The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-04-27

Tbs busiest man In the city-Assesscr
Laverock.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. M. Fitzpatrick hsye
moved into their new home on north Wash
ington street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Carr have novel
into their fine new residence, corner of Oil
YER and Ball streets.
Miss Meta Lohnes celebrated her tenth
birthday Saturday afternoon by entertaining
about twenty Of her little friends.
DIR. Wesley Robbins has left for Bay City
where he has located. DIR. G. A. Osburn has
succeeded him in his practice in this city.
The Caledonia township Sunday school
association will hold meeting In the Bap.
fist church at Corunns, May I'd. Afternoon
and evening sessions.
Tom Hawley was home for Sunday but
has decided to accept the position offered
him with the Lyons casket works and ex-
poets to move his family there.
Green & Pettibone, of Corunna, pur-
chased / 500 fleeces Of wool of Washington
Bingham, of Venice, on Monday, weighing
GALS pounds. The price paid was 81
293.63.
The household goods, farm implements,
and stock belonging to the late j. j.. Par
meley will be sold at auction tomorrow at
the farm north of Owosso on the Mulberry
street road.
A letter from Congressman Fordney
states that he has received an order from
the war department for condemned can
non to be sent to l.. b. Quackenbush Post
of this city.
Frank Butler, former chef at the Wilder
mutb, now of Lansing called on OwossO
friends yesterday. He has accepted posi-
ton with the New National and will begin
work Monday.
d. B. Reed received news Friday of the
death of his brother-n-law, M. F. Spellman,
of ROotstown, Ohio. Mr.. Spellman was
ninety two years Of age and his wife who
survives him, is ninety.
Ex-Superintendent of Public Instruction
Il. r. Pattengill called on Owosso friends a
few hours Tuesday morning between trains.
He was on his way to st. Louis in the
interests of the new electric railway running
northward from Lansing, through st. Johns
to st. Louis.
A new shooting gallery on South Wash
ington street has been attracting consider
able attention this week and has taken no
small number of nickles from men and boys
alike who were anxious to try their skill in
hitting the various targets. A large number
of the latter were of the moving variety bs
ing arranged on endless belts run by an cleo
trio motor A large organ run by the same
power added to the attractions or distrac-
tions, as one prefers, Of the place.
The OwossO Telephone Company still
continues to have all the work IL can con-
veniently attend to in putting in new
phones, the work of getting out q new
directory assuming larger proportions than
ever. The new directory, put out from the
TIMES job rooms this week, contains among
others the following new subscribers:
w. L. Adams, Recorder Office, 2O7-2r; resi-
dence, 307-3r; American Express Co 14s-
Or; Oscar Bailey, residence, 1885, Il. T.
Clougb, residence, 1887; Bert Darling,
residence, S073r; VIM. Drebenstedt, saloon,
81; Rich I'd Esslinger, meat market, 50; l..
o. Underwood, meat market, 315; post
Office, 3l3; g. A. NeedhaW, 312; II. s.
Hadsal, residence, 319.
The Owosso letter carriers recognized
their branch of the National Letter Car
riers' Association at a meeting held Satur-
day evening and the following day were
granted reinstatement in the national asso-
citation by the officers at Grand Rapids.
The officers elected Saturday night were:
President, Ami Nelson; vice president,
Chas. y. LOring; secretary, Chas. Ellis;
treasurer, Ed. Stannard; sergeant-at-ar
viii Priest. The organization will be
known as Ow0ss0 Branch No. g. The
branch sent a delegation to Grand Rapids
Sunday and have nothing but words OF
praise for the way in which they wer,
cared for by the letter carriers of that city
The. funeral of Mrs. Chas. Moore wa:
held at the house 1922 West Main street
Sunday afternoon, Rev. w. w. Benson Off
ciating. Mrs. Moore had been sufferer
from consumption of the bowels for several
weeks daring much of which time her death
had been expected almost constantly. Mrs.
Moore, who was formerly Miss Carrie Frey,
was married tU Chas. Moore on Novemb.l
1,t of last year. For several years she had
been clerk at ID. M. Christians store
where she had made many friends. She
had also been member of the Asbury
church aud Epworth league for severa
years and was always an active worker In
the same. sac was born near Ann Arb Or
but had spent the greater part of her life al
the home of her father In Rush. She Is sur
vived by her husband, her father, three sis.
tiers and four brothers.
| l.. j. Liesemer, of Ann Arbor, was IL
the city Tuesday on business. Mr.. Lies
mer has had considerable experience il
more than one line of business, haviul
managed the opera house In Ann Arbor TO
several years, during which time he wa