Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-07-18

| An earthquake shock lasting nearly a
minute was felt at Pennington, Maine, on
the eth inst.
r. ID. johnson, n we'll to do citizen of Pa.
luse City, w. T., crazed by religious excite
ment killed his wife and two children, and
then suicided. He lcft note saying he
had been commanded To- hold family re-
union in heaven.
Henry Martin, a survivor of the Norfolk
! x Western railroad accident, says that
nobody will ever know how many persons
! persisted in that awful AFFAIR. IL is his
opinion that every person in the ordinary
coaches was killed or burned to deuth
The conductors tickets were burned
hence he could not tell where the passen-
gers came from.
Mr. Thomas j. Morgan, the new com
mi ssioner OF Indian affairs, has appointed
his wife his private secretary at q salary of
200 per annum, and DR.. Dorchester,
super intendent of Indian schools, has Sc
secured the appointment of his wife as "a
special Indian agent at a compensation of s.
per day and expenses.
The Mexican press is very fierce in its
denunciation OF the scheme TO settle coorcd
emgrdnts from the United States in MeXi
co.
Forty dwellings and every business place
in Bakersfield, Cal, were destroyed by fire
July1-
Miss Ida Tucker, who was injured in a
wreck oa the New York, Pennsy wanna Il
Ohio road about year ago, S brought
suit against the company at Youngstown,
Ohio foe $4,000
train on the New Jersey Central
struck carriage containing four persons
the other morning, and all four were in
stdntly killed.
Charles W. SANDERS, the author OF "San-
ders, series OF school books" died at his
residence, No. SO East t'ifty-third street,
New York, July q, after an illness of three
weeks.
Irish. Americans of Chicago have formed
an ASSOCIATION for the purpose of founding
an Irish republic, and will send representa-
lives To Canada, Chill. Peru and Mexico
The latter country, 1t is said, is willing to
dispose of Lower California or Il neghbor-
ing state for the purpose of establishing an
Irish American colony thereon.
The stencil in and around Johnstown is
becoming worse than at any time since the
flood. Undertalers say that II would be
much bet or TO cremate the bodies that are
now found than TO attempt to bury them.
The Persian minister TO the United States
will soon leave this country for his native
Land never TO return. He says he has been
driven from this country by the unlSnd and
ungenerous things which have been said
about him and his sovereign in the Ameri-
can newspapers,
Thomas Sherman, a son Of Gen. Sher-
man. was ocdained TO the Catholic priest
hood in Philadelphia on the 9TH inst His
work will be in the Jesute order, of which
he is "A member.
Ten blocks in the business portion Of FL
lensburg, w. r., were destroyed by fire
July ., alta loss of Letween Sl,O00,000 and
s2OOO,0OO
Capt. Stan hope E. Blunt, ordnance de-
partment, has been relieved from duty at
the head quarters of the army as inspector
of small arms practice, and is ordered to
report in person TO L.s chief of ordnance.
The Official order says that Capt. Blunts
services in connection with the develop
ment of an effective system of rifle prac.
ticc in the army have been of the highest
Importance, and his name will therefore be
honOrdUly connected with this great ad
vance in the military service of the coun-
try. He was a member of Gen. Sheridan's
staff and his name became widely known
10 the country from his devoted services to
Tn officer during his mortal illness. First
Lieut.. Tasker II. Bliss, first artillery aide
de camp, is announced as inspector of small
arms and artillery practice at headquar
tiers.