Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-08-02
of the Oak Park Seminary at Paw Paw
is the instigator of the scheme.


is the instigator of the scheme.
Emerson L. Watson. the Troy and
Boston engineer, on trial at Pittsiield,
Mass, for manslaughter in causing
fatal railroaid accident, has been dis
charged. The jury returned a verdict
of not guilty, under the instruction OF
the court and upon the recommendation
of the Prosecuting Attorney.
Gov. Begole has pardoned three more
convicts. This time Charles Keep. sent
from Kent, December 20, 1881, for four
wears for assault with intent to kill; VIM.
Shields, from Kent, June 20, 1882, three
wears for robbery; VIM. Carroll, from
Lenawee, May 2, 1881, five years, for
burglary, were the lucky ones.
John Pearsall, of Flint, has been
convicted of selling liquor to a minor
and sentenced to pay fine OF 900 ana
be imprisoned 10 days. He appeals
the case.
A son of w. III. Bennett, living six
miles south of Evart, in throwing a
stone ut u horse struck his hand on n
scythe. nearly severing 1t from the
wrist.
A youth at Grand Ledge was locked
in Jail. The boy borrowed a Ratchet,
cut hole in the floor, and went away
without leaving his farewell. That
sheriff is now singing "Where is my
wandering boy tonight"
VIM. j. Mitchell, of Grand Rapids
had his pocket picked as he was on his
way to the Muskegon regatta. He Is
out $50 in cash, $1,000 in mortgages
and $3.50 in notes.
Herbert A. Thomson, a young man
of ST. Johns, has constructed line
eight.inc Ii Newtonian rejecting tele'
scope, and it is pronounced by compe'
tent judges to be a very good one.
Port Sanilac parties are gathering
stones for Chicago paving contractors.
The crop is ineXhaustible at Port SAM
lac, being gathered from the lake.
Every storm sweeps in enough to re-
place all those previously taken.
jRalph Morrill,. student at the Or
chard Lake Military Academy, who
was spending the vacation ut his home
in Bay City, accidentally shot and kill
ed himself few days ago, while on q
hunting expedition with some of his
schoolmateS.
Three Michigan ministers have iibe
suits on hand.
Acknowledgement Van Ripper has
written n letter to.Dr. Jas. &. Wilson,
one of the trustees of the deaf and
dumb institute at Flint, whom Gov
Begole removed, that he, (Wiison) Is
| e,,II ,.aoDo.,syAI ,tcta
In the Mississippi valley amateur
rowing associations regatta at Pull
man, H., the Excelsiors of Detroit won
the four cared gig race AMI the Wyan-
dottes took third place in the junior
four cared she'll race.
Chas. N. Ayres, of Detroit secured
the state stationery contract.
Alonzo Watts, colored, shot his wifi,
in quarrel at Kalamazoo and she may
die.
Col o. NJ. Poe has been placed il
charge of improvements on Detroi
river in place of Major +. t. Farquhar
deceased
The american Express company will
establish an office at the Brighton en-
campment.
Union City is becoming famous fo
its sheepskin boot manufacturing. On
firm was organized about a month ag'
and now another corporation has beer
formed in the same business.
b +. VanEpps, young farmer liv
ing near Sturgis. while endeavoring t.
stop runaway team on his farm, wa
run over and very seriously injured
He was thrown under the team, which
trampled on him, and the wagon
heavily loaded with grain, passed owe
his body