Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-12-25

| One of the most prominent citlzenS VI
Hillsdale county, Hon. John L. Cook,
died in Hillsdale ON the 14Lh inst Mr..
| Cook had been a resident of Hillsdale
over so years, He represented his dis
trict in the state legislature some years
ago.
Prof. Harrington, of the university,
| in his recent lecture on the earthquake
| of Sept. 18th, accounted for tho phe-
nomencn by what is technically known
| to biologists rs ''fault" and that il
travelled at the slow rate of 8 to 10 miles
minute.
The magnificent residence of Col. w.
B. McCreery of Flint, one of the finest
residences in the state, was destroyed
by fire on the 10Th, at loss of about
$500 The firemen worked hard to
save the building but their efforts were
greatly retarded by the intense cold.
There is great deal of complaint
from all the Lake Superior ports about
the use of trap nets TO catch white fish.
These nets destroy millions OF young
white fish before they are half grown,
and it is only question of time, unless
they are prohibited. ere the white fish
will become extinct
Mrs. Frank Abram of Brighton has
gone crazy over the disgrace brought
upon her by her husband, who is under
arrest charged with beng the leader of
the gang of burglars which has made
things lively in that vicinity for the
past three years. Abrams is also said
to be losing his reason.
On Saturday Dec. Is two sons of Mrs.
Hazleton. widow of Pinconning, aged
respectively seven and twelve years,
were drowned in a pond near their
home. 1t is supposed that the younger
BOY broke through the ice, and that the
older tried to rescue him, when they
both went to the bottom.
John Urmiston of the township of
Gaines, Genesee county, is under ar
rest for criminally assaulting Alice Wa
tiers, a girl of IL. The girl was alone
in the house, as she says, and he came
in and made the assault. The examin-
alton was adjourned until Jan. 5, 1885,
and bail was fixed at $500.
A couple of thoroughbred Mormon
elders put in an appearance at Bright
on recently and began teaching their
hellish doctrine. just as the righteous
ly indignant people got everything
ready to give them a coat of tar and
feathers as a protection against the
December cold, the Mormons skipped.
The House river and harbor commit
tee has decided on most of the appro-
priations for Michigan's harbors. There
may be- some changes made before the
! bill is finally reported. The following,
however, is complete list of Michigan
harbor appropriations recommended by
the committee: Muskegon, Sl25, 600
White River, SIC. 900; Pentwater, Sc 000
Ludington, $4,000; MAnistee. 81, 900
Grand Haven, $50, 600; CheboygaD. 81 D.
: 600; Charlevoix, $4,000; Sand Beach,
S25 900; Black Lake, 100000; Sauga-
tuck, $4,000; st. Joseph, $4,000
Michigan rivers haveI mot been reached
| yet by che committed.
The following persons have been
chosen officers of the Michigan state
} grange for the ensuing year: Master
Cyrus G. Luce. Branch; Overseer, John
Holbrook, lonia; Lecturer, Perry Mayo,
Calhoun; Steward, Harrison Bradshaw
Lapeer; Assistant Steward, A. Z. Green,
/ Oakland; Chaplain, r. +. Carpenter,
Wexford; Treasurer, +. A. Strong,
Kalamazoo; Secretary, j. L. Cobb,
/ Schoolcratt; gate keeper, A. M. Agen;
, Pomona, Mrs, w. L. Remington; Flora,
Mrs. G. q. Luce, Branch; Ceres, Mrs
} j. w. Belknap, Montcalm; Assistant,
r Mrs. +. A. Green, Oakland.
, Fire broke out in the Central house
/ in Stanton on the 18th, and before the
flames could be checked Turner's opera
house, and the Brown building were
also doomed. The brick block IN which
the National bank is situated also saved
the further spread of the flames in tina,
direction. Stevens block, across the
street, caught fire in the cornices, bu,
after severe fight the building wa:
saved. The wooden buildings in the
rear of the hotel caught fire several
times, bus the citizens were all on hand
and the fire was kept within the limits
mentioned. The losses foot up as fol.
: lows: Opera house block SO, COO, in.
surance S., 600; hotel So, 900, insurance
Sc 900; Geo. Browns building $4,000
insurance $4,000, and few smaller
losses aggregating about $3 600.
Gov. Begole, on the 18th inst, opened
the prison doors to a number of criminals
and fixed the Imprisonment of others al
low rates. Cardaman Dec and Joseph
} Rouse, sentenced August ~, 1884, 10
eight months imprisonment in the Gen.
esee county jail, on conviction of hav-
ing abducted a girl for the purpose OF
prostitution. Calvin Slough, convicted
of arson, and sentenced at Hillsdale
Nov. %, 1881, to five years at the Ionia
House of correction. Thomas Taylor.
sentenced from Genesee county, June
1st, 1873, to 10 years at Jackson for
robbery. William Ross, sentenced
from Mecosta county, February ~,
1888, to IL years at jackson for assault
with intent to hill; commuted to two
years. James Maloy, sent from Kala-
mazoo county, Dec. 20, 1883, to Jackson
prison for five years, on conviction of
robbery; committed so the sentence
: i'll expire December %, 1884. Frank
w. Penny, who was implicated with
one Burnham on charge of stealing
goods at the store of Roehm d Wright,
in Detroit, and sentenced by Judge
Swift, May /, 1881, to three and half
years at Ionia; so as to expire January
/, 1886. Dan Van Waggoner, sem
fenced from Kalamazoo county, May s.,
1877, to % years at Ionia, for assault
with intent To kill and murder; COM
muted so that sentence will expire
January /, 1886.
|
| =erved The Brute Hight.
report from Rockville Center, Rhode Is
land, staEes that Mrs. Sealey Sprague shot a
tramp or burglar who entered her house the
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