Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-08-01
GENERAL.


three times, while others have received
nothing.
Lewis Bros 81 Co., wholesale dry goods
dealers of Philadelphia, have made an as-
signment. Liabilities S4,OOO,OOO.
Chariemagne Tower who developed the
famous ermillion mineral range, died in
Maltervile, N Y, July % He leaves u
fortune variously estimated from $e,OOO,OOO
20 $lO,LOJ,OO0.
New DIRK has taken the nitiatory steps
10 secure the proposed world fair in 1877.
A committee oil leading business men and
capitalists has been appointed to take the
matter IN baud.
One Of he richest oil deposits ever found
has been discovered at Crow Nest Pass
in the i,ocky Mountains.
-Four nsmiths from Germany, who ar
rived In %ew DIRK a few days ago under
cunLrucU to work Tor Milwaukee timer,
haze been sent back
Two 0locks of houses in Scranton, Pa,
Were or cked by the collapse of coal vein
the other nom ng.
The governor of Alaska has requested
the odiclas oil the war department to FUR
sh that territory with POO stand OF arms
with winch TO equip tie territorial mi lu|
There is no record Uf the existence OF any
militia organization in Alaska, but In -
much as the war dep ,rtment Will be Sc :ur-
ed against loss the arms will p ooably be
issued IN accord nee with the re .uest
Secretary Noble has decided that with
out spe ,lnl congressional authorization Ia.
Greek lndi II > cannot be paid 500, 200 with
VIII CHI they are credited on the govern
ment booAs under the terms OF treaty BY
which the creeks coded 10 the United
St ties certain lands.
The report is current that the trunk
lines are making strong efforts 10 secure
the &c. vices of ch irnan G. Obey OF the in
ter state commerce commission, as com
missioner of the trunk lines association in
place OF Mr.. Albert FirS- whose resigna-
ton WAS ,ccepted about mCnta ago. u
is believed that he is considering the All
Wis blhty OF accepting the SD 900 position.
lie is at pa csent on "a trip to the Pacific
coast.
Nelson c. Dewey, the first governor Of
Wisconsin, died July 81 in Milwaukee, He
wos nj Que time possessed OF cons derhble
wealth but lost his fortune and died in
destitut on.
Rev. FIR Curley, director of George
town university. died in WASHINGTON
recently. He was the oldest living priest
an the mi ed states, anu, so far as Known,
in the word.
ltumored that capitalists will buy mp
and control the steel industry of the United
States, necesstatng the investment o.
S-0,WO,O00 cap tai.
The department commander Of the Kan
sas q. a. IL. h ls issued an order requesting
members OF tine order not TO attend the en-
campmeut at milwaukee,.
News has been received of fire in Lu
Chow, China, which burned "a hours. des
troying 900 dive lings, and in which
l, % persons perlsned.
The Pres dent has committed TO iupris.
onment Tor lie, the death sentence p SIS
cd upon Frank Capel of Ark nsas, who
Was convicted of murder and sen enced 10
De hanged.
The last act of congress appropriating
fluids Tor the compu ton and publ cation
of the record Oh the rebt lion provided
that they suould DO comp. eted in i've years.
Secret ry Pro tor says that If congress
will. give him money enough he will have
the work / his hands when this admins
tration closes.
Samuel Palmer, assistant yard master
in the Michig II Central Y rIs at ST
Thomas, Ont, Iell in ront OF an engine the
other day aud WAS cut co npleiely in two
A great many deaths are occurring in
Johnslown, Pa, and viclnty, no. the re
suit of any epid mic, but in consequences
OF the severe menJal strain through which
they have passed.
Secretary Noble has directed that br efs
filed by counsel IN "a mining case appealed
from the Lcadville, Col, land Office. be
stricken from the records because of the
Bcurri,ous an vi,uperative language used.
- cut Col. f'ie' cher of he Second Iufan.
- 10 NC lTlCu Uy court lnuFJlal Ut OulA
Ia, Tor cOnduco un c, oming an officer and
Gentleman. He has of late been crculat
ing very mag .ng stories about his wife,
TO wui IA he has been twice logged by in.
dignant fellow soldiers.
The general land Office has decided to
"oust all who entered O1luh ma before
noon of Apri. % The effect of the dc sion
Will be felt everywhere through ut the
territory aud endless rJuble seems in
store II is thought by many that in uity
tie same rule must apply 10 town lots,
when o. or 100 persons in Guthrie alone
W IL Oe e.ectet III it does not, then when
other parts of the Indian territory are
opened whole ties may be expected u
spring up before the opening day
Heavy ms have done much damage 10
pro. erty and railroads in Colorado.
Later advices state that II persons per
ished in the storm in the vicinity OF Park
eTsburg, w. Va.
movement is on foot in Lima. Ohio,
looking TO the consol dation of all the nat
ural gas com. .anies in Ohio and Indiana.
The Chippewa indians of Wisconsin have
taken steps 10 secure their legal rights In
tue matter OF their reserN alton Of 3,O00.00
acres.
The proposed sale OF the Cherokee strip
to the Uni,e states is likely to fail The
Indians claim TO hold Il government patent
for the strip, and say they must have big
piice If they sell.
The general assembly X. OF L., s
granted u charter for the first organization
OF the order in Australia.
Rev. Edward Z. RANKIN, d. D., one OF
the best IN WIN Presbyterian ministers in
tie cUantry, divd in Newark, N. D., few
days ago.
Carpenters of Kansas City are on a
strike Tor shorter WORK dry
Chicago wants . worlds fair in 1892 to
be held in that city.
three members of surveying party
were drowned in the Colorado river near
kanab, w. r., july -
The steamer l. ID. Baker Of Boston was
burned at sea, July Il. The passengers
ana crew were rescued by a whaling yes
sci.
A. L. Graham, county auditor of Leb.
anon, Ohio, is missing with 1900 OF the
county 3 funds.
Losses 10 various life Insurance. com.
pauies through tue Conemaugh Valley
God will amount 10 o, or - 900. OF this
fl' 900 has already been paid.
Alexander johnson, professor of politi-