Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-10-28


OF one of its parents trying TO give it q
drink. The child is plainly better Off.
The first train TO arrive at Alpena reach
ed that place Oct II and was greeted by
several hundred citizens, band of music,
aud general illumination.
Oseo,. Hillsdale county, hasn't had
saloon in eight years.
VIM. Sheldon, the man arrested at De-
troit and who was wanted at Jackson for
the larceny of $50 worth of material from
the boarding house of Mrs. Denman, on
Liberty street, has been sentenced by
Judge Joslyn TO five years at hard labor at
Jackson. Sheriff Walsh offered reward
OF 80 for his arrest, and the Detroit au.
thorities will secure the same.
Two Bay City gentlemen went to a
spiritualistic seance the other night and
agreed to pay 81 IL they could converse
with a departed friend whom they could
recognize. One called for the spirit OF his
sister Nellie, and 1t came and spoke to
him. The other called for his Uncle John,
speak TO him In the darkened room. But
the strangest part OF the whole business is,
that No. 1never had sister. and No. 2's
uncle John is not dead. They enjoyed tho
seance hugely.
The Chippewa county supervisors have
decided that their Jail Is neither secure
nor healthy, and the six stone cells In the
new Jail will be taken down and rebuilt.
The county poorhouse has been condemn
ed as too filthy for human habitation.
Sanford Hadden, charged with the muir.
der of his father near Byron on the 18th
inst, has been bound over for trial at the
next term of the circuit court.
Michael Houran was killed at Pickard's
camp on the Tobacco river, near Mt.
Pleasant, by load of logs falling on him.
He was driving horse attached to car
on the tram road. The break would not
work, aud being on the down grade he was
unable to control the car, and when IL
reached the bumper at the banking ground
he was thrown to the earth and the chain
parting precipitated the entire load of
logs on him. He lived about five hours.
The hoard of supervisors Of Kent county
have appointed committee to thoroughly
investigate the recent escape of Conklin
from the county Jail.
VIM. II. Cobleigh, living in Spaulding
township, and resident OF Saginaw
county for thirty years past, was killed by
He was dead when found several hours
after, but the ground was torn up all
around him. showing that he had made a
desperate effort to extricate himself.
Robert Coffrein. farmer of Elk town
ship, Sanilac county. is in trouble on a
charge OF trying to cheat the government.
He heard that soldier of his name WAS
presented claim for back pay, claiming
that the soldier was his son. when It Is
aid he has no son and had always lived in
Livingston county up to the close Of the
war.
An improved condition OF the copper
market is noticed at Houghton. Several
mines now idle will start up this winter
should the rise in lake copper prove perma-
nent.
The Republic reduction works, for the
separation of marketable ore from the
Republic refuse pile. is now in operation,
and gives employment TO rs men and boys
to begin with. IL is hoped to get out 40 to
80 per cent of marketable ore, hut even 25
per cent will pay. The reduction company
IL TO pay the Repub'i c company 30 cents q
ton for the ore soon after treatment.
The new railroad between Muskegon and
Grand Rapids has gap Of less than 10
miles to fill, having eros, ed the D., q. Il
NJ track mile north OF Berlin, the other
night, at a cost of 100 for the crossing.
This leave clear sal ing TO Ravenna, to
which point the line ha been butt from
the other end. II is expected the road
will lie ready for operation by the latter
part Of next month or earlier.
The Michigan grand lodge of good tenn
plars in session IN Mu' kegon have elected
the following officers Rev. John Russell,
grand chief templar: Caleb 8. Pitkin,
grand chancellor; Mrs. j. M. McElwain,
vice -templar; John Evans. Grand Secrs-
tary; p, ]. Council, grand treasurer.
Mrs. Brass and James Craft. have plead
ed guilty to the murder of Milo Bras in
June last, and sentenced to Jackson for
life.
c. p Avery has had about 100 acres of
fancy varieties OF peas around Traverse
City thi, year His plan Is TO furnish
farmers with seed peas and contract to
take all the crop. He has a large ware
bOuse In Traverse City and O number of
people are engaged in hand picking. Mr..
Avery expects to handle 70OO bushels this
year, all OF which is already contracted
for.
Mrs. Louis Roulliard, who was shot by
Joseph King at Negaunee some time ago,
Is believed to be out of danger, and King
will therefore be tried for less serious
charge than murder.
Louis Lanigan a young man, attempted
10 board a fast freight train at Jackson
last night, but missed his hold and fell I'M
der the cars. He was instantly killed and
horribly mangled.
Port Huron's electric railway Is In sue
cessful operation.
ers of Ypsilanti, is dead. He was % years
old and settled there In 1880. He has been
feeble for some time and was finally car
ried away by an attack Of typhoid fever.
Ex.-Gov. Begole has accepted the demo
cratic nominee as Senator from the 18th
district.
There seems to be great increase in in-
temperance among the Pottowattomie
Indians on the reservation near Athens.
Calhoun county. The old men are sober
as a rule. but the young ones manage to
get and to use liquor.
number of medical students at the
university have been expelled for rushing.
Eugene M. Converse, prominent young
lawyer of Battle Creek, has fed to Canada
with $1,000 of money belonging to eastern
parties, which he had collected on
mortgages. He has wife and two young
children. II is now asserted that he was
guilty of similar breaches of trust on
smaller scale, which have been hushed up
building four iron towers to take the place
OF the stone towers supporting the Sus-
pension bridge at Niagara Falls. They
will be constructed around the stone
towers, the cables placed in temporary
sings. the stone work removed and the
ward by putting in the necessary lateral
struts and sway-rods. Altogether 1t is
colossal undertaking. Traffic ever tho
bridge viii not be interrupted
Sibley & Bearinger of East Saginaw,
have bought 1900 acres of pine land in
Presque Isle and Cheboygan counties from
the Avery heirs Of Detroit, paying $685.
800 cash therefor. The tract win cut 100,
100000 feet. Sibley & Bearinger have also
purchased Is 0U,0J0 on the north shore OF
Lake Superior and 100000 feet on the
Au Ores.
Twenty persons have been drowned in
the Saginaw river since April 1.
Five Men Killed.
A construction train on the Nebraska &
Colorado division of the Burlington &
Missouri river railroad was thrown from