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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
Indian Floods.

Disastrous floods, covering I'm area of $500
square miles, have occurred in the presidency
the IL main divisions of British India A
great amount of property has been destroyed
and numbers of lives lost. Many families have
been made destitute. Houses, crops and cattle,
and portable goods of every description have
been carried away by the floods. The govern
ment authorities are distributing provisions
and clothing and doing all they can TO relieve
the sufferers. False Point, which was thought
to have been the best harbor between Calcutta
and Bombay, safe, roomy and accessible to all
ships was struck by storm wave on the 22d
inst. and swept so completely that most of the
Inhabitants persisted.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
Murder in the First Degree.

The long trial in the Clark murder case a,
Bad Axe is ended, and the jury has rendered
its verdict of guilty of murder in the first de-
gree. The arguments closed az 4 p. m, and
the jury rema ned out about four hours Tho
verdict is satisfactory TO every one and words
of praise are said in abundance concerning thd
able manner in which Prosecuting Attorney
Bope has conducted the case. Sheriff Winter
bottom, who has been with the jury almost ON
stantly, said that 1t was remarkable hat nevet
a word had been said between the jurors cont
corning the evidence. The prisoner was eatl q
his supper in jail few m nutes after the verb
dict and in eply to a question said he didn' 4
know as he felt very badly, although he didn't
think he was guilty Of murder, but he was
satisfied he stood no show.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
Memorial Services.

Service in memory of Gen. Grant were held
in Washington the other evening under the
auspices Of the local commandery OF the G.. A.
r., In the Metropolitan church, at which Gen.
Grant was regular attendant during his
Pre- sidential terms. The auditorium which Is
one OF the largest in the city, was crowded.
Funeral ch me. were rung from to o'clock,
and were 70 lowed by an organ voluntary by
DIR. j. w. Bischof A notable feature OF the
services was the cl antlng and the singing OF
war songs by the st. Gee liza Ladies' Quartette.
The meeting was called 10 order by Depart
ment Commander M. M. Brooks, and after
prayer by DIR. Huntley, the present pastor OF
the church, Gen. John A. Logan, the orator OF
the occasion, was introduced and warmly well
coined vita clapping Of hands by the audience.
His speech was frequently interrupted by the
plaudits of the audience, which broke out at
the mention of the ma T es OF favorite command
ers and the illusions to the more conspicu-
Gus events In the tory of Gen. Grants career.
The services were concluded with benedic-
ton and concert Of patriotic airs upon the
bells
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
Sentenced Saints

Sept. 80 was field day in the district courts
In Salt Lake City. Bishop Hiram b. Clawson,
one of the best known Mormons, was arraigned
on the charge of unlawful cohabitation. H9
pleaded guilty, and said he believed he was
doing right and proposed to stand by his relig-
ion. TIE Judge sentenced IN to six months
Imprisonment in the pententiary and $500
fine, the heaviest penalty allowed. Next came
TO. Angel, assistant architect of the N ormon
church. He pleaded guilty and promised to
obey the law in future, abandoning one wife.
He threw himself on the mercy OF the court
and was fined only $3.50 without imprison-
ment s. w. Sears, assistant superintendent
of the Mormon cooperative store, the big mer.
camille institution OF the west, also pleaded
guilty, promising to live within the law. He
escaped with fine. Sears was hiding from
the of GERS last winter with his polygamous
wife when the Chicago hotel fire exposed them
The church newspaper is furious in its de-
nunciations of the Mormons who promised the
courts to abandon surplus wives and obey the
law.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
Reunion of the Second Michigan Infantry.

CIR at preparations are being made for the
reunion OF the second Michigan infantry TO be
held in Rattle Creek n Oct IL. Company e.,
which was enlisted there, embraced large
proportion of Battle Creeks most enterprisng
and talented young men. Less than fourth
survived the war, and only about nine or ten
are in this vicinity. The brave Capt. Cornelius
Byington was MORALLY wounded az Knoxville.
The old battle-scarred regimental colors, now
in charge of Gen. VIM. Humphrey, will be on
ex ibition. The following among Others are
expected to be in attendance: Gov. Alger,
Gen. humphrey, Gen. o. M. Poe, Gen. Wilcox,
Coils. Sylvester Larned and Louis Dillman of
Detroit Coils. Snyder Of Lansing and Boughter
of Bay City.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
Railroad Suit Practically Ended.

