Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-03-13

struck by dead limb which broke off
and fell and was instantly kill.
The Morenci Observer says: For the
next Governor of Michigan Hon. John
X. Boies of Hudson. All because j. X.
headed a subscription for new rail-
road With $4,000, "ano more II neces-
sary."
Judge Pealer OF Coldwater sentenced
Charles Douglass, who was convicted
of assaulting and attempting to rape an
aged and respected lady On the streets
OF that city, to the states prison at
jackson for FIVE years.
Chas. Willis, a locomotive fireman.
was instantly killed near Grayling.
Otsego county. He fell from the
engine while oiling a valve. the
train being in rapid motion, and strik.
ing violently on the hard ground his
neck was broken.
Recently Mrs, Eldred applied to the
school board of Muskegon for a place
in which to instruct class In plain
sewing, and the board set apart the
central building on Saturdays for her
use. On the day the school was opened
700 children, 600 girls and 100
boys, between the ages Of 9 and IA,
applied for admission
An old man named Cornelius Drum.
mond was found dead IN house on the
Potomac" in Detroit few mornings
since. The old man had served in the
Mexican and civil war, and was q
pensioner. He had just drawn his PEN
sion money, and from the fact that none
was found upon him, 1t is believed that
he was murdered and robbed.
At the examination of Margaret
Smith in Pontiac for the murder Of her
husband,a brother of the dead man.
said the deceased told him that his
wife had poisoned the wine in the jug
and that she said, II guess you have
got something you don't want any more
Of" Also that the couple had quarrel
ed two days before deceased was taken
sick.
City Attorney F. H. Stone of Hills
dale and f. S. Koon. counsel for the
city in the D.. IL. q j. railroad bond
suit have received notice from the
plaintiffs attorneys that the suit has
The general impression there is that
they intend TO commence anew under
new writ in the circuit court or, perhaps
in the United States district court
An explosion occurred in the engine
room of the Sanitarium atBattle Greek
few days since, whicE resulted in
loss to the institution, financially, of
$4,000. No lives were lost, and no one
was seriously injured. The engineer
and fireman were thrown some distance
by the force of the explosion, and two
their positions with more agility than
grace.
Much he's aud is being said pro and
con relative as to whether il pays to
raise improved breeds uf all kinds of
stock, and especially cattle. On the
CLitteuden farm the affirmative side Of
the question has been taken and fol-
lowed for several years, and one Of the
results was the selling one day this
week by c. II. Chittenden, q pair of
fat steers for an even $200.00.-Peters-
burg Bulletin.
The Kalamazoo Telegraph says that
President Brooks OF, kalamazoo College,
has been in Boston during the steady
cold weather, which agrees with him.
and has very perceptibly improved
during his rest. He left on the 18th
inst. for Mentone,a well known French
health resort on the gulf of Genoa. He
will remain abroad until the season is
well settled. but is expected home
in Michigan before the summer is over.
The stone contributed by Michigan
to the Washington monument has been
placed in position, 1t is in the interior.
410 feet from the ground. 1t is ~ in
ches long, six inches thick and foot
wide. 1t Is a piece of mass copper
smoothed and polished, showing the
solid virgin copper with veins and fla
ments across the trap rock. 1t is graf
flying to know that the stone has been
disposed of at last, for it has been lying
round in different places for the last
35 years.
William Ebrlipg of Leslie is under
arrest for the crime of rape committed
on little girl of only 8 years. The
beast outraged the child. and compelled
her by threats and small gifts to keep
silent about the matter. The child's
condition was not discovered for two
or three days, when the mother found
it out. and Immediately summoned q
physician. Eberling's wife knew of
the affair, and tried to shield her bru-
tai husband, who was arrested, and
after examination bound over for
trial.
The charter elections which were held
in various parts of the state on the 3rd
inst, show the prevalence of q mixed
| political sentiment. ST John, Gales
burg, Howell and Hudson are jubilant
over the success of the Republican
ticket. A Union ticket was chosen ut
Linden and Rockford. and Vaudeville
announces victory for the temperance
people. Morcnci and Jonesville elected
Independent tickets, and Paw Paw
comes proudly to the front with fusion
victory. In Blissfield non-political
ticket was elected by agoodly majority.
The annual meeting of the Wool
Growers Association of Southwestern
Michigan has held in Kalamazoo on tho
9th inst. There was a large attend
ance. Papers on various topics were
read. but the chief number of the pro-
gramme was q protection speech by
Hon. j. G. Burrows, who, in addition
to advocating the tariff on wool, stated
that he was sorry for having voted to
reduce the tax, but that party influence
in Washington compelled him to vote
| IN tho uov ha did Thu. fol loUir.n Off