The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-09-29


Byron from Hazel Thompson.
w. F. Bush left Thursday afternoon
for Chicago to be gone week.
Lesion Arnold will enter the Univer-
sity Of Michigan this fall to begin work
in the literary department.
Announcement has been made that
the Grand Trunk road between Detroit
and Pontiac is to be double tracked
James Dingwall is slowly recovering
from his recent operation for append
citis and was able to ride down town
Tuesday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Wilbur of st.
Johns, spent Sunday at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Wilbur in
Owosso township.
Rev. G. w. Jennings of Mt. Clemens,
spent several hours in the city Tuesday.
He has been returned to the church at
Mt. Clemens for another year.
About 90 ladies of the W, R. G. took
their dinners and spent Tuesday with
Mrs. George Livingston, River street.
A pleasant afternoon was spent with
music and stories.
AS promised last week by T. w. At
wood, the work of reconstructing the
electric line between this city and Co.
runna was commenced Tuesday and
will be pushed as rapidly as possible.
Nut bearing trees of all kinds are
yielding well this year and as result
hickory nuts are plentiful in the local
market at reasonable price. A little
later on it is said walnuts and butter
nuts will be obtainable.
The council has awarded the Null
hall Erb Co. contract for 30 tons of
Pocahontas coal at 81 70. Mayor
Sprague suggested that next year the
coal be secured in the spring and this
will probably be done.
Miss Minnie Mccormick has been in
Ypsilanti aud Ann ArboI this week,
having accompanied Miss Margaret
Mccormick to Ypsilanti, where the
latter will enter the domestic science
department of the state normal.
The Howell M. E. church will cele.
brate its 10th anniversary on Sunday
next. Rev. q. B. Spencer of Kansas
City, formsr pastor of the church in
this city, is to preach at the morning
service and will be the guest of honor
at reception on Monday evening.
Alderman J. j. Mcdonald has started
on a three months trip through the
western states, intending to go to the
Pacific coast. He will look after bust
ness for the Western Dry Milk Co. as
well as doing sightseeing and have q
rest from several years of strenuous
work with the G. A. Conner Ice Cream
Company.
The outside work on the Stafford
Gardner building on Washington street
south is nearing completion and the
structure is decided improvement in
that part of the city. Contrary to re-
ports no portion or the building has
been rented and the three stores and
several we'll lighted and steam. heated
offices are offered at reasonable rents.
s. D. Emery, who arrived In the city
from Maine on Wednesday, says it is
understood that when the returns of
the recent election are finally corrected
from four towns that a majority of
several hundred will be shown against
the repeal of the prohibition clause in
the state constitution. The returns
originally made gave the vote of these
towns reversed.
The front of the building occupied
by the Bijou theatorium is being re-
modelled. What was formerly the door.
way will be made into ticket Office
with an open lobby at each side, the
plate glass windows having been re-
moved, thus making it more convenient
to enter or leave the building. A
stucco front will be put in to replace
the present inside partition.
The continued wet weather of the
past two weeks and especially the
heavy rain Wednesday morning have
made it almost impossible for farmers
to harvest their beans and the crop has
been very badly damaged. Fred WEIGH
of this city, who is well posted on the
crop in the county, says he does not
think half of the acreage has been taken
from the fields. He has purchased
some new beans of excellent quality at
81 80 per bushel.