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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-08-22

Michigan railroads cleared s9O3, 54s
above expenses last year.
The three convicts who escaped Monday
| from the prison at San Quentin, Cal,
after standing seige of IS hours, sur
rendered. One sheriff was slightly
wounded.
A BLOODY fight occurred Wednesday IN
Shelby county, Ala, between Negro gam
blers and Negro laborers. Three mon and
one woman were killed, and ten persons
seriously injured.
THE apple crop all over the United States
will be very short this year Peaches are
partial failure and the plum and pear
yield is less than an average. The indica-
tons for an immense grape crop are good.
CANADIAN and American Ir6lans have
taken possession of Gordon island in the
Lake of the Woods, 65 miles from Rat
Portage, Mimi, and have ordered the fish
ing companies doing business there TO va
cate.
A ROUGH looking man walked into a
hardware store in Trenton, Va, asked for
u revolver, examined it, got the clerk TO
load it, and then shot himself with fatal
results. He was drunk and his name is
unknown.
A chemical union. the aim of which is to
monopolize the trade in chemicals. has been
definitely formed in France. The union
has capital of $40, 900, 900 and proposes
the production yearly of $50, 600 tons of
bleaching powder, 100000 tons of caustic
soda and 300, 900 tons of other alkalies.
WASHINGTON WATERMAN is the most
Eoted horse thief in Kansas. He is IS
years of age and has spent 25 years in
prisons. He completed prison term of 10
years last Wednesday and boosted that he
would steal horse before he had been out
! two days. He went directly TO Kansas
City and stole a magnificent team. He
was captured at Leroy, Kan, and will
probably have another term in prison.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-08-22
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

A STRIKE of the iron moulders of Chicago
is threatened.
BRIDGET MOODY of Mineral Point, Wis,
died on the 18th, aged 100 years.
ACCORDING to Dunn's reports, merchan-
disc is advancing in price and speculation
is increasing.
PAUL BEcnTNER's large vinegar factory
in Milwaukee burned Thursday night at u
loss of $50, 900.
THE colored knights templar of the
United States have just closed a triennial
conclave at Columbus, o.
NEAR Rapid City, S. D., extensive for
est fires are raging. The fire was started
by lightning 10 days ago.
The Muskegon drive of logs, under $50
men, has reached Muskegon, and the men
declare the season success.
CAREFUL estimates of the growing
orange crop places it at Q, 200, 900 boxes, or
about the same as last year.
THERE was an explosion in Kendal's soap
mandatory, near Providence, II. l., where
20 people were working. Ten were badly
burned.
The new president of the Argentine Re
public says that every sacrifice will be
made to protect the credit and the name of
the country.
II. T. COFFEE, of Chicago, who sent
something very much like q challenge TO a
duel to II. G.. Allis recently, says IL wasn't
meant for a challenge at all.
Gro. N, BouGHTox. cx-mayor and O
prominent citizen of Dexter Mo-, is miss
ing and is Sl0,000 short in his accounts
with various insurance companies.
The Citizens alliance, supplementary
TO the Farmers alliance, and composed OF
men in other pursuits than farming but
who hold the same political beliefs as the
farmers, met in state convention in Kan.
sas Tuesday, and formed a state organiza-
ton. This new alliance now numbers
1000 members.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-08-22
DETROIT MARKETS.
Jobbing Prices.

TALLow-3I to &c per n.
SALT-In 10 Dbl lots. 7Jc delivered.
BEEswAX- Firm at 20 TO CSC per d.
APPLES-New. nrm at stCl4 50 per Dbl
EGGS-- Fresh steady and good demand at iil< to
l5c per dozen.
PEACHEs-Quiet at 65 s75c per peck basket
CHEESE-Michgan full cream steady at 81 toy G per
n.
BEANs-city hand picked are duh at o. sOai IS psr
bu.
HoNEY-Comb dull at i29lsc and ex tracted at sasc
per n.
Neutrality-suspicious. and good stock is selling
at s2 20 to s2 81 per bu.
ToMAToEs-Fair supply in the market and sales are
made at - per bu.
HAY-Dul at ~ 80 for No, timothy Is 90 for No. 2;
o. for No clover and o. for No. per car
BUTTER-strlcty hrstclass dairJ steady at 14sI5c
ISdlSc for good, aud I7slsc for creamery per
PoULTRY-Aive. Is pentiful at the following prices
Spring chickens i0@ilc, fowls sasc, ducks. Sc
turkeys IOiIc per n. Pigeons at 2Oa2Sc pei
pair.
PROVISIONS STEADY as follows. New mess porh
s1sa12 %, family. ell 75ai2, short clear. si2Gi2 25
refined lard tierce, 5iso154c, kegs, ec61 con tubs
Ks7c; smoked hams. 1isiIHci shoulders, shoulders.
7ka7xc. breakfa bacon. 20 sNc dried beef hams
10Y TO lie, extra beef, o. 80 TO o., pate beef
50 TO 81 IS
HlDEs-Quoteda NJ follows Green city, tc country
&c, cured No l. 5Sc No tci calf No L. 6c No. g. &c
veal kip No l. 4Jec runners AMI No. g. 81 d3i sheep
skins local u.s. a. to quantity Of WOOL
CORN-No nom nal 49c No. ,. iSilc No. white
i7Kc.
oATs-No. white new SIC, oil dssci No. 5. Ssxc
wHEAT-No 9 rod, sskc; No. 3, s7ci No. iwhlte sokc
No. white, at SEC, No. white, 79c.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-08-22
A Scrap With a wildcat.

