Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-04-09

Joe Killoran, alias Killrain, alias
Howard, has been bound over in the
sum of 80. 900 for trial in the circuit
court for the bank robbery in Coldwater
in June, 1883, when the Lewis diamonds
were secured. He has not been able to
secure the necessary bonds and is in
Jail.
Robert M. Steel of st. Johns, great
railroad contractor and builder, has
just taken out life insurance policies in
several responsible companies To the
amount of 100000. The policies are
on the twenty year endowment plan.
He intends this as business invest
ment.
Barney Howe, living milo and a
half northeast of Forest Station On the
Mackinac Division of the Michigan Cen
trail, was run over by log train near
Forest and killed. He was lying on the
track. A broken whisky bottle was
found on his person, which undoubtedly
solves the problem.
A 14-year old lad, Peter Marshall
employed at Widdicomb's furniture
factory in Grand Rapids, was instantly
killed by sharper knife which flew
from machine. The knife passed
through his body and heart. Tho cor
oner will investigate 10 soc whose care
lessness caused his death.
Washington O'Donoughue, prom
inent citizen and resident of Flint, for
the last 80 years, died recently of con-
gestion of the lungs, after an illness of
three weeks. He was postmaster of
lint for IL years prior to 1880. He
leaves a widow and family of four
grown-up and accomplished daughters.
Of Mr.. Twins bequest to Olivet col
lege $4,000 is Immediately available.
and the trustees of the college are made
trustees of the other $4,000. Prof.
Hewett, formerly of the college has en-
dowed prize scholarship of $1,000.
the interest 20 60 to the student max
ing the most progress in the college
year.
Z Herschel b. Gass, Superintendent Of
Public Instruction has rendered his res
ignation to take effect as soon as his
successor shall have been appointed.
The serious charge of assessing his
clerks for his personal beneft were pre-
ferred against him. Notwithstanding
his resignation, the matter is being in
vestigated.
John Banker, who was a guest of the
Metzgar house, in Centerville was found
dead in his bed the other afternoon.
A coroner's jury rendered verdict of
came tc his death by his own land.
Banker was well known in Centerville
and dependency from general failure
in life's affairs is the supposed incentive
for the act.
4 A gentleman from Winnipeg reports
that James Nevins, for many years
detective and police sergeant of East
Saginaw, was shot and killed at that
place recently by one Mike Seeney. q
brother of John Seeney, whom led
Nevins killed eight years ago while at =
tempting 10 arrest him. Mike then
vowed he would kill Nevins.
Gratiot county has a mathematical
prodigy in the 19-year old son of Pat
rick O'Neill of North Slade township.
The lad will instantly give the product
of any two sums of three or four digits
and knows the multiplication table up
to the thousands. Sums of five or six
digits in multiplier and multiplicand he
will compute without any hesitation
or noting down of partial products. He
is equally bright in all mathematical
| studies, but mother branches he exhib-
its no more than ordinary roiciency.
A few days ago an old gentleman
passed through Grand Rapids on his
way to Muskegon having walked all the
the distance from Livingston Co., n,
Y. He was 81 years old, as straight as
an arrow, was over six feet high and
his hair was white. He was a little
deaf, and said he always took the wag-
on roads as so many people were killed
on the railroad track on account of
not hearing the train. He refused q
ticket to Muskegon, saying he preferred
to walk.