The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-08-03

Capt McCaughna received the order for
the transportation of Company ii from
Owosso to Island Lake Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Il. Crane returned to
their home in Muir Tuesday morn.ng after
visit with their son, A. c. Crane and fam
lily in this city.
Lincoln Cornell began ten days stay in
the county Jail Saturday as the result Of
the use of indecent language and subse-
quent interview in Justice McCaughna's
Office.
The school board has organized for the
ensuing year by the election of the same
set of officers as before. DR.. AM. Hume, is
president; J. G. Shattuck, secretary; II. G..
Frieseke, treasurer.
Marshal Ross arrested George Young and
Roy Stanlake Saturday for jumping on
trains at the junction. 1t Is good move to
take such steps to stop a practice which
has proved more than once In the past to be
a dangerous one.
The Senior Christian Endeavor of the
First Congregational church will hold a
devotional service Sunday evening at the
regular hour, 6:15, taking for topic, 1.-THE
Evil of Envy" On next Tuesday evening,
at o'clock, at the home of Miss Kate
Corlett, 1877 South Chapman street, the
society will hold their monthly business
meeting and reception. An installation of
officers will also take place. A most
cordial invitation is extended every member
and friend Of the society to attend both
meetings.
Tuesday night was night full Of ex-
perience for the linemen of the electric
light works, the Western Union, the Bell
and the Owosso telephone companies which
had to have all the wires at the Washing
ton and Main street crossing either taken
down entirely or raised up several feet to
allow the passage of the old floral hall thru
in under them. The work was done at
night to avoid the tying up of the street
car line during the day and 1t kept the line
men Of the different companies busy until
about three o'clock In the morning. The
old hall hall is now In its new location ad-
joining the feed barn on the west side, be-
tween it and the city hall on Main street
where 1t will be used for blacksmith and
carriage painting shop for which the loca-
ton Is one of the best in the city.
The report of Prosecuting Attorney A.
l.. Chandler for the first six months of the
present year is as follows: OF 1873 prosecu-
tons III were convicted, five acquitted and
eleven discharged upon payment Of costs.
The charges upon which the arrests were
made are drunkenness so, eleven of which
paid costs and the rest went to jail; assault
and battery, nine; larceny, ten; dsorderly,
four; disposing Of property encountered by
chattle mortgage, two; for malicious de-
struction of property, FIVE; for using vile
language, four; for disturbing religious
meetings, two; for violating the liquor law,
three, for breach of the peace, five; for no 4.
support, two. There was one case fol
each of the following crimes: Seduction,
receiving stolen property, obtaining money
under false pretenses, cruelty to animals,
common prostitution, indecent liberties
with female child, violation of game laws,
for keeping open saloon on Sunday, and
for violation OF city ordinances. or all this
number only one prisoner escaped and g
has not been recaptured.