Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-20


Hon. Townsend North, a res dent of Vas
sar since 1918, died June II.
Twenty young men graduated from
the Michigan military academy this month.
Company A Fifth Michigan cavalry held
their annual reunion in Rochester June IL.
Hon J. II. Holman welcomed the soldiers,
which ELECTED response from Sam Har-
ris. There was paper by Mrs. L. Is.
Fox, and several soldiers and others
spoke. They elected Capt. 5. Harris OF
Chicago president, Lieut.. w. a. Frasier
of Romeo vice president. Il. +. Johnston
OF Almont secretary, and Capt. j. A. Bige-
low Of Birmingham historian. The next
meeting will be held at Oxford June IL,
1850.
Prominent citizens Of Saginaw headed by
ex Gov. jerome, are protesting against the
consolidation of the cities, and Will send
memorial TO Lansing, giving the rea-
sons they hold for separate corporate ex-
istence.
The annual meeting of the Michigan
station agents was held at Kalamazoo
Junell. A relief department was added TO
the association, w. f. ID. Long of Man
ton was elected president and the next
meeting was arranged for Lansing, Juno
IL, 1890.
Elder Cornish, Mormon missionary, is
ct work in Midland county.
The office of deputy collector Of customs
at Houghton which WAS discontinued
some time ago, on the ground that the SER
vice did not justify the expense, has been
re-established.
The project of establishing seminary at
GAINESVILLE has been abandoned for want of
ca sh.
Ed. Smith, Romeo youth, has passed his
examination and been admitted TO the naval
school at Annapolis
Early last summer Clarence robert was
wanted at East Saginaw on a charge of
attempting TO ruin IA l2-yearold girl named
Lena Davis, but he left town. A few days
ago he ventured back, was arrested, ar
raigned and held in 500 bonds.
From Sept. 10, 1883, until May 1889, the
state school for the blind ut Lansing got
away with 1861 loaves of white bread, |, Jos
of graham, 81 Of coffee coca, and 46S dozen
biscuits
An average Of As vessels a day passed
through the 500 c.nal during the month OF
May.
Richard Blumfeld and Edwin Ware, two
hitherto respected farmers or Albee town
ship, Saginaw county, have been arrested
on charge of sheep-stelling.
Jake Love of Grand Haven, boy IL
years old, caught on TO the rear coach OF an
outgoing Chicago X Western Michigan
train, was thrown under the wheels, one
leg cut of and other injuries inflicted which
He had failed to heeo the oft repeated
warning OF the station employees TO keep
away from moving trains.
The Metropolitan land and iron company
has purchased the Pabst mine, in the Co
gebic range, for S40O,OOO
A Chicago man who has faith in Ontona-
gon county is having IL secured by gang
of men in search OF gold.
The work of rebuilding with brick the
business blocks destroyed by fire at Kali
kasSa in March last, has commenced.
j. r. Pomeroy of Three Oaks has move
his large saw mill TO Marion county,
Florida.
The prospects are good for plenty of
fruit in some parts of the fruit belt. The
crop Of small fruits will be light, on NC
count of the cold rains and little sunshine.
The crop Of peaches in Berrien county will
be large, from the present prospect, but
farther north, about Saugatuc6, the crop
will be very light.
Allcgan has voted TO raj 5000 for the
construction of a bridge across the Kala-
maZoo river.
Richard OLoane of Grand Rapids has
been sentenced 10 five years in lonia for
forging the name Of Bishop Richter and
other prominent citizens to fraudulent
! checks.
The mines in the Gogebic range have
been closed, and thousands Of miners are
| idle because of the suspension.
Oscar Hall was arres Ell in Adrian few
days ago for clipping with l5-year-old girl
! from Dcerfield.
Six hundred men and 100 teams are at
work digging the water-power canal at the
500.
Two hundred AK men from Michigan be-
! gan work on the debris at Johnst0wn the
/ other morning.
Deputy Sheriff John L. Vaughn of Clio,
! Genesee county, died on the 10th inst from
the kick of "a horse received few days be-
| fore.