Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-03-28


from diphtheria, his baby, two weeks old,
died two days before and his widow II In
snne fr ON the trouble.
Work on the m .sonic hall at Traverse
City will be commenced the middle OF
April.
The Lexington dock company is building
an important extension TO lis dock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller of Miller's Hill,
Grand Traverse county. who had lived to-
gether for over 30 years, died together on
Thursday, and were buried together In
double grave on Saturday.
At Ypsilanti on S turday night Irving
Jones and William NcLoy got into fight
over the latJers attentions TO Jones sister,
when Jones struck Mccoy on the head
with u stone, cracking his skull and infict-
Ing dangerous wound
A well-in formed nun engaged in the bus
mess says that there are lUOOOO, OOO feet
OF lumber used annually in the manufac-
ture OF broom handles in this country, and
OF this Michigan furnishes fair share
False reports are being circulated
throughout the state that Henry M. Duff
field is not candidate Tor department
cUmIn"nder OF the q. A. L.
One of the Jurors in the Brule trial sued
the Detroit Tribune for $4,000 because
prize jack sses.n The result was a verdict
in the Tri0une's favor.
At Marlette Matthew fuckers son shot
at IA sparrow. The sparrow was sitting on
the Tucker barn. The paper wad from the
gun set ire 10 the barn aud IT was destroyed
Loss 600; no insurance
Zenah Rood of Flint, who has completed
his three score years, Is under arrest
charged with feionous assault upon
Esther Shepardson, 10 years old.
Miss Sarah birmingham, an employee at
the Ionia overall factory, caught her arm
in the betting. and that useful member was
broken IN Two places.
Gov. Luce has accepted the resign stion
of John A. McGregor, representative from
the fourth district OF Saginaw county.
The loss on the alcohol house OF the Iron
Chemical Co. Of ELK Rapids is not over
$S,0UO
IL Is alleged that Andrew Girard and his
wife, who work farm in Linwood, near
Bay City, compel l4-year old daughter TO
wear male attire aud 30 into the field and
work with men.
Francis Fox OF Lansing returned from
jackson Saturday night where he had col
lected sits. On his way home from the
depot no was stopped by two men near the
a revolver to toX's face, viii o the other
searched his pockets and took the $i65. The
highwaymen then politely thanked Mr..
Fox for his kind contribution and escaped.
There 10 no clue 10 the robbers.
Thieves gained access to Geo. T. Rice's
store in Roilin Monday night, stole $l6 in
cash and several dollars worth of cigars
and tobacco. The store was plundered and
burned about year ago.
dissatisfied with the result OF the Zoeller
prosecution so far, the simple fines being
inadequate to the cruelties inflicted He
Will arrest the parties on another charge
Richlund, Kalamazoo county, is small
village, but safe burglars visited the place
Sunday night and cracked the strong boxes
in the township troasurer's ONCE aud in l..
ii. Gilkey store. There wasn't any money
in either safe.
John Palmer, who was injured at Patter-
son camp in Midland county the other
d y, is dead. He died at East Saginaw
lie leaves widow and four small children.
The jury in the case of Mary Roop,
charged with attempt TO murder her hus-
band, after staying out all night, returned
IA verdict OF guilty of assault with attempt
to commit murder.
Civil service examination for the position
VI dlu III luc kcOlOKiCIl SURVEY
at Detroit April L.. The subjects for the
examination will be letter writing, algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, surveying, good
esy, astronomy and topographic drawing.
Henry Gage of Roscommon told his wife
he was glad she was dying, and before her
body got cold he got drunk and then disap-
peared, leaving his children unprovided Tor
nd the body OF his wife to the care of citi-
zens OF the town, who gave it "a decent
burial.
a delegation Of ministers of the ChriJ-
tiau Reformed church visited Holland and
Iceland TO select II new location TO rerom-
mend for their theological seminary low
located in Grand Rapids. The matte: ,s TO
be decided by the general synod next
summer.
Copemish, now one year of age, has
new Hour mill, hame factory and "A $780,
COO stavo mill, all under process of cree
ton Dwellings are pushing upward like
mushrooms, aud indications point TO most
wonderfully prosperous season. That
the kind of towns that are born every year
up in that region.
Tho ID. ID. Thorpe printing house ut
Lansing has been converted into a co .oper-
alive establishment. Each week the en-
ploye will deposit u certain portion OF his
wages in the common treasury aud stock
will issue to him. The printing Office will
continue in business right along until a
state contract is to be lot, when it will be
on h nd.
Harry Cook OF Grayling is in Jail in de-
fault of 500 bail awaiting trial at the next
term Of the circuit court for highway rob-
berry. He was wolking in the night past
some lonely sheds near Selling & Ganison's
mill with jacob Comma, when he felled
Comma to tho ground with heavy blow
and then stole about S25 from him. Such
was tue testimony at the examination.
Rev. DIR. Henderson OF Detroit In some
remarks at the banquet of tho Paint, Oil
aud VarnIsh CLUB entertained the gentle
men present with his views on the trusts
which he does not believe are inimical to
the Interests of the pubic, but are in many
instances of positive advantage. He cited
in proof that refined petroleum had been
reduced in cost TO the consumer since the
advent OF the Standard Oil company.
The Pontiac BillPoster and the good
will Of the Democr have been purchased
by stocklcompany, and on April the Oak
land County Post will be published as the
outcome of the consolidation. +. >. Fitch
Will DO manager and Il. }. Kelley local
editor for the time being. Editor Fisher
OF the democrat will remove his plant 70
some more inviting locality.
The Coldw6tcr cart company's property
was to have been sold on mortgage
Wednesday, but tue United States court