Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-30

City.
Chief of Police Petit has been APP
pointed deputy U. 5. marshal at Port
Huron.
j. L. Paldi was recently elected city
engineer by Port Huron's common
council.
Mrs. Hysler, of St. Clair town, mis-
teriously lost four horses from her yard
recently.
Stephen Hill and son, of Clyde, have
planted five acres of strawberry plants
this spring.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians
will hold their next state convention in
Port Huron
At the rate that work is going on in
the tunnel now, it will be completed in
three months.
NJ. Is. Granger, who is the p. of L.
store keeper at Belle River, is doing "a
good business.
NJ. Sicken's warehouse in Marine City
was recently broken into and 100 BUSH
els of oats stolen.
Fred Kersten, of Belle River, has
built new barn in the place of the one
burned last summer.
The German Aid society of Port HUI
ron, hold their annual picnic Monday,
June 8. in their gardens.
st. Clair people are discussing the
ACCESSIBILITY of having tiremen's tour
nament there on the fourth.
l.. Bresette, 81 years old, was badly
hurt in Dunford q Alverson's dry dock
at Port Huron, on Tuesday.
The two Cinnamon who were arrest
ed in Port Huron short time ago
have been returned TO Canada.
The spire of Marine City's Methodist
Church was recently struck by light
ming and damaged 500 worth.
Marine City post-oflice now has 1000
boxes in use, 66 new lock and l55 new
call boxes having lately been added.
The Belle River Baptist's will have
+. Sutphen to preach for them the
coming year, in the Granger school
house
The Port Huron district Epworth
League Sunday School convention was
held in Marlette Tuesday and We'd
nesday.
Port Huron boys break church win
dows for sport, but are likely to get
themselves into trouble if the practice
continues.
Everything in the new st. Clair Coun-
ty Saving Bank, just opened to the pub
lie at Port Huron, has been pronounced
by the state bank examiners to be in
first class order.
John Drawe, of Marine City. will not
run as a candidate on the Democratic
ticket for county treasurer, as has
been considered.
The Sunday school of the Congrega-
tional church of Port Huron, has been
organized 80 years and has had 20 sup
erintendents. The membership is now
over 300.
Miles w. Bagg, of Port Huron, who
served three years in the war, has be-
come insane. As the Pontiac asylum
is full he will probably be sent TO
Kalamazoo.
Fort Gratiot citizens, laboring to i'm
prove their grounds, are much disgust
ed over the way that cattle are herded
on the lawns, in some cases entirely
running them.
II. G. Wonsey, of Marine City, is test
ing his mineral well. 1t was pronounced
Clemens water. Magnetic properties
are also claimed TOR it.
A young son of Jas. ii. Banfill, of
Capac, has run away from home. 1t
has been discovered that a party Of
boys were planning to go out west this
spring, but when the time came, only
one was found who would start, and
Mr.. Banfill is minus a son.
Albert Stevenson, a well known far
mer of Columbus township, was ar
rested this week on capias issued at
the instance of Edward Bechmann, of
the same township. The complaint
charges Stevenson with slandering
| Bechman and John ZeltZ, by accusing
| them of the larceny of quantity of
maple syrup and other articles. Bech-
mann thinks that Stevenson circulated
the story to injure him in the estlma-
ton of his neighbors, and claims 5000
damages. Stevenson gave bail for his
| appearance before the circuit court
Port Huron Times.
The tunnel is now little over two
thirds finished. OF the entire 5000
feet of tunnel to be built. 1880 feet
have been completed on the Canadian
side and 2,140 feet on the American.
The work of putting in the compressed
air apparatus on the Canadian side was
completed Tuesday afternoon, and at 2
o'clock the work of tunneling recon-
menced under pressure of 10 pounds
of air. This is eight pounds greater
than the LIST pressure used on the Amer
lean side, and it was thought advisable
to prevent trouble while passing under
the old shaft. The work progressed
slowly during Tuesday and Wednesday,
but Thursday more rapid progress was
being made. The work on this side is
progressing more rapidly than hereto
for, the shield now advancing at the
rate of ii feet day. The shield is
now about $50 feet under the river.
Chief Engineer HohSOn was in town