Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-12-05
GENERAL.

WORTH ldlT.
Leechburg, Pa, had an $4,000 fire on
the 9Th inst.
The Roman Catholic church approves of
the Brazilian republic.
The war department asks for S44, 49,
J73.15 for next years expenses
James II. Beatty of Idaho has been up
pointed chief justice of that state.
Jacob L. Haldenmann ex-mInister to
Sweden, died at Harrisburg. Pa, recently
An English syndicate will hereafter con-
troll three OF the largest print works in New
England.
Four men were suffocated by gas in the
st. Lawrence mine near Butte, Montana,
tho other day.
Three men were killed and six injured
by an explosion OF natural gas at Braddock,
Pa, Nov. %.
New York politicians propose Alger and
Miller as presidential candidates for the
next campaign.
A foreign syndicate has secured options
on nearly all the cheese factories in west
ern New York.
George H. Pendleton, minister to Ger
many during Cleveland's administration,
Is seriously i'll at Brussels.
Secretary Tracy of nthe avy has arrang-
ed TO have smokeless powder made in this
country by u German firm
| JEFF Davis wants money, and his friends
are trying to dispose of prairie lands in
Arkansas belonging to him.
Tranmen on the New York Central have
been conceded pay for extra hours, and
all trouble has been averted.
European papers editorially say the Bra
lillian republic is short lived, and that Dom
| Pedro will soon be re-instated.
As result Of the labors of the Chippewa
commission 100000 acres OF pine land in
| Minnesota are open TO settlement.
| Andrew G. Drumm, under arrest at To-
| ronto for forgery at Kansas City has been
discharged, no one appearing agnst him.
Thus far this year over 800, 900 barrels
| Of flour have been imported into Canada,
and the millers demand duty OF 81 per
barrel.
General Master Workman Powderly says
that some form of alliance between the X.
OF l.. and the farmers alliance will be ar
| ranged soon.
The Sherman oil company and the Win
| get oil and gas company, both operating in
the Ohio field have sold out to the Stand
ard oil company.
An indictment for murder has been re
turned against Mrs. Southworth, who
killed Stephen Pcttus in New York. She
pleads not guilty.
Senator Valente has received instruc-
tions from the republic OF Brazil TO contin-
ne TO act as minister from that country to
| the United Sites.
The Lawrence bank of Pittsburg, Pa,
has failed. Liabilities, 500, 900, with no
assets TO speak Of Many small depositors
are among thevictims.
Richard ID. Kyle, vice president of the
| Anderson Harris carriage company of Gin
cinnati, is charged with the embezzlement
OF 81, 900 OF the firms money.
Z. 5. Lacy, controller of the currency,
| reports the existence of 33l9 national
banks, with 500, i74,355 capital, $500, OO0, .
900 surplus, and SOS, 65?, 7S2 circulation.
Medical Director Francis M Gunnell OF
the medical examining board has been
detached from the latter duty and will
be placed on the retired list on account of
age
Leading citizens Of Pine Grove, Pa,
have been arrested for committing bur
| glaries. They are all church members
and bore high reputation in the neighbor-
] hood.
William BROKER of Pine City, Mimi,
| killed William CoomDs and his wife by
| shooting them with gun. IL was fami-
ly quarrel, BROKER and Coombs having
| married sisters.
Thos. j. Powers of Pennsylvania has
| been appointed naval officer OF customs in
the Philadelphia district, and John l..
| Ridgway of Pennsylvania surveyor Of Gus
| toms in the same district.
Elk Commissioners of Pensions Tanner
and Dudley have formed co partnership
| in Washington for the transaction of pen
sion business, and Gen. Alger has promised
! TO help their business all he can.
The will of ]. Warren Merrill, who re-
Gently died at Cambridge, Mass, be-
queaths TO Baptist missions, charities, and
| associations, sll1,5OO; and to Brown
university and Vassar college, $4,000
each.
The AtchisOn, Topeka s. Santa Fe road
has combined with the Chicago, Rock Is
land & Pacific road TO form a trans-conti-
| mental route and fight all competitors
| The junction point on trans-continental
business will be Dodge City, Kansas.
At meeting in Philadelphia the other
| day resolutions looking to the betterment
of Russian exiles in Siberia were passed
| and steps will be taken TO reach tho
Russian government through the ap-
| preaching prison convention is ST Peters.
| burg.
The treasury department has refused
| the request OF h. Ward ford, president OF
the Pittsburg plate glass company, that
that concern be allowed to import fifty
skilled laborers Mr.. Ford was informed
| that the alien contract labor law is abso-
Lutte and must be enforced.
r. G. Wood, who gained notoriety
through alleged connection with the Ohio
ballot box contract forgery, has been ar
rested at Cincinnati charged with libel II
is thought that Gen. Sherman, Ben. But
terworth, and Governor Elect James f.
Campbell are pushing the case against
| Wood
Judge Mcgruder of the Illinois supreme
court has reversed the decision of lower
court in regard 10 the Chicago gas
trust. The Judge scores the trust and
holds that all its acts are for the purpose
of sitting competition. He decides all its
efforts TO control stock Of the companies
forming it TO be void.
FOREIGN.
The revolution in Cuba is denied.
Pig iron has taken drop in the Glasgow
market.