Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-03-05

President Arthur has signed the De-
troit postoffice bill.
Mrs. Parks. 10l years of age, was
buried in Kalamazoo, Feb. "a.
Oscar Bradley. q prominent lawyer
Of Flint, died of cancer Feb. ~.
Wolves in the upper peninsula are
making sad havoc with tho deer.
Charles f. Hoyt, the blind orgsnist
of the Episcopal church of Pontiac. is
dead.
Thomas Ford, 10l years old, who
lived near Evart, was found dead in
bed recently.
From eight to ten carloads of copper
leave the Calumet and Hecla mine,
daily. destined for France.
David Miller of Sault Ste. Marie has
fallen heir 10 an estate in Canada val
aed st over q million dollars.
Port Huron wants to get Lapeer' s
sash and blind factory TO move to that
city, and will offer n big bonus,
A. o. Crozier of Ann Arbor thinks a
law should be passed prohibiting the
sale of liquor within five miles OF the
university.
Lieut.. Col. M. j. Dickinson of the
second Michigan cavalry died in South
Haven, on the 22th ult. He was buried
at Vermontville.
West Bay City had several fires Feb
ruary 81, the losses aggregating SlO,-
900. The fires are supposed to have
been incendiary.
Saloon-keepers of Escanaba have re-
solved to "boycott" every business man
and merchant who owns stock in the
roller skating rink.
Ava Dibbell, charged with shooting
Ed. Mann near Howell several weeks
ago, was arrested near Davidson, Cen
esee county, Feb. %.
TIE Elk Rapids, charcoal furnace
made 20,500 tons of iron last year, the
best on record. 1t will close April l,
as the ore veins run out then
The Ingham county board of super.
visors decided to rebuild the burned
poor-house on the same site, the cost
not to exceed the insurance of 81, 100.
George Sheldon, the porter Of
the propeller Michigan, ma:
returned from his trip tC
that vessel and reports the crew al
we'll.
Muskegon papers seem TO be conf
dent that when the spring opens the
Michigan & Ohio railroad will be push,
ed through either to that city or Grand
Haven.
James Cosgrove, an extra brakeman
on freight train No. 81, got under the
wheels of his train at Klinger Lake, anc
was instantly killed. His home was a
Hudson.
John Whedon, unsteady inclined
genius of Porter, Van Buren, country
attempted to steal the church organ
He was captured and has been sent Il
Jackson.
A working division of the Flint 4
Pere Marquette has been established a
Evart, and new round house and turn
table built. Side tracks will be put il
in the spring.
JADE Knight was sentenced at Bay
City Wednesday to five years ut Jack
son, being found guilty of manslaughtel
for killing Lou Hall, IN the "Block o
Blazes" January II.
The Duplex printing press company
capital $50, 900, and the Blind d Bakel
foundry company, capital $4,000, boil
of Battle Creek, have filed articles will
the secretary of state.
F. A. Hoisington, one Of the schoo
examiners of st. Joseph county, at
tempted to board moving train il
Three Rivers. He fell under the wheels,
and had one of his legs cut of.
The M. AT True printing company
has commenced suit at Grand Rapid:
against the Greenback state centra
committee to collect $500 indebtedness:
incurred in the last campaign.
Miss Minnie Murray of Hudson il
suffering from paralysis OF one leg, re
sulting from straining the cords of hel
ankle while on the roller skates. II Il
feared she will never entirely recover
Samuel w. Wells of Buchanan ha:
been appointed swamp land commits
sionea to fill the vacancy caused the res
ignation of john Brakeman. The new
immigration commissioner is james
Van Kleeck.
Prisoners in Lapeer jail had plaI
nicely laid ont to escape, and were abou
putting it into execution. The sheriff
and turkeys, with revolvers in gooC
working order, appeared on the scene
The prisoners are still in jail.
The Senate took up the prohibition
question Feb. %. After long debat,
on the resolution motion to adopt it
and thus submit constitutional amend
ment to the people, was defeated by thu
Democrats, who voted against it.
Particulars of the death of w. j
Bennett, formerly of Ann Arbor, q
Pasadena, Cal, state that while a
work In his vineyard he was struck will
blindness, followed by semi.unconscious
ness, in which state he hanged himself.
Jerome Truax, whose home is il
Adrian and who is said to be worth S75,
900, is in the Ingham county jail TO
contempt of court in refusing to sur
render farm which he owned and OF
which mortgage had been foreclosed
A daughter of G. X. Edwards, well
TODD farmer living about five mile
east of Evart, about 16 years old, tool
strychnine by accident while laborins
under religious excitement, and dice
from its effects before physician could
reach her.
Emory Hartford, twenty-five-yeal
convict sent from Kent county in Dec
ember, 1874, for rape, escaped the othel
morning by eluding the guards where
he was employed at the coal mines. Ht
was recaptured before night. about 81,
miles from jackson.
In the trial of James A. Barker fol