Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-10-14
MICHIGAN NEWS CONDENSED.

| HUFFMAN NE Wo OOND6NoED
Lansing will hold special election DC.
tober Is, to vote upon the proposition to
| purchase Bucks opera house and convert
IL into a city hail.
At Deer Lake. Frank Ducett, was struck
| on the head with beer glass by drunk
en- companion and his skull fractured. The
assailant then escaped and Ducett Will
die.
John, a 10-year old SON of John Worth
| of Au Sable, fell from train the other
| day, broke both arms and crushed his fore
| head He cannot recover.
H. c. Olds of St. Louis has been bound
over for trial at the next term of the Unit
ed States court for selling cigars without
| a license.
The appraisers of the real and personal
property of the Jackson state prison re-
port S639, 1858 worth of real estate, and
| $5O,54l.27 worth of personal property.
The state board Of health reports diph
liberia at "a places; scarlet fever at 12
places; typhoid fever at % places; measles
at three places and smallpox at Detroit.
Hugh Dyer and A. W. Young rifled the
safe OF Frank Dyer, jeweler of Caro-, TAX
| ing $500 worth of watches and $500 in
| money, They were overtaken at Vassar
| and the watches and money recovered.
| Dyer has been in the employ of Dyer for
number of years, and was greatly respect
| ed. Not much is known Of Young.
The grand lodge of Knights of Pythias
| has chosen the following officers: Grand
chancellor, f. I. Bennett, Bay City; vice
| chancellor, T. S. Barclay of Detroit;
grand prelate, V. s. Robertson, Breeds
Vile; keeper of records and seals j. w.
Hopkins, Lansing.
John Boyd, who deliberately murdered
| William b. Johnson, at Rockford, Kent
county, August IA, has been sentenced TO
m riC aVi6anCa
showed that the killing was premeditated
| and unprovoked.
Bert Stevens of Chase, a brakeman, was
| run over by an engine on Durham q Pc
ters' logging railrond and instantly killed.
He had been married but a few weeks.
Mrs. Mary Daniels, resident of Gull
| Prairie since 1892 is dead.
The depot at Port Austin was struck by
| lightning the other morning and burned
| to the ground.
Phinney & Bullock of Ashley have guar
anteed the payment of the entire Ashley
| subscription, amounting to $4,000. So
the Toledo, Saginaw q Muskegon railroad
will be built from that point.
The latest new project is the proposed
direct route railroad between Lansing and
| Grand Rapids. IL built, 1t will have total
| length of sixty-fve miles, and run through
| such towns as Grand Ledge, Woodland,
| Freeport and Alaska, and long stretch OF
| rich farming country.
The annexation Of Egypt by England,
has been abandoned, the English regard
ing Egypt too dear at s5O0OO1OOO, and a
| probable war.
The British government is considering
the prospect of an Indo-European railway
| along the Euphrates and the shores of
the Persian Gulf
A terrible explosion occurred In the col
| liery at Wakefield, Yorkshire, on the Sd
inst, and II lives were lost.
The interest in the recent oil discoveries
at Manistee eclipse anything ever felt
| there in connection with salt. All govern
ment lands available in that section have
been eagerly bought up, and the annual
| tax sales developed lively bidding, and no
land begging for purchaser.
The pure white crane killed at Edmore
| recently is said to be the second of the
| kind ever found in the United States.
They are considerably smaller than the
| ordinary crane.
The burning Of the Alden canning fac
| tory at Benton Harbor is a very serious
blow to that section. Not only are $50
| persons thrown out of employment and
10000 cans of tomatoes destroyed, but the
farmers for miles about are largely de-
pendent on the tomato crop for support.
Fred Waltz, a farmer of Waterloo, Jack
| son county, while driving across the rail-
road track at Stockbridge, Ingham county,
with double team was run into by
| span of runaway horses and thrown from
his wagon, fracturing his skull so that
| piece of it had to be removed. His little
| boy and girl, who were with him, escaped
uninjured. Two ladies were thrown out
by the runaway team. two miles from
Stockbridge, and seriously hurt, one posi-
bly, fatally.
cures diseases by the laying on Of hands,
Is at present doing business at faith
cure meeting near Chicago. A few even
ings since the major undertook TO cure
Mrs. Julia Hart of heart disease. The lady
dropped dead while the ceremony was in
progress; but that doesn't signify that the
cure wasn't effect. She may have died
from apoplexy.
At the meeting Of the board of SUPER
yisors Of Midland county in June about
$1,000 more were voted than the law al
lows. An injunction has been issued re-
straining the treasurer from paying these
illegally issued warrants.
John Smith, doing two years at Ionia
for grand larceny committed at Escanabe,
died in the prison the other day, having
served but 10 months.
Benton Harbor had $4,000 fire on the
3D. inst, when the Alden canning and
evaporating factory was destroyed.
A party of men from Cheasning went
hunting on the marsh near ST. Charles.
John Schultz Of the party, after dinner
complained of feeling drowsy and lay
down TO rest while his companions went
TO hunt. When they returned few hours
later, they found Schultz in the bunb
dead. Appoplexy was the cause. He was
married, and was shoe dealer in Chesan-
ing.
Peter German of Lyndon, washtenaw
| county, died recently of paralytic
stroke, aged 20 years. He was born In
Ireland and was father of Hon. James Cor
man, democratic candidate for state sena-
tor In the Fourth district.
Thomas II. Jones, aged 81 years, living
near Cedar Springs, is charged with the
| paternity OF Henrietta Plumb's child. The
Plumb girl is but 10 years old, and been a
member of Joness family some time
Jones has an aged wife.
Adolph Gordon, the jackson prison
counterfeiter, has been taken to Detroit
for trial in the United States court, as
has also Russell PASCAL, who attempted
to sell the money.
| Duncan McMullen, slab cutter in mill
| at Duncan City, was accidentally thrown
| on a circular saw. His left leg was severed
below the knee and the lower part of his
abdomen cut open. He died In short
time.