Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-17

A traction engine and threshing machine
broke through bridge near Janesville,
Ind, the other day, and landed in the
water 20 feet below Five men were buried
under the engine, two of whom were scald
ed 10 death by the escaping steam. The
three other men were seriously injured.
Sidney G.. Brock of Missouri has been
appointed chief OF the bureau of statistics
In the treasury department.
From present indications there are a
number OF bodies in the river near Johns
town. Pa, rarely day passing that two or
more swollen and mutilated bodies are not
recovered
Gen. A. F. ID. Hunt d ed in Manchester,
n. f.. on the 9TH inst. He served through
the rebellion as adiutant of tho Third Yer
mont volunteers, and had been almost con-
tnuously in the United military service
since. He received his commission as
major general OF the United States army u
few days before his death.
Lofts restaurant in Winona, Miss, WIS
destroyed by tire Oct. {, and four guests
were burned to death.
Scarity of food and water is causing
great loss of stock in the northwest.
An English syndicate has secured a
controlling interest in the Union elevator
company Of ST. Louis.
An arrangement has been consummated
with tho New York Central aud the Lake
Shore railro d companies by which n new
last mail train from New York TO Chica. o
has been established This train
will leave New York City at $50 in
the morning, aud reach Chicago at 9 80 the
next morning.
Two gangs of counterfeters were broken
up by United States officials in Orange
county, Ind, the other morning.
A collision of freight trains on the Union
Pacific near Roscoe, Neb., resulted in the
death OF passenger and the fatal injury Of
a conductor and brakeman
Miss Ruth Wells, for 80 years a resident
of Fort Wayne, Ind, is dead, aged 81. She
bequeaths her valuable property in that
city to be used for an sylum for the blind.
The str Ike OF the window glass blowe RS,
which began in June, was settled at coz
ference Of the manufacturers in Baltimore
he other day, an advance of % per cent
having been agreed upon. The strike af-
fccted 5000 men. The advance takes effect
at once, and work has been resumed.
Ex- Congressla John NJ. Glover of ST.
Louis, Mo-, announces himself as a candi.
date for United states senator from that
state, Mrs. Glover recently inherited 81,
1000 and will spend it all to secure her
husband s election.
The Iowa supreme court has rendered u
decision declaring constitutional the pro
u4DltOIg llqNOI law Va ltlAl 81 AIc.
The grand cross of II commander of the
legion of honor has been bestowed upon
Thomas A. Edison by the managers OF the
Paris exposition.
Eou anger will follow the advice OF
his friends in Paris and London and return
to Paris.
An explosion occurred the other day in
the Rhein-Prussen cOllery at Hamburg
on the Rhine, and ten men were killed.
The commission selected TO lind suita.
BILE site for anew navy yard on the Pa
cltc coast repor $ in favor of Port Orchard,
10 miles from seattle, w. Il.
The smokeess powder, about which so
much h been sa Il, is not "A success. Aus
trian troops have been asphyXiated by the
powder. Thcre is little hope that science
can remedy this fault without detracting
from the effectiveness of the explosive
which was TO revolutionze warfare.
Twenty two of the business places in
Cresco, Iowa. were destroyed by ire Sep;
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