Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1882-07-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
NICHTGAN.

Total loss about $1,000, with no insurance.
Thaddeus Van Loon. Is years old. living In
the town of Blaine, while hauling tan bark Eel
of the wagon under the wheels and was in
stantly killed.
Henry q. Lybrook, one Of the Oldest resi-
dents Of Dowagiac, has just died, aged 20 years.
Mr.. Lystsr came 10 Dowagiac 10 1S43, and wal
ono OF It's most prominent business men. He
n well known to the grain and commission
men.
John ANDERSON OF Jackson had all the fingers
of bis right hand taken of by a planer in the
purifier works Of that city.
An excursion party Of 25O persons from Chi
cago visited Benton Harbor mineral springs
last Thursday. They were rendered banquet
b. ]. p. Thresher.
A large brick building owned by A. Huburt
Grand Haven, and occupied BY Hofimaster d
Co., n q carriage factory, has just burned. Loss
$1,000; insurance $4,s50.
George A. Knill, proprietor of the Byrant
house, Flint, and Chas. Black, w. w. Barnes
and Dan Carroll, bartenders, have been arrest
Cd charged with selling liquor on the Fourth
Of July.
Tho three story brick block being built by
the Big Rapids furniture company Is nearly
completed.
Two mon at St. IQuace blasted rock 10
the bottom of a well with dynamite, and then
went down to remove the pieces before the
we'll was cleared Of the gas caused by the ex-
plosion. Both OF them fell insensible. j,
Num- was let down into the we'll twice, and
ught tho men out, thus saving their lives
In the NARROW regatta on the Thames Satur.
day, the Hillsdale crew beat the NARROW crew
by clear beat length.
The fence around the Detroit City Hall, has
been ordered removed. II cost ia 1871, $2,S50.
The work was done by g. G. Moody, OF Roches-
ter, N. ", who took the contract for ornament
ing the grounds around the city hall for S2l,-
400.
Deacon VIM. Bassett, a former resident OF
Three Rivers, died at South Haven, and was
buried in Flowerheld, July 8; aged so yeals
and three months. He came To Michigan in
1884.
Phile Parsons, president OF the Detroit young
mems society has called meeting To consider
the advlsability Of dissolviDg the organization.
With 60 hne city library the young mems
brsry Is superfuous.
The section boss on the Detroit, Lansing and
Northern railroad at Rodney, while helping to
cut rail-, was struck with piece OF steal, put
ting tho eye out and causing a very severe
wound.
g. Ferry fell from new mill, Oh which
he was at work, in Big Rapids and striking
his head on work bench, and will probably
die.
Harvesting has begun in the southern por-
tons Of the state. Ia the vicinity OF Buchan-
an, some fields yield 80 bushels TO the aero.
The average will probably be 20.
A son Of Chas. Cobb, Kalamazoo Co., cut his
brothers throat nearly severlng the head from
the body. The criminal had been in an insane
asylum, doubt existed as to whether his malady
was disease or ugliness.
East Tawas Is to be connected with its lum-
Der camps on the Au Ores by telephone.
The new water works at Ludiugton saved
heavy conHagration this week.
August Hepner living some six miles from
Cooperville kicked his mother causing con.
tuition Of the brain. She lived but a short
time.
John Hanna of Leoni, mason, had one Of
his eyes struck by chip Of stone from his
chisel some time ago, and had ego removed at
Ann Arbor.
Coal has been struck at three or four places
60 than half mile OF the round house at
Jackson. Tho average thickness OF the vein
IL three feet although 1t is claimed 1t attains
q thickness of six feet In places. Fire clay Of
q very superior quality was also found.
Myriads Of bugs are devastating tue orchards
In different parts of Jackson Co. They in
vadsd an orchard half mile east Of Jackson,
and In short time had despoiled 1t OF Its
fruit. 1t ID feared that the fruit in ninete
Of the orchards In the east portions of the
county 10 wholly destroyed. The pest no. only
eats fruit but consumes the leaves of apple
aud other trees. So far no successful attempt
has besh made to stay their ravages. They fly
about In countless numbers, and are very &C.
tive In their movements.
Evidence ID reported which IL true will in |
Of Kellogg and Brady. II Ii claimed that |
sTlsgg received from j. B. Price $4,000. |
In consideration Of an increase OF tho Star |
Service on the route from Corpus Christi, Tex,
and also proof that Kellogg divided the money |
equally with Brady.
Mrs.. Soovills writes an open letter TO Rev.
Hicks stating that tho autopsy shows that hcr |
brother was insane, and asserts she will be-
gin legal proceedings to get possession Of his |
body and the property left BY him to DR.
Hicks.
A tidal wave Is feet high struck the Friend |
y Islands, April 25th. At Tongatea all the
churches were destroyed. Two thousand
houses wore ievelsd, stores and copra houses
with their contents were swept away.
News from Bedford Is to the effect that Ste
phsn TarbslI, tho victim Of Eugene webstsr's
jealous frenzy, viii die. His body and lower
limbs are totally paralyzed, and he is unable
~ move.
A stan feet high and feet in d.
snstsr, ha been erected ut the Calumet mine,
In connection with the water works The pipe
will hold about IS 600 gallons. The pipe ID now