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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
cape of other prisoners, and his release
10 sranara1Iy an nnrovad Of In Adr;an

cape of other prisoners, and his release
is generally approved of in Adrian.
The State Grange at the recent ses-
sion at Lansing, urged the passage OF
the bill, now in the Senate, to protect
users of patented articles, also the one
providing for a member of the Cabinet
for agriculture, and laws regulating
transportation charges and equalizing
the tariff. The agricultural department
should establish experiment stations
and give weather signals to farmers In
the harvest season.
Cap. Robert Jackson of East Sagi-
nav, commenced work few days ago
as a brakeman on the Flint q Pere Mar
auette railroad. He was struck the
next day by falling limb while stand
ing on Il fat car at Haley's camp on
the Harrison Branch, and instantly
killed. Deceased has for "a number OF
wears commanded tug in the service
of the Tittabawassee Boom company.
He leaves widow and child.
Gen Poe writes to Congl essman Garlic
ton that it is necessary that timber
and other material for the har0or OF
refuge at Sand Beach should be gottel
out this winter. Unless this is done
the work already completed will be
| jeopardized and that which should be
done next season will be retarded. TIC
cover these exigencies Congressman
Carleton has Introduced bill appro-
priating $l75 900 tor the material, etc,
| for the harbor at Sand Beach.
The Adrian Times says that the Com
missioners of the Michigan School fol
| the Blind have entered into conirac
with the Edison Electric Light Com
pany, of New York, for the necessary
plant of 800 electric lights. The new
south wing, now far along toward com
pletion, will be wired at once, as will
the main building, but the lights will
not be used probably before spring, ant
the entire 800 lights will not be avail
able until the north wing is built mex
year.
As j. III. johnson and family of Bat
tie Greek were eating dinner on Sunda,
the 9th inst, Louis, a son aged Is
Jumped up with his knife and fork, say
ing he was going to kill his sister. Tn
father caught him before he had hur
her much, but the son tackled him, AM
beat him terribly. An officer came an
the boy kept him eff with a revolver
Three more came and he was final
locked up. The general opinion is tina
the young man is more devilish tina
crazy.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
The Kind of Business Nm A. 7. Stewart
Was

The Kind Of Business Nm A, 7. Stewart
Was
Ii was Nj. Stewards desire and in
tcntion TO erect % mansion which should
he monument TO the architectural
genius Of the day. In connection with
the building of that marble pile, very
unpleasant story i told OF Stewart s
dealing with the man who furnished
the marble. According to report, the
contract was made for certain price.
1t was during the hard times, when
everybody was scraping and worrying,
and the contractor soon found that he
was not only not going 10 make money
by the operation, but was likely To lose
everything he had. He laid the facts be-
fore Mr.. Stewart, who coolly replied
that he had nothing 10 do with that;
that If affairs had gone in another di-
rection SO that the contractor would
have made treble or quadruplc what
his anticipation was, he, Stewart, would
have been no way benefited, but would
have been bound by his contract. Later
on the contractor came TO him and told
him that he had spent every dollar he
had, and he had yet much to do.
Whercupon Stewart said he would adj
vance him the money upon n mortgage,
and did so. The man went on and
completed his agreement, and then,
never dreaming that Mr.. Stewart cared
to hold the quarry, went TO him hoping
to be thanked and have things made
easy, instead of which Mr.. Stewart told
him he must have either his money or
the quarry. The contractor told his
wife of IL, and she said: .'Why, nom
sense, Mr.. Stewart cannot be such u
man as that. / will go down with you"
They went together, and, as the gossip
runs, Mr.. Stewards response TO the
womanly interest of her husband was
so brutal that the man fell dead in the
office. How much truth there is in that
story do not know, but il is very gen.
orally believed, and have heard il in
many places. II it is true, il is simply
an illustration of the fact that with Mr..
Stewart, at all times and in all places,
business was business, what he gave
away he gave, what he loaned he loaned,
but what he advanced on mortgage
he held, unless the money was repaid
10 HoWard. ia Boston Herald.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
A Strange COMPREHENSIVE.

