Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-09-02
MIcHIaAN-NEws CONDENSED.


The body Of James Miller. a German
citizen OF Carrollton, Saginaw county,
was found in the river at Saginaw, the
rtber morning
Or. Rollin c. Hodges, son OF c. C. Hodges,
of Detroit, and graduate OF the Detroit
medical college, lost his wife, twin sons,
and sister in law in the terrible storm at
lndianola, Tex.
Levi T. Griffin of Detroit has been APP
pointed Fletcher professor of law in the
university, vice Charles A Kent resigned.
Mrs. Minnie Alexander, respected lady
CT Hancock, suicided the other day.
Edward Hollenshead's adopted son, 10
years OLD, living GEAR Mount Morris, Gene
see county, while hitCbing horse tied
batter strap 20 his body and then to the
horses head. The animal ran away, and
t3e lad was dragged to his death
Mrs Augusta Hutchin. OF Lyons has
been promoted trou a clerkship to assist.
ant examiner in the patent office.
The village OF Lowell must pay Mrs.
Elizabeth Young $500 for injuries sus
taiuej bv falling on defective sidewalk.
A barn belonging to Frank Green, near
Bad Axe, was burned by lightning. The
building, with four horses, hay, grain and
farm machinery was consumed. Eesti-
mated loss, 81, 200; insurance, 500.
A young daughter of F. II. Miller OF
Ecorse, was playing with her brother near
brush fire, when her clothing caught
fire. She ran screaming to the house, but
before she reached it was so horribly
burned that she died in short time.
GA logging road is building on the east
branch of the Manistique river. The road
will extend from Seney to the river.
and tiled" and rails are being laid. The
lumber companies interested in the road,
annually float from 100 0O00 600 TO l25, OOO,
600 feet of logs down the Manistique.
An explosion of a thrasher engine took
place four miles north Of Vermontvile, re
Gently, instantly killing c; L: GarringeI
was blown to fragments. Garringer was
a young married man. barrow leaves a
large family in destitute circumstances.
Harry Wrigglesworth, living a short
distance south of Byron, went to the
stable to care for a vicious bull chained in
a stall. The animal became enraged, and
head was struck by one horn, his bowels
being torn out, death resulting In . shor,
time.
There will be competitive examination
of candidates for the West Point cadet
ship, to be filed from the ninth con
gressional district, at Big Rapids on Thurs
day, the 10Th day of September, at IL
o'clock. The applicant must be a per
manent resident of the district, sound
physically, of good moral character, be
tween the ages of II and %, and able to
pass the entrance examination to the mill
compete should forward application at ar
early day to Prof. s. w. Baker Big Rapids
Applications should be accompanied by
certificate of teacher under whom appli.
cant has studied, stating mental and mora
qualifications.
The Seventeenth Michigan Infantry
known as the "Stonewall' regiment, will
hold reunion at jackson September 10.
A woman giving her name as ston,
called at the residence OF Mrs; Diils In
drink. Shortly after she complained oil
being i'll, and Mrs. Dillsiwent for assist
ance. When she returned the stranger
was gone but she had left newborn
babe as an earnest of her gratitude. TIL,
woman has not been seen since.
VIM. Salisbury of Clare was shot on the
2lst, by one Dunn Of Kansas. The fellow
fec. and was directly pursued by officer
Mack, Austin and Smith, but was soon ap
| pretended and brought back. A stronl
| feeling for lynching him was manifested
among the people, but he was taken In
safety to Harrison.
Mrs. Annie Bodine, arrested on charg,
Of manslaughter at Bay City, has been re
The 22d Michigan volunteer infantry
will hold a reunion at Milford, Oakland
county, Sept. %.
Sheriff McBin Of Missaukee county, OF
| fers 500 reward for any information o.
the whereabouts, dead or alive, of Milar
s. Brass, who disappeared from Norwicl
township, June 10, supposed to have beer
| foully dealt with. Brass was feet o inche
in hight, weighed I30 pounds, and had
SADLY complexion.
An emigrant wagon passed through
Flint this week on the way to Tuscol
county which had come all the way from
| the northwestern corner OF Nebraska,
distance of LOO miles. It had been tw,
months on the road including rest OF
1 few DAYS. The wagon was drawn by tw,
horses, one of them a mare with littl,
colt born on the road.
Patrick Traverse of East Tawas arrive,
in Saginaw a few days ago with his fiv
motherless children, from 2 to IA years o
age, and gave them away TO whoeve
would take them, paying no attention Z,
character or fitness. II isn't recorded tina
the heartless wretch was taken care OF.
The house Of l.. ID. Squares In Benona
Oceana county, was destroyed by fire tn
other night. The family had just tim
enough 20 escape in their night clothes. /
Is supposed that the building was strucl
by lightning.
Louis, who was sent TO the Adrian reform
school, proved an undesirable inmate o
that institution, and was sent home
While waiting over night in jackson sh
attempted suicide, but was brought bac
again TO this vale of tears and trouble.
ID. A.. Blodgett now owns over 10000
acres Of southern yellow pine, which ha
cost him between $4,000 and S2O0OOl
The land will yield a billion feet Of lumber
The veneer mill at st. Ignace is turnin