Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-05-24
MICHIGAN.
STATE NEWS

OlAOl Iect, aJ Oaulllhc, WtAlOIu COuh1l. ihO
Congregationalists of the same place viii also
build this summer.
Owing to the low price of coal, Jack
son mine proprietors have notified the miners
that wages for digging must come down, prob.
| ably TO about three cents per pit car OF
| 700 pounds. The miners are considering the
matter.
James A. Torpey committed suicide
| by jumping into the Potomac river from the
| ferry boat between Washington and Alexan-
dria. He left a note saying: The cause OF my
destruction is physical and financial misior-
tune. was born at Ironton, Mo-, In 1850,
and reared In Jackson, Mich, where i have
| few friends who were interested In my well
fare. -.
The principal part of the thriving lit
| tie village of Newsygo, which was destroyed by
| Ere a few weeks ago, Is being rapidly rebuilt.
In the end the village will profit by the fire, as
| the buildings are being, constructed In a sub
stantial manner, and the industries OF inc Town
greatly increased. nrH
Mrs. Catherine levitt, wife of the
late Judge Charles levitt, of Niles died of heart
disease while driving home alone in her buggy.
Mrs. levitt was about 6S years old and had
resided In that city over 40 years. She was
cousin of John q. SAKE the poet, and woman
who deserves the best that can be written OF
| spoken of her.
An accident occurred on the +. d Z.
| Nj.
destruction to property. Fortunately no lives
were lost, although the accident is known TO
! have been the result of gross carelessness.
An unknown young man died at
Essexville of quick consumption, the expenses
| of whose burial were betrayed by subscription
| by the mill men. He had tramped from Texas,
and was unable to sit up when he reached
| EsseXville.
Mr.. Stevenson, the governor private
| secretary, has sent TO every prosecuting attor-
| ney In the state a printed communication CIV
| ne specific directions as to ways and means
or obtaining acquisitions and warrants for the
pprehenson OF fugitives from justice.
The Michigan Central Il. II. Co., al
ways on the alert TO promote the comfort anu
convenience of their patrons, have added TO
their already superior Accommodations four new
dining ears, which are pronounced by connis-
seurs incompatible for beauty OF design ana
| seectness of adornments decorative art having
been exhausted TO produce the desired eject.
| Nor is the adorrment all, for the cuisine Is on
a par with the decorations, and everything
nourishing to the body or pleasing To tue cpl
cures palate, will be found on these dining cars
One of these model cars will be attached to the
train going east leaving Detroit at IL 30 noon.
Rumored that j. f. Antisdel, proprie-
tor of the Newhall House, milwaukee,, at the. time
OF the fire, will remove to Detroit and take
charge of the Bldde House.
A Dexter man having business with
one of his dog fancer- tenants, took the pre-
caution to cncasc his legs in sheetIron bands
before setting out. On arriving at the dog
fancier's, the cautious landlord paused outside
the high board fence TO sec If any dogs were In
sight. Thinking the coast clear, the landlord
entered, when the two CANNES, valued at $l5I
each, seized his iron-cad legs. There was q
grating sound then all was still, and the dogs
fell back on their launches, and began to spii
out their broken teeth, while the landlord made
tracts for home. The dog-faneier Will sue the
landlord for damages.
Grand Rapids Leader: At meeting
of the directors OF the Kalamazoo, Lowell &
Northern railroad 1t was decided to abandon
the old scheme altogether. The division which
resulted in the abandonment of the plan, vii
perhaps be the means Of two roads being built
The Kalamazoo interest, which withdraws, has
accepted proposition made by r.. W. Med
daugh and q. w. Balch OF Detroit, and NJ. d.
| Woodford of Toledo, to iron, equip and operate
a road from Kalamazoo TO Hastings, as part
Of the Grand Trunk system The road, which
will run from Kalamazoo TO Hastings on the
line of the old proposed road which is nearly al
surveyed and graded, will DC called the Chicago
: Kalamazoo x Saginaw railroad, and the expec
tation of its builders will be 10 extend 1t or
ultimately from Hastings to Ionia, and thence
on across the state to the Saginaws. The
Hastings and Lowell interests in the old enter
prise, which are very heavy, will take the bal
| ance of the old road and organize the Hastings
Lowell e Northern railroad To run from
Hastings, TO Lowell at present, and ultimately
on to Belding and Greenville.
Oscar Baker of Maple Rapids is the
owner Of a chicken which has four perfectly
formed legs and feet, one set just forward O
the other set. IL uses the forward set to wall
on. VIII scientists tell whether its biped Of
quadrnped!
The Homeopathic state convention a
Lansing elected the following officers for tn,
| ensuing year. President, X. +. House of TIE
cumseh; Vice Presidents, Phil Porter OF DE
troll and A. A. Allen OF Ann Arbor; Secretary
j. &. Gilchrist of Detroit; Treasurer, q. A
Robertson Of Battle Creek. Before the adj
, journment quite an excitement was occasioneC
by the withdrawal of several of the prominen
! members, because Of the refusal OF the conven
tion to expel the PRESIDENT Prof. Z. Z. Frank
lin, who. contrary 10 the code OF ethics ant
! constitution of the society, had associated
himself with 'prs. X. Il K'sn"Surgical Insti
tute." The doctor, as president, occupied tn
chair and declared the convention adjourned be
fore they had time TO "bounce" him.
i LanSing's ex-city Treasurcris ''short
In his accounts about 5000. An investigation
will be held.
The Howell bill, "to promote public
health has passed the House to the deigh
OF the doctors. The bill makes It unlawful 70
any person to practice medicine or surgery o.
any branch thereof, except dentistry, withou
having registered in the Office OF the clerk o
his county and without possessing one Of thes
qualifications or evidences of merit; % Fiv
years continuous practice In some one county
OF this state; or (2) diploma from some lie
gally authorized medical college. But student
and undergraduates may practice with ant
under the guidance and instruction Of SOM
person legally qualified to practice as above
, All doctors who want to continue in practic
must file statements on oath with the clerks o
, their respective counties showing how loni
they have been In practice, from what institu
tion or institutions they graduated, and u
I what school OF medicine they belong. Students
also must swear TO their professional status
| The county clerk gets 80 cents for filing eacl
/. statement. Supervisors must prepare lists o
physicians and students practieing in thei
| townships, and the lists must be recorded ant
+ | kept by the local boards Of health. Qualified
, practitioners shall receive 10 cents for eacl
properly returned statement OF birth, Hdtaa
: and disease dangerous to the public health oc
curing in their practice. Those who practic
without qualifications cannot collect pay 70
services rendered after the act goes into efec
l If IL does 90 into effect. And whoever ad
e vertises or holds himself out to the public q
authorized to practice medicine or surgery
= when he is not so authorized In fact, shall b
liable to fine of from IS 70 $50 for "eacl
offense." II Is made the duty OF the super
visor and health officer of the local board o
D health In each township, village, ward or cit
to enforce the law. The bin passed the Hous
i and was sent to the Senate, to join It's partner
] the bill to regulate the practice OF dentistry
The National Free Trade, conference,
under the auspices Of the American Free Trad
u League, begins at the Detroit Opera House
{ Detroit, on Thursday, May 81. This confer
. ence will DO entirely non-partisan, and promis
y