Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-01-23
General News.

Martin Crocker, of Mt. Clemens. has
been chosen chairman of the senate
committee on lumber interests and also
member of the committee on rail
roads.
n Caro- boy of eight years was acct
dentaly shot in the leg by a rifle in the
hands of a friend. lie will be a cripple.
Some ice-cutters in Bay City dis
covered II pool of blood on the dock
last Wednesday. They traced the track
to hole in the ice. Foul play Is sus-
pected.
The family of Samuel War;, of Sag
NAV, were poisoned last week by eat
ing fish rolled in flour which had been
mixed with rough-On-rats. n new SER
want girl was the cause.
An ice-house caved in at Ileiser's
brewery ut Sarnia last Tuesday and
buried two men, They were with ditli-
culty eXtricated in time to save them
from freezing.
They have death-dealing crossing
in Lapeer Newman Steel and his son
Howard attempted to cross the track
after "a freight train when they were
struck by another part of the train
which had broken off and was follow
ing after. Both were killed instantly.
y. Mooney. the saloon keeper and
bully Of Minden City. who said that no
marshal should control that village SO
long ashe lived there, but who ran against
a snag when he tackled Marshal Cole.
is slowly recovering. One bullet has
already been recovered.
There is woman in Saginaw named
Mary Ring who went insane about Il
week ago and has neither eaten nor
slept since. She is expected TO die.
Henry Redrup, 10 years old, who is
employed in Kudner and MCCarthy's
mill at Lapeer, was caught by IA revOlv-
ing shaft last week and frigntfuily
mangled.
Francis Disnay. of Saginaw, will
serve seven years Tor killing John Sla-
ton. At this rate man might murder
about ten men IN an ordinary lifetime
aud get his board during that time at
the public expense.
Henry Rodes, of Bay City. was ma
chinst He was out of work and be-
came Respondent. lie ended the tale
by shooting himself.
There is Romeo boy in the famed
eth Cavalry which has been doing SO
much lighting out west. He has just
sent home a piece of old Big FOots
scalp which he obtained on the battle
field of Wounded Knee Creek.
There are some bad bows in Port HUI
ron. They build little shantieS in the
outskirts of the city and congregate
there to play cards and drink beer.
Last Sunday ten boys were bagged by
the police in one shanty.
While Joe Dawson, Marlette's bus
man, was enjoying coy smoke by a
warm fire in the hotel last week, his
team was left standing outside. The
horses were next found about nine miles
from the village, and strange TO relate
nothing was injured by the runaway.
Charles Kelly, of near Port Sanilac,
tried to break a pair of colts. and the
chances are slim if he did not prove to
have broken his head. The colts be-
came unmanagaeble and threw him for
ward on TO the tongue where he hung
downward and was dragged until the
team was stopped.
Michael st. John, of North Branch,
was engaged i'm pulling stumps the
other day when he was caught under a
stump and had a number of ribs and a
jaw broken.
Peter Shottrey, of West Bay City,
was killed by falling tree in lumber
camp near Midland last week.
Croswell had a real, genuine row last
week. ThOs. Bell and Mrs. Burton, who
were supposed to be man and wife, to-
gether with ten-year-old boy have
lived in their midst for some time
However, last week Mr.. VIM. Burton,