Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-15

himself as superintendent of the Grand
Rapids schools at 81, 500 per year.
Jackson carpenters struck for a nine
hour day at old pay, and most OF the con-
tractors have granted the demand.
Sadie Harlan of Lexington, attempted
to speed her horse Saturday. The rig over
turned and she is now nursing broken
arm.
The university authorities have decided
TO try new wrinkle and will add photog-
raphy to the field work of the engineering
class.
The Faughner & Co. mill at Alma
burned Saturday. with loss Of SO, 900;
insured for 81, 200. An engine was sent
from ST. Louis.
The largest corporation formed in
Michigan last week was the Manistique
and Northwestern railroad company,
stocked at 81, 900, 900.
George Hodge, former well known
resident of the Soo died in Montana
short time ago. The news of his death
Just reached his old home.
/ South Haven has a social club which will
combine business with pleasure. The club
has a capital, on paper, of $50, 900 and pro-
! poses public improvements.
The authorities at the Orchard Lake
academy have decided TO build an addition
to their little settlement in the shape of
new building 106 by 81 feet.
F.. w. Wheeler 81 Co. of Bay City are
going TO increase their capital stock from
$3.50, 600 to 5000, 900, and increase their
productive power accordingly.
A defective chimney caused Richard
Lacy to lose his farm building, five miles
from Lapeer, Saturday. He had 500
insurance and valued the place at 81, 900.
A Jackson life-convct named Goggins,
sentenced from Grand Rapids nine years
ago, has become a driveling idiot and will
be transferred to the Ionia reformatory.
Strange as il may seem it is nevertheless
true that Shelby manages TO struggle along
on one saloon year. and tits said that
business in this one is not any too good.
w. H. Green is TO build new hotel
three stories high, and 32x50 on the ground,
at Marquette The structure will be ven
eered with brick and have brown stone
trimming.
| George Richards barn in Lincoln town
ship. Osceola county, burned with its
contents Friday. 1t was set on fire by
sparks FROM the forest fire over half q
| mile away.
Thomas L. Stevens of Niles, one of the
| foremost men of the place, died Monday Of
old age. He had held many Offices of
profit and trust in tho town and his death
will be felt.
| ST. Joseph is to have another steamboat
line, making three on the Chicago route
and two on the Milwaukee line. The
! Vandala line is the latest to make St.
Joseph its port of clearance.
A correspondent who recently made a
trip through Mason county reports the
fruit but little damaged by the frosts.
The growers of the cereals are fearing the
result of the cold snap however.
Two wooden stores near the National
hotel in Owosso burned Saturday night.
They were owned by Moses Keyle and
Mrs. B. It. Taylor and occupied by p.
Waters. Loss $4,000, no insurance.
The Michigan weather Office and crop
prediction shop sends out word that the
winter weather of early last week was
disastrous TO the crops and the subse-
quent dry spell did not help matters any.
The industrial home for girls at Adrian
was investigated by senatorial commit
tee of the legislature, Saturday. Work?
Bless you, no; they just looked around and
said pretty speeches about everything they
saw.
3Senator Taylor of Lapeer is very sick
man, and serious results are feared. His
illness started with the grip, and the
whole list of human ills seems to have fol-
owed after. The doctors hope TO pull him
through.
S. M. Baird's carriage and paint shop at
Holly caught fire Saturday evening and
verybody thought the town was doomed
The fire was stopped, however, after the
shop and two small dwellings burned. No
insurance.
The Albion paper company was set on
fire Thursday morning but sharp-oyed
watchmah saw the blaze before it was large
and put it out. The citizens will put out
the eye OF the man that set the fire if they
catch him.
Mrs Catherine Gregory Of CT icago, who
jumped from the third story window of her
boarding house while delirous, and was
killed, was formerly we'll known in jack
son. Her daughter, Mrs. Libbie Busha,
was well known local singer.
AT Saginaw, Wednesday, Mrs. w. o.
Leonard and Mrs. Emily j. Millage were
thrown from q rig by runaway. Mrs.
Leonard had her arm broken and shoulder
fractured, while tho other woman was toe
badly hurt TO be carried home.
The Michigan salt association ordered q
drop in price last week of five cents on the
barrel in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana and
10 cents per barrel in Chicago Milwaukee,
Duluth and St Louis. The excess OF sup
ply over the demand is the cause OF the
drop.
The food dam on the Main river neal
Alpena went out Saturday afternoon, caus
ing considerable damage The damage il
more prospective than present, as the loss
of the dam stops the drive for some time
and may result in hanging up millions o.
logs the entire season.
William A. Butler of Detroit the wei
known banker and capitalist, died Wed
nssday afternoon few minutes befor'
five o'clock, after an illness of only few
days duration. The cause Of his deatl
was catarrhal pneumonia, followed b,