Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28

The meat storage house OF Chas STRAINS
OF Pittsburg was destroyed by hre the
other day.
Acting Governor Wilson of West Vir-
ginia has called u special session eff the
Legislature.
Internal revenue receipts for the year
are $50, SH, 434-an increase over last year
of $6,561,95S.
Watson T.. Brown has been appointed
receiver OF the Cincinnati, jackson and
Mackinac railroad.
The Catholic congress in Baltimore ad,
vocates high license so as to prohibit the
small and low saloons.
Governors of western states are TO hold q
secret session in Chicago TO confer on
the world $ fair location.
Thos. F. Burke, whose life was spent in
the cause OF freedom for Ireland, died in
New York few days ago.
Washington is overrun with Chinese
opium Joints, and the officials are doing
their best TO suppress them.
by vote of III TO 1906, the farmers
congress in session at Montgomery Ala.
decided for protection TO wool.
Jake Buzzary, one of the famous Welch
Mountain outlaws, died in the penitentiary
at Lancaster, Pa, the other day.
II. V. Phillips, editor OF the Banner at
Carthage, Mo, accidentally shot himself
the other day while cleaning revolver
A. G. Drumm, the Kans is City forger,
who went TO Toronto with 5000, has Civ
en- up $4,000 of the money and has been
released.
Terrible prairie fires have been raging in
Texas for several days past. The loss to
farmers and stockmen will reach thousands
OF dollars.
G.. w. Penrose, editor of the News OF
Salt Lake City and a Mormon leader, is in
Jail because he refuses TO tell how many
wives he has.
Counterfeiters are doing rushing bust.
ness in South Dakota by giving farmers n
deposit of bogus money tor "a purchase and
getting good money in change.
Two young children of Robert Henncs~'
OF Danbury, Conn, played with fire in T.
absence of their parents and were so bad.
burned that they died in an hour after.
Secretary Rusk has revoked the order TO
transportation companies regarding the
shipment OF Texas aud other southern cat
tie, believing there is now no danger from
fever.
The next annual convention of tho Far
mers' e Laborer Union will be held in st.
Louis Dec ., at which time the organiza-
ton will amalSamate with the Farmers Al
lance.
The farmers alliance of So2th Carolina
now numbers 10000 members. The ALI
ance is opposed TO trusts of all sorts, but
disclaims 10 be in any way mixed up in
political matters.
While party of four boys were rabbi
hunting near Allan, Ind, the IL year old
son Of j. IL. Orr h d his head blown OF by
the accidental discharge of gun in the
hands of David Dickeyer
Joseph Hodges and wAses OF Archie, Mo,
went out the other night leaving two little
children alone in the house. The children
attempted TO fix the fire, their clothing took
fire and both were burned 10 de 9TH.
The commission appointed by Secretary
Whitney last January TO select a site for a
navy yard on the gulf, has made its report.
The commission reports in favor of Algiers,
opposite the lower end of New Orleans.
Willard Powers Fillmore, son of the late
Willard Fillmore thirteenth president of
the United States, died recently of apo
plexy at the 1ift house, Buffalo. His
exact age is not known, but 1t was some
thing over 20 years.
Ark nsas City, KS, is excited over tn,
fact that an English syndicate, with cap
ital OF 5000, 900, has secured an option on
5000 acres between that city and the Cher
okee strip. The move il looked upon as
indicating an early opening of the strip.
The commissioner of pensions has decid.
ed that on the back Of all pension applica-
tions must be printed the information that
the attorney fee is $40, with the privilege
of making il SIS in special cases, but that
in no case shall it exceed the latter amount
In October there were . 10 lake disasters:
On Lake Michigan 66, Lake Huron and the
straits 81, Lake Superior and Sault river
80, Lake Erie and Welland canal ~, Lake
Ontario 20, rivers Is, Lake st. Clair 10,
Georgian bay 4 stranded as, loss SSi,6OO;
disabled Al, loss $40, 100; collisions %, loss
$40. 400; sprung aleak Ii, loss $1,000; heavy
weather ~, loss $4,000; fire q, loss S34 400;
ashore 20, loss $4,000.