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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-01-04
The Mississippi.

Some interesting and extraordinary
data have just been compiled respect
ing the Mississippi. 1t appears that it
boasts no fewer than % tributary
streams. with a total length of naviga-
ton of 1851 miles, or about two-thirds
of the distance round the world. Even
this, however, represents but a small
amount of the navigation which will
follow when the Federal Government
has made the contemplated improve
ments in the Upper Mississippi, in the
Minnesota. Wisconsin, and other rivers,
in which it is now engs ged. But while
the Mississippi has 1851 miles naviga-
bic TO steamboats,, it has 20,22l miles
navigable TO barges. This navigation
is divided between 22 States and Terri
tories in the following proportions:
Louisiana, $500 miles; Arkansas, 2,1O0;
Mississippi, 1880; Montana, 1910; Da-
kota, 1,2S0; Illinois, 1870; Tennessee,
1850; Kentucky, 1,260; Indiana, $40;
Iowa, $50; Indian Territory, 700; Min
nesota. Geo; Wisconsin, $50; Ohio, 500;
Texas. 40; Nebraska, 400; West Virgil
mia, 800; Pennsylvania, $50; Kansas,
240; Alabama, 200; and New York, 40.
Nearly all sections of these States and
Territories can be reached with ease.
Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi. Mon
tana, Dakota, and the Indian Territory
possess more miles of navigable stream
than miles of railroad, all of which are
open to everybody VINO wishes TO en-
gage in commerce.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-01-04

The postoflice department has adopted a
new postal card and combined letter sheet
and envelope, and contracted for an enormous
supply OF each, although the impression seems
TO be general among postal experts that both
will prove failures In actual use. II consists
Of the present postal card with flap of thin
paper pasted neatly to the upper end. This
flap is also gummed and perforated at the bot
tom for ready sealing and opening When the
message Is written on the card the flap is seal
ed, and with the exception of being open at
both ends, becomes letter. IL Is said to be
the invention OF a Michigan lady, and was
championed and adopted by Senator Ferry, who
fought II through in spite of great opposition.
A serious objection to it is that 1t will be I'M
handy, catching at the ends and sticking one
into the other and thus retarding the postal
clerks; also that IL will seriously interfere
with the amount OF letter postage even under
the new 2-cent system.
The other so-called improvement is a COM
hined letter sheet and envelope, in the shape OF
an ordinary paper wrapper, but much larger.
II will bear the new 2-cent stamp on one side,
aud the message or letter Is To be written on
the other 1t Is arranged so that II can be
folded neatly and promptly, but Is open to the
same objection as the new card, viz, that 1t
will retard instead of eXpediting the handling
of the mails. Speed is the great desderatum
In these days when mail on the trunk lines runs
up into many tons and Is largely distributed In
the postal cards. This combined sheet and en-
velope is not new to the department, having
been tried some Is years ago and discarded
Notwithstanding. the objections to both
these ideas in which the public is greatly con-
ccrned, they have been adopted and contracts
let for vast supply 80 they are NJ least sure
of n test In general use.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-01-04
CRIME.

A Galesburg, Illinois, dispatch of the
25th said: A heavy trunk fell from the top Of
truck that was taking them from the train
and burst open, disclosing the dead body of a
man 80 years old, with his throat cut from ear
TO ear. A man on the train was discovered
holding a check tallying with that on the
trunk. He was detained but refused 10 talk
The trunk was checked from Chicago. The
body was not dccomposed, but terribly bloody
ii. L. Robinson, white man, and
Henry Griffin, negro met in saloon at Lit
tie Rock, Ark. The former invited the latter
10 drink. Griffin accepted, but made some
reference 70 500 that Robinson owed him.
Robinson thereupon drew revolver and shot
him dead.
A terrible tragedy is reported from
the mountainous portion of Hawkins county,
Tenn, about six miles from Knoxville. Some
white men went TO the house of a negro named
GRAY for the purpose Of whipping him, charging
him with stealing hogs They demanded adj
mittance, which was denied. They then fired
upon Gray's cabin and the fire was returned.
In the battle Gray was MORALLY wounded and
has since died. His stepson had his thigh
br oxen by a ball. A white man, Jim Williams,
was shot in the head, and Is said TO be mortaly
wounded. Another white man named Orrick
was wounded.
In Rochester financial circles il is
rumored that Cbas f. Upton, president Of the
closed city bank of Rochester, N. T., has
friends interested in enabling him to settle up
with the creditors of that institution for his
share In bringing about the wreck and clearing
himself of the legal consequences Of his mis-
management. One report states that he has
been furnished by New York parties with $20,-
000 At the American Exchange national bank
of Rochester, the metropolitan correspondent
OF the city bank of Rochester said that the
officers would not deny that the above sum had
been raised for Upton, nor that they were In
strumental I'm raising IL for him.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-01-04

