Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
The Weekly Exposition,
THURSDAY. MAY IS. 1889.
COUNTY COLUMN.

Glorious Fourth.
The Sabbath school at Thornton has
been recognized.
Rev, Geo. Mart and family, of Wales,
have moved to Riley Centre.
VIM. Lashbrook. of Wales, has re-
ceived nearly 800 back pension.
The new pontoon built at Marysville
recently has been successfully launched.
Wheat in the county is reported as
being generally in very good condition.
Port Huron has two gas companies
who propose to furnish CASTOR the city.
2l,6OO barrels of salt were inspected
in st. Clair county during the month
of April.
Duncan Webb and Wesley Moore, of
Goodells. have gone to Washington
Territory.
Wales can expect to have good roads
now as the township has the deed of a
gravel pit.
Forest fires have been raging north
of Fort Gratiot. Some damage has
been done.
Capac feels that she needs immedi-
ately tailor shop, a brick yard, bank
and flax mill.
Rev. +. j. Doyle, of Doyle, has &C
ceDted a call from the Baptist church
at Riley Centre.
Thirty-four passenger trains leave
Port Huron daily, besides any number
of specials and freights.
Columbus people have been wrest-
ling with wildcat for some time but
have finally captured it.
The house Of Frederick Newman, of
Cottrellville. burned last week. Loss
$1,000. Insurance $500.
John McKenn who run a hotel at
|, Smiths Creek. has been charged, will
violation of the liquor law.
The Times says that the ST. CLAN
county poor.house is worth $4,000
and not insured. Who is to blame?
! Brooks, Josyln & Co., of Port Huron
intend to build planning mill where
their burned saw mill recently stood
The Eastern Association of Congre
gational churches met in st. Clail
Tuesday and Wednesday. May and 8
\ brick building, 4Ox5O feet in size, il
being put up in st. Clair, by George w
Marshall, for foundry and machin,
shop.
The Salvation Army at Port Huron
became so small that they could no
pay rent for their barracks and so wer,
turned out.
w. I. Praker, of Capac, intends try
ing the poultry business. lie has cree
ted wire hen yard containing 2,5OC
square feet.
Fred Brown, of Port Huron has in
vented perfection shoe rest whicl
may be fastened on the wall and is sup
piled with backing brush, backing
shoe polish. etc.
Bishop Foley arrives in Port Huron
tomorrow and will remain over Sun
day. Great preparations are being
made by the Catholics to receive him
The police arrested two newsboy.
and seized five hundred copies of tn,
Detroit Sunday World last Saturday il
Port Huron. An ordinance had beer
passed prohibiting the sale of the papeI
but had not been enforced.
VIM. Rodney living in Port Huron
and born perfectly black, is turning
white and now has only black patches
on his cheeks and nose which are fas
disappearing. lie was born in Missouri
! and his parents were both colored.
Port Huron has 600 people who d,
, not attend church and nearly 1.5O'
children who do not go to Sunda,
: school. There are eleven Sunda,
schools, eight churches and over s.
saloons and billiard halls in the city.
1t seems probable after all that tn
farmers of st. Clair county who suffer
:, ed so terribly from the great storm il
July last, will not receive the legisla
tive aid provided for in the bill whicl
passed the house. The finance commit
tee Of the senate have reported advers
thereto and the bill has been tabled
The senators claim to be unable to Sc
any good reason for the state makin
= good the losses inflicted by hail storm
The bill will doubtless be effectuall
squelched.-Pt. Huron Sunday Herald
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\ There is no drink quite so deliciou
y and sparkling, pure and wholesome, a
that made from Hires improved Roo