Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-11

The schooner Australia was wrecked of
Holland the other night. The crew were
saved.
Paul t. Potter, aged 10, of Kalamazoo
has been missing since Sept. 3.
The university opened on the lat inst
with larger attendance than ever before
| in its history
Waits furniture factory in Sturgis was
destroyed by fire the other night. Loss
| $75,0
While crossing tho Michigan Central track
at Battle Creek the other evening with
team of horses and wagon, James Van
Valkenburg was struck by the limited ex
press. He was seriously, but IL is thought
not fatally injured. One horse was instant
ly killed, while the other miraculousy es-
capped injury.
A knitting factory employing 100 girls
will be started in Lansing soon
The Chicago policemen have sent 1921 to
| the Alpena police who were burned out IN
the great fire OF last summer.
AS Mrs. VIM Preston of Climax was
driving home after dark, she turned the
wrong way, her carriage striking another
vehicle, precipitatng her TO the ground
and breaking her neck. She was beloved
and respected woman.
AL. Little, the crook brought TO Detroit
from the Indiana penitentiary to be tried
|
ball, has been discharged, the court decid-
| ing that there is not sufficient evidence TO
justify his being longer held.
The mills at Muskegon will cut 430, 000,
600 shingles this season.
A gang of counterfeiters which is sup
posed to have its headquarters at Grand
Rapids is turning out crooked dollar and
half dollar pieces.
The upright shafts at either side Of the
| ~ f.t haUa hnnu ahannOnp6 the
people who are building the ST Clair tun-
mel at Port Huron, and the contractors are
now going back with their machinery TO
the points on either side where the tunnel
reaches the surface Work will he pushed
from each end as soon as the preliminarie5
have been finished.
Rev. Washington Gardner, who is still
department commander OF the Michigan q.
A r., although he lives now in Ohio, has
sent out general order No. o. He expresses
thanks 10 various railroads for their excel
lent service in transporting nearly three
thousand Michigan veterans to and from
the meeting at Columbus dwells upon the
good behavior of the men while there; sug-
| gests that each post appoint committee 10
look up delinquent members, and states
other matters Of interest to comrades.
Mrs. Jane Labadie, resident of Paw
Paw for 30 years, is dead
The product of the Calumet e Hecla
|
Capt. George w. Adair, assistant sur
geon, is relieved from duty at Fort Brady,
az the 500, and is ordered TO report for
duty at Fort Robinson, Neb,
There are 1863 veterans in the soldiers
home at Grand Rapids, 80 of whom are sick
in the hospital
Gen Don G. Lowell, now quartermaster-
general of Washington Territory, and who
was captain and major in the old Sixth
| hfiphiyan cavalry Il Waiting friends
this state.
During September the shipments Of mill
products from the Saginaw river amounted
TO "a, 25S, 900 feet of lumber, l5,550000 shin
giles and 1910, 900 pieces of lath. From the
opening of navigation TO October l there
was shipped 1853, Sl2, 900 feet of lumber, 56,-
500, 900 shingles and u, 3S6, 900 pieces Of lath.
The shipments are the smallest to date of
any season since 1876.
Fred Leach, conductor on the Chicago
& Grand Trunk freight, was killed at Otter
burn the other morning while attempting
TO board the engine while it was in motion
He slipped under the wheels and died in
stantly. Leach lived in Flint and his re-
mains were taken there.
Two dangerous charges escaped from the
criminal asylum at lonia few days ago.
One was Chas Jahnke committed to the
state prison from Jackson three years ago
and still having two years TO serve for
y
> inches in hight weighs about 40 and has
light hair, blue eyes, a light mustache, and
talks English imperfectly. The other man
was Geo. Croak, committed from Eaton
county for robbery, and has served but Il
short part of his l0-year sentence. He is
40 years old, > feet inches in hight, dark
hair, whskers and mustache, and face
scarredi The men improvised knife out
Of a horseshoe, unscrewed the fastenings of
their door and succeeded in working their
q. -,
through their hall. Dr. Long offers re
ward of SIS for their capture, of $50 for
| either.
Edward Ryan of Hancock, democratic
candidate for elector at large, has with
drawn from the electoral ticket. Mr.. Ryan
is president and director of the Calumet
! national bank, and as il is question as TO
whether or not his position of director is
government Office, which will disqualify
him, he decided to withdraw rather than
take any chances.
Charles b. Howell, well known lawyer
of Detroit, is dead.
Jailer John Smith Of Adrian has inaug-
urated a new national ticket, with him
| self for president. He SAYS if all the
Smiths in the country will vote for him, he
viii have an overwhelming majority.
The Bay View assembly elected the fol
lowing officers: President, Rev. j. 7. OXto-
by, ID. d., East Saginaw; vice-president,
| II. M Loud, Oscoda; secretary ID. Howell,
Lansing; superintendent of public instruc-
ton, j. NJ. Hall, Flint; treasurer, w. II.
Shier, East Saginaw.
The new apartment house of the agri-
cultural college has been named Howard
terrace in honor of Sanford Howard, who
was secretary of the board from 1854 to
1871.
Chas. Flugal of Port Huron, has lived at
that place 55 years, and is now 80 years of
age.
Negotiations are pending whereby E. ID.
Hogan of jackson, will send an aeronaut
TO Australia with Spalding's base ball club,
to make ascensions and parachute drops in
connection with the base ball games.
, Andrew Saruska was killed at the At
lantic mine in Houghton the other day.
They arc getting ready to make the Port
Huron q Northwestern railway n stand
ard gagged road
The Gilliland electric works, az Adrian,
will make 80 photograph cases per day for
the Edison company.
The Michigan sulphite fibre company's
pulp factory at Port Huron will be put in
operation about January |.