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

AVN. c. A mandolin club has been
organized.
Strawberries have appeared on the
local market
Patrick Rourke has resigned his
place with Knapp & Smith.
Rev. p. II. Halter and Melvin Halter,
of Fenton. will soon move to Owosso.
John L. Curtis, South Washington
street, has recovered from few days
illness
A. @. Bird, of Lansing, superintend-
emit of the State census was in the city
Saturday.
The rural carriers from the Owosso
Office handled 67791 pieces of mail mat
ter last month.
James G. Rigley is able to be out
after a serious illness of some weeks
with erysipelas.
| Ten persons were received in to the
membership of the Congregational
church Sunday
The AnnI Arbor Railroads.. bridge
gang, of Owosso, is repairing the bridge
over the Huron river at Ann Arbor.
Arthur Halstead smashed h is right
thumb Monday by an inaccurate swing
with hammer at the Ann Arbor shops.
The official caps for the Owosso High
school have been ordered. They will be
of gray, university style, with a Maroon
90" on the front
William Durham, who has been with
L. E. Woodland for 20 years, has resigned
his position and moved out onto his
farm two miles west of the city.
In the case of the Hood & Conklin Co.
VS.. E. B. Shultz,'of Owosso, Justice
Walsh gave Warren Pierpont, attorney
for plaintiff, Judgment for $50, Sat
urday.
w. d. Burke, w. H. Bigelow and
James Osburn has been appointed
committee by the Elks to arrange date
for dedication and exercises for the new
temple.
| AT its meeting Saturday at the Club
rooms, the Woman's club heard inter-
esting papers on Ancient Historians by
Mrs. N. R, Walsh, and Attic Orators by
Mrs. G. w. Gale.
Principal John p. Everett, of Pontiac,
son-in-law of Mrs. Phoebe Brewer, of this
city. was elected treasurer Of the State
Schoolmasters' Club which met last
week at Ypsilanti.
Mrs. Jane johnson, of Shiawassee
township, has sued her son, Robert
johnson in Justice Walsh's court for
$500. She claims that sum is due for
farm rental The case has been adj
journed.
Miss Patty Faughner died recently at
the Cheshire Agricultural School, Lon
don, England, where she has been
matron for three years. Miss 'Faugh-
ner was the daughter of M. B. Faughner
of Detroit, and about fifteen years ago
resided in Owosso.
Payne 81 Graham have received a
checkfor IS from the Implement Age for
a full page ad which was submitted in
the Dealers contest. The Age considers
the ad IAN excellent specimen of well
written, convincing adj" 1t was set in
THE TIMES Office.
Robert Campbell of West Owosso, will
soon begin the manufacturer of cement
blocks for buildings, having purchased
the necessary machinery Kebler Bros.
will experiment along this line having
arranged to build two story cement
houses which they will rent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Sleight, of
Laingsburg, returned last week from
Montevideo, South America. They had
been there about two years, Mr.. Sleight
acting as teacher in Methodist school.
Mrs. Sleight is daughter of Rev. G..
G. Squires, formerly of this city.
Viola, two months old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Ward, died, I'M
known to her parents some time Friday
night of hamilton. Mr.. and Mrs. Ward
found her dead when they tawoke. In
terment took place Monday afternoon,
after funeral services by Rev. J. p.
Warner.
Mary, wife of Fred Alchin, died at the
home of her son-in-law, F. G. Brooks,
on Dewey street, Sunday. She was
about 81 years of age, and death was
due to a general breakdown. She had
been married to her husband, who sur
wives her for forty years. Interment
took place at Ovid.
A quarterly meeting will be held at
the Corunna Free Methodist church
commencing tonight and continuing
Saturday and Sunday. Rev. F. j. Cal
kins, district elder, will conduct the
same. In consequence of this meeting
all appointments at the Owosso church