Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-16
THE CREAM OF THE NEWS.

In the case Of the Pullman palace car COM
pany VS.. the Commonwealth, the supreme
court OF Pennsylvania has decided that the
coaches, the property OF the company, oper-
along with the capital stock Of the palace car
company.
Small pox has broken out In Cairo.
John Jacobs, "a cigar pedder OF San Francisco,
has fallen heir to Is. 100000 OF property in
England.
Rich gold fields on the Amoor river, Russia,
IL miles from the Chinese frontier. Great
rush thither.
Mr.. Needles Is running for congress in I'LL
nois, AMI just across the river, Ia Missouri,
Mr.. Pins is a candidate.
Bateman. who outraged and murdered the
Nc Laughlin children at Flag Springs. Mo-,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to be hanged
November 81.
There is great excitement at Edgewater, L.
L., over the frequency OF incendiary fires The
village fire department is called out nightly
and the men are exhausted.
Distressing reports concerning the effects OF
the drought continue TO come from Virginia
The most unfavorable statement is that the
corn and tobacco are entirely ruined.
Leading physicians state that never has
diphthera been as prevalent 10 Canada as a,
present. In Montreal many families have los,
two and three children each. In the town Of
Amherstburg the scourge Is making terrible
| havoc among the children. The public school:
| have been closed. Within week Charlie!
| Couroy lost four children and the fifth anC
| only remaining child is dangerously Ill with
| the disease.
/ At the quarterly meeting OF the board O
| trade IL was announced that negotiations ar
| pending between the imperial aud American
governments for the revision of the extradition
| treaty. In the new treaty 1t Is proposed To
make defaulters ameBable to the extradition
| laws.
DIR. Walter II. link, the lea ling physician
aud trial justice OF Branford, near New Haven
In his residence. Robert Dougherty, whom
the Justice had fined for fighting, is suspected
links clothing was robbed
James Casson and Henry Boyer were shot
| and killed near Catawissa, Pa, by Levi Heilner
Bower had been intimate with H.ilner's wifi,
| and the shots were intended for him alone
Both men, however, were together and walk
Ing along the road at night when they wer,
killed. Heilner was arrested and confessed.
St. Louis is moving for a Worlds FAIR II
1892, to commemorate the 400th anniversary
OF the discovery Of America by Columbus.
Judge Suell, of Washington, holds that thu
| burden OF proof Is on the Government In case
OF criminal prosecution OF civil rights cases.
The bill passed by the New York Legislature
forbidding the manufacture Of cigars In tent
ment houses, is declared, unconstitutional.
Bismarck proposes that the government puI
chase all tie roads OF the German empire.
DR.. q. q. Graham, an old chum of Davi
Boon Of Kentucky fame, died In Louisville o
the 10th instant.
From the annual report OF the Land Com
missioner It is learned that nearly $1,000, 0O
acres OF public lands were disposed of durin
the LAST year. In view of the fact that million
Of scres are fenced in and illegally appropria
ed by the land sharks the COMMISSIONS
recommends the passage Of q bill for the pro
lection OF actual settlers.