Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-07-26
GEN ERAI,.

NTON. Oh MISSOURI mas granted
respite Of four weeks to Hugh M. Brooks,
who was to have been hanged on the 18th
inst, for the murder of his friend G. Arthur
Preller in St. Louis in April, 1885.
The cornerstone of the administration
building of the soldiers and sailors home,
~ miles from Sandusky, Ohio, was laid
July IL, with imposing ceremonies. Many of
the G. A. r. posts of the state were repre-
scented, and an immense crowd was in at
tendance. At noon the veterans were re-
viewed by Gov. Foraker.
Prof. G.. Il. VanHize of Madison, Wis,
has been appointed United States geologist
for the northwest.
The New London and Northern railroad
company S repair and machine shops at New
London, Conn, were entirely destroyed by
fire the other morning.
AT Minneapolis Frank Hoover, president
of the typographical union, and William b.
Hammond. a member of its executive, have
been indicted for boycOtting the Saturday
Evening Spectator.
a terrific gale swept down upon the At
lantic coast on the 18th inst. Many vessels
were wrecked, and number of persons
drowned.
Ben Hopkins, one Of the officers of the
Fidelity national bank of Cincinnati, sen
fenced to the Ohio penitentiary, is suffering
from dropsy. The state board of pardons
mas signed "a recOUlulenuHLlOna ASKING HFeSl-
dent Cleveland to pardon MIN.
j. r. Bolch, plantation overseer in Fair
field county, South Carolina has died from
hydrophobia caused by cat bite. The ami
nal inflicted the wound while in great rage.
The President has accepted the resigna-
zion of Hon George V. n Lothrop, United
States Minister to Russia, TO take effect
August /.
Icelanders are on the verge of starvation,
and many are moving TO Manitoba.
Manitoba liberals elected 80 If their mem
bers to the legislature, while the conserva-
tives squeezed in only three. Norquay had
plurality Of but two votes.
The Canadian Pacific has purchased the
South Shore railroad.
A syndicate of capitalists, 16 in number
and but one of them from Duluth, will build
at that place during the coming fall and
winter one of tho largest floating and sta
tionary dry docks on the chain of lakes, the
enterprise calling for an outlay of 500 900.
Col. Jones S. Hamilton of Memphis,
Tenn, has brought suit in the United States
court, before Judge Hammond, for $4,000
damages against the Memphis Appeal com
pany for referring to him as "a depraved
murderer, San assassin, f" "a conspirator,"
and "the boss OF a gang of corruptionists, ="
because of his connection with the leasing
Of the Mississippi penitentiary.
The New York Sun is for sale, and the
price is S5,0O0,00OO
In consequence of a washout on the Fort
Worth e. Denver railroad the north bound
passenger train was precipitated through a
bridge near Clarendon, Texas, the other
morning. Engineer Smith and Fireman
Wilson were instantly killed and number
the passengers badly shaken up.
The postmaster general has received no
tice that the German postal department has
forwarded to this country several cases of
exhibits for the Cincinnati exposition.
The President has vetoed two more pen
sion bills on the ground that the disabilities
for which the pension was asked were not
incurred in the service, and another because
the beneficiary named already receives o
pension.
The remains of the late Roscoe Conkling
were removed from the receiving vault and
inferred in Forest Hill cemetery at Utica,
N. Y, ON the 10th inst.
Father O'Connor Of New York, says that
sister Mary Francis Clare the "nun of
Kenmare," has renowned the Catholic
faith and will JOIN Father O'Connor's con
verified Catholic society. Gen. Kerwin,
editor of Archbishop Corrigan's organ, con.
firms the story.
1t Is reported that Edison has sold all
right and interest in his monograph to an
English syndicate for S250,0O0.
AS reported to the senate the sundry
civil appropriation bill appropriates S27, 600
600.
The department of state is Informed
that a well organized revolution exists in
Venezula.
Twenty buildings in Barlema, Neb.
were blown down during a wind storm OF
the 18th inst
DIR. Herbert f. Reynolds of Wood county
Ohio, is in Jail in Toledo, charged with
child-murder. When arrested he had
small black satchel which was found TO con
tain the dead body of an infant, evidently
but q few hours old.
The senate committee on interstate com
merce has directed favorable report OF
the Spooner bill, placing the telegraph
under the supervision of the inter-stat,
law.
Portions of Indiana and Ohio were great
ly damaged by waterspouts on the 1911
inst
The Phoenix manufacturing company
silk mills, at Pottsville Pa, started on tn,
18th inst II Is the largest mill in tn,
country and will employ 1000 med.
There has been no break in the Mahoninl
valley iron manufacturers lockout, and I
has been resolved TO continue IL indefinitely