Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-01-06
MICHIGAN STATE ITEMS.

| Ipsllanti Will have Sunday horse car
service hereafter.
A lodge of Pythian sisters has been
organized at West Branch.
Two farmers near Dorr have raised
sufficient tobacco TO manufacture 40,-
600 cigars.
George Haney, of Bay City, is re-
ported to have been killed in lumber
camp near Grand Marias.
Weston farmers are feeding their
hogs wheat, and claim it brings a dol
lar bushel when sold as pork.
Three bell boys and the night porter
at the Downey house at Lansing have
been arrested for petty thievery.
A two-year-old daughter of Clinton
Ames, of Cambria, fell into kettle of
boiling water and was fatally scalded.
Mrs. Diantha Croker, of Leslie, had
nine sons and stepsons in the late war,
and thinks she is entitled to a pension.
The Southeastern Michigan Poultry
associations, second annual exhibition
at kalamazoo, January 3 to 6 inclu-
sive.
A photographer at Quincy named w.
G. Marsh has tried twice to kill him
self Domestic troubles. A physician
saved him.
Auditor-G General Turner has APP
| pointed G.. l.. Wight and w. S. Hum
phrey, of Lansing, to clerkships in his
department.
George Berry, farmer, was
accidentally shot in the back at Maple
Rapids by his stepson. They were
hunting and the hammer of the gun
caught in the bush. Berry will die.
Word comes from Port Huron that
the friends of Gen. William Hartsuff,
eX-collector at that port, will present
his name to the Republican legislature
as candidate for United States sena-
| tor.
France Iddings and Eugene Rothen-
burg, of Battle Creek, were married
year ago at Wayne Junction. She re-
| turned to her father, and he to his
home. Their relations were never sus-
pected Now they have skipped.
Gen. Rich called upon Mrs. Margaret
Custer Calhoun and rendered her reap
pointment as state librarian for the
full term of two years from March /
next, at which time her present com
mission expires. This was Rich's first
appointment.
Mrs. j. A. Stanton was carrying a
lamp into the kitchen at Muskegon,
when piece of plaster fell and broke
it. The oil ignited and set fire to the
house, which was soon in ashes. David
Mann owned the house, The total loss
is 1900.
Gertrude L. Partridge, nee Clark, has
applied for a divorce at Grand Rapids
from w. S. Partridge, the Boston sculp-
tor. They have. been married three
years and spent two years in Europe.
The grounds for the suit are suppressed,
but are believed to be sensational.
Plainwell thinks it very likely that
coal beds and oil wells are hidden in
the earth thereabouts. A 50-pound
piece of coal was recently unearthed by
farmer near there, and oil is said TO
be present on the surface of various
streams and pools of water there
abouts.
Georgiana Hastings, of Sparta, has
been sent to the Kalamazoo asylum as a
county charge. She is but % years of
age, but has been married 10 years and
has six children. She and her husband
had $4,000 when they married, but lost
it. Poverty and family cares unbal-
anced her mind.
The Michigan Music Teachers asso-
citation annual meeting was held at
Hillsdale. The members were ten
dered reception at the home of NJ.
w. Chase. President Mosher, of Hills
dale college, made them an address of
welcome, TO which President Post, Of
Grand Rapids, responded.
Mrs. w. ID. Wiugrove, of Tawas,
while enrouted to Sand Beach on
visit stepped into Port Huron hotel
! to wait for train. She then discov-
cred that her two-months-old baby she
held in her arms was dead. She said
the baby had not been i'll to her know
ledge. She returned to Tawas at once.
Two years ago the Muslxegon inn
provement company arranged with
William Il. Mckinney to remove his
wagon works from Toledo TO Muske-
gon. He was to get site, building
and bonus. He says tE. Nlhen he
had pulled up stakes and w sss-sy to
move, the company refusea to carry
out their CONTRACT. He has been
awared $4,000 damage verdict at
Grand Rapids. The case will go TO the
supreme court.
David Scott, aged GO years, who
/ lived alone at Prospect Hill, seven
miles from Jackson, was found dead in
his home. 1t looks like a case of foul
plav and the coroner Is investigating