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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30

The illness of Senator Logan winch was
simply announced as rheumatism was not
considered alarming by the general public
or even by the most of his friends m
Washington, until Sunday morning aud
the announcement of his death at = M.
on that day came with suddenness that
startled the whole country.
Among those at the bedside of the dying
man were Senator and Mrs. Cullom and
daughter, Gen Sheridan, Senator and Mrs.
Cockrell, Gen. Raum, Congressman Hen.
derson and Thomas of Illinois, and Mrs
Thomas, Senior Miller and WIFE, Congress
man Symes of Colorado, Dr. Baxter, Gen.
Henry Strong, and Daniel Shepard and
wife of Chicago, and the Generals private
secretaries, w. b. Taylor and Albert Hall.
At the head OF the bed knet Mrs.
Logan, one arm encirclng her dying
husbands neck, the hand OF the
other stroking his forehead At her
side were John A. Logan, Jr, and Rev.
DR.. Newman. Opposite these were the
daughter, Mrs. Tucker, and her husband
and Geo. A. Logan, the generals nephew.
'The scene" said Or. Baxter "was one
OF the saddest that have ever witne 5sed.
All present We're deeply affected. The
grief of Mrs Logan and her children was
pitiful in the extreme"
10 is stated that the generals body will
no doubt be taken TO Illinois for burial,
but no definite arrangements for the fun
eral will be made until Mrs. Logan, who
is wholly Frustrated, can be consulted.
General Logan was to have spent the
week in Detroit as the guest of Gov. Alger
and receive callers on New Years day
with the latter's family.
Expressions of sorrow at the death OF
the soldier senator, come from all quar-
tiers and the whole country mourning in
the language OF President Cleveland, "a
frank, sincere and generous man"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
Thirty-Ona Parish.

AT 2:30 o'clock the other morning the
whaling bark Atlantic was driven ashore
a mile and half below the Cliff house in
San Francisco and went TO pieces in a few
three or four miles. Out Of the crew of As
only the captain and mate with eight men
were saved.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
Important.

When you visit or leave New York City,
save baggage exprsssage and % carriage
hire, and stop at the GRAND UNION HorSI.
opposite Grand Central Depot.
615 rooms, fitted up at tho cost Of one
million dollars, 81 and upwards per day.
European plan. Elevator. Restaurant
supplied with the best. Horse carr. stareo
and elevated railroad to all dspots. Fan
lies can live better for less money a The
Grand Union Hotel THAI q any othar m.
oaAss hotA u Tie city.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
Respectfully Referred,

Congressman Cutcheon, few days ago,
secured the passage of bill which gives pay
to certain soldiers from the time they were
mustered in, instead of from the date of
their commissions. He now gets an aver
asking il they come under the provisions
of the new law. Cutcheon says that all
he can do is to refer all these questions to
the war department, where the records
show who are entitled to the back pay.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
= State News Condemned.

Geo. w. Sickles Of Vanderbilt appeals to
the teachers of the state TO contribute
funds for the defence of Fred Joscelyn, the
Shiawassee county teacher who shot one
to thrash him for furnishing a scholar.
Sums sent to Joscelyn at Corunna, or
Chase at Vanderbilt, will be receipted for
aud applied to the defense.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
England, ireland and Rus STA.

A terrific railway collision occurred at
Charkow, Russia, on the Goth, resulting in
the killing OF thirteen persons and injur-
ing sixty others.
The steamship. Llanelly, sailing from
Liverpool, foundered at Holyhead the
same day. Twelve persons were drowned.
Six persons we're killed by a boiler eK-
plosion in the town of Lecco, Lombardy,
on the 2lst, and family consisting of six
children and their parents were asphyxi-
ated by escaping gas at Carrick-op SUR,
county TiPperary Five children were
parents were alive, but they cannot sur
yive
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
Extensive Incen diarism.

News has been received from Victoria,
an inland town of Faulkner county, Ar
kansas, to the effect that about O'Clock
the other morning every business house In
and burned to the ground. The loss Is
$4,000.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
Wants NJ tbs cbsrokaa.

