Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-02

% mink, wildcats, foX. 80 ducks, l OF
ter, 10 cartridges, bears and a large
number Of rabbits and small game His
deer hunting will soon begin.-heed City
Meas.
Wells, the Ypsilanti wife murderer, has
been found guilty and sentenced to hard
labor in Jackson for life.
DIR. Wier. the Oscoda hospital doctor
who is wanted in that place for the MUIR
der of Mabel Clark, one of his patients,
was captured in London, Ont, recently:
Two thousand dollars reward was offered
Canadian officials.
Gov. Swineford will reach Michigan from
Alaska early next month.
II the Addison Courier isn't mistaken,
and il probably is, Adam butcher, lO1 years
old, voted at the recent election.
The trial of Dan Hadley, who murdered
John Taylor at Eau Claire several months
ago, has been continued to the next term
of the Berrien county court, and there are
suspicious that the trial is to be put of
from time TO time until the witnesses are
scattered and conviction will be impossible.
The three Pecks-husband, wife and
daughter-arrested at Jersey on suspicion
of having murdered Nicholas Schumacher,
have been discharged, the evidence against
them being weak and unsatisfactory.
Oran Preston, conductor on the Chicago
killed on the 9th at Coloma He was I'M
coupling cars while making flying switch
and lost his balance, falling between the
cars. Three cars passed over his body.
His mangled remains were taken TO Ban
gor, where his parents reside. He was
about 81 years of age, resided at Buffalo
and leaves wife and two children.
Gen. Logan will deliver an address at
the dedication of the soldiers home De-
cember 30.
Geo. f. Day of Mason has been rendered
the position of law clerk under commits
sioner of patents Montgomery, at q salary
of $1,000 per year.
Geo. w. Lee, a farmer who lived near
Carson City, while unloading some bridge
timber from a wagon, was struck on the
head by a stick of the timber, crushing his
skull and killing him instantly. He leaves
a family.
The railroad consolidation board Of Ian,
sing has approved the consolidation of the
Port Huron railroad tunnel company and
the st. Clair frontier tunnel company OF
Canada, under the name of the st. Clair
Tunnel company.
Thomas Smith has been found guilty NIB
Boyne City of the murder of Niles Ander
son. The verdict was guilty of murder in
the first degree. The prisoner broke
down completely on hearing the verdict
He will he sentenced at the end of the
term
John % lyden and George O'Brien were
arrested near jackson the other day for
burglaries committed in Battle Creek
about Nov. Is. These men are members Of
a gang who have committed a number of
robberies throughout the southern part Of
the state. They claimed that they were
not connected with the Battle Creek bur-
glaries, but intimated that they know who
did it.
Henry D. Fisk of Springfield, Oakland
county, is under arrest for assault with in
tent TO kill Levi +. HOLSTER of Spring
field. HOLSTER hadojust been bound over
for trial in the Oakland circuit court on a
similar charge made by Herman Van
Staten. Van Staten was shot at the time
Of the ARRAY by Hollister, but is recover
'ug. Fisk and HOLSTER are both in jail.
Work on thu extension OF Chicago &
Northwestern railway from Iron River to
Watersmeet is going on rapidly. The ex-
tension, which is thirty-seven miles long
will be in running order by June OF next
year. AT Watersmeet the Chicago &
Northwestern railway comanv VIII con-
meet with the line of Milwaukee, Lake
s.:0re & Western railroad. The two roads
have entered into mutual traffic arrange
ment.
An exchange warns its readers TO be-
ware of the following swindle. A young
man is travelling about the country selling
watches on the installment plan. The
single payment of 81 on delivery is bait
that is swallowed easily, but before the
party is for any length of time in posses
sion confederate comes along, claims the
watch as stolen, proves his assertion by
giving the numbe. of the time-piece, and
takes 1t away.
DR.. Weir of Oscoda is now wanted 1000
worth by the authorities and people there,
that being the reward offered for his ar
rest.
Buckley e. Douglass of Manistee have
bought of Ruddock INITIAL & Co. their ex-
tensive lumber mills, their pine and farm
therefor Sj50,O0O cash. The purchasing
firm now hold, it is estimated, 275.000. 900
feet of standing pine. Ruddock, Nuttall
& Co. still retain large la nber yard and
other interests in Chicago with consider
able vessel property.
Fred Sommers, saloonist OF Sturgis, has
been sent 10 Jail for getting a l5-year-old
girl drunk. He had previously been fined
for selling liquor to boys.
Alex. G.. Brown. the young man charged
with stealing 81. 900 OF Jackson's fourth OF
July fund, has been discharged.
A scaffolding in the new cyclorama
building in progress OF erection in Detroit,
gave way the other morning, carrying
with IL distance OF 81 feet, the six men at
work thereon. Two OF the men were in
stantly killed, and the Others were serious
ly injured.
DR.. S. B. Wright, for over 90 years a
well known homeopathic physician OF
Wyandotte, is dead.
Frederick Hall, the Dundee mission
airy 81 who is under arrest for incest, has
been held for trial in 80 900 bonds