The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-02-10

Miss Mabel Morgan has been sick a
few days.
The Veronica Trio appeared at Ovid
Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Aiken, R. F. D.
No. 1. welcomed son on Friday.
Wesener's orchestra will give con-
cert March 1, at the Baptist church.
Maliskey g. Ward will remodel the E.
L. Devereaux store for F. w. Pearce.
Cassie Baker, Mulberry street, enter
tanned friends Saturday, the occasion
being his twelfth birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Morrison, Owosso
township, entertained a sleighload of
Owosso friends Friday night.
The Four Great Stars Concert Co.
gave very pleasing concert at the
First M. E. church on Friday evening
w. D. Towards house at 62S Glen
wood. has been sold to A. w. Blair, of
Edmore, who will move his family here
March 1.
In game of indoor ball on Friday
evening at the armory, the city team
defeated the casket team by a score of
10 to II.
Misses Bernice Keller, Anna Dudley
Alice Rogers, of Owosso. are among
those who will attend the Junior hop at
Ann Arbor tonight.
After being in business here for 10
years, Mrs. George Sprinkle has sold
her millinery store to Misses Hattie
Hunt and Lena Martin.
Samuel Reese and Albert E. Sanborn,
who recently went to st. Johns from
this city, are under arrest at the form
er place for stealing oats.
The funeral of Mrs. George Seeley
occurred Saturday from her home at
Grand Rapids. Mrs Seeley was the
sister of J. S. Hunt, of Owosso.
Jay Matteson has received check
from the Book-Keeper Publishing Co.,
Detroit, for $1S7. He won first prize
last fall in the Book Keepers subscrip-
ton contest.
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Frank,
of Corunna, took place Monday from
ST. Pauls Catholic church, Owosso,
Rev. FIR p. J. Slane officiating. Mrs.
Frank leaves husband and two child
rem.
J. e. Smith, employed at Stevens
barber shop, feeds the many pigeons
which hutter about Exchange street.
He deals out liberal allowances of she'll
ca corn every morning, and the birds
La, 0 become very tame.
4 house on Henry street, owned by
ChIlles Allen, of Chicago, and occupied
by two families of Bohemians, was
burned to the ground on Saturday
morning. 1t was too far from the wat
er mains to be reached by hose.
George Mckenzie has moved onto his
new farm in Owosso township. Philip
Alcolnbrack, who lived mile west OF
town, has moved onto the Mckenzie
place, which he purchased, and Carl
Morrison has purchased the Alcombrack
farm.
A match race on Friday afternoon
between August Stephan's Little Mink,
L. w. Hubbell driver, and horse be-
longing to Charles Frederick, of Pema-
mo, J. @. Sowersby, of Ovid, driver,
was won by the Mink in three straight
heats.
A team belonging to Mr.. John Grill,
North Washington street, ran away
Friday night. Mrs Grill was thrown
from the sleigh and dragged some dis
lance but not severely injured. The
horses stopped at 1913 North Dewey
street, where Mr.. Grill formerly lived.
A wreck on the M. 9. r. r. at Fergu.
son Saturday morning, resulted in the
injury of Engineer Brown, of Jackson,
and the blocking of the track for sever
al hours. The southbound morning
passenger ran into the rear end of a
freight. The fog was the cause of the
collision.
William Farr, who was brought back
from Cadillac on charge of non-sup-
port of his wife and three children, has
promised to care for his family, and
was released by Justice Walsh on sus-
pended sentence. He must report to
the justice every ten days for two
months.
County Treasurer Northway recently
discovered draft, dated Feb. Is, 1868,
and drawn for 1862 by the Old Nation
al Bank of Whitehall, N. Y, on the
Fourth National, of New York. It was
sent by W. r. Hewitt, of Whitehall, to
pay taxes on so acres of land in Hazel.
ton, and had evidently been mislaid by
the man then treasurer, James Cummin.
The Fourth National has refused pay
ment, as the. Whitehall bank is no longer
in existence.