Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-08-29


she was l. years old and was the mother
of l3 children, five of whom are still living.
She preserved all her faculties up 10 tho
day OF her de 9TH, She was sick only once
in her life. More than 40 years ago when
her husband died, she began TO smoke, and
she kept 10 up until her death.
Robert Marvel, the indianapolis faster,
died Aug. 20 after fasting o. days.
Four miners were caught beneath fall
OF slate in the mines Of the Canelon coal
company in Fayette county, w. Va, the
other morning and crushed TO death.
a number OF Hung rian miners in the
Connellsvillc coke region arc returning TO
their native land.
Another great gas well has been drilled
in on IA lease held by the Toledo Pipe Line
trustees on the Skinner farm near Van
Buren,. IL is located about 10 feet from
the Maott well and is good for II, 100000
feet per day. The pipe line now has three
wells in the output of which Will aggregate
5OOOO,O 900 feet per day.
The Wabash railway has brought suit at
Columbus 20 restrain the secretary of state
from paying into the state treasury $4,000
which the company had paid as an incorpo-
ration fee.
Pauline Slayer, 10 years 3D. and her
baby brother were playing on the narrow
guage railroad in Toledo, when a train
came along. The little girl made brave
and succeeded but she herself WAS caught
by the locomotive and mangled in hor
rible manner. Death resulted the next
morning.
Thomas A. Edison, the American cleo
trician, has been made an Italian count, by
order of the King Of Italy. II is now Count
and Countess Edison.
The Pennsylvania railroad company is
about to establish pension system for the
benefit of its employees.
Illinois miners have refused all offers TO
compromise, and are determined TO con-
tinue the fight and starve.
Forest fires have been raging all over
Montana for the past three weeks destroy
ing hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth OF property.
Assistant Secretary Bussey has render
ed decision 10 the effect that the character
OF a soldiers discharge does not effect his
claim TO a pension
Commander-in-chiefW Warner of the c.. A.
K. has completed his report for the past
year, which will be submitted to Milwau-
llee encGmpmeut. The report shows total
membership of 4l3, 22S, an increase Of 50,02l
members during the year.
Benjamin Pike of Massachusetts has
been appointed "a chief of divisio in the
he held under the preceding republican ad-
ministration.
Special Agent j. +. Evans, who has been
on duty in the Office Of the secretary Of the
treasury since the lst of July, has been or
dered to duty in charge of the Pacific coast
ports.
United States Attorney Carey has been
instructed 10 defend United States Mar
shall Magic who shot Judge Terry.
Hon Frederick Watts ex Judge Of tho
ninth Pennsylvania judicial district, com-
missioner of agriculture under President
Grant and eXpresident of the Cumberland
Valley railroad, died at Carlisle, Pa, re
Gently, aged 81 years
The foreclosure sale of the Cincinnati,
Washington " Baltimore railway, which
was set Tor August 49, has been postponed
20 days, probably on account of some delay
in the ARRANGEMENTS for carrying out the
plans of the interested parties.
Tx Gov John @. Brown of Tennessee is
dead.
Congressman James Laird of the second
Nebraska district, died in Hastings, Neb.,
Aug. ~.
The Montana constitutional convention
has finished its labors and adjourned si,.s
die.
The rumor that Gen. Butler has been re-
tanned by Mrs. Terry To conduct the prose
cutIOn against Judge Field and United
States Deputy Marshal Nagle, is denied by
that gentleman.
A quantity of nitro glycerine exploded in
the powder works at Iron Mountain, Wis.
the other morning. The buildings were
completely wrecked. Fortunately no one
was in the buildings at the time
John l.. Sullivan has been sentenced to
one years imprisonment in a Mississippi
prison for prize-fighting. His attorneys
have asked for u new trial, and ii the re-
quest is refused they will carry the case to
the supreme court, which convenes in Oc-
tOber.
1t is reported that an English syndicate
has secured control OF all the breweries IN
Chicago.
Bismarck has been selected as the capital
of North Dakota.
Lieut.. Col. John NJ. Wilson, L. s. A., has
been appointed superintendent of the mill
tIry academy at West Point.
William Shaw, second vice-president of
the Pennsylvania railroad, died in Paris
few days ago.
John Morgan. an employe of the Maumee
rolling mill in Toledo, o., was assisting in
handling white hot eightinch iron bars,
and as one of them was being handled it
broke. One end of 1t struck Morgan in the
groin, almost cutting him in two. He was
removed TO the office of the establishment
but died in ten minutes from excessive
hemorrhage. He was unmarried and moved
10 Toledo from Youngstown some months
ago.
Rev. Stephen Nation, for twenty five
years missionary in Siam, but of late
president of B!ddel university at Char
lotte, n. c.. died recently at Marion, Ohio,
aged -. The remains were sent south for
burial.
IL is proposed in Fremont o., to establish
a school in honor of the late Mrs. Hayes,
wife of ex President Hayes The school is
to be given the name, Lucy Webb Hayes
Seminary"
Edward Harper, a native of Carthage,
ILL.,, and for some years wei known at.
torney of Chicago, was recently murdered
in Matanoras, Mexico, by Mexican
miner. Harper shot his assailant fatally,
however, before dying.
FOREIGN.
While steamer was making trial trip
OF the river near Shanghai the boiler eX-
ploded, killing 80 of the crew.
Spurgeon has signed a petition for the
rplaagp Of Mrs MnVhriplx nni rppOmman0-