Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-16

| Robert ketchum, of OwoSSo, claims
to be one of the heirs to the $500, 900, 900
estate of Trinity church, New York
city.
Howell citizens have raised IS, 900 OF
secure A. Garfield's rubber goods
mandatory. This amount secures
the prize.
DIR. w. X. Moore died at Algonac.
He was president of the village, presi-
dent of the school board and health
officer as well.
Charles Archie, of Red Jacket, was
| crushed to death in a lumber camp in
Keweenaw county by load of logs
falling upon him.
The Metropolitan Land & Iron COM
pany increased the force of its mines
at Ironwood by the addition of 100
men. The company now has 700 men
at work.
Miss Jeanette Corbin, a teacher in
the Coldwater city high school, has
had flattering offer to go to the
Sandwich Islands to engage in educa-
|. tional work.
John Stoliiker, of Custer township,
Sanilac county, was thrown against u
circular saw. The saw penetrated his
left side to his lungs, and he is not ex-
| pected to live.
Feb. 10 is the 18th anniversary of the
organization of the knights of Pythias,
and the six lodges and three divisions
of Grand Rapids lay the foundation of
n $500, 900 temple.
Frank ]. Maybury, of Grand Rapids,
for twenty-five years travelling pas
senger agent of the Grand Rapids e
Indiana railroad, has resigned. He
does not announce his future plans.
The recent storm destroyed fruit and
shade trees about Dundee and blew
the roof off Joseph s. Hilton's black
smith shop. The German church was
struck by lightning and badly dam
aged.
BY a premature explosion in the
| Quincy mine at Hancock, Peter Max
kala was probably fatally injured.
The sight of both eyes was destroyed,
his skull broken and his hands badly
injured.
Arthur Linton, representing an Eng
! lish syndicate of optical goods manu-
! facturers, is considering the location of
an American branch at Grand Rapids.
If established it is expected TO employ
1000 hands.
The large planning mill and carpenter
| shop owned by the Calumet IL Hecla
| Mining company, at Calumet, was COM
! pletcly destroyed by fire. The loss on
stock, machinery and buildings
amounts 20 about $780, 200.
The Christian Endeavor unions of
southwestern Michigan in session at
| Kalamazoo completed an organization
for southwestern Michigan with w. +.
| Holmes, of Kalamazoo, president and
Miss Carrie Parsons, of Kalamazoo, sec
| rotary.
Mayor s. L.. Merriam, of Port Huron,
has written letter to the common
| council resigning the Office of mayor,
| the resignation TO take effect March / .
Mr.. Merriam has been in poor health
of late, and will remove to a warmer
! climate.
John Blue and his little daughter
Vernice were driving near White
| Pigeon when the horse ran away,
throwing them both out and kicking
the little girl in the face. She was
picked up for dead, but may recover,
though terribly injured.
The county seat war in Berrien
is getting exciting. Niles is trying to
stir UP Benton Harbor and ST. Joseph
into into their old-tlme wrangling,
hoping that the combine may be
broken and in the resulting squabble
Niles may gain the prize.
The blacksmith shop of L. Bement &c
Sons big stove and agricultural imple-
ment works at Lansing was destroyed
by fire, and the whole plant was for a
time endangered. The loss is. about
$4,000, fully insured. Fifty men are
temporary out of employment.
Bishop Ignatius Meak celebrated his
twenty-fifth anniversary-or silver
jubilee-of conservation to. the bish-
opric of Sault Ste. Marie and Mar
quette, by conducting pontifical mass
at the cathedral at Marquette, al
though he is nearly ninety years old.
Mrs. C. M. Phillips, who lives about
three miles west OF Williamson, arose
from her bed, went to the pantry, got
the butcher knife, and cut her throat
from ear to ear. She died in very
few minutes 1t is thought that she
was mentally deranged, as no other
cause is known.
At the depot crossing at Coleman,
the east bound express train struck
and killed Anna Mcintosh, whose
home has been in Saginaw until re-
Gently. A little over one year ago she
sued the f. Sc p. M. company for dam
ages on account of being struck by a
train in the yards at Saginaw.
The adoption of the county road
| system will be voted on by Gladwin
and Manistee counties at the April
election.
The state crossing board, under the
result of the investigations of Civil En-
| gIneer Charles Payne and the special
surveys made, have determined that
the railroads go over the street cross
ings at Detroit
William Anderson, a brakeman on
the Michigan Central railroad, was
crushed between two cars on the Van
derbilt branch Sept. 16, 1892, and died
from his injuries. His widow, who
lives in West Bay City, brought suit
and was awarded verdict of So. 900