Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-09-04

ZOO must be prepaid, bat il the stock is
returned before Sept. 80 the money will
be refunded upon presentation OF a
certificate CT the secretary OF the fair
that the property had been on exhibit
ton and had not been sold.
DR.. Coleman OF Seaforth, Ontario,
has purchased twelve acres of land a
short distance below st. Clair for the
pupose of putting down salt well and
entering into the manufacture of salt.
The contract for boring has been let to
Mat Potter, who has just finished john
son Brothers well. DIR. Coleman is
now interested in salt wells at Seaforth,
Ontario, and at Warsaw, N. Y.
The railroad is bringing into Tawas
about 400, 900 feet of logs a day, run
ming eight trains exclusively for this
kind of freight, and this amount of spec
ial service besides the regular passen-
ger and freight trains keeps tho track
well occupied and the rolling stock de-
cidedly busy. All the mills both at
Tawas and East Tawas, except the old
Whittemore mill, are running now and
have all the logs they can run.
Bots Blanc island military reserva-
ton which, under recent act of con-
gress, together with number of other
military reservations, will be placed in
market, has an area of 9,139 acres, was
declared = military reservation in 1927
during the administration of John
Quincy Adams. 1t embraces abont half
the island, 1t has the most valuable
forest land and was originally used for
supplying the post at Mackinaw with
fuel and timber.
w. Il. Shelby, treasurer and assignee
of tho Michigan iron works of Grand
Rapids, filed statement showing the
assets 10 be above $40, 900 and the mort
gage to be $4,000. Liabilities, $17,-
900. Shelby filed bond for $120.000.
The company filed n bond for $4,000
for the payment of any judgment that
may be rendered on the attachment
suit, and the business will be continued
as usual. Other creditors will not press
their claims, and the company will
probably pull through.
The other morning Burt Vreeland of
Adrian township took his gun and went
out to hunt game. He began to shoot
in the woods back of the farm Of Joseph
Rickerd, neighbor, when the latter
came out and ordered him off. The men
exchanged hot words for minute or
two, when, as Vreeland claims, Rickerd
struck him on the head with stone.
Vreeland then dubbed his gun and
struck Rickerd over the head with the
butt, crushing the skull and killing him
instantly. Vreeland has been arrested
and logged in jail. The men were small
farmers living side by side, and had
not been on friendly terms for some
/ time.
At the recent fire at Woodvi,le, Ne
waygo county, which destroyed the
mill and lumber yard of l.. L. Kinney,
amongst the property burned were
Thirteen small cottages occupied by en-
fployes at the mill. These people lost
all their household effects, and in con-
sequence their prospects with winter S
near approach were not in the least
brilliant. But the present week Mr..
Kinney prepared q surprise for them,
presented each one with a deed for
twenty acres of improved farming land
in the vicinity, and as soon as the mill
is rebuilt will give each one sufficient
lumber 20 build substantial homes upon
the land.-Grand Rapids Eagle.
The funeral of DR.. Charles Rynd was
one of the largest ever held in Adrian
The services were conducted at the NJ.
f. church, Rev. w. II. Shier, the form
er pastor of the church, officiating. DR..
Rvnd had attained state if not ma
tional reputation, and was man of
brilliant talents apd great ability. He
was pronounced in his views, iOrcible,
vigorous and aggressive. AS physi-
clan he was acknowledged to be of SUI
perior ability and had an extensive and
lucrative practice that could have been
greatly increased had he chosen to ig-
moro politics. He was n leading Re-
publican. fluent public speaker, pos
sessing most happy command Of Ian
guage, and made his points with great
olearness and force. He was a warm
friend, fearless and bitter enemy, and
never forgave an insult. For several
yeais he had lost caste with a large
number of bis party, and had not the
influence of former days. He had his
faults, but his generosity, his genial So
cial qualities, and his brilliant attain
ments won him general admiration,
and the mantle of charity is universally
drawn over all that might be open to
censure, and only the noble nature and
the greatness of the man are remem-
bered.