Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-01-02


when tho new bank opened for business.
Tho wagon works of Ionla are now as
sured, the whole of tho 800, 900 necessary
10 get it being subscribed, and 80 per cont
Of the amount paid in.
Chauncey S. Walcott, one OF tho leading
citizens Of Portland, aged 40 years, died OF
apoploxy while walking between his home
and stone Sunday morning.
A sneak tried to set fire to the Foley
house, West Bay City, Wednesday, but tho
fire was discovered in time TO save tho
house from material damage.
Presiding Elder Horton, assisted by Rev.
J. w. Campbell, tho pastor, and Rev.
Washington Gardner, dedicated the new
M. L. church at Lexington Sunday.
John Buckley, of tho firm OF Clay e.
Buckley, managers of the Bay City opera
house, died Sunday, after weeks illness.
He leaves widow and four children.
Jas Haywood of near Marlette lost his
house by fire Christmas, and the hardest
blow of all was the fact that he had $50
bushels Of dollar potatoes in his cellar.
The Michigan Central depot at Concord
was slightly damaged by fire Thursday,
and would have been burned had it not
been for the hard work of Fred Whitney.
Charles Burmeister, of Manistee, news
paper correspondent and ex-postmaster of
the city, sailed for Berlin from New York
last week to try Koch's new consumption
cure.
Fred Miller, bachelor farmer, Of
Brownston, near Manistce was found dead
lN,11(
So years old, and heart disease caused his
death.
The late snow storm was very severe on
the western coast of Michigan, and reports
from all along the coast line show belated
trains, blocked street ears and general
tie-up.
The Bay City Tribune Office caught fire
Thursday morning, but the staff was on
duty, and, accustomed to hustling, had
the fire out before an alarm could be
sounded.
L. G.. Gilbert, a well-known real estate
agent of Muskegon, director in the bank
and member of the board Of reviews, died
very suddenly Of hemorrhage Of tho stom-
ach, Monday.
Joseph Brown, 20 years old, and one of
NhO plOuCSlo VI )OdLDolls hiCu VI a YUM
plication Of diseases Wednesday night. He
grown up family.
Hudson people are regrettipg that they
missed an opportunity TO secure furniture
factory that is located at Hastings. 1t has
enlarged its plant within two years and
now employs 200 men.
Daniel McGonigal and James Russell.
both employed at Davidson's shipyard,
West Bay City, were using AIDES Wednes-
day, when both cut themselves on the knee
in precisely the same manner
1t now appears that DIR. Johnson, who
left Albion so suddenly when he was about
TO be welded, did so on account OF disa-
greement with his love. He has published
letter to this effect, anyway.
Herbert j. Thomas, of Wayne has been
sentenced TO furnish bonds in $500 to sup
port his wife and babies, or to pay fine Of
$50, in default of which he viii go to the
house of correction for 30 days.
Charles f. Ruggles of Manistoe sent 500
packages of candy TO the boys in the reform
ton. This is tho third time Mr.. Ruggles
has remembered the little fellows.
Musl1egon people are considering plans
for rebuilding the schoolhouse recently
destroyed by fire there II is not known
Just what kind of a structure they will put
up, but it will be elegant and costly.
On the Cristmas tree at n. Pomeroy's in
Kalamazoo hung checks of deposit money
amounting to 50, 500-S500 to Mrs. Pome-
roy and each of the children IL in number,
and $3.50 each to the two grandchildren.
]. M. Parkhurst was doing his morning
milking in his barn at Greenvillc, Wednes-
| day, whom the bovine kicked over the Ian
tern, setting fire to the barn. The barn
and all its contents were destroyed. In
| sured.
Charles Siles, accused of shooting Will
liam Bbbins at Belleville, Dec. IA, has
been bound over for trial. AT first it was
said that the shooting was an accident, but
now the impression obtains that it was
done in cold blood.
The Oakland county agricultural society
held its annual meeting in Pontiac last Sat
urday. The following officers were elected:
| President, A. B. Donelson; vice presidents,
| w. B. Owen and e. Harris; treasurer, j.
B. Merritt; secretary, II. A. Wyckoff.
Lyman Kinyon, one Of the old settlers OF
| Plymouth, Wayne county, died at the
home of his son In Hillsdale last Saturday,
| in the S0th year of his age. Mr.. Kiny0n's
| death resulted from q fall which he sus-
| tanned about two weeks ago. He has been
| resident Of Hillsdale about twenty years.
A. McNutt, of Lexington, Is hard nut,
1 and when he was taxed with breaking and
| entering the residence Of Ira Arnot, for
whom he worked, he coolly confessed and
! restored part of the property. The rob-
| berry was committed Wednesday night, and
\ McNutt was arrested while eating his
Christmas dinner.
For some time past the Jackson store
keepers have been bothered by series OF
| sneak thieving and small burglaries.
| Wednesday the police found q lot of the
| goods In the second hand store of r. M.
| Teller, and after arresting him for
receiving stolen property also arrested
| Joseph Butler, colored, and VIM. Hitch.
cook for the burglaries.
The copper country was struck by @
blizzard Wednesday night. At Red Jacket
| tho Italian hall was blown down, and in
| its demolition crushed two other buildings,
| x.yith n total Iosa of al mn Az Caluma,