Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-24
COUNTY COLUMN.

Huron, will locate at Lakeport.
Prof. Morgan. of Canada, is the new
principal of the Memphis schools.
Miss Ella Hoag, of Brockway, will
be the preceptress in Albion College.
The bonded Indebtedness of Port
Huron was reduced $l5, 700 during 1888.
Port lIuron's sewerage of 5,46O feet
has cost $7,7l9.37 during the past year.
There were 81 ,857 barrels of salt in
spected in st. Clair county. during Sep
TENDER
Smiths Greek is to have Il new brick
school house, to cost not less than
Sl,400.
Miss Houghtalling, of Howell, takes
Miss Shankland's place in the Marine
City schools.
Chas. Clark, son of Daniel Clark,
Port Huron, is insane, and will be sent
to the asylum.
Gray & Thompson, Port Huron, have
dissolved Robt Thompson will COLI
tinue the business.
Numbers of Canadian immigrants
with families and goods are coming
over this side to settle.
The house Of Chas. Comfrey, the
diver. who lives in Fort Gratiot, was
destroyed 10y fire last week.
Or. G. Slocum thinks Marine City is
still good enough to practice in after
trying Washington Territory.
The house of Reuben Thompson. Of
Beryille. was entered by burglars on the
night of the Sth, and S25 taken.
During the past four years twenty
seven doctors have located at Port
Huron. but not all have stayed.
J. :. Storks cigar store and factory in
Port Huron was damaged by fire to the
extent of $500 one night last week.
Clinton b. Conger. of Port Huron,
has been appointed mechanical engin-
eer, by railroad commissioner John T.
Rich.
The Court street toboggan slide, at
Port Huron, will have to go. The
Grand Trunk railroad is about to fill
in the flats.
IT'S said that the cost of the st. Clair
tunnel. under the present method of
construction. will be $2,250,O00. includ-
ing portals and approaches.
Governor Luce has asked Mayor
Haynes, of Port Huron, to become a
member of the governors staff. The
Mayor will probably accept.
Mrs. Clara Swaflield. of Port Huron
has become insane and has been placed
in the county Jail until application can
be made to send her to Pontiac.
The Upton works at Port Huron are
employing 20 men, and expect to en-
ploy 100 before long. They are working
on threshing machines only, now.
The necessities of the county poor
have been relieved by 1882 for the
quarter ending December 3lst, the
amount being S66 less than for the
same period in 1887.
Joseph L. Secord, resident of Fort
Gratiot township, and for many years a
conductor on the G.. a. G. +. R'y, died
recently of Inflammation of the brain.
He was 81 years old.
The G. A. r. Post at Port Huron
has secured % government head
stones, which it will have placed at
the graves of its comrades in Lake
side cemetery unmarked.
Steps are being taken toward incor-
porating the village of Fort Gratiot
into a city under the general law. max
ing saving Of some 500. by separa-
ting the village from the township
\ suit has been commenced against
the Electric Railway Co. by II. J.
Bradbeer of Fort Gratiot, for injuries
received by being thrown from the
platform of one Of their horse cars.
The Port Huron Times has increas-
ed its quarters on account of growing
business. and large new press will
soon be placed in position, on which
the Times will thereafter be printed.
1000 pounds Of seized opium was
shipped from Port Huron to Detroit
last week. II is valued at $l5 u pound
and those who seized it are entitled t.
50per cent Of the amount when il is
sold.
Mrs. Taylor of TT. Gratiot. wife of
Conductor VIM. Taylor. Of the Grand
Trunk railway, is alleged to have fallen
heir to $4,000 by the death of hei
father. Canadian gentleman of for.
tune.
AS ID. J.. Ballcntinesof Port Huron
was just getting into his Garage re.
Gently, the horse started and dragged
him some distance before he could be