Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-08-15
COUNTY COLUMN.

The Port Huron police made "a ar
rests during July.
The circuit court convened at Port
Huron yesterday.
Alonzo Wright, of Capac, is suffering
from stroke of paralysis.
The Y. NJ. G. y. rooms in Port Huron
will be formally opened soon.
Port Huron will have an electric fire
alarm and police call system at cost
of $2,l00.
Port Huron has just organized tent
members.
DR.. j. II. McGurk and wife, of Capac,
suffered quite a serious runaway i'll
Port Huron lately.
Grace Gibson, daughter of Jas. Glib
son Of Marine City fell and broke her
left limb last week.
Dr. Abbott, who sued the st. Clair
county poor board for so and was
beaten. has appealed the case.
About 1000 Foresters left on the
steamers Conger and Clara Wednesday
morning to attend a picnic on Walpole
island.
The burglars that blew up Hill 81 Co.'S.
safe in Port Huron last Sunday got left,
as the contents had all been removed
the day before.
The +. * =. ". railway company
have found sufficient water at Blaine
for their purpose ald Windmill will
be set there at once.
The date of the Capac fair has been
changed to Oct. s, 9, 10. Capac people
have already begun their preparation
and promise success.
The estimated cost of the st. Clair
river Tunnel, before it was begun,
was $3,000000. 1t is now thought it
will not reach that figure.
The proposition has been preached
to build tirst-class hotel at Port Hur-
on and make the mineral springs there
the basis of the investment
While whiting. last Friday, Arthur
Taylor of Port Huron cut an artery OF
his wrist and nearly bled to death be-
fore he could reach a doctor.
Latest repors give Port Huron the
eighth place in rank in the state. With
Fort Gratiot added Port Huron might
possibly hold one place better.
There have been IL divorces granted
in st. Clair county during the past two
years. How many broken VOWS does
this mean? 1t is Il sad reflection.
Port Huron people think that their
dog pound has been "hOwling" success
in too literal manner. 1t has cost $50
to drown one dog. The pound will be
closed.
Loud protest is being raised against
the Sabbath dissertation which reigns
in Ira township. More potent means
should be used. we think, if reports
are true.
Peter Hoffman, of Port Huron, had
a slight bruise on his hand and applied
quack medicine to it. He has just had
the medicine owner arrested and placed
under $500 bonds.
a -go-round that held sway at
Minden City for three weeks is respon-
sible for divorce suit. Mrs. Will
Smith claims that her husband was too
free in riding with other women.
The Port Huron Guards Co. +. third
regiment, are the only ST. Clair military
company that has come into the De-
troit Journal contest, and it stands
sixth. Jackson Guards hold first place
Fargo had n stabbing affair Saturday
evening. In quarrel Chauncy Young
drew knife and cut George Lapein on
the arm and side Neither had been
drinking it is said. The wounds are
not serious.
Roderick Macdonald the young
Canadian sailor who recently rescued
Miss LauZon, in the sad accident in
which Myrtle Reed was drowned, will
probably be rewarded with a Govern
ment medal.
Port Huron regards it certain that
within year the principle passenger
depot, of the Grand Trunk railways
will be at the mouth of the tunnel |
This will insure them another line of
electric cars to run to this startion.
The Scientific American for last
week contained very concise discTip-
ton 6fthe 1T. Huron tunnel. There are
Thirteen cuts showing the work in its
different stages. There is also history
of the "l}each Shield" and good dis
cription of its workings.
A syndicate of Detroit and st. Clair
capitalists has purchased Fawn Island
i'm the st. Clair river. and will transform
il into fine summer resort. Ihere
are 20 acres i'm the island and by next
summer everything will be in readiness
for business. Detroit Journal
Tnere are 20 prisoners in the county
fall Of that number only one is await
inc trial III the circuit court. This is
Moses McIlhany, of St.@Clair, who was