The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-04-25

the city Wednesday.
All sprinkling petitions must be be.
fore the common council before May 49,
Mrs. A. H. Dumond has been APP
pointed Deputy City Clerk for another
year.
A. w. Soper has purchased of the
Owosso Quitting Co., Washington
street south.
Postmaster Dewey acknowledges the
receipt through the mail of dollar
bill with note attached, conscience
fund; to postmaster" The amount has
been credited to Uncle Sans account
Engineer T. J. Tubbs, who recently
lost foot as the result of an accident,
hopes to return home Saturday from
the hospital in Ann Arbor.
Miss Cornelia NATION succeeds Miss
Frieda Mueller in the offices of the
/ Union Telephone Co. Miss Mueller
will leave soon to join her parents at
their home in The Dalles, Oregon.
Albert Colburn. aged So, was found
drowned in well Monday on the farm
OF his brother, r. Colburn, in Conway
township, Ingham county. He was
resident of Morrice and has been in
poor heal tn.
Attorney Van r. Pond will occupy
| the w. G. Cadwallader residence on
Adams street within few days. Mrs.
Pond and two children are visiting in
Chesaning, while the older son has
entered the high school.
The fire department was called out
Tuesday afternoon by a fire in the roof
of the residence of j. X. Lackey, Dewey
street, and Wednesday afternoon by a
blaze in pile of lumber in the rear of
the Osborn dry cleaning works.
Ladies, have you seen those new low
heel tan and dull leather pumps, in our
show windows2 We have your size
now. Better bring So. so when you come
to look at them, as we are quite sure
you will want pair. Thome & Fris
bic. Ady
Miss Helen Gibson, who has been
sick for nearly three weeks but who
was considered on the road to recovery,
suffered relapse on Friday and her
condition was considered critical for
several days, She is now somewhat
better and it is hoped no further COM
plications will follow
Rev. A. Il. Skeels, pastor in the
church at Olivet, delivered two excel
lent sermons at the Congregational
church Sunday. Rev. Skeels has a
analytical mind, and his exposition of
the scriptures is clear and comprehen-
sive. Kew. G. H. Hanks occupied the
pulpit of the Olivet church in exchange
Peter Brink, Detroit butcher. Wis
tied his parents in Caledonia town ship,
Sunday, ;and as result of the visit
father and son got drunk and the son
slashed his mother with knife. Both
were arrested, the father paying S. fine
and costs and the son going to Jail for
30 days or until he can raise, $15.
Judge Miner in the circuit court has
rendered decision that the paving tax
on North Washington street is invalid,
but Mrs Lee Woodland who began the
suit announces that the tax will be
paid as the property is receiving
benefit as does all other property on the
street.
A recent bulletin issued by the State
dairy and food department shows that
the Oakley Butter Co. is making 60, 600
pounds of butter yearly and that an
inspection shows everything about the
institution to be in first class shape, it
being the only creamery inspected
where the sanitary conditions were
pronounced fine" w. j. Denton is
the proprietor. The Eckenberg cream
cry at Elsie is reported as purchasing
7,496, 2l7 pounds of milk.
Rev. f. L. Church, former pastor of
the Baptist church in this city, and for
the past two aud half years pastor of
the Michigan Ave. church at saginaw,
has been rendered call to the Baptist
church at Brighton, Pa, aud will prob
ably accept the same. OF his work in
Saginaw the Courier Herald says: "All
of the members OF the church and con-
gregation were greatly surprised, at his
announcement Sunday evening and a
strong effort will be made to have Mr..
Church remain. The bene6cences of
the church have increased 80 per cent
since he has been pastor and all depart.
ments of the church have shown rela.
lively satisfactory increase. More male
than female members have been receiy-
ed into the church during his passionate,
fact which rarely occurs. Many OF
the members of the church have asked
Mr.. Church to reconsider his action
and 1t Is possible that should the con-
gregation vote unanimously he could
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