Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-08-01
WOLVERINE ITEMS.


Mar, uette raj I, ad from \ ale 20 Saginaw
Junction, has been cd and the work OF
tracklaying will be pushed by Conductor
LallJ and IA large force Of men.
George Corye!l of Grand Ledge has
been sued for $4,000 damages. 1t is
claim Cd In he sold the liquor wh ch
caused George Shipman horses TO run
away and break George neck.
In the United States C urt at M rduette
the case OF the Like superior snip canal
Runway and iron company VS. Walter Gun
ningham, Il suit for G ectment, was con
cluded and verdict for pl intiff rendered.
The case will be appealed TO the supre4.4e
court o. the United States.
William Tilton, resident of Tecumseh
since II, is dead
In boring for u water supply at Dowagiac
great yield has Lecn struck, the discharge
til wing l=1g feet above tue ground, aud
an cunts 10 about 100 gallons a minute.
Jake HaIg, aged -, Lake Shore &
MicnIg II = utEern Ta,l.o d brake man
on the Detroit branch, Tell from his TT in
near Doerlield the 9th morning and re-
celved injuries from whicA he died. IL is
nov known whether IL was "a suicIGe or an
acc dent, Tut il is thought that IL was
sue de, as ne had quarro, ed with a woman
and threatened 10 tahe his own life.
Among the rare and elegant fishes to be
shown Uy the state fish &, mmisslOn at tie
Detroit International exposition will Ge the
Lake superior siscUwet. Ibis large,
be. utiful aud game land locked sea-lrOut
will Ue adm red by anglers and pro a
curiosity 10 the general public. Ihe eX-
hiblt wll include AL the rood and game fish
TO be found ala the waters OF the ST u and
OF the great lakes, with Matching appar-
us, etc. There will be an immense
aquarium set IN c vern Wi grU,tOeS
with glass apeltuTes, through w.tcs TO
show fish in deep w .teis, llgnteC > cleo
trlC and co orUd lights, aud saOw!ng p>uT,
Waterfalls, rup Dis and fish sta rways. aud
altogether forming Il unique attraction.
Eight thous md dollars in premiums will
be given at the fair to be held in jackson
THIS fall
Sharley and Taylor the two toughs
under arrest on ca rye OF muruer.ug
Coleman Dupee OF near Greeuyille, and
burning his house % conceal the or. IN 4,
hive implicated Myron benjamin and he
too has been arrested.
Myron Il. Jones of Porter township, Van
Buren, county, had no Ia.th in modern
bdn6s, AID so he depOs lc! $3.50 in his
barn. The barn burned aud lac 10 I al s
money, except sumc sod which was scrap
| ed out OF the ashes.
II has been figured out from the Lena
wee county revU Dis Ia l4l pioneers GIed
| there IN the II mon, lis pre-. edIng .une /,
| loss, The oldest had reached the llUth
milestone Of l.fe. The oungest was ~,
and the ~ erage If AL was atrI e over 80.
Lr Phillip Philips tue singing pill
! grim wal sive II or es OF sacred concerts
at Lansing IN September.
Miss G j. Bartlett is TO be pastor Of the
! Unitarian church OF Kalamazoo aIter Aug
Est ].
Sever new depots are 10 be built along
! the line o the Port Huron uiyisIou OF tue
| +. ~ i. Nj, road.
The President hus pgrdoncd Charles w.
| Smith OF rusLeru Michigan. con ,lc,eI of
| forging ghature L. money order.
| Smith mas served one year % .,is sCntCnCc.
August G.. Ph at OF North bradley, has
| offer, u the Goa missioner OF emigr I!Ou I
! New \ DIRK 50 It he Will get Il whc 10: Eim.
The resol. ton ado tcd by the last cgis-
! lature proposing Il IL survey o. the sou Va
! ern BOUNDARY o. tue state, Ia found ~ be
! imperative. The ST u cannot act IN [ is
ma ter except By author t. Of congress.
Deputy state Treasurer sag has ten.
| derGd ns resignation, which has been &c
| cepted by Treasurer Malt.
Eaton Rapids has orgInized a board Of
| trade Tor the purpose Of enc ouroginS the
| settlement OF manufacturing en;erprlss IS
! tsess
OF the eight salt blocks in Marine City
ony one Is Al operation.
John Co *, an escaped convict fro--
| JaCKsCn prisOn, was arrested in last SDgi
nav lew day S ago, Tor Ob aiming goods
under false pretenseS.
I; Gov. Luce has issued 5000 notary com
~. .sions since Jan. 1. They cost tue re-
c.Sicnts al eacn. 80 the Govern n has al
ready e.rued Tor the st .te his "a ry for
one year by d" ng h s Insignificant part OF
his executive ,.utlcs.
The men who swindled Farmer Johnson
| OF Hillsdaie Oh the three c,rd monte game
were arrested i'll hi .lsd lie "A .ev d Iys ago,
anu identified as the same men VINO work
| ca the gold brick game on banker Mcnil
lup OF Perry. They lave been aiken back
| TO Lansing, and are in jail In that city.
SurN eyors have commenced work on tEe
| Lansing ~ Northwes ern rallroal.
Oh rles Strong is under arrest in Hills
| dale for attempting 10 sell a note 10 G. NJ
! Barre, purport,ng TO be signed by Samuel
| HUI :eLt OF mead ng and inGOrsed by Joseph
HubUen Of Camden. Lhe note Was for
gerry.
Hon. Willis NJ. Slosson Of Reed CITY, his
been appointed deputy collector of internal
revenue for the Grand Rapids dlstric,, vice
| John 90 dsmith. MIR. Slo9son is tue pres
ent representative IN the state Legislature
| for the Osct ola and MissauKee district and
| has sent his resignation To Gov. Luce. He
will make Reed city his general headquar
ters.
Sportsmen Of Van Buren, county, arc
having fish shutes placed on the dams OF
the l.. w Paw river.
The salt blocks operated in connection
with saw mills Ia we not been purchased Uy
the 81 Indicate composing the salt trust
The "blocns' will be in II separa pool
however, In symp. thy with the syndic to
John Driscol the SILVER Jack" of the
Saginaw Valley, may he pardoned from
jackson. He is now serv ny IL years
sentence for robbery, but very infuentia
people are working Tor his rciease. He has
been in since $780,
1t is claimed that Mrs William Davis oil
Port Huron has been DIR wing a pension
in the name of Mrs Alma W.thereli. Her
second husband, Davis, has thus beer
benefited 5000 IL is alleged that several
parties are complicated la the scheme u
defraud the government
Farmer Benson of Flint, who lost hi,
barn by fire fe,J days ago, took "a 0,
policy in rival mutual insurance CON
pany and the Genesee county mutual CON
pany gave him notice that their policy fol
500 would be canceied He declined u
I acknowledge the cancellation and proposes
TO hold them for the 1858. A big litigation
Is expected.