Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-02
NEWS SUMMARY.

The dreadful list of fatalities of the fear
iul storm in the west and northwest now
reache, 25U.
DR.. Norvin Green, president of the
Western Union telegraph company, made
= strong plea in opposition to the govern
nent telegraph bill before the senate com
mittee the other day.
The national board of trade adopted
resolution asking congress TO amend the
naturalization laws. This resolution pro-
vides that no person can be given the
rights OF citizenship who does not
display duly authenticated certificate
from a customs officer setting forth the
date of the arrival OF such person, the
place OF entry into this country, the port
whence he departed for this country his
place OF nativity and the country he shall
have left.
A collision of two passenger trains oc-
Cured on the Minneapolis a. st. Louis
railroad near the foot of Third street. Du-
lutb, the other day. 1t was a complete
wreck and number OF passengers were
injured. One man was decapitated.
A. Diebold, coal dealer in Louisville,
KY, was frozen to death the other night
Mrs. Fred Tassler of Gary, Dakota, who
became insane over the fate of her two
boys lost in the blizzard is dead. Her
sons sought shelter in a school house, tax
ing their cattle with them, and were saved.
John w. Ross has been nominated for
postmaster at Washington Mr. Ross has
been q resi- dent of Washington since 1870
Philadelphia had 81, 250,0JJ fire Jan. 22
w. II Reynolds, cashier of the Citizens
bank at Limestone,I. r., was murdered by
masked men, who entered the bank the
other afternoon, and demanded that he
turn over the cash on hand.
Baltimore Methodist preachers object
to President Cleveland's gift of a copy of
the constitution TO the Pope, and have
adopted series of resolutions consuming
the President
President Fitzgerald of the Irish national
league received few days ago a draft for
$1,000 from Mr.. f. b. Hayes of Ottawa.
Canada. This is the first money received
in response to the presidents appeal ask
: ing 1000 Irishmen TO subscribe 81 900 each.
The Hon. w. p. Ballinger, one of the
foremost lawyers of the southwest ex-
| Judge of the supreme court of Texas, and
| ex-judge of the United States supreme
court died in Galveston few days ago.
Postmaster General Dickinson, on be-
half of the United States, has signed a
parcel post convention with British Hon.
duras.
Lettia Mccullough, widow of the
| famous tragedian, died in Philadelphia a
few days ago
The bill reported to the senate for the
admission of South Dakota is substantial
| ly the same as that passed by the senate
last session.
The remains of "Grandma" Garfield
have been placed in the receiving vault at
Lakeview, Cleveland, with those of the
| president.
The police station at ST. Thomas, Ont,
burned the other night, and tramp was
burned to death.
Charles O'Brlen, cashier of the First
/ National bank of Auburn, n. H., is de-
faulter to the amount of S2OO,OO0 O'Brien
| has fed, and is believed to have gone
west
The estimated loss of sheep in half u
dozen Texas counties is 10000.
! Senator Hoar has bill in the senate to
open negotiations for making the Welland
free canal, and to have a canal built
/ from the bay of Fundy TO the st. Law.
renee at the joint expense of Canada and
the United States.
! The Knights of Labor have petitionel
congress against steam printing in the
bureau of engraving and printing.
n Washington dispatch says that a
movement is on foot to dock members
of congress who are absent at roll call
/ hereafter.
! Postmaster General Dickinson has is
/ sued an order setting forth what may be
written or printed on third and fourth
class matter. The restrictions as to writ
ing upon matter of the third and fourth
classes are substantially the same as un-
der the old law; but in general all restric-
tion as to printing on these two classes
are removed, except as to the reservation
of space necessary for addressing the mat
ter and the placing thereon of postage
stamps.
Holmes, the Saratoga undertaken who
embalmed Gen. Grants body, sued the
New York Times for libel because that pa
PER said he was drunk when he did it. A
verdict for $4,000 has been awarded
! Holmes.
According to the report of the board of
control of the industrial home of Utah
Territory, sent TO the senate a few days
| ago, that institution is not a success.
The Duluth, Northwestern IL Winnipeg
railroad company, with capital of
S35,0OO000 has been incorporated at Du-
luth. The proposed line is to run from
Duluth 30 miles to Grand Rapids on the
Upper Mississippi, TO which point it is ex-
pected it will be built this season, and
from there to the Manitoba border and to
a point on the Red river between the
Northern Pacific at Fargo and the Mantle
ba road at Crookston. 1t will make an
eastern connection with the Duluth,
South Shore a. Atlantic road.
A German Iaborer employed by farm
er near Belgrade, Montana, was frozen to
death during the recent blizzard. The
man was sick, and his employer let HIM
lie in a cold room without proper food or
medicine The other morning the man
was found dead in his bed, and his body
was placed in q woodshed, where it was
partially eaten by hogs.