Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-31

criminal assault upon Miss Florence Brun-
ger, 10 years old, who had called at his
Office on business. Ooyey Is under s., 900
bonds 10 appear for trial.
The J. J. Burns company Oimited) CON
tractors for the railroad from Battle Creek
to Bay City, has made an assignment,
pleading that IL could no negotiate the
bonds issued by the railroad company. AS
soon as money Is raised the contractors
VIII resume, and until that time the direc-
tors will push the construction.
John w. Hewitt, an engineer on the
Flint q Pere Marquette railroad, was
crippled Tor life in an accident six years
ago. The company paid him ~, 800 in in
stallments, and then Hewitt sued the COM
pany, on the first trial receiving verdict
OF SO, 900. The case was appealed, and was
not decided unt!' recently, when the COM
pany paid the victim $1,000, and the suit is
OFF,
Fifteen years ago benjamin Ensley, n
wealthy widOwer OF Newaygo county, deed
ed $50, 900 worth Of property to his six chill
dren. Subsequently he married again, and
now Is trying to have the original deed
set aside.
The senate committee on inter state com
MERGE viii hold sessions in Detroit during
the coming recess of congress, for the pur
pose OF making "a thor0uS. invest.gat on rs
TO the relation of Canadian railroads ana
waterways TO American corporations.
Joseph w Ssh .ngton, who knocked down
and robbed a man of s u in Lansing last
fail, has been sentenced TO 10 years in Jack
son.
II is thought that there are still G,000,01O
bushels OF wheat in tine hands of the farm
ers OF Michigan, which will be marketed
before next July.
The president of the Canadian Pacific
claims that his road will be running trains
int
The now Potts railroad, which runs
northwest from Oscoda, Is now graded 10 n
point only is miles from Atlanta, Monlmor-
ency county. If completed TO the latyer
point, 1t will only have 80 miles fuIth n TO
go 70 connect with the Michigan Central at
Vanderbilt.
A large gray wolf was killed the other
day near Need Lake in Kent county.
h. Il. Ferry, n brother Of Senator Ferry,
who has spent number OF years in Utah
says that territory is not ready TOR admis-
sion rs state, but that in about five years
| it may be fit Tor st ltehood.
j. H. Stark of Adrian, late first leuten-
ant commanding Co. Il. Fourth Michigan
| Inf, offers b 8 services TO tho state aud ma
| ton in case of trouble with Germany grow
| ing out of the samoa trouble. Gov. Luc =
assures him that ii his services are needed
ne will be the first man TO be cAllel olt.
Alfred Houston OF Nirvana, while out
hunt NJ rabbits, slipped from stump
while his hand was over the muzz!e of tue
| gun, and the hammar struck upon some
taing, the load was discharged, to ring his
| hand most cruelty, and lodging the con ents
in his left breast at the nipple lie lies in a
critical state, out it is hoped that he viii
| recover.
Powers g. Walkers elevator cable in
| Grand Itapids broke at noon AL the eleva-
| tor Ia. tn.l Ntsif IN ahsw stgh 40 IN
! basement. two stores Le.ow John Van
| buren,, aged 3S was on the elevator and re-
ceived fatal in uries Ho has a family.
Some days ago Miss Bull I'd, formerly o.
| Lapeer county, was arrested in Flint as u
| dangerous or insane person. The Daily
! News OF Flint commented sensat Onally
upon the matter, and now the girl father
"A prominent man in the northern part OF
| the state, has commenced proceedings
against the News for criminal libel, an
| also against the officers who made the
arrest for unlawful detention.