Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-07-08

Albert williams, chief OF the division OF
mining statistics, accepts the principalship
of the new Michigan school OF mining.
William Wright of Climax. Kalamazoo
county, was frightfully gored by a bull,
recently. He will die.
Oliver Quackenbush of Summit, Mason
county, has secured verdict of $500
against l.. G.. Bragg a. Co., nurserymen at
Grand Rapids, for delivering a variety of
fruit trees different from that Quacken-
bush had contracted for. The trees were
deliv cred four years ago. Quackenbush
refused to pay for them when he saw
what the fruit was, and the firm then sued.
The verdict in his favor is over and above
the price of the trees.
Louis Lane, charged with having struck
q man named Adds Brockaway at Cas-
cade with a stone, from the effects of
which the latter died, has been held for
manslaughter. Both men were intoxicat-
ed at the time and both threw missiles at
each other, as the dying statement or
| Brockaway elected.
The Furniture Workers Union of Grand
| Rapids, has gone out of existence.
A force of 80 men began work on the
| morning of June % excavating for the
| foundation of the new branch state prison
| at Marquette. The work on the founda-
| will take all summer.
Eugene Dorm, said to be from Detroit,
was run over by a Michigan Central train
| between Cassopolis and Vandalia, the 9th
er night, and killed. He was intoxicated
at the time.
Ottawa county has selected site for a
new poor house on the present poor farm.
| The building is TO be from a copy OF the
plans for the Allegan county house, the
| grounds will be well drained, and model
| building erected. There are 30 inmates or
the old house at present.
| Gen. Shakespeare has written history
| II IL. Inf hiatt a
| flag for Mrs Mary A. Livermore's forth
| coming book on her experience during the
| rebellion. OF the two battery flags of the
| old Second, one is in the capitol at Ian
| sing, and the other is in possession OF Gen.
VIM. Humphrey of Adrian.
The Pennsylvania gas and oil company
has commenced boring on the line between
Royal Oak and Warren, about eight miles
| from Detroit
| Superintendent of Instruction Nelson
has assigned teachers institutes as fol
lows, with conductors and instructors in
the order named July %: Cassopolis, X.
w. Putnam, G.. A. Usinga, w. II. Cheener;
r. G. Rankin, j. Esterbrook; Wayne-D.
Howell, j. A. Sinclair, j. w. Humphrey.
August 2: Coldwater-C. +. Bellows,
| Il. A. Barbour; Augusta-W. s. Perry, Il.
Barnes; Evart-S. w. Baker l. N. Mccall;
Frankfort-E. p. Church, G. I. Grawn.
August 0: Greenville-J. n. Demmon,O d.
| Thompson; Mason-D. Howell, II. b. Pat
tengil, Miss Jones.
Messrs. Robinson a. Lacey Of Grand
| Rapids, have just completed the entry of
| o., 900 acres of pine land in Calcasien and
Vernon parishes, Louisiana. This makes
| total of over 100000 acres entered by this
| firm in Louisiana and Mississippi since the
first of January. A number Of Michigan
and Wisconsin parties are now, in the
woods looking after valuable pine land In
Louisiana and Mississippi.
Patrick Ryan, an old resident of Car
rollton, Saginaw county, disappeared the
other evening" and his body was found
| floating in the river the next morning.
Six years ago he shot and killed young
murder and acquitted. He parted from
| his wife some years ago, and she lives in
| Detroit. He was so years old. 1t is sup
posed that he fell into the river while in
| toxicated.
Alma VIII aud $4,000 steam pu..,
house TO its system of Holly water
works. The pumping is now done by water
| power is powerless.
Two small children of William W alter of
| East Tawas, nearly died last week FROM il
| is supposed, eating currents picked from
| bushes upon which hellebore had II en-
sprinkled to kill insects.
Deeds of Lapeer county, dropped dead
| while at his desk the other evening. He
was on the streets in apparently perfect
health few moments previous. He was
High Priest OF the Lapeer Chapter and
much respected citizen. He was aged 80
years. He leaves widow and three chill
dren. The cause of his death was apoplexy.
Seth Holcomb, Is year old boy from
Wolcottville, Ind, pleaded guilty in the
! circuit court in Kalamazoo, for attempt
| ing to wreck Grand Rapids IL Indiana
| train. A motion was made to quash on
the ground of the unconstitutionality of
the law but the motion was denied. The
case goes to the supreme court