Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-04-19
WOLVERINE WHISPERINGS.


Jackson the other day, about sixty of its
veterans being present. They were wei
coined to the city by ex-Gov. Blair. Ma
Ives responded to the address Of welcome
and the remainder of the afternoon was
devoted to short talks by different mem
bers of the regiment. About O'Clock the
members were formed in line and marched
TO the residence of Gov. Blair, where they
paid their respects TO Mrs. Blair, with
whom they became well acquainted while
in that city, on entering service. Officers
were elected as follows: President. l.. H.
Hunt, Lowell; secretary, A. F. Hunter
Lowell first vice-pres dent A. G. Daley
Detroit; second vice-president, A. W.
Messenger; treasurer, A. &. Burnett,
Jackson; executive committee, j. II.
Bradford, Grand Rapids; Capt. Earl w
Avery, Lowell; Ransom Wolcott Free
port; orator, Mai. l.. Ii. Ives, Mason: his
torian and chaplain, l.. Church, Ithaca;
color bearer, Alex. NJ. Hale, Muskegon;
surgeon, DIR. NJ II. Raymond, Grass Lake.
In the evening the boys were given ban
quet at the First NJ. T. church, and after
supper some time was spent with toasts
and responses. The next reunion will be
held at LOWeu Aprll ~ lNS9
The greenback state central committee
met in Detroit recently, and decided to
call the state convention for May 10, at
Grand Rapids. Martha Strickland sue
ceeds Chas. $. hampton as secretary OF
the committee, the latter having trans
ferred his allegiance 10 the democracy.
Vassar had SO, 90 fire the other day,
when some of the best business blocks in
the place were destroyed.
NJ. J. Hurley, schoo! teacher. was kill.
ed by the cars at Sault ste. Marie the 9TH
er day
The supreme court has announced that
the writ of certiorari in the case of Sam
d. Clay, Kent county's prosecuting attor-
ney. was improvidently issued. The
court, therefore, will not interfere while
proceedings are pending by the governors
order in the matter of the inve >tigation
of the official conduct of Mr.. Clay.
verdict OF 81, 800 has been rendered in
favor of William Bowerman, administra-
tor OF tho estate OF his brother Peter, who
was killed by Chicago q Grand Trunk
train at Inlay City in December 1854.
The =. X. Hixsou mill at Cadillac was
completely destroyed by fire the other
night.
GThe other day as Mr.. Jumpos Matteson,
Branch county, was going through his
woods he found small box, which, upon
investigation. was found to contain $500
in notes stolen from Noah Shaw another
Mattesonite, last November. Mr.. Jump
promptly returned the property to the
owner.
A sheep breeders meeting is to he held
Grand Blanc April 20.
GA fund is being raised in Hillsdale coun-
ty to prosecute violators of the liquor
law.
The Canton, o., bridge company has
been awarded the contract for bridge
aero IS the Kalamazoo river at Kalama-
zoo, the price being S14, 100.
High license is wedding out many of the
saloons in Marquette.
George w. Alstne of the auditor gener-
ais office at Lansing, is travelling in Next
co, and hi; exact whereabouts are I'M
known During his absence one Of his
children has died, and the other members
of his family are very sick
The railroad crossing board has approved
OF the map of the Toledo, Saginaw &,
Mackinac railroad through Shiawassee
county, with the crossing of the Chicago
a. Grand Trunk; Detroit, Grand Haven &
Milwaukee, and Toledo, Ann Arbor q
North Michigan railway at Durand. An
inter ocking switch and signal system was
ordered at the expense of the new board.
james Parsons, Mrs. Yankee and little
hoy were killed by lightning near Center
vile the other day
George Schwartz, the defaulting treas
urer of Crystal Falls, was arrested in Mil
waukee the other day. He was found un-
der the assumed name of Howard, living
with young woman who accompanied
him in his flight. Schwartz admits that
he made away with $1,000 or 81 COO of pub
lie money He is about % years of age.
David Frank a well-to do farmer of Read
ing, started to walk out of town the other
afternoon on the Fort Wayne a Jackson
railroad. He was slightly deaf and did moi
hear a passenger train that was bearing
down upon him. He was killed.
H. N. Fitch has been confirmed as re-
ceiver of public moneys at Grayling.
John Cook, who broke into and robbed
the postofiice in Minneapolis, Mimi, in
1856, was arrested in Detroit a few days
ago.
THE state central committee of colore 4
people have decided to hold convention
in Jackson April "a. The object OF this
convention is to concentrate power oil
colored people and TO secure more recog.
milton from the republican party than
they feel has been accorded them in past
years
A man nasssd Rogers, convicted of at
tempted murder of Seneca Coolridge oil
Ionia, has been refused pardon by Gov
Luce and pardon board. There Is an effort
on foot to reopen the case on the ground
that he is not guilty of the crime at all.
b. t. Cooley, living near Cold water, los
his barns and their contents, including
four valuable horses, by fire the other day