Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-04-04
WOLVERINE WHISPERINGS.

Hon. w. L. Seaton Of Jackson, admins
traitor of the estate of Mary II. Latimer
while looking over the murdered woman
papers. found a note made payable TO the
order of Mrs. Latimer signed by IL. Irving
Latimer, her accused murderer The
amount is $500, due in five years from
date (Feb !, 1855, and bearing 10 per cent
interest The date OF the note is Identical
with the date of the purchase, by Latimer OF
the West End pharmacy, and the first
years interest, $50, would have been due
five days after the dat of the murder, Jan.
%.
Efforts are making to have a steamer ply
between last Tawas and Port Austin, 10
connect there with Flint q Pere Marquette
trains, thus making "A short route to Port
Huron, Detroit and the east, via the +. Il
Il. M, recently acquired route IN 1.-THE
Thumb"
Edwin Willis, president of the Michigan
agricultural college has been nominated
as assistant cOmmisS oner or agriculture,
and has signifed his acceptance OF the
place. The salary is S4,5OO per annum.
A national bank with a capital Of $4,000
will soon be doing business at Oscoda.
John Henderson Of Lapeer dropped dead
in Atlanta, Ga, a few days ago.
The business firm Of Mailman & Grip Of
| Ishpeming, the largest in Northern Michi-
| gan, has failed for 100000. The assets
| are large but not scheduled yet. The brm
| employed from 800 % so men in the busy
season and their operations extended over
northern Michigan and Wisconsin and the
| Nermillon iron district of Minnesota. They
| lost money on several recent Jobs OF large
size owing to the increase in the cost OF
| building material
The largest white pine tree ever cut in
this state was cut and scaled by the Brook
ing lumber company, which is doing large
lIgl., (Nt.gYn Il
| Rapids Il Indiana road. II measured at
the butt six feet in diameter and scaled
! 1881 feet of mercantile lumber In the
| fall the top was broken, destroying about
500 feet of choice lumber.
Grand Rapids capitalists own several
hundred thousand acres of pine lands locat-
| ed all through Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala
bama, Texas and other states. In the Cal
| casieu parish, Louisiana, alone {. {. Com
| stock owns $1,000 acres. Robinson ~ Lacey
25,1OO, and Uhl, johnson, Robinson IL Lacey
81 600, making total of F2,3 acres, and
other Mich gan men hold C0,0l0 acres more.
All the land is being held as future invest
| mentS upon which some day handsome
profits will be realized.
The next annual encampment of South
eastern G.. A. Il. association will probably
be held in jackson, large number OF the
members having expressed themselves IN
favor Of the Central City. The secretary
will call a meeting Of the executive councr
at Jonesville about the 10th or 18th Of April
when the matter of location will be decided
He saws the expenses of the encampment
including the prizes offered, would amount
to 81, 900 or 81 800, and the place selected as
a location would be expected TO contribute
toward these expenses.
Prof. Morris Of the University died AZ hi,
home in Ann Arbor March 23 of hemor
rhage of the bowels
Miss G. S. Soper Of Michigan has beer
promoted from an $50 to "A 500 clerkshil
in the Office of the first officer of tn
treasury.
Frank y. Crosthwaite, a Michigan maj
clerking in class2 in the surgeon general
Office, has resigned.
A mining expert who has visited the gol,
mines of Australia. California and Colo
RADIO, pronounces the Michigan gold rang
the richest in the world. He assaye
native rock from Firms find at Graylin
and secured s. q in gold from a singl
pound of rock Finn has been offere
81 COO, 900 for his option, but refused 1t.
Reported that aluminium has been foun
near Bay CITY. Aluminium is the lightes
and next to gold, the most valuable meta
The case of a. II. Brady Of Ithaca dgains
the Toledo, Ann Arbor Il Northern Mich
gan railway company for damages for pei
, soual injuries terminated in verdict 70
81 800 for the plaintln. The case Will go
, | the supreme court
r Jacob Gallinger a resident OF Mort
Branch is dead. During h s long residenC
I there he had not been outside the count.
+ Nearly block of buildings in the bus
i. ness center of Cedar Springs was desyroye
by fire the other day.
The handle factory at Tustin was burr
ed the other day.
Prominent hortiCulturists say the VI
! usual spring like weather of March is bt
!. for fruit buds.
: The executive board of the G. A. r. w
/ meet In Jonesville for the purpose of loca
{ ing an encampment.
:. Plainfield had sl5, 900 fire March 26.
/; M. X. GOdsworthy, agent of the Stan
7 ard oil company at Hancock, is short in h
, accounts and has fed TO Canada.
. ]. y. Cooper for 40 years resident
Oshtemo township, Kalamazoo county, di'
a suddenly while building fire the 9th
q morning, aged 20 years. He had been ma
= ried four times and was divorced fro
= three wives. His last ono died, leavll
2 him with a 20 months old child An !
!. quest was held and the verdict was that
!, came TO his death from natural causes.
The Saginaws are expecting that 545,0
600 feet Of logs will be RATED to their mi
thia aoagon