The Cherokee nation has elected Col. @.
]. Harris and II. L. Landoum delegates to
sion. They are instructed to urge con-
gress to give the nation the right to tax
railroads running through the tetEitory
and to compel a cessation of fred % dis
elimination. They are also to tex the
question as to whether the eminentt do
main act applies to the territory. The
time of allowing cattle to be driven into
the country has been extended until May l.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
MICHIGAN MATTERS.
Howell on Bohemian Dat Notes.

Judge Howell recently delivered very
exhaustive opinion in the Lenawee circuit
court upon the liability of the makers OF
the Bohemian oat notes. The opinion was
given in me form of a charge TO the jury
in TIT case which came before him.
We have read the opinion and IL Is clear
and able. He holds that person purchas-
ing negotiable promissory note, which
ON its face bears no evidence that 1t was
procured by fraud, is not bound TO inquire
into the consideration for which the note
was given. III the signature to the note
was procured by fraudulent representa-
tions the note would be avoidable except
in the hands Of purchaser for valuable
consideration who had no knowledge or
notice of the fraud by which the maker
was induced TO sign the instrument The
bad faith of the purchaser of the note can
not be established eXceptb by clear and sub
stantial proof. General impressions and
suspicious that he knew all about the
fraud practiced in procuring the note are
not sufficient. The mere fact that a pur-
chaser of a note knew that IL was given
for Bohemian oats will not justify charg-
ing him with bad faith. If the purchaser of
the note had no greater knowledge that q
fraud was practiced than the maker of the
note himself had when he signed it, the
latter cannot be heard TO complain.
Judge Howell also holds that if a maker of
a note gave the instrument for Bohemian
oats at $40 bUskel, knowing all the time
cents a bushel, he cannot afterwards be
heard TO say that the note was without
sufficient consideration. The oats at the
contract price of SO bushel furnish a
consideration in law and in fact In view
OF this opinion it seems to us foolish for
the farmers to seek to avoid payment of
their notes when such notes are held by
bona fide purchasers for valuable con
sideration. OF course notes held by
agents of the Bohemian oat company or
by others who participated in the fraud
are not collectable.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
Death Of the Venerable Henry willis.


Henry Willis, of ship canal fame, died at
the residence of his grandson, Milton Will
lis, in Battle Greek on the Goth inst,
aged IS years. he retained his mental
vigor and faculties until the last. In
August, while in Washington, he was TAX
en- sick with a congestive chill, and never
fully recovered from the attack The i'm
mediate cause of his death was cancer Of
the stomach.
Mr.. Willis was born in Philadelphia, his
father being English and his mother Welsh
The former died when he was two years
old, the latter when he was seven. He
spent his boyhood days in working at
shoemaking or on farm. he then began
work on the old Pennsylvania railroad
built in lSS1-3i. In 1885 he was appointed
superintendent Of the old Portage rail-
road which crossed the Allegheny noun
tains. In 1897 he came TO Detroit and
superintendent work on the Michigan Cen
trail. The next year he took charge OF the
work OF building a railroad from Kalama-
zoo to Allegan. In 1910 he settled in Bat
tie Greek when there were not sixty people
there and has ever since lived there, en-
gagged in many enterprises designed to de-
veiop the county. He helped organize the
national republican party with Thaddeus
Stevens in 1894, was an active abolitionist
and supporter of the underground rail
road and republican from the birth Of
the party. He was also a strong temper
ance man, never having used liquor or to-
bacco. In religious faith he was n spirit
ualist. lie married twice and leaves five
children. He was man OF immense en-
ergy and perseverance, and had achieved
an almost national reputation by his push
ing of the project Of ship canal across
the lower part of Michigan from lake to
lake. He also travelled extensively
throughout the country.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
The Bribe-Taker Arrested.

