The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-06-12

Neb., for an indefinite stay.
It's good time to cut the weeds in
the street about your premises.
Fred Wise has gone to Chicago to
spend the summer with an uncle
Mrs. E. A. Merry of Apopka, Fla, is
visiting at Merle Shepard's, Owosso
township.
Mrs. s. R. Smith and granddaughter,
are visiting at Benjamin Smiths North
Ball street.
The Odd Fellows of Michigan report
an increase of 5000 in membership
during the past year.
The Dorcas society will serve Is
cent supper in the First Methodist
church Saturday evening.
Mrs. J. G. Corcoran returned Monday
from visit with her daughter, Mrs.
Guy Peterson, at Haslett.
Judge M. Bush is acting as president
of the Corunna school board during the
illness of Frank E. WEIGH.
Fred Heise, o.. F. Helm and G. F.
Schultz attended the Arbeiter Conven-
ton in Saginaw, this week.
Residents of the district have petit
toned the council to open Ward street
south to the sugar beet factory.
Mesdames w. D. Burke, E. J. Titus,
A. c. Mason, Samuel Beelby and
George Clark are attending the Ladies
of the Maccabees convention at Toledo,
Ohio.
Mrs. R. D. Kimball and children left
Wednesday for Manistique with Mrs.
G. D. Ames, who has been their guest
for some time.
B. E. Smith took part in the golf
contest at the Country Club in Sagi-
nav, Saturday, and won one of the
prizes offered.
Comstock Greek drain will be cleaned
out from the river to the city limits
under direction of the street commits
sioner at cost of $1S451.
Mrs. II. AFFORD, Misses Kittie and
Julia AFFORD, Mrs. Kate AFFORD and
Mrs Chas. Lahman were in Flint to
attend wedding, Wednesday.
Harry Trip will return home this
week to remain until September having
a contract with the Salisbury Family
Concert company for next season.
!. Merely, Corunna avenue, has &C.
cepted position as blacksmith depart
mrnt foreman in one of the Flint
carriage factories and will move there.
The malpractice case tried before
Judge Miner at Mason last week re-
suited in verdict of $500 for Thos.
Farrell against DR.. H. A. Haze of
Lansing.
Mr., and Mrs. J. H. Robbins and
children and Mrs Jos. Priest left for
Beulah, Thursday, where they will
spend the summer, occupying the Chas.
Lawrence cottage.
The council paid the Memorial dav
expenses Monday night, the bills
amounting to $64.66, the bills having
been ,heldNone week because the original
estimate of the cost wasebut $50.
. Roland R. Hart and G. o. Loring
have purchased the property at the
southwest corner of Oliver and Ball
streets from A. Lee Williams and will
erect homes thereon, Mr.. Hart building
on the corner and Mr.. Loring on the
west part of the lot.
An ordinance will probably be passed
by the council in the near future to
compel drivers of drays, transfer
wagons and buses to drive up to the
curb and stand sideways instead of
backing up with the horses and rigs
covering about half of the street. A
resolution of the council passed last
summer failed to accomplish the de-
sired end and as the practice is danger.
Gus more efficacious method to
prevent it will be used.
A brick thrown by Will Cook at
Merle Valentine hit Louis Cole in the
forehead while the Boys were playing
near the Mulberry street bridge
Wednesday AFTERNOON. The blow
knocked Cole into the river and when
he was pulled near shore slipped into
the deep water again and was saved
from drowning with difficulty. He
was taken to the home of Fred Valen-
tine and will probably not suffer
permanently from the effects of the
accident.
Stewart Harper is under arrest in
Corunna charged with assault on
10 year old son of Harry Bell, it being
claimed that he hit the boy with
brick because he would not leave the
school grounds. The brick hit the boy
in the head knocking him over and in
iuring his hip. Harper threatened to
assault Mr.. Bell in the same manner
and finally Officer Gulick found 1t
necessary to knock Harper down before