Nor AT HoME.-"There is a young
man in the parlor wishes to see you
miss, remarked the hall door attend
ant.
Did he bring anything with him;any
box or parcelg"
"Only cane, miss"
''Did his coat tails wrattle when he
walked as fthere was package of can
dy IN the pockets?"
Nothing of the sort, miss"
"Then tell him I've gone to visit a
sick friend and WON'T be home for a
week, " returned the fair girl, falling
back into horizontal position and re-
Stunning her perusal of Truth Stranger
than Fiction; or, The Liar Unmasked."
Brooklyn Eagle.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-01-04
NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Speeches have ended and evidence is
now being taken In the star route trial.
The famous Indian chief Red Cloud
The efforts Of the reporters to obtain an inter
view were futile.
The Secretary of War has granted
the request of French scientists who observed
the transit of Venus at Fort Brook, Florida,
for permission to erect brass tablet ut that
fort In commemoration of their visit.
An effort is being made by the Mich
igan Senators and Representatives 10 persuade
the ways and means committee 10 approve the
levy of specific duty on Spanish ore imported
into this country In Justice TO the copper inter
ests Of Northern Michigan
A bill is now before the Senate to
compel railroad companies to pay taxes on
certain lands granted by the government, nm
der pain of forfeiture. The lands involved In
clude 15.000,000 acres in Kansas, Nebraska
Colorado, California Wyoming, Utah and Ne
vada.
An association of American econ
omists has been formed In Washington with the
Hon. WIN. Lawrence as president. The object
ia announced to be ''the gathering Of facts and
statistics bearing upon industry, commerce
and finance and the wide dissemination OF
economic knowledge
COnslucraDle inquiry is now Deing
made rs to the whereabouts OF
Captain Howgate, who relieved tho
treasury Of some hundreds of thou
sands OF dollars and left so mysteriously. II
has been charged that certain politicians who
were friends Of the renegade In his palmy days
have been using their influence 10 prevent
proper search being made for him; This report
having been circulated so widely Mr.. Beltzhoov-
or OF Penn, has introduced into the House
resolution calling on the Secretary OF War for
full Information In regard TO all measures that
have been taken for the arrest of Howgatc.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-01-04

Mcdonald OF Indiana, would be the Democratic
nominee; Blaine, Logan, Window, Grant and
Conkling were discussed as republican candi-
dates but II was finally decided that Senator
Edmunds of Vermont or James Wilson Of
Iowa, would make the best heads Of the repub-
lican ticket.
Immigrant inspection service has
been suspended in all cities except Port Huron
Mich, New York and Baltimore
Emma Benson, Is years old, danced
to such excess at a masquerade ball at Logans-
port, Ind. that she ruptured blood vessel in
her lungs, dying five minutes later.
The State of Minnesota has Just
passed crisis In financial matters. Through
extraordinary expenses incurred during the
Cox impeachment trial last winter and the build
ing of new capitol, the general fund of the
State was considerably overdrawn. In response
10 call Of Railway Commissioner Baker, the
managers OF several trunk lines, whose 3 per
cent tax on gross earnings will not be for some
months, forwarded checks In advance, aggre-
eating $4,000 Thus the State was saved
from bankruptcy.
The suit of Mrs. Slayback for 10000
against Col. Cockerill of The st. Louis Post
Dispatch, has been dismissed at plaintiffs in
stance and cost. There Is peculiar comment on
the action taken.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-01-04

