Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-11-11

Mr.. Hugh Cullen, general merchant of
Hartland, Livingston county, took an
overdose OF aconite by mistake for syrup
| OF rhubarb, Nov. i, to relieve cold, and
died in two and a-half hours in spite OF
the best efforts OF a physician, He was a
! highly esteemed citizen, age AZ.
! Mr.. +. q. Emerson, superintendent Of
one or the keweenaw copper mines, some
| two months ago fell down shaft Is feet,
and striking upon projecting rock broke
his back. Under careful treatment what
was at first accepted as a hopeless case be-
came hopeful and IL was determined to
send him to Boston for the best hospital
treatment. Accordingly, he was taken
there last week in a car specially fitted up
for his use. 1t had living accommo la tions
for his physician, his wife and two others.
he was firmly fixed to a large air filled
mattress suspended in an improvised ham
mock Of ropes. Although he could not
move he was as cheerful and appeared to
be as comfortable rs u we'll man. The only
trouble experienced was when the train
started or stopped, as some jar was then
necessarily created, but under direction of
the good hearted engineer this was avoided
as much as possible. The fracture Of his
spinal column was well down toward the
hips
A factory in Evart, makes $50 hogs
heads per week for the Cuban sugar
trade.
EARLY SOWD Wnoat III pOTtlOnS OF the
state Is being badly damaged by a new
insect
w. +. Hurley, an inmate of the sodie rs'
home, has received 81, 100 back pension and
Is now able TO support himself. He will
draw Sl2 per month hereafter.
Mrs. James Burns of Pontiac, aged IS
years, was found dead in bed the other
day. She was drunk at the time OF her
death. She leaves a husband and one
child.
The October copper output is: Calumet
q Hecla, z, 4S3 tons Quincy, SS5; Franklin,
23l; Atlantic, 2l0.
The last spike has been driven in the
new Grand Rapids a. Muskegon road. The
road will be ready for business In about
two weeks.
Robert Mahaffy, sent from st. Clair
county Sept. "a, 1885, for larceny, on two
years. sentence has been pardoned. He
is said to be in consumption.
DR.. Palmer, physician Of the Jackson
prison, is charged with helping prisoners
TO secure a pardon. Pending an investiga-
tion Palmer has been suspended.
Capt. j. L. Frisbie of Hillsdale, for the
past six years United States consul to
Rheims, France, has returned home.
David Sweeney, Detroit convict, es-
capped srom jackson prison on the 4th
inst.
Joseph W. Smith is suing the Detroit
Hillsdale q Southwestern railroad in the
United States circuit court for services
rendered the road rs manager under an
alleged contract made with J. NJ. Ashley,
the president of the road The defense is
that Mr.. Ashley was not authorized to
make the contract, and that the road is
not responsible either for the contract or
Mr.. Smiths salary by accepting his ser
vices.
Sam p. Payton was discharged from the
jackson prison on the 36th ult, his
sentence OF five years for a Detroit bur-
son OF Commodore Perry, and Is said. dur
ing his incarceration, to have been left a
fortune of $4,000.
Mrs. Austin Winter of Kalamazoo. and
Mrs. g. A. MARI of Houghton were among
the victims Of the railroad accident at
Rio, Wis.