Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-12-11

follows: Captain. j. ID. Kramer; first leu
tenaatlJ. II. Taylor; second lSeuteuant,
Frank Il STaker
THE fourth annual session of thb bag
bcrs International union was held in
Grand Rapids last week, with 20 delegates
present All were In favor of Sunday
closing and shorter work day.
| Frank Harris. of East Tawas, played
with an innocent unioaded revolver and,
as he couldn't find surgeon as quick as
ne desired he had a friend dig the bullet
out of his hand with jack knife.
Fred Roost aged years. and COM
panion while on the river at Holland fell
through the ice, and young Roost was
drowned. His companion was rescued by
men who heard their cries for help.
| j. 4. Thompson. O hay buyer OF Hudson,
sent $500 TO Herman Robb with which TO
purchase hay at Doerfeld. Robb has dis
Appeared with the money. and Sheriffs
Baldwin and Mcdonald are after him.
Fair & Atwater's sawmill, located at
Mareuisco in the upper peninsula, has
been burned TO the ground. The mill had
a capacity of about 10000 feet per day.
Loss about S45. 600; insured for $40, 900.
| Grand Rapids electric cars continue TO
run too rapid for the ordinary citizen. M.
Nj. Wilson, an old citizen. was caught
while attempting to board car and was
dragged long distance. He will recover.
Grass Lake Citizens are commencing to
push hard for new business enterprises.
Several philosophical people there have
subscribed literally and a mandatory of
road carts and buggies Is now certainty.
Horace Perry, recently from Misha-
wnka, Ind, committed suicide at Niles
by jumping into tho St Joseph river
from the Michigan Centrals upper slil-
road bridge. He leaves u wife aud three
children.
A 3-months old child of John Wenig.
of Saginaw was found dead in bed. Tho
family profess to know nothing OF the
cause of death. and Wenigs act on in the
matter was such that the authorities
ordered post norton.
Another impetus to Hudson's industrial
! interests is about to DO iuaugurated by IL
| Il. Moore. or jackson, and Henry Kellogg,
of Hudson, who will establish u large man
ufadory for hand made harness, and ON
ploy a large number of men.
Timothy O'Brien, a section hand on the
Grand Rapids az Indiana railroad, was
struck by train at Grand Rapids. Every
bone in his body was broken and every
joint dislocated. He leaves widow and
four children. He was drunk.
The December term OF the circuit court
for the county OF Calhoun opened at
| Marshall on the 9TH. The calender for
the term embraces Ia criminal cases. IL
divorce cases and IL issues of fact The
calender is an unusually light one.
Herbert G. Baker, OF Vcksburg, whose
family had been broken up bv his disso.
lutte anu Incorporate habits, has CON-
IN tied suicide by taking 10 grains OF
morphine He was 20 years old and
leaves divorced wife and two children.
w. S Durkee, the vce-president of the
Battle Creek chicken association, has a
wild white swan that was flying over one
dark night recently aud. seeing light in q
large window. came down aud was cap
tured after hard fight 1t is a beautiful
bird.
Grand Rapids Elks held their lodge OF
sorrow Sunday night and formally
mourned the loss OF ex-Congressmen
Housenau and Ford, j. d. Case aud +. NJ
Lawson. The lodge showed a disposition
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comment.
Tweuty-eight of the watches stolen from
ieweler Daniel Pratt, OF Jackson, were
found hidden away In straw stack on tho
farm of Representative Johu Watts. near
that city. There is no clue to the thieves.
though several tramps have been arrested
on suspicion.
The coroner's jury decided IL could not
agree upon the cause OF Addie Turner'S
death. Addie was the Ia year old
girl burned to death in her grand
mothers residence in Dandy townsh p,
Ionia county, early on the morning of
November "a last
Near Leoni tramp had his foot and
shoulder badly injured, He was walking
along the abroad track and got OF one
track to let a passenger train pass and
went on to the other track. when no was
struck by freight He was taken to the
city hospital at Jackson.
An unknown man attempted suicide by
cutting his throth in au clubhouse at tho
Commercial hotel at Homer. No papers
were found on his person by which he
might be indent, fed, aud nothing Is known
of him further than that he arrived on
Michigan Central stock train.
A terrific wind storm passed over Mus
lsegon on tho 4th. Kelly Bros. large brick
factory in the suburbs was blown down.
Other buildings were wrenched and dam
aged, and trees were torn up. Kelly Bros. ,
/ loss is $40. 900 and the damage 70 other
property has been considerable.
Fire started in a rest 'urant at Petoslsey.
caused by gasoline stove exploding. Only
timely work by the fire department saved
the entire block, as a strong wind was
blowing. Hardly had the hose cart been
housed when second fire started in a ten
ement near the railroad track. This was
easily extinguished.
Frank Belts. OF Higgins Lake, Is only
10 years old and no has u little target rifle
that shoots a 80 short cartridge, for a
plaything. He took his toy with him into
the woods last week and when he saw a
handsome largo buck standing in front Of
, him he fred, just to see what he could do.
: The deer dropped dead, the bullet taking
| effect between the ear and horn.