The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-04-08

J. III. BRANDED is repairing the Corun
ma fire engine.
Mrs. Fred Alchin, lis North Dewey |
street is very sick.
Lee r. Clarke has resigned his posi-
ton as substitute carrier.
James HI. Copas cut his hand quite
severely with butcher knife last week.
George Fish is working at the Ann
Arbor shops.
Joseph j. Ash, of Alpena has par
chased Joseph Roses bicycle and repair
ing business.
Mrs j. G. Walton and son Joseph
leave about April 10 for an extended
visit in England.
Master Colon Callard has a pet rae
coon which he captured in the woods a
year ago The animal is very tame.
Burk Lemunyon has received from the
taxidermist the head and antlers. of q
big deer which he shot up north last
fall. ,Esst
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| DIR. Perkins has been confined to the
house for a week as the result of injuries
caused by fall while getting out of
his carriage.
James and Emerson Orth, John Srfy-
der, Henry Shuster and Andrew Otto,
of Owosso, received their final citizen
| ship papers Saturday at Corunna.
A. H. Marsh, of Burton, sold last
week to George Mckenzie seventeen
lambs The average age was rs days,
weight go pounds, price 10 cents per
pound.
Miss Blanche Preece was given sur
prise Friday evening by a score of
friends, the occasion being her sixteenth
birthday. She received many nice
presents.
| G. w. Mimic, of Durand, was in the
city short time Tuesday. He reported
the republicans of Vernon township as
being greatly pleased with the result of
their election.
| Capt u. H. Ross has been granted
special permission by Adjt. Gen. Brown
to enlist Charles j. McNally as cook of
Co. III. The company now has full
quota of men.
At the meeting of commercial and
shorthand teachers of the state at Ypsi-
lanti, last week, John j. Schmid, of
Owosso, was elected first vice president
and d. A. Reagh, also of this city, treas
urer.
Miss Elsie Woodin,, who goes to Shep-
ardsville soon to take care of her grand
mother, who is in poor health, enter
tanned the Union Telephone operators
at the Popular Cafe one. evening last
week.
Mrs Mary Carpenter died at the home
of her son, George Carpenter, last week,
aged 81 years. She left three children,
a son in Owosso, Edward, of Saginaw,
and a daughter in Howell. Funeral
services were held at 1: 80 Saturday after
noon. Rev. G. H. Hanks officiating.
Mrs. Frank Witter, of Laingsburg,
has brought suit in the Ingham county
circuit court against the village of
Mason for $1,000. She claims that by a
fall on a defective sidewalk last fall her
knee was broken and her neck stiffened.
Watson e. Chapman are her attorneys.
Mr.. A. E. Ferry writes from Ironton,'
Mo-: You Michigan people arelnot the
1 only ones to suffer from floods. AL
though we have had no ice jams or
melting SHOWS, we did have seven inches
rainfall in less than twenty-four hours
The water came down the mountain
/ sides in perfect sheets, our factory was
| surrounded but only for few hours, it
put out the fires under the boilers but
otherwise did us no damage. The rail-
road was so damaged that we did not
get the st. Louis daily papers for many
days. However the principal damage is
to the railroad south of us. For thirty
miles it is practically washed away.
The country adjoining the Iron Noun
tain tracks looks like desolate sea
beach, The Clarkson saw mill Co. at
Leeper where we get much of our lum-
Der will lose 100000 by the flood.
Their three large dams were destroyed
causing great damage. A wave of
water six feet high struck an engine
and train of freight cars between Leeper
and Mill Spring, turning the engine
completely over and badly injuring the
cars. The enginescrew saw the wave
coming and attempted to reach Mill
Spring. They jumped but were caught
in the swirling waters. but after fierce
battle with the currents reached the
hills. Many families are homeless and
loss of life is reported from some points.