Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-04-01
MICHIGAN STATE ITEMS.

Muskegon's harbor is all right and has
22 feet OF water above the highest bar.
Wingleton. once prosperous lumber
town, is Lake county's deserted village.
August Lockley, Fhlander, was killed
by the fall of earth in the Volunteer mine
at Palmer.
George Solsby fell from a Chicago g.
Northwestern car at Goose Lake and re-
ceived fatal injuries.
Alma driving park associations dates
for the spring meeting have been changed
to May Is, ~ and 20.
John Bartell, who once lived at Owosso
has been tried and acquitted on the charge
of murder at Toronto.
Ludington has a musical prodigy in
Dannie Hoyt, aged IL, whose cornet play
ing is seldom exceeded.
A female book agent at Ishpeming went
down into mine and secured % subscrip-
tions to her unrivaled publication.
Archibald Boudreau, of Bay City. was
killed in Gates lum Der camp near Pincon-
ming. A log rolled over his head.
Herman B. Preston, Williamson
ment at jackson for seven years for forg-
cry.
Hon. John Kolvoord has located in OF
sego, and planning and sash and door fac
tory will be built and operated there by
him.
Michigan University freshmen will hold
their banquet May ID, and the dance pro-
gram will contain 20 numbers and no ex-
tras.
Jones Irwin, of Constantine, was acct
dentally cut with an ak in the hands of
his son. A big cash was made in his
cheek.
Three Agricultural college students are
quarantined with diphtheria and none of
the students will be permitted to leave the
grounds.
Alice Freeman Palmer, Ann Arbor
graduate in rs and ex-president of Welles-
ley college, has been called to position in
the Chicago university.
George Sullivan, tramp, fell between
cars near Spur location, upper peninsula,
while stealing ride. A leg was cut off at
the hip and he will die.
Niles is to have three large green houses
and several outdoor gardens. to supply
lady passengers upon Michigan Central
trains with complimentary bouquets.
Rev. A. j. Bgelow, A. M, of Williams
ton, has been appointed presiding elder of
the Flint district, to fill the place made va
cant by the death of Rev. j. S. Smart.
George BLY,, employed by w. j. Ram
sey at Suntield, as head sawyer, attempted
suicide by taking strychinine, but Dr.
Kiblinger's skillful treatment saved him.
Gov. Winans has issued an order re-
moving from Office John c. Barry, Judge
OF the Saginaw police court against whom
charges have been pending for some time.
The secretary of the Agricultural college
has any number of pamphlets to give away
containing DR.. Kedzie's valuable paper
upon the results of the sugar beet industry
for 1881.
Willie Child. of Moscow, IL years old,
went TO Rollin to visit his grandpa. The
first day he fell from a strawstack and
broke his jaw upon both sides. He is in
a critical condition.
Judge James Nj. Davis and wife, of
Kalamazoo, celebrated their 25th wedding
anniversary. 1t was grand affair and
was participated IN by large number of
relatives and friends.
Pontiac's Independent common council
has refused to heed the petition of over
100 prominent citizens TO submit to the
people the question Of city ownership of
the electric light plant
DR.. Paul Paquin, Of Battle Creek, who
has very bright medical record, has been
summoned to Montana to investigate a
fatal epidemic that has broken out in
different parts of the state.
Robert Sloan, farmer, near Adrian, was
thrown out of his wagon upon the highway
and fatally kicked by the horses. He died
from the effects of the injuries and leaves
widow and four children.
BY the burning of their cabin near
Briar Hill location, in Iron county, Louis
Nelson and Daniel Stephenson, two
Swedes, met their death. Their bodies
were burned to an unacceptable mass.
James Cairnes, popular ex-policeman
of Kalamazoo. while working at a pulley
shaft in Smith Il Pomeroy's windmill fac-
tory, was struck by flying piece of wheel
that broke, and it is believed that his skull
is fractured.
Ed Stroms, a Pontiac butcher, told
pretty Belle Strand he would give her
l25-pound hog if she would carry it home.
Miss Belle was not looking for such an
opportunity, but she embraced it, as we'll
as the hog, and carried it to her fathers
hotel without staggering.
Frank K. Salisbury. young attorney
of Grand Rapids has been charged with
some very unprofessional work in connec-
ton with the celebrated Brown will trial. A
petition will be presented asking that he be
disbarred from practice in all of the courts
Of record in the state. II is alleged he APP
preached important witnesses for the con-
testant under various aliases to ascertain
what they knew about the case, while en-
ployed by the prepayment
At South Boardman, IL miles south Of
Kalkaska, FIRE destroyed nearly all of the
town west of the railroad. About s., 900
damage was done. Scarcely any in
surance, and the life savings OF those
burned out taken from them. About 80
laborers were rendered homeless. A
couple of hours later the butter bowl fac
tory of Doherty q Kurtz, several miles
east was also burned, together with an
$500 stock The loss on tho building is