Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-01-26
THROUGHOUT MICHIGAN.

The Democrat club of the University
has elected A. 4. McCabe president.
James Goodrich, of Eau Claire, shot
his hand off while duck hunting. The
gun burst.
A Bakers union has been organized
at Battle Creek. The city is fairly
alive with labor unions.
While skating on the river at Lud-
ington, Albert Wenerdahl, young
man of 25, broke through the ice and
was drowned.
The 14-year-old son of John Quish,
of Newberg township, Cass county, fell
on the ice while skating and broke his
back. lie died three hours later.
Hudson has made a 3-year contract
for street electric lighting. The price
per lamp to be s. a month, and it is to
have 10 free lamps for the city hall.
In quarrel over woman in n sa.
loon at st. Ignace, Chas. Lacomb
stabbed Ed Gloss in the back and in
flicted a probably fatal wound. La
comb is under arrest.
Col. Geo. p. Sanford, of Lansing
veteran editor and politician died from
paralysis. At the time of his death he
was editor and publisher of the State
Democrat at Lansing.
The early closing movement has
grown to such proportions at Bliss
field that the common council has
passed an ordinance closing the sa-
looms and billiard halls at p. m.
Grand Rapids cigar manufacturers
are trying to cut the scale of wages.
They say the wages in that city are
much higher than in other Michigan
towns, owing to discrimination by the
union.
Frank M. Totten, ex-deputy county
clerk of Saginaw, has received the APP
pointment, from Collector James Phe-
Ian, of Detroit, of the position of dep
uty collector of internal revenue for
his district
found dead in bed. His wife died last
November. He has since kept house
alone and has been drinking quite
hard of late, which is probably the
cause of his death.
Jay Warren and Jacob Harness quar-
relied over game of cards in saloon
at Dexter and Warren bit a piece out
of Harms chin, exposing the bone.
Two years ago he bit a mans ear off
and it cost him $780,
Bentley e. Richmond's general store
at Drayton Plains burned with all its
contents. Loss about So, with in
surance of $4,000. 1t was the only
store in town. 1t is thought the build
ing was burglarized and afterwards set
on fire.
Fred Ratzel of East Lake, about Ia
years of age, tried to jump on a NOV
ing locomotive on the Manistee e.
Luther railroad at Manistee and fell
under the wheels, which cut off one of
his legs. He was taken TO the hospital
where he died.
The Pewabic Mining company has
let contracts for 4,000,00 feet of hem
lock timber. One million feet of this
will be cut in the vicinity of Iron
Mountain and will give employment
to number of men. The hemlock
will be used in timbering the mine.
Catherine II. Fillmore, of Grand
Rapids, is suing the great camp of the
Maccabees for $1,000, insurance held
by her late husband. The great camp
refuses TO pay on the ground that
plaintiff S husband, Ariel II. Fillmore,
bad purchased stock in a brewery in
violation of the rules of the order.
The ice in Wildfowl bay went ont,
taking with IL, John Mckenzie and
Gibson Schoar, who erected spearing
shanties. They were seen late the
night before and were considered safe,
as the wind had changed, but there
ing. 1t is feared that the ice has
broken up.