Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-07-05

q their FAVOR, WIN WeDDer as an executor,
and that she was kept in an asylum until
the will was probated at Saginaw and the
/ property was transferred 10 Webber.
At the annual meeting OF the National
| Eclectic Medical association in Detroit the
| following officers were chosen for the com
ing year: President, Milton JAY, Chicago;
| ce-presidents, VA. Baker, Adrian, Mich :;
! ,J. w. McGrath, Macon, Ga. w. A. Mont
gomery, Nashville, Tenn; secretary, Alex.
| Wilder Newark, n. j treasurer, James
| Anthem, Lebanon, O. The next meeting
will be held in Nashville, Tenn.
Michael Morgan was killed by fall of
earth in the Jackson mine in Ishpeming the
other day.
Bert Lennon, aged 10 years, of Charlotte
was drowned while playing in the pond on
a brick yard near that place.
A six-year- old girl of Henry Pettits otAl-
! pena, fell into the river few days ago, and
| WAS drowned.
Titus Manning, middle-aged man living
near Homer, was drowned the other even
ing while bathing.
While at work in a small boat, heavily
loaded with chain, near Hackley & Hume's
| dock in Muskegon, Calix Charon was
drowned by the boat overturning. He
leaves a widow and eight children.
Joe Hicksons, living ten miles northwest
OF Cadillac, was kicked in the stomach by
| horse and died a few hours later.
A fund OF 81 200 year for five years has
| been raised for the endowment of a new
chair in the Western Theological seminary
of the Reformed church at Holland Rev.
j. w. Beardslee of West Troy, N. Y, for
| twenty years pastor Of the Reformed
church Of Constantine, has, as already
noted, accepted the professorship. He will
prove valuable acquisition to the college.
Solomon Reese, well-to-do farmer Of
Seneca township, Lenawee county, has been
apprehended on charge of alleged unallow-
able familiarities with 11-year old girl. He
says its a case OF blackmail.
Robert p. Bennett, aged 50, committed
suicide near Greenville, by shooting him
self Old age and dependency presumed
cause.
H. L. McNair of Michigan has been pro-
NOTED from a 81 200 10 81 400 clerkship In
the treasury department.
Luther S. Dickey was arrested in Chicago
the other day and taken to Bay City on
| a charge of forgery committed five years
ago. On Aug 2, 1888, Dickey presented
promissory note for $500 to II. II. Thomas
of Bay City, and asked him to cash it. The
note was endorsed by II. l.. Holcomb of St.
| Louis, Mich. Knowing Holcomb to be re-
! sponsible, Thomas cashed tho note without
hesitation. When the note matured IL was
discovered that the Endorsement was
/ forgery. A warrant was issued for Dickey
!
in Detroit on a similar charge and sentenced
TO two years Imprisonment. Soon after he
was released Dickey went to Chicago and en-
| gagged in business. When arrested, he con-
scented TO return TO Bay City without a req
uisition.
A gathering of all the Swedish and Nor
wegian societies in the upper peninsula was
held in lshpeming June -.
Brof l.. G. Carpenter of the Michigan
/ and looking over the grounds, has decided
TO accept the offer made him by the board
| of agriculture of that state. The position
/ offered is the professorship of physics and
engineering in the state agricultural college
and meteorological and irrigation engineer on
the experimental station established under
the provisions Of the Hatch bill. The ex-
perimental work offers wide field in which
almost no scientific work has been done,
and in a field that has very strong popular
support The board offers salary OF - 900,
an assistant at a salary sufficient 10 secures
college graduate, and good and growing
equipment
Company G OF the Fourth Michigan Cav
airy held their thirteenth annual reunion at
/ Four Mile Lake on the 10Th and 2lst of June.
| There were present twenty-One of the old
members and a very enjoyable time was
| had rehearsing old stories and talking of
the details and "reminiscences of the capture
identical soldiers with it that halted him.
August 14th is the twenty sixth anniver-
sary OF the organization OF the Fifth Michi-
gan Cavalry regiment, ana the members OF
| ID" company hold their second annual re
union in Worthwhile on that date.
The Michigan weather service crop re
/ port says the average temperature for the
week ending June % has been the highest
on record for - years Tho average total
Ysni inf nll hos inc halo na VN.Aas-
NAL, with sunshine largely in excess. The
results are very favorable 10 growing crops.
Clover cutting and corn cultivating are in
! progress and promising fine crops. More
rain will be needed TO bring wheat, oats
and grasses up the normal.
Over 5000 cords of slabs and 10 dwelling
houses were destroyed by fire at Mitchell
* McClure's camp, near East Saginaw, the
other day. Loss $4,000, with slight insur-
ance.
Samuel b. Wheeler Of Lansing has been
named aide-de-camp on Brig. Gen. j. G.
Smiths stan
Dennis Mccarthy, aged 10, and Paul Zas-
trew, aged %, residents of Elba, were
drowned in Lake Nepessing Sunday, June
-.
Work has been commenced on Manistee's
$4,000 hospital.
A. Lombard of Benton Harbor killed
himself the other night because of domes-
tic troubles.
Rev. j. Donelly of Owosso, well known
Baptist clergyman, has been made ID. ID.
by Hamilton university, at Hamilton, n. Y.
Rev. Albert Witham of Morgan, Barry
county, has been arrested on charge of
perjury.
The extension of the Northwestern rail-
way from Ishpeming has reached, with its
rails, point just outside the limits of
Michigamme.
Gen. w. ID. Washburne says the 500,
Minneapolis & Pacific and the Aberdeen,
Bismarck q Northwestern railroads are to
be consolidated and that over $1,000, 900
will be expended in docks, warehouses and
yards at Gladstone.
L. Creighton's sawmill, three miles north
of Nirvana, was burned the other day.
Loss 5000.
e. b. Turner, prosecuting attorney for
st. Joseph county in 1850, died in Texas re-
Gently.
Thirteen good sized safes, which passed
through the Norway fire, will he utilized in
the building Of monument commemorate
ing the disaster.
August %, % and "a are the dates of the