Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-08-29


Saginaw, president; IL. j. HOLSTER, Grand
Rapids, first vice president; w. II. With
ington, Jackson, second vice PRESIDENT
+. W. Hayes, Detroit, secretary; j. a. ;.
Nerdier, Grand Rapids, treasurer; h. j.
Phelps, Kalamazoo. member OF the ex-
ecutive council TO fill vacancy; G. &. Bill
inghurst, Muskegon; n. +. Choate, Dowa.
giuc; w. Chandler, Sault Ste Marie;
George Spaulding. Monroe; +. Fairman,
Big Rapids; G.. f.. Harrington, Port Huron,
and T. :. Anderson, Detroit, members
executive council for two years.
Forty-three students graduated from the
agricultural college, and ,ihceived diplomas
on the 10Th inst. Among tthe guests pres
ent at the commencement exercises was
Hon. Edwin Willis, e&-president of the
college, and now assistant secretary OF the
department of agriculture at Washington.
He was given handsome reception by the
students and faculty.
Prof McEwan, who was recently re-
moved from the college for reasons that
have given rise TO a deal of feeling in var
ious circles, has been appointed principal of
the schools at Madison, Wis
Alex A. Harrington of the Alpena Ma
tional bank, has been appointed cashier of
the state treasury and will take the posi-
tion Sept. l.
LaForest is the name of a new town at
Bay Mills crossing, the first station west of
SAUL Ole. Marie ON Tue duluth, oOulu
Shore x Atlantic railway.
Alleged that the Peninsula iron company
of Detroit will put the old Carp river fur
mace near Marquette into blast again, get
ting its coal from points down the Duluth,
South Shore * Atlantic railway.
The Bay City papers say that Horatio
Gage, aged 20, who has well 10 do relatives
at Port Huron, has been sent 70 the Bay
county Jail as a vag. Two years ago he
lost his wife, daughters and other relatives
by death. The shock drove him insane ard
lie was sent to the Pontiac asylum. HAY
ing been discharged as cured he went to
Arenac county, but being homeless and
penniless he wandered around until he was
arrested.
Chauncey NJ Brewer, for over half
century resident OF Marshall died Aug.
u.
Albert Paul was gored to death by
Jersey bull belonging TO George w. kod
man, near Williamson.
Bush and Wellihan, charged with man
slaughter in the railroad accident in Kala-
mazoo, May 5, were arraigned the other
morning and bound over 10 the circuit
court, each furnishing Sl.0)0 bail IL was
the general opinion that the men would be
discharged
The state board of agriculture has APP
pointed Miss Jennie Sinclair of JOnesville
college librarian
Mrs Eveline G. Cornell, widow of DR..
Alanson Cornell the pioneer physician of
the lonia region, died AT her residence in
lonia recently, in the I'D year Of. her age.
DR.. and Mrs. Cornell came there from Fen
uer, \. Y, in 1888, and were among the
most widely known and highly esteemed Of
the Ionia pioneers.
Milo H. Dalin, the Saginaw legislator
who was impelched and expelled from
. h. IL
failure or inability TO pay for some sewing
machines he had bought for speculative
purposes. In order TO help him along
Congressman Bliss went his security in
the machine dicker.
+. J. March, editor of the Hillsdale
Leader, who sued eX-banker Waldron for
10000 for assault and battery, has settled
the matter, Wadron paying him $500.
Frederick Charles Irwin of Grass Lake
has been appointed naval cadet for the
second district.
A Lake Shore passenger engine struck a
team near Allegan. Mr.. and Mrs Martin
were IN the buggy. Both horses were
killed, and Martin aud his wife were dan
gerously wounded. Engineer Charles Pet
tifer says the train was running at good
speed, when suddenly the team appeared
on the track from out the dense woods. The
engine struck it before whistle could be
blown.
Miss Tillic Fellman of Chicago was
drowned in the St. Joseph river near Ben
ton Harbor the other day, while attempt
ing to save Mrs. Napier, who had got into
deep water in ner efforts to rescue little
boy from drowning. Mrs. Napier and the
boy were saved, but Miss Fellman drown
ed. The body was recovered by the life
saving crew.
DR.. Thurber who was murdered by 6
T. Wright at Otter Creek. was formerly
principal of public schools in Rockford,
and later of the schools in Grattan.
President Clute of the agricultural col
lege, has joined the Changers.
Charles Shining was arrested in Muske
gOn a few days since on the charge of
rectifying and compromising liquors with
out paying government license.
Horatio Gage, aged 20 years, is serving
sentence in the Bay county jail on the
charge of vagrancy. He came from Are
nae county Two years ago he lost his
wife, daughters and other relatives by
death. The shock drove him insane and he
was sent TO the Pontiac asylum. Having
been discharged as cured he returned to
Arenac county Homeless and penniless
he wandered around until he was arrested.
He has relatives in well-to-do circum-
stances at Port Huron.
Inccndiary fires are becoming alarming
~ frequent in Alpcna. Same thing in
lonia.
Mrs /. c. Woolcott of Tecumseh, while
on her way for treatment with Dr. Nc.
Lean of Detroit, for throat difficulty, chok
cd TO death while being removed from the
train to a carriage.
NJ. $. Smith has resigned from the police
board of Detroit TO take the presidency of
the American National bank in that city,
made vacant by the death of A. II. Dey.
Gov. Luce has appointed f. j. Hecker TO
Mr.. Smiths place on the board.
Congressman James Laird OF Nebraska,
whose death occurred n short time ago in
Hastings, Neb., passed his younger days in
Hudson in this state. Ills father, Rev.
Robert Laird, was among the earliest
preachers in Hudson, being in charge of
the pioneer Congregational church there
about thirty-hve years ago.
Ira Brayton, resident of Livingston
county since Is IS, died in Freeport Aug. 10
A man named Gamble attempted to
crawl under freight train at street
crossing in Grand Rapids the other morn
ing. The train started just then and his
left leg was cut off, and the right ore brok-
en- in several places. He died the next day.
Levi Vandermcore, theological student
in the Spring street seminary at Grand
Rapids, returned from a trip to Holland
the other day on G. ~ w Nj. train, and
as the train stopped at the target below
Prescott street. he started TO get off. He
was too slow in his movements and when
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