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 16.-George A. Tay-
lor, express messenger on tie Alton, had a
frightful experience Thursday night on his
run from this city to St. Louis. Among
the packages entrusted to his car was s
box containing two wildcats. One of them
got out of the box and sprang q. Taylor.
He was uparmed, the train going at the
rate of 80 miles an hour and the doors to
the car were locked. The messenger
picked up piece of tarpaulin which he
held in front of him and when the brute
sprang at him its claws became fastened in
the canvas. Taylor kicked the brute loose,
but it returned to the attack again and
again. AT last he threw the canvas around
the cat and thus imprisoned, he got hold of
a coupling pin and brought it into insensi-
bility.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-08-22
TN MICHIGAN.
THE CONTINUATION OF THE
JENNIE WEBB CASE.
The Railway Smash at Augusta and
the Results.
The Minor Events and Happenings
OF the Past Week.
The Jennie Webb Case.

PONTIAC, Aug. 19.-The adjourned case
of the people VS.. Jennie Webb was resumed
yesterday morning, and the unfinished tes-
timony of the Witness Fitch, was contin-
ued. MIR. Fitch in answer to questions by
tho prosecuting attorney, said that the ar
ticle written and published by him in the
Oakland County Post of Aug. s, concern
ing his interviews with Miss Webb in re-
gard TO her first punishment of Frank
Cook, was substantially correct.
MIR. Fitch was under examination all day
In the capacity of an expert in his nowl-
edge of school usagcs, punishment of re-
fractory pupils, necessary for discipline
and enforcing of obedience to the rules and
regulations of the Pontiac schools. He eX-
planned infinitely the several conversations
he had had with Miss Webb. and the sub
stance of the communications he had re-
ceiVed from her concerning Frank Cook.
Miss Webb had confided to him her doubts
OF being able TO control the school if Frank
was not punished for striking back on the
occasion of her attempting to chastise him
for bad conduct on May 5. He had left
the mode of correction to heriudgment, and
had cautioned her TO exercise carefulness
sn her administration of punishment, and
to make his punishment as light as practi-
cable. He had promoted her to the room,
and was DESTROYS that she should hold good
control of her pupils, several of whom she
had stated were unruly and vicious.
MIR. Jas. II. Lynch, one Of Miss Webbs
attorneys, made numerous objections to the
mode of examination pursued by the prose
cutting attorney, regarding the majority of
the questions as Improper, immaterial,
incompetent and irrelevant
With Mr.. Fitch's examination incomplete
at G p. m. the court adjourned until 0 a. M.
Wednesday, the Goth inst.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-08-22
STATE NEWS CONDENSED.

The first day of the Port Huron fair will
Tbc free to the public.
The Saginaw iron industries are boom
ing and numerous factory additions are be-
ing contracted for.
The Hillsdale Democrat says that II. b.
Rowlson's cows drank st. Joe river water
pnd it spoiled the milk.
The body of DIR. Robert Stephenson of
Adrian will be enbalmed at Berlin ard
brought home for interment.
Several eastern horse buyers are engaged
In buying fancy drivers in Van Buren,
county for the New York market.
Theodore Calldns of Traverse City is
how in limbo for refusing TO answer the
questions Of the census enumerators.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-08-22

The state printing oaice will charge IS
cents thousand for printing elcct;on
tickets and has a monopoly Of the BUSH
ness.
j. A. Cunning and wife drove 400 miles
from Portsmouth, o., 10 Muskegon-in
IA days. Their carriage was drawn by a
single horse.
The Lake S hore depot at Constantine was
broken into Tuesday evening. One trunk,
not checked, was broken open. Nothing
valuable was taken.
Barnum's tatooed woman came down
from her perch and pounded a Flint mans
face bluer than her own, because he said
things uncalled for.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-08-22
Original Packages.

