The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-12-20

Miss Helen Wheelock, Of St. Johns
spent Wednesday in the city.
son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. C.
F. Pate. East Exchange street Sun
day morning.
Olive, daughter of Rev and Mrs,
Woodhouse, formerly of Corunna,
died at their home in Berkville, Va,
recently.
George Herrick. of Durand, well
known breeder of Black Orpingtons
won number of cash prizes and a
silver cup in the Jackson poultry
show.
The owners of threshing outfits
perfected state organization at
Lansing on the 18th VIM. Kohl
meyer, of Henderson, was elected
president.
Miles John Kenney, of Owosso
and Mrs. Sarah Merritt, of Flint
were married Wednesday in the
| county Clerks Office at Corunna by
Justice Robert Mcbride.
Floyd Willis, Hugh M. Nichols, Jr.,
and Paul Nickels, tire ,Corunna boys
are with the U. S. fleet which left
Hampton Roads, Monday, for the Pa
cific coast. 1t will be great event
in the lives of the boys.
Invitations are out for the wedding
of Erna l.. Kerkel to Raymond r.
Ferris, and Frieda M. Landgraf to
James B. Kennedy, January L, 1908
at 2 D. M, at the residence of Gus
tav l.. Kerkel, $40 Mulberry street.
DR.. J. S. Blair, of st. Petersburg,
Fla, formerly of Owosso, writes an
Owosso friend that he and his little
daughter have recovered from a SER
ious illness. DR.. Blair is still ten
pounds below his normal weight,
however.
All street car passes now held in
this city and elsewhere throughout
the state will be useless after jan
uary 1. A law goes into effect the
first of the year making the giving
of passes on electric lines absolutely
illegal.
The annual banquet and business
meeting of the Baptist church was
held Tuesday evening at the church,
and proved a very enjoyable occa-
sion. There was a list of toasts,
Charles e. Rigley acting as toast
master.
About 100000 worth of sugar is
stored in the warehouse at the su-
gar factory, and despite repeated at
tempts at repair, the roof continues
to leak. H. M. Post has put gang
of men on the roof in an endeavor to
remedy the trouble.
A number of Corunna boys have
organized a club and named it the
"Fordney Club" after Congressman
Fordney, and he was so pleased that
he sent them a substantial check for
their treasury. And now "Fordney
Clubs" are springing up all over his
district.-Holly Herald.
Andrew Simmington, who stole a
chicken and duck belonging to John
Simerson in a local saloon, Nov. 80,
and promptly disappeared was back
in town Tuesday for the first time
officer Brown arrested him and JUS
tice McCaughna sent Simmington to
the works at Detroit for 65 days.
Jay Rogers, of Middletown, was
arrested the last Of the week on
charge of stealing a swarm Of bees
from Charles w. Miller, of Shiawas-
seetown. Later, after Prosecutor
Hicks had talked with Rogers he
was discharged, and Miller was ad-
vised to start replevin action If he
thought he had case.
Jay Smith, of the sugar factory,
struck William Schautz in the face
at the Welzmiller saloon, Tuesday,
or so Schautz alleges, and Smith was
sentenced to 65 days in the Detroit
House of Correction. His attorney
has appealed, and will also sue Welz-
millers bondsmen, he claims, for al
lowing Smith to get drunk in the
place Smith is awaiting trial in
Genesee for highway robbery.
S. ID. Emery, who is conducting
poultry-buying business on East
Main street, will handle between
10000 and $4,000 pounds before
his work for the season is finished.
There are very few turkeys on the
market, Mr.. Emery finds. Dressed
geese to sell at eleven cents pound
and seven tons of them alone will be
shipped before the season is over.
Mr.. Emery deals with commission
merchants in Boston, Buffalo and
New York.
The Shiawassee Light e. Power Co.
as reference to this weeks council
meeting will show, is after fran
chise in the city of Owosso. The Co
runna concern offers to put in arc
lights at a rental of $50 per year,
whereas the city now pays $65.
The Shiawassee Co. recently bought
land and water rights at West Haven,
where fifteen foot head of water
can be secured on the Shiawassee,