The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29

The success of the races next week de-
ponds entirely upon the attendance otthe
people of the city and county. The entries
received indicate that every race will be
warmly contested. DO not fail to attend
daily.
The program for the races next week is
as follows: Wednesday, $3.50 pace, purse
$3.50; 1927 rot, purse $500. Thursday,
800 trot, purse $3.50; 1925 pace, purse
$500. Friday, 2:4O trot or pace, purse
$500; free-for-all trot or pace. purse $500;
running race, purse 500.
ID. M. Christian has placed the Lamson
electric cable cash carrier system In his
store this week. An endless cable is kept
running by an electric motor all the time
and carries the cash boxes to the cashiers
desk from which they are returned and
automatically switched off at the right sta.
ton.
A drive through the county shows that
in many wheat fields quite large amount
Of rye is also growing. Farmers are ad-
ysed to cut the rye out with sickle, as, If
allowed to mature and is harvested with
the wheat and threshed out, the value of
the wheat will be greatly lessened.
An entire new system of checking bag.
gage will soon go into effect on the Grand
Trunk system. Fifteen thousand of the
new brass checks are.being manufactured at
the shops in Port Huron. Besides gen.
eral check with the words property of the
Grand Trunk" a local check will be sup
piled to every station on the road.
Tar concrete walks have been laid on the
Water street side OF 1. II. Keeler's prem
Uses, IN front of ID. M. and o. b. Estey's
property on east Oliver street between Park
and Saginaw Streets, and are also being
laid in front of Mrs. Goss' and Geo. Carpen-
ter's residences 3Os and 312 Water street.
The equalized valuation as fixed by the
board OF review at its final session Monday
amounts TO $1,650, Ais, divided as follows:
First ward, real estate, $780, 1926, personal,
$133, $50; second, real estate, $37U, 745, per-
sonal. $50, $50, equalized at $4l6, 200; third,
real estate, $162. 625, personal, $27, 90, equal
lied at $1S5, 900; fourth, real estate, 1922
$40, personal, 500, 700.
Married, at the residence of the brides
parents in Owosso, at 8 p. M, May "a, Geo.
s. Wood and Miss Irene M. Smith, l.. w.
Spayd officiating The ceremony was wit
messed by the family and few of their
friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Wood are spending
a few days with friends in the south part of
the county.
Fifty-thrte heirs of the Morningstar es-
tate met in Owosso with Mrs. Ann Sterne.
man on Wednesday. Those present came
from Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Cana
da and all parts of Michigan. The POSSIBLE
ity of secvring part of the estate, located
in Germany and known as the MOrgenstern
estate, was talked over and the correspond
eDce already had read. The opinion OF
those present was that the outlook was very
favorable for securing the share of the pro-
perty due American heirs.
An audience of nearly two hundred PEG.
pie enjoyed the lecture given Thursday
evening, May 81, by Miss Fanny j. Sparkes
who spoke at the First M. K. church on life
in India, illustrating various phases Of life
in that country by Owosso young people
dressed in Oriental robes. She had, also
an interesting and valuable collection o.
relics and idols from India She is pleas
ing speaker and well prepared by twent!
years of life in India to speak on its inter
esting phases of life.
What might have been a serious acciden
occurred shortly before eleven o'clock Wed
nesday morning. Mr.. Merrill, of Benning
ton, was driving his team and wagon loade,
with twenty bales Of straw, up the inclin
leading into Aiken 81 Whelan's warehous
south Washington, when the projectin
load struck the door, knocking the lOade
wagon back down the incline. The horse
slipped off the incline, hurting themselve
slightly and the load of straw went onto tn
ground. No one was hut.
Rev. w. b. Matteson on Sunday evenin
took novel way of preaching peace, b
showing how terrible war was. The we
spirit seems so ready to manifest itself b.
cause it is born and bred in us, and I'll
glory of it is constantly exalted by writer
and speakers; but just as true heroism an
bravery appears in the lives of those VIII
unknown, bear the burdens of today. tt
} extract read from Stephen Cranes Re
Badge of Courage, was one that shove
war in its awfulness and made one wish
to be for ever suppanted by reign
peace and reason.
Mrs. John Squire Is visiting in Detroit.
Mrs. ]. Storer is visiting friends at Fe
, ton.
Chas. S. Williams was in Detroit Mo
, day.