The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-11

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d. M. Estey was in Grand Rapids Tues
day ON business.
s. s. Miner was In Howell Wednesday
on legal business.
Mrs. s. b. Pitts visited Birmingham
relatives part Of the week.
Attorneys Watson & Chapman went to
Ithaca Monday night on legal business.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. l.. Izor, of Durand,
were guests of Owosso relatives and friends
Sunday.
James Cooper and Eugene Brewer were
home from the Agricultural College for
Sunday.
Mrs. A. l.. Nichols and little daughter
returned from a two days visit In Vernon
last evening.
A supper will be served In COlfax hall l.
o. o. r. Saturday evening for the benefit
of the Dorcss Home.
The Owosso Telephone Company has
just put In the following new telephones:
Frieseke Bros. brick yard; Central School
building; G. B. Hitler, residence.
The Women's Auxiliary will have meet
ing next Monday evening at the home of
Mrs. DR.. Lamb on North Washington street.
Miss May Thompson, who has been visit
ing for the past two weeks In this city re-
turned to her bone in Port Huron Tuesday.
John Gayer has been carrying his arm in
sling this week, the result of tripping
over wire and sprainng his right wrist in
the fall.
A number Of Elsie Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs were in Owosso Tuesday evening
attending the meeting of Star of Hope Re-
bekah Lodge.
Miss Kanagy, teacher of music and draw
ing in the city schools went to Grand
Rapids Wednesday to attend meeting of
drawing teachers.
Rev. Paul j. KiODka went to Milwaukee,
Wis, Tuesday evening to attend meeting
of the general board of missions of the Ger
man Lutheran church.
day and will be appropriately observed by
Owosso Lodge No. 81 K. of P. aud by the
uniformed rank as we'll.
Adam Auiler was summoned to Sebewa-
ing Tuesday morning by telegram an
nouncing the, very serious illness of his
father who is seventy eight years of age.
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where he went short time ago to work and
to play on the Durand ball team. He will
take care of severe attack of erysipelas
before thinking of working anywhere.
DIR. Phippen has put in very complete
electrical apparatus for the treatment Of all
classes of diseases by electricity. The ap-
paratus Is run by battery of fOrty-three
cells and is put out by the Mcintosh Bat
terry & Optical Co.
Henry Bartrem and George Whitehead
left Tuesday evening for Marquette. They
expect to assist In the survey of the Duluth,
South Shore, q Atlantic Ry., working
under Chief Engineer Ii. p. Payne, a bro
Their of w. e. Payne and Ed Payne of this
city.
William Gassman, who lives near the
Saginaw county line In New Haven town.
ship was In the city Monday morning for
short time. He took the Ann Arbor train
for Findley, Ohio, where he will spend a
few days in the settling up of an estate.
The adjutant generals report for the
years 1s97-9s are ready for distribution and
may be secured on application to the ad-
jutant general at Lansing. The report con-
tains the military record of the men who
left the state with the Michigan Volunteers
In 1898.
Rev. 8. A. Strawn who has just complet-
ed his first year as pastor of the Disciple
church in this city has been retained for
another year although there was enough
opposition to him and the majority by
which he was retained was so small that he
may decide to leave for other fields. The
reasons for the dissatisfaction are not given.
A civil service examination will be held
In this city, Saturday, June 2, for the posi-
tons of clerk and carrier In the OwOsso
post Office. As soon as the present substi-
tutes take their places as regular carrier
and clerk, July 1, there will be vacancy
in both places and the new substitutes will
have to be appointed from the list of those
who pass the required civil service examina-
ton.
The Elkhart county, Indiana, coroner's
jury agreed that the suicide of d. c. Clapp
was not premeditated, but that he was the
victim of temporary dementia, a verdict
which they reached from evidence found
on his person and the only one, 1t
might be added, which his friends In
Owosso and elsewhere have believed pos
sible at any time since the confirmation
of the story of his death.
Benjamin Hazen and Harrison Frain
have again started in the blacksmithing
business for themselves and this time In
partnership, occupying the shop on the
corner of Exchange and Water streets,
lately vacated by George Cook when he
went to the Exchange barn with his shop.
Both of these men have been we'll known