A TRIUMPH FOR THE JETTIEs.--A
special dispatch TO the New Orleans
Times-Democrat on Dec. 10th from Port
Eads announces the uninterrupted pas
sage through the ietties TO sea on Dec.
9th of the British steamship" Carmona, 9"
the largest vessel that has ever cleared
from New Orleans, having on board the
largest cargo of cotton that ever left an
American port, and drawing "a feet and
ii inches. Besides her immense load
of cotton 1881 bales-the Carmona's
cargo included IL, 900 bushels of grain in
bulk and 2650 slaves. The Carmona
reached the head of the Passes at 2:45
p. M, and at half-pastS o'clock was at
sea, having steamed the 10 miles in
three-quarters of an hour--a rate of
speed that would prove, were other
evidence wanting, that her engines were
not even slowed in passing through the
jetties. In the face of all the malicious
reports tending TO injure and belittle
the jetties, that are being circulated
from time to time by certain Journals,
among which the Cincinnati CONNER
cial is conspicuous, this passage to sea on
Dec. 9Th, without moments deten-
ton, of vessel drawing "a feet and IL
inches, with one Of the largest cargoes
that ever left an American port, may
well be termed triumph for the ietties.
- Maritime Register.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-01-04

CURIosITIES OF SoUND.--Th fact is
observed by Gen. Duane in connection
with the use of fog whistles on the coast
of Maine that the signal often appears
to be surrounded by belt varying in
radius from one TO one and half miles,
from which the sound appears to- be en-
tirely absent; thus in moving directly
from station the sound is audible for
the distance of a milo and is then lost
for about the same distance, after which
it is again distinctly heard a long time.
These facts find an explanation by Prof.
Tyndall, who thinks that this disappear
ance of the sound was due to interfer-
ence with the direct sound waves by
those reflected from the surface of the
sea. This explanation is capable of
very accurate experimental illustration.
Placing, for instance, sensitive flame
at distance of three or four feet from
sounding reed, the flame exhibits the
usual agitation. Lifting light board
between the flame and reed, a position
is easily attained where the sound, re-
Elected from the board, increases the
flames agitation. Lifting it cautiously
still higher level is attained reflection
from which completely stills the flame.
By slightly arising or lowering the board,
or by its entire removal, the flame is
once more agitated A fairly smooth
sea would be required for the reflection
and the production of the phenomenon;
while the position of the zone of silence
would be determined by the hight of
the signal on one hand and the hight of
the observer on the other above the
surface of the sea, as well as by the
pitch of the note of the whistle.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-01-04
Trtchinosis.

About three weeks ago a middle-agcd Ger
man living no, far from the Lake Shore depot,
butchercd three or four hogs, from one OF
which he made lot Of bologna sausage. OF
this his wife and himself ate and in a few days
both became sick, the symptoms being of an
unusual character, and DR.. Williams being
called In he found they were troubled with
genuine trichlnosis. On subiecting piece Of
the meat 10 microscopic examination the para
sites were distinctly seen, thus establishing the
nature Of the nalady beyond doubt. The
man was able to visit the doctors office the
other day, but his appearance was that Of n
man who had been subjected to an illness OF
many weeks. What the outcome will be of
course time only can determine. but n fatal
Issue NAV REHABILITATION Patrin.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-01-04
An Attempt TO Wreck Passenger
Train.

The other day the engineer of the noon mail
train going west discovered a leg across the
Detroit, Grand Haven d Milwaukee Railroad
track in the cut near the asylum in time to pre-
rent his train from getting wrecked, and Sheriff
Lewis was notified Deputy Sheriff Virgins
was detailed TO look after the matter, and visit
ing the SPOT, measured the tracks, followed
them up and became perfectly satisfied that the
would-be train wreclicrs were Ben and Frank
Campbell, aged 10 and 10 years respectively, of
the Fourth Ward, Pontiac. To be sure he was
right Mr.. Virgins spent till yesterday neon
in collecting evidence and then arrested the
youthful criminals. Upon being informed of
the grave charge against them the boys made
Il clean breast of the whole matter and were
locked up In the old rat trap.-Ponfidc Bd
Poster
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-01-04
An Early Michigan Man Gone.

Uncle Harvey Williams died in East Saginaw,
recently, aged SIS. He was a soldier of the war
Of 1872. He opened blacksmith shop in De
troit In 1916, near the present Bddle HOUSE, site.
In 1870 he married In Detroit Julia Fourina,
who survives him. He set up in Detroit the
first stationary steam engine ever run In Mich
igan. He built the engine for the first steam
mill ever made in Michigan. In 1918 he made
the first iron pillow ever made In Michigan, and
did the iron work on the first brick church, and
also for the first grist mill, at Monroe. In 1884
he removed 20 Saginaw, and at once built the
first steam saw mill on the Saginaw river. In
one full of usefulness and hard work lie
leaves no children.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-01-04
Work OF the Saginaw River Mills in
1882.

