Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
The Weekly ExpoSitOr.
THURSDAY. JANUARY II. 1889.
COUNTY COLUMN.

cock fights.
Reuben NJ. Shafer, an old resident Of
Berville, died last week.
Marine City expended during 1888,
1896, 900 in boat building.
James Ross, Of Smith Greek, has in
vented a patent bag fastener.
a new Baptist church has been built
six miles west of Port Huron.
The Ladies Library Association at
Port Huron, has 1854 volumes.
The court house is to be painted and
the county offices improved in appear
ance.
+. Butler, of Wadhams, will give a
dance every Tuesday night through the
winter.
A chapel has been built at the north
end of Huronia Beach, by Marcus
Young.
W. NJ. Barron and family, Of st. Clair,
have located for the winter at Madison,
Georgia.
Henry Seebery's residence at Smiths
Creek was destroyed by fire last Satur-
day morning.
a new barge is being built at Lang
ellis ship yard. st. Clair, on which 70
men are engaged.
DIR. O. NJ. Stephenson of Fort Gratiot,
has sailed for Europe, where he will
pursue his studies.
The Presbyterian ladies of Marine
City have organized home and foreign
missionary society.
VIM. Fields, of Port Huron, has Sc
cured a position in the treasury depart
ment at Washington.
The house of II. Benson, of Lakeport.
burned one night last week. Loss
$3.50. insured for 500.
Miss Frank Ross, of Capac, and Will
r.. Dunlap. of Fort Gratlot, were mar
ried Wednesday, Jan. 8.
Jas. A. Davidson, Pott IIurons car
pet dealer, has taken his clerk, Henry
Sibilla, into partnership.
Roswell Johnson, of Wales township,
has become insane, and was taken to
the Pontiac asylum last week.
Henry Ramshaw. of Port Huron, fell
down cellar breaking his right cheek
bone and cutting his face badly.
Carl A. Peterson, swede, and Henry
Grove, a German, have been admitted
to full citizenship by the circuit court.
A new hay and grain shed will be
built on the Grand Trunk grounds at
Smiths Creek, by C. 81 G. Mccormick.
The managers of the toboggan slide
at Port Huron will open their tobog-
gan slide soon If the weather doesn't in
terfere.
The Board of Supervisors voted not
to give Marcus Young the $500 reward
for delivering Robert Murray to the
sheriff.
The Diamond Crystal Salt Company,
of st. Clair, has filed articles of asso-
citation with the county clerk. $4,000
is the capital stock.
Robert Hunt, Of Belle River. thinks
he has bonanza in his mineral well
The water cures rheumatism, dyspepsia
and nervous diseases.
Chris. Wager the counterfeiter. has
been turned over to the government for
prosecution, the people having discon-
tinued their case against him.
Friend Palmer, of st. Clair, has been
elected president by the st. Clair county
superintendent of the poor, and Robt.
Bailie, of Wales, secretary.
The Burns club, of Port Huron, in
tend holding ball on the 25th Of Jan,
to commemorate the 130th anniversary
of the birth of their national poet.
Robert Burns.
a ferocious dog owned by VIM.
Bump, of Clyde, one day last week. Sc
verely bit Mrs. Bump, her daughter
and Mr.. Bump. before the latter could
get an axe and brain him.
$500 chattel mortgages have been
filed ut the office of the County Clerk
during seventeen years, ending with
the year just closed l5J have been
filed during the past year.
o. Stoddard, of Detroit. who has pat
ented safety lock and improved brass
knob for house doors, wants to manu-
facture them IN Port Huron. and steps
are being taken toward that end.
Capac's city fathers don't know
whether they have the power to cause
sidewalks to be repaired or not, and so
the people go stumbling over bad walks
until the council come to some decision
about it.
On Thursday forenoon OF last week
the Supervisors were in session just p
minutes They receive S3 q day each.