Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-16
The Weekly EyDOSitOT.
THURSDAY. JANUARY IS. 1890.
COUNTY COLUMN .

been penSloned.
Memphis Free Methodists are holding
revival meetings.
Frank McElroy is the new postmas-
ter at Marine City.
Thomas Bondy, of Port Huron, left
an estate valued at $27,74
A. G. Wesbrook, of Marine City, will
open savings bank in that city.
Cass ID. Merritt is the recently APP
pointed deputy register of deeds.
Memphis people would be glad to
have a dentist locate in their midst.
Port Huron would like to have the
Vassar wooden mill locate in that city.
Jas. Hill, postmaster at Jeddo has
been removed, making room for w. j.
Lamb.
Jas. II. Norris and wife. of Port
Huron, have gone to California for the
winter.
The largest X. o. T. NJ. organization
in the world is the Huron Tent at Port
Huron.
Port Huron police made SO arrests
during December, forty-four being
DRINKS.
The steamer Mary is still making
regular trips between Port Huron and
Algonac.
j. Lindsay's new engine for his ele-
vator at Smiths Creek is run by
gasoline.
PIG foreign born residents of the
county became full citizens during the
past year.
The G. T. R'y is having number of
passenger coaches built in the shops at
Fort Gratiot.
A hack driver named VIM. Good
man was arrested in Port Huron last
Saturday for burglary.
During 1889. 691 criminal cases were
tried in st. Clair county, of which 407
were for drunkenness.
The capital stock of the Commercial
Bank at Port Huron has been increased
from $4,000 to 100000.
A necktie social given in Lakeport
New Years eve for the minister, j.
Crosby, Melted HIM Sl1.90.
Presiding Elder Horton of the NJ. f.
church has been laid up at his home in
Port Huron with "la grippe"
1t is reported that new ferry line
will be started between Port Huron
and Sarnia the coming summer.
A new company with a capital of
Huron to manufacture toilet soap.
The Reporter says that one of Ma
rine City's elite young ladies has taken
to kindergarten work for recreation.
Port Huron firemen are having an
easy time of it lately, not an alarm
having been sounded for nearly three
months.
The marine engineers beneficial as
ISOLATION gave ball and supper last
"wednesday evening, in Palace hall,
Port Huron.
The First United Presbyterian
Church of Fort Gratiot has changed
its name to The Westminster Presby-
terrain church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Hurst, of st. Clair.
celebrated their china wedding last
week, Monday evening, with about
| fifty of their friends.
Gen. r. A. Alger, commander-in-chief
of the G. A. r. was present at the
public installation in Port Huron on
the evening of the 9Th.
A Port Huron blacksmith named
Geo. Cheney had his right leg broken
| by horse, which he was shoeing, rear
ing and falling on him.
1t took the united efforts of the whole
police force and team of horses to
close Seventh street bridge, after being
open to allow a vessel to pass through
| last Thursday.
rNbo Dor+ rJ,ro,, rr;,,ac 10 o,,fb o,;t =,
| for the statement that in the train
service of the Flint ~ Pere Marquette
railroad company alone there are Al
cases of la grippe.
There was built at Marine City
$4,000 worth of new vessels as fol-
lows: Propeller Italia $4,000; =. }.
Ralph. $4,000; Cherokee, $4,000; Toll
tee, 1872, 900; Sea Gull, $4,000.
George Beach and Frank Rand, of
st. Clair, have been sentenced by Judge
Garfield, at Port Huron, to one years
Imprisonment at Ionia, each for bur-
glarizing several cottages at Idlewild,
over year ago.
Sheldon's tannery at st. Clair, during
the past year has turned out 200 sides
of leather per week, using up more
than 5000 hides. The brick yard owned
by the same gentleman has manufact-
ured an aggregate of 100000 brick.
While digging cellar for new
building to be erected next to Marcus
Youngs new office, the south side of
the office fell into the excavation, and
the rest Of the building came near fol-
lowing suit. Mr.. Young's Office is
badly damaged
Last Sunday morning the body of a
man named Stephen Beach, was found
lying beside the G. Il G.. r. R'y track
north of the Wolverine dry dock. He
had evidently been struck by a passing
train. He had been dead several hours
when discovered.
Geo. Easton. of East Greenwood, has
q pair of full-grown twin ROSTERS
They are of the Wyandotte strain, and
were both Matched from one double.
yelked egg. A small cord held them
together at first but this was cut and
they grew all right.
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