Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-14
The Weekly ExpOSitOT.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IA. 1889.
COUNTY COLUMN,


Capac is having her school building
newly painted.
John Buckley has opened a shoe
store in Emmett.
a mad dog was shot in Port Huron,
one day last week
Rev. j. g. Scott is holding revival
meetings in Wales.
Capac's main street will be lighted
by six street lamps.
Lots of ditching is being done in the
vicinity of Berville.
James Devine, of Port Huron gets an
increase of pension.
Smiths Creek people want a grand
temperance rally in that place.
Michael Sullivan. of Emmett, has a
fine new residence about completed.
10000 pounds of honey has been har-
vested by Byron Walker, of Capac, this
season.
Port Huron has had "a mayors since
1t became city, nineteen of whom are
living and five dead.
James Cogley's manufacturing estab-
lishment at Emmett now works on the
. hour per day system.
Thos. Burns, of Blaine, has been
stricken with paralysis, but it is
thought that he will live.
A furnace is to be placed in the poor
house. The Monroe Furnace Company
have the contract fo- $685..
Miss Lizzie Langell, of Marine City,
has been appointed matron at the State
ReformatOry for girls at Adrian.
Lambert Recor's residence at Marine
City was recently invaded by thieves,
who took 375 in cash and other things.
The Maccabees of Ruby and Abbotts-
ford will soon have their new hall COM
pleted, and Will then have big supper.
The Port Huron Business College
have moved into their new quarters in
the Moore block where they have ele-
CANT rooms.
Thos. Ramsey, Jr., of Kenockee, re-
Gently lost valuable horse by its being
caught in wire fence, severing one of
its legs completely.
Richard Hubble, of Smiths Creek,
was hurt quite seriously, the other day
by falling to the ground while engaged
in painting house.
The young people of the Presbyterian
| church. in Port Huron, have organized
a society of Christian Endeavor with
81 members to start with.
Lawyers Atkinson, Vance q Wolcott,
Port Huron, have the largest collection
of books In the state. They have been
placed in the bar library.
Bockius & Co.'S boot and shoe store in
Port Huron has been closed on chat
tel mortgage. The stock will be sold
at public auction the 10Th.
Paper hangers and painters have had
charge Of the New Western hotel al
Capac lately and now it presents many
improvements in its interior.
Mrs. Melinda Paris, of st. Clair, has
been granted pension of SIP month.
on account Of the death Of her son from
disease contracted in the army.
Mustard Il Merritt, Port Huron pro-
duce dealers. made an assignment last
week to j. :. Duflie. for the benefit of
their creditors; liabilities, $4,000.
Alex Bussett, of Marine City, broke
his leg and sprained his ankle one day
last week, by falling from the roof of
his house. The leg may have to be am
putated.
Thos. Shunn, of Fort Gratiot, a brake
man on the &. Il q. y. R'y was serious
ly injured at Durand last week, by
being struck by post projecting from
q fiat car.
Patrick Gleason, of Emmett, was
quite seriously injured recently at the
Kavanagh House barn, while backing
out with load of baled hay. He was
crushed against the barn.
Robert Hartung. who forged draft
and has been confined in the county
Jail, has received $500 from rich rela-
tives in the old country with which he
proposes to extricate himself from his
difficulties.
Eight prominent citizens of st. Clair,
have been appointed by the school board
whose special duty it will be to visit
the schools. 1t is thought by this
method that more interest will be man.
tested in school work.
A meeting is to be held in the NJ. +.
church at Capac, Thursday even
ing, Nov. 21st, to organize a township
Sunday school association. A. III. Finn,
president of the county association,
will have charge of the meeting.
Charles Flugal, a groceryman of Pt
Huron, failed last week, and left the
city, deserving his family. His princi-
pal creditors are the wholesale mer-
chants in Port Huron. They will pro-
badly realize about % cents on the
dollar.
Harry Gillian, of Port Huron, died
Thursday last from an overdose of
choral which it is supposed he took on
account of i'll health and family difficult
ties. Deceased had a wife and several
children living in California from whom
he had become estranged. He died at
the home Of his sister Mrs Angus