Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-15

John S. Curry was instantly killed by
lightning at South Haven few days
ago.
Gray IL Co. dry kiln at Big Rapids
was destroyed by fire the other day at a
loss of $4,000.
A 10-years old son of Malcolm Nc
Donald was drowned in Clam lake at
Cadillac the other day.
The ninth annual reunion OF the
l.oomis battery will be held i'm Cold
water on the 2lst inst.
The fruit growers from st. Joseph to
Mauistee are called together to organ
ize an association May S-29.
Reported that Judge Cooley of the
supreme court is about to sever his
connection with the university.
The state freman's association will
hold its next session in Albion on The
first Wednesday in May, 1885.
When the additions now being made
to the Battle Greek sanitarium are fin
ished it will be the largest health insti-
tute in the world.
Manistique wi very soon have two
newspapers to urge its claims to the
honor of being one OF the finest towns
in the Upper Peninsula.
Dr. Moses E. Chauncy, for IL consec-
utive years a practicing physician in
Branch county, died at his home in
Girard recently, aged "a years.
Col. /. f. Messmore, successor to l..
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Grand Rapids. has failed for somewhere
about S50,000 with small assets.
Miss Melvin Spore, a school teacher of
Merritt township, Bay county, sues
henry Hess, a wealthy farmer Of that
township for $4,000 for SANDER.
There is trouble ut the state reform
school for girls at Adrian, and seven of
its instructors have resigned, including
ius superintendent, Miss Emma A. Hall.
Geo Geppert, banker of Medicine
Lodge, Ks, was shot AprlI % in an at
tempted bank robbery. He was for
merly prominent citizen and merchant
at Allegan.
A warrant vas issued for the arrest
of Henry Holcomb, the. day following
| the close of the examination of Joseph
| Allen. Like the Arab. Henry had
''folded his tent, and silently stole
away"
| John Loey of Grand Marals was shot
and killed by his wife the other Sunday
The woman was arrested and admitted
the shooting, but claims that it was
done in self-defense.
A soldiers monument II feet high
will be erected in Essex, Clinton coun-
ty, in memory of the 81 patriots who
| persisted in the service from that town
ship. Lewis bentley is raising the
funds,
The railroad excitement Mt Maple
Rapids continues undated. There is
| now less than $1,000 10 be raised t.
make up the required amount of $780,
600 for the Lansing Alma and Mt.
Pleasant railroad.
On the Alto inst. John Toey of Grand
Marals Lake Superior, was shot and
killed by his wife, who is now under
arrest. She admits that she shot him
and claims that it was done in self de.
Tense, but her claim IS not generally be-
lieved.
James Green, eX-mapager Of the
telephone exchange in East Saginaw
who was arrested Il few days ago charg
ed by the telephone company with the
embezzlement Of Sl,400. has settled
with the company and been released
from custody and the case dismissed.
All the detectives employed on the
Crouch case have been dismissed. Dan
Holcomb told one of them that if the
detectives worked ut the case much
longer they would land the whole OF
them Crouch, Holcomb, ct. aD in
prison. And he wasn't far from right,
either.
"Scotty,' the crook who offered t.
tell all he knew about the Crouch muir
der for m eney and IN unconditional
immunity from all charges against him,
has been held for trial in Detroit on q
charge of stealing notes and mortgages
from the Eisenlord hotel in that city
nearly two years ago
About three weeks ago James Walk.
er,of Ionia, with a party Of friends, was
making explorations en- Bots Blanc
island. He became separated from his
friends, and nothing was known of him
until the other day, when his body was
found about mile from the place
where he left lis friends.
Sebastian Luppo, an Italian miner,
confesses to the murder of Toll Collect.
or Osborn, at Hancock, short time
ago, but claims to have shot IN self-de-
tense. A quarrel arose between the
two men as TO the amount of toll to be
paid when Osborn attacked him, and
he Ouppo) fired in self defense. The
story told by the Italian is generally
believed.
The Michigan state board of educa-
ton will hereafter admit TO the agri
cultural college without examination
graduates of approved preparatory
I schools. The board has refused petit
ton from the senior class of the same
institution, requesting that some promi
uent speaker deliver an address 0etor,
the class at commencement, instead o
the present plan of student orations.
The Roscommon oil company have
sold or transferred all their oil shares
wells, TOOLS. etc., to the new oil com
pany recently formed at East Saginaw
with Jacob Seligman as president anC
treasurer, with the agreement that thu
company will prosecute the work o
pumping oil as fast as possible, devel
oping its full resources. Other partie,
are here prospecting and negotiating.
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