Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-01-09


Fead & Son, the Lexington millers,
have suspended operations until they can
move into a larger factory and have addi-
tional facilities for carrying on their bus
mess.
A party of five skaters breke through
The ice at Plainville Saturday night, and
all but one, Clarence Le Baron, about 6
years old, were saved. The body was re-
covered.
When Gov. Luce settles down ia his
Coldwater home it will be as vice president
of the bank there, and he will devote his
energies to running the bank on a sure
economical basis.
Hon. Il. j. Ramsdell of Manistee, pres
ident of the First national bank. will sail
for Paris, January Z, accompanied by his
daughter Elizabeth. They will be absent
about four months.
The residence of Gustav Refers at
Fraser burned Saturday night with most
Of its contents. The aged father and
mother of Mr.. Refers had to be carried
from the house after the fire had caught.
The new commercial building which is
to be erected at one of the principal
corners in Mauistee will cost $50, 900, be
built of eastern granite and when COM
pleted be the finest banking building in the
west.
Aaron Morton of Schoolcraft was thrown
from his cutter by runaway horse Satur
day, and seriously injured. 1t was at first
thought that his injuries were fatal, but
the doctors now say he has a chance to pull
through.
Senator-elect Benson of Gonesee county,
has bill 10 introduce in the legislature
preparing for the abolition of the present
system of school examiners and favoring
the return to the old style county school
superintendent.
The old Sherman house at Flint, one Of
the landmarks of the place, burned Sunday
at a loss Of 81, 500, on which there is an
insurance Of 81, 900. The fire caught from
the Office stove and several adjacent build
ings were scorched.
Two of Pontiac's business men, John
Pound and Richard Bell, collected $50
from as citizens as a Christmas present TO
John Fitzgeral, as token of their con-
tinued appreciation Of his faithful services
as night Waterman.
For some time past Williamson has been
infested with a lot of petty burglars. The
police now have under arrest Adelbert
Glassbrook and John JefTers, and Monday
arrested Mrs Coreyell, who secreted the
property the boys stole.
The business men of Brown City, St
Clair county, have held a meeting and
decided to begin the new year right by
getting move on and booming the town
| all the time. They viii raise money TO
carry out their intentions.
At Millington, Friday morning, wagon
in which were Henry Furbush, wife and
Michigan Central train. The wagon was
demolished, but only Mrs. Forbush was
injured, and she not seriously.
THE funeral of Michael Downey, MUIR
dered by Joe Thomas at Evan last Tues
day, took place at Saginaw Saturday.
The brother of the murdered man says
Thomas did not intend to shoot his
brother, but mistook him for another
man.
The drug store of Peter Boyers and the
adjoining store occupied by II. S. Hender-
son, at Holton, Muskegon county, were
burned Saturday. Beyers' loss is 81. 500
and Henderson's s., 900. Beyers has 81 500
insurance and Henderson 81, 500. Cause
unknown.
Mamie Starr, the Chicago domestic who
claims East Tawas as her home and who
was convicted of murder for poisoning Mr..
| and Mrs. Newland, her employers, was
sentenced to life Imprisonment Saturday.
She was CARR, d from the courtroom in a
dead faint.
Sheriff Dix Of Kalamazoo lodged in jail
Sunday, Thomas Burns, who was arrested
| in Milwaukee for Jail breaking. He was
confined for larceny of large quantity of
velveteen and escaped with five others
from Jail in November. Burns is the third
| one retaken.
The Missaukee flremen were taught a
lesson Christmas day that they will not
soon forget To accommodate the owners
of a skating rink they flooded it, using
the fire hose for the purpose. It took
them two days Of hard work TO get the ice
out of the hose.
Ira Dolbee, of Kendall, paid more at
tention to the frolics Of his dogs than to
his gun while hunting Christmas day, and
was surprised and panied when that gun
slipped off the stump and plugged his right
arm full of shot and powder. He will live
and probably not lose his arm.
Miss Sallie Little of Saginaw was pre-
pairing to attend pedro party the other
night and in her haste to light the gas
dropped the match on her dress. setting
fire to it, She screamed and her father
put out the blaze, bnt not until she was
badly frightened and painfully burned.
Louis Leclare and Hugh McGinnis,
iumbermen, employed in Nesters camp
near Ontonagon, were struck by falling
tree Saturday afternoon. Leclare was
instantly killed while McGinnis was seri-
ously and perhaps fatally crushed. Nc.
Ginnis lived in Manistee while Leclare was
a Canadian.
The trial OF Herbert Warren at Elmira,
n. Y, for the murder of his father,
resulted in a verdict of not guilty Saturday
night The boy shot his father while the
latter was beating the boys mother. The
family formerly lived in Michigan, where
the father bore the reputation of wife
beaten. The verdict gives satisfaction.
A Saginaw hostler, known as Little
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