Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-16

au african traveller says the intoxicating
liquor now chiefly exported to Africa from
Bremen and Hamburg is n poisonous distilla-
ton from the potato, and produced vcry
chcaply. Chemists state that there Is more
tusel oil in it than in any other known spirit.
The natives give it the appropriate name OF
death.
Californian says that IN August, while
driving near Pomona, one Of his party pointed
out a great mass OF tarantulas crawling b; the
roadside. The party shot scores of them, and
then succeeded in getting fifty or sixty into a
water-ptil. Then begun a tremendous fight
betweeen these big spiders, which ended only
when every Que in the pail was dead.
Over five hundred homing pigeons are on
exhibition at the annual show Of the fedora,
ton OF American hommg pigeon fanclers at
Newark, n. j. They come from all parts OF
the union, aud are the most valuable aud won
derful lot Of hiers ever seen There are seven
birds in the collection which $500 could not
buy, while the cheapest of them would bring
Sgj.
w. A. johnson, who dled recently IN Lisbon,
Conn, at an advanced age was wagon maxi
err, and one OF his last JOBS was TO repair al OK
cart which he built in 1892 aud which had
been in constant use for dfty-five years with.
out repair. His first job in Lisbon was &c
make u set OF wheels. They have been used
on 4 farm wagon lifty-six years, aud are just
as good as ever.
II is believed that Mrs Nancy Coley, OF
EastOm Conn, is the Oldest native born white
American living She was born on Greenfield
Hin, Conn, in the fall Of l779 and was 80
littlo that the nurse could and did put her in
to pewter teapot and closed the lid. But
as the old lady saws, al lived aud grew nice
w." She bore twelve children, all but two OF
whom are dead.
The Lincoln family now residing at Dallas,
Gex., Is the wealthiest party of colored people
in the world Fortunate sprculations in
Mexican mining property male the grand
mother of the Lincoln fanl, Immensely
wealthy, aud she deposited al. her money in
The Bank OF England. A year ay) The money
was divided among the grandchildren, six in
all, who are now worth s. 00)0)J each.
While trying 10 lind out the leak OF a gas
pipe on a street in Harrisburg Pa, the other
lay, laborcr struck piece Of flint with his
nick which igntcd the leaking .as that per-
meated through the limestone rock. No less
than a hundred flames could be seen all along
the road, and the street was as light ae day,
IL was not until a trench was dug aud the
pipe reached that the fire could be extin.
guished
On the Goth OF last June the town Of More
head, Ky, hal population of only three hun
bred, and one of the worst bands OF despera.
does Kentucky has seen in many years. The
bard was defeated in battle by sherG's
posse, the leaders were killed, aud the next
day the town brgau 10 grow and boom. Now
1t has a population of over five hundred,
real-estnte boom, and recently discovered
coal vein.
A resident of Mansfield. Pa, has leased i've
thousand acres Of coal lands in the townships
I Peters aud Cecil, Washington county, and
upper St. Clair and South Fayette, Allegheny.
lie pays cash 81 cents an acre and from S35 to
S45 per acre on the LIST ofJuly, 1888 according
% location as regards railroad facilities for
shipping Bes des this he pays over 500 per
scrc on an option on the surface Of two or
aree pieces of land at Boyces aud HIPS sta
tions, on the CHARTERS Valley railroad 10 Al
legheny county, which options extended only
Into February.
Barnum's elephants, when 'dead and
turned to clay" seem to possess a scientific
advantage which makes them desirable ad-
diton 10 all institutions of learning DIR vii
der at Cornell University is hard at work
studying the brain Of the big elephant, and
will probably add to his fame BY a treatise
upon its pecuiartics. Now 1t Is said that
the university Is to purchase the complete
skeleton OF an elephant to be mounted and
placed I'm the museum Of anatomy aud zool.
ogy The whole animal will be we'll known to
Cornell students.
Sarah S. Chells, a teacher in Watertown n.
Y aged about IS years brought suit against
John b. Chapman, aged a, for damages for
breach of promise. MIR Chairman is
wealthy resident Of Rodman, jefferson county,
aud owns a number of farms located about
the county. lie is lame, afflicted with rheuma.
tsm, bowed down by old age and in other ways
unattractive The marriage day, it is claimed,
was set several times, but on each occasion
was postponed by Chapman, till at last the
patience of the would-be bride became cI.
hausted, aud she commenced suit in the SUI
preme court for s.. 900 damages 10 her heart by
his refusal to carry out his agreement To the
charge that he broke his promise the defend
ant sets up n novel answer He denies that
he ever promised to marry Miss Chells, and
then states that he is "a years old, was never
married, and since the date OF the alleged
promise set forth in the complaint he has
been aud still is In feeble health more or Jess,
preventing him from carrying on his ordinary
business; that he is afll cted with rheumatism
disease of the kidneys, has fits, falls down
unconscious, aud remains in that condition
several minutes at time; that he has been
at times unable to stand erect, and so re-
main for long space Of time, and that he
now is and believes that he will be perma-
ueutly disabled physically
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