Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-09-23
MICHIGAN NEWS CONDENSED.

The Michigan school of mining opened
at Houghton on the 18th inst, for its first
years work, with Albert Williams Jr., for
a long time chief of the neurological
bureau of the United States geological
survey, as president, assisted by a corps
of competent instructors. The school
opens with about 10 pupils. The pro-
visions made by the state are very liberal,
and there is little doubt that the school
will soon become one of the most impor-
tant of its kind in the west.
G. l.. Luce. a brother of Hon. c. q. Luce,
republican nominee for governor of this
state, died at his home in Toledo, on the
18th inst Mr.. Luce was one of the best
known business men of northern Ohio. q
j. b. Carpenter, well-known in railroad
circles, and formerly general passenger
agent of the Chicago q West Michigan
railroad, died of nervous prostration at
Cincinnati after a brief illness.
Mrs. Worden of Adrian. aged about 80,
was found dead in her chair by her do
nestle the other afternoon. She had been
moved thirty quarts OF water from her
body.
James ". Miles, president OF the Artil-
lery Association of Michigan, would like
each member of the organization to send
his address to him at Hubbardston, togeth-
er with the letter and number Of the bat
terry to which he belongs and whether light
or heavy artillery. President Miles has
something of Importance to communicate
to each member between now and October
IA, when the first annual meeting occurs
at Lansing.
George Gray was killed on the Manistee
e. Luther railway in Manistee while coup
ling cars. He slipped off the cars while
the train was being made up. No blame
is attached to the railway.
A small cyclone struck Howell about
noon on the 10th inst, the wind blowing
fiercely for about five minutes. The house
of John Smith, laborer, near the fair
grounds, was blown down and his son,
Fred, aged 20, was instantly killed. Sever
al barns and trees were blown over, but
no one else was hurt so far as is now
known.
The Chippewa lumber and boom COM
pany sawmill at Chippewa Falls, the
largest in the country was struck BY
lightning the other morning and COM
pletely destroyed. Loss, $3.50 200; partially
insured.
c. II. Smith & Bros, stave mill in Flint
was destroyed by fire the other day. A
horse which was in the basement of the
basement of the building was cremated.
The fire was incendiary.
Dan. Looney, who killed James Moloney
in a skating rink at Coral i'm February
last, has been convicted Of manslaughter.
The Dexter consolidated mining CON-
| pany filed articles of association with the
county clerk Of Wayne county on the 7th
| inst Its capital stock is $750.0CN Of which
| c. r. Shaw, Sigmund Rothschild, Don M.
| Dickinson, Alex. Ii. Dey, Samuel Heaven
| rich of Detroit, and several capitalists OF
Marquette and Dexter. The company will
hunt for ore in Marquette county.
Bonnie Bates of Leoni, who has Travelled
! over the greater portion OF the globe, and
| is now seeking new worlds to conquer, has
see London, Paris and the battlefield OF
| Waterloo, and Is now en- route for the
| United States. After visiting Philadelphia,
| Washington and Mount Vernon he will
| settle down with hir parents. Bonnie had
! but $40 when he left home, July ID.
A special term of the Missaukee county
court will be held October Is for the pur-
pose of trying and convicting Mrs. Brass
and Jem Craft, the murderers OF Milo
1 Brass
While Thomas Perry was working the
; sand pump In r. l.. Peters third salt well
In Manistee, now being drilled and at the
depth of 1920 feet, vein Of oil was struck
which forced the water and sand said dis
4 lance through an eightinch pipe, and
| some 300 or 400 barrels of oil flowed out In
! a short time, after which the hole was
plugged; Some OF the employees at, at ;as
oil wells In the east, say they have seen
wells produce 1900 barrels a day with
poorer prospects at first than this well.
They pronounce the oil OF the best grade: IL
Is possible the refining Of oil may be added
to the industries of Manistee.
Rumored that the Minneapolis, Sault
Ste. Marie Il Atlantic railroad will pass
through Iron Mountain.
st. Joseph Valley narrow guage railroad
between Buchanan and Berrien Springs
has been condemned and forbidden to car
ry passengers.
Hasting citizens has subscribed $1,000 In
the Spaulding manufacturing company's
stock, thus insuring the retention OF the
factory.
An infant daughter of j. Persia Of Port
Huron died a few days ago from the result
Of a surgical operation. The child was
tongue tied, and In cutting the hgameuts
underneath the tongue, the veins were
opened, and the little one bled to death
before the flow could be stopped.
VIM. W. Warner, accused Of fraudulent
use Of mails, has been bound over at Lans
ing for trial In the u. 3. court, November
2. He gave bail for his appearance.