Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01
THE NEWS.
DOMESTIC.
Sharon Is dismissed.

DOMESTIC.
O, Inc suit OF Miss Aggie Hill against Senator
Sharon is dismissed.
Orrin A. Carpenter of Lincoln. ILL.,. has been
arrested for the murder of Fora Burns. Oar.
penter Is one OF the wealthest men I'm that
section Oh the country, and his arrest causes
great excitement
w. A, Klein, under Indictment for the muir
der Oh mayor Stubs, Of Polk City, Ia, was
sno, ~ Is supposed fatally, at Clyde Ia, by his
protner-in-law, John Coos. Klein was out on
Daii, ana mad frequent quarrels with Cools,
which resulted In the shooting.
Dudley, commissioner ofpatents, thinks the |
eevii OF claim agents ought TO be investigated |
by congress.
A fire in Annapolis, Nd, DESTROYED the block
containing the largest business houses In the
city. ihree persons were killed and others
seriously Injured. ID was necessary TO tele-
graph To Baltimore for aid, before the flames
were gotten under control
Joseph w. Piles, of st. Louis, Mo-, for sew
erai years principal of the Carondelet colored
SCHOOLS, has been appointed TO 5000 clerkship
py tnc secretary OF war, and assigned to duty
| IN the aoJutant generals Office This Is the
frst appointment of a colored man under the
new ciyil service rules.
| The signal service bureau is endeavoring to
introuuee the system In use upon the Cleve-
iano, Akron d Columbus railway. The signal
consists OF two figures, one red and the other
piue. Inc red has to do with the temperature,
anu sne piue with the state OF the weather, as
rainfall or snow. The Baltimore IL Ohio rail-
road has offered TO display the signal upon all
is divisions from New York to Chicago and
st. Louis.
DR.. Tanner, OF fasting fame, Is under arrest
AZ Jamestown, N. T., on charge OF being an ir-
regular practitioner.
Saturday, October 20, Uncle Sans treasury
account stood as follows: Gold coin and bull
lion, sos, pa $40; silver dollars aud bullion
$l2O, 342, 1922; fractional silver coin, $26,641,
U5l United states notes, S52, 66O, Al; total
x4OI ,SSS,994 certificates outstancihg--gold
5452,5lO: silver, So, ass, PAL currency, $12,-
$50 600
Governor-elect Hoadly, Of Ohio, has gone 10
Europe, Tor much needed rest, before enter
ing upon his official duties.
An order TO show why final settlement OF
the Fiske estate should not be settled, and the
heirs Al law Of Jennie McGraw Fiske be allowed
TO contest the legacy to Cornell University, has
; been served upon the trustees Of the estate, al
Ithaca, N. Y.
| Lord Lansdowne was sworn in at Quebec al
, governor general of Canada, October %, ant
left at once for Ottawa where he was enthu
: siastically received.
BY an accident on the Louisville aud Nash
vile road, near East st. Louis, 81 passenger
were wounded, 10 Of whom we're badly huJ
, and one fatally.
A law,and league society has been formed Ia
ST. Louis, Mo-, the object OF which is to secur
good government, and the repression Of gam
bling and other vices,
The war against fraudulent pension agent
Is being vigorously waged by COMMISSIONS
: Dudley. A number Of agents have been dis
D missed from service, and other dismissals vii
9 follow. Among those already suspended arr
\ | Milo Is. Stevens, who has for a long time don
u business in Cleveland, Washington and De
troit.
cold linen Democrats OF Massachusetts, hav
issued an address stating that they will vigoI
ously oppose the re election OF GOV. Butler.
G Another batch of French and America
" claims has been decided against the Unite
G States.
Besides suspensions previously announced
4 Secretary Teller has suspended John NJ. Rou.
: and Frank n. English OF Washington, an
/. Frank r. Mcdonald OF Baltimore from prac
n ticc before the interior department as pensio
, attorneys. The secretary also debarred froI
u practice F. H. Taylor OF Vassar, Mich, an
George w. Jones Of Washington.
, The second assistant postmaster generals r,
u port shows an increase over last year In rost c
Q transportation amounting to $685., s41 TIE cos
OF star route service decreased SSl4,37l. TIL
h estimate for the next years railroad mail SCI
q vice is sl3, 135, 2l5.
The testimony in the case of the city of Ne,
- Orleans We. Myra Clark Gaines recently docl
cted In the United States supreme cour
;, weighs over 200 pounds and contains r. 200, 90
d words. IL takes two men to open and shut tb
{ book.
n The Baltimore city election brought out th
: largest vote ever polled at such an election
@ The Democratic candidate for mayor had 3, 81
; majority oyer the citizens or fusion candidat,
Ia total vote OF over $4,000.
. Some ihLuman wretches at Warrentowr
:, Nc, imprisoned a harmless idiot in ROOF
alone. The apartment contaiLed a red-ho
{ stove, which the poor idiot Rugged until burr
= ed TO death.
7 Since September the postofiice department
C has furnished postmasttrs with 452, "a, 0l
G stamps, stamped envelopes and postal card:
y valued at SS,b3O,540.
o Commissioner Mcfarland of the general lar
Office recommends the adjustment CT the lam
office at Des Meines Iowa
sherman's majority for governor of low
over KiDre and Weaver Is an even 1000.
!. In the fiscal year which ended June 8, 9,273
$50 postofiice money orders were issued Of a
: aggregate value Of $l25, 047, 23S.
4 A Missouri man Las obtained So 600 damage
I from the Western Union telegraph compan
J, for getting hurt by being entangled in tele
4 graz hic wires which had ssgged to the groun
D In the night. He wanted $4,000.
a A mule which has been In service at Noun
Vernon barracks, "A labs ma for As year has bee
retired with orders from the war department
to be well cared for as long as his muleshi
shall live
Between go and ~ men lately engaged In tn
strike In the railroad yards at East st. Loui
are indicted and Is OF them arrested, some O
| whom gave bail in $780, Others are now Il
jail. The strike has formally ended and bust
ness Of all roads centering on either side of tn
river Is In full operation.
A tramp committed suicide at Kent Ohio, b,
jumping head first into glass retort, which
was heated to a degree OF intensity in orde
to melt the sand soda, ash, etc, used in tn,
composition Of window glass.
Drowned Before Their Mothers Eyes.
Three children of Mr.. IDgue, the oldest .
/ girl Of 10 vpare wera drownad "a, a ,>opd a.