1899
Tho quantity of lumber manufactured by
Saginaw River mills In 1889 exceeds that of any
previous year, and in every respect the year
was one of the most prosperous. The season
was long and favorable for active operations,
prices were firm and lumber found ready
market which stimulated manufacturers to
do their utmost aud added handsomely 10 the
credit side of the ledger at the close.
The tlrst saw-mill IN the Saginaw Valley was
erected in Saginaw City in 1882 by Gardner d.
Williams & Bro During the year 1885 another
mill was built nearly opposite Saginaw City,
known as the Emerson MIL" considered at
that period as a model of the kind, having a
capacity of 100000 feet, and the FIRST humber
shipment was made from this mill in 1896 In
1854 there were twenty three mills on the Sagi-
nav River, with q capacity for 60000,000 feet.
The mills were Of hechoaper class, the average
cut beirg not over 1900, 900 feet. In 1854 there
were forty-four mills in operation on the sagi-
nav River, manufacturing that year 113, 100
600 feet Of lumber. In 1867 there were eighty
two mills in operation, manufacturing that yeaf
AZ, y63, 100 feet of lumber. In 1870 there were
eighty-three mills operated, the cut that year
aggregating $40, 733.600 feet. In 1892 there
were In operation on the Saginaw River only
seventy mills, but the manufacturing capacity
has been greatly increased by the introduction
of improved machinery and the product this
year reaches total of COS Ia, 905 feet Of pine
lumber and 81 ,649, 900 feet Of hardwood lumt err
besides slaves and heading.
This does not include the product Of inland
or railroad mills; simply the river mills cut
The single product Of the river mile amounted
TO 295, 800, and there Is now on haid 81, SOD
900 shingles.
The product Of the Saginaw River mills for
series Of years makes the following showing:
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-01-04

A Trenton, n. j., rubber company
has manufactured for grain elevator
in the west what is said to be the largest
belt ever made in America. II Is 692
feet long, yard wide, and weighs 5000
pounds.
Queen Victoria, Princess Beatrice,
and the duke and duchess of Edinburgh
visited the Haslar naval hospital nj
Portsmouth. Saturday, and decorated"
convalescent patients who took part In
the Egyptian war
A contract has been let for the CON-
strucrion Of suspension bridge across
the Niagara river, below the falls. for
the use Of the Canada Southern road.
II IL to be completed next August.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-01-04

The Vanderbilt family on Staten
island have been badly euchred and
lost control of their snug little railroad
and ferry property there, which they
have had in their grip for 80 years.
This company was skillfully wrecked IL
years ago TO escape liability for terri
BILE explosion on one Of their boats and
great loss of life. This wrecking bust
ness has been raked up and cleverly
used rs whip TO drive out Vanderbilt
and his cohorts from their ancestral
strongholds.
You can't deceive the elements. The
last snow storm in New York ssput
fools-caps of snow on the heads of all
the statues ri distinguished citizens In
the parks
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-01-04
She Was n Lady.
Chicago Check.


A fresh married couple came into
Chicago one evening last week and put
up at the best hotel in the city. Instead
of going in at the ladies' entrance, the
man escorted his bride clear through
the rotunda. and stumbled upstairs.
found a parlor, and leaving her there
came down TO the Office to register. He
also made one or two other delirious
breaks which attracted the attention of
the night clerk. When he came to the
register he wrote in tangle leg sort of
a scrawl
"Mr. ---------and LADY,
That's your wife, presume p in
CURED the clerk, blandly.
You bet she's my wife, replied the
man, with an aromatic oder of anger in
his tone.
Make it so. then, on the register,
please, suggested the clerk.
What !! said the man, staring like a
dog setting covey of prairie chickens.
please make il and WIFE on the reg
ister,'
why, don't you think my wife is a
lady p inquired the newly Matched hus-
band.
Not the least doubt of it in the
world, my dear sir, but the rules of the
house make IL imperative upon all mar
ried guests TO sign as husband and wife.
You don't suppose I'd bring
woman here to stay If she wasn't my
wife. do you p asked the man choking
little, and trembling at the corners OF
his mouth
ooh no, but You just make it 'and
WIFE and that will be all right. said the
clerk practically.
And you are willing to admit that
she's lady p
why, OF course no one disputes
that
The man slowly erased the word
lady and wrote wife just above it.
Il hate to do that, he murmured, Il
haven't been married but two days, and
il looks as though l was going plum
back on Eliza. I want you to under
stand, and l want the rest of you
fellows to understand, that ELIAS dad
il worth over 800, 1000, and If she amt
lady you amt got any ladies in Chi
cago. Understand that, gentlemen,
she's lady OF the first water and no
mistake. / don't scratch her on my
own account. but just to keep long
side the rules of this cussed boarding
house. And there amt any of You
fellows as wants to say she amt lady
either
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-01-04

