Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-11-26
STATE SETTINGS.

Clements 3 Son OF BAY City have just closed
q contract with Capt, W. b. Morley for the
tubing and casing for new salt wen, ana
galvanized pipe Tor his new salt block at Ma
rine City. 1ne same firm have furnished all
the tubing easing and galvanized pipe, also
all iron work, for the salt wells and salt blocks
of David Lester ami Joan A Wonsey OF Ma
rine City, and tie Algonac Salt Company OF
Algonac. a
An Injunction has been issued and served on
the township board of the township OF Spalding
Saginaw county restraining them from Issuing
bonds, or using moneys derived therelroIn,
based on the election held Nov. 10. II being
claimed by the &C mDlainant that the elec Ion
was illegal by reason OF thirteen illegal votes
being cast, and that the Board of Inspectors
was not organized in accordance with the law.
The express train on the Detroit IL Milwau-
kee road ran into wagon at road crossing
near Pontiac the other IN rninT. The occu-
pants of the wagon, Mr.. AMI Mrs. Sandbrook,
old rtsiden's of Oakland county, were both In
stantly killed. Mr.. Sandbrook was thrown
ten yards from the track, VIII le the body of his
wife was dragged u short distance aud thrown
into ditch
ST lc farm barn o! Anthony Chapman in the
'ownsNip Of Sparta, lurnJd e other night
with its contents. Loss between $1,000 and
s300J: NJ insurance. His wife went TO the
barn with Il lantern and set tie light on tue
I DOR while she stepped outside. Returning
she found al axe.
Charles W. Fonda, who stole S23, 900 from
the Constantine bank aud was released from
he Detroit house of correction after serving
part OF five years term, has been sentenced
b; the st. Joseph circu court To three ana
one-half years at jackson.
For the year end ne Sept. so the receipts of
the state prison from all sources were SlO,-
10. IL and the expenditures SlJi.3l9.S9, while
for the first month (Oet OF the current
fiscal year the expenditures exceeded the re
ceipts by S23l9
Judge 4. W. Bunce came 20 Michigan in
1917, bu Ii th first saw-mlll on ST. Clair river,
and was In the lumber IN ness half century.
He has lived for 6S years at Port Huron, where
be the l+th inst celebrated his 9eth birth
day.
b. II. Briscoe Il Co.. of Bay City, have taken
an order of 1876 carloads OF boxes from one OF
the largest soap manufacturers in the United
States, after bids had been taken from all
manufacturers in several leading cities.
Edward Vandelink was arrested by Chlef-o'-
Police Ming OF Muskegon in Bismarck, Dako
Ia, q lew dIys ago for the murder Of + Ike Van
derhoof in October last. Wand link claims
the killing was done in selfNlefense.
c. A. Cook of Monta,.e and W. c. Wilson
of Mich gan City have bought 2{OJ) acres
pine land in hippewa county from Torrent
Il Doucy, for sl50OOO The estimated cut
will be l3O,OOO,OUO fee,.
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looking through Michigan for site for aclock
plant. They ask no bonus, but desire to place
$50 100 worth ut stock in the town where they
locate.
A fearful slaughter Of deer is being made In
the Upper Peninsula. Great quantities Of
venison are daily shipped out OF Mackinac
City over both lines Of railroad.
Lyman Van Campo well-to-do young farmer
OF Osceola township, Livingstone county,
committed suicide Il few days ago while tenn
porarily Insane.
]. f. Quirk, the Jackson gardener, has
shirped ono carload Of onions and 1900 heads
of cabbage to Mobile, Ala, this year, all oil
his own raising.
B. II. Briscoe g. Co. of Bay City have re-
ceived contract for making 25O,OOO soap
boxes TO- C OF the largest soap factories. Ia
the country.
There are twenty-one convicts employed in
the prison coal nj. no, who are expected TO take
! out enough 10 keep the institution supplied
with coal.
Twenty-one convicts are employed at the
! Jackson PRISON coal mine, and their sCnt" is
coal enough to keep the institution well sup
! piled.
A Grand Rapids man last week shot gray
eagle measuring six feet aud ten inches from
| tip to tip. The bird was shot Al lhornapple
lake.
Miss Almira +. Lowell has been appointed
/ register Of probate at Flint, an Office Great II
by the last state Legislature. The salary Is 500.
Otto Roesser, ex-judge OF the probate court
| and pioneer of Saginaw county, died the 9TH
er morning after lingering Illness.
Oliver d Co.'s furniture factory and ware
house in Allegan were destroye by fire the
other night ut n loss OF $4,000.
The fall term Of the agricultural college
| closed on the 2lst inst. School will reopen
again late in February.
Dir. G. s. Shattucls, Detroit dentist, has
| been appointed member Of the state board o.
examiners in dentistry.
The soldiers home commission have located
a building place and cemetery. The home Is
| to be opened Jan. IL.
A meeting In the interest of the Irish cause
was held in Grand Rapids the other night and
81, 200 we're raised
The Bssel carpet sweeper company OF
Grand Rapids will build new brick factory
GO by 35 feet.
The contract for the ere ton OF the soldiers
home calls for its completion December l,
! 1886.
Miss Nora Chatheld has opened knitting
factory at Birmingham which Is already sue
cess.
One Kalamazoo firm shipped three tons of
celery in one DAY recently
A new FIRE proof town hall is TO be erected at
Red Jacket.