Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-12
MICHIGAN STATE LTEMe.

start starch factory.
Benton Harbor has laid the corner
stone of SIS, 200 hotel.
The old Ypsilanti graveyard is rails
ing beautiful crop of corn this year.
The Fostoria, O., buggy company has
moved into the old purifier concern at
jackson.
Grand Rapids sold more furniture
during July than in any month before
in its history.
William Peters, of Columbiaville,
sent a car load of his flour to the Bay
City fire victims.
Morenci had a $4,000 fire, the furni-
ture warerooms of 5. n. Schofield & Son
being destroyed.
The 500 canal did business for LOGO
boats in July-more than any other
canal in the world.
Prof Kelsey, of Ann Arbor, who has
been clustered for months on new
book, has sailed for Europe.
James Marks, Of Michigan Center,
is trying to trap the wretch who has
poisoned three of his fine horses.
Ferdinand Plinsl1i was run over by a
wagon on his farm in Presque Isle
county. lie lived but Is minutes.
Mrs. Charles Gray, daughter of Rev.
5. Crane, of Ilillsdale, committed sui
eide at Galesburg, H., by drowning.
NJ. r. Griffin, of Grand Haven, got
tangled in the weeds of Crockery lake
and was drowned. lie was 50 years
old.
A Grand Rapids & Indiana train
killed Fred Brown, near Sturgis. A
whisky bottle in his pocket told the
tale.
n. Murray. a carpenter employed by
the new Fort Brady contractors fell
from scaifold and received fatal in
iuries.
The IIibernians of Upper Michigan,
about 5000 of them, celebrated at
Hancock. o. Brien Atkinson, of Port
Huron, was the star orator.
Charles S. Draper, of Saginaw, died
on his way home from Germany. He
was university regent During the
war he was on Gen. Phil Kearney's
staff.
Mayor Pelton has ordered Au Sable
purged of its brothels One was
raided, and Justice Bisbee refused TO
tell the names Of the five men caught
therein.
Commander Winans win bring sol
diers into Detroit for day after the
annual encampment at Island Lake.
10 4 ut hs, TlAA
position.
Charles Seifes, an elevator boy in the
Somerville hotel, near st. Clair, was
crushed TO death between the walls
of the shaft and the car. He was 10
years old.
The fruit crop in the neighborhood
Of Marlette promises to be very light.
Peaches viii be almost failure, due,
no doubt, to the heavy hail storm. early
in the season.
There is a 5000 acre blackberry
patch in Mecosta county. 1t begins
near Rem rs, ard for miles the ground
is coTered with luscious fruit which
nobody gathers.
The Grand Trlralz men have all been
against the possible spread of disease
contracse from Ghe bOrdes of cnai-
grants which the company handles
About 25 members of the Innes rides,
of Grand Rapids, will mach to Chicago
for the opening, of tle Worlds Fair. It.
is proposed to spend 10 days on aae
road, 10 days in Chicago and one osty
for the return trip.
Father Caldwell tooQ 90 Boys into lis
church at Big, Rapids the other day,
and at the conclusion Of thu VOW had
look not upon the cup that Ii red until
they arc 81 years old.
A boy named Solomon wan drowned
in the river OF Por3 Huron. IL is said
that he and "a lot of companions of verx
tender years secured a key of beer and
got maudlin drunk. This was the
cause of the accident.
The first shipment of peaches from,
Shelby and whereabouts was made last
week. The peachaud plum crop will
be 30 per cent of n fall CROP Many of
the peach orchards will yield from $50
to 300 bushels per. acre.
Edward Duly says nlsirafrers are
better fellows than robbers, Duffy is
the prison inspector from Ann Arbor,
and he has made tlrs thing study
He thinks murderis always iInpassioned
and done when men arenot themselves.
Robbery is planned, cool-Ianded, care
fully executed villiangE
Jacob Grecnwold, Of Grand Rapids,
wanted to kill his wife. lie placed a
revolver against her. body and pulled
the trigger three times, bat the weapon
missed fire. Then graspiag it by the
barrel he pounded Der over the head
with the handle, INJECTING severe
wounds. Greenwood is now in Jail,
The State Teachers institute wa
| opened at Ann Arbor with remarks BY
! School Commissioner. Nj. J. CavanaugI
Prof. Stuart McKibbon, of Marshall
! lectured on tho science OF method, ant
| Prof. McLamon, arithmetic. Seventy
four teachers were in attendance ans
much interest," was manifested in an
institute.
Thomas Mcpherson purchased III
ounce of laudanum at Vassar and asked
several acquaintances If that was
| ano4,erh M ltill "A rarSon He Nua