Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-03-21

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John Palmer, lumborman on the Au
Ores had his skull fractured by falling on
stump Friday.
Two tramps cooked meal in Gray's
sawmill at Big Rapids Saturday evening,
and the mill was burned.
Miss Mamie Sodikson, an accomplished
young lady, committed suicide at Ithaca
Sunday night by taking morphine.
The Williamson Enterprise roundly de-
nounces those citizens who white-odpped
wife beater in that village recently.
Sands & Maxwell of Pentwater, have
abolished the due bill system, and real
money will hereafter be used Ia that viii
lage.
Mrs. Ann Bonham of Jackson, 81 years
old, lost her husband, and grief unsettled
her re.son 80 that she took poison and
died.
The deal between an English syndicate
and Congressman Wheeler, for the pur-
chase OF the latIer's shipyard at Bay City,
is of.
Charles NJ. Wheeler, charged with COM
plicity in the Whitacre- Allen forgeries at
Bedding and Lansing, has been released on
1000 bail.
Mrs Mary A. Starkweather Of Ypsianti
ladies' library association, to be used as
library building.
At Lake Odessa Wednesday night Ezra
Stanton jumped from moving train, struck
his head ag inst the depot platform and
was instantly killed.
John Arnold of Ludington, hasn't been
heard Of since February 10. IL is supposed
that he undertook TO cross a small lake on
brittle ice and broke through.
The English syndicate is after the bust
ness of +. w. Wheeler Il Co., the Bay City
shipbuilders. The business will be re
organized with S3,0O0,O00 capital.
George Cobb of Muskegon, and Eddie
Smith of Grand Rapids, will Join the Fore
paugh circus this season and draw so
week for doing the contortion act.
The strike at the ASH nd and Norrie
mines was declared of to-day and the
strikers, 1000 in number, returned TO work,
except the leaders, who were discharged.
At the recent corporation election at De-
catur proposition was made 10 erect 81
81 800 engine house aud defeated, a strong
fight being made against 1t by the heavier
taxpayers.
Henry Newton OF Denton, met with a
serious accident. While working in the
woods the binding pole flew up and struck
him under the chin, bre liking his jaw in
two places.
4The beautiful new brown stone Central
M. h. church at Lansing, which cost $40,
O00, and has every convenience even TO
bath tubs, will be dedicated the third Sun
day in April.
Ben. f. Osgood, the Mendon postmaster
whose trial for the alleged taking of let
ter from the mails occasioned some interest
few months ,go, has gone TO Stuttgart
Ark, TO reside.
E. II. Hovey, the missing secretary and
treasurer of the Standard Gig Saddle TO.
OF jackson, is said TO have been seen in
Minneapolis and a member Of the company
has gone TO look him up.
Henry Howes, the Clayton Township
patron OF industry, who fell down stairs
during the convention in Flint, has recov-
cred sufficiently from his injuries to permi:
his removal to his home.
ID. a. Pettibone of East Saginaw had
Kirby Blakes y arrested on the charge Of
cmbeZzing 81 900 The court has ordered
Blakesly's discharge and he will sue Petit
bone for $4,000 damL ges.
William Chauncey of Grand Rapids is in
durance vile because the manager of the
Wilcox manufacturing company US that
he bought clock of him on "A contract,
paid 81, and then pAwned it,
NlNudtl oulllNdLt VI ~ hStblOu
gang on the Michigan Central railroad,
took 90 grains of strychnine at East Sagi-
nav. 1t killed him. He left IA letter say
ing he died for love of his wife.
Heifner and Roussert, soldiers, deserted
from ort Mackinac Sunday, and 500 re-
ward is offered tor their capture. They
crossed the straits, landed at Freedom,
Sunday night, and took atrain South.
Beldiug Bros of Bedding, and silk fame,
have organized company with SIS, 900
capital and will establish furniture fac
tory at their village. The Belongs prom
Use to ocdte one new industry there every
year for five years.
The Anchor manufacturing company Of
Detroit has obtained a refusal of factory
site at Memphis, Tenn. Vast forests of
gum wood are sid TO abound in the vicini-
" of Memphis, aud this material will be
used TO construct the single stave out of
which the barrel is manufactured.
Supervising Architect Windrim says that
the prospects are hattering for the immed
ia:e beginning OF work on the new post
Office building ut Detroit. The Office will
be prepared for proposals for work on the
basement and area walls in two or three
days, and after their acceptance the work
will be rapidly pushed forward.
Thursday afternoon a man started out TO
cross the Straits at Mackinaw with a team,
and when oft about Two miles from shore
his horses suddenly broke through and
were drowned. This driver and one pas
senger, the only occupants OF the sleigh,
succeeded in getting on TO solid ice in time
to save themselves "A voting.
The men IN Congressman Wheeler's Bay
City ship yard asked that the hours of
labor be reduced from ten TO ulne hours
with a proportionate reduction of wages,
which was agreed 10. Now the men ask
that no reduction take place. They repre-
sent that reduction will take from them
10 per cent of their earning, which they
cannot afford to lose. MIR. Wheeler has de-
cided to follow the ten-hour system.
Alex. Rodgers has sold to G. w. Sessions,
trustee, forty-se acres OF land in Mus
kegon for 90 cash. The syndicate has
purchased over 1000 acres of land adioin-
ing the city within two weeks at an average
advance OF lao per cent OF what the real
estate would have sold for month ago.
Eastern capitalists, with a number OF Mus
kegon compose tho syndicate, who are as
sured of the location of number of large
factories this yer, in addition to those al
ready under way.
Napoleon Trudeau has been arrested at
Calumet for poisoning his 3-year- old stop
son. Trudeau married Julia Sullivan of
Houghton, about eight months ngo. She
had 1901 Not succeeding in getting this
no treated the child and his wife cruelty.
T..at sunday abe want church and