Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-09-24

OF which position he VIII continue 10 perform
in connection with those OF the office which
has been created for him.
A touching incident at the funeral of the
late Mrs. Adams, was the presence Of her six
surviving sons. who acted a. rail- b arefs. In
stead of leaving that last sad duty to Others,
they ten lery laid their aged mother in ,r final
resting place The oldest brother, j. b.
Adams OF Defiance. o., Is 81 years of age, and
the youngest, Ben. j. of this city is 2s.-Mon-
roe Commercial.
The verdict Of the coToner's jury In the case
OF Mrs. Ausm0n Bate, eoiored, killed at Ann
Arbor, by the fall OF building, cxonerated
Mrs. Brennan, owner OF the building. as she
had warned her tenants three weeks ago that
! they renamed In IL at their own risk. The jury
recommended that the council appoint com.
mittee to inspect and con 'emn such buildings.
The Grand Rapids chair factory, north OF the
city limits, of VIII CHI Congressman Comstock is
the principal owner, caug 4 fire early the other
morning from spa X in the dust arr, ster In
the south end Of the building. II soon spread
to the fourth story and dana red the took aud
building TO the amount OF 10 90 before the
department su)dued II c flames; fully insured.
The Michigan military academy Mt Orchard
Lake opened its eighth academic year on the
18th with larger number of cadeis than ever
before, and fl ON nearly all the northern states.
Lieutenant Hunt, L. s ", Is an additional
member OF The faculty, and Lieut.. Strong, u.
s. A., rema n commandant and professor OF
military science and tactics
The Michigan slate company, of which j. NJ.
Turner ana 5. l.. Smith OF this city, are
members, has received notice that the state
capitol commissioners OF Colorado have adopt
ed Michigan state TO the new capitol building
at Denver. This company is also furnishing
the slate for the capitol building at Austin,
Texas.-Ld'si'ig Rcp"6f;on.
A bad accident happened at the asylum in
Traverse City a few days ago. While seven
men were working at the well at the depth of
sixty feet the walls caved in. commenc ng at
the lotion. The men were all saved without
injury. The well was within six feet of com
pletion. This eau es Il losi u the state OF from
81, 100to 81 400.
Theodore Gibson OF Plymouth, while retur IA.
ing from Detroit, was attacked by two masked
men, one of whom seized the horse by the
head Mr.. Chilson struck him aside, and whip
ping up his team escaped with "A bullet hole In
his hat. The mans mask was torn of, and
Mr.. Gibson says that he recognized his
features
An important educational meeting will be
held at Grand Ra IDS a the seat OF tine Michi-
gan conference, ON the first evening Of the ses-
sion September -, l 50. Bishop III. w. War
rem, DIR. j. VI. Re Il and Others will deliver
addresses. A z nera attendance of Methodists
from central aad western Michigan Is expected.
A large barn on the farm of Andrew Yer
ricks near Otsego, was burned the other
NOR ming, togetle; with large quantity OF
grain, eighteen tons of hay, farming tools, etc.
The loss is no ct mated, but is heavy. The
property was nsur,d In IN Farmers Mutual
Of Allegan and Ottawa counties
Prof. Grange. safe veterinarian, states the
disease which has taken or IS out of LIS hogs
at the Pont &c asylum Is not ho- cholera, but
he cannot determine its ,xact nature without
further inyestlgat on lh' lungs OF the hogs
are infected. The sanitary conditions Of the
premises were ioInd to be lCod
Mrs. Jacob johnson Of Frankenmouth, shot
her 2-year oil child through the head
killing it instantly. She found an old
pistol, which lai been used as a plaything by
the child en-. and pointed it at the child, say
ing, "Do yon want mamma 10 shoot YOU"
when to her horror 1t went of.
w. Z Harmon, formerly principal of the
Clayton SCI ools, ha. become the head of the
Livingston. Mon ana. school. The contract
with Mr.. Harmon reads Il a, The shsll hold the
position during good behavior, provided he is
qualified to lick slch of the pupils as may de-
serve it,"
Mrs. Catherine Lawrence Of Ann Arbor, who
was arrested recently for arson In connection
with an ncendiary fire on Huron street, was
examined before Justice Brennan. She waived
exam nation and was remained to jail In de-
fault of 81 00J bal TO await trial in the circuit
court.
The Emmett District Agricultural Assocla-
ton have filed articles OF association ut Port
Huron and Lansing, and will hold their first
fall fair at Emmett st. Clair Co, on Thursday
and Friday, October s and g. The grounds
are In fine condition and success seems as
sured
Thomas Green, a higaly esteemed resident
OF East Tawas, was almost instantly killed in
the lumber wcols by falling limb striking
him acr, IS the back of the neck He was the
foreman o. G.. VI Gates lumber camp. He
was aged about 81 years and leaves young
wife.
Representative +. L. Dodge of this city has
been engaged as counsel for Representative L.
b. Barry III the coming conspiracy trials, to
take place at the next term of the Saginaw cir
cult court. Ben Butler finds 1t impossible to
undertake the defense. Lansing Republican.
A. c. Bowman aged s., a highly respected
and well-t)-dD farmer OF Gaines. Kent county
was thrown from a carriage by runaway, the
team getting fright mel at passing Grand
Rapids d. In Llama train. Striking on his head
he received injuries from which he died.
The Grand Haven Herald desires on
postal card the name and address OF each resi-
dent now living In Michigan who removed into
this then territory previous to May IA, 1926
Exchanges and other papers please copy. All
for historical interests.
young lady at Hart. named Emma Fogle,
committed suicide the other night She quar-
relied with her sister, and taking paper out
of her pocket to ok a quantity of strychnine.
On reaching home she fell or the floor and
died In commissions
The st Louis village board has loaned to d.
+. Munson SO 600 At 10 per cent. interest,
which is to be repaid In installments OF 81 900
per year. With the funds Mr.. Munson will
erect a carriage factory, to give employment
to 100 men.
The receipts for the state fair inst closed for
five days was: Monday, 81 COS %; Tuesday,
S612 so; Wednesday, Slab %; Thursday,
$7,106 80: Fri(a;. sl4;S 10; total, S12,27S Gj.
1t is estimated that $1,000 people visited the
fair.
A barn was burn ii on the Allen farm, five
miles northwest of ackson and its contents
destroyed. Loss 5 o. on the contents, which
belonged to Clarence Blood; loss on barn $500
with no insurar ce; fire undoubtedly incendiary.
Jonathan apham. an old business man, OF
Adrian was forni dead in his bed the other
morning. Physicians saw the cause Of his
death was apopexy. Mr.. Lapham was born In
Duchess county, Now York, in 1916.
The furnace at Newberry received about A.
800 tons of ore during August, and shipped
away about l,420 TONS of pig iron. AT the
close of August the furnace company had ON
hand about 5000 tons Of pig iron.
David Lester a"d Walter Robe "a are erect
ing steam salt block at Marine City 4Sxl?0
feet in size. IL will have three .grainers each
IL feet wide and - feet long. The block will
be In running order In sixty days.
The Second National Dnnk OF Hillsdae has
taken the entire amount of bonds for the build
ing.of the water-works In that city. They bear
four and half per ,ent interest and run 20
years. The amount is $4,000.
A reward OF $50 will be paid for the body.
whether dead or alive OF Clarence Person, IL
years Of age, who wandered from his home, in
the township of Victor, Clinton Co., on
Thursday evening, August 20.
One fortunate result of visit to the state
fair occurred TO J. C. Ford, superintendent If
the Spring Lake furnace. He sold 10 the
Oliver pillow works 1000 tons OF apig iron,