Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-07-09
THE STATE AT LARGE.
STATE sIFTINGs.


yard in Bay City, fell of a scaffolding, break
ing his back
A Cadillac lady has litter of five kittens all
Joined together, Ia Siamese twins-a freak OF
nature surely.
Vassar has passed an ordinance by which 1t
is lawful to Kill the English sparrow In any
manner possible.
proposition to spend 81 600 for new jail and
sheriifs residence.
A stock company, with paid up capital OF
$40, 900. will operate the j. W. French paper
mills at Three Rivers.
There are five insane persons confined in the
Jail at Houghton. One of them imagines that
he is the shah of Persia.
Miss Root, aged II of Pennington, suicided
by hanging herself In her room. The coroner's
jury has been unable to find any reason for her
deed
Thomas Barnum and a companion tramp
have been arrested charged with the wrecking
Of n Detroit, Lansing ~ Northern train at
IOnia.
All laws passed by the last legislature,
except the ones taking immediat effect
become operative 80 days after adjournment
or Sept. IA
d. J. Null, a mill owner OF Fruitport, fell
against one of the saws In his mill the other
morning. His head was severed completely
from his body.
Ray, the young man first arrested for the
murder of Eliza Sage near Allegan, has been
discharged, the evidence not being sufficiently
strong 10 hold him.
Gov Alger has presented TO the town of
Alger an entire block of ground on which the
school board will Immediately erect a building
for school purposes.
The new proprietors of the coal mine on the
Deyo farm near Jackson have cleared the mine
of water and say they mean To take out 200
tons of coal per day soon.
Harris Graham, one of the recent graduates
from the medical department of the Michigan
university, has received an appointment In a
medical college at Ointab Turkey.
Nav Young, an inmate of house of i'll
fame in Grand Rapids, while bathing with
three other women In the river below the city,
got into deep water and was drowned.
John Lalone. who stabbed and instantly kill
ed Archibald Hule few weeks since near Bay
City, was found guilty of manslaughter in the
circuit court and mercy recommended
A. &. Rcdding, a graduate OF the agrlcultur-
al college class of 49, has received the appoint
ment of professor of chemistry in the newly
established Findlay college, of Findlay, o.
Charles W. Fonda, the defaulting bank clerk
of Constantine, who was recently released from
the Detroit house OF correction, was re-arrested
ut Constantine and Is now in jail In Center
vile.
During the procession of Forepaughs circus
| i'm Flint Charles X. Steele of Reed City, fell
| from large chariot and was instantly killed
| by wheel passing over his head. He leaves a
| family
Mrs. Rebecca Boyles, aged 50 years, a highly
respected resident of Richland, Kalamazoo
| county, for over 20 wears, is dead. Her hus-
band, Samuel Boyles, aged IS, and five sons
survive her.
j nm Cavanaugh, aged Is, and Mrs. Julia
Hoffenbacher, aged ~, both of Eagle River,
L. ~
the few remaining days they expect to spend in
| this vale of tears
| An old resident of Romeo departed last week
| amid the REGRETS of friends We refer To an
| 1S-yearold hen owned by Ed. Sanford Her
| henship was the mother of 2}6 children, the
most Of which had preceded her into oblivion.
| Romeo Ob.e, Uer.
A 1O-year old boy named Charles Bilback,
| living just north Of Grand Rapids was playing
with a calf. He tied rope around his body
and was leading the calf about when the
| animal became frightened, ran away and drag
| ged the boy to death
Ida Strickland, the 2-year-old child of j. A.
| Strickland Of Grand Rapids, was burned to
| death in barn the other afternoon. Several
| children were playing with fire crackers from
| which the hay and straw caught fire. and the
| barn was burned before the child could be re-
/ leased.
| Some stir has been created among mining men
Il
| galena in the gold range north OF lshpeming.
| Assays made recently have run as high as az
| per cent. of lead. The discovercr keeps its 10
| cation secret, but maintains that 1t is large
| and rich one.
| A man named Samuel Lightner has been ar
rested in Allegan for completely In the murder
/ OF Eliza Sage. Ray, the man arrested recent
/ ly, informed the officers that he was with the
deceased Thursday and she told him that she
| was TO meet Lightner on Friday evening as he
/ had promised her some money. Circumstantial
| evidence is strong against him.
| William Toynton shamefully abused his
sister Lizzie at Orchard Lake on a recent after
/ noon. Miss Lizzie visited the lake, accom-.
| panied by two young ladies. Toynton, while
i under the influence of liquor struck, kicked
and abused the girl, forcing her TO walk five
miles home. The family is much respected
and no cause is assigned for the act.
s. Babcock ~ Co.'s saw and single min In
| Manistee were consumed together with their
/ contents and about 10000 feet OF lumber few
| nights ago. The loss on the mill and contents
| will amount TO S45, 900; insured for $4,000
| One hundred men are thrown out of employ
| ment. The insurance is placed largely by
| Chicago parties and is in good companies.
| w. w Cole, the circus manager will bring
| suit for damages against the Marquette
| Houghton Il Ontonagon railroad for delaying
| his train on account OF which but one per
| Torrance could be given at Houghton. The
i RAILROAD company IurulSHeu TWO engines IRON
Marquette TO Ispheming and then tried to haul
the heavy train from the latter place with but
| one.
A fire started I'm the finishing and shipping
room of the Grand Rapids manufacturing
company's shop and spread rapidly, destroying
a two-story building used for storage and which
was filed with farm implements ready fol
market. The main building of the concern, G
three-story brick, was soon In flames, and moth
ing but the blackened walls are left standing
The losses aggregate about $1,000
Two little boys, one 12 years of age, and th,
son OF Andrew Dysinger, the other about tn,
same age ard the son Of Mrs. Rogers both liv
ing In Sheridan, were swapping caps on a shot
gun In an upper room of the residence OF Mrs
Rogers. Suddenly the gun went off, sending
full load of shot into the head OF the lttl,
Dyslnger boy He lived only an hour after th,
occurrence. II was not known that the gur
was loaded
| A sad case of drowning occurred In Saginaw
the other afternoon. A little 3-year old son o.
Robt B. Richards, labOring man, left the din
| ner table and went out To play. His fathe
followed In n few moments, and not seeing thu
| little fellow commenced looking for him ans
soon found him in a post hole, where som,
workmen had been working on fence Tn,
| child had fallen In head foremost and had SUI
| located IN about foot Of water In the bottom
Of tho hole. All efforts 10 restore life were II
! vain.
Judge Dan j. Arnold Of Allegan discovere,
the dead body Of Eliza Sage in wooded feel,
one mile west of town lying In thick clumI
| OF bushes the throat cut deeply from ear u
| ear and packages OF groceries scattered abou
| and her parasol sticking In the ground Tn,
| condition Of the clothing indicated an outrage
| The right wrist was bruised as by strong
grasp, and two Commissions on the head CAV
evidence of desperate struggle. She was B
| years old aud was subject TO mental alteration
| There T. no clue to the murder