William Brinkerhof, of this city, is
the owner of an aquarium. At one
time it was well stocked with gold fish,
which, however, through the neglect of
q careless servant. became reduced 10
n single sur, ivor. This one has been
the object OF the most jealous care or
the part of Mr.. Brinkerhoil, who OBJ
jected strcnuouslv TO the introduction
into his household in July last of q
large Maltese cat, the pet of his
youngest daughter. The child, how
ever, overrrlcd her fathers objections
and secured berth for her pet. prom
ising to guard the gold fish from its at
tentiOns.
That she had not kept this engage
ment was to-day proved to her father
as he entered the little parlor of his
residence and found the eat its sole oc.
cupant save the gold fish in the globe,
for which grimalkin was evidently pre-
For this purpose, apparently, it leaped
upon n chair ut one side of the glass.
The fish showed signs of conscious
uess Of the eats approach, but no
fear. On the contrary, it rubbed its
nose against the GLASS and splashed its
tail IN the water as il 10 attract the
eats attention. The goldfish came to
the surface blowing in manner which
Mr.. Brinkerhoif characterize3 rs inn
patient. Upon this the cat, raising
itself on the edge of the bowl, reached
over paw. The gold fish swan
gently directly under it, when the cat
softly stroked its back, purring mean
while with great contentment.
The fish, however. seemed still I'M
satisfied, and. darling away from its
strange companion, swan rapidly
about the bowl and then sought bottom.
The cat remained in its position rs if
puzzled. Shortly afterward the fish
came 10 the surface again and snapped
ut II fly which was crossing the water
and rested after having done so on the
edge of the bowl. The cat, seeming
10 appreciate the situation. with a
single swift movement caught the fly
and dropped it into the mouth of its
finny friend. The latter then submit
ted contcntedly to thr back scratching
endearment which il had before re-
scented. Mr.. Brinkcrhoff ascertained
from his little girl that the strange
companonship had existed for some
weeks. but she had feared to tell of it,
rs her negligence had allowed its for.
'uatio Philadelphia Times.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

STEPHEN NJ. Meredith, a young law.
yer, of Reading, Penn, who .disap
peared for time under some dis
couraging circumstances, has returned
home, and voluntarily subscribed to ar
oath before an alderman that he viii
never again play at any game of card'
or billiards either for pleasure or gain
or participate directly or indirectly il
any form of gambling
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

THE road from San jose to the sum-
NIT of Mount Hamilton, on which the
Lick Observatory is approaching COM
pletion-a distance of twenty-seven
miles--was constructed at cost CT $780,
900, and has already become one of the
famous drives of the State The road
is 50 smooth, so well maintained and OF
such easy grades, that a good span OF
horses attached to light wagon can
easily make the ascent in four hours.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
THE statement made by the Provin.

THE statement made by the Provin-
cial secretary at Victoria, British Col
um5ia, that nearly 5000 destitute
Cinnamon on the mainland have been
driven to murder and pillage, reveals
a deplorable state of affairs. The Chi
naman is supposed to be able to live on
almost nothing, when necessity requires,
and il he cannot supply his simple
wants. it is apparent that there is al
most famine in that section of Queen
Victoria's Dominion.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

COMMENTING on the grandiloquent
boasting of On exchange that Washing
ton never saw q steamboat, John Adams,
a railroad, Andrew Jackson, the tele.
graph, or Abraham Lincoln, the tele-
phone, the Portland (Oregon) News
blandly afiixes to the list of wonders
the fact that Adam never wore a revers.
Ible ulster or Eve full-rigged hoop
skirt.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

The encampment at Valley Forge
needs monument, and Congress
should provide the means. But histor-
ians, poets and orators, in using clever
words to express striking truths and
fictions, often build more enduring
monuments than piles of stone. For
what American ever hears or thinks of
Valley Forge but is reminded of the de-
voted, suffering patriots, who with froz.
en- feet left bloody tracks in the snow'
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
Here is the Programme.

