Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-05
NEWS SUMMARY.

The Standard oil company has COM
menced the construction of an immense
pipe line from Lima Ohio, to Chicago for
the transportai Oh of oil for fue.
Senator Voorhees, has introduced bill to
create the land district of Cimarron.
Or. Ferdinand Vanderveer Hayden, the
distinguished American explorer died in
Philadelphia Lee. 3D.
Freezing weather prevails throughout
the great cattle district of Texas. The
loss to ranchmen is great.
[ George III. Norris, one of the largest
fruit growers in Florida, died at Highland
Park a few days ago.
The wife and daughter Of Ed. McElroy,
MISSOURI pilot, were burned to death in
Vicksburg the other night.
Mrs. Maria Burton has established in
the courts of the City Of Mexico her right
to lands In Lower California known as
Fnsenada de Todos Santos under an old
grant. The question involved a million
of dollars worth OF proparty which it is
now claimed has been sold to others by
the international company of Mexico and
includes portion of the town of Ensen
ada.
Senator Mitchell has presented u memo
rial in the senate from the legislative as
sembly Of Oregon, praying for a modifica-
ton OF the treaty between the United
/ States and the Chinese empire so as to
stop and prohibit the importation or i'm
migration of Chinese and other Asiatic
'aborers altogether, and to adopt such
awful measures as may be necessary to
rid the country of those already here.
Maj. j. NJ. Wright of Louisville, KY,
has been appointed marshal of tine United
States supreme court, in place of Col. J.
g. Nicolay, who has held that position
about fifteen years.
An explosion of dynamite occurred
about four miles from Halifax the other
day, and four men were blown to frag-
ments.
Rumored that Don Nj. Dickinson, the
soon-to-be postmaster-generaI, favors a
reduction of letter postage to one cent.
A broken rail caused an accident on the
Wisconsin Central road near German
Valley, Wis, Dec. %, and 40 persons we're
injured. One passenger was killed.
The Dominion grange has unanimously
| declared in favor of commercial union.
During November Lore immigrants ar
rived in this country, against 31,G2) in
November, 1856.
On Christmas day two colored boys,
aged and years, living on the Kelley
place in Calumet, about eigat miles south
of Louisiana, Mo-, were burned to death
while playing too close to n lighted brush
pile. When discovered the bodies were u
charred mass and almost Leyond identiH-
cation.
w. w. Corcoran of Washington sent a
check for $1,000 to the Confederate Home
at Charleston, S. c., as a Christmas gift.
President Cieveland's gift to the pope is
an elegantly bound volume of the consti-
tuition of the United States.
M. ID. Babcock, inventor of the fire ex-
tinguisher bearing his NAME died in the
poor house in San Francisco recently, of
softening of the brain. At one time he re-
ceived a royalty of $4,000 a month from
his invention, but he sold the patent and
the money was soon squandered
Nathan Reed residing near Macon, Ca,
killed and burned the bodies of his wife
and six children and then committed sui
eide.
Gov. Jonn S. Marmaduke died at the
executive mansion in jefferson City, Mo-,
Dec 20. Lieut., Gov. Morehouse was qui.
city indicted into the vacant Office by the
chief justice of the supreme court the next
day.
The Kansas prohibition convention was
held in Topeka Dec. 2s 1t was very moor
ly attended.
The mayor of Denver, Col, has issued
an order closing all the gambling places in
that city.
Daniel Stillwell was frozen to death in
Pittsburg, Tenn, Dec. %. 1t is the first
case of freezing to death ever known in
| that state.
The Illinois river improvement conven.
ton will ask congress to legislate in favor
OF connecting Lake Michigan and the Mis-
sissipi river.
Richard IL. Barringer, one of the most
popular young men of Troy, N. Y, has
just died from the effects of cigarette
poisoning.
Harry McNeally, the boy who stole over
$3.50, 600 from bank in Saco, Maine, where
he was employed, was captured in Halifax,
N. s., a few days ago.