Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-03-29

know her. The family is living In small
wood.colored, dilapdatcd tenement house,
scantily furnished, and its furniture OF the
cheapest possible quality.
A Battle Greek dispatch says: A
man from Assyria tells your cor
respondent that, about ayear ago,
Peter Farley died, and his remains were In
TERED In the village cemetery, and IL was his
request that the remains OF his beloved wiie
Anna, who was buried near Berrien Springs, in
the south part of the state, In the cemetery at
that village, be taken up and laid beside his.
One day last week son OF Mr.. Farley went TO
Berrien Springs and, with four other men from
that place, started out for the cemetery TO ful-
fill the dead mans request. Digging down TO
the coffin they placed the strap under, but
couldn't bulge It an iota. The grave being on
a side hill, they dug away the lower side, and
by putting skids underneath The collin were
able 10 slide IL out The corpse being 80 heavy
1t prompted their curiosity to open the coffin,
when they found the corpse petrihed, resem-
bling yellow marble, and solid as stone. The fea.
lures, body and limbs appeared TO be perfect,
except TIE top of the hands, which, as they lay
crossed, were out OF the water, with which the
coffin as nearly full. The ground where the
coffin lay was clay Mrs. Farley died nearly IA
years ago of typhoid fever, after a short illness
of only 10 days She was a fleshy woman,
weighing nearly 300pounds. The sCn estimates
that the petrlfed corpse weighs at the least
calculation 500 pounds.
Capt. Charles III. Richmond. one of
the Oldest residents OF Saginaw county, has be-
come insane, and will be sent 20 the Pontiac
asy lum.
A stock company is organizing at
Ypsilanti TO utilize the mineral water recently
discovered there, and which has already per-
formed some wonderful cures, as rheumatism,
paralVsis, cancer and dyspepsia.
Nine hundred and fifty dollars in
three rewards is offered for the detection and
conviction OF the incendiary who set fire to the
frame store building, and the brick bank and
Masonic hall building OF Matthew Willard, at
Palo, not long ago.
A reward of $50 is offered for infor-
nation of Henry Stewart of ALDER, who was
last seen In East Saginaw about three weeks
ago. He bad considerable money with him at
the time His wife and three children at ALDER
are very anxious to know his fate.
Two burglars entered the house of
Chas Irish, Of Charlotte, carrying off jewelry
and clothing to the amount of $40. They were
tracked over five miles on the light snow, and
captured in school-house, where they had
taken refuge. Other places were broken into
but nothing was taken except food.
A school professor in Battle Creek
asserts that he has studied the subject and
of reading the daily newspapers at home out
strip those in their studies who do not read
papers, becoming better readers and spoilers,
better grammarans and writing the best COM
positions, besides learning geography and his
tory quicker.
A little 4-year-old child of Albert Sey
mour, living north Of Battle Creek, near Belle
view, was playing upon the floor. The mother
set pail of boiling water beside the stove, and
| IN oh IN m a
boiler on the stove, when tue little boy fell III
and was so terribly scalded that he died In q
few hours after the accident, the flesh on some
parts of the body peeling of clear to the bones.
Louis X. Gale. of Grand Rapids, con-
victed of forging the name of Mrs. Esther Car
| penter, to mortgage on house and lot own
| ed by Mrs. Carpenter, has been sentenced TO
Jackson for two years. The case was very
! peculiar one and there Is considerable doubt
expressed as TO his guilt. Gale is well educated,
! bright, and intellectual, but his talents have
| been put to poor use. He declares his inten-
ton of doing some literary work while In
prison.
Mrs. Hiram Welch of Charlotte, who
has had times of being crazy, few evenings
/ ago was taken quite violent, while at church,
and thought that some one was after her Get
ting up in the midst Of the sermon, and calling
upon the Lord 10 help her, she began deliver
ing an address 10 the congregation. An officer
being called removed her To the Jail, from
which she was taken to the Pontiac asylum.
A nine year old boy in Knoxville, Bay
county, attending school, during play hours,
In tit of anger. said "gol darn you" 10 play
mate. Thereupon the teacher, named w. r.
jackson, whipped the boy severely, upon the
| ground that saving ''gol darn" is profanity
The boys father sued the teacher, who war
| fined $25 and costs, after which he was dismiss
ed from his Office by the school board.
The body of Annie +. Prosser ha:
been found in the Kalamazoo river. about foul
miles from Battle Creek. Annie Prosser, II
| Will be remembered, drowned herself on tn,
night OF the 18th Of December last by leapinl
into the river from a bridge In Battle Creek, Il
| IL supposed because Of her reluctance TO appear
as a witness in the Bathrick case. The finding
of the body explodes the theory long held by
some that the unfortunate girl was alive, anC
living In eastern city.
The committee of the board of super
visors of Lenawee county, appointed 10 exam
inc into the alleged deficiencies In the accounts
of ex-county clerk William l.. Church, hav,
made report to the board. They admit tina
during the four years incumbency of Mr.
Church there was paid 20 him, according TO thu
best of their information and belief, entry fee
| to the amount OF 800 or more which hav'
never been paid over 10 the treasurer Of thu
county as the law directs. They also find tina
for the first two years the bondsman of the sale
official was Mr.. V. Il. j. Osborn, and that fo
the following two years no bonds are on file
nor can they find that any bond was given b,
Mr.. Church during that time. The report wa
accepted and the matter referred TO the prose
cutting attorney for further investigation, will
instruction to take prompt action in the mat
ter. IL is alleged that the moneys unaccouuteC
for will be found 10 be far in excess of the sun
stated by the committee of the board. Mr.
Church, since leaving the county clerksbip, ha
Travelled in the interest of d Detroit tobacc,
house, and Is now understood to be residen
of Chicago.