Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-16

indebtedness OF STA, IA H.
Bellaire has a little brown Jug society
and, what's more every member Is "a hand
some young lady.
Dollie Lansing of Litchfeld, is only IL
years old, but he's been singing in public
seven years, and Is said to have marvel
Gus voice.
Tho H. NJ. Loud & Sons lumber com
pany at Au Sable has bought the Hubert
shingle mill at Oscoda and will put 1t in
operation at once.
Counterfeit quarters, halves and dollars
are in circulation in several places in the
state. They have a furnished appearance
and no ''ring' whatever.
The mail carrier between Sierra Valley
and Trucklee, Cal, admits that he burned
some newspaper mail one day recently 10
warm himself and nephew
The New England furniture company
at Grand Rapids arc going TO build IA new
fuctory six stories high and l25x60 in
ground measures. Brick will be used.
Albert McCloy, charged with intent to do
great bodily harm on the person OF Jesse
Vangilden of Three Rivers, was bound
over to the circuit court in the sum OF $500
These are the dates for the spring meet
ings of several southern Michigan trotting
associations: Quincy, Nav 27.29: Mendon,
40; Centreville, June lib; Three Rivers,
June 1920.
Charles Wright the Benzie county MUIR
derer, writes from behind prison bars that
he does not like making wagon hubs, and
that the officials have promised him work
as bookkeeper.
1t cost the Muskegon Booming Co. just
S4,2S9.e3 to pay of their men on the first
pay day of the season. The amount was
for about weeks work. There were 3I2
men on the pay roll.
Joseph Gingrass, aged "a, a gen eral line
man in the employ of the Detroit Electric
Light q Power Co., was instantly killed by
a current from a wire he was fixing.
Charles Teachout, hotel proprietor at
Brooklyn, had some trouble with George
Cole, boarder, and fight resulted. Cole
was struck on the head with dinner bell
and will probably die.
Sheriff Bishop of Kent county has assur-
ed the Grand Rapids pastors conference
that If it will make complaints against Sab
bath law-breakers he will attend to his end
OF the business promptly.
Fred Crawford, the New York World
reporter, whose recent interview with
Grover Cleveland about the New York Sun
has created such sensation, was born in
Milford, Oakland county.
. "a
Adri n, was crushed under locomotive in
a collision at Hattiesburg, Miss, recently.
He was pinned under the engine two hours
and died shortly after being taken out.
Sadie Miller, Bay City domestic,
reached her home rather early the other
morning and attempted TO enter tho house
through a window. She fell 10 feet, broke
both wrists and tore her scalp severely.
Lightning struck Edgar Fry's house at
Girard, Branch county, the other day and
did $3.50 worth of damage. A second bolt
struck the gate post in front of the house.
A third bolt hit u tree short distance
away.
On April Ross, Bradley & Co.'S plan
ming mill at Bay City burned. Friday
new mill built on the old site, began opera
tions. IL is one of the largest mills Of the
kind in the world, and has daily capacity
of 10000 feet.
United States Marshal Clarke has been
working in Kalkaska county recently, and
the result thus far is the arrest of four men
named Dixon, Horsburgand two Thomusons
charged with ste lling timber from the
Grand Rapids & Indiana tracts.
A Marshall GIRL tired OF the vexations
and disappointments and sorrows of life,
jumped into well, hoping thus to end her
miseries. The water was only few feet
deep, and aside from severe cold in the
head, the Marshall girl is as miserable as
ever.
Thirty three liquor licenses have been
issued by the Calhoun county treasurer
thus far, distributed about the county as
follows: Battle Creek, 10; Marshall, -;
Albion, 4, and Homer, l. The treasurer
thinks that a number of places are running
without u license.
The Chicago Herald prints this It is
| b.tf In
several counties without church of any
denomination and that thousands of men,
women and children are growing up in the
towns and on the farms who never have
heard the word of God nor saw church.
John Sebold, Frankeust farmer, is
under arrest at Bay City charged with
placing ties on the Michigan Central track
and Causing serious accident. Sebold,
| who is the father of 10 children, admits the
crime, but says he can't tell why he did it,
Henry Wheeler, the bookkeeper and col
| lector for the Adrian gas company, has been
missing since Wednesday. Domestic trou-
bles had caused him to threaten suicide, but
| il is not thought that he has been so ras n.
His accounts at the gas Office are believ ed
to be correct. He left wife and two chill
! drcn.
The Indians at the settlement north OF
| Au Sable have heretofore married when
| ever tney 1elt ike III, merely taxing a SQudW
| and carrying her home. This worked all
| right in medieval times, but now they are
taking out licenses just like white men and
women.
Two Cinnamon are confined in the Jail al
| Port Huron at the instance of the United
States government The Cinnamon have
! certificates which set forth that they have
been residents of this country for several
years past but the officers think that tn c
papers are forged. An investigation is in
progress.
Amanda Carson of Alaska, Kent county,
was ILL und her husband 'advised her to q
| to Indiana for avisit. Amanda went but or
regaining her health and returning to what
had been her home she discovered that heI
erstwhile husband had put a new house
keeper in her place. The indignant woman
has begun suit for divorce.
Twenty-Five years ago Thomas Hammel
and wife were divorced. After some years
Hammell took up his home with Mr.. anC
Mrs. Wales of Eaton Rapids, aud when hi
died last fall he left several thousand dol
lars TO Mrs. Wales. Hnmmells children
want something to remember their ex
father by, and they are contesting the will
DIR. Belle Smith Of Grand Rapids, ha.
been appointed physician at 10 woman
prison, Shcrburne, Mass. DR.. Smith. VIII
is only % years old, was born at st. Johns
aud was graduated with honors from thu
! N She lOptata al in Graud