Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-24


last week.
Many Texas sawmills have shut down,
or are running short time, owing to over
production.
Stang's brewery and McKelvy's ice hous-
es at Sandusky, o., burned last week.
Loss, $3.50, 900.
Adam Allison, a Belmont, Ont, banker.
has disappeared leaving debts amounting
to $50, 900 behind.
Thomas Bocock, ex-speaker of the Con-
federate congress, is dangerously i'll in
Appomattox county Va.
Whitecaps whipped Ed. O'Connor of
rullhammony, Tenn, Thursday night, be-
cause he mistreated his wife.
The total deficiency in the accounts of
John Bardsley, ex-city treasurer of Phil
adelphia, amount to 1858, 335.
Robert Williams was hanged at Pine
Bluff, Ark, Thursday for the murder of
Albert Hayes last November.
Brooklyn, n. y, was damaged by fire TO
the extent of $40, 900, Saturday night.
j. F. Shepley shot and fatally wounded
Nat X, Jones, son Of United States Sena-
ter James X. Jones, at Washington, Ark.
Mrs. Potter Palmer has designated
Nine. Emile Mossier to organize the
Swiss committee of women for the worlds
fair.
Senator Quay has concluded to resign
from the craftsmanship of the national
committee. His successor will be j. S.
Clarkson.
Maj. Powell of Fort Lincoln, N. D.,
has received orders from Gen. Miles to in
yestigate the trouble at the White Earth
reservation.
An explosion of gas occurred last week
in the Slantwit collery at Pont Y Pridd,
village of Wales. Manager Abraham was
killed by the explosion.
Seven hundred men employed on the
Northern railroad in France struck Thurs
day. The other lines are short handed
and the strike is extending.
The glass blowers have decided to with
draw from the Knights of Labor, and in
dications are that they will affiliate with
the American Federation of Labor.
Kate and Mary MCGOWAN. aged IS and
,
Avoca, Pa, were drowned while boating
in the Susquehanna river, Thursday.
Five men were seriously injured Thurs
day at Denver, Col, by the explosion of
some giant power, caused by one of their
number striking the can with his pick.
While swimming in the Tennessee river,
near Murray, KY, Saturday, Ed Brown,
Walter Strader, John l.. Meador. Dick
Davis and John T. Brame were drowned.
The British steamer Coningsby, from
Marseilles. has been wrecked near tue
Island of Cheduba in the Bay OF Bengal.
The accident was attended by no loss of
life.
Mrs. Samuel Mather of Cleveland has
given $40, 900 to the woman's college of
western reserve university at Cleveland.
This college and the whole university are
rapidly growing.
Roland H. Hill, a Boston newspaper
man, and son of United States Senator
Hill, of Georgia, has been taken in charge
by the New York police, as it is found his
mind is unbalanced.
On Saturday morning at Comanche, Ia,
the rails spead on the Chicago &c North
western track, ditching a working train.
The engineer, Hulser, was killed, and his
fireman badly injured.
An express mail train was derailed
Thursday near Najac, France, a small
town nine miles from Vile Franche in the
department of Aveyron. Twelve carriages
overturned and many persons were injured.
A child was born recently at Fall %,
xuhf haa tha eli
semblance to a human being. except its
hands and feet. When the native Indians
heard of it they burned the creature to
death.
The schooner Pubnico Belle was wrecked
off the Newfoundland coast last week.
Mrs. Freeman, Miss Caroline Higgins and
five children were drowned. A pleasure
boat containing six youths capsized Sunday
of Donegal, Ireland. Five were drowned.
The persecution Of the Jews has been
somewhat relaxed. The decree for the
expulsion of Jewish artisans from st.
Petersburg has been indefinitely postponed,
and renewed orders have been sent to the
press to refrain from publishing articles
likely to excite animosity against the
Jews.
A terrible accident occurred Saturday
morning along the line of the Manchester
| Eng ship canal. A train passing along
the railroad running near the canal fell
over the latters embankment, killing IL
men who were working under the heading.
In addition to the men killed many other
workmen were injured.
On Sunday the preachers In St Paul
made vigorous protests against the coming
Hall itzsimmons fight The tickets are
going of rapidly over $1,000 having been
sold. Fitzsimmons weighed $50 Sunday
and says he will fight at 154. He claims
he Is in perfect condition, feels confident of
victory, and will fight to win.
Gov. Peck, of Wisconsin, has pardoned
Hartley Clifford, serving a life sentence in
Waupun for the murder of Capt Pugh, Of
Racine. The case has attracted wide
spread attention, application for pardon
having been made to Cows. Rusk, Hoard
and Peck SUCCESSFULLY. Clifford Is about
rs years old and has served 10 years OF his
sentence.