Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-02

Small game has been more plentiful
around Carleton than has been known
for years.
Peter Sauer, of Lake Linden, has an
income of IS, 900 n year, but continues
to drive a dray.
Arthur p LOOMS, popular young
politician of Ionia win be Gov. Rich's
private secretary.
Lacota's school building is so over
crowded with pupils that large adj
dition will at once be built.
An Ionia man wants to invest S17,50o
in an oatmeal mill at Eaton Rapids,
and have the citizens put in as much
more.
Peter English, of Benton Harbor, is
negotiating with the authorities of
buchanan to put in a system of water
works.
A. S. Packard, of Covert, Van Buren,
county's largest peach grower, Melted
81, 700 as the product of the past sea-
sons crop.
A. p. Waldo, postmaster at Mason
Vile, Delta county, has resigned and
recommends Mrs. Jennie Reynolds as
his successor.
The ANIMAL meeting of the spiritual
lists and liberalists of southwestern
December 3 and 4.
The e. G. Whitacre manufacturing
company, at Ludington, will manufac-
ture 2,700 different articles Of wooden
ware, and it is said will be one of the
most perfect establishments of its kind
in the world.
Van Buren, county temperance
people will unite in a petition to the
legislature asking that needed amend
ments TO the local option law be made.
Bessie Bigelow, pretty 15-year-old
girl, daughter of James Bigelow, of
Cadillac, was stopped at Port Huron
while on her way to Buffalo to join her
teller
The jackson Wagon company made
vehicles during the past year valued at
S346, 900. A 1O-year contract was made
with the prison for l25 men at So cents
per day.
1t is stated that 50, 900 acres of land
have been cut over to obtain the $780,
600, 900 feet of pine logs sorted through
the Marionettc and Menominee booms
this year.
Some one stole the American EX-
press company's horse, wagon and
strong box at Sault Ste. Marie, and,
finding the latter empty turned the
outfit loose.
About one mile of the Rapid River e
Eastern railroad is completed. The
| line will connect the Grand Rapids &
Indiana with the Chicago 81 West Mich
! igan at kallIaska.
Frank Wentworth, representing n
syndicate, has purchased the property
on the corner of Michigan avenue and
Grand street, Lansing, for the purpose
of erecting fine hotel.
Several miles of road will be built
from the Ogden branch in Gladwin
comfy to tract of timber owned by
Bliss 81 Van Aullen, who will rail 10,-
600, 900 feet of logs this winter.
w. ID. Cathcart was defeated in his
ambition to be sheriff of Muskegon
county. lie demanded recount, and
gained IA votes, but still finds William
H. Smith, the Republican candidate, 10
votes ahead.
Surgeon-General c. NJ. Woodward, OF
the state troops, has sent in his
resignation after having been attached
to the medical branch of the state
militia for - years. Hereafter he will
give his entire time to his Tecumseh
practice.
A scheme to beat G.. A. II. post mem
bers is being worked in various parts
of the state. 1t is supposed to be q
write-up of the local posts signed 10y
the well-to-do veterans, which in few
days turns up in the shape of promis
DRY notes.
Senator Hiscocl1 will be recognized
as the leader of the opposition tC
Senator Washburn's anti-option bill in
the Senate, while Representative
Abner Taylor, of Chicago, will be de
pended on TO marshal the forces IL
the House against it.
About the whole population o
Keller, Van pHren county, paired of
and INDUCED in four days hunting
contest. One party won by over 400
points, but the other side claims tina
the large decrease in the visible supply
of domestic fowls partially account
for the result.
Now that definite news has been re
ceived that the projected Columbus
Lima e. Milwaukee railway will surel
!. be built the coming season, nearl
! every town in southwestern Michigal
, is preparing to show that the road vii
, miss good thing if it skips that in
dividual burg.
; All of Niles is mourning the death G
; Father Cappon, for over 80 years tn
! faithful priest of st. Mary's Catholi
+ church. He was the possessor of larg
estates in Belgium, his birthplace, an
of considerable property in this cour
try. 1t is all left TO his church and I
charitable purposes. Father Cappo
: was in his Goth year.
( While blowing on the farm of Wn
\ Avarill, two miles north of Paw Paw
l II arrow and spear heads were founC
e This is In the vicinity of the celebrate
1 Indian gardens, which comprise SCI
!. eral acres They consist of cart
r thrown up in ridges, which are in som
n places 40 rods long. Many valuabl
Indian relics have been found there.