Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-24
vane Reed of Wakeshma was kicked to

number of students admitted on diploma
and corresponding decrease in the mum
Ter admitted on examinations In SO, 80 en-
tered on diploma; in 'Ss, l2S, while the
number entering on examination fell of
from ~ In lo6 10 7S in 'SS.
John Scanlon of Grand Rapids has been
convicted of manslaughter. He killed his
cousin Henry Powers in drunken quarrel
about year ago. Neither OF the boys Is
yet 81 years old.
Chas. Parker. popular society man Of
Battle Creek, was found dead In bed the
other afternoon, an empty bottle which
had contained cflOroform clasped in his
hands. 1t is not thought TO be suicide, as
there is no known reason for such au act
The steamer Sanford is still making
regular trips between Man!stee and Frank
fort and the prospects arc that she will run
al winter.
Dome Megesse. who owns small farm
in Rockford township, Calhoun county,
fought under Kossuth from 1916 TO 1850.
He was taken prisoner in the latter year,
and joined the Italian army to prevent
severe punishment Megcsse remained
there nearly year before being able TO
desert. He e. en- came TO the United States
and in 1860 joined he union army, serving
throughout the rebellion with distinction.
At Hillsdale the other day, Judge Lane
dismissed nine liquor cases because the in
formations were objective.
George NJ. Dinehart of Owosso, started
to Chenango, Pa, to meet relatives. Get
ting off the train at Chenango he was run
over by another train.
Ironwood will petition the present legis-
lature 10 grant it city charter.
Two bears were xii ed inside the corpor.
alton limits of Inlay City tho other day.
During the month Of December III cars
| of refined copper were sh pped from Hough-
| ton TO various places in the east by the
| Calumet q Hecla mining company. OF
| these cars 3S contained each about 52W1
| pounds, and % contained each about 1900
| ponds. The other companies shipped only
about 20 cars in December, moss of which
carried the smaller load Of $4,000 pounds.
The first shipments by rail were made on
December 3.
The star coal mine near jackson has boon
abandoned.
A. A. Aldrich has bought in Cheboygan
twenty acres of land W TN good lake front,
"a tract OF timber, and house and lot and
| expects to build a whOop I, CORY and shingle
1 mill com bined, the latter to have a capacity
of l2J,UOO 10 lJO,GOO shingles per day.
The Sarnia oil company has BEEN incor
| porated w tn $40 OJJ capital. Tue chief
promoters are II. G.. Thurber of M rquettc
Il. w. Gor.on and w. White, Buffalo; and
| ID. Mcmillan, London.
[; Flntcitizenkiaye signing a petition, adj
dressed to ,hehtahagers Of the Ntaheest-
| ern lair association, asking that liquor
| dens and gambling holes be kept OF the
| fair grounds hereafter.
1t is reported that the To,edo Saginaw 81
Ma kinaw road from EAST Saginaw 10
Durand has been bought by the Canada 81
| ST. Louis company. aud that the line run
ming from Bay City to Mid and will be
continued to the straits.
When the railroad depot was burned at
Armada on the night of Dec. 30, 1883, ere
| was in it an express package contain ng
| $50 Of which no trace could be foun |. Dc
tectives have, since that time, been at work
| upon the case aud have arrested Alex md
er Stott, the express wagon driver. In his
possession they found the contents Of the
| package, besides othe- missing articles.
Philetus O. Littlejohn, one OF the oldest
| settlers in Allegan, died on the l4th inst.
A mysterious disease is becoming edi-
demic in Lakeheld township, Sag
county. Its nature battles the doctors, but
the symptoms are characteristic Of a
| wholesale outbreak OF boils.
Rev. y. p. Flower. rector of All Saints
Episcopal church OF Brooklyn, dropped
dead the other day as he was about en-
tering his carriage TO attend funeral.
John Beyson, SWeed employed at the
Ludington mine in Iron Mountain, fell
down shaft the other morning, and was
| instantly killed.
Diphtheria Is epidemic at Iron Mountain
| and Negaunee.
The executive board of the Michigan
state agricultural society favors Detroit as
a permanent place for holding the state fair.
AT a meeting of the comm tees held in De
troit few days ago the following commit
tees were appointed: On premi ms-Iieo.
Phillips, l. II. Butterield, j. g. Sharp, G..
| w Young joan Less ter, NJ. j. Guard, a.
| IL I'm R.alac a ord
gene Fifield, j. Q. A. Burlington. Finance
NJ. p. Anderson, j. p. Shoemaker, +. l..
Reid. Horticultural premlums-L. ID.
Watkins, f.. II. SIN tn, n. j. Kelsey.
James Blair of Luther was seriously in
iured the other day by timber failing on
him while assisting some workmen TO raise
a beam of heavy timber
The Chaplin mine company has increased
the wages OF its employees ten per cent.
ca. J. Sawyer OF Ann Arbor wants TO be
United States district attorney for the
eastern district Of Michigan.
Atthe twenty-frst annual session of the
kfahd cotIicil of Royal and SO ect Master
Masous the following officers were ected
Most illustrious grand m Ister, Thomas G..
Green, Three Rivers; deputy grand mas
ter, Sanford Hunt, jackson; grand conduc-
tor, Traverse Phillips, II ,stings; treasur-
err, III. Shaw Noble Monroe; recorder,
Cara Is. Noble, Detroit, chaplain, Francis
A. Blades, Detroit; captain of the guard,
Marcus ID. Elliott, Holly; steward, Harris
r. Hatch, Lapeer; sentinel, Alex. McGreg-
or, Detroit. Ths reports SHOW ho order to
be prosperous, and its membership increas
ing.
II is denied that the Toledo, Saginaw &
Mackinac railroad Is TO be sold TO the Cana
da 81 st. Louis company
Tho MusScgon log c1t for this year has
promised to reach 20, 100000
Cora Stone of East Saginaw is now lying
at the home for fallen women in pitiablC
Cond ton A month ago at Ionia she re
ceived severe beating about the head,
which undoubtedly caused softening of the
brain. Sae will be sent to Pontiac.
A senate committee is to Investigate the
irregularities in cOnDec ion with the build
ING of tao Detroit pOstOM &C.
Armour & Co, The great Chicago meat
packers, will build mammoth refrigerator
Ut NJ ,rquette
James r. Clarke Of ST Joseph is a candi
date for the United States m irsaalship Of
the western dis riot OF Michigan.
St. Joseph is trying TO have the next en-
clmpment OF the Sons of Veterans located
there.
They elected Judge of probate in Tror
county last fall but judge Gallagher, VIII,
VS. elected two ycarg AFRO. SAWS he has tV,