Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-09-06

infantry, held at Blissileld, was great
success. The next annual reunion will
be held at DEVILS Lake.
The new prison or asylum for insane
will be located at the southeast
corner of the Ionia house of correction
grounds.
The Muskegon salt well, having been
has greatly increased its flow
of brine.
Henry Prentiss fell on q saw at Cases
mill, at Stanton, and was hurt so badly
that his recovery is doubtful.
Clareuce Mcdaniel, arrested at Pom
tao on charge of enticing a German
into box car near the Flint q Pere
Marquette depot on pretense of selling
him cheap ticket to Detroit. and then
pounding him badly, proves to be the
only son of respectable parents at Fon-
tiac. They secured his release on pay
ment of 50 fine and costs, then fitted this
prodigal out with new suit OF clothes
and took him home.
The Charlotte (Mich.) fire company
claims the credit of originating the
slang phrase "get there Eli" During
the tournament at Charlotte a year ago,
one of the fire companies from outside
employed u Canadian professional by
the name Of Eli to climb the ladder.
While he was making the ascent one of
the fire laddies called out above the
noise of the crowd, ''get there Eli. "
rhe phrase at once went into use and is
now common slang throughout the
country.
DIR. Henry l.. Obetz, of Paris, Ill.
has been appointed to the chair of sur,
gerry of the homeopathic department o.
the University in place of DIR. E. c.
Franklin, resigned.
Aaron Vessels of st. Louis threshed
$50 bushels of wheat from 25-acre field
nearly 35 bushels to the acre.
f. G. Perkins, an Armada farmer,
sheared 65 sheep this season and OBJ
tanned Is pounds and six ounces to the
fleece.
Marquette's mayor is only % years
old.
Il. A. Olney of Hartford, Van Buren,
county, has purchased one-fourth in
terest in 10000 head of cattle in Texas
and the rental of the ranch upon which
they are quartered.
Charlotte is agitating the question Of
lightning the city with gas.
The jury in the case of Nessel, on tria
at Roscommon for incest, disagreed.
The postmaster at Grand Ledge con
trolls the postoffice, express Office anC
telephone exchange.
The Moshers of Michigan are after /,
great estate left them in England b,
Hugh Mosher in 1860.
None of the strikingJackson operator
have been received back into the offic,
of the Western Union. One of the mum
Der, however, has been given work b,
the Grand Trunk railway.-Patriot.
ID. w. Conkling, of Coldwater, has
drove of 3-year old steers averaging /,
POO pounds, and G. l.. Luce, of Gillead
has some 2-year Odds tkat weigh $50
pounds and thirty or forty head tina
will average !, 400 pounds.
DR.. Henry Baker died at his residenc
in Coldwater few days ago. He wa
born in 1912, was an early settler il
that city, and at tho time of his dealt
was noble grand of the Coldwater lodg
OF Odd Fellows, by whom he was buried
Prof. G. w. Stone of Battle Greek
who was killed at tho Carlyon disaster
held the dual position of teacher q
music and head of the commercial de
partment in the Battle Greek schools
and as yet it has not been possible to fiji
his place.
Farmers are complaining greatly q
the drought, the ground being in YER
many localities baked to such dc
gree as to render ploughing impractica
bic. Unless more favorable state O
things supervenes the result will tel
on the winter wheat product.
Joseph Griffin was killed at Kalams
zoo by the New York express east III
had jumped on the train as it came il
and in jumping off close to the station
was thrown under the car wheels
which ran over him and killed him in
stantly. He was about 80 years old.
Another Michigan poet has como t
the surface in Newaygo county. Tn
churls who are cverlastingly harpin;
about the degeneracy of the age, will b
glad to know that this poet will sool
publish q volume of poems designate,
to elevate and ennoble the human race.
The Lansing House was offered TO
sale the other day, but only $4,000
being bid the property was withdrawn
1t will be improved and set in order
Ii refrescoed mustard cats might b.
made a feature of room so and Pomeial
red with portraits of the "third house
| of 115.
A dark grey mare 8 years old wa
stolen the other night from the barn o
Mrs. Louisa Kew, who lives in TIT
southwest corner of Aliaedon, Masol
county. Mrs. Kew offers a reward y
S25 for the recovery of the mare, ant
the sheriff offers S25 for the arrest o
| the thief.
William Livingston of Beaver, Mid
land county, smoked in his new barr
the other day. Three hours later b,
hadn't any barn, but a nice heap o
ashes, which included the roasted car
cases of span of horses, most of hi
farm tools and his newly gathered har
vest wheat crops.
The libel suit brought by A. p. Swine
ford, of the Marquette Mining Journal
against Geo. A. Newett, proprietor o
the Ishpeming Iron Agitator, which has
been dragging along in the circuit cour
of Marquette county for $50! these many
months" has been quashed by order Of
Judge Grant.
The Calumet mining company has
been formed in Ishpeming, the object
of its organizers being the development
of a property lying north of the Ropes