In most every village in Van Buren,
county, it is said, original package joints
have started up and liquor is openly sold to
minors, habitual drunkards, or to any
body who has the money TO pay for it. The
result is an amount of drunkenness that
has not been equallcd there for many years.
The county law abrogates the state law,
and with the question of the constitution
atty of the former pending, the effect is to
demoralize any attempt at a prosecution
for its violation. In some parts of the
county, notably at Bangor and Hartford,
public meetings have been held and the
citizens threaten 70 take the law into thoif
own hands if the Objectionable places are
not discontinued. Most of the proprietors
are acting as the ostensible agents of firm
in South Bend, Ind.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-20
BANGING At BIRDS.
st. Paul Nimrods Rise as One
Man and Take to the
Stubble.
The Annual Slaughter Of
Chickens and Ducks Be-
gins To-Day.
Sport Reported Good in Every
Locality Patronized by ]
Gunners. IS
ITl>
Names Of the Sportsmen Who
Represent st. Paul in ]
Many Meadows. j

There is hustle and excitement in
many quiet country villages along the
lines of the Omaha, Northern Pacific
and Great Northern railways this MORN
ing. All day yesterday hosts of sports
men, clad in the unobtrusive gray which
so we'll matches that of the early morn
ing and makes difficult to distinguish
the hunter from the stubble, poured
out of st. Paul and into those localities
where ducks and chickens are wont to
congregate. "Beats turnips all to
pieces, this" remarked an enthusiast
in corduroys to his companion. as the
two followed the first CLEAN of dawn
westward from Heron Lake and across
likely field of flax stubble. STEADY,
old grip Ito the liyer-colored bitch
whose fame is known to every sports
man in the state). No need to caution
her. though. She turns half round,
gives her handsome head toss, her
tail an extra Wag, and then starts
slowly on again, working the field
like the thoroughbred that she is.
And the two silent figures creep after
her at little distance, watching every
move made by the .'old grip ahead
the presiding goddess of the morning.
''HiSt! something there" Down crouch
the hunters, and still more slowly than
before creeps the lnfallible 'old girl"
Suddenly she stops altogether; out go
her nose and tail as straight as line,
there is whirring and rustic of the
stubble tops, and then up they go,
covey of thirty or more speckled hens.
Two putfs of smoke, two sharp reports,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-20
THE SCARED SEVEN.

Probability That the Minneapolis
Enumerators' Cases Will Be Dis
missed To-Day.
The original cases against the seven
Minneapolis enumerators arrested on
that memorable night in June will
come up for disposition before United
States Commissioner McCafferty this
morning at 10 o'clock. 1t will be re-
membered that the hearing In the cases
was postponed until Aug. 20. Special
Attorney Bakers Office presented
busy scene Yesterday. 1t was evident
that preparation was being made
for the hearing of the cases
to-day. Mr.. Baxter was in
a meditative mood at times, and at
others was examining law books.
Special Agent Sanders and his assist
ants were arranging the testimony.
Detective Mason said it was his busy
day, and he fitted about. Late in the
afternoon Mr.. Baxter and Detective
Mason went to Commissioner McCaf-
ferty's Office. Mr.. Baxter, in response
to question about the cases, said they
would probably be disposed OF to-day,
but did not say directly what disposition
will be made of them. District AttOr-
ney Hay is out of the city. and will not
be present to-day. 1t is now pretty well
understood in official circles that Mr..
Hay was not so. far out of the way in
his opinion of the cases as public senti-
ment in st. Paul at the time seemed
to indicate. 1t is altogether probable
that the eases will be dismissed this
morning for the reason that no otfense
was complete at the time the arrests
were made. The enumeratOrs at that
time had not certified the returns to
Supt. Porter, and the affidavitS on
which the arrests were made were
therefore not sufficient to hold the
enumerators. No one will cenSure Mr..
Baxter if he announces that he has
come to such conclusion. and some
people will be forced to admit that they
were rather severe on Mr.. Hay. This
shows the extent to which public ex-
element will 90. even to the exclusion
of careful consideration of all the cir
cumstances. 1t is possible that the
enumerators will be proceeded against
on new affidavits. One or two OF them
are already bound over on charge of
conspiracy in addition to the cases
against them for padding.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-20
INTERESTING ENTRIES
Made for the State Fair and Man
ayers Are Pushing Matters.

