The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-08-07
s E. Parkill was the guest of Hon. c.
A. Towne in Lansing. Monday.

Hickory street, on Wednesday, son.
H. N. Ainsworth has begun to rebuilt
his hay barn, recently destroyed by
fire.
George L. Van Dyne has returned tC
his work at Washington, d. c., after
spending his vacation here.
Walsh & Pardee, attorneys for plain
tiff are preparing brief for the suprem,
court in the case of Williams VS.. Weld
man. The suit will be heard at the
October session. zAiH 30
The Elks held a meeting Tuesday
night and heard the report of Past E.
r Carl Pickert on his trip to the Balti
more convention. The next meeting
will not be held until October, 81
The school board transacted routine
business at its meeting Tuesday even
ing and appointed four census takers
w. L. McDiarmid, Harold Hume, Ches-
ter Bigelow and Bert Grove.
The parochial school of St. Paurs
Catholic church, West Main and Cedar
streets, is being enlarged. A two story
brick structure, 30x40, is being erected.
1t will accommodate two more grades.
The trouble between w. H. Halstead,
rural carrier No. 5, and VIM. Brigge-
man on rural route No. 5, has been set
tied out of court, the latter paying for
the broken thill and the cost in justice
court.
John G. Schultz, who has been work
ing in local factory, has purchased the
home he formerly owned in Corunna
and will move back to that place. His
wife has been discharged from the
asylum at Pontiac as cured.
About $4,000 pounds of milk is daily
received at the milk factory. That
shows the result of excellent pastures.
Last year at this time the amount re-
ceived was about 90, 900 pounds less than
lat present.-Howell Republican.
j. Raymer, of Shiawassee, caused the
ARREST of two boys, William Clarey and
Frank Fales, for tying up his horse and
wagon so they could not be moved.
The boys were arrested and paid JUS
stice Mcbride, of Corunna, the costs.
A man who claims to be "cistern in
spector" has been annoying house wives
i'm the southern part of the city the past
few days. He is an impostor, as the
board Of health has delegated to no one
the authority to inspect cisterns. a.
A letter sent out from the Corunna
post Office October 4, 1897, containing a
money order for one dollar, went astray,
and after wandering over good share
of the world has been returned to
Corunna with about 100 letters of ex-
PLANTATION attached.
Land belonging to nine farmers in
Venice township is under water and has
been for several months, because the
unfinished Thompson drain, having no
other outlet, empties upon it. County
Drain Commission H. S. Myres willput
contractors at work at once to finishthe'
drain.
W. R Chubb, of this city, received
word few days ago of the death of his
nephews, Winfield s. Taft and Frederick
F. Stoddard, of Fulton, N. Y. The men
were fishing on Lake Neahtawanta and
ran ashore for shelter from rain storm
which came up. They took refuge I'M
der tree and were killed instantly by
bolt of lightning.
Sylvester Adkins, of Owosso, asks
S., 900 damages of j. X. Fischer and his
bondsmen, Robert Bowles and Frank
Comstock because, he asserts, his nine
teen year old son, William Adkins, be-
came drunk on liquor sold by Fischer,
and lost an arm while trying to board
an Ann Arbor train June 10 Walsh &
Pardee are his attorneys.
Mrs. r. l. Youngs died in Detroit,
Saturday night at the home of broth
er. She had been sick long time with
cancer The remains were brought to
Vernon Tuesday afternoon for burial.
Deceased leaves several children, among
them Mrs Carrie Merrifeld, of Owosso,
and Edward Youngs, of Detroit. Mrs.
Youngs made her home here with her
daughter at 312 East Williams street.
Albert Goetzen, who goes to Cleve-
land Miss Bertha Edwards, who goes to
Flint; Miss Amy Holland and Miss
Bertha Alliton, of d. M. Christians
Store, will have their vacations this
week and next. Mrs. r. J. Brown,
William Hoenshell, Misses Mamie and
Annie Phillips, Emma Frey, Mabel
Chapman and Claribel Galloway are
back at their work.
The date of the basket picnic to be
held by the business men of Flint, Fem
ton and other adjacent towns at Long
Lake, has finally been fixed for Thurs
day, August 10. Owosso citizens have
received a special invitation from the
Flint Business Mems Association to be
present. Although the picnic has been
gotten up by the business public, every