Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-23
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Another heavy shock OF earthquake was
felt in California on the l4th.
On Sunday there were landed at the
port of New York /, 500 immigrants.
Mrs James G. Blaine, ir. of Sioux Falls,
S. d., is in ST. Paul for treatment for par
tial paralysis OF the eyelids.
Another effort is being made to secure
the pardon OF Nee, the anarchist who is
serving 20 years Sentence at Joliet, Ill
The Beecher memorial congregational
church at Brooklyn Was dedicated Sunday.
d. B. Halliday preached the dedicatory
sermon.
The wife of Hon. john Haggart, post
master-general OF Canada. h as begun suit
for divorce, charging her husband with
adultery.
Chilis general election took place on the
18th and everything passed Off quietly.
The electors chosen will name a president
next month.
The PEEK II government has directed their
ambassador at ST. Petersburg TO demand
explanations from Russia for encroachmeut
on the Pumir territory.
George and Jim Howard tried to enter
the house OF q man named Cups at Mt
Sterling, KY. Tuesday night, TO whip him,
and Cupps shot and killed them both.
The stockholders of tho Middlesborough
(Ky.) Town Company. mostly English cap
italsts. have voted 81. 200. 900 10 continue
the improvements of Mddlesborough.
Mrs. Anne A. Dodge so years Of age
an inmate of the poorhouse at Butte, Mt.
has received notice that there is an estate
of IS. 600, 600 awaiting her in England.
OF the 1878, 600 ounces of silver offered
for sale at the treasury department on the
14th, ,0+S, 900 ounces wore purchased at
prices ranging from 20. 97l0 to 70. 9725.
The directors OF the Great Northern sys-
TEN have declared the regular quarterly
dividend of a per cent payable Nov =.
Books close Oct 81, and reopen Nov ..
The revenue at the port OF Vancouver
b. c., from Chinese Immigration last
month was s7.426. In the corresponding
period last year the revenue was "A, 44s.
The national waterways convention
opened in Evansville, Ind, on the 18th.
Members of congress aud several state
governors were among the 500 delegates
present t-
The Louisiana state lottery company
has estab shed branch ofiice in Montreal,
and will use the Canadian mails for the
purpose denied 1t BY the United States
postal regulations
The bishop Of the Evangelical associa-
tisn have promulgated the conference plan
for 1922. The Michigan conference will
be held ut East Raisinville, April z, Bis
hop Esher presiding.
THE convention of the brotherhood OF
railway trainmen at Galesburg. Ill. Thurs
day, reelected S. s. Wilkinson. grand mas
ter; p. II. Morrssey. FIRST grand master,
and w. A. Sheahan. grand secretary and
treasurer.
Tho eight hour law has been declared
constitutional by Judges Wakeley. Doane
aud DAVIS of the district court at
Omaha, Mob. The opinion was on test
case made by the Central labor union of
that city. 1t WILL DO ut once appealed to
the supreme court
Prof George Francis James, of the
University OF Nashville. Tenn, has been
appointed lecturer on literature in the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and editor of the
Univers ty Extension, the official organ of
the American society for the extension of
university teaching.
William Lyon, manager OF the Marion
lnseed oil company at Pittsburg. commit
ted suicide Sunday evening by shooting
himself through the head. Be was 80
years of age, and quite prominent He
had been in ill-health for several years,
aud this is assigned as the cause OF the
deed.
II Ia officially announced from London
that the Rt Hon. Arthur j. Balfour, men,
ber of parliament for East Manchester,
and at present the chief secretary for Ire-
land, has been appointed first lord OF the
treasury. IL is reported that Mr.. Balfour
will retain his position as the chief secre-
tary for Ireland.
President Louis Coutcncin. OF the Ital-
Ian chamber OF commerce at New York
has received cablegram from the Italian
cabinet ministry vt Rome stating that IL
had unanimously decided TO abolish the de-
cree against American pork. A proclams-
ton will bs issued to that OBJECT by the
Italian government.
There has probably been n disastrous
wreck or collision at the entrance 10 Gulf
Of ST. Lawrence. The signal service has
received . dispatch from st. Paurs island
that wreckage, consisting OF pieces or sh ps
rails. scsntling and dials has been washed
ashore. ST. Pauls island Ia midway bo-
tween the northern point of Cape Breton
and Cape Race, N. f.. and the probabilities
are that there has either been a collision
between incoming and outgoing vessels or
q wreck Of some sort
Ceurr,l NJ u. Ranlxs Ia m instituta n