Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
MICHIGAN STATE ITEMS.

SThe Huron county circuit court has adj
iourned till July is.
The Bridgeport Free church will build
new. house OF worship.
Dave Macadawquot, the last Indian res
ident OF Fremont is dead.
Amos Stilson, an Ionia horse-trainer.
was kicked by vicious horse and may
die.
The West Michigan Kennel club is ar
ranging 10 hold a fail bench show at Mus
kegon.
Fred Luton. former resident of Grand
Rapids, was accidentally killed at Perry,
Iowa.
Andrew Olson was accidentally killed by
falling rock at the Champion Iron company,
near Ishpeming.
Henry Hutchinson, of Plainwell by
mistake swallowed a dose of paris green,
but will recover.
Rev. L. Chesney, of Bay City, has been
mace doctor OF philosophy by the Illinois
Wesleyan university.
Rev. f. NJ. Stephenson, of the South
ASdpbiob NhbAShs Los oSSNPeSA - SNAa
from a charge at Ovid.
Albert Bason was thrown out of his
buggy at Ypsilanti by runaway team and
is in d critical condition.
The Saginaw Bay Coal company, at
Sebewaing, has abandoned machine work
and is now mining by hand.
Thomas Brugh heroically put out fire
in the Charlotte Gas works, but was
severely injured about the hands and face
Several toughs took Policeman Abram-
sons club away from him at Neg
and with it almost beat the life out of the
officer.
A colony of Hollanders are settling on
the Standish road near Bently, occupying
all the vacant land in that immediate
vicinity for farms.
A 2-year old son of Z. p. Barnes was
drowned at Milton. Antrim county. The
boy fell into a spring, the water of which
was confined by a sunken barrel
Wheeler g. Co., the West Bay City ship
builders, will double the capacity of their
engine house, so as TO accommodate the
largest engines used on the lakes.
A rerimental reunion of the Fourth
Michigan cavalry will be held at st.
Johns, July 5. This is the regiment To
whom belongs the credit of capturing
Jeff Davis.
Mrs. William Motif, of Bridgeport, was
suddenly taken sick. Her husband by
mistake grabbed bottle of poison and ad-
! minstered some of it. a physician saved
the woman's life.
| z. The huckleberry crop of upper Michigan
will ue enormous. The berries are already
very large aud are too far advanced to be
injured by frosts. The blackberry crol
will also be heavy one.
Henry & Balch, of Minneapolis, have
| been awarded the contract for building the
new South Shore line from Iron Rlvei
| Junction to West Superior. The line is Il
be completed by Oct. l.
About three years ago. Jerry Cox. Of
| Eaton. in the county of the same name
suddenly disappeared. Now he has just
| as suddenly returned. having spent the
three years working in Wisconsin.
The Scandinavians around Cadillac d,
not propose 10 let their native languag,
die out During the summer vacation
Swedish school will DC started by Prof
John Olson with view to perpetuatinl
the north Europe tongue.
The engineers and fireman on the or,
switch trains OF the D., S. S. & A. roat
hive been granted an advance of Is cent
in wages per day and reduction of on
hour in time Hereafter day will con
sist of IL hours work, having previousl.
been 12 hours.
The church scandal at Wacousta
still agitating every one. The 10 ex
communicated persons and Is other
in good standing have called for an in
vestigation of the pastor on July
They want the charges made agains
the pastor sifted.
In April, John Mol, of Lincoln, bough
from a peddlcr tripod rustic stand mad
of native woods OF about one inch In d
amoter. The ornament is painted an
vanished and has been kept on a parlo
carpet away from moisture or immediai
sunlight but the woods are budding, ther
being over 90 healthy buds protrudin
through the paint and varnish.