Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-02-26

Frank Sherbert, a deaf mute, was
struck by the east bound passenger
train near Farwell while walking on
the track and died In an hour. This Is
tho same man who was struck by o
train about six months ago at nearly
the same place.
According to Col. Poe's estimate,
$22, 900 are necessary to make the
mouth of the Clinton river n depth of
eight feet, as well as to insure per-
manency by dredging. About Sl1, 600
more are necessary to continue the
depth to Mt. Clemens
vii. j. Lowry, son of Prof. john
Lowry, conpositor on the Argus at
Brighton, has been robbing his em-
ployer for @ year. 1t was discovered
by marked coins when some $50 worth
of type and other things were found in
the boys room. Wills present address
is unknown,
a story comes from Sturgis of an in
fernal machine being found in the base
ment OF three story brick block the
first story of which had just been va
Gated, the upper floors being occupied
by families According to the report
tho fuse had been lighted but had gone
out of its own accord.
S.. p. Creasingor of Maple Rapids,
has been notified that tho Watertown
Insurance Company OF New York,
which carried $4,000 on his house, will
| bring their suit IN the March term of the
United States District Court in Detroit.
| They claim that his house was overin-
sured and that he Get fire to it himself.
James Stanley ana Dudley Boards
| ley, recently arrested in Detroit for the
| burglary OF tho store of Joshua C.Pred-
more in Orion village Jan, B last, have
been bound over for trial at the April
term OF court. Their bail was fixed at
81 800 each, which they did not furnish
and were committed to jail 10 await
trial,
Miss Stebbins CT Holyoke, Mass, died
in Kalamazoo O few days ago, from an
injection Of morphine: She had arrived
| in Detroit the day before in company
with her father, and WIS taken i'll while
waiting at tho depot. A physician was
telephOned for who injected morphine.
Sho did not return 10 consciousness
again
II. r. Gass, Superintendent Of Pub
! lie Instruction and one Of the commits.
sioners TO the New Orleans exposition,
Is now in that city 10 SEQ the education
III exhibit from this state, which he
considers tho firest and most complete
ever made. II includes among other
things large photographs of all the
| stota institutions . nj ful1 atatisfi % Ypl n
tive thereto.
Fenwick Weeks, jagged %, n resident
of Prince Edward county, Ontario, died
ct Wright d Ketchum's camp on the
Tittabawassee the other morning from
injuries received the day previous. The
deceased was engaged at railway and
attempted to jump on log train in
motion, and slipping he fell under the
wheels, tie lower part of his body being
fearfully mangled.
Louis A. Degraff, teamster aged 81,
with q double team, was struck by the
west bound express on the Detroit,
Grand Haven & Milwaukee Road in
Grand Rapids the other evening and
thrown twenty feet against freight
Car standing on a switch in the street.
and instantly killed. Ills skull was
badly crushed. Ono horse was also
killed and the wagon demolished.
In November last a skeleton Oft man
was found by the roadside near Por;
Huron. The case was shrouded in mys.
terry, but st last clew has been struck
which leads to the beliof that tho
skeleton was that Of man named Rice
| -
was travelling man, and at the time
of his disappearance had about 81, 300
1t is believed that he was murdered foI
the money.
Tho total cut OF the log crop of 1885
for the An Sable river Is 127, 900, 00C
feet, banked as follows: Pack, Wood:
& Co, 35,000.000, Gratwick, Smith &
Fryer, 26, 900, 900, D. s. g. l. Co., 9000,.
600, Moore & Tanner, g. 500, geo, Moore
Whipple & Co, 5000, 600, ID. A. Me
Donald. 10000 stephen Moore, l..
000,000 CristY Bros. $500 900, +. I.
Thompson, 100000, PeDoyer Bros,
100000, Sailing, Hanson & Co.. l..
5000 G. III. Zengerie, COO, 600, Chas
Pack q Co., 100000. The. total cut
for 1888 was 230000,000, and for 1882
152, 100000.
A distressing accident occurred ii
Manistee, on the night of Feb. 10, be-
ing the burnig to death of Mira. Linds
Whidden, aged AZ years Her husband
left her ct home while he came to the
city after medicine for her. After he
had gone fire was discovered in house.
She was alone st the time and lust be-
fore he had reached his home he heard
bis wife grooming in agoAy, but the
flames had SO enveloped the house thai
TO enter was certain death. It appears
that she was in the act of carrying good:
out % the house and was overcome BY
the heat and smoke, for when found
she had q carpet in her arms. Hel
head and limbs were burned off, and
her bowels were protruding.
A dispatch to the Detroit Times, from
East Tawas, saye: Thursday morning
Feb. IL John and Abram johnson
Finlanders, left here for Gardner camp
and on Saturday three others left fol
tho Same place, but on account of tbs
severity Of tho weather were compelled
70 remain at the block house Saturday
night. They started again Sunday
Abouttnvee miles from there they tounC
John johnson lying in tho snow ant
J unable 10 rise. Both limbs we're froZer
: from the feet TO tho knees and boil
, hands. The snow vas beaten down fol
several feet in circumference by his en-
beavers TO raise himself He wa
brought down here at 8 p. m. yostorda,
and died during the night. He states