A warrant was issued on tho 9th inst,
for the arrest of Dr. Palmer, formerly
physician of Jackson prison.
The complaint charges bribery, in that
DR.. Palmer received $500 from Helen
Lowry, wife of the convict VIM. Lowry,
jr, in consideration of which the doctor
promised and did certify that said William
Lowry, jr., was affected with such disease
that he could not survive beyond short
time, and that after such service was
rendered she Mrs. Lowry paid the doctor
the $500.
The complaint is made under section
9242 of Howell's statutes, which says:
"Any executive, legislative or judicial Off
Ger who shall, by reason of his office, &c
cept any money for service beyond his
salary shall be guilty of bribery"
The prosecuting attorneys, both Messrs.
Blair and Pringle, think this statute covers
the case and crime of the doctor while he
was prison physician. The only reason
the complaint had not been drawn under
this statute before was that the construc-
tion put on the law was that the doctor
was not an executive officer; but careful
search of the authorities convinces the
officers that the action will lie under this
construction of the law, which is based on
n decision ~ the supreme court, Feb. 3,
1894
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30

On Il. G. WRTs NE1yn AEp BRAIN THxAr
hzST. q gusrSstssd spseiAs foe Hystcgn, D,zf.
Hssdachs, hcavoas Pr oseration eassed by tho use
Of ALCOHOL or tobacco, Hakefnlness, Natal De-
preston. softeging q ths Rrain resulting ia in
tanity and leading to misery. decay and death.
frematnre Old Age, Barrouness, Loss Of power
In either ee' Involuntary Losses and spermat-
orrhcsa caused byoyer-exortion OF tho brnfn, self
ono months treatment. $1.00a box, or SIX boxes
Tor $500. sent by mail prepaidon receipt OF price
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure my caee. With each order received byue
Tor pix boxes, accompanied with $eoa we VIII
6und the money il the treatment does not effect
acuro. Guarantees issued onlyby
JOHN q. WEST & CO.,
$50 w. MADISON ST., CHICAGO, Ills,
Sole Props Vests Liver Pflla
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
A Sad Fate,

The fruit evaporation Of John II. Stump,
situated about mile west OF Armada,
burned on the morning of the 10Th at
O'Clock. At that hour four men who work
in the building all night heard a noise. but
thinking it was the wind paid no attention
to it. Going out shortly afterwards they
found the building was on fire and at once
gave the alarm.
Elizabeth Stump, sister of the pro-
prietor, young woman of 20, lived in the
building with another family. The latter
made their escape, but Miss Stump was
shut in by the flames. Her brother, who
lives with his family in separate build
ing, tried to break in the door TO save her,
but failing in this raised a ladder against
the side of the building and attempted a
rescue from the window While trying to
break the window in the FIRE burnt through
the ladder and Stump fell TO the ground,
dislocating his hip and suffering internal
injuries. He was carried home insensible.
His sister persisted in the flames and por-
tions of her charred remains were found in
the ruins.
The evaporation was one of the largest Of
the kind in the country and will be q
serious loss to that village as it gave en-
ployment to fifty persons. At the time of
the fire it contained about 1900 bushels of
green apples and two or three carloads of
dried fruit.
The loss is estimated at from $4,000 to
$4,000 and there is no insurance. 1t Is
not likely that Stump will rebuild.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12
FREEZING WEATHER.

On last Friday about 8 O'Clock a.. M,
it hegan to rain. by IL O'Clock this
turned to snow. and for about one hour
the snow fell in very large and numer-
Gus flakes. Owing to the wet condition
Of the ground it did not stay, but melted
before the day was svcr. That night
the wind rose and blew a perfect gale.
The blasts were like those from
"Grecnland's Icy Mountain" On Sat-
nrday morning everything was frozen
hard. The Thermometer was down to
IL degrees. On Sunday morning it was
down to :, and Sunday night it is said
to have been down to zero, and the
wind continued to blow. with nnabated
fury. During the last two days the sun
has shown brightly and yesterday the
wind lulled, and to some extent the
weather moderated. Rarely has this
section seen such q siege Of cold wealth
cr. Old people say it is equnl to the
famous cold Saturday Of many years
ago. We have heard Of cattle and
fowls being frozen to death, and doubt
less there has been much suffering in
the conmunity. The papers are full of
distressing accounts of the extreme cold
in the North and Northwest. Travel
and business in those attitudes are
nearly entirely stopped, and much loss
and damage must result
We hope our correspondents in the
country will send us reports Of the cold
in their sections.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12

