Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04

age resulted DeIofe lne gates could De smut.
''Ye are not your own" was the motto
which the senior class at the girls semin-
airy at Kalamazoo hung up commencement
day.
Henry Smith. a Lake Shore brakeman,
was crushed between two cars Tuesday.
He was taken TO Emergency hospital, De-
troit.
Lewis A. Mcdowell was shocked by
wire of the Flint electric light people and
asks for $4,000 damages in the circuit
court.
John Bradford, with bottle of whisky
in his pocket was fished out of the canal
at Grand Rapids. He had been in swim
ming.
Romaine Putnam's residence at Flint
was entered by burglars Monday afternoon
and about SEQ of watches and jewelry
taken.
An AuSable census nan found one house
with four families in il and enumerated
~ children without moving from his
tracks.
Michigan will set sl2.214 90 of the
800, 900 appropriation for arming and
equipping the militia during the present
fiscal year.
The Tittabawassee boom men and the
Feze-Silsbee furniture workers of Sagi-
nav failed in their strike demands and re-
turned to work.
Thomas Tumble hired rig of Pontiac
man for one day, and not returning it in a
week, he is now in jail and horse stealing
is the charge in the warrant.
William Hewitt of Campbell, Ionia
county, lost three horses by lightning
Wednesday night. T. S. Chamberain's
barn in Berlin township also burned,
Last week Sarah Van Aulln of Rollin
was the first white girl born in Lenaweo
county. This week Jane West-now Mrs.
5. 5. Hitchcock-claims that honor.
Gogebic county has $32, 900 in its treas
ury, but certain men make a nice thing by
buying up county orders, which are quoted
at 10 per cent below their face value.
The body of a stranger was cut to pieces
and strewn alon~ the track of the G.. Il. &
/. above Big Rapids. He was foreigner
nicely dressed, and had pocket full of
railroad tickets.
James Brown. another OF the victims of
the Gardiner mill explosion, died Thursday
making six killed. William Ready will
also die. Three others are dangerously and
three severely injured
Bert Beach of near Grand Rapids sert a
threatening postal card, dunning man for
an old debt. This seems to be against the
law in such matters provided, and the
United States authorities have held him for
trial.
The copper find at Whittemore is stir
ring up considerable enthusiasm. There
seems to be no doubt that copper of a fine
quality is lying under the surface. The
only question is, is there sufficient pay for
the delOpment.
Oscar Wilbur has peeled all the bark off
his apple trees, on the theory that on the
Goth of June all the bark can be taken off
and now bark will be formed. As a con-
sequence his orchard resembles a ballet
ce.-Adrian Times.
The timber which derailed the train at
Grand Rapids was an oak ski used in
loading ties or unloading sewer pipe. Tie
officers believe that it was left on the track
by careless employees of the railroad COM
pany or sewer contractors.
L. A. Mcdowell of Flint has begun a
$40, 600 suit against the electric light com
puny of that city for damages. Mellow
ell and his daughter were out driving and
their buggy was overturned by a low hang
ing wire. Both occupants were severely
injured.
Andrew Gregory. a Bay county man.
murdered his wife at Marquette last spring
and tried to kill himself. The county, at
considerable expense, saved the old man
and after "A costly trial sent him to prison
for life. Gregory has Just died from the
effect of his sclf-iuiicted wounds.
Mrs. Gustav Pieud of Marquette left her
home recently and the husband traced her
TO Iron Mountain, where she was located
in a house Of ill-rcpute Tuesday Gustav
saw the woman and persuaded her to take
a walk. Then he shot her twice and she
will probably die. He's in Jail awaiting
the result.
Henry Swain of Hanover. 16 years old.
attempted u criminal assault upon a little
girl. She escaped. the young fend was
arrested. and on trial, pleaded guilty. He
goes TO prison for life. of course? Oh. no.
Judge Peck gave him severe lecture. the
boy cried. and the judge then sentenced
him to Jail for 80 days.
Judge Chambers has denied an applica-
ton for u writ of habeas corpus for an in
mate of the state prison who is wanted as
a witness to prove the innocence of Charles
Fay, accused of perjury. The prosecution
has a right to summon witnesses from the
state prison, but Judge Chambers can find
no similar privilege for the defense. The
supreme court will be asked to mandamus
him to issue the writ.
All the tilers on lanls held by the Michi-
gan land and iron company, Lake Superior
ship canal and railway company and the
! Ayers estate have completed an organiza-
ton with headquarters in Marquette. An
active campaign for the restoration of those
! lands to the public domain is TO be inaug-
, urIted at once. The association has decid-
cd to push the matter before the interior
department at Washington. but the first
sep. and one which win be Immediately
| undertaken. is To secure an injunction re-
strIining lumbermcn IRON cutting any more
timber from any l.nds held by the above
corporations.
A Fatal Swim.