Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-04-25
The Weekly ExpOSitOr.
THURSDAY. APRIL %, 1889.
COUNTY COLUMN.

Mayor McIlwain, of Port Huron, is
80 years of age.
Mrs. Fred Parker of Algonac has
gone to Europe.
a band of Gypsies have been camp
ing near Thornton.
1t is said that Port Huron has a
scarcity of carpenters.
Marine City has sixty-nine vessel
captains hailing from that port.
Nelson Thompson, of Marine City
has been granted an increase of pension.
John Fish, Of Port Huron, has been
arrested for keeping his saloon open
after hours.
The Presbyterians of Marine City,
have placed handsome new organ in
their church.
Byron Walker, of Capac, has gone to
Kenton, Tennessee, where he expects
TO reap his first crop of honey.
Fred Saunders, of Port Huron, has
had to pass over $500 in fines for
smuggling opium at Port Huron some
time ago.
y grand ball and oyster supper is to
be given at the Farmers Exchange
Hotel. Emmett, on the evening of
April 9th.
st. Clair hunters were on the war
path of the duck last week, but the
Republican remarks that no birds
reached town.
Miss Ella Cady, III. E. White, Frank
f. Walker and Albert BeDell, of Port
Huron, have recently graduated at the
Business College in that city.
The Phoenix Iron Works of Port
Huron have put in quantity of ma.
chinery i'll different boats at Marine
City which gives good satisfaction.
Chas $. Cheney has been appointed
chief train dispatcher on the Sagi-
nav division Of the p. II. & n. w. R'y
His headquarters are at East Saginaw
Under Port TIuron's new charter
city taxes must be paid between July
18th and August 10Th. The county and
state taxes are not due until December
Capac Oddfellows hold celebration
the Goth in the NJ. E. church at that
place to commemorate the 10th ami
versary Of the establishment of the
order.
Sanilac county sent two women and
twelve children down to Port Huron
the other day, where they visited the
poormaster, who bought them tickets
and sent them back to Marlette.
Chas. l.. Porrett. who owned half in.
terest in Frank Smiths grocery store
at Marine City, has bought the whole
establishment and will conduct the
business by himself in the future.
y grand ball is to be given at the
Vineyard Rink, Fort Gratiot, on the
evening Of April 30th. to celebrate the
one hundredth anniversary of the in
auguration of President Washington.
Wesley Burt, of Capac, has become
insane and will be sent to the Pontiac
asylum. Mr.. Burt ran the Northern
hotel at Capac for number Of years.
His mania is to kill himself which he
is often attempting.
The stockholders Of the Detroit and
ST. Clair River railway will hold a
meeting in st. Clair on May 18th, to
amend the articles of association for
the purpose of changing the route and
extending the road to Detroit.
The value of exports of beef, hog and
dairy products from Detroit last month
was S27,95S. The same class of eXpor-
tations at Port Huron was valued at
S132.525. The value of breadstuffs for
the same period was S34 ,406 at Detroit
and $104,2S1 at Port Huron.
Patrick Fox, of Greenwood, who has
been life long Democrat, announced
himself Republican this spring. Mr..
Fox has been elected supervisor of
Greenwood for the past % years on the
Democratic ticket. This year he was
elected by larger majority than ever,
on the Republican.
A girl named Tillie Johnson. of Ma
rine City, was greatly smitten with the
charms of some of the members of
Kansas Charles Cowboy troupe, which
has been playing in that city, and when
they left for Port Huron she went also.
Her stepfather followed and brought
her home. and she was so enraged that
she put rough on rats in her parents
tea, which came near ending their lives.
The girl has been arrested.