Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-03-01
NEWS SUMMARY.

ken in 40 hours.
Republican state convention of Iowa
will be held March 81.
Charges against Gould and Sage Of
stealing S3OOO,OO0 from Kansas Pacific
railroad presented to grand jury.
Mrs. Bridget Lee OF Bellaire Ohio, was
burned 20 death the other day. Her
clothing caught fire from the CRATE.
Lon. John Sidell, one OF the best known
iron manufacturers of Pennsylvania, is
dead.
In a I'll of jealousy at Berlin, Wis, II.
W. Hacker aged l9, of Danville, H., shot
and killed Mabel Steike, Is years old, and
then blew out his own brains. The girls
parents live at Belle PLANE, Iowa.
4 warrant has been issued at Phila-
delphIa for the arrest OF David b. Hill,
treasurer of the Philadelphia Order of
Elks, who is short in his accounts $4,000.
1t is reported that the Rock Island road
intends to extend it's lines !, o. miles,
running TO Denver and the Gulf of Mexico,
which extension would entail cost of
$50 100000, on which new bonds will be
Issued.
The ghost OF Ralph Sharsman, a Polish
jew peddler, is said TO be appearing
nightly in "a clearinghouse at Huntington
Pa, and going through antics that remini
one strongly of "The Bells" made famou,
by Mr.. Henry Irving's portrayal of the
character of Matthias. 10 is believed that
harsman. who hailed from Chicago was
murdered.
Josephus Colley Of Terra Haute. Ind.
claims land in Evansville, Ind. formerly
known as the Erie ca nal bed. now in the
center OF the city. and worth 800, 900, and
has brought test suit.
Unmasked men entered a bank in Cisco,
Texas the other day, bound and gagged
the cashier and teller, and helped them
eyes TO $1,000 and skipped
j. A. Zawtoski, who swindled life in
surance companies out Of Ss,5OO by pre-
tending to have suicided, has turned up
in the Minnesota penitentiary where he
was serving under an assumed name.
August Hetzeg, the Chicago brute who
pounded his little stepson to death, has
been condemned to death.
Jane Taylor, aged 10, of Covington,
ky., killed hi, father who was beating the
boys's mother.
boiler explosion on a plantation near
Bastrop, La, killed four men and badly
scalded two.
Alfred Smith Barnes, the head Of the
school book publishing firm of 4. 5.
Barnes & Co, of Philadelphia, is dead.
Commander-in-C Chief Eea says President
Cleveland will sign the next dependent
pension bill.
The Manitoba elections resulted in
triumph for the Greenway government
and the Red River Valley railway, insur
ing the building of the road at the earliest
possible date
The subcommittee Of the house post
Office committee has adversely reported
the bill TO prevent the circulation through
the mails ofnewspapers containing lottery
advertisements.
All the Reading coal miners have been
ordered TO resume work. After work has
been resumed the demands of the miners
are 10 be considered.
The Indians who took part in the Rel
rebellion are starving. The government
cut Off all their supplies Immediately after
6iel's execution.
soon bring in the United States supreme
court OF the District Of Columbia to test
he constitutionality of the license system.
Mr.. Gatchell OF New y ork says that simi-
lar suits are to be brought in all the states
TO terminate in the United States supreme
court. The object is TO show that licenses
sre uncon ,titutiOnaL II this can be done
the league expects that prohibition legis-
lation will follow everywhere as a matter
OF protection.
Ben. Hopkins, convicted cashier OF the
Fidelity bank of Cincinnati. is dying at his
home and can't be removed to prison.
w. W. Corcoran, the aged philanthropist
OF Washington, is seriously i'll.
Rev. James Schofe d, father of Maj.
Gen. Schofeld, U. $. A. died in Chicago a
few days ago.
The United States supreme court refuses
to reopen the drive we'll" patent case.
Two men were killed by the explosion
of boiler at West Melville, La, the other
day.
Later reports say that over 100 families
in Mt Vernon, H., are homeless. Gov.
Oglesby has issued an appeal for aid.
Some Of the Realizing miners complain
that the company has shown lad faith in
discriminating against certain of the ex-
strikers An investigation has been or
dered.
Mexican troops are waging a war of ex-
termination against bandits.
The new fisheries treaty has been made
public by the senate. The treaty has been
approved by the President, who considers
it a satisfactory, practical and final adj
justment, and thinks that its adoption
will secure perpetual peace and harmony.
Over $4,000 worth of property was de-
stroyed by fire in Holland, n. Y. the other
day.
Western Massachusetts, was visited by
the worst freshet ever experienced there
on the 2lst inst. Bridges were swept away,
fires extinguished in manufacturing es-
Establishments, cellars flooded and incalcu-
liable damage done to property.
The soldiers orphans school building at
Dayton, Armstrong county, Pa, was de-
stroyed by fire the other night.
The internal revenue receipts for the
first seven months of the current fiscal
year are increased S. DOC, 600 over the same
time last year.
The house committee on banking and
currency has agreed to report with favor