Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-03
The Weekly ExpOsitO!.
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 3. 1889.
COUNTY COLUMN.

Memphis now has bank with +. &.
Coburn at its head.
Mumps and scarlet fever are preva-
lent in Marine City.
j. L. Paldi is the newly elected city
engineer at Port Huron.
A good many cases of fever among
families in China township.
$l,95450 was distributed among Port
Huron teachers Friday last.
John Mexican, of the Lindsay House,
at Smiths Creek, has sold his hotel.
The Kimball Agricultural Fair held
last Wednesday was an excellent one.
Capac proposes to spend $l75 of their
liquor money for hook and ladder
outfit.
Fort Gratiot school children now
have a new bell on their new school
building.
Cooley Il Campbell. of Port Huron,
will build new planning mill this fall.
1t will be brick.
The firm of Huner q Wilson. of Port
Huron, have dissolved, having been in
existence % years.
The circuit court adjourned this
week to allow the lawyers to attend
the Port Huron fair.
Stephen Rowen, of Port Huron, had
his arm broken in the machinery at the
Fibre Works, last Friday.
WI. Allen, landlord of the Allen
House, Capac. has exchanged property
with Sabin Gould, of Berville.
Mayor French, of Fort Gratiot, has
put stock of gents furnishing goods,
etc, in his newly repaired store.
Hon. j. r. Whiting will make a
speech to the farmers at the Huron
county fair at Bad Axe tomorrow.
Fort Gratiot people are quite proud
of their new city hall which is the old
school house repaired and improved.
James O'Rourke, of Marysville, had
his hand terribly crushed in the mill at
that place recently. He will lose three
fingers.
Miss Jennie Soils, of st. Clair, has
gone to Ann Arbor to take a years
study i'll the Medical department OF the
University.
a new house just completed, belong.
ing to Il. Il. LoOmis, of Berville. burned
to the ground last Friday. Loss $500
no insurance.
The combined population of Port
Huron and Fort Gratiot is now sixteen
thousand. according to the recent
school census.
The bankrupt stock of Robert
Thompson, of Port Huron, has been
sold by p. II. Phillips. assignee, to {
ID, Thompson, for $3.50.
Judge VIM. II. Mitchell, of Port Hu
ron, is the oldest past grand master OF
the Grand Lodge in Michigan and the
oldest but two in the country.
Geo. W. Carman and John w. Porter
Marine City bankers, intend erecting
brick block in that city. the lower part
Of which will be occupied by themselves
Saginaw wants Port Huron's sui
phite Fibre Works. but Port Huron is
loath to part with the enterprise al
though considered somewhat OF
nuisance.
It is reported that :. B. Grummond
Will build a new warehouse and steam
boat Office at the foot Of Butler street
Port Huron, the building to be 6Oxl2C
| feet in size.
James McIIale. the government de
| tective. who was stationed at Port HUI
ron last summer and looked up SNUG
Cling cases has been discharged from
| the service.
In the case of Hannah Moore VS.. tn,
X. .. +. NJ, which has been pending il
the ST. Clair circuit court for some time
verdict was given the plaintiff for ) ,OO
in cash and 5000 costs.
A social was held recently at Riley
for the benefit of Rev. f. j. Doyle
when S76l5 in cash was raised to assis
Mr.. Doyle in gong south for his health
This does not apply on his salary.
The first quarterly meeting for tn,
present year of the Protestant Metho
dist church Of the Port Huron district
will be held at Smiths Creek, Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 9Th, 9tl
and 10th.
Sam Aldrich, of Capac, wants cam
meeting ground, and will lease the Nj
f. church his grove for ten or fifteel
years, free of charge. if they will use il
for that purpose. He also will donat
$50 to help them in the scheme.
Sylvan City tent X. O. T. NJ, of Por
Huron, has established a sick benefi
branch. A sick member of that ten
will now receive four dollars per weel
for the first SIX weeks of sickness, an
$3.50 per week for the second six weeks
Two barns and several stacks of grail
and hay, belonging to George Sullivan
of Wales, burned last week, STAG
catching from an engine. John Ma
guffan lost his separator and one horse
Loss to Mr.. Sullivan about $4,000 wit
no insurance.
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