Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-11-12

court.
An Ann Arbor laboring man claims that he
is the son OF southern gentleman worth
nearly $3,000,OO0 At the breaking out OF the
rebellion the father urged his son to enter the
confederate army, but the latter refused,
came north and enlisted with the union forces,
and the old man disnherited him.
August 10, 1881, Henry Sellers entered the
Jackson prison for term OF eight years for
grand larceny. The supreme court reduced
the sentence TO five years. alleging that eight
years was excessive, and few days ago the
man was released, his good time having cut
down the five We rs sentence
The LenawCe county horticultural society at
Adrian voted that the five best varieties Of
grapes Tor home use were the Concord, Cot
tage, Brighton. Delaware and " orden, and
for market the same yarities, except that the
focsiington and Niagara supplant the Brigh-
ton ana Delaware.
Mary Ann Williams, Manistique Indian
girl, q cripple who was compelled TO use
crutches In walsh g, gave birth to twins last
week and with the children died shortly after
wards. IL is thought that tie Indians In that
neighborhood will lynch the father OF the
twins.
The total earnings of Michigan railroads for
August were -, 43 ,5i2.3S, decrease of So, s.
1St.0S as compared with tie earnings of Aug.
1884. The total earnings Of the year up to
September 2, were s3J,S5l, 1872 IL, as compared
with $42, sac, 205.S4 for the same period last
year.
A. j. Sa. eLdorf and James Mckenzie, two
young men employed in tie upion news COM
pany's Office in jackson, quarreled over somt
trifing matter,when sagendorf rev revolver
and tired at Mckenzie. Tie wound Is severe
though not danger us. salendorf Is out en-
bail
A Macon, Lenawee county, farmer recently
sold lot of fat hogs to recumsch buyer,
Thinking to increase their weight, the night
before delivery be gave them an exj
ces sively la &c amount Of foo and the next
! morning three OF them were dead.
Luther, Lake county, Will en- oy a boom, the
board of SUI eryisors having voted TO remove
the county fei lr, IN aldwin 10 that village.
The citizens Of Luther will build court
house and jail at an eXI ense Of $4,000, and
present them TO the county.
Wesley Burchard. cashier of thu Farmers
bank Of Grass Lake is defaulter to the
amount of $4,000. He confessed his crime
and promised To make restitution. He was
not arr, sted but abused the &C nfidence OF the
officers by escaping.
George Winnans, an inmate of X kalamazoo in
sane asylum, has been transferred to the Ionia
asylum for insane criminals. lie killed the
assistant superintendent az Ka amazoo two
years ago, and is said 10 have kill, d one or two
Others previously,
The Jury in the case Of the victims Of the
bridge disaster at East Saginaw rendered a
verdict that deceased came TO their deaths BY
reason Of a dangerous and defective bridge
and censured the bridge company therefor.
The South Haven Sentinel Is resigned to the
fact that when The ship canal is built from
Detroit t. the western boundary If this state
ID will not strike that city as the Kalamazoo
now offers so many superior advantages.
Elijah Buhand, q farmer of Van Buren,
county, in an insane fit nearly killed his wife
with a stick Of wood and choked his daughter
10 insens bilitv. The women were rescued by
reighbors. J rl and is n custody.
Elijah Webb err Of Prookl,n n. Lenawee coun-
ty, was blind for several years, but three years
ago he recovered his sight. This fall Mr..
Weber who Is 81 years old, husked 200 BUSH
els OF corn In less than week.
N. B. Bradley & Sons of South Bay City re-
Gently sawed what they think TO be the largest
log ever sawed In the Saginaw Valley. 1t was
sixteen feet long and six feet in diameter. IL
took three hours to cut IL up.
Bradford Brooks of Kalamazoo, charged
with passing counterfeit silver coin, has been
bound over by Commissioner Davis for trial az
the March term of the United States districs
court at Grand Rapids.
VIM. Davis, who Is thought to have been q
resident of Detroit, was found murdered at the
Grand Trunk depot in Lansing the Other
Night His companion Joe. Johnson has been
arrested for the crime.
Thomas s. Kennedy q pioneer Of Saginaw,
died recently OF cancer oil the throat. In
1890 he was cartain of the Julia Smith, tho
only vessel making regular trips between sagi.
raw and Detroit.
The city council of Grand Rapids was en-.
oined some months AGO from building electric
light towers, and the case was taken on appeal
to the supreme court. That body has affirmed
the action OF the lower court.
Plans have been adopted for new Y. NJ. q.
A. build ng at Grand Rspi s, a two-story brick
structure costing about 81 600. The money Is
nearly all subscribed and work will be begun
at once.
Mrs. Geo. Willard, wife OF Hon. Geo. Wfl-
lard editor OF the Battle Creek Daily Journal,
died few days since Of consumption. Mrs.
Willard had been resident OF Battle Creek IS
years.
Rev. Jams Hugenholtz, of the Luydcn, Hol-
land UNIVERSITY who has been called TO the
pastorate OF the Grand Rapids Hollandest
Unitarian church, sails Tor America November
14th
Two years ago horse and buggy were
stolen from George Bracket Of Charlotte
The other evening the thief was captured at
lonia by Sheriff Perkins, and be is now In jail.
Thomas Crow, d., G II. & NJ. brakeman,
was crushed between the cars while a train
was being switched at Pontiac, and bad
ly injured. He may recover however
Bad Axe village has now n population Of
1000, although in 1881 the whole number of
residents was only III, and In that year nearly
the entire place was destroyed by fire.
Warren Hutchins, WHO was crushed under
an elevator in the Priestly express wagon and
sleigh company's factory last spring, sues the
company for $4,000 damages.
The father Of George Burdette, the lad who
was crushed and drowned at the East Saginaw
bridge disaster. will bring suit against the
bridge company for damages.
Forty thousand bushels of potatoes were
nj I'M rav 4 fo fol
can be es timated there is from 10000 to $1,000
more ready for better prices.
The report that the Lake Shore railroad fas
paid Mrs. 8. s. Fuller of Grand Rapids, $20CCO
Tor injuries received On effective Platform
is denied by that lady
Work at the Union mine, Crystal Falls, will
De resumed shortly, and a general waking up
Is reported among the mine owners Of the
Crystal Falls district.
Aaron Gates of Rockford sued Alfred ].
Whitworth, his clerk, for alternating the affec-
tons Of Gates wife. Gates wanted $4,000
and got six cents.
The case Of Delos A. Blodgett VS.. the city of
Muskegon to recover $3.50, paid under pro
test for taxes of 1854, ended in verdict oil no
cause Tor action.
At Menomin,e the mill owners and employees
have entered into an am cable arrangement
under which the mills will be run Till the close
Of the season.
George Lowrie, 80 years old, living at PEN
field, three miles north OF Battle Creek, cut
his throat the other night. He cannot
recover.
W: II. Winnie OF East Saginaw has received
official notice Of his Apo .n,ment as freight
commissioner for the Saginaw valley freight
bureau
A Muskegon man has Just received notice
that he Is one Of q vast army who are entitled
TO share In an English estate valued at $780,