Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-04-26

There have been received, up to
March Is, at the Reform School In Adrian, a
total of ll9 girls. OF these, two have died, one
was sent back for new trial and was not re-
turned, one proved TO be insane and was sent
home, and six are out on ticket-of-leaye, leaving
total OF 100 now in the institution.
The projectors of the street railway
at Battle Creek have succeeded in perfecting
an organization by which the road becomes an
assured fact. IL will extend through Green,
Main and Washington streets in an east and
west direction from Nichols Station to SAM
tarium building, in the west end OF the city.
IL Is expected TO have the road In running or
der In 90 days.
The machine shops at Brooklyn,
Jackson Co., which have been idle for over two
years, have been purchased by a Grand Rapids
man and will soon start up again.
An amendment to the general act for
the incorporation Of villages has passed both
houses at Lansing, giving village councils the
power TO prohibit the sale Of intoxicating
liquors. The house recalled the bill, but the
governor had already signed 1t.
The case of Joseph Morgan VS.. Jere-
miah Delhi, (which Morgan sued his son,in-
law Delhi for enticing away and harboring
Mrs Morgan, who is alleged TO be a feeble old
woman and an opium eater, ended Thursday In
a verdict of six cents damages for the plaintiff.
L nc Cdbt IL ~ pSNulldi oht, aiiu lao eep"SsNN
much attention.
Gov. Begole set out with the deter
mination that he would grant but two pardons
a month, but has recently overstepped that
limit. He finds that pardon seekers beset him
at every turn, making life burthen To him.
Applications are grounded upon the most
flimsy reasons, usually the affection which the
relatives of prisoners feel, and which they ex-
press in the most moving way. In order to Sc
cure more time TO attend to legislative bust
ness, which is imperative during the session,
the Governor has resolved to grant no more
pardons until the month OF August, with the
possible exception of single one upon which
he has been celebrating for some time, but
which will be held in allegiance for month.
He also gives notice that until the date given
-August-personal applications cannot De at
tended to and written ones will be filed away.
The shops of the Grand Rapids furni-
ture company was totally destroyed by fire a
few DAYS ago with its contents. The work
manufactured a medium grade of bedroom
furniture and had a large stock on hand.
Eighty men are thrown out OF employment.
The loss is $4,000, insurance $4,000. The
oil house, containing $1,000 worth OF oil, was
saved. One dwelling and two adjoining barns
were destroyed.
Work at the Keel Ridge mine has
been abandoned as 1t is impossible to take
bodies out, the earth caving in faster than the
men can take it out and the cavity being of
such Il nature that IL cannot be timbered. The
danger is SO great that the men refuse 10
work
The body of Charles Gardner, who
was drowned In the Maple river near Muir,
April 4, was found the other day by some
parties who were fishing.
The projected building for the Y.
NJ. c. A. at Grand Rapids is taking shape, ne
gotlations having been commenced for suitable
grounds. The proposed structure is brick
building 66xl60 feet in size, four stories high
AID covered with mansard roof. Its esti-
mated cost is $40, 500 and the grounds $4,000.
Levi l.. Barbour, member of the state
board Of corrections and charities, writes a
scathing letter to the citizens OF Oakland coun-
ty about their Jail. lie says: Ii is in its ap-
pointments at least thirty years behind the
| times and entirely too small for the require
| ments of the county. IL is old, the walls bad
| Nv cracked, and the stairway narrow, steep,
rickety and unsafe; it has no drainage, and
none can be provided for it; and the gases
from the privy vault permeate the building
even to the kitchen. At the time of his visit
the sheriiT's family had fled the building as
from terrible pestilence, the sheriff himself
remained away as much as possible, and only
the prisoners up stairs and the hired girl down
stairs remained And all this true OF the
county that that stands sixth in the United
States In the value of its agricultural produe-
| TONS
The legislature of Michigan blum
dered the other day into passing To-
cal option law, and now will be argued, for
the first time, question of vital importance
whether the governors signature, or the seal
which is affixed by the secretary of state makes
a bill law. This particular measure had been
signed and approved by Gov. Begole but before
the seal had been affixed the House requested
the return of the bill for further consideration.
From the annual reports of the Cen
trail Mining Company of Lake Superior for 1882,
IL appears that the product of 1882 was valued
at S225, 725 80; that the operating expenses
were S19l, 75S So and the net profits s33, 966 %.
There was received in addition, on interest ac-
count, 5000 81, and from the sale of timber,
$40, 900, making the total net proceeds &c.
OH IS, out of which 100000 was paid as a
dividend and the balance, Sl9,0l7 81 applied
to the surplus, which now amounts to 1914
254 35.