Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-04-04

The bill appropriatlng 5000 for the
purchase Of the Portage Lake and Lake
Superior canals will be favorably reported
to the house.
Dave Snyder OF Marcellus, who Is over
20 years old, fell from load OF hay recent
ly and fractured his collar bone and two
ribs but pluckly walked half mile TO his
home after the injury. He Is doing well.
Garfield township, Boy county, hasn't a
school within her boundaries, but II has its
school board and takes its portion OF the
primary school fund like other townships.
A Finland wedding took place in White
Cloud last Friday. A brass band from
Ludlpgton was engaged and beer, cigars
and all kinds of liquors were furnished ad
lib.
Investigation of the records shows that
fully o. per cent OF the mortgages on Van
Buren, county property recorded during the
past 10 years are held by farmers.
Frank futile, the Grand Rapids man
who went away with the wrong woman iast
fall, came home the other day TO say how
sorry he was, and found the door locked
against him.
The Kalamazoo Gazette is responsible for
the yarn that l9year-old boy on q. X.
IL /. train is the possessor Of "a pair of feet
that are 20 inches long and inches across
the ball of his foot. His big toe is inches
long and inches in diameter.
Mrs Bouts, the Okemos woman, who
created great excitement at Lansing re-
Gently by asserting that she h d been as
saulted, Eas been adjudged insane.
Mrs. Calvin Roop of Gratiot county, who
is awaiting sentence for attempting To muir
der her husband, says Roop is a bad man,
but II she could compromise her present
trouble she believes she would so back
ana live with him.
At Ypsilanti on Saturday night Irving
Jones and William Mccoy got into a fight
over the latter's attentions TO Jones sister,
when Jones struck Mccoy on the head
with stone, cracking his skull and intict-
ing dangerous wound.
Last week we were told of farmer in
this county having q debt OF 500 10 pay,
wiped it out in one season by strict bust
ness policy of farming. His special crop
was potato raising, but he put IN his other
general crops as usual, for his family, farm
expenses aud living. Getting lid OF all
surplus seeds, grain and stock at going
market rates, he devoted his energies TO his
main ob.ect-a 800 raise, calculating that
ii he did not make il all last season he
would come as near 10 1t as possible. He
estimated the amount of seed, number OF
acres, cost of labor, etc, for about one
fourth more than he needed 20 pay his debt.
He worked hard early and late, had good
average success, and ended with paying the
400, and respectable sum in bank beside.
-Ooeola Outline.
The United States fish commission wiz
plant a large quantity of young white fish
In Lake Michigan next summer.
Noah Drew once prosperous Michigan
farmer who went crazy over religion and
went to Chatham Eng. TO toin the Jeezreel-
ties or new and latter house Of Israel"
has just died and been buried in Potter's
field. He spent his fortune to further the
interests Of the Jeezreelites.
Frank Hartel, prosperous farmer aged
80. living near Potterville took his first
ride on the cars when he started for Ken
dallville, Ind, last Sunday 10 attend the
funeral Of his father-in-law.
George Howe, blacksmith of Burr Oak,
has been arrested for counterfeiting money.
Noble Burk, farmer residing about
three miles northeast OF Marlette, has
killed nearly 500 sparrows this winter for
which the town clerk allows him three
cents each.
A lady in Marlette claims the proud dis.
fiction OF being the possessor of the oldest
canary bird in that section. The bird is
nearly ~.
Burglars broke into Shantz e Co.'s dry
goods store ut Woodland Sund y night, and
stole SO worth OF dry goods and some
money.
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 walking in the night past
some lonely sheds near Selling & Ganison's
mill with Jacob Gonuia, when he felled
Comma to the ground with a heavy blow
and then stole about S25 from him. Such
was the testimony at the examination.
Wolves are very thick on Beaver creek,
in the northwest part of Alpena county.
They have driven "A woodsman into the
river, and if his cries had not brought help,
they probably would have eaten him.
After night fall they have followed the
teams TO the landings, coming within few
| rods Of the log woods men.