Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-15
BRIEFLY TOLD.


There was sleighing at Norfolk, Conn
Friday.
The Illinois house has passed an anti
trust bill.
Syracuse, N. Y, had sl2O, 900 fire
last week.
The President has loft Portland, Oregon,
for the east.
Senior Manage, the Mexican minister TO
Italy, is dead.
The bank of Allen county at Scottsville,
KY, assigned Wednesday.
There is a prospect of big Weld Of
wheat in the Red river valley
In Kentucky the frost of Tuesday night
damaged wheat, corn, peaches and grapes.
Adolph Woolner, vice president of the
whisky trust, died at Peoria, Ill, Satur-
day.
Chester e. Wilcox was killed at Milwau-
kee Thursday by being thrown from q
sulky.
Eastern headquarters of the worlds fair
have been opened at $50 Broadway, New
York.
T. f. Byrnes of Minnesota has been
appointed organizer of the national repub-
lican league.
Four miners were killed by an explosion
in the Ocean mine, near Clarksburg, w.
Va, Thursday.
The business portion of Manning, Ia,
was destroyed by fire Saturday. Loss
about 1925, 900.
The Louisville, New Albany e. Chicago
railroad has abolished the onice of assistant
to the president.
Forest fires are raging along the line of
the Canadian Pacific railroad, between
Kaladar and Arden, Ont.
A Jersey cow, near Mooresville. Ind,
has given birth to calf with six feet, all
of which it uses in walking.
The third annual convention of the
national association of machinists opened
at Pittsburg, Pa, Monday.
John Mitchell, who disappeared from
ST. Louis some time ago, committed
suicide at Elgin, ILL.,, Sunday.
The toamsters and shovelers of Kokomo,
day struck for higher wages
The customs committee of the French
chamber of deputies has decided to reduce
the duty on wheat to three francs.
Three hundred Philadelphia granite
cutters struck Monday for an advance in
wages from 1925 to SO. so per day.
The supreme court has ruled that only
those who enlisted under the call of Feb.
l, 1864, can recover the state bounty.
During a fire at Chicago Saturday can
of gasoline exploded near several firemcn
and two of them were fatally injured.
Jay Gould's life was threatened by n
lunatic named Chas. J. Dixon on Wednes-
day. The man has been placed in custody.
The new board Of administration of
Cincinnati appointed by the mayor under
the new charter, began its duties Monday.
At st. Louis 25, 600 Sunday school chill
dren have started out to try and induce all
the children they meet to attend Sunday
| school
The law passed by the last Indiana legis-
! lature abolishing the board of agriculture
and creating new board has been decided
illegal
Joseph Barondess, New York labor
leader, has been sentenced to prison for 81
months for extorting 500 from Messrs.
Poplin g. Marks.
Two men, named johnson and Sizemore,
fought duel near Knoxville, Tenn, We'd
nesday, and johnson was killed. Size
mores father has a record Of 10 men
killed.
VOLTS periodic comet was rediscovered
Monday morning by Professor Barnack
at the Lick observatory, Mt. Hamilton,
Cal. 1t is extremely faint and small and
Is following closely the path predicted
for it.
The treaty entered into between Spain
and the United States stipulates that coal
petroleum and machinery shall be admit
ted free into Cuba and Porto Rico, ant
that the present duty on -four be reduced
oue-half in exchange for the free admission
into the United States OF sugar, coffee ant
cocoa.
Right Hon. and Most Rev. VIM. Como
Magec, ID. D., archbishop OF York ant
primate OF England, who has for SOM
time past been i'll with influenza, died Of
Tuesday. DIR. Magee succeeded to tn
archbishopric of York In January Of tn
, present year. His predecessor was th
Most Rel. William Thomson. ID. d.