Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-07

by bean that lodged in his throat
and died within ten minutes.
Department Commander Kanitz says
that during the first half of 1894 GOO
veterans dropped from the rolls, be-
cause they couldn't pay their dues.
Mrs. DR. w. A. Farnsworth, willis
lighting n friction match, was struck
in the eye by the exploding head and
her sight is permanently destroyed.
George Kile, charged with felonious
assault upon the 9-year-old daughter
of Mike O'Hara, near Mt. Pleasant,
was arrested by Sheriff Kane, 20 miles
west of Big Rapids.
Aldice e. Eames, of Cornell, and
S. M. Hammond, of Yale, have been
appointed to the vacant chairs of Eng
lish and the sciences at Orchard Lake
military academy.
Burglars broke into NJ. Herschafel
& Sons clothing store at Dundee and
took about 5000 worth of stock, con-
sisting of 81 suits Of clothes and other
clothing, jewolry, etc. No clue.
: J. Wright, laborer, is charged with
criminaliy assaulting the S-year-old
daughter OF his employer, Banker
Driscoll, of Corunna, nearly killing
her. Lynching was threatened.
The thirty-third session of the Mich
igan conference of the United Brethren
in Christ was held at Grand Rapids
with 80 delegates present. Bishop
Weaver, Of Dayton, o., presided.
Edward Graf, a stonemason of Ann
Arbor. committed suicide. He took a
dose of laudanum. Despondencyand
family troubles were the causes. lie
leaves a widow and several children.
An aggravated case of tuberculosis
was discovered in cow belonging &c
James Lewis, near st. Johns. Fiftce n
head of cattle exposed were quaran-
tined and the affected COW was killed,
A man supposed to be j. A. Mat
thews, of Kalamazoo, killed hinseli
at the Tower hotel at Chicago. He
had closed the windows, plugged the
keyholes and turned on the gas, and
was dead when found.
John Beardslcy, 30 years of age, wa,
drowned in Slacll's mill race in Hills
dale. lie was cooper and went out
TO the race to get some hoops to work
and fell in and was drowned before he
was discovered. The water was only
II inches deep.
There is mystery surrounding The
death of John Allison, whose body wa,
found on the street at Traverse City
Nearly all the circumstances point t
suicide, although some assert that h'
was the victim of foul play, alleging
robbery as an inducement.
William Smith, of Traverse City, ha
not been heard from since he wen
fishing over two weeks ago, He i
supposed TO have sailed out of the ba,
in the dense fog instead of TOWARD
land. His boat is reported found bu
no trace of the man.
The first Seventh district annua
convention of the w. Il. c. was held a
st. Johns, and represented by 81 mem
bers and delegates. Mrs. Mary Cor
nell, of 81. Louis, was chosen delegat.
| TO the national convention in 1895, ant
Mrs. French, of Ithaca, alternate.
Willie, the 12-year-old son of Editor
| Sherman, of the Port Huron Times
was drowned at Huronia Beach. TIL,
| little fellow with two companions wa
out bathing when he was seized will
cramps and after yelling once TO
help, sank before assistance reache,
| him.
The Sunday schools of Shiawasse
county held their first annual rally il
| Owosso. There were about 4 90
| scholars in the line OF march, and owe
/ 49, I,A
! cheered the long column. The speak
ing and picnic took place in Emerson
| park.
Vernie, aged II, only son of Il. +
Loomis, wealthy farmer four mile
west of Memphis, was standing witt
the stock of his rifle resting on 9TH
edge of u box when it slipped and wa
discharged, the ball striking the DO,
I squarely IN the left eye. No hopes o
his recovery.
The third grand rally of the Sunda,
schools of jackson county at jackson
was a big affair Three miles of chill
dren in line and marching was a sigh
i that delighted the eyes of thousands
| From -, 600 & $4,000 were in line, AM
! fully twice as many on the fair ground
where Il picnic was held.
The Seventh Day Aventists' annua
camp meeting will be held at the stat
! fair grounds in Lansing, commencin
September 10 and continuing two o
three weeks Usually the attendanc
is upward of 5000, but this year al
unusually large number of the faithful
are expected to turn out.
As the western express entere
Ypsilanti the engineer discovered
man walking on the track. lie ble1
the whistle but without attracting hi
attention and he was struck by tn
| engine and thrown distance of 3
feet. When assistance arrived lif
was extinct. He is unknown.
c. NJ. Dorosia. n farmer eight mile
north of Port Huron, was accidental
shot ard killed. He and Elmer New
ton were out hunting for a sllun
when the shotgun carried by Newto
was discharged by the trigger catch
ing on TO some underbrush. The charg
entered Dorosia's head back of the LEI
ear.
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