Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-09-25

and soliciting subscriptions from the
farmers to help him on his way TO Petos-
KEY. He has secured considerable from
the farmers. He is q fraud.
An extensive field fire just west of
Hudson destroyed several thousand
dollars worth OF property. John Leth-
erar AMI Henry Baker lost a large
quantity of grain, $500 pair of horses
and other stock and agricultural imple-
ments.
The South Haven and Casco Pomo-
logical Society has had on exhibition in
the Illinois State Fair ninety varieties OF
apples, twenty-five each of peaches and
pears, fifteen of grapes, and several
varities of plums, cherries, raspberries
and ounces.
Bay City has an inventor, who though
but II years of age, has invented and
will have patented guard gate for APP
proaches to swing bridges. All who
have seen it pronounce it great sue
cess and give the youthful inventor
great praise.
The Second Michigan infantry re.
| union occurs at Flint, Oct. 10. All
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on time ready for fun and business.
Members who have not yet received
invitations should notify D. +. Lock
head of Flint.
Geo. McShea fell upon threshing
machine cylinder near Howard City
and will lose his leg. His life was saved
by the man who was feeding" the ma
chine, who, being very strong man,
succeeded in pulling McShea out of the
dangerous position he was in.
Talk of farming out the convict
labor" at Bay City. The question of
the legality of such action Is being de-
bated, but some OF the debaters argue
hat the state lets convict labor to pri-
vate parties, and it will be strange if q
city cannot do the same thing.
| A man named Forbes Milne, aged
25, living few miles from Maple Hill,
a station on the Grand Rapids and In
diana railroad, north of Grand Rapids,
fell in between two freight cars and
had both legs cut of, He was steal
| ing ride. He cannot survive the
shock.
An infant child of Thos. Carroll of
Saginaw City died few days ago un-
der painful circumstances. The ply
stefan had left medicine for the mother
and baby, and by mistake Mr.. Carroll
gave the medicine left for the mother
to the child, from the effects of which
it died.
The gate receipts for the last day of
the state fair were over 81 800 and the
total amount received thus far S17,-
5000 This is about $4,000 less than
the amount received at Detroit for the
corresponding time last year, but is
equal to the receipts of the last state
fair at Jackson.
Bird M. Vreeland, the murderer of
Joseph Rikard, in Adrian township,
August 20, by smashing his head with
q gun, has been convicted of man
slaughter. There was a clear case
against him, and his conviction was OK
pected. He was at once sentenced to
four years in Jackson.
Thos. Smith and Fred. Vogle of Jack
son got into dispute, and Vogle struck
Smith, who retaliated with n heavy
blow on Vogle's face. Vogle then
grabbed mallet and struck Smith on
the head and badly fractured his skull.
Vogle has been arrested and Smith is
thought to be fatally injured.
About 2 o'clock on the afternoon of
September 10, heavy shock of earth
quake was felt throughout the state.
Buildings were shaken considerably.
People were badly frightened, but no
one was hurt. In Detroit the shock
was very pronounced, the highest build
ings being rocked like a cradle,
w. w. McEwan, who made balloon
ascension at Grand Ledge, Aug. 90,
under the direction of Prof. Hogan of
jackson and who had his leg broken in
the descent, has been brought back to
Jackson. Physicians say it will be long
before he can hope TO be about if he
does not remain a cripple for life.
Sept. IL, an intensely hot day. Mrs,
John Burch, living east of Flint, was
sunstruck while at work dragging in
the field with her husband The poor
woman remained insensible eight hours,
and during that time experienced sue
cession OF most violent spasms, so seri-
GUS that three men were required to
hold her.
Judge Lewis j. Bickford of Flint
died suddenly the other night of a
complication of Bright's disease and an
affection of the heart He had been
resident of Flint for 40 years, and in
that time had held many places of pub
lie trust and was widely known for his
legal and business ability. He was 81
years of age.
Sunday Timothy Shea of Hancock,
a young lad, was out fishing. He laid
his gun across log to pick some cher
ries, and ca preparing to leave the
place he pulled the gun toward him in
the common way, the muzzle toward
mis- face. The charge of tie gun plowed
a furrow from the boys nose across his
cheek and blew his ear completely off.
The trouble in the Detroit Journal
Office has beer satisfactorily settled.
The contending factions have disposed
of the entire stock to Moore g. Tom
linson of Lapeer. BY the terms of set
Element all suits have boon dropped,
and Breeze, CrittendeD and Farewell
agree not to engage in newspaper pa
per business in Detroit for the next two
years.
James Cunningham of Chelsea has
struck it rich. Some time ago his sister
went to England and married we'll
to-do Englishman, who, dying, left his
property to his wife. The brother and
sister had long ago lost track of each
other, but the other day news of the
sisters death reached him. He went
| To England straiohtwav and found n