Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-06-20
COUNTY COLUMN.


Horse racing is becoming popular in
Wales Center.
Commencement exercises will be held
at Capac this evening.
Marine City public schools have clos
ed for the summer vacation.
Another tunnel is to be commenced
at Port Huron Immediately.
The season at Huronia beach has
opened and the cottages are filling.
A German newspaper is to be pub
lished at Marine City, so report says.
Geo. Hall, of Port Huron, now re-
ceives a pension, also Valentine Baker.
Thos. b. Shaw, of Port Huron, has
been granted a pension of $50 month.
600 feet of the tunnel under the river
is now completed, on the American
side.
The Fort Gratiot schools will unite in
picnic this FRIDAY afternoon, the
closing day.
The First National bank, of Port
Huron, will soon have more commodi-
GUS quarters.
y grand ball is to be given on the
evening of July 4th, at the Cavanagh
house, Emmett.
Anderson IL Co., of Port Huron. have
purchased the Comstock agricultural
implement stock.
The Electric Railway company, at
Port Huron, will soon have a branch
TO the fair grounds.
Chas. a. Bailey is president of Il
lodge Of Patrons of industry just orga-
niZed in Port Huron.
Tuesday, June 9th. is the date for
the annual meeting Of the st. Clair
county Pioneer Society.
When the tunnel is completed, Port
Huron and Sarnia intend TO celebrate
the event in grand style.
The firm of Marshall & Sutton. of the
st. Clair Iron Works. has been dissolv-
ed. G. ID. Sutton retiring.
Mr.. Van Ness, Of Coldwater, Mich.
will act as General Secretary of the
Y. NJ. G. ~, of Port Huron.
Only one enumerator was appointed
for Marine City, which has a popula-
ton of about 1000 with three wards.
Several of Port Huron's business
places and hotels are to be supplied
with electrical clocks about August lst.
DR.. S. w. Smith will take charge of
the Port Huron Mineral Bath house
and is making extensive improvements
on it.
Postmaster Granger Of Fort Gratiot,
received news from Montana. last week,
OF the accidental death of his son
George.
The Port Huron base ball team is no
more, the dissolution being brought
about by the breaking up of the state
league.
j. b. Baker, formerly a newspaper
man at Port Huron, is now editor of
the Shoe and Leather Gazette, st.
Louis, Mo.
Mrs. 5. l.. Ballentine, of Port Huron.
with her son and daughter will soon
make trip to Germany, to be gone
about two years.
a 14-months-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Ferguson, living south of
st. Clair, was drowned recently by fall
ing into tub of water.
Albert Henderson, who robbed a G.
d G.. Il. R'y car at Goodells some time
ago, has been sentenced to spend five
years in the State prison.
Marine City has two boys and two
girls all under ten years of age who
are being trained as q quartet and who
take their parts with much spirit.
Capac patrons of industry and other
citizens want to unite and hold grand
picnic on the 4th of July. 4 meeting
will be held to perfect arrangements.
Jay Humphrey, of Lynn township
died at Mendon recently. He was act
ing as hostler in the Whitney Family
show. His remains were brought 10
his home where he has a wife and one
child.
II. Kingdom. an employee in the car
shops at Fort Gratiot. attempted sui.
eide on Tuesday by cutting his throat
It is thought he will die. Dependency
is attributed as the cause. his wife hav-
ing consumption and Kingdom being
udable to keep up the heavy doctors
expense.
County Treasurer Burns had pecu-
liar experience on Tuesday. While sit
ting in the Office he heard what he sup
posed was the mail carrier drop letter
into the box on the door. He soon after
went to the box and found an ordinary
envelope addressed "To the County
Treasurer of st. Clair County" Mr..
Burns opened the envelope and was
astonIshed to find 800 in bills. Accom-
panying the bills was a slip of paper
upon which was written This money
belongs to the county of st. Clair"
There was no other explanation. Mr..
Burns has no idea who placed the money