Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-29
CURRENT EVENTS.

Texas fever sill RACES among cattle In Berks
county, Pa.
New York has population OF Chinese some
thing over TO- 900
Irelands population Is Increasing at the
rate OF 5000 year.
The present session of congress is the long
est in the history OF the republic.
The public debt VAS reduced over SIC, 000,-
600 during the month OF September
Forests are spruglng up on the abandoned
mines aud mining towns in California.
Canada will experiment with Holsters trans.
planted to the Pac.6c from the Atlantic next
season.
The custom OF going barcheaded one day
in the week Ton the 'ShabDar' or Saturday,
is observed by the Mengrelians.
The Elrura me across the Atlantic on her
last trip in six days, ono hour aud lty min
utes, the GU clIest time vet made.
One OF the latest advances in electrical
illumination is the lighting OF the London
omn buses with electricity, the battery TO be
under the seat OF the driver.
Prairie fires in Dakota have caused ncavy
losses to farmers over wide extent of coun-
lIfs IluuNlGAs VI hu-hA Ia ihoAo AhNb oAo~
talned losses arranging from 500 to 5 ,00E
The editor OF Die BeOo'k'r0tg Germany
estimates the population OF the world to be
! !, 434, 10000 NJ LevasscW (Frcnch) puts
1t at !, 4S3 Oh, 0OJ, a ference of 49,0OO,0O0.
The annual value OF the dairy product OF
the state OF Illinois equals the value Of the
gold production OF the Unlted States. Who
says tue COW Is not the best friend OF the
farmeri
Seven .yeor-old Tom Gilmore is Florlla's
musical prod icy. He plays the piano exceed
ingly well and the violin, too. His favorite
method with the ter ia TO sit on his father 5
knee and finger the strl1gs while his father
draws the bow.
The war wave has swept even Switzerland
! Her IN ltary budget which was 1lO0), OOJ
| francs ten years ago, is now over 20, 900, 90,
aud an extra credit Of 20,00),0JJ has just
been demanded to rearm her infantry with the
new small bore repeating rife
The exports OF wheat and corn from all
American ports and Montreal from Sept, l.,
lSSS, to Sept. -, 1888 were s. 4S3, 600 bushels
wheat and !, 10000 bushels corn, against 8
22O, OJ0 bushels wheat and 961, 00O bushels corn
same period one year ago.
The packing Of hogs Mt the principal west
ern points from March l to Sept 26 was as
follows: Chlcago 1000, O0D, Kansas City &c.,
300, Omaha 90, 900, 81. Louis 222, O00 Indian
Apolis 1877, 900, Cincinnati no. 900, Milwaukee
lag 900, Cedar Rapids, I39, SOL.
The first telegraph Office was opened In
Washington In lS4j, aud the receipts from
April to inclusive were one cent On
April the receipt rose to l2li cents, and on
the 9th and 9Th fell of to nothing. April 8
the flee took In 81, 80, and on April Sl04
Mr. john uoey has completed arrangements
by which the Adam Express company will
extend its service over England, France aud
Germany. lie proposes TO have offices in
Liverpool, London, Paris Berlin aud Vienna
and emp.o; a special car daily On the express
trains to those cities.
The number of sheep In Pennsylvania IN
1887 was Ice I, $685. about one sheep to ever
family. The production of wool Is estimated
at 45S6, 00J ouuds, little less that pound
apiece for us all The number Of sheep in
Pennsylvania has fallen of since 1850 over
so. ZOO.