Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-04-05

The strike of the union carpenters OF
the Sagnaws for nine hours work. which
was begun January /, has been declared
off. Nine hours is given, but a slight
change in wages has been made. The
| agre ement lasts one year.
Mrs. Ormsbey of Ann Arbor got yer.
dict Of 81, 80 for an accident sustained on
the Michigan Central road.
Albert Derby, farm hand working for
G. E. LeValley, near Flint has been ar
rested charged with stealing Sl30 from
his employer. Albert copfesses.
The president has signed the bill for the
relief OF Mary Buckingham Brown of this
state.
The state convention of the national
greenback party will be held in Grand
Rapids May TO-
Mrs. Carpenter, mother OF Alfred Car
penter who was recently killed in Frank
Boos' saloon in Battle Greek by Conductor
mccarthy, and who was about to institute
proceedings against Saloonkeeper Boos,
has compromised the matter for $1,000.
Contracts have been let for the new de
pot, freight house and round house of the
Detroit, Lansing &, Northern road at Grand
Ledge.
Albert S. Bryandt has been convicted in
the federal court in Grand Rapids of coun-
terfeiting and remanded for sentence He
has already served two terms for this
crime and has a bad record. He promised
to make important revelations, but failed
to do so.
James O'Brien, brakeman, was run
over and killed by the cars near East
Saginaw the other day. His home was in
Ypsilanti, where his remains were taken.
The president has nominated +. Nelson
Fitch to be receiver of public moneys at
Grayling formerly Reed City, and
Paul w. Grierson to be postmaster at Calu-
met.
Michigan's appropriation for improve
ment of harbors is 81, 250,000.
The bill for a public building for the
Saginaws (consolidated) has been favor
ably reported appropriating $4,000.
Mrs, Azubah Hood a resident of Adrian
since 1886, is dead.
John Butler was found dead in his barn
yard near Parma.
There will be reunion of the Third
Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry,
at Owosso April %, 1853. There will be a
business meeting in the afternoon and a
banquet in the evening
3Several families from Bellaire will immi.
CRATE to Washington Territory this spring.
Adrian offers $4,000 to the Gale plow
works.
Prof. McElroy, formerly superintendent
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says he proposes to give up his time to
manufacturing his patent car heater, prob
ably in Detroit and has declined offer of
superintendent of school at Jacksonville
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The fish commissioners recently planted
2,000,0Oo white fish in Lake Michigan at
! St Joseph.
The Hon. Emory Plimpton died in Ben
ton Harbor a few days ago, aged 62 years
Emory NJ. Plimpton was born in Ohio.
! He served for time during the war in
! the Fourth Michigan cavalry of which he
was captain. He was a member OF the
state house of representatives in 1889 and
served on the judiciary and insurance
committees. Mr.. Plimpton was well
known over the state rs prominent
republican politician. He p""cticed law
in Berrien county for nearly forty years.
Two million white fish were planted in
Lake Michigan near st. Joseph the other
day.
At the special election held in Albion
the other day on the question of bonding
the town for $4,000 to buy the present site
of the Gale plow works so as to keep them
in that city, nearly every voter in town
was on the AYE" side. The vote stoo
7O6 for and 3 against. 1t is thought likely
that the company will stay there.
A man named Foresman, who has been
| reaping rich harvest in the cattle insur-
ance business, was arrested in White
Pigeon the other day. He claimed to rep
resent a Pennsylvania company, and the
state insurance commissioner is going to
look into his case.
Judge Grant has refused n new trial in
the case of the state vs.. Gov. A. p. Swine
ford of Alaska, and the latter must make
a showing of the uses to which he put the
$3.50 appropriated by the state for the
New Orleans exhibition.
Colin Campbell of Kalamazoo has been
convicted in the United States co TT in
Grand Rapids for falsely assuming to he
government pension agent. He was
remanded to Jail to await sentence. A
number OF fraudulent papers wer, found
on his person when arrested, his offense
being committed some time ago in Kala.
mazoo.
Hon. Levi Lane, died at his home in
Cambria Hillsdale county, recently. aged
20 years. Mr. Lane came TO Hilsdale
county in 1S43, and TO Lenawee county in
1885.
Marquette asks the general government
to spend 100000 for the extension of the
breakwater at that place.
Brig-Gen. O. a. James, Second Brigade
Division of the Lakes, Department o
Michigan, Patriarchs Militant, 7. o. o. f.
announces the following appointments OF
his staff Col. Alfred Mines Coldwater
chief of staff; Maj. L. X. Root, Plainwell
assistant inspector-general; MAJ. w. W
Owen Muskegon, assistant Quartermaster
general; Maj, A. e. Smith, Ludngton
assistant commissary- general; Maj Jane
Dean, Detroit, assistant chief of equip
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