The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-05

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Miss Kittie Burhans spent New Years
with Flint friends.
II. o. Comstock was home from Detroit
for Sunday and New Years day.
Mrs. j. G. Tufford has return ed from a
short visit with friends In Almont.
s. b. Pitts entertained his sister, Miss
Flora Pitts, of Fenton, over New Years.
The Misses Woodland returned to their
work in Wells College, New York. Tues
day.
Miss Lois K. Rigley returned to her work
in Wellesley College, Massachusetts, Tues
day.
Misses Mamie and Jessie Halsey spent
New Years at the home of Ross Knight In
Bay City.
Clyde 8. Mason, of Jackson, spent Sun
day and New Years day with his mother in
this city.
Howard 1. Crawford returned Sun day
evening to his work at the University of
Chicago.
The Owosso Telephone Co. has placed a
telephone in the residence of Geo. w. Nell
son on Mulberry street,
Chas. e. Rlgley Jr. is in Grand Rapids
in charge of the Estey Manufacturing Co.'S
exhibit at the January furniture show.
A number of Owosso young people at
tended party given Tues lay evening by
the Misses Nettle and Nina Eveleth, of Co
runna.
John Connolly, of Detroit, has been
spending the holidays with his parents and
Owosso friends. He will spend about
week more in this vicinity before going back
to his work.
Miss Jennie Woods, of Ann Arbor, spent
the first three days of the week with her
friend, Mrs. r. w. Crawford. Miss Woods
is member of this years class in the Uni.
versity of Michigan.
The supreme court on Wedn esday affirm
ed the decision of the Clinton cirnuit court
in the use of M. l.. Stewart & Co. ys.
Frisbie. Lyon & Hadsall were the attorneys
for Stewart & Co.
One of the pleasant yearly gatherings so
long practced by the Cooper families, was
held Jan. /, when Mr.. and Mrs. w. K
Lewis entertained the families of Mrs.
Lewis brothers and sisters and other
relatives.
Mrs q. V. Gibson received letter from
her husband In California this week stating
that he was already greatly improved in
health and that IL he continued to impro We
as rapidly as he hes been he would be per.
| fectly we'll before spring.
The residences of Chas Fox and Geo rye
Mason In Corunna are being connected
with the New State exchange in Corunna
and can soon be called from Owosso. w.
j. Parker and r. M. Kilburn are already
connected with the same exchange.
The new membership contest inaugurated
Monday evening by the Y. M. G. A. starts
out with the best interest ever shown at the
beginning of such contest, No announce
ment will be made of the standing of the
two sides until the expiration of the period.
At that time both sides will sit down to
tables where the winning side will learn
their fa'e and be served with turkey din
ner while the other side will make the most
OF plain course of bread and milk.
The "Gigantic short.end sale" of dry
goods that opened at Lyon & Ponds dry
goods store last Wednesday morning ha.
bbeen an immense success. The store ha
been crowded with customers every sine,
Ethe sale started and afternoons 1t has beer
)almost impossible to get waited upon. This
us the third sale of this kind that this firm
fhas given. We advise every reader of thi
paper to read their large page advertisement
on page eight of this paper as it mean
money In your pocket IL you take advant
age of the bargains they offer.
George w. Long. of st. Louis, has bee
in the city since Tuesday taking treatmen
of DR.. j. d. Crum. Mr.. Long was in tn
city for about two weeks before Christina
! recovering from the effects of very difficult
operation performed by DR.. Crum. Mr.
, Long Is one of st. Louis prominent bust
ness men. He is already greatly improves
In health and as his condition was pro
nounced decidedly dangerous by council
of physicians before the operation, the re
marks he makes about DR.. Crum's surgics
ability are of nature decidedly compli
mentary to that gentleman.
Mrs. X. P. Bigelow. Grand Marshal 70
the Eastern Stars of Michigan, was In Da
rand Wednesday evening assisting th
Worthy Grand Matron In the inauguratin
of a Durand Lodge of Eastern Stars an,
the installation of Its officers. After tn
Durand lodge had received Its charter ant
Its officers had been installed, the new Off
GERS exemplified the work on three candi
dates, after which the large and apprecia
tive audience was treated to fine exhibi
ton Of drill work. An elegant banQue