Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-11-06

party securing the smaller amount or
game during the dat will pay for q
supper in the evening.
Amelia Burleigh of the township OF
Olive, Clinton county, has been arrested
for the forgery OF a 500 note, and is
lodged in the county jail at st. Johns
to await her examination.
Hampton, the fraud, who represented
himself a Catholic priest in Pontiac, and
succeeded in obtaining small sums from
servant girls, will for the next three
years and half be furnished his meals
by the state prison authorities.
Grand Rapids knights of labor de-
clare themselves satisfied with the effect
of their boycotting operations against
the street railway company and will in
crease the number of carryalls on the
streets trayersed by the company's cars.
Ex'Gov. Moses OF North Carolina
will spend the next 90 days in the De-
troit House of Correction. A few days
before his commitment he tried to hang
himself but was discovered and cut
down in time to save his worthless neck.
Certain East Saginaw people COM
plain that 1920 per week, the price
that has been paid for boarding the
city prisoners, is excessive, when the
meals furnished consist merely Of ba-
kers' bread, sausage and coffee, with
out milk or sugar.
Morris Hardman. a clothing dealer
of Grand Rapids, who was recently ar.
rested for fighting, but was released
without punishment, has caused the ar
rest of superintendent of Police Perry
on capias, claiming $4,000 damages
for false Imprisonment.
Saturday evening, Oct. rs, shaft No.
/ of the West Vulcan Mine caved in
and about 100 feet square of ground
sank 800 feet. takiug with il the dry
house. Had the accident occurred two
hours earlier the 40 men at work in the
shaft must have persisted
A peddler named Greenwald visited
in the way of business one of the East
Saginaw mills day or two ago. Some
uf the workmen seized him aud held
him while others taubed black paint
upon his fece and clothes. Two of the
offenders have been arrested.
The Battle Greek prophet has post
poned the coming of the end of the
world, which was set down for October
20, for one month. A number of earth
quakes which were to destroy large
portion of Battle Creek have likewise
been put off until after election.
Miss Minnie johnson. school
teacher whose home is mile west of
Hillsdale. was found dead by her father
at dusk recently suspended by rope
in her room. The cause of the suicide
is 4 mystery. The girls father Is Ii. II.
johnson, a marble dealer of Hillsdale.
Emma Goldberg, a good looking girl
of l6, the daughter of II. Goldberg, a
prominent Chicago grocer, was inter
copied by the police at Grand Rapids
while en- route, it was alleged, TO Mus.
kego to enter house of ill-fame. She
was accompanied by procuress named
Smith
Three Grand X apids youths, aged
respectively IL, IA and 16 years, equip.
ped tn smselves with reyolvers and other
wild-west parapherpalia and took q
freight train for Petosky. There they
were arrested on telegram from the
youngest boys father and all three were
sent home,
William Ards livery barn in Evart
and its contents including three horses,
and the Evart house barn, burned the
other morning. Ardis' loss is over So
O00i no insurance. The loss on the
Evart house is S1,5C0; insurance, ST.
600. James Deacey's house was dam.
aged about $3.50.
An immense musical festival is con-
templated at Detroit. To insure low
prices, building capable of holding
10000 people is proposed; also several
eminent stars and 1000 voice chorus
are among the features. w. II. Bear.
ley, who succeeds where success is
possible, is the protector.
a. c. Rariscn and George Sanford,
owners of a single mill. have been ar.
rested, charged with completely in the
recent log stealing at Bay City. Thous
ands of logs have been stolen from the
mill booms during the last few months,
and the mill owners have determined
to hunt down all the thieves.
William Abrams, whose home was IL
miles east of Gaylord, was hunting
ducks on raft in small lake near his
house few days ago, when he fell into
the water and was drowned. His wife
and child stood on the shore and saw
MIN 60 down. Abrams came TO Gay
lord a short time ago from Detroit.
The shipments of lumber from the
Saginaw river during the month OF
October were 100, 100000 feet; of shin.
giles, II, 5S3, 900; and of lath, 6,7S8, 00C
pieces. The total shipments from the
opening of navigation up to Nov.1 were
720, 962, 05S feet of lumber, 139, 296, 00C
shingles, and 40, 496, 900 pieces of lath.
The building owned and occupied by
the Grand Rapids electric light and
power company was damaged early
the other morning by fire originating
from hot box Loss on machinery,
$4,000, insurance 81, 900: on building,
$4,000, insurance $4,000. The city
was in darkness until the machinery
was put in working order.
Hans Olsen, a Swedish laborer 1s
years old, was clearing away refuse
from beneath an arbor in Beaudry,
Champagne e. Co.'s mill the other
morning, when the arbor suddenly burst
into so pieces, one of which struck
Olson upon the head, tearing out O
piece of his skull and producing instan;
death.
1t is now discovered that an extensive
pension fraud was prepetrated in the
state in 1870 and 1871. A large mum.
Der of soldiers. TO whom was due some