Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04
COUNTY COLUMN.

EpcNCldL CetoCo VI QUALITY lCNCl III Vi
GratiOt.
A case of scarlet fever is reported in
Port Huron.
Port Huron police made 102 arres S
during the month of June.
a farm in Lakeport has been bought
by Judge of Probate Black.
Samuel b. CARL, of Port Huron, re-
ceives an increase of pension.
One hundred and fifty one feet of the
tunnel were completed last week.
DR.. S. D. Pace has taken charge of
the L. 5. consul's office at Sarnia.
Barnum's circus will pay $50 a day
license to Port Huron while there.
\ Uniform Rank of Foresters was
organized in Port Huron this week.
81. Glars city hall is receiving eX-
tensive and handsome improvements.
The Fourth is being celebrated in
Smiths Creek by mammoth picnic.
The teachers institute at TT. Gratiot.
opens July and continues four weeks.
At recent ice cream social in Riley,
Sl5O7 was raised for Rev. +. Townsend.
DR.. John Powers has left Capac to
make Benzonia, Mich, his future home.
Henry Dudd. of Kimball, had valu-
able cow killed by lightning in recent
storm.
YIN. G. Henderson. of Memphis, has
become insane and will be sent to
Pontiac.
/ movement will be made to close
Capac stores at an early hour each
evening.
The dag staff at the Capac school has
just been raised with the united efforts
of citizens.
j. Lindsay, of Smiths Creek, is build
ing u large addition to his hay and
grain sheds.
The Fourth of July Grafton at Mem
phis viii be delivered by {. y. Hovey,
of Port Huron.
Barton Wade marketed the best clip
of wool of the season at StOughton's
elevator, Capac.
Miss Ellen Ward, of Columbus, lately
gone insane has been taken to the re-
treat at Dearborn.
Some thief has stolen two inkstands
from the county clerks Office, which
were quite valuable.
\ Free viii Baptist church was org
anlzed at Locke Bridge recently. Six
members were baptized,
A Port Huron lad had his arm brok-
en- last week. by jumping from street
car while it was in motion.
The annual meeting of the Indepen-
dent Order of Foresters will be held in
Port Huron on August 18th and 10Th
Neighbors Of VIM. Huggett, of
Locke Bridge, recently put in his gar
den for him, he being unable to work,
The preceptress in the st. Clail
school, Miss NJ. f. Camp, goes to Jack.
son to fill like position the coming
year.
seventeen foreign born residents de
clared their intentions of becoming
American citizens during the month OF
June.
Doyle will soon be regular station
The transfer has been made to +. i
Lewis. An instrument will be put il
at once.
The District Camp Meeting of the
Capac NJ. T. church, has been postponed
on account of the dampness of thu
ground.
The st. CLAIR Mineral Springs proper
ty has been sold at sheriff's sale t.
Lizzie c. Hopkins. Consideration
$4,000.
The receipts at the county treasurer
Office during June were $l4,497. 40
The disbursements were S21, 242.13 FOL
the same period.
4 son of Wilmott Demott, living
in Riley, was recently hooked in the
eye by COW and the sight of the eye
entirely destroyed.
4 little three-year-old boy of Mr.. anC
Mrs. Peacock. of Fort Gratiot, was &C
cidentally drowned last week in ponC
back of his parents house.
\ boat containing three boys wa
capsized near Marine City one day las
week, by swells from a steam boa
striking it. All were rescued.
\ meeting was recently held by thu
school inspectors of Muss9y, Brockwal
and Lynn. and / 5. of fractional dis
trict 8 of Mussey was detached and pu
on No. 4 Of Lynn.
Gurley Lester, of Capac, has bought
out the store, stock and site of Brooke
81 I3aade, merchants of Capac. 1t will
not be surprising IL Mr.. Lester would
in the near future, erect a brick block
\ man by the name of Walter j
Hick, was crushed between two cars a
the Grand Trunk yards, Port Huron
one day last week. He received severa
broken ribs and was injured internally