Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-07-19
The News.
Cholera is raging in Swanton, China

cholera Is raging In Swanton, China.
"Sand-Lot'' Kearney is laboring in
Chicago.
The Prince of Wales is gaining
popularity in England that amounts to
enthusiasm.
The Duke of Sutherland and Sir
Thomas Brassey hold United States
bonds to the amount of 1000, 900 each.
Since January LIST there have been
1000 postmasters commissioned each
month. A larger number than ever be-
fore.
Only 80 bodies have been recovered
from the sunken steamer Daphne, which
sunk in the Clyde ut the time it was be-
ing launched.
There Is no abatement of the cholera
in Egypt. At Dametta, Mansurah, AL
exandria, Shirbiu, the dca,h rate is
from 6 to 80 per day.
While squad of soldiers in Tripoli
were removing some bombs to n place
killing II of the soldiers.
A soap-maker at Oshkosh, Wis, fell
into the vat the other night. The flesh
was boiled entirely off from the bones.
He was identified by the dentist who
filled his teeth.
The cashier of lions Savings Bank
| at Salt Lake was knocked senseless by
| a thief, when the latter and his confed-
crate walked of with considerable gold
and have not been arrested.
The article of greatest interest in the
international fisheries exhibition at
London is an American lobster which
measures three feet in length. One of
its claws weigh eight pounds.
An order has been issued from the
postoflice department to the effect, that
second-class mail matter is just as inn
portant rs letter mail, and must be for
warded as promptly.
Miss Mollie Summers, handsome
young lady of Fort Wayne, said to be
the finest amateur organist in Indiana,
eloped with Tom Butler, foreman in n
round house, to be married in Michi-
gan village.
Miss Rathbone, who for six years
has been missionary abroad, has
| brought to New York the first Burmese
woman who ever landed on our shores.
The new conner will study for five years
in this country before returning for
missionary work.
The number of miles of railroad built
the first six months of the present year
is 1882. Should the proportion for 1882
| hold good in the second half of the year
the total mileage of 1888 will reach s.,
3i7. The total mileage of United States
railroads is fully 120,0 200 against total
of 262, 900 miles in the entire world.
| While private company has eXca-
waited over a mile of the tunnel be-
tween Dover and Calais, joint COM
mittce of the British Parliament has
rejected the scheme. Meantime :. bill
is before the French chamber of depu-
ties TO authorize soundings tor a rail-
way bridge from Cape Grisnez 10 Folk
stone.
A runaway horse attached TO II light
| buggy in which were seated four young
people, approached the draw of the
Harrison street bridge, Chicago, at a
furious gallop, and plunged into the
river, the bridge having been swung to
allow the passage of u vessel. A young
man named Stephen Greek and wo-
man were precipitatad into the water
with the vehicle and the form r was
| drowned
George Scovillc, IN reply To his form
er .wife's petition for alimony, pleads
inability to make the agreed payments
| because of her success in running his
business. He asks the custody of the
child Bertha, when he feels able to
support and educate if not prosecuted
to destruction. Except for her mental
condition, he declares, he would feel
absolved from any obligation to Cult
eau's sister.
The pauper emlgrants, who were re-
turned to Ireland by order of the Amer.
lean authorities on the steamers Fur
nessia and Spain, have been landed at
| Queenstown. All accounts agree in
describing them as wretched class OF
people One family, consisting of q
man and his wife and five children, were
left lying on the wharf for three hours
before the officials, who had not been
advised of their coming, provided for
their wants.
A collision occurred on the Port Stan
| ley branch of the Grand Trunk Rail
way, three miles south of London, Ont.
between south bound special and
north bound freight. All the engine
hands jumped and escaped unhurt.
| John Porter, brakeman, was probably
fatally hurt. Conductor Damage had
his arm broken and was otherwise in
jured. Several passengers were injured,
not seriously. Great damage was done
to property.
A tornado struck Soldier City, q town
of 200 inhabitants, eighteen miles west
of Holan, on the Kansas Central Rail-
road, and completely demolished SIX
teen buildings, and injured number
of others. Among the buildings blown
down were two general stores, one
drug store. one livery stable, several
residences. Three women and one
child were killed outright and some
fifteen injured, several seriously. The
storm passed from north directly south.
Mr. Stephenson, ex-Sheriff of the
county, living one mile south of Soldier
City, lost his barn and dollhouse, they
being blown from their foundations.
Growing crops were damaged some.
The latest stone on the monument
which tie queen is erecting to the men,
DRY of John Brown is inscribed lin
| affectionate remembrance of the below
ed friend of the queen. Victoria.
Whether the additional stones are to
contain more ardent tones of endear-
ment is not stated, but the sample Civ
en- is sufficient to show that the queen