Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15
STATE SIFTIN0S.

George Utley, an unmarried farm laborer
living In Flint township, aged about 40 years.
was found dead under hickory tree In the
woods on Henry Thayer's farm about two
miles west of Flint few days ago. with his
jaw broken and an ugly cash In his cheek
from which Ii is presumed he bled to death,
The deceased left home the day before In
search Of hickory nuts, and was not seen after
that alive. The deceased was steady, indus
trious man of frugal habits, and by dint Of
economy had accumulated quite neat for
tune.
brutal murder was committed the other
night on Jefferson avenue east of Mt Elliot
avenue, Detroit. Burwell Langan, who is also
known as Sales (his step-father'a namel was
almost instantly killed by Stephen McEnally
while acting as pcacemaker In row In which
the latter was engaged. The tragedy oc-
casoned great excitement and there was con-
siderable talk Of lynching the perpetrator Of
the crime who, however, was behind the bars
short time after doing the fatal deed.
Jacob Sellgman has commenced suit against
the city of last Saginaw for contributory neg
lgence In that about Is months ago mill
owned by Seligman was partially destroyed by
fire. IL Is claimed this was caused principally
by reason of a defective supply of water, ne
cessitating the putting out OF fires from under
boilers, causing the fire. Should this suit pre-
vail several other suits will be commenced on
the same grounds. Damages are laid at 81, ZOO.
On Sept. % stones, timber and other obstuc-
tons were placed on the Lake Shore a. Michi-
gan Soutl ern railroad track Just east Of
Quincy. William Tompkins was arrested a
few DAYS ago for the offense and confessed
his guilt saying IL was done for pure devilish-
ness, and that he had done similar act sever
al tunes In default OF hail of the sum of
81, 600 h was remanded to jail to await trial
at The next term OF the circuit court.
Geo. c. Fierce, guardian of Hezekiah H..
Smith, an Old man OF Grand Rapids, com
menced suit against Rachel Smith for the re
covery oil large amount OF rorerty which
81 Is said 10 have coaxed Hezekiah Smith,
who is old and intirm, to deed TO her. The
property Is of the value OF Sl00, 0O0, and Is now
held by Mrs. Smith. An injunction was issu-
ed &c training her from disposing Of the prop
erty while the suit Is pending.
Officers ior the Michigan Equal Suffrage
Assoc ION for the ensuing year are as fol
lows: Mary l.. Doe Carrolton, president;
Ms. LorainS lmmeu Grand Rapids, vice-presi-
u MT Mrs. Henry Spring Grand Rapids,
sec etarg; Mrs. amy Holden Fowler Manis-
tee corresponding secretary; Mrs. g. r. Steb
bins Dcuolt treasurer. An executive COM
mittee oil one from each congressional district
was appointed.
Alpena is flooded with laboring men Lum-
Der merchants are sending crews to the woods
every week, but they have no difficulty In find
Ing two men for every one they want. There
are IL mills now running In Alpena, with
ABOUT lOU mcn III tdCu Iilll. IN november,
when those mills shut down, there will be at
least 1000 men turned loose upon the Alpena
labor market, and there are about 300 idle In
Alpena today.
John Chamberlain Of Hopkins township,
while crazy, took his S-months old child with
him TO the field. He was gone a long time,
and search being made showed that he had
passed through the Rabbit River, drowning
the child. lie then had gone on, and near the
lake he was found with his own throat cut and
the dead child In his arms. He Is now ravfng
man nc, but will likely recover from the wound
One Gould, alias Y. II. Bassett is wanted by
the Italian miners ut Vulcan. He was the mine
tme-kcepcr, a private banker, and sold ex.
change and passage tickets. He left for Chi.
cago three weeks ago, ostensitly for medical
treatment The depositors now learn that he
has skipped The. bank Is bursted. Liabili
ties, $1,000; assets, In an old leather pocket
book. $40 He left wife and two children.
: In the superior court in Grand Rapids the
fury returned a verdict for complainant is
$1,000 In the Thurston-Luce case. The de
PENDANT was charged with clec;ing Georgs
Thurston out Of Luce hall alb ut ten years ago
and In the operation inflic.cd II Is alleged,
permanent injuries on the young man. on
the first trial OF the case a verdict OF $500
was rendered The case will be taken to thu
supreme court.
Henry 5. Coor was convicted of larceny OF
thrcc separate counts In the circuit court II
Muskegon the ether day. He stole COW iron
b darymsn In April and sold her 70