Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-04-12

coal. They think IT pays better to even make
the maple into charcoal than to saw II into
lumber, for In coal making all the limbs, as
wei as the trees that would be poor saving ma
terial, can be utilized A cord ofdry Wood will
make from 40 TO so bushels OF charcoal, which
sells on an average, for about eight cents a
bushel.
The straits of Mackinaw are frozen
solid from the Manitous to Thunder bay, and
navigation is not expected to open before May
l.
The state salt Inspector reports 1885,
493 barrels OF salt inspected during the month
of March, distributed as follows: Saginaw
county, 65,624; Bay county, 5O,46S; Huron
county, 9,40l.
Z. b Morey, sentenced from Battle
Creek in June, 1880, TO ten years In jackson
prison for forgery of 100000 ON the Clark
estate, has been assured by Governor Begole
that he will be pardoned this month.
Big Rapids is q little excited over the
finding of human foot in the rear of drug
store. The foot appears to have been cut from
the leg In an artistic manner by surgeon,
though whether the subject was dead or alive
is what bothcrs the gossips.
Jackson prison report for March: In
prison at beginning Of month 62S, received by
sentence z, recaptured l, total 636; decrease by
discharge 81, by pardon 2 total %; total re-
naming March 81, 6l3; crimes of those re-
ceived, murder, perjury, arson, forgery, break
ing and entering each, larceny2.
A project is on foot to secure an APP
preparation for the purpose OF cutting chan
mel from Traverse bay into Bass lake and
thence into Elk river, for the purpose of giving
Elk Rapids fine harbOr. This could be done
at comparatively small expense, AMI would
give Elk Rapids as good harbor as Charlevoix.
BY bill which has passed both
houses inspectors OF illuminating oils are per
mitted 10 collect ID cents Qnstead of 10 cents
as heretofore) for each barrel or cask or pack
age containingnot exceeding IS gallons, and at
the same proportioDate rate for any excess
over that quantity so inspected.
The senate committee of the whole
has passed and put the order of third reading
bin permitting the organization Of normal
departments in all chartered colleges in Mich
igan; said departments to have courses equal
In all respects to the courses pursued In the
state normal school and their graduates to the
same privileges as the graduates OF the state
normal school.
The board of control of the state in
dustrial home for girls have elected Mayor Cor
bin of Adrian, the resident member OF the
board, to the position OF treasurer. owing 10
delay in the necessary legislative appropriation,
the board have ordered temporary loan OF
$1,000, to meet contingent expenses. The
office Of superintendent of grounds has been
dispensed With, and the duties attached there
to will hereafter be discharged 10y committee
of the board.
Senator Ferry's health has greatly
improved, being in fact so much better that
DR.. Clark. his physician, has given him leave tc
| travel. He sailed the other day from New
York on the steamer britannia, Of the White
star line, for Europe, to be gone year or so
| He is accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Amanda
f. Hall, and nephew, Mr.. VIM. A. Hall, who Ii
| tutor in Yale college but has leave OF alb
| sencc for six months.
All the telephones between Grand
Rapids and Coopersvile were recently injured
and lne switch board spoiled by an electric
wire coming in contact with telephone wire
In an affray in house of ill-fame neal
the village of Crawling John France was fatal
" stabbed by James Egan, keeper of the house
Egan was shot in the head twice by France ant
severely injured. The parties are arrested
The quarrel arose about money paid for {
nights lodging.
Men from Chicago have been examin.
ing bed of what Is supposed to be pipe-clay
on the Pressure Isle and Little Traverse state
road, and ten barrels OF the clay were shipped
to Chicago TO give 1t a trial. III 1t proves
equal 10 expectations, land will be bought anC
a factory started.
VIM. Lease and wife of Big Rapids,
arrested a short time since on charge OF at
tempting 10 blackmail James AitkeD, Of tho
same place-Mrs. Lease jumping into Aitken's
lap when he called on special invitation anC
Mr.. Lease rushing out of an adjoining room
with drawn revolver, demanding $1,000
have been bound over to the circuit court
A man named James Boardman died
at Big Rapids under somewhat singular circum
stances. Some time last fall, during row al
Alleyton, he was shot through the mouth, the
ball lodging in the back of the neck, as sup
posed. The wound healed up in good shape
TO all appearances. and he was in good health
until about month ago, when he was taken
sick and died A pest norton examination re-
veaed the fact that the ball had lodged in tn.
base of the brain, near the spinal chord, un
doubtedly causing his death so long a time after
being shot. His body has been sent 10 Ann
Arbor.
A press dispatch of the 9th inst, con.
tanned an item reading as follows: "Asahe
Finch, well known Milwaukee lawy er, died
yesterday; born In Genoa, n. Y, in 1900;
studied law at Adrian, Mich, in 1885, and re.
moved TO Milwaukee in 1899" Mr. Finch was
a member Of the legislature Of 1887, represent
ing Lenawee county. lie resigned before the
special session was called, In June of that year
(the legislature of 1887 held three sessions in
that year, Those were troublous times In this
beautiful peninsula, owing TO the fact that the
woods were full OF wildcat banks. Mr.. Finch
was member of the committee on banks and
manufactures, and also Of that ON accounts.
Among his contemporaries In the House were
speaker of the House; Kingsley 5. Bingham
and Apheus Fetch, who were subsequently
governors of the state I; Warner Wing and Ezra
Convis.