Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-06-25
THE CREAM OF THE NEWS.

Big Bear, the Indian chief is said to be
white man.
Hog cholera prevails TO an alarming extent
In Nebraska.
Wheat In California is only three-sevenths of
last years crop.
Andrew d. White, president Of Cornell uni
versity, has resigned.
Gen. Grant and family have gone TO Mt. Nc
Gregor near Saratoga.
Hundreds Of families in the county of Jack
son, w. Va, are suffering for food
The First National bank of Detroit has been
made depository of United States money.
Leaders of all parties in Spain are opposed
to the annexation Of Cuba 10 the United States
Secretary whitney refuses to accept the new
dispatch boat Dolphin, built for the government
Israel DAYTON has been appointed superin-
tendent of the mint of the United States at
San Francisco
Commissioner of agriculture Loring will
have to return about $4,000 to the United
States treasury.
The village Of Victory In Wisconsin, and the
village of New Albion In Minnesota have been
completely destroyed by cyclones.
Gen. Grant is said to be failing rapidly He
is unable to speak at all. a few days ago he
wrote death message TO his family.
The total value of the exports Eof domestic
CATTLE hogs, beef, pork and dairy products
from the United States for May, 1885, is ST.
262072.
An examination of the Washington monu-
ment confirms the report that the cap stone has
made by the lightning ON the northeast corner
Of the cap stone.
The statue of Liberty enlightning the
world" reached New York on the 10Th. The
statue was packed in PA pieces. A formal re-
ception was given the following morning, and
was grand affair.
An employee Of the Bessemer steel works at
Pueblo Col, shot at mark on the door Of a
powder magazine anil paid the penalty with his
life, exploding $1,000 pounds Of powder and a
quantity of dynamite.
Adjutant-Gencral Drew OF the u. 8. A. has
just completed report showing that the fed
eral casualties in the late war numbered $780,
496. This report is believed to be the most
accurate OF any yet published
Adjt. Gen. Drum has received a telegram
from Col Bradley, stationed at Santa Fe say
ing that there are now no hostile Indians In
New Mexico. There is an impression at the
war department that the hostile Indians have
also left Arizona.
flag found in the confederate war depart
ment and marked with the name Of the SD
Illinois volunteer infantry, awaits owners at
the war department IL bears evidence of hard
fighting and is stained with blood. Nobody at
the department knows its history.
The house and and barn Of Mathew Reddy
near Mason City, Iowa, was blown away In the
storm the other night. When the storm sub
sided hardly boards enough could be found to
build fire. The family were scattered In every
direction. His brother was killed and his wife
and son terribly injured.
Robert Lang who was some time ago sent
up TO the Northwest by the Canadian Govern
ment to adjust certain land claims, has been
issuing bogus land patents to settlers In the
Northwest and pocketng the money Lang,
finding our that he had been detected in his
fraudulent operations, left for the United
States
Fifty-three of the memorial stones for the
Washington monument, which have for many
years been stored away, have been selected to be
placed on the interior of the structure. The
countries, the states and territories and
Masonic Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and temperance societies.
The Attorney General gives II as his opinion
that Hill, the defaulting postmaster at Lewis
ton, 10. T., has committed forgery and that
under the extradition treaty with Great Britain
thorities The District-Attorney will be d.
rected to begin proceedings at once to secure
Hills return to this country.
In pursuance of the policy adopted by Sec
rotary Manning of cutting down the expenses
in various bureaus of the Treasury Department
wherever possible without detriment to the
public business, 300 persons employed as
storekeepers, gaugers, etc, In the Internal
30. The average per diem pay of these en-
plovee Va n