Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-06-19

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Donald Mclean of Detroit has been
chosen president of the State Medical
Association.
Jackson is Boosting because only one
death occurred in that city last week,
and that one was a suicide.
Edward M. rhayer, prominent and
highly successful lawyer of Flint, died
in that place on the 10th inst.
Joseph Bedford of Flint was in bath
ing near Owosso a few days ago and
was taken with cramps and drowned.
The supreme court has rendered a
decision to the effect that saloon bonds
must be held open for public inspection.
Farmer House of White Pigeon is the
possesser of as fine colt as ever kicked,
with one draw back-the colt has no
eyes.
President Durgin of Hillsdale College
has resigned. His resignation has been
accepted and will take effect January
next.
j. Ferderer OF Nom oe, charged with
n criminal assault upon his young
daughter, has beet sent to state prison
for life.
All Michigan railroads will give ex-
cursions commencing on the Sd of July
proximo. good 10 return on the 4th and
9th from any station az one fare for the
return trip.
Mrs. Wildly of Kalamazoo died at the
Detroi: house of correction, TO which
institution she had been sentenced for
shop lifting. She was victim of the
morphine habit.
The single mills of the Grand Haven
lumber company at Grand Haven have
shut down because of depression in
prices. Two hundred aud fifty men are
thrown out of employment
Mr.. House, a farmer near White
Pigeon. he's young colt perfect in
every respect, except it has no eyes.
There are only well-defiued spots on
the skin where the eyes should be.
An Ottawa county man who stole 81
was convicted. and presented himself
alone vt the ionia prison. bearing his
commitment papers, and asked TO be
locked up. He was assigned room.
Mrs Clark, who shot another woman
claiming 10 be Mrs. Clark No. 2. in
Lansing some mouths ago, was acquit-
ted. The jury deliberated about 10
minutes, and brought in the verdicC as
stated.
John Searles, an old man living
down near Hope Center, Barry county,
was found dead in his house on re-
cent morning. He was known to have
money about the house and robbery
was undoubtedly the object of the muir
dercrs.
The attempt to recover the bodies
lost a the time of the break of the Huron
dam at Hancock, Lake Superior, has
been abandoned They were buried
50 deeply beneath the debris carried
down at that time that il is inpossibl.
to lind them.
A 'sea serpent" 80 feet long has
made its appearance At Walled Lake
in Oakland county. The inhabitants OF
the country near the lake can fold their
hands now and take long rest. TIE
fame of the place is male, and nothing
further need be done.
The body OF an unknown man was
found recently in Royaitown township
near ST. Joseph by one Ell Cromer, with
his head completely severed from his
body. Nothing was found to idertif,
him. He is supposed to be a tramp
and had been dea / several days.
Monroe proposes TO celebrate the
Fouth of July in good style They ex-
poet to have twelve bands and sixteen
military companies to furnish enthu>i
asm. The Democrat says the first per-
manent settlement of the present city
occurred in 1884, therefore this is their
centennial year.
A Genesee county farmer who had
1000 tomato plants in the ground, when
he discovered that the frost was nipping
them on the night of the 26th ult., is
credited with setting his whole family
at work pulling them up and carrying
them into the cellar, which job was
completed about midnight.
Last year the prisoners in Jackson
prison sent away 5,77S letters, an aver
age of 3. IA to each convict. The num-
Der received was 1885, an average of
1892 per man, over one each calendar
month. The total number of convict
letters mailed and delivered was 1908,
an average OF 22.05 per man.
Fire was discovered in the saw mill
of Coryeon, Hamilton IL McGregor, in
Bay City few nights ago, which soon
assumed extensive proportions, and the
entire department responded, out was
unable to check the flames until the
saw mill, salt block, drill house, 1,000,-
600 feet of lumber. 5000 barrels of salt.
two coal yards and miscellaneous prop
erty were totally DESTROYED. The mill
had capacity Of 5000 feet of lumber
daily and was valued at $4,000. The
salt BLOCKS capacity was 125 barrels
per day; value, $4,000. The loss on
the salt is placed at $4,000 and on the
coal at $1,000. The entire property
was insured in various companies for
1924, 900. About sixty men are thrown
out of employment. Coryeon says lie
does not know whether they will build
or not