Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-09-27
WOLVERINE WHISPERINGS.


WOLVERINE WHISPERINGS.
There is sink hole on the highway in
Wright, Hillsdale county, which seems TO
| be absolutely without bottom. Something
| like $1C0 worth of dirt was dumped into it
recently, but not trace of it remains and
the township will now bridge the spot.
The following are the newly elected Off
GERS Of the state agricultural society
President, Thomas w. Palmer, of Detroit /;
treasurer, Al Dean, Of Adrian; secretary,
j. G.. Sterling, of Monroe. Members of
the executive board for two years: Will
liam Ball of Livingston county; John G..
Sharp, jackson; +. l.. Reed, Eaton; n. j.
Kelsey, Calhoun: H. X. Dewey, Genesee /;
/. II. Buttertield, Lapeer; John Lessiter,
Oakland; James M Turner, Ingham; J. p.
Shoemaker, Montcalm; f. Hart Smith,
Hillsdale
The Michigan bankers association, in
session at Grand Rapids, elected the fol-
lowing officers President, Nj. w. O'Brien,
Detroit; vice presidents, Il. u. Gilbert,
Grand Rapids b. +. Warren, Bay City;
secretary, +. w. Hayes, Detroit; treasur-
err, $. Is. Coleman, Detroit; executive coun-
Gil G. j. Monroe, South Haven; John w.
Taylor, Kalamazoo; William Widdicomb,
Grand Rapids; M L. Coleman, Lansing I;
Clarence L. Judd, East Saginaw, and Peter
White, Marquette.
AT the annual reunion of the Seventeenth
Michigan infantry, in Monroe on the 18th
inst, the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, Capt. VIM.
Vinegar, Grand Rapids; first icepresi-
dent, G. l.. Barrow, Grand Rapids; second
vice president ID. b. Stafford, Grand Haven !;
| third vice president, Geo. ID. Herrick,
Grand Rapids; fourth vice president, Geo
Goodsell. Ludington; corresponding secre-
tary and treasurer, w. II. Marsten, Grand
Rapids; recording secretary, Chas. ID.
Cowles, Lansing; historian, w. II. Brear-
ley, Detroit The executive committee
consists of officers residing at the place OF
| holding the next meeting, Grand Rapids.
Senator Palmer has introduced in the
senate and Representative Chapman in the
house bill authorizing the issuance of
eight bounty land warrants Of lS49 to the
| heirs of Francis Palms.
A Chicago lawyer is going to London to
effect a settlement with Waldron, the alb
sconding banker of Hillsdale. The Chicago
| lawyer represents parties in that city and
! Detroit who were victimized to the amount
| Of Sl50,0O0 by Waldron. 1t is now thought
that the amount of Waldron's defalcations
will reach $500, coo.
| William Murray, chemist in the employ
of Park, Davis Il Co., Detroit, has gone to
Jacksonville. Florida. TO nurse yellow fever
patients.
"Bishop" David d. Patterson Of Grand
| Rapids died in southern France on the l4th
| inst He was en- route from Palestine to
| Scotland and had an attack of apoplexy,
which terminated fatally. His remains
will probably be taken to Glasgow for
| burial. He was the founder and head of
| the church society known as THE Children
| of Zion,n which was established in Grand
| Rapids 10 or II years ago, and has since
| branched out and now has missions in Low
er Canada and Scotland with nearly all Of
| them under the control of the bishops per
| sonal direction. He has been travelling in
the Holy Land for three or four years, with
| occasional visits to his Scotland followers.
The Grand Rapids cable road is now
wrestling with suit for infringement
brought by the National cable railway com
pany of New York.
Natural gas has been found on the farm
of J. Il. Crosby, five miles southwest of the
village of Three Oaks. The source is only
so feet below the surface, but the supply
of gas seems inexhaustible. The force oil
the current is sufficient to push through 9
column of mud and water so feet high, and
| TO escape into the air with q strong pres
sure. When the gas enters the stove from
the end of two-inch pipe it burns with
| the characteristic flame, and the heat is
sufficient to make the stove red hot.
The silk mill at Bedding employs IN
hands.
The Hudson hub and spoke factory viii
remove to Howell.
| w. II. Traves, a contractor and builder
of Detroit, drew about g., 046 from the bant
few days ago, intending to settle some &C
counts before night. A press of bushes.
matters prevented his doing so, and he KEEP
the money in the house During the nigh
Mr.. Traves was awakened in time to see
burglar going through his pockets. A sec
oud later he was graphing with the burglar
| who knocked Mr.. Traves down with a sane
bag, leaving him unconscious and escaping
with the money. Mrs. Traves was awaken
ed by the scuffie between her husband anC
the burglar, and aroused the neighbors, whC
called policeman, but the burglar had es
capped.
The Presbyterian synod meets in Film
October ..
Emery +. Wheeler of Port Huron has
German bible which is over 200 years old.
The new house of correction at Marquett.
is to be lighted by electricity.
The weather crop bulletin of the Mich
gan weather service of the 18th says: TIL,
warm days, cold frosty nights and the lacl
Of rain have been injurious to the growing
crops. The frosts of the 18th and 14tl
were injurious to corn fodder, potatoes anC
all vines; in most sections killing vines u
the ground. The corn Is mostly cut and tn,
damage to the ears will be slight, but tn,
effect on the fodder, together with the lonl
continued drought, will be serious. Tn,
frost in the southwestern part of the south
ern section did but little damage. Plowinl
is progressing slowly as the ground is to-
dry, and but small amount Of seeding hal
been done. Rain Is needed badly and Il