Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-09-09
BROCKwAY CENTRE. - MICH

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A New York rank jumped from the
Brooklyn bridge the other morning,
and was arraigned on a charge of i'm
peding traffic The Judge very frankly
said he regarded the man as fraud,
and did not for moment believe that
he ever jumped from the bridge yet,
said the Judge, "this thing of jumping
off high places, going over cataracts at
Niagara, etc. by looms must be stop
ped. We read of them doing these
things in tights, in barrels, and want
ing to drop from balloons. There is
no heroism in this jumping These
men pander to the morbid taste now
prevalent, go around anG live in idle
ness. Look at these big loafers " he
said turning to the crowd in the room,
''that ought to be breaking stone or
saving wood. This thing is craze
A brave man would not do it. 1t is
simply brute courage that prompts it
and no one but an Anticipated loon
without an ounce of brains in his head
would undertake it. If | were to let
this man 90 seven or eight other looms
would try to do better than he is said
to ha DONE Some other fellow would
dive off and another fellow would put
himself in an India rubber bag and be
thrown of. I've notion" said the
Just ce severely, "to send you to the
Island for six months as a vagrant, so
that you would be where you couldn't
harm yourself, or anybody el,e. AS it
is I'll fine on $40 for having interrupt
ed the travel on the bridge"
Prof. Mendenhall of the signal SER
vice at Washington, who has made a
study of earthquakes for many years,
and las felt the shock of a number oil
severe ones in Japan, says that of last
week, while not specially severe, was
neverth less the worst he ever expert
enced in this country. He expresses
surpri at the wide extent of the phe-
nomenon and thinks it likely that when
the reports are all in it will be found
that the area affected is larger than
that of any previous earthquake OF
which there is a record. Upon globe
10 inches in diameter, he says, one can
usually cover the area of an earthquake
even a severe one-with the end o.
his little finger, but this one seems to
have affected half continent at least
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Miss Phoebe Harrod of Newburyport,
Mass. was born in that town just 10
years ago August rs. She is still in
possession of her faculties, and was
able to hold birthday reception in the
old town where she was born and has
always lived. There was a prayer by
the pastor of her church singing, an
address by Richard S Spotford, and a
poem by his wife, Harriet Prescott
Spofford. Over 1870 persons paid
their respects TO the venerable lady,
among them four old men, aged 81, 92,
80 and 80 years Mrs. Sarah Stickney
aged 92, assisted Miss Harrod in. receiv-
ing the guests, and the bell of the First
Presbyterian church was rung 100
times.
The Salt Lake Tribune says that the
following is the oath taken by the De
stroying Angels" of the Mormon
church: 'In the name of Jesus Christ,
the son of God, do covenant and agree
TO support the First Presidency of the
church of Jesus Christ of La ter Day
Saints. In all things, right or wrong;
will faithfully guard them and report
10 them the acts of all men, as far as in
my power lies; will assist in executing
all the DEGREES of the First Presidency
Patriarch or President of the Twelve;
and will cause all who speak evil of
the Presidency or the heads of the
church to die the death of dissenters or
apostates," &c
1t has just been discovered that there
exists in Englewood, a suburb of Chi
cago. three known thing lodges of the
principles of years ago. At Epglewood,
proper there are two lodges and one in
Normal Park, the total membership
being something like 800. The resi-
dents and politicians living in the vicin-
ity are disturbed and incensed over the
matter, and one noted politician has
offered 300 for the names of the men,
bers of the organization.
This is the way the New York Tribune
facetiously puts it: Some people Won
der how it is that the gallant Colon ell
Ingersoll has the courage to defend so
many 'rascals. , They should re-
member that the colonel has got his
hand in by defending that arch rascal,
the devil, for 10! these many years past,
reserved seats 90 cents extra.
+. r. Harrison, United States exami-
ner of sury VS., has just ompleted an
examination between the Sc mole and
creek counties, Indian territory, and
has discovered n istake of from 10, 900
to 10000 acres in favor of the Creeks
The continued drought in / diana
caused the salvation army of Elkhart
to pray for rain recently. They began