Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-12
The Weekly ExpOSioT.
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER ~. 1885,.
COUNTY COLUMN.

Somerville school opens to-day for
another year.
Marine City's Presbyterian church
has nice new bell.
Miss Alice Malloy, of Emmett, will
teach in the Cheboygan schools this
| year.
The Port Huron small boys air gun
is being taken away from him by the
police.
ST. Clair citizens are considering the
question of lighting that city with
electric lights.
In the next term of circuit court
there will be ten suits against the city
of Port Huron.
ii. L. Stoughton, of Capac, and En-
nest Perkins, of Port Huron, will build
Capac's new elevator.
Thos. Davis, of Kimball, has sold his
farm of 50 acres to L. Percival and w.
j. BOyce, of Port Huron.
Marine City's high school has received
such repairs that it is considered better
now then when first built.
a lot of seized goods were sold last
week in Port Huron at about four
times what they were worth.
The custom house in Marine City is
now beautilied by the stars and stripes
and a revenue flag floating over it.
Geo. Frink, of Fort Gratiot, has been
put on the customs force TO fill the va
cancy caused by the death of George l..
Kettle.
II. 5. Patterson, of Port Huron, had
an opening last Saturday at which was
displayed fine array Of pianos and
organs.
Sl.620 has been voted at Capac for
school purposes. and what the state
furnishes will bring the amount To
about $4,000.
Seven boats have been launched from
the yards at Marine City this season
and it lis likely that two or three more
will be added to the list.
Seventy-six men applied for police
man ThompSon's position at TT. Huron
whose Office has been vacant for a short
time on account of his illness.
The receipts at the county treasurer
office for the last month were S3,52l "A
disbursements, S9l64O There is enough
remaining to pay all orders, etc.
August Gaul, of Port Huron, would
like $4,000 from the Grand Trunk rail
way for injuries received while working
for the company at their coal dock IL
that city.
The docket for the September term
of court in st. Clair county will con-
tain 26 chancery cases, % court cases
Ill jury cases and Is criminal cases, OIL
III cases in all.
The counties of Lapeer, Genessee
Huron, Macomb, Saginaw, Sanllac, ST
Clair and Oakland, comprising the
second census district, in 1880 had a
population of 3l9,6S2.
The horse and wagon recently lost by
John Brink, of Capac, were afterwards
found. The driver had been thrown
from the wagon and seriously injured.
! The man was unconscious.
Mr.. and Mrs. \. Il. Carlisle, of Port
! Huron. claim TO have the smallest baby
| in the world. At its birth about one
month ago it weighed one and one
half pounds, since gaining only one
pound.
The Port Huron Times wants the
Common Council to order the Sulphite
| L lOlC w Olho " cbOp POuAlh5 ShSiA W.
into Black river until the fall rains
cause sufficient current to carry the
odor away unnoticed.
Henry Kiel, of Grant township, re-
Gently met with severe loss. His
barns caught fire from steam thresher
burning them to the ground together
with straw, hay and some grain. Mr.
kiel was somewhat injured in trying to
save his property.
On Monday, Mrs. Joshua Tomkins
of Wales, sent to the register of deeds
office, three patents for 400 acres OF
land in the township of Wales, issued
by President Van Buren, in 1887. The
land was decided to Mrs. Tomkins' hus-
band 50 years ago and has never pas
sed out of the hands of the family. No
mortgage or lien of any kind has been
placed upon the land. The deeds are in
a good state of preservation, being
printed on parchment. Another case
of the kind cannot be foundin st. Clair
| county.