Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-16


Jackson county. received shock OF par
alysis last week, from which he will pro-
badly not recover.
The little 3-year- old son of Delos Ellis,
OF Jackson, fell into a tub of scslding
water the night of the 10th and Is Iroba-
bly, fatally injured.
Edwin S. Hoskins. of st. Louis, will be
telegraph editor on the Grand Rapids Dem
ocrat until congress meets, when he will
resume his position in Washington.
The second annual session of the Michi-
gan farmers alliance was in session in
Lansing on the 9th. 9TH and Sth, with $50
delegates from "a counties present
Little Miss Elsie Morrison, l 1 years old,
captured the Stockwell special premium in
gold for the best display of bread. cake
and pies of her own baking at the Milford
fair.
Henry Beswicls fell 30 feet from a scat
fold upon the new Niles paper mill He
landed at the muddy bottom OF a flume
which saved him from death or serious in
jury.
Grover Cleveland is dead. Grover was
a valuable English setter owned by Au-
ditor General Stone, and he partook Of poi
son placed for a dog with less illustrious
name.
w. w. Smith. for 10 years agent at
Mosherville for the Fort Wayne branch OF
the Lake Shore road, has resigned. A
MIR. Hun of Now Era, Ind, takes his
place.
w. II. Richards Jersey COW, at Benton
Harbor has calf with six legs, the extra
pair OF lin bs growing out OF the shoulders,
one on each side at the base OF the back oil
the neck.
Company T. Second regiment. M. S. t..
Grand Haven, has reelected Fred A.
Mansfield captain; Baltus Pellegram, first
Lieutenant; edward II. Andrus. second
lieutenant.
Battle Creeks CITY attorney charges
that Clark Shipman, eX-city treasurer, has
defrauded the city out of some $500. hp-
man is IN Georgia and an officer will be
sent after him.
The Union benevolent association OF
Grand Rapids is Al years old. 1t main
tains a beautiful home and hospital, and
has expended Sl2, 234. ii in charitable work
during the past year.
An old man, aged 90 years, named Gard
ner Waite, and neighbor of the Crouch
family, living in Horton township. jackson
county, committed suicide last Saturday
afternoon by hanging himself.
S. f. Pearl and A. NJ. Eaton have pur-
chased the Scholeld buggy works at Ovid.
which have been in the hands OF receiver
the past year. aud they will start the plant
with full complement of men at once,
After ''livin' together nigh on so year."
John McMann and wife, of Mosherville,
separated. They could not remain apart
and, like sensible old people, have decided
TO celebrate their golden wedding together.
In trying to enter st. Joseph harbor re-
Gently the steamer Bon Voyage struck the
bar and got OF only with great trouble.
The national government will be called
upon to improve the entrance to the har-
Dor.
new mission church of the Church of
Christ was dedicated at Ann Arbor Sunday.
1t cost $1,000 and was erected through
the efforts of the Christian woman's mis-
sionary, Mrs. Sarah II. Scott bequeathing
nearly $1,000.
Ann Arbor's Rugby foot ball team has
made dates as follows: October II, Olivet;
October 80. 81, Olivet. Albion and ID. A.
c., at the jackson tournament; November
IL, Chicago. at Chicago; November 81,
Cornell, ut Detroit.
An association has been formed IN Stan
dish, with view of starting and perpetu-
ating quarterly market sale day. The
hrst will be held Oct Is and 10. Horse
races and other amusements will be at
fractions each day.
Michigan university athletic association
has elected the following officers: Bowen,
'92. literary, president; Citing, law, vice
president: directors, Baird. '94, and Trem-
BILE, '95, literary; Stone, '92. and Griffin,
'93, law; Harrison, 1872, medical.
Cadillacs council has declared that the
Salvato on army detachment of Wexford
cannot longer play upon instruments in the
public streets. The army will test the
councils power with big bass drum and
several imported secondhand horns.
The Twenty first Michigan infantry held
a reunion and banquet at Grand Rapids
last week and elected VIM. B. McCreary,
of Flint, president; Charles f. Belknap, of
Grand Rapids, vice-president, and Eber
Rice, Of Grand Rapids, secretary and treas
urer.
The central board of control has selected
w. II. WIeand, an old newspaper man, but
now an employee in the secretary of states
Office at Lansing. for superintendent of
the state public school, at Coldwater. The
board lowered the salary from $1,000 to
s1,25 Robert Whaley was elected
treasurer.
Stephen Bradish wooed and won the
daughter of cue Ball. OF Crystal, Montcalm
county. He was poor and wanted a decent
wedding, so he stole his father-in-law's OK,
sold it TO an Ithaca butcher and then re-
turned and married MISS Ball. They took
up their residence with the brides parents.
Ball discovered that Bradish had stolen
the OK, caused his arrest, and he was con-
victed last week and sentenced TO Jackson
for three years.
The radical or ''old line" United Breth-
rem, composing the North Michigan con-
ference, have just closed large and
SUGGEST ri session at North Star. Seventy
five ministers and delegates were in attend
ance, beside large number OF the laity as
visitors Bishop Milton Wright ID. d.,
OF Dayton, o.. presided. A large new
church was impressivoly dedicated on
/ Sabbath $3.50 hair . ACQUIRED IN the indaht-