Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-11-13
Minor State ltenna

room.
Lansing high school scholars publish
a weekly paper.
Fish il tho waters around Constan-
inc are being destroyed by dynamite.
Branch county will spend $1,000 in
steam heating apparatus for its court
house.
! Over 100000 worth of buildings
have been erected at Big Rapids the
present year.
Littls Sisters of the Poor will soon
establish home for aged people in
Grand Rapids.
Manistique thinks roller rink and
teacher of elOcutiOn requisite 10 a
first class town.
Many horses and cattle are being in
iured in the northern part Of the state
by barbed wire fences
John Fuller OF Ontonagon was
knocked down by foot-pads and robbed
of $l70 and gold watch.
j. S. Batsford's planning mill in Port
Huron was'destroyed by fire Nov. 9th.
Loss $4,000, partially insured.
DR.. Gray, for many years well
known physician Of Washtenaw coun-
ty, died in Big Rapids on the 9TH inst.
A. p. McCaul. paymaster of the De-
trolt, Bay City & Alpena railroad, died
1T East Tawas recently Of pneumonia.
In Vassar the polls were open 4S0
minutes aud in that lime 467 votes
were cast, nearly one per minute all
day.
john Donley of Richmond Borrowed
q revolver and shot himself dead. He
was 40 years old and habitual drunk
ard.
A formor Grand Rapids man writes
from Seattle, w. T., of n cabbage of his
raising that measured rs feet in circum-
ference.
Kalamazoo has q ladies' literary
league. Ladies in other towns could
prohtably follow the example of their
Kalamazoo sisters.
Mrs. Jane Stickler of Hillsdale, a
lad y 60 years old, fell from the second
floor of barn breaking her left arm
and sustaining severe bruises.
The old jail door at Vermontville,
Eaton county, creaked on its hinges
few evenings since for the first time
in nearly year, to admit drunken
tramp.
Thomas Murphy, a young man OF
Tittabawassee, was kicked in the face
by horse on election day and received
injuries from which he may not re-
cover.
Edward b. Escott, prominent drug
gls: of Grand Rapids, dropped dead in
the streets of that city on the 9th inst.
He had been in business there for a
quarter of century.
Robert Dalyrimple of Battle Creek,
an old man of 10 years, eot drunk the
other night and wandered away from
home. The next morning his body
was found in the Kalamazoo river.
The managers Of the Thompson sall
wells at St. Clair have been approach
ed by eastern capitalists with good of
fers TO sell, but wisely conclude that
the property is valuable enough to keep.
Slate making will continue at the
Williams slate quarry, in the Upper
Peninsula, in a few days. the quar-
Il htO iSOh pun Al SOOa SOA-hibANu ohe2
more men engaged 10 work.
That Grand haven is not slow town
is evident from the following: There
were shipped from South Haven last
week 1920 barrels Of apples, potatoes
and beans. Ooe man in three days paid
out S3. 1926 for produce.
Hart Bros building and stock Of
general merchandise in Republic, Mar
quette county, were destroyed by fire
on the 9TH at loss of SOS DOC. After
the insurance has been paid there will
still los deficiency of $4,000.
Prisoners in the jackson Jail were
treated to cheese the other right by a
new arrival. A short time after eating
they al began to show signs of poison.
ing, and two of them came near dying
How the cheese was poisoned Is mys.
terry.
A Mr.. Maltby of Plymouth was found
dead in his bed on the I'd inst. He wa:
once wealthy man of high social
standing, but misfortune had reduced
him to the necessity of earning his liv.
ing by the honorable calling of q
ditcher.
Miss Jennie Taylor, young lady,
member of a prominent family 10 Kala-
mszoo, who was terribly burned by
f. ling into CRATE az her home three
weeks ago, was attacked by malignant
diphtheria on tho morning Of Nov. z,
and died ia the afternoon.
Frank Raymond Of Royal Oak wa:
killed by the cars at Charleston the 9th
inst. He was riding on the rear of the
tender and jumped by accident into q
cattle guard and was run over by the
cars that had been cut off and were fol-
lowing. He was terribly mutilated.
The order Of A. O. u. w. of Detroit
is endeavoring to originate some plan
to furnish employment to members Of
the order who may need it. A com.
mittee of one has been appointed by
each lodge 10 devise means to establish
bureau of laoor for tho use of the
members.
Articles of asso eiatiou were filed in
the Office of the secretary of state dur
ing the two weeks ending November 8
asfollows: Home for the Aged, Little
Sisters Of the Poor, Grand Rapids
Grunmett gold and silver mining conf
pany. Marquette, capital $4,000, 600
Muskegon building stone company,
Muskegon, capital $1,000; Calvin
orass aud iron WORMS, Detroit, capital,
500 900.
b Probably the oldest woman in the
United STATES died at Negauree on the
3lst nit. By documents now in the
possession of the family her age Is
proved To haYa been LA last Juno.