Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-07-29

shipped from Ireland.
Southern Michigan is being flooded with
spurious coin, and il is expected that
gang of cOunterfeiters Will soon be I'M
earthed
A stock company with $4,000 capital
has been organized in Battle Greek for the
purpose of supplying the city with electric
lights.
Farmers say that the present has been
a very good year for grape culture and
that the wine from 1856 grapes will equal
that of 1871, which is known as the best
wine year of the century,
The drought in northern Michigan is UNI
precedented, and the losses very heavy.
Forest fires are destroying timber, crops
and buildings and everything in the path
of the fire. III the drought continues corn
will not he worth the cutting, and pota-
toes will be n failure, wheat is all secured
and yields about half crop, oats are
scant, and hay very light.
A gentleman who has been resident of
the upper peninsula since 1859 writes that
for % wears at least, that region has not
suffered drought like that Of the present
year.
Several years ago Andrew Linstrand of
Manistique, lost an arm in the Delta lum-
Der company mill. At the present term
of the Schoulcraft circuit court "a jury of
his peers awarded him 5000 damages for
the loss sustained.
Frank c. WAGNER OF Ann Arbor has
been appointed fourth-class examiner OF
patents at Washington, with IA salary OF
Sl,2UO per annum.
a force Of 80 men are at work on the
soldiers home, and the last brick will be
laid III about month.
The corner stone of the Catholic church
in course of erection at Hancock was
brought all the way from Ireland.
Some weeks ago little daughter Of Geo.
X. Bennett of St. Joseph, disappeared I'M
der certain circumstances which led TO the
belief that she had been kidnapped On
Wednesday her body was found on the
beach near Michigan City and showed evil
dence of having been in the water for some
days. 1t is now surmised that she fell or
the wharf at her home.
Mrs. Chatterton, the Bovine township,
Kent county woman, who shot her hus-
band some weeks ago, has been held for
trial.
It is said that Senator Palmer, who owns
large tract of pine timber in Missaukee
county, has offered the L. A. "A. az N. M,
railroad company $4,000 TO run their road
to Lake City instead of Cadillac. They are
now running line to test the feasibility or
going there.
The township of Dandy, Ionia county.
has decided TO build an iron bridge across
the Grand river, and Highway Commits
sioner Jas. e.. Barnard of that town, now
wants to hear from bridge builders
A permanent injunction has been issued
restraining Manager Mulliken of the Chi
cago a West Michigan railroad, from OBJ
structing the course of the canal by build
ing piers. Last winter Mr.. Mulliken took
a force of men one Sunday to build the
piers, which extended into the canal, and
d. p. Clay objected.
Miss Anna Hayden, domestic employed
in Saranac family, whose parents live in
Barry county, on Wednesday morning dis.
tinctly heard the voice of her father call
her three times. The young woman faint
ed. Next day she received a letter from
her home announcing that her father was
dying.
The $4,000 bonds issued to build the
Muskegon, Grand Rapids a. Indiana rail-
road have been sold to English capitalists
at 06. Track laying on the road will begin
early next month.
At Thomastown, Saginaw county, sew
eral days ago, Farmer l.. Naples, an inval-
id, employed neighbor named Mccarthy
to show .upU until and then
Naples told him that as he didn't come
when he agreed to, he might consider the
engagement off. Mccarthy protested that
Naples got mad. Mrs. Naples went out to
pacify her husband Mr.. McCarthy's faith
TO see what the trouble was. The argu-
ment was getting interesting when Nc
Carthy, jr., jumped on the mower and
went ahead. The people scattered, but
Mrs. Naples was not fortunate enough to
get out of the way and her foot was
caught in the knives of the machine and
terribly mangled.
What is generally supposed to be cholera
is decimating the swine in the vicinity OF
Bad Axe. Whole herds have fallen prey
to the remorseless destroyer. The symp-
toms are the same as that of the western
hog cholera that shrank the revenues OF
Illinois and adjecent western and southern
states to the extent of millions of dollars
Henry o. Henderson of Mason has been
nominated associate justice OF the Utah
supreme court, vice Orlando w. Powers,
resigned.
Jerome Pease, a wealthy citizen OF OF
sego, quarreled with a veterinary surgeon
named n. w. Cole, Saturday night, over
81 which Cole claimed was due him Pease
il is alleged, knocked Cole down with a
stone and then kicked him in the face,
tracturing his jaw on both sides so that
the jaw bones protruded through the
flesh. Cole is over 40 years old, and is now
a county charge. He may not survive his
injuries.
Farwell win give bonus to the T., A. A,
q Nm. railroad.
Anu huNhltOCIEl CTOD
promises to be good one, and shipments
exceed those OF any previous year.
twenty companies have already entered
Tor the prize drill on the last day of the
state fair.
The brick work on the soldiers home will
be completed by August l.
On August 18th there will be the largest
Irish demonstration at EscanPha that has
ever been held in that part Ct a sa'e.
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one, but this promises to eclipse IT,
An order has been issued by the general
passenger agent of the NJ. q o. railroad
prohibiting all employees of the road from
indulging in Intoxicating liquors while on
duty or during the two hours previous to
going on duty.
The Mineral Range railroad has purchas
ed the Hancock IL Calumet railroad com
plete, with its rolling stock and buildings,
I The transfer will take place on August 1st
The terms are not made public.
DR.. George E. Ranney of Lansing, has
gone to England as delegate TO the Brit
ish medical association, which meets in
London in August. The doctor will subse-
quently make a tour of the continent and
visit the principal hospitals and colleges
Cornelius Waldron's barn in Ronald
township, Ionia county, was burned early
the other morning with all its contents,
| including span of horses and a quantity
OF grain. Tracks were found leading from
the barn, which fasten suspicion on Mrs.
| Anna Cowan. Cornelius Is a handsome
young bachelor, and 1t appears that she
was badly smitten with his charms, though
married. He recently secured another
woman as housekeeper.
Frederick Robinson of Detroit was
found dead In a car on the d. l.. e. N. near
Trowbridge. Foul play is suspected, as the
boy was perfectly well when he left home.
Gerritt Bouma, young farmer living
near iceland, fell from wagon and strik
ing upon hayfork, two tines entered his
head, penetrating the brain and coming
out near the nose. Bouna died two hours