Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27
MICHIGAN.
Sault Ste. Merle has fuel famine

larBauon Oh DalCiVy'
Burglars robbed the Midland post
office of 5000 the other night.
The Muskegon Times says rise in
the price of pine is inevitable,
The school board of Flint has voted to
open school for ungraded and unruly
pupils.
Fifty thousand men are engaged in
the production of lumber and salt in
Michigan.
The Ontonagon Diamond Match COM
pany keeps 500 men at work in IL lum-
bercamps.
Ryan, Michigan weather prophet,
SAYS we are not to have weeks sleigh
ing at any one time this winter.
The Michigan association of survey
ors and engineers will hold its fifth
annual meeting in East Saginaw, JAN
uary to inclusive.
Walter Wlnney. sewing machine
agent from Ann ArDor, was thrown
from his buggy few miles from Ypsi'
lanti and instantly killed.
Jack Phelps, who has been on trial
at Corunna for the killing OF Martin
BrophY, last summer, was convicted OF
murder in the second degree.
The Comptroller of the Treasury
has authorized the Merchants National
Bank of Muskegon, Mich, 10 begin
business. Capital, 100000.
Reported from Washington that
Thomas Wells, of Negaunee, will be
named by Mr. Stone as deputy collector
o. revenue for the upper peninsula.
At Woodville, Newaygo Co., Charles
Bashaw fell from load of logs, the
wheels of the wagon passing over his
chest causing his death in two hours.
DIR. Foster Pratt of Kalamazoo petit
tons congress for the enactment of u
law to prevent the deportation of per-
sons of insane tendencies to our shore.
The Board of Trade of Saginaw have
sent memorial to Congressman
Breitung Directing to removal or re-
duction of the duties on lumber and salt
Col. A. Il. Kinney, of Washington,
n special examiner of the pension de-
| partment, while attempting TO board
moving train at Three Rivers, fell and
broke n leg.
Miss Lillian Borem, much respect
| ed Young lady of Owosso suicided the
other night by taking morphine. No
reasons for her act are given, further
than that she was tired of life.
Phillips, one of the murderers of
Martin Brophy, has been sentenced by
| the circuit court at Corunna TO state
prison for 80 years. Steinhoff, his com
| panion in crime, was sentenced some
ago.
Tony DeBour. of Grand Rapids, who
leaves wife and five young children,
was killed the other night at Godfrey's
plaster quarry. He was drilling out an
unexploded charge. and it went off un-
der him.
Charles Mooney, farmer of Convis,
Calhoun county, while saving wood
with steam power machine, Dec. 10,
was caught by band and hurled quite
a distance, receiving injuries from
which he will die.
Mr.. Burt of Detroit, through Con-
gresham Maybury, asks Congress for
| $50, 900 for solar compass invented
by MIR. Burt's father, and adopted by
the government, but never paid for.
Among the long list of postmasters
nominated by the President n few days
were 16 Michigan men and one woman
Nathaniel Clark was also nominated
register of the land Office at Reed City.
Hotel keepers at Vicksburgh, Kala-
mazoo county, say that the statement
| that they refused 10 entertain a colored
troupe is false. They asked for pay
ment in advance which the colored peo-
pie refused to make.
VIM. Appleyard and Elizabeth Apple
| yard, who have been under arrest at
Lansing, charged with the completely
| in the murder of MCGEE, have been dis
charged, but George Raymond is held
for further examination
| Newman & Co., shoe dealers of Grand
Rapids, are charged with having made
fraudulent returns, by which their
creditors have been basely swindled.
Representatives of shoe houses in Bos-
ton have gone to look after the matter.
James Montgomery, aged 30 years
employ ed at Wright & Ketcham's lum-
Der camp No. 4, Midland County, was
struck by falling limb few days ago
and died the next day. Nothing is
known as to his antecedents or where
he belonged.
| A very mysterious robbery occurred
at Grand Rapids the other night. Mr..
Il. j. Hoppius, deputy internal revenue
collector, had S4,230 stolen from his
house by unknown thieves. He took
the money home the night before, and
| says no one knew of his action.
| Jesse ID. Mars, of Chicago, who for
the past two years has superintendent
the sinking of salt wells in Manlstee,
while walking through Engleman's salt
block few DAYS ago fell distance of
Is feet, fracturing his skull But slight
hopes are entertained for his recovery.
William Livingstone is the new col.
lector of Detroit, the Sen ate having
confirmed his nomination. The office
requires bond of $50, 000-S30.000 as
collector of customs, Sl0,000a as disburs-
ing officer for the custom house, and
$4,000 as disbursing officer of the new
public building.
The following railroads will give re-
duced fare to teachers attending the
state teachers association at Lansing,
from December 26 to 20: Michigan Cen