Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-10-07
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MICHIGAN NEWS CONDENSED.
A trio of Jackson convicts had their
plans all laid to escape. After letting them
dig a tunnel about IA feet, the warden
locked two of the convicts in their cells
and compelled the other one to fill up the
hole.
James NJ. Turner of Lansing has recently
sold $270, 900 worth Of land in the Gogebic
vegion.
DIR. Henry Isler of Calumet, celebrated
his s0th birthday Sept. 25. DIR. Isler was
born in Switzerland and lived in that
country until he had attained middle age.
He was well acquainted with Lafayette,
Louis Philippe, king of the French and
Leopold king of the Belgians, Louis
Napoleon and others of the nobility OF
ancient days. Twice DR.. Isler fell into the
water and was taken out drowned" he
was prisoner of war in his early man.
hood; once bullet lodged in small book
not a decentralization was over his
heart; and once he fell on steamer and
was picked up as dead. Notwithstanding
all these experiences the genial doctor has
outlived many of his patients, and was
accorded a happy celebration.
There are 1900 Chautauqua circles in
Michigan.
The New York mine at Ishpeming which
has been closed for three years, will re-
sumo work in a short time. The late 8.
j. Tilden was chief owner of the mine, and
his executors are arranging to start up.
William Grove, aged 81 years, a brake
man in the employ of the Detroit & Mil
waukee railroad company was struck by
the Congress street bridge in Detroit and
Knocked between two cars. He was
instantly killed His body was dragged a
mangled. His head was completely
severed, and his left leg and arm were
nearly detached from the body, hanging
only by few shreds of flesh and muscle.
Michigan has built n miles of railroad
this year.
Thus far during the season the sh ipments
of iron ore from the upper peninsula have
been: st. Ignace, 50,S65 tons; Escanaba,
1907, S91 tons; Marquette, 657,5ol tons.
There's a white chipmunk on exhibition
at Big Rapids-said to be the first ever
known. 1t was caught alive near East
Jordan.
Adrian college has grand total of 1885,
400 worth OF property, and ITS current in
come last year was one-fifth moro than
the year before.
The gate receipts at the Jackson prison
during state fair week amounted to 81, 1S5.
Michigan is among the possibilities within
year, as $4,000 has already been pledg-
ed for it.
Ferdinand Schumacher, a German of
Sherman township, st. Joseph county,
went to Sturgis the other day with a one
horse load Of potatoes, which he sold. he
got pretty full of beer, put two kegs in
his wagon and started home to celebrate
his birthday, the next day. when he would
be 50 years old. His horse ran away, the
wagon struck tree and he. was thrown
out on his head. He was taken home and
in few hours died from paralysis, caused
by injury to his spine.
The prospects for the early completion
OF the branch of the Toledo q Ann Arbor
railroad from Saginaw to Muskegon via
Greenville are bright A large and en-
thusiastic meeting in aid of the project
was held at Carson City a few days ago,
and the committee reported that the
amount required, as well as the right of
way between Ashley on the Toledo az Ann
Arbor railroad and Cedar Springs on the
scribed. This line, when completed, will
open up some of the best farming and
timber lands of Gratiot, Montcalm, Kent
and Muskegon counties.
Rev. H. M. Joy, one of the most
prominent Methodist divines in this state,
was thrown from a carriage at Green
castle, Ind, on the 3Oth inst. and died the
next day from injuries received. He was
transferred from Michigan to Indiana at
the last conference and preached his first
sermon to his new charge Sunday the Goth
nit; He has served as pastor at Niles
presiding elder of Grand Rapids district.
The remains were inferred at Grand
Rapids.
Burglars entered the store of B. +. Harris
of Caro-, and blew open the safe. They
secured $50 belonging to Harris, and 500
of the fair money, which had been placed
there for safe keeping.
W. A. Simpson of Jersey, has been en-
gagged as superintendent for A. A. Bigelow
Il Co., lumbermen of Muskegon, and will
go to Wisconsin, where the company has
q 400, 900 tract of pine. They propose
to build a logging road from their timber
to Washburn, where large saw-mill will
be erected.
Several weeks ago Mrs. Fromholz, wife
of barber at Calumet, ran away from
her husband and located at Ashland, Wis.
The husband and his two sons went in
pursuit of the woman, but she would not
pondent, threw himself from the cars and
was killed.
Rain has ruined the celery crop at Kala-
mazoo.
Senator T. w. Palmer has brought suit
Detroit, Grand Haven az Milwaukee rail
road TO recover damages for thu killing of
a 81 500 mare, which he claims was killed
in Bloomfield township, Oakland county,
because the company did not keep the
gate closed at the farm crossing and so al
lowed the animal to get on the track.
Daniel Hayes of Chicago, a new brake
man on the new Muskegon, Grand Rapids
a. Indiana railroad, fell off the supply
train FIVE miles from Muskegon the other
morning. The train passed over him,
crushing one leg and arm. His leg and
arm were amputated but he did not sur.
vive the operation. He was a single man
80 years old. His relatives live in Chicago.
Snow fell all day at Marquette on the
goth ult and the temperature was at a
freezing point.
The state railroad crossing board has
ended hot contest between the Michigan
Central and the Flint & Pere Marquette
railroads over the proposed crossing of
the formers track at Saginaw by a spur
of the latter, by deciding that the crossing
shall be made grade, the Flint Il Pere
Marquette TO pay for putting in the inter-
locking switch and the roads to share
jointly the expense of operating and main
tanning IL.
Charles Conklin, a notorious criminal
confined In the Grand Rapids jail, escaped
the other morning. Conklin left note
! for the sheriff, complimenting him upon
his watchfulness but saying, my pals are