Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-08-09
MICHIGAN.

Mrs e. Bellows. an insane woman
living in Langston, committed SUICIDE
n few DAYS ago by jumping into the
Flat river.
The new building at the Industrial
Home for girls at Adrian Wi VIII no no' o ~
built this year. Only SlI'ooO Mns s ~
propriated for that purpose, w ,a '"o
lowest bid required was SlS'll9'
A little son Of Jammie JOY, at Cor,
runna. overturned the suppertable, ana
was severely scalded by cup OF Tea.
The injury and shock proved fatal rs
death occurred within few hours
1Extensive and thorough repairs are
hoino made at the state normal school,
ond The grounds in the rear ere peihg
Graded. The main building is BENG
S1o;nted outside and in, the halls ana
corridors grained, the walls anu cc hsI
tinted and calcimimed, ana inc ch"Poi
grained and frescoed--all aI 'no
pense of over $4,000.
Can't. S. S. Warner has been pl4nSe e
IN command of the revenue cutter fes-
sender. stationed at Detroit.
An aged lady named Land droPPeu
dead near Gainesville postoillce, IN mp
newa county, while walking from u
poighbor's house toward her own nome
DIR. Charles f. Walton OF Cincinnati,
Ohio. has been appointed to the chalr
of SURGERY and clinical surgery IN the
bome0pathic medical college, vice Dr'
L. C. Franklin, resigned
Prof. Hogan, the balloonist, made an
osaont from Hillsdale the other day. He
started at 2:30 p. III. and lntehGeo W y
come down at Adrian. But about D
o'clock in the evening he came IN the
Moumee river near Waterville.
A sad accident occurred ut Junlata
Station. Tuscola county, "A stranger
while working in a saw mill, was struck
in tbe hack of the head by an edeing
which was thrown back by the saw: lie
was injured so badly that he dleu III
about five hours.
Some time ago Postmaster General
Gresham issued an order forbiddihs
postmasters of the higher classes IRON
absenting themselves from their uutieS
without permission from the department
mon formal written application. This
was an Innovation, Us postmasters have
been in the habit of going where ano
when thew pleased. 1t is stated tina
Postmaster LYMAN NJ. Gates, of kala
mazoo, is the first one caught mapping
and will be suspend as soon as success
sor can be selected
A new feature in the curriculum o
study at Adrian college is the lntroauc
tion of q course of ethical instruction
the aim of which is to familiariZe TIT
student with the principles that under
lie the formation of character and L
incite and confirm in him right dlsposi
uons. 1t will differ from the instructor
usually oiven in ethics and moral science
in colleges in that 1t will be practlca
and personal in Its aims, rather thal
theoretical and abstract. Lectures OF
building, together win
course of reading bearing on tne suD
;ect. will be combined with sucn othe
methods. more personal in their char
acter, as shall aid the student III Oh
tanning control of disposition and cor
rectly guiding conduct. How to strength
en- and confirm approved disposition
and how to weaken and destroy oblec
tionable elements of character Will %
among the prominent questions conslo
cred.
The Oscoda salt and lumber compa
nvs mill near Oscoda was burned re
Gently. Loss $50, 600; insurance S0O,OOt
An unknown man was killed by
construction train on the Michigan
Ohio railroad in Battle Creek, the othe
day.
A little boy named TAFT. at Oscodf
set his clothing on fire while playln
with matches, and was burned to
crisp.
Col Harry Sherwood of Kalamazoo
postmaster of the last house OF repre-
sentatives, has been appointed asslstaf
postmaster at Washington.
Harry l.. Bush CT Monterey, was dls
ging well in Allegan, when the we
caved in. 1t was two hours before I'll
BODY of the unfortunate man VIZ
reached.
Charles j. Lockmead of Sturgis Wa
the winning one of - contestants in II
competitive examination for a We
Point cadetship, held at Kalamazoo
few days ago.
The board of control of the institu
for the blind awarded the contract Il
building the two new wings provide
for by the last legislature to Farr d VII
cent of Grand Rapids; price Sj7 80
There were five bids in all.
High water has ruined the Ion
county peppermint crop on the 10
lands where it was grown.
Myron Toplif, aged nine, died at h
home in Brookfield. Eaton county, fro
the effects of n rattlesnake's bite.
Charlotte is going to have q factor
for the manufacture of apple jelly, cid
and cider vinegar and cane sugar.
The question of new city hall is b
ing agitated at Grand Rapids. The pr
posed structure will cost Sl50,00O,
All the working force of the Republ
mine have struck for higher wage
Between four and five hundred mt
went out.
Ten thousand people attended u
emancipation celebration at LansiD
The Hon. John Il. Lynch of Mississip
was the orator of the day,
While privy vault in the rear
McCormick's block, Bay City, was beir
cleaned the bodies of five dead infan
were found. The matter is to be tho
ouphlv investigated, and, if possibl
those guilty of this wholesale slaught
of the innocents brought to the bar
justice.
Vicksburg has been tronbled f
some time by the thieving of gang
small boys. One of the infants was a
rested few days ago for stealing chic
ems, which he sold to a butcher. II
n,othor felt the disprace so kecnly tn