Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-31
MINOR MICHIGAN NEWS.

heOfge u. NOVell was nOmlnaLcu lOf
member of the legislature at Traverse
City.
Hllsdale Republicans instructed
their delegates to push o. a. James for
state senator,
The Ithaca Journal Office boiler ex-
ploded, tearing off the ceiling, but in
jurlng no one.
Alpena and Black River both expect
to get II big Tennessee tannery en-
ploying 800 men.
The new depot at White Pigeon,
now being built, is of light-colored
brick and Ohio sandstone.
Frank Filler, of Ludington, has been
appointed receiver of the dcfunct Com
mercial and Savings bank.
Populists of the third district nom
mated Frederick f. Lackorc, n Hills
dale county farmer, for congress.
The Populists of Muslegon and
ottawa counties have nominated David
Bertech, of Holland, for state senator
A Jackson carriage maker is making
what he says is the first carriage in
the state with pneumatic tires and ball
bearings.
The Huron Haptists' association has
been in session at Unionville. II. IL.
Andrews, of Deckerville, was elected
moderator.
Charles Pontinc's little child at Port
Huron, aged 2, drank some oil of
smoke acid and was terribly burned in
! the mouth, but may recover
The people at Posen, Pressure Isle
county, especially the Germans and
Poles, are very mad because the name
of the town was changed to Vincent.
John p. Sanborn. the old time ex-
custom house boss at Port Huron, has
announced himself a candidate for
congressional honors in the tenth dis
trict.
Grand Rapids people are complain
ing of dishonest scales. Things are
so arranged that the weighmaster
stays inside and easily manipulates his
end of the bar.
Ira lie Valley, near Ionia, lost $500
and suspected the hired girl. He gave
her day TO return the property. When
he arrived home he found money mys-
teriously restored.
The black knot, as well as the yell
| lows is very prevalent in Kent county,
and the authorities are going to take
action against fruit growers who don't
destroy diseased trees.
The "Trip Around the World com
pany.' at South Haven, has reorgan-
lied on the basis of 81, 200 share,
paid in, instead of $500, and the Wrenn
will start June next.
The Wayne county teachers closed
one of the most successful teachers in
stitutes at Dearborn that has been
held in the county for years. The
total enrolment was o..
The Michigan annual conference of
the Methodist Protestant church has
been held in Capac. President j. f.
Hubbell was reelected president and
Rev. NJ. II. Saigon secretary.
Grand Rapids supplies its school
| children with free pens, slate pencils
and other incidentals For next year
10000 slate pencils, 10000 erasers, 25,-
| 900 tablets, etc, have been provided.
Farmer j. Il. Wilson, near Mar
quette, has some bitter enemies. They
ruined the little of his crop the grass
hoppers hadn't destroyed, shot his
best horse dead, and wrecked his
! fences
Andrew j. Blanchard. of Saginaw,
died of hydrophobia. Or. +. w Morse
and DIR. Bliss had the case under their
care. The usual remedies were ad-
ministered but the disease, together
| with his fNrnUn1 fatal
The tri-state grange assembly held
a large picnic at Baw BeeSe lake, near
| Hillsdale. Five thousand farmers at
tended. Thomas f., Moore, of Lena
wee county; Alpha Messes, of the ma
tional grange, and eX-Gov. Luce were
the principal speakers.
Judgments aggregating sl41 900 have
been confessed by the Pottsville, Pa,
Iron 81 Steel Co., one of the largest in
dustrial establishments in that region.
The officers of the company refuse TO
| give out any statement of the assets
and liabilities of the concern.
Twelve years ago the communion
and baptismal silver set was stolen
from the First Reform church in Grand
| Rapids. 1t was impossible TO discover
| Nhbiiih tAlANA VI l'AOpCl ANtNNAibA y
the lost plate, much battered and
black, was left on the church steps.
Chandler Church was thrown from
his fathers horse Poketa while train
ing at the Driving park at Albion and
died few hours later. While making
a trial mile the horse bolted, ran off
the track and stopped short, throwing
Church over his head on to stump.
His skull was fractured and he did not
regain consciousness.
The will of Mrs. Julia Butler, Ham
burg's pioneer, who ended her career
by poisoning herself, has been set aside
on the ground that she was insane.
She bequeathed good deal of her
property to a former hired man, Harry
Whitlock, who, strangely enough, was
one of her victims. WhitlOcl1 is para
lyzed from the poison she gave him
Daniel Gillctt, an old and highly re
spected resident of Burr Oak, commit
ted suicide while temporarily insane
He was missed from his room anC
found in a shed hanging with a wir,
about his neck, his feet resting upoI