Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-06-04
THE CREAM OF THE NEWS.

About slO,OO0,OOO in pensions will be paid
this month.
Riel says the priests caused the recent trouble
In Manitoba.
About slO,OOO,OOO has been paid out for pen
sions in May
The public debt reduction in May is estimat-
ed at 100000.
The Hessian fly is devastating the wheat
fields of California.
The black diphtheria Is raging in the vicinity
OF Stubenvlle Ohio.
Ling All Dive, life convict In Joliet H.,
prison, has gone insane.
The dlphtheria epidemic In Paris Roads, Pa,
killed 10 people In two weeks.
Hon. s. s. Cox, United States minister to
Turkey, will enter upon his duties July 10.
Dumont Riels lieutenant, was captured in
Montana few days ago, but discharged.
Four chiefs of division in the office of third
auditor of the treasury have been dismissed
The Apaches are on the war path in
Mexico. number of settlers have been
killed.
The issue of standard silver dollars from the
mints during the week ended May % was
t262, 497.
The Shackamaxon bank of Philadelphia has
closed its doors, having overdrawn its accounts
about $2,0O0,000.
Five persons were drowned in the bay at
Toronto, May 26 during the celebration OF the
Queens birthday.
Four additional rooms have been fitted ND
for the use of the congressional library and
still 1t Is overcrowded.
Jas w. Whelploy of New York, is appointed
assistant treasurer of the United States, being
promoted from cashier.
Poundmaker and several other Indian chiefs
In the Northwestern rebellion have surrender
ed themselves to Gen. Middleton.
The cabinet are unanimously opposed to al
lowing the New Orleans exposition TO continue
its existence after the specified time.
Customs officers are advised that no expen-
ses for June collections can be made until
Congress shall make an appropriation there
for.
Sixty clerkships in the treasury department
with salaries amounting TO about S66 900 have
been abolished since Secretary Manning took
charge.
A fellow named McCourt, hailing from
Wellington, Ont, jumped over the precipice
at Niagara a few days ago, and was Instantly
killed.
The commissioner of internal revenue is pre-
pairing circular prescribing regulations for
the expectation of spirits to foreign countries
by rail.
Reports from the New York custom house
show a steady decrease in expenses The MAY
pay roll is 1927 000 500 900 less than for last
October.
The aggregate receipts of internal revenue
for ten months of the year ending June 30,
1885, were s92, 1854 All, decrease of $685., SS5
from last year.
A meeting of the board Apo cd to examine
and report upon the defenses of the United
States will be held at the war department
Wednesday, June ID
Willie Prentss shot his father dead the other
night at Orange, Mass. The father while I'm
drunken tit, ordered his son to shoot at a cup
which he held on his head.
Cyclones and water spouts have done great
damage in Kansas and Nebraska. Much prop
erty has been destroyed, and several men,
women and children killed.
Rumored that the dominion government In
tends shortly to put an additional excise duty
on whisky, increasing it 10 about 81 per gallon
on ordinary malt or rye whisky
COL A. Loudon Snowden, superintendent Of
the Philadelphia mint, has forwarded his re-
signation TO President Cleveland to take effect
June 30.
Postmaster General Villas has forbidden the
delivery of money orders and registered letters
TO DIR. III. Il. Butte, alias DIR. Ward x Co..
Louisiana, Mo-, and Geo. Mays Of Chicago.
Attorneys of certain postmasters have APP
pealed In vain against the ruling of the late
Postmaster General Gresham regarding the act
VI lcoD, W bdidfits Vi
third and fourth-class p)stmasters.
The physicians say that Secretary Freling-
huysen's death was due to acconite, which had
been mysterlously bottled with his mineral
water DIR. Lincoln of Washington, claims
there was enough acconite In one bottle to kill
four men.
The excess OF the value OF exports over i'm
ports Of merchandise was as follows: During
the four months which ended April 30 $50, 747,-
5ls: IN the ten months which ended April 30,
s162, 096 851.
Colorado railroad men are greatly exercised
over a bill recently passed by the legislature
which makes legal the sale Of tourist tickets,
which arr originally sold at low rates, and
which can now be dealt In proftably by the
ticket scalpers.
sulGeneral Leonard OF Calcutta, reports
last years export OF wheat from India as 9,375,-
W. tons. Wheat can be raised In India very
cncaply, but the cost Of carriage TO England
VIII, for some timc, exclude IL from damaging
competition With American wheat.