The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-12-12

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and the machinery for the same is being
purchased. The mill is two stories
high, 36x48 feet.
Miss Ethel Hayt entertained a. num-
Der of friends Friday evening in honor
of her birthday. She was presented
with handsome toilet case.
The Michigan Health and Accident
Association, of this city, has 300 mem
bers, secured in less than seven weeks.
The membership will be $50 by January
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bird, of Jeddo,
N. Y, have purchased farm in Venice
township and are preparing to move
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Whitesall, of
the Miner farm, northeast of town,
welcomed a little daughter to their home
Sunday.
| Ex-senator H. S. Hadsall has resigned
his position as trustee of the Kalamazoo
Asylum for the insane. His successor
has not been named
Mayor V. M. White urges bicyclists
to equip their wheels with bells and
lamps, as the danger to pedestrians is
| quite great without these devices.
P. III Smith reports that at six o'clock
Monday morning the thermometer
stood ten above zero. At the same hour
| Tuesday, it was but seven above.
A. d. Bennett and Charles Clark, each
local printers, have purchased the Gin
ton Independent at st. Johns and will
take possession the last of the week.
The Eleventh Hour Dancing Club en-
tertained forty couples of friends at a
dance Friday evening at the Armory.
Another party will be given tonight.
Miss Emma Meisner, 1902 South Chip
man street, crushed the fingers of her
left hand very painfully in a, machine
at the Owosso Manufacturing Company,
this week.
Owing to the repeal of the law neces-
stating candidates filing statements of
their election expenses, no such state
ments were filed in the county clerks
Office this fall
The Federal Labor Union will ask
the Central Labor Union to assist in
persuading the common council to put in
municipal scales and sealer of weights
and measures.
David H. Moss has been appointed
truant officer by the school board, and
J. w. Schneider janitor at the Washing
ton school to succeed A. Wicking, trans
ferred to the Emerson.
The Grouchy Club met with Mr.. and
Mrs. James Grady, Owosso township,
Tuesday evening. The prizes were won
by Mrs. Frank Despond and Mrs. James
Campbell, of Owosso City.
The Vigor-O Health Food Company
have received bill for the $1,000 feet
of lumber required to build its new fac
tory Work will be begun this week
upon the. structure, the foundation of
which has been finished.
Eugene r. Holmes is home from a
trip south and east for the Estey Man
ufacturing Company. While absent
he purO hased one million feet of hard
wood lumber, mostly of A. B Mickey
q Sons, of Princeton, Ind.
Prosecuting Attorney o. F. Hunt, Of
Detroit, recently paid his assistant,
Frank F. Bumps, formerly of Owosso,
high compliment. He declared to a
resident of this city that he believed Mr..
Bumps one Of the ablest criminal law
yers in Detroit.
Aid. Warren Pierpont sustained cut
in the palm of his right hand by bring
ing it violently down on one of the
iron spikes which decorate the railing
about the Owosso Savings Bank. He
slipped and thrust out his hand to mai n
tain his balance.
Frank Smith will pitch for the Con-
cord, n H., team next summer. Jesse
Becker, pitcher of the Ovid team, and
Roy Matthews, Leo Mckenzie and Her
man Smith, of Owosso, will play with
the Mt. Pleasant team. Mr.. Matthews
will practice law at Shepherd.
Members of Company HI will be inter
ested in knowing that the regiments of
National Guards will not camp as a
brigade next summer, but will go into
regimental camp. The Third Infantry,
! to which Co. III belong, will undoubtedly
| camp near the straits of Mackinac.
Hon. Il. w. Atwood and wife, of Caro-,
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. O. l..
| Sprague over Sunday. 1t is generally
understood that Senator Atwood will
succeed Hon. Chase S. Osborn as State
Railroad Commissioner at the expira-
ton of the latters term.
Miss Emma Bailey,-who has been
clerking at the New York Racket store,
was married Tuesday evening to Mr..
Edgar Horn, young man who works
for +. F. Dudley. The young lady is
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