Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-26
MICHIGAN STATE ITEMS.

The loss by the recent big fire at
Bay City is now placed at S6O0,o00. =,
Nineteen buildings were started in
Bay City's burned district last week.
Escanaba is trying hard to struggle
along with an even hundred saloons.
White Pigeon has voted for water
works. The town celebrated the event
very largely.
William C. Downing fell out of
boat at Woodland and was drowned.
He left q widow.
Houghton Indians fish trout with
are depopulated.
Manchester sportsmen are shooting
rice birds which are alternating in
large numbers along the River Raisin.
Charles and Elmer Rogers, of Green
vile, have been notified that they have
right to pB't sof a $3.50, 900 estate at
Saratoga.
Jay Secord, living southwest of
Almont, was severely bitten by
savage horse. Secord's arm was
completely crushed.
Shiniehi Ando,, a japanese, fell from
a trapeze in the gymnasium of the
Battle Creek sanitarium and was badly.
hurt. He is graduate of the Univer-
sity of Michigan.
Jesse Green, an umbrella member,
was arrested in Reed City charged with
rihing mail sack sent from Colon to
Traverse City in July. He will be ex-
amined in Traverse City.
There is livery man in Clio named
Mann whose faith in strangers has de-
parted. The departure took place with
u stranger. named Andrew Hammond
and a fine horse and buggy.
Superintendent c. Il. Robertson of
the cane shop in the reform school at
Lansing and his wife, teacher in cot
tage No. 4, have resigned, as has also
Il. n. Haight, the stenographer.
Mr.. and Mrs. John p. Bigley, of Col
umbiaville, were struck by Michigan
Central freight engine while driving
across the tracks at Lapeer. Both
were seriously injured, but will live.
Jdcob 'vln, Bppl, postmaster lat St.
Elmo, has bee1 held to the October
term Of the United states court on
charge of converting to his own use
Che neutrality-suspicious. draft for
S15.57.
The Free Methodists. held a camp
meeting near Brittot and the attend
ance was something phenomenal. On
| Sunday 5000 were present and 1000
teams We're hitched in various parts of
the grounds: -
Fire broke out in the sawdust and
slabs which compose the middle ground
in the river between Bay City and West
Bay City and the wind famed the
| flames into a roaring fire. The depart
ments from both cities were utilized in
subduing it.
Murder seems epidemic among the
prisoners at jackson. A few days ago
a negro convict from Grand Rapids at
tempted to kill A. G. Smith, foreman
for firm of contractors, by using a
knife. He was knocked down in time
to save Smiths life.
| Receiver Giddings, of the defunct
| National City Bank, of Marshall, gives
notice that on September l he will pay
an additional Is per cent dividend TO
creditors of that institution which,
with what has been paid, will amount
TO IS per cent in all.
The Sun Stamping company, of
Kalamazoo; has merged into a corpora
ton capitalized for $4,000.
Mrs. John Williams, of Saginaw,
swallowed a common needle four years
ago, since which time she has felt It in
various parts of her. anatomy. A few
days ago. IL was taken from the heel OF
her left foot.
Urhe siichigafi ballot box Company,
of Eawton, has made a new box with
lsidss of giass AND fubber;rollers like a
wringcr, through which each ballot is
passed by means Of q crank. Every
st13c the crank is turned bell rT11gs
I nm the ballot is automatically marked
and registered.