The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-07-18

Found, on Friday, purse containing
small sum of money. Inquire at this
Office.
Miss Elizabeth Travis spent last
week at the Wadsworth farm, Owosso
township.
Miss Abbie Youngs' class of the NJ
E. Sunday school enjoyed picnic at
McCurdy park on Thursday.
A Parks, of Woodlawn avenue, lost
two fingers of his left hand, Wednes-
day, in machine at Factory A.
Little Vera Schukenecht. of Detroit, is
spending the summer with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Storrer.
Fred Roy's left hand was cut Thurs
day on carving-machine at Factory B.
The top of the first finger was taken
off.
Mrs. d. B. Green, Miss Grace Green,
Mrs. Z. T. Wilson, Edgerton Wilson
and Miss Hattie Hunt are in Detroit for
a week.
Misses Allie Hamilton and Meta
Dean gave picnic at McCurdy Park,
Saturday, in honor of Miss Media Shell
don, of Bay City.
Miss Ethel Rice, of Niles, who has
been visiting her uncle, Thomas Rice.
East Main street, returned to her home
Wednesday.
Gustave G. Bluth was paid $3.50, in
surance on his house, Thursday, through
Fred Edwards agency. This makes
$3.50 Mr. Bluth has received.
The council will hold special meet
ing this evening to take action relative
to the question of providing funds to
pay for the site for the public building.
James Gelch, of Stewart street, drop
ped $16 in bills on the floor of James
barber shop the other day.
1t was found and returned by Mr..
Campbell.
The Ann Arbor Railroads sale of un-
called for freight, held recently at the
freight house Melted the company about
5000. Hundreds of pieces were disposed
Of by Auctioneer Charles w. Parker.
A cottage at Bay View belonging to
Dr.. w. c. Hume, of Corunna, was de-
;troyed 10y fire recently. 1t was occupied
oy Mrs. Emma Rutledge and family, of
Owosso, who escaped in their night
clothes.
The Y. M. G. A base ball team was
defeated at Ionia. Thursday by score
IF 10 to ?. Becker, of Ovid, pitched for
)wosso, and was hit hard and poorly
Matthews did the catching,
md hit the ball hard.
DR.. Harry Cossitt, of Morris Plains,
\. j., will visit his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. II. Cossitt, for few days. DR.. |
Jossitt is now second assistant of the |
New Jersey state hospital and has re-
emily been appointed state pathologist.
Mosquitoes have been a veritable |
Hague the past week about the county. |
n some places the swarms were so
,reat that farmers did not dare venture
nut with teams until the sun was quite
Ugh, this driving the mosquitoes to
heller
Joseph Taylor, of Bennington, recent
y built railroad in the southern part
# the state about thirty miles in length,
md named it the Toledo & North West
IN. The Morgan syndicate bought 1T
ecently, and will equip and operate the
inc, which taps good territory
Ethel, three year old daughter of Mr..
nd Mrs. G. A. Perry, Corunna Ave-,
vas missing for several hours Friday,
laving wandered away. She was pick
d up far out on East Main street and
AIKEN to Sheriff Gerow's residence in
)orunna, where Mr. Perry secured her.
Ella Bristol, of Owosso township, has
pplied for divorce from Judson
'ristol. She says they were married in
500, and that in 1000 her husband took
er to her parents home and told her to
tay there. He failed to return, and
he basis of the suit is desertion.
Hugh McCurdy Eaton, a grandson of
Ion. Hugh McCurdy, who served with
company G in the Cuban campaign,
listed Owosso friends last week Mr..
.aton is with the Barberton, o., Pottery
o., and goes to Chicago Oct. as the
manager of the company's branch Office
4 that city.
The Durand band will probably not
ppear at the Labor Day celebration
ere. The band wants $50. for its
srvices, besides all expenses, notwith-
landing the fact that the o. L. ]. band
elped make the Durand Independence
'ay celebration a success without
citing a cent for it.
Itchiness of the skin, horrible plague.
lost everybody afflicted in one way or