Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-02-21


| liam LOOMS of Detroit, the aged survivor
of the Seminole war. This is "a case Of OK
| ceptional merit and IL backed by a numer-
ously signed petition having the names of
many prominent business men OF Detroit.
Bellevue viii ask the legislature to
make a city out of the town.
Flushing business men have nearly raised
| the S5O, 900 necessary for the establishment
Of National bank.
Jehial Baker recently died at Oxford,
leaving wife scantily provided for. A
citizen who held mortgage on her home
| Immediately cancelled the debt and handed
tho document 10 the widow wrapped in
| $40 bill
A soldiers and sailors monument asso-
| cioation has been organized in Muskegon.
Mrs. Mary Sterling, for over 40 years a
| resident of Eaton Rapids, is dead.
1t is rumored that the Mason knitting
company contemplates moving its plant to
Eaton Rapids.
Watson w. Eldrdge of Michigan has
been appointed chief of division in the
Office of the comptroller of the currency,
vice A. Is. Dickerson resigned. He is at
present an 81, 800 clerk in that Office
The senate has passed bills to pension
| Charles StoclSman of Dundee, late private
company Is, twenty eighth Michigan, and
Mrs. Maria {. Mcpherson of Detroit, widow
Of Corporal Daniel Mcpherson, company &
| twenty-fourth Michigan The house has
! passed bill TO pension Edwin w. Warner,
| late OF company a thirteenth Michigan, at
$50 per month. He now lives in Kansas,
NJ E. Van Dusen Of Leroy brought suit
| 20 recover damages against the White,
t'riant * Leitellier lumber company of
Grand Rapids for injuries sustained while
| at work for the company at their mill in
| Sawyerville. Van Dusen's legs were both
broken by the breaking down Of the mill
| dock and he asked for 1900. The jury
| gave him $1,000.
Sufferers from the storm which swept
! over st. Ola r and Sanilac counties in July
last, have issued an appeal for aid. In the
majority OF cases the farmers who suffered
| losses are men who own small farms, many
are deeply in debt for the same, and quite
| large number lost their entire seasons
crops. Very little has been done to relieve
| the sufferers and now many are in great
need The board of supervisors at their an
| nual meeting prepared a petition TO the
| state legislature asking for s 900. In most
| instances the farms occupied were mort
gagged or rented. The losses are represent
! ed rs ranging from 500 10 81 900. Some re
port that they must buy bread and food and
have no means 20 buy with. The total mum
Der of losers is between fifty and sixty.
There is a project on foot for putting
down test oil well IN the ncighborhood of
Nicksburg soon TO see if oil or gas can be
discovered in paying quantities. The pro
| iect is in the hands of a Michigan syndicate
which has the funds necessary deposited
! for putting down the well and proposes to
push the matter if the necessary leases of
| territory can be obtained.
An effort il being made at Port Huron
TO organize an exposition and driving park
| association.
The Benton Harbor and St Joseph cleo
trio light company has been formally or
ganized
Henry Bolton Of Alpeua has done great
work in helping TO stock the lakes and
streams i'm Alpena county with food fish.
Last fall, at his own expense, he had 100,
| 900 shoal trout spawn gathered at Middle
! Island and brought to the city. Perms
| sion was given by the United States fish
| commlss on 10 place the spawn in the
| Alpena whitefsh hatchery, 20 be cared for
until they were ready TO plant. a good
deal Of the work of attending to the spawn
was done by Mr. Bolton personally. Most
| Of these trout spawn have hatched and
have been planted in Long Lake. In aldi-
| ton Mr.. Bolton has obtained from the
| United States fish commission 5000 Cali
| fornia brook trout which he has planted in
various streams in that county. Last
spring he secured 2,00J,000 newly batched
| wh.tefish and planted them in Long Lake.
| Many thousands of brook trout have also
| been planted in the streams OF the county
| through his agency.
A new stone crusher with capacity of
coo tons a day, has been set up at Jones
vile.
Farley Craw of Caro-, has been admitted
| TO practice before the interior department.
Cen. Alger has purchased the valuable
| property near Negaunee known as the
! Palmer iron mine. The consideration is
said TO be million dollars.
! One or more companies of the Orchard
! Lake cadets will attend the Inauguration
of Gen. Harrison.
! Mrs. w. G. Alsover, an estimablc lady of
| Vermontville, died in Atlanta. Ga, whittier
she had gone for health, on the It'll inst.
Michael Ollie, an old and respectable
! pioneer OF Mccosta county, died at his
nome near Mecosta village on the llth
! inst
The second new iron bridge over the
MuskegOn river in Big Rapids was com
| pleted on the 18th inst.
The Michigan salt association has adj.
vanced the price of fine aud packers salt
| in this market. five cents per barrel. y
| very ID trade was reported for this sea-
son oil the year. Fine and packers salt is
now quoted at siXty-fivc cents per barrel,
solar 81 OF.
o. G.. House, for over 35 years resident
of Owosso, is dead.
While w. r. McGurrin Of Grand Rapids
and Mr.. Martindale of Harbor Springs
were crossing on the ice from MGckinac to
st. Ignace with horse and cutter, the
horse went through crack and disappear
ed. The cutter was saved but McGurrin's
hands were badly frozen.
b. Lloyd and G. S. Drummond Of London,
| England, have been in Jackson investigat-
ing the model water gas works with view
TO the Introduction of the system in the Ar
gentine Republic and Canada. They repre-
sent rich English syndicate.
James Tubbs, well advanced in years and
a resident OF Loomis, died few days ago
from injuries received from being struck
by passing log train. He leaves grown
! up family
Chauncey w Ferris. one Of the pioneers
of Hllsdale county, died at his home in
Hillsdalc on the 18th inst, aged Il years
| Mr. Ferris went to Hillsdae county in 1e3i
and settled at Jonesville. In Is 10 he remov-
ed to Hillsdale, which has since been his
home. He was one Of the leading business
men of the city, sud within few yC2Se ac.
cumulatcd large property as the result of
his energy and enterprise.
Ole Moon, young Norwegian whose
home is at Muskegon, has invented and
patented swing bridge gate for which he
has been offered $4,000.
| Tho Farmers commercial telegraph com.