Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-30
MINOR MICHIGAN NEWS.

Little Luke Wilson, of Saginaw,
4-year-old boy, lost his balance while
leaning over n rain barrel, and was
drowned.
George Morris, n young man en-
ployed at a saw mill at Mt. Morris, had
his arm cut off below the elbow by a
buzz-saw.
Miss Grace Briggs, daughter of Will
lam Briggs, of Milan, fell from load
of moving goods and was almost in
stantly killed.
William Fossburg. miner, was in
stantly killed by a fall of ground on
the. fourth level of the Pewabic mine,
at Iron Mountain.
Samuel w. Bishop. n convict sent
from Berrien county for forgery, died
at jackson. This is the first natural
death in more than year.
The house and barn of p. IL. Simpson
in Charleston township, Kalamazoo
county, burned TO the ground with all
its contents. The loss is 5000.
Stonewall De France, the notorious
swindler, was found guilty at Kalama-
zoo, sentenced to Jackson state prison
lOL IL JCdto illAl nON NOdio elAS nNll pcs.
Fire in the Bunday block, Litchfield,
destroyed the entire row. Loss on the
buildings $1,000, no insurance. Ten
business firms were turned into the
streets.
Martin Johnson. a scaler in Staples &
Corrells' lumber mill, at Whitehall, had
his leg caught in bull chain. The leg
had TO be amputated at the thigh and
he will die.
Citizens of Sanilac Center and Car
sonville are trying to raise enough
money TO build and operate an electric
road between the two towns, n dis
tance of eight miles.
Burglars entered the Office of the
True Northerner at Paw Paw by way
of a rear window and cracked the safe.
There was $40 in the cash drawer, but
the thief took but Sl2.
James Gould, an inmate of the Ionia
house of correction, has made his es-
cape. He was sent from .,ewaygo for
burglary, and was employed about the
engine room at night.
Governor Rich has appointed Cad
Smith, of Marquette. member of the
board of managers of the upper PENN
sular prisons to succeed James w. Will
kinson, appointed state treasurer.
A Big Four south bound freight
train ran over James Doyle, a deaf
man, at Benton IIarbor, instantly kill
ing him. He was walking on the
track toward the approaching train.
James Murphy, woodsman, was jailed
at Even and protected from the angry
townspeople, who would lynch him.
Murphy was caught in the act of com
hitting an outrage upon l4-year-old
boy.
The lighthouse keepers and their as
sistants at Sand Beach, Alpena and
Thunder bay were placed in commits
sion on Saturday, March 10, this year.
This is the earliest opening of caution
airy signals in the lakes in some years.
The shipbuilding industries are busy
at Grand Haven making many altera-
tions in old boats and putting the fin
ishing touches on new ones. In spite
of the dull season it looks as though it
is going to be busy summer on the
water.
About 1 900 delegates and members
of Detroit district Epworth League at
tended the convention at Ypsilanti. OF
the "a chapters 20 were represented
A gain of 1.O6S members was shown.
Detroit will entertain the convention
in 95.
Five men pleaded guilty in the cir
cult court at Paw Paw for violating the
local option law. All were given sem
fences ranging from sixty days. TO four
months. Almon Bennett, convicted of
larceny, was sentenced TO four months
at lonia.
Frank S. Whitman, n literary student
of the class of 90, at the University,
was practising base ball on the campus
when he accidentally came into COLI
sion with one of his classmates and dis
located his neck. His recovery is
doubtful.
Bishop Foley has appointed Rev. FIR.
i j. Baumgartner, of the Roman Cath
Ollie church at Pontiac, TO succeed the
Rev. FIR. Dempsey as chancellor and
secretary of the diocese of Detroit.
The new appointee to commence his
duties April 2.
Nicholas Scanlan, postmaster at La
ment He was appointed about six
months ago. A few weeks ago he
claimed TO have been robbed of about
Sl0s, but on investigation he was found
short in his account Sl5S.
Railroad Commissioners Billings re-
ceived letter from Geo. K. Hail. secre-
tary of the Watcrvale Manufacturing
Co., stating that a company had been
incorporated at that place for the pur-
pose of constructing standard gauge
railroad from Watervale, Benzie county,
to connect with the Toledo g. Ann
Arbor and Manistee g. Northeastern
railroads. A portion of the route has
been surveyed and part of the right
of way secured.
At South Haven, Van Buren, county,
Emanuel Schroenberg, son of Rev. A.
Schroenberg, was robbed and shot
while returning home from an uncle's
a few miles from town at lonely spot
on the river flats. Three men whom
he could not recognize in the dark
stopped him, relieved him of small
sum of money and revolver and then
! shot him through the left lung. The