The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-09

Miss Lillian Hutchins, OF Bancroft, l.
the guest of Mrs. Eugene May, of Sou
Shiawassee street. this week.
Last Friday evening the Nonsense cnS
drove out to West Haven where they
joyed the hospitality of Mr.. and Mrs. p. y.
Beswick, former residents of Owosso and
honorary members of the club.
| The new piano of the l.. o. T. Nj. will b.
| used tonight for the first time in the musical
which will be given by some of the best
talent in the city in the K. D. L. M. lodge
room.
Mrs. John p. Everett, who was well
known to Owosso young people as Miss Nora
Brewer until her marriage over year ago.
has entered the University of Michigan,
where Mr.. Everett is also taking college
work.
Rev. j. A. Herrick, of Chicago Universe
ty, will speak on 1.-The City of God" Sun
day in the Baptist church. His evening
| subject will be "The Motive and Meaning
of the TRANSPORTATION"
The next meeting of the Current Topic
Club will be with Mrs. Dudley, Monday.
At last Mondays meeting held at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. c. 8. Allison, Mrs. Morris
Osburn read paper on modern architect
ure.
j. j. Kerby, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt. of
the Ann Arbor Chas. Harper Dist. Pass.
Agt, and INV. Steihoff, of Saginaw, TRAY.
Pass. Agt., of the Wisconsin Central, were
in the city yesterday looking after western
passenger business.
| The Uniform Rank K of p. Is enjoying
an increase of membership during the pres
ent season and more particularly since the
inspection of the local company few weeks
ago, eighteen applications baving been
voted on Tuesday evening.
Adolph Bluth died Tuesday morning
from the effects of a bad case of the grip.
he was thirty mine years of age, was born
in Germany, but had been a resident of
OwOssO. for the last nineteen years. he
leaves wife, one son and daughter.
Adelphia Hive l.. o. Il. M. was nine
years old Tuesday night and celebrated the
anniversary of the organization with
social time and pleasing program of music
aud recitati0ns. The hive started in with
a membership of twenty seven and now has
one hundred seventy five on its rolls
/
The Knights aud Ladies of the Maccabees
have been spariDg no time nor pains to
make the musicale, to be given tonight in
their hall, one of the most enjoyable and
strictly high grade concerts and entertain
ments presented to the OwOssO public this
season. The new piano which was won by
the Ladies of the Maccabees in the recent
piano voting contest will be- used ana Every
one who helped the ladies win this gift, as
well as every other friend of the order, is
invited to be present and enjoy the pro-
gram. The numbers Of the latter include
piano Duets by Mrs. Van Ness and Miss
Peterson, selections by the Ferry quartette,
readings by Mrs. Bert j. Sullivan and vocal
aud instrumental solos by Mrs. Aler, Roy
Knapp, Frank Allen, Mrs. Travis and Miss
Peterson.
j. II. Laverock has already sold sixty
three of the one hundred thirteen lots into
which the Playground property which he
purchased was plated. Two houses have
already been built In this subdivision d
there is already a considerable amount of
material on the ground for three uOre
houses. Nearly every foot of the ground Is
as high and dry as any part of the city and
If those who purchase the lots see that
shade trees are set out at once there will
not be finer or .pretter residence district
in the city in few years, while the loca-
ton is quiet and the healthfulness unex.
celled. Mr.. Laverock thinks that the com
ing summer will see nearly fifteen new
houses built on this property, and expects
to have but few lots left out of the total
number by the end of that time
A new phase In the Cook and Mold diff.
, Guilty now appears In foreclosure proceed
ings brought by Cook to prevent the re-
moval of the stock of shoes from the city by
Mold, and to recover possession of the same
because of default in payments of money
on the mortgage held by Cook. 1t will bt
remembered that after Mold had concluded
that he had been defrauded and had had his
attachment suit thrown out of court he be.
gan suit for S., 900 damages against Cook
and now that the counter suit has beer
begun by Cook the legal tangle into which
the matter has got seems bound to become
worse than ever. Mold, who traded hi'
farm for the Cook stock and even then gave
back large mortgage on the stock, claims
to have been greatlv defrauded by takns
the stock according to the inventory a.
shown him first, later inventory showing,
on his claims, that the actual value was fa
less than he allowed for it on the trade.
Owing to the many counter attraction,
aud the shortness of the space during which