Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-17

A collision occurred on the Michigan Cen
trail near Mattewan, the other morning. A
sleeping car with 10 people In il was ditched
and demolished, two coaches were wrecked,
engine 227 was crippled and sever other
C RS were more or less ripped up. Strenge-
~ enough no one was hurt, with the eX-
ception of few scratches
Mrs. Henry Rice of Locke, Ingham coun-
ty, hung herself from rafter in the wood
shed the other night. She leaves six chill
dren.
w. F.. Miles and William Martin have
been fined in the United States court in
Grand Rapids 500 and S25 costs for sell
ing liquor at bowery dance without a
license.
The barn OF L. e. Arnold near Ypsilanti,
with its contents, including three horses
and $50 bushels Of wheat, was burned the
other night.
About one-third of the celery crop in
Kalamazoo was ruined by the frost the
other night.
A manufacturer of safety bicycles will
locate in Flint if goodsizcd bonus is
given him.
Frank NJ. Carroll Of Grand Rapids, has
been appointed delegate to the National
farmer congress to be held in Birming-
ham. Ala, next month.
Rantz Bristol, near Clare, was leaning on
the muzZle of his gun, the butt on log,
when it slipped of, the hammer striking,
and the entire charge of buckshot passing
through the upper part OF his lett lung,
killing him instantly. He was one OF the
first settlers in that section OF the state.
jackson people are dissatisfied with the
site chosen for the new government build
ing, and are signing petition TO the pow
ers that be, &c make change
II. n Keys, DR.. o. b. Campbell and T.
ms ~ Wi how cd 70 nat IA
lish bank at Elsie. Mr.. Steadman, who
has been connected with the First National
bank at Ovid, will be cashier.
In accordance with the recent act of the
Legislature for the establishment of a sol
diers' relief fund in the several cities of
the state the same to be in charge of a
commission appointed by the judge of pro-
bate Of the county and two of whom sh al
be old soldiers, Judge Lowell OF Flint has
appointed as such commission for Genesee
county, Capt. Peter Lennon OF ClJyton
Capt. 5. &. Randall Of Flint, and
Jacob Kuntz of Hetford. All served in the
late war. Their compensation will be fixed
by the board of supervisors. The commits
sion will determine the amount per month
that shall be paid each veteran.
Edward Larkin, for IA months freight
agent of the q. & G. II. no d at Lansing,
has been transferred to Fort Gratiot, us
local superintendent
John Campbell, farm laborer of Grand
Blanc, has been arrested charged with
criminally assaulting Mrs. Hannah Toyn-
ton, aged so years.
Mrs Carrie NJ Hennequin, wife of Prof.
Henne luin of Ann Arbor, died in that city
Oct. Z. Mrs. Hennequin had been para
lyzed for nearly two years.
G.. A. King & Co. of Toledo say they
have received 1900 reports which show
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farmers there h We sold less freely than
elsewhere. About two thirds of the pres
ent crop is still in the farmers hands In
acreage sown this fall Michigan will show
a slight falling off, owing to recent dry
weather. OF cloverseed Michigan has a
good crop.
Elmon Scott, formerly of Charlotte, has
been elected TO iudship in Washington
territory
Some time ago George b. Stevens OF
Niles was shot and killed in Oklahoma
The man who killed him has just been ac
quilted.
The postmaster at Albion received let
ter few days ago from Denver, Col, max
ing inquiries after the parents or friends of
a boy 10 or l6 years old who is dangerous
ly i'll in that city, and who gave his name
as Geo. Hewitt, claiming that his mother,
sisters and brothers and stepfather lived
in Albion.
Albert w. Hill has been appointed guager
OF the first district OF Michigan.
While deepening the channel near the
railroad dock in Frankfort, the worllmen
brought up a barrel of whisky, Thirty
years ago a smuggling vessel was chased
by "a revenue cutter and sought Frankfort
harbor where il unloaded a cargo of whisky
by sinking in the bottom, thus Guiding cap
ture. The barrel recovered is enc of that
cargo
George NJ. Davis who has served two
terms in state prison for horse stealing.
and was released few months ago, drove
to the residence of his father, James
Davis, in Nit. Morris the other night nd
exchanged stolen horse which he had
over driven fora gray one OF his father 5,
and left note in the barn stating who had
taken the beast. 1t has since been learned
that the black horse was stolen from Ian
sing. Young Davis recently escaped from
the Jackson police, who had arrested him
for some misdemeanor. The police arc
searching in every direction for the thief.
Nathaniel Kent an old veteran of Van
Buren, county, who has elIed out an exist
ence by saving wood since the war, has
been granted 1000 back pension, and Sl2 a
month.
Over 100000 feet of logs and large
amount of dock property belonging TO y.
IL. Lyon of Ludington, burned on the 9th
inst, at a loss OF S25, 900; no insurance.
The careless handling of target gun
caused the death of 14-years. old boy
named Roberts at Lake Odessa, the other
day.
J. Gunner & Son OF Cadillac have pur.
chased 39,000 acres of heavily timbered
land near Gainesville, Florida These gen.
tlemen are also the heaviest stockholders
In the St. Tammany Land a. Lumber COM
pany, which has over a billion feet of
standing pine near New Orleans, purchased
in the spring of 1888.
Benjamin Hall, a farmer living six miles
from Ludington, was found lying dead in
his buggy between that village and his
home the other day.
Samuel George of Paw Paw was driving
fractions horse when the animal reared
and fell backward upon George, fatally
iniuring him.
The barns of Frank Harff in Bloomfield
township, Oakland county, were destroyed
by fire the other night, entailing u loss of
81, 600, with $1,000 insurance. They were
the largest barns in Oakland county, and
contained 900 bushels of wheat, zoo bush
els OF oats, and a large quantity of nay.
His best cattle were on exhibition at the
fair and the other amin Ia lett at home
broke out and escaped roasting
meeting OF the Michigan board Of