Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-04-17

MI. brennan leaves 4 wife anu seven
children.
ID. Il. Wadsworth, of lshpeming,
whose bank failure for 5000, 900
was announced in January. and who
was arrested on charge of en-
bezzling Sl3, 600 of tho Cleveland Iron
company's money, has been bound
over to the circuit court at Marquette,
in bonds of 81 1900.
Some lively movements were made
at st. Louis. Gratiot county, few days
ago. when fire broke out in the business
portion of the town. For time it
seemed that the entire village was
doomed, but the superior management
OF the fire department prevented. Only
three buildings were destroyed.
The Midland Exchange, better known
as Russell house, at Midland, kept by
Geo. Mountain, was burned April 9.
Loss, about $4,000, no insurance Cd
furniture. Many of the inmates lost
nearly all their personal effects. The
efficiency of the water works has proven
their value to the city, saving the adj
joining property.
After many days drillers in the oil
well at Roscommon, struck crock" on
tho 10th inst. Samples of the oil are in
many hands and it is q fine quality,
pure crude oil. The utmost excitement
prevails and shares OF oil stock are at
premium. Twenty-Five shares sold at
once at % per cent advance. Men are
now drilling in the rock. They cannot
yet tell how deep they will have to go,
but expect it will be perhaps 100 feet.
Mr.. W.Dewing, one OF the foremost
men in Michigan in charitable matters,
and who is known throughout this
county in all benevolent conventions
ard England also. died in Kalamazoo,
April 18th, aged 10 years. He was the
father of the children's home and in
dustrial school, which are very prosper
Gus. He has been very prominent and
successful merchant in that city since
1886. Before tina. he was a sailor for
10 years. His loss is great ono to
Kalamazoo.
An attempt to Lurglarire the Joint of
fee of the Western Union telegraph and
the United States express companies in
Traverse City resulted in n lively ex-
change of pistol Shots and the arrest of
one of the burglars. Two crooks went
there with the design in thier minds an6
took in a local pal" who proved to be
an honest gentleman, and really joined
them TO play the detective. He warned
the agent and operator, and, of course.
the latter and his friends gave the
visitors warm reception. The Office
walls bear the marks of many pistol
shots.
AT Bravo, Al.egan county, William
Fernald, formerly :. merchant of that
place, was given poison by Clarence
Kidder, n lad of IL years. and died
within an hour. Young Kidder claims
to have found the poison in a barn, and
supposing it 10 be whisky, he treated
Mr.. Fernald freely with the above re-
suit. Kidder is hard pet and suspi-
cions of foul play are freely expressed
As soon as il was known that Fernald
must die, young Kidder left town and
took to the woods, but was finally over
taken au1 brought back. Fernald was
about so years of age and leaves wife
and two children.
While Policeman Edwin w. Book
eridge, of Port Huron, was in the
oct OF arrest'ng II drunken woman
by the name of Lille Har-
rington. Jay Brittou, the notorioue con-
tidence operator, undertook 10 inter
fere, and in the struggle that ensued
Britton drew his revolver and fired at
Bockeridge twice without effect, al
though the left side of the face of the
officer was burned by the discharge of
the revolver. At this Bockeridge drew
his revolver and fired two shots at Brit
ton, one ball going through his heart
and the other just below the heart, kill
ing HIM instantly. Britton has been
engaged in several shooting scrapes in
Port Huron and Detroit, and was known
to be desperate character. He was
the acknowledged leader If Il gang of
confidence men that have infested Port
Huron for a number Of years past, and
although great efforts have been made
by the police authorities to convict him
he has always managed to escape JUS
tice. The feeling in Port Huron in re-
gard TO the matteris in favor of Mr..
Bockeridge and ~ to the result the peo-
pie say amen. Ii was either Bockeridge
life or Britton's, and the community
mourns not for the dead "crook."
There seems to be n feeling in the city
that all characters of like order will be
asked to leave the city. Britton was
the son of state senator of New York
and has one brother in Detroit and an
other in Bay City.