The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-05-18

stn the $3.50 race at Lansing
The case Of the state against Attorney
s1eneral Ellis has been set for trial June 4.
Geo. Clark sold at his sale in Vernon
last week seven horses at an average price
of little over 800 per head. Mr.. Clark
,e,e,ained three of his best ones.
Chas. Preece has sold his trotting mare
Blanche p. to Mr.. Eddy, of Bay City.
price $3.50. This is one of the best sales
amade hereabouts for months.
The executive committee of the Michigan
Republican Newspaper Association held an
Important meeting in Detroit yesterday.
The editor of THE TINES was in attendance.
w. p. Schenck, of st. Johns, was in the
city Monday, to make arrangements to bring
his string of trotters here to train on our
track. He is working Lucy NJ, 2:2l, and
two or three green horses.
Letters advertised at the Owosso postoffice
for the week ending May ~, 1894: Mrs.
VIM. Adams, Cummings Hardware Co., q.
4. Clough, John Dean, Mary Greenwald,
{2), Mrs. L.. A. Watkins, Annie Walen,
4. w. West, Harve Stanley, Mrs. Emma
Sworgeley, Wm. NJ. O'Brien. Drops:
Maud Gage, f. c. Wellington. Foreign:
A. H. Wldermuth.
BY some error in mailing our paper last
week the package that should have gone to
Iartwellvlle was directed to West Haven.
This explains why the package did not reach
Hartwellvile subscribers until this week.
The steam shovel crews are at work i'm
proving the Il. Il A. road bed at the Ding
man fill between Harrieta and Sherman.
With the aid of steam shoyels the grade Of
Boon hill is to be reduced and the elevation
about mile south of this city will be low
cred by the crew Of earth movers in order
that heavy freight trains can be handled
with better facility. 1t is affirmed that the
sum of money appropriated for such pur-
poses will put the roadbed of the L. & A.
railroad in first class condition.
News and Express.
OF all of the fruits of the earth there is
scarcely another that may compare with the
strawberry, writes Eliza r. Parker in an
article on "A Few Strawberry Desserts" in
che May Ladies' Home Journal. Even the
poets have made it worthy theme for their
pens, Leigh Hunt saying, Strawberries
are beautiful to look at, delicious to eat, and
so wholesome as to agree with the weakest
digestion The most acceptable mode Ut
serving strawberries is doubtless in their
natural freshness, accompanied with sugar
and cream, but to give variety to the family
table they may deserved in number of
other dainty and delicious ways.
The Cleveland Journal has the following
10 sag concerning the company which will
appear at the opera house all next week:
The Frost & Fanshawe Company presented
the 'sWhte Caps" at City Hall last evening.
1t is a play filled with startling climaXes
and amusing situations. The story is plainly
told and treats of brother trying to save
brother from Imprisonment and suffers the
Mr.. A. l.. Fanshawe, as the
good hearted German pcddler, was excel
lent, Mr. Geo. Barber as Jem Bowers, the
young hero. did well and the same can lie
said of the rest of the company. All the
specialties were frequently encored.
The d. & M. Ry. will run special train
from Owosso to Detroit next Monday on
account of Sells Bros. circus. The train
leaves at Sis a. M, reaching Detroit at S:15
and returning leaves at 5:45 p. M; tickets
also good on train leaving at 10:45 p. m.
Fare for round trip, including ticket to
circus, $2.65.