Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-09-20
Rev. G. O. Brown, of Kalamazoo, OF

VIM. Davis, an aged farmer living
near Schoolcraft, was killed by the cars
ut Three Rivers. the other day.
Alex Grant, Chicago commission
merchant, in q fit of dependency,
dro Sned himself in the lake at Muske-
gOn.
Rev. M. w. Fairfield. of Muskegon,
in q sermon burning with Indignation
said he would choose to have small
pox hospital i'm town rather than
variety theater.
No buckwheat in Michigan again this
year.
Mineral Commissioner Swineford
caught seventy-five pound turtle Mt
the Straits of Mackinac and will exhibit
the amphibian at the state fair.
Duck hunting on the Monroe marshes
is principally INDUCED in by q club of
New Workers, who have acquired pos
session of the hunting grounds.
Mrs. James Rooney, resident of st.
Clair since 1914, Is dead.
Monroe celebrated Perry's Lake Erie
victory in n becoming manner.
St. Mary's academy at Marshall has
an attendance of 1877 pupils, of whom
20 are in the musical department. In
struction is given by Father Baart and
and five sisters from st. Mary's convent
at Monroe.
An intelligent farmer of Jackson
county attributes the failure of the apple
crop for three successive years past to
the effect of cold weather, which so eff
fected the older trees that nearly all de-
cayed at the heart to an extent which
rendered them worthless. His theory
is fruit raising can be made permanent
and certain only by continuous plant
ing, year after year, of fresh, vigor-
Gus young trees, removing the old
ones as soon as they cease bearing.
The Newaygo branch of the Chicago
& West Michigan will soon be extend
ed to Baldwin, point on the Flint ~
Pere Marquette. The company has
now running twenty-siX of the new
furniture cars, ordered at the Muskegon
shops. The company is also building
several elegant new passenger coaches,
baggage. mail and express cars for pas
senger service on its road.
At meeting of the stockholders of
81 Ohio Railroads, held at Marshall, it
was decided to merge the two compa-
MES in one to be known and designated
as the Michigan & Ohio Railroad Com
pany.
A cute little fellow in Kalamazoo,
attached lighted candle to Kite, and
the candle fell upon the roof of q house
and set fire to it.
Manistique has a new jail, and wants
all the would to know it.
William O'Donnell. of EasS Saginaw,
has been arrested at the instance of
State Salt Inspector George Hill, who
charges O'Donnell with manufacturing
and disposing of 100 barrels of salt
without having the same inspected. I'm
der the law of 1869 there is heavy
penalty for this offense.
ANGUS Kunn, prominent builder of
Kalamazoo, is dead. He had been q
resident of that place for 40 years.
Residents OF Coldwater are circulat-
ing petition for the pardon of Hatha-
way and Perk, the two 'fire bugs" who
are serving n sentence in Ionia house OF
correction. The chief scoundrel, Hem
miDgway, has just been pardoned by
the governor, and the citizens of that
place think it unjust to keep the others
in prison.
Shelby. Ocean county, is enjoying a
building boom.
An analysis of the brine from the
Muskcgon salt works shows it as good
! as the best, and salt manufacturing will
! be pushed.
The famous De Cuenick will case has
been abandoned, the defendant, Mrs.
Catherine De Maria, having brought in
disputable evidence of her chastity and
honesty, and effecting n compromise
with the heirs.
The following is summary of the
new compulsory education law: All
children between the ages of 8 and
II years shall be sent to school for a
period of at least four months in each
school year, beginning on the first
Monday of September. AT least six
weeks of this period must be consecu-
tive, unless the children are excused
from such attendance by the school
board. No child under the maximum
age quoted above can be employed to
labor in any business unless such child
shall have attended school for four
months ut least of the twelve months
next preceding Whenever child
from 8 to IA years of age is temper
arily discharged from any employment
such child must be sent to some pub
lie or private day school during the
period for which the child shall have
been discharged. The penalty for fail
ure to comply with these provisions is
fine of not less that IS nor more than
80 for the first offense, and of not
less than so for each subsequent of
| tense. The same act also provides for
| the commencement of proceedings
| against corporations for their failure 10
see that the provisions of this law are
complied with.
Charles Coon had his left hand bad
ly mangled in q boiling saw at Stead
mans mill in Stanton. His place was
filled by Charles Mosher, and in less
than an hour the latter's left arm was
caught by the same saw and nearly
severed.
The larceny case of Elder Latham
Kassick from the store of II.
Q Moore of jackson on the 11th
of last July came up iu9 the
Circuit Court before Judge Gridley at
jackson, a few days ago. No evidence
was offered by the defense. The court
charged the jury that the prosecution
had failed to prove the indictment, viz,
larceny from store in the day time,
and that the defendant had been in the
habit for long time previous of acting