Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-07-05

gravel train with about 100 Cinnamon on board
ran into wood train at the Peron siding, IN
stantly killing eighteen Cinnamon and wound
Ing twenty-five others, and the engineer Of the
gravel train was killed and the fireman badly
hurt. Nobody on the wood train were injured.
A contract has been given out to l..
n. Shutc, of Philadelphia, TO build line of
railway from Cornwall, Ont, to the Sault Ste.
Marie, distance OF about 200 miles. At the
latter terminus the promoters of the road ex
pect to make connections with the Norther
Pacific railway. They claim to have power 10
construct bridge over the st. Lawrence In
order to obtain eastern connections
DR.. Isaac j. Hathaway, of PLiladel-
phia, In the cellar of whose residence the re-
mains of iaany infants were found buried, was
convicted Of having performed criminal sur
gical operation upon servant grlin April, 1881,
and was sentenced to pay fine Of $500 and un
dergoimprisonmentf for seven years-the fullest
extent Of the law.
The new Ohio liquor law will produce
| a revenue In Cincinnati alone of over 100000.
The Mississippi is falling slowly but
| surely and the people Of the valley are taking
| fresh hope and courage. Great confusion and
considerable loss are caused by unusually severe
| flood producing storms In various parts of
| Pennsylvania.
The Grand Lodge of the Independent
Order OF Good Templars of Ontario has decided
to petition parliament to enact prehibitory
law.
| One trick John Chinaman has learned
since that country was open to foreigners, and
that is to cheat. A carload of tea recently ar
| rived In New York was so adulterated with
sand, leaves and dried paste as TO be unfit for
use The United States appraiser refused to
| receive the stuff.
| Yellow fever has made its appear
ance in several places in Mississippi and Flori-
| da-
The steamer Nevada which arrived at
New York on Saturday, June 30, brought 200
| Mormon proselytes from various countries In
Europe. They proceeded directly to Salt Lake
City. 1t is expected that about 5000 Mormans
will come to this country In the next four
months.
Eight murderers were hanged in diff
fesent parts of the country on Friday, June 20.
At Montreal $4,000 immigrants have
arrived during the month Of June. An appro-
priation of SIS, 900 has been made by the do
| minion government In partial aid OF an emf
grant depot similar to Castle Garden In New
| York.
BE careful about taking trade dollars.
Nearly all the business men in the cities east
refuse them even at 50 cents. IL Ia expected
that In very short time the coin will be driven
| out Of circulation.
The port physician at Boston states
that within the past six months he has examin-
ed y, $50 "assisted emierants," many OF them
too feeble by reason OF age or other infrmity
for self support, and who must be aided by
private and public charities. Most of them
were without luggage and scantily clothed
Reported that small pox is making
frightful havoc among the Indians in Arizona
On the 9Th inst. new trunk line be-
tween Chicago and Buffalo by way of Detroit
will be opened and fast express trains will be
run over the Baltimore and Ohio, the Wabash
and the Great Western division of the Grand
Trunk, TO compete with the Vanderbilt lines
A runaway team in Milwaukee dash.
ed into procession Of school children, killing
one child and seriously wounding over dozeI
others. The driver OF the team was hurt sc
that lie will die.
The various roads which constitute
the Wabash system have been rearranged ant
grouped into four divisions-the eastern, mid
die, western and northern. Each subdivision
, has Its own superintendent, but the entire sys
tenn remains under the superintendency Of
Root. Andrews.
The New York authorities have al
!. ready sent back some Of the assisted" emf
, grants.