Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-02-22
GENERAL ITEMS.

August Gerhardy, who shot and kill
ed nd-bagger, was discharged from custody
by Chicago coroner's jury with vote OF
thanks.
posed necessity Of body-snatching ia Pennsyl
vania, and for that purpose bill has been In
troduced into the legislature of that state
with that end In view.
The trades unions of New York hope
to have convict labor abolished by legislative
enactments, and are getting up demonstrations
to carry the point. A big mass meeting will
be held at Coopcr's union.
A smoking car on the Wabash road
near Lafayette, Ind, jumped the track and
rolled down an embankment OF II feet Two
OF the six passengers were slightly injured,
while the car was consumed by fire. Another
car jumped 10 feet from the track. The acct
dent was caused by an effort TO make up lost
time.
The New York Sun attributes the
great floods in Ohio to the fact that the lands
tributary to the streams have been denuded of
their forests so that the heavy SHOWS lie un-
protected from the sun. This Is melted 30
rapidly that the resultant waters rush down
the streams with the disastrous consequences
noted.
Edwin ID. Morgan, New York's "war
governor" died on the evening of the l4th irst
1t is now definitely known that twelve
lives were lost by the giving way Of the freight
depot on the 18th inst
The examination into the cause of
the late railroad accident at Tchicipa, resulted
in the discharge of Conductor Reed, and the
holding of Brakeman Patten on q charge of
criminal negligence. Bail was given In the
sum Of 5000.
The business men of Salt Lake think
q 4. = d., Fs.Isr 10.
been ably and honorably conducted in that
state. The Gentiles are praying for Ferry's
return TO the Senate, aud papers 10 that effect
have been numerously signed.
a collision occurred on The Great
Western division OF the Grand Trunk railroad
at Dundas, Ont, on the 18th inst. The engineer
and two passengers were killed, and seven 9TH
ers seriously wounded.
Graveyard robberies are nightly oc-
currences in Montreal. Eight bodies have been
stolen in the past few days, all of them being
bodies OF persons who died OF peculiar diseases.
It Ia believed the bodies are taken across the
line and sold to New England colleges. The
police have q clue 10 the robbers and are fol-
lowing II up.
Hay is being shipped from Omaha TO
feed cattle in the Platte valley where the grass
is showed under.
President Arthur and ex-President
Grant acted as pall-bearers at the funeral Of
ex-Gov. Morgan of New York
The Massachusetts senate has order
ed resolution requesting the Massachusetts
delegation In congress TO make every effort 10
secure the expunging from the records of the
vote OF censure passed upon Cakes Ames by
the 42d Congress.
The encouragement of Iowa will
soon prepare petition to the supreme court
for a re-hearing of the prohibition amendment
validity case at the Council Bluffs term March
ton for re-hcaring, but the clerk refused TO
docket their motion under the rules Of the
court.
An express train on the Cleveland and
Columbus road, which left Cleveland on the
morning of the 10th, was dcrailed at III O'Clock
one mile north OF Gallon. The locomotive re-
manned on the track but the baggage and eX-
press cars, smoker, two COACHES and n parlor
car was ditched. The train was running Is
miles per hour. No broken rail was found
The track was.of new steel rails and straight
1t Is supposed to have been slippery in con-
sequence of the late rains. Robert Cudell,
draughtsman In the Cleveland, Columbus, Gin
cinnati and indianapolis roadmasters Office ut
Cleveland, the Rev. ID. T. Fouts Of Shelby, and
an unidentified man were killed. Conductor
John Daykin was badly cut on the head and in
iurcd ON the side. +. L. Poppleton, attorney
of the railway company, was injured about the
head and arms but not seriously. a news
agent named Hammer had an arm broken.
George Dawson, one of the leading
journalists Of the age, and formerly editor of
the Albany Evening Journal, died at Albany,
n. Y, on Saturday the 18th.
A new theory has been advanced rs to
the cause OF the late disastrous fire at Milwau-
kee, viz: tramps, the skeleton of an unknown
man having been found In the cellar there a
few days since.
The House of Representatives of the
Arkansas legislature has passed the act known
as the .'three-mile act" IL prohibits for two
years the sale of intoxicants within three miles
OF any church or school-house on petition of a
majority Of the adult inhabitants regardless OF
sex. The present law makes such prohibition
perpetual, and does not apply to classes of the
first and second class. The new law applies to
all.