Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-01-04

On presentation of card certificates
Of membership the Michigan Central and its
branches, the Flint and Pere Marquette, De-
troit, Lansing IL Northern, Grand Trunk and
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee railways
will issue tickets 10 members of the CONNER
cial Travellers association and their wives TO
attend the annual meeting and social at De-
trot on the 2Sth and Goth, good until January
2, at one fare for the round trip.
There has been $34, 900 worth of fruit
sold from the Grand Traverse peninsula this
year.
A l3-ycars-old son of Henry Conan
of Wright, Hflsdale county, was killed while
helping his father fell trees.
Telephone Patrons at Adrian made
Miss Emily i. Hawke present of a purse of
$50. She Is the operator at the central Office,
and the patrons took this method of showing
their appreciation of her promptness, skill and
good nature.
r. Cornell. proprietor OF the Com
mercial hotel In Dowagiac, died OF typhoid
fever, aged about IS years He was highly re-
spected in that community, and Will be sadly
missed by the commercial travelling men, with
whom he was great favorite.
3"Urcle" Harvey Williams, a veritable
pioneer OF the Saginaw valley, died at Saginaw
Sunday. He was born in 1874 and came to
built a blacksmith shop where the Russell
house now stands. He built one of the first
steam saw mill engines ever built In Michigan
and also built the first steam saw mill engine
made in the state. He Is also believed TO
have built the first saw mill in the Saginaw val
ley
Two Reading men, assisted by two
ferrets, killed 81 rabbits in one day.
Much uneasiness at Kalamazoo on
account of the prevalence of scarlet fever
John Wynne and George Ogden had
an alteration at Esscxvile, Bay county, which
ended in Wynne being terribly stabbed and
Ogden going 10 jail.
Harry Train and Fred Wilcox, OF
OwossO have been arrested on a charge of be-
ing concerned in the recent burglaries az that
place and pleaded guilty. They were bound
over To the circuit court. They are both young
men of about 10. Herbert Matlock was also
arrested on suspicion Of being implicated, but
his examination was adjourned.
Frank Darby, a farmer of Campbell
township, Ionia county, was shot in the back
and died soon after. He was standing near a
straw stack, from which young man was try
ing TO prod a rabbit, using the butt OF gun
as probe. Tho gun was accidentally discharg-
cd and Darby killed. He was a respected man,
whose death casts a gloom over the community.
Geo. S. Jones, whose mother lives in
Pontiac, was recently killed hv the cars In Call
ornia.
Mrs. Margaret Payton, n widow who
lived alone at Muskegon, was found dead in
bed few days ago. Heart disease.
Two boys have been arrested at Pom
tiac on a charge of placing distractions on the
track Of the ID. G. II. Il NJ railway.
One w I. Robb, Of Benton Iiarhor.
has been arrested on a charge of larceny
alleged 70 have been committed four years
ago.
The boiler in McConnell's grist mill
at Perry, Shiawassee county, on the Chicago &
Grand Trunk railway, exploded with terrific
force, demolishing the mill and instantly killing
the engineer.
Inquiry is made for the whereabouts
of VIM. Rockwell and Henry Rockwell, brothers,
who left thtir home in Oakland county rs years
ago. Their mother left them money, and they
must show up before April l, 1888, or I, will be
divided among other heirs.
A two-story brick building on Western
avenue. Muskegon, owned by Samuel Odell and
occupied as a saloon by b. Walters, tumbled "a
the ground It gave warning Of its coming dis
solution and probably no one was hurt, though
a family lived in the second story An adioin.
ing building was also badly wrecked by the
fail.
The three men who have successfully
held the Office Of superintendent OF public IN
AZ uction of this state have resigned 10 accept
more remunerative positions. Mr.. Tarbell
went 10 indianapolis 70 take charge Of the
schools Of that CITY, Mr.. Cover became superin-
tendent Of the state reform school for boys, aid
now Mr. Cochran goes into the land office busi-
ness
The house recently Of Charles Holmes,
Of Lansing burned recently; loss $4,000.
A young boy and girl have been ar
rested at Bay City charged with robbing
stores.
George Irwin, OF near Niles, found
four of his fa' hogs drowned in the lake few
DAYS ago.
Moses Moran, an old resident of
jackson, dropped dead at the supper table OF a
hotel in that city few days ago.
Again the deadly frog. George Sha-
fer, brakeman, caught his foot in one Of those
terrible traps al ChebOygan and was badly
mangled. but not killed.
Charles r. Pattee, son of the post
master Of Bridgeport, Michigan, has been sen
fenced I'm the district court 10 one years impris-
onment in the house Of correction for rObbing
the mails.
The state teachers association meet
ing at Lansing was well attended and the excr-
cises very interesting. The work took direct
~ practical course. Among the most import
ant things spoken of were the construction, ar
rangement, location, etc, Of country school
houses Julius Hess, OF Detroit read an in
teresting paper on the subject, which was liber-
ally discussed.