Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-08-07

company, brings suit against his New
York partners TO recover large
amount of money and stock, which he
alleges was unjustly cxtorted from
him.
The earnings of the Marquette,
Houghton. and Ontonagon railroad for
the fourth week in June were, in 1884,
$42. 40; 1888, $85.943. June 1884,
Sl47, 232; 1883. $l0i, 935. From Janu-
airy 1, 1884, $780, l3; 1888, $26l 1874.
She mileage has increased from 100 to
1876 miles, or 80 per cent.
A Sweed, who was walking on the De-
troit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee
railroad track, near the depot in
Owosso, fell through cattle guard.
While no was attempting 10 eXtricate
himself through freight passed over
him, cutting off both his arms. The
chances for his recovery are doubtful.
The barn of Charles Stuttler, at Rives,
Jackson county was struck by lightning
about D. M. Saturday, July PC, and
entirely destroyed, together with about
900 bushels of wheat, 500 bushels of
corn, 500 of oats, 60 tons of hay, and q
quantity of farming implements.
The loss will exceed $4,000; no in
surance,
Charles Mathews of jackson has been
arrested as an accessory to the crime OF
his son Archie, who is alleged TO have
stolen diamond stud worth S75 from
c. A. Steele last March. Archie fled
TO Toledo, pawned the diamond for
S25 and then skipped to parts unknown.
His father has kept him informed
of the action of officers until his recent
arrest.
James Schermerhorn OF Hudson has
been appointed by Congressman Ed
redge to the vacant West Point cadet.
ship. Frank Muir of Eric and Arthur
Howell Of Adrian were reported by the
committee TO bo equally well qualified,
but as Muir has a brother at West
Point and Howell one at Annapolis,
Mr.. Eldredge gave the prize to Scher'
merhorn.
Claude Sellers, lad about ten years
of age, of Flint, playing by the Flint
river with couple of younger boys the
other afternoon, stumbled and tel
headlong into the water. His compan.
ions offered TO help him out but he OBJ.
stinately refused it, and subsequently,
sank to the bottom. His body was in
the water over half an hour before il
was recovered, and all efforts to resus
citate it were in vain.
The state convention of the Anti-mo'
Dopolists will DO held at Merrill hall
Detroit, August 10. Each Legislative
representative district in the state will
| DO entitled To- five delegates, and each
labor organization, farmers alliance oil
! body of men of any class who favor
! Anti-monopoly principles will BIO EMIT
led to one delegate for every 100 mem
bers or fraction thereof, in addition t.
the representative delegates n. s.
Boynton, Pt. Huron, is chairman, anC
Horatio Pratt, Croswell, secretary Of
the state central committee.
The tunnel across the st. Clair river
is not TO be built Immediately. Mr.
Burton, assistant general manager OF
the Grand Trunk, on being interviewed
upon the subject stated that the inten.
tions of the company are not yet deiin'
ed. Preliminary soundings have been
taken in consequence of the Dominion
| Act of last session, and this has caused
the rumors; but neither location, cost
| nor dimensions have been determined
nor whether the tunnel will be construct
ed at all. The company are merely
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may not lead TO action in future--Ft
| Gratiot Sun.
Mrs. Fuller. wife of farmer living
near Mount Morris, has for some time
been sick and afflicted with The hallu-
cination that everything about her was
bewitched. A short time ago Or Lyman
Fuller of Clio called to attend her, and
on attempting to enter the sick room
was stabbed with large knife by Mrs
| Livingston, another member of the
family who seems to have the sam,
notions as Mrs. Fuller about the
witches work. The doctor she said,
was interfering in case which the
witches were attending. DR.. Fuller
has been arrested and lodged in jail al
Flint.
from the report of Col. j. w. Barlow,
of the engineer corps, on Lake Superior
harbor improvements, is taken the fol.
lowing statement of the money available
for work this year and the appropria.
tons recommended for the fiscal year
1885 G. In tie list the first sum men
toned in each case is the amount avail
able this year, and the second is the
appropriation recommended for next
year: Ontonagon, extension of piers,
S15, 144- $50, 900; Marquette, extension
of breakwater, S12, 167-S6S, 900; Grand
Marais, extension of pier, $4,000
| $500, 900; Cedar river and harbor. ex-
tension of pier, SIC, 119-S40,0 900; Men.
ominee harbor, extension of pier, $780,
921 100000.