Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-09-13
THE NEWS.
DOMESTIO.

A priest and five women were killed
by lightning In church at Lagos,
Mexico.
The boiler of steam thresher ex-
plodcd near Frankfort. ID. T., a few DAYS
ago, killing four men and injuring
number of others.
| Upwards of $4,000 acres of land in
Texas have been destroyed by fire. The
loss is estimated at $4,000. Suppos-
ed to be the work of incendiaries.
Lieut.. Robertson, First United States
Cavalry, charged with duplicating his
pay accounts. pleaded guilty the other
day, but denied fraudulent intentions.
Several thousand volumes of books
shipped to the States by three Montreal
publishers were seized by the United
States customs at Rouse's Point, N. Y.
J. w. Converse, President of the
American Rapid Telegraph Company,
says there is no foundation for the re-
port that the Merchants q Bankers
Telegraph Company has been transfer
red to the Rapid. There has been some
talk among the stockholders of the
companies regarding such change, but
as yet there has been no formal goe
tiatings
About 100 harness makers Of st. Lou
is, Mo, are on strike.
The Democrats and Greenbackers of
Iowa are to unite their forces against
the Republicans.
A terrible confagration in Vienna
destroyed property to the value of near
ly million florins.
Semi-oflicially announced that John
&. New, assistant secretary of the treas
ury, will shortly resign.
During a disastrous storm off the
coast of Cornwall an unknown bark
was dashed to pieces, and the pilot and
IL of the crew drowned
Count de Paris took back seat at
Chambord's funeral, and Paris newspa
pers regard this act as consuminating
the rupture between the Orleanists and
legitimists.
1t is semi-offlcally announced at
Washington that the star route service
cost 4,761, l70 for the wear ending June
80, 1882, and 81, 992, 175 for the succeed
ing II months.
The Canadian Pacihc railways exhib.
it at Amsterdam won a diploma of hon.
or, the highest award
The claims for rebate of taxes on to-
bacco, snuff and cigars growing out of
the recent internal revenue act amounts
TO about $35, 900, 600.
The standard dollars issued in the
week ending September /, 1883, aggre-
gates 1897, 487, against 1928, 200 the
CORES ponding period last year.
The charge .that revenue officers of
South Carolina have been imposing on
the government by sefzing sham stills,
is denied by Collector Brayton of Col
umbus, South Carolina.
Carlisle of Kentucky has told rep
resentative of the Louisville Courier
Journal that, despite the Vaccinations
of Randall of Pennsylvania, he expects
to be the next speaker of the house.
August Martin of the customs di-
visions of the treasury department dis
| credits the statements of alleged snug
Cling between Canada and this country
| in the lake districts, at the Sault, and
| along the ST. Lawrence river line.
The postmaster general has filed his
| answer to the suit of the Louisiana lot
terry company for 100000 damages for
the issuance of an order to prevent the
delivery of letters addressed to the
plaintiff. He pleads not guilty, and de-
MES any motive of malice, or desire to
| injure the reputation of any one,
The free delivery system was estab-
lished in AZ cities and towns during the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1888. But
four offices have been added to the list
since that date, although many urgent
applications have been received for the
establishment of the system. The de-
partment have been unable to accord
the privilege except in rare instances
because of the meagre appropriation,
which has been absorbed to q consider
able extent by the operations of the law
pr DIVIDING for the yearly promotion of
letter carriers.
DakOta's constitutional convention is
in session at Sioux Falls.
The trial of Jas. Mutt for the killing
of N. Dukes at Uniontown, Pa, has
been continued to the December term.
At st. Louis nolle prosequi has been
entered in each of the 500 cases against |
saloon keepers for violations of the Sun
dav law
The cornerstone of Dakota's new
capital was laid in Bismarck on the 9Th !
inst. Gen. Grant, President Willard of |
the Pacific railroad, and his foreign
guests were present, and the ceremonies |
were very imposing.
The establishment of an artificial ice |
factory in South Africa has been deter
mined upon by company doing bust
ness at Georgetown, in the District of |
Columbia. The company have already
commenced the manufacture of large !
tanks which will be sent to that country. |
In the supreme court of Massachusetts
a decision has been rendered in the suit
of the Union Pacific railroad company
VS.. the Credit Mobilier of America aris-
ing out of the building of the road by
the Credit Mobilier under the Hoxie
contract The company sought to re-
strain the Credit MObilier from prose
cutting the suit at law to recover 90,
266, 900 due, claiming fraud in the full
filment of the contract The full bench
decided that there was no construction
of fraud and entered judgment against
the railroad.
The constitutional convention of Da
kota calls upon congress to open the
Sioux reservation for settlement.
Value of exports of domestic pro-
visions, tallow and daily products for
the first seven months of this year, $685.
397, 609.
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