The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-01-15

Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Bristol of Benzo-
mia, are visiting friends in the city to-
day.
Fred Osburn accompanied A. M.
Bentley to Lansing, Monday, and at
tended the sessions of the presidential
electors.
Fred Good was fined S., Saturday,
for leaving his home in this city after it
had been quarantined for diphtheria
and going to Oakley.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Williams left
for their home in Newark, N. j., on
Monday, after visit of some days with
relatives in this city.
E. G. Mckee of st. Johns, brother
OF Mrs. q. l.. Osborn of this city, has
removed to Arkansas, where he recent
lyspurchased $50 acres of rice land.
Owosso lodge No. SO I. o. o. F. and
Star of Hope Rebekah lodge, visited the
lodges at st. Johns last evening and
each conferred degree work.
Ira Nixon has returned to his home in
Flint after being here to see his father,
c. Nixon, who fell recently from lad.
der and was severely injured.
Ira L. Pate of Stanton, was arrested
in this city the first of the week on a
charge of DESERVING his wife. He will
be tried in Montcalm county.
Judge and Mrs. A. A. Harper of
Corunna, left last week for three
months trip in the southwestern and
western part of the United States.
Henry Stieba and Mary Hogda were
married in the County Clerks office
Saturday morning by R. Mcbride, jus
tice. They are recently from Austria.
Services in recognition of the late DR..
w. S. Ament will be held in the Con-
gregational church Sunday evening
Rev. G. H. Hanks, s. F.. Parkill and J.
G.. Shattuck will speak.
The Kay Congregational church
building at Shaftsburg, erected to take
the place of one destroyed by fire some
time ago was dedicated on the third.
The building is entirely paid for.
Charles Farmer over thirty years an
active business man in Ovid, and for
several years past travelling salesman,
died at Grand Rapids on the eth, aged
nearly IS years. Funeral services were
held at Ovid, Monday
The dates for the State fair this year
will be Sept . to 10 inclusive. The
association netted S4S,O from last
years fair and is in very prosperous
condition with property valued at near
ly a half million dollars.
James A, Bassett, for many years the
representative of Detroit drug house
and regular caller on the dealers in
this city, died at his home in Ypsilanti,
Monday, aged 81 years. He was I'M
married and had no immediate family.
Mayor Burke recommended to the
council, Monday evening, that the city
erect building for keeping city prop
erty such as lanterns, shovels, wheel
barrows, iron, etc, and Aid Rundell
Will make a report on the matter after
consulting with the superintendent of
public works and street commissioner.
The terms made by the Bitter Root
Valley Irrigation Co. for its lands near
Hamilton, Montana, are unusually liber-
al and should attract the attention of
those desiring to buy. Equally attrac-
tive is the display of apples sent to R.
D. Crawford, local agent, State Bank
building.
The stock farm of Trowbridge Bros.
last week sold to Charles B. Simonson,
of Bancroft, fine black mare, by
Peeler dam by Spartacus. She is full
sister to Dainty Queen, 2:12t and Ma
jor Peeler, 2:1S3 and promises to be as
good as either one of them, as she has
good looks, good manners and lots of
speed The Birmingham Eccentric.
Shiawassee county will be entitled to
sixteen delegates to the Republican
state convention at Grand Rapids, Feb
~, one for each $50 votes or moiety
of 1876 cast at the last election for the
Republican candidate for secretary of
state. One additional vote would have
given Shiawassee county an additional
delegate, the number cast being 4,125.