Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-24
WOLVERINE ITEMS


whitman and Profs. Demnon and Pattee
: committee TO get up "a book that will con
tain the names OF all those who have t.ker
a degree In any part OF the institution since
us org ,nizatlon, toget her with full list o
! marticulated students who did not remain a
: the univ ersity the full period for time need
, ed TO complete the requirements of do
gree. The work will give the present resi-
dence or the living and the last residence
and date OF death Of the rest. 1t will fur
hlsh All academic degrees that any gradu q
may have received, his civil war record
and note high Official position he may have
held.
John l.. Frisbie, eight years clerk of
Hulsddle county, and six years United
States counsel ut Rheims, France, is now
landlord OF the Lawrence house in Adrian.
Judge Cooley, chairman of the interstate
commerce commission, is now at h h jme
III Ann Arbor, suffering from nervous pros
tration.
Chas. b. Keehne, the slick young man
who shot and robbed Grocer Grove w.
Griffin OF MuskegJn the night Of Sept. Is,
was caught few days aoo, confessed and
pleaded guilty, and Judge Diclerman sen
fenced him TO 10 years at the Michigan
state prison. The fellow took it very CRATE
fully as he expected much more severe
sentence.
A. H. Buel Grand Rapids salvation
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Ameil Gosch has been sentenced TO Jack
son for II years for the murder of Dan Sin
cialr OF Boone township, Kent county, in
| august last. GOSch says that he would not
have hred had he not been in fear of his
own and his familys safety. He also says
mat ne was convicted on false testimony.
and was as good a man to day as any of his
prosecutors. His case will be appealed TO
| the supreme court.
Higgins planning and saw mill. cider
ana !eii yworks and evaporation in Belleville,
| were burned the other morning Tie fire
PROBABLY caught from the burning sulphur
IN the bleacher. About 20 hands are
! thrown out OF employment. The loss is
! ABOUT s0,OOO; insurance 500 During the
progress OF the fire a gang of men men at
tempted TO move cider press which fell
on Phll. Talbot, young married man,
crushing his skill.
Judge .. a. Smith has appointed as a
soldiers relief commission for InCham
county DR.. Rush j. Shank of Lansing. DIR
w. w. Root of Mason, and Chas. a. Minis
OF StockDridge, all cd soldiers This is in
accordance with the law enacted ST win
ter, authorizing tho levyiug of a special
township tax OF no. TO exceed one-tenth of
mil nd requires the judges of probate to
appoint relief commission of three per
sons In each county.
Addie Peterson 10 year old girl of Lam.
sing, who has been stealing from stores In
That city for some time, has been arrested
A library association has been formed by
Fort Huron lawyers, with capital OF
$1,000.
Two insane criminals escaped from the
tonia asylum the other night.
Capt John Miner of Detroit il said IN
contemplate the construction of n ferry
boat 100 feet long and 20 feet wide. 10 be
moceIed AFTER the Detroit river boats and
% cnna1 oil 10
between Mackinac island and neighboripo
ports.
Samuel w. Dorr, a resident of this state |
since 1852, died at his home in Manchester |
few days ago.
Celery growers of Kalamazoo estimate |
their loss by frost at $500, 900.
John Fuller of Oscoda accidently shot
Leonard smith, while fooling with a re.
volVer the other morning. The ball enter
cd Smiths head near the base of the brain
al the back and lodged in the forehead
breaking the skull, but not coming through.
smith lived from III O'clock, when the ac
cident happened, until 8 o'clock in the
afternoon.
Mrs. Brotherton OF Jackson was serious.
~ burned by gasoline stove the other
day. ''''o'
a two years old child of N. Ackley was
burned 10 death in his farm house in Col
fax township, Wednesday, while the
mother was absent Her return prevented
mother child from meeting "a similar fate
Joseph Roberts, a harnessmaker of Lalxe
)dess ., was found dead in his store The
)ther day.
Mclaughlin, an escaped prisoner from
NeSaunee, was captured in Winnipeg the ,
)ther day.
the annual reunion OF the Twentieth
Michigan infantry was he.d in Battle .
JreeK Oct II. Chester ID. Berry OF com.
'any J., was elected president: George s
smith OF company !, secretary and treas. {
lrer; 4. a. Baker OF company b. orator
The next, the twenty fifth reunion. will he q
eld in Marshall in October, 1870.
The Twenty seventh Michigan volunteer /
Infantry met in Lansing Oct II. The fol
owing regimental olicers were elected. q
resident, Oscar Hancock, Hilsdale; vice n
resident, james Campbell, Lansing: sec h
etary and treasurer, John VanHorn, Port II
lnd. The next reunion will be held in 1
.ansing on the Wednesday of state fair d
week q
William Neal aged 90 years. died in the n
.alamazoo county poor house recently. #
lie has lived in that county since 1870 a
Five brick riches of the new library
uildlng OF Olivet college fell to the base d
tent the other day. George EraNer and i
aines Hook were buried in the debris, and {
sriously injured. Frazier died the next
ay. X
Robert Oaks, under indictment in Deca. q
IT for conspiracy, who escaped from an
1icer recently, has been re.captured at d
{. Joseph. Il
The house, barns and sheds of S. c.. Bow
m, in Battle Creek townsh D. were burn a
the other night, at u loss of 81. 500. with al
LOCO insurance.
The barns and sheds of the Lake Suner. d.
r iron company in Ishpeming, were u
lrned the other night. Loss, s 1000.
Postmaster Bennett of jackson, who VI
as recently removed by the pos tmaster "
eneral, proposes TO fight the matter
emmett says no one but the president has m
ithority TO remove him. l.
Chas. NJ. Grow has sued ex Sheriff Nc. :.
aull OF Flint for $4,000 McCaull had 20
casion TO lock Grow up two wears AGO a. a.
ence the suit, eO' i
The new town of Copemish, lies % miles IN
ON Traverse City, 30 from Manistee. "a
ON Frankfort and 40 from Cadillac eli
eing railroad center and having bncS. IA
6 OF good farming lands, the outlook for
&c town is very promising. N
Business men of Big Rapids have organ. tn
ed the Big Rapids highway association. of
r the purpose of grading and gravellin1 w
roads leading out of that city. Oh
Otsego will vote on the question of build
g $50, 0O0 court house, Nov 20 re