The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-01-02

Benton Harbor to reside in Owosso.
Owosso Lodge of Elks was one year
old Tuesday It has membership OF
4s6.
Miss Minnie Mathews has gone to
Kalamazoo, where she will learn to be a
trained nurse.
Mrs Fred Hartshorn is recovering
from her serious illness of about nine
weeks duration.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wicking, of De-
troit, were guests this week of A Wick
ing and family.
A party of young people will have a
sleigh ride out to the home of Miss
Arizona Wimple, tonight. mr.
A skull and several human bones
were found in the ruins of the bank
block in Corunna this week.
The Knights of Pythias held special
meeting Tuesday evening, and confer
red the first and second ranks.
s S. Miner has begun action for fore
closure against Mr.. and Mrs. G.. W.
Allen, of Bennington. The indebted
ness is 81, 800.
Friends have started to raise sub
scription of $500 for William Turner, of
! Garland, who recently lost his hand in a
| corn thresher.
The Episcopal Sunday schools Christ
mas exercises were held at the church,
Friday evening. G. S. Williams i'm
personated Santa Claus. T..
The Star of Hope Rebekahs met with
Mrs. John Q. Abel today and tied COM
forters for member whose house and
contents were recently destroyed by
! fire.
Lee Rohrabacher while coming home
from Flint lost new hat out of the car
window, between Durand and Vernon.
He walked between the two towns next
morning and found it uninjured.
Mrs. Ellen Croner, an old lady whose
| home is at Gaines, was struck by a
switch engine in the Michigan Central
yards, Tuesday noon, and bruised con-
siderably, though not seriously injured.
The members of the fire department
presented City Teamster VIM Robert
son with a fine Morris chair at his home
in the city hall, Monday evening, the
occasion being his birthday. Mrs. Rob-
| ertson served refreshments.
Sixteen members of Owosso Camp,
M. w. A., including majority of the
team, went to Durand Monday evening,
where the team conferred the degree
ON twelve candidates. A banquet at
the Thomas house and smoker fol-
lowed the work.
Owosso Lodge No. 753, B. P. o Elks,
received a finely worked Elk's pillow,
recently, from Mrs. Clark W. Aiken,
wuose deceased husband was member
of the order, and who has been the
recipient of many courtesies from the
lodge. 9"
| F. H. Pettibone, A. W. Green and
H. M. Nichols have been appointed a
committee by the Corunna Masonic
bodies to look up temporary home,
the Corunna Masonic hall having been
destroyed in last weeks fire. w. A.
Rosenkrans will settle the insurance.
William E. Gardner of the shoe-frm
of Squair q Gardner, now in financial
difficulties at st. Johns, formerly re-
sided in Owosso, and is well-known
here The firm recently gave trust
mortgage of $1,000 to the State Bank
of st. Johns 1t is indebted to other
firms in the sum of 500.
The gentlemen in the blacksmith de-
partment of the Ann Arbor shops pre-
sented their foreman, Fl. r. LOCKER, on
Christmas eve with beautiful mahog
any rocker. Words cannot express how
surprised Mr.. LOCKER was or how he ap
preciates the kindness shown him by his
men.
Flossie, five year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Haun, 800 Stewart
street, played with parlor matches Tues
day afternoon, and before the blaze she
kindled could be extinguished the chile
had been terribly burned about the
face, head and body. In aiding hi'
child, Mr.. Haun sustained serious burns
upon his hands.
H. A. Harryman, of Bennington, has
rented the store now occupied by the
Owosso Quitting Company on NORTH
Washington street, and will move II
February 1. The Quitting Company
which has been in existence twoyears
and is composed of o. j. Snyder ant
Charles Fillinger, will go out of bust
ness.
A jury in Justice McCaughna's cour
today is deciding whether it is public
necessity to open Ball street from Jean
cite street north to North street Prop
erty holders object to. the proposed
, opening. The jurors are o f. Webster
E. p. Gilbert, B. G Miller ID. F. Blair
IT. q Rrevyer F. w Smith, Jane