Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-04-12
WOLVERINE WHISPERINGS.

Mrs. Mary 7. Lathrop of Jackson deliv
cred an address before the international
council of women in Washington, on the
fallacy of high license, and argued the vir-
tues of prohibition as the only effectual
method of suppressing the liquor traffic.
The peach crop insMichigan fruit belt is
holding its own, with the prospects in
favor of the biggest harvest in twenty
years.
All of the clover in Van Buren, county
has been killed 10y the recent cold weather.
The Coldwater Free Public Library has
7,7O6 books and its property is worth
S25,000 Over 1000 people visited the
reading rooms last year
A "citizens protective union" has been
formed at Benton Harbor, the object of
which is to see that the laws relating to
the liquor traffic are enforced.
DIR. Otto, a graduate of Hope college at
Holland, writes from China that when h
arose on the morning of February IL, he
saw the tops of the mountains covered
with snow, though the flower gardens
We're in full bloom. Rev. Mr.. Chamber
lain who has worked as missionary there
for forty years, says that he never saw
such a beautiful sight
There are 5 % Indians in Baraga county.
The +, a p NJ. company has notified
its employees that entering a saloon is
very liable TO cause n man to lose his stu
alton.
The Smith purifier company of Jacks on
is building 10000 grist mill, three stories
high, TO be wheeled about the country to
the various industrial expositions this
year.
John Campbell has sued plymouth,
Saginaw county, for $1,000 because his
horse stepped into q hole in the road a
while ago and threw his rider
Colin Campbell, the Scotchman who
was convicted at Grand Rapids the other
day of impersonating a special pension
agent, was a soldier in the Zulu war and
was within 15) yards of young Napoleon,
rinca imperial OF France when he was
killed.
Lieut.. James McCaffery, of Company d,
Third Regiment Michigan state troops of
Saginaw, suggests that as the state troops
are to encamp at Macklnac they should
be supplied with overcoats.
There is woman in Argentine town
ship, Genesee county, who has terrorized
the whole neighborhood. She keeps load
ed arms in her house to shoot any one
who may try to arrest her. her landlord
can collect no rent, and no one dares re-
fuse her anything she asks for, for fear
that she will kill them or set fire to their
houses.
Warren Haven, a prisoner OF Blooming
dale, kalamazoo county, is dead.
An enthusiastic reception wa; given
General Alger upon his return from the
Pacific coast by the Alger club OF Detroit
Twelve thousand brook trout were
planted in the streams near Adrian the
other day.
1t is announced that the iron bridge and
machine works OF New York city have de-
cided to establish a western branch of
their works in Owosso, and have pur-
chased and for that purpose.
President Graves of the southeastern
Michigan &. A. r. association, has issued
a circular letter to the various posts in
the district, asking an expression of views
relative to attending the national en-
campment of e. A. r.. at Columbus, o.,
and foregoing the usual encampment of
the association. This action is taken in
rades have expressed their financial in
ability to attend both meetings, as well
as the additional one that no place in the
district has offered reasonable bonus for
the location OF the southeastern encamp-
ment.
The Niles paper mill company are max
NJ Improvements and increasing the ca
pacity of their mill.
At the combination horse sale at Cold
water day or two since ~ horses were
sold at auction, the prices ranging from
S115 to Sl,50l. Branch county produces
more fine horses than any other county
in the state.
n valuable horse belonging to James
Miller of Vaudeville, was choked to
death the other morning while eating hay
A man named Stevens of Battle Creek,
is suffering from the CHAMBERS, contracted
by caring for horse suffering from the
disease.
Clinton county capitalists hold 10S mort
cages on Gratiot county farms, amount
ing to 1868, 356.
There are now in the northern asylum
for the insane at Traverse City, 534 pa
tients, $50 males and 245 females. The male
wing and small cottage are full to over
flowing, and long before the new cottage
can be completed, it will become a serious
question how to care for new cases. There
are still twenty-five or thirty beds on the
female side, but these will soon be filed.
Work will begin on the new male cottage
as soon as the weather will permit. This
cottage will accommodate fifty patients.
The report of the director of the Michi.
gan weather service for March 81, says
that in reference TO wheat the reports
from correspondents are more favorable,
The effects of the weather on the growing
crops has been favorable in all localities
excepting Berrien county. where it is re
ported as being still unfavorable, to q
slight extent
The st. Ignace, Sault Ste. Marie & North
ern railway has been organized, with Q