Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-28
COUNTY C0LUI&J.

on the market grounds, Port Huron.
Cards are out for a fourth of July
ball at the Cavanagh House, Emmett.
1t only took Sl,6l2 to pay off Port
Huyon's school teachers. last Friday.
The Milcn salt block at Algonac,
turns out 5O0barrels of fine salt a day
Thelow, swampy land neGr the p. II,
an. w. Ry, Port Huron, has been fill
ed up.
1t is thought that about $4,000 viii
cover the costs to the county Of the
Murray case.
The saloon keepers Of Port Huron,
who have not taken out licenses are TO
BE- prosecuted.
For county treasurer on the Republi-
can ticket, Stephen Moore of Fort
Gratiot is named.
\ sneak thief providing around Fort
Gratiotslast week was caught and shut
up in the cooler"
Port Huron has a new evening paper,
called the Port Huron Press, published
by $. L. Ballentine.
The post-ofice at Smiths, is now pre-
sided over by y. $. Sweet, Thos. Camp
bell having resigned.
Mrs. Jane Davis, living near the G. i
G.. Il. Junction, died June 10. She was
an old resident of the county.
1t is probable that the decline Of salt
to 80 cents per barrel will close many
salt blocks on the st. Clair river.
Seattle, Washington Territory, will
hereafter be made the home of twelve
or fifteen Of Port Iluron'S residents.
Nearly a quarter of n million pounds
of cheese passed through Port Huron
during the last two weeks, en- route for
the old country.
n greenhouse is to be erected by RI
f. French, of Fort Gratiot, on Huron
Avenue. The building will be 40 x 50
feet and fitted up in complete style.
Mr.. Tilliker. late proprietor of a hotel
at Almont. has bought 100 acres of land
of the Sanborn estate at Thornton and
will follow the occupation of farming.
The body of a man who drowned
himself some months ago III the 1T.
Clair river, was found neal st. Clair
on Monday of last week. Ills name
vas L. 7. Bowman.
The body Of q railroad conductor.
who mysteriously disappeared from the
Oakland House, st. Clair, some time
ago, was found floating in the river
near Marine.Cit Monday of last week.
y st. Clair county Sunday school
institute was organized last week
Monday, at the Baptist church, in Port
Huron. The officers are: J. S. Duffie,
President; Rev. Y. \. Scott, Vice
President; Mrs. Robertson, of st. Clair,
Secretary; $. L. Boyce, Treasurer.
Branches will be organized in every
township in the county.
Daring the trial Of Robert Murray
last week in the circuit court and when
the verdict wa about to be given. it
was found thai Murray he'd Skipped,
and bis bail was forfeited. + jday
evening Murray walked into the court
room drunk or pretended to be. The
old bail has been allowed to stand and
Murray has the freedom of the city.
Several men and boys were engaged
in q very peculiar sport in front of the
Huron House, Tuesday evening. a
small boy had a long string tied to a
large rat. He held the rat on one of the
rails of the street railway while one OF
men in the crowd took the wire leading
from the main wire above and held the
end of it on the rats back. AS the cleo
tricity passed through the rats body ii
would give a great bound. This greatly
pleased the crowd, but was very un-
comfortable for his ratship.-Pt. Huron
Times.
The tunnel shaft on the Canadian
side is down between so and 60 feet.
On Tuesday the lining wall took anoth-
er slide, going down about 10 feet. The
work is being pushed ahead in a thor
ough manner. and everything about has
an air of business. On this side the
work has not progressed so far as on
the Canadian side, but fair progress is
being made. 1t seems likely that the
effort to secure from the Canadian gov
eminent aid towards the construction
Of the tunnel, will be successful. The
sum to be secured will probably be
pretty large in amount.-Port Huron
Times.
The Detroit Evening Journal assert;
that Mrs. Emma L. harrington, who Is
well known in Fort Huron and has Wis.
tied here recently, is engaged 10 Franz
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