Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22

a mad dog in Saginaw Friday, went 20
Bay City for treatment. The doctors
thore could not discover any signs OF
hydrophobia.
Robert Smith, the murderer Of his
brother at Linwood, kept his remarkable
don't-care look and talk until he caught
sight of the prison walls at Jackson and
then he wilrcd.
The salaratus factory of the II. S. Smith
estate in Grand Rapids was worth 200.
The owners can now collect the fire insur-
ance and spend their leisure time in hunt
ing for the cause of the fire.
The Toledo. Ann Arbor & North Mich
igan road will push its line through TO the
straits. They will build 5j miles of track
this summer and have cars running to the
Manistec river before snow flies
james NJ. Turner's friends insist that he
will be able to pay every dollar Of his in
detedness if left alone and that in addition
this be able to 60 on with his business.
His wife has turned all her property over
TO the creditors.
jackson had two notable weddings on
Thursday. The first was the marriage of
James A Spaulding, who came all the way
from Atchison, KS, 10 wed Minnie IL.
Wing. and the Other the marriage of DIR.
Blanchard TO Miss Dolly Hall.
The greasebox factory in Saginaw
burned Monday, entails a loss of 50, 200,
of which So, 900 was covered by insurance.
The building was owned by Mrs. n. s.
Lockwood ana was set on fire by spark
from Michigan Central locomotive.
Charles B. Lockwood, who was found
on the railroad track at Saranac badly
injured and so much dazed that he could
hardly tell his own name is Mason in
good standing at Chesaning and the order
in that town has sent man to look after
him.
Benton Harbor and St. Joseph people
will combine. for the first time in years.
and ask the senate TO change the name of
the place. Anything, even Podunk. would
be preferable to the name, Port Michigan.
which the members of the house gave to
the city.
The fire in Bachelor the other day was
set by sparks while the fire in the forest
was not within half a mile of the town.
The Alden Bachelor company lost l, l00,-
900 feet of pine lumber and shingles
valued at $4,000. The mill itself was
not burned.
Saginaw has half million dollars in
vested in school buildings and at present
has 7,5SS pupils under instruction. II
came near having one less. A sneak set
fire to II box of shavings in the cellar of
the high school Saturday. Narrow escape,
but no damage.
The Holly milling company, whose daily
capacity is now 800 barrels, viii increase
their output by putting up SIS, addi-
ton, with elevators, etc. They show signs
of boom and intend to keep grain enough
in their storage houses to keep the wheels
going all the time.
The labor celebration at Grand Rapids
last week, in favor of the street car strik-
ers, was a grand success. Seven thousand
men paraded the streets and were address
ed by the leading citizens. The strikers
have started line of carriages and are
doing good business.
Arthur Knapp, of Palo, married a Miss
Kildove about year ago and tho couple
went to housekeeping on a farm. Knapp
went to work Us usual Saturday morning
leaving his wife alone When he returned
two hours later she was dead. No one
knows what caused it.
Reports from Big Rapids Indicate that
the residents of the small towns In the
county had a hard time saving their build
ings from the forest fires, but succeeded.
The inhabitants of Paris and Beyers
station had three days fight, but finally
conquered and their places are now safe.
John J. Tuomey's dry goods store in
Jackson has been closed by creditors.
The reason is too many debts and too little
business. There is $34, 900 in mortgages
on the stock besides large number of
judgements aggregating about $13, 900
held by New York and Cincinnati whole
salers.
A carload of blasting powder on the
Wabash road exploded Saturday near
Romulus, sending three cars into the air in
thousands of pieces. Nobody was hurt,
but the ninety kegs of powder in the car
tore things considerably. The train was
bound west and the powder consigned to
Illinois.
Luck saved the Cleary business college
of Ypsilanti from fire Saturday night A
passer-by discovered blaze in the base
hChh ut hlO was SUM OAbAuB
the investigation which followed revealed
the fact that come one had dropped q fire
box, loaded with shavings and kerosene,
into the basement.
George Demarois' blacksmith shop in
Red Jacket caught fire last Thursday. Be-
fore the fire went out Mrs. Crowlen's two
story dwelling. three barns and Bat Quel-
los two-story saloon were in ashes. Fully
20 families moved out of their homes and
moved back again when the fire was out.
The loss is $4,000 with $500 insurance.
Origin unknown.
George Perry, the city treasurer q
Grand Rapids. has not been seen around
his accustomed haunts recently and the
rumor prevailed that he had left the place
for good. To this was added sundry
statements of an unpleasant nature about
his being short of funds. Nobody believes
he took any money not his own, but think
his actions queer. His friends went to
Chicago TO bring him home.
Dominick Peltier of Chesterfield had
buffeted the stormIbf 40 winters and COM
claimed of the lateuess of the spring these
many years. but at last he became tired OF
the Improbable battle and summoned
death Friday by revolver shot. Hellved
until Saturday and said he was not sorry.