Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-20

The new university monthly, The In
lander" which is TO be devoted to litera-
ture made its first appearance Thursday,
and is "A credit TO the college. President
Angel is the author of the leading article.
Capt A. d. Whitney of Grand Rapids,
who won his title by personal bravery on
the field in the Mexican war, and served
with distinction all through the war of the
rebellion, died at his home, aged II years.
Joseph Merriman, aged 80 years, of
Galesburg was married to Mary Brown,
| aged IS. OF the same town, last week.
The couple were as happy and clipper as
if they had just passed their goth birthday.
The Seventh Day Adventists in session
at Battle Creek Saturday asserted that over
| 5000, 900 pages OF tracts bearing the inn
press of the society and containing the
arguments of the sect had been distributed
| last year.
Parson Arney of Saranao has so en-
Unused the people by his ''hoss' talk that
they will chip in and build him nice
track. Arney seems to be almost as much
Of a success at revivals as he is as manager
of horse race.
Nearly $40, 900 of the necessary $50, 900
! for the university gym has been raised,
and the students are so proud of their work
that they will try to make it $50, 900.
Every friend of the university will hope
the boys may have their expectations
gratifed.
The dead body of Joseph Shaw, aged
about 60 years, was found by the roadside
not great distance from his home in St.
Johns Friday night. Shaw had been
drunk earlier in the evening and is sup
posed TO have lain down by the wayside TO
sleep and was frozen to death.
The Michigan university senate Tuesday
night passed memorial on the death of
Prof Wells, in which was recited at length
the many virtues and attainments OF the
lawyer and scholar, and his death deplored
as loss to the bar and state. Sympathy
was also extended to the family.
Albert Gulley Of Dearborn one of the
oldest farmers Of the neighborhood, went
to his barn Sunday morning TO attend to
his stock. A little later he was found
prone on the floor behind favorite colt.
His skull was fractured and he died the
following morning. The colt kicked him.
Thomas Norton and James Kelly sup
posed TO be crooks because they had full
set of safe-cracl1ing tools in their posses
| sion, were arrested at Holland Tuesday
and locked up on suspicion. If anybody
wants them for any crime Marshall KEEP
| pei will be only too glad TO give them up.
Peter Hanson and Jacob Rohde, of Mus
kegon, pleaded guilty to sending comic
valentines to young woman of that city,
and writing obscene words on them. The
| former was fined $3.50, and Rohde will
| catch a like fine Here's a set back to the
| comic valentine business that will give
| pleasure.
ID. Bcthune Dunield, one of the oldest
members of the Detroit bar in point Of SER
| vice and one of the few remaining men,
bers of the bar as it was originally organ
lied, died at his residence Thursday even
| ing after very brief illness. This an
uouncement will come as a shock to his
many personal friends.
The Jackson county Sunday school
association was in session in the city of
Jackson, Tuesday. The association was
reported in a aourishing condition, and the
following officers were elected: +. A.
| Hough, president; ID. p. Sagendorph, vice
president; Benz. Trumbell, secretary; ID.
| 5. Fleming, treasurer
Mrs. Petit. the Rlchfield farmers wife,
| for whom Nellie Shower worked. has grown
tired of hearing people say she knows more
about the disappearance of the girl than
she will tell, and proposes to make some
one pay for it. Her assertion that she
''knew enough to keep her mouth shut"
was the evident cause of the stories.
Mrs. Donaldson, IS years old, has lived
| in an old house near Mattawau for a num-
! Der Of years. She was missed from the
place Friday and number of women visit
cd the house and found her on the floor
nearly frozen to death. She had a stroke
of paralysis Wednesday and had lain in her
helpless condition for two days. She died
from the effects of the exposure and the
stroke Saturday
The board Of control of the soldiers
home on Thursday decided TO suspend for
| the present the rule TO require all inmates
| TO give up the pension money, and elected
! DR.. X. j. Shank, Of Lansing, president pro
tenn. There was a deadlock in the meet
ing over the appointment of successor TO
| Gen. Pierce, which Gov. Winans will set
! tie, when no is able to attend, by voting
for Capt. Manly, of Ann Arbor.
Two Charlotte young fellows were under
engagement to marry couple of Eaton
Rapids girls last week, and felt so good
about it that they got drunk after buying
the marriage license. Then the girls re-
fused to have them, and they drank still
more not stopping until their money was
all gone. Then they tried TO get a dinner
| by pawning their marriage licenses, but
it would not work, and they went home
| hungry.
Farmer Jenkins of Montcalm county saw
o big flock of geese flying northward the
other morning. and glcefully confded the
fact TO his spouse, adding that there should
be no more cold weather for sure. The
next morning Farmer Jenkins found his
pump frozen up stiff, his potatoes in the
cellar touched by frost, and as he thrashed
his arms about to keep from freezing. re-
marked something about fool weather
| prophets.
Owosso has another large manufacturing
institution which will be in full blast in a
few days 1t is che ID. M. Estey furniture
factory, which is one of the largest of its
kind in Michigan. The main building is
250xss feet and it required only five and
three-quarter days TO construct and COM
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