The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-04-01
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LOCAL NEWS.

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Miss Nellie Goss has been in Detroit
this week.
Miss Blanche Doolittle has been sick
a few days.
! Post Office Inspector Parsell was in
the city yesterday.
Roy Lewis has accepted a position in
Rolla Chases shoe store.
E5Secy. G. N. Smith of the Sugar Co.
was in the city Wednesday.
A son was born last week to Mr.. and
Mrs. S. r. Gillett, of Maple River.
Ernest Cummins has gone to Durand
to work for the National Grocery Co.
Miss Name Lewis is back at her work
at Osburn 81 Sons, after weeks ILL
ness
Mrs. Ellen Simmington has sold her
place on West Main street to Dennis
Kildea.
The Modern Brotherhood Of America
will give ball on Monday evening,
April II.
The sum of $4,000 has been made
available for the work on the Owosso
post Office this year.
A petition for third rural route from
the Byron post Office has been sent to
the post Office department.
Motorman Benjamin Proper has re-
signed his position with the o. g. G. E..
Edward Doran is at work as conductor.
Floyd Teachout, of Oakley, and Fred
Shultz, of Brady, paid Justice Nc
Caughna fine Monday for being drunk.
B. E. Smith, of the Sugar Co., left
Wednesday for Chicago and trip to
New Orleans. He will be gone about
three weeks.
w. M. Fitzpatrick arrived home from
a business trip to Estey, Monday morn
ing. He was kept at Bay City over Sun
day by the flood.
The winter term of Oakside school
closes today. School will reopen after
one weeks vacation April 18th, for a
spring term of eleven weeks.
Miss Vera Haskell of Owosso, has
signed a contract as violinist with the
Parker Concert Co. for another season.
The company is on the Peoples course
for the season of 1904-05.
The Lyceumite, Chicago monthly
magazine, has written Major George B.
McCaughna, asking for an outline as to
how the lecture course here, which was
very successful, was advertised
The sporting editor of the Detroit
Free Press says that Floyd Derham, of
Durand, well known here is not fast
enough to catch for an American
League baseball team this year, although
he fields and bats strongly.
Mrs. c. Briggs, of Detroit, has sold
her place at 215 Dickerson street to Mrs.
Junius Fauth. Mrs. Clara Forshee
Waite, formerly of Owosso, now of Flint,
has sold the house at the corner of Ridge
street and Michigan avenue to Guy
Beardsley.
| An effort will be made to secure a
half day rural route from the Morrice
and Burton post offices in order to give
the service to number of families not
receiving the service at present. If this
is done route three from this city will
be changed so as to provide for consid-
cradle new service.
Miss Ella Ellsworth underwent an
operation Wednesday at the Home
hospital, for appendicitis, by DIR. J. N.
Eldred and DR.. Barber, of Saginaw.
She is reported as doing nicely.-Ches-
aiming Argus. Miss Ellsworth frequent
ly visits in this city and her friends hope
for her speedy recovery.
Rev. E. Sedwek, of Tecumseh, ex-
changed ,pulpits Sunday with Rev. J. p.
Warner, preaching two fine sermons in
the First M. E. church. Mr.. Warner
preached Sunday morning in the Tecum.
sch Methodist church and spoke in the
evening at a union temperance gather.
ing at the Presbyterian church.
The fine residence of Postmaster Err
win Eveleth, of Corunna, was destroyed
by fire on Monday afternoon, the fire
starting from a defective chimney.
Part of the household goods were sayed.
Owing to the fact that part of the swol
len river was running across Shiawassee
Avenue, the fire department was con
siderably delayed in getting to the fire
Loss estimated at $4,000; insured fol
$4,000.
Mueller Bros. proprietors of the Owos
SO brewery, claim that when the fire
engine was being tested the stream o.
water directed at their bottling depart
ment tore hole in the roof, running
some supplies inside. They want thu
city to pay for the damage. Aid. bet
wiler, Wiley and Sturtevant and tn,
city attorney win look the matter up.