Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-05-31

in the House, provides. a. That
Al persons having charge of the poor
shall be authorized 10 forbid the sale OF liquors
to persons In the habit OF getting intoxicated.
2) That when sales to persons IN the habit OF
getting intoxicated are forbidden by relatives,
the person selling In violation Of the law shall
forfeit To complainant from 800 to $500, rs
may be decreed by the court
AS the east-bound passenger tram on
the Detroit and Macinacw IL Marquette road was
nearing st. Ignace, a few nights ago, an Indian
named Charles Muccadamckee, or Black Thun-
der, was run over and killed, and Joe Shedaw'
en-, also an Indian, was knocked 70 feet into
the air. He was severely cut about the head,
but will recover. They had two cub bears
with them, one of which was killed. They had
been drinking considerable skinawaboo whisky
during the day, and were returning home when
they laid down on the track.
Gen. Hart l.. Stewart, prominent
railroad man and intimately connected with
the early history of western Michigan, died In
Chicago short time ago.
The Senate has by vote of 2S to /
passed the House joint resolution TO appoint a
commission to inquire Into and report upon the
desirahility of the state purchasing the Michi-
gan Central and Michigan Southern railroads,
under the provisions of their charters.
The House and Senate committees on
the Northern asylum will report favorably on
the question of purchasing So, $50 worth OF land
to be added to the asylum tract Mt Traverse
City.
The Jackson Citizen is authority for
the statement that cat belonging to Vim. Ran
die, who resides just east OF that city, has
adopted four young muskrats, sucking and
nursing them with the same care and atten-
tion she bestows on her own kittens. Two
years ago this cat adopted and successfully
raised a litter of young minks, the same minks
that attracted so much attention and won tire
premium at the state fair I'm 1881.
On account OF the adjournment OF the Leg
islature on the 9th OF June, the day on which
the annual meeting Of the Michigan State
Pioneer Society should OPEN land In conse-
queuce Of the commotion and confusion attend
ing the breaking I'D of that body, the meeting
has been postponed one week. Consequently
the reunion win beheld In Representative Hall
Mt Lansing, commencing Wednesday, June IL,
1883, at 3 o'clock p. m, and will continue
through the day and evening of the 18th. The
programme, as usual, win consist Of music,
, address of the president, report Of the officers
and committees, interesting historical papers,
and the usual five minute speeches.
Washington Throop, an old resident
of Detroit, committed suicide few days ago,
by hanging himself, Mr.. Throop was well
known In the eastern part Of Michigan, having
| lived in Detroit almost continually since 1893.
| For many years he was chief bookkccper for
| Xacharlah Chandler, and was subsequently
For number od years he has been totally
blind, his blindness being caused by close ap-
| plication 10 his clerical duties.
Frank l.. Noble d Co. y plaster and
stucco mills two miles southwest from Grand
| Rapids caught fire and were totally destroyed
| together with machinery and a number o. con
| tiguous buildings. The total loss Is S35OOC
with $1,000 insurance. Forty men are thrown
out OF employment.
The Baptist seminary property al
Fenton is urged as good place for the pro
| posed state school for imbeciles, bill for the
| establishment Of which has been reported IA
vorably By the House committee on education
The property is a fine one.
Prof A. M. Schailer, an aged Ger
man music teacher, rmeriy of Milwaukee Wis.
suicided in Lied,rkrapz hall Manistee few
nights ago, by shooting himself In the mouth
| He was discovered the next morning In an.un
conscious state. He will die Dependency wa
the cause OF the deed. Re left a will headed
"a huge will, - in which he requests his specta
cles TO his landlord and his revolver 10 IN,
party from whom he borrowed money To pur
chase It,
A Mrs. John Simpson, of Kalamazoo
Is 81 years old, has lived In that village just y
years aud during that time has read ever,
number of the Kalamazoo Gazette, walks abou
town as spry as most people and transact
her own business. During the past year, be
sides doing her homework, she has pieced AM
quilted nine quilts, knit 29 pairs Of socks an'
| lSpairs Of mittens