Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-01-23
STATE NEWS CONDENSED.

STATE NEWS CONDENSED.
Bay City has organized a base ball as
scciation.
All the salt blocks in Manistee county
have closed.
ID. w. Amsden of Ann Arbor died Of
alcoholism Tuesday.
Manisteeites are happy because the
new electric light will DO turned on this
week.
The latest name for the Ann Arbor-
Ypsilanti street railway is ''the Ypsi-
Ann"
A Muskegon brewing company is to open
summer park on Mena island, near Mus
kegon.
A recruiting Office for the United
States army has been opened at Grand
Rapids.
Two Williamson saloons were burglar
lied Monday night and about $40 secured.
No clew.
The Thompson house, Big Rapids, has
been closed, it has ceased to be a paying
investment
The Clinton county agricultural society
has u, 900 in the treasury. H. w. Webster
Spresident.
George johnson, the railroad yardmaster
1t Durand, lost two fingers coupling cars
Friday night.
John A. Mark, prominent citizen of
Oscoda, lost thumb aud one finger by
saw Saturday.
Thestate agricultural directors will ask
the legislature TO help them out to the
tune-of $40, 900.
Decatur has a two-mile swamp road
which has already cost the town $50, 600,
and is no good at that.
The boot and shoe firm of Cornick &
Myers of Saginaw have ASST gned; assets
and liabilities about $40, GOG.
William Skinner, miner at Ishpem-
ing, was struck by mass of falling rock
Saturday and badly injured.
Diphtheria has broken out in Rogers
City and is so widespread that it will be
necessary to close the schools.
The Grand Rapids aldermen voted not
20 givean electric railroad franchise to the
Reed'siake resort petitioners.
Mrs. Julia L. Stuart, of Kalamazoo, has
sued the city for &c. 900 for injuries re-
ceived on a defective sidewalk.
The Saginaw Rifles have invited the
Flint Blues to sup with them next Friday
night, and tho Blues will accept.
Arthur Retain, the young business man
OF Hudson who was run over by the cars
and had both feet amputated, may live.
The Oakland hotel of Oxford celebrated
its,second anniversary by giving a banquet
and dance to the upper ten OF the village.
The. Home national bank of Saginaw has
offered TO take the Saginaw county funds
und pay AZ per cent interest on daily
balances.
A young son of Welcome Lastbrook, of
Wales. fell under wagon Friday and the
wheels passed over his neck, killing him
instantly.
An attempt was made t1 burglarize
Draper Fish's house at Coloma Sunday.
but Fish got out his gun and the thieves
departed.
Mrs. Mary Ellis, of Tuscola, is enter
prising, ana is at work upon bedquilt
which will, when finished, contain about
5000 pieces.
Rev. M. S. Woodruff. of Ypsilanti has
sworn out n warrant charging an alderman
of that place with exhibiting vile pictures
in his saloon.
The Holly milling company has had an
unusually prosperous year. and manufac-
tured 3S, 700 barrels of -four i'm the last
half of the year.
Mrs. Henry S. Frieze. widow of the
late Prof. Frieze of Ann hrbor, died sud-
denly of apoplexy Tuesday evening She
was SO years old.
Just 35 out of class OF Al that attempted
to pass an examination giving them n
lisense to sell and compound drugs at Sagi-
nav were successful.
Mrs. j. w. Mackey, of Hudson, who
went 10 Florida for her health last Novem-
her. is reported as very low. with no
chances for recovery.
Warren Fisher 20 years old. pioneer
of Almont township. died Saturday. He
was born In New York state and settled
in Almont.in the 40s.
Allie Bedford, ten years old, escaped
from the Codwater lookup Tuesday by
crawling through a hole used to pass in
food to the prisoners.
The people Of South Boston have raised
a purse OF $40 for the Rev. J. w. Arney In
appreciation OF his labors In making con-
gerts the past few weeks.
The 4-yoar-old son OF James II. White,
of Grand Rapids, fell into pail of hot
water Friday and was so badly scalded that
thaoncsh fell OF in chunks.