Perhaps the darkest blot OH the es7
cutcheon Of these United States, is that
polygamy, MS practiccd by the Mormons
Of Salt Lake City. Wohld-bc philan-
thropists and humanitarians howled
themselves sore and hoarse over slavery.
whilst condoning or ignoring this
worse curse and blight upon morals.
We have no question in our own mind
either of the policy or wisdom Of wip-
ing from the face Of the earth every vcs-
tige Of this offense which is stencil in
the nostrels Of deccncy and religion.
If Albert Sidney johnson had been left
alone years ago to carry out his prompt
and thorough" measures against the
Mormons. this nation would have been
spared the modification Of acknowl-
edging now that it has in its presence
al institution whose tenets and whose
practices are revolving and disgusting,
nm outrage upon Il civilization. VIC
were and are heartily in favor Of Sena-
tor Edmunds' law under which many Of
these sinners, who call themselves
saints, have been tried, convicted and
punished for bigamy, p~olygamy and
adultery. But we have grave doubt
both Of the policy and the Constitution
ality Of the bill just passed by the Sen
ate at the instance Of Senator Ed
munds for the government Of the tenn
poral affairs Of the Mormon Church.
We believe that every effort to stamp
/out the criminal features of the Nor
mon is both right and proper. That be-
ing done we fail to see how Congress
can interfere with the temporal and
spiritual management Of the Church.
The first amendment OF the United
States Constitution forbids it. Morco-
yer We doubt the policy. 1t may be
that in the affairs Of q territory. Con-
gress has tnore latitude Of interference
than in the affairs Of a sovereign State,
but it is n step towards political and re-
ligious interference in our domestic af-
fairs that we view with concern and
alarm. BY all means let Congress keep
its hands off our internal affairs. We
are quite capable Of regulating them
ourselves.
We think Senator Edmunds' new law
goes too far. 1t is too ''paternal."
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12
THE BUILDING AND LOAN ASSO
CATION.

This association obtained n charter at
the last session Of the Legislature. 1t
will be organized in q few days, and
will set to work, In conjunction with
the Bank it will be both remunerativc
to the stockholders and beneficial to the
community and the public. More than
the requisite number Of shares to or
ganiZc have been taken, but as the max
mum allowed by the charter is one
thousand there arc still some to be had.
We advise our friends in all the towns
in the County and Also those not in
towns, to take shares in this enterprise.
They will find it to be the cheapest and
xnteSt way to borrow a little money Mt
II time of the year when they can't get
it anywhere else. Each month the As
ISOLATION will have Il certain amount Of
money to lend, and Of course those who
are members will have preference over
those who are not. Wherever these as
sociations have been formed they have
been found safe and reliable. We ad-
wise everybody to take stock in this one.
The subscription list can bc found ut the
office Of MessrS. Cason and Bonham and
these gentlemen will take pleasure in
explaining the working Of The associa-
ton to any inquircrS.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12
MIR. I'EItItY's BILL.

Congressman w. II. Perry has intro.
dnced a bill for the establishment OF
separate Judicial Establishments Of the
Bnited States Courts in the two Dis
tricts of South Carolina. This is a
.ssgood scheme" The interests Of the
people Of the two Districts require sep.
;arate establishments. The delay in the
Stria! Of canses in the u. S. Courts for
the District OF south Carolina is i'm
nense. Many months often elapse un-
der these delays" We think Mr.. Per-
fy's bill will be in the interest of JUS
ticc and law.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12
GTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ABnEvIr.LE, ~!
Tn the Probate Cpurt.

In the Probate Court.
Belinda CLANCY As Administrative. &c,
Plaintiff, against Willis CLANCY, Cora
CLANCY, ct al, Defen lants.
Complain: to Sci: Land to pay Debts &c.
! will sell Mt public cutlery ut .Abbc-.
Vile Court House. s. c., IN Monday,
the first day Of February next, (Salcs-
dny,) tho following described real es-
tate to wit Z
All that tract or parcel Of land Of
which James CLANCY, deceased, died
seized and possessed. situate in said
County and State, containing
TWO HUNDRED ACRES,
more or less, bounded by lands Of Har-
risun Dukes, rho Lawton place, the
Gillian place and others.
Terms Of salr-Onp-half Cash. the
balance on II credit of twelve months
with interest from day Of sale, credit
portion to he secured by bond and mort
gage of fhe property, or purchaser may
have option Of paying all cash.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
j. FULLER LYON. )
Jan. ., 'S6. Judge Probate Court.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12

