Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-16

was destroyed by fire last week.
Revival meetings are being held at
Blame by j. ID. Snyder. of Indiana.
The Berville Sabbath school have
fine new lot of Sunday school books.
Dennis Bradley, of Wales, has sold
his farm and will remove to Canada.
Joseph Davis, of Fort Gratiot. now
receives pension with $3.50 pack pay.
A new law firm III Port Huron will
be known as Farley. Aitken & Farley.
The w. X, s. and G.. Teachers Associ-
alton will be held in Smiths Greek, May
18th.
Fort Gratiot and Port Huron are ex-
periencing building and real estate
boom.
George Laforge. the oldest man in
the town of Riley. died recently, aged
80 years.
Smith scholars celebrated arbor day
by cleaning the school yard and making
flower beds
The total assessment of Port Huron
city is about $4,50O,000. 100000 more
than last year.
The st. Clair County Savings Bank,
recently opened in Port Huron, has a
capilal of $4,000.
The liquor bonds of Jas. Burt and A.
COhOe d Go. of Capac, have been accept
ed by the Council.
Some scamp has stolen horse Of
| Harvey Relish, of Wales, and no trace
of it has been found.
The First Congregational church of
Port Huron will hold a jubilee ami
versary May IL. l8, and ~.
The Port Huron base ball club on
| Thursday last filed articles of aSsocia-
ton with the county clerk.
Rev. w. Is. Rowe and wife. late of
| Amherstburg, Ont, have returned to
their old home in GOodellS.
Algonac is coming To the front as Il
summer resort Three hotels are al
ready doing rushing business.
VIM. Woods and Mrs Harrison of
| Wales, are missing from that burg and
rumor says there has been all elopement.
The Port Huron base ball club lost
their first game at Manistee last Satur-
day. but were victorious in the second.
A Sunday school has been organized
on the river road, near Port Huron,
with Horace Bertholf as superinten-
dent.
The May term Of the circuit court will
contain five criminal cases, 120 jury
cases, 10 court cases and 20 chancery
cases.
The body of Jas. Chapman, drowned
in st. Clair river Feb. 4th, was found
last week about three miles below Ma
rine City.
Alexander Ewing, of Blaine, "a years
of age, recently walked to Port Huron
and back in one day, the distance walk
ed being 80 miles.
The authorities at Washington are
considering the advisability of chang
ing the mail route so rs to have the
mails delivered at Marine City by boat.
Miss Bina West, member of the
county board OF school examiners, and
II teacher in the Capac schools, will
take a course In music the coming year
instead of teaching.
The stockholders of the Detroit and
ST. Clair River Railway company will
hold their annual meeting in st. Clair
on the 2lst of May, to elect officers and
transact other business.
The tenth semi-annual apportionment
of primary schools just made includes
636, 839 Children. The amount appor-
toned is SO cents per capita. or an aggre
Of 1886. 628.84. st. Clair county's share
is S9,787.68.
The customs officers at Port Huron
are keeping watch for Cinnamon who
are endeavOring to smuggle themselves
over into this country. Two of them
have already been arrested and are in
the county Jail.
About thirty of Marine Citys young
men have organized themselves into a
Young Mems Charitable Club, and
promise to abstain from alcoholic
liquors for one year. The sum which
they pay monthly goes to the deserving
poor of the city.
John Cochrane, a once prominent
business man of Port Huron, was sent
to the poor house last fall but returned
to the city this spring and has been do
ing odd jobs. A few days since he was
stricken with paralysis, while on the
street and was taken to the county Jail.
Both legs are useless. He has been
drinking hard for the past 10 years.
Mrs. Phrona Mccullough, of Port
Huron, was instantly killed by the cars
near Croswell last Friday. She was
walking on the track and it is thought
she intended to commit suicide as she
would not get out of the way when the
whistle was blown. She has been show
ing signs of insanity for some time.
Her father is VIM. Stoner, of Applegate.
Sanilac County.