Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-19
The enormou, flour train from Mime

The enormous flour train from Mime
apolis, consisting OF 1917 cars, crossed the
new bridge at the Sau,t on the 9th inst,
and is the first train to perform the feat.
Hastings has raised Sl5, COZ bonus for the
Lowell and Hastings road
Carpenters and joiners OF the two Sagi-
naws are on a strike, They demand nine
hours a day, and pay for 10 hours work.
The capital stock of Benton Harbor's
new railroad is $4,000.
Mrs, Sophia Mosher, aged 81, died in
Jackson few days ago. She settled in
Jackson county in 1885
Ed. Barry was accidentally killed while
hunting near Barryville, Barry county.
Mrs. Geo. Quigley, residing three miles
east of Stanwood, Mecosta county, while
returning home from church the other
evening in company with her husband,
was run into by a sleigh load of people.
| She was struck and instantly killed, the
tongue of the sleigh breaking her back.
Her husband escaped without injury. De
ceased was an old resident of the county,
the mother of twelve children and highly
esteemed by all who knew her.
Allen Wood of Tekonsha. aged 80 years,
loaded an old shotgun, placed tn. muzzle
against his chest, touched the trigger with
his foot and blew his heart to shreds He
had been suffering from an incurable dis
ease for many years.
About 20 teachers of Grand Rapids pub
lie schools accommodated an encyclopedia
| agent by writing their names and ad
| dresses in his book so that he might call
upon them and discuss his volumes. An.
other man came along later to collect so
subscription fror each. They refuse TO
pay. He says he will sue them
Thomas Wilson lost three horses and a
load of camp supplies while crossing the
ice from ST. Ignace to Cheneaux island
Will Zorn, assistant postmaster at Che
boygan, is charged with appropriating
money from the mails.
IL is proposed to rebuild the roller flour.
ing mills recently burned at Vermontville
over 100000 pounds of copper were
shipped from the Michigan copper district
during December
Samuel Frantz OF Sunfeld, aged Is and
| somewhat demented is wandering the
state at large. Any information regard
ing him viii. be gladly received by Chris
tian France, at Sunfeid.
jackson wants Co entertain the south
eastern grand army encampment this
year, and has raised $500 for that purpose.
The scandinavian labor club OF Menom.
inee has adopted resolutions supporting
Hon. BARLEY B-een of that place for con
gress.
The Pine Lake district shipped -, go, OOD
shingles last year.
Ninety new buildings were erected in
! Grayling last year.
w. ID. Marks, superintendent Of the
Michigan state fish hatchery at Paris,
Mecosta county, says: 1--WE have now in
the house 2,O0OOV0 brook trout eggs, which
will be ready to place in the streams by
the first of March. All Having brook trout
streams in Michigan must get in their
orders at once TO secure a supply.
About two months ago the state board
OF education of New York state, adver-
tistd for competitive plans for six classes
of school buildings, and invited all archi-
tects of the United States 60 compete in
any or all of the classes. VIM. Z. Apple
yard of this city, and L. A. Bowd, his as.
sistant, entered competitive plans for the
| first, second and fourth classes OF buildings,
and Mr.. Appleyard has just received tele-
! graphic notice that he is awarded first
prize in all the classes for which he enter
| ed plans Lansing Republican.