Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-02-07
the royal family OF Prussia, has been seen In

An anonymous letter has been received by a
! Pittsburgh paper from man who claims 10
|, have been friend 10 NJ l. Dukes, containing
the statement that he proposes TO kill James
Mutt on sight
| The bill providing for the late delivery of
letters from the firstrclass postofiice and which
met with great opposition from the democrats,
provides for messenger service whose mem
bers are 10 receive $l5 month each.
The fishing schooner Stetson, OF Gloucester,
Mass, with u crew OF l2, has been given up
as lost. This is the third vessel given up since
the year opened Their crews aggregate AZ
men. The scho Jncr Irving Is also long overdue,
| and will undoubtedly never return. Her crew
| number IA.
The United States court has given Mrs. Fer
guson OF indianapolis dsmages TO the amount
Of $1,000 for the death of her son who was
| killed on the Pennsylvania railroad.
Ravages Of the gale along the English coast
| In the past few days were very great. Build
| ings were blown down, shipping badly dam
aged, and many lives are reported lost.
Col. Coetlogan, In command at Khartoum,
| recently wrote his brother In England that he
could feed 5000 men five months should the
grain continue to come In.
John T.. New, assistant secretary of the
| Treasury, has rendered his resignation. His
private business requires his undivided atten-
| tion.
| Senator Hoar does not favor bill which
| excludes the women of Utah from the rights
| Of suffrage.
Reported comparatively quiet In Khartoun.
The deposed Zulu King Cetowayo made an
effort to escape from his captors recently, but
| did not succeed.
The Hon. II. c. Childers, chancellor OF the
| exchequer, has completed arrangements for
| the maintenance OF 5000 troops OF the English
army in E. ypt for year.
Considerable damage was done TO river
property In St. Louis by the moving of the ice
In the Mississippi ut that place.
Within radius Of 20 miles of Ayr, 10000
| trees were blown down In the recent storm,
100000 on the estate Of Marquis Ailsa.
Lord Lorne made speech before the Emf
grafton Society in London the other night,
| sounding the praises of Canada. The Princess
| The Welsh steamer Rhywabons struck a
group of rocks near Cardiff The mate, five
men and aboy escaped 1t is supposed that
| the rest OF the crew, eleven in number, went
| down with the vessel.
Lieut.. Harder, with the remains of DE Log
| and comrades, has sailed for Hamburg on the
way to this country.
| Morrison and Randall are still busy over.
| hauling the tariff. The new hill proposes an
average reduction Of 20 per cent.
| Chas. II. Rugg, the Long Island Negro
under arrest for murderously assaulting Selah
| Sprague, is believed 10 be guilty of the Town
| send and Maybee affairs. Edmund Tappan,
/ who made sensational confession few days
since, is believed TO be innocent and has been
| released.
The next English budget will contain provl-
sion for keeping In Egypt EN- army OF occupa-
ton of 6000men.
Ben Butler says he's out of national politics.
so there.
| The Phoenix glass works at Phillipsburg
| opposite Rochester, Pa, on the Ohio river,
were totally destroyed by fire a short time ago.
loss about Sl25,0Oo.
| Ex-senator Dorsey has gone 10 Washington
for the purpose OF testifying before Springer's
committee In regard TO the late star route trial
Barnum's agent, Davis, having stated IN
| letters that the Siaincse ambassador had pro-
| nounced the elephant now on exhibition to be
| sacred, the ambassador has written letter
| denying that he ever saw the elephant, and
asserting that sacred elephants are unknowu
| In Siams
The strike OF window glass workers Ia Pitts.
burgh Is ended, compromise having been
effected between the wages committee and the
manufacturers. The strike has lasted for
seven months.
The death-warrants O. George Jones and
Jesse Carter, two colored boys, convicted OF
| the murder OF George Foster Ia the spring of
1852, at Pittsburgh. has been signed, aud hurs
day, April B. named as the day OF execution.
Another Ohio river food is feared, the stream
rising rapidly at points above Cincinnati.
Prince Frederick Charles, of the German royal
family, and his wife, have separated. TIE history
OF the domestic life OF this unhappy royal pair 4
one OF the most heart-rending ever recorded.
Rowell, OF Utica, New York, who has been
on trial in Utica for the murder OF oLe Lynch,
was acquitted, the jury rendering a verdict OF
''not guilty" on the ground of self de Tense.
Harry Lee OF Cincinnati was arrested in
Toronto, charged with having forged the name
OF commission firm In Cincinnati for $40, 600.
| y. A. Carpenter, who will soon be tried for
the murder OF Fora Burns at Lincoln, H.,
wants to testify In his own behalf, but his
| counsel peremptorily refust.
As2OO,OOc fire occurred at Peoria, H., Jspu-
ary3l.
son of Senator Malone, a youth barely
out OF his teens, has been given $1,000 clerk
ship In one OF the departments, and much
feeling is expressed over the matter.
Z. w. Thomas IL Sons, the largest stock
brokers of London, have failed for nearly
81, 000, 900.
About 10000 cotton operatives In the mills
at FaI River, Mass, are on strike.
The decrease in the public debt during JAN
uary amounted to Sill .95S 004, a de crease since
June 30, 1883, Of s65, O07 ,4SS.
The governor of lower Austria has issued
manifesto which declares that any one
harboring persons who have been expelled from
the Austrian territory, or who shall attend
anarchist, socialist or other meetings not strict
ly legitimate aud legal, shall be punished by q
fine Of LOGO forms $500 and SIX months
imprisonment
Opponents OF the Fitz Jonn Porter bill are
putting forth every effort to induce the Presi-
dent to withdraw his signature, should that
measure pass the Senate.
Later returns from Alliance, Ohio, place the
number killed by the gasoline explosion in that
city few days ago, at seven, instead OF III.
Head Constable Doyle and several Orange
prisoners have been committed to the st. Johns
N. r., penitentiary to await trial at the spring
term OF the supreme court on charge of murder
during the Harbor Grace riots.
Coinage at the minis in January aggregated
&4,22l ,0O0 Of which $2,35O,0O0 was In SILVER
dollars.
Manitoba officials want for their province
an increased subsidy, extension OF the northern
boundary to Hudson's bay, and that the feder-
al government shall equip vessel to test the
practieabiity OF navigating Hudsoh's bay.
County Clerk Keenan, of New York informs
the legislative Investigating committee that he
paid Tammany 1880 for his nomination.
Wendell Phillips, the great abolitionist and
orator, died In Boston on the I'd inst
Representative Locke has introduced into
the New York legislature copy OF the famous
Scott liquor law Of Ohio
The Senate committee will report favorably