The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-09-04

III traverse City.
l.. A. Sanderhoff was in Detroit on
business, Tuesday.
Mrs. 81. Wilkie is the guest of her
son, Rev. G. A. Wilkie, in Howell.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Hart and daugh.
ter, have gone to Muskegon to reside.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Reed wei.
coined a new son to their home on
Tuesday.
DR.. I. B. Scott and family will re-
turn Saturday from an outing at Boy
field: OPT:
Varrble Bop is serving so days in the
county Jail for stealing a bicycle from
j. Winegarden at Lennon.
DIR. G. Mccormick was chosen. chair
man and E. F. Wilson secretary of the
National progressive party county COM
mittee at a meeting in A. l.. Chambers
office Monday evening.
City funds will be deposited in all
three of the Owosso banks which will
pay per cent interest on daily bal
ances, and loan money to the city at
FIVE per cent. A years contract will
be made.
The city will renew its lease of prop.
erty belonging to Fred Sutphen in the
southwestern part of the city for a
dumping ground. 1t is said over 200
horses were buried on the land during
the past year,
A shipment of railroad ties is held mp
at Laingsburg and Shaftsburg by an
attachment suit begun by J. R. Harper
against G. and j. Truesdell on a claim
that Harper has $421 SO due him for
wages
Frank Fl. Watson of Detroit spent
Sunday in Owosso at the home of DR..
A. M. Hume, and remained in the city
Monday to attend the funeral of W. D.
Burke. Mr.. Watson and family have
been spending the month of August at
Beulah.
Park Harris, aged rs, for many years
resident of Corunna. died at the
tcounry- razm Tuesday moFnTng the
funeral services were held at. the farm
Wednesday afternoon.
Gilbert R. Lyon of this city, Shia.
wassee countys pioneer attorney, cele-
brated his seventy ninth birthday Tues.
day, and received congratulations from
many friends. Mr.. Lyon is still active
as lawyer and enjoys good health.
The hearing on the petition to have
Harriet M. Colby Rohrabacher, aged
20, of Owosso. committed to a state
hospital for the insane, was held before
Probate Judge Matthew Bush, Wed.
nesday. Mrs. Colby has been taken TO
Pontiac for treatment.
Probate Judge G. M. Merrill of Gin.
ton county, died at his home in st.
Johns, Wednesday, after a long sick
ness. He was serving his twenty-sec-
ond year as judge and was we'll re.
garded by all citizens of his county.
George w. Mann, aged 70 years, died
Saturday. at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Duncan Mckee in Chesaning. He
had made his home for several years
with his son, Geo. Mann, Corunna
avenue, in this city. The funeral was
held Monday at Chesaning
Attorney Leon F. Miner, counsel for
the plaintiff, has filed the divorce case
of Minnie against Claude Woodman in
the circuit court. Cruelty and non
support are alleged. The couple have
one child Mrs. Woodman resides in
Owosso and here husband is in Illinois.
Mrs. Joseph Brock aged Al years,
died Sunday at her home on Prindle
street. after short illness with Bright's
disease. Deceased is survived by her
husband and five children, Nthe young.
est two weeks old. The husband has
been working in Goshen, Ind. The
funeral was held Tuesday.
Miss Myrtle Chatterson pleasantly
entertained the Waugh class Tuesday
evening at her home on East Exchange
street. After the business meeting a
fine musical program was rendered by
Clinton Holman, violinist accompanied
on the piano by Mrs. Holman. Re-
freshm ents were served.
Tuesday afternoon forty friends and
relatives gathered at the home, OF VIM,
Lowell on the Chapman road TO cele-
brate the S0th birthday anniversary Of
Mrs. Sarah Lowell. The function was
surprise on Mrs. Lowell She was
presented with many pretty and useful
gifts and refreshments were served.
The U. s. treasury department has
decided to refund the fine imposed on
mutual fire insurance companies and
other non. profit making organizations
which failed to file an income tax state
ment The Shiawassee Mutual Fire