Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-09-27


A gas company employee tapped agas |
main at Marshall the other day and was
overcome by the gas before he conld
get out of the trench. Fortunately he
was discovered and rescued in time to
save his life.
The famous DE Cuenick will case has
been abandoned, the defendant, Mrs.
Catherine DE Maria, having brought in
disputable evidence of her chastity and
honesty, and effecting compromise
| with the heirs.
John Hayes, foreman of n gang OF
railroad men, while endeavoring to get
on constructing train, fell under the
wheels and lost leg His home was
west of Litchfield, Hillsdale county,
near Sand Lake.
The Prentiss lumber company of AL
pena have made an assignment to Gen.
l.. Maltz of that city as preferred credi-
tor; the liabilities are said to be $4,000
They claim to be able to come out all
right if let alone.
Frank Osborne, a barber, late of Ann
Arbor, prevailed upon a young lady OF
Marshall, to lend him her gold watch
and jewelry valued at $40, obtained
trust at livery stable for smaller sum
and then ran away.
George Utley, Lyman Eggleston and
several others killed black bear on the
farm of Geo. Utley in the town of Flint,
about two miles west of the city, after
quite lively shirmish. The bear
weighed 256pounds.
Some weeks ago VERNE Sharpsteer
and Arthur Wagner, two young hope
fuls of Marshall went out west to be-
cone bandits. They soon tired of the
life. however, and the other day came
tramping back to their mas.
Considerable excitement has been
created at Hillsdale by the arrest and
confinement in jail of Capt. Shorter, of
Detroit. the leader of the salvation army,
as disturber of the peace; also one Of
his followers, who resisted the officer.
VIM. Sutton recently found on his
farm in South Battle Creek tooth that
measured one-fourth of an inch in
diameter and was five and one-half
inches long The description of the
animal that it belonged tots not known.
Bears are numerous in the country
surrounding st. Johns. A large black
one was killed about mile and halt
from town one day this week. 1t is sup
posed they leave the wood in search OF
water, no rain having fallen for nearly
two months.
Peter X. Adams, an honored mem
Der of the constitutional convention OF
1850 and generally known to the people
of southern Michigan. died at his home
in Tecumseh on the 18th inst, at the
age of rs. He came to Tecumseh to
reside in 1925.
John Leidy, resident of Leonidas
township, had MS barn struck by light.
Mig and totally destroyed, together
with horse, several sets of harness, &C
tons of hay and a quantity of other
personal effects; loss upwards of $4,000
with partial insurance.
+. NJ. Brown, former station agent
at Carey, Cass county, who stole awsy
from that place with 1000 of Other
people, money, has been heard from
again at Blair, Nebraska, where he re-
9 peated the dose. His family are in des
titute circumstances ut Corey.
? Sheriff Cameron and Prosecuting At
torney Kittle of Iosco county, had q
8 fight the other day in which the latter
, being threatened by the former, fired q
revolver, when the sheriff sailed in, and
gave his antagonist a drubbing They
had had some disagreement before.
, Cadillac News: The best catch OF
, the season must be awarded to Mrs.
George Cameron, who has, of late, be.
come quite skillful with the hook. A
few days ago while trolling i'll the lake
she captured a pickerel that weighed
a square twelve pounds and measured q
triile over three feet.
In addition to the other improve
: ments made in Shelby the past sammer
are noticed bank and a new build
ing to accommodate it, boot, shoe and
harness shop, large furniture store,
two hearses, one new block veneere0
with brick, fifty dwelling houses, and
more in process of erection.
A gentlemen has been employed by
the state and is now looking over all
the college lands in the state with a
view of grading them according to their
value, and not holding them at fixed
value of So per acre Independent of their
real value. Ii is q pity the school
lands could not be graded also.
An unknown man committed suicide
at Slocum's Junction the other day.
He was found in a dying condition by
the fireman of the Fayette division of
the l.. S. II. Il. A 3S-calibre revolver
was found by his side. He was of sandy
complexion, deformed in the right leg
and foot, and was about 3 feet ii inches
high.
Dr. Il. Ii. Osborn OF Calumet, who
owns some large and valuable farms in
the vicinity Of Moorhead Mimi, has re-
Gently had some very su scessful eXper-
fence with the white Russian variety
of wheat. The crop just thrashed was
grown in new ground" and yielded
over AZ bushels to the acre from "a
acres.
Peter Aul, German farmer living
southeast of Otisville, Genesee county,
attempted suicide by cutting his throat
The wound laid open the windpipe but
did not extend on either side to the
large blood vessels. DIR. Runner of
Richfield attended to dressing the
wound and at last report the old gen.
tleman bids fair to recover.
Otsego Union: As an item worthy
of consideration by bachelors aid w,d-
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