Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-03-11
STATE SIFTINGS.

STATE sIFTINas.
At the meeting Of the Michigan spirituallst
society at Grand Rapids the following officers
were elected: President, Giles b. StebDins,
Detroit; vice-president DR.. w. .. Knowles,
Grand Rapids; treasurer, Mrs. r. A. ShaiTcr,
South Haven; secretary, Mrs. 1. +. Spinney,
Alma; trustees, Mrs Sarah Graves, Grand
Rapids; W.W.keth, Pearson; Lyman Austin,
J.. 4. Marvin, Charles X. Andrews, Granu
Rapids The next convention will be held in
Grand Rapids.
There are 237 inmates In the soldiers home
in Grand Rapids.
Miss Maren F. Kirk sued Chas c. johnson
n well-to-do young man OF Manistee for 500
because he failed to keep his promise o.
marriage with her. The Jury gave Miss KIRK
the full amount
Richard Young, a wealthy farmer of Carlton
township, fell dead in the journal Office in
Hastings on the 9th ult, of heart disease
He had called at the journal Office TO take one
of the composi:ors home with him and fell
he entered the door.
Harvey Marshall, the young Woodstock
farmer convicted with assault with intent O.
outrage Miss Della Drake, 10 years old, daugh-
ter OF a neighbor, has been sentenced TO tor
years in the jackson state prison. The as
sault occurred three years ago. The case was
Sied three times, the jury twice disagreeing.
The Norris stave and heading works were
destroyed 10y fire Feb. Is.
Mrs. Ann SHOWER died at Romeo Feb IS
aged 90. Her husband died In September anu
her eldest son few days before ms mother.
The Michigan turning company is putting
in machinery at Elmira Tor manufacturing
handles. The works will have capacity OF
5000 handles to every ~ hours and can EN-
ploy 100 men.
The conspiracy mpted-husband- poison.
ing case against Mrs. frank Grabaugh oi
Gratiot county, will'be tried at Ithaca, March g.
The fruit men of Oceana county think III
peach buds OF that section have not been in.
Jured, and that a good crop of the fruit may
be looked for.
Joseph Duckett, the oldest colvlct in the
state prison. Is serving life sen lence for al
unparalleled crime. He killed his lttle SON.
who told him of u criminal intimacy existing
between Ducketts wife and father, 20 prevent
the scandal from spreading abroad. lie was
sent from Sanilac in 1855.
The "Michigan schoolmasters club" was
organized at Ann Arbor recently The Club
Is composed OF high school principals an
teachers, who will meet Tor mutual benefit and
improvement three times during the school
year, at Ann Arbor, its work being to supple
lnent that OF the state teachers association
and the school superintendents' association
the officers are: President l.. T.. dull De-
troit; ylce-president, Leroy Halsey, Battle
Spaldlng, Ann Arbor; executive committee, +.
A. Barbour, fpsllanti, and r. NJ. Kendall
Jackson.
An infant months old belonging 10 Mr.
and MRS Frank Doxsie of koxland township
Eaton county, was accidentally smothered 10
death the other afternoon. MIR. and Mrs. DoX-
sic came TO Grand Ledge intending to visit
Mr.. Doxsies father. 1he weather being very
cold the infant was well wrapped up, and they
did not discover the sad fate or the babe III
they arrived and unwrapped the little one
Medical aid was at once called but too late.
The special railroad committee have com
menced the work OF canyassing for the Jack
son q Ohio road. The amount of about $40
600 has already been raised along the line o.
the road from Hudson southwark.
Judge Wallace, sitting at New York, has
enjoined Lawrence 81 Chaplin and Chase
Henry ~ Co., Of Kalamazoo, IRON making in
Engagements on the Carver patent spring har-
row and cultivator, holding that their make OF
harrows is such an infringement
One hundred thousand dollars have been
pledged to henry Willis for his proposed "alr-
line' railway.
Large numbers OF fat cattle, sheep aud hogs
are beng shipped IRON Galesburg to Detsot
and Buffalo at very low prices.
Fred Foote, the young man who killed a
man In Fenton saloon, In December last
vas on the LIST inst. sentenced 10 imprison-
hiCn1 III odNhbOn III
The agricultural college Is overlooking, an
more room Is asked for.
VIII Brunback OF Farwell became despond-
ent and suicided few days ago.
Frank Stankie of Manistee, plasterer. was
struck on the head the other night with q
large cold chsel by Mrs. Henrietta Zoelner as
he was rapplng at her door Tor admittance.
His skull was fractured and n large cash cut
In his face. He is In critical condition Mrs.
sfnH hut
The next morning was recapturcd Her house
has a bad reputation, but Stankie claims TO
have gone there TO see about Job Of plaster
ing.
Lewis, Van Ness & Co., of Mendon has
failed Tor $1,000.
While at the depot in Lansing the other
night 70 take the train to Hanover to attend
the funeral OF a niece, Mrs. Celesta Pearce
OF Edmore was taken Ill aud died shortly
alterward. Death was caused by heart disease.
Judge Mitchell of Port Huron has been ap-
pointed commercial agent at st. Hyaclntb,
Que.
Henry O. Bowen, one of the pioneers and a
wealthy and respected citizen of Maple Grove,
died OF rheumatism of the heart recently, aged
60 years.
An attempt was made to blow open the safe
In the Chelsea savings bank the other night.
The burglars we're frightened away by some
ladies who were passing, and gave the alarm.
The three Michigan land districts will be
consolidated into two, and the registrars of the
offices will be located at Reed City and Gray
ling. This plan meets the approval of
Messrs Fisher and Cutcheon, In whose dis
tricts nearly all the remaining public lands In
the lower PENINSULA are located.
Mrs. Mary A. Tarsney, mother OF Congress-
man Tarsney, died at the residence OF her
daughter In East Saginaw on the Sd inst. Mrs.
Tarsney was aged % and had been a resident
Of Michigan over 40 years.
John Brewer, single man, aged "a, met a
horrible death in Lake Angeline, near Ishpem-
ing. "A rock falling on an up-goingbucket struck
him squarely on top OF the head crushing his
skull. The bucket was overloaded by careless
miners. The coroner's jury exonerated the
mining company
Clifford is to have roller process Touring
mill.
About 10 families from Morenci win 90 to
Dakota In the spring. They will probably re
turn immediately after the first blizzard.
Mrs. Polly Green. aged "a years, the second
white women moving into Pennington, died
recently.
February l there were 7S9 convicts at Jack
son. During the month - we're discharged
and the same number received.
At saranac the law and order party elected
all its candidates excepe one trustee. Inas-
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