Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1882-10-12
MICHIGAN.
STATE NEWS.

the Toledo Il Milwaukee road between Mar
shall and Tecumseh.
Kalamazoo is one of the greatest
celery raising centers In the United States
raising more OF 1t and better than almost any
other place.
Burr Osborn, of Union City, was
robbed bys masked burglar last week. The
rsbber got 300 In cash and s76 gold watch.
James Z. Mack, the agricultural i'm
plement fraud who operated through jackson,
Clinton and Gratiot counties, got of with
about $4,000.
DR.. Herbert Yemans, of Detoit, sail
cd from San Francisco for Alaska, on the
steamer Dakota, where he goes as a surgeon
In the service OF the United States govern
msnt.
A man named Bert HELM, of Cold
water, Michigan, was killed on the Lake
Shore railroad at Elkhart, Ind, last week His
head was nearly taken of.
w. III. Otis, of Cleveland, O.,
faniliarly known at Mt. Clemens as Judge
Otis, died suddenly at the Sherman house in
the latter place. He went into the parlor and
laid down upon sofa for nap and never
woke up.
Edward A. Jordan, one of the Oldest
and wealthiest pioneer farmers OF Ogden, was
found dead in bed. 1t Is thought that per-
haps he died OF heart disease, but there are
some who hold suspicion OF suicide on ae-
count OF his being involved In case for bas-
tardy now pending, on complaint Of young
girl who was living with his family,-a case
which created much talk whereabouts.
There are at present 400 male and
108 female prisoners at the Detroit house or
correction, all under the watchful supervision
Of chief deputy superintendent John Fitz-
gerald. The latter used to be the veteran
turnkey at the Wayne county jail. He has
now been at the house OF correction nearly
four years.
A little son of Mr.. Felkner, of North
Muskegop, was missing for several days,
and his body has been found In the lake.
The body of Christian Haberly, of
Kalamazoo, was found In the river at that
place. He had evidently been accidentally
drowned.
Morris Knapp, Of the livery firm of
Knapp & Sutton, Jackson, was out driving,
when his team became frightened by the pole
dropping down, and Mr.. Knapp sprang out
striking the back OF his head upon the ground
and nearly breaking his neck. He was taken
home and cared for by Dn. Chittock and Nc
Laughlin, who give no hopes Of his recov-
cry.
A man named Joseph Watson stab
bed a Mr.. Ogden, a merchant at Junista, on
the Port Huron d Northwestern railway, In.
knocked down and seriously injured child,
using chair as his weapon. Pure cussedness
and whisky in about equal parts are the
causes assigned. Ogden is peaceable, quiet
citizen.
John Mckay, superintendent Of the
Tawas and Ray county railroad, has resigned.
Ishpeming is to have els, 900 school
house.
The Grand Ledge House at Grand
Ledge is to be rebuilt.
l.. p. Refenberg of Jones station,
Cas- county, lost bis house by IRE recently.
Loss $4,000.
Why does not some one start paper
mill at Grand Ledge. The best chance in the
west.
A Mason county man is charged
with marrying a girl and then stealing the
wedding presents and skipping out.
A citizen Of Sand Beach found some
specimens OF pre- historic pottery, and further
investigation showed it was made on the spot,
and that deposit Of first class brick clay ex-
listed there, which is being utilized.
The autopsy upon the remains of Ed
win A. Jordan OF Ogden, Lenawee Co., shows
that he died Of heart disease, thus dispeIling the
suspicion Of suicide held by some
Carnes, the Marshall man who drug
ged and robbed another man at Kalamazoo a
few days ago, gets two years and a half at the
IOnia prison.
While workmen were engaged in ex-
cavating for the foundation Of a new building
on Michigan avenue, Detroit, at the tollgate,
where the recent big ire occurred, they In.
cautiously dug too far under wall, causing a
cave.in, by which three men were buried.
Efforts to dig them out alive were at once
made, aud proved successful In the cases Of
Otto Kott, who lives on Georgia street, Spring
wells, and another man who lives In the same
vicinity, but whose name could not be learned.
In the case Of the third man, however, death
resulted before he could be extricated. The
victim was William Manke, Pole who lived
on A street. Springwells, and who had been
in this country only about year. He leaves
wife and three children
There are now over $4,000 of the
Edison electric lamps burning regularly, and
when thinking of 1t do not forget hat Edison
is Michigan man.
Seventy horses have been purchased
In this state by agents Of the Pennsylvania
railroad company and are to be used on han
som cabs at the company's depot In Philadsl-
phia. This scheme GUSTS the festive hackman
from the company's property.
Sojourner Truth is off for another
lecturing tour. Mrs. s. Truth evidently means
to do as much good as she can In this, her sec.
ond hundred years.
Mrs. Barhan of Hastings nearly took
her own life recently. She was insane, and
succeeded in infiicting severe wounds upon
her throat before her friends could save her
from herself
VIM. Lowe, a mill employe at Bay
City, was killed by being caught BY belt and
whirled about shaft. He leaves wife and
two children.