The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-10-10

Miss Myrtle Davenport has gone to
Washington State.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Johnson have
gone east to buy goods.
Miss Mary Lyon is entertaining Mis-:
Mary Lander, of Cleveland.
About thirty scholars are now in at
tendance at the Middletown schools.
w. E. Collins & Co. have put in and
stocked a new goldfish tank
Mrs. H. p White entertains her Sun
day school class Friday afternoon at her
home.
The price of beans dropped very sud
denly Thursday from So 25 per busheI
to $500
Mr. and Mrs. S. w. Beelby spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Fox of
Fairfield.
The Congregational Christian Endea
vor Society met Wednesday evening
with Rev. G. H. Hanks.
q. l.. Boyer, who has been working
at E. l.. Devereaux's, has gone to Char
lotte for two weeks
Mrs. Anna Bluth, Comstock street,
was given a birthday party, Sunday
evening, by twenty of her friends.
At the school boards meeting, Tues.
day evening, the sum of 1926 was voted
for musical books for the schools.
Neither Owosso nor Laingsburg was
able to score in the foot ball game at
the latter place last Saturday.
l. G. Tannehill has rented store at
Corunna, the Willard building. and will
conduct branch bakery there
Ann Arbor engines No. 81 and 40
collided last week at Chilson. No 40
was brought to the shops for repair.
A gangrened toe was removed from
the foot of A. p Lingo, of Kerby, this
week by Drs. w. G. and A. M. Hume.
The American Express Co. sent a
worked out horse back to Detroit this
week, having received fresh one Tues
day.
Mrs. Catherine Mccartney died sud
denly at Oakley Sunday. She was the
mother of ]. d. Mccartney, of Howard
street, Owosso.
William Hunt, of Henderson, and
Miss Lydia Allen, of Rush, were
mayied by Rev. J. H. Coultard on
Monday evening.
Mrs. j. Rice, of Illanova, Ont, and
Mrs VIM. Schneider, of Battle Creek,
are visiting their aunt, Mrs. L. B.
Snyder, Oak Hill cemetery
The price of soft coal advanced from
1850 to $3.50 per ton, Monday. Dealers
will sell only one ton to each person,
and at that cannot fill all the orders.
The food supply of the Dorcas Home
has been partially cut off by injurious
reports that scarlet fever is prevalent at
the home, which is absolutely untrue
Elder H. w. Miller, of the Middle
town Adventist church, has been trans
ferred to the western part of the state.
He has been pastor here since January.
The ignition of gas in the basement of
one of the new Titus houses on Saginaw
street near Oliver called out the depart
ment Tuesday morning. There was no
damage.
Miss Ruby Odell, who leaves soon for
Saulte Ste. Marie was given farewell
party Monday evening by the Ideal
Club, which is composed of young
ladies of the Baptist Sunday school.
Mrs. James E. Weeks, of Owosso is
preparing to bring suit for damages
against the Corunna saloonist who, she
alleges sold her husband liquor on Sun
day. Weeks got drunk and was fined.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Kenyon, called
here by the death of Mrs. Jane A.
Church, have returned home to Brook
Ign. They were accompanied by Char
lotte Donnelly and Miss Katherine
Chesebrough, who will live with them.
John, the eleven year old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ira Huntley, died Tuesday Of
lock jaw at his home in Caledonia town
ship. The boy ran silver in his foot
three weeks ago, blood poisoning set in,
and lock jaw followed with fatal results.
During the Freshman-Sophomo
annual rush at Ann Arbor recently,
Owosso freshmen were much in cyl
dence. Leo Crum injured his ankle;
Burt Groves clothes were torn; Robert
Gale was thoroughly ducked; Glenn
Blanchard was forced to climb tree
and sing a song.
Circuit Judge A. T. Streeter, of
Houghton, has asked county officials
for information about John J. Healy,
who claimed to have practiced law here
'between 1890 and 1895. Healy is un-
known in Owosso and Corunna, never
practiced here, and is not a member of
the Shiawassee county bar.