Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-09-27
GENERAL.

w Nj Carson, wealthy and eccentric
lumberman of Eau Claire, Wis, says he
will place $40, 900 in the hands of Gov. Rusk,
to be given to ex-uniou soldiers, If com
mittec composed OF two republican circuit
judges and one republican justice OF the
supreme court will say that Clevelands
last message is free trade document.
Prof. Richard A. Proctor, the great as
tronomer and lecturer, died Of yellow fever
in New York city on the 18th inst. The
professor had just returned from Florida,
and was not feeling well, but supposed he
was suffering from malaria.
The national convention OF the green
back party in session in Cincinnati ad-
journed after deciding not TO put national
ticket in the field and passing resolutions
against fusion with other parties, and
calling a national convention TO meet in
Cincinnati on the first Wednesday in Sep
TENDER. 1889.
The Minnesota and Dakota wheat crops
are injured 90 per cent.
Richard Il. Wilson who lived in hut in
a deep wood near Dixon, Ky, and was con-
sidered ignorant and worthless, has been
committed to trial on charge of counter
feiting by the United States court at Louis
vile. In a loft of his cabin were found
dies, molds and a few partly made counter
feits.
President Cleveland has signed the bill
restricting the immigration of Chinese la
borers.
Secretary Whitney authorizes the state
ment that he has no intention OF resigning
from the cabinet, and that he never owned
dollar in the Standard oil trust or had any
relation to 1t.
Official returns show democratic majority
in Arkansas of 1881.
Charles L. Boden is under arrest in Chi
cago charged with being bomb-maker.
The damage by recent foods in Augusta
is estimated at 100000.
Rev. FIR. Richardson fell from fourth
story window in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and
was instantly killed.
Western window glass manufacturers
will start up October |, giving employment
to 600 men who have been idle since Junel |.
Brownell & Company's machine shops
in Dayton, Ohio, were destroyed by fire
, the other night, throwing $50 men out of
work.
BY the capsizing of a boat in the Hudson
River, opposite Hastings, Sylvester
Maughen, years of age, Miss Elizabeth
Butler age 20, Miss Nettie Voorhees,, age
90 of Creekskill, and John Demorest, 20
years old, and Mr.. Derringer an artist, also
of Creeksklll, were drowned.
At Apkeyntown, a station about thirty
miles south of Mansfield, o., freight
train on the Baltimore & Ohio had gone
upon side track to let the northbound
through express pass. The train was well
loaded with returning G.. A. X. veterans and
other passengers, and was running at full
speed over the switch, when the baggage
car left the rails and collided with the loco
! motive of the freight sliding up over the
| top of il and tearing of the steam dome
! Two men were instantly killed, two others
| fatally injured, and anumber of passengers
seriously scalded by escaping steam.
About $50 of the Indians on the lower
Brule agency have signed the treaty throw
] ing the agency open to the whites.
Walter Grantham of Chicago and his two
sisters were drowned at Cairo, ILL.,, the 9TH
er day, by the capsizing of boat.
The business portion of Florence, Wis,
was destroyed by fire Sept. 10, So buildings
| being destroyed. The fire is believed to be
of incendiary origin.
| Spokane Falls, w. T., had $4,000
fire on the 10th inst.
| Mrs. Cleveland has received Russian
stag hound from United States consul.
The Chinese in the Sandwich islands,
| who outnumber the people of all other ma
| tionalities, declare that IL they are not un-
| molested in transacting business in the
| island they will unite and compel the Ha
waiians to accede to their demands for jus
| tice.
An explosion occurred at the mill of the
National milling company in Cleveland
Ohio, the other morning. The mill took fire
and was destroyed, entailing loss Of $780,
600. Two employees were killed and severa
others severely burned and injured.