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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02

Charles w. Willard was found dead on
the railroad track near Manton a few days
ago A revolver in his hand told the man
ner OF his death.
The Van Buren, county CLERK has issued a
call for a special session OF the DO ard of
supervisors Jan. 3, TO consider the question
OF special election on the liquor law.
This Is the first county that has procured
the requisite number OF signatures TO call
for local option election.
For some time agitation has been going
on in East Saginaw for the establishment
OF freight car mandatory. w. A.
O'Donnell salt manufacturer offers TO
give block for the site. Col. A. Il. Bliss
will donate five acres for a site and take
stock TO the amount of $4,000.
Arthur Baluss, a young man who was
working his way through college, was kill
ed by singular accident, on the farm of
other evening. He was engaged in stack
ing some fence rails into heap when they
fell upon him, crushing him so badly that
he died in a couple of hours.
Michael Grimes a 12.year-old boy,
reached Bay City the other day, having
came all the way from Ireland alone. His
father left him in the old country when the
child was III months OF age, in charge of
his grandfather rhe latter dying, money
""o oOhb w Nil' OAu hOuiO anu AhO lIllS iCl-
low started out alone He was introduced
TO his five brothers and sisters he had
never seen.
TIE report Of the state game warden for
December shows that nine arrests were
made, and six OF the parties paid fines on
conviction while the othe: three settled by
paying $50 each. The total fines amounted
to S.01O5, and the counties which furnished
the Offenders were losco, Schoolcraft and
N inQ A "a
were bounding deer, and in Ottawa county
the netting Of fish.
The jury in the circuit court at Grand
Rapids awarded Mrs. +. X. Sherwood
Sl3,33S.SS ag Ainst the Chicago Il West
Michigan railroad company. Suit was
brought for S9O,OOO for damages sustained
by being thrown down while alighting
from train which started too soon, at her
home at Watervliet Mrs. Sherwood, who
is the the widow of Hon. II. G. Sherwood,
had her hip broken and sustained other in
iuries which made her cripple for life.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02
Death oi Henry ". Grady.
Henry w. Grady died in Atlanta, Ga,

Henry w. Grady died in Atlanta, Ga,
Dec. %.
Henry w. Grady was born at Athens,
Ga, in 1851. His father, a rich business
man, was killed in battle at Petersburg.
At the age of 20 Henry LETT his post of edi-
tor of the Daily Commercial at Romeo, to
publish the Herald, bright paper at At
lanta, Ga. The Herald failed, and Mr..
Grady was soon afterwards employed by
the New York Herald. For his first year
work, as travelling correspondent in the
south, he received $1,000 In 1880 he
bought fourth interest in the Atlanta
Constitution. Since then his prosperity
has been mistaken. The weekly edition of
his paper has increased Its circulation from
5000 10 100, 900 in nine years.
Mr. Grady's newspaper ideas were Ma
poleonic. His report of the Charleston dis
aster secured by himself in four hours, COW
cred eight columns in the Constitution. For
election returns from two mountain dis
tricts in Georgia. on one important occa-
sion, he paid 81, 200; aud afterwards looked
on it as the best investment the paper ever
maze. He managed many political cam
paigns, and was the most popular man in
Georgia. He refused TO be made congress
man at large from the state. He could
have mad any office for the asking, but
never asked.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02
FOREIGN.

All Jews are to be expelled from the
Russian imperial academy of arts.
Austria and Hungary have agreed to re-
sumo specie payment two years hence.
Railroad projects in China have been
suspended owing to political intrigues.
Nine thousand employees of the boot and
shoe factories at Bristol Eng, are idle.
The French government has ordered
three new ironclads to cost g., 400, 900 each
The French government has appointed a
committee TO examine plans for bridge
across the English channel.
A syndicate, with $4,000, 900 capital, has
been formed in London to run British car
pet factories on the American plan.
A decree has been promulgated in Rio
Janeiro recalling and cancelling the grant
made TO Dom Pedro, and suspending his
allowance to the civil list The same de-
cree fixes the date for the general elections
for Sept. 10, and the meeting of the consti-
tuent assembly Nov To-
The influenza has become alarmingly
crowded, and doctors aud undertalkers are
over.worked. In Berlin the epidemic is
subsiding, but increasing frightfully in
Bremen.
A collision occurred Dec. 20 south of the
Isle OF Wright between the British steam
ers Cleddy and the Isle of Cyprus. The
Cleddy was so badly damaged that she
sank. Several OF her crew reached land In
safety but IL are missing The lsle OF Cy-
prus did not suffer much damage
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02
A Candle Causes Fire in a School
Room. Eve Girls Dead.