The OranScburg Times 0nd Demo-
cyWt justly ranks rs one Of tho best
weekly papers in South Carolina. 1t
has recently been enlarged to ii paper Of
eight pages, and is fnll Of reading mat
ter. No paper comes to this Office that
is more welcome. We congratulate it
on its Improvement and have no doubt
TINT it will prove to be beneficial.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12

TO His Honor the Presiding JmHgc OF
the Court Of Genera Sessions tor
AbGeriAe County. February Term,
1886:
Tho Boar of County Com missioners
for said County respectfully submit the
following report Of CLAIMS filed, audited
and allowed, and ordered paid by them
during the fiscal year lSS4-S5, to wit:
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12
Captain Kirk is Surveying a line from

Captain Kirk is surveying line from
G%okesbury to Abbeville, with a view of
connecting this place with the narrow
gaage road at Cokesbury. The survey
has reached TO within a short distance
of Long Cane, and the engineer finds
the ronte cheap and practicable. The
sverige cost of grading will be about
1915 per mile. Why shouldn't this
road be built ? Think Of itfriends. We
speed allthe roads we can get.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12

Mr.. II. NJ. Scott has sold his interest
in the Mccormick .f2cancc to Mcssrs.
James Cothran. Jr.. and j. W.. Peakc.
The -1drunce is IL credit to it's propric-
tors and to the town Of Mccormick, and
we are sure these gentlemen will keep
it we'll up to the standard of n first class
newspaper.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12

Speaker Carlisle has announced his
committees and South Carolina M
in for n very good share of the hoLors.
But SOM" of our contemporaries think
she ought to have had a place on the APP
preparations committees,
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12

The Anderson .journ0l Las been on
larg"d to an eight column paper, and is
printed on both sides Mt lone. We are
pleased to see this evidence Of our
neighbours prosperity. 1t is u manly,
outSpoken paper and deserves we'll of
the people Of Anderson County.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-14

ror Mr.. Wood has not yet resigned, and
his case has not been passed upon" The
nature of the case was inquired into, but
the member declined TO talk. Il know
nothing but hereSay aud won't talk about
il. See old man Reagan at the union de-
pot, he can give it all to you" Robert
Reagan. head porter at the depot, when
asked for statement said: THE matter
don't concern the public at all. and don't
propose to have the papers make a noun
tain out of moIe-hill. / am a member of
the official board and we have not yet sat on
the case"
is it a scandal affecting the church,"
at is a family matter affecting Mr..
Wood. our preacher, and we are
going TO see to IL This
church is branch of the First A. NJ. E.
church on the East side. and we organized
it at ITO Washington avenue south for the
benefit of the colOred folks on this side of
the river If anything should get out about
il it would damage our church, and you
can't get anything from me-
The colOred people generally are all talk
ing about the case. and seem to have SOL
EMMY agreed TO say nothing about IL The
most that could be pumped out was that il
was "a little family affair. involving indis-
cretiOn." but until the trustees have consid-
cred it nothing will be given out
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-14
Charged win Forgery.

Alfred Shields, clerk at D. W. Megrow-
tits store, 4l6 NlcOllet avenue, has sud-
denly decamped for parts unknown, leaving
various parties who had cashed forged
checks in the lurch. Shields had been in
the employ of MegrOwitz since last spring.
and he secured the position upon the
recommendation Of the Young Mems
Christian association. At the time he first
secured employment there, he was undoubt-
eddy an exemplary young man. but he fell
in with fast company and spent money far
beyond his means He gave Mrs Rogers a
check for So in payment for board, one for
SIG Ia John Nicholson, a real estate dealer
on Nicollet avenue; and one for SiI To
Rocker & Co. The last two were cashed.
The detectives supposed he had gone 10
Chicago. and dispatches Were sent the
authorities there, but no answers were re-
ceived- The checks bore the forged name
OF his employer.