A Paris dispatch says: Admiral Courbct
will soon ask China to renew negotiations and
the military position of Tonquin remains I'M
disturbed. II the negotiations are declined
the Admiral will seize Bacninb, Sontay and
Hung Hoa, aud again appeal for a peaceful
settlement. The second refusal will be fcl
lowed by the seizure of the main ports other
than Shanghai or Canton, owing TO unwilling
ness to offend the other powers.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
NOTES OF THE DAY

THE Public Printer of the United
States is at the head of the biggest
printing establishment in the world,
employing over 1900 men and turning
out annually about 200, 100000 blanks,
envelopes. etc., $4,000 blank books,
and 12,000,O00 pamphlets and books.
He uses up every year about s2,50o,-
00O.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

CARL Schurz says he left the New
York Evening Post because of disa
greement with an associate editor in
regard to the late strike of the teleg-
raphers. Carl Schurz sympathizes with
the strikers aud believes that unless a
spirit of wisdom and Cancellation pre-
walls, conflict between corporations
and employees is imminent, and that,
too, i'm the near future.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

Mrs. Murray, the wife of "Adiron-
dack" Murray. has just returned from
Europe with a diploma from the Wen
M Medical College, both as physician
ana surgeon, being, her friends say,
The only woman in the country with
Iii. nnrf ificafn
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
ANTlpOTE TO MALARIA,


HE FEELS LIKE A NEW MAN.
al havo had Dyspepsia, with Consiipn-
ton. two years, and have tried ten different
kinds OF pills, und TUFTS are the first
That have done mo ary good. They have
cleaned mo ont nicely. Ny appetite IA
splendid, food diCcsts readily, and now
have nnturnl passages. / feel like a new
man." w. ID. EDWARDS Palmvra a.
Soldcvery whore, 25c. Office, Al Murray St,,N.Y.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-30
ERICSSoN'S DESTROYER.
Further TEST OF the latest Nan XIII
ing Machine.

New YORK, July 2S-The torpedo-b boat
Destroyer, built 10y the elder Ericsson, The
inventor Of the Monitor, started from Temp
kinSville, Staten Island, and steamed out to
the horseshoe near Sandy Hook, where she
remained only short time before going out
side, when further preliminary tests were
made of the utility of the toTpedoeS which it
is proposed to use The sea was rolling CON
siderably, with strong swell, but not enough
choppy seas to materially interfere with the
tests. The dummy torpedo fordeepsea firing
consisted Of piece of wood about twenty
feet long divided into two differently-made
sections-the first or point part, about five
feet long and one foot in diameter being
shaped like MIME BALL the back piece being
about fifteen feet long and having four rivet-
ed iron fianges fastened lengthwiSe on it
The flangeS are for the purpose of causing it
to revolve and keepa straight course through
the water The tests were made by firing at
a target, which consisted of a wide net drop
ped into the sea 100 yards from the Destroyer
ThaKnarkSman easily sighted and hit it at
every attempt The boat was moved about
smartly, and no difficulty was found in
quickly rounding her up. TIE Destroyer's
power to move about as if in action was also
tested, and the result was said to be equal to
all expectations of the engineers in charge
There are nine engines in the craft, all seven
feet at least below the surface of the water
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-30

