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

Miss Meta Gould has returned from
Riverside, ILL.,, for the summer vacation.
It. ID. Harris and Geo p. Sackrider
visited Arthur Tillson in Pontiac Sunday.
Sunday will be the great day Of the AS
sembly, the coming Sunday. Concert at
p. IN.
Miss Marie jackson has returned from
her vacation which was spent in Ypsilant
and Ann Arbor.
Miss 10 Collier Is spending her vacation
from Christians store in Cleveland where
she Is visiting relatives.
Mrs. Arthur Shepard returned to bel
home in Toronto, Ont, Monday after 9
visit with Mrs. Robert Bagley in this city
Miss Moody, of Toledo, was the guest OF
Mr. Fred Knapp and his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. II. Knapp at the home of the lat
ter Sunday.
Miss Grace and Master Carl Woodland
went to Linden Tuesday to join Miss
Woodlands sunday school class in its outing
at the Big camp.
A party of Owosso friends drove to Ovid
Sunday and called on Miss Bertha Ed
wards who was spending part of her va
cation there.
Phelps Crum, of Cleveland. Ohio, a
nephew of DIR. j. ID. Crum, arrived in
Owosso Saturday for visit and left with
Percy Crum the same afternoon for an out
ing the Pine Lake home of the Crums.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. A. Goodale, of IHd-
annapolis, Ind, have been the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank c. Smith this week. Mr..
GOOdale was for some time clerk In Ira G.
Curry's hard ware store several years ago.
The Senior Christian Endeavorers of the
First Congregational church will hold their
sem-annual election of officers next Thurs
day evening, July 8, at eight o'clock.
Every officer and committee chairman is
requested to bring or send written report
of the last six months work.
On Sunday evening promptly at 6:15 in
the lecture room of the First congregational
church the Senior Christian Epdeavor will
hold patriotic service. A short song SER
vice OF national airs will be held at the oper-
ing. Mr.. l.. E. Gould will have charge.
Everybody most cordially invited to attend.
Rev. r. B. Marshall, of the University
Of Chicago, occupied the pulpit at the Bap-
fist church Sunday morning preaching a
good sermon to good sized congregation.
Mr. Marshall came to Owosso In company
with Rev. j. A. Herrick who supplied the
Baptist pulpit for several Sundays and has
since accepted call to the Baptist churc b
In Bay City to which place he was going
Saturday night.
Assistant Paymaster T. ID. Harris has
received orders to report at Boston next
Monday, July 2, for duty. Tom is In a
fair way to see every nook and corner of
the earth which is touched by salt water
within the next few years, while his
chances for promotion to paymastership
before many months and years roll by are
excellent. He left Owosso Wednesday
evening for Washington where his uniforms
were being made and from there will 20 TO
Boston
Letters were received from Paul M.
Roth, Of this city, Saturday evening by
Capt. A. j. Van Epps and NJ. d. Roth.
Major Roth seems to be getting along we'll
and said that he endured the winter wealth
or in splendid shape but that he hoped the
fall would see him back in the states again.
From q copy Of Cape Nome newspaper
which he enclosed in his letter 1t would ap-
pear that the Major was interested In two
or three different business enterprises Of
considerable Importance at the Cape. The
place has already population which Is ex-
pected to crowd the 1900 mark early this
summer.
st. Johns is preparing for celebration
of no Insignificant proportions for next
Wednesday. The cannon which has been
secured to decorate the court house square
will begin the day with national salute
and latter will occupy prominent place in
the parade in which Company Il and the
Owosso Light Infantry Band of this city
will take part. At about half past nine
the cannon will be dedicated to its new
duties of peace In front Of the court house
where several orations will be delivered
In the afternoon at one o'clock the sports
and games will begin and at seven o'clock
Company II will give an exhibition drill.
The famous Waltz will case which has
cost the heirs of the estate such q tremen-
dous outlay Of money when the total value
Of the estate is taken into consideration was
decided by the jury Wednesday afternoon,
the decision sustaining the will. The jury
received the charge of Judge Smith shortly
after nine o'clock Wednesday morning and
little after two o'clock brought In the YER
dict as announced above. The estate was
valued at over twelve thousand dollars and
was left by the terms OF the will to the
wife Of Peter Waltz. The effort on the
part of the other would-be heirs to the
property cost more than half that sum
while the claim Of the contestants that un-
due influence had been used seems to be
disposed Of.