The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-11-28


granted an increase of pension to % per
month.
Mrs. Joseph Olcott, who lives south
of Owosso, has gone to northern Pa.
| ON a visit.
DIR. d. III. Lamb removed a cataract
recently from the eye of Barnett Put
nam, of Sciota.
Merell & Burbank are home from
Livingston county, where they pressed
300 tons of hay.
Samuel Strehl, of Owosso township,
heard frogs croaking Friday evening, so
mild was the weather.
The Robbins Table Company is put
ting up an addition ON the east side of
its machine department
William Woodwork, of 226 East
Mason street, picked bouquet of sweet
peas, Sunday, in his garden.
Mrs. E. t. Wilson's household goods
have been packed by III. R. Cole. Mrs
Wilson goes to Manila next month.
H. B. Sturtevant has built row of
lumber sheds along the river bank, on
the new stone wall recently erected.
Mrs. Albert Sherman, Pine street, en-
tertained the officers of the w. f. M. S.
of the First M. E. church, Friday even
ing.
Miss Evah Whitney, 73O Clinton
street, was given surprise party Fri
day evening by twenty-five young
friends.
Mrs E. E. Benoy will entertain her
Sunday school class of the Baptist
church at her home on East Williams
street today.
G. j. Splitter of Rush, veteran of
Company H, 105th Ohio Volunteer In
fantry, has had his various reunion
badges framed.
The morning offertory solo at Christ
Episcopal church was very sweetly
sung by Master Frederick Gould, one of
the choir boys.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. S. Gaylord are enter
tanning Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Waldron, of
Columbus, o. Mr. Waldron is chief of
the weather bureau at his home city.
A boiler in DR.. Hoyer's Office, attached
to his vulcanizer, blew up last week,
smashed several score of bottles and
wrecked some of the furniture DR..
Snyder was injured.
A branch of the United Commercial
Travellers will be organized here. There
are forty Owosso travelling men who
will sign the charter. E. NJ Richard
son is working the idea up
Sam Strehl, Owosso township, has
lost good deal of corn lately. 1t has
been husked in the shock. Fred Love,
of Owosso township found one of his
hives of bees stolen recently.
The County Teachers Association has
repudiated the contracts signed by
members who, owing to the misrepre'
sensations of agents, joined the Teach
ers' Library Union, of Chicago.
The First NJ E. church was dedicated
eleven years ago Saturday. The ami
versary was celebrated by chicken pie
supper at the church on Saturday after
noon and evening.
T. A. Lawrie and A. T. Parrish, OF
Byron, and Bert Sweetland, who lives
near this city, have sent home deer
from, northern Michigan, where they
have been hunting.
Electric light and. telephone wires
having become crossed Sunday evening
a cable box on West Main street burned
off, putting fifty union phones out Of
commission for day or two.
On Saturday and Sunday 1000 sheer
!, were unloaded at the d. q M. depot fol
Ed johnson, B. c. Callzins and Johr
Driscoll The freight bill on this buncl
amounted to over a thousand dollars
) Ed. johnson since Friday has sold 1, 15l
sheep to local parties. Argus
Calvin Linerd, whom coroner's jury
declares is the murderer of Solomon
Stevens, did not waive examination las
Saturday, as expected, but will have hi
q examination before Justice Peacocl
next Saturday. Linerd was willing t,
waive examination but Prosecuting AT
torney Richards, wishing to look tn
n case up further, did not wish him 81
k to do.
S The funeral of Mrs. Ruth Clark wa
!. held Sunday afternoon from her lat
L residence at $50 Comstock street. Mrs
: Clark died very suddenly of heart dis
ease last week, after brief illness wit
e grip and at first it was suspected tina
r she had been poisoned. Mrs. CLAIR
10 lived with her son, VIM. Valance, an
n the latters family. She was fifty year
q Of age.
( West Oliver street has been opene
d and graded from Chapman to the suga
factory The extension is not directl
No opposite the former end of West Oliver
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