ton, and it was the duty Of ppliti-
cal party TO obey their plainly-expfessed
will He combated the charge that it was
violation of personal. liberty, showing that it
was IN the line of much previous legislation.
We prohibited the selling or giving Of liquor
20 the Indian. Will we be less careful for
our own sons than for an Indian: On the
question of free trade he argued and illus
trated the benefits to all the country of a
tariff which increased home competition
destroying foreign monopoly, maintained
good wages, left America products at home
instead of sending them abroad, and brought
European capital to enrich us by securing the
balance of trade in our favor.
A DENIAL FROM DORSEY.
NEW YORK, July IS AA dispatch has been
received here from Chico Springs, n. NJ
from Stephen W. Dorsey, emphatically de
nying that he wrote or inspired the recent
long statement which appeared in The Sun,
and attributing the authorship of the state
ment to Dana's Washington correspondent
Dorsey alleges that il he were to expose the
campaign of 1880 something more substan-
tial than the stuff which appeared in The Sun
would be furnished the public,
FOSTER AND HOADLN.
CINCINNATI, july 23.-The Enquirer has
the following from Washington; Mr. w. G.
Nicholas, the reporter for The National Re-
publican, with whom Gov. Foster had the
interview in question, said to an Enquirer
representative: Il lam quite positive that Gov.
Foster did not qualify his statement
that Judge Hoadly admitted that his nomi
nation cost him S50, 900, and that Mclean, or
John McLean's opposition, cost him S25, 900
of that sum, by used of the word alleged
He made the statement point-blank
and, on my interruptng him
with an exclamation of sur
prise that the judge should have made such
an admission, he repeated what he had said
with additional statements going to show in 9
general way where some of the money had
gone, mentioning in this connection the
names Of Aleck Sands and Dave Paige, and
telling of the purchase of delegates in con
vention to vote for Hoadly. As this is the
only point concerning which the governor
questions the accuracy of my report of his
talk with me, do not care to say ANYTHING
further, and as he in his letter to Judge
Hoadly, reiterates the statement in dispute
without qualifications, | cannot see that even
this much is necessary"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-30
POLITICAL NOTES.
A Vigorous CampaIga Planned by the
Republicans -The Democrats
at Work - Dorsey's La
test Denial.

CHICAGO, July 2S.-The Tribune has the
following from Des Moines, Iowa: The Iowa
campaign has not reached glowing heat,
but something is being done to enlighten the
citizen as TO how he should vote SO far that
something has been nearly all on the Demo
cratic side, but the Republican chairman is
planning a vigorous campaign, and as soon
as the harvest is over and the ear of the farm
ing community can be secured a food of ora
tory viii be looseued upon the state. The
campaign proper viii open for the Repub-
licans at Ciarinda, August A. when
Senators Allison and Wilson and Gov Sher-
man will speak The real music will
begin at Independence, where Gov Sherman
and candidate Kline meet in joint debate.
kinne has been on the stump now for week,
and has generally been speaking to fair audi
ences. His arguments are confined to temper
ance and tariff, advocating license law and
tariff for revenue only. There are numer
Gus Democratic orators from without the
state who will stump Iowa this fall. Many
OF them are prominent Among them arc
Mcdonald and Hendricks, Carlisle. Morrison
and Springer. j. Sterling Martin, of Ne
braska, is already booked for twenty three
speeches. Congressman Kasson spoke at New
jefferson last night. A report of his
address states him as saying that, as far as
the candidates are concerned, they might be
accepted as fair representatives of their
party principles He spoke of three of the
four Republican candidates as soldiers,
while none were found on the Democratic
ticket, and challenged criticism of Gov
Shermans administration Leaving all per-
sonal questions, he said there were two points
in which the two platforms were directly an
tagonistic. The Democrats asked for free
dramshops under license, the Republicans
for no dramshops at all; the Democrats for
free trade, the Republicans for home indus
try and home labor The question of prohi-
bition was an issue in Iowa only. The
Republican party adopted it after the people
had ordered. The Republicans believed
that the people were sovereign on this ques-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-30
sAMBo MUST GO.
A south Carolina L. =. Senator Wants
the Negroes to Get cut of the state.