The pupils in one Of the departments of
the Selden school in Detroit were rehears-
ing their Christmas exercises the other af-
ternoon, and as they had not finished when
it was dark, candle was secured and
lighted TO enable the pianist to read her
music. The candle was given to one of the
boys, who stood near the piano, around
which stood "a number of girls in costumes
made of mosquito netting and batting. One
of the girls waved a wand which came in
contact with the lighted candle, and in an
instant was ablaze. The fame was COM
municated TO the thin material of her dress,
and in an instant she was all ablaze. In
her fright she threw her arms around au-
other girl who was dressed as n snow fairy.
So closely together were the girls standing
that in a minute all were on fire, and per-
feet panic ensued. The teachers and iani-
tor did all in their power to extinguish the
flames by tearing the dresses from the
girls, but the fire was not out until anumber
of girls were terribly burned one so badly
that she died soon after. Three others
died from their injuries the next day, and
several are yet in very critical condition.
The teachers were badly burned in their
efforts TO save the children.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02
MARVELS OF MEMORY.
Some Great Men Whose Retentive
ness OF Facts Was Marvellous.

Some Great Men Whose Retentive-
ness OF Facts Was Marvellous.
There have been stupen2ous memo
ries enough In ancient aud modern
times to stagger belief-3uch as those
Of Theodectes and Hortensius and
Cineas, of whom Cicero speaks, and
in our later days, Pascal. who. it is
said, never forgot anything he had
seen, heard or thought; and Avicenna.
who repeated by rote the entire Koran
when he was 10 years old; and Fran
els Saurez, who. Strada tells us. had
the whole OF St Augustine ia his mem
ory-enOugh, one would think, to de-
stroy all his mental power vi diges-
ton; and Justus Dipsius, on one occa-
sion offered TO repeat all the 'His-
tory" OF Taeitus without a mistake on
forfeit OF his life; and in our own days,
Jedediah Buxton and Zcrah Colburn
among others, who had such prodig-
ious power and rapidity OF calculating
in their minds. Colburn it is said.
could tell the number OF seconds in
ffty-eig years almost before the
question could be repeated. The story
is told that Jedediah Buxton was once.
taken TO the theater to SEQ Garrick,
and that the was observed TO pay an
unremitted attention to the great actor
throughout the play. When he went
out his friend who accompanied him
asked him how he had been impressed
by the acting, and Jedediah answered
by stating the number OF words and
syllables that Garrick had spoken.
His mind had been interested solely in
this enumeration. / dare say IL was
a purely mechanical operation OF mind
with him, and | rather think that with
all these great memories is is the
same.
AS | have not good memory. wish
to decry it. out OF pure envy. / wish
could say that great men never have
great memories. Unfortunately, it is
not true. The names of Pascal,
Avincenna, Scaliger, who committed
to memory the whole OF the Iliad and
Odyssey in three weeks; old DR..
Thomas Fuller whose memory was
equally remarkable to say nothing
OF Cyrus, Hortensius, Mithridates
are so terribly against me that l give
up such a propositions; and l have
serious thoughts myself. despite its
ingredients, of resorting to
the learned Grataroh of Bergamo's re-
clpe for improving my own memory.
he gives several, but one above all
others as efficacious and comforting to
the memory. 1t is this: To make a
mixture of mole fat, calcined human
hair. cumin and bears grease. aud
swallow pill of them OF about the size
OF a hazlenut at bedtime.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02
NOT ALL PEACE.
The New Republic of Brazil Not all
Serene

