Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-08-23
THE NEWS.
DOMESTIC.


position is steadily increasing and the |
outlook is very encouraging.
Commencing August 20 passenger
trains will run from Chicago to Boston
via Montreal and the Grand Trunk in
40 hours.
The town of Cottage City, Martha's
Vineyard suffers n loss of nearly $780,
600 from fire, which destroyed nearly
the entire village.
The value of exports of petroleum
and petroleum products for the II
months ended June 80, 1888, was $44,-
913,079 against S51, 232, FOG the same
time last year.
Dukes, the Uniontown, Pa, murder
er, and who was himself shot by son
| of Capt. Mutt, has left statement de-
claring that he was legally guiltless OF
murder, Capt. Mutt being the real ag-
gresSor.
Senator Edmonds favors postal tele-
graph system.
The new four cent stamp will bear
the head of Andy jackson and not Andy
johnson, as first reported.
ID. o. Mills has presented California
with S35, 900 statue of Columbus to
be placed in the state capitol.
The last rail of the Yellowstone Park
inc was laid the other dar at q point
five miles from the park, which will be
the terminus for the present.
In Green county, Iowa, the republi..
cans have nominated III. A. Turrell for
superintend t of schools, and the
democrats have nominated his wife for
the same position.
Mrs. Mary Lynch who has just died
at Scranton, Pa aged 10, was proba-
bly, the oldest person in the United
States, of whose age there is an exact
record. She was married i'm 1900, and
was the mother of eight children.
An association has been formed TO
buy Liberty Hall, the late residence of
Alexander III. Stephens in Georgia. The
purpose is to keep the house in its pres
ent condition and establish q high
school on the grounds. The property
can be bought for $4,000, including
Mr.. Stephens library, which alone cost
SlS, 900.
a victim of the Inflated Asia, which
went down in Georgian Bay some
months ago, was picked up ut Squaw
Island, Georgian Bay, the other day.
The head had fallen of, but the body
was all together, being kept in place
by his clothing. About $40 was found
in his pants pocket, and was forwarded
to his father.
The coming report of the comptroller
of the currency, to be issued very soon,
will show that there are now 2,425 nat
ional banks, and that their com bined
capital stock amounts to over $780,
100000 The amount of their deposits
reaches S1,042, 1887, 763, which is $780,
100000 less than q year ago. These
banks hold about 100000 of the
government bonds, or one-third of the
entire outstanding Indebtedness of the
country.
A defective flue fired Francklyn Cot
tage, az Long Branch, in which Presi-
dent Garfield died. Much excitement
was caused, but the flames were soon
extinguishod.
a movement has been started among
American ship owners and agents to in
drce the government to demand redress
from the Spanish authorities on account
of unjust seizures of our property by
customs officials at Havana.
The bodies of four white men are re-
ported TO have been found in camp on
the Cincinnati Southern railroad near
Cumberland Falls, Tenn. The indca-
tons were that they had killed each
other over game OF cards.
Rev. X. G.. Sewell, Methodist di-
vine of Galveston, Texas, was shot on
the streets of that city the other day by
man named Denman, who claimed
the minister had been too attentive to
members of his Ounnan's) family.
The Passavant Hospital at Milwau-
kee, was destroyed by fire few days
ago at a loss of $4,000, with no insur-
ance. The inmates were gotten out
, safely, but DR.. Boyd, the proprietor,
and his son, lost their lives while at
tempting to save the lives of the pa
tients.
The Department of State has been ap
prised of recent action by the Govern
ment of Spain which places foreign
blacks landing in Cuba on an equality
with all ether persons. Such blacks
can now land on that island without
previous consent from the Captain-G Gen
eral or deposit of money, and can reside
there as they do in other places.
James Nixon, of Ludlow, KY, is
working seventy men near Cumberland
Falls, Tenn, making ties for the Gin
cinnati Southern Railroad. The other
night Chas. Slagel, one of Nixon's men,
who slept in the same bunk with James
and John Adair and q man named Clai-
borne, arose after his companions were
asleep. crushed in their skulls with an
TX, rilled their pockets of about $50 and
escaped. Nixon put the whole force in
pursuit and Slagcl was captured.
G. M. Dittman, prominent real cs-
tate dealer of st. Paul. Mimi, has been
arrested on n charge of forgery. His
method OF swindling was peculiar. He
would sell q piece of real estate, taking
a note in part payment. He would then
duplicate his note, discount both, take
up the forged note, and thus escape de-
lection. Finally he duplicated nine
notes he could not take up, and was
ruined. One man loses $40, 900 by Dit
mans forgercs, and another $33, 000
1t Is believed his liabilities will reach
S150,000.
Hereafter all annual conventions of
the amalgamated association Will be
held at Pittsburg.
An electrical conduit construction
company, capital $l,000,000 has been
incorporated ut New York.
The annual congress of the national