Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07

| ana no IN Wisconsin have organized the
inter state press association. Elder Van
Dusen OF Escanaba is president; O. IL.
kelsey, Marquette, secretary, and Deacon
| MURDOCH OF L'Anse, treasurer.
| The Michigan fish commission IL planting
| eggs in the streams near psilanti.
George GOrton, veteran of the war OF
1872 died in Rochester Feb. "a.
Lyman Pitts, for nearly half d century q
resident of Battle Creek, died Feb. %
Jennie M. SHETLAND, formerly abstractor
OF titles in Kalamazoo, his been foand
guilty of forgery.
! The W J.'lIingmen's Cooperative store
at Negaunee is pronounced success de-
spite the bitter opposition OF the local
merchants.
c. Il. Hills of Muskegon has purchased
tho lot formerly owned by the city of
| Grand Rapids at the corner of Ottawa and
Lyon streets, Of ID. II. Waters of that city,
paying $4,000. He will erect magnificent
| eight story block on the site.
j. IL. NieSum, travelling for the Myers g.
| Leggett tobacco company oil St Louis, NO.,
died at Grand Rapids Foo ~ from com
pilcation of diseases aged IS. He was a
| single mon and leaves life insurance
polcy OF SOOO( Remains have been taken
TO st. Louis.
Gen. Orlando 3. Wilcox has been APP
| pointed by Score airy Endicot 20 be govern.
or OF the soldiers homo of the District of
Columbia, TO succeed the late Henry l.
Hunt.
Chattel mortgages aggregating sl96, 3SS. sc
have been filed by the firm of William NJ.
| Dwight ~ Co., the well-kuown lumber
dealers of Detroit.
Jennie NJ. SHETLAND, formerly of the
| Kalamazoo abstract office, has been found
guilty of forging papers.
Geo. III. Reynolds, at one time a member
of the class OF 81 Of the law department of
the university, committed suicide the other
morning Instead OF graduating with his
class he accepted q short time before the
| close OF the college year, position as mem
| Der of law firm IN the northern peninsula
| and left college; but upon arriving at his
destination he found that other arrange
| ments had been made. The disappointment
| ureyed upon his mind and as he was not
able to secure start elsewhere, may have
nad something TO do with his act of self de-
struCtion. His remains were taken to his
former home in Peoria Ill.
DR.. NJ. f. Wadsworth has boen reelected
state geologist for "a term of two years FROM
May l, 1889.
The Scandinavian stock company's gro
Gerry at Lakeside, near MuskegOn, has been
| closed by creditors.
The Grand Rapids national bank has set
| tied AL its claims against the Michael En-
| gelmann estate at 20 cents on the dollar.
Martha Sebert has secured $1,000 YER
| dict against the city of Alpena. A stump
in the street used her to he thrown out OF
a buggy, severely iniuring her
A law and order movement has been
started in Lawrence, Van Buren, county.
by direction of the secretary of war,
Private Archie Abbott, company K, Twen-
ty-third infantry, now with his company at
| Mackinac, is transferred TO the hOspit
| "A = "a m N
ordered Private Henry w. Stanford Of Co.
! ID, Twenty third infantry, discharged from
tho service.
At stockholders meeting of the Coch.
| RAM roller mills manufacturing company of
/ Escanaba, Messrs. V. T.. t'ul err John Me
] Kay, ii. "A. Barr, II ', Daniels, John n.
! Stack, j. =. Harms and Marcus Pollasky
were elected directors The directors
elected the following officers: We. Fuller,
| president; H,A.Barr, vice president; VIM.
| McNaughton, secretary pro ten; John L.
| stack, trea urer Dan H. Eal Of Mar
quette was appointed counselor Of the com
| pany. IhiS rs the company in which the
late Lieut.-Gov. James II. Macdonald was
so he willy interested The business of the
| concern viii nov 90 on, it is stated.
by a premature explosion in Norway
| mine, near Marquette, Albin Heavy lost
both arms and one eye, and Edward Rud-
| der had both eyes blown ont of their
Six buildings in Lalzeview were destroy
| cd by fire the o her night at loss of from
| $1,000 TO $1,000.
The annual earnings statement issued
| from the railroad commissioners Office
| places the total earnings of the Michigan
| railroads during 1855 at S19,95S,ll1 aga INST
| 5S),sl9,U9J for 1857, a decrease OF S 81 ,4g2.
The musters Of Gesrge Turner of the
| Tenth Michigan infantry, have been
amended so thai his final ter out is as
| captain.
John Bedford of East Fremont, Sanilac
! county, owns medal struck by the Eng
/ lish government in 1915, and given to his
! father as one of the survivors of the forces
| that took Detroit-the day Ga. IsYu sur
| rendered it without firing a Shot
The bill of exceptions in the case OF OK
| Heputy u. :, Marshal George Jacks of
Muskegon, will be argued in the supreme
court March II. Jacks has been in Jail a
| year and a half.
Mrs. Rodney Seymour, the earliest
! pioneer of kalamazoo county, died Feb. -
George Tree of Bate Creek, aged 10,
| iumpe from a fast train 1T tho East Albion
cross ng aud had his left log crushed. 1t
was amputated six inches ABOVE the ankle.
H u. Staples barn, situated four miles
northwest Of Montague, was burned the
| other night with its contents, consisting of
| 30 cattle, Ia horses, "a quantity OF harness,
( many sle!ghs. hay, grain and farming tools.
There was party at that place the same
night and the horses OF the guests were
stabbed in Mr.. Staples barn.