Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-08-22

| beginning Sept. 4.
The skeleton of an unknown man was
found inAhe woods in Fruitland township,
Muskegon county, few days ago.
Andrew Perry, a railroad laborer, was
| run over and crushed by train near iii
waukee. His recovery is doubtful.
The Smith middlings purifier company of
jackson, will build IA branch railway track
IN that city to reach the Grand Trunk.
The ownership of O'Shawano's island in
| the st. Mary's river, opposite the new
| government canal lock opposite Sault Ste.
Marie is 10 be decided by the courts. The
government had bought 1t for $1,000, but IL
! has become very valuable, and the persons
who claim TO be heirs of the chief who
claim the property are Harry L. Chapman,
| Edward Chapman and Elizabeth Buell. of
| Detroit, aud Louis O'Shawano and Char
| lotte Rousain of Sault Ste. Marie.
Mrs. DIR. Terhune known TO novel read
ers as Marion Harland, is spending the
summer at St lgnace
Abel Il. Durfee, aged So years, was
| killed by the cars at truitport junction
| few days ago Mr.. Durfee claimed to be
| the first man who ever run locomotive in
| the United States He has been deaf for
years and gained livelihood doing odd
chores abouc the trains
Minerals and cereals from Pong the line
of the Northern Pacific railroad will be
exhibited at the state fair.
Col Gill, who commanded the Fifth Vir-
| ginia rebel cavalry during the war, has
opened harness shop in bronson.
The Muskegon boom company has been
| obliged to lay off $50 men.
More than 100 sheep have been killed by
| dogs in Lawrence township, Van Buren,
| county, this summer.
Young Lawyer Collum. who is in Jail at
Minneapolis charged with S461,0OO worth
| of forgeries, is largely interested in Glad.
stone property, and this summer paved one
entire street with cedar blocks at his own
| expense.
Frank Mason, who spent several years
on the seas, and was with the disastrous
Greedy expedition to the northern zone, has
married Perrella Pauson of Manistique,
and is now in business in that place.
Manistee business men are talking about
building IA railroad from that city TO Grand
Rapids.
A. Il. Campbell, the Jackson fish dealer
| accused OF forgery, has been discharged
from custody because the principal witness
refused TO come from Sandusky, Ohio, TO
appear against him.
Mrs f. T.. Elliot of Hilsdae has recev-
ed from Mexico the silver spike which was
| the first spike driven on the Deming, Sier-
| ra Madre 4 Pacific railroad. Mrs. ElliOt's
husband is an extensive railroad contrac-
tor.
James Cain, Patrick Mcmahon, Hiram
Dixon and William Campbell have been
arrested for the brutal outrage at Duck
Lake few days ago, during which Nelson
| kluif, Jr, and his aged mother, were badly,
! If not fatally, pounded. Klutf'S condition
| is very critical.
Henry Homer was killed in a copper
mire at Calumet the other day.
Surveyors are at work on the Chicago &
| Northwestern road to Escanaba. IL is said
that the road is being built by German
syndicate TO carry ore from recently &C
quired mines. Another rumor is to the
effect that the Milwaukee IL Northern COM
pany is building the road.
Twenty-six ladies' received the black veil
and 81 ladies the white veil in Wilkesbarre,
| Pa, August II. Among those who took
the white veil were Lizzie Tillman and
| Lizzie Bauer, St. Clair, Mich, Lizzie
Shultz, Mary Lindmeir and Anna Valen-
| tine, Detroit, Mich. The Michigan ladies
who took the black veil were Regis Dunno
back, Westphalia, Mich, and Alena Kro-
mer Of Detroit.
Gov. Luce has appointed Chas. II. Schaf-
fer of Onota, commissioner to lay out and
establish the Bay dc Noe and Lake Supe-
rior state road, under an act of the recent
legislature.
Thomas McGraw of Saginaw and X. w.
Hawley of Cleveland, lumber capitalists,
who own extensive pine lands in that
vicinity, have commenced the erection Of
mill ut the mouth of Dead river, two miles
west Of Marquette The mill will have
capacity of 3O,00O000 feet per annum, and
will be ready for operations at the opening
of next season. Surveys are under way
| for line of railroad from the mill TO the
timber lands which lie among the head
waters of Dead river, 10 miles distant. The
| lands are estimated TO contain 200, 900, 900
feet of the best pine.
Rev. Robert b. Whitehead, aged 90,
who graduated from Adrian college in June
last, has accepted a call to Trinity church
| of Brooklyn, n. Y.
l.. w. Wallace. prominent business
and temperance man of Port Huron,
died suddenly on the 18th inst.
Ernest Graham of Kawkawliu was shot
by Charles Andrews the other morning
| and died the following morning. He was
81 years old Andrews and Randall Nc
| Donald are in Jail. They were drunk and
were playing cowboy.
The report that $40, 100000 trust is
operating the upper peninsular mines is
| denied.
Fred. Hardy's little boy in Greenville
pulled snow-plow upon himself, breaking
his neck, on the 18th inst
Edward Dart of Ogemaw county is in
Jail at Caro-, charged with felonious as
sault upon his 12-years-old niece.
John Austin, who served in the army and
navy after he was 80 years old, and car
ried an honorable discharge, died in the
Antrim county poor house a few days
| since.
The grading of the Duluth, South Shore
q Atlantic extension from Hill Creek to
Ontonagon has been completed and track
laying commenced. This will give Ontona-
gon her first railroad.
Nicholas Buckston, aged so, was killed
by a train near Freeport the other day.
Mrs. MARY Leeten and her son Albert are
in Jail at Manten, Allegan county, charged
with burning Eli Devine's barns and
| crops
Hetty Martin of Ypsilanti, is 119 years
old. She was born in Maryland, and was
"A slave until Lincoln's proclamation set
her free.
Several months ago the Minden City
school board contracted with Prof Sayles
TO take the principalship of the village
school for the coming year. Since that a
new board has been elected and has noti-
fled Prof. Sayles that his services will not
be required. However, Sayles will be on
hand at the opening OF school.
Wright. the Benzie county murderer,
was captured in the woods near Otter
Greek on the 18th inst and taken to Jail at
Manistee for safe keeping.