The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-04-25

meet viii nIlss Myra Sherwood on
May L..
Frank y yca Of Jackson, has entered
the employ Of thu Owosso Paint & Wall
Paper Co.
The Wolverine, Manager Ashley's
private car. is at the Ann Arbor shops
for repairs.
H. w. Conklin has engaged NJ H.
Reynolds to aid him in selling New
York Life insurance
Floyd Devereaux is home from
Wheaton, H., where he went to work
for Lawrence Gould.
Miss Lois Rigley has been assisting at
Oakside this week since Mrs. Gould's
departure for California.
William LaClear was seriously in
jured at Factory B, Monday, board
kicking back from his saw.
w. o. Wells, formerly a business
partner of G. A. Perrigo's but now To-
Gated at Homer, is in the city.
Miss Kate Caswell, who is well known
to Owosso people, is reported very ill
with consumption at Colorado Springs,
Col
Owosso lodge No. 81 Knights of
Pythias has received an invitation
to institute Pythian lodge at Shepherd
soon.
Mrs. Samuel Griffith, East Oliver, is
dangerously ill of softening of the brain
Her son E. L. Griffith has been called
here.
b. F. White and family, of Toledo,
are living at 211 East Williams street.
Mr.. White is employed at the Ann Ar
Dor shops
The Queen Esther Circle holds a
social meeting with Misses Leila Matth-
ews, Eta and Ella Brooks, at the latters'
home this evening
A high-spirited horse belonging to
William Green ran away with Samuel
r. Crawford, Tuesday. The latter was
bruised and his cart smashed to pieces.
The High school base ball team has
been photographed. A cut will be
made from the photo, to be printed in
Spic, the high school annual
1t is said that Jerome w. Turner will
be the Mayors appointee for city attor-
ney, Zenas H. Ross for marshal, and C.
N. Race for street commissioner
| Increased prices of provisions is the
cause of demands from local laboring
men for more pay. A fifteen per cent
raise will probably be asked soon in
every local factory.
The High school team now has 81
men out practicing and expect to beat
Lansing here May 10. ST. Johns plays
here May 3. Profs Failor and Doerl
are doing the coaching,
The members of Company H have re-
ceived LOCO rounds of target cartridges
and will have target practice in the
Armory. Private Lee R. Clarke has
been promoted to corporalcy.
The o. L.. I. band expects to have new
military uniforms before June wher
the state band tournament meets here
Forty five bands will be in attendance
The local band will give concert as g
starter for uniform fund.
The entire fire apparatus of Durant
has been sold to the village of Omer
1t will be replaced by new hose Wagon
and fire team will be purchased. TIL
new outfit will take prominent par
in Durand's Fourth of July celebration
| A. N. Richardson, manager of the o
q G. E. Co. accidentally short circuite'
a powerful electrical current at tn
power house, Monday. His hands wer
badly burned and his face singed b,
the flash. He escaped death by
miracle.
| Hookway g. Son now have two hand
some rural wagons on the road. TIL
second went out Monday under tn
charge of William Frey. 1t will max
two day trips about the county, goin
out twenty miles one day and comin
back by another route the next. Bot
wagons are all home manufacture.
The official announcement of TIN
annual national encampment of the q
A. R. has been issued. The encamp
ment will be held in Washington, d. G..
and will begin October 6. The army o
veterans who will flock to the defens
of Washington on that date will be, a
it should be, comparable only with thei
numbers in the days of the sixties.
AS the outcome of the suit tried il
Justice McCaughna's court recently
that of Lemon vs. Mcbride, both of Co
runna, James Mcbride is defendant in
IS, 900 SANDER suit brought by Davi,
J Dell, also of Corunna. The men wer,
discussing the case and got angry
Dell accused Mcbride of slandering hin
during the war of words.
J. d. Reiff, of the Union Transfe
Co., took in rather a rare quarter
dollar, recently. 1t was coined in 1881