Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-06-14
OTHER LANDS.

Mr.. McCoan, Nj. p, hitherto a
staunch Parnellite, has written Parnell let
ter withdrawing from that party. Mr.. Nc
Coan says he cannot sanction communism and
REBELLION, and that there are others of Parnell's
admirers who feel In the same way, but for
fear Of losing their seats I'm the house of COM
mons they do not disclose their honest con-
victlons.
The informers wlfo testified at the
trials OF the Phoenix Park murdcrcrs have been
notified to leave Ireland at once.
Seven jurors who were on the jury
which convicted Kelley, hav, signed a me-
mortal praying that the death sentence may be
committed.
Davitt and Healy, members of parlia-
ment, and Quinn who were imprisoned in Feb
ruary last for making inflammatory speeches,
have been released
A bill has been presented to the reich
stag, the provisions OF which are, that the say
ing Of mass and dispensing Of the sacramento
are TO be allowed In consideration of modifying
the rule of duty of giving notice Of church ap
pointments to the government. 10 abolisnes the
obligation to give notice to the government of
changes in unbenefcied curacies or Of appoint
ments by incumbents OF representatives unless
appointees are to fulfil the functions of Wears.
The jurisdiction Of the ecclesiastical court is
abolished, except as regards the duty of giving
notice to it of the appointment Of teachers in
seminaries and as to the questions Of discipline
and clerical rights. An appointment can only
be objected TO on the grounds of affecting the
position OF the incumbent as citizen. Appeal
Swallowed to the minister of worship.
The ''invincibles" have abandoned
the idea of getting rid of obnoxious persons by
means of dynamite, and are now extensively
using poison. Several suspicious deaths have
occurred recently, and the police are investi
eating the matter.
According to the late dispatches from
IL
roasted alive for wtchcraft.
The Spanish Tribune has sentenced
one member of the Black Hand Society to life
long servitude and another member to seven
teen years imprisonment for having murdered
man who declined to join the society.
Herr Lasker one of the most eminent
statesmen of Germany, is coming to this coun-
try, and will remain about FIVE months His
object is to study American jurisprudence.
The reprieve of Timothy Kelly, Phe-
nix Park murderer, is asked for on the ground
OF his youth and the fact that he is subject to
epileptic fits
Quakers in Ireland have distributed
in county Donegal 270 tons of seed potatoes,
thus relieving the distress of 5000 families OF
that county.
In battle in the Soudan, Gen. Hicks
gained victorJ over 5000 Arabs, killing 500
The Arabs fight bravely, but spears are useless
against shells and cannon.
George Smythe, arrested at Birming-
ham, Eng, after avowing that he was an Amer
ican fenian and while practicing with his revolt
yer In the yard at a tavern, was taken to
court the other day. 1t turns out that Smythe
had been drinking heavily when he made the
statement and when arrested was under the in
auence Of liquor. A fine for inebriety was
imposed by the court.
A dispatch from London SAYS the re-
ports concerning the health Of Queen Victoria
are greatly exaggerated. The queen Is far
better than reported, and court physicians say
there is no immediate daI Se?
The village of Longefoy, in Savoy.
has been almost entirely destroyed by fire, only
four buildings remaining standing Four
hundred persons are made homeless by the
fire.
Suleiman Daoud and Mahmoud Sami
are sentenced to death for setting Are to Alex
andrla during the British bombardment, and
Is Others to various terms of penal servitude
for completely.
A convention has been negotiated
with Spain providing for the repeal OF the law
which prohibits the introduction of free black
laborers into Cuba.
Carey, the Irish informer, chafes at
his long confinement, but says IL he is com
PEELED to leave Ireland he will return ut his first
opportunity.
4 Hc HcW ODociNatoIy III Nleund has
been opened. The refractor used Is an inch
larger than the one I'm the observatory at Wash
iDgton.
Mr.. Edward Harrington, the editor
The Kerry Sentinel, published In Dublin, an
the printer Of that paper have each been SEN |
fenced to imprisonment for six months on ac-
count Of the publication In the Office Of The |
Sentinel Of placard inviting persons who |
wish 10 join the Invinciblcs to attend meet |
ing. They will appeal from their sentences. |
Two compositors on the paper pleaded guilty |
TO assisting In the publication Of the placard |
and were each sentenced To two months i'm |
prisonment
Sir George Bowyer, the eminent Eng
lish jurist isdesds
After the first of next January the |
poorest of the Russian peasantry will be exempt
from poll tax, and the remainder Of the people
be taxed only one-half.
The commercial treaty between Tur-
kew and the United States terminates March
10, 1884, and the Porte is anxious to have an
American delegate appointed to negotiate a
new treaty. that the commerce between the
two countries may be without interruption.