Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-09-18
BRIEFLY TOLD.

The Delaware iron works at Whining
ton have burned with loss OF $500, 900.
The Columbus, o., democrats will cele-
brate Hon. A. G. Thurmans birthday,
November 10. He will be rs years old.
BY the capsizing of boat Frank Huep-
per and Robert Gerth, residents OF Mil
waukee, were drowned in Lake Michigan
on Sunday.
A freight train on the Georgia Pacific
railroad jumped the track and rolled down
an embankment at Days Gap. Ala. Mon
day. Engineer Whtework was killed.
A swinging scaffold under the railroad
bridge at Salisbury, Pa, fell Saturday
night. Nine men dropped 30 feet into a
gully and four of them were fatally hurt.
"Aunt lilly" Hunter was drinking with
two men in Milwaukee saloon, when
'just for the fun of it," the men set fire to
the woman's clothing. She burned to
death.
A tug boat ran down a yacht in Staten
Island IN. W Sound Sunday and two Of
the yachts occupants-Heury Fairchild
and Walter Dodd, Of Orange, n. j.
were drowned.
George o. Nettleton, OF Duluth, lost
s., 900 to E. G. Howard in game Of poker
and Howard had to sue for its collection.
He has been awarded Judgement for the
50, 900 and interest.
An English syndicate has purchased
SO, 600, 900 worth of the stock of the Har-
ney's Peak tin mining company, whose
mines near Rapids City. S. D., are said to
be enual To any in the world.
During the maneuvers OF the German
troops last week the emperor was at the
head of the regiment Of which he is
honorary colonel, and bestowed decorations
upon the principal Bavarian officers.
Mrs. Allen G. Thurman, who has been
seriously III at her home in Columbus, o.,
for several days with a complication Of
maladies common TO extreme old age is inn
proving, and DIR. Loving now hopes she
may recover. but her age is against it. She
is so years of age.
Wong Geo On. charged with forging
revenue labels at San Francisco, was
promised immunity provided he would
confess, the supposition being that he
would implicate a gang. Wong Gee On
made his confession, from which it ap-
pears that he had no confederates, and he
| goes scot free. Yet there are persons who
say the Chinese are not qualified for
citizenship.
| At meeting of the municipal council
of the Irish national league st Chicago
| Sunday telegram was read from National
Secretary John p. Sutton giving to Daniel
Corkey, Illinois state DELEGATE, full charge
of the arrangements for the convention OF
Irish Americans. called by President John
Fitzgerald to assemble in Central music
hall, Oct 1. A committee Of ten will be
named to assist Mr.. Corkey.
Two tramps went into the town Of BAN.
berg, S. c., Sunday. One of them, Charles
| w. Stewart. who claims to be q detective.
asked the police to arrest HIS companion,
who gave his name as j. Whardin. The
tramp detective claimed that his compan-
| ion is VIM. b. Tascott the murderer OF
Amos j. Smell, of Chicago. for whose ar
rest large rewards are offered. The pub
lished description of Tascott and the man
arrested compare very well. The chief oil
police at Chicago has telegraphed for a
photograph Of the man arrested.
The farmers alliance leaders in Mime
sofa and North and South Dakota have
resolved upon another attempt to stop tn,
tremendous flow of wheat to the markets.