Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-02-14

A tree was lately cut FOR the Samuel Cup
pies Wooden ware company in Wexford
county that scaled 10000 feet.
Prof. Faruum of Oxford wants TO be In
dian commissioner of Michigan.
The Ann Arbor university students have
organized branch OF the Michigan club,
and large delegation will attend the ban
quet at Detroit Feb. 22.
The postoffice, newspaper Office and three
other buildings in Port Austin, were des
troyed by fire on the 9th inst.
The Southwestern Michigan homeopathic
medical society held its second annual
meeting in Kalamazoo on the 9th inst The
election resulted as follows President
DIR. Ayers; icepresdent, DR.. j. >. Part
ridge; treasurer, DR.. N. b. Sherman; sec
rotary, DR. Balyeat; censor for three
years, DR.. A. B. Cornell; delegate TO state
society DIR. Partridge. Dr. Cornell road a
paper on typhoid fever and its treatment,
and Dr. Ayers one on modern surgery,
The Michigan Veterinary surgeons asso-
citation held its annual meeting in Port
Huron Feb. 5, and elected the folio wing
officers for next year: President. ID. Cum
mings, Port Huron vice-presidents, j.
Hawkins, Detroit; George w. Dumphy,
Quincy; II. G. Waun, Crosse Pointo; sec.
rotary, E. w. Barthram, Paw Paw; treas
urer, w. Jopling, Owosso.
Pat. Leahy. an employee OF the Quincy
copper mine at Houghton, fell 40 feet down
shaft the other afternoon, and was in
stanuy killed.
III digging a well at Calumet the laborer
had to hoist 500 pound mass of copper out
of the way.
DR.. H. u. Tiedman of Menoninee is to
get $4,000 from the estate of his dead
father in Germany.
West Virginia newspapers propose tC
adopt the libel law recently drafted by the
Michigan press association.
e. G. Webb OF Mas on has sold his 10
months-old standard bred stallion viii
Carleton, by Flint Medium, dam Frixy, by
Napoleon, 20 II. M. Buck of Charlotte, for
81, 900.
An undertakers' trust has been organized
at Grand Rapids.
Citizens of Wayne have been obliged "a
employ night wa.Chmen as a precautiou
against ire-bugs. who have burned some
barns in that vicinity ana attempted to fir
some business houses.
A reward of 500 is offered for the best
magazine article on the University of NJ chi
gan, not to exceed $500 words ia length. II
must be handed in by April 90 The sue
cessful article will be printed in the Cosmo
politan.
In the matter of the conviction of Calvin
| Young OF Bloomfield, Oakland county, fol-
killing Levi Allen with IA spade during a
quarrel about road ditci, "a motion for d
new trial has been made on the ground
that one of the jurors talked too much
| Young is now in the state prison serving
. years sentence.
VIM. McCord, who was convicted of burg
| larry at the last term of the court in East
| Tawas has been admitted TO bail in S5O(
and his case is to be carried 10 the supreme
court. An effort is being made 10 clear hin
on the ground that the officers had knowl
edge by which they might have prevented
him from doing criminal act
Certificates of election of members from
the fifth, eighth and tenth Michigan dis
tricts are still missing at Washington
| Nearly 30) Of the certificates of the mem
| bers Of the next house have been received
| by the clerk, but this large proportion o
| MlchiSan's membership is still unreported
Tom Apologize of Adrian is mentioned
| as "A candidate for thc position of minis tel
to the court of St James.
| Mrs. Pulling, one of the earliest settler:
of White Oak, died on the 7th inst.
The Scofield buggy company of Ovid ha'
| been incorporated with paid capital o
! S50,O0l.
1t is now claimed that dogs killed Sl0,ON
worth Of sheep in Michigan last year.
Mile Bunnell, the Duluth editor who wa,
arrested at Grand Forks, OAK, on a charge
| OF fODOerN, was Formerly resident o.
| Genosee county in this state.
The supre ne court refr ses TO compel III,
| probate iudle of Otsego county 10 cOnduc
a recount of the votes for prosecuting attor
ney in that county as asked for by james
| A. Green, the democratic candidate
| Therefore c. ID. McEwen (rep) holds TIN
| place.
| A man named Karsteus undertook :,
drive across Pere Marquette Lake iron
Ludngton TO Buttarsvillc on the ice, aC
| Companied by two women. The team brok
through and both horses were drowned an,
| the women were rescued in terribly eX
| hausted condl ion.
William l.. Bancroft superintendent o
| the railway mail service, recommends 4
congress the passage of an appropriation o
! Sl0.Si2.90. TO cover the deficiency causes
by the establishment OF the new railwa!
postal car serv ce between Milwaukee auo
Ishpemng. The item has been included il
the postofiice bill as reported to the house
Detroit Produce Market.
Wheat-No 3, red, Ole; No /, white
81 OOll. Corn-No 3, 3l4c053i4; No .
yellow, 34l{c; No 3, do, 4@33l%c: March
| No =, a45I; May, 39c; No =. white, BE ,C
Oats-Light mixed, 2Sl6c. Glover seed
So 22l%GI5 20; March, 81 20 sample No
- S5Gt4 80. Rye-No =, 52c.
Dried fruit-Market very quiet at cd6l
for evaporated apples.
Honey-Dull and easy at 15@l6i5c per i
for comb. Demand light.
Fish Market steady at s. for whitehs
and s. 40 for trout per cwt.
Wool-Marixet firm. Fine, 2S(029c; NE
dunn, zoe; coarse 20@30c per ID.
Eggs-Inquiry light; market easy ut l3j
14c per dozen for fresh receipts.
Cheese-Steady. Michigan sells at 100
&c, and New York at l2l5dl3 per In.
Buckwheat flour Eastern flour is sellin
at $JM3 %, and Michigan at s. 50Cd3 pc
cwt
Potatoes-Car lots are dull at 2G(d 20
and store los at :Oc per bu. Deman
light.
| Dressed hogs--PaclSers arc offering jif0
SIC per ID, and butchers &c higher fo
choice receipts.
Beans-Demand very light and marko
dull. Jobbing lots are selling at 81 10 pc
bu for city hand picked.
Market very dull at 1i@lSc fc
choice dairy, i5dlGc for fair grades and {!
C626 for creamery per ID.
F'lour--Michigdn p tent, 81 %; rolleI
s. 1905 80; Minnesota patent. 81; Mime
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