occasioned
Wednesday OIL the announcement Of the
dissolution OF the partnership OF Grove Il
Payne. w. l.. Grove retired from the
business on that day and w. K Payne. his
former partner, assumed the management OF