Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-04-26
The Weakly Exposition,
THURSDAY. April 10, 1888.
COUNTY OOLU IN.

Port Huron has bicycle club with
Is members.
Fort Cratiot reported Z. births in
that village last year.
The Comm rcill reports over 500
Maecabees in Port Huron.
The Fo;t Gritiot waterworks Melted
500 for that village Ist year.
The Port Huron Guards have pur-
chased 40handBome new uniforms.
Marcus Young is tryin; to organize
builders association in ut. Huron.
Henry Howrd will perhaps be the
candidate for Congressman from this
district.
S3l aliens have become citizens of
this county since the last Presidential
election.
a st. Clair county drain commission
er has laid out ditch over elgAt miles
in length.
The dramatic club. Of Smiths Gre, k.
are giving entertainments Ia neighbour
ing towLs.
Ten tramps applied for lodgings at
police headquarters. ut. Huron, one
night last week.
y Baptist Sunday school institute
will be held in Port huron on Thursday
and Friday, May 3 and 4.
The creamery at Cape turns out 500
pounds of butter a week and expects
soon to double the amount.
Geo NcCormick's house and barn in
Smiths Creek was burned recently.
Very little saved; 500 insurance.
Fort Grauot means to have better
highways this season. $500 has been
appropriated for improving them.
Mcisel Bros, of Port Huron, now
have their dry goods store lighted with
four 50-candle incandescent lights.
Hon. Lawrence T. Remer,a pioneer
of ST. Clair county. died at Marine City
April 30. in his 18th year, Of helrt dis
else.
Somervile school will give concert
Friday evening of this week. for the
benefit of the Congregations! church at
st. Clair.
\ new Episcopal church is to be
built at Port ilron. costing $4,000.
1t will be Of stone and the auditorium
is 20 be a. y feet
DR.. and Mrs. c. 3. Stockwell, of Port
Huron, sailed for Europe yesterday.
They expect to visit England, scotland,
France and Germany.
a chicken one week old has been
shown up at II. C.lir, clrrying two al-
ditional legs. 1t Is perfect in all other
ways and is doing well.
The [. o. 0. f. 81 Fort Cratiot hold q
grand reception this evening, the occa-
sion being the anniversary of their or
ganization at that place.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
by burglars to get into the stores of
! NlOlillOoo ~ bliN Nllttl iCo
WelIman ut Port Huron last week.
Oscar F. Morse has been appointed
manager of the Oakland House, st.
ClaiI. Mr.. Morse has occupied differ
ent positions in the house since its
opening.
1t has been averaged by the Sarnia
common council that the number of
vessels passing up and down the st.
Clair river Is enc every four minutes
during the season of navigation.
Seige d Sons, of Port Huron. adver-
tised to give away kites to the boys, and
fully 1900 have been passed over to
them already. The Herald queries:-
where do the boys all come from?
S. s. Hopkins. of the st. Clair Repub-
lican, has bought half interest in the
Kirby Printing Company of Detroit.
Mr.. Hopkins has been local editor of
the Republican for about six years.
\ new society has been organized at
Port Huron by the Germans who at
tend the Catholic church. They intend
building church and parsonage, and
have about $1,000 ALREADY subscribed.
Rev. L. L. Rexford, of Detroit, who
has preached to the Universalists Of
Port Huron once or twice a month for
the past two years, has accepted call
from the First Universalist Society of
| Boston. Mass.
The combination stock sale, which
was held in Port Huron on Wednesday
and Thursday, was well attended and
a large number of sales were made of
horses, cattle, buggies. wagons. etc.
Another sale will probably be held be-
fore long
Gen. VIM. Hartsuff and A. r. Avery,
both of Port Huron, seem to be the
most favorable names mentioned in st.
Clair county in connection with the