The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-23


the school children in the Citizens Saw
ings Bank, Monday.
Owosso Lodge Of Elks will soon re
ceive life size elk, fully mounted from
Colorado. It will ornament the lodge
room.
G.. w. Essig has just finished paint
ing and otherwise improving his mode
farm residence, THE Pines, north Of
the city.
Miss Grace Lawrence has returned
home to Birmingham, o., after stay
with her brother, G. A. Lawrence, OF
the New York Racket store.
C. H. Hunt, of the Narrows, Fla, is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. S.
Hunt, in Owosso. He went south sew
eral years ago for his health.
J. B. Wheeler, formerly of Corunna,
has just presented Oklahoma City, o,
T., with A acres of woodland suitable
for park. The land is valued at SEE,
900.
The heavy rains are washing away
the West Main street embankment
which crosses the Ann Arbor. Tele-
phone and electric poles have slid far
out of position.
G. Clark, N. Reed, and James Fields,
the latter a ST. Charles coal miner,
were sentenced to ten days each by the
Owosso justices Saturday. The men
were disorderlies.
Marshal Ross will hereafter arrest
every wheelman he sees riding on the
side walks. The citys bicycle ordinance
is defective, but the prosecutions will
be made under the State law.
One of the large American Express
horses decided to run away Saturday
evening. He started from Owosso
Junction, smashing the wagon, and tear
ing one of his hoofs partially off.
Fred Bandkau, German living west
of the city, besides being musician is a
maker of musical instruments. He
recently completed Spanish violin for
which he refused an offer of $25.
The Owosso Boiler Works had three
important jobs on hand last week. One
gang of men did work in Pontiac, an
other in Carson City, and third raised
the smoke-stack on the City Steam
| Laundry.
George H. Edwards was the guest of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs g. M.
Edwards the first of the week. He has
been in Jackson for several months but
has now gone to Indiana to work for the
Grand Trunk.
Miss Minnie Garrison, of Owosso, has
been told by Canadian relatives that she
is one of the four heirs to an $50, 00C
estate in Holland, left by an ancestor
named Cronk She does not place mus h
dependence in the story.
The Common council has extended O
vote of thanks to Congressman David H.
Mercer, of the house committee on pub
lie buildings and grounds, for including
Owosso's appropriation of $35, 900 in the
public building omnibus bill.
An ordinance requiring teamsters not
residents of the city to furnish license,
has been before the council at several
meetings. 1t was dropped last Monday
when City Attorney Turner pointed out
that 1t would be unconstitutional as it is
class legislation.
Fred Geek and John Flynn recently
found skeleton in the Adams gravel
pit, two and one-half miles northwest
of New Lothrop. The bones were
scarcely two feet below the surface
They are supposed to be the remains OF
an Indian.
In case of Eugene Fowler, of Owosso
against DR.. Chas. H. Smith, of Muir, fol
malpractice, in Ionia Saturday, the
jury rendered a verdict of no cause OF
action An appeal will be taken by
Walsh & Pardee and j. B. Stockdale
attorneys for the plaintiff.
Lansing High school defeated Owossc
High school in ragged game of base
ball, Saturday, by score of II to g.
Every man on the Owosso team assisted
in throwing the game away. The
batteries were: Lansing, Larned and
Garfield; Owosso, Mckenzie, Gale and
Matthews.
Mary, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs John
Doran, of Owosso township, died Of
pneumonia and pleurisy, early Monday
morning, after an illness of five weeks
Deceased was fifteen years old, and left
her parents, five brothers, and two sis
tiers to mourn her loss. The funeral
took place Wednesday from st. Paul:
Catholic church.
Mrs. Mary belong was granted di
vorce from her husband, Reuben, al
Kingfisher, Oklahoma, last Saturday
She Immediately attached This SO, 5O(
farm in Middlebury to insure the pay
ment of alimony. Mr.. DeLongI left hi.
wife at Kingfsher sometime ago and re
turned to Michigan. The family at one