Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
GENERAL.

GENERAL.
A conflict between knights of labor and
the miners union occurred at Seattle, w.
n, on the 9TH inst and several miners were
killed.
British American residents of Chicago
have organized a political society composed
exclusively Of citizens Of that nationality.
1t is estimated that the total output of the
gold, silver, lead and copper mines of Mon
tana for the year 1883 was between $50, 600,
900 and SiO,0O,0O0, an increase of $4,000
900 over 1887
Five madmen attempted to escape from
an insane asylum at Auburn, n. ", the
other day. After a desperate fight in
which a number of shots were cred by the
guards the insane men were occurred.
! Day d Irwin died at Waseca, MINI, Jan.
! 4, aged Is We lrs He was intimately &C
Quanted with Washington, and served in
/ the war of 1912.
The secretary of the treasury has decid-
cd that empty cars belonging 10 the Canada
Pacific railway company, which have been
| brought into Detroit by the Michigan
! Central railroad and have entered into use
! in domestic traffic within the limits Of the
United States, must pay duty
The signal service weather maps are I'll.
| thority for the notable observation that
not a drop of rain nor flake of snow fell
Miss Clara Barton, president of the rel
cross society, has given TO the press her re.
port of the expenditures during the yellow
fever epidemic. Her total expenditures
were $i,6S9 90, all OF which went to Florida
except 500 To Decatur, Ala, 500 TO Jack
son, Miss, and about 500 for expenses al
headquarters
G.. Smith of Pittsburg won the race in
foot race at Sheffield, Eng, on the 9Th inst
~. 1 A.
| tetweeu cattlemen and sheep men at Boni-
Ia, Graham county, Arizona. The sheep
men were grazing their flocks near the
range OF Chericahua. The latter wanted
them to go elsewhere and battle ensued.
Five of the sheep herders were killed and
one cattle man was wounded. The sheriff
and a posse have gone TO the seat Of trouble,
People in WATERFOWL, N. Y, enjoyed an
excursion across Lake Ontario on the 9th
inst.
On October Il, 1886, Dr. c. NJ G. Prem
tice of Norwalk. o.. accompanied by his
wife, boarded a Lake Shore e. Michigan
Southern train at Norwak for Chicago He
was arrested on the train, roughly treated
and on arrival at Chicago was taken TO the
police station as disorderly. He was dis.
charged the next morning and sued the
railway company for $4,000 damages.
Judge Gresham awarded him $4,000.
Rev. Fielden Israel, pastor of the Uni
tartan church at Salem, Mas. cut his
throat, and was dead when discovered.
Rev Israels mind was unbalanced, owing
to shock received while n passenger on
tho burning steamer Maryland
The steamer Paris Brown, from New Or
leans t. Cincinnati, struck snag at Her
mitage Landing, Pt. Coupee Parish, La, on
the night of the 9Th inst, and sank TO the
hurricane deck. Eight persons are report
cd drowned
Tascott, the Chicago murderer, was cap
tured near Leo, Ind, on the 9Th inst
The strike on the 80" system of roads
has been finally settled satisfactorily to the
men, but the terms of settlement have not
been made public.
Three men were crushed to death in the
coke works at Connellsville, Pa, the other
day.
Thos. Anderson, u farmer Of Emporia,
Kansas, is under arrest, charged with forg-
ing check for $4,000
John NJ. Lingie, postmaster at Webb
City, Mo, committed suicide the other
morning because a shortage of 500 in his
accounts had been discovered.
Three men were killed by the falling of a
cage in coal mine near Uniontown, Pa,
the other morning.
The steamer Katie Robbins, plying be-
| tween NiCksburg and SharlSey landings on
La lake the other morning and sunk. The
cargo, consisting Of 1886 bales of cotton and
| 1900 sacks of cotton seed and is total
| loss.
Gov. Hill of New York, has committed to
imprisonment for life the sentence of
Adolph Reich, who was to have been hung
on the 9th inst
A letter from the secretary of the treas
ury has been laid before the house, trans
hitting an estimate of $3.50, 900 to carry out
| Prof. Powelps scheme to irrigate the arid
| lands in the western states and territories.
| The present estimate is for a preliminary
survey of the country with view TO locat-
ing irrigating stations at desirable points.
Twenty-one years ago Charles Mason was
killed in Gonzales, Texas, by VIM. Bazell.
| On the 9Th inst. Sheriff Jones returned
| from Tennessee with the murderer, who
| will during January be called on 10 answer
| Tor the crime Of 1867.
Maurice Il. Goffney, clerk OF Ashland
| county. WIS, whose shortage of $1,000 was
! discovered, committed suicide on the 9TH
| inst
Benz. Hopkins, late of the fidelity nation
al bank of Cincinnati, who was recently
| pardoned from the Ohio penitentiary, died
at his home in Cincinnati on the 9TH inst.
Baden Powell, M. =. for Liverpool, is
coming to this country as plenipotentiary on
| behalf Of the British government upon the
| fisheries question.
Amos Shaffer of East Toledo shot his
mistress in fit Of jealousy the other night,
| and then put bullet in his own heart
The agents and owners of five ships which
with their cargoes valued at 81 ,0OO, 900, and
which have been missing since Nov. 25
have reported to the Maritime exchange in
New York that they have given them up
for lost.
Burglars tapped the safe OF the Woolston
spice company In Kansas City on the Sth
inst. and secured about $4,000 in notes and
$3.50 In cash.
Ono thousand employees OF Higgins & Co,
carpet manufacturers of New York, will go
out on a strike because the firm refuse to
restore wages 10 what they were before the
raonnA Ian q 1Ol/ .non