Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-06
MICHIGAN

Manistee the other night, securing
large amount of booty.
A futile attempt was made the other
morning TO blow open the safe in the
National bank at Owosso.
Homer people expect very soon to
have direct communication by telegraph
with Marshall along the line of the NJ.
a. o. road
George Stone, who had lived on his
farm II mile west of Hillsdale for AZ
years and was one of the first settlers
died November II, aged ~.
A farmer named Todd was thrown
from his wagon returning home from
Cadillac few days ago, and has since
died from the injuries received.
Fifteen liquor sellers of Grand Rapids
have been convicted of violating the
liquor laws, and the mayor has been pc
titioned TO revoke their licenses.
Mate Daniel Finlayson of the Inflated
steamer St.Paul which burned in De-
troit the other day, died from the ef-
fects of inhaling the gas emitted from
the chemicals in combustion in that
vessels hole.
The remains of the brakeman killed
near Harrison a few days age have
been identified as those of Timothy
Connolly, whose father is a prominent
business man of Fishers. N. Y. The
young man had been wanderer from
home for number of years.
During the coming year, it is said,
the main line of the Milwaukee, Lake
Shore and Western will be pushed fur
Their west into the Agobegie iron range,
Mich, and to the Montreal river. There
Is also n prCjec for building an extension
from some point near Lake Agobegie
north to Lake Superior.
An 11-years-old boy named Frank
Briggs and two companions of Holland,
| tried TO see how long they could re-
main on the track in front of an ap-
| preaching passenger train on the Chi
cago & West Michigan railway, south
of Fenville station. The engine struck
Briggs. killing him instantly, breaking
his skull and shoulder, throwing him
| 100 feet.
Isaac Holden, suffering from temper
airy insanity caused by too much whis-
key, attempted 90 commit suicide ut
| East Saginaw few DAYS ago He went
up into willow tree. placed n moose
aoo ut his neck and dropped. The moose
| slipped over one arm, and he was thus
hung in mid air, with no prospect of
dying oil in that way. He was cut
down and fell 20 feet.
Saginaw Courier: The printers and
pressmen of the Saginaws have taken
the initial steps for the formation of a
new benefit association, with j. A
Schmid as president and VIM. Evans
rs treasurer. It's objects briefly stated
| are to assist the members thereof who
are incapacitatcd from duty by sickness
or accident, and in case of death to de-
fray the funeral expenses.
Soiourner Truth, the famous lecturer
and colored rcformeT, died at her home
on College street. in Battle Greek. after
a long and painful illness She was
los years old, according to the best
data that herself ami friends could OBJ
tain. The immediate cause of her last
| illness was an ulcer on one of her lower
limbs, and she had been unconscious
for several days. She leaves three
daughters living, viz: Mrs. Diana Cor
bin, Mrs. Elizabeth Boyd and Mrs. So
phia Schuyler. Much genuine grief is
felt on account of ner death, both
among the white and the black people
\ few mornings ago, between the
hours of and 4 o'clock, the house of
| al l,.;n
southeast of OwossO, was vi ,ited bv a
party of masked burglars. The robbers
gained entrance through parlor win
dow, and, forcing their way into the
bedroom occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Gale,
covered them with revOlvers and re-
marked, You may consider yourselves
| well off If you are not served as the
Crouch family were,'' Keeping Mr.. and
Mrs. Gale, under guard, the rascals ram
sacked the house, taking 500 and two
gold watches. They then helped them
selves to q good breakfast and drove
away with Mr.. Gales horse and car
riage. No clew.
The Ontonagon Miner saws: The
slate of the upper peninsula is fast
coming forward as competitor against
the states of Vermont and Pennsylvania
and foreign slate. The company at
Baraga has just been awarded the con-
tract for the slate roof of the new
board of trade building in Chicago,
over all competitors, even at an adj
vcnced price, the Lake Superior hav-
ing been found, after severe test and
examination to be superior TO all others.
The slate industry of our peninsula
bound to become most important
factor in our business. The drawback
heretofore has been the lack of capital
to open the quaries sufficiently TO fill
the orders. Capt. Hooper has now taken
charge of the Michigan company's
quarries at Huron Bay, and the work
will be pushed with vigor, so rs to in
sure a largely increased product for the
next season.