Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-28
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Gov. Campbell, of Ohio, is improving.

Harry George Powlett, duke OF Cleve
land, is dead, aged SS.
Hon. p. M Adams, a prominent Ohio
democrat, died at Tinin, o.,
Almy, the Hanover, N. H., murderer,
is identified as George II. Abbott, a noted
criminal.
John truth struck Jacob Stokesbury at
Ada, o., Saturday, with a stone, crushing
his skull and causing death.
A cloudburst at Pottsville, Pa, Sunday
flooded the streets and drove 400 families
into the second stories of their homes.
N. X. Fairbank, one of the most prom
inent of Chicago business men for nearly
half century, has retired from active
business.
! The dedication OF Minnesota's monument
in commemoration of the Sioux massacre
of 1862 took place at New Ulm, Mimi,
l last week.
/ The name Of Ida NJ. Bittenbender has
been placed upon the prohibition ticket Of
/ Nebraska as candidate for judge of the
supreme court
Reports from the Chickasaw nation say
the Byrd party were victorious in the re-
cent election. The result means that the
intruder must go.
The Ionia district fair will be held Sep
TENDER 1925. Premium lists are now
ready and may be obtained by addressing
! Secretary Smith at Ionia.
A terrific hail storm at Deer Creek,
Mimi, Monday night, destroyed about
1000 acres of grain. Stacked wheat was
blown about and damaged.
During fit of temporary insanity Fri
day, Mrs. Barnhowser, of Helvetia, w.
Va, drowned her baby, Drained a 3-year-
old child and vainly attempted suicide.
IA frightfGl explosion of gas in the West
Fairmont shaft, near Wheeling, w. Va,
Sunday morning killed Bayles, aged IA
years, and terribly burned Alex. Robinson,
a miner.
Ono thousand feet of the Wabash rail-
road track parallelling the Missouri river,
at Randolph, Mo-, fell into the river
Thursday night, the water having under
mined the grade.
The British steamer Dehomyer, which
had on board a consignment of powder.
was completely shattered by an explosion.
She was beached at Vigo where she was
burned, Her crew was saved.
The wine growers in the champagne dis
tricts of France are having a fine large
time fighting phylloxeria, milden, black
rot huge combine of capitalists who are
trying to get control of the entire growth.
]. T. McE!roy and I. II. Swope are
Kansas City millionaires. They quarreled
in hotel and Swope was felled to the
floor by his adversary. Then both men
drew revolvers, but friends separated
them.
The gross assets Of the American Wheel
company, of Chicago, for which receiver
was appointed are s., 074, 353, and the liza
bilites 81, 500, 900, of which 81 900, 900 is
in the form Of promissory notes and ac-
cepted drafts.
Marshal Brice, of Shelbyville Ind,
tried to stop fight at that place and was
fatally shot by Charles Hawkins, who was
arrested. The ''best people" of the town
took Hawkins from jail and hanged him
to the nearest tree.
Three alarms were given in quick success
sion Tuesday afternoon for fire in six
story brick building occupied by Putnam
& Co., manufacturers of spring bedsteads.
The building was Quilted. Loss on build
The Pocock can factory, en- extensive es-
adjustment of ST. Louis. was destroyed b.
fire Tuesday morning and two or three
other smaller adjoining concerns were gut
ted, entailing a total loss OF about Sl5G, 600.
The Pocock loss is about 500. 900 with in
surance of SIS, 600. The other property
was well insured.
The young man James Roberts, arrested
at New Washington for the Columbus
Grove, Ohio, robbery and murder has been
fully identified by Cashier Mable, John
Crawford the hardware dealer, who sold
him two revolvers, and five other residents
Of Columbus Grove who saw him at the
time of the tragedy. He was taken to OF
tawa where he was placed in Jail.
It is reported from Caldwell. Ka, that
a desperate fight has occurred in the In
dian territory between the Dalton gang,
who held up and robbed Santa Fe train
about two months ago, and posse under
United States Marshal Short. The par
ticulars are meager, but it is known that
the marshal and one of Dalton's gang were
killed. The authorities have been pursu-
ing the Dalton gang for some time.
A band of armed negroes entered the
grocery store of Henry Joel, four miles
east Of Memphis, as he was about TO close
Saturday night, and after robbing him Of
all the money he had, told him to open the
safe, at the same time holding a pistol TO
his head. Joel made the attempt but was
so confused that he forgot the combination
and gave it up. Finding themselves foiled
the brutes shot him through the head.
Chas King, mild hammered patient at
the insane asylum at Columbus, o., Sc
cured permission TO visit his mother, Mrs.
Hattie King, at Circleville, and while she
was preparing a meal, slipped up behind
her and shot her through the body, killing
her almost instantly. lie then tried to
shoot neighbour, Mrs. Davenport, but
failed in his purpose. He labored under
the delusion that his mother caused his in
generation in the asylum.
George J. Osborne, superintendent Of
tho Milwaukee companys elevators at
Minneapolis, mysteriously disappeared a
short time ago, and no clue has been OBJ
tanned as TO his fate or whereabouts. His
sudden disappearance naturally aroused
suspicious. and an investigation Of his af-
foira ordarad aSt week n bOdv was