Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-08-12

Lake George. His son was putting the
gun toward him by the muzzle when IL
was discharged, the ball passing through
the boys arm and the fathers head, bu
ing him instantly.
A. w. Crout fell from the building OF
John Jones in Jackson the other day and
died the next morning. He leaves wife
and four children. His life was insured
Cor 81, 900 in the Royal Templars OF temper
snce only a short time ago.
Herman CAST, aged 81. was drowned in
The river at st. Joseph the other day,
while in swimming.
State trap-shooters will hold a tourna-
ment at Milford Aug. lib.
A 7-year-old son OF Andrew Herman at
the paper mill in Kalamazoo, was drowned
in the pond the other evening. The body
was recovered by drawing the water out
of the pond. His father found the boys
hat on the bank, which led 80 the discov-
cry of the drowning
VIM. A. Huxtable, Jr., aged q, son of a
pioneer farmer in Prairie Ronde township,
Kalamazoo county, hung himself in the
barn the other night No cause known
except temporary indisposition.
James Fairbanks and Simon Valentine
were caught in the act of burglarizing w.
II. Parish's saloon at Stanton. Fairbanks
is the person who attempted to murder
DR.. Lesser at Williamson few years
since, anu was serving u bWelNe ythIh
sentence when pardoned by Gov. Begole.
VIM. II. Tomlyn, a Fenton saloon keeper,
will pay $50 fine for selling liquor to a
minor.
VIM. Jones, a Lansing hackman, was
slashed in the abdomen with razor by
Ben Ford of Jackson, one of the emancipa-
ton day celebrators over bus fare. Ford
mas been arrested. Jones's wound is en-
ugly one, nearly eight inches long and sew
erlnQ the Outef abdominal muscles.
Frank, the eight-years-old son of Ed.
Wilton, while robbing bees nest near the
Lake Shore track was chased backwards
oy the bees, and falling on the track was
struck by the south-bound passenger train.
He died two hours later. No blame is at
tached to the Lake Shore men.
j. Allen Mitchell, colored lawyer of Bat
tie Creek, and graduate of the university
law department in 1854, is dead
Louis Lane, charged with the killing
OF Adds Brockway of Cascade, Kent
county, has been released on 81, 900 bail till
next term of court. Selfdefense will be
urged in his cBse.
Fire at Pardee, Cook a. Co.. saw-mill,
"ear Scottville, Mason county, destroyed
he mill, tramways, store and contents,
With %5lOOO feet of lumber and seven cars
lwned by the Flint a Pere Marquette
'allway. The foreman estimates the loss
IT over SS00O0 and thinks the insurance
sill not exceed $4,000. Tke origin of the
ire Is not known.
WilliamStockdale of Cadillac gets 90 days
in Ionia house of correction for cruelty
to the little step-son of his sister
VIM Isham, % years of age, and for
many years a resident of Aurelius, Ingham
county, arose at an early hour the other
morning and went to his barn and cut his
throat, nearly severing the carotid artery.
IL al md xualI N do cifi1an
and leaves a widow and five grown-up
children.
The eighth annual ehcampment of the
soldiers and sailors association of south
western Michigan begins at National park,
Kalamazoo, Tuesday Aug: II, lasting four
days. There will be reunions of various
former commands and regiments. The
great events to the public will be the sham
battle Wednesday afternoon; the annual
grand parade Thursday morning, and the
address by Gen. Stewart l.. Woodford of
New York, Thursday afternoon. The rail-
roads will carry people TO and from kala-
mazoo for half fare.
NJ. E. Hall, commander of the Michigan
Sons Of Veterans. has established head
quarters at Hillsdale and appointed the
following staff: Adjutant, Frank A Ken
yOn. Hi dale; quartermaster, Milo H.
Gunsenhausen, Hillsdale; judge advocate,
Horton b. Bryan, Charlotte; mastering
,ilicer, Fred A. Rogers, Reading; inspector
Charles Il. DAVIS, Grand Rapids. There
are now So camps in this division.
The largest iron mines in Michigan are
the Lake superior, with an output for the
season of l22, Oi2 gross tons; the Republic,
with ll6,:Ol tons; and the Chaplin, with
H3G13 tons. The first name has the largest
production Of any mine i'll the United
States.
Subscriptions have been raised in Fen
ton to purchase 10 acres of land adjoining
the Fenton Baptist seminary, which has
been donated for the purpose OF establish
ing permanent home for disabled Baptist
clergymen from Wisconsin, Illinois, Indi-
ana, Ohio and Michigan, thus adding one
more permanent institution for Fenton.
All Michigan railroads give half fare to
those desiring to attend the coming
saengerfest at Ann Arbor, Aug. 10, II and
Is.
The first national bank of Sault Ste.
Marie, into which is merged the banking
business of Mead q Fowle, commenced
business Aug. 2.
The father of A. G.. Brown, Jr., the
young man who absconded with the
jackson Fourth of July fund, has become
insane over his sons disgrace.
The board of prison inspectors held a
special session in jackson the other day
afternoon and passed a resolution to deed
two rods from the south end of the prison
to the city of Jackson for the purpose of
opening a street. The land is decided on
condition that the property owners in the
vicinity make corresponding convey
ance.
The mayor of Grand Rapids has issued
an order prohibiting the salvation army
from parading the street.