Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-12

Capt. Lester has new barge beinj
completed at Marine City. She is call
ed the Miami
Benz. stuart, of St Clair, has bro
ken arm from the effects Of fall OF
the sidewalk.
Capac has had the tramp department
of its Jail improved and is now ready
for customers.
% deaths occurred in Fort Gratiot
during the year 1887, not including in.
fants under one year OF age.
Ground has been broken for the new
elevate to be erected by the Botsford
Elevator Co. at Pt. Huron.
y supper and dancing social given by
the ladies OF the Catholic church OF Ma.
rine City melted them S2276O
Geo. Cooley and Miss DOllie PAGER.
OF Thornton. were united in the bonds
of matrimOny the oath of Dec
y. c. Reynolds and Miss Ida Grang.
er, of Belle River, were married Dec
2Sth., Rev. \. j. Holmes, officiating.
+. c. Shepherd, of Berlin, gave an in.
teresting scientific ana popular lecture
at the Beryille school house Jan eth.
The Capac journal imagines that
some one could make fortune 10y
erecting a toboggan slide in that village
Joseph Sweet, of Smith. died on the
30th of Dec. Deceased was 50 years of
age, and leaves wife and one daughter
Judge Garfield began a SIX years
term as Circuit Judge, Jan. 3rd. The
Office now pays salary of $500 a
year.
An old settler Of Kenockee, Mrs.
Thomas Donahue, died Jan. LIST and
was buried Tuesday in the Catholic
cemetery.
Farmers Of Adair are waking up to
the necessity of digging wells, having
had to haul water four miles or more
last season.
For the year 1887, st. Clair county,
furnished 32S,G99 barrels of salt,
1914 300 barrels being the amount man
ufactured by the state.
The editors of the Capac Journal
were given a lot of fine butterDuts
Christmas and invite all their friends
to call and help crack 'em.
Port Huron Free Masons went to
Sarnia Sunday last to hear a man
preach. 4 sermon must have been a
surprise to some Of them.
The last of the bonded Indebtedness
of st. Clair county has now been paid
The last sum paid for the building of
the county jail was $3.50.
Ezra Freeman, of Brockway, has his
pension increased, also j. S. Glassford,
of Capac. Martin ii. Weld, of Ago
nae, has been given a pension.
Died. on the 25th of Dec Mrs. Orange
Fenton, of Columbus, from spinal di-
sease. Mrs. Mary Adamson, of Marys.
vile, on the 26th 80 years of age
Over one hundred acres of swamp
land in Berlin that was entirely useless
has been cleared and is now ready for
seed. The farmers are doing nobly.
~ station is to be erected in Column
bus township, near the town hall, and q
Cleveland company will also build a
mill, having bought several hundred
acres of timber land.
The annual report Of the superinten-
dent of public instruction places the
value of school property in st. Clair
county at S247, 1884, with total indebt-
edness of S2S,931.74.
Walter Johnson, of Port Huron,
jumped from a car one day last week
and ran rusty nail into his foot. In
a few days the unfortunate man died
in great agony of lockjaw
The Cultis--Standel ditch that is be-
ing dug will drain the large swamp in
the northeastern part of the township
of Mussey. The ditch is s feet wide, 4
feet deep, and 1t miles long.
An operation has been performed up
OH the head of John Murphy, of Ke-
mckee, who was hurt some time ago
in the lumber woods. by DR.. Farnum.
of Port Huron. ana but little hope is
entertained of his recovery.
The Kimball and Wales Farmers
club held their last meeting at G. =
Kings Dec 30th. Topics Of interest
we're presented and discussed and a
good dinner provided The next meet
lug viii be held on the las; Friday in
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