Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-08-08
The Weekly ExpOSitOr.
THURSDAY, AUGUST s, 1889.
COUNTY COLUMN.

Congressman Whiting has returned
from Europe.
Capac now feels hollow for the want
of building association.
\ mad dog was shot on Port IIuron's
streets one day last week.
Business in the Register Of Deeds
office is reported to be brisk.
Frank a. Peavey is now postmaster
at Upton, vice Frank Upton.
With the raise of so Capac's NJ. E.
church will be cleared Of debt.
The wife of DR.. IL. r. Mills, of Port
Huron has been stricken with paralysis.
County Clerk Warn and family have
been rusticating in Capac for the last
week.
Collector Geer and wife are taking
life easy at the Oakland for few
weeks.
1t is said that Detroit parties intend
building hotel on st. Clair river below
Port Huron.
Port Huron citizens are now talking
of securing Rathburn, Sard u Cos
stove works.
Jas. Spencer, of Port Huron, son of
Mrs. DIR. Meyers, will be sent to the
insane asylum.
Moody and Brown have closed their
revival work in st. Clair and gone to
Sault Ste Marie.
A bold thief stole 80 bushels of oats
from Henry Sprattsberry, of near
Capac, Recently.
There is no mail route now between
Marine City and Sombra, it having
been discontinued.
Over $50 has been subscribed for
the purchase of new uniforms for the
Fort Gratiot city band.
The Port Huron Guards left for the
encampment at Goguac lake, near
Battle Creek. Wednesday morning.
Collector Geer sent ten more customs
officials over the road on August 1st
and filled their places with Republicans
Lewis Thomas, of Leonard, reports
that he was robbed of $27 at Fort
Gratiot hotel Wednesday night of last
week.
The money which the north side PEG,
pie in Port Huron, raised. for the Johns.
town sufferers, will be refunded tC
them.
Port Huron electric railways have
just about all they can do these sun
days carrying people from the city tC
the beaches.
a tramp named Chas. Burns was ar
rested in Port Huron, charged will
attempting to outrage Anna Baldwin
little four-year old girl.
\ barn belonging TO Robert Holland
of Marine City, burned Tuesday of last
week, with six tons of hay. The origin
of the fire believed to be incendiary.
Jas. Kennedy. of Emmett, was quite
seriously hurt last week by falling from
a beam in his barn to the floor. One
arm broken and his hip badly injured
The grove meeting at Goodells com
menced yesterday, the corner stone OF
the NJ. f. church being laid the same
day. The meeting will continue one
week.
James Stall, of Port Huron, has beer
bound over for trial in the circuit cour
for burglarizing the residence of Con
ductor Woodruff. Bail was fixed a
$1,000.
\ bridge is to be built across Bell,
river at Columbus, to be called tn,
Granger bridge. The contract fol
building it has been let to Clark Eas
for $3.50.
Geo. Ellis, a hack driver and Chris
Burley, a baggage wagon driver, have
been arrested in Port Huron, charged
with assaulting and attempting rape OF
a 16-year old girl.
A missionsfest is to be held Angus
25th in the Oakland grove. by tn,
German Lutheran church people. TIL,
churches at Port Huron, Lenox, New
Haven and Mt. Clemens are expected
to be represented.
1t is understood that arrangements
are being made by the eX-Democratic
customs officials for grand reunion
shortly and that Larry O'Neill's new
hotel at Emmett Will be the place Sc
lected for meeting.
There are two base ball clubs in the
county composed of young ladies. One
near the Belle River Mills, known as
the Mill girls, the other on the town
line roads known as the China girls. In
a contest between them the other day
the China girls came out ahead.
J. Murra, man 20 years old, a resi-
dent of Wales. i'm this county. tried &c