Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-06-26

6en InneS OF Oranu haplub auVis'
all persons entitled to arrears of pen
sions under the act recently passed by
Congress not TO place their claim in the
hands of agents. as the arrearages can
be obtained without expense to the
claimant.
Bella Hubbard a wealthy citizen OF
Detroit has presented to the city. through
statutes of Cadillac, La Sale, Father
Richard and Pere Marquette. The gift
is princely one, and worthy the mu-
nificenco of the donor.
Forty students of The Columbia Col.
lege School of Mines are now among
the mines of the upper Peninsula, where
they will spend two months in practical
mining work to complete their educa-
ton, in the only way in which the prac-
teal details of the work can be learned
actual work under ground.
In the Michigan crop report for June
we find the following in regard TO the
apple yield: Apples also show abund-
ant bloom; but how well it will be re-
tanned is yet uncertain. With favor,
able weather, the three years rest, and
the consequent accumulated vigor OF
the trees generally, seem to warrant
anticipation of an abundant crop.
Rev. j. S. Boyden, the financial agent
of Kalamazoo College. has done good
work for that institution among the
Baptists OF the state the last three years.
Besides adding materially to the per-
manent endowment he has sent y great
many boys and girls to the college to be
educated and has provided largely the
funds for carrying on the immediate
work of the college.
Mr.. Scholtz and his wife, whose son
time their house was broken into several
weeks ago, left there q few days ago,
without having informed their daughter
of where they were going. They were
found at Castle Garden en- route for Ger
many the other day, and on their per-
sons was found the money they claimed
had been stolen by Reynolds, White and
Katterman. They were at once taken
back to East Tawas.
The Grand Haven lumber company
has decided, owing to stagnation of
business and the present price of shin
giles. to either reduce the wages of en-
ployes Is to 20 per cent, according TO
grade of work, or shut down the mill,
which would throw 500 hands ont of
employment. The company gave the
hands one week to consider the matter.
and report what they are willing to do.
Should the mill be shut down it Is
thought others will follow the exampleS
The exploits of Neville, the Detroit
coachman, were nearly repeated in
Portland, Ionia county a few days ago.
A stranger from western New York
went to that place several weeks ago,
and in the course of his rambles succeed
ed in fascinating blooming widow of
30 or Whereabouts, who had buried three
husbands and wanted 10 try her hand
at another The would-be bridegroom
was about 40 years old and was to be
married the other night, but during the
day information luckily turned up that
proved him TO be already married, and
so another romance was nipped in the
bud.
Prof. John N. Foster, superintend-
ent of the state public school at Cold
water, gives the following items of in
terest about the school: 1t is ten years
since it was opened. 1t has "bound
out" OIL indentured l, 400 boys or girls.
He is now visiting at their homes to see
if they are well treated (else to put
them into other homes), to SEQ whether
the contract of their indenture is mu-
tually kept, also to see If any change
in the genus and methods of their
school is desirable. Children are re-
ceived into the school at ages ranging
from three to thirteen years of age. OF
these there are now 275 In the school,
which has room for $50. Parties wish
ing children either for adoption or In
denture can find them at the Coldwater
school.
Altogether thirteen Indian skeletons
have been dug out of Dock street, AL
pena, by the workmen who were put
ting in tile drain. Besides the relics
previously mentioned, small silver
crosses, part of silver bracelets. earrings,
beads and many other articles were dug
UP. One of the objects has an engrav-
ing that looks something like the rising
sun. These relics, especially the crosses,
would indicate that the Indians
were buried since the French priests
were in this section of the country many
years ago. Tinsrniths assert that the
copper kettle was made by a whiteman.
1t was we'll made. A strong wire runs
around the top, and handle fitted by
means of ears, which are rivited on the
kettle, the same as is done now.
The situation among the mill hands
at Oscoda is anything but encouraging.
All the mills-seven in nuniber-were
closed on the afternoon of the 18th.
Early in the morning, when the whistle
blew for work at the Oscoda salt and
lumber company's mill, the laborers re-
fused to work and. reinforced by labor
ers from other mills, marched to every
mill in Oscoda and Au Sable, inducing
workmen TO join them. At o'clock
800 men marched in q body to Pack
woods & Company's mill and demand
cd a surrender which was accomplish
ed with a few revolvers drawn on both
sides. and the strikers came out victori-
GUS. 1t is reported that Thompson IL
Co., are paying 20 cents and hour to
keep their mill RUNNING. 1t has been
thought that blood would be shed but the
strikers were cool and peaccable. They
want IL hours work and $2 per day, or
10 hours and 81 70 per day to able
bodied men for the season. The Oscoda
salt ami lumber company issued notice
to their men that 81 81 would be their
wages and one shilling to be applied at