The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-08-29

Linden this week.
Postmaster Dewey expects to attend
the annual meeting of the State Associa
ton of Postmasters to be held in Sagi
} nav next week.
Miss Ruby divers buggy was STRUCK
by the street car on Wednesday and
overturned. Miss Oliver was thrown tc
the ground but escaped serious injury.
Owosso Company No. As, U. r. X. OF
p, may attend the dedication of the
Ithaca court house Sept. 10th. An in
vitation was received at its last meet
ing.
George Matlock, an employee of the
Ann Arbor, claims he was robbed of $40,
Saturday night, in local hotel. He
went to Toledo Monday without max
ing any complaint to the police.
Miss Lena Keyte was startled to see
two men, thought to be burglars, prowl-
ing about the Keyte home on east Main
street Tuesday evening She notified
the police, but the men had gone before
the police arrived
Mr.. and Mrs. b. E. Gray attended the
funeral services, w dnesday, of Mrs.
Grays father, p. S. Williams, of Webb
erville. Deceased was the father of
Stephen Williams, of Battle Greek, who
will speak here Labor Day.
The o. L. |. Band has refused to ac-
cept the resignation of its leader, c. L.
Tubbs. The band will give concert at
the armory tonight at which time the
winner of the Queen of the Labor Day
celebration will be announced.
Forty members of the Y NJ G. A at
tended corn roast on the farm of J. U.
Miller, north of the city, Tuesday even
ing. The corn was roasted on two fires
on the river bank and jack lanterns
lighted the path from the house.
A. L. Chandler of Corunna. has be-
gun suit against j. S. Olney, of Venice.
for $1,000 damages. Mr.. Chandler
bought nineteen Holstein cattle of Mr.
Olney, several of which afterward died
of disease the buyer claims existed
when the cattle changed hands
The o. & G. E. Co. has been ordered
by City Clerk Edwards, under direction
of the common council, to repair Corun-
ma avenue near the power house. The
company has placed large clinkers, in
stead of cinders. underfoot making the
roadway both unsafe and unsightly.
Prof G.. L. Tubbs, for the past two
years leader of the o. L. /. Band, has
resigned his place so that he may devote
all his time to the o. l.. l. Orchestra.
Mr.. Tubbs has placed the band on a
sound financial and musical basis, in
creasing its membership from eight to
twenty-five men.
The Union Transfer Company has
purchased the New Nationals free bus
line and Landlord Johnson will run no
more free carriages to his hotel, while
the Union Co. is now in control of all
the hack lines of the city. Jackson
Fairman, the New Nationals driver,
has gone to Lansing to get a similar
job.
The school board has decided to trans
fer the Washington school eighth grade
to the Central building this fall This
will leave all ward schools with no
higher grades than the seventh. At the
Central building the ninth, tenth and
eleventh grades will be seated in the as
sembly room. The seniors will retain
the room used by the highest class last
year.
Mrs. Samuel Gardner, of 314 Mich.
gan Ave-, heard noise in the barn back
of her house at one o'clock Sunday
morning. She screamed for help, and
two men, who had just secured horse
belonging to George Needham and one
of William Dunham's, let go the
animals and ran. Both horses were fine
ones and Mrs. Gardeners alarm came
Just in time The thieves had horse
and buggy of their own in waiting.
Mrs. Lucy Ainsworth, of East Mair
street. is again terrorizing her neighbor:
by flourishing revolver. She was ad
judged insane, and put in the county
house April 16 to await a vacancy al
Pontiac Mrs. Ainsworth was after
wards released and has again become
violent Mrs. Ainsworth was taken t
the county house Tuesday by Under
Sheriff Case and Turnkey Curtis.
Profs. j. G. Thorpe, an instructor il
the engineering department at the U
of NJ, and W. S. Hazelton, who holds
a similar position in the Armour Insti
tute, Chicago, are conducting a series
of experiments on Ann Arbor engines
with the object of discovering and rem
edying costly defects They ride in al
observatory attached to the front of al
engine, and watch the steam distribu
ton, coal and water consumption, ant
figure out the tractive power. They
) hope to save the company big sum o
/ money. Charles Hux, of Owosso, is as
sisting them.