Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-02-14
The Weekly Exposition,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1889.
COUNTY COLUMN.

washington.
Thos. Forbes, Port Huron saloonist
died last week Sunday.
A new German Tent, n. D. II. NJ.
has been instituted in Port Huron.
Sneak thieves are getting to be a
great nuisance in Gratiot township.
The February term of the circuit
court convenes in Port Huron the 18th.
The priests in the Port Huron dean
cry held conference last week Tuesday.
Marine City expects TO have a fine
business block built in that city in the
near future.
Hiram Stalker, a young merchant of
Blaine, and Miss Sarah Strevel, were
married recently.
1t has been decided that Robert
Murray must be tried at the next term
of the Lapeer circuit court.
6l,SOO,OOO gallons of water were
pumped at the Port Huron water works
during the month of January.
A dry goods stock will be opened in
the new Knill block, Port Huron, by
Ross Il Haywood, from Detroit.
The Seventh annual meeting of the
State Associations of Veterinary Sur
geons met in Port Huron last week.
VIM. Brooks, of Wales, was injured
in the woods by tree falling OH him,
inflicting a severe wound on his head.
Frank Minnie, of Port Huron, has
leased a farm in Brockway and will
move his family on the same this
spring.
The furniture, household stuff and
all personality of the Oakland House.
st. Clair, were sold by auction last
Saturday
The Odd Fellows lodge at Port
Huron has been organized fourteen
years and only one member has died
during that time.
An annual gathering of old citizens
was held at Geo. V. Howe's in Sturgis
last week Wednesday, five or six fami-
lies being represented.
The two-year old child of Gustave
Chesky and wife, of Adair died last
week from the effects of drinking some
creosote found in q bottle.
The grocery store and residence of
J. ID. Mcintosh, in Port Huron were
nearly destroyed by fire on the eth inst.
Part Of the goods were saved.
Sigmond Goodman, the well-known
clOthier and merchant tailor of Port
Huron, made an assignment last week
to Frank Whlpple for the benefit of his
creditors.
\ change has occurred in the st.
Clair post-otlice, John r. Hayner, who
has been deputy postmaster for five
years. has retired. VIM. c. Park sue
ceeds him.
The Port Huron Mercantile agency
has been organized with G. l.. IIOvey as
manager and c. \. IIovey attorney, for
reporting upon business men and max
ing collections.
\ middlc-aged man named Miller.
stopping at the Germania hotel, Port
Huron. died very suddenly last week.
Nothing was known of the man only
that he came from st. Clair
An examination has been made of
the county jail by the Judge of Pro-
bate, Superintendent of the Poor and
State Agent Doyle, and found TO be in
good condition with one or two excep-
lions.
The United Presbyterian churches
of Port Huron and Fort Gratiot will
hereafter be known as Presbyterian
churches. They withdrew from the
United Presbyterians of Michigan and
joined the Detroit presbytery.
The pastor of the Baptist church of Pt.
Huron, and wife. were given a recep-
ton recently in honor of the fifteenth
of their wedding. Instead
of presenting them with Il whole grist
of glassware. handsome glass fruit
dish was purchased and filed with six
ty-fve silverd dollars.