Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16

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| Der OF others dangerously wounded. The
Provincial government has sent detach-
| ment OF militia TO the scene Of the trouble.
The supreme court OF Nebraska has just
| decided a question Of interest TO money
loaners. Growing corn had been mort
gagged; after coming 10 maturity IL was
| harvested and sold to grain dealers The
owners OF the mortgage sued for the value
| OF the corn. The court decides that grow
| ing corn is not the corn after il has been
cribted and sold; in other words, that the
mortgage will not hold and the plaintiff can
| not recover.
| Supt Herman of the Cork county 1ll.)
insane asylum has been arraigned on !,
charge of murder His arrest was caused
by the death OF patient in that institu-
ton, who had been beaten to death by at
| tendants.
William Henry Davenport, a son Of the
| la}e h. l.. Davenport, and brother of Fan
| ny Davenport, the actress, committed sui
eide in San Francisco few days aso, with
morphine.
The Missouri legislature defeated the
beef inspection bill
Geo. French, a clerk in the court of
claims, and Miss Alberta Benedict,
daughter of the public prnter, have scan
dalized Washington society by running
| away to get married.
The agent and party sent out by the Min
source of the Mississippi river report hav-
ing discovered two lakes 40 feet above
ltasca, and seven miles distant 10 which
they traced the bead Of the river.
Mai. Lydecker, convicted of neglect In
the Washington aqueduct tunnel has been
sentenced by the President 10 forfeit 500
per month in his pay for nine months and
TO be reprimanded in his orders.
The long continued idleness ut the Penn
aVlv mi haa aa1 tr,f.h nj
fering among the poor OF the coal fields
and hundreds of families are de ,titute.
Strong, able bodied men with large fami les
to support are in sore need. For the past
six months many of them have not aver
aged over $40 month.
Cleveland's horses Ind carriages were sod
at public auction in Washington the other
day.
St. Vincents Orphan asylum near Vim
cennes, Ind, was destroyed by tire tho
other day ut loss Of 100000.
Reports to the war department report
everything quiet at Oklahoma
Mai. George b. Davis has been selected
as the army officer at the head Of the com
mission to continue the publication Of rec
ords Of the rebellion.
President Harrison has appointed Frank
w. Palmer Of Chicago pubic printer, and
w. NJ. Meredith OF Chicago chief OF the
bureau of engraving ami printing.
Theodore Roosevelt of New York and
Hugh $. Thompson of South Carolina
have been appointed members of the civil
service commission.
The residence of Watson Bownes OF
West Chester, New York, was destroyed
by fire the other night. and five Of the in
mates including two little children, per
ished in the flames.
The President has appointed Arthur III.
Thomas of Salt Lake City to be gOT ernOr
of Utah.
New York brewers have raised 500, 900
to defeat prohibition in Pennsylvania
A passenger train on the Valley Road
was wrecked near Cleveland, Ohio, the
other morning. Two passengers were
killed and a score Of others in. ured.
The steamship City of Paris, which ar
| rived in New YORK on the Sth inst, made
the trip across the Atlantic in five days, %
| hours ard seven minutes. 1t is the hrst
voyage across the Atlantic made in less
than six days.
Mrs JIM Kellogg. wife Of the attorney
general of Missouri, has been appointed
first assistant attorney general.
The Chinese minister has prcscn ted TO
Smithsonian institution at Washington
jade ring over 3, 800 years old. The ring is
known as the Hau Pek jewel of the dynasty
of Hau and played an important part III
ancient Chinese court ceremonies.
A forty horse power boiler at Racine,
Wis, exploded the other day. The engine
room and part of the main building were
wrecked, and several persons at work
about the building were seriously injured.
Asa Matthews of Illinois has been APP
pointed first comptroller of the treasury.
The shops at Pullman, i'll, have laid,off
| 1900 men temporarily.
FIR. Damien, the heroic priest who for
several years has devoted himself to'the
! care OF the lepers on the Sandwich islands,
died on the 10th of last month.
The Bellare goblet works in Fildlay,
Ohio, We're destroyed By fire on the 9Th
| inst.
Gen. VIM. Harvey, who Joined the army
in 1915 died in St Louis, Mo-, fewe days
ago.