Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-09
MICHIGAN STATE ITEMS.

The new Excelsior roller mill" at Mar
lette is ready for business
Large hunting parties are hurryng
northward in quest Of deer.
A. Owen. farmer near Fcntou. is
sprightly and active agticulturist at the
age Of 50.
Ben. J. West, bright editor of tho Cros-
well Democrat, died last week of typhoid
malarial fever
William Peter a Bay City saw mill own
er. has bought 1850. 900 worth of Georg-
ian bay pine from Ring & Merrill.
The first snow of the season in Michigan
fell in Ironwood. on the 9Th. Quite a re-
spectacle snow-storm prevailed for some
time.
A number Of eastern horse buyers are
engaged in picking up fancy driving horses
in Van Buren, county for the New York
market.
N. ID. Glidden, a former presby terrain
pastor, is building up good business near
Sand Beach, making unfermented COM
munion wine.
The fifty-seventh annual meeting of the
Synod. of Michigan will be held in the
First Presbyterian church at Pontiac,
October 1915.
A young man named Edward Stevens,
son OF Dewitt Stevens, of Alpena. was
drowned at Port Huron Saturday noon by
the capsizing OF sail boat.
There are more names on the Albion
college roster now than were enrolled up TO
Christmas time last year, and total at
tendance OF 600 is expected.
Prof Davenport, of the Agricultural
college, sailed for Piracicaba, Brazil, Tues
day. where he will organize a college SINH
lar to the one he has just left.
= Howard J. Hail. NJ. A. c.. recently as
sstant in horticulture at tho Lansing agri-
cultural college, has accepted position in
the Arizona agricultural college.
Thos Stephenson. an L. S. & NJ S.
engineer, who formerly lived at Adrian.
was shot dead near Elkhart, Ind, while
trying pull gun through fence.
Manager c. S. Burroughs, OF Redmond's
opera bouse, has been found guilty at
Grand Rapids of giving Sunday night
performance. The case will be appealed.
A few years ago Jericho was prosper
Gus village in Van Buren, county. The
last building was wiped out by fire several
days ago. and its former site is lest marked
than that of its Biblical namesake.
A Leslie man received nice little pres
ent by express the other day, but does not
known how is the donor. 1t was a crate
containing real cunning black bear and
it is probably hint from his best girl.
Last week gang of men cut away the
wire fence which surrounds Maisou island
and destroyed a handsome sail boat belong
ing to II. II. Warner, of Rochester, be-
cause Che latter prosecutes trespassers who
shoot ducks.
Perry Mcneil, of Watertown. who set
tied in that township in 1855, was thrown
from his wagon last week, and, falling
upon rock crushed his ribs into his lungs.
He lived but few hours. He was about
60 years old.
Five boys, the oldest not over nine years
old. were found drunk at Muskegon
| Heights IL was feared for while that
| one would die from the effects of the liquor.
Joseph Goguon is under arrest charged
with selling them whisky.
Sickness in the family Of Robert Rudd.
| of Marlette has caused number of rela-
tives of the family TO come together.
| Among those who met were three brothers.
William, John and Gordon A. Rudd, who
met for the first time in AZ years.
During the first three months of its OPP
Grafton the Barkworth law providing tax
on corporate franchises has brought GO, 700
into the state treasury. The receipts dur
ing September were sufficient to meet the
entire salary list in the Office of the secre-
tary of state.
Work will be commenced this week on
the large buildings to be occupied by the
Clegg steel and iron works, which were
induced to 60 to Mayville on the payment
of liberal bonus. The buildings will be
completed this fall and 25 men will be
employed by the new enterprise.
Chief Simon Pokagcn has returned from
Lawrence. Kas., where he went to place a
party of Indian youths in the government
school there. He expects that about 1888,
600 will DO paid the members Of the tribe
in southwestern portion Of Michigan by
Uncle Sam next spring, $50 persons divid-
ing the money.
A farmer named Sidney Stafford had a
( narrow escape while crossing the c., j. &
NJ. track at Homer with moving ma
chine last week. Mr.. Stafford, who is a
little hard of hearing. did not notice the
train until within few feet of him when
he jumped. saving his own life. but one OF
his horses was killed and the moving ma
chine wrecked.
Ed. Finn ono time prevented sudden
diminution in jackson county's population,
by saving the lives OF two young ladies
mixed up In a runaway; but his services
TO his country didn't protect him when hc
Got up dog fight that resulted In the
death OF one Of the canine participants.
He was arrested with neatness and dis
! patch, and must stand trial.