Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-04-18
The Weekly ExpOSitOr,
THURSDAY, APRIL Is. 1899.
COUNTY COLUMN.

Inc SC. Cltllr postmaster SALARY Is
to be raised to 81 800 July LIST.
The Sulphite Fibre Works at Port
Huron employ number of girls.
Hiram Presley. prominent farmer
of Fargo, has been sent to the Pontiac
asylum.
The new postmaster at Adair is Otto
Geese and at Smiths Creek, Mrs. A.
Lindsay.
Several pieces of ground in Berville
were sowed to oats during the month
of March.
John +. Kursick, of Kimball, has
been arrested for beating cruelty his
young step-son.
The Lake Huron House at Lakeport
is to be torn down and three cottages
built on the site.
p. II. Crimmins, popular young
lawyer of Port Huron, has gone TO
Denver to locate.
The Smiths Creek suicide has been
identified as Solomon Prentiss, of
Worth, Sanilac county.
During the month of March S34,21o
were received by the county treasurer
and 81, 730.20 paid out.
a petition is in circulation at Blaine
to change the name of the station from
Grant Centre to Blaine.
Kenockee seems to be pestered with
White Caps, who serve numerous no
tees on respectable people.
Port Huran rheumatic people ride on
the electric cars every day believing
that they are benefited thereby.
Lawrence O'Nein, of the customs
force, has resigned and will take charge
of the Emmett House at Emmett.
Mr. Sweetapple, a veterinary surgeon
from Canada, has commenced to prac-
tice his profession in Port Huron.
Thomas Casey, travelling passenger
agent of the p. II. & n. w. railway, has
resigned his position and will go west
Port Huron expects about fifty fam
lilies will come from Lapeer to Port
Huron now that Harrison Geer is Col
lector.
Bob. Murray's trial has been put
over to the next term of the Lapeer
circuit court. Murray has been sick
with infammatory rheumatism. it is
claimed.
Cyrenus Lawrence. of the township
of Grant, has patented crib which
promises to be great Improvement on
other cribs. Mr. Lawrence expects to
secure its adoption by the engineer
corps of the Government.
Conductor West, of the c. & G. T.
railway, was shot last week Sunday,
by tramps. who boarded his train at
the junction, refusing to get off when
. ordered. Five of them have been ar
, rested. but the right one who did the
shooting has skipped.
The DR.. Reed property, on Pine Grove
avenue. near Port Huron, consisting OF
As acres has been purchased by the
Port Huron Agriculture and Driving
Park Association for $500. The
grounds will be improved at once, and
an effort will be made to hold county
fair there this season.
A woman and two little daughters
arrived in Port Huron Saturday after
noon on the Grand Trunk railway
They had made the trip from ireland
alone and were anxious to reach Mi
chael Haley, of Emmett. The woman
had but very little baggage and ne
money. At the depot number Of
gentlemen became interested in then
and bought them tickets to Emmett.
The horrible death Of two men oc
Cured in Port Huron last week Tues
day at the mineral bath house. Jane!
| Clemo, a caulker, while working at thu
tank in the tower, was overcome by
gas. and fell in Stephen G. Porter,
colored man, leaning over the tank try
ing to reach Clemo. was also overcome
and fell in. There were slight signs o
! life in both men when rescued, but botl
. died within half an hour after bein!
4 taken out. Each leaves wife and on
child.
r The superintendent of the poor hav
been in session in Port Huron for tn
, past few days, and complete harmon
prevailed Notwithstanding the news
paper reports to the contrary. Th
board complimented Poormaster Rot
berts on the excellent record he ha
made during his term, claiming tina
he has saved the county nearly 5000
The disbursements for the quarter enc
ing March LIST amounted to S8S3.S3 fc
the city against S2.2l6.74 for the co
responding quarter of 1888. The poe
expenses of the county for this quartz
inclusive of Port IIuron's amount
1928. l6 as compared with the CORE
,on1;,,c ouartor of 1898 which w.