Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-19


church ut Saginaw. was laid Sunday with
impressive ceremonies.
The United States grand jury has
returned indictments against 90 St Louis
retail dealers in oleomargerine for selling
oleo in unstamped packages.
The five G. A. Il posts of Sanilac county
have united in a series of drills prepare
tory to their attending the grand encamp-
ment in Detroit next August
Rev. Washington Gardner's residence,
at Albion was the scene of a successful
lawn party given by the Kappa Alpha
Theta society, Saturday night
Copemish is not much Of town as re-
CARDS size, but it is going TO hold its first
Fourth of July celebration this year and
blow in Slj7 in making the eagle scream.
The Iron Mountain celebration on its be-
coming the county seat OF the new Dickin-
son county was held Saturday and called
out the largest crowd ever seen in the city.
The Hummer family descen6ents. to the
number of 800, held family reunion at
Oxford, Saturday A number of promi-
nent state Runners and relatives were
present.
Alba Sage of Fenton was under barn
his father was moving Monday, when the
jackscrews failed to keep their hold and
the building slid upon him, crushing his
life out
Henry N. Moore, of Coldwater we'll
know TO horsemcn throughout the state,
died of old age Saturday. He settled in
Coldwater in 1886 and was 20 years old
last month.
Mrs. Wiser. of Seymour Lake, near
Oxford, was stricken with paralysis Sat
urday night and cannot live. She had
just returned from family reunion when
stricken down.
John II. Barker, who has lived in Sylvan,
Washtenaw county. ever since 1888, hav-
ing settled there direct from his former
home in England, died last week.
He was one of the best known men in the
place
The weather bureau has found out that
cut worms are iniuring the corn crop and
the potato bug is getting in his work on the
tubers. Otherwise generally satisfactory
state of crops was reported all over the
state.
The Ladies' literary association of Kala-
mazoo, one of the oldest women's clubs of
the United States held its annual meeting
Monday and made regular gala day of it.
Visitors were present from Grand Rapids
and other places.
The Battle Creek school furniture fac
tory was closed Saturday by disagree
ment between the firm and the molders on
account of new lot OF iron. There will
be no trouble, as the men say everything
will be arranged.
DIR. Baker of Saginaw has preferred
charges against DIR. l.. w. Bliss for per-
forming an abortion. Dr. Bliss denies the
charges and says the whole thing was a
Matchmaking scheme at first and has been
kept up through spite.
A few days ago Mrs. B. Howe of Water
loo was looking for eggs and found nest
in an old straw stack. and just as she
reached to take the eggs she discovered
rattesnake in the nest. Her sons killed
the snake. 1t had eight rattles.
The IL year old daughter of Cicero
Weathers of Woodville, jackson county,
was knocked down by horse Monday,
while in jackson, and everybody supposed
she was killed. Not so. however aid she
picked herself up but little worse for her
close call.
Frank Downs of Clio, got Lawyer Rob-
bins Jones TO have his name changed, and
Jones charged him good round price for
il. Downs is hot and has sued Jones for
$500 damages, alleging that he disposed of
some property at a sacrifice to pay Jones
the fee demanded.
3The Michigan red sandstone company,
of jackson, with $500. 900 capital, and the
Lake Superior engineering and construc-
ton company, of Marquette, with $780,
000 capital, were the largest corporations
formed in the state last week and filed arti-
cles with the secretary of state.
James Empy, of Green's Corners, st.
Clair county, was rolling piece of ground
with horse power roller, Monday, when
the horses became frightened and ran
away. Empy was run over by the roller
and instantly killed. He was IL years old
and the son of Peter Empy, a farmer.
While large barn was being raised on
the j. l.. Andrews farm near Milford,
Wednesday afternoon, Joseph Chappell
was seriously injured by falling timber.
1t struck him ia the face, breaking the
cheek bone, and he received serious
injury in the chest. He was taken home
unconscious and is in critical condition.
John w. Barry, prominent citizen of
Jackson, dropped dead in the lobby of the
postofficc at that city Thursday night. He
was an old resident, had been a prosper
Gus wool merchant, was for two years
quartermaster of the Third regiment M.
5. T., and was also secretary of the jack
son county fair association, and had done
a great deal for the success of the fair this
year. Heart disease caused his death.
The jury in the Hawver case at Climax,
Kalamazoo county, find that murder has
been committed. The woman's eyes were
found closed and the doctors said that
some one must have closed them after
death. Murder has been done, said the
jury, but they did not know who did it.
The dead woman's lover. Ed. Mills, of
of Battle Greek, testified and made bad
impression by treating the whole matter Of
his engagement as a joke.
James Mahoney of Bay City, attempted
to burglarize house there Sunday night
and was caught. Officer Catlin, who ar
rested him forgot to put on the cuffs and
Jimmie made wild break for liberty with
the officer, who is not much on the sprint,