Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1882-06-01

d with Commissioner Raup 'rs pleasant q
n around. 81
: Postmaster Gsnersl Howe states In hIs lette
TO Congress among other things tint 1t
4 dcubtfulif from any source thepeople get a
much information as from ne newspspsrs AM
magazines, and hence the importancs Of 70
. moving every obstruction TO their free circula
ton. There certainly is as much force in fire.
q postage for paper circulating out OF ID nativ
I county as in it ur, ,tANE
/ Reports from the cold wave in Dakota arr
greatly exaggerated, say the citizens Of Bis
marck, the mercury reaching the freezing poin
which is the coolest IN the history OF the Sgna
Ssrvice records at this point for this time of thu
year II is warm again now, and growing
wheat is looking fine. The frost did no damage
other than to few well advanced gardens
The Senate has voted an appropriation OF
8I6,OO0,OOO for pension deficiency. l
Hogs reached the highest price on record at
Chicago on Wednesday-$88o per hundreds
i've weight ts4
A "national dlstillers and liquor dealers.
association was formed this week In Chicago,
whose avowed object is not to fight temperance
but to oppose prohibition as an Interference
with personal liberty. Delegates were presen
from ten states, Michigan included. sif
Ellen M. Cotton, San Francisco, has brought
suit against Stanford Warrington, CROKER ct
al for some $l,722,7lS, alleging proper valua-
ton was not allowed in transfer Of certain
stocks and bonds.
The Providence Tool Company will continue
business under trustees. The property Is
valued at over $2,000,00O with liabilities about
half. t ri sairs
The liabilities of Il. Porter Lee. President Of
the defunct First National Bank, Buffalo are
100000; assets, $4,000. r1t
An unprecedented snow storm occurred at
Balsam Mountain, North Carolina, on the 24th.
The thermometer for time stood at " degrees.
The bill relating to the Japanese indemnity
fund has passed the House. .t-ff
John s. Prince, in Boston, has beaten every
thing in bicycling, riding 30 miles In 5 hrs. IL
m. IS s. The first % miles were made in hr.
10 min. and Ss.
Last Sunday night Rev. Robert Collier,
New York, noticed p. T. Barnum in the congre-
CATION. He said: 81 see p. I. Barnum sitting
in a back pew Of this church, and invite him
to come forward and take seat in my family
pew. Mr.. Barnum always gives me good seat
in his circus, and want to give him as good
one In my church."
The Frant Company's smelling works, Lead
Vile, have burned at over $4,000 loss. The
works were the largest In the world and will
he rebuilt.
Plans are being made in Missouri to break
ND the James organization. The where abouts
of Frank James are known and he Is reported
to be trying to make terms in his own interest
and avoid arrest.
The Union pulp and paper company's prop
erty at Hayerhill, Mass, has been purchased
by Massachusetts and New Hampshire capita
lists for $25e,OOO and will be operated as the
Haverhin fibre company. q " ia
A 100000 FIRE Is reported at Tombstone
Arizona. The principal hotels, two news pa
pers, telegraph Office, etc, were consumed.
Eight prisoners escaped from the national
prison at Tahlequah Ind. Ter, by tunnellng
under the wall.
Representative Errett of Pennsylvania while
alighting from his carriage was thrown agains
the granite steps, by the horses starting. He
received painful bruises. II was feared the
bones OF the nose were broken.
A fire in the Toledo, o., Griffith Portable Col
mandatory, employing 100 men, caused al
$4,000 loss, with slight Insurance..
An accident on an Illinois Central freight near
Mackenzie, wrecked Ave carS -Four cars o.
grain and meat car were burned.
A $4,000 FIRE is reported from the corner OF
Washington and Wabash Ave., Chicago: Rein
bach d Co. 80
The New York Herald has on hand libel
suit brought by Senator Mcpherson Of New
Jersey, with damages laid at the round sum OF
100000. ~i'
Seven business buildings, including the
Farmers Bank, Sterling, Kansas, burned.
In the suit of the state againt Secretary
Newton, Ark, and his sursties for $4S. 900 the
dsfendsnts win, Newton being charged with
only technical liability.
At meeting Of the Free Trade League, New
York, Beecher In speaking to a toast said Con-
gress had the "iunctiens OF a cat and should
see that the rate do not eat mp the grain the,
farmer raises" ~
A coal oil explosion in grocery at Falls Of,
Schuylkill seriously burned nine persons, 20.
others being more or less hurt.
Catharine Chase Sprague has secured a d.
vorce from VIM. sprague, giving Mrs. Sprague
the custody Of her three daughters, permitting
her to resume her maiden name, with leave
hereafter to apply for alimony. II she CHOOSES 9.
The Laclsde Rolling mill, st. Louis, is threat
ened with strike, and will shut down. The
mill employs 600 men, and its pay roll Is &c.,
900 per month. :
| Edw. Shiefielip, an Arizona prospsctor, with
a party Of i've men, has fitted steamer, etc,
to accommodate the party in three years
expedition in Alaska. Shieffelin believes Alaska
is within the mineral belt which extends
through South America, Mexico, etc.
A disturbance occurred between George
Matthews and James Ford OF Lebanon. Mo.
The Matthews boys started homeward in com
| mann NTH Marion William and uomar SKar a.