The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-27
Local News.
Carl Dewey, resident piano tuner.

Local News.
Carl Dewey, resident piano tuner.
w. p. Cramer has an exhibit of
White Plymouth Rocks at the Saginaw
poultry show.
Rev. Theodore Hahn, of Ludington,
has accepted a call to the pastorate of
Salems Evangelical Lutheran church,
and will be here Feb. to take up his
work.
Company H will have its annual ball
and banquet on Monday evening, Jan.
80. The officers of the I'd battalion, Sd
Infantry, from Saginaw and Bay City,
will undoubtedly be present.
The Owosso City Band has engaged
Carl H. Dewey to serve as leader for
one year, and will ask business men to
make small monthly donation for the
payment of Mr. Dewey's salary.
A diamond ring fell from Roy Lewis
finger into the snow, near the corner of
Washington and Exchange street
Tuesday. 1t was recovered after two
hours sitting of snow by Mr.. Lewis.
Mrs. M. B. Gates, of Goodhue street
was one of the lucky guessers on the
United States Daily rebus contest. She
was No. so out of one hundred winners
and was awarded a handsome parlor
lamp.
John J. Mackey. Maple avenue, en-
tertained old friends Saturday evening,
Ann Arbor shop men with whom he
worked before going to Durand. They
presented him with gold handled, silk
umbrella
Odell Chapman was given surprise
party on Tuesday evening by ten
gentlemen friends, the occasion being
his birthday. He was presented with a
diamond set Elks ring. Mrs. Chapman
served banquet.
The Union Chapel, temporarily used
as school by Misses Parker and
Gooding's classes of the Bryant, was
filled with sparks and smoke, Wednes
day, frightening the children consider
ably. The trouble was caused by i'm
proper draught in the chimney.
The residence of Charles Fillinger,
corner Stewart and south Washington
street, caught fire at $3.50 Wednesday
morning from defective chimney, and
was damaged about $500 worth. The
house is insured for $1,000 in McKenzies
agency, the furniture for $500 in
Kinnes agency.
List of letters advertised at the Owos-
so postoffice for week ending Jan. 81,
1905; Miss Fern Babcock, Miss Carrie
Cheirs, Miss Ellen Coleman, Edward
Davidson, Mrs. Alice Doty, L. E. Elliott,
Mrs. Nancy Gleason (Foreign), Mrs.
Tillie Huffman, r. e. Kimble, Mrs.
John Murphy, Miss Lena Peck, Miss
Ida L. Quinn (Foreign), Ed. Rodgers.
E. r. Rogers, Mrs. Edith Russell, Mrs.
j. 7. Wagner.
The rural mail carriers had hard
time making their trips Wednesday and
Thursday, the roads, particularly the
east and west ones, were badly drifted.
In some cases the carriers We're COM
PEELED to wade in snow to their waists
and lead their horse in order to get
through at all. In most cases the routes
were completely served, although the
carriers would have been justified in re-
turning to the postoffice as no effort had
been made by patrons to break the road
as required by the postal regulations.
In some cases the farmers had the roads
cleaned in good shape on Thursday.
A special meeting of the Union school
district will be held at the armory
Thursday evening, for the purpose of
bonding the district for $4,000 to re-
build the Bryant school The matter
of amending section SO, that an cleo
ton of trustees may be held in the af-
ternoon and evening of the day of the
annual meeting will also be acted upon.
Under this plan the polls would be open
four or five hours and every legal voter
would have ample opportunity to cast
his vote. The last annual meeting de-
cided to have this change made and no
backward step should be taken at the
meeting next week.