Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10


l1led through the villages of Van Bu-
rem county in spite of the local option
law.
10 A Masonic encyclopedia and diction-
airy has been compiled and published
by the Rev. j. A. Ford, of Battle
Creek.
The Christian Endeavor people will
hold a convention at Benton Harbor in
March. A chorus of 800 voices is now
in training.
The United States recruiting officer
at Muskegon has been discontinued,
and the force connected with it sent to
Grand Rapids.
Frank Burch, charged with betray
ing several girls under II years of age
at jackson, has been sentenced to 20
years in prison.
A married man can't get into the
Lotus club at st. Joseph. A fellow
tried it and was given the ''right-about-
face" instanter.
The Quincy copper mining company
has declared dividend of SO per share,
and its friends declare the next prize
will be larger still.
The epidemic of the measles has re-
duced Clayton schools about two-thirds
in the primary department and one
third in the high school.
Francis Ducio, of Monroe, fell IS feet
down flight of stairs The bones of
his leg were broken. He is 81 years
old and will probably die.
The ladies of Marshall, not to be out
done by the gentlemen, have organized
a boat club. They are waiting anx-
iously for navigation to open.
Newcomb McGraft has been elected
president of the newly organized
chamber of commerce at Muskegon.
William d. Kelly is secretary.
Frank Burch is under arrest at Jack
son, charged with debauching no less
than six girls under Is years of age.
He is alleged to have confessed.
1t is estimated that the action of the
supervisors of Van Buren, county in Of
fering bounty on woodchucks will
cost the taxpayers 81 500 year
Maybee is liable to have her post
Office in saloon. Every saloonkeeper
in the village is after job. She has
four saloons and $50 inhabitants.
Diphtheria has broken out in a very
malignant form in Belding. One pupil
was taken sick with it during a recita-
ton. The schools have been closed.
The Davidson Transportation COM
pany, of West Bay City, has sold the
schooner Harold TO Recor 81 Beyschlag,
of st. Clair, and Capt Lusk, of Mil
waulxee, for S35, 200.
William Powers, aged ST, of Decatur,
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have just welded. This is the third
wife for Powers and the fourth hus-
band for Mrs. Stoner.
The committee on the Michigan edu-
cational exhibit for the Worlds Fair
has chosen Superintendent of Public
instruction Pattengill as chairman and
Ferris l.. Fitch. of Pontiac, secretary.
Melinda Smelling, an IS year old
mulatto girl at Cassopolis, is under
arrest charged with abandoning her
day-old illegitimate baby. She hid it
under the house and dog devoured it.
Two men driving on the T. A. A. &c
n. NJ. track, were struck by the south
bound train, three miles north of Boon.
One horse was killed and the sleigh
crushed. James Wart was badly in
jured.
Gov. Rich attended a meeting of the
Soldiers Home board at Grand Rapids.
1t was decided to establish pension
Office at the home for the purpose of
securing pensions for the veterans
without expense.
Ironwood has an eye on the county
seat of Gogebic county. Her new
charter will increase her representation
on the board of supervisors and it is
said the revision was a scheme to get
the plum away from Bessemer.
The oil jettisoned by the steamer
Northern when she went on the beach
at Keweenaw point last November, is
just beginning TO turn up. Some of it
| has been found on the beach at Deer
Park, about 200 miles from the place
where the steamer struck.
The Michigan State Dairymen's as
ISOLATION met at Flint. Among the
speakers were s. G. Goodyear, of
Schwartz Creek; T. l.. Lockwood. of
Petersburg; G. w. Smith, of Nashville;
William Virgins, of Bloomingdale; G..
Il. Horton, of Fruit Ridge.
Elizabeth Small "a colored woman sup
posed to be nearly 100 years old, was
burned to death in her bed at Bay City.
She was confined to her bed in the
, second story of frame dwelling, and
in some manner unknown set her bed
clothes on fire. The house was saved.
: Col. +. Fowler, who a few weeks age
gave Hillsdale college $4,000 for a
science hall, has withdrawn the stipu-
lation and given the faculty the priv
ilege of using the building for any
purpose they wish, providing they give
four Reading people a free tuition each
I term.
Dairymen in convention at Flint de-
cided to cooperate with other associa-
tions in asking the passage of pure
( food laws and the appointment of a
4 dairy and food commissioner. Hon. K.
N. Bates, of Moline, was elected presi-
dent, and Hon. S. j. Wilson, of Flint,
, secretary and treasurer.
Several buyers are securing through
a the state picking up birdseye maple
, logs at from SIS to s25 per 200 feet
The logs, which are bought down &c