Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-08-22


the vicinity OF Streater, ILL.,, have com
pleted arrangements by which a number OF
miners will be sent them from Western
Virginia 10 take the places 81 the striking
miners. Many OF the miners own their
own homes and are willing 10 go to work
at the prices offered but are prevented
from so doing by the more radical element
and hot headed foreigners who are in the
majority.
The unsettled state of affairs between
the government and the Western Union
telegraph company concerning telegraph
rates is producing so many compile Itions
that il has been decided TO allow a charge
of one cent per word until an agreement is
reached. This agreement, however, does
not apply TO kilograms sent from the de-
partments in Washington. There the
amount is simply credited on the books
The exciting scenes and danger TO the
Sioux commission. which Sitting Bull
created in his efforts TO prevent the signing
of the treaty, which has just been conclud-
ed, drove one of the commissioners clerks
into violent insanity. The young man is
Everett Corbin, brother of Lieut.. Col. III.
&. Corbin, attached 10 Gen. Crooks head
quarters in Chicago. Ho is now at large,
having escaped from Dr. Gray's san
itarium in North Evanston. Corbin is very
dangerous at times.
About 20 of the most prominent and re-
spectacle salOonkeepers or Kansas City
have formed an association for the purpose
of united action upon the Sunday closing
question. The have pledged themselves
TO close their saloons Sunday and will urge
others to do 80 and ut the same time assist
the authorities in enforcing the law.
Minister Reid has informed the state de-
partment that the general conference ON
weights and measures will meet at Serves,
near Paris, September "a. M. DescliseauX,
president of the French academy of sci
ence, will prede.
Truckee, Cal, was almost completely
wiped out out by fire Aug. ID.
Dakota Is the only one of the territories
which can share in the money voted for ag
ricultural experiment stations.
Patrick Eagan, United States minister to
Chill, presented his credentials TO the pres
ident of that country on the 10th inst.
A rumor is current that Chauncey Depew
is about to retire from the presidency OF the
New York Central and devote his entire
time to politics.
The large packing house of Geo. II. Ham.
mond & Co. of Hammond, Ind, was des-
troyed BY fire Aug 10, causing loss of
100000. Seven hundred men are thrown
out of employment.
The annual reunion of the Army of the
Cumberland will be held in CHATTANOOGA
Tenn, Sept 10, 20 and 2l
The Indians on the Red Lake reservation
in Minnesota are angry because of the
number of settlers who are coming onto
their lands, and trouble is feared. The In
dams are determined that the squatters
must go. The reservation cannot be legally
opened for several months.
Manitoba has decided to abolish the sepa-
rate school system.
The wheat crop in Minnesota and Dakota
will amount to about 90,OOO,00O bushels.
Under order from the governor of Penn
sylvania the employees TO the number of
about 20, who were under the immediate
direction Of the sanitary corps at Johns
town, have been dismissed, and only three
or four men will be kept on duty in the
office of the state board of health. This
turn OF affairs is discouraging toJohnstOwn
people who had hoped to see enough men
put 10 work 10 clean out all the cellars and
take away the foul smelling rubbish every
where.
President Harrison thinks that the
worlds fair should be held in Washington.
Martin Burke was arraigno2 in Chicago
on the |! tn inst for the murder of DIR.
Cronin and pleaded not guilty.
A natural gas main in Pittsburg exploded
on the 10th inst and two men were in slant
ly killed.
The mayor of Columbus, o., has decided
that public bath rooms may remain open on
Sunday despite the Sunday closing law. The
privilege Of washing himself, even on the
first day OF the week, is humbug.
Charles Oberg, ID years old, of Cleve-
land, while creeping under "a circus tent
struck on the neck BY one of the showmen.
His windpipe was fractured and after
suffering terrible agony all night he died
the next day. His body OH account of the
escape of air which should have gone into
his lungs was twice its normal size when
he died. Three showmen are under arrest.
Frank w. Oracle, bookkeeper for j. G..
Ellis an auctioneer of Cleveland, has fed
the city, an embezzler for over Sl,200.
His mother, who lives at Oil City, Pa, has
from time to time given him $4,000 with
which to pay his debts. She has refused to
have anything more to do with him finan-
cially, and reward OF 500 has been offer
ell for his arrest
Cleveland and Cincinnati physicians havo
been making experiments with DR.. Brown
Sequard's wonderful elixir of life with as
tonishing results.
II. w. Birkmauer, a nightwatchman in
the Western factory in Toledo, fell from a
third story window and injured himself so
severely that he died an hour afterward.
II is surmsed that he sat down in the win
dow and, going to sleep, fell out.
Several fine business blocks in Edison
were destroyed by fire the other night,
at a loss of $4,000.