serene.
Cipher kilograms received in London
from Rio Janeiro give brief particulars of
a monarchical uprising which took place
there on Dec Is, the revolt being described
as extremely formidable. The insurgents
were composed of soldiers, sailors and civ
ilians, who were joined bya number of
naval and military officers, and paraded
the streets in defiance OF the ordinary
police and military force. An augmented
force OF troops were brought against the
rebels and serious lighting ensued which
lasted until the morning of December 20,
when the revolt was suppressed and the
rebels dispersed.
Many of those who took leading part in
the rising wera subsequently arrested.
A careful examination of the expressions
of the press shows that there is not one
paper that has said anything critical of
Dom Pedro. There have been many ex-
pressions of doubt about the expediency or
timeliness of the declaration of the repub-
lie Conservative Brazilians, who believe
that the empire was carefully governed
and who thought il was wise 10 continue il
as long as Dom Pedro lived, say that the
most powerful influence against the declar
alton OF the republic in Brazil has been the
disorderliness of the neighboring re publics,
while the empire, only "A monarchy in name,
has been free from commissions for more
than 30 years
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02
Wendell PhllIIns,s sonthprn s,nrr.

Here is a Southern story from Phil
lips, says the Forum: That most
eloquent OF all Southerners, as L think,
Mr. Sargent S. Prentiss, of Mississippi,
was addressing crowd OF 1000 people
in his state, defending the tariff, and
in the course OF an eloquent period
which rose to a beautiful climax, he
painted the thrift, the energy, the
comfort, the wealth, the civilization of
the north. in glowing colo RS; when
there rose on the vision OF the as
sembly. in the open air. horseman of
magnificent proportions; and Just at
the moment of hushed attention, when
the voice OF Prentiss had ceased and
the applause was about 10 break forth,
the horseman exclaimed, d the
north! The curse was so much in
unison with the habitual feeling OF a
Mississippi audience that it quenched
their enthusiasm, and nothing but re-
spect Tor the speaker kept them from
cheering the horseman. Prentiss turn
ed upon his lame foot aud said: Major
Moody, will you rein in that horse a
moment" He assented. The orator
went on: Major, the horse on which
you ride came from upper Missouri;
the saddle that surmounts him came
from Trenton, N. j.; the hat on your
head came from Danbury, Conn; the
boots you wear came from Lynn,
Mass; the linen in your skirt is Irish,
and Boston made it up; your broad
cloth coat is Of Lowell manufacture.
md was cut in New York; and il to-
day you should surrender what you
owe the d north you would sit
stark naked.'n
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02
GENERAL.

Both houses OF congress have adjourned
until Jan. q, 1890.
There is an exodus of colored people
from Georgia to Arkansas.
Eight thousand miners are idle in the
Shamokin, Pa, coal district
The business portion of Petrolia, Pa,
was destroyed by fire Dec. 81.
The entire business portion of Leesburg
Ind, was destroyed by ire Dec. 81.
Gen. Boulanger emphatically denies that
he is to lecture in the United States.
The Grant locomotive works Of Patter.
son, n. j., are TO be removed TO Chicago.
jefferson Davis died a poor man, as the
inventory of his property shows.
Both branches of the North Dakota legis-
lature have passed the prohibitory law.
The ST. Louis Commercial building was
burned the other night at loss OF $lo0,0O0.
Two old ladies living near Syracuse, N.
Y, were asphyxiated by coal gas the other
night.
The available surplus in the United
States treasury has been reduced to SCI,
500, 0C0.
The Indianapolis wheel works were des-
troyed by fire a few days ago, at loss of
$lO0,000.
The widow of Cen George H. Thomas
died at her home in Washington on Christ
mas day.
Two men were killed at Ashville, N. c.,
the other night, by the explosion Of a
gasometer.
An English syndicate has purchased the
Washburne Touring mills at Minneapolis
for S750,O0O.
A general convention Of miners of the
United States will be held in Columbus o.,
Jan. "a, 1880.
The Wabash manufacturing company of
Chicago has failed for $500, 900, with merely
nominal assets.
A Georgia syndicate has been awarded
a contract amounting to S2,625, 900 to con
struct railways in Egypt.
Ten car loads of cotton and compress
were burned at Fort Worth, Texas, the
other day. Loss 100000.
Western railroads have never been so
pressed for cars for the transportation of
wheat as at the present time.
1t is said that after Jan. /, the Northern
Pacific and Wisconsin Central railroads
will be known as the Grand Central.
Secretary Window has published an ad
vertisement inviting proposals for the TAX
luB VI SthAo III buC hOlhC Oh Aldohd
The Russell wheel and foundry company
of Detroit, gets the contract for metal on
the new light station at Newport, Va.
Col. Robt. ]. Stevens, United States con
sui mt Victoria, Ii. c., died at the home of
his brother in Seattle, w. T., Dec. 20.
The 269th anniversary of the landing of
the Pilgrim fathers was celebrated by the
New England society in New York, Dec. %
An English syndicate, having absoT bed
nearly all the breweries in this country, Is
now negotiating for the distilleries Of Ken
lucky.
Arson Dewey, wealthy farmer of Yes.
tai, near Birmingham, N. Y, committed
suicide by cutting his throat Christmas,
owing to his dread OF going 10 the poor
house. After his death over $1,000 were
found in the house. Dewey was az years
years old
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02
A Faith Cure Crank.