Some years ago J. w. Smith was engaged
on joint cont act as superintendent Of the
Detroit, Hillsdale IL Southwestern and Toledo
IL Ann Ar or railways at a salary of 5000 a
year. The Hillsdale road always paid their
half of the salary, but the Toledo q Ann Arbor
failed to do so. Smith brought suit against
tanned verdict In the circuit court. The
supreme court reversed the verdict as far as
the Hilsdale road was concerned, on two points,
viz, that the contract was void having been
made by the general manager instead Of the
directo S, and, secondly, that IS the Hillsdale
road had p lid its share it could rot be held,
for the share of The Ann Arbor road Thd
case came up in the Wayne circuit court Tho
other morning, when Otto Kirchner, for the
plaintiff, withdrew prior, practically ending
the case.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08

AFTEh visit to some OF the Alaska
glaciers, Mr.. thomas Meehan states
that beneath the Muir glacier, said to
be four hundred miles long. flows
rapid torrent, which he estimates to be
one hundred .eet wide and four feet in
average depth, and which runs summer
and winter without interruption. At its
termination the glacier hangs over the
sea and gives off icebergs. Mr.. Meehan
remarks that the great ice sheets
have their lakes, rapids, waterfalls, hills,
and valleys; that their waterways
change their courses at times through
the melting. and that melting proceed:
freely in TIE suo's rays, but not in the
shade:
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
Regulating Chinese Immigration.

United States Minister Merrill sent to the de-
partment OF state copies OF regulations recent
trdIling The ,mmsyration ~ Chine 20 Tn snh-
stance they are as follows: No vessel will be
allowed to land more than twenty-five Chinese
passengers at any port In the kingdom unless
the passengers In excess OF that number are
provided with passports, emitting them 10 en-
ter. Passports emitting the holders TO return
TO the Kingdom will be granted to persons Of
Chinese nat onality row resident or who may
hereafter become residents on the island, pro-
vided such persons have teen engaged IN trade
or have conducted some industrial el terprise
during at least o; their residence. No
laborers leaving the islands. Passports will
be granted at the foreign Office also; by his
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
MOODY BUTCHERY,
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B r I I l 8 II L r o o P 8;


RUNAWAY FIGHT OF THE REGULARS.
Being the PARTICULARS of the VICTORI-
Gus BATTLE fought at and near Concord,
situated twenty miles from Boston, in the
Province OF the MISUNDERSTANDING, between
Two Thousand Regular Troops, belong ng to
His Britannia Majesty, and a few Hundred
p, o, incial Troops, belonging to the Province
Of Mas achusetts Bay, which lasted from sun
rise until sunset, on the nth OF April, 1715,
when 1t was decided greatly in favor Of the
latter These particulars are published In this
cbeap form, at the request OF the friends Of
the deceased WORTHLESS, who died gloriously
fightiIg In the CAUSE OF LIBERTY and their
COUNTRY, and Il is their sincere desire that
every Householder in the country, who are
sincere well-wishers TO America, may be pos
sessed Of the sane, either TO frame and glass
or Otherwise h. preserve in their houses, not
only as Toxin OF Gratitude to the memory
of tie Deceased Forty Persons, but a. a per-
pet1al memorial of that important event, on
which, perhaps, may depend the future Free
dom and Greatness of the Commonwealth of
America 10 which is annexed q Funeral
Elegy on those who were slain In the Battle.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
The Stockholm Disaster.

