Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-03

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mazdo, August 20, is to be made a big
event.
The INLAY City Driving club will
hold its summer meeting August 20
and 30.
The common council of Centerville
has decided TO light the streets of the
city with electricity.
Sparks from threshing machine set
fire TO the creamery and two barns at
Three Oaks. Loss, $500.
Damas Desjardin, an old resident
and business man of Alpena, was
fatally overcome by heat.
The st. Stanislaus Kosta church
building, Polish, at Bay City, was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss $4,000.
Frank Platt, fireman in the paper
mill at Three Rivers, was struck by a
belt and killed.
Quincy thinks she needs better fire
protection and will vote on water
works August 6.
L. B. Osborn, a well known farmer
near Sherwood, died from kick in the
abdomen by horse.
Eight large piles of lumber were
burned in the Whitehall mill at Che
boygan. Loss $500.
The state board of pharmacy will
hold "a meeting at lloughton, August
5, to examine candidates for registra-
ton.
Charles McRorie. the 2-year-old Bay
City boy who lost both feet by being
run over by an f. & p. NJ. train, is re.
covering.
An unknown man was struck by a
train and killed near Stevensvillc. He
was - years of age and ''F. st. john
was stamped on his shirt bosom.
The Grand Rapids Mineral Paint,
Gas and Oil company is a new associa-
ton at Grand Rapids, which will bore
for the articles named in the title.
A crowd of toughs in Lansing stuffed
straw under a broken-down old horse,
too weak to get up from the ground,
and set it afrc. The horse was roasted
to death.
An old lady named Hall, living in
Moore township, Sanilac county, went
out to shut up the chickens during a
heavy thunderstorm. She was struck
by lightning and instantly killed.
Work on the buildings for the new
upper peninsula insane asylum at
New berry has been begun and will be
pushed rapidly forward. Several car
loads of material are arriving daily.
An attempt was made to derail the
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee
passenger train No. - at Nuncia. A
rail was placed in switch, but was
discovered before any serious damage
was done.
Forest fires are raging all around
Thompsonville, hundreds of acres hav-
ing already been burned over. The
people of the town are becoming
frightened, as there is no protection
against fire there.
The town of Sand Lake, Kent
county, came near being burned, but
the flames were confined TO large
barn owned by c. Il. Jones containing
230 bushels of wheat one horse and a
Jersey bull, all of which we're lost.
The 2-year- old son of II. n. Fellows,
of Leroy, Ingham county, must go
through life with only one hand. He
was allowed to play near hay fork
and had his hand drawn into the pull
ley. Flesh and bones were ground
into pulp.
2Mrs. Humiston's gasoline stove ex-
ploded at Benton Harbor. While
throwing her household goods out she
became so excited that she plunged
headlong through the window, break
ing her arm and suffering severe inter
nal injuries.
Mrs. Flora Simmons, living near
Constantine, thought she would gather
some eggs recently, after dark. She
was considerably shocked to put her
hand on lively black snake that lay
coiled up in the nest. The snake meas
ured almost six feet in length and had
nearly swallowed an unbroken hens
egg.
Every one of the 81 saw mills on the
Menominee river are in constant opera
ton and the boom company is sorting
5000, 900 logs daily. NJ. IL NJ. paper
mills are producing $50 tons daily of
paper and pulp. The weekly ship
ments of lumber amounts to $4,000, 600
lccG anu every Industry Ou tuS TINcr Is
in full operation.
Coldwater was in gala attire in honor
Of the first grand rally of the Branch
County Sunday School association. All
public buildings were decorated with
flags and bunting, and about 10000
strangers were present. The exercises
were presided over by ex-Gov. Luce.
Elvin Swarthout, of Grand Rapids,
made the address of the day.
Gov. Rich has refused to grant the
requisition of the governor of Califor-
MIA for the eXtradition of Alonzo j..
Whiteman, the ex-senator of Wiscon-
sin, who was charged with forgery. 1t
was proved to the satisfaction of the
governor, that the signature that was
alleged to have been forged by White
man was genuine. Whiteman will be
given his liberty.
Hugh Hunter, charged with embez-
cling 500 from the T., A. A. & n. NJ.
railroad while station master at Clare,
also with deserving his wife, stealing
horse and rig, and driving to Sagi-
nav with another mans wife. was
arrested by Officer Murphy at Saginaw,
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