Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1882-06-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
MICHIGAN.

and is reported in critical condition.
John Gordon, of Detroit. was sen.
fenced at Flint, Saturday, to five years in
the States Prison for aiding John Smith
to escape. Smith had been convicted
for the larceny of 1910 from Mr.. Lau'
son, Of Fenton.
On Friday, while engaged digging
gravel from pit four miles northwest
of Kalamazoo, on the Grand Prairie
road, Mr.. j. w. Pierce, a well known
farmer, and two of his men, were in
stantly killed by the caving in of pit,
by which all were buried.
The ex-soldiers of the war of 1861
met at Caro- on Friday to organize the
Tuscola County Association. Col. j. H.
Richardson was chosen President.
The Michigan Central Railroad Com
pany, as soon as Mr.. Vanderbilt shall
have seen and approved the plans will
proceed to erect new depot building
at Detroit, on the site of the present
one, to cost about $4,000. 1t is expect
ed work will begin this season.
The valuation of Detroit's taxable
property this year is $94, 891, 407, an in
crease of $7,261,7 ZIP over last year.
About two-thirds of this is increase ia
personal property. The tax levy is at
the rate of IL lilo mills on the dollar.
Decoration Day was duly observed
In Detroit. Fairbanks Post, G. A. r.,
was open at an early hour, to give at
taption IN 20 l1arc With ipforpoo ioy, N nj
requests as to the graves to be visited.
The First Battalion of State troops
acted as escort to the Post, and when
the procession had passed through the
principal streets to the Soldiers Monu-
ment, it broke up and the members of
the Post proceeded to the cemeteries to
attend to the work of decoration. In
the evening there were services at the
Church of our Father, consisting of ad-
dresses by Gen. L. S. Trowbridge and
Rev. E. L. Rexford, memorial songs by
soloists and music by quartette.
Charles V. Gilman, tried at Port
Huron for the murder of his mother,
plead guilty to murder in the second
degree and on Monday was sentenced
to ten years at hard labor in the Jackson
prison.
The body of Mrs. Clifford, the cook
on the Clayton Belle was found float
ing in the river at Port Huron, Monday
morning.
A case of smallpox was discovered
at Port Huron Monday among party
Of immigrants. which led to the deten-
ton of the car on side track in the
northern part of the city, and the en-
forcement of quarantine.
Heavy fires are reported in the pine
timber of Clare county. Four sections
have been burned over, and much valu-
able timber destroyed. The fire ex-
tends into Roscommon county.
The infant child of III. Halliday, of
Battle Creek, in the same house in
which the other cases of smallpox oc-
CURED, died of the disease on Monday.
No new cases are developed.
AT meeting of the students of the
University of Michigan, growing out
of dissatisfaction with the recent Chron-
icle election, it was resolved to start a
new paper, to be called the Michigan
Argonaut, the editors to be chosen
both from the literary and the profess
sional departments.
The Grand Trunk Company is COL
Letting timber and material at Battle
Creek for the erection of their Central
shops at that place.
A copper spear head, six inches in
length, two in width and tapering to a
fine point, was lately plowed up on the
farm of Hiram I. Spear of Johnstown.
1t has hardened, tempered cutting
edge, showing that the "mound-build-
ers" must have had some knowledge of
the use of metals.
A mail pouch. left at the depot at
Kalamazoo Saturday evening by the
1925 train from the west, was found
rifled of its contents on Sunday morn.
ing. Tracks led to Deming's lumber
yard, where So letters were found,
opened and rified of their contents.
At a depth of 1920 feet, Michael
Engelman of Manistee, has struck brine
which yields SO per cent. salt.
Michael Ryan, while crossing the
track of the M. G. railroad near Jack.
son on Tuesday was struck by the ex-
press train going east and instantly
killed. He was thrown with such force
against the switch house as to break
all his ribs.
A Ere in Alma on Tuesday destroy.
ed Gilbert Burrows bakery and restau.
rant and S. Loveland's furniture store
Each was the loser by about $1,000.
Kalkaska county and the counties
bordering on and adjacent to Traverse
Bay, have been more exempt from
damaging frosts than almost any other
portions Of the state, or of the North
west.
Richard G.. Peters, of Manistee, ha:
completed fine brick Gothic Hall, u
"a feet, at a cost of $4,000 and deed
ed the property TO his wife as birth
day present. The same was dedicated
on the 2Sth.
Louis Van Sype, a few miles from
Alpena, shot bear OH the 2Sth, weigh
ing 324 lbs.