Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-12-05

tended TO by Judge Cobb or Bay City.
The coroner's jury to inquire into the
death of the two Kalamazoo boys killed by
the cars Saturday, decided that it was an
accident and that nobody was to blame.
The move to bond Lansing for 500, 900
to induce manufacturers TO settle there is
meeting with general approval and will
probably become fact at the next meet
ing.
Elizabeth Grostic of Howell has begun
suit against the Detroit, Lansing 81 North
ern railroad for $25, 900 damages for the
killing of her husband, August Grostic,
year ago.
+ The United States fish hatchery at AL
pena has 295 jars of whitefish eggs, and
will make it an even 800 before spring.
The work of stocking goes on and has been
uniformly successful.
Simon II. Reynolds residence. known as
tho food Farm" house, ON the Detroit
gravel road, near Pontiac, burned Mon
day morning with all its contents Mr..
Reynolds was away at the time and Mrs.
Reynolds, who was confined to her bed,
was rescued with difficulty.
Rev. H. Nj. Curtis closed his nine years.
pastorate at the Flint Presbyterian church
Sunday, and preached his farewell sermon
incidental to his departure to accept "a
pastorate in Cincinnati.
o Rev. L. II. Pillsbury, an aged citizen Of
Hastings, fell and broke his arm whilo
caring for his horse Wednesday night.
On account Of his advanced years it is
feared that the accident will result fatally.
Mrs. J. Howard of Portland spent one
night at the National hotel in Owosso.
She wanted to be sure she turned tho gas
out and turned the valve so far that she
turned it on again. She will recover but
had close call.
Nicholas Power thought it would be
great fun to beat and kick an inoffensire
old negro because the latter had no friends.
He carried out his idea and was arrested,
and is now serving 90 days in Jail under
sentence of the Alpena court.
A gang of men is touring the state
painting barns. They offer to paint
farmers barn for S.. And that is all they
charge for doing the painting, but they put
an item of $50 for paint in the bill and
get even with the b1colic dwoller in that
way. p
The Ann Arbor & Ypsilanti railroad has
secured the right of way along the whole
route except in front of the farm Of
Bonnet, who wants $4,000 for what the
railroad company think $400 would be
sufficient. The company will fight
Bohncts injunction.
Prof. Kedzie Of the agricultural college
has just returned from visit to the
Nebraska beet sugar manufactures and
says that Michigan is as well fitted to
make beet sugar as Nebraska. and he can
see no reason why the industry should not
flourish in this state.
The senior law class OF the university
have voted TO raise S135 by assessing
each member Of the class 30 cents, the
fund to be used in pushing the case against
the city for the Imprisonment of the five
students arrested in connection with the
postoflicc disturbance
The proprictors of the Glen house,
Onekama, have built drive around the
hilltop near the house and now claim
they can furnish the finest view in Michi-
gan. In accord with the general demand
house lots will be laid out in connection
summer resort business Of the place.
Battle Creek had an exciting runaway
the other morning. George White was
driving in double carriage with Misses
Lizzie Irwin and Mary BroGan when the
horses ran away. The team ran into a
shop window, SCATTERING tho glass, throw
ing out the occupants and injuring them
severely. One of the horses had TO be
killed.
1t now transpircs that about 6,267. 900
feet of lumber was burned in the Che
boygan fire, only one-half the amount first
reported. The losers will bring suit
against the propeller Minnie NJ. as they
claim a spark from the smokestack set the
fire, and the boat had no spark-arrester, as
required by law. These suits for damage
will aggregate 100000.
DIR. Austin Scott, son of the well known
Ann Arbor pomologist, j. Austin Scott.
has just been elected president OF Rut-
gers college, New Brunswick, n. j. He
graduated in Yale in $50, took his M. A.
degree in the Michigan university in 1870
taught modern languages two years at the
U. Of NJ, spent six years with George
Bancroft assisting him in his historical
work, and for seven years has been pro-
fcssor of history and constitutional law in
Rutgers.
The row in Trinity church. Grand
Rapids, is likely TO split the western Mich
igan diocese of the Episcopal churches.
Bishop Gillespie has been dragged into
the scandal Rev. Mr.. Woodford,
former pastor Of the church. denounced
Rev. Mr.. Johnson two weeks ago when he
was about to be confirmed as rector. The
bishop refused TO consider the protest on
the ground that it should have been made
earlier, out Woodford claims that he had
made the protest personally to Bishop
Gillespie.
Jacob Il. Timpe Of Oneida has produced
three new varieties OF potatoes. one oi
which, he claims. beats anything ever pro-
duccd ut the agricultural college. This
variety. it Is claimed, will produce at the
rate of over 400 bushels 10 the acre. J. X.
Potter OF White Oak is in a fair way TO
beat DIR. Kcdzio of the college in raising
sugar beets. From seeds qrown in Ger
many he had raised beets at the rate OF -
tons per acre. DIR. Miles of Lansing.
formerly professor OF agriculture at the
horticultural rolicge 10 mot eanyuiun thnt