Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-12-19

old and formerly the leading business
man of Alpena.
The university athletic association has
decided to present memorial to the legis-
lature asking for an appropriation for
building a gymnasium.
William l.. Black, Grand Rapids car
penter. 40 years old, fell on an icy side
walk in Grand Rapids Tuesday and
fractured his skull. Death was instanta-
neous.
Chris Jacobs of Needmore, 35 years old
and single, was sick and took some herb
tea, thinking it was pennyroyal. 1t
proved to be poisonous and Jacobs died in
half an hour.
Gordon Lott was convicted in the United
States court at Grand Rapids Saturday of
robbing the postoffice at Bristol of IS and
sentenced to two years in the Detroit
house of correction.
Consul Samuel ID. Pace of Sarnia has
submitted in his report an exceedingly
interesting and graphic description of the
st. Clair tunnel, which extends from his
consulate to the United States.
A. v. Mann and w. J. Moon of Muske-
gon, and /. M. Weston of Grand Rapids
are to reorganze the Michigan fire truck
and ladder company and make it big con-
Germ. The factory is at Grand Rapids.
Hon. Thomas d. Gilbert of Grand
Rap ids, one of the best known and oldest
men in the city, celebrated his 18th birth
day Saturday, and was given an engrossed
set of resolutions by the board of trade.
Of no
M. G. railroad company at Jackson. was
instantly killel by the cars on Sunday.
He was partially deaf and did not hear the
whistle sounded for him to got off the
track.
+: Ben Burrage of the Sebewaing coal COM
pany says his company is making arrange
ments to offer coal to the Saginaw con.
sumers at prices that will drive the Penn
sylvania and Ohio producers out of the
market.
Forefather's day was celebrated at the
Plymouth church, Lansing, December Is,
by joint meeting of the eastern and
western Michigan Congregational clubs.
An especially elaborate program was car
ried out.
George Riggs, deaf and dumb, and ID.
Gray, a companion, both of Iron Mountain.
quarreled on Tuesday over some triflng
matter Gray took an AK and struck Riggs
In the stomach, inilicting a wound that will
probably prove fatal.
Joseph f.. Corey, railroad hand at
Flint was probably fatally injure Monday
night, while coupling cars, by having one
of the coupling pins run through his body.
two cars coming together He was taken
to the Detroit sanitarium.
Seth Aiken, proverbial bad man, shot
Charles Brown in a saloon at Onekama
last September The evidence was clear
and straight and the jury fingered but
three hours in finding Aiken guilty of man
slaughter in the first degree.
Daniel Follcnsbee, father of ex-Sheriff
Frank E'olleusbee and himself an ex-Geputy
sheriff, died in PIT Huron Tuesday, aged
~ years. He once knew every man in st.
Clair county, and was probably himself the
best known man in the county.
Deputy Sheriff McPhee Of Algena I'M
dertook to take prisoner from Detroit to
Ionia. The poor man fell asleep en- rocte
and his prisoner unfeclingly left him at
Holy. He offers the magnificent sum of
$40 for the recapture of the prisoner.
Sentence day in the Calhoun county
court resulted in the sending to jail of
John Lewis, three years for burglary:
George Cook, two years for burglary:
William Wandorf, one year for forgery,
and William Foster, one year for burglary.
The Alpha kappa phi society of Hillsdalc
college held its thirty-frst annual prize
contest Tuesday night at which
r. e. KEENAN, of Hillsdale won first prize
for his defamation of "Populo," and w.
J. Cray's "Ireland" received first honorable
Capt. Charles Thayer, one of the oldest
and for years well known citizen of Ann
Arbor, died Sunday, aged 80 years. The
captain had always lived in the university
city and earned his title of captain by
u guard to fight Indians in
pioneer days.
Two German boys who were hunting in
Stockbridge stamped Oh brush pile in the
hope of soaring out rabbit. The only
ucle they had was to wake up bear
which suddenly rose from the side of the
heap and charged them. Both boys fired
and bruin was killed.
DR.. Morris Gibbs, the Kalamazooite
of attempting to murder Frank A.
Michner and who put in a counter charge
That Michner had driven him crazy by
alternating the affections of Mrs. Gibbs
rom the lawful channels, was acquitted by
1 jury Saturday night.
George Massey of Bay City went to his
house Friday night and COM
planned of feeling cold. In half an hour
nc asked that q doctor be sent for, but be-
'oro the medical man arrived Massey was
beyond hun an aid and died in u few hours.
Pneumonia was the cause of death.
w. J. CraLier, landlord Of the Euro
ooan hotel, Musl1egon. and treasurer of the
union, is missing. So is
about $3.50 of the switchmcn's union
money, and the members of that organiza-
lion put two and two together and think it
means that Mr.. Cramer has mosicd with
the cash.
ID. M. Pickett, Dearborn inventor, has
patented II game called quartet,
which is said to be very amusing and in
cresting. Four games can be played on
he board and some of them are said to be
rs difficult as chess or checkers. MIR.
Pickett has secured five patents in as
many years.
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