Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-01-21
POtters' clay in exhaustIble quantities has

estate should go to the American Bible society.
A compromise has been effected whereby the
heirs get S5,4 400 and the society SS,OOO.
| About 30) feet Of breaSwater at the north
! pier of the 81. Joseph harbor have been car
rled away, letting thousands Of tons of sand
| into the cnanncl.
I During the railroad war near HoweIl, dyna-
mite cartridges were placed on the ID. l.. ~ M.
| track.
Knights of labor assembly No. 1860, of
lshpeming, has boycotted all concerns buying
| Dueber watch cases. This is the first boycott
issued yet in the peninsula and great interest
Is manifested in the probable result by the
mining men and all employing labor. The
| three IL aiding jewellers have acquesccd In the
order and say they VII sell no more watch
cases.
A II. Sherwood of Grand Rapids has been
arrested Tor embezzllng $500 from the Plumb
~ Louis manuiactur. ny company OF which he
was vice prI s.dent
Jeanette II. Greenar OF Grand Rapids has
had her diyorc husblnl arrested Tor dispos-
ing OF her hous sheld furniture and her ward
robe OF which he was temporarily in charge.
Lieut.. Sequester X. Norton, veteran OF the
18th Michigan infantry, well known Grand
army man, ed In Adrian on the 18th inst
after brief i'll ess OF pneumonia. lie was
30 years old and leaves a widow and three
sons.
A. II. Sherwood, vice presi lent OF the Plumb
X Lewis manu turing company OF Grand
Rapids, has teen arrested on capias issued
at the in stan o. A. ID. Plumb, the treasurer
and secretary of the concern. 1t Is charge
that Sherwood collected about $500 OF the
company's bills and refuse 10 turn the sam.
over to the treasurer. The difficulty is causel
by trouble among the members OF the com
pany. Sherwood gave bonds in the sum OF
: 200 and was release IRON custody.
While digging n well John Globshnsk OF
AlOpna hX ri in m
him. His body was horribly mashed and every
bone seems to have b en- broken.
Feb. GIL, the annual meeting of the state
horticultural society convenes at Adrian.
James HallcNs, living near West Branch,
fired n gun toward the house of Warren Deck
err, intending to kill Mr.. ID. Hallicks will be
tried in February.
Information is wanted Of NJ. r, Moore, for
merly of Oakvile Canada, and last heard from
in Bay City, Michigan, April, 1Ss4. Worked
in the Lumbar woods stood about > ft6 inches;
sandy comp.exion; wore ear rings, aud
lad scar on the upper part o. his nose. Any
information sent TO L. Rogers, Port Credit
Canada, will lie kindly received.
The Detroit high school property has been
sod TO Traugott Schmidt for Sl15,0J0, who will
erect thereon manufacturing concern.
The Michigan convention of undertakes at
their annual meeting IN Kalamazoo, elected
the following officers Tor the ensuing year:
President f. c. Rhenbottom, Union City;
Nice-Presidents. Thos. j. Baniield, Portland
W. j. Bla e, Detroit; Jno Wseman, Big Rap
Ids; Secretary, {. {. Merritt Greenville:
Treasurer, j. +. Sammons. Delegates to the
Engagements Convention at Cincinnati next
week, T. II. Roberts, Allen, Durfee and Sam
mons.
Chas. Rice, the Grand Rapids youth who
stole Sl25 from a. j. Brown, his employery
has been sentenced to six months in Ionla.
Citizens of Bay City are all alive to new rail.
road projects and committee of citizens has
been appointed TO solicit subscriptions for
road from Bay City to Midland.
The Grand Rapids furniture manufacturers
association will take action at once to collect
$1,000 from the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day.
ton railroad, for furniture burned while In
transit at the time the Cincinnati depot was
destroyed. The railroad company offered fiftg
cents on the dollar, which was refused The
association Will draft uniform railroad
freight bill Of lading TO conform with their
ideas. Delinquent dealers will be reported
hereafter.
The North Shore lumber company, operat-
Ing at South Manstique has sold all its mill
and lumber interests In Menominee county TO
Robert Perry of Sault Ste Marie, Lew A.
Hall OF New York and Andrew A. Buell. OF
Buffalo. They will make extensive improve
ments In the mill and will place single and
lath machines in addition 10 the lumber
machines.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders of
the four national banks Of Grand Rapids show
them all 10 be IN sold. substantial and -four
ishing condition financially. Dividends were
declared from Two to five per cent. respectively.
The two savings banks also declare dividends.
James Miller. treasurer Of Lansing town
ship, collected about 1850 more taxes than
the assessments called for, b, raising the
amount on the receipt. lie has refunded
nearly all that he had thus collected.
A sister of James Carroll, living eight miles
south OF Evart, Was frightiuly burned one
night recently. Sue was as'eep in the house,
a log ala + nsi ting of o G large ROOM when
she was awakened by the flames which envel-
oped nearly the whole interior Of the house.
She sprang up aud ran TO the west door, which
she was unaoie 10 untasten; she turned to the
east door but found the flames had cut off her
retreat in that direction, and again turned To
the west door and and frantcally attacked the
fasteninE rs whic she finally broke and made
her escape, but not until every stitch OF her
night dress aud the hair from her head were
med. Perfect naked tn. poor woman
made her way through the biting cold air, ice
and snow, for the distance Of iorty rods, where
she found shelter with neghbDr. She suf-
fered intensely from the cold and the burns on
her body, but at last accounts was alive.
The wife of Dan Day, who accompanied MIN
to the lumber camp In Missauliee county,
where he is foreman, net with a sad death
recently. During playful tn SIC with her
husband MIS- Day grasped ropo that was
stretched across the camp Tor the purpose of,
hanging blankets, ETC., and swung out as she
had o len one be ore, but this time the rope
arted and the woman fell several feet, strik-
ne on the back OF her head and back. Her
husband picked her up, and she said she was
not hurt, but abont an hour afterwards she
was taken with severe cramps, and eight
hours later died.
The jury in the $4,000 damage suit against
nr NJ | for lr,ra tina has
returned verdict Tor defendant
Maurice VI. Bliss, wealthy farmer of
Flushing, Genesec county, Is under arrest, on
a charge of arson A feud has for a long
time existed between Bliss aud Ezra johnson or
No ntrose, and Bliss in order TO get revenge 1t
is claimed, set fire To barn on the farm where
johnson lived. The crime was committed in
November last.
The lite village Of Ecrsey was the scene OF
q disastrous tonuagi at on on The 10Th inst.
Sweets hote', Diggins general sore and Ne
ville& BearIsley'o cru store were burned, to-
gether with Their contt nts. Mr.. Beafdsley
lost aw itrary va ued at over $1,000, and
Mr.. Lau e. also ost a valua bic library. The
total is about $1,000.
The frs case under the new law making 1t
misdemeanor To unhitch or drive of another
mans horse, as reported from Grand Rap DIS,
has resulted in "a conviction aud the accused,
three young men. we're sent To Jail 'or sixty
DAYS Unto tie meeting of the last leglsla-
ture tbcIe wa 10 lc- al provision BY which
these d, sperat ~ mean individuals could be
punished, and this Is undoubtedly the first
conviction in the state.
CT ptait, boot and shoe dealer of Char
lotte, las failed for Sl4 co., assets 5000.
A. c. left, elitor Of the Alpena Pioneer,
died Jan. Il. lie was for over twenty years
resident of Alpena.
The Michigan state poultry association
closed is annual session in Battle Greek on
the 18th. Over 700 entries were made-tfty