Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1882-06-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

MCSCELLANEO
About the only person connected with the
New Haven murder for whom al slibi has not
yet been proved, is the unfortunate Miss Ora
mer.
An effort was made on Monday to start To-
Cleveland rolling mills with 500 unskilled labor
ers, but strange men and In a strange place
made bad work.
The court On banc refuse to reopen the Gui.
teau case.
Assistant Secretary New and Supervising
Architect Hill of Washington will visit Detroit
Mich, In few days to decide as TO location Of
the new postoffice building.
Joel Barry the largest man In Maine, weighing
400 pounds has just died. There were 10 pail
bearers.
K. w. 0lney, moderator of North Providence,
was fatally shot at town meeting by AN ex-
policeman, who claimed he had lost his posi-
ton through the influence Of Olney.
The Corporation Stove Foundry at Rochester
Pa, burned at S25,0OO loss on Monday.
w. j. Hutchinson has been expelled
from the New York stock exchange for
defrauding John Duff. The Hannibal d
st. Joe "corner" sent prices booming upward
at furious rate, and Duff expressed pleasant
anticipations of almost bOundless profits. But
Duff was disappointed. Hutchinson transfer
red 10 his own accounts the Profits belonging
/ to hiseustomer Duff, changing the firms books
in order to serve his fraudulent purposes.
Duff's losses were placed at over Sl,509,r00.
F.J Moses, Ex-Governor of South Carolina,
pleading guilty to petit larceny. has been sem
fenced to the penitentiary for six months.
The Touring mill Of Henry Rode, Ogdens-
burg, the largest in northern New York, burn
cd on the morning of June 7th. Loss $4,000;
insurance, $4,000.
jury In Little Rock, Ark, has awarded
Charles Gallino OF Memphis, 1874 900 damages
against the Hot Spring. railroad for putting
him off train because time excursion ticket
had expired.
The lady land-leaguers OF Cleveland pro-
pose to set at defiance the threat Of excom-
munication uttered by Bishop Gilmore should
they continue In their work for IrelDnd. Tie
breach between the Bishop and his flock Is
widening, and Miss Mary Rowland, President
Of the ladies' branch Of the league, has written
scathDg open letter TO the prelate.
A runaway locomotive on the Coney Island
elevated railway fell of the track at West
Brighton injuring nine persons.
Edwin Burke, engineer Of the express train
on the North Pennsylvania X. X. lost his head
by reaching out Of the cab window as it was
passing through the doorway.
Mrs. Scoyille, sister of Guiteau, has given to
the press for publication copy Of a petition
addressed to President Arthur, asking for a
stay OF execution 10 the case OF Charles j.
Guiteau until commission Of competent ply
sicians, acknowledged by the fraternity to be
above adverse criticism, shall be appointed and
shall examine into the question OF his insanity.
j. w. Bayless, farmer, living about three
and one-half miles from Vienna, H., on the
Wabash Railway, was murdered by robbers
who ransacked the house. The victim had
been sitting by small lamp reading when the
assassins entered, tied him to the chair in
which he was sitting and cut his head open
with an axe. When found his feet were burned
to crisp by the lamp being held under them.
| A grain elevator at Sioux City, Ia, with b.
900 bushels OF corn burns; eight loaded cars
were also burned.
A fire in POcahontas. Ark, burned Ham.
mels ptore, warehouse and other buildings at
100000 loss.
A duel was fought on Wednesday morning
in New Orleans between Maj. e. A. Burke, Of
the Times Democrat, and c. Il. Parker, editor
OF the Picayune. Pistols were used. Five
shots were exchanged. At the fifth shot Burke
was shot through the thigh. The wound is
not considered dangerous, The trouble grew
out Of an article under the caption" How About
the General Fund% to which Maj. Burke, who
is State Treasurer, took exception. He sent a
peremptory challenge TO Parker 10 fight a
duel. Parker accepted, with the above result.
Jehn Curtis, who eloped with Mrs. Jennie
Dixon two months ago, has returned to his
Larents In st. Louis. Mrs. Dixon Is In San
Antonio, Tex. Curtis family are trying to
uhiouko uhetVciS % biidt ouo Cdu lcbulu W
mothers house. Mr.. Dixon and children are
in Iowa and divorce suit is pending. Young
| Curtis had tired Of Mrs. Dixon and returned
home
The Sarah N. Packer Memorial parish Sun.
day-school building Of st. Marks Episcopal
church, built by the widow Of Asa Packer at a
cost Of $4,000, has been presented to the
church Of Mauch Chunck In her behalf, by her
son Robert A. Packer, of Sayre, Penn.
An intoxicated man jumped from High
bridge, New York, 145 feet, and came GU. all
right-but still drunk.
The California Silk Factory and four dwell
ings In South San Francisco burns at loss Of
$4,000.
Prof. Milo p. Jewett, Of Milwaukee, the first
president Of vassar College, has just died, aged
IA.
The strike at the Cleveland Rolling Mil is
quietly drawing to close. The places of the
strikers are being filed with new men. Mayor
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