Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-14


The Parma Masonic lodge for $1,000 and in
the A. o. u. w. for $1,000. The family
are unable to give any reasons for Briggs
actions
The Michigan beef and provision COM
pany filed articles of associa tiOn with the
Wayne county clerk. The capital stock is
$4,000, held by Geo. Beck, Michael Cap
lis. Henry Phillips. John /. Mason and
Thorn s. H. Cross The works will be To-
Gated at Springwells.
Mrs. Monroe aud Mrs Davis, the two
women taken TO Kansas from Niles be
cause a Kansas woman insisted that they
were Mrs. Kate Bender and daughter OF
the famous Bender family OF Kansas muir
derers, cannot be identified, and will be
returned to Michigan.
II. b. Beagraves, a stamp collector OF
Pontiac, had gathered $4,000 various pat
terms and issues OF stamps, the fullest col
| lection west of the Alleghanies. A few
days ago he went east, taking his collection
with him, and sold il to Robert Brock OF
Philadelphia for $4,000 cash.
during October there was inspected in
Michigan All 1924 barrels of salt. Up to
Nov. there has been inspected this year
3,499 221 barrels, against 3,4Jl 500 barrels,
the same per cent as last year. Salt is
moving very slow just now and manufact-
urers have large stocks on hand.
.,
living one and a half miles from Novi,
gave birth to four children the other night,
] three being alive and one dead when born.
| The three born alive died few hours
| later. Their combined weight was about
eight pounds. The mother is doing well.
The Michigan beef and provision COM
| pany has been organized in Detroit with
| 100000 capital, $50, 900 of which is paid in.
| The company will buy and sell live stock
for meat market supply; the killing of live
| stock and the carrying on of all business as
Is usually incident to and carried on at an
| ab-ttoir
Willis d. Perkins of Alba suicided few
DAYS ago, in novel manner. He lay In
bed and reached out for an old musket
loaded with slugs, tied broom handle to
| the trigger so that il could be touched off
without much exertion, put the muzzle of
| the gun TO his head and fired. Death was
instan taneous.
Isaac Wood and George Spiers, young
men of Hazelton township, in the north
western part of Shi Iwdssee county, were
killed by foul gas in well the other even
ing. Wood went down the well TO clean il
and was overcome. Spiers gnllantly went
10 his rescue, but was himself suffocated
Both were subsequently drawn out dead.
man named Meyers, of Hermansvile
in the upper peninsula, wants 10 start "A
furniture factory TO work up the abundance
OF birdseye maple and birch around that
town, aud is bulding2C0 subst initial houses,
which he proposes TO let only Ia men who
| have large families, and he expects to give
the fathers and older children permanent
employment.
Alexander Connors escaped from the
state prison Nov. 3 and Warden Hatch of
fers $50 for his capture. Connors was sent
up from OgemaY county in 1885 for five
years on conviction of larceny: He is "a
years old. fl 1917 inches in height, weighs
$50 pounds, dark compleXioued with dark
hair streeked with gray. is lame in left leg
and walks limping.
The Twenty-eighth Michigan infantry
held their annual reunion in Lansing re.
Gently without fifty members present The
following officers were elected for ensuing
year President, Il. b. Blosser of Lansing;
vice president, William Duryca OF Smyrna,
secretary and treasurer, Thomas Courtney
Of jackson. The next meeting will be held
at Kalamazoo, Oct. 81, 1890.
The executive committee of the state
Young Mems Christian Association has
elected the following officers; State sec
rotary, III. M Clark, Detroit; chairman of
the executive committee, IL. G.. Van Tuyl,
Detroit; treasurer, j. X. Dutton, Mar
quette; seer etary Of the executive commit
tee, L. c. Stanley; corresponding member
international association, David Howell,
Lansing
On Nov. the total number of students
registered at the university was 2,040.
They are divided among the various de
partments as follows: Literary, 92l; med
ical, 3i5; law, 494; homeopathy, IS; dental,
lO3. This shows an increase of 100 over
last year at this time, aud in all probability
200 more will enter before the close of the
year, making the university OF Michigan
the llrgest college, in numbers in the
United States.
Gov. Luce has pardoned two convicts
upon the unanimous recommendation of the
pardon board. One is Jacob Schenausky,
sent from the recorders court in Detroit in
1855, to the Detroit house of correction for
two years, for criminal assault His mind
is Civ .ng way. The other is Geo. A. Kava-
nagh, who went from Lansing to jackson
for 20 years in ls5g for burglary. He only
stole an overcoat, but was sent up on his
record, and now his pardon is granted on
his prison record.
Since the local board of health took hold
of the diphtheria epidemic at Holland
| the scourage has been much checked. Out
of - cases only seven died and they were
children under II years of age. The num-
Der of cases is fast disappearing.
William Fuller has been sentenced by
Judge Smith at Stanton to seven years in
jackson for assault with intent to kill.
| Last June Fuller, who was working farm
near ndu Win JOnn
| Mac Kay, and employee and bOarder and
ordered him TO leave. MacKay did so but
| soon returned. This angered Fuller. He
| picked up his shot gun and fired a charge
into Mac Kay's face. a terrible wound
was inflicted. Not only was the face dis
| figured but both upper and lower jaw
| bones were fractured Fuller fed, but
was caught and lodged in Jail at Stanton.
The annual meeting of the Michigan life
| surance agents association was held in De-
troit recently. The present membership is
| AZ. From Treasurer Z. &. Kelso's report
4 it appears that the total receipts of the
| year amounted to S3S3 IS, and the disburse-
ments TO $S4S. 10, leaving balance on hand
OF S2575. The following officers were
elected; President, j. W. Thompson; vice.
presidents, John Lokie and Jay Bassett;
| secretary, w. III. Burr; treasurer, G.. &.
'Kelso; executive committee, NJ. Early, J.
! G.. Thornan, Il. II. Leavenworth. II. +.
Doan and w. ID. Harrah.
Henry Franklin, a convict in jackson
| prison, who has already served over five
| years of 10 years sentence for horse steal
| ing asks the supreme court to set him free.
| The application for the prisoners discharge
| is based on the claim that his sentence is In
conflict with section 81, article 9, of the
constitution Of this state, which provides
! that cruel and unusual punishment shall