The details of the recent disaster at Stock
holm, are horrible. Nine. Nilsson had just
ceased singing when the crowd rushed forward.
Women and children screamed and a panic
followed. Many persons were trampled under
foot while madly lighting for life. The night
was a beautiful moonlight one. Physicians
worked all night caring for the sufferers.
Many persons are still missing, and 1t is feared
they were drowned H. the canal. Mime. Nils.
SON has disbursed liberal sums in aid Of the
wounded, and has paid the funeral expenses
of those who were Killed. She has also given
q conc TT In aid Of the sufferers.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
A Letter From III. H."

On President Cleveland's return from the
AdriondaclSs he found awaiting him the fol-
lowing letttr from Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson,
the well-known authoress III. H." and advo-
cate of Indian rig-ts which was written by
her four days before her DEATH
To GROVER CLEVELAND, PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES. DEAR SR-From my
death bed / send you message of heartfelt
thar ks for what you have already done for
the Indians. ask you to read my "Century
Of Dishonor." / am dying happier for the
bel eff that 1t is your hand that Is destined 10
strike the first steady blow towards lifting
this burden of inJamy from our country and
righting the wrongs Of the Indian race.
With respect and gratitude.
Aug. s. 1856. HELEN JACKSON.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08

month Mas was removed aud Mcnamara APP
pointed, but owing TO circumstances over
which he has no control II Is not likely that he
will take the position so kindly offered by the
government.
From Marquette Mcnamara went 10 Pert
Arthur, on the north shore of Lake Superior,
then TO Minneapolis, and there all trace was
lost Of him. 1t is not likely that he will ever
be brought 20 justice.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
No Mormons Wanted.

The Mexicans have begun warfare against
polygamy and well grounded rumors are afioat
that demand has been mae of Presi-
dent Diiz that he rescind the grant of land in
Northern Chihuahua to the Mormors. The
Catholic Church is at the head of the move.
ment and demands that the laws against polyg
amy be enforced. The church is supported
by a strong public sentiment especially in the
northern states of the Republic The entire
press and the politicians have also taken strong
grounds against the colonization of Mormons
on Mexican soil.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08

The United states census returns
how that the young ladies of the east
ought to Ego vest in order to have
air proportion of the sexes distributed
aver this broad land of ours. To 100,
100 males in Montana there are only
1895 females; in Arizona but 1894,
Wyoming but 46,S97, in New Mexico
S5,383; in Dakota 64,25S, in Washing
on territory 63,391, in Idaho 40, 463;
n Nevada 1875 in California but &C.,
S72, Colorado so, 4S9, and Oregon &c..
)52. When we go east and south we
ind in the district of columbia that there
ire 112, 514 females to 100000 males.
u Rhode Island there are 1870 more
women than men TO 100 90 standard
IN Massachusetts, there is an excess
7,712 females to the same populatio.
IN Connecticut, New Hampshire, North
Carolina, South Carolina, New York;
Virginia and Alabama the female ex.
cess is p to 5 per cent of the males,
and in Maryland, Georgia, New Jersey,
Louisiana, Tennessee, Maine and Penn
sylvania the excess is little less than
2Iper cent. On the other hand, men
redominate in Mississippi, Vermont,
Ohio, Kentucky, Delaware, Florida,
West Virginia and Indiana, where the
females are about 50 per cent of the
males, and in Illinois. Wisconsin,
Arkansas. Missouri, and Iowa the
percentage of females is from 80 to 50.
The total number of males in the United
states in 1880 was 25.51s,S females
24.636, 963.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
Michigan Clergy Invited to Appoint Prison
SuuCay.


