Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-14
The Weekly ExpOSitOr.
THURSDAY. JUNE II, 1888.
COUNTY COLUMN.

Plenty of scarlet fever in Pt. Huron.
Barnum's horses eat five tons of hay
per day.
a mad dog was shot in Port Huron
last week.
The season at IIuronia Beach opens
about the 18th.
Memphis intends celebrating the 4th
of July as usual.
The Port Huron market receipts
during May were S29.95.
The Universalist society at ut. Huron
are in quest of minister
Port Huron reports only one fire there
during the month of May.
Another gas well has been commence
ed by Mark Hopkins, at ST. Clair.
Abraham Young, an old resident of
Grant, died last week Friday.
The Sulphite Fibre Cos buildings at
Port Huron are looming up finely.
Larrabee's basket factory in Port
Huron township, has been enlarged.
Commencement exercises were held
at Someryille school last Friday even
ing,
Fort Gratio5 claims 10 be the first
place in the county 60 hoist Cleveland
flag.
w. +. Botsford. of Port Huron is the
happy pOsSessor OF new $4,000 steam
yacht.
The Lotus club, of Fort Gratiot.
have closed their meetings for this
season.
Decoration day was nobly observed
at Wales. Gen Iartsuff delivered the
Grafton.
The Democratic campaign hat for
this year will be white plug with IA
black band.
G25 shares have been subscribed to
the Building and Loan Association at
Pol( Huron.
Thirty-three marriage licenses we're
issued during the month of May by cht
county clerk.
Rev. 4. II. Ross has preached to the
Congregationalists Of Port Huron for
twelve years.
The stock of goods blonging to Alex
Reid, Of Fort Gratiot. were sold yester-
day, the l4th.
Capac has half the amount necessary
for a roller mill raised, and with fair
prospects of the rest.
The fare on the boats from ut. Huron
TO Detroit on Saturdays, is only one
dollar for round trip.
y lodge of the order of Rebeckah
has recently been organized at Fort
Gratiot with So members.
Tie uine salt blocks, of Marine City.
give employment to about 500 men.
The ship yards employ about 100.
Mary Robinson, of st. Clair, has sold
to II. G. Parker nine acres of land ad-
joining Idlewild park. Consideration
$1,000.
Mrs. j. W. IIayman's dry goods store
at Port Huron. was closed last Friday
Oh chattel mortgage held by j. *.
Burnham & Co., Of Detroit.
\ vacant hotel at Fl. Gratiot, was
set afre one night last week, but little
harm was done us the flames were soon
put out by the hose company.
The Presbyterian society, of Marine
City, have purchased the old town hall,
aud will use the building for holding
their services. after it has been remod-
led.
WOrkmen unloading flour at the
Grand Trunk shops. Fort GratiOt,
struck for 20 cents an hour, and got
discharged. Others were engaged to
take their places at 10 cents IN hour
John lIiser aud George Wilson. Two
young men living in Port Huron. were
arrested early last Thursday morning
in the act of forcing open the hack door
OF john w. Twiss' stole. They pleaded
not guilty when arraigned before the
justice.
/. has been discovered that opium
was being slnuggIed into Port Huron
from Canada. and last Week one Chris
Saunders a German, Keeping small
grocery just below tue city, was arrest
eG on the charge Of receiving it. It
was learned that Chas. LaBelle. who
shipped the opium had skipped. but he
was found and arrested at Chicago.
Nearly 1000 pounds of opium were
seized. amounting to $4,000.