Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-02


struck by an engine while attempting TO
cross the track near his home. He died the
same evening FROM his ininPies.
William Cook, peddler of Hastings, had
n heavy load on his wagon, and while go
ing down steep hill the holdback TO his
harness gave way and he was thrown Tor,
ward under his horse and tho wagon passed
over him. He died from his injuries the
next day.
II. Heffner, an OK supervisor OF Eaton
county, has been fined for dynamiting fish
in a lake near Charlotte.
j. X. V. Agnew, superintendent of the
Chicago e. West Michigan railroad, has
been appointed general superintendent of
the Chicago IS West Michigan and Detroit,
Lansing x Northern, relieving Superinten
dent Fish of the latter road.
The drill hall at the Orchard Lake mill
tary academy was destroyed by fire the
other day.
a. M. Gray, an Owosso carpenter, is
missing, and as he had considerable money
when last seen, foul play is suspected.
Ex-Gov. Bego.e aud wife celebrated their
golden wedding at Flint April %.
Lake Linden and Red Jacket though six
miles apart are TO be lighted by the same
electric light plant. II will cost So, 0J0,
and be put up by tho Thompson Houston
company. 1t is claimed that only four per
in one town Will be lost on the way to the
other.
The seventh annual meeting of the Mich
igan Spiritualists will be held at Haslett
park, near Lansing. commencing Thurs
day, July %, and closing Monday, August
~, 1889, including five Sundays. &. II.
Brooks of Wisconsin will preside and somo
of the best speakers in the ranks of the
spiritualists have been engaged, including
j. Frank Baxter of 80 ton; Frank j. Al
gerton, the boy orator and medium of Chi
cago; j. Clay Wright of New Jersey, and
Mrs. II. S. Lille of Boston
A decline of 10 cents per barrel In the
price of salt on the eve of Burt departure
for Europe has caused con siderable excite
ment among salt men in East Saginaw.
LAUNDERING operations on Grand River
will practically close with this season. In
former years the cut has run up TO 200 600, o.
600 feet per year. This year the total cut
for Grand Rapids, Spring Lake and Grand
Haven will be- scarcely 10000, 900 feet, and
next year it will not be more than six or
eight million There is no pine on the Flat
river nor on the Ro gue and the Six Lakes
and the other districts that were once eX-
ceedingly rich have been denuded.
The Adrian straw goods factory has
shipped nearly half million straw hats
this season.
While party of children were roas ting
eggs in the woods north of Caro-, the eight
year-old daughter of William Fournier was
burned to death.
Thomas Weaver, the clairvoyant doctor
of Bay City, who swindled Farmer Horn
out of 1000, has been scntCnced TO five
years in jackson prison.
Rasmus Larsen, Gems Larsen and John
SorensOn were drowned in Portage Lake,
near Grayling, the other day. They at
tempted b cross Portage lake. and when
near the middle of the lake the boat capsiz
ed. Gems Larsen and SOrenson are sup
posed 10 have drowned at once. Rasmus
Larsen chung 10 the boat until he came TO a
floating log. To this he clung for some
time. The boat or another log finally
knocked him under mass o. logs near BY,
and that finished him.
The following jury has been CHI sen in the
Latmer murder trial at jackson: George
Deming, &c, farmer, Blackmau township I;
Thomas johnson, 81, engineer jackson;
.. III. Porter. ~, farmer, SpringpOrt: Geo
l.. Underwood, 80, farmer, Leoni Township;
John =. Powers, 81, brakeman, jackson /;
VIM. +, Johnson, "a, dry goods clerk, Jack
son; George +. Dixon, 50, grocer, jackson;
Frederick Hall, 81, engineer, jackson ;
Moses Terpening, a, farmer, Spring q rbor ;
Frank Morhouse, 81, farmer. Leoni Town
ship; Henry Teft, 46, farmer, Spring Ar
Dor; George Olger, ~, brakeman, jackson.
nc case was OptuEu lOI luO bNdJS On ltlC
morning of April "a.
Very Rev Father Joos, vicar-general of
the Detroit diocese, has been made a mon
seignor.
1t is reported that the Grand Trunk has
closed the deal whereby it will control the
Toledo, Saginaw and Mackinac railroad.
A Vicksburg, Miss, special TO the 81
Louis Post Despatch says: "John S.
Peters of Adrian, Mich, has purchased for
the American timber company of Michigan
150, 900 acres of the finest cypress and hard
wood timber land in this section. He is
also looking for 10000 acres OF long leaf
pine land for the same company. The
company Will, next year remove five Of
their mills TO this state TO cut timber for
the northern market IL is little unkind
in the ViCksburg reporter ia leave Michigan
in doubt about what five mills are to be
picked up and logged out of the state.
Three million white fish were planted in
the lake at Marquette few days ago, max
ing over 60, 900. 900 whitetish planted by the
commission this season.
Mrs. II. X. Sherwood, wife OF tho Chief
Justice, died at Kalamazoo few days ago.
The supreme court attended the funeral in
a body.
Fred. S. Cantield Of Cadillac, died sud
denly at Morley few days ago of blood
poisoning.
An old land mark in Bay City, known as
the Scott block was destroyed By fire few
days ago.
NJ. Samm one of the leading bushes men
of Hillsdale, died April %.
The chief of the railway mail service has
appointed these postal clerks on recon-
mendation of Senator Mcmillan: +. +.
Steers, Wayne; w. L. Boffman, Port HUI
ron; James A. Clancy, r.. II. Ament, w.
}. Hildreth, Frank Beesaw, Detroit; N. A.
Thayer, Fort Gratiot; M. l.. Parmerlee.
Hadley.
Warren Bentley, while saving tree at
Simpsons camp near Big Rapids, was
struck on the head by falling tree and
instantly killed.
The prohibition vote at the state election
was 1884; the labor vo,e 1915.
The Standard oil company has est .blish-
ed distributing station at ionia
Grand Rapids $4,000 water bonds,
which run 20 years at 3 per cent. have been
sold to Hayes 81 Son of Cleveland, for
S94, 1887.
A flrst-class lime kiln has been started OF
Manistique and an extensive barred factory
will soon be built
Thos. hester has cut the past winter ca, :
0O0.OOO feet of white pine logs, 20, DOC, 900
feet being in Ontanogan county and the re-
mainder in Baraga. This makes the larg
net Is.t~s.