Suuoay.
The annual meeting of the National
pris"n a ISOLATION of the United States is to be
he'd in Detroit five days, beginning Saturday,
October Is, aud it will be an event throughout
worth attention on the part of the citizens Of
Detroit and the state Of Michigan. The object
of the association is worthy one, as it seeks
to be directing, or at least guiding force in
the prison affairs Of the country, with a view
to elevating and enlarging preconceiyed ideas
Of prison management
In an address TO the clergy In the State Of
Michigan the State Board of Corrections and
Charities says;
The board hope that you will attend the
meeting and induce the attendance Of others.
They also beg leave to suggest that the Sunday
preceding or following the meeting shall be
made prison Sunday, discourses being delv-
cred ia the interest OF prison management,
aud reform In their wide bearings. In making
this suggestion they are following the lead OF
other states. According to the tenth census
of the United States, 1850, there are constant
ly in the various penal Institutions In the
Unitel States nearly CO,0OO persons, and In
juvenile rcformatories nearly 1900. In our
state the average number Of prisoners during
the year is ut least 500, and in the reforma-
tories over 500.
Among tie questions that particularly in
tercst those officially related to our prisons
ere The jail system, dealing with Juvenile and
FRS; offenders, the tramp evil, the province Of
justiccs courts, the employment of prisoners,
inlctcrninate sentences, the relation Of the
slate ~ the families of those imprisoned
punishmcnts and rewards and provision for
discharged prisoners. Among these are GER
tainly matters that may properly be introduced
INFO the pulpit. The relation of the citizens to
the criminal classes as one Of interest, of bene-
violence and religion Is little understood. From
this comes much of the difficulty in prison re-
form. The state board asks the cooperation Of
oil citizens in their efforts 10 make our prisons
and rcformatories In Michigan after the best
models In our own and foreign lands. They
appeal to the clergy rs leaders of thought, and
as brought into c, intact with the people, more
than any other class.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08

MINNESOTA has just hanged a man
under its re-est blishment of the death
penalty. Seven years ago law was
made to leave to the jury the decision
whether the convicted murderer should
be killed or imprisoned for life. The
jurors invariably chose the living
punishment, irrespective of the atrocity
of the crime. Then the plan of letting
the court designate was tried with no
different result.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
Declined With Thanks.

Roswell P. Flower has written a letter to
Geo. Raines, Chairman of the New York
Democratic Convention, declining the nomi-
nation for Northumberland. He says that
the convention used his name in opposition to
his well known wishes. Mr.. Flower says he
will give the ticket his hearty support, but
positively declines having the place on 1t to
which he was assigned. Last year Mr. Flower
wanted to be President. and this year he want
ed to be Governor of New York.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
Rouud 10 Die.

As train on the Nickel Plate road was ap-
preaching Fort Wayne, Ind, few days ago, o
man ran upon the track just ahead Of the en-
CINE and was struck and so badly injured that
he died soon after. Before he died he said his
name was Jacob Wise and he was from NIL
waukee. He was 80 years old. The fireman of
the engine that struck him saw him come out
of pool Of water near the track, his clothing
dripping with water. The coroner's jury found
q verdict Of suicide.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
After Hazen.

1t Is stated that charges against the manage
ment of the weather bureau under General
Hazen have been filed ut the trea Jury depart
ment, and that an investigation viii be made
by the auditing officers.
The complaint seems to be that there has
been needless expenditure Of funds, employ
ing special men. to do service that army men
ought to have done, and making the metooro
logical service cost S1,OoO,tOo a year, against
10000 for eqauly as good service in Eng
land
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
MICH.
GENERAL NOTES.

JUDGE CLAYTON of Pennsylvania has
decided the great Darlington butter
case. The Darlington Brothers had
been using as trade mark an imprint
ON their butter rolls, the device being q
cornucopia, with the makers name un.
derneath. AS the butter arose in public
favor farmers in the vicinity used the
same imprint, and the Darlingtons
sued them he Judge decided he case
against the farmers.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
An Ancient Handful.

We clip the following from the Coldwater
Courier:
Aaron Felt hands US q curiosity in the shape
of a handful that has been in his family up
wards OF 90 years IL is sheet 16x2l inches,
printed in the peculiar type used in "the long
ago" At the head of the bill are forty collins,
with the names attached OF their occupants
beneath them is n statement of why the bill
was printed, followed by description Of the
battle of Concord, April 10, 1775, closing with
"a funeral eulogy to the immortal memory
of those worthless who were slain" In that
oatile. The introduction Is so quaint that we
print 1t in full, as follows:
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08

