Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29


severely bruised.
]. L. Mulder's residence and its contents
at Grand Haven, burned Sunday with n
loss of 81 900, covered by 5000 insurance
Defective chimney.
Those Frankfort hustlers have raised
$50, 600 Cor their furniture factory. No
outside capital is required to push the
thing through to success.
William Parks of Grand Rapids obtained
a Judgment OF $50 against a Groceryman
who sold his son liquor TO get drunk on.
The liquor was hard cider
Midland was the scene of tho annual
meeting OF the eleventh district Sunday
school convention last week. Saginaw and
Bay City sent large delegations.
William Coulter of Chippewa county,
who shot and killed his father January 21,
was acquitted of murder last week by a
jury ia the Sault Ste. Marie court.
A new stone quarry is being opened at
Holland. Detroit and Elk Rapids capital
is behind the enterprise. The company
says 800 men win soon be employed.
Burglars raided the Michigan Central
freight Office in Saginaw Tuesday noon
during the absence of the clerk and pried
open the cash drawer, securing sl35.
d. l.. Case of Marquette and some Jack
son capitalists have organized in jackson
the Michigan rcd stone company. Capital,
5000, 900. Quarries in Baraga county.
Charles Browns barn near Grassy Corn.
crs, KALAMAZOO county, was struck by
lightning Thursday afternoon and two
horses killed. The barn did not burn.
There are la saloons in Isabella county,
and not one has paid a license YET II is
claimed they will try the experiment of
being fined, having formed pool and
mutual insurance company.
An even % cadets Of Orchard Lake
marched from the academy TO Flint 10
miles, Saturday. arriving at the latter
place about midnight 1t is the longest
on record for amateur soldiers.
Rev. George II. Hopkins of PinclSnoy,
who disappeared few days ago and was
at first supposed TO have been drowned, is
now credited with having skipped. 1t is
said he bought par of spectacles, shaved
of his beard and has since boon seen in
Canada.
a careless gatemau at the railroad cross
ing in Kalamazoo lowered the gates as
Hugh Coplan was driving across the track
Thursday. The horse ran away throwing
Mr.. Copeland and his wife out on the pave
meut Mrs. Coplan was seriously hurt and
may die
The university regents will send an
architect TO visit all the leading gymna-
Sums in the country in order that the
Waterman gymnasium may be in the very
trent line both as TO architecture and
equipment
United States Marshal Van Buren, has
seized a large quantity OF tin plates in
James M. Turner's condensed milk factory
TO satisfy an Indebtedness of $1,000, the
amount Of au order for plate supplied him
month ago.
Harrison Miller, member Of the West
Bay City board of education. prominent
manufacturer and well known citizen OF
the county, died Sunday OF peritionits,
aged 5 years. A widow and seven chill
dren survive.
The Grand Rapids strike has resolved
itself into boycott There is no trouble
and il is only question of endurance.
l. no oNllhNAS olN Jus iinNS NCll
patronized while the street car company is
running empty cars.
The horses OF Eugene Evans Of May
field SHE'D while crossing the railroad track
at Lapeer Thursday, throwing out the
occupants of the wagon. Mrs. Evans and
her mother Mrs. Lyons, were seriously
injured. Evaps and his chid escaped.
A IL 1t. u
). Martin, a prominent citizen of I'D
harrisburg, Cass county, died Wednesday
after IA months siege of the grip. An
abscess formed in her throat, the collec-
ton Of pus ia the throat suffocating her.
Two small boys were drowned in Bay
City Sunday, one in trying to swim and
the other by falling OFF pier. The first
was the nine year old son of w. O. Fuller
and the second, Joseph Sharon, seven
years old. Both bodies were recovered.
There are in the limits of Kalamazoo
township 5000 acres under cultivation
for celery plants and much money is
interested therein. A celery buyer who
lately visited the district says tho outlook
is splendid for a big crop and that not less
than 4, 500, 600 dozen will be sent out OF
Kalamazoo, from which the producers and
workers will derive something like 81, 0Oo,-
900.
Just dozen years ago Miss M. L.
Briggs, then a resident OF Battle Creek
became deranged by over study in the
Battle Creek college and moved TO st.
Charles. She was prominent in Advent
circles, and of late had been pursuing her
studies again. Saturday night her mind
gave way under the strain and she hanged
herself with rope made out Of her night
dress.
The Michigan legislature and state
officials, with the exception OF Gov.
Winans, who was detained by official bus
mess, visited Detroit on Saturday and
were entertained by the common council
and committee of citizens. Boat rides
and carriage drives about the city formed
the chiof attention shown the visitors who
were all greatly pleased with tho treatment
received.
Detroit was the scene OF quito serious
fire on Saturday last, nearly half mill on
dollars worth OF property being destroyed.
The principal sufferers were James L.
Davis 81 Co., whose large store on Larned
street, with tho stock il contained, was
totally destroyed. The handsome Campau
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