Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28

An organization has been effected ia the
stare university TO cheer the patients in the
hospital by providing them fruit and flow
ers.
Almond M. Gainard, one of the Oldest
residents OF Concord, jackson county, is
dead. He served as town clerk for over 80
years.
John Campbell gets 10 years in state
prison for "A feloAious assault upon Mrs.
Hannah TOynton, an aged lady OF Grand
Blanc.
Washtehaw county people who travel
ere laboring with Michigan Central author
ities 10 grant them communication tickets to
Detroit.
Herbert G. Gale of Schoolcraft has been
capiased at the instance OF Horace Pettin-
gill, who wants 5000 damages for assault
and battery.
edgar Bruce, station agent at Stanton of
the ID. l.. a. n. road, was arrested in De
troit few days ago, charged with stealing
from the company.
According to decision of the supreme
court the Detroit City r"ilway company
need not produce it's books for the edihca-
ton OF the grand jury.
For the blast ending Oct 10, 3d4 days
actual run, the Elk Rapids furnace made
20,Sll tons OF charcoal pig iron, being an
average Of over 81 tons daily.
A final settlement of the Chicago rate
war between the Wabash and the Detroit,
Grand Haven 81 Milwaukee. has been eff.
fected by the board of arbitrators.
A. +. Overmeyer, postmaster at Raison-
| vile, has been arrested, charged with
opening the mails and released on 81 ,OC0
bonds TO appear for trial December Is.
The Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Mich.
gan railway company has ordered five new
! locomotives, 800 hat scars, 100 box cars and
six more passenger coaches.
Mrs. Anna Marin, a Salvation Army
| captain, was arrested in Battle Creek the
| other night as ''disorderly' while march
ing and beating drum on the streets.
The suit OF the A!pena national bank
| against Harris GreenGaum OF Lansing iu
volviug some $1,000, ended in a verdict for
Greenbaum. The jury were out all night
Nearly year ago Con. Alger bought the
] old Palmer mine for $S0J,0,O. Now il is
called the Volunteer mine and he has given
an English syndicate an option OF 5000,
| OOO.
DIR. &. H. Potter has been appointed gen
! eral manager of the f. & II. M road
About "a year ago he resigned the Office OF
vice president OF the road because OF i'll
| health.
James Hickey OF Royal Oak, whose ser
| vices brought about the capture of Harry
Durant the smuggler, has been appointed
a government detective aud sent TO Cali.
| fornia.
The ninth semi annual apportionment of
! primary school interest fund shows that
! there are 627, al children of school age in
the state, and the sum appropriated is
S464, 6l4.36
There are five claimants for the reward
| for the capture Of Holzhay, the bandit, sen.
| fenced for life to the Merquette prison. The
reward is ready as soon Us it is determined
who is entitled TO 1t.
Thomas Eagan was terribly crushed by
| logs rolling upon him in "a camp in Oge.
nav county. His left leg was broken,
| three ribs were fractured, aud II Is feared
he was injured internally.
Albert Turtle Of Pulaski, Jackson comfy.
| whose whereabouts for number Of years
has been unknown, writes TO his friends
from Idaho, Cal, and says be is fairly pros
porous and in good health.
The Cheboygan mills cut $1,000, 900 feet
of lumber this season and 5, 600, 600 shingles.
one of the big mills cut $1,000 900 feet of
| lumber, despite the fact that it was burned
down before the season was half over.
The October term OF the supreme court
! adjourned Nov. Is, and with IL the active
duties of Chief Justice sherwood ceased,
as his term Of Office expires with the year,
and the next term OF court conVenes in
January, 1890.
Frank Landers, "A graduate Of the Miehi
gan university, and one of the most sue
cessiul forgers in the country, has been ar.
rested in far-of Bavaria, convicted and
sentenced 10 10 years Imprisonment Oh a
charge of forgery.
The preliminary examination of the two
women brought 20 Oswego, Kas,, from
| Niles, supposed TO be the notorious Bend
ers, is over. The court found them guilty
as charged, and held them without bail uu-
| Ill the FebruaBH term of court.
Harry Is. bearing, aged 10 years, son of
! Hon. Mon gomery Fearing, cashier of the
| First National bank OF Albion, committed
suicide tho other morning by hanging him
| self in the basement OF l.. +. Mills's dry
| goods store ia, which he was an employee.
No reason can be assigned for the act
Warden Hatch of jackson, read mas
| terry paper on prison discipline before the
| National prison associatin in Nashville,
| Tenn He asserted that firmness and.
! Christian sympathy were absolutely essen
| tial TO success in the management OF all
penal institutions.
New York capitalists have bought the
mines composing what is known az the
! Barnum group, in the Marquette iron dis
tflcJ, DelnB the OuulOTld, Lucy anu Tue
| Lille, for 500, go The mines were owned
| by the estate of the late Senator w. IL
Barnum OF Connecticut
Nehemiah Davis served in the war in a
| New York regiment and was for long
time prisoner in Libby prison, W hen re-
leased he went back TO his home, but his
wife and child were gone, as he had been
reported dead. He heard nothing OF her
until few days ago when he joined her at
| Flint
Miss Jennie Swe ltland, who was former.
| ly in business at Kalamazoo as an abstrac.
| tor OF titles, and was convicted in the circuit
court for uttering false discharges OF mort
cages, the case being reversed by the SUI
| preme court, has been, again arrested at
! the instance of A. J. White who brings
criminal proceedings against her for utter
ing forged promissory note aud forged
| mortgage.
LorisOn J. Taylor of Ann, ArbOr has been
sent to the Pontiac asylum. He was a
comTade Of .QuarteHmaster General
Shakespeare of Kalamazoo daring the war.
Both were wounded on the same field at
jackson Miss, in 1863, and Taylor helped
Shakespeare off the field TaylOr's wound
was in the head and was the cause Of his
becoming insane. He was member OF
the legislature from Shiawassee county,
| and was one Of the men who bOltrd against