Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-08
NEWS SUMMARY.
GENERAL

David Sellers and his wife, living near
Mt. Gilead, o., were murdered the other
night and their farm house was fired by
the perpetrator Of the crime whose object
was undoubtedly robbery.
James Talmage, son of the late A. A. Tai
mage, general manager of the Wabash rail
way, has been convicted of murder in the
second degree at Koytssville, Mo, for kill
ing telegraph operator named &. =. Tidd
one year ago. and sentenced TO twenty one
years in the penitentiary.
The w. G. Il. u, superintendent con.
cluded their labors in New York. They
decided to meet next in San Francisco on
September %, 1882 on which occasion a
grand harvest home festival will be held in
honor of Miss Wizards 30 birthday. The
work will lie extended into the territories
! and department will be established at the
Paris exposition, appropriations having
been made for that purpose. Miss Jennie
Smith was re elected superintendent Of the
work among railroad men.
In the suit of Mrs. Myra Beals of Boston,
against DR.. AugustiA Thompson of Lowell,
for having alienated her husbands affec-
tons, the jury brought in verdict for the
plaintiff, awarding her $4,000 damages.
Gust. Falk, a native of Sweden, was ar
rested in Chicago the other day charged
with being confederate in q gigantic
mortgage swindle, whereby the guaranty
association of Stockholm, Sweden, is the
loser TO an enormous amount.
Admiral Porter's annual report asserts
that the American sailors are chiefly of
scandinavian origin, who have no sculiucnt
! for the American flag, and in possible
! fight with their own country might haul
down the American colors. The admiral
| urges the enlistment of more native born
apprentice boys. He also points to the
necessity of torpedo boats.
Carl Strekleman of Columbus, Ind, has
returned from four years stay in central
Africa, where he was engaged in trading
with the natives and exploring the interior
/ of the country away from the Congo. He
| brought home with him a 9years- old Negro
| prince, whose father is king of the Lonagon
| country and member Of the Bavele tribe
! The prince will return TO his people after
learning the language and customs of this
! country.
/ Two ladies and boy were killed at Mus
cantine Iowa, on the 28th ult. Their death
! was the result of the stubbornness of the
/ boy who persisted in driving across the
railroad track when the engine was nearly
| upon them.
brothers, died in Poughkeepsie, N. V,
few days ago.
A misplaced switch Near Charles
! town, w. Va, resulted in the death of two
| railroad employees the other day.
Assistant postmaster Michael A. Sheldon
| of Hudson, n. ", arrested on a cargo of
! pilfering from mails passing through his
Office, has made a full confession. 1t is be-
| lieved that his stealings amount to about
! $1,000.
Two well defined shocks of earthquake
were felt in the vicinity of New Bedford
Mass, on the Both ult
In an opinion rendered by Justice Brad
| ley in the drummer tax case of William G..
Asher vs. the state of Texas, the supreme
| court of the United States declared uncon-
| stitutional all state laws imposing license
| tax upon commercial travellers not resi-
dents of the state imposing the tax.
More than 10, 500 foreigners have been ad-
mitted to citizenship in New York city this
| year. The completed registration shows
2S6, 547 names, about 10000 more than last
! year
Mayor Babcocll of Cleveland officially an
nounces that the bonds of absconding
! Treasurer Axworthy amply secure the city
against loss, and that the city bonds will be
paid at maturity
Yellow fever is increasing at South Jack
Bonviue, Fla
Samuel II. Albro of New York, whose
nomination as superintendent of Indian
! tchools failed of confirmation by the senate,
has been appointe-- TO that position by the
| president
Nathaniel Watts, aged 80, died of pneu-
|
was an ''old defender" one of the patriots
| who, Sept ~ 1874, repulsed the British
attack upon Baltimore.
Judge Thomas a. Walker, died il Selma
Ala, Oct. 80 He was general in the In
| 1ian war.
w. X. McAllister Of Chicago, one of the
most noted members of the Illinois bar, is
! dead.
Mrs. Blade and two sons, who were rid
/ In. H., IN,,l..
were run down by locomotive and all
! three killed.
The suit brought by Adm Badeau against
the Grant heirs for $1,000 has been set
tied on the terms first proposed by Mrs.
Grant The widow never questioned the
claim, but she would not admit that Ba-
! deau was joint author with the general in
the preparation OF the memoirs.
Jack Fleming, deputy marshal, blew
out his brains during he progress of a trial
! in the criminal court room in Kansas City,
| Mo, the other morning.
\ Chicago syndicate offers to put S75, 900
into the project Tor the removal of Libby
prison if it can be done for that money.
In a letter to Secretary Cake of the win
dow glass workers association, Mr.. Pow
derby, chief of the knights of labor, writes
that he is a protectionist, and has never
| bought a single article made across the
| ocean. He also states that he would not
allow single article to land that can be
manufactured at home, nor would he allow
workmen to come over and take the places
of American wage-earners.
The mother of Thomas Dalton is under
arrest at st. Louis for causing his death,
after a quarrel, by pouring oil over his
clothing and setting him on fire. She was
drunk at the time the crime was committed.
Ephriam Mayes was hanged at Edgefeld,
S. c., recently, for the murder of deaf
mute year ago. He confessed on the scat
fold. His wife and daughter were SEN
fenced to be hanged for completely, but the
governor pardoned the daughter, and COM
muted the wife's sentence TO life imprison-
| ment.
AT an Indian dance at Adonah, Wisconsin,
| two young squaws overhearing some re-
marks made by Mrs. Whitebird, turned up
bn her and gave her terrible beating. The
woman died Of her injuries. Jealousy was
the cause of the tragedy.
A man named Smith of Guthrie, KY,
beat his wife to death. Being pursued by
the sheriff, he grabbed his child, ran threw
lit into n barnyard pond, where II was
lIirowned, and sprang in himself, but was
hauled out and jailed.
"Moliie Matches" sneak thief, burglar
and al-round crook, has completed ten
years sentence at Joliet Ill, and will return