Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-18


business associate.
While Mr. and Mrs. Burke of Au Sable,
were away from home the other night
some scamp burned their house.
Fred Calkins Of Glare, who reported
several months ago that DR. Lansing had
hired him 10 murder DR.. Todd, has been
arrested at Lsnsiny's instance, charged
with perjury. Tne case against DR.. Ian
sing is still In the courts.
The Waldronubank of Hillsdale, which
suffered heavy loss through Waldron's de.
falcation, has quit business.
Joseph Hodgson, student at the Hough-
ton mining school, while engaged III practi-
cal work ut the Huron mine fell from the
staging on which he was standing. His
first fall was % feet. then TAX ng freSI
start h. rolled 10 feet more, bot in all the
racket be suffered only few bruises.
Safe blowers realized SO from the post
office at Acme, Grand TraVerse county, the
other night.
The U. S. electric lighting company has
secured the lob 10 illuminate the Marquette
state prison
The late Don. &. auckland OF Pontiac,
loft an estate of about OO,OOO, which Is
divided IN nearly equal shares between his
widow and his daughter, Mrs. jacob Selig-
man Of East Saginaw,
The Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michi-
gan road has secured a lease OF tho Durand
road, giving it an air line straight into the
Saginaws.
The Andre block in East Saginaw was
destroyed by lire the other morning at a
loss of $1,000.
Gustave Warner. aged II, fireman at
Leitel Bros IN chine works in Grand
Rapids, was instantly xii cd the other
morning by the explosion of boiler. He
started fire at an unusually early hour.
long before other workman appeared, and
the accident occurred at q o'clock, an hour
before the time for beginning work.
A horse belonging TO Frank Tyler of Bay
City, aud valued at loo, ran away the
other afternoon and plunged pole into his
heart, dying instantly.
The business portion of Lakeside, three
miles from Muskegon, was destroyed BY
fire on the Sth inst. Loss, $1,000
Martha Strickland Of Detroit, argued o
divorce case in the supreme court the other
day. II is believed 10 be the first time
woman attorney has ever made an argu-
ment in the Michigan supreme court.
At the grand encampment of Michigan
Odd Fellows, held in Grand Rapids on the
10th inst, the following grand officers were
elected Patriarch, James NJ. Crosby,
jackson; priest, A ID. CTookshank, Char
levoix: senior warder, James Dean, De
troit; Junior, William w. Owen, Muske-
gon; secretary, f. II. Whitney, Lansing;
treasurer II. Soule, Ann Ar0or; marshal,
Il. K. Root, Plainwell. The next encamp-
ment will be held at Detroit. In the patri
arch prize drill, Detroit Canton captured
the first prize, St. Johns second, Nuskegon
third. Detroit secured prize for coming
the longest distance, Fremont for being the
most numerous. Maj. A, II. BOyce OF Hud-
son, first for sword drill; A. II. Antrim, st.
Johns, second; VIM. Ehrle, Coidwater,
third.
The rails are all laid on tho extension Of
the Toledo, Ann Arbor X Northern Michi
gan road as far west as Clam river.
Peter Sharples, son Of farmer of Ada
township. Kent county, was out hunting
and while standing with his hand resting
over the muzzle of his gun, his dog jumped
against the lock in such way as to dis
charge it, The charge went through his
hand maugling it so that amputation was
necessary.
Miss Lizzie Rickling Of Grand Rapids,
took an overdose of morphine the other
morning. The drug WAS prescribed by her
physician and through III understanding
of his instructions she took too much of it.
Her mistake was not discovered for three
hours after she had taken the poison-t o
late 70 ad minister antidotes-and the doctors
could not rouse her, although three of them
were in attendance.
Ninety members Of the Second Michigan
infantry held reunion in Kalamazoo on
the 10th inst.
After long and persistent but futile efforts
10 recover the several hundred dollars
worth of tools at the bottom Of the Cold
wa err gas well, the project has been aban
doned 80 far as gas is concerned, but Z 100
has been raised 70 case the hole and plug il
Just below where vein Of mineral water
was ruck in boring Experts ave pro
nOunced this wator greatly superior 10 any
\
probably be built 10 utilize il. The well
| cost about 5 1000, and So, 900 has been raised
toward boring another one as natural gas
is certain 10 be secured at reasonable
depth, Judging by all indications.
Homer W. Nash OF Grand Rapids, who is
! bank examiner for the state of Michigan,
has sent his resignation to the treasury de
partment. He resigns 20 become cashier of
| the fourth national bank.
The annual reunion of Company b. Forty.
| fourth Illino infantry, was held in Cold
water on the 10th inst. This company was
recruited there by Capt w. w. Barret in
| 81, Officers for the ensuing year are
| President, VIM. A. Miller, Flint; secretary,
Benz. f. Rolph, Tekonsha; treasurer, L. S.
| Daniels, Coldwater; executive committee,
VIM. Joles, Dan Declute, John Rubendorf,
| COldwater.
Madison Graves, well known throughout
southern Michigan, died at his home in
Palmyra, Lanawee county, the other night
Fosters elevator at the little burg OF
Fostoria is taking about 1900 bushels OF
grain day.
A Jackson man offers TO build factory
that will employ 600 girls, If somebody will
put up a boarding house where the girls
| can live.
The annual reunion of the 25th Michigan
| infantry occurs at Jackson.
Friends of Eugene M. Converse, the
| Battle Greek lawyer serving time in Jack
| son on a charge Of emoeZzlement, are try.
| ing TO get pardon for him.
Harvey Mcdonald, farmer of Wheat
field, Ingham county allowed stranger
to ride unto the country with him. During
the ride tho stranger ckloroformsd and
| robbed him.
Paul Martin of Midland, union labor can
| didate for lieutenant governor, has beer
| expelled from the Midland union labor
club because no happened to support ono
man with his paper who isn't member of
the union labor party.
Business men of East Saginaw protest
| against the increased insurance rate.
which are being charged Tn em.
Two sons of Mr. Broadhoad, residing