Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09


land, Cal, were asphyxiated on the night
OF Dec ~. Mrs. Erwin did not turn the
gas of entirely.
Two men were buried beneath seven
tons OF iron In the GUNNER rolling mills
near Toronto, few days ago, and crushed
TO shape!ess mass.
Prof Blaine, teacher at the Chemewa
Indian school near Salem, Oregon, and
brother OF james G.. Blaine, died in Salem
Dec. 81.
Secretary Mohler of the Kansas state
board Of agriculture does not anticipate
the slightest injury to the Kansas wheat
crop from the blizzard.
One hundred and six Pinkerton detec-
ives have gone To the scene OF the coal
miners strike In Pennsylvania TO preserve
order.
A British syndicate is negotiating for
the purchase of the Granite mountain
mine in Montana. The mine is valued at
$lS 600, 600.
The gov ernor OF South Carolina offers q
reward of $500 for the apprehension and
conviction OF each OF the parties concerned
IN the lynchlng at Barnwell, recently.
A collision occurred on tho Pan Handle
road near Kokomo, Ind, Dec 81. Both en-
| gines and several coaches were demolished.
Two trainmen were killed.
The Chestnut Hill iron ore company's
| furnaces at Columbia, Pa, which have
been idle for three years, are TO be started
| up at once.
Prof. Joseph G. Fox Of Lafayette col
| lege at Eston Pa, is dead. He was wide
| ly known in educational circles throughout
the country.
The commissioner of pensions has issued
an order to the clerks in his Office, which
1 hn AatN ion n
| pending causes.
All hope of saving the 10 entombed min
ers IN CalaVeraS county, Col, mas been
abandoned, the surface having crumbled
and caved to depth OF 40 feet.
John Hicks, who has served so years in
the state prisons Of Ohio and Indiana, was
released from tie Indiana stite prison
Dec. 80 John says he is going to reform.
Two ships collided on Columbia river the
other day, and two negro deck hands who
were asleep were cut in two, the upper
part OF their bodies falling into the river.
j. Monasch financial secretary of the
| Turner'S building and loan association Of
Minneapolis, is short S25,000 in his ac-
counts. He is anxious TO make a settle
| ment, and it is not likely that he will be
| prosecuted.
The total gold, silver lead and copper
output of Colorado for 1889 is So, 600, 600
Leadville leads all other points with an
output of sl3,0O0,00 Aspen comes second
with S9,OOO,OU0
Rev. DR.. William Patten, president Of
Howard university in Washington and one
of the leading Congregational ministers in
this country, died in Westerfeld, N. j.,
| recently.
While four little boys were playing I'M
der the edge of a sand bank in JAG ks on,
Tenn, the bank caved in, burng them an
der ten feet OF sand. They were dead when
| taken out.
Dexter G.. Turner, a skilled rascal, has
succeeded in placing" $1,000, 900 OF fic-
titious life insurance in South Dakota and
has absconded with the premiums col
lected.
Gertrude Rapp, granddaughter of Geo.
Rapp, founder of the Economic society
died recently at Economy Pa, aged 81.
Her death leaves but 20 members of the
order.
Il. J. Mckay, rector OF St. Paurs Epis-
copal church in Council Bluffs, Iowa, de-
| clares that prohibition in that state Is "A
failure, and that the Christian religion,
alone, is able TO change mans moral nature.
Insurance Commissioner Merrill has
written an open letter to President N. II.
Beers OF the New York life insurance
company, mat the COulpanY'S or
binary life distribution policy is unlaw-
| full
Rev. VIM. II. Hubbard, pastor of the
| First Presbyterian church Of Auburn, n.
Y, paused in his sermon Sunday morning,
and publicly rebuked the members of the
choir for their frivolous conduct during
| service, and then dismissed the congre-
CATION. The leading members of the
church sustain him.
Twentysix passengers on the Chesa-
peake q Ohio train that was wrecked near
White Sulphur Springs, have signed n
paper stating that the cause of the wreck
was rotten ties, a bad rail and to high "A
rate OF speed The officers of the company
will be arrested for criminal negligence.
While so men were at work on the roof
of the new four story academy Of music in
st. Louis the other morning the third, sec
ond and first stories collapsed in success
sion. Most of the men were able to spring
out Of the way, but eight of them were
buried in the debris and all seriously in