Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-09
THE CREAM OF THE NEWS.

An express train on the Baltimore Il Ohio
road bound west collided with freight going
east near Pennington. West Virginia. Six
freight cars and the mail car Of the express
train were smashed, two men killed and sever
al injure'.
The district attorney at Washington has
commenced suit against A. H. Brown, star
route contractor, to recover $1l,9c4 with in
terest; also suit to recover 600 from How
gates sureties.
Colored Masons of Washington celebrated
the Tooth anniversary OF the foundation OF the
first lodge OF tolo led Masons, Sunday, Sept %.
Mrs. Belva Lockwood has sent to Gov. Cleve-
land letter deploring the use of scandal as
political weapon, and suggesting the propriCty
OF convocatfon OF the several presidential can
didates to adopt an armistice that will strip
the preseft canvass of a recurrence OF undigui-
fed proceedings and publications.
The Rounds type and press company of
Chicago have mace an assignment. Mr.. Rounds
Is the public printer.
lndlsn Commissioner Price has submitted
the estimates for the Indian bureau for the
next fiscal year. They aggregate 81, 1886, 900.
Ex-Gov. st. John has written and promul-
gated bis letter OF acceptance of the Prohibition
nomination for the presidency.
Commissioner Butterworth has decided upon
the proper construction OF the atatue relative
to the distinction between trade marks and
labels.
A German schooner, whose crew killed seals
at st. Paul's island near Alaska has been
seized and brought to San Francisco, and the
crew held by the United States marshal.
The official statement shows a reduction OF
the public debt for the month OF September Of
$12, 047, 0S9.44. The reduction since January
80, 1884, has been $54,5S3, 1903.
Hogs are dying by hundreds daily in various
| localities in Maryland.
.Tamas MeAfaa cuetodian 80 ha ITcttod
States court house and postoffice building at
New York, died suddenly OF blood poisoning.
Destructive forest fires are raging along the
line OF the Norfolk Il Western railroad, In
| Dinnwiddle Co., Va, about six miles from
Petersburg.
Georgia's state election held on the Is. Inst.
is claimed by the Democrats.
The naval academy at Annapolis began its
10th session on the LIST inst.
Pennsylvania Greenbackers and Democrats
will fuse.
-. A son OF O'Donoyan Rosa, in Paris, boasts
that he brought with him $4,000 with which
to buy dynamite to be sent to England.
1t is reported that Gen. Wolseley will be sent
| to crush the beers In South Africa after he has
settled Affairs at Khartoum.
| During a performance of "Pinafore" at a
theater In Dublin, the song "He is an English
man" was drowned In Kisses.
Bancroft, the historian, who has been In
Utah several weeks collecting materials for his
history OF that territory, has completed his
| labor there.
1t is rumored In Democratic circles that Mr..
Samuel j. Tilden Is at work on an address TO
the country which will be the greatest effort OF
| his life.
Secretary Lincoln has appointed w. Hallett
Green, colored, to position in the sigpal ser
vice, and assigned him to Fort Meyer. This is
the first appointment Of the kind ever made.
The colored war veterans Of New York cele-
brated the SD anniversary OF the rescue OF
| Jerry" fugitive slave at Syracuse, N. Y,
on the LIST inst. There was a street parade
and Frederick Douglass delivered an address.
Various suits, agtregating 100000 have
been brought against the Wheeler IL Parkers-
burg transportation company on account OF
| the Scioto-Lomas steamboat horror OF July 4,
1852, on the Ohio river 10 miles above Wheel
ing. w. Va, by which so lives were lost.
Frank 8. Chanfrau the famous actor, Il
dead.
s. J. Tilden will soon make trip to the
West Indies In his private yacht.
French operations against China will end
with occupation OF Kelung by the French.
Gov. Click Of Kansas has ordered a 60 DAYS
quarantine, dating from October LIST, agains,
Jersey cattle and against the introduction OF
cattle from points In the United States where
pleuro-pneumonia exists.
The viii Of John w. Garrett, millionaire OF
Baltimore, lately deceased, bequeathed an an
nual expenditure of 81, 900 for the poor OF that
city.
A proposition TO abolish the house OF lords
is being agitated in England.
Intelligence has been received at London Of
a terrible and disastrous hurricane In Iceland
on September IL. At least 10 trading vessels
and o fishing boats were lost and 32 vessels
disabled. The loss Of life Is known TO be very
large.
There is no truth in the rumor that Col
Wolseley has been ordered back TO London by
the end Of October.
Inyinclbles make threats of assassination
and London authorities are badly frightened
Both Gould cables between Europe and
America are broken.
general for 10 days, dating from October /.