The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30

o. l.. Davis and Ed. Beach, of Howell,
were in the city Tuesday.
Mrs. Alvin Evans has been visiting In
Detroit part of the week.
Chas. K. Rigey has been in Chicay1 on
business part of the week.
Robert Wilson, of DeKalb, ILL.,, Is a guest
at the home of Mrs. Il. N. Williams.
Rev. J. A. Herrick occupied the Baptist
pulpit again last Sunday, preaching two
strong sermons to large audien ces.
Miss Mary Fitzpatrick, who is teaching at
LawtoD, is spending the week at home.
Congressman Fordney has introduced
bill to grant Jerome w. Turner, of this city,
pension at the rate of $50 per month.
Fletcher Connor has accepted position
with his brother, Q. A. COnnor, and will
begin work as soon as the season opens up.
Mrs. Geo. NJ. Dewey, Jr., and her friend,
Mas TallmaD, of Hartford, Conn.,, are ex-
pected onorrow from Lansing to spend
several Gays in the city.
j. II. Robbins and w. j. Boyce went to
Chicago Monday night to attend cOnven-
ton of table manufacturers. They have
been absent all the week.
The nomination of Edmund o. Dewey,
editor of this paper, to be postmaster at
Owosso was sent by President Mckinley
to the senate Wednesday for confirmation
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome A. Schultz, OF Bay
City, were guests of Corunna and Owosso
friends over Sunday. Mrs. Shultz will be
remembered as Miss Edna Marshall, of Co
runDa.
Hon. F. 81. Watson and Henry Bartrem
went to lansing Wednesday, to meet the
state board of auditors relative to the claim
OF Mr.. Bartrem. 1t is believed they will
take favorable action at an early date.
For the benefit of any who would like to
do some little decorating for the Epworth
League convention next week it is sug
gested that the decorating be in red aud
white, the col rs of the League.
The Owosso friends of T. ID. Harris will
learn with regret that ne failed to pass the
examination required before he could be
| assigned to duty in the navy as an assistant
paymaster. he will, however. take the ex-
animation again in short time and bet
ter result is looked for.
1t is to be hoped that the snow and ice
will still further soften up so that the street
| commissioner can flush cleaning no The
payements before the delegates to the Ep-
worth League convention begin to arrive
next week. 1t Is of course TOO early to have
streets, sidewalks, and yards about the city
cleaned up 10 the neatest shape, but citizens
generally should do all that they can to give
the city as neat an appearance as possible
next week. There is chance to do some
good advertising for our city by making a
good impression on these hundreds of young
people and the city should look as attrac-
tive as is possible at this season of the year.
Lew Forger, whose violent aud at times
almost if not quite insane actions, have
been source of no small soicitude on the
part of his family and have been the means
of terrifying other people to whom he has
displayed his peculiarites, became much
more violent yesterday because of an item
published in the American the day before
and assaulted the editor of that paper on
Main street, striking him twice in the face.
Later he attempted to clean out the whole
office force, including the city editor, Nike
Phillips, and, was being beautifully trim
med by the latter when Foreman House
pulled him into the street. Stll later in
the afternoon he was arrested on warrant
sworn out by Geo. ID. Mcintosh, aud after
he had plead guilty to the charge OF assault
and battery, Justice Baldwin sentenced him
to thirty days IN the county Jail.