Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-23
The Weekly Exposition.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 90. 1883.
COUNTY COLUMN.

A sister Of President Cleveland has
been visiting in Port Huron.
Port Huron is talking of starting {
detective agency in that city.
The st. Clair firemen attended the
tournament at Sarnia last week.
The Grand Trunk car shops at Fort
Gratiot are crowded with work.
An aged resident of Fort Gratiot
named Nelson Frink, died last Satur
day.
John Allen, an old resident Of Port
Huron township, died last Saturday
morning.
A fine drove of sheep valued at $40,
500, was entered at Port Huron a few
days since from England.
The Sylvan City Tent offered GOLD
headed cane to the most popular Mac
cabee. A. Glasgow secured it.
Mrs. John T. Howard, Of Grant town
ship, well known in Port Huron, died
recently at the age of SO years.
Capac is the only village in the state
that pays her common council. The
citizens are just beginning to find ii
out.
The young men Of Marine City have
organized an orchestra of six pieces,
and are practicing for next winters en-
terJaiumeuts.
Port Huron had seven extra police on
duty last week Tuesday, the first day of
the Jubilee, and seven arrests were
made, mostly DRINKS.
A st. Clair pioneer, named Daniel
Quincy, died recently at the age of s8
years, He had been in the employ of
the government from 1912 to 1886.
IN the new Knill block, Port Huron,
the Masons have a handsome suite of
rooms, consisting of large hall, par
Tors, cloak rooms, kitchen and other
rooms, 10 in all,
Ole Alverson, who has held a position
as conductor on the Port Huron street
cars, ever since it has had street cars,
died last Saturday. He will be greatly
missed along the line.
The Supervisors of this county, have
found, in their report to the Secretary
Of state, 9,772 horses, l3,82S mich cows,
1888 other catt'e and 1851 hogs within
the borders of the county.
If a stock company with capital of
$4,000 could be organized, Port Huron
might secure Z. a. Hawley, of Otsego
who manufactures hoes, forks. rakes,
corn-knives, hooks and other steel
goods.
The editor of the Marine City Re-
porter takes great credit upon himself
for being the only bachelor editor left
in the county. He remarks that he is
YET good for a term of years of single
blessedness.
George II. Mann, of Port Huron, the
popular page in the United States Sen
ate, is with Senator Quay, the chairman
of the Republican national committee.
at the Everett House, New York, serv-
ing in the same capacity.
Mrs. Archie Bates, OF Kimball, was
driving along the streets of Port Huron
last week, with a load of berries, when
her horse became frightened and ran
away, throwing Mrs. Bates out, and
also over 100 quarts Of berries.
An old lady so years of age living in
Port Huron, was run over 10y careless
driver, while crossing the street, and
received severe injuries. The driver
passed on without stopping to learn
how much damage he had done.
A young married man. named Nc
Lean, who has been employed for the
past three years in the Grand Trunk
shops at Fort Gratiot. has skipped,
leaving his wife to pay his debts. 1t is
thought there is another woman in the
case.
The PheniX Iron Works, Of Port HUI
ron, are manufacturing steeple COM
pound engine and boiler for the Marine
City Transit Company, They are also
making similar boilers and engines for
the 7. :. II. Co. and Holland 81 Pringle.
The whole at a cost of about 100000.
Charles Flugal, Of Port Huron, is 80
years old. lie has been a Mason for
more than so years, and for over % years
he has attended the meeting of the Pt.
Huron lodge, f. & a. NJ. every Thurs
day evening, Friday evening he attends
the knights Templar, Monday Pine
Grove Lodge and Tuesday night the
Royal Arch Masons.
The INLAY City Optic says that Tom
BOttomley. Of Capac, has been granted
pension" on new invention which
he lately worked outin his head. We
thought that the limit had been reach
ed in the pension business when the
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