The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-05-31


Huron part of the week.
Mrs. Geo. Hunt has been visiting Perry
relatives part of the week.
Geo. r. Hoyt was a guest at the home Of
his brother j. s. Hoyt on West Main street
Sunday.
Miss Bessie Dean, of Saginaw, was a
guest Sunday at The home Ut w. f.
Cunningham.
l. Gerson and son returned to their home
in Punxsutawney, Pa, Monday, after visit
at the home of Joe Gerson.
Mrs. Allie Snyder and little daughter, of
Ovid, were guests of The formers mother,
Mrs. G. Murphy, Sunday.
Mrs. Arthur Laverock has been entertain
ing her cousin, Fred Merriot, Of st. Cath
crimes, Ont, during the week.
Miss Blanche Brewster returned to her
home the first of the week alter visit OF
several days with her brother IN this city.
Miss Minnie Mccormick has organized
two basket ball teams in connection with
her work In physical culture. The first
game was played Monday afternoon.
Mesdames A ID. Wnipple and p. q.
Black entertained the ladies of the Episcopal
church at the home of the former on West
Oliver street Wednesday afternoon.
Geo. Sweet has returned to this city from
Ovid where he has been engaged for the
last two years in the Ovid bank, and has
taken up his new duties as bookkeepe In
the Owosso Savings Bank.
The Improvement of West Main street
has been begun on moderate scale by the
drawing in OF few loads of gravel aud
dumping them in the worst places. The
move is commeudable one.
The greater part of the property belong
Ing to the company. which played IA
Night in Chinatown" and stranded months
ago in this city was only this week shipped
away from the city. The goods had been
stored, ever since the company went to
pieces in the Amos storage barn.
Deputy Labor Commissioner Reed was in
the city Tuesday and Wednesday inspecting
the various factories. In some instances he
demanded the introduction of fire escapes
and larger exits while number of boys
who were under the lawful age for factory
employees, were ordered discharged.
DR.. g. P. Hill, who was a resident of this
city for several years number of years ago
and practiced his profession here, died last
week Wednesday, the 22d, at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. E. II. Gould, in Lincoln,
Nebraska. He had been sick but about
week. He had recently been located at
Virginia, Nebraska, but the remains were
placed in vault which he had had pro-
vided at Beatrice.
The sanitariu.n management has been
calling attention to the cure effected In the
case of Ira Float who was almost totally
helpless from rheumatism year ago. Mr..
Float had to be carried into the building
year ago but in two weeks left the place en-
tirely cured. Best of all he was cured to
stay as he has not had an attack since
ness of the baths In cases of that Sort
Mrs. John Stinson struck a man lively
blow on the head when he stuck that por-
ton of bis anatomy in one of her windows
Monday night and the intruder at once de-
camped without further ceremony. Mrs.
Stinson however, not satisfied with the way
in which she had proved to be able to care
for herself, also decamped and spent the re-
mainder of the night at the house of
neighbor. The would-be burglar did not
see fit to return.
George Hilberg quite unintentonally
interrupted the work of a burglar IN the
second story of the Racket store Sunday
evening on returning to his room for the
night. He heard steps upstairs when he
entered the front door but supposed that it
was his brother-in-law and partner, G. A.
Lawrence. When he went upstairs the
window leading out to the stairway in the
rear was found open. The intruder had
evidently been frightened away before
taking anything.
The junior class of the high school gave
very pleasing musical program in the
high school assembly room Tuesday evening
with piano numbers by Miss Peterson,
vocal solos by MIR. Knapp, Miss Kanagy,
and Mr.. Parker, violin solo by Miss
Haskell, readings by Misses Wrigley and
Mrs. j. B. Sullivan, duet by Misses
Horsman and Gould, and selection by
the Misses Harrington and Driscol and
Mr. Bush Moore. The attendance vas
good and the concert an entire success.
l.. s. Bowles, the veteran melon raiser of
the county, was caller at THE TIMES
office Monday. Mr.. Bowles pronounces the
present season the worst he has ever seen
for getting melons started. He has at pres
eat some nine acres planted to melons some
| of which have been planted since April,
but so far not enough of them have come up
to enable them to tell anything about the
number OF vines he will have. He has
| planted at different times but each time a
| cold wet spell kept the greater part of the
seeds from terminating.