Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-09

tiOnS. n reWhru OF SZO Is Ouereu IOr
the recovery of Bowen's body.
Counterfeit 10-cent pieces are de-
ceiving the careless ones through the
state. They are brighter than the
genuine, soft and easily cut with a
knife, the wreath clumsily executed,
and under the words "one dime" are
engraved two "6s.". Most of them are
dated 1875.
The coroner's jury in the case of Will
liam McClintock, killed in a saloon
| fight in East Saginaw, returned YER
dict to the effect that the deceased came
to his death from blows received on
his head by chair in the hands of
Herbert p. Cowan, and Edgar SWEET
as accessory thereto.
The stock, machinery, ETC., of the
Touring mill of Welsh, De Roo & Co.
of Holland was damaged by fire the
other morning to the amount of $780,
600. The building was saved. The
loss is fully covered by insurance. The
| fire originated from q hot box in the
machinery in the basement.
Henry Hoffman of Newport went out
with gun and found man stealing
his grapes few nights since. The fell
low refused to give his name and start
ed to run away, when Hoffman fired.
The man was then found to be Perry
Bordeau, a neighbor, and the wound in
his back will probably prove fatal.
Judge Cooley of the Michigan SUI
preme bench, says Chicago dispatch,
has been appointed by Commissioner
Fink to fill the vacancy in the board of
arbitration on relative rates on dressed
beef and live cattle to the .seaboard.
The vacancy was occasioned by the res
| ignation of Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
Thomas Roaks, brakeman on the
Detroit, Gand Haven & Milwaukee rail
road, was the victim of terrible acct
dent at Ionia the other night while
coupling cars. One arm was crushed
and one leg was literally drawn from its
socket. He was taken to Detroit FOR
treatment, but died before reaching
that city.
c. L. Fuller, treasurer of Otsego
county. has not absconded; but
like an honest man is aiding
his bondsmen to turn property
into money TO pay deficiency. His
shortage is profound mystery to him
self and it is expected that an evamina-
ton of his books will divulge errors in
his behalf.
An Ashland, Wis, special says: The
body of a man was washed ashore three
miles from this city. 1t was found that
he came TO his death by n pistol shot
through his head. He is thought to be
Will Lesner, who came here 10 days
ago from Grand Rapids, Mich. 1t is
The body had been in the water 10 or
II days.
While playing in wheat bin at
Grants elevator at Hastings. two little
sons of George Curry were drawn into
the wheat and one, boy of 10 years,
was smothered. The other was rescued
just as he was disappearing. The body
remained in the wheat for Is minutes.
The boy who was rescued lies in a
critical condition. The father is de-
lirious with grief.
A Flint man, who formerly lived at
Lansing, received from the latter city
the othor day large package by ex.
press. The bundle proved to contain a
| IulSCtlldueOuS VI tstDlcWuIc
and household utensils, accompanied
by letter stating that the goods had
been stolen by servant girl who was
in the gentleman's employ at Lansing
and whose pricking conscience had in
duced her 10 return them.
On the 4th of last August horse and
carriage were found pitched in front of
q saloon in East Saginaw and were SUBJ
sequently identified as the property of
Thomas Flanagan of Carrolton. 1t was
rumored that Flanagan, who was an
old man, had been foully dealt with. A
few days ago, however, letter dated
San Francisco, was received from the
missing man. stating that he was living
with his brother, but giving no reason
for SO suddenly leaving home.
Burt Woods, young man employed
al Landes' bakery in Battle Creek was
returning from hunt in a wagon tho
other day with companion.
The horse suddenly started to
run and the gun, which was
held between the men, was discharged.
The shot took effect in Woods left arm.
carrying away part of the arm and
shoulder. He was carried to a farm
house % miles west of the city, where
he died from loss of blood. He leaves
wife and child.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the county clerk of Wayne
county, for a joint stock company to
print and publish all kinds of literature,
aud especially the Detroit Daily Re-
port" The capital stock of the COM
pany is $4,000, OF which Henrietta G.
Breeze has 100 shares, VIM. Is. Hayes
100 shares, VIM. II. Brezee of Morenci,
5 shares, G. A. Webster, of st. Joseph,
20 shares, and Fred e. Berger, of jack
son, so shares. The life of the company
is to be 20 years. Lloyd Breeze is to
be manager of the concern.
Mrs. Nellie Day, daughter of w. u.
Angel of Ogden, Lenawee county, was
found dead in straw stack the other
morning. The inquest developed the
fact that the girl, though only II years
old, had been married for two years.
She was not living with her husband
and had for some time been on terms of
intimacy with Charles Worden, a mar
ried man living near. A few days
ago her mother rebuked her for her in
discrete behavior, saying she would
rather sec her daughter dead than act
ing as she was doing. Nellie retorted
that her mother might "dig her grave
as soon as she had mind to-" The
young woman was enciente and death
was caused 10y heavy dose of tansy,
doubtless taken to produce an abortion.