The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
LOCAL NEWS.

DIR. A. l.. Arnold is recovering from a
severe Illness
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert West are in
Meriden, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. q. b. Estey are visiting
at Brattleboro, VT.
f. E. Snider will build home in
Owosso this summer.
Miss Hazel Jopling has gone to Pc
trolia, Ont, to visit an aunt.
George Hartwell has moved his fam
lily to Owosso from Sagerville.
Andrew Geek is in Hazelton town
ship, building cement bridges.
J. B. Mcintosh left this week on a
business trip to Ohio and Indiana.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Kelley have
gone to st. Louis, Mo-, for two weeks.
Miss Maude Gale spent this week in
Ann Arbor for the commencement ex-
ercises.
Mrs. Bertha Wesener entertained at
tea Tuesday afternoon in honor of her
birthday.
Mrs. VIM. HI. Smith, of Gaylord, was
guest this week of her mother, Mrs.
E. G. Mead.
Paul Cooper will take party of boys
to Ionia soon. They will weed beets
this summer.
Thomas Carmody and Charles Ellis
are building homes on Water street,
near West Mason.
Owosso City Mills base ball team de-
feated Shepherd on Friday, 10 to 2 and
Elsie Saturday, 8 to z.
DR.. and Mrs. j. S. Blair and daughter
have left for the west. Their first stop
will be at Pennington, Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Jacobs, of
Schenectady, N: Y, are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. E. III. Jacobs, here.
The Nonsense Club drove to Ovid
Wednesday evening. where the mem
bers were entertained by Mrs. Harry
Nix.
Mrs. G. E. Rigley, Jr., entertained
Tuesday evening at McCurdy Park, in
honor of Mrs. Elmer Herbert, of De-
troit.
The roof of the kiln at the Frieseke
brickyard caught fire Wednesday noon
and was extinguished by the fire depart
ment.
Mrs F. G.. w. Travis arrived in
Owosso this week from Topeka, Kan,
for months visit with relatives and
friends.
Andrew Geek has purchased the
team of mules which Contractor Davies
used on the sewer here, paying $3.50
therefor.
III. N. Bensinger has been transferred
to Jackson, where he will manage the
business of the Metropolitan Life In
surance Co.
| The special assessment roll for the
Genesee and the Dewey and Comstock
street sewers will be reviewed on Mon
day evening, July IL.
p. X. Colby, Perry carpenter, 40
years of age, committed suicide on Sun
day, by cutting his throat while insane.
He leaves daughter.
Mrs. Myra Bunker, of Alpena, mother
of Mrs. Arthur Mason, passed through
the city this week on her way to Rich
mond, Ind, to marry William Small.
, The 81, 900 life insurance of the late
Florence Bartrem has been paid to the
beneficiary relatives residing here, by
the record keeper of the l.. o. T. M M.
A barn on Don G. Hoyt's place, South
Chapman street, was set afire Tuesday
by a spark from an Ann Arbor locomo-
tive. The department extinguished the
blaze without damage.
Mr.. and Mrs G. V. Fullam have re-
turned home from Kirksville, Mo-,
where they have been studying osteo-
pathy They will assist DR.. Glascock,
successor to DIR. Blair, during the sum
mer vacation.
The following changes have been
made in the time Of M. @. passenger
trains: morning train south, S44 in.
stead of s:53; noon train south 1886,
leaving junction at 90; noon train go.
ing north 1882.
Considerable sand and gravel is being
removed from the river bottom these
days. The stream, in spots, is only 'hali
its natural width and the sand bars
formed by last springs floods contain
good material, which is screened into
piles and hauled away.
Andrew Bessinger and Mrs. Mary
Bodamer, aged 65 and 20 years, respect
fully, were united in marriage on Tues
day evening by Justice Neil r. Walsh
The bride is the widow of her husband'i
brother The newly married couple
J will reside at 233 Detroit street.