Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-02-21

1Ienry Myers, alias "Ruttlesnake jake"
who assaulted Mrs. M. Veitch at her home
In Mt. Morris in November last has been
held for trial in the circuit court, bail be-
ing fixed ut $1,000.
Elk Congressman H. w. Seymour esti-
mates the total cost of deep water chan
mel through the great lakes at sll,3l2, $50.
The improvements suggested by MIR. Sey-
mour are eight in number.
Charles Waldorf OF Reading, Hillsdale
county, disappeared mysteriously last
Thanksgiving aud 1t was thought that he
was dead He writes his friends from
Wichita, Kansas, that he is W ell and pros
porous.
George buchanan of Port Huron, who
served in the late war in the Second Michi-
gan Cavalary, cnlisting as sergeant and
afterward promoted TO first lieutenant, has
been adiudged insane, and taken to Kala-
mazoo asylum.
r. l.. Downing, late of the oflice of the
general passenger gent OF the Michigan
Central in Chicago, has been appointed
secretary of the Michigan railway associa-
tion passenger dcpartment), with head
quarters in Detroit.
The state bill posters elected the follow
ing officers at the annual meeting in Grand
Rapids last week: President, j. IL. Henry,
Detroit vice president, George NJ. Leon
ard, Grand Rapids; treasurer, =. j. Bloom
field, Bay City; secretary, Thomas Keyes,
Iona
Grand Ledge has Nationalist Looking
Backward club. by the way, these clubs
are becoming surprisingly numerous in this
state, lawyers, preachers, teachers, poll
ticians and business men becoming very
enthusiastic over the principles laid down
by Edward Bellamy.
A. M. Norrie, a New York millionaire,
who is largely interested in Gogebic iron
mines, has endowed a scholarship in the
state mining school at Houghton, also
dormitory fund with 5000 TO provide
cheaper board for students.
A e. Jennings, of the class of $50 Michi-
gan university, applied TO German pro-
fessor OF political economy in Halle, and
when the professor learned jennings a Tnd
mater frankly admitted that he could not
impart any knowledge beyond that already
covered by Prof. Adams.
The civil service commissioners will hold
examinations for the railway mail service
in Michigan as follows: DetI oft, Saturday,
March p: Lansing, Tuesday March 20;
Grand Rapids, Thursday, March 81; De-
troit, Saturday, October p; Lansing,
Tuesday, October IS.
The Bay county ice company of Bay City
has started second crew at Beaver Lake,
where they are harvesting :, 900 cars of ice
for the Michigan Central railroad. 1t is
believed that the ice for the Saginaw val
ley will have TO be obtained from the same
source. The capacity OF the company Is
200 cars per day.
Robert Is. Hough, a veteran OF the late
war, was arrested in Bay City the other
night charged with stabb,ng James Frost.
Frost was cut in the abdomen, but it is diff
ticult to tell how his in. uries will terminate.
Hough claims that he tied in self defense,
and no charge having been made he was
released the next day.
For some months past a number Of mys.
FERROUS tires in the first ward in Ann Arbor
have made the officers unusually vigilant.
Another fire occurred the other night, of
incendiary origin. a young man named
Amsden has been arrested as the incen-
diary, and the officers claim TO have a COM
plete chain of evidence against him.
The CONGREGATIONAL and Dutch Reformed
societies OF Constantine are in the courts.
The two societies formerly worshipped in
the same building, and eventually the
property was in possession OF the Congre-
gational society. TIE members of the
Dutch Reformed society protested, but
without avail, aud the law has been APP
pealed to TO settle the matter.
Miss Maggie CT bson of Centerville re.
asylum from exhaustion, caused by
incessant struggles to free her
self from bonds which were necessary TO
allow her broken leg to mend. Shortly be-
fore her death she said her leg was broken
by kick from an attendant.
The following have been elected officers
of the Michigan State Association, an
organization formed in Washington some
years ago. Col. Lincoln president, Capt.
Il. w. Tyler vice president, George G.
Maynard treasurer and Frank {. Sharp
secretary. There is a move on foot to Sc
cure permanent rooms TO be opened for
the accommodation of citizens from Michi-
gan visiting at the capital.
Barrabas GilrOy, for many years a
blacksmith on Sugar Island, near st. Ig-
mace, is dead, and the French doctor who
attended him says the man literally died
from spontaneous combustion. Gilroy
was working over his forge when he in
hailed the heat and fire started within
his BODY, the victim suffering the most ex-
cruciating agony until relieved by death.
Great Jumps of burning flesh dropped from
the mans body while he was yet alive
Some weeks ago 7-year old girl who
had been adopted by Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Sea-
bald of Port Huron, was taken from them,
under the provisions of the new law re-
lating to adopted children, because OF i'm
proper influences around her, and given in
charge of Rev. FIR. Van Lawne. The priest
was very i'll at the time and the child was
Creek, from which place she was kidnapped
by Seabald a few days ago. The officers
were informed, and at once took the child
in charge until suitable home can be pro-
vided for her.
Some weeks ago letter addressed to
John White was taken out of the postofflce
by gentleman of that name who resides
in West Bay City. 1t contained a check
for SIS drawn on a New Orleans bank.
Knowing that il was not for him he asked
the advice of friends and was told to hold
the paper until something turned up. A
few days since he read in a newspaper that
"a man named John White of West Branch
was lying at the point of death at the Re-
public hotel, and the receiver paid visit
10 the sick man and handed him over the
check White, who is sick, is a veteran or
the civil war, having been captain of
Kansas company.
Monthly Crop Report.
LANSING, Feb. 12.-The February crop