Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-09-13
GENERAL.

A disastrous prairie fire is raging in the
ranges in northern Montana, extending
from Maris's river TO Sweetgrass hills, a
distance Of 30 miles. The winter range of
the Benton Il st. Louis cattle company, has
been destroyed with large amount of hay.
Unless rain comes the fire will cover inn
mense tracts Of country.
Arthur White, youth of TO- who several
weeks ago absconded with $4,000 belong
ing to the banking house of Kittridge
& Co., Of Denver, Col, has been
apprehended az Victoria, Il. c., and IS, 500
OF the money has been recovered. An at
tempt will be made TO eXtradite him.
Charles De Baum of New York, abscond-
ing cashier of Park National bank, has
been arrested in Canada and held for extra
dition He stole $4,000.
The fifteenth annual meeting Of the w.
G. n. u. will be held in New York Oct. 10.
A trust has been formed in New Orleans
representing combined capital of SIS, O00,-
200. 1t will purchase the entire Offering of
tropical steamers. Six million dollars has
been advanced by London capitalists TO
build railroads in Honduras and elsewhere
so as to concentrate the fruit market at GER
tain selected shipping points
Tincture of aconitc given by mistake as
syrup in soda water killed Horace Bishop
and Charles Applebee, aged Is and 10, at
Branford, Conn. The drug clerk was ar
rested.
The new million and half steel railroad
bridge of the c., Is. ~ q. railroad at Nebras-
ka City, Neb., has been formally opened.
Frank Standiford, son of the late million
aire, +. ID. Standiford, at Louisville, KY,
the other day shot and killed Dan Walker,
a teamster, for beating prohigate woman.
All the Sioux Indians who left the reser-
cation in Wyoming Territory have return
ed, and no further trouble is feared.
In the Jefferson City, Mo-, penitentiary,
John Riley, a convict, attacked j. A. Ores
ham, "a guard, who, in return, shot Riley
dead.
Manitoba reports the richest and best
wheat crop in the history of the province.
A man named Ruse, who shot and killed
Mr.. Perkins at Kokomo, Ind, last April for
capped, was arrested the other day at Hills
boro, d. Il.
Allegheny county, Pa, will celebrate its
centennial Sept. %, "A, %.
The receipts of wheat in Minneapolis for
the crop year ending August 81 were A.,
100, 400 as against IS, 27S, $50 bushels last
year. This is the largest quantity Of wheat
ever received In any primary market in the
world. IL exceeds the whole wheat crop In
Minnesota.
Jay Gould has issued orders for the con-
Btruction of new union depot at St. JOS
eph, Mo. 1t will cost $500,000
BY the bursting of an oil tank near Oil
Center, 12 miles from Findlay, Ohio, three
men lost their lives. The men were at
work on a scaffold on the tank, and when
the explosion occurred were precipitated
into the oil. In moment the whole mass
Of oil was on fire. The bodies OF the men
were recovered later, burned beyond recog-
milton.
The rumor, very widely circulated, that
General Master Workman Powderiy had
withdrawn from the order, Is emphatically
denied.
Grand labor day parades OF workingmen
took place In nearly all of the principal
cities on the 3rd inst.
A notebook three men from Oxford, N.
C., Jail the other morning and hanged them.
w. w. Curtis, formerly war correspond
emit Of the New York Times, died in Wash
ington few days ago. He was a native Of
Ohio. He has been engaged In business in
/ Washington for a number of years.
There Is no truth in the statement that
whites have been massacred by the Indians
In Colorado.
I The Goth Pennsylvania regiment dedi-
! Gated two monuments at Gettysburg on the
9Th inst.