Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-07-27
MINOR MICHIGAN NEWS.

Centerville VIII soon be llghted by
electric lights.
John Poet, a Romulus farmer, died
at his dinner table.
Coleman will build u new school
house to cost $4,000.
Brown City will have a race meeting
September 3, 6 and Z.
Mrs. +. Frost, of Alma, suicided be-
cause of family troubles.
A railroad is to be built from Flint
to Long Lake in the near future.
The choir boys of Christ church,
Adrian, struck for higher salaries.
An athletic association has been or
ganized at Ypsilanti, with 30 members.
Stockbridge will have three days
races with nine events, August l,
and 3.
Springport is to have a state bank,
with a capital of $4,000, owned by
home capitalists
The Fifth Michigan Infantry asso-
citation will hold its 25th annual re-
union at Elsie, Aug. 20
Montford Butterfeld, a resident of
Detour, was drowned while bathing in
the river at that place.
The l.. A. w. has given sanction to
st. Johns wheelmen TO hold race
meeting there Sept. and g.
Louis Sweeney, aged 12 years, of
Calumet, was run over by a heavy
wagon and fatally injured.
The creamery at Mayville, Tuscola
county, which shut down some time
ago, has resumed operations.
Two new flour mills are in process
of erection at Marlette to take the
place of those recently burned.
Work on the dam at Belleville has
been begun, and new grist mill will
be ready TO run in few weeks.
A. Corvis, ex-president of the Mil
ford state bank, was fatally injured by
being in the way of train at Milford.
a Corunna 4-year-old fell out of
second-story window, striking on its
head, but only received a few bruises.
The iron furnace at Marquette, one
of the largest in the state, will start
up soon, and will give employment to
500 men.
Arrangements have been completed
for holding Il harvest celebration at
Coldspring park, just outside of Mar
shall, on Aug. l.
Many of the strikers at Port Huron
have resigned from the American
Railway union and filed applications
for reinstatement.
Chris Vail. aged Is years, of Adrian,
fell through a hatchway at the Adria n
furniture works and received DANCE r.
Gus injuries on his head.
Lightning struck the Lake Shore
depot at Kalamazoo, tearing hole in
the roof and severely stunning the
train dispatcher, l.. G. Crum.
The residence of Benjamin Bum at
Athens was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground. The loss is
1900, with $1,000 insurance.
DIR. Arson r. Brown, of Jonesville,
was severely injured by being thrown
by runaway horse, breaking a bone
in his leg and one or two ribs.
The contract for the stone work for
the new court house of Montmorency
county. to be erected at Atlanta, has
been awarded and the work begun.
Robert Dunlap, of South Lyon, com
m.tted suicide by hanging himself in
his barn. He was 20 years old and
respected citizen. No cause is known.
While moving hay Jacob Swart-
bolt, of Eaveram. Ottawa county, fell
from the mower which ran over him.
He sustained injuries which caused his
death.
The crops of many farms in Iosco
county have been ruined by the army
worm, which converts field of corn
or grain into stubble in very few
hours.
At Saulte Ste. Marie, Will A. Carlisle
was drowned in the canal. lie was
riding bicycle along the pier when
he lost his balance and went into the
water
Daniel johnson, a well-known farmer
of WiXom, Oakland county, has made
an assignment for the benefit of his
creditors. His liabilities will amount
to S1l ,0O0
w. $. Mesick, of Mancelona. has
been examining into the legality of
Il local option election of Antrim
county with view of trying to knock
the election out.
John Conncll, farmer living near
the shore of Lake Michigan, about
eight miles north of Holland, found
the body of a man on the beach. 1t
was badly decomposed.
Capt. w. A. Boswell, of Benton
IIlrbor, proprietor of the Boswell &
Pike ferry boat line, has received his
commission as deputy United States
marshal for the Grand Rapids district.
Thirteen prisoners escaped from the
county Jail at Detroit. Only three
reached the outside of the court walls,
and one of these was recaptured half
an hour later Two are still at large.
l.. ID. Whitney, farmer living near
Leslie. was thrown from load of
wheat by the horses backing suddenly,
and his hip was fractured. The acct
dent will disable him for many months
if not for life.
In response to an inquiry from a
Monroe newspaper publisher, Attor-