Rev Charles Pinney recently went TO
Attleboro. Mass, from East Saginaw, and
was placed in charge of the Second Advent
society. About two weeks ago his 9-year-
old daughter was taken sick with typhoid
fever, but the father was an ardent be-
lever in the faith cure doctrine and did
not call physician or notify the board of
health. The neighbors brought the case to
the attention of the board, and physician
was ordered to visit the child, but the
father refused to allow him to prescribe,
saying he was ready to leave the whole
matter in the hands of the Lord. The
Massachusetts society for the prevention
and and compelled him to cali physician.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02
Washing Men nv Mnchiuery.

One OF the latest inventions in sani-
tation is machinery for personal wash
ing. A French colonel, according to
Mr.. Edwin Chadwick, ascertained that
he could wash his men for centime,
or one-tenth of penny head, soap
included. The man undresses, steps
into tray of water and soaps hims elf,
when a jet of tepid water is played
upon him. He then dries and dresses
himself in five minutes, against twen-
ty minutes in the bath, aud with five
gallons of water against seventy in the
usual bath. In Germany they have an
arrangement under which half mil
lion soldiers are regularly washed. BY
an adaptation OF apparatus to the use of
schools child may be completely
washed in three minutes.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02
NEWS SUMMARY.
A NEGRO RIOT.
Twenty Negroes and Three White
Men Killed
Great Excitement Prevails.


A negro riot occurred at Jessup, 81 miles
south OF Savannah, Ga, on Christmas day.
The trouble was started by the notorious
colored outlaw Bob Brewer, who suddenly
began firing of IA Winchester repeating
rifle in the center Of the town. Chief Mar
shall Leggett armed himself with shot
gun, deputized William Austin w. Il. Red
dish and Mr.. jackson on the spot and
proceeded to arrest Brewer. The inhabi-
tants poured into the streets terror
stricken. The negroes turned cut and u
riot followed. The negroes were Anally
driven into the swamp
Twenty negroes and three white men
were killed.
The negroes were we'll supplied with
Winchesters and revolvers, and made
sortie from one side of the swamp. They
stood their ground but very short time,
as the scrub trees did not afford protection.
Several were shot down in the scramble
for shelter on their retreat to the dense
cane brake.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02
A Bogus Detective.

L. w. Manchieof, "chief of Lansing de.
tective agency" as he styles himself, has
been arrested on the charge of extracting
money by threats from Thomas Markey
The detective" suspected Markey of sell.
ing liquor without city license, managed
to get drink there and then telling Mar
key that he was acting under the mayor S
authority, induced him to buy his silence
with check of $3.50. Manchieof after
wards had the check cashed at one of the
banks
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02
MiIlle's Pletr.

Willie was on visit to his aunt In
the country. 1t was bedtime, and he
had gone upstairs to the little room set
apart for him.
"Auntie," he called out, where's
the prayer-rugp"
",rhe prayer-rug, Willie? Isn't the
carpet good enough?''
mot by a jugful. The best people
all use prayer-rugs. II you haven't
got any, I'll just be doggoned IL I'm
going TO say my prayers tonight
that's allr'-Chicago Tribune.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02
The Old Fashioned School ms'am.

