The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-16
Local News.


from lake trip to Mackinac.
B. A. Grove has gone to Ann Arbor
to work for the electric company.
Miss Nellie Weidman has gone to
Indianapolis to study voice culture.
Charles Titus has sold the Hicks
farm east of the city, to James Baldwin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Johnson. of the
New National, spent the week in De-
troit. a
Miss Addie Grove has resigned hei
place as bookkeeper for the Copas pack
ing house. w 9s els
David Clapp spent the week in Du
rand with his daughter, Mrs. Arthur
Dumond.
Rev. Thomas fowler was in st. Louis
this week, attending the Saginaw dis
trict Presbytery.
Mrs. G. R. Lyon and grandson, Gill
bert Loring, are back from long stay
at Albany, Oregon.
Mrs. John Fletcher and daughter,
Miss Florence, are spending two weeks
at st. Thomas, Ont.
The twelve year old son of August
Bluth, Stewart street, fell Saturday and
dislocated his left elbow.
Samuel Ketchum had his left hand
badly mangled on a saw at the new
Woodland factory, Saturday.
Mrs. Sophia Lepior has returned from
Detroit to spend the winter with her
daughter Mrs. John Meacham.
Mrs. Willard Turner has returned to
Muskegon. Her mother, Mrs. Margaret
Cute, accompanied her and will spend
the winter there.
The o. l.. 1. Band and orchestra will
alternate in giving fortnightly parties
at the armory this winter. The first
occurs this evening.
III. w. Parker and wife are spending
a month with their son William, at
Kansas City, after which they go to
California for the winter.
NJ. E. Miller has been given $11750
by the city for injuries to his ankle, re-
ceived last winter on an alleged defec-
tive walk on Park street.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. Or
son Noonan died Tuesday evening and
was buried Thursday at West Haven,
after services by Rev. J. H. Coultard.
In the case of w. E. Mckenzie vs.
Mrs. Eliza M. Hubbell for commission
on the sale of farm, justice court
jury last week gave Mr.. Mckenzie a
verdict of $46 and $40 costs.
The funeral of the three months old
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Shaw took
place Thursday at the parents home on
the Thomas farm south of town, Rev.
Frederick Strong officiating.
Wilson Tent Maccabees defeated the
Maccabees of the World at baseball on
Saturday at Dewey Park by score of
IA to 5. Jones and Hughes and Holmes,
butcher and Wilbur were the batteries.
Mark Quinn, who was forced to give
up his position at Erie, Pa, so that he
might receive treatment for hydropho-
bia, has returned to Owosso. He was
bitten by rabid dog, but has almost
recovered therefrom.
l.. w. Barnes, of Byron, was defeated
Wednesday for reelection as director of
the Michigan State Fair Association at
Pontiac. Albert Stevenson, of Port
Huron, succeeds him. The fight for the
location of the fair entered into the
election.
About 700 people attended the demo
cratic rally at the armory last evening.
Brief addresses were made by w. N.
Ferris, of Big Rapids, candidate for
governor; Mark Stevens, of Flint, and
G. r. Lyon, of Owosso. MI. Ferris
speaks today at Perry.
Miss Clara Thropp and capable
company gave a pleasing performance
of Iben's "Doll's House." at the opera
house Saturday evening, to large au-
dience. On Saturday afternoon, Mrs.
w. E. Collins entertained members of
the Women's Clubs of the city to meet
Miss Thropp.
Mrs. Maurice Sweeting, of Jackson,
sister of Mrs. A. M. Bentley, of this
city, was choked and chloroformed and
afterwards robbed of $40 and three dia-
mond rings on the steamer Western
States, Monday night, while returning
from Buffalo. The thief had a pass
key.
On Tuesday night horse was stolen
from John Tooker and q single wagon
and harness from Joseph Freeman.
Both parties reside near the Goss school
house. On Monday evening Mr.. Free
mans vineyard was raided by thieves,
and it is believed that both jobs were
done by the same parties. The stolen
rig was driven east.
BY raid on the home Of William
Carr, North Hickory street, Wednesday