Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-07-26
The Weekly ExpOsitOr.
THURSDAY. july 90. 1888
COUNTY COLUMN.

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plants in Port Huron gardens.
y Republican club has been organic.
ed at st. Clair with III members.
Sells Bros circus is expected to bein
Port Huron some time III August.
The Congregational church at Port
Huron will be lighted 10y electricity,
The Port Huron Guards are enjoying
themselves immensely at the Mackinac
camp.
A week ago to-day 5000 pounds of
butter and eggs were shippdd from
Capac.
The Pacific House, Port Huron, will
again be managed by Mrs. Whitney and
son, Fred.
The st. Clair Light and Fuel Co. ex-
pect 20 sink more gas wells near Port
Huron soon.
DR.. o. NJ. Stephenson, OF Fit Gratiot,
will soon go to New York TO take a
post graduate course.
The Democrats had a pole-raising
and ratification meeting at Marine City
last Friday afternoon.
The postmaster at Columbus is
Fletcher Wright. The Office is located
near the new saw mill
1t is considered that the Upton Works
have proved failure. so far as benefit
ing Port Huron is concerned.
Smiths Creek people are complaining
about father who is i'll the habit Of
chastising his child too much.
a small boy residing in Port Huron
took a header while attempting to ride
bie7c.e and is seriously hurt.
One of the oldest residents of St.
Clair county, Mrs. Moses Locke. of
Jeddo. died Wednesday of last week.
Capac has at last secured bonus for
J. II. Banfill, who will Immediately re-
new work upon the roller proc 81 mill.
The mineral water of the Oakland
House, st. Clair. is growing in popular
ity, about $50 cases being shipped each
week.
An arrival in the home Of Congress-
man Whiting, st. Clair, in the person
of young daughter, is making him
happy.
A woman with red hair and caNying
baby in her arms is missing from
Smiths Creek. So are several articles
of value.
A young son of j. d. Burke, Port
Huron. was severely injured lately by
being run over by bicycle. The rider
will be prosecuted.
a gasoline stove explosion occurred
at the house of Mrs. Bridget McFarley,
in Port Huron, last week. Not much
damage was done.
The body of Jacob Sibilla was found
near Marysville, last Thursday, and
taken to Port Huron. Sibilla was
drowned last March.
Patrick Doner, of st. Clair, died
quite suddenly last week, He was As
years Of age, and leaves small chill
dren in destitute circumstances.
Several Port Huron young men have
formed what they call the Wolverine
Camping Club and will camp above
Huronia Beach for few weeks.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Brake
men will give an excursion to Stag
Island, on the 18th of August, for thu
benefit of sick and disabled brakemen
Seward S. Merriam. of the firm o.
Stevens & Merriam, Port Huron, was
married to Miss Matte Anderson, alsC
of Port Huron, on Monday of last
week.
Miss Mary NJ. Haynes, of Cottrell
vile, made and ratified off very hand
some quilt, and with the proceeds will
educate and prepare herself for
teacher.
Charles Labelle, who was arrested il
June on the charge of smuggling opium
across from Canada, jumped from tn
train near Port Huron last Wednesda
and escaped.
Marine City has several citizens VIII
cast their votes for William Henri,
Harrison in 40, and expect to vote 70
General Benjamin Harrison, his grand
son, this fall.
The first political meeting of the sea
son at Marine City was the Republica
ratification Wednesday evening of las
week. The speakers were Gen. Wn
Hartsuff and Capt. Frank Whipple, c
Port Huron.
Prices of wool in Port Huron hay
advanced from II ond % cents to
and 20 cents. About 100000 pounds {
/ wool have been marketed in that cit
this season, and farmers are still hol,
ing considerable.