Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-08
AROUND THE STATE.

Manistee is to have a steamboat lite to
Chicago.
jonathan Royce OF Meredith lost ., O0O.-
eco feet Of lumber by forest fires the past
week.
ISAAC Bashtell of Brown City, Sanilac
county, lost his 81, 100 house by fire last
Aveek.
Nile citizens are agitating the scheme
Of putting in sidewalks of Portland CO.
nent
An eight year old son of Peter Button Of
Manistee was drowned in the river Sunday
afternoon.
The banquet OF the fraternity men of
1884 at tho university Friday night was a
grand success.
Mrs. Christina Meisel pioneer of Bay
City, died suddenly at her home Saturday,
aged 80 years.
Judge Grant delivered lecture at Ian
sing Sunday night on ''The Law and It's
Enforcement"
X. S. Chandler is the new purchasing
agent of the Toledo. AIN Arbor s. North
Michigan railroad.
Lansing, OwossO, Greenville and Ionia
have formed trotting circuit and will hold
their meeting III September.
> The Frankfort merchants have organized
and will offer money inducements for man
1facturing firms TO locate there.
Jacob Post. deaf farmer of jackson,
was killed by the cars while walking on
The track near his home Sunday.
"a poclletbook containing s41O was found
IN hay NOW in Grand Rapids hotel
barn Thursday. 1t was lost in 1876.
IL took all day Thursday to secure a jury
at BAY City for the trial of Robert Smith,
for the murder of his brother Jud last De-
Gerber.
The United States graphite company Of
Saginaw. with capital stock of 500, 900,
was the largest concern formed in the state
last week.
The new steamboat line from Benton
'Harbor to Milwaukee viii open about May
10, under the direction of the Fig -Four
company.
Rev. j. e. Loba, pastor of tho First
Presbyterian church, Kalamazoo. resigned
Sunday to take charge Of the NOAH mis-
sion in France.
Pontiac citizens are booming the city on
the basis of "a special train service from
Detroit that will make the asylum town u
suburb of Detroit.
Orange Hayes OF Decatur lost his dwell
ing by fire Tuesday. There was no insur-
ance and Hayes says it will cost him 81, 900
20 replace his loss.
Tue shaft house and trestle of the Lud
Ington mine at Iron Mountain were burned
Monday night IL will take some time to
Get ready TO resume work.
Edwin Carr, the year old son of DR..
ID. w. Carr of Muskegon, was drowned in
Muskegon lake by falling Off the dock OF
the local lumber company Saturday.
The Bay City buggy works caught fire
Tuesday afternoon ana for time il
looked as il tho works would be destroyed
The fremon did good work and saved the
place.
Burglars are making life in Muir some
what of burden, the latest house broker
Unto being that OF Daniel l.. Boyden. A,
far as known but little or nothing was OBJ
tanned from that place.
The Hamburg township authorities hav,
raised the price OF liquor bonds from So, 00t
60 "a, 900. Bondslnen are hard to get now
! August NilKlkila, Houghton miner. sho
himself dead Friday afternoon, but befor
doing this worthy act he shot his wife il
the head so that she, too, viii die
Charles ID. Tillo, formerly Of Battl
Creek. has been appointed to position Of
the staff OF Gov. Hovey OF Indiana, an
now wears around the title of major.
Edward Davenport OF Minneapolis wa
icailed TO the bedside Of his mother in Sar
ianac about three months ago. The day h
sarrived he was taken with fever, as a re
tsult Of which he died last Saturday.
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