Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-03-22
MICHIGAN.
STATE NEWS

| sumo all the sawdust and refuse of saw mills,
| be fed and attended automatically, and furnish
| fire for the boilers Several large mills Will try
the furnace this season.
There is pine tree in Montmorency
county, the owners Of which are Offering $l4t
TO any party or parties who will deliver the butt
| log in Alpena. The tree is over nine feet In
diameter, and IL is thought to be the largest
| tree In the state.
Mr.. James Murphy of Batavia,
Branch county, has curiosity in the shape OF
a horseshoe Embedded In a black oak tree
| which he recently cut He hung IL in the tree
over 80 years ago, and II is hidden beneath the
| bark from two to four inches, according 10 the
| shape of the shoe.
David Small, n Canadian, was struck
upon the head and instantly killed in the camp
| of Smith Bros on lioughton creek near West
Branch
John Pennington, one of the oldest
| pioneers of Eaton county and father OF Senator
| Pennington of Charlotte, died at his house In
| Charlotte on the 18th inst. He was about 81
years of age and was greatly respected there.
Mrs. Nj. TAYLOR of Battle Greek, while
milking a COW was severely If not fatally in
| jured by the animal, who hooked her in a hor-
! riblc manner, mutilatingher head into aboody
| mass. She was picked up in an unconscious
| condition and carried TO the house, medical aid
| WAS buiulllOuCu anu tuub Nao POosibA' 'NhN
| To restore her.
Cadillac has had 100 consecutive days
sleighing so far this winter.
The Office of the county clerk of Cal
houn county was entered by burglars recently
| and $500 taken. The money belonged to the
clerk, Vim. f. Neale.
James H. Stone has been appointed
collector of internal revenue for the first dis
trict of Michigan, to succeed Gen. Trowbridge,
| the present incumbent
Two Marshall youngsters stole S5O
| from hardware firm OF that city and boarded
a west-bound freight train. Before going they
purchased a seven-shooter apiece and other
weapons with which to Stay the Indians en-
| countered.
Battle Creeks public library is one OF
the best in the state. 1t contains 3 800 volumes
| and 800 or more are added each year. Several
years ago II. d. Denman died and bequeathed
| $40, 900 10 the library. Its annual circulation
| is now 0,000 volumes.
The body of John Otte has been found
| in Plaster creek, a mile south of Grand Rapids.
| He left his home about two months ago In q
somewhat demented condition, caused by re
| ligious study, and no tidings OF him have been
had until the body was found among the drift
| wood in the creek.
Michigan owns 4I5 steamers, with Il
onnage of 340SG; Illinois, 1856 steamers, 20
/ 42S tons; Wisconsin, 132 steamers, 1880 tons.
From these figures 1t will be seen that Mich,
gan has Ia more steamers than Illinois and
Wisconsin together, or 800 more than III inois
and 322 more than Wisconsin.
Mrs. Laura ). Haviland, whose noble
and self sacrificing career in behalf of the poor,
the oppressed and the suffering has passed into
| history has been spending some weeks in Ian
| sing. The soldiers remember her a. their best
| friend, the colored people their protector II
| the DAYS Oh bondage. and many homeless waits
| who have been reared aud educated by her eX-
] ertions, look upon her as more than mother
| None among the many women whose whole cX
istance has been passed In relieving human Ills
| tress, deserve better of the people OF Michigan
than does Mrs. Hayiland.
Two prisoners escaped from the Grand
Haven Jail recently, by cutting through tho
| roof and letting themselves to the ground by
the aid of bedquilts tied together
The editor of the Pctoskey Record
writes poems on ''snowhakes,n while the back
| woodsman curses the drifts and 10 feet higt
| that drive his wood-pile from the market.
| Public spirited citizens of Pctoskel
have subscribed 81 800 for bridge across Beal
| river, on Mitchell street, and the work is TO y
forward as soon as the weather will permit.
Hathaway, the third of the Coldwatei
fire bugs and a member of the Fire Depart
| partment, has been sentenced to one years i'm
| prisonrnent at Ionia. This concludes the chap
| ter on Codwatcr fires for 1881, inaugurated 10y
the flrcmen.
Eleven thousand two hundred ano
fifty dollars worth of stock has been taken II
| the st. Louis Manufacturing Company, and ar
| ticles of association are now being drawn up
The new company propose TO add TO the capita
| stock and engage In manufacturing article:
from wood on an extensive scale. Negotiations
| are also being made TO start a wooden mill al
that place the coming summer.
Commencing Sunday, March Is, 1888,
the trains of the Wabash, st. Louis ~ Pacific
R'y Company will depart from and arrive al
| their new union depot foot of. Twelfth street
one block from Fort street, Detroit, Mich, wher,
every arrangement has been made Tor the com
| fort and convenience of passengers The train:
| will leave as follows, viz 1920 a. IT,, :25 p. m
1 and 10 D. m, city time. Passengers desiring
\ further information should call at the city tick
ct Office, 161 Jefferson ave.. Detroit, Mich.
According to report just issued by
| the Secretary of State it appears that wheat
| throughout the state has been seriously injnr-
ed by ice and snow, as well as by exposure.
Stephen Garlock, one of the pioneers
| of East Tawas and proprietor of the Miner
| house, died on the 10th inst. lie was promi-
nent member of the Knights of Honor and Odd
| Fellows.
David Cotton of Carlton, Barry coun-
| TO. has been arrested at Vermontvile for beat
| ing a woman nearly to death who supposed
herself his wife, since which 1t has been discov-
| cred that he has had four wives, with no di-
| vorce.
Samuel Richards, who was arrested
| at Sand Beach last summer for burning the
building and stock of John Mason, farmer OF
| that township has been convicted OF arson In
4 the circuit court held at Bad Axe last week.
| Judge Wilson sentenced him to six years In the
| state prison at hard labor.
Lake Superior has never been noted
| for tropical climate and the ''oldest inhabit-
anti kindly informs us that, I'm the number of
| stormy days and depth of snow, the present
winter is the worst experienced by the people
| Of the upper peninsula for 20 years. In many
places the snow in the beaten track Of the road
| packed almost as solid as ice--is from four
! to eight feet In depth
A Saginaw mill man received the fol-
lowing letter a few days ago: ITO all mill
owners of East Saginaw: This is TO notify you
| that unless the lumbermen owning logs on the
south and north branches Of the Chippewa
river do not come and pay damage from flood
| ing, YOU will have any quantity of iron spikes
| to saw through next spring Signed, A Friend"
| The effect of spikes in sawlog is to break the
saw and endanger the lives of the workmen.
The trial of Joseph Bucher for the
murder of Jacob Smith, at Harrison, terminal
| ing in an acquittal.
John i. Grant, for over % years q
book-keeper for Hannah, Lay IL Co., of Traverse
City, died on the 18th, of scarlet fever
Mrs. Jennie Stevens of Grayling,
| Crawford county, widow Of VIM. Stevens who
| died few weeks ago, committed suicide re-
Gently, by shooting herself through the head
death was instantaneous.
Mrs: Annetta Budlong has sued the