Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-25

The jackson codnty hohibitichistsN
decided, at their convention in Jackson,
Saturday, to fuse with the Jackson county
reform club.
The veteran jurist, Judge Shaw Of Eaton
Rapids, closed his Office last week after 40
years. of active practice, and has retired
from business.
Bay county spent s11, 967 during the past
fiscal year on its poor and INDECENT, COM
prising an average of IA paupers and 20
insane persons.
The Bronson Congregationalists want a
good, live preacher full of vim, enthusiasm,
others need apply.
Prof Fred Glafhe, formerly principal of
the Mendon union schools, has gone to
East Portland, Ore, to become superin-
tendent of schools.
The Bay county patrons have decided to
fuse with anything except the two big
parties and nominate a party ticket, from
the top down TO coroner.
Elisha Foote of Battle Creek was badly
crushed under portion of an old building
which was being torn down recently. His
injuries may prove fatal.
]. c. Vanduzen has been appointed spe-
cial agent to collect manufacturing statis-
tics at Escanaba and Ford River. Mr..
Vanduzen is editor of the Iron Post.
A load of new wheat was sold in Hol-
land for SO cents per busnel Saturday.
The yield in Ottawa county this year eX-
ceeds any harvest for the past 10 years.
The Chicago firm which bought the $780,
900 worth of Bay City bridge bonds finds
technical error in them and refuses to
pay for them. The error will be corrected.
Manistee is TO have home for destitute
and fallen girls, under the charge of the
w. c. Il. u. Two thousand dollars worth
of land has been purchased for the build
ing.
The mayor and recorder of West Bay
City have refused 10 sign the school bonds,
because they are payable i'll gold, and
these worthless think the value of gold un-
certain.
The Wayland cheese factory, known as
Glover HILL was burned Saturday, the loss
being $1,000. Nobody knows how it hap
pened, so, of course, incendiarism is
charged.
The residence Of William Earle of Glenn,
10 miles south of South Haven, has been
destroyed by fire. The loss was 81, 900
with light insurance. The cause of fire
unknown.
The Bronson postmaster says he doesn't
propose to be caught deficient when the
civil service examiner comes around, and
is taking lessons in painting and pottery
decorations.
Supervisor Wisner says Saginaw has
just 46, 147 people, of whom 30, 1872 live on
the east side and 16, OPS on the west. Sag
inaw talked 10000 a short time ago, and is
of course disappointed.
Burglars raided the house of Conductor
Van Dusen of the G.. & w. NJ. railroad at
Muskegon Sunday, and took away his
months salary, watch and most of the
silverware in the house.
Allan Campbell, the central Michigan
banker who was arrested at Sarnia for at
tempting to defraud the hotel keeper there,
has been released from custody, his wife
having settled the claim.
jackson his an ambulance. but there is
horrible suggestivenesS about it for it
belongs to the Undertaking concern and is
used for injured people or for corpses, as
business necessity demands.
Fire at Evart. Saturday Quilted the
dwelling house of Mrs. Nancy A. Wiley.
Loss about 800; nSinsurauce. Nearly all
of the losers by the fire of the 9th inst at
Evart have commenced rebuilding.
A. S. Watrous of Newaygp, James T.
Chestnut and A. l.. Guernsey Of Hillsdale,
II. ID. Moore of Saugatuck and j. ID. Mon
roe of Paw Paw, have all been admitted to
practice before the interior department.
The Ionia fire department has found it
necessary to prohibit lawn sprinkling and
general waste of water on accSlInt of the
scarcity of that fluid. There Isl not enough
to drink, but this does not worry IOnians.
DIR. Henry B. Baker of Lansing, is pres
ident of the American public health asso-
citation, body composed of the leading
sanatarists of the new world, and he will
preside at the coming meeting Sf the asso-
citation.
Albert Saldis, who livas at Temperance,
Monroe county, was run over by the cars
at Howell junction Monday. Hs received
broken shoulder, battered siine and in
ternal injuries which howevsr, is not
thought will result fatal.
South Attica farmers, planted mustard
seed. They did not expect pineapples or
oranges, but they We're wild when the
plant came up and proved to, be western
mustard, which is about 10 times as hard
to eradicate as the Canada thistle.
The annual school meeting at Owosso
Tuesday voted to haild a $4,000 school
house in that city. This, makes $50, 900
raised for school purposes this year in the
casket city. The old members of the
school board were unanimously reelected.
The two small yachts that put out of st.
Joseph harbor Monday, just before the
storm broke, are Supposed to have been
lost, as no tidings has, been heard of them.
Neither the names of the boats nor the
names of the persons aboard can be learned.
Felix McCabe of Green Oak township,
Livingston county. went to sleep last week
Wednesday, and the best his friends car
do is to wake him once or twice day long
enough to make him absorb some nutri.
ment. He hasn't been awake altogether &
whole hour in six days
The Grand oil stove company of jackson
has sold out 70 the Boston central stow