Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-09-06
MINOR MENTION.

1t is anticipated that the government ex.
hiblts at the Cincinnati Exposition will cover
10000 square feet OF space.
The government is trying lobster culture on
the Pacific coast. The first Atlantic install
ment has been anchored at Santa Cruz.
The canning OF shrimp is becoming great
industry In New Orleans. Fully 100000
cans a day are packed there during the sea
son.
"Chautauqua" means "a foggy place" The
Indians did not forsee that the name would
be applied to system grandly fog-dspell-
ing.
A decoctlon of tobacco, boiled in water
and used cold the next day, is said to have
been found effectual against the currant
worm.
A Brooklyn man named Wardrobe Is In q
singularly appropriate business. He has set ur
a shop In Fulton street for the renovation OF
clothing.
The four brotherhoods, engineers, fremen,
brakemen aud switchmen OF this country arc
taking steps toward the amalgamation Of the
four bodies.
Some OF the Navajo scouts used by the gov
eminent in chasing Geronimo are reported to
be robbing and numbering 30 miles east of
Gallup, N. NJ.
There has been a heavy shrinkage in the
quantity of South American sugar forwarded
to this country during the season, as COM
pared with last year.
| Seven different kinds OF campaign badges
have already been sprung upon the public by
New York manufacturers the trinkets costing
from / to 10 cents each.
Pet dogs In Paris are now clad in mantles
with pockets for holding lumps OF sugar,
bracelets on their paws and string of little
silver bells around the neck
Land In New York city is so dear that ie
does not pay capitalists to build houses for
rental Many houses that sell for $40, 700 will
not bring 81, 500 year rent
An official report on the cholera epidemic
which ragged In japan two years ago states
that there were l55, 574 cases of the disease,
Of which 10, 0S6 were fatal.
The Smith family is numerous in England
and Wales. The census places the number OF
individual Smiths In those countries at $685.
Sl4 which is more than the whole population
OF Dublin.
A Port Huron, Mich, woman who Is rather
restless as to how business may be later in
the season, has bonght her coffin at quarter
of sale, and is now overseeing the construc-
tion Of her tombstone
Harry Cole, four years old, arrived at Roch-
ester last week, having travelled alone from
Los Angeles, Cal Both his parents have died
within q year, and the little fellow came East
TO take home with an aunt
Four new quaran inc stations are to be es-
tablshed on the Atlantic coast, as follows:
Delaware Breakwater amount appropriated
So, COO; Cape Charles, $4,000; Georgia
coast, s3s,5OO; Keep West, $4,000.
The lightning, which almost demolished
the house OF Mr.. Brantly at Ssrvls, Ga, the
other day, harmed none OF the family, al
though young son was within foot or Two
of the place where the bolt first fell.
Ex-Gov. Alger, of Michigan, has a son O
years II age. When the news OF Harson's
nomination reached Detroit the little fellow
remarked: swell, everybody can't be nomi-
mated" You are pretty young for a phlloso-
pher," remarked the defeated father.
Three thousand little saud.crabS from the
New Jersey coast have been sent to Europe.
They will De placed In museums Of natural
history connected with schools. where they
will be studied as specimens Of dimlnutive
crustacea
Isn't 1t odd that lawyers will prosecute,
juries find verdicts and judges pass sentence,
and lhen the whole crowd turn about and
sign petition to the governor not to carry
out the sentence. 100 much ieelIn's" 1,
what als this country to-day.
The disreputabls Marquis OF AuesburV has
at last turned his hand to something really
useful. He has bought a Windsor andHen-
ley coach AMI drives it every day, allowing
anybody TO ride for shillings and 6 pence,
with shillngs extra for a box seat beside
his lordship.
At San Diego Cal, a seance for material
lzation was recently held in a Methodist
church with satisfactory results Several
spirits came out OF the cabinet aud talked
with their friends In front. During the even
ng fourteen materlalizations took place and
100 tests were given.
Jesse Il Grant has been travelling through
Mexico as the representative OF New Yora
capitalists who propose 10 invest largely
I'm Mexican Mining property. lie says he
found regret expressed by business men all
over Mexico that the Mexican reciproclt,
treaty failed to become law.
Marlenne Lesbonne, the colonel OF the
| commune, Is about To become theatrical
manager for the presentation OF a drama In
verse called The Sleep OF Danton," by
Clovis Hughes. 1t will be given the honors
OF q single addition In Paris-a sort of pub
lie rehearsal. Thsnce its glory will be taken
10 Marseiles, and from there to London
The drama tells the story of the last six
mouths OF the life of Danton, and the tale 10
a simple one OF his own private life. A
great sensation is expected from the scene
where the royalIsts die on the scafrold.
man who lives in Americas, Ga, has
been hearing strange noises In the cellar OF
his house. At one time IL was like syrup run.
ming from q barrel, which he thought wat
caused by rats, and another time like persor
digging with pick When he heard the last
noise he went down to the cellar with light
but everything was quiet. Returning to his
family the digging commenced again louder
and heavier. The house shook, the windows
ratified. and all his dogs (elght or ten) began
TO bark and run around, the hands were awah-
ened by IL. What caused the noise, so much
like digging was never found out 1t kept VI
for over an hour.