Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-06-28
MICHIGAN.
STATE NEWS

palu III casn, instead OF LABOR as nereJoioro'
Capt Richmond pioneer of the Sagi-
nav Valley, sand at one time prominent jour-
nalist, died recently at the Pontiac insane asyl
um.
Zoe Caron of the firm of Caron IL
Girardin, mill owner Of Menominee, was
caught In the machinery of his mill while ad-
justing belt and instantly crushed TO death.
Joseph Shehan, an employe OF the Kirby car
pentcr company, was killed few days before
| by an edging thrown from saw.
Considerable drainage has been done
| in various sections of the state by the heavy
rain fall In the last few days. In Eaton county
| number of fine wheat fields are inundated
and lots of corn has been washed out OF the
ground. On Monday, June Is the heaviest rain
| OF the season came, and In Charlotte village
| the railroad tracks were washed out, and the
damage to other property will reach several
| thousand dollars. On this same day deluge
swept over Kalamazoo county, and did great
damage to crops and roads. Washouts In
| Cooper derailed Is cars on the Grand Rapids
and Indiana railroad, and IL on the Lake shore.
A hill was washed on the track near Blooming
| dale.
Nicholas Miles of Tompkins town
ship, jackson county, committed a mad ana
/ murderous assault upon his wife lew days
| ago. He became angry with her about some
| domestic matter, knocked her down and beat
her about the head with stone, cutting the
scalp to the bone, and fracturing the skull
| He only desisted when neighbor CHANGED 10
pass, and came to the assistance of the old lady
| Tompkns at once went TO jackson and gave
| himself up. He has repeatedly threatened 10
kill his wife, in order, as he said, that he might
go to prison, and spend the remainder OF his
days In peace.
Gov. Begole has appointed John W.
McGrath, of Detroit, commissioner OF the
bureau OF labor statistics, the salary OF when
/ tf,Nx,f lie 0fAar ~
pointed Frank d. Mead circuit court commits
Toner for Delta county.
Gov. Begole has caused an inquiry to
be made into the Cheboygan lynching affair
and he will insist on the prompt prosecution
of the perpetrators OF the crime as soon as they
are known.
Martin Brophey, well-to-do farmer
living about six miles north of Owosso went 10
town on business, and with friend OF his put
up at Wildermuth's Hotel for the night. In
the evening he started out on the street, going
to West Owosso. He met two drunken roughs
named Arthur Stinehofr and Phelps, or Phillpa
known as Silver Jack in the Saginaws
During the day they had sought quarrel VIII
Brophey, and desiring to settle struck ano
chased him to West Owosso, overlook and beat
him in a most horrible manner about the head
breaking his skull In three places. He died II
| few hours after. One of the parties was cap
tured and bound over for examination, but
Phelps has escaped. large reward is offered
fer his arrest.
The Indiana Copper Mining Com
pany, whose mine is located just east Of thu
! Belt mine, Ontonagon County, is to be reor
ganized for theipurpose OF working its posses
sion, otherwise its lease will be forfeited.
An Ishpeming paper says: Go anC
examine the mine you would be led to inves
in before paying out your good money. w
charge nothing for this advice, and II tollowe'
II will save many dollars. Sharks are shark
and cash is cash, and hole in the ground MAJ
not he mine.
Jack Phelps, one of the men who
murdered Martin Brophey at Owosso and es
. capped has been captured. He was TRYING Il
get out of the state.
George Bentley, the colored janitol
of Grand Rapids bank, who was arrested TO
stealing silver, some of which was found abou
his premises has pleaded not guilty. Ii wa
expected he would plead guilty.
There were $50, sos tons of iron or,
hipped from Marquette, Escanaba and L Ans
is season up to June Ii.
: Fred Sleete,a Bay City youth who ha
oeen reading the history Of Jesse James ant
other books Of like character, started out IN
other day TO make his fortune as bandit
After robbing a depot, freight train, AM
, placing distractions on the track, thereby do
ing considerable damage, some unfeelini
officers arrested the poor boy and put him Il
) jail. The boy frankly admits that he did
out of pure cussedness.
Jabes Blackington, one of the pion
neers of Flint, died a few days ago. he Ea
{ been resident Of Genesec county nearly q
years.
An immense clay bed has been estab
lished at Muskegon. They will begin making
brick at once.
Byron Trip, foreman of a dredge do
ing government work at Bay City, was browne
. q few days ago.
Little Nettie Lyon, of Cheboygan,
still very low, and should she live, physician
say she will never recover from the affects OF. tn
l outrage.
. Mrs. Larimore, 50-year resident o
Niles, died few days ago.
The second battalion Michigan stat
troops, stationed I'm the upper peninsula, ha
. been disbanded, and the companies composin
that organization have been assigned TO til
third regiment.
: A Dowagiac cat, owned by Lage
= Hubbard, attacked and killed blue racer fou
feet long few days ago. Next!
A Buchanan school ma am punishe
refractory children by making them stand l
. an empty barrel.
The 50th anniversary of Grand Rap
|
3 residents association and their friends, to tn
number of nearly 5000 The exercises wer
held at Reeds lake, aud consisted Of short &C
I dresses, recountDg the early days Of the Gran
, river valley and its progress down to the pres
ent time; singing songs end dancing to tn
5 time of ancient music furnished by the veter
ans, picnic, etc.
. Mike Young, of Chester, a few day
since, sent his hired man to catch $500 mar
} | in the pasture. The man threw stone at tn
mare, which broke one of her legs, and she ha
TO be shot.
7 Star postal service has been establish
} ed between Berville and Belle River six times
week, from July l, and between Parisville an
Minden three times week, from July l. Spec
, lal service established between Roseburgh an
Speaker, Sanilac county, from July l.
A "doctor" at Bay City processes I,
| cure by magic, and attention is called to tn
matter quite forcibly by the publication OF on
of his lamentations written out (for $500 b
cure child Of fits. The child died.
| +. III. Conant and L. A. Dillingham;
. will erect a furniture factory at Coldwate
50x100 feet, four stories high, with engine
boiler ROOM and dry kiln 25x30feet, two storie
In height. Several other buildings will be pu
up for storage of stock, etc. Mr.. Conant 1
already at the head of several large enterprise
, of this kind In Toledo, Detroit and New Yorl
state 1t is expected the factory will be run
3 mDg by November /.
A Mothers Crime.
A horrible crime, perpetrated by younl
, colorcd woman, was discovered YESTERDAY
morning at No. 81 Adelaide street. The cryinl
} of an infant was heard In a vault and an exam
ination showed that two newly.born colore'
babies had been thrown therein. Suspicion
| turned upOn Harriet Oliver n dOmpetic on,