Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-04-18
NEWS SUMMARY.
HENERAI,.

walton will soon be opened TO settlement,
tho last treaty proposed being looked on
with favor by the Indiana.
Methodist ministers OF Chicago hav O EN-.
dorsed the movement for the discontinu-
ance OF Sunday parades in the army.
A movement has been started in Ohio TO
abolish the state board of pardons.
Mrs. Ellen Young died in Baltimore a
few days ago aged l0i years
DR., j. II. Kidder of tho Smithsonian In
stitute died in Washington "a few days
ago.
The President has granted pardon in
the case of w. a. Wood, convicted in No
vember last Of murder III Arkansas and
sentenced TO be hanged April 10. He also
granted a respite 10 June 81 in the case of
Henry w. Miller, convicted OF completely in
tho same crime.
Harry d. Darby, registration clerk in
the Washington pOstofflce, has been arrest
ed for rltiing registered letters.
Terrible gales have prevailed along the
Virginia coast for several days, and the
shore is thiclly strewn with wrecks. A
number of lives have been lost, and the
loss Of vessel property ia enormous. The
damage in the vicinity OF Norfolk is estimat
cd ut S2,OOO, 600
The wife of Theodore Thomas, the mu
stefan, died in New York few days ago.
kudulplOu IlhNcH, WHO udS llNGu IN Ian
sing for over 40 years, is dead
Jerry Alger, leading business man of
Alger is among the missing lie went TO
Bay City TO get a check for $1,000 cashed,
and since getting the money all trace Of
him is lost. His business is in excellent
condition and, as no reason for his con
tinued absence can be assigned, it is great
~ feared he has been murdered Ashley
is treasurer OF Moffat township,
Arenac county. II is said that 81, $40 OF
township funds have gone with him.
The issue of standard silver dollars from
the mint during the week ending April u
was S3j6,97S.
The corner stone of a rev Masonic tenn
pie in Denver, Col, was laid on the 9th
inst.
The freight house OF the Boston s. Low
ell division of the Boston & Maine railroad,
located in Boston, and 20 loaded freight
cars, were destroyed by fire the other
morning at loss OF over $4,000.
Memorial services for the late Gen.
Sheridan were held in Albany, n. Y, the
other night.
President Harrison says that he cannot
consistently extend beyond May the date
for placing the railway mail serv &c under
civil service law according TO eX-ProSidont
Clevelaud's order.
At the recent session Of the Mormon con
AtItuCt ntlu ia odLl Luxe Ns4ilt AltOlEt ~
Cannon read the statistics of the church,
which show a tstal Mormon population of
1881. Cannon said that young men were
leaving the territory to take up land else
where. The saints, he said, had been call
ed together TO build up Zion, and this scat
tering must be stopped.
An agreement has becn reached between
our state department aud the German for
eign office by which there shall be no rein
forcement of the war vessels or troops be
longing TO the two governments now on
duty at Samoa. This agreement will be in
force after the Samoan commission have
finished their labors. The proposition
came from Prince Bismarck which Is TAX
en- as an indicat on that he has come TO the
conclusion that this government means to
defend her rights and will fight IL neces.
sary.
An over laden boat capsized in a squall
off Windsor, y. S, tho other day, and five
men were drowned
Four persons were killed aud four seri
ously Injured in AN accident on tho Santa
Re rcilroad near Lorenzo, H., the other
morning.
The orders for the Richmond to proceed
from the mouth Of the La Platte River,
South America, to Samoa, h I'VE been count
erinanded, and the WORK on the Adams,
now at Mare Island, and which was also TO
have gone 10 Samoa, Will not be pushed
with such expedition.
Montreal brewers are asked to sell their
properties to the English syndicate which
has been buying brewcries in the United
States.
Convicts in Mississippi are TO be set to
making bagging, the farmers alliance of
that state 70 furnish the machinery.
Nathan +. Dixon has been chosen United
States senator from Rhode Island.
A new republican party is being organ
lied in Alabama TO which no Negroes will
be admitted.
Gabriel Dumont Louis Riels lieu tenant
in the Northwest rebellion, has been am
nested by the Canadian government and
will go to Paris with Buffalo Bilps wild
west show.
President Harrison has abandoned his
proposed cruise in the Chesapeake bay.
Rear Admiral Thomas II. Patterson, U.
=. N. (retired) died at his residence in
Washington April Il.
The Illinois house OF representatives re.
fuse to submit prohibition amendment TO
the people
Three masked men entered the house OF
Lewis Patterson, wealthy farmer living
! near Centerville, Pa. and demanded his
gold. On being told that he had none they
took Patterson TO the barn and threatened
10 hang him. They finally took him back
10 the house and tortured him by holding
his feet aud his face to the stove. After
securing Si3 and god watch they left.
A few months ago the house Of Mr. John
Reilly at Wilkesbarre, Pa, was entered by
burglars and 81 900 was stolen. A few days
ago 500 was returned to Mr.. Reilly by
Father O'Hearn OF st. Mary's Catholic
church, who said that prominent man OF
the city had told the story of the robbery
and returned the money.
The legislature of Ohio has defeated the
bill TO secure the inspection of beef on foot
before being killed.
Tho report Of the state board OF agricul
ture OF Massachusetts notes the great
growth of the butter business in the state
and speaks particularly OF the develop
ment of tho co operative system, twenty
six such institutions having made during
the year 2,00J,0O) pounds.
| Pennsylvania's arbor day Is April 90.
An "anti Pinkerton" bill, proposing &c
| prohibit the importation of armed bodies
for special police service, has been intro
| duced into the New York senate at the re.
quest of the State Workingmen's Assem-.
| bly,.
st. Peters Catholic church in Mansfield
Ohio, was destroyed by fire the other day
The shops OF the Louisville bridge and
irnn cNmnanv in T.guiavilip Nv xyare