Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-28

| congressman and governor for 40 years has
stayed under his roof. The remains were
taken 10 Lansing for interment.
A man was arrested at Helena, Mont,
early in March on suspicion OF being Ly-
man ID. Toilet, tho absconding probate
Judge of Kent county. The Kent county
sheriff went to Helena after him, but 80
well did the prisoner act that he was re-
leased as remarkably like but not Judge
| Follett. He made tracks for the coast us
fast as possible thinking he would be safer
in country where he would not be worth
81 900. A private dispatch, received in
ST. Paul from Tacoma, w. t., states that
the fugitive sailed from there March II on
a ship lumber laden for Sydney, n. S. w,
and that he confessed to the pilot before the
latter departed that he was Follett
.Iunius G. Beal of the Ann Arbor
Courier will make a bicycle tour through
Europe this summer.
The women relief corps at Owosso will
buy additional land for the soldiers bury
ing ground at that place, the original plat
being already filed.
Joseph Gilfus Of Galesburg was arrested
few days ago, charged with sending an
obscene letter to his divorced wife,
Mrs S. r. Tillotson, a resident of Mar
shall since 1890, is dead.
Barlow Wilson Of Williamson, finished a
60-days' session in the illage Jail, and went
10 Webberville TO celebrate the event
While returning home he fell from freight
train and was cut to pieces. He was "a
years old.
Dr. j. a. Thomas has been arrested
charged with numbering Nellie Wander
ponder, an lS-year-old Holland girl. Be
fore her death she made statement that
DIR. Thomas performed two operations on
her, which caused miscarriage.
Hon. Adonilah S. WEIGH, at one time
prominently connected with educational
work in Michigan and for time president
of the normal school, died in Pasadena,
Cal, a few days ago. aged 4S years.
1t is probable that Michigan will Join the
great salt trust. The syndicate has CAPT
tai of S25, 100000.
There are 81 club houses in Grand Rapids
that will have 10 close or pay the state
| liquor tax.
William Hammond Bay City clothes
thief. has been sentenced 10 five years in
jackson.
Sault Ste. Marie business men arc organ
izing an agricultural society.
Ralph Gregory of Negaunce was arrested
at Ishpeming armed Ikea cowboy He was
charged with terrorizing lshpemng girls
with revolver while attempting Grimm
al assault. \ S25 fine resulted.
Freddie Crosby, a Q year old boy of Beld-
ing, fell of pleasure boat which was be-
ing launched and was drowned.
Detroit's permanent exposition is now an
assured success. Nearly the whole of the
desired $500, 600 having been subscribed.
Michigan senator's endorse Deputy Sec
rotary of State Frank b. Eagan for public
printer.
1t is said that the Hawley girls of Grand
Rapids, who Travelled with the late and
VIGOROUSLY wicked B shop CD Patterson OF
the "Childrcn of Zion as "handmaids of
Christ" are in great want at Glasgow,
Scotland. Mayor Weston and others are
raising money To aid the misguided and un-
fortunate young women.
There are n prosecuting attorneys in
Michigan.
The United States stove company will
begin the manufacture Of stoves al Jackson
in few days.
A rumored report that railroad will be
built between Croswell and Bay City.
Joe Selwood, the wel-known upper
peninsula mine owner, explorer and CAPT
talist has founded a town called SelwoOd
at the falls of the roaring Wash-a-b begun
re gers-igog river, in the Ncrmillion iron
district.
The Michigan weather service report for
February shows that the average precipi-
taton for thu month was 1863 or liz below
the FORMAL Of II years.
Speaking of the last encampmect of the
state troops the Mackinsc correspondent of
the ST. iguace Republican says The en-
Campment last year was detrimental 10 the
best interests of the island. The answer
of one merchant to an inquiry after the en-
campment broke up would apply TO al.
He said "Gcs, they purchased freely. and
pilfered literally, aud think we came out
Just about even
Ex- Gov Blair, who has been seriously i'll
/ for some time, is now considered out OF
danger.
The public schools in East Tawas have
~, ,.,l5.- 4 - ,ifV
Articles Of association for a street rail
way company in Gladstone have been filed
, with the secretary OF state.
WORK has been abandoned in Albion Goa
mines, because freight rates are TO high.
, The village of Constantine can get the
Erwin * Lane paper mills of Elkhart
Ind, by taking $4,000 stock and donating
! | the splendid water power owned by thC
l | place.
> tWarren Fish Of Sidney Center left HON,
| about two months ago Tor visit 10 M
brother up north, but the other day hi
| badly decOmposed remains were found no
1 over 20 rods from his house.
: Robert Barnes OF South Haven has JUS
/ | found his sister, Mrs. Avery Pratt, from
whom he had not before heard in over 3
years. She had during "a part of that tim
lived at Kalamazoo, not over 30 miles iron
! him, but he didn't know it. She now res de
4 at Chapinville, n. Y.
Q Big Rapids has voted 10 spend Sl57, 90
for public improvements.
J. Kingsley will build a modern waite
power Touring mill at Manchester.
The complaint is made that fire INSURANCE
n companies doing business in the upper pen
d insular have raised the premiums so hig
that many persons cannot afford to carr
n insurance. The formation of an uppe
# peninsula company is strcnS!" urged.
d May Tuttle was shot while in the notori
Gus Carr house at Meredith the other day
9 and is probably fatally wounded. She wa
IS shot by her husband, who found his wifi
N and daughter there.
James Spurgeon, conductor on the LAX
e Shore road, who had two fingers cut Of
k while at work in the yarGS in HillsdalC
y has since died of lockiaw
Jackson 10 infested with incendiaries
ID and attempts TO burn property are alarm
70 ingly frequent.
Charles An1reas, a popular and wei
Vt known man Of Kalamazoo, has left the cit
G. ia disgrace Ior seven years he was secrC
* tary OF the German workingmen's society
but at the last election he was defeated an
r his books showed Il defalcaton of S1e0, I
a which he afterwards confessed. 1t is SUI
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