Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-09
Minor State Items.

III udS peeu iOr ~ years.
Dan Voorhees, of Indiana will soon be-
gin campaign work in the state.
1t costs Bay county $240 month for
railroad fare for criminals lover the
road"
Blaine will spend three days in Michi-
gan, instead of two, rs at first an
| nounced.
A. G.. Wilbur of Almena, Van Buren,
county, was killed by falling under a
circular saw.
Kalamazoo is entirdly out of debt, has
complete system of public improve
ments, and is happy.
A new independent telegraph line
from Muskegon to Detroit via Grand
Rapids. is to be constructed.
A fine body of red hematite ore has
been found in a 40 acre tract of land
adjoining the Lille mine, north of Ne
gaunee.
1t is understood that an argument
will be had before Judge Gridley soon
for a change of venue in Henry Hol-
combs case.
Mrs. Eliza Merrick of Toddtown,
Hillsdale county, aged 70 years, has
pieced and quilted ~ quilts since her
10th birthday.
The Three Rivers canning factory
put up 20, 900 cans of corn one day last
week, and for the week averaged 25,-
600 cans daily.
A fire ragged for several days in tie
Calumet and Helca mine, about ], 100
feet below the surface. Two men were
smothered to death.
The body of Tom Driscoll coal hea-
yer at Houghtcn was found in the lake
few days ago. He is supposed to have
fallen off the docks in the dark.
Okla S. Osborne, an old soldier who
has been an inmate in the Van Buren,
county house for the last ten years, has
just received 1856 back pension.
The Rev. Emery Curtis, widely known
as the husband of Mrs. Curtis, whose
strange death led to the Barnard-Curtis
murder trial year or two ago. Is dead
at Bancroft.
The Lansing common council passed
over Mayor Donovan's veto the ordi-
nance extending, from to 10 A. 1.-The
|
y be kept open
Grand Rapids Unitarians will soon
begin the erection of q new church.
The building is to be of red brick with
terra Gotta trimmings and granite
columns at the porches.
A son Of Auctioneer Foote of Bay City,
who was employed as a clerk in store,
forged his employers name to $500
check and went to Canada. His father
has refunded the money.
Chas. Mason of Bay City has been
arrested for stealing 500 COW from
+. T. Williams. The animal had been
painted to prevent Identification, and
the paint had washed off.
Mrs. Frank Parker of Royal Ok,
who few days ago became insane from
the effects of paralysis, is dead. She
was about 30 years of age and was n
pioneer resident of the village.
Samuel Aurand of Otisville, charged
with obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, has been hound over for trial at
the November term of court, and IN
default of $500 bail, goes to jail.
Charles l.. Fuller, who recently sold
out the Otsego County Herald and went
away, is alleged TO he short in his ac-
counts as county treasurer. His bonds
men are ample protection to the county.
The sentence of Mrs. Anna Wander
burg. convicted of the murder OF her
husband and sentenced TO 20 years at
Ionia, has been changed to the same
period at the Detroit house of correc-
tiop.
Mrs. l. III. Hougn, for so years s.
resident Of Plymouth and vicinity, died
at her home in that village the other
morning, aged 78 years. Her husband,
who survives her, has reached the age
of8l.
N. E. Severance, an Ingham county
farmer, has this season raised on the
average 43 bushels of potatoes for one
bushel of seed planted. Two acres have
yielded 1000 bushels of mammoth
tubers.
William Brown, of LAKE Linden a
contractor, was struck in the abdomen
with stick of cordwood by his wife
and died the next morning. A post
norton was held. The wife has been
arreted.
The Hazleton collection of oil paint
ings, which figured in the Detroit Art
Loan and the State fair exhibit, is now
being exhibited at the Kalamazoo skat-
ing rink by the ladies of the First Pres
byterian church.
The black horse Walter Jones, owned
by b. ID. G.. Switzerland, of East Sagi-
nav, died at the race track in Cleve-
land, Ohio, of congestion of the lungs.
The horse had record of 2.30 and was
valued at $4,000.
The wife of Mr.. Frank Parker, re-
spectacle citizen of Royal Oak has be-
come violently insane, dangerous al
times, the trouble resulting from two
strokes Of paralysis, one last spring, the
other three years ago.
The work of rebuilding the burned
district at Bronson commenced vigor-
ously on the LIST. Farmers and labor
ers are generously donating work to
help the sufferers, and soon Bronson
will be brighter than ever.
An unknown man was found dead
near the Detroit, Grand Haven and
Milwaukee railroad track at Owosso a
few days since. His companion who was
arrested on suspicion, claims that the
man was killed by the cars.
Frank Meeker was firing the cannon
at q jollifcation meetin & in Cadillac
the other night. In some way the
piece was discharged before Meeker
was ready. injuring his hand so that
amputation will be necessary.