Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-08-23

Nelson Harper, one OF the oluesI
pioneers of Cass county, is dead.
A number of small depositors lost
their little all, by the failure OF Latoun-
tain, the Monroe banker.
A new steam ferry now offers COM
munication between st. Clairand Court
wright, on the st. Clair river.
The Michigan & Ohio railroad has
entered Homer, and the denizens OF
that enterprising burg believe the mil
lenium has dawned
During the month of July 2,90l emf
grants entered the United States at the
port of Port Huron, one half OF
whom were Canadians.
About 10 tons of coal are mined per
day from the mines ut the Jackson
prison. The mining is done by convicts
and the coal is sufficient for the prison
uses.
The famous Old Iron Brigade mold a
reunion at LaCross, Wis Sept. - and
II, and Gov. Begole will send the colors
of the oath, regiment Michigan volun-
teers infantry-that regiment having
belonged to the brigade.
July q seven prisoners escaped from
the Berrien county Jail, all but two OF
whom were captured inside of24 bours.
The other two were captured in the
Green Mountain State on the 18th of
August, and have been returned to Ber-
len Springs.
The lumber showers at this end OF the
Saginaw Valley struck for 30 cents an
hour, n few days ago, and paradcd the
streets with band, gathering in all the
dock whollopers they could find. Vessel
men at first claimed they could not pay
the amount demanded, as freight rates
will not justify the advance. Later,
however, they acceded to the demands
of the strikers, and what at first threat
ened serious injury to the lumber indns-
try. was soon at an end.
VIM. Garwood. fresco painter from
Cleveland, "a ged 81, who has been doing
some work at Lexington, and who has
a wife and two children in Cleveland,
married the colored cook at the Cadil-
lac house, in that place. About midnight
q few nights ago q party of 20 or 80
masked men went to the house where
the pair were domiciled, took Garwood
to n point near the intersection of the
two principal streets in the city, and
treated him 10 coat of tar and feath-
ers When released he started west on
n dead run, pursued by shower OF
stones and other missiles, but managed
to elude his pursuers and has not been
seen since.
Prof. Allen Il. Gould of Williams col
lege, Mass, has been appointed profess
sor of Latin in Williams college.
Ex-Rcpresentative Giles b. Markham,
of White Pigeon, was thrown from y
wagon few days ago and had one OF
bis legs broken.
Plans and specifications for the asy-
lum for insane criminals, to be erected
at Ionia, are being prepared by Gordon
w. Lloyd of Detroit.
The body of John Gier, whose death
has been the subject of much specula-
ton in Clinton county, was found in
Maple river, near Bridgevillc, Gratiot
county.
Trufant is the name of an enterpris-
ing little village in Montcalm county.
The inhabitants of that burg want q
grist mill, and will give liberal bonus
to the man who will start one there.
Averill Post No. III, Grand Army of
the Republic. has been organized and
mustered at Vassar with siXty-five
charter members Hon. b. w. Huston
was elected commander of the post.
A bank will soon be one of the estab-
lished institutions of Mindon City.
1t is claimed that the st. Joe county
wheat yield surpasses that of any other
year in its history.
Grading on the Grand Trunk railway
extension will be completed through
the town of Unadilla, Livingston Co.,
in about six weeks.
H. w. Wood, an early resident and
business man of Flint, died in that city
few days ago. He was in the iron
working business there from 1858 to
1862, when he went TO East Saginaw
where he remained few years and then
returned to Flint. He was nearly 20
years old.
A collision took place on the race
course at Charlotte during the races in
that city, between Raymond, owned by
Seth Mclean, of Bay City, and Bank
er's Rothchild, owned by Reynolds q
Silvcrs, of Tecumseh. Raymond was
killed outright and Bankers Rothchild
was dangerously injured. Raymond
was valuable horse, his owner having
refused $4,000 for him.
Michigan knights. of the Macabees
met in convention in Detroit onthe 10Th,
made some changes in their constitu-
ton, elected officers for the ensuing
year and adjourned to meet at Lansing
on the second Tuesday in August, 1884.
THE subject of rural Improvement is
being discussed by the citizens of St
Clair.
The recently organized Presbyterian
church in Battle Creek contemplates the
erection of an edilice for worship. The
plans which they now have in view will
be to have the seats i'm semi-circle.
with vcstibulc entrance at each corner.
II will be built of brick and of modern
style.
tJohn l.. Jewell, grocer of Cheboygan,
disappeared, and his hat was found on