The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-10-27

Mr.. and Mrs. e. J. Doerr and George
Hilberg were guests at G. A. Lawrences
Sunday.
Judge and Mrs. Hugh McCurdy en-
tertained company of twenty Owosso
people at dinner Friday. Eight courses
were served, after which the time I'M
til the last car was spent at military
euchre.
Old peoples day was observed at the
First M. e. church Sunday, Rev. Leon
ard preaching a sermon on eve all do
fade as leaf" Old and familiar hymns
were sung and half a hundred old peo-
pie who are unable to attend often were
present. All enjoyed the service.
Charles H. Whittum, of the tax in
heritance department of the Auditor
Generals Department, was in Corunna
Monday looking up matters in which
the state Is interested. One result will
be the payment of tax of 81, 432 by
the heirs of the late Clinton Wilcox, of
Perry township.
In order to avoid any interference
with the operation of the factory, the
Owosso Sugar Company find it necessary
to announce that no visitors will be al
lowed in the factory before Nov. 1st
and then only on Wednesdays and Sun
day afternoons. Passes must be Sc
cured in advance.
Robert Gale, Calvin Bentley, Andrew
Green, Charles butcher, James Osburn
Jr., Thomas Bowling and f. D. Cola
mer were in Ann Arbor to see the U. of
M, Nebraska foot ball game last Satur-
day. 1t was good game, no score be-
ing made the first half. The U. of M.
rolled up 81 points in the last half.
Governor LaFollette, of Wisconsin,
who opens the Owosso lecture course,
has been in Michigan this week and has
reused his audiences to the highest
pitch of enthusiasm and they were I'M
willing to let him stop even tho he had
talked over two hours. No one inter-
ested in good government should fail to
hear him.
Mrs. G. M. Gibbons and Clarence
Darling who have been visiting Mrs. G.
w. Rindge and family returned to De-
troit Tuesday. Alfred Rindge accom-
panied them and will probably work in
barbor shop in Detroit. Since the
breaking up of the Wesener orchestra
he has not found much work in musical
lines, and will join Detroit orchestra
Attention is directed to the ad of the
Country Gentleman published in this
issue. Besides being easily the leading
agricultural paper of the country it
gives weekly large amount of reading
of real value to any member of the
family. The paper was established in
1881 and seems to grow better with age.
We furnish it and THE TINES one
year for 50.
Following is list of advertised let.
tiers in the Owosso postoffice for the
week ending Oct 81, 1905: Mrs. Carrie
Bradley, Edward Calkins, George
Campbell, A. H. Day, Agoston Dorko,
Thomas Erwin, G. A. Fiene, Alfred
Geeck, Rube Lampson, DR.. G. r. Lucas,
Alanson Palmer, Mrs. Nellie Sackner,
j. H. Sprinkle, w. R. Weisenberg, Mrs.
|. Wells.
Arthur Hickman one of the court
house contractors gave Herbert Bourne,
of Bedford, Ind, boss stone cutter, a
beating the other day after a quarrel.
Bourne was also locked up but released
later in the day. 1t was claimed that
Bourne had been drinking and forced
Hickman into fight the trouble being
about money due Bourne from sub
contractor Pickles. who left lot of
debts which the Rickmans were held re-
sponsible for.
A boy was found curled up back of
the pilot on engine 40 when the train it
was pulling reached Shepard Fri
day night He gave the name of Harry
Dunham fifteen years old and claimed
Alma as his home. He also claimed
that he was crossing the track and was
thrown by the pilot back onto the
engine. This was not believed until it
was found that his back had been in
jured quite severely. He was taken to
his uncle's home in Shepard.
Died, Thursday, at the home of his
son, George, on East Main street, Will
liam III. Charlton, aged ninety years
He was one of the oldest men in the
county and has resided in Owosso near
ly forty years, coming here from
LAssumption, Canada. when Owosso
was a village in the woods. He was
for many years known to residents as
the town timer, but has not worked
for several years. The funeral occurred
Tuesday morning, Rev. G. H. Hanks
officiating He had no near relatives
except his son George