The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-10-08

spent part of the week in Detroit.
Mrs. F. p. Smith of Carson City,
visited In the city the first of the week.
The Ithaca and Owosso high school
foot ball teams will play in this city
Saturday afternoon.
A. B. Freeman of Durand. drove to
the city yesterday with q party Of
ladies in his new automobile.
Mrs. Herbert Hawcroft is spending
the week with her brother in Mason.
Mr.. Hawcroft was there over Sunday.
The Dorcas Home children were the
guests of the Owosso Theatre Saturday
afternoon at performance of "Ten
Nights in Barroom."
p. p. McGinty was in Saginaw.
Thursday, to consult with Postmaster
Linton relative to repairs on the feder-
al building in that city.
DR.. and Mrs. j. o. Parker, Mrs. L. E.
| Woodland. Mrs. j. G. Osburn, Mrs.
Clara Christian and Mrs. Lee Woodland
were Detroit visitors this week
Martin McNarly of Durand, and
Harry Davis of Flint, were brought to
the county Jail, Monday, to serve time
for drunkenness at Durand.
The management of the Ann Arbor
railroad has announced that hereafter
no liquor of any kind will be sold on it's
cafe cars in local option counties.
Mrs. Maggie Sherman has begun suit
for IS, 900 damages against Mrs. Jennie
Rust claiming the latter has made
statements which reflect on her charac-
ter. Both live in the south part of the
| city.
Owosso high school foot iball team
was defeated by Alma Friday at Alma
by 80 to score The team appeared
better however, than it did the week be.
fore and hopes to even up things on the
return games.
Don Brown, ID years old, who had
been living with his guardian, Arthur
Peacock in Corunna, disappeared last
week, but was found Saturday at the
home of an aunt in Ionia and will not
be brought back.
Otto Koerners wife of Owosso, is
suing him for divorce. In addition
Mrs. Ralph Wrigglesworth has prefer
red charge of assault and battery
against him and he will haye hearing
Oct. IA, the claim being that the as
sault was committed last June.
Rev. and Mrs Frank S. Lyon, who
have been visiting relatives in Benning-
ton township and this city for some
leave today for Bryan, Ohio making
the trip via automobile. They will
soon leave for Daytona, Florida, to
spend the winter.
Four sisters, Mrs. J. S. Dougherty,
Mrs. J. F. Boes and Mrs. VIM. Gracey
of Bay City, and Mrs. w. A. Brown of
Alpena, were guests, Sunday, of fifth
sister, Mrs. Fred Hanscom, of this city,
it being the first reunion for many
years
Congressman Joseph w. Fordney
was at his Office short time yesterday
morning, this being the first time he
had been downtown since the operation
he submitted to more than two weeks
ago. He hopes in a few days to be able
to attend to business-Saginaw Courier
Herald.
Rev. Harry Richardson, who had
charge of the Emmanuel church on the
west side in this city for some time,
has accepted an assistant pastorate of a
church in Massachusetts, and Mrs.
Richardson has been in the city this
week packing and shipping their house.
hold goods. Their many friends wish
them success.
Hay is bringing from ten to eleven
dollars ton which price is higher than
it has been for several months. Shia-
wassee county farmers will get good
big money from their hay crops this
year, the hay being unusually good.
Very little grading is required the hay
all running to number one and two
timothy and closer.
Because of the fact that certain sam
pies have not been approved by the
supervising architects Office at Wash
ington, all work on the post Office build.
ing is at a stand-still and there seems
to be little prospect of much being
done in the immediate future. A. W.
Hickman was in the city Yesterday and
arranged to clean up the streets about
the premises, especially Park so that
some needed grading can be done tc
allow the water to run off
A sad incident of the recent Metho
dist conference in Grand Rapids was
the inability to attend of Rey. r. G.
Crawford. for many years a resident Of
this county. He is more than ninety
years of age and was so feeble that hi
could not leave his home. 1t was tn,