Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-07-03

daughter was the first white child born
in this village.-Pinconning Times.
The Michigan press association elect
ed Chas. S. Hampton, of the Harbor
Springs independent, president; Orno
Strong, of the Nashville News. secre-
tary, and Fred Slocum, Of the Caro- Adj
vertiser, treasurer. Harbor Springs
was selected as the place for the next
meeting, dates to be made by the exec
utive committee.
Through the efforts of Senator Con-
ger $4,000 has been appropriated by
the Senate committee to whom was re-
ferred the river and harbor bill, in ad'
ditien TO the 100000 appropriated by
the House committee. An additional
appropriation of Sc 900 for the harbor
at Ontonagon and $4,000 for Pentwa-
ter has been granted.
Mchlgan's share of the approprla-
tons made in the sundry civil bull is as
follows: $4,000 for new light house
at Port Sanilac. and SO, 900 for grading,
sodding and erecting suitable monu-
nlent with headstones, and for curbing
or fence for the cemetery lot at Fort
Graiiot, occupied by the bodies OF
soldiers dying in the service.
the Roscommon lumber company's
camp six miles from Meredith q man
named Carter and team OF horses
were struck and instantly killed by
lightning June %. A man named John
Hagles, standing near, was partially
paralyzed. but will recover. Carter had
only commenced work the day previous
1t is not known where his relatives 1--we,
Gold has been. discovered at Stephen
son, Menominee county. The place of
discovery is in the center of the town,
and gold was first found in small spec
linens in the bottom of water pail.
By careful examination and testing of
the specimens found, they are pro-
nounced by old miners and competent
judges to be gold. The place has been
purchased by Milwaukee capitalist,
and the people are watching Develop
ments with interest.
Charles Dale, who was moving on q
farm belonging to the Saginaw street
railway company, west of Saginaw City,
during a heavy thunder storm, met with
shocking accident. The horses be-
came frio htened at the storm and ran
away, throwing Dale from bis seat I'M
der the machine, mangling his limbs in
terrible manner, cutting the flesh,
muscles, and tendons in many places to
the bone. Amputation Of the right leg
may be necessary aud IN any event he
will be crippled for life.
The body of an unknown man, aged
between 40 and 80 years, was found in
Oak Grove, four miles east OF Grand
Rapids few days ago. He had bull
let hole, made by bullet from 32-
calibre revolver, in his left breast, and
revolver lay beside him on the ground.
He was fairly we'll dressed in new
suit, and n circular from mistit cloth
ing store and twenty-eight cents in his
pocket, but nothing TO identify him.
His body was badly decomposed and
his ears eaten out by bugs.
The Michigan division sons of vet
Grams in session at lansing elected as
officers: Colonel, j. w. Kinney, Detroit;
lieutenant colonel, NJ. 0'Dowd, White
Pigeon; major. f. III. Rowlson, Hills
dale, chaplin l.. Adelbert Baker, Lar
sing; surgeon, I. Oils, Marcellus.
Delegates to the third grand division
encampment, TO be held at Chicago
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and Truman Ravens, Hillsdale; &. +.
johnson and j. w Kinney. Detroit,
alternates.
Herbert White of Horton, jackson
Co., 20 years old, and the sole support OF
his aged widowed mother, met horrible
death by falling on buzz saw while
about his work He with severa. Others
was working up poles with steam cir
cular saw for &. L. Hammond of Lib
erty. when White, with n pole in his
, hand, approached the saw from the
wrong side. He slipped and fell onto
it. The saw ripped open his abdomen,
and his bowels fell TO the ground. He
died in one hour suffering intensely.
Alex. Ketchum, young farmer re-
/ siding eight miles east of Benton Har-
Eor, was shot by w. &. Emery of that
place at an early hour the other morn
ing. Emery went to Ketchum's house
,, and, gaining admittance, proceeded to
the Iatter's bedroom and fired three
shots from n revolver, two of which
; took effect in Ketchun-'s body, which
may prove fatal. The cause of the
/ tragedy is the supposed intimacy be-
: tween KetchUm and Emery's wife. En-
cry delivered himself up TO the author
/ tiles and is now in the county Jail at
Berrien Springs.
: Mr.. Houseman, by hard work, Sc
) cured an appropriation of $4,000 for
the Improvement of Grand river. Michi-
gan. but Senator Conger. as custodian
of the Michigan end of the river and
i, harbor bill in the Senate, has seen fit
to strike out this item in the bill as un-
necessary. Mr.. Houseman is disap-
J pointed, and a vigorous effort will be
, made by sill the Michigan Democrats
to have it restored to the bill when the
measure goes to the conference COM
mittee. They charge that when Conger
secured the elimination OF tho Grand
, river paragraph from the bill he was
actuated by feelings of petty spite. and
not by n higher sense of craftsmanship.
. Stephenson, a town of 200 inhabit-
itants, in Menominee county, is the
scene of an alleged discovery of gold.
Some months ago a family named
. Muelendyke, who were getting water
l at public we'll at the corner of the
Churchill house. discovered small, bright
9 spots at the bottom of the pail. A
1 family council resulted ia decision
r that the spots were gold. Muelendyke
: continued his pumpings, saving the
= specimens, and finally showing them &,
the Catholic priest, who took them to
d several practical miners for examina.
Q ton. After testing the specimens they
/ united in pronouncing them gold. A