How dear to my heart Is the old fashioned
school ma am,
When sad recollections present her TO
view:
The way which she'd often we boys with a
rule lamm
Would make the whole future look fear
fully blue,
And still in my fancy 1 feel my flesh
tiRgle,
Time never can quite the sensation des-
troy,
For when she got ratified she made the
house jingle
The old fashioned school ma'am, 1 knew
when boy.
The red headed school ma'am the strong
muscled school ma'am.
The argus eyed school ma'am l knew
when q boy.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02
LIVE STOCK.

Cattle-Extra steers for export, a. 400
40; choice do, $4.l5j0L25; good do 1915
94.l0; choice heavy butchers, $3.40093. 30;
mediums, $3.25Cp3.60; light handys, s.. l5tG
$40; Michigan stockers, S2.50G2.90; Michi
gan feeders, 2:509] 10; veals, S6(Q $50.
Sheep and Lumbs-Sheep in good de-
mand, and fat lambs firm and higher;
choice TO extra sheep, $5.60@5.75; good TO
choice, $3.50 $50; common to good, S4.15@
5l5; choice to extra lambs, $500 d6. So (;
good TO choice, S6.40G660; common to
good, 5000 80; Canadas, $5(e7.
Hogs-Mediums and heavy, $50; York
ers, %. 7564.S0; pigs, $500.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02
4 Mnrderons Passenger.

Conductor Mclean of the Chicago &
West Michigan, in attempting the eject
ment of a passenger at Big Rapids the other
night, was jumped on by the fellows compan-
ion and Mclean called the entire crew and
Freight Conductor Campbell to his assist
auce. The non-paying passenger drew a
knife and stabbed Cambell in the bowels,
infiicting a serious wound Baggageman
DOMAIN and a brakeman received severe
scalp wounds. The carver escaped, but
his companion was placed under arrest.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02
THE STATE.
THE WOMAN DID 1T.
Bloody Tragedy Near Worthwhile on
Christmas


Barney Roche is cooper in Worthwhile,
and his near neighbor is, or was, John Tay-
Tor. Christmas evening at 9 O'Clock, after
Roche and his wife had retired, two men
came TO the shop where they lived ana
asked for admittance. They were under
the influence of liquor, and said they had a
bottle OF whisky which they wanted to
share with the Roches The men were
John A. Taylor and one Miller, both labor
ers, and about 40 years old. Mrs. l.oche
told the men to go on. The men, however,
continued to pound on the door
AT this Mrs. Roche again jumped out of
her bed, seized 32-calibre revolver and
fired. Taylor dropped to the ground. The
bullet had entered the front part of the
neck and lodged near the spinal column,
tntiicting a fatal wound.
Deputy Sheriff White arrested the Roche
woman and locked her up in the Worthwhile
Jail until the next day, when she was taken
TO the county Jail.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02

Some Of the Parish fashion writers pre-.
dict the revival OF old fashioned large wells
completely covering the face and some
times reaching 10 the waist.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02

A beautiful dusky tint of violet shading
to blue Is called Yeux Dagmar. after the
color of the eyes OF the empress Of Austria,
formerly the Princess Dagmar.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02
BRIEF MENTION.

Eyert vischer, a pioneer of Holland, is
dead.
Ice cutting has commenced at Sault st.
Marie.
Northern Michigan is full of railroad
surveyors.
The electric railway in Muskegon will be
in operation Jan. |.
McBrides, Montcalm county, wants
doctor TO locate there.
The state prohibition convention will be
held in Detroit Feb H.
Bay City wants the state 10 build an in.
sane asylum Ia that city.
Patti offers to sing three songs to Grand
'pids people for 5000.
vid Mcclure, one of the first settlers
lilac county, is dead
St John will speak at the prohibi.
sntion in Detroit, Feb ~.
teenth Michigan V. " I. will
in Kalamazoo Jan. IL.
Detroit's new public school
tyet been approved
tgelst, will labor with
time in January.
.year-old boy of Bay
FOR three weeks.
first settlers in
he other day.
Flushing will
themselves
ing for the
ce near
'rger
cor