Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
STATE sIFTINas.

Hon. VIM. L. Weber has commenced suit
In the Circuit Court OF Saginaw county against
T. B. Barry, Charles Sherwood, Patrick sinnet
and VIM. Baroux for $4,000 damages as tres
Iassers upon what Is known as the Wicks mill
property belonging TO the Hoyt estate on July
il last IL Is charged In the complaint { rat
Barry was the leader Of q crowd OF men who.
on the said day, entered tie premises afore-
mentioned and unlawfully forced the men
then and there employed to quit their laoors;
that said crowd put out the fires In the
furnac In such manner as to s. { the mill on
fire, thereby IN Lingering the property; that
they threatened TO kill the engineer unless
the demand to shut down was complied
with.
For some time past incendiary fires have
been of nightly occurrence In Algonac, over
$4,000 worth OF property having been de-
stroyed within few days. The other evening
three barns we e fired and an attempt made at
a fourth. The next night fires were start
ed in three barns, two OF them being con-
sum d. And greatly TO the horror of all an
other was burned to the ground the following
night. Two young men have been arrested on
suspicion. One Of them, half-witted fellow
named Morris Morris Foster, is supposed to
have done good deal of the burning, includ1
ing the firing of the skating rick, which In
volycI considerable p 'operty on Smiths dock.
The other suspect is James Button.
A stranger carried off tbc 10 years old
daughter OF Mr.. Atterbury, residing on the
street car line West Main street. Ka amazoo, a,
few nights ago. When the family was absent
he entered the house and on a pretext got the
eldest child out OF doors when he seized her
and made off with her. She re AIMED and the
street car conductor stopped the car and with
others gave chase when the man dropped the
girl and fed in the darkness. The police have
good description of the party and will dol
their best to bring him to justice.
One James Carr and John Martin have beenI
arrested for the burning OF Jas. Silkworth's'
Blu Id ny at Frost Station. The prisoners were
arraigned before Justice Brown, at Harrison,
the complaint alleging against them the CT me
of arson The bail was liked at $4,000 each,
to appear for examination October 81 Carr
is the same mau who was tried Tor murder In
the May term Of the circuit court for Glare
county, but the Jury disagreelng, he is to be
tried at the Gratiot county circuit court In
October.
Jacob Steubenvall, German, shot and kill
ed Michael Pickel In East Saginaw the other
night. Pickel, who was Is years old, and some
otter lads, were kindling bonfire, when Steu-
benvall came along with another man and
oedcred the boys TO desist, and not doing so
Steubenvall drw his revolver aud shot Pickel
In the back, killing him instantly. Steuben.
val was arrested, as also was man named
Few I'm company with him. He claims he d
not intend TO kill the boy, but only to Brighten
him.
James ". McEleVce ~ COS pihnlnt tnili anu
factory at the Grand Rapids q Indiana depot,
In Big Rapids was destroyed by fire few days
ago. A strong south wind spread the flames
all over, destroying the warehouse, dry Kiln,
office and lumber piles. The loss will not
reach less than 100000. Insured in British
companies for $1,000 Fortunately for the
railroad company freight engine was In the
yard and saved ten cars of lumber.
The Michigan university opened IT., doors
Sept. 30 with total OF 93j students, 100 more
than last year at the same time. The indica-
tons are that the attendance the coming year
| will be mnrh' larg than ever before. the
| different Departed are represented IS FOL
lows Literary, s2J; medical, ia; law, wv;