CHARLESTON, S. c., July 2S-The joint
summer meeting of the State Grange and
Agricultural society is now in session at
Marion, S. C. There was an animated
discussion of the subject: "How is the
supply of labor to he maintained' Various
views were expressed. some of the most prom
inent men in the state joining in the discus
sion United States Senator NJ c. Butler
took the ground that the labor of the state
was becoming more unsettled every year, and
that at no time since the war had negro labor
been so unreliable and worthless as now He
wanted to supply their places with Mongo-
lian laborers, and said that 200, 600 negro la
borers could be safely spared He wanted
them TO go to Kansas, Indiana, or anywhere
else. and thought that nothing so greatly i'm
peded the progress of this state as the super
abundance of cheap negro labor. His views
were warmly opposed. some of the speakers
showing that his conclusions were erroneous,
the production Of cotton having increased $50
per cent. in the state under the present sys-
tenn of labor, and other crops in proportion.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-30

During the past six months sixty-fve
murderers have been legally executed in
this country, and seventy-one lynched.
These closely approximaung figures
would seem to indicate that lynch law is
gradually superseding statute law, the
explanation of which may be found in
the fact that our criminal trials are often
travesties, and that criminals are too
often got off by the tricks of lawyers and
the weakness of the laws and of the
courts. If we do not wish to see society
drifting off into anarchy, there must ere
long be a decided Improvement in our
legal methods for trying and Furnishing
society's enemies.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-30
A frog thatbids fair to become famous

A frog thatbids fair to become famous
alike for his epicurean taste and capacity
has been discovered in the southwest
One of the gastronomic exploits is thus
described by local paper A large frog
in Terrell Brothers tank, swallowed
a trout six inches long last week. The
frog was resting at the surface, and was
bothered by the trout which kept nib
bling at his long legs. The frogs good
nature finally gave ont and, diving for
the speckled teaser, he swallowed him at
a gulf. The trout was to long for the
frogs stomach, and the end of his tail
protruded from its mouth Crowds
watched the efforts of the frog to get the
trout down. The trout eater was swollen
like a maddened turkey gobbler, but he
was as lively as ever, and jumped into
the water as nimbly as If he was not
gorged with a quarter of pound of
trout. He swallowed perch year ago,
and has eaten several small turtles
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-30
CREMATEO
The Remains of Charles MeinninGer
of Cincinnati, Incinerated.


WASHINGTON, Pa, July 2SThe early
train over the Hempfield division of the Bal
timore & Ohio railroad brought to this place
for incineration the remains of Charles Mein
niger, OF Cincinnati, who emgrated to this
country from Germany about forty five
years ago, settling in the neghborhood Of
Cincinnati, where he hasremained ever since
The remains were accompanied by Albert
Meinniger and Julius Geyer, son and son-in-
Jaw respectively, both druggists Of Cincinnati,
Rev VoSs, also of Cincinnati and Rev
Starcke, Of Wheeling, friends of the deceased
The body was expected on the Charters road,
over which all other subjects for iHcineration
have come, hence there was a delay of two
hours in getting to the burning at the crema-
tory When the body was ready for the ro
tort Rev Mr. Voss arose and made a brief
but interesting funeral address, aud when he
concluded Rev MIR. Starcl;c, of Wheeling,
also spoke, after which he delivered a short
PRAYER These exercises were conducted in
German The services were short.
The iron crib containing the body, wrapped
in sheet saturated with alum water, was
carried 10 the adjoining room, placed in the
retort, and the door fastened The fire in
the furnace had been kept constant, burn
lug and it took but an hour and three-qua
tiers to completely reduce the corpse to ashes
The ashes will be removed from the retorI
and expressed to the widow Of the deceased
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-30
LOUISVILLE EXPOSITION.
The Presidents Visit---PrOgramm
of Exercises.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, July 2S.-The president
of the United States win visit Louisville next
Tuesday, accompanied by several members OF
his cabinet He will be met here by Gen
Sheridan and two members of his staff, who
are to accompany the president to Yellow
stone park. The president and his escort
will reach the exposition building
at IL O'Clock, where they will
he received by the president and
directors of the exposition company The
address of welcome will be delivered by the
mayor Of Louisville The president will be
presented TO the audience by the governor of
Kentucky. The president will respond, and
at the conclusion of his address he will set all
the machinery of the exposition in motion by
a silken cord, which will opeu the throttle
valves of the engines,
The programme for the evening and for
each day and evening of the exposition will
bc full OF attractions. The exposition, which
win he one of the most extensive and inter
esting Of the kind ever held Will continue for
loo DAYS.