Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07
GENERAlL


The national Cncampment of the Union
veteran lie. que was held in Altoona, Pa,
Feb. -. The following officers were elect
ed: Gen =. l.. Piorson Of Pittsburg, ma
tional commander; G.. j. Il. Miller, Phiia-
delphia, Nor vice CONNIE nder; g. j. Dan
icls, Mt Vernon, o., junior vice command
or; j. . Reed, st. Louis, surgeon general:
w. Il. Chapman, Bradford, Pa, inspector
general; Frank l.. Blair, Allegheny, Pa,
quarter master general; John a. banks,
Pittsburg, Pa, chaplain in chief; John II
Short, Allegheny, Pa. iutant-general;
h. f. Sedman, Allegheny, Pa, chief mus
tcring officer; Gen. III. =. McNair, Will
mingion, Del, chief iudg advocate. New
ark, o., was selected as the place at which
the next cncampment will be held.
A conservative member Of the dominion
parliament will shortly introduce resolu-
ton authorizing the government to pur-
chase the eastern states of the American
Union.
Gabriel Dumont, first lieutenant of Louis
Riel in the recent rebellion for which Riel
was hanged has received pardon from the
Dominion government
The President has approved the territor-
ial bill admitting North and South Dal-Ota,
Montana aud Washington.
Sister May Cecilia Smith died at the
convent of the Visitation in Baltimore Feb.
%, in the Slst year of her uge. She was the
widow OF Gen. Persifer K. Smith Of the
United States army, who was a distin
guished officer in the Mexican war. He
died in Kansas City in ISIS, while on his
way 10 take command of the Utah eXpedi-
ton of that year
Later news from Africa indicates that
Henry NJ. Stanley is alive, ana that his
purpose is to capture Khartoum and wrest
the Soudan from the Mahdi. IL is declared
that Tippoo lib is faithful 70 Stanley.
An accident occlrsd on the European &
North American railway, near Boyd,
Maine, Feb g. Three men were killed,
and number of others were seriously in
iured.
Kelly g. Lyle's Touring mill at Leaven-
worth, Kas., burned early the ether morn
ing. Loss, Sl00,G000; insurance, ZOO.
Report of Kansas penitentiary investiga-
ton committee exoner Itcs the officials of
the institution, but calls attention TO many
irregularities.
New England boot and shoe workers
threaten to leave the knights of Labor and
form an independent national organization
of the craft.
Two Swedes, named Olof Hunsen and
Neils Olsen, We're found dead in bed at the
formers room in Chicago. II is supposed
they went home drunk, and after extin-
gushing the light, turned the gas on again
and went TO bed.
The Northern Central fast EXPRESS
struck a broken rail near Elmira, - few
nights ago, throwing the rear coach down
a 20-foot embankment. The 30 occupants
Of the coach were all thoroughly shaken
up, and it is miracle that no one was
killed. Luckily the cars had steam heat,
and did not catch fire.
"Bud" Keller, u member of a notorious
west side gang of Chicago roughs, has been
arrested on suspicion OF having been con-
cerncd in Druggist Clark's murder.
William j. Mcfarland of Cleveland shot
his wife and little daughter some time ago.
The child died aud Mcfarland was tried
for murder A jury found him not guilty,
ad. Judging hirn insane.
A explosion of turpentine caused a
$45, 000 fire in Chicago the other morning in
the three story brick tenement az 90 Canal
street. Insurance fully covers the loss.
William Blair OF Rockport, N. Y, was
driving a spirited team TO Chautauqua n
few days ago when the king bolt of his
wagon broke, and the team, becoming
frightened, dashed of, dragging MIR. Blair
under their feet, and killing him almost in
stantly.
Dover. N. H., aud Haverhill, Mass, shoe
workers. have deserted the X. OF l..
The Kansas City cable company will ex-
tend its line 10 Shehield, giving II IL miles
Of cable road, the largest in the world.