Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-03-15
STATE NEWS

There is not an acre OF land subject
10 state entry In either Keweenaw or Houghton
counties.
The Rev. Alfred Eddy, for IL years
pastor Of the Presbyterian church at Niles,
died on the 9th inst, aged g.
The house of John Connors, at Coral,
was burned few days ago Loss 5000; insur-
ance $500. Dr. Barry's house was on fre but
Il was extinguished with small loss.
A fire destroyed the large greenhouses
and damaged the residence OF +. Deckman OF
East Saginaw, recently, to the amount OF So
600; insurance ON dwelling and contents, ST.
200
Twenty-Five converts, nearly all young
ladies and gentlemen, were baptized ut the
Congregational church in Hudson on recent
Sunday, by the Rev. I. g. Cotton, as the result
of the evangelistic work of Prof. Est abrook.
Rowell &. Sharpe, who was arrested
at Ovid last week accused of obtaining money
of Jas. A. Beebe of Owosso by means OF a
forged mortgage, has waived examination and
been remanded to Jail. Sharpe now admits the
forgery.
Chas. A. Is. Huntley, the smart
Grand Rapids young man, who advertised to
sell "a certain kind of bills''-thc old swinde
10 take in those who would buy counterfeit
money-has been sentenced TO six months I'M
prisonment
United States Court at Grand Rapids on notes
held by John Gilman, of Baltimore, and Senator
Window, of Minnesota, for S6OOOO against the
Michigan Barge Company, Ferrysburg, one OF
the Ferrys' corporations.
Prof. +. G. Walker, principal of the
normal department Of Adrian college, has ten
dered his resignation, and will accept the super
lntendency of the Jonesvie schools, the latter
position being made vacant by the retirement
Of Prof. Gass, the newly-appointed superin-
tendent OF public instruction
IL was at one time feared that the ice
had injured the growing wheat crop in st.
Joseph County, but as the snow and ice melt
and the bare ground appears, all fears OF IN
;ury have been dispelled and IL Is almost the
unanimous opinion of farmers that the prospect
of good crop in this section never looked bet
ter.
A furniture manufacturing company
has been organized in Bay City; capital, $780,
600.
The ianitors of the public schools in
Grand Rapids have been appointed special
police, so that they may protect the schools
from depredations, and insure good order
A fire occurred in Manistee few days
since, causing loss of $4,000 TO that village.
The fire originated in frame block occupied
by Seymour Bros, as general store, and
spread rapidly TO the adjoining buildings
Grand Rapids on the 81 inst, and brought 10
Grand Haven for examination on the charge OF
having, on the Sth OF January last, committed
rape upon his daughter, girl about IL years
old. II is claimed that Laurancc was drunk at
the time.
William A. Loose, living six miles
from Monroe, was drowned in the river Raisin
a few days since. He was crossing the river in
small skill on his way home from the district
school where he was teaching, when the boat
was overturned by the swift current and he was
swept away beyond the reach of aid.
j. S. Eastman's planning mill and
hoop factory at Ludington, together with their
contents and machinery, were entirely destroy
ed by fire on the 9th inst. Loss about $1,000,
insured for $1,000 in the lmperia. Northern and
North British companies Misfortune seemR
TO follow Mr.. Eastman Only few days pre-
vious he had all the fingers on his left hand
sawed of.
A young man by the name of Thorn
as Jamison, formerly resident OF Windsor,
Ont, who has been living at COlumbidville for
the last six months, committed suicide few
evenings since by hanging himself. The fam
lily were absent attending a concert, and on
their return about $3.50 p. m, discovered him
hanging by a strap fastened 10 the stair railing
above. Jamison was about 20 years old, and
had been married only about three months.
No cause is assigned for the rash act. The
cOroner's jury returned a verdict in accord
ance with the above facts
The East Saginaw common council
are considering proposition to build 81 new
city lookup and police station.
w. /. Eldridge of Ispheming has been
appointed circuit court commissioner for Mar
quette county, in place Of VIM. r. Jones' de
ceased.
Michigan salt report for February:
Saginaw county, IS, 10+ barrels; Bay county,
35,2l1, Huron county, 1900: losco county, g.
400; total 80 915
Mrs Charlotte RAINBOW of Flint, was
struck by +. & P. NJ. train a few days ago,
and instantly killed. She was "a years OF age
and for many years resident Of Genesee
county.
A man named Mcdonald has been ar
rested at Bay City charged with having mali
cioasly cut to pieces hack valued at $3.50 in
Muskegon. The owner of the hack is widow;
and Mcdonald, being discharged from her SER
vice, 1t is charged took this way OF revenge.
Gov. Begole has received letter
fromLord Dalhousie, an English peer, inquiring
as TO the effects Of the occasional marriages
with sisters Of deceased wives permitted in this
and other states Of the Union. Lord Dalhousie
intends TO introduce another bill in the house
OF lords to permit such marriages in the united
kingdom, and desires facts to support him in
his plan. These facts the governor of Michigan
certainly will give him. Secretary Stevenson
is now engaged upon the draft of a letter to the
noble lord, assuring him Of the innocence and
propriety OF said marriages and denying GER
tain reports as to their baneful influence
Marshall has no municipal debt, and
$4,000 cash in the treasury with which to begin
her fiscal year April l.
A few evenings since Mrs. Barbara
Harris, wife of VIM. Harris, conductor on the
Saginaw Division Of the Michigan Central Rail-
road, was cut in two by train at Owosso. The
loss Of a daughter last fall Is thought to have
affected her mind.
The people of Houghton county are
quite stirred up over the introduction in the
legislature of a bill detaching q large portion
of the county's territory and adding IL TO Bara-
ga county. All the mining companies and the
taxpayers OF the county have signed a remon-
strlnce which has been forwarded to Lansing.
John Cassell, of Lakeview, Montcalm
county, is 4 name Of the young man who, at
the time OF the recent collision near Paris,
clambered over baggage and express cars and
stopped the train, which, through reversal Of
the engine, had started back at the rate of 80
miles al hour, having been deserted by Jump
ing engineer, fireman, conductor and brake
man.
On the evening of the 9Th Jack Nc |
Donald, a well known and popular attachee of |
the Lake Shore, had the misfortune to slip from |
q freight car at Dundee, on the Chandler |
branch, and the wheels passed diagonally over |
his right arm, which lay on the track, smashing |
the bones and muscular tissue in a frightful |
manner. Mcdonald seems TO be somewhat I'M |
fortunate, as about one year ago he had the |
lower part OF his leg crushed in an accident, |
and since HIS recovery he has been employed |
on the road as an extra conductor.