Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-11
COUNTY COLUMN.

Adair has about 60 cases of measles
Fort Gratiot city has population of
$500.
County Clerk Warn is now pension
attorney.
There are seven cases of diphtheria
in Port Huron.
Engineer Paldi is making fine map
of Port Huron.
There are 4S inmates at the st. Clair
county poor house.
Mrs. Carter, of Richmond, preached
in MarYsville June 10Th.
L. s. Fleury has opened fine large
grocery store i'll st. Clair.
The Fort Gratiot NJ. f. church is re-
celving extensive repairs.
The poor board have been in session
this week auditing accounts.
Several persons have died in Port
Huron lately of cholera morbus.
The Port Huron Armory is being
elegantly decorated and fitted up.
The new census gives the population
of Port Huron township as 1.4O0.
Mrs. Nellie S. Baade. of Capac, lee
lures at Thornton Sunday on Spiritual
ism.
\ Port Huron young lady has estab-
lished class IN guitar music in st.
Clair.
Mrs. Louisa Spann, an old lady of
Adair, died recently at the age of 50
years.
\ new marble shop has been estab-
lished in st. Clair, by John Hill, of
OWoSso.
Prof. Vet and family gave a pleasing
musical entertainment in Marine City
last week.
An insurance Office is to be opened in
Port Huron by y. l.. Witherell and
Ohio Hyde.
81. Clair business places now close
every evening at o'clock excepting
Saturday evening.
The gamblers arrested on Port HUI
ron's fair grounds last week were fined
$ll4 by the court.
The American Benevolent society, Of
Port Huron, intend going to Forest,
Ont, to celebrate July II.
4 suit against the poor board for one
years salary has been commenced by
DR.. A. j. Abbott, Of Emmett.
The new steamer st. Lawrence had
successful launching at Morley's ship
yard in Marine City last week.
The Sunday question is receiving
considerable attention by Port Huron
ministers and others at present.
A set of people calling themselves
camp meeting near Marine City.
strawberry farm, from which he has
already sold 100 bushels of the fruit.
Miss Hattie Stephenson. of China
township, was struck by lightning in a
recent storm and her recovery is doubt
full.
Ben. Karrer, of Port Huron, would
like to be sheriff on the democratic
ticket, and is a candidate for nomina-
ton.
The Wales and Kimball Farmers
club met at Geo. II. Beans, Kimball,
June 9th and pleasant time was ex-
perienced.
The inspector of bulls and boilers at
Port Huron win now have the services
of clerk who will draw a salary of
$1,000 year.
An exhibition of walking on the
waters of lake Huron was given at
HurOnia Beach Monday and Tuesday
of this week.
Considerable trouble is experienced
by men and mules working in the tun-
mel by not being able to endure the
pressure of air.
1t is alleged that the census of Port
HurOns first and second wards have
not been taken rightly and the mistakes
are to be investigated.
Frank Gillett, of Kmball, is detained
at the county Jail for hiring horse and
buggy and afterwards selling them to
Frank Butler, of Wadhams.
The compressed air in the tunnel
overcame Dave Turner, an employe,
the other day, so that he was confined
to his house for several days.
The tunnel is now finished on the
American side 1868 feet. On the Cana
dian side 2,l80 feet. There are about
] $50 feet still to be completed.
A heavy plank fell upon the head of
Thos. Schmidt, while at work in the
tunnel, cutting such severe cash that
it took 20 stitches to sew the cut up.
A dog pound has been built under
Seventh street bridge in Port Huron
Now, Thos. :. Skinner comes forward
and wants rent for the ground, as when
the bridge was built he claims he gave