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

rem to hold county conventions and name
delegates to state convention that will
nominate delegates to national conven'
tion in Cincinnati May Is.
The salt inspection for March was rs
follows: Saginaw county, 100, ls3 barrels;
Bay, 44,02l barrels; Manistee, 7,0O6 barrels
Huron, ,, 500 barrels; Mason, $3.50 barrels;
st, Clair. Z, 255 barrels; Midland, 50li bar
rels; total, 165 365 barrels.
The Jackson wagon company is to make
30) wagons for the Indians, by order OF
the government
The Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon
road is now being ballasted.
Stephen Burton, representing a New
York publishing house, died suddenly at
his boarding house in Flint the other day
Miss Nora Clark, n teacher in the Petos-
key pubic schools, has been offered the
chair of natural history in the San Diego
Cal, college, at salary of $1,000, but the
Petoskey school board declines to release
her.
Lansing offers $1,000 and site for tho
proposed enlargement of the Belding re
frigerator works.
AS a result of a conference with the
treasury officials, Detroit banks will he
compelled to pay the Tux on Canadian
money unless they provide means TO have
the money sent TO Canada for redemp
ton.
Alba Derby, a young lad charged with
larceny of several hundred dollars from
Columbus Lavalley's residence Of Flint in
February last, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to pay fine Of 500 or two
years at lona. His friends paid his fine
Miss Hu'dah Hand of Albion, toot an
overdose of laudanum at Jackson, but she
was saved. She IS divorced woman, and
has been having much trouble is is stated.
Ellie Hanks, aged s years, was burned to
death at Quincy while burning brush in
the door yard.
Citizens of Constantine have petitioned
the government to protect the Yellow
stone Park.
Joseph Kirby of Cheshire, Allegan coIn
ty, has been in the regular army for ,
years, and has now been made an ordi-
nance sergeant. In two years more he will
be pensioned and retired.
]. VI. Weston of Grand Rapids, through
his attorney, has made application to the
supreme court for mandamus on Judge
Perkins, of the probate court OF Kent
county, compelling him TO show cause
why the proceedings heretofore com
menced before him, relative 10 the Grand
Rapids may oralty election, should not be
dismissed.
Hanover jackson county, had $1,000
fire on the 10th inst.
| John. Rossin, farmer, was caught by a
| fly wheehat the Vulcan furnace in New
| Terry the other morning and dragged into
the wheel pit. He was eXtricated, but
was so badly injured that death followed
in a short time. This is the first fatality
at the Vulcan in long time.
Lot. Fulkerson, aged IS years and pio-
ueer Of Hillsdale and Kent countie took
n dose of laudanum, which resulted in his
death at his home in Casnoyia. His
health had been failing him rapidly for
| two years past and he was moved to self
destruction through fear that he would
become burden to his friends.
Senator Palmer is busy securing senate
rial autographs on silk CIit for the la
dies of the Presbyterian church OF st.
| Louis.
The new copper mills at Dollar Bay,
which resumed operations n few days ago,
are the largest in the world.
Gov Luce has returned from his visit
TO Kansas.
| Work has been commenced on the new
land Office building at Grayling.
Petoskey has raised $1,000 to bore for
gas or oil.
The Detroit Lansing q Northern has
finished laying its iron from Grand Ledge
to Lake Odessa, and will stop there until
what they have laid so far is bAnasted.
Professors j. W. Ewing and Il. \. We'll
stead of the Alma college will run a Nor
NAL school through the summer vacation
for the convenience of various teachers.
The gubernatorial office is flooded with
applicants forpardons.
Gen. Alger frankly admits that he is n
candidate for the Presidency.
Battle Creek merchants are already
making preparations for a Fourth of July
celebration.
An Ohio party has purchased $40 acres
of land near Bravo, Allegan county, and
will set out forty acres of peach trees this
spring.
A large number of old men voted in
Walton, Eaton county, at the recent cleo
ton. One was 50 years OF age two 81,
one SO, one !, one S. two 9 three a: one
"A and one -. There were thirteen other
who were = years of age.
The grand supreme council of the roy al
arcanum held in East Saginaw se'ecte
Detroit as the next place OF meeting AMI
elected the following officers: Grand
regent, II. Francis, West Bay City; grant
vice regent, II. McCulloch, Grand Rapids
grand past regent, w. $. Campbell, De-
troit; grand secretary, s. A. Griggs, De.
troit; grand treasurer, Jacob Brown, De
troit; grand chaplain, G.. w. Ferry, Ian
sing; grand guide, f. Miller, Laueer
grand warden, I. A. Parish, Grand
Haven; sentry, II. c. Hedges, North Ian
sing; trustee, +. A. Stiven, Ionia; repre-
sentative to the supreme council G. p
Cobb, Bay City.
Frank Burr, Kalamazoo moulder, at
tempted to cross the raj roal track while
under the influence of liquor. He was
crushed between two cars;
Myron James, master workman h. Of
| I. ~ Gold watar lie daad