Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-19
WOLVERINE ITEMS.

At the election of the order of Chosen
Friends held in Minneapolis a few days
ago, ex-senator Edward +. Edwards of
Fremont was chosen supreme vice coun-
sellor.
Niles refuses TO make certain changes in
some of its streets in order to have the new
Michigan Central depot properly located,
and the railroad company refuses TO build.
Gen. Alger, the newly elected command
er OF the q. A. X, is making tour OF the
south, and expects to be absent until DC
tober /.
A grand Jury has been chosen by the
Wayne county circuit court, and is now in
vestigating various matters in connection
with the city government OF Detroit.
Albert Nickeloy has been sentenced TO
% years in Jackson for criminally assault
ing Libbie Spangler at Perry last fall.
While A. A Sayer of Pittsford was re-
pairing the mudpipe in his saw mill, the
pipe blew out of the boiler, which had
100 pounds pressure OF steam. Mr.. Savers
feet were severely scalded, and his son
Irving who was standing near, was fatal
ly scalded, and driven into small room
close to the boiler. Irving was literally
cooked before he could be gotten out of the
room.
Marshal Malaam of Three Rivers at
tempted to arrest John Canniff the other
day. Canniff resisted, and the marshal
On the Menomiuee reservation is a half
breed who claims and is reputed in that
country to be a son OF Jef Davis The
mans name is kahkemohat but he prefers
TO be called JEFF Davis Jr. He claims that
Davis. while stationed at Fort Howard,
met his mother who was at that time an
attractive looking Squaw. He served
through the war on the union side and is
now installed as officer of the guard in the
G.. A. II. post recently organized on the
reservation.
Gov. Luce has appointed Edward Tay-
Tor of Jackson agent Of the state board of
corrections and charities for that county.
Thomas Barron, 10 years old boy of
Port Huron, attempted to Jump on NOV
ing train, but slipped and both legs were
cut off. He died soon after
George Belcher of Marshall has been
convicted of criminal assault on his little
step-daughter.
Five tons of turtles have been shipped
from Marcellus to the New York market
this season.
Michael Gordon, one of the Oldest resi-
dents OF Greenvile and veteran of the
Mexican war, is dead.
The Iron Bell mine in the Gogebic region
has suspended operations because it cannot
get the price asked for 10000 tons of ore
already shipped.
George Palmer a M. G. brakeman, had
his leg smashed at Pokagon the other day.
Amputation was necessary.
The Graham q Morton transportation
company are having built a $l75, 900 steam.
er, to ply between Benton Harbor q Chi
cago.
The Herald and Courier Of Saginaw
have been consolidated, and the new paper
has the hypenated name Of Courier-He
aid
laf 20 h,fl Ira,
Jeven miles of railroad between Beech
wood, on the extension of the Chicago &
Northwestern railway, TO the site for the
proposed new mill of the Metropolitan lum.
Der company.
Doty & Company, who operate single
mill at Sights station, substituted Sl.25
per day engineer for the one they had on
the 25th day of July. The men struck, and
not single has been cut in the mill since.
Mrs. Israel Hall of Ann Arbor will give
the state university 5000 site for the
new hospital building.
A conference of the prohibitionists Of the
state, at which 20 counties were represent
ed, was held in Lansing the other day, and
resolutions adopted declaring unfaltering
faith in national prohibition, with party
in power to enforce IL, and condemning
local option.
Albert s. Fairbanks of Fillmore, Allie
gan county, gathered seventeen and one
half bushels OF Bell pears from one tree
this year.
The state board OF agriculture has APP
pointed A. Il. Noble of Iowa assistant pro-
lessor CT English literature and modern
languages at the state agricultural college,
in place OF Clark, declined. f.. A. Burnett
Of Bancroft has been appointed assistant
in farm experiments, while g. g. Holden
Of Leelanaw county, has been made assist
ant foreman. Burnett graduated from the
college In 20 and Holden this year.
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