Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-09-16


.psSs s 9 5se9ss A ' S, Ssi An n
county Sie 1 barrels lay count ssiii S
go barrels; Huron county, 2s,6lS barrels;
losco county; 85,6i3 barrels: Manistee
county, 94,s5l barrels; st. Clair county,
24;9sS barrels; Midland county, 6,552 bar
40, $50 barrels. The total inspection to
September l I'm the yenrs named " as as
follows: 1se6 2,529, $50 barrels; 1885 2,l75,
$50 barrels; 1884, 2,l05.3O0 barrels; 1883,
1.sS7. 800 barrels,
G. w. Jones Of Richland, Kalamazoo
hog at the Iowa stats fair. The animal Is
eight feet long and yard wide.
A fellow calling himself Rev. J. Kohlsr.
and claiming to hail from Detroit, has
been arrested at Port Huron charged with
stealing clothing, and he Is lodged in Jail.
w. T. ualey. late secretary Of the Bay
City Y. M. 9. A, has accepted call to the
secretaryship OF the Denver association
John Cisco of Shelby. oceana county,
received $4,000 back pension two years
ago. He spent all but $685. which was
place In a tin box for safety. The box and
money have been stolen and the old man
Is destitute.
Veterans of the Ninth Michigan infantry
are requested to give notice to their COM
by Prof. Rankin Of Olivst and Capts.
Brand and Starkweather Of Detroit for
the coming reunion of their regiment at
Detroit Tuesday, Sept IA. Headquarters
will be at the Biddle house. Comrades
will be entertained at $l.50 to $3.50 per
day. Veterans will apply to the proprie-
tor If they desire to select their rooms In
advance. Plenty of room in Assembly
hall. Tables 10y themselves. All railroads
will carry at regular excursion rates and
the Detroit boys will see that they have
an old-fashioned time.
j. j. p. Lyon of Ovid was found dead in
his bed the other morning.
The Bushnell family OF Coldwater, has q
grandfather's clock that has a record rum
ming back $50 years.
Clara Michalshetta travelling under an
alias, was arrested at Reed City recently,
charged with numbering her child in Nil.
waukee on July 5. An officer took the
woman to Milwaukee.
VIM. Waterman Of Grand Rapids, Wis,
Is III years old. He removed from Cass
county, Mich, 80 years ago, and being
widower since 1916, Is anxious to MAKE
some girl happy. Waterman has used
tobacco l02 years and dosn't think IL
hurts him much.
The sawmili of Bliss Bros, near Zilwau-
kee was discovered In flames and in a
hort time the entire mill, three drill
houses, the boarding house and a large
amount of lumber on the dock, nearly
>OOO,0OO feet, were destroyed. The fire
was started by the friction shaft in a
wooden box In the sawdust room. The
flames were so fierce that the tire tugs
were unable to approach near enough TO
do effective work. The total loss Is not
at present known, but it is thought to be
In the neighborhood OF S2O0,OJ0, nearly
covered by insurance. The mill was
new one, built to replace the one burned
in October, 1883 One hundred and TWEEN
ty men are thrown out OF work.
Mrs. VIM. Mitchell Of Odessa, set fire to
her clothing and was burned to death re-
Gently while burning out a humble bees
nest. She was about % years old.
The potato crop around Reed City win
not be sufficient for seed.
Negaunee claims TO have more iron,
and also expects the number to be increas-
ed by 500 to 100 next spring on account
Of new operations just east OF the city.
The insane hospital connected with the
Ionia prison has been in operation one
year, and in that time l12 patients have
been cared for, of which fifteen have been
cured, one died, and ninety-six remain.
Last year the Misses Ella and Anna
Gibbs OF Greenville, twins, aged 10 years,
were frequent in their attendance upon
the skating rink. In the early spring the
young ladies gave evidence OF failing
health; consumption manifested itself;
two weeks ago Anna Gibbs died. and the
second day after Ella followed her.
A meeting of the stockholders of the Chi
cago, Kalamazoo & Saginaw railroad was
held at Kalamazoo recently, and accepted
the proposition made by prominent men,
bers Of the directory to build n road to
the Michigan & Ohio and possibly to the
Grand Trunk line. The directors were au-
thorized to contract for the construction
Of the road at once.
Three prisoners escaped from the Glare
county Jail the other day. AT last &C.
counts they had not been captured.
Orson Durham of MAYHEM, KS, while
his son Walter, living south OF Nashville.
Barry county, was stricken with paralys
and died Immediately. He was for many
years respected resident there.
william Burgess of Assyria. Barry coun-
ty is under arrest for the attempted muir.
der of Geo. Hook. his hired man.
Morris Howe. for almost 50 years resi-
dent of Coldwater, died in that city re-
Gently.
Lemuel r. Smith, resident of Elk
Rapids since 1882, is dead.
Arthur Carson, one of the Oldest resi-
dents of Sanilac county and at one time
owner of Carsonville, which he founded,
Is dead.
An important matter will come before
land at the next meeting. The Detroit,
Mackinac IL Marquette railroad company
have petitioned the board for n legal title
to between 5000 and 1000 acres OF swamp
land on Bots Blanc island, which 1t claims
is under the contract made with the state
In 1877 as an encouragement for the build
ing of the road. II the petition Is granted
the railroad company will then be in posi-
ton to push its claims for lands in Chip
pewa, Schoolcraft and Marquette counties,
amounting to something like 100000 acres.
By the contract with the state the com
pany claims IL was to receive all the
swamp lands In those counties granted to
the state in 1851 by the general govern
ment, but not yet patented, owing to de-
lays at Washington. Steps have at last
been taken by the state officers to secure
title TO the swamp lands and the company
is getting into shape to enforce the con-
tract.
Shower ofstones.