The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-07-11
Local News.

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Hal seeley, of Ann Arbor, was call
ing on Owosso friends Monday.
Mrs. Harry Van Dyne is spending
month in Buffalo and New York City.
Walter Wilson returned home Mon
day after weeks visit with relatives in
Bay City.
| Mrs. j. A Church is still in very
critical condition with little hope for
improvement.
E. M. Priest Of Detroit, was in the
city Saturday on legal business for
Durffee, Clark & Allor.
The dress making department of the
Davis Dry Goods Co. had a picnic at
McCurdy Park, Tuesday.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Y. M. c.
A. has provided an electric fan, which
will be in operation this week.
The socialists of this congressional
district have nominated Samuel Hack
EFT, of Kerby, for congressman.
Owing to the continued i'll health of
his son, Landlord Milliken may close
the Hotel Milliken and leave the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. d. Estes spent three
days last week at the farm home of Mr..
and Mrs. S. V. Hathaway, near Ovid.
Ainsworth & Hammer will build an
Office and scales in front of their hay
ware house on South Washington street.
Mrs j. L. Topping died Tuesday,
aged 81 years. Her husband died ten
days ago. The remains were taken to
Fenton this morning for burial.
Mr.. and Mrs j. H. Copas are at
place forty miles from Denver, and
6,619 feet above sea level. Mr.. Copas'
throat trouble is abating.
Gustave Bluth has received $400, the
amount for which his house. recently
destroyed by fire, was insured Fred
Edwards, agent for the Continental,
paid it.
Ct. W. Haskell is now travelling sales
man for the wholesale grocery house Of
Hall Bros, Nichols & butcher. He
was formerly with G.. H. Grahame,
cigar manufacturer.
A carload Of tobacco thirty thousand
pounds-was shipped to Owosso, Satur-
day and distributed among local mer-
chants. D. D. Mclean, travelling sales
man for Phipps, Penoyer e. Co., sold it.
Mr.. Frank Owen, son of George W.
Owen, and former resident of Owosso,
will be married July 23 to Miss Lillian
Stevens at Norfolk, Va. Floyd Blair
has gone to Norfolk to attend the we'd
ding.
Mrs. Julia NJ. Lockwood, who died at
the home of her son, G. S. Lockwood,
734 North Hickory street, was buried
Wednesday at Oak Hill. Mrs. Lock
wood had been i'll several months of
cancer
1t is said that the residents on Water
strees-or at least a good share of them
will object to paying for the sewer
recently put in on the ground that the
work was not let by bid as required by
the charter.
DR.. and Mrs. NJ. N. Thayer, who
have been in charge of the Sanitarium
for several months, have gone to Lin
den, Ind. Mr.. and Mrs. w. N Mork, of
Battle Creek, are now giving baths at
the institution.
The Elks had a roundup at the ar
mory on Tuesday evening and initiated
lightweight candidates. Every town
and village in the neighborhood was
represented. A banquet and toasts in
the armory dining room closed the fes-
tivities.
Street car No. Jumped the track
Wednesday noon while making an east
bound trip. The rails spread at the
bridge over Comstock creek on Main
street, and the car ran into the ditch
near P. d. Whites residence. A pass
enger H. B. Wier, of Chesaning, re-
ceived slight cut over the eye
Oscar Bailey has charge of the work
of moving the large building at the foot
of Exchange street, formerly used by
Dewey & Stewart as store house and
recently by Hall Bros for bean house,
to the land recently purchased by E. F.
Dudley in the northeast part of the
city. 1t is quite an undertaking.
At special meeting of the school
board or Tuesday evening tho sscre-
tary and treasurers books were audited
and found to be correct. Niles Wig
gins has accepted the position Of Central
school janitor for another year For ten
months Of the time Mr.. Virgins will
employ an assistant Samuel Byerly-
and receive %95 per month. In July
and August he dispenses with the as
sistant and gets $50 per month.
Laingsburg and Elsie parties who at
tended the Elks' roundup, Tuesday
evening, stabbed their horses side by side
at the ten cent feed barn. When they
left for home, the LaingsburgeIs unin-
| tentionally took the wrong team. II