The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-09-17

on legal business, Wednesday.
Frederick Gould, Max Harryman and
Ben Essig will enter the M. A. G. next
week.
Miss E. Grace Dewey left at noon to.
day for the east to be absent several
months.
Mrs. Julia STARTS has sent the W. &.
T. U. a gift of ten dollars to further its
work.
Robert Gale left for Flint, Monday,
where he has a position with the West.
on Mott Co.
The West Haven Farmers club will
be entertained tomorrow at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Jones,
r. A. Lord and family spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bower on their
farm near Lennon.
With the thermometer playing around
90 to "a straw hats have been quite
acceptable during the week.
Rollin Morgan is taking the place of
Guy Lille at the store of C. NJ. Miller
while he is away on his vacation
o. F. Maxted will represent the local
BARRIERS union at the meeting of ma
tional union to be held in Milwaukee
next month.
/ Victor Holmes, who assisted at the
drug store of W. E. Collins during his
absence in the west, returned to Yer
non, Saturday.
Born, to DR.. and Mrs. L. A. Brown
of Lexington, KY, son on the 10th.
Mrs. Brown will be remembered as
Miss Vera tombstone.
The annual inspection of the Woman's
Relief Corps will be made Wednesday
afternoon, Sept. %, by Mrs. Abbie H.
Hall of Saginaw.
Mrs. A. d. Glasscock, who has been
visiting her mother, Mrs. Fl. B. Peter
son, left Tuesday morning for her home
at Charlotte, North Carolina.
Mrs. Ellen E. Sutton and daughter,
Mrs. Geo. Swarthout, returned to the
city Tuesday evening from a visit with
relatives in New York state.
An Offering amounting to $132 was
taken at the First M. E. church Sunday
morning to go into the fund for the
support of superannuated ministers.
E. P. Gilbert left Wednesday morn
ing for Van, Oregon, to spend several
months on a large ranch near that
place over which his son-in- law is FORE
man.
Rev. and Mrs. Frank s. Lyon who
have been visiting the latter's sister,
Mrs @. S. Ensminger in Bennington
township, left Thursday morning for
GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
The Grand Trunk railway is making
a number of improvements at Durand,
including the erection of concrete
store building 2SxS5 feet and the con-
struction of six sldetracks.
Stanley E. Parkill returned to the
city this morning from Colorado with
the ashes of his mother, which were
taken directly to Oakhill cemetery for
interment. Rev. G. H. Hanks conduct
ed brief services.
W. H. Wonderful, formerly of this
city, has engaged in business in Lans-
ing under the firm name of Wonderful
g. Co. They will do wholesale bust
ness in butter, eggs, cheese and poultry.
Fred W. Lawrence left Thursday for
Red Bank, N. j.. to visit Rev. w. B.
Matteson and family. He was accom-
panied by his sister, Miss Emma, who
will visit the family of Rev. J. A.
Clyde at Yonkers, N. Y.
The Detroit Journal states that Calk.
ms & Augusbury, of Byron, sold the
Hackney stallion Evergreen, a first
prize winner at the state fair, to John
Endicott of Detroit for $4,000. The
horse will be sent to Mr.. Endicott's
farm in Alabama.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
signed the order raising the fee on reg
istered mail matter from eight to ten
cents, the same to go into effect Nov.
LIST. The maximum idemnity. allowed
for the loss of registered article is in
creased from $25 to $50.
Mrs. j. Edwin Ellis entertained
company of friends Saturday evening
in honor of her sister, Miss Jean Frid,
who is en- route to her home at Hamil-
ton, Ont. after a three months trip to
California and the Canadian northwest.
Miss Frid will leave for home next
week.
Charles Fairfield died Oh Saturday at
the home of Dean Shoulders, Ball street,
where he boarded He had been in
poor health for long time but his
death came very unexpectedly. Sur
viving are two daughters, one residing
in Fargo, North Dakota, the other at
Kingston, Ont. Deceased was 90 years
of age. Funeral services werelconduct.
ed Tuesday morning by Rev. q. W.
Jennings.