Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-23
NEWS SUMMARY.

israel Lucas, arrested III Toronto Tor
bringing s3l Gi3 stolen money into Canada
from Ohio, has been discharged from Gus.
todY.
Commissioner Coleman's report regard
ing pleuro-pneumonia among cattle in
Chicago is declared untrue.
An opium ring' has been organized in
San Francisco. Customs officers report an
increase OF smuggling.
Dakota people deny the reports of whole
sale freezing in that territory during the
great blizzard.
Services in commemoration of the birth
day of Abraham Lincoln were held in
Washington on the 18th inst. Addresses
were delivered by Senator Cullom OF Hi
nois, Frederick Douglass and Others.
william Kelly, inventor OF the pneumat-
ic steel process known as the Bessemer,
died at Louisville, KY, recently, aged Is.
Bessemer applied for letters patent on the
process here aud in Great Britain at the
same time, but Kelly was granted the
patent on tho ground of priority. He was
"a native of Pennsylvania.
smallpox is raging in Mandan, Dakota.
MIR. Sarah d. Robinson Of Boston, who
killed her son, daughter, nephew, two hui
bands and three other persons to obtain
insurance money, has been found guilty.
Mrs FOLSOM, mother OF Mrs. Cleveland,
sailed for Europe the other day.
AT Milton n. H., recently, Mrs. Ida Bow
ems died OF starvation, and when her
worthless husband, Clarence Bowens, dis
oyered the fact he hanged himself.
Eight persons were crossing the Missis
sippi river at La Reusite La, when the
skiR was Junk by the swells of passing
steamer and six OF the party were
drowned.
Senator b. X. Bruce was asked hi,
opinion of the proposed Negro exodus to
south America and Liberia. He did not
believe there was anything in it. 1t was
being pushed by two classes, one honest
but without experience, ana the other
sharpers. lie thought the Negroes had
oetter remain here and be educated to
fight their battle at the polls.
Six drunken Hungarians quarreled in
house at " ilkesbarre Pa. The lamp was
overturned, and in an instant the room
was in flames and the clothing of those
resent were on fire. Five OF the men and
one young girl were roasted TO death.
jerer, has arrived from England and is
now with his son. Both men are conf
.ent that the governor will grant par
ion.
A cattle train was tolcscoped near
Stroudsburg, Pa, the other day, and lots
Of cattle killed.
The executive board of the X. of L. have
ordered the striking sAOemakers of Gin
'innati to return TO work.
There is a split in the anti-poverty soci-
sty, and DIR. McGlynn and Henry George
are out
The United States supreme court has
endered II decision IN the Chinese immi-
grafton case of the Unitei tates VS.. Juns
An Lung, brought by appeal from
he circuit court of the United States for
he district OF California. The decision OF
The lower court, by virtue OF which Jung
Ah Lung was discharged from custody on
= writ OF habeaS corpus, is affirmed OpIn-
on by MIR. justice Blatchford, Justice,
Harlan Field and Lamar dissenting.
The hospital at st. Adams, VT, was gut
ed by fire the other morning. Two of the
inmates were burned TO death.
The large Hour mills near " mona, Mimi,
were destroyed by tire tae other day.
Daniel f.. SOmes, formerly member of
congress from Maine, but ,or the last %
years Il resident OF Washington, is dead.
ne was one OF the original organizers o
tne republican party ana was a strong
supporter Of Fremont in 1855.
Henry l.. Johnson, chief clerk of the
equipment division OF the second assist
ants Office of the postonce department.
is dead. dc was pointed to the post
Office department in ISL, and with the
exception OF Judge Laurenson was the
Oldest official in point of service.
he republican state convention OF
Ohio will be held in Columbus, April 1919.
A bill has been introduced in the New
Jersey legislature providing that the death
penalty shall hereafter he inflicted by
electricity.
frank Green, son of Rear Admiral
Green OF the United States navy, was run
over AMI killed by the cars near New Or
leans tn. other day.
A special agent of the treasury depart
ment has been sent TO Watertown, n. ",
TO investigate the alleged opium frauds.
A company has been Incorporated at
Washington to establish an electro-auto-
automatic elevated railway between
Baltimore aud Washington which will
carry mail and merchandise between the
two cities in ten minutes.
President Cleveland has signed theabill
removing the political disabilities of Hen
ry Il. Mnrmaduke of Missouri.
oliver Truett of York. Pa, jealous of
his wife, shot her and then committed
suicide
The bonds stolen from the bank in Saco
Maine, last August, by Frank McNealy,
have been recovered.
The lower house of the Des Moines legis-
lature has passed n bill providing that
non. resident aliens holding real estate in
Iowa shall dispose OF it within ten years,
but may hold ~ acres, or city property to
the amount of Slo,COJ provided such is
placed in actual possession of relatives,
such relative or occupant to become a
naturolized citizen within ten years.
The house committee on territories has
decided 10 formulate an omnibus enabling
act for the territories of Dakota, Mon
tana, Washington and New Mexico, and
the preparation has been referred to n