FATHER L. l.. Conrardy, who has
been living among the Indian tribes in
the West for fifteen years in the capacity
of a missionary, has one to Washing.
ton for the purpose of presenting to the
administration for its consideration a
plan which he claims from his many
years of experience among them wi ]
make the Indians sell supporting in
very few years and will at the same
time restore to the public domain mil
lions of acres of land now lying idle
Mr. Conrardy says that the Indian tribes
all through the country hold too much
land. The plan which he proposes is
to form on each of the reservations a
number of colonies to be composed
of at least fifteen youn men, 10 each Of
whom should be allotted 160 acres OF
land At the head of each colony o
practical farmer should be placed, who,
for the first year, would instruct the
Indians in farm work The following
year although work is TO be continued
with another party of Indians those Of
the frat year could be encouraged and
assisted in their training so as to push
them farther ahead to become efficient
and skillful farmers. Besides improv.
ing the claims of the members of the
colony large field will be fenced in,
plowed and narrowed by the boys
where the old Indians, unable to do
hard work, will have ample ground to
raise garden stuff, hay and wheat with
the ASST stance of the young men.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
Hamilton viii Remain.

President Cleveland sent for DIR. j. B. Ham
ilton, Surgeon General of the Marine Hospital
service, the other morning and informed him
that he thought the best Interests of that SER
vice would be served by making no change In
its chief, and, therefore, he had decided not to
accept his resignation which had been tender
ed to take effect October 81
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
Waiting for q New Trial.

q. A. Buddenselk, the mud mortar builder
of New York, has been released from the
tombs, pending a new trial, on $4,000 bonds.
He was sentenced several weeks ago to ten
years In prison and 500 fine for manslaughter
In the first degree, one Of his workmen having
been killed In the fall Of the Buddenseik
block
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08

majesty's consular offers at Hong Kong,
Shanghai and San Francisco, to any Chinese
women desiring to come TO the islands and 10
Chinese children whose parents reside In the
kingdom, or who may not be OF more than 10
years of age. Passports emitting the holder
10 enter the Kingdom will also be granted at
the foreign Office to such persons Of Chinese
nationality as the minister Of foreign affairs
may claim 1t proper to admit TO the kingdom.
All orders and Instructions regulating the In
coming Of Chinese into the Kingdom hereto
fore made and proclaimed are rescinded.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
Michigan First.

The first lady student ever admitted to any
department OF Yale College out ide Of the art
school entered the senior class of the law
school a few DAYS ago. She is Miss Alice j.
Jordan, a graduate of both the academic and
law departments Of the University of Michigan
and Is from Coldwater.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
Bushels.
Bushels
Total. IL, 25i, 500, coo

EXCESS aver last year lo4ofo'OoO
On the basis that the states and territories
outside Of the ten named will produce as
much corn as they did last year, or 543, 400, 900
bushels and this would seem to be assured
from study Of the reports, it will give total
crop of 1873, 636, 900 bushels, from which total
1t is safe to estimate that the yield will not
vary In any appreciable degree either way.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08

Prof. Landmark, director OF the Norwegian
fisheries, having los ,ly studied the capa6iity
OF salmon to jump waterfalls, dec ares he Ia.
the DRAINS river. at Haugsti |, where two
great masis have been placed acros tn, river
for the udy Of tie habits Of the salmon so
that exact measurements may be effected.
Handel's birth place, in Halle, Is two-stor,
hous. stu standing In narrow street called
Grosser Schlamm, and bearing the name and
efIigy Of the ''Yellow Stag"
Only two roller Kinks win be licensed this
winter in Providence, r. l., and the licenses
issred 10 them will run from day to dav and
only s'during god behavior"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08

The Sandwich islands are gradually losing
their nat We popu alton, but the number OF Inn
oigrants increases year by year.
Only two roller Kinks will be licensed this
winter IN Providence, r. l., and the licenses
ssued to them will run from day to day and
.uly ''during good behavior"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-08
Insane Patients Burned.

Warm Springs, Mont, was burned tie other
day and three inmates. A. X. Magee, Hannah
Belcher aad Hector Milan, perished in the
flames. IL Is not known how The fire original.
ed.