ayers Are Pushing Matters.
The state fair will open in less than
three weeks. This fact is thoroughly
impressed upon the officers i'll charge
and they are dispatching business with
celebrity Secretary Liggett diSp0SeS OF
a heavy mail every day. Entries are
coming in fast and Assistant Secretary
Partridge has his hands full entering
and classifying them, besides attending
to his other manifold duties. s. M.
Emery, superintendent OF the dairy de-
partment, was at the grounds yeSter-
day, and with his assistant, E. +. Bat
ten, looked over the arrangements thus
far made. Mr.. Cornish. of the Cornish,
Curtis & Green company. and
E. A. Cammack, of the Crescent
Creamery company, visited the
grounds to arrange with Messrs. Emery
and Batten for space. Both the above
concerns will make fine exhibits. Some
very interesting entries have come in
within few days. notably large herds
of cattle from E. t. Irwin. of Richfield,
and Nj. j. Leavitt, of Waseca, the for
mer promising forty-one head OF Hol-
stems and the latter twenty-one head OF
the same choice class. 81. f. Brown, of
Minneapolis, will send over fifteen
Shorthorn cattle, and G. D. King will
bring from Burlington, Kan, thirty
three fine sheep. Twenty of the famous
Berkshire swine have been entered by
Alex A. Arnold, of Galesville. Wis.
Nick Hermes, of St. Paul, contributes
thirty varieties of vegetables.
The managers have concluded to
open classes for Hackney and Belgian
horses, offering the same premiums as
in the English Shire classes. They have
divided the Polled Angus and Galloway
cattle into two classes and opened a
new class for Scotch Collie dogs, OF
which interesting canine family an
entry has been made
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-20

and down come the first brace of the
season.. The shells are thrown out in
trice, two more are substituted, and
three more birds fell to the next two
shots. bravo, old chap" says the
other fellow, who hasn't tired-la shot
for some reason or other, ''that's a good
opening"
'sWhy didn't you get some of them?'
replies and questions the other as he
takes the first bird from the careful
jaws of the ''old girl
''Why, the fact is, you know, you see
it's the first day of the season, and am
little rusty, and ef--well, damn it, /
had my gun at half-cock, and couldn't
think why the confounded thing would
MT work." 3r
The following dispatch comes from
the GLOBE correspondent at Heron
Lake, and tells its own story:
Special to the Globe.
HERON LAKE, Aug. 2o.-First: gun fired at
daybreak. Paget, of st. Paul, kills five birds
of one covey Sport prospects excellent.i
The exodus of sportsmen yesterday
was a general one. Every man who
could carry a gun, had a gun to carry
and leisure to carry it i'll, broke away
from business for weeks sport along
the moorS and marshes. From every
where comes the same report; chickens
are plentiful and ducks equally So.
Almost every sportsman has his own
pet locality. Many have gone out
along the Omaha to Window. Luverne,
st. James and Heron Lake. Others
think better of Detroit and Lake Park
on the Northern Pacific, and still others
assert that the birds are all up around
Wilmar, Benson, Morris, Hallock AMI
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-20
Resolutions Passed Upon the De-
mise Of John Boyle O'Reilly.

Resolutions Passed Upon the De-
mise of John Boyle O'Reilly.
At the regular meeting of Division No. 2 of
the Ancient Order of HibernIans held at
their hall Wednesday evening, Aug. Is, the
following resolutions of sympathy in refer
ence to the death of the late John Boyle
O'Reilly were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, 1t has pleased an inscrutable
Providence to remove from the sphere of his
earthly labor one of the most lllustrious and
devoted Irishmen of the present generation;
And whereas, We recognize. in the death
of John Boyle O'Reilly, an enduring and
most untimely loss to the cause of a redeemed
and liberated Irish nationality; his emil
nence in the realm of letters; his loyal, elo-
uuent and undated advocacy of Irish rights
and his distinction in every department of
public usefulness as a citizen of this repub-
lie rendered him living monument at once
to the infalny of the system which maintains
his country IN poverty and slavery, and TO
the genius of his race for the exercise of the
highest functions of free citizenship and Of
cultured and Intellectual manhood;
Now therefore, Be it resolved that the
members of Division No 2 of the Ancient
Order OF Hibernians, of st. Paul, take tins
occasion to express their profound partlcI-
patton in the feelings of universal sorrow
which prevail throughout the world wher-
ever there is found a child of the scattered
Gael who maintains his devotion to the
national ideal or his memory OF the patnetlc
but beautiful story of the Wonderland.
And. resolved That our sympathy and sor-
row go out to the bereaved family of the dead
hero, patriot and poet as well as to the peo-
pie of Ireland, in whose cause he was sol
der and a leader. wise counselor and per-
suasiye advocate; and that. as we stand con-
fronting the heroism, the gentleness, the dig
nity and the valor of the life of our friend
and countryman, we thank the Provi-
dence that took him that it should be vouch-
safed that the name of John Boyle O'Reilly
should be added to the list of noble spirits
of poets. orators and men of transcendent
intellect and courage-that may be taken
from the pages Of Irish history for thirteen
centuries past.
Resolved, That copy of this, our DELHI
Grafton, be forwarded to the family Of the
deceased, in testimony of our sorrowing
sympathy, and to the local press, the Boston
Pilot and Irish World for publication, and be
spread on the minutes of this division.
P. O'REGAN,
JOHN CUNNIFF,
JOHN c. HANLEY,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-20
ASTOR.
A Man who IS Knows How to Keep
HOtel,', and What He Has to Say

