The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-07-15

Chas Preece and son are fishing at
Linden.
Joe Gerson, of Detroit, was in the city
Wednesday.
Mrs S. w. Beelby was in Grand
Rapids over Sunday.
Waldo Royce is working on the Hills
farm in New Haven.
Postmaster Watkins, of Morrice, was
in the city Wednesday.
Miss May Butterfeld is visiting
friends at Crystal Falls.
Chris. Hux has returned to Dowagiac
after a visit with relatives here.
H. H. Daniels. seriously injured three
weeks ago by fall, is able to sit up.
f, G. Hopson, of E. L. Devereaux s
store, is taking a two weeks vacation.
DIR. A. L Arnold is still confined to
the house. He has an abcess of the ear.
Mrs. w. M. Case and son have gone
to Ludington to remain several weeks.
Orville Nash, of the casket factory,
had finger mangled in the jointer this
week.
A. M. Bentley left Tuesday evening
for business trip to points in Ohio and
to st. Louis.
Fred Walton cut his left hand quite
severely On some tin at the Ann Arbor
shops, Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. G. Southworth re-
turned on Wednesday from visit with
their son in Lansing.
The school board will not meet to or,
ganize until next week, owing to the
absence from the city of Dr. Crum
A. Malek, Bohemian employed at
the sugar factory, fell off car this
week, and was quite badly injured.
Mrs. E. L. Bennett shipped her house
hold goods to Lansing today. Mr.. Ben
nett is employed in the State Democrat
Office.
Major George B. McCaughna assisted
in the inspection of the Saginaw, w. S.,
National Guards men on Wednesday
evening.
Ray Lewis. Corunna avenue, has
been fitted with a wooden leg He lost
his foot few years ago on the Ann Ar
Dor tracks.
Mccarthy and Green, of Owosso, as
sisted Merrill against Shepherd We'd
nesday, and played good ball, although
their team lost.
Miss Allie Pitts entertained the Ep-
worth League, of the First M. E.
church, at her home on Park street,
Tuesday evening.
Prof. d. III. Reagh has returned from
Cass City, where he was called several
days ago by the sickness of his mother,
who died after he reached there.
Hookway & Son call attention to their
closing out sale in Column ad today.
This is a genuine clearance sale and the
biggest kinds of bargains are being Civ
en-.
VIM. Mears, who attempted suicide
while temporarily deranged, has been
released and has gone to the northern
part of the state. 1t is thought he will
recover.
Two Sunday School teams, one from
the Episcopal church and one from the
Baptist church, played baseball at
Fayette Square Tuesday morning, and
the Episcopalians won IS to 10.
William Devereaux, Ralph Sayles.
Harry Parker, Ray Virgins, Percy
Crum and Chester Bigelow, of the X.
P. d. High school fraternity, leave soon
to camp two weeks at Crystal Lake.
Patrons of the Morrice postoffice de.
sire to have an additional rural mail
route established to give service to a
number of families who do not now
have it. Congressman Fordney will
urge immediate action.
The supreme court has reversed the
decision of the circuit court in the case
of Mckenzie VS.. the Michigan Central
railway. The plaintiff was given a judg-
meht in the lower court on account OF
the delay in delivering load of cattle.
j. T. McCurdy had charge of the case
for the Central
Albert Morand, twice released from
the circuit court on probation after
pleading guilty to breaking and enter
ing saloons, was arrested in rear of the
Davis Dry Goods Cos store here early
Tuesday morning, evidently trying tc
force an entrance. He was arrested
and fined for drunkenness only.
Two Owosso business firms have been,
during the past week, placing bills in
the mail boxes on the rural mail routes
This is contrary to the rulings of the
postoffice department and upon the law
covering the matter being brought to
their attention, the business men agreed
to discontinue this method of reaching
the consumer. " nllff
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