Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-12-19
F. & P. M. r. R. TIME TABLE.
County Column.

The County Poor Board Will meet on
December 20.
Martin Comfy, Of Capac, will receive
a pension and 1925 back pay.
An effort is being made to organize
the Sons of Veterans in Port Huron.
VIM. Jones. the veteran hack-driver
of Port Huron. died last Saturday at
his home in that city.
Work of dredging the Black river at
Port Huron will begin as soon as the
ice disappears in the spring.
Daniel Follensbee and Miss Henri
eta Mitchell both aged pioneers of Port
Huron, died there last Monday.
James Gillen, sailor, was arrested
at the Junction last Friday night while
purloining the contents of a car.
John Grice, of Port Huron has made
application to send his wife to the
Eastern Michigan Insane Asylum.
Mrs. Chas. Kain, of Fort Gratiot, was
run over at a street crossing of that
city last week, but not very badly hurt.
Twenty-Five thousand cars are ferri-
ed each month across the river at Port
Huron by the Grand Trunk ferrv-boats.
The Morley Salt company of Marine
City has been dissolved. Hereafter
VIM. b. Morley will conduct the busl-
ness.
VIM. Hardy. of Port Puron, has been
arrested for criminally assaulting his
step-daughter Minnie Grey aged 13
years.
The total of expenses of the Hospital
and Home at Port Huron for the year
was S596.17; while the receipts amount
ed to S643.99.
The Maccabee band of Port Huron
have commenced suit against the patri-
otto democrats there for the price of
the wind they spent.
1t turns out that Anna Parent, the
10 year old wife who is seeking for q
divorce from her husband is really in
love with Marine City youth.
Mrs. Thomas Symington, of Port IIu-
ron. was assaulted OH the street one
night last week by an unknown man.
Her frantic screens saved her.
The grocery store of Harrington &
Agens in St Clair was destroyed by
fire last week. The loss aggregated
$2,50O. 1t was insured for $1,000.
There is a scare in Port Huron over
their water. 1t is really an outcome Of
the kick made last fall about drinking
water that drains from cemetery.
Albert Baldwin, a laborer in the tun-
mel was killed. last week by steam
shovel which became unmanageable
and dumped load of clay on him.
1t is said that the government has
ruled that the customs business can
not be done at the Junction as was an
ticipated by the g. Il &. II. railway
| company.
There are 92 licensed liquor dealers
in st. Clair county of whom 40 are in
| Port Huron. The amount paid into
the county treasury for liquor licenses
| in 1889 was S35, $3.50 which has increas-
ed to $40,286.66 in 1890.
A young man, giving his name as
Bradley has been arrested in Port HUI
ron, 1t is said that he talles exactly
with the description of Talcott, the
murderer of Banker Smell, of Chicago,
A reward Of $4,000 will follow if true.
| During November over 800 cars of
imported goods were registered at Port
Huron. This exceeds the number for
any preceding month and all this hap
pened under the Mckinley statute
which does not seem to be exactly q
Chinese wall.
Reports from the tunnel say that the
work of clearing out and laying the ties
and track will be done in about a week.
The ties to be used are of Georgian
pine and are laid four inches apart.
The opening at the mouths of the tun-
mel will be large enough for six or eight
tracks. The force of employees has
been reduced about one half.