Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-24

| VINO Is SAID 10 nave Oeen tue OlueSJ MeJn-
odst minister in the United States, died
last week OF the grip.
A gale struck Saranac Saturday morning,
ripping down signs, tearing up fences and
upsetting lot OF trees. IL was the most
severe storm in years.
The citizens of Gaylord, Otsego county,
subscribed 81, 200 because they wanted a
hoop factory, and Mr.. Tiege Of Saginaw
will put up the factory.
Howard Smith, 10 years old. of Romeo,
monkeyed with revolver. He will live,
but must pay the doctor for rummaging
around TO find the bullet.
Mrs. j. Brewer of Kalamazoo went raw
ing crazy when told of the death of her
three-year-old son, and will have - go
TO the asylum for safe keeping.
Some Otter Creek nonenities make u
practice of ringing the fire alarm whenever
they feel like it, and the consequence is no
one responds when there is "a fire.
James f. Matthews and wife died within
four hours of the same time of the grip.
They formerly lived in Benton Harbor, but
more recently resided in Kalamazoo.
Mrs DIR. Ketchum of Owosso wanted 70
see st. Johns from u buggy the other day.
The horse ran away and Mrs. DR.. Ketchum
was taken home with dislocate1 hip.
The people of the 500 now lie awake
nights trying to think of some way to raise
the 81, 900 bonus demanded for a new mill
1t looks as if they would raise the cash.
William Desbro of Detroit dropped dead
as he was leaving the postoffice at Brigh-
ton Saturday afternoon. He was 20 years
old and well known both in Detroit and
Brighton.
j. c. Pomeroy of Manistee has leased
the mineral wells at Frankfort and will
erect botHing concern, his scheme being
to introduce the medical water throughout
the country.
Fred II. Andrus, formerly of jackson,
has been elected secretary of the Chicago
base ball association in place of Jim Hart,
who takes Sapulding's place at the head of
the association.
A. *. Leland, farmer living near
Grand Rapids, aged 63 years, was struck
by train Sunday on the Grand Rapids 81
Indiana railroad and instantly killed. He
leaves family.
Mail service between Waterloo and
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! TO six times week since Monday. The
postoffice at Lincoln, Mason county, has
been discontinued.
The Saginaw saloonists' association is
sending out a lot Of circulars asking for
concerted movement in favor of more just
liquor tax laws. They want a uniform
license for retailers.
The annual meeting of the Chicago &
West Michigan stockholders was held We'd
! nesday at Muskegon. A new board Of
directors was elected and all the acts OF
the old board Endorsed.
James Baby, Herbert Whitney, Charles
McCabe and William Armstrong, all of
Bay City, were the only ones of the IL
candidates for the West Point cadetship
! that passed the examination.
Joseph II. Summons, "a pioneer Of Jack
/ son and one of tho solid men of the place,
died Saturday after IA brief illness. Mr.
Summons was born in Vermont in 1880, and
came TO Michigan two years later.
Polly Ann Clark Of Pentwater has been
acting queerly since her son was shot in
| 1889. This week she developed homi-
cidal mania and has been sent TO the asy-
lum at Grand Traverse as dangerous.
Ephraim Harris who fatally stabbed
John Halifax Of Delaware township. SAM
lac county, has been locked up to await the
holding of the circuit court He is
charged with murder in the first degree.
A hay press, pair of horses and two men
fell through an old bridge over Swarz
creek, near Flint, Thursday night. The
press is still under water, but the men and
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long been considered unsafe.
The town hall, fire engine house and one
| store, all contained in a two-story frame
building at Stanton, burned Saturday
morning by an explosion of lamp. The
loss was So, 900. IL was only with the
utmost difficulty that the firemen saved the
engine.
The university regents at their meeting
| Saturday decided to raise the price of
| tuition SO TO non-residents students after
| this year and discussed lot of other i'm
portant business, but left the decision for
a special meeting which will be held about
May /.
George Lindsay. Saginaw street rail-
way conductor, was stabbed over the heart
| by his drunken father Saturday and seri-
ously wounded. The younger man was
endeavoring 10 quiet his intoxicated parent
when the trouble occurred. The older
man is in Jail and the younger will recover.
New postmasters: w. II. Hail, vice ].
Benoway, resigned, bennington, Sanilac
county: II. LaDick. vice A. G. Spencer,
resigned, Peach Bell, Alegan; III. M. Cas-
tie, vice A. y. Austin, resigned, Wheat
land, Hillsdalc county; b. Stuhen, vice j.
Kamp, resigned, Zulphan, Ottawa county.
Andrew Mcreness. who is worth s14, 900,
but is insane, has been supported by the
state at The Kalamazoo asylum for a long
time, his relatives, who enjoy the property,
refusing to take care Of him. They will
be forced to support him now, as the
health boari at its meeting Saturday
rescinded the order committing him TO
Kalamazoo and threw him back on his
relatives.
The dead body of an infant was found
in vault at Milwaukee. Saginaw county,
Saturday, and investigation proved that IL
had been placed there alive, and probably
| bV Mrs Mabel Sweet the mother Mrs