A pretentious person said TO the lead
ing man of a country village. "How
would lecture by me on Mount vesu-
vius suit the inhabitants of your viii
lage?" Every well. sir; very well, in
deed" he answered. "a lecture by
you on Mount Vesuvius would suit them
great deal better than lecture in this
village, SIR
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-01-04
MICHIGAN.
STATE NEWS.

James Melee, a convict with but six
months 10 serve, has escaped from the state
prison at Jackson. He was outside the walls
helning Kill hogs, and suddenly made a break
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-14
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A n ORDINANCE pR0VIDISG FOR THE
"A lnpounding of horses, cattle. hogs. sheep.
and goats running at large In the city OF Dallas
BE Il ordained by the City Council of the city
of Dallas;
SECTION THAT 1t shall be unlawfSl for any
one to allow anv horses, cattle, mules, hogs
sheep or goats TO nun at larg. In the city limits
OF Dallas
Sec. 2-It shall be the duty OF the city marshal
10 take IN and impound ANY cattle, horses.
mules, hogs, sheep or goats found running ut
large within said city limits
sec. 3-The city marshal shall impound them
as above provided, and within one day thereaf-
ter shall put mp three notices containing II do
scripton OF the animals, and within five days
after such notice Is posted Mt the Court house
mud the engine houses in said city, said marshal
shall sell said animals at public sale 10 the high
est bidder for cash. lie shall charge one dollar
aud fifty cents for taking up such animal, and
thirty cents Il day for taking care of such ami
m,ls. After deduCting the expenses he shall
return the balance OF proceeds of sale. IL any, to
owner II NJ owner calls for the amount within
twenty days, then 1t shall be paid into the city
treasury. At any time within six months after
said sale said owner may apply 70 the City
Council and upon satisfactory proof OF such
ownership, shall be entitled to receive the
amount deposited on account OF ouch sale, after
paying such costs MS may no necessary to estab-
fish his rights thereto. The owner Of any such
animal may reclaim the same from the city
found tany time before sale by paying all eI-
penses Tor the taking up aud keeping any such
animal.
Sec. i-The city marshal shall keep a book,
giving the description OF all animals mpoundei
by him. the date OF notice given. the date ofsale
the amount realized for such snimals end the
names OF the purchasers
Sec 5-Any owner OF any OF the animals men.
toned In this ordinance who shall permit the
same to ran at large within the limits of this city
alter notice from the city msrshal TO take up
such animals, shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor; aud, on conviction. fined In any sum
not exceeding ten dollars
Sec. 6-rhat the ordinance entitled IAN ordi.
nanoe providing for the impoundlng OF horses
aud cattle found running ut large In the city Of
Dallas approved February %, 1880, be and the
same is hereby repealed also any and all laws,
ordinances or parts OF ordinances In conflict
herewith
Sec. THAT this ordinance 20 into effect from
and after i,s passage aud publication.
Approved April 4, 1888.
J.w. CRowDUS Mayor.
Attest g. VI. SwINK, City Secretary. aprlO.ini
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-14
Trips the Fast Clippers Made.

About the year lsiI began the most i'm.
portant cru in the history of American ship.
building, our Liverpool packets had al
ready demonstrated the capabilities of our
builders and mariners, The clipper ship
Canada for example, under the command
OF Captain Macy, made her trips almost
with the regularity of steamer. From
fourteen to sixteen days was the averag,
length of her voyages between the tive
ports. This may have been an extreme
case porhans, but the TACT remains that
these lines made q remarkable record.
Without discussing the question concern
ing the respective merits Of our clipper and
foreign ships, II Is not too strong d state
ment 10 say that for the period Of per