Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-18

Au Sable business men have raised $780,
900 to start hardwood factory or sink the
pile trying it.
The city of Iron Mountain is TO be bond
ed TO the extent of $40, 900 for the building
Of a schoolnouse.
Fred Irland has secured his life appoint
ment of official stenographer of the hVuse
at IS, 900 year.
Albert Leach, 15-yoar-old boy. was
drowned while bathing near South Haven
Sunday afternoon.
Bronson has a supposed horse-thief,
Wesley Needham, who has been held for
trial in the circuit court.
Charles Gardner of Sturgis, was run
over and shockingly mangled by a freight
train at Sturgis Saturday.
Mrs. w. o. Parker of Bronson, has been
relieved of IA tumor weighing 1875 pounds
She will probably recover.
A Kalamazoo capitalist has offered the
city $50, 900 for library If some one pro-
vides the site for the building.
An error of 1, 500 in Kalamazoos popula-
ton has been discovered at the census
office, raising it from 10, 500 to Is, 900.
A 7-year-old lad named Carpenter went
bathing near McEwan's mill, Bay City,
Saturday afternoon and was drowned.
j. Ashworth of Lansing, has sent pro-
hibitioa petition signed by himself and 81
other Lansing people to Representative
Brewer.
A vein of natural gas has been discov-
cred on farm near Benton Harbor and
the Harborites are hugging themselves
with glee.
The count Of Porter's is so terribly
wrong in Port Huron that a special emu
merator has been ordered to investigate
the discrepancies.
A band Of seven childish desperadoes are
under arrest at Saginaw for burglary. The
members had been faithful disciples of the
yellow-covered books.
An Albion coroners jury has decided
that Byron Angevine had perfect right to
shoot and kill Bert Mellich who was caught
breaking into Angevine's house.
A vicious horse kicked Mrs. Miner of
West Fremont, in the head Saturday frac-
turing her skull and inflicting injuries that
will probably result in her death.
Prof. ]. II. Simons, formerly of North
vile. but more recently of Pontiac, has
gone to Napa, Cal, to take the professor
ship of music in the Napa college.
Miss Jessie Beach of Battle Creek, was
thrown from a buggy Saturday evening,
and the horse kicked her in the head, in
tiicting injuries that may result fatally.
George Bentley has received notification
of s.. 900 back pension. Itwon't do George
much good. as he is in the Pontiac insane
asylum, but it does please his sister and
guardian.
Alger county supervisors have voted TO
pay Judge Steerc $500 additional salary
and Schoolcraft is now the only county in
the district which refuses to come up to
the scratch.
Worthwhile is happy in the thought of
soon being the site of $50, 900 automatic
scale company's works and Freeport thinks
that S., 900 fruit evaporation will soon be
placed there.
For five months the jackson physicians
have been puzzled about the condition of
j. G.. Weldons infant child. Now they
have found out that the child is blind, and
has been so since birth.
Harper, Heisner & Co., of Bay City,
estimate their loss by Saturdays fire at
81, 900, with Sc, 900 insurance. The loss
on Richter's museum is estimated at $20,-
600, with no insurance.
Otto Worlds of Buchanan, applied for a
pension 10 years ago. Monday he received
notice from Washington that he had been
granted back pension and that a check for
5000 was on its way to him.
The wool yield at Coldwater is about
marketed, amounting to 1875, 900 pounds,
with prices ranging from 90 to 81 cents.
Branch county yielded 294, 236 in 'SS, show
ing that the crop has very materially fallen
off.
Thomas q. Hamilton, for some time head
of the Middlebrook schools, has left for
parts unknown. So have four hundred
dollars of the Oddfellows money. 1t may
be coincidence, but it looks more like a
skipping out.
The boys at the house of correction at
Ionia raised 81 80 as a purse for a man
while visiting them. They couldn't afford
paltry 81 so; so they said.
William Reese, convicted of killing Rob
ert Alexander by knocking him down and
jumping on him in front of the Marshall
house, Saginaw, last March, has been SEN
fenced to state prison for two years and
six months.
Hon. Charles L. Mickey Of Adrian, an
early anti-slavery agitator and the man to
whom credit is due for the admission of
women TO the university of Michigan, died
at his home Of paralysis Tuesday. He was
~ years old, and had filled many impor-
tant state offices.
Old Indian traditions located rich coal
beds on the Ocqueoc river in Presque Isle,
and a man named Haskins who believed in
the yarn went there and found a vein
which has shown up rich on the opening.
He is now laughing at those who laughed
at tiIn for starting.
Daniel Simpson, farmer living near
Tawas, seems to have more sand than
sense. He is a grouty chap and for a long
time has had grudge against the highway