Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-09-10

ITois ioutinuu Ol TIE Statc uOfLnai ScuOoi
attempted suicide by shooting himself few
days ago. For some time he had been suffer
lug from a violent headache, and had taken
cRloroforin TO relieve pain. He took an over
dose, and while temporarily insane committed
the act.
Frank Jones, aged 20 years and Adelbert
Bla ckmore, n young boy OF Leslie, went out
hunting. While in the hands of young Black
more the gun was accidentally discharged.
The contents entered jones' stomach creating
a horrible wound, from which the victim dleda
few hours later.
N. 4. Jennison, to whom the contract for
furnishing 1850 yards OF gray cloth to the re-
form school was awarded a few weeks ago, has
delivered the whole amount. IL Is the best lot
Of cloth that has been used at the school for
q number of years, giving perfect satisfaction
TO all partes.-LanSing Republican.
Charges have been formulated for presenta
ton to the governor against Sheriff Mcintyre
for alleged neglect OF official duty during the
recent strike. The sheriff expresses his will
ingness to have full Investigation, and claims
that he will be able to dispel all charges or in
situations concerning his official conduct
Weatherby Ward, aged two years, while at
play In his fathers home at Ada set fire to his
clothing from n mat h. When found by his
mother the little fellow was wrlthing in agony,
his body telng burned to crisp, the flames
having entered his lungs The child lived for
several da s. when death came TO his relief.
We rre sumo that every bookseller and new 8
dealer in the state Will have Facts and Fig
ures about Michigan as IL Is Of great prac-
tical value 10 every citizen, except the few who
hand, send fifteen cents to o. W. Ruggles,
Gen1 Pass'r Il Ticket Agent Chicago, and get
a copy.
The first annual meeting of tie Northe4 st.
ern Soldiers al Sailors Associate will b.,
held at Flint, sept 81, 20 aad24 in connection
with the northe. ern fair AL soldiers and
sal ors are eligible t. tecone members of ia 3
association upon payment of Twenty-Five cent {,
and signing the contribution an bylaws.
Tents VIII be furnished free TO all that attend
Hon James Blair OF Grand Rap ds, and Har-
yey Is. Rowlson Of Hillsdale, wer1 thrown
from wagon In which they were driving to
the Reform School TO attend a meeting the
Board OF Control, of which they are members.
Mr. Blair received severe scalp wound and
was unconscious from conclusion of the brain
for some me, but soon recovered. Rowlson
escaped with few severe bruises.
Mr.. X. G.. Peters, the Manistee pine king,
has purchased l6,C0J tons of steel rails Of the
Cambria iron works, at Johnstown, Pa, and
will immediately continue his present mario "
gauge railway 80 miles further to the south.
east, to a point near LutLer. A loco motive
has been ordered from Philadelphia, and the
order for the cars has been placed with a
Grand Rapids establishment Grand KupdS
Leader.
Jonas Dierdoff, wh1 for twenty
ears has been a farm laborer for Warren Gill
bert of Rome Lenawes county, was engaged
a,king straw from q thrashing machlng,
Whtn he was seer TO fall. Work was stopped
and on going 10 him t. see If he had been hurt,
he was loan to be stone dead He was not
hurt by the IA l. SO far as coul be ascertalned,
and 5 death is thought to be the result OF
heart dise-ss
''Woolley's Expert Book -kee ping" by Smith
X. WoJlley of Detroit, is book particularly
calculated 20 ad boox-keepers in detecting
errors without tie I, dious process of checking,
and u enable them to AVOID "a repetition OF
errors N future work. The book also conta Il
full instruct ons Tor opening stock company
books of all kinds, besides many new and val
ual lie I, a.ures for all book-ke pers, whether
anna IRIS or experts.
". &. Owens, one Of sault Ste. Mares lead.
ing business men and citizens, died recently
after brief illness. Last spring Mr.. Glvens
was lost in the woods aud endured great hard
Ship before he was rescued. The exposure 10
which he was subjected at that time and the
severe mental strain left their impfe 81 upon
him, and though he had been able TO attend 10
business until with a short time OF his death
he had never fully recov, cred.
Ann Arbor thinks that the strip Of land run
ming from north Ma n street 10 tle water WORKS
basin could b. converted into "a Perfect Eder
of a / ark" What Ann Arbor has long been
lacking is an / deL 1t has the old Adam, the
curious Eve and tie app'e, and with one OF
two slight al liions which might read " lie Oh
tanned It Coald start an opro siton to the orig
inal park that would b. II cred 10 the city and
make things decidedly interesting in these last
days. etrot Journal.
jerome Truax o. Adrian, sentenced TO six
months in the Ing ham county jail for al eyed
contempt, has teen released. TruaX force los
ed mortgage and took possesscn OF - acres
of land. The sale Was set asd, be. aus the
attorney fee was included In the expense \.
5. Willard, lawyer Of Adrian, proc RID deed
OF the lani, which TrI ak refused to SURF, nder
His health giving out n complied with the
courts order and was released but Will con-
/ st the claim.
Mrs Daniel Brown of Harbor Springs
died In dentist Ptrry's Office. Petoskey. Mrs.
Brown suffered from her teeth and she called
at Perrys Office TO have II of them removed
DIR. Perry administered Is grains OF clloro-
form. The teeth We're extracted, and the lady
was apparently reviying from the effe Is of the
drug, when she gasped and groaned and died.
Heast disease is alleged, but MIR. Brown Will
not allow post norton. The victim was but
81 years old and had heretofore been In ex.
cellent health.
One of the few herds of Galloway cattle IN
Michigan is owned by John j. Bush of thi
city. The other breeders In the state at the
present time are ex-Representative X. b
IdrusS Ol 81 JOINS, H. u. llhrI Ol Ldpter, anu
Mr.. Murphy of AIilington, Tu:cola county.
The latter was o.merly of the firm of Murphy.
Avery IL Co., the celebrated breeders of short
horns at Port Huron. 1t is not yet fully de
cided, but IL is probable that the Bush herd
will be exhibited at the coming Wisconsin state
fair.-Ldnsing Republican.
A singular instance occurred in the Lenawea
circuit court a few days ago A prisoner was
charged with false pretenses on two informa-
tons, both depending up IN precisely the same
state OF atairs. In one case IL was getting
goods of Strong n McNair and in the other II
was for tanning goods from Mr.. kies. Ht
alleged that farmer sent him for the goods,
and told precisely the same story in | o h cas- IS
The jury heard the evidence In one else and
while they were DELHI rating another jury was
impaneled and he was tried for the second
offense, the witnos being the same except the
deal, rs who gave the goods. The prisoner
made the same de ense In both cases. The
last jury returned first with verdict OF not
guilty and lad hardly announced 1t before
the first inry came In with q verdict of puiltx.