The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-02-06
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Sprague & Co.,
fO7 N. Washington Street. Owosso.
Mrs. Warren Pierpont is in Detroit.

Walter La More, of Detroit, is the
new chef at Connors Cafe.
/ Miss Elsie Hilberg is home from a
long stay at Birmingham, o.
E. P. Hamblin, of Lansing, is visiting
his brother, L. A. Hamblin.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Curtis leave Feb
ruary 18th for Seattle, Wash.
Mrs. Carrie Bradley, of Saginaw
street, has been ill for several days.
Albert Norris and Bert butcher have
started tailor shop at Wolverine,
Mich.
A music and Conversations will be
given at Christ Church rectory this
evening.
E. r. Snow, of Middletown, has
bought farm at Riverdale, and will re-
side thereon.
st Valentines Day is Saturday Feb.
IA. Valentines are being offered for sale
in local stores.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Wright, who live
north of the city, welcomed a son to
their home on Tuesday.
Mrs. Benjamin Smith lost the end of
finger in a press at the Laverock Screen
Door factory, Wednesday.
There are two vacant corporalcies in
Company H. They will be filed soon
by competitive examination.
The armory has been chosen as the
place for the State roundup IF farmers
clubs February "a, 25 and 20.
Physicians now hope for the the re-
covery of Harry Izor, of Durand, who
has been seriously ill of typhoid fever.
Grant Foote, who had been sick some
time, received last week an order from
Saginaw benefit association for
twenty-five dollars.
Mrs. Fred Smith and c. D Smith
won the prizes at recent meeting of
the Miserable Neighbors' Pedro Club at
the home of Edward Titus.
The o. 81 G. E. Company, which has
been short of coal for some weeks, now
has an ample supply on hand, and is in
no danger of having to close down.
Because of the continued ill-health of
Hon. Jerome W. Turner, city attorney,
the common council will relieve him of
his office and appoint Frank H. Watson
to serve in his stead.
G. w. Jennings has been mentioned
in connection with the republican nom
ination for mayor, and G. E. Rigley,
Jr., with that of the republican NOM
ination for alderman in the 4th ward.
H. G. McGuineas gave the fire de-
partment smoker, Tuesday evening,
for saving his store during the recent
fire. George Charlton made an estimate
for Mr.. McGuineas on the amount of
damage done the store, placing the same
at $1100.
DR.. R. G. Mahaney acted as best man
Wednesday evening, at the marriage
in Battle Creek of DR.. H. D. Corbusier,
assistant surgeon U. S. A., to Miss
Louise Shepard, of Battle Creek. The
young couple will reside at Watch Hill,
r 1.
Representative Wade, of Allegan,
has introduced a bill regulating the
salaries of probate judges. Below forty
thousand population, the Judge is to re-
ceive twelve cents per capita This
would give the Shiawassee county
official about four thousand dollars per
annum.
The common council on Monday even
ing refused to pass resolution exon
Grating Clerk Fred Edwards and the
claims and accounts committee for pass
ing the bill for $95 of DR.. Ranney, of
Lansing, without the councils author
ity. DR.. Parker, who secured the order
after it had been made out, and sent
DR.. Ranney the money, may be proceed
ed against.
Aid. Warren Pierpont offered a reso-
luton at the council meeting Monday
evening, providing for the payment at
once of the $500 due on the paving
to City Treasurer Walsh, who may put
the money out at interest, such portions
of it as will not be used before, until
June. This partially stops the loss on
the bonds, which are interest bearing
from February End.
The Byron correspondent of Detroit
paper claims that Fred Kelsey stock
buyer of that village recently covered
hog owned by Ira Barnes with bills
sewed together in the form of a blanket
and that this blanket constituted the
purchase price. The bills were all
ones, but at that amounted to between
thirty and fifty dollars. Kelsey made
the blanket because he had repeatedly
tried and failed to buy the pig at an