The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-10-15


Mrs. J. 1. Mellick is visiting relatives
at Goodrich.
Mrs. A. l.. Nichols and daught or
Frances, spent Sunday in Vernon.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Simmons are
visiting relatives at Constantine.
P. p. McGinty and family returned
today from visit with relatives in De
troit
Mrs. G. W. Loring, who has beer
very sick for two weeks, is somewhat
better.
Mr. and Mrs G.. E. Blair and chill
dren are visiting friends in Livingston
county.
G. w. Loring returned to his work in
the Office of the secretary of state at
Lansing, Tuesday.
Mrs. G. e. Stafford of Detroit, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Haupt of Owosso township.
Rev. J. G. Gibson of Edmore, has
accepted call to the passionate of the
Congregational church at Durand.
Judge c. H. Wisner, Attorney Bishop
and a party of friends came over from
Flint in their automobiles Sunday and
called on few friends.
VIM. G. Morfort of Owosso, was in
town over Sunday and completed the
sale of his residence property on Grant
street to j, Agar.-Caro Advertiser.
Rev. Chester Wood, of Lansing, will
officiate at Christ Episcopal church
Sunday at 10 o'clock, a. m, standard
time. All members and friends are ex-
pected.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Burnard, who have
been guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Brooks, Adams street, left
Monday for their home at Chagrin
Falls, Ohio.
Marshal Geo. Smith and d. D. Car
rier arrested gang of five who were in
fighting drunk condition at Durand,
Monday, and they will undoubtedly get
stiff sentences for their assault on the
officer.
Rev. Q. M. Keene and Guy Lille
have been in Pittsburg, Pa, this week
to attend the great centennial conven-
ton of the Church of Christ. Delegates
were present in thousands from all
parts of the world.
A small barn on the farm of Geo. w.
and II. Cook in Bennington burned
Sunday evening, the cause being I'M
known, but may have been from a
tramp's pipe A small amount of hay
was lost but no stock or tools.
The worlds championship ball games
are at least profitable from the view
point of the players. Each member of
the winning team will receive some
thing over nineteen hundred dollars and
the losing team twelve hundred.
The storm Sunday did lot of dam
age in Shiawassee county. A roof was
blown from a barn on the Geo. Nc
Kenzie farm in Middlebury, several
small out buildings were blown down
and corn shocks scattered around.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Sargant, former.
ly of Owosso leave Muskegon next week
for Corpus Christi to live on large
farm there. Mrs. Sargant visited her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lahman
last week and is guest of her brother
in Saginaw this week.
Fred l.. Eldridge, of Breckenridge,
former village clerk of Durand, greeted
friends here over Sunday. Mr.. Eldridge
is prospecting in the creamery business,
and he has forgotten that he made the
run for nomination to the Office of coun-
ty clerk year ago -Durand Express
Benjamin Smith, who has been the
efficient bookkeeper for the Owosso
Carriage e. Sleigh Co., of this city for
several years, left Monday for Detroit
where with Frank Mcnamara they will
open their auto top and trimmings
factory at the corner of Woodbridge
and Brush streets next week.
Through Attorney J. Fl. Collins Mrs.
Carrie HOLSTER has started an attach
ment suit for $1,000 against Frank
Knapp who rented her farm in Vernon
township and who she claims became in
debted to her in the sum of $3.50 aud is
placing chattel mortgages on what he
owns to prevent her collecting what is
due her.
Seventeen Ingham county and thir-
teen Livingston county farmers have
been arrested for watering milk sold to
condensing factories. 1t is said that
this is the beginning of a crusade by
the dairy and food department to stamp
out this practice in the state and that
other arrests Will soon follow
The Methodist Foreign Missionary
Society of the Flint district will meet
in the First M. E. church in Owosso
Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct, 10 and
90. The local committee will make an
effort to make the meetings highly in.
teresting. Among the speakers will be