The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-06-19

Chesanlng Will nave nome cohire
celebration August 20.
W. A. Woodland was in Chicago on
business part of the week.
R. T. F. Dodds has returned from a
two months trip in Idaho.
Walter Upham has been at Olivet to
visit his daughter part of the week.
Corunna high school base ball team
defeated Fl ushing Saturday, . to A.
Julia Ball has been granted divorce
from VIM Ball on the ground of deser-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Shumaker and
children are spending the week IN
Detroit.
The st. Charles Independent team
defeated the Owosso City team Sunday
by score of 6 to /.
Charles Bradley,5O years of age, of
Vernon, was drowned in the river at
Shiawasseetown, Thursday.
Mrs. E. Jewell and Mrs. Geo. Wood,
of Greenville, were guests at B. G.
Miller's the first of the week.
Mr., and Mrs. J. T. Walsh and Mrs.
Dean Shoulders are in Detroit to attend
the wedding of Miss Irma Tuttle.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Pardee and Har-
Ian Appleton have gone to Platte Lakes
Huron county, to spend the summer.
John w Shotwell and Miss Emma
Meissner both of this city, were married
by Rey. G. H. Hanks, Thursday morn
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. c. Day, of Six Mile
Creek, are visiting in Carson City
Greenville and Lakeview this and next
week.
The ST. Johns high school team
again defeated Owosso high school
Saturday at Dewey park, by score of
to 1.
Owosso Eagles to the number of fifty
went to the State convention at Sagi-
nav Tuesday, accompanied by the D.
L. l. band.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Strahler entertain.
ed Wednesday evening in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. R. F. T, Dodds and children,
who will soon move to Idaho.
L. N. Bissonette of Vernon township,
was injured by girder falling on his
leg, breaking it, Saturday while work
ing on bridge on East Main street.
The Owosso Driving Club will give
a matinee at the park Saturday after
noon at 30 Three purses of S25 each,
trotting and pacing and running race
will be given.
Mrs. Walter Irwin has begun pro-
ceedings to secure the custody of her
son, who was adopted by Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram Lamphere, of Garland, claiming
the child is neglected by them.
E. G. Flickinger, of Cripple Creek,
Colo, has been guest this week of
his brother, w. B. Flickinger. The
former was resident of Owosso
twenty years ago.
'Spic" for 1908 has been issued by
the class of 1908 and is now for sale at
various places in the city. The edition
is we'll edited and contains some good
cuts of faculty, pupils and buildings.
w. L. Parker, F. H. Watson, G. L.
Taylor, Z. N. Thome, W. o. Phillips,
w. +, Cunningham and l. e. Curry
were in Lansing Tuesday to present the
matter of amalgamating the American
Equity Association with some other
insurance organization.
Arthur Thompson, who is employed
at Pearce's store, and Miss Maud Snow
of Chesaning and Edward Townsend,
who works for the Union Transfer Co.,
and Miss Alice Thayer of Chesaning,
were married Wednesday in Saginaw,
and returned to Owosso to reside.
Charles J. Seeley, publisher of the
Owosso Souvenir who left his family
at Bedding and failed to provide for
them last winter, has been arrested at
Hooker, Okla, and will be broughtlto
Ionia for hearing. He is also said to
have left large number of unpaid
bills in Michigan when he departed.
Bowling alleys must pay license of
$5 per year to do business in Owosso,
an ordinance TO that effect being passed
by the council Monday. They must
close up at 10 o'clock except Saturday
and Monday evenings when they can
be kept open until II o'clock p. m. An
other ordinance regulates the driving of
omnibuses, hacks, drays, etc., and the
way they can be left standing on the
streets. The ordinances in full appear
in another column.
The city attorney has been instructed
to draw up suitable franchise for the
Shiawassee Light and Power Co. to do
business in Owosso, the council wishing
to give the company the right to do
business under restrictions that will