Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-23
MINOR MICHIGAN NEWS.

Mrs. James Haley, of Traverse City,
shot herself in the side. She may re-
cover.
Gratten Changers will hold their an
nual sheep shearing festival Thursday,
April 8.
Ludington will bond itself to aid in
locating the Epworth League training
school there.
Birmingham schools were closed for
two weeks, owing to the prevalence of
scarlet fever.
The Michigan Republican Newspaper
Association will hold its annual meet
ing at owosso.
Marcellus has decided to bond the
village for 5000 TO be used in construct
ing water works
Negaunee has first-class system of
wa.erworlxs, and made net profit of
81, 326 during 1898.
Charles Meyers, an inmate of the
soldiers home at Grand Rapids, was
killed by n dummy train.
George Meerding, ianitor of the Kali
amazoo public library, was found dead
in the basement of the building.
Sherwood may have the Oldest mason
in the state. ID. Spencer is 90 years
old, and has been in the order for So
years.
The last of six mills started in on
full time at McI}ain. About 5000, 900
feet of logs are awaiting to be manu-
featured there this summer.
Lightning struck barn belonging
to Grid johnson, near McBain. The
barn was burned to the ground, to-
gether with horses, cows and hay.
Charles Meyers, an inmate of the Sol
diers' home, at Grand Rapids, was
struck by dummy train while walk
ing on the track and was instantly
killed.
Jack Garrison. of Central Lake, is
charged with selling liquor without
license. 1t is not alleged that he kept
saloon, but that he retailed bottles on
the street.
Oscar L. Wells. an aged pensioner of
Saginaw, has been found guilty of as
saulting little girls. He was a gate
tender, and would entice children into
the shanty by means of candy.
Crystal Falls, village of only few
hundred souls, has a debt of $40, 900
hanging over its head. For that reason
it is pretty hard to get n man who will
act as village president, and for once
the office begs the man.
The body of Mrs Bonnet, who disap-
peHred from Benton Harbor on Dec. 5,
has been found in the river. The
woman was traced TO bridge at the
time. 1t is thought her clothes caught
ON snags and prevented her from drift
ing out into the lake.
There are to be $50 pupils at the
Indian school instead of 100 as hereto
fore. To meet the increased expense
entailed by the extra so scholars the
secretary of the treasury has made the
estimate $50, 800, instead of S24, 200, as
has formerly been the custom.
A woman carrying an illegitimate
male child begged food from the Neg
aunee poor superintendent. The Off
cial thought woman who had erred
did not deserve such assistance The
woman just threatened to leave the kid
with him. lie gave her the food
The saloon of A. Nichols in LOOMS
looks as if cyclone had struck it.
Somebody who poses as refQrmer cut
and destroyed the cover of the pool
table. cut up the cards, carried off the
pool balls and II kegs of beer, and left
a lamp burning in the cellar without a
chimney.
The Dickinson county relief commit
tee has closed up its business and
turned over the small amount of money
and provisions on hand to the county
poor commissioners. The period of dis
tress is practically over, and the num-
Der of applicants is daily growing
smaller.
Daniel II. Waters, a wealthy citizen
of Grand Rapids, died in Florida. Be
fore he went south he made hundreds
of poor families happy by his contribu-
ton of s.. 900 to the relief commission.
He has always been generous, and al
though millionaire has worked as
hard as a day laborer.
Local option in Antrim county car
ried by two majority, according to the
latest figures. In several townships it
is alleged that Indians and woodsmen
were not allowed TO vote after register
ing, and rumors of contests are preva-
lent Elk Rapids is the banner wet
town, giving 30 majority against the
measure.
Ex-Aud Zen. Stone does not think
it strange that state officials are not
always as good men as they should be.
The salary is entirely inadequate.
During the two years he served his sal
airy was $1,000. His election expenses
amounted to that much, so that he
really worked for nothing except
honor, and that is pretty cheap.
During the past year 90 horses have
been mysteriously poisoned in Dryde n
township, Lapeer county. Martin Blow,
aged 30, whose father is the man who
has lost the greatest number, has been
arrested on suspicion of being the
poisoner. No motive can be assigned
for the young mans actions, if he
really is the one who committed the
crime.
The village of Bancroft has now not
a thing to show for the bonus offered
for brass and copper works which
promised to locate there for $4,000
bonus. Eighteen hundred dollars was
advanced by the village for the build