The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-07-17
Local News.

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Mrs. Michael Schulein, of New York
City, is the guest of old friends here
Miss Mabel Ferry will play three
violin solos at musical in Chesaning
tonight.
Miss Sarah Bancroft will spend part
of her vacation at Niagara Falls and
Toronto.
A ten pound son was born Wednesday
to Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Burhans, East
Oliver street.
The paving company has placed the
steam roller on West Main street to pre-
pare the road bed for macadam.
The insurance companies have paid
August Wesener 81. so for damage to his
fixtures by smoke during the recent
Davis fire.
A report comes from Pontiac that G.
G. Randall, of Drayton Plains, expects
to ask for franchises soon for an electric
line from Pontiac to Owosso.
The five months old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Bailey was buried yester-
day at the Goss cemetery. Mr. and
Mrs. Bailey live near the Carson school.
Harry Wheeler, of Gait, Ont, who
came here with Stetson's Uncle Toms
Cabin, was held up in the Grand Trunk
yards, Monday night by three men and
robbed Of So.
E. E. Lohnes, Mr.. and Mrs. G. II.
Sweet and Misses Kittie Burhans and
Sarah Bancroft attended the interna-
tional convention of the Epworth
League at Detroit this week.
Thomas Hagan received word the first
of the week of the death at Ann Arhor
of cousin, James Hagan. Deceased
was son of James Hagan, of Benning-
/ ton, who died three years ago.
Mrs. Sadie Gage was acquitted by a
jury in Justice Walsh's court, Tuesday.
She had been arrested on complaint of
her sister.in-law, Mrs. Stella Gage, who
accused her of stealing silverware,
G. B. Johnson has sold the Owosso
restaurant on South Washington street
to w. o. Woodwork. Mr.. and Mrs.
Johnson will visit at Grand Ledge, after
which they will leave for the far west.
Fhe~sman-holes in the West Main
street pavement are not large enough to
admit the passage of a mans body, and
the board of works will not accept the
Job until the manholes are made larger.
w. A. Hodgins left this morning for
Winnipeg, Can, to attend the Canadian
field trials. He has six English settlers
entered in the trials four all ages and
two for the Derby. The cup in the lat
ter event is worth $780,
Edward Maroney is serving thirty
days in the county Jail. He was fined
the costs for being drunk by Justice
McCaughna nearly a year ago, and
stepped out to get the money, but did
not come back. He returned to Owosso
only recently.
Mr. Henry Winkelhause, of Sunny
side greenhouses, Owosso, and Miss
Edith, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. S. P.
Schroeder, of Howell, will be married at
the brides home at high noon Wednes-
day, July 90. They will reside in the
new Hookway house, 102 West Williams
street.
At the special meeting of the common
council Tuesday evening a committee
was appointed to determine the advisa-
bility of lowering the grade of the West
Main street paving at the property of
p. D. White. The latter fears his trees
will be killed by the dirt thrown upon
them to bring the land up to the grade.
The labor leaders met last night and
decided to pull off the Labor Day cele-
bration in this city. 1t will be held in
the down town district and thus the
crowds will not be attracted from the
business portion of the city. Owosso,
Ypsilanti and jackson are expected to
turn out in force.-Ann Arbor Times.
Mrs Rose Cushman, of Owosso, has
petitioned the probate court for the ap.
pointment of an administrator for the
estate of her deceased husband, Joseph
Cushman. Mr.; Cushman leaves pro-
perty valued at $1,000 in Fairfield
His wife had been separated from him
and lived in Owosso several years.
0G. B. Symes has heard from the car
rier pigeon which he sent up. The bird
is owned by Blacksmith John Fowler
of NJ ason, who sent the bird away with
trave er to be released when the width
of the continent was reached. The bird
made the thirty-one miles from OwossC
home in thirty minutes Mr. Fowler
was very grateful to Mr. Symes for the
care bestowed on the bird.
At the meeting of the boald of super
visors, Thursday, all the bids for the
construction of the court house were re-
iected by vote of Is to 2. BY the
same ballot, it was voted to re-adver
tise for bids which would be at or below
S75 ono the sum appropriated by the