Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
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Dr.Just of Coral, Montcalm county, prob.
ably owns one of the oldest horses in the
land. He bought him from old Dan Rice,
the veteran Snowman, twenty-four years
ago, at which time he was % years OF age.
He now bears the weight of As years, and
Dr. +. III. Il. Grange, the state veterinarian,
who examined the horse recently, states
that he is perfectly sound OF body, limb and
wind and good to all intents and purposes
for twenty years to come DIR. Just uses
the horse continually in his practice, and
the faithful old beast never gives signs,of
wearying.
A man named Richie of Clayton, with
his two sons, has been arrested on a charge
of having robbed his bro her of quantity
of wheat
+. G. Leavenworth, assistant freight
agent of the c. X. & 1. railroad, has been
appointed to fill the vacancy created by the
resignation of General Freight Agent &. Il.
Gill
Alexander Folsom died in Bay City a
few days ago of pneumonia. He was a
member of the firm of Folsom * Arnold,
operating saw mills in Bay City and az
Georgian bay, Canada, and who also own
extensive timber tracts in Wisconsin, Min
nesota and the south. He was also a heavy
stakeholder in the Miuo lumber company,
recently formed in St Louis. He was 81
years Of age and unmarried, and promi
nent member OF the Presbyterian church.
Nearly the entire town of Waldron,
Hillsdale county, was destroyed by fire
the other day, at losss of about 500, 900.
The board of managers OF the soldiers
home have adopted plans for a $50, 000-h
pital building, a 200 dormitory and a
=, 900 electric light plant. Work will COM
mence at once upon the improvements.
Owen McGovern, proprietor of the
Northern hotel in Lake City, was aroused
from his sleep early the other morning by
three men who said they wanted TO pur-
chase some cigars They presented a $40
bill in payment, which compelled McGov-
ern 10 open his safe TO get change. When the
door swung back the three men jumped on
to the landlord secured $1,000 from the
safe. and after choking their victim fed.
10 clge.
f. f. Woodstock OF Niles has sold his
English mastiff "Wacousta Nap TO a Chi
cago man for 81 900, which is claimed TO bs
the largest price ever paid for dog in tbs
state.
Saloon bonds have been fixed at SC, % a.
Cambridge, Lenawee county.
A valuable find of blue hematite ore of
the best quality has been found near Ish-
peming.
The Ishpeming & Grand Rapids gold
company has just organized and will mine
for gold eight miles northwest of Ishpem-
ing, where promising body or quartz has
been found Fred Braastad of fshpeming
owner Of the Braastad iron mines, is presi-
dent OF the company.
Graduates of Michigan university resid.
ing in Kansas City, have organized the
Southwestern alumni association.
Henry Thier, a member Of Company G.
Sixteenth Michigan Infantry in the war of
the rebellion, dropped dead in the hallway
Of the Eagle House in Bay City the other
day.
The new building occupied by the Stu
dents Christian association, at Ann Arbor
has been named Newberry hall, after the
late John 5. Newberry, whose widow gave
$4,000 toward the building At the meet.
ing of the Detroit alumni recently. at
which President Angel and Prof D'Ooge
OF the state university, were present, il
was determined to raise s., 900 necessary to
complete the building and to make the hall
a memorial to the - students of the univer-
sity who lost their lives in the war of the
rebellion.
Cyrus Chase, one of the oldest residents
OF Saginaw county, is dead.
The second grand contest of 1889 of the
Michigan state trap shooters association
will be held at Richmond Wednesday and
Thursday, May ID and rs, under the
auspices Of the Richmond Gun Club and
Game Protection Association. The princi-
pal contests will be for the individual
state championship medal, and the team
shoot for the clue championship Of Michi-
gan and team trophy.
The brigade meeting of the uniformed
rank Knights Of Pythias will be held at AL
bion, June 5, 6 and :. The band contest
will take place on the 9TH the prize drill on
the 9TH and brigade meeting on the eth
Mai. Gen. Carahau and Supreme Chancellor
William Ward will be present.
Ambrose Shimmering was arrested in
Flint the other day by Deputy Sheriff An
mis- OF Caro-, on a charge of paying woman
to leave six-months' old child of his on
the doorstep of Caro- citizen.
The national convention Of the Order Of
Patrons OF Husbandry, which met in PorS
Huron a few days ago, elected the follow
Z. w. Vertican, Port Huron; supreme
vice-president, John Andrew, Bad Axe;
supreme secretary, /. N Wadsworth, Port
Huron; supreme treasurer, +. II. Krause,
Port Huron; supreme sentinel, Charles
Rice, Kent county; supreme board Of trus-
tees, II. Il. Gillard, Huron; b. f. Niles,
Lenawee; &. II. Whittum, Eaton. The
next convention will be held in Lansing on
the third Wednesday in March, 1891.
Benjamin A. Harlan of Michigan, who
is member of the board of review in the
pension office. has been detailed by the
chief clerk on the part OF the pension Office
10 assist the civil service commission in
comparing the papers of the candidates
who were examined at the recent examina
tions throughoutthe country.
The Muskegon boom company now has
CAS- men on its pay roll.
w. w. Grape president of the F.. & p.
M. railway, has purchased a tract of land
in south Bay City, upon which a box fac
tory, to employ BOZ men, will be built.
The coroner jury in the case of Myrtle
Rivitte, who died suddenly at White
Cloud, April %, rendered verdict charg-
ing manslaughter Sam johnson and wife
of White Cloud, and Dr. Van N. Miller OF
Fremont, have been arrested.
Amos Dixon, aged 80 years, died in Sagi
nav few days ago. He had been resi-
dent of that city over 40 years.
Mrs. o. II. Hovey Of Reed City threw
herself into the river the other morning
with the intent to commit suicide Her re-
covery is doubtful. Family trouble is the
cause
The plant Of the Buchanan wind mill
company is to be removed TO Kansas City.
A Mt Pleasant firm recently shipped
5000 barrel hoops TO st. Johns, New
fouudland. The freight bill was s2i0.
Two Big Rapids men have been offered
800 600 by an English syndicate for an op-
ton they have on an iron mine. They will
probably accept the offer.