Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-07-12
The Weekly ExpositOr.
THURSDAY, July 10, 1883.
COUNTY COLUMN.

State Teachers Institute, at For
Gratlot, commencing July 10th.
|. During the month of June the Por
= Huron police force made "a arrests
The Capac tax-roll is now in the
hands of the marshal for collection.
Life preservers will be placed on
Military street bridge at 1T. Huron.
Philip Reid, of Algonac, had three
fingers cut off in W. G. Swarthout's
shop.
1t will cost S1,6S7.5O month to pay
the Pt. Huron school teachers for the
coming year.
The water supply for Port Huron
during the coming year will cost the
city S19,24625.
A new law firm, comprised of several
first-class attorneys, will be organized
in Port Huron.
a man in st. Clair county has held
his wool clip for the past three years.
and now has about 900 fleeces.
The two performances of Barnum's
show at ut. Huron, on July 4th. were
attended by some 10000 persons.
Beard & Merritt, at Port Huron will
manufacture 100000 brick, at their
yard on Black river this season.
Mrs. Matthew Finn died at Pt. Huron
last Sunday morning, aged "A years
She had lived in Port Huron II years.
Rev. S. G. Bettes will conduct the
Free VIII Baptist camp meeting that
will begin at Huronia Beach on july
9TH.
The Port Huron creditors of the
Alpha Oil Company have about come
to the conclusion that their accounts are
worthless.
Since March 18th, County Treasurer
Burns has paid out S13.12 bounty for
English sparrows, mostly killed by
young lads of Pt. Huron.
Miss Anna Lydemann, of st. Clair.
fell through trap door into the cellar
on Thursday, injuring her internally.
1t is doubtful if she will recover
The Mayville Saturday Savings of
the Both ult. says: "Mr. Banfll. of
Capac, is DESTROYS of moving his roller s
process mill to some live town." '
Michael Kenigen, of Emmett. was !
swindled out of $500 by sharpers. in
Fort Huron on Tuesday of last week.
The same old game with card bet.
James Mckenzie, of Kenockee, met
with quite a severe accident recently.
While hitching up his team was kicked :,
by the horse, breaking three ribs in left v
side.
May Watkins, a young girl from TT. q.
Iratiot, is confined in the county iail
waiting trial by the circuit court.
She is accused of stealing $50 of her 81
employer.
The wild man which has been re- II
ported to exist i'll the woods near Port b.
luron. has been captured, and proves
o be nothing more or less than a com CT
non every day badger.
Mrs. Chas. Fugal died at the family cC
in Port Huron, Monday after ii
Don, July 9th, at the good old age of
years. Mrs. Fugal was one of the by
ldest residents of Port Huron, having hC
eslded there 81 years.
An apparatus for burning crude oil SD
as been placed under two of the pans
Thomson's salt block, at st. Clair. and vi
these prove successful the burners III
Ill be placed under all the pans. They
Spect this arrangement to be great IL
aylng both of labor and expense. on
On the evening of June 18th, Nettie of
alker and Ada Van Camp left their m,
ones in ut. Huron and have not been fist
zen since. Friends of the girls believe $
lat they have ran away, and are very tic
leasy over their continued absence. tn
+. Folker offers a reward for the re- !
i'm of his daughter do,
The new steam barge Servia. of Bay gre
Vy' oh heF LrSJ "Trip up, coal laden for
ilwaukee, blew the cover off her an,
just before entering Lake str
uron at a. m. severely burning the
cond engineer, r. Robinson, of West +
ny City, fireman, j. Thomas, and deck one
md j. Rand. Thomas and Rand have MO
ace died.
Alex. Reed, who disappeared from MOI
'rt Huron a couple of weeks ago. oal
tn Miss Burtch, of Fort Gratiot. IAN
IS arrested at Lansing last week by =
eriff Bernatz, on charge of adultery n;
eferred by Mrs. Reed, but on being II
ranged before Justice Wellman. at
'rt Huron, his wife refused to testify [
ainst him and he was discharged. befo
ed was arrested some time ago by
lrshal Skinner, of Fort Gratiot, Oh a n
nilar charge. The same woman was Nv
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