Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-05-13

daughter. Mrs. Snedu mas been married Tour
times; one or two persons still among the
living have called her wife.
Quartermaster-Gen. Hart has engaged the
Reiss Military Band for the state encampment,
beginning at Island Lake, July 10. The camp
will be faced east this year instead OF south,
thus giving much larger drll ground The
Detroit, Northern a. Lansing company will
build an addition TO the warehouse and new
avenue 100 feet wide will extend through the
camp The camp will be laid out week after
next. Gen. Hart expects $500 militia men
this year.
Dennis NJ. Gayeau, deaf mute, formerly liv-
ing in Casevlle was run over and killed by
a train on the Lake Shore road near Cleveland,
Ohio, few days ago.
Chas. Ross, Port Huron hack driver, has
been sentenced to the Detroit house of correc
ton for ninety DAYS for maltreating his team.
James Jessop while operating a hay pres
on the farm of Marvin Hammond, in the towns
ship of Flint, allowed the three first fingers of
his left hand to be caught In the machine, and
the result was that the digits were literally
torn from their sockets and mangled in hor-
rible manner. The cords OF the fingers were
broken off above the elbow and drawn from
the arm by the terrible strain.
Owen l.. Allen, ex-postmaster at Vandalia,
has been convicted on two counts for en-
bezzling and OBTAINING letters and sentenced
to one year in the Detroit house of correction,
and fined Sl00 He has wife and one child.
Henry Schafer of Corunna has been convict
ed OF poisoning Robert Berry's well with Paris
green on the night of Feb. TO- The jury were
out several hours.
Axel G. Burman of Manistee, state master
workman OF the Knights OF labor, SAYS that he
is OF the opinion that strikes, boycotting and
arbitration are not going To settle the labor
question. They are only temporary means OF
relieving the difficulty. The real origin of the
trouble remains.
Grayling will have five logging roads In ac-
tive operation this summer, and 1t is estimated
that there will be cut and hauled to the Mus
kegon and Manistee rivers during the summer
o., 600 feet of pine There is in the i'm
mediate vicinity 1000, 100000 feet of pine, of
which Crawling is a natural center or head
quarters. The village Is on he railroad, mid
way between Bay City and Mackinaw City,
lying in the valley of the Au Sable river, and
is the county seat of Crawford county, with
fine prospects.
Mrs. Ellen B. Hicks and Mr.. o. &. Brooks
Of St. Louis, have been adiudged insane by
the court of probate, and have Teen taken To
the Northern insane asylum.
In March, 1855, John VI. Todd, Royal Oak
farm boy OF ~, became attached To Edith
Clark, a beautiful girl of II. On the 18th day
of that month John was hailed before Justice
Webster in Pontiac. In two hours time he
was married TO Edith and he was released but
they never lived together. Later on John was
complained of for falling 10 support Edith and
her child. John was three times convicted and
was vigorously defended; first by Warren
lraper of Detroit, then by J. W. Donovan o.
Detroit. The last counsel took the case TO the
supreme court on appeal and that court re-
leased Todd on the grounds that as minor be
was not the owner Of his time (Which his
father could legally claim and that forced
marriage is void unless il Is ratified and con-
sented to afterward The high connection of
the parties, their social standing and all Of the
surroundings have made the case one OF great
interest in Oakland county
The citizens of Coldwater have appointed
ward committees to arrange for the pleasure
of entertaining the editors of Michigan, June
| and q and the railroads will do their level
best on an excursion TO Niagara
The next meeting of the state firemens
association will he held in Grand Rapids the
first Wednesday in May 1887, and during the
coming year the officers will be as follows:
President. SD. Pond, Allegan; vice-presidents,
Henry Lemone, Grand Rapids: A. r. Smith,
st. Louis; John G.. Bohnett, Battle Creek:
secretary, W. H. Fuller, Pentwater; treasurer,
A. l.. Holmes, Grand Haven; statlstician, G..
V. r. Pond, Quincy; representative 10 the
national convention, Thomas O'Neil. Kala-
maZoo.
In January last Engineer Petheram was the
leader OF the Chicago AZ West Michigan rail
road gang which made a midnight raid on
Newaygo and blocked the canal with hay and
lumber. He has been convicted in the circuit
court at Newaygo, under the con spiracy law
for obstructing tho business and ntimdating
employees of the Newaygo manufacturing
company. A stay Of sentence for 20 days was
granted in order TO allow exceptions TO be
filed.
Hcny SchaiTer the wel-poisoner, Of Corun-
ma has been sentenced 10 10 years imprison-
ment in Jackson. lie tried TO prove an alibi.
II is stated that he will move for new trial,
hut without any prospect Of success, as the
evidence against him is very conclusive.
The supreme court has decided that the law
prohibiting the sale OF liquor within three
miles of any educational institute, Is I'M
constitutional.
A flying spark from the Michigan stave and
barrel company's factory caused the destruc-
ton of the Detroit, Lansing IL Northern ware
house at Portland. When discovered, single
ia OF water would have been sufficient to
xtinguish the blaze. The depot cannot BE-
reached with water from the pipes, owing 10
an insufficient quality of hose: consequently
but little could lie done towards saving the
building, which was destroyed. The freight
stored II the building was saved. Loss on
refeht depot $1,000; covered by insurance.
Ranney IL Co.'S lumber yard and the Michigan
stave and barrel company's mill narrowly os-
capped burning. At the next meeting the vii
lage council will probably lie asked to pur-
chase a steam fire engine. VIM Rozell had an
arm severely ahmed while pushing cars.
John Tompkns, pioneer OF Decatur. drop
pee. dead Of heart sease on the 9Th inst.