Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-03-14
The WeeAIv Exposition.
FRIDAY. MARCH Ia, 1890.
COUNTY COLUMN.

is clear of ice.
Belle Rivers deputy postmaster is
Miss Ada Smith.
1t is talked of organizing a ladies G.
a. II. circle in Wales.
Berville thinks there is good chance
in its village for hotel.
Clark's island, opposite Algonac. is to-
be improved this summer.
Wales Tent, X. o. Il. Nj. are contem-
plating building new hall.
A system of sewerage in Fort Ora
tiot is thought to be necessary.
Fifty men have been discharged from
block Il" Fort Gratiot, last week.
f. M. Fisher. Supt. of the Marine City
schools, has resigned his position.
Port Huron police made 20 arrests
during February, IL being DRINKS.
There are three religious and seven
secret societies in Wales township.
The Port Huron Daily Times has an
average circulation of 1000 copies.
Port Huron Salvation army is having
n revival of interest in its meetings.
Harpers new series of readers are
now nsed in the Belle River school.
Miss Lecky has closed a highly sue
cessful term of school at Columbus.
w. r.. Walker, of Sturgs has been
arrested for selling liquor to minors.
The new Catholic church in Port HUI
ron is to be called st. Francis church.
A court of the Ancient Order of For
esters has been organized in Port HUI
ron.
Elk Postmaster Boldt. Of Adair. is
selling goods to the Patrons Of indus
try.
Saturdays Times state that an ice
bridge had formed at the foot of Lake
= Huron.
Martin Bros of Port Huron, are talk.
! Ing Of erecting brick block in the
= spring.
? Sneak thieves are stealing pork, cam.
ed fruit, etc., from cellars ali around the
l county.
The post-office ut Wadhams has been
re-established with +. Kinney rs post.
master.
: No marriage licenses have been IS
! sued from the county clerks Office since
|. March 6.
. NJ. Hoffman intends putting in al
) evaporation at Jeddo for drying apples
. and small fruit.
. Dit. Walker was reelected president
} of Capac village at the recent election
He headed both tickets.
The first number of the Michigan
. Deutsche Zeitung. published in Port
|, Huron, has been issued.
Daniel Matheson, q pioneer of the
= county, whose home was in Grant, dice
this week. aged 63 years.
: a stock company has been organized
at Algonac for the erection of u sum-
mer hotel to cost $4,000.
Berville patrons are thinking of build
ing a large agricultural warehouse with
a hall in the second story.
Thos. Moore, of Fort Gratiot, lately
received eight pure bred pug puppies
from an uncle in England.
Port Huron's waterworks engine cost
$2l 300. The last payment of $3,50(
was made on it last week.
There is no work being done at pres
ent in the Algonac shipyards on &C
count of scarcity of timber.
James Kilgour's farm house in Ken
ockee, occupied by Frank Miase, burned
last Friday. No insurance.
The Presbyterian church of Fort Ora.
tiot has applied for $500 aid from the
board of church erection fund.
John Dell. known as "Dell the Fidd
ler." of Kenockee, has become insane
and is confined in the county Jail.
The newly started Pioneer Sunday
school at Sturgis has grown from q
membership of five to seventy-five.
Justice Gould is the only owner of q
farm in the township of Berlin who
holds his title direct from the govern.
ment.
John Summers, who lives near Port
Huron, i'm the vicinity of the Dexter
house, was thrown from his wagon and
seriously injured.
The tunnel has reached the shaft on
the bank of the river. For q distance
back the ground has settled from five
to eighteen inches.
A Mr.. Shoemaker, of Fort Gratiot
was burned quite badly about his head
while employed in the locomotive shops,
one day last week.
Frank Clingo, a popular young man
in st. Clair for number of years, has
gone to Georgia, to accept a position
with lumber firm.
Rev. j. $. HOyt. formerly pastor of
| but NOHSlcpdJlDllui CIiuNh oc Wv - :
on for IL years. died last week at his
home in KeOkuk, la.
There is no money in Fort Gratiot's
treasury and the aldermen are swndled
ont of the $50 year which is allowed
them ly the city charter
The four cinnamon. who recently IL
legally entered the state ut PORT Huron
and were arrested. pleaded guilty and
Were sent back 10 Canada.
Tie warm weather Of this winter has
caused the r. q. Nudge paper clothing
company ,o shut Gown and give mort
cages 10 The amount Of 5 500 o.
G. l.. BoyntOu. new captain Of Com
pany + Port Huron, gave an elegant
banquet to about 100 of the members
of the company last Friday evening.
It. Patrick's Day will be observed in
Port Huron. VIM. Johnston presented
tie 4. o. II. with 200 shamrocks which
are to be distributed among the society