The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-03-17

Miss Dora Cook, Prindle street, is
sick.
w. G. Cadwallader was in Detroit,
Tuesday.
Miss Bessie Bigelow is visiting her
brother, X. L. Bigelow, at Ann Arbor.
Mrs. w. d. Murray has been in Ann
Arbor this week with her son, John.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Beebe are moving
to their new home on North Washing
ton street
Miss Louise Haupt will act as trim
mer this season in Reed City mill
inery store.
Miss VIENNA Engelmann, of Ionia,
will be trimmer in Hunt & Martins
millinery store.
Charles Ching has gone to st. Louis,
Mo-, to bring home is brother Earl,
who is sick in the hospital there.
Jay Fuller, of Ovid. has purchased E.
J. Sheldon's house on Michigan Avenue,
and will erect meat market On the lot.
At the First M. E. church Sunday
evening, the choir was aided by chorus
Of young people, making 40 voices in all.
D. D. Rust, South Chapman street,
was surprised by so friends on Wednes-
day evening, the occasion of his 57th
birthday and presented with chair.
Supt. A. B. Freeman, of Durand,
was in the city Monday. He will not
be a candidate for reelection this
spring and Vernon township will lose
the services of an efficient officer.
Joseph Kelly, of Sandusky, O., a vet
eran and sharpshooter of Company G,
SD Michigan Infantry in 1898, has re-
ceived $40 back pension and $S per
month. He formerly resided here.
The Sarnia, Ont, Indoor base ball
team was defeated here Wednesday
evening by the City team, the score
standing to 6. On Thursday night
the West Side team beat the Canadians
7 to 5.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Terbush, Mr..
and Mrs. S. S. Miner and Mrs d. J.
Gerow and daughter returned on Tues
day from their southern trip, Edward
Carr remained a few days to visit
friends in Tennessee.
1t has been decided to postpone the
Chamber of Commerce banquet until
some date early in April. A number of
tickets have already been sold and a
good deal of interest is being manifested
in the plans for the banquet.
The following transfers of property
have been made this week: w. III. AK
ford, 715 Clinton street, to Bridget
Quinn, who takes possession April list;
Mrs. c. d. Brewer, 331 Ball street, to
Thos. Wilcox; Thos. Wilcox to Will
Priest, the latter to take possession
April 1st.
Shiawassee, Clinton, Genesee, and
Livingston County Medical StAeties
will have a meeting at Durand Thurs
day. May 4, and will hear papers by
well-known physicians. DR.. p. S.
Wilson, of Owosso, is chairman of the
committee on arrangements, and DR.. A.
M. Hume of this city city, will act as
toast master.
Prominent citizens of Owosso and
Corunna haye signed petition to the
legislature to have a juvenile court es-
tablished in all Michigan counties
where there are over So 900 inhabitants,
the probate judge to act as court
officer County Agent d F. Blafr Is
circulating the petition.
Advertised letters in the Owosso post
Office for the week ending Saturday
March II, E. Austin, Mrs j. n Austin
J. H. Berry, F. w. Budrow, A. III.
Davis, Henry Fickeman, Miss Norma
Clifford. Glenn Gray, F. V. Johnson,
Miss Lois Perry, Rudolf Pospisil
(Foreign), Lew Risden, Fred Reiber,
l. j. Sewell, Chas. Snyder Mrs. r.
Thayer, F. G. Tyler, Henry Williams,
Harry Winegarden.
An Ann Arbor dispatch says that for
some time past the Ann Arbor railroad
has been DESTROYS of dispensing with the
wooden bridge at the north end of their
long trestle work over the Huron river.
Some time ago the railroad started con-
demnation proceedings in order to re-
place the 270 feet of wooden bridge
with an embankment. The case is now
settled by the railroad company pur-
chasing the rights needed by paying
$500 to the City Ice Company, $500 to
the Agricultural Company and $1,000 to
the Michigan Milling Company. The
railroad company will put in row of
poles eight feet apart and surrounding
the embankment. this forming the
backing for the timber work which will
prevent the earth from washing into