Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-02-21
The Weekly ExpOsito!.
COUNTY COLUMN.

The Capac fair will be held Septem-
Der 25th, Goth, and 9th.
Marine City has yet to raise 81 800 on
the bonus for a railroad. Will she do it ?
A Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton has been organized in Port Huron.
Algonac is to have large summer
hotel, which will be erected immediate
ly.
The county treasurer has already re-
ceived over $4,000 state and county
taxes.
James Lindsay's son of Smiths Creek,
had his hand crushed in a hay press re-
Gently.
The young people of Riley Centre.
have organized Christian Endeavor
Society.
Uncle Sam Edison. of Fort Gratiot,
has gone on visit to his son Thos. A.
Edison.
Port Huron policemen now wear pap
er vests, presented to them by the man
ufacturers.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men gave grand ball Monday evening
at Fort Gratiot.
The next civil service examination
will take place on April lst, at the GUS
tom house, Port Huron.
The young ladies of Marine City gave
fine entertainment, consisting of a
tambourlne drill, last week.
In St. Clair county 1,106 barrels of
salt were inspected during January and
567 barrels in Huron county.
The organization Of a social club has
lakn 1 Of 1nt.f IN
membership of AZ is the beginning.
The state troops will make no encamp-
ment next summer unless the railroads
make some satisfactory arrangements.
The costs of the SANDER suit of Van
Dam VS. Mueflles amounted to over $500.
The suit will be taken to the Supreme
court.
Capac wants steam engine at the
water works well instead of a windmill,
which is claimed doesn't do the work
necessary.
j. Il. Levitt. who fleeced DR.. III. r.
Mills, of Port Huron, out of 500, can
not be traced. It's supposed that he is
in Canada.
A check for $4,000 was sent last week
to the state treasurer by the county
| ~,
on state taxes.
Some Port Huron young men are in
tending giving specially entertain
ment the first of March for the benefit
of the X. o. Il. NJ. band.
The bodies of the three young men
drowned lately near Marine City
had not been found at last reports. n
reward of $50is offered.
Teutonia and Charter Lodges,
Knights of Pythias. Port Huron, have
opened gymnasium, bowling alley,
card rooms and billiard room.
Port Huron icemen are contemplating
bringing ice in on the cars for the sea-
sons use. People will have to pay a
good price for ice next summer.
The st. Clair County Sunday School
| Association holds its midwinter meet
| ing on March 18th and 18th in the Con-
gregational church at Port Huron.
Hon. J. r. Whiting, member of con-
gress for the seventh district. has been
chosen as the Michigan member of the
Democratic congressional committee.
Robert Young, of Port Huron, was
elected grand guardian, at the meeting
of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Hon.
or, which was held at Saginaw, last
week.
Rev. John Donnelly, of Grand Rapids,
who was pastor of the Port Huron Bap-
fist church when its members number
ed only 20. and was with them nine
years, died recently.
| A sharp confidence man has been do
ing Port Huron lately, DR.. II. Il. Mills
| lof 1aI - % ~
was made to get $1,000 out of Henry
Howard but the plan failed.
w. w. Campbell & Co., of Port Hur-
on, have sold their tank business to the
Standard Oil Company, who now have
the bulk of the oil trade in the city and
the price of oil is up a few cents higher.
st. Clair county has fifty-five LAWYERS.
| There are 40 in Port Huron, in Fort
Gratiot. in Smiths Creek, in Capac,
4 in st. Clair, in Brockway Centre, 3
in Marine City 26 of those in Port Hur-
on are married, IA are not.
Mrs. Margaret Curley, of Fort Gratiot,
whose husband was a private in the u.
S. army i'm the war of 1854 and 1885, has
lately received a government warrant
emitting her to 100 acres of land. 1t
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pension.
Alex. Miller, of Marine City, has nev-
er been sure whether he was citizen
or not He was born i'm Ohio, of Irish
parents. his father never becoming a
citizen. Some lawyers claim that Alex
is citizen, others not, SO he has now
taken out naturalization papers and
| can vote.
Calvin G.. Jones, of Port Huron, who
is well known vessel captain, has be-
come insane, and last week Thursday
| tried TO drown himself in the river but
was saved and taken to the county jail
until he could be sent to the asylum.
lie has been showing signs of losing his
mind for some time past.
Last Sunday evening three prisoners
in the county Jail managed to overpow-
er the turnkey and make good their
escape through a window from the sit
ting room. These men were VIM. Good
man, who entered house a short time
ago and attempted to rob VIM. Mount
joy; Joseph Hand, charged with break
ing into freight cars at Goodells, and
stealing several cases of boots and shoes,
and Daniel Hickey. charged with theft.