Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-04-18
STATE NEWS CONDENSED.


Rag bees are all the rage at Marlette.
Clinton is to have chewing gum fac.
tory.
A canvass is being made of Detroit for
subscriptions toward the erection OF = $780,
0O0 hotel.
A reward of 500 is offered for l4dings OF
John +. Creighton, a boot aud shoe mer-
chant of Alpena.
The Masons of the Galesburg lodge have
commenced the erection of "a Masonic
temple.
N. Stockwell, the postmater at Clifford,
has been appointed pastor of one of the
churches there.
Owosso has an electric light company
with capital of $4,000, and it has given
the contract for plant.
Ole johnson, who worked in the lumber
woods during The winter. reached Escanaba
but fell dead as he stepped from the cars.
There are 400 convicts In Ward, Wat.
kin care at the st.te house Of correction
and reformatory at lonia
Three persons at S ginaw have bee n
bitten by an alleged mad dog, and consluer
hydrophobia.
Sdulll Is Il HTuHu nepu6W VI Tue
late Gov. Ransom, chief justice of the
Michigan supreme court from lo43 to 1S4S.
The upper dam OF the south fork of
Thunder Bay river went out Thursday
night. If the lower dams 60 out and this
is feared, 81 1000, 900 feet OF logs will be he d
up.
Mamie Starr, who poisoned the Newland
family at Chicago, US her IN iden name
was Mary Frances Morse and tn II she has
relatives in Tawas City. Her father is a
blacksmith.
The gross receipts Of the Charlotte post
Office the last quarter were over -, 800. II
the bill TO extend free delivery u cities
whose otfices do Si,OOO-a year bushes 8
passes, Oh orlotte will be one of 10 Mici j.
8 n cities 10 come into the desirable list.
Two hundred aud sixty five Fowlerville
drinkers have signed the pledge.
Benton Harbor pickle factories want to
contract for 10000 bushels OF cucumbers.
Horace G. Spencer of Flint, has been
elected a member OF the state board OF
agriculture.
Some of the citizens of Oscods county
have been chopping the court house doors
at Milo 10 pieces.
Three separate cases for the purpose OF
testing the constitutionality of the consoli-
datlon OF the Saglnaws are now before the
supreme court
j. NJ. Longyear, the newly elected mayor
OF Marquette, was poor wo0dsman and
explorer little more than five years ago.
His annual income from his GOgeblc mine
interests now exceeds 5000 and his for
tune is said TO exceed S5,OOO,000
The new disease, alleged to be q success.
sor to the grip and called la mona, is said 10
De form OF the Dellagra, and to lie caused
by the use of widowed corn hour, which
is consumed in north Italy in the shape of
polenta. The victims sink into a peaceful
sleep and die unconscious, instead OF sneeZ-
ing their heads OFF and living, as in the
grip.
George F. Cass, foreman on the Fargo
shoe contract in Jackson prison, was at
tackled and badly beaten by convict
Thursday He would doubtless have been
killed, as the convict was armed with u
club. had the other convicts not come 10 his
rescue.
II is claimed that by hot air evaporating
process, trst-class salt can be made at an
expense Of eight cents per barrel
Pension Agent Harvey has appointed his
sister as his private secretary. Miss Har-
vey had been an assistant in the high
school at Paw Paw.
Mayor elect Paterson Of Flint became a
full citizen in the Genesse circuit court on
Thursday. He declared his intention in
1o69.
Hersey will probably have cheese fac
tory this summer.
j. w. Finch of Mungers, writes the Bay
City Tribune that he wants TO marry. He
says he's over 30, a bachelor, healthy, re-
spectacle and church member. All he
wants in a wife is some one who is respect.
able. He is living at Miss Julia Sutton S
boarding house now and will talk over the
matter with any personal caller, or answer
any letters
Frank A. Harris of Gardiner & Harris,
Battle Creek grocers, wss accidentally
killed at Battle Greek by & CSicago &
Grand Trunk train on "Wednesday. He
was % years old.
Albert G. Weaver OF Chicago, an insane
patient at the Battle Greek sanitarium, has
escaped and is wandering about in his slip
pers.
At BattleCreek Sunday coat was found
on the Main street bridge, and in that coat
note saying: "Janes Hadley, drowned
in Battle Creek April6, 1890. God forgive.
Detroit papers copy"
Adolph Trundelrs 10 month old baby was
cremated in a house that burned near Han
cock Wednesday night
Il. G. Lewis, the tramp printer who pied
the type in the Hastings Democrat ONCE
last week and poured ink upon it, was ar
rested at Plainwell Tuesday. Lewis
worked at Plainwell few years 20.
| There was reward of $50 for his arrest.
Mrs Parmela Lane of Mancelona has
been in the county house two ears, not
| withstanding she has several children able
TO care for her. She has just received s7.0
back pension.
Charles Dixon, Saginaw county's ex-dep-
uty sheriff, who stole g., 900 of public funds
and then departed, expecting his father TO
make good tho shortage goes TO Jackson
| for five years.
SO many acres Of potatoes have been
washed away by the recent rains and foods
In the south that the Michigan product is
| ia demand down there ut good prices, it is
said as high as 40 cents q bushel. One Big
Rapids firm have shipped 1000 bushels al
ready and are looking out for more to send.
John Knecht, arrested in Uniorrf.io on
suspicion of having tried TO wreck e tr in
on the Saginaw, Tuscola a. Huron railroad,
denies his guilt and has been released on
bail.
Female lobbyists are recognized ctors oil
legislation In England and are said TO be
very successful.
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