Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-10-11

Merely Bros. OF Ease Saginaw as travel
NC salesman in the western part of this
state. Some time in June he skipped
out with $3.50 of the firms money. He
has just been nabbed Mt Sioux City, Ia,
and a requisition has been sent for
him.
Saunders d. Sons, proprietors OF
planning mill, sash, door and blind facto-
nv at Cadillac, have made an assign
ment to GUNNER & Son of that place.
They became embarrassed by the failure
of an eastern firm that was their debtor
to the amount of several thousand DOL
lars They will be able tn pay from on
to IS cents on the dollar
Miss Clara Bloomburg, OF Grand
Ledge, and her scholars in the public
school of that place have sent an ele-
giant box of flowers to the "Flower mis-
sion'' of New York city, to be distrib-
uted among the poor children who
never hreathed pure air or inhaled the
! fragrance of fresh blossoms. The entire
school entered into the project with
much zeal.
The executive committee of the
| soldiers and sailors association OF
southwestern Michigan are considering
the ACCESSIBILITY of choosing perma-
nent location for the future reunions OF
the veterans. Niles, Three Rivers and
Kalamazoo are desiring of securing the
encampment as permanent possession.
The last assembly at st. Joseph brought
together over 10000 people.
Leonidas S, Scranton, resident OF
Kent county since 1857 died ut his home
in Grand Rapids recently. He held the
Office of register of deeds for four years
prior to the war. When the war broke
out he entered the service rs second
lieutenant in the I'd Michigan cavalry,
! and was subsequently, promoted to the
office of major. Since the war be has
been engaged as carriage manufacturer.
1t was discovered the other morning
that the residence of William Dutton,
of Adrian, ex- president of the Lenawee
county savings bank, had been entered
by burglars in the night, the doors be-
ing open, clothing scattered here and
there and the safe door ajar. A little
cash and gold watch were taken from
Mr.. buttons pockets and from his safe
were distracted real estate mortgages
amounting to probably 100000, gov
eminent bonds aggregating $1,000,
bonds Of Monroe county for 81, 900, and
bonds for $1,000 of the village of Sher-
dan. Montcalm county.
Charles Case, of Burgessville, Ont,
with q car load of horses and house
hold goods, on his way 10 Dakota, step
ped off the railroad bridge at Bellevue
when the train stopped for orders, and
was drowned 1t was very dark and
raining, and Mr.. Case undoubtedly
thought he was on the ground and go
ing to look to his horses. Conductor
Welsh put blanket down to him, but
in the darkness he failed to get hold of
it. Mr. Case had little son with him.
and he is enquiring for his father, but
his sad fate is being kept from him. a
search for the body resulted in It's re-
cOvery after several hours.
Jackson Patriot: Tho State Reform
school at Coldwater has been carefully
experimenting with coal and oil in the
manufacture of Illuminating gas. The
consumption of coal gas was 3l4, 600
feet, and tie cost $943 80. The con-
sumption of oil gas for the same time
was 262, 500 feet. and the cost of manu-
facture, $l93.S9 The oil gas is made
from crude petroleum of fine quality, by
process somewhat similar to that
used in making coal gas. 1t is fixed
gas and il substantially tie same as
rcoal gas in its chemical properties, OK
ccpt as is shown by it, giving whittier
light of greater candle power. which
accounts tor less being used during the