A Man Who IS Knows How to Keep
HOtel,', and What He Has to Say
A Timely Suggestion for the La
dies.
The Astor house, New ork, has been
noted for years as one of the standard hotels
in America; indeed it was the pride Of John
Jacob Astor, who personally superintendent
its erection. That it is conducted in the
finest manner there can be no doubt. The
chief steward, Mr.. Thomas L. Allen, recently
made the following outspoken statement:
'As chief steward of the Astor House, New
York, have had used III our hotel 'Thepure'
Baking Powder. 1t makes lighter, sweeter
and more palatable bread and cakes than
anything have ever tried, and it is superior
to anything in the market that know of. 1t
can't be beat.''
Such a statement, and from such source,
shows beyond question the great value to all
housekeepers of '.Thepure Baking Powder,
which, although new powder. has become
SO popular. If it is indispensable in a hotel
where the mast delicate pastry and choicest
dishes are produced, does it not stand to rea-
son that the same results can be secured in
the home by the use of the same pure powder?
Would it not be well to try it? The house
hold cook will fully appreciate its greater
value the first time she makes use OF it. The
chefs of the prominent hotels all speak in
the highest terms of it and use it in prefer
ence to any other Ladies prominent in So
ciety have Endorsed Its excellence with their
names. If you are in doubt as to which is
the best Baking Powder, or if what you are
using now does not give entire satisfaction,
try 'Thepure.'
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-20

the points along the Mantle
ba. Even the sedate James ).
Hill couldn't stand town life
with the knowledge that little way up
country there are thousands of grouse
waiting to be potted by SO great a gun,
and that down in the yards his special
car was rusting off the axleS in sheer
disgust at not being hauled out on an
occasion like this. And so at last the
president of the Northern said to his
hopeful heir: PPM in with the play.
Johnny, get your gum" And yester-
day morning that special car bore away
a merry party Of sportsmen, bound for
CIontarf, the president of the road. over
which they sped to the hunting grounds
being the merIiest man in the crowd.
Gov. W. R. Merriam stalked down to
ting depot some time in the forenoon,
follow ed at little distance by wagon
carrying the outfit for his party. rThe
governor of this state is as thorough g
sportsman as any of them, and proposes
to have crack at the birds. even If 1t
is close on election. And-0h. well,
everybody's gone, SO there's no use try
ing to tell where they all are. 1t IS
sufficient that they are crawling through
the sedge and prairie grass after game,
anu uOu u pIVpOoC w SohiO OoSh oieAA
they get it. Their names are:
A. l.. Adams. ID. Aneker, George
Armstrong, D. Abbott, Henry Blakeiey,
F. B. Bass. Frank Blair, A. K. Barnnm.
E. II. Bailey, Morton Barrows. 4. 81.
Baldwin, E. N. Green, Capt. Bean. B.
Beaupre, A. L. Bigelow, George Bige-
low, James BurriSs. j. 81. Burwell, G.
j. BroughtoE, j. G. Bullitt, w. r. Bush
nell, T. B. Campbell, F. NJ. Cody D.
Chamberlin,, M. j. Cummings, ii. K.
Cole, Judge Cory, S. Lee Davis. Sam
Dawson, W.. Dawson Jr., P. j. Dreis,
DIR. Denslow. Harry Drake, Alex Drake,
q. C. Drake, E. Edmunds, W. w. En-
win, Judge Flandreau, George L. Far
well, w. j. Footner, George 81. Finch.
w. S. Getty, P. Fl. Gotzian, G. R. Croft.
Joe Guion, G. M. Griggs, j. Helpen-
stein. I. Y. D. Heard, K. F.. Hersey, j.
G. Hinkle, w. P. billiard, George Hun
saker, j. j. Hill, I. w. Ingersoll, II. q.