Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-05-24

missioners OF Indian affaias for assistance IN
putting down this evil, and has been promised
all possible aid.
The bodies of man and two women
which were stolen from the st. Polycarpe grave
yard at Montreal last winter, have been found
In the river at Cote St. Louis. Ii is supposed
that they were hidden there by students, who
found 1t impossible to carry them from the
city over the roads.
Ii is announced that the Pekin gov
ernment has decided to establish consulate
In Chicago, TO consist OF two members, an Am
erican and Chinese, who will devote them
selves TO the protection of the subjects Of the
Celestial empire, of whom there are 200 engaged
In various ayocations these. Claims have been
made that the police have raded the resorts of
those people Unfortunately, and have thus
COMPOUNDED the innocent with the guilty. Ger
tain OF the Cinnamon have requested u repre-
sentative OF their government to whom they
can make an appeal.
The breadstufls exported in April,
1883, are valued at 81, 563 31S; the correspond
ing month last year, So, 70s, lS9; exported for
the ten months ending April 30 last, Sl79, 1885,
S4S same period last year, sl57 ,6l9,7T.
Z Philip Il. Thompson, the Kentucky
congressman, on trial for the murder OF one
Davis, was acquitted. This verdict OF the jury
was received amid deafening cheers.
A dispatch from San Antonio says
the flag of Texas Is lying over Fort Alamo, the
property OF which 1t forms part having been
conveyed to the State by the Roman Catholic
Bishop after purchase. Alamo has been known
as the Thermopya of America from the heroic
defense Of the fort made In 1896 by small
body OF Texans against n force OF Mexicans
fully ten times their number. The MeXicans
murdered the six defenders of the fort whom
| they found alive on its surrender.
The executive committee of cigar
makers in Chicago heard the testimony Of six
young gIrls employed by one Behrman on Ken
| zie street. IL showed that they worked from
q in the morning until 9 at night three nights
| each week, making punches for cigars The
majority receive 50 per week and in order TO
make profit OF this scanty pittanee he charges
| thems 1cent a minute for lost time. When
| the health Inspector visited the place the
proprietor managed to secrete the children
under age employed. Other tyranical practices
are alleged, and IL Is Claimed the place Is only
| a type of others in the city.
Hon. j. Preston Knott is the Demo-
cratic nominee for governor Of Kentucky, and
Capt. James X. Hindman the nominee for
acknowledgements.
| John +. Finerty, member of Congress
from the third Illinois district, and editor of
| the Citizen, advises all Irishmen, IL they have
auy respect for themselves or for Ireland to
boycott the Pope for his interference and polit-
ical alliance with the arch enemy Of the Irish
| nation aud race.
Chas. +. Kring, who has so persistent
ly fought to escape punishment for the murder
| OF Dora Brewster In st. Louis, Mo-, several
| years ago, and who was released from prison
short time ago under decision of the United
States supreme court, died at st. Johns hospi-
tai In st. Louis on the 18th inst. of hemorrhage.
The expectation of cattle to England
| and pork 10 Germany has aroused so much Ill
feeling on the part of Great Britain and Ger
| many toward the United States, that mem
| Der Of the United States treasury cattle com
mission has gone abroad for the purpose OF
investigating the restrictions now imposed up
| on our export trade. j. II. Sanders of Chicago,
is the man chosen for this work.
The Granite State, a Connecticut
river steamer, was destroyed by fire on the
morning of the 10Th inst, a few miles below
Hartford, Conn The flames spread so rapidly
that nothing was saved. Five lives are known
TO have been lost, four by burning, and one by
drowning. The bodies were burned beyond
recognition. The one drowned WAS Mrs. c. L..
Main Of New Haven. She was ON her bridal
tour, and together with her husband sprang
overheard They sank together three times,
when Main became entangled in the paddle
wheel and was saved, while his young bride
found watery grave. The origin OF the fire
Is unknown.
The prohibitory liquor amendment
was defeated in the Pennsylvania legislature.