Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-06
MICHIGAN STATE ITEMS.
Reed City races July 1921.
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The frost is said to have killed the buds
OF the fruit trees through Isabella county.
Muskegon is trying to get the Belfast
Rope Co., OF Belfast, Ire., to locate there.
DR.. J. S. Wright. of Nuncia, was
thrown from his buggy and fatally in
jured.
Lewis La Fever, a79-year-old Blissfeld
man, has been arrested, charged by Alma
Lanew, ageu 15, with criminal assault.
Lille Reyes, Colon domestic. poured
kerosene into hot stove. She will re-
cover
E. o. Dewey has purchased the interest
of James N. Mcbride in the Owosso
Times.
The Detroit, Lansing g. Northern rail
road company has decided to build large
potato warehouse in Stanton this summer.
Many Cass county farmers found their
wheat fields in such bad condition that the
ground is being plowed up and planted to
oats.
A barn belonging to the Empire Lumber
company, at Empire, Benzie Co., and $50
tons of hay has been destroyed by All in
cendiary fire.
Grand Rapids Knights of Pythias last
night gave an elaborate banquet to w. II.
LOOMS, the newly elected grand chan cell
Tor commander
Bay City people are soliciting subscrip-
tions for new one-mile race track. So
far one-half CT the desired S22, 900 has
been subscribed.
Jncon,inr and rotiripo oldorn,,p ,yaro m
tertained at Grand Rapids by Mayor Uhl,
who has retired. He was presented with
gold headed cane.
Forest fires are starting in the vicinity
of Harrison. No rain to speak of there
this spring, and the wind has been high
most Of the time.
A daily mail will hereafter be carried in
Van Buren, county between Paw Paw and
Glendale. the route having been starred by
the postmaster general.
Wexford county has $40. 900 acres of
splendid hardwood timber the commercial
value of which is greater than the price
paid for pine IL years ago.
Deer are destroying the wheat crop in
Plaintield township, Iosco county, and
farmers notify the game warden to remove
the deer or they will! be shot.
Bert Wilson, Bangor youth feI ~
feet from the top o: telephone pole and
landed on his feet, but beyond severe
shaking up received no Injury.
The Marcellus Sportsmen's club, after
having two club houses destroyed by fire,
will erect commodious fire. proof build
ing on their grounds near that village.
For reasons not made known Col. John
Gaebelein, OF jackson, has forwarded to
Adjutant- General Farrar his resignation
as colonel on the staff of Governor Winans.
L'Anse will have water works system.
There will be no need of pumping works
however, as the supply comes from Fall
river at point $50 feet above the level of
the sea.
The 1ri-county exposition at Reed City
has commenced the building of first
class half-mle track and will hang up
IL, 500 at the race meeting there July 10.
90 and 81.
A. G. Mathews, who was arrested in
Muskegon by Under Sheriff Thacker for
running off horses that were mortgaged,
has been bound over to the Benzie circuit
court for trial.
AS there are no saloons in Van Buren,
county it is in order TO inquire the purpose
of Kelley cure at Hartford. 1t can't be
possible that chloride of gold will cure
drug store jimjams.
Eliza Vanauken, of Bangor, got
verdict in the circuit court at Paw Paw
for IS, 900 against the Chicago e. West
Michigan railroad. SHE was injured at
one of their crossings.
James Case is farmer living near Ben
zonia who knows enough to put his cash in
his pocket when leaving the house. This
habit saved him 5000 when his house
burned the other day.
he Michigan agricultural college has
just issued bulletins dealing with the fol-
lowing subjects: insecticides and Fungi
cides," Roots and Silage for F'attening
Lambs" and "Potato Tests"
F. w. Wells, superintendent of the Con-
cord schools, has been offered a similar
position at Caro-. Miss Emily Fuller. for
eight years superintendent of the Caro-
schools, had resigned to attend the uni
versity.
inent citizen of Lake City, has been
liberties with Q year old girl named .
Nettie Minthorn. He is past middle age
and married.
The latest rumor in regard to the
change OF management of the Toledo &
South Haven railway, Van Buren, county
narrow guage line, is that the road will be
absorbed by the Vandalia system and
made broad guage.
=, Judge M. v. Montgomery's long threat
ened resignation as justice Of the supreme
court Of the District OF Columbia has at
last been sent to the president 1t takes
effect on Oct 2. He will resume the prac-
tice Of law in Michigan.
The Chaplin mining company has added
to Its machinery monster new pump, the
total weight of which is 600 tons. and it
will require 40 ordinary fiat cars to trans
pot 1t from milwaukee, to Iron Mountain.
The monster engine will be used in rails
ing water from vertical shaft |. 500 feet
deep.
George Wells, Dowagiac youth, threw
a brick through a window OF the Michigan
Central ''limited" while it was passing
that village. George claimed that he
threw IL 'just for fun" but as the missile
just escaped injuring a couple Of passen-