The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-09

Victor Welte is now cornetist. with
Havelry's Minstrels.
Otto Nagel is building meat market
on east Oliver street,
A daughter was born last week to
Mr.. and Mr.. A. B. Sells, of Elsie.
Jay Stinson has purchased the Hurrell
house on Park street, near King.
M. Alsbro of Hickory street, is laid
up as result of stepping on nail,
Miss Florence Gilchrist, of Cleveland,
is visiting her aunt, Miss Josephine
Collier.
Mrs. Florence Stevens, of Brecken-
ridge, is visiting her mother, Mrs. L. j.
Church.
NJ. D. Comstock, the Byron horse
breeder, lost $4,000 stallion few
days ago.
John L. Curtis and Cloyse Lewis have
gone to Marion to open the formers
hardware store.
Miss Marie Jackson, of Beloit, Wis,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew jackson.
Mrs. G. M. Dewey has been sick this
week at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. T. Thomas.
Mervin Hunt, who has been working
at Durand this summer, leaves soon for
Seattle, Wash, and old Mexico.
John Horn of the Ann Arbor tin shop
burned hole in his leg last week, by
splitting some soldering acid upon it,
Wilson Tent K o. T. Nj. M. and
Owosso Tent Maccabees of the World,
will play baseball Saturday at Dewey
Park.
Alvah G.. Stone, who frequently
visits at the home of w. Fl. Bigelow,
has been renominated for third term
as representative by Lenawee county
republicans.
Conrad Mehlenbacher has decided to
raise the roof of the opera house several
feet so that all scenery carried by big
companies may be used. The improve
ment will cost $500.
Mr.. John G. Morden, of New Haven,
and Miss Vida G. Simonson, North
Hickory street, Owosso, were married
at the brides home Monday evening by
Rev. J. H. Coultard.
The marriage of Miss Ellen E. Hanes,
of this city, to Mr.. Edward Pinney, of
Cass City, will take place Wednesday,
Sept. 18th, at the brides home, corner
of Hickory and Williams street.
Clark D. Smith, of Corunna, was
thrown to the pavement by the sudden
starting of a street car at Saginaw
Tuesday and broke his collar bone. He
has been removed to his home in Corun-
ma.
j. II. Laverock has curiosity in the
shape of five dollar bill, issued in 1861
by THE Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad
Bank" of Adrain. The note was issued
to help pay the union soldiers But very
few of these notes are it existence.
Stephen McCaffery, of New Haven,
township, has just completed a new
boiler room for the Sunnyside green
house and has contracted to build four
large greenhouses $50 feet long covering
nearly an acre of ground.
E. J. Sheldon, of Owosso, is second
vice president of the Central Michigan
Labor Day Association, formed by the
cities of Jackson, Lansing, Owosso and
Ann Arbor. The next celebration will
be at Lansing, and this city gets the 1905
celebration. -
Miss Ethel Hume, assisted by Misses
Maude Miner and Winnifred Beech, en-
tertained the former members of Miss
Corlett's Sunday school class Friday
evening at the Hume residence on east
Exchange street, in honor of Miss Ellen
Hanes who is soon to be married.
/ Charles Miller and Claude Taylor have
purchased the grocery business of w. s..
Hunt, and took possession this week.
Mr.. Miller has been a grocery clerk in
Owosso stores for fourteen years, and
Mr.. Taylor spent four years in Osburn
81 Sons store: Both young men are well
known and popular.
Rev. j. p. Warner, for five years pas
tor of the First NJ. E. Church, will not
be returned to. Owosso by the conference
which meets next week at Adrian. He
may be sent to Tabernacle M. E. Church,
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delegates from the First Church to the
conference are Geo. H. Sweet, M. Miner
and DR.. B. S. Knapp. The other two
methodist pastors, G. E. Benson of the
Asbury and j. A. Rowe of the Corunna
Avenue, will be returned to Owosso. 1t
is expected that John Sweet and E. B.
Bancroft will remain presiding elders
of the Detroit and Ann Arbor districts
respectively.