Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-30

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get whisky in ''original packages.
The Kalamazoo Chautauquans have
about decided to pay $4,000 for lake site
and TO start camp ground near town.
Hiram H. Belding, patron Of the town Of
that name, left an estate or $3S6,OOO. The
| property went to members OF the family.
Bousfield 81 Co., whose extensive wooden
ware factory as Bay City was burned re-
Gently, have decided 10 rebuild on an ex-
| tensive scale.
The S25, 900 for the Ionia Manufacturing
| Co. has been subscribed and the concern
will soon be turning out bedroom suites,
| tables and bric-a- brac.
The state fair association plans a $4,000
exposition on the grounds at Lansing, and
will ask the next winters's legislature TO
appropriate this amount.
The patrons OF industry of Montoalm
county say 5000 is enough for any county
officer and they propose 10 have the salar-
les reduced to this amount.
Writ Dexter, the great Chicago lawyer,
who died Saturday, was born in Dexter,
Mich, in 1893, and was student at the
university for short time.
Some strange disease seems to have at
tackled the suntish at Pine lake and they
are dying by hundreds, so that bushels OF
them can be picked up on the floor
+. e. Stevens is serving five years SEN
tence In the Detroit house OF correction for
having made false entries in the books of
the First Nation 81 bank at Paw Paw.
Mrs. Neal Brown of Lansing stepped
| upon parlor match but didn't discover it
| until her dress became roll of flame. She
was painfully but not seriously burned.
The Anthony Powder Co. of lshpeming,
whose mill was blown to kingdom come
| April % had Il new factory - operation
| May 20, less than u month after the ex-
| plosion.
Oscar Stand from Iron county, will stay
| eight years at the Marquette state prison
| for mistaking a man eye for a cork, which
in a fit of passion he yanked out with
| corkscrew.
II. Fish, an aged engineer of Saginaw
awakened Saturday morning aud found his
| wife dead at his side. She was 80 years
| old and complained in the early evening OF
| not feeling well.
Rev. James Lamb of Cadillac, while on
| his way to the Presbyterian assembly at
| Saratoga, was taken suddenly i'll and died.
He was visiting for few days at his old
| parish in Utica, N. Y, when the end came.
T.. w. Campbell, whose wife recovered
| S3, 200 from the city of Kalamazoo for in
juries caused by a defective sidewalk
| has brought suit for $1,000 for himself on
account of being deprived of his wifo's SER
vices
A young man and his mother-in law of
Kalamazoo, are in the midst OF wrangle
| concerning the ago of his new WIFE Mr.
| Clawson says she is IS as he represen ted
| when he secured the license. but her
mother says the girl is II.
Dave Mccormick, who was acquitted OF
| the charge of murder in the recorders
| court at Detroit Saturday, announces his
| intention OF henceforth living an upright
| and honorable life and that he is forever
| done with evil companions and crime.
Potts had another shooting last Sunday
| morning, and "A man called by the classic
| name Bib Dutch WAS the victim. He was
| badly wounded no arrests were made. The
| next day man was killed under logging
| Car all the mill men went out on strike.
| The Choboygan Tribune gives currency
! to the runor that George M. Connors, late
| city clerk, who unfortunately was not re.
| quired to give any bonds, has left that part
| of the moral vineyard for good and that AN
| examination of his books shows a shortage
| of S4CO
| The American Wheel Company OF Chi
cago, has gobbled the Lansing Wheel Com
| pany purchasing the personal property and
business and leasing the factory for term
| of years. The owners of the property clear
| $50, 900 by the deal, and will receive u large
annual rental for the factory.
Seven little boys who have been arrested
| several times for petty thieving, broke into
| IA show case in front OF Beecher's bazaar in
| jackson and stole seven watch chains,
| some rings aud other lewelry. They were
| captured Tuesday morning. The boys
range in age from 5 to 10 ye RS.
A party Of young fellows up on Mackinac
| island don't propose TO have their expert
| ence lin ted TO tue possibilities of their
| insular home and have formed an associa.
tion with capital ut $1,000 aud membership
limited to take in the worlds fair at Chi.
cago in 1893 and make "A tour of the old
| world.
Edward May, better known as BILLY
the Rake" died in an old lumber shanty
north OF Greenville Tuesday morning from
| the effects OF a kick received while trying
10 steal IA horse at Lowell last March. He
confessed to having plans laid TO steal a
number of valuable horses, but has been
prevented from carrying them out by sick
ness.
The Norway Current says that there is
| man out on Pine Greek who has present
ment that he will soon die. He is now IS
years old and is sure ..e will not live many
| months more. He is preparing himself in
| the matter OF wearing apparel in good
shape. He has now four suits of clothes, a
couple of good hats, two pairs OF walking
shoes, beside innumcrable other items, all
of which he wishes put into his coffin.