Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-10-21
MICHIGAN NEWS CONDENSED.


Jerome Provost, Genesee county
farmer, was thrown from his wagon and
veceived injuries from which he died.
Henry Elliott of Lansing, who recently
served 80 days in the Ionia prison for
cruelty to his wife, is again in Jail this
time charged with criminally assaulting
two little children.
John Tarn, well known in Detroit, died
recently in Paris, France. Mr. Tarn had
lived in Paris for several years and had
been in ill-health for many months. His
widow is a daughter of the late Judge
Bennett OF Jackson.
William Miller, a driver for the River
side Truck Co., Detroit, was fearfully
crushed while unloading some hogsheads
of tobacco, one of them rolling over por-
ton Of his body.
Cheboygan bankers for dry dock.
Two loafers have been working the farm
ers of Osceola county by representing
themselves as the advance guard of n SUR
veying party connected with the Toledo
q Ann Arbor railroad. The tramps
managed TO live on the fat of the land
until the farmers dropped upon their game.
Dan Strohn, aged so years, a much es-
eemed citizen OF Cheboygan, who broke
eg recently has since died from the effects.
lie leaves grown up children, all well-to-
10.
Thomas Barber, an old resident of Sara
lac, is dead His oldest son was over 90
Years old his eldest grandson is over 30
rears, while his eldest great-grandson is
10 years old Altogether his family num-
Ders over 40 persons.
Arson Rowley, highly respected citi-
zen of Romeo, died recently of dropsy of
the heart, aged 50. He went there from
Rochester, n. Y, in 1927, and purchased a
farm, cleared it up, and lived and died on
IL. He leaves a wife and six children.
The I. A. A g. n. NJ. r. r. are prepar-
ing to build new depot at Alma, and
that town will undoubtedly get the ma
chine shops of the road-a good location
having been already selected.
The Presbyterian synod of Michigan at
its recent session in Grand Rapids adopt
ed a resolution recommending the estab-
lishment of a Presbyterian college in
Michigan.
Locke township, Ingham county, is
wildly excited over the discovery of the
skeleton of a man, by farmer named
George Palmer, while excavating for a
cellar.
Oil in r. G.. Peterss new salt we'll at
Manistee, is flowing at the rate of 10 bar
rels an hour. There is much excitement
among the oil men.
An order for supplies recently sent out
by Marquette firm over the Western
Union line made go words and at night
rates cost SIG 80.
John Striker Of Paris Montcalm county,
was killed by logging train the other
day.
A rich vein of Bessemer ore has been
discovered near Goose Lake on the Iron
Cliffs property.
Iobu b. Griswold whose grandfather
and eight uncles were soldiers in the revo-
lutionary war, is dead at Cheasaning,
aged 70.
In the case Of Nichols, Shepard q Co. VS..
Marsh K La Fever, all of Battle Greek,
growing out of the neglect OF the secre.
tary of the interior to formally append
his name to a patent. the defendants have
obtained an allowance of an appeal and
issue Of writs Of error from the United
States supreme court to the supreme
court of Michigan. Marsh & La Fever in
vented steam engine reverse gear, which
through the secretary's omission, was not
legally patented, and Nichols q Shepard
appropriated 1T.
Daniel Hadley, the murderer of Douglass
Taylor of Eau Claire, was captured near
Grand Rapids the other night by officers
railroad track. He made no resistance,
and was jailed for return to Berrien
county
Estella. Gratiot county, is agitated over
the prospect of securing the Chicago,
Kalamazoo q Saginaw railroad. The
track has been graded through there for a
number OF years. The crossing of the L.
A. A. & N. NJ. railroad will probably be
made at Banister and that town booms
like beacon light.
At public meeting in Muskegon the
other night it was decided to pledge $50
900, the right OF way from Greenvile and
terminal facilities to the Toledo, Saginaw
4 Muskegou railroad, and the officers OF
the company announced that the road
would be finished by January |, ISIS.
Dispatches from all over the state men.
ton the prevalence OF an unprecedented
gale on the 18th inst. and the doing of
much damage to trees, roofs, chimneys,
etc The roof of the chapel of Adrian
college was blown off, and the walls blown
down, causing loss OF several thousand
dollars. The dome of the normal observa-
tory at Ypsilanti was blown and the tele-
scope injured.
Detectives Abels, of Lansing, and New
ton of Jackson, have arrested "Doc' and
West Bentley, brothers, Charles Cannon
and William Nagle, for the burglary of the
Detroit, Lansing & Northern freight office
few days ago. The same gang burglariz-
ed Benefits secondhand store in Lansing
recently and also robbed Grant Carr's
general store at Meridian, of $500 worth of
goods. The proceeds of all three raids
were recovered. The Bently boys recently
served 30 days at Ionia for burglarizing
the house of the Grand River boat club.
Jackson now rejoices in district fire
alarm system.
DR.. o. @. Joslin, one of the oldest practic-
ing physicians in Clinton county, died at
his residence in st. Johns on the 18th.
Jonathan King of Spring Arbor, COM
mitted suicide recently by shooting him
self. He had been Respondent from the
effects of stroke of paralysis he suffered
some time ago.
Daniel McTagget OF st. Johns, whv was
arrested and imprisoned in the latter part
of July last for ill-treating and resisting
an officer, has been sentenced by Judge
Smith to sixty days in the Clinton county
jail.
The first train arrived in Alpena at o
O'Clock Monday night. IL was greeted by
several hundred citizens and a band OF
music. The track Is laid TO Washington
avenue, where the depot is situated.
Ed Ziegler, while returning home one
night recently, was shot at three times when
on lonely part of the road, two and one
half miles west of Bellevue. One shot went
through the crown of his hat and other
took effect in his left fore arm. No clue
to the assailant.