The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-07-12

Mr.. and Mrs. David Morton and chill
dren, OF Chicago, are visiting relatives Ia
Bennington and New Haven Townships -
The ladies missionary society Of the
Baptist church holds its meeting this after.
noon with Mrs. James Fisher n Coruiina
Miss Cornelia Nation went to o wosso
Wednesday to spend the summer with her
aunt, Mrs. T. ID. Dewey. Johns Re-
publican.
The Caledonia Gun Club held shoot
Tuesday afternoon at Caledonia Park. The
club expects to have number of shoots
during the summer.
Mayor Emery gave his Sunday school
class trolley ride Tuesday evening. Fun
in McCurdy Park aud ice cream were parts
of the evenings program.
The receipts OF the wosso post Office for
the fiscal year ending June 30th were S2l,-
600 Ga as against Sl9, 927 0s for the previous
year, an increase of ST. ,O7S So.
Mesdames T. o. Christian and c. O..
Loring entertained a number OF ladies'
Tuesday afternoon at the home OF the
former on Oliver. street at q porch party.
The marriage of Miss Title Haupt, of
this city, to Mr.. Edward Stafford, of Caro-,
will take place at the Episcopal church,
Wednesday, July "a, Rev. r. o. Cooper
officiating.
Company II drilled on the DE Wey farm
east of the city Tuesday eight after which
two promotions we're announced, that of
Corporal VanDyne to sergeancy and that
OF Private Lahman to q corporalcy.
Hugh Conklip, and Lou Deal, of this
city, two of the Northwestern's Michigan
representatives, expect to attend the national
meeting of the Northwestern agents and
high officials In Milwaukee naxt week.
THE TIMES job department printed the
first of the week 800 three-sheet, 500
One-sheet and 1000 half-sheet bills advsrts-
ing the harvest festival. The office has re-
ceived many compliments on the work.
J. B. Corners, who for 10 years was the
efficient superintendent of the Ann Arbor
road. has been appointed superintendent Of
the Scioto Valley division of the NOrfo k &
Western raiirosd.-Ann Arbor Register.
In printing the summary of the game aud
fish laws Of the state last week the close of
the trout season was incorrectly given, the
date August being the date Of the close of
the season on the Maple river in Emmett
county only while throughout the rest OF
the state it extends to September 1.
Michael Reidy, Of Corunna, has been
bound over for trial in the circuit court
charged with selling liquor to the eleven
year old son of Hugh Nichols. 1t is
claimed that he had an order for the liquor
from his mother. The case will be warmly
contested and involves nice law point.
Capt Frank Buckingham has been I'M
officially notified that he has ipassed the ex-
animation for a commissioner in the regular
army, though he has not yet decided
whether to accept the new commission or
remain in Flint and assist his brother,
Lewis, in the management of the clothing
store.-Flint Globe.
Miss Clara Bsebe, the fourteen year old
daughter of Chas. Beebe, is home from the
st. Mary's academy at Monroe, for the
vacation. Miss Beebe made such record
in penmanship that the author of the
Palmer system which is taught at the
academy. has made her a iattering offer
for furnishing specimens of her work.
The Epworth League has arranged to
run an excursion to Flint and Lake Orion
on Tuesday, the 2Sj, special train leaving
this city for Flint at seven o'clock, the
excursonists to take electric cars from that
city to the lake. The special attraction of
the assembly on that day will be Rev. G..
Campbell Morgan, of London, England.
The railway rate is expected to be about
one dollar.
William Powell, a Corunna coal miner,
evidently thinking that a man who could
work around coal shaft from ninety to a
hundred ninety or more feet deep all of his
life without falling in, should be immune
from the dangers of any ordinary nine foot
hole, dropped calmly into manhole in
the Owosso sewer system on West Main
street yesterday afternoon. He succeeded
in going down for distance OF about
twelve feet and bruised himself somewhat
while doing so but broke no bones. DR.. z.
S. Wilson attended him.. The manhole
was covered with plapks but Williams
affinity must be for holes in the ground, or
perhaps for the bottom Of such holes, and
as everyone knows it takes more than
plank to keep any man. even coal miner,
from his affinity.
Gov. Bliss and Second Term.
The literary bureau which is trying to