Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-01-19
THROUGHOUT MICHIGAN.


held at Charlotte with about 1000
entries
j. L. Fagin, OF Fairport, N. y, has
been engaged by the Lansing Y. M. {.
A. as general secretary and physical
director
The home of Mrs. Haddon, of Kala-
mazoo, was slightly damaged by fire,
and Mrs Haddon was fatally burned
by blazing oil.
Joseph Sheets, one of three notorious
characters near jackson, has been SEN
fenced to state prison for seven years
for horse stealing.
Professor G.. NJ. Hicks of the Agri-
cultural college has been appointed
clerk in the seed division of the de-
partment of agriculture.
Fred Coppo, aged 63, miner in the
employ of the Calumet az Hecla mine,
was struck by skip in the No. shaft,
Hecla, and killed instantly.
The report published in numerous
papers that Escanaba will soon be
obliged to call for aid for its poor is
utterly without foundation.
1t is now believed that the fire and
explosion at Flint which wrecked sew
eral stores, was caused by burglars who
wished to cover traces of their crime.
e. w. Fisher, aged 90 employed in
the Deforest factory at Allanson. was
struck by flying piece of wood and
injured internally. His recovery is
doubtful.
r4Fifth regiment M. n. G. elected field
officers at Calumet: Colonel, +. Il.
Lyon; lieutenant-colonel, John II.
BENEFITS; majors, Paul j. Peterman
and Willis ID. Rae.
The officers and employees of the
branch state prison ut Marquette will
give 10 per cent of their pay for Janu-
airy toward the relief of the poor and
needy of the iron region.
William Gordon, of Tecumseh, be-
came insane from excessive use of
liquor, and was considered too violent
TO be trusted with his liberty and was
sent TO Kalamazoo asylum.
Al Rowley. of Benton Harbor, was
arrested near there for stealing n $500
horse and rig near Aurora, ILL.,, in
August, 1892. He is the black sheep
Va mig my iSSpSSISU lui4ilJ VI DClAlCh
county.
A new town known as McGregors is
springing up in Sanilac county, six
miles north of Carsonville. Enough
money has been raised for depot, and
now its citizens are trying for a post
office.
Marquette suffered from a water
famine for several days, some accident
having happened to the intake pipe
Fire got in its deadly work while the
town was without water to the extent
of $4,000.
The Advance Thresher company of
Battle Creek, has had n most prosper
Gus year. For the year just closed
cash dividend of per cent and stock
dividend of 6 was declared, and $50,
600 stock surplus fund created.
The residence Of Mrs. Jane Norton,
of Union City, was entered by two
masked burglars, who bound and
gagged the lady and took 5000 in gold
from a trunk, leaving other valuables
untouched. Mr.. Norton is 20 years
old.
When George Lounds, agent for the
American Express company, at Akron,
Tuscola county, was home, he heard
disturbance at the door. He went out
and was knocked down and robbed of
Sl71 of express money. There is no
clue to the robbers.
The marshal of Otsego was notified
that crazy man was tearing things
all to pieces in ID. A. Drew's house.
When he got to the spot he found the
building in flames, and it is supposed
the lunatic was burned to death. His
name was not learned.
A suit for damages, brought by d.
A. Briant, of Stanton, against the d.,
l.. 81 n. railway for the destruction of
Briant's planning mill by fire which
originated from n spark from passing
freight engine, was terminated by the
jury awarding the plaintiff 81, 600.
Mrs. Catherine Blackerby, aged 20
years, died at her home near Danville.
KY, after existing % days without
nourishment of any kind, the only
thing passing her lips being few sups
Of water. All efforts to induce her to
take food were fruitless and she liter
ally died of starvation.
Jack Meyers and win Shippey had a
row in Il. .. Myrick's saloon at SNlli-
van. in which Shippey used a heavy
beer glass upon Meyers, striking him
over the eye and on the back of the
head. DR.. Hull, of Ravenna, was
called and found Meyers in dying
condition. The men had quarreled
over billiard game.
The call has been issued for the
ninth annual session of the Michigan
State Assembly Knights of Labor to
be held in Holland, February 13 and
IA. Assemblies will be entitled to one
representative for every so members
and fractional thereof. J. r. Sover-
eign, the new general master work
man will be preset and at the con-
clusion of the session will make sew
eral speeches in Michigan.
The commission appointed by Gov.
Rich TO locate and erect the home for
! feeble-minded are not sure that they
will locate at Lapeer. The deeds for
the property, donated to the state by
the citizens of Lapeer. have not been