MASON, MICHIGAN, THURSDAl, JANUAKY 12, 1905. NO. 2. VOL. XXX. f T T r T t T T r T T r :^ l.^.ll^:^.llll±±lL.l^..U.J.lJ.l:.llllXXllXJ~LX^ To Farmers and Boan Growers. SWAN ARRESTED IN DETROIT, ^XJJJLXXXXJJ.XX1J.JL11XJLIXXXJ.1111XIX1JL11JLJLJL;..T ,T T ,T T T T T lllUT A nieoMiiu'df hlie I'jinners unci boiin While On His Way Home Prom a THLS SPACE BELONGS TO tjrmversDl' liicliiini colinhy will he lield Visit in New York State. DAYTON, lit t,lie (iiMirh iKMise In Uio cli.y of Mii- Isiiiic Swan, implicated by Mrs, Car­ son, on Wednesdiiy, Jan. ISili, iit ten rie Joslyn ill tlie killing of her hus­ ...DAR & D... o'clock a. 111. for Uie iiiiriKiso of per- band by poisoning, was arrested in FOR A FEW WEEKS YET. Jeweler fectlnt; n county orf,'nni/.iitloii. Every Detroit Saturday inornlng as lie step­ townsliip slioiilfl be represenl/Cd and ped from a Michigan Central train and make tills nieetinira complete sneeess, They arc closing out tlieir stock at almost your own price. This Optician, from the east. Able speakers will address the meel,- week they want to clean up and .Couches ing. Everybody come. About a week before Joslyn's death EYES MASON, MICHIQAN. Z Swan left and says lie was told liy tlie and Bed Room Suits. By OUDKUOF COMMITTEK, woman to go away and lay low until EXAMINED SATISFACTION Pancake supper at M. 10, cliurch Fri the case had blown over, that a broth- FINE PRESENTS GIVEN AWAY FREE. FREE GUARANTEED day (Evening. crvvas to let liim know when every­ thing was all right, fie was so notl- TlTTTTTTTTTTTTirTTT'l'TTn' T I" ITU 11 !' U 1 T 1 T M M rn"rTVTTTK TlTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTi;! I" r i i I iK Capt.Alonzo Cheney is commander of James B. Brainerd Post of the G. lied, started for home and was arrest­ A. R. at liaton Rapids for the coming ed, whicl) was a surprise to liim, also Near-Pickworth Wedding. Death of Mrs. Boniiett-Sweet, year. to learn that the woman was under Michigan rTENTRjj. At the homo nf Mr.and Mi'.s, Jay Tlie remains nf Mrs. Lydia Bennett- h§j I LOCAL NEWS | | A very strong cast will make "A arrest. TSIoar In Anrolins Thursday evening, Sweet, wlio died of cancer at the "IlioNiagara Falls Jloute." iMJOHnonniimitinnijooooeooiHlnnooijiMlonotMJnnaanfmnnnnonooi, Debt of Honor" the season's best olTer- Swan went to Tlolly, N. Y. Olllcers .Ian. 5lli, at 7:30 o'clock occurred the home of Iter youngest daughter in HOUTIUVAIU). ing. Rayner opera iionso. Wateli at that place notided SlierilT Steele Maaon.......... !):l8a,ia. tiiM p.m. lOiOBp. in niarriiige of their daughter Ella M. to Hartford, VanBuren county, were Jaokaon li);4ii lliOll for date. Friday niglit tliiit Swan had left that Men Wanted to Cut Wood. Mi-. Clyde Plekwnrth of Eaton Rapids, brouglit here lor interment in Maple Detroit 4!iB p. III. -I:IliJL ii^.7;lfia. in A ropresentative of the Chicago place that day for Michigan. The Inquire (if Driver Tiros., Miisnn, The corniuony was performed by tlie Grove Cemetery last Thursday fore­ OhlcaKO......... liTioji. 111. !l;!i(ip. Ml. 7;;wa. Ill Chronicle was liere tlie latter past of slierllT imniediiitoly luitllTed tlic Do- •w2 Rev. Mr, Norcross of Aurelius In the noon. Brief services were conducted NOIlTinVAHIl, Cllizens' Phone Kill nr Ui. last week getting a write up in the trnit ollicers and niitllled Deputy Mason a. iii, 11:17 a. ni./i:00 p, in presence of about twenty guests. Af­ at the grave by Rev. W, TL Simmons^ LHii.sInt,' li;l2 ll!.'i7 ri:a Pancake supper at M. E. church Fri- Joslin case. Sherlfr Tobias of Wlliianiston, who ter congratulations light refreshments Tlie remains were accompanied by Owosso 7i.i;i i«;i:ip.iii.o:;iri rlay evenlnj,'. Installation of olllcersof K. O. M. knew Swan, to go to Detroit after were served. They have the best her daughters, Mrs, Nettie McMana- Bay City 0. W•^•••i". ItlKKIMCS 8:'"), M. atid refresliinents next Tuesday him. F, D. Stanton, Oen. Pass. & Ticket Af?l. "A Ilcbt of Honor" will be vvorLliy wislies of their many friends., mon of Bancroft and Mrs, Allie Olds- Ticket AKunl.Ma.soii fjhioatjo night. Jan. 17th. All Sir Knights are WTien arresl,ed at Detroit Swan cor­ of yonr patronage. of Hartford and their husbands. requested to l)e present. roborated Mrs. Joslyn's story to (Jic January Circuit Court Jurors. Sec notice in our business local Lydia A. Williams was born in BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Rev. W W. Hicks, pastor of the extent nf admitting that