Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-10-25
MICHIGAN.

The Harbor Springs tooth pick facto-
ny will use up 10000 cords OF wood per
annum.
r.. G. Peters, of Manistee, has sold to
C + Ruggles quality OF pine lumber
for 100000 cash.
The laying of the railroad track from
East Tawas to Au Sable is being pushed
vigorously forward.
A new Congregations church is be-
ing built at Charlevoix. 1t VIII cost
$4,000 when completed.
Crops in the burnt district are cot
turning out as well as expected anu
farmers feel "blue" about it.
Near Altoona, Altoona county, Thurs
day, John Macarthur mistook LOUIS
Lafrance for a bear and shot him dead
Thousands of acres of corn in south-
ern Michigan are blasted to such an ex-
tent as to make it practically worth
less.
An expert rider won bet of 500 by
riding his horse from Chelsea TO Dexter
distance of eight miles, in "a MN
utes. The bet was made on ~ MN
utes.
The proposed work on the Ottawa
Lake drain in Monroe county will cost
about S26, 1000. The contracts have
been let
The board of Supervisors of Mecosta
county think they can raise S3O,O0o by
direct tax for the purpose of building a
court house.
The furnace company at Bangor, Van
Buren, county has made voluntary as
signment. Liabilities Sl30,0O0, nomi'
nal assets S260,000.
SIT is reported at Grass Lake that VIM.
Vinegar, formerly of that place, but
more recently of Grand Rapids, has
committed suicide in California.
Jas. Waddle, q prominent farmer re-
siding southwest of North Branch, fell
from the roof of his house while trying
to extinguish fire, breaking three OF
his ribs.
Near White Rock, Huron county,
Henry Gebhart's 2-years-old child dled
from the effects of terrible burning.
The little ones clothing caught fire
from stove.
The state sportsman 5 association has
grown tired of spending 81 800 II year
| to pay game warden for enforcing the
state game laws. and he therefore goes
out of commission.
John l.. Sweeny, the East Saginaw
saloonist who shot Conductor Jonsen
short time ago, has been held on y
charge of assault with intent to kill, and
his bail was fixed at $4,000
A bold but unsuccessful attempt was
made the other evening to burn the
houses of Il. ID. Scott and jackson Vor-
bees of Pontiac. The affair causes
great excitement in that place.
The horse doctors at Grand Rapids
feel called upon to register under the
new law relative to physicians, saying
that unless they do so they will have
trouble in.collecting their bills.
The Bay City Tribune thinks there
is no doubt that.a great many people
| living in the so-called county of Arcnac
would be very glad if the townships
were again attached to Bay county.
The Mining Journal published at
Hancock says coal is gradually super
seding wood for mine fuel N that dis
trict. The increased consumption this
year by the copper mines is estimated
ut $1,000 tons.
Port Huron bakers complain because
they have TO pay $40 a year for the
privilege of selling bread in Fort Gra-
tiot, while the bakers in that village
can sell bread in Port Huron without
having to pay u license.
Hattie Hart. aged ID, was terribly in.
| iured by moving machine in Richard,
Kalamazoo county. She was standing
near it when the team started and the
knives nearly serve one of her feet,
cutting every cord in her ankle.
During the late war the chief OF the
Escanaba Iron Port was an officer in
the U. S. military telegraph corps. and
at reunion of the corps recently his
old comrades presented him a hano-
some silver service.
Mrs Joseph Martin, living in Green
bush. Clinton county. met n bear in the
road the other day, and the ST. Johns
Independent ayers that she frightened
bruin SO that he climbed over fence
and took TO the woods, by simply shak-
ing her fist at him and saying "shoo."
Sister Mary Collette, aged 20, sis
ter of mercy, died of heart disease at
Mercy hospital, Big Rapids, after an
hours sickness. Her real name WIS
Alice Macroy. and she came from
BROOKLYN, n. Y. She took the veil at
Big Rapids last spring with great cerc-
monies.
BY the explosion of boiler in the
handle factory at Shelby Ooeana coun-
~, the light Waterman, named Fer
guson, was seriously injured and four
Otlfer persons were slightly hurt. Pieces
of tie wreck were scattered all over the
village and several houses were married
thereby.
Hugh Paul, of Austin township. SAM
lac county, stole five head of cattle from
his brother, Alex. Paul. He was fol
lowed and captured near Bay City
few days ago while driving the stock,
Hugh had been n wanderer for some
time, and his family had long mourned
his death.
The success of Lansing in securing a
part of the terms of the circuit court.
thus dividing with the county seat, has
set number of towns TO wondering
why they cannot effect similar result.
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