Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-07-06
MINOR MICHIGAN NEWS.

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making preparations to resume work.
Edward Delisle, of Benton Harbor,
was drowned in the st. Joseph river
while fishing. He was about % years
of age.
All the smallpox patients in Bay
City have recovered. The disease was
confined to one house, and one death,
that of an s-wecbs' old child, occur
red.
The little town of Posen. on the new
Alpena q Northern railroad, is boom
ing 1t is located in splendid farm
ing country. Many buildings are go
ing up.
james Waldron, the leader of the
gang of burglars, pleaded guilty of
burglary at Traverse City and Judge
Corbctt sentenced him TO ten years i'll
the state prison.
The infant child Off. ". Cummings,
Of Traverse CITY. wandered off into
| potato patch and was dining off paris
| green when discovered by its parents
Emetics saved its l.fe.
Leonard Briggs, well-known Sagi-
nav jeweler, who has been confined in
! the county Jail on account of insanity,
was found hanging by the neck in his
cell. The turnkey saved his life.
The board of control have made it
compulsory for all officers at the house
of correction, Ionia, to wear blue uni
forms. They will be made in the in
stitution, at the expense OF the officer.
Henry LANCE, for nine years clerk
| Riel Bros clothing store, at Saginaw.
fell in an apoleptic tit upon the stone
sidewalk, fracturing his skull and
breaking his ear drum. lie died soon
afterwards.
The body of Milo i. Gibbs was
found near Manistique with a ballet
hole in the head. The jury found
that he died from shot fired by some
unknown person, though suicide is
also hintcd at.
Some inccndiary seems determined
to destroy the unoccupied buildings in
the Kloman mine location at Republ
as within a week a dwelling house. a
large blacksmith shop and an engine
house have been burned
New officers have been elected by
the +. & i. NJ railroad company since
the resignation of General Manager
! w. III. Baldwin, Jr., as follows: Presi-
dent. w. w. Grape, and Henry c. Pot
ter, Jr., secretary and treasurer.
Gus Il. Grundman's little four-year-
old boy found a bottle of carboliC acid
in the house at Carleton and drank
about two ounces of it. Physicians
were called but they could do nothing.
The child died about an hour after
wards in great agony.
An attempt was made TO burn the
freight depot at Standish. A piece of
engine waste which was saturated with
oil, was ignited and thrown under the
building. Prompt action saved the
building. which contained from SO, ZOO
to 81, 900 worth of merchandise.
Miss Josie Moellcr, q well-known
resident of Saginaw, committed suicide
by taking carbolic acid. She had been
in ill-health, and it is thought de-
spondency prompted the deed. She
was for many years teacher in the
public schools and was 35 years old.
The $40, 900 library building of Hope
College at Holland was dedicated, and
addresses were delivered by Rev. DR.
Philip Phelps, of New York; Rev. DR.
Peter MOrdyke, of Chicago, and y. T.
Graves. of Syracuse. The building
was named after Mr.. Graves. and to
his generosity its erection was largely
due.
Miss Maggie Sharpe, young ady
employed in the telephone office at
Ann Arbor. is dead. Two weeks be-
fore while passing along the street she
was struck on the side of the head
with base ball thrown by students
who were playing. The post-mortem
of Drs. Darling and Nancrede showed
that vein had been rupturcd.
james Bradford was arrested at St.
Joseph on a warrant sworn out by
Mayor Preston, charging him with in
sulting that official of st. Joseph by
using indecent and improper language
to him and ridiculing him for the man
ner in which he conducts the affairs of
the city. Both are prominent men.
The insult was given before over 100
people.
Sharpers ct otter Lake have been
working a vaccination scheme. They
registered as DR.. c. II. Harrison and
Or. T.. II. Williams. of Saginaw and
announced chat the township board
had ordered general vaccination, the
victim to pay 30 cents for the work.
Many arms were scratched and point.
applied, but whether or not vaccina-
ton resulted time alone will tell.
Michigan's musicians met in con-
veption at Ypsilanti and elected Off
GERS: n. j. Corey, of Detroit, presi-
dent, and +. l.. APPEL, of Detroit, secre-
tary and treasurer. The executive
committee elected for the ensuing year
is as follows: +. ii. Peasc, Mrs. j. a.
Waiting, Mrs. Il. c. Owen. Mrs. Dodge,
Oscar Garrison, of Ypsilanti, and Mrs.
Angel, of Ann Arbor. Ypsilanti was
chosen as the place of meeting next
year.
There is no thought of strike
among the miners on the Menominee
range. The citizens at Iron Mountain
threaten rough treatment TO any agi-
tator who puts in an appearance. The
Pewabic company, which employs
about GOO men, announced that they
would increase the pay of their EN-
ployes % per cent. at once. The
other companies will follow suit.
There are 5000 men employed in the