he purchased colnnln of road mare for sale. Last Saturday I'orenoon a list of ju­ Northville, Wayne county, Mich., on 23333^ oris T Baptist churcii at Eaton Rapids, iias the arsenic and gave il. to her, but rors for the January i.criu of tiie cir­ The clerks boat the Co. B boys April 13, 1839, On Tlianksglving day, U. C. K. lll';NnKIl,SON, neiitist. Over F. accepted a call to go to Jerseyville, says the poison was purchased at her cuit court was drawn, The term will Inflonr baseball lust Friday evening. Nov, 2,5, 18155, at tlie age nt 16, she ,/. Ui-oFi'ii'.s aimii .Siore. HI., and begins Feb. 1st. request. He said the woman exerted convene in Oils city on the 22d and it was married lo Henry S, Bennett, vvhoi Miss Alice Flannery is again era a strange InlUicncc over lilni and says will bo the first held in the new cnun- PI-I-2-SXOI.A.3^S Something doing soon. The roman­ ty building. The list is as follows: died in 1800, On Feb, 2, 1801, she was- ployed at the J. E. Welsh tailor shop they were to divide her husband's tic drama, "A Debt of Honor," will Alaiednn—Henry Stillman. married ii second time to E, A, Mor-i HAS. (i. .IKNKINS, M. V. I'racllee llmlle,d Read the dressmaking local In on property. Swan says Mrs. Joslyn first C^ to rtlsoasiis„ ot Kye.,, Kar, Noslose iimiiiidl Uhrniil. be produced by a strong cast at Ray­ Aurelius—Charles A. Haynes. gan, a soldier of the Mexican and civ­ Kl WasllliiKtoii Ave. S., l.anslliK, iMIoll, business local column of Mrs, D. W tried to give lier husband aconite. (iunkcrlilll—Cliarles Clinton, ner opera house. Date given later. il wars, who died in May, 1862, On RH. MANN .S: AUSTIN, llomeopallilc I'liysl- Freeland, .I3epiity Tobias left Detroit with Ingliain—Bllswnrtli ITanna, clans and HiirRooii.s. Snuelalatliiiilloii (,'lveii C. A. Norcross of Aurelius, '03 Al­ LiinsiiiL' Township—Jnlui Oatley, March 9, 1865, she was married to tDo till) ICyu, l':ar, Nose anil Throat; also ill.soasiis Lost, by R. C. Dart, Sr., gold-bowed Swan Saturday afternoon, missed his bion College, took tlie entrance exam­ Lansing City—IHrsl, ward. Gen, TI. Martin A. Sweet, a prominent and of women and (Milldren aiiil niotal illsi'iises. train at Jackson and had to drive, ar­ Onicfi-Near lilock. llonrs-S to it) a. in., 'i to n glasses, crooked ends behind the ea ination of the M. E. conference Cliristiiplier; secntid wnrd, Cliarles prosperous merchant'of Mason. Mr. unil 7 to 0 p. 111. riving at the jail late in the night. Button in Instead of sliding in, 2w ast week before Rev. W. IT. B. Urcti Brink; tliird ward, Cnlnnol Griihani; Sweet passed away Feb. 21, 1880. Be­ There has been a rumor and it has n. KliKELANl), 1\I. IX Lawrence lilock. A niarriiige license lias been issued at Albion. fniirth ward, Alva N. Hamiltnn; lifth fore his decease he built what is . lIntirs-8 to !i a, ni„ 1 to !l, 7 to s p, in. been piibllslied in sumo papers Mint ward, Jnlin Broad; sixth ward, F. VV. in Ingham county to Clyde Pickwortl Do nut fall to attend the pancake known as tlie Pioneer block,now owned uTflcTtT 1!UiTirnToAAlI'ltKLL, I'liy.slclaii Swan was implicated in the deatli of Bertcli. and HiiDiiiOM, UlllcL-at re.sldetici', nortli I! of iCaton Riipids and Ella Near of popper served by the L. A. S. of the Loroy—Earl E. Mend. by O, VV, Halstead and occupied by 0. street, Honrs, 8 lo !l a. ni., '2 to •! and 7 lo S p. in. his wife, ills relatives deny tlie Aiireliils, M. E. church Friday evening from Leslie—Solden R. IVIIner. J. Wlilting. Two dfiiighters, men­ Connlry anil town calls proin|illy atlcnileil. cliarge and siiy there is no triitli in 5:00 to 7:00 o'clock, Cakes will Ije . Locke—Bvron Oladin. tioned above, were tlic outcome of r\ll,l'ltANK H. THOMAS, IMiyslclaii and Su The Cllarlotte Republican was such a statement. JJueon, Olllco ovor Welili Si Wlillnian's stori founded, 50 years ago and the lirst served on time. Price 10 cents, Mason City—•''irst vvard, Frank this marriage, both being graduates reslilunce at corner I! anil Oak sirocts. Mason. Swan was visited by Prosecutor Mc­ Cook ; second ward, Rowland Sanders. issue piibiisiicd on Jan, (i, J85o, by of our high school. About JO years, Capt, li", C, Ives and, Ji'irst. Lieut. Arthur at tlie jail shortly after lihs Meridian—Cliarles Grcttenberger, Foote Si Marsh. ago Mrs. Sweet was married for the A.TTORnSTB'SrS Geo. Dey of Co. B. of this city have aiTiviil, but refused to say anything Jr. • Oniindiitra—Prank Barrett.