Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05

hold big regatta at Michigan Center lake.
June 90, and intend TO Make It the most
stupendous affair ever held by the club.
Henry II. Smith, journal clerk OF tho
house of representatives at Washington,
has been appointed "A member OF the board
of visitors TO the Annapolis naval academy.
There is good fishing at Sand Beach and
in the waters near by, and the beachers
have formed large club to agree on the
equally large stories told about the catch.
Johnny Welch, year old Bay City
boy set fire to his clothing while playing
near a gasoline stove, Saturday, and was
burned so badly that he died in a few
hours.
They have manual training branch in
the jackson school district No. /, aud it
has proven so popular that three DAYS
display was necessary to accommodate the
crowds.
Mr. and Mrs. Shaw of Kingston. Sanilac
county, were thrown from their buggy by
the horse running away last week and
badly injured. Mrs. Shaw may die of her
injuries.
The Benton Harborites are hot because
it is proposed TO name the union st. Joseph.
They held mass meeting, denounced
Senator Beers and sent a resolution TO the
legislature.
John Beal, seven years old of Dimondale,
tried TO catch on behind wagon one day
last week. when his foot caught in the
wheel. He was SO badly injured that he
died Sunday.
Jack the KiSser" has been finally
caught. Ills name is w. H. Williams, and
he operated at Three Rivers. He was
given 80 days in the Ccutcryille jail 10y
Justice Lown.
Oscar Hunt of near Grand Haven is in
Jail because he plunged knife several
times into Bradley Taylor, relative.
They were having Il family quarrel. Taylor
is badly hurt.
Rev. Howard Duhie!d of Detroit preach
ed the baccalaureate sermon to the Orchard
Lake academy seniors Sunday. Tuesday
the examinations were held and Wednes-
day grand hop.
The weather bureau says that the cold
weather of the past week has been very
unfavorable for the crops. Corn is very
sow and the small fruits suffered much
from the amateur winter.
NC WiuON Ol 0dpl ddlLico olGNeuS anu
the friends of w. p. Wolfe, two of tho
men drowned on the schooner Kimball,
near Mantou island, have offered large re-
wards for the recovery of the bodies.
Edwin Mills of Battle Creek has been
arrested and taken TO Kalamazoo on sus-
picion of being concerned in the mysterious
murder at Climax. Mills was engaged to
marry the widow who was found dead.
Bay City lumbermen shipped 47,014, 900
feet of lumber 100000 shingles and
2,613, 900 lath during May. Saginaw
shipped 1890, 600 feet of lumber and
LOO, 900 shingles during the same time.
John G. Mason, the resident member of
the board of control of the Adrian indus
trial home, wires Gov. Wnans that the
report roasting Miss Scott, the superintend-
ent, is all right and in accordance with
facts.
Rev. T. J. Giboney, pastor Of the Big
Rapids Presbyterian church, died of
internal hemorThages, superinduced by the
grip, Sunday morning. MIR. Giboney was
to ue married in three weeks to an Indiana
woman.
Altoona county streams are bristling with
trout, the result Of planting four years
ago. Cora Anthony OF Ikilmaster is so far
the champion this season, having landed a
specified beauty which weighed 4 1-6
pounds.
The Grand Rapids street car strike is
still on, the men deciding TO hang out for
ever, il necessary. They will try TO es-
abl.sh a line OF herdic coaches. There
was II little riotiug last night, one car be.
ing attacked and damaged.
Luke Cooney. who won 50, 900 from
Nehemiah Chase, a Kalamazoo capitalist,
for malicious prosecution, has begun
second suit for like amount, claiming Mr..
Chase owes it TO him as administrator of
tho M. B. Shaw estate.
A man supposed TO be John Gable, from
papers found on his person, died Monday
under suspicious circumstances at st.
Francis hospital, Burlington, Ia He was
left there by unknown persons, and
expird 30 minutes later.
Charles Sweeney of Grand Rapids was
embracing his hancec and while he poured
sweet nothings into her ear he sneaked
her watch from her pocket He will now
| not get married until he serves two years
and a half in Iopia and gets another girl
About 100, 600, 900 feet OF logs have been
| bought in the upper peninsula by the Hall
81 Munson lumber company of Saginaw.
! The logs belonged to Alger, Smith g. Co.,
are TO be shipped by rail to Bay Mills, and
cost 81, 500. 600. 1t will take five years to
! fila the contract.
A rich and inexhaustible deposit of blue
sand stone has been found within the
! shadow of Jackson prison wall. About
! 40 men are at work enlarging the quarry
and getting it in shape for n big business.
S. H. Avery of jackson is the leading man
in the enterprise
1t has transpired shat the peppery Miss
Scott of tho Adrian school, who will prob
ably have some trouble with Winans, had
tilt with ex-Gov. Luce during his term
Of Office and was bluntly told TO be more
moderate in her punishments or there
would be trouble.
The Houghton mining school closed its
spring term and annual examinations
Saturday and tho students given vaca-
ton until June %, when the field work and
summer term opens. A large number of
the boys found employment in tho smelling
works at Houghton.