Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-31
AROUND THE STATE.

A fall of earth in the Chaplin mine at
Iron Mountain killed Vincent Barratoni.
1t is estimated that 10, 900 persons were
present at the Bay View exercises Sunday.
John Barton, q 16 year old Detroit boy,
was drowned while bathing at Walpole
Island last week.
West Bay City is to have a new opera
house and music hall, the plans having
been already prepared for it,
Thos O'Brien, who murdered Albert
Brownel at Detroit last winter, has been
sentenced TO Imprisonment for life.
The weather bureau says the crops need
warm rains and do not need the winter
weather that has fallen the past few days.
Thomas Rodgers, one of the first settlers
in Port Austin, if not one of the first in
Huron county, died Thursday, aged SO
years.
Herbert Randall, of Deckerville, fell
from barn roof on the 22d inst, and
suffered internal injuries that may result
fatally
John Cody, an old resident, fell dead from
a.
the barge Antelope.
Mrs. G. +. Mansfield, a sster-in-law of
Senator Stockbrdge, died in Asheville, n.
c., last week. She was buried in Plain
well, her former home.
B. B. Austin went to bed in a Manistee
boarding house the other night with $462
under his pillow. He awoke next morning
to find the money missing.
Edward Snay, Bay City man aged
about 2S years, was killed while unloading
logs from fiat car last Thursday by fall
ing and striking his neck on a log.
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dressed 1900 people at the first annual
picnic OF the Church OF the Sacred Heart
at Mallory Lake, Hudson, on Thursday.
Sixteen head of cattle, belonging to
different owners, were poisoned in Bethel
township, Branch county, Saturday, by
some villain sprinkling Paris green on the
grass.
Henry Romer, aged 10, while walking
under the tramway at Laderach's sawmill,
in West Bay City, Thursday afternoon,
was struck by falling plank and fatally
injured.
William A. Palmer, of Hartford, and
Zimri Warner of Lawrence. have been
held in 5000 bonds for trial by Van
Buren, county justice for selling liquor
without license
The conspiracy cases growing out of the
recent street railway strike at Grand
Rapids, came up for investigation last
week, when seven of the alleged conspira-
tors were discharged.
Parker Powell, who acquired reputa-
ton as n slick colored horse thief before
his mind gave way, escaped from the
asylum for criminal insane at Ionia yester-
day, climbing l6-foot wall.
L. w. Sprague, of the soldiers home
board, took control of the soldiers home
at Grand Rapids Monday and will be
assisted in the management by Maj. j. w.
Long, ex-adjutant of the place.
The grocery stock of F. Tower, of Ionia,
was levied on by Detroit, Grand Rapids
and Cleveland creditors Saturday and the
place closed. He is about 81, 500 in debt,
and the stock will inventory just about
that amount.
The state lodge of the Sons of st.
for the ensuing year: Grand president, S.
Kinsman, Beacon; vice president. w.
Andrews, Ishpeming; secretary, w. Catlin,
Iron Mountain; treasurer, James Cruise.
Lucas Harmson, well-to-do farmer in
the township of Overisel, about six miles
southeast of Holland, committed suicide
by shooting last week. He was a Hol.
lander, aged 55, and leaves a wife and
five children. No cause is given for the
deed.
Brown, DeFusch & Co., of Philadelphia
began suit in the United States court Sat
urday against the Parlor furniture
company, of Grand Rapids, for a claim of
81, 700. The affairs of the company are
said to be in bad way, mortgages of S20,-
900 having been fled.
The home of Mark Brewer, at Leondas,
st. Joseph county, burned Friday night
during the absence Of the family Owing
to the fact that there was no fire in the
house the blaze is supposed to have been
the work of incendiary tramps who were
refused lodging and shelter few days
ago. Loss 81, 600, partly insured.
William Green and Frank Lamar went
| fishing on the Grand river at Grand
Rapids Sunday taking a case of beer along
TO furnish amusement. They drank the
! beer and capsized the boat in attempting
to change seats. Lamar reached the shore
| in safety but Green was drowned.
Seymour Allen, of Madison, Lenawee
county, and Henry Pitcher. snapped
horses and then began TO fight Pitcher
got the worst of it and made complaint
against Allen for assault with intent to do
great bodily harm, less than murder.
Allen was in JAIL but has been released ON
! $500 bail.
Baldwin, the county seat of Lake, is
about as tough place as there is in the
southern portion of the state. In addition
to looking like backwoods settlement, il
has a stockade and other relics of barbar.
ism. Wednesday n travelling man named
Arnold was set upon from behind by
Charles Bissell and seriously injured.
Robbery was the motive.
Little James Matthews, four year ole
son Of jeremiah Matthews, of Canton
grabbed the rope of hay carrier. while
in operation at the barn of Sylvester
Clark, in Canton, Thursday afternoon
and had his right hand drawn into pulley