Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-05-10
GENERAL.

GENERAL.
Both houses of the New York legislature
have passed the bill repeating the Saturday
half holiday bill for the whole year, and
making only the Saturday afternoons Of
June, July, August and September half
holidays
Miss Eta Pinney of Dublin, Ohio, while
driving, was thrown from her carriage, and
as she fell her hair wrapped around IA wheel
and she was dragged some distance, and
seriously if not fatally hurt.
George w. Goff has sued the city of Lo-
gansport, Ind, for $4,000 for injuries sus-
tanned by falling on sidewalk in Novem-
Der, 1887.
AT Licking, Mo, James Smalloy, who had
become possessed Of an insane idea that his
family would go 20 the poor house, though
he was well off, killed his two children and
cut his own throat
President Cleveland will go to New York
on Memorial day and take part in the cere-
monies.
Charles Scott is under arrest at Danville
III, charged with swindling farmer in
Canton, Ohio, out of $1,000
1t is rumorcd that Prince George of
Wales. second son of the Prince of Wales,
is in Mexico incog.
The greater portion of Central City. Da-
kota was laid waste by fire April %. Fifty
families are homeless and destitute.
Col. Robert G.. Ingersoll will deliver the
eulogy on the late Roscoe Conkling in the
New York Legislature May 9.
Judge Joseph w O'Neal of Lebanon,
has been chosen department commander of
the Ohio G.. A. Il.
Judge Gresham has decided the suit of
the heirs of the late S. $. Merrill, general
manager of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Paul railroad, against G. II. Prior, for an
accounting in connection with certain colos-
sal land transactions in Minnesota and
Dakota, involving profits supposed to be in
the neighborhood Of 81 100000 The de-
cision was in favor of the defendant.
The anniversary of Grants birthday,
April %, was celebrated in many cities.
DR.. Billings, the Cedar Rapids murderer,
has been sentenced to prison for life.
A soldier at Fort Gibson, /. T., was hold
ing a stake with the point toward him when
a horse kicked the stake, driving il through
his body. He died instantly.
The Presbytery of Louisville, Ky, has
adopted a resolution refusing the union of
northern and southern churches on the
ground of color.
Miss Ada Belle Richards, daughter of the
late Capt. 5. g. Richards of st. Louis, Mo,
a cousin Of President Arthur, was married
recently to DIR. Wright OF the Choctaw ma
ton, Indian Territory. The groom is a
quarter blood Choctaw Indian, son of the
late Gov. Wright of Indian Territory. He
is well educated physician, 80 years old.
Hon. John Gates, mayor Of Portland, Ore,
died April 20 of nervous prostration, aged
90 years. He was the inventor of Gates
steering geer for steamboats,, one of the
most important factors in navigation in
swift waters.
The Postmaster General has arranged for
a reciprocal postal treaty with Canada, es-
fun1 iuhf fNrg ia Of Of nVa
cent per ounce on all merchandise, includ-
ing grain, seed, cuttings, bulbs scions and
all CRAFTS, and one cent per two ounces of
printed matter in the mails exchanged be-
tween the two countries and now known as
third class matter in the domestic mails of
this country. This arrangement goes into
effect May and removes the objections to
the recent mail convention with Canada,
which went into effect march,.
The house committee on invalid pensions
will report n bill providing that all persons
who are or who may become totally helpless
| from injuries received or disease contracted
while in the military or naval service Of the
United States, shall receive pension of
| S1200 per month.
The senate committee on education and
labor has ordered favorable report on the
| house bill to establish department of labor
and on the senate joint resolution proposing
an amendment TO the constitution forever
expectation, transportation and sale of alco-
| holic liquors in the United States.
Gen. Joseph F.. Johnson, the highest in
| rank of living officers of the confederate
army, is an honorary member of +. ID. Ba-
| ker post, q. A. Il. of Philadelphia. Gen.
Johnson is the only ex-confederate soldier
| who has ever been received into the ranks
| of grand army post.
The Mullau tunnel on the Northern Pa
cific railroad, which passes through the
| main range of the Rocky mountains, will
| probably be a total wreck owing to the &C
tion of melting snow and spring rains. A
heavy squeeze has already necessitated the
| abandonment of the tunnel. The loss will
be over S20O0,000
The governors of the thirteen orig
! inal states met in Philadelphia the
other night and resolved TO erect monu-
ment in Fairmount park which shall bear
| the names of the signers of the declaration
of independence and the trainers of the con-
stitution. The national government will be
asked TO help.
A petition is being circulated by labor or
CARNATIONS in Chicago for the pardon of
Fielden, Schwab and Neebe, the anarchists
now doing time in the penitentiary at Joliet
| A passenger train on the New York &
| Pennsylvania railroad was wrecked near
| Whitehouse, ten miles east of Clean, N. Y,
| the other morning, by the spreading OF the
rails. The mail and baggage car and two
passenger coaches, containing about forty
| passengers, rolled down a twenty-foot en-
banl1ment. No one was killed outright, but
some of the injured will die.
Allen b. Wilson, part inventor of the
| sewing machine, and who with Nathaniel
Wheeler established the Wheeler ~ Wilson
sewing machine company, died in Wood
mont, Conn, a few days ago.
Mrs. Mary Miller of Des Moines, Iowa,
has been appointed state librarian of Iowa.
The committee of five appointed by tho
anti-administration knights Of labor at