Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-09-03
STATE sIFTINGs.

DiphthVtih II raging III scNera uo"hsniPo 'h
La r county.
Grand Bapds ladies talk of providing q
ON for hom0l - bootblacks.
Mrs. G. r. Mabley OF Detroit has decided to
bui.d 5000 vault at Pontiac
Ind Crouch, OF Jackson county, harv>siei
20 % bushels Of wheat this season.
Zig Rap ds co'orcd people are arranging for
an emanc patton celebration Sept. and 8.
Dr. Samuel Lathrop one of the oldest clti-
zens and pioneers OF Clio, Genesee county, Is
dead
Over 6,OOO people gathered at the Supervis-
rs and Odd Fellows picnic held at Orchard
Lake, Aug "a.
A 800 span of horses belonging TO John
Whelan o. Tipton Lenawee county, were
killed by lightning.
Abner Meeker, OF Milbrook, the Oldest citi-
zen OF Meo osta county, is dead, aged 100 years,
2 months and days.
A second convent on of the business men of
the Upper Peninsula has been called 10 meet
In Ishrening Sept. s.
The celery crop OF Kalamazoo has been in
iurcd to the amount Of between $50 900 and
$40, 1000 by the late rains.
Prof. Frederick Lutz Of Cambridge, Mass,
has been elected b. the chair of modern Ian
guages In Albion college.
On Sept Charlotte will decide whether IL Is
Of public water service
Willard Cranson, the oldest man In Branch
county and resident there for over so years,
died in Bethel township recently.
ID. G.. Blinn, The Bay City editor, arrested on
a charge Of netting to riot, still langushes In
Jail, being unable To secure bail.
Esther Anderson OF Gladwin, who was
charged with stranging her infant child soon
after its birth, has been acquitted.
The tramp arrested for assaulting the ticket
agent at Coldwater short time since, has
been held for trial at the circuit court.
The dead body of Thomas Hogan was found
In the canal in Grand Rapids the other morn
ing. There are evidences OF foul play.
/. ID. Clark Bronson merchant, has raised
46 bushels of wheat--golden prolific variety
on three-Quarters OF an acre OF ground.
The Flint wooden mills expect to make over
1000 yards of cloth day hereafter A new
carding machine Is being placed in position.
Il. b. Barry has accepted the gratuitous offer
of Ben Butte 10 defend him in his coming trials
in connection with the Saginaw valley strike.
A Finlander named Mat Thompson was kill
ed instantly In Pack, Woods ~ Co.'s mill in
Oscoda, by a carload OF timber falling upon
him.
A Bohemian oat association, with capital
of $1,000, TO run five years, has been organ
lied in Branch county, with headquarters ut
Quincy.
The young men of Romeo are organizing a
military company. Regular drill meetings will
be held until JAN. l. when officers will be
chosen.
The Grand Ha'en News journal thinks
Grand Havtn Is Just the FACE TO raise mulber
ries and silk worms and establish sill; manu-
factories
Prof. Van Slyke of the university of Michi-
gsn, on his way 10 the Sandwich islands to be-
come government chemist. has reached Los
Angeles, Cal.
About year ago the three Woodwork
bro hers, of Clinton county, fell heirs TO $60,-
0)0, and row, by the death of a sister, they get
So, 600 more.
The sheriff of Saginaw county has offered a
reward of 500 for the arrest of Henry Bern
sky, who stabbed VIM. Badsley at Freeland
some time since.
The sikh reunion OF the Second Michigan
Cavalry viii he held In Grand Rapids Septem-
Der III and II, 1885 The l1tn VIII be the day
OF greatest interest.
The Ypsilant mineral springs company has
been Incorporated at YpsilanIi; capital stock,
$40 900. The object is bottling, buying and
selling mlncia' water.
Six weeks ago VIII Martin of Battle Creek
died. -Four weeks later his sou Freddie was
drowned in the Kalamazoo river. A few days
after Mrs. Mart died.
Asa Waterhouse, 63 years Of age, dropped
dead in his yard in Coldwater the other even
ing while picking up apples. He had resided
In Branch county 40 years.
Henry Vog ,lsang, citizen of Dundee, was
PLAYING cards in a saloon In that village the
other Gay when he fell from his chair dead.
Heart sease is the supposed cause
The sixteenth anniversary of the Fifth Mich.
igan infantry was he'd In Brighton few days
since, several thousand people, including
grand army members, being in attendance
John Fink, a wealthy resident Of Bait more
las been indicted by the grand jury recently
sitting in Detroit, Tor Obtaining money under
false pretensos from the Detroit machine screw
works.
Gov. Alger has made request Of the gov
eminent officials that sanitary inspectors be
appointed at Port Huron and Detroit 10 aid In
keeping out mall-pox. The request has been
granted.
Gov Alger has pardoned Theophilus Roper,
sentenced To IL years at jackson for assault
with intent to kill on July 81, 1881. Roper is
consumptive and his confinement was hasten.
ing his death.
John Hammond,a wealthy farmer who LIVED
two miles east iron Colon, was struck by o
falling tree and died from the effects OF his In
juries the next IN Drning. He was literally
damned to apulp.
James Callahan, a farmer living six miles
from Mt Morris, was thrown from his wagon
by runaway team and received injuries that
resulted in his death. Callahan was under the
influence OF liquor.
The insane convlcts at the state prison asy.
lum, numbering 20, will be transferred TO the
asylum at Ionia about the 25th of next month.
All the insane convicts sent to Kalamazoo Will
also be transferred to Ionia.
Quite q sensation was caused on boarl the
Idlewild, steamer lying between Detroit
and Port Huron the other afternoon by one OF
Port Huron's soc ETY. young laiies, who kissed
q colored waiter on a wager of s..
Jacob Swanson Of Howa City, has sued
DIR. Mille,, q dentist for 5000 damages fol-
pulling a tooth for him about Is months ago.
He claims that the manner In which 1t was ex.
tracted has caused him agony ever since.
Application is about to be made to the state
board of pardons for the release of Freeman r.
Cargan who is now serving a life sentence In
the state prison at Jackson for a murder com.
mitted in Chesaning Saginaw county, In 1875.
Fire destroyed Butler IL Peters saw and
shingle mill AZ Tallnan, on the Flint d Pert
Marquette railroad early the other morning.
The loss is $40, COD; insured for $4,000. Five
hundred thousand shingles also burned; no In.
surance.
John Hammond, prominent farmer Of
Matteson townsh p, Branch county, while fell
ing q tree, was fatally injured by falling
limb, which crushed his h ad in terrible man.
ncr. He lived several hours, when death came
to his relief.
A shooting tournament and meeting of the
Michigan trdpshooters' associat on will meet
at Milford, September OIL. a gold medal,
presented by the American clay bird company,
and the tam championship trophy viii be
contested for.
Tie Detro { conference Of the Methodist
church, watch meets in Pontiac September 10,
will hold IFS sessions In the a ,doned skating
rink; which calls to mind that ''He maxeth the
wrath of man to praise Him." and "He maketh
glad the waste places"