Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-07-15
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

Judge Severns or the United states
court, has just promulgated q righteous
order, TO the effect that hereafter the
printing In all admiralty cases shall be
given to the paper chosen by the proctor.
Heretofore one paper at Grand RAPIDS
had the monopoly. Judge Severns directs
that all notices for the northern district
shall be printed In n Marquette paper.
while those for the southern district 60 to
Grand Rapids.
Mrs. William Hickey Of Detroit, was
smothered e. death In the fire which de-
stroyed her home few days ago.
Among the last batch Of veto messages
sent 20 the House of Representatives is
for Francis Deming OF Oscoda, offered by
Representative Fisher. Four of Mr.. Fish
er's bills were approved. This one ap
propriated $72 month, as Deming Is blind
in both eyes. His application was indors
ed nunerously by old soldiers and other
citizens of Michigan
Su I has been commenced at East Sagi-
nav by Peter Deveaux, administrator OF
the tate of Joseph St. Mary, against
Fred W. Carlisle, administrator of the
estate Of Albert NJ. Root, for $1,000. st.
Mary was run down by the steamer Burt
on the river last month and drowned, II Is
claimed, through the negligence OF the Of
fcers and crew on the Burt.
George W Chatterdon, a farmer living
near Grand Rapids was shot and Instantly
killed 10y his wife. Divorce proceedings had
been pending for some time. The woman
has been arrested.
George Kennard has been arrested for
bnrning bridge near Caro- some time ago.
Eli Chamberlain Of St. Igna"e, has re
signed from the locating board for the
new state prison In the upper peninsula
and Chas. Il. Hall Of lshpeming, Is appoint
ed in the place.
Newaygo had a $4,000 fire on the 9th inst.
Col. Grant has written to Grant post G..
A K. of Bay City rendering thanks for
| floral tribute sent TO Gen. Grants tomb on
Memorial day.
The Boyd seminary at Monroe has been
purcl ed by the Catholic church, and will
be converted into preparatory college.
Nelson TublJs, a well-known lumbermap
OF Mecosta county, dropped dead at Turn
bulls Crossing, recently, OF heart disease.
A man answering the name OF p. F.
Jones was arrested at Ann Arbor the other
/ d lay by Sheriff Welsh, TO await intelligence
| from New Mexico, where ii Is believed he
! Is wanted for murder.
The second regiment, company G, Ionia
| light guards, has elected Lieut.. Stewart
Buchanan captain to succeed r. W. Chez
ter, recently elected major. Frank Sey-
mour was elected first lieutenant In place
Of Buchanan.
David Lynch of North Shade, Gratiot
county, through gross carelessness last
Monday cut of the leg of one Of his small
children with moving machine.
AT the Fourth OF July celebration in
Standish q crowd of intoxicated men and
an Indian named Washtahetah of East
Saginaw got into quarrel because the
latter refused TO treat The men attacked
| the Indian with clubs and pounded him so
badly that he died the next morning. A
man named Joe Newcomb instigated the
attack and officers are now trying TO find
him. Some OF the others are already
under arrest.
Prosecuting Attorney Blair Of Jackson
says the bloody shirt found On the Hutch
ins farm and supposed to have some con-
nection with the Crouch tragedy cannot
be examined for several weeks, owing to
the absence from Ann Arbor of DR..
Stow ell.
Sunday last Charles Bailey of Leroy
| township, aged IL, was drowned while
bathing in a lake near Tustin. Two years
ago his father was found dead In his bed,
and last winter his only brother was killed
on railway. The mother and two sisters
are all now left Of the family.
In October last, VIM. Cousins, colored,
shot Cicero Scott, also colored, at the door
of the SECOND Baptist church In Kalama-
zoo. Cousins has just been senteneed tO
ten years in ionia-
Several cases OF smallpox are reported
from Chippewa county.
Not long snce the Phoenix furniture
company of Grand Rapids, was awarded
a contract for furnishing $4,000 worth OF
furniture for the government building,
and the Robert Michael furniture company
| OF Cincinnati, kicked because IL had been
beaten In the contest. Government in
spectors have gone over the matter care
| fully and not only decided that the Phoenix
company was entitled to the contract and
its wares are fully up to the specifications,
| hat A1
bought from the firm.
The ice houses in Ann Arbor belonging
to A. +. Hungsterfer, we're destroyed by
fire few days ago. The fire Is supposed
to have started by a spark from locomo-
tive on the Michigan Central railroad,
which runs within a few rods of the build
ings.
There has been no rain In Mason county
for three months.
Cd petition, signed by 300 citizens of
Grand Traverse county, urging the pas
sage OF a bill prohibiting aliens from ac-
curing lands In the United States.
Howell is talking up a village improv-
ment society. The object Is to Improve
boulevard thereto; remove the rubbish
parties.
The state fair committee at Jackson has
liked the location of the buildings to be
erected, and instructed Col. James ID.
CLARK and j. G. Sharp TO begin work on the
buildings at once.
During. the Fourth Of July celebration IN
Otsego; Nun Sweetland was killed hy the
explosion OF dynamite cartridge which
Ind been placed under tin can. A piece
o. the cHn struck HIM In the neck aud its
sharp edge literally cut MS throat