Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-12-11
County Column.

Hon. J. X. Whiting, of st. Clair, has
gone to Washington.
James +. Hunt has sold his Capac
meat market to I. o. Wallace.
w. Congdon, of Columbus, raised
200 bushels of corn this year.
James Spencer, of Smith, has had
his pension raised to SO month.
O'Brien j. Atkinson thinks the coun-
| ty poor house credit to the country.
All trains commenced to take the
tunnel route on Monday of this week.
The Western House at Capac will
hold series of Wednesday evening
dances.
Three China boys killed three foxes
last week with three dogs. The boys
feel proud.
Mrs. Nellie Cusock, of Port Huron,
wants divorce from her husband f,
! VIM. Cusock.
An effort is being made to secure the
location of the Walsh car coupling
works at Port Huron.
The superintendents of the poor
have purchased 81 head of imported
sheep for the poor farm.
The st. Clair county teachers associ-
alton will hold its December session at
Memphis, tomorrow, Saturday.
Several young men over at Capac,
spend several hours each day friZzing
their hair, all because its the fad.
The Algonac village school paid $50
on an organ recently purchased by
them, by giving an entertainment.
John Lawler, of Port Huron, claims
TO be the owner of the finest pair of
matched black horses in Michigan.
December 18th, Boynton Tent, No.
81, X. O. Il. NJ, will hold a public in
stallation of officers and an oyster sup
per at Goodells.
A county horticultural society was
organized at Port Huron last week with
Hiram Anderson as president and l..
b. Rice secretary.
1t takes about $1,000 per month TO
pay the employees of the Phoenix iron
works in Port Huron. There are $50
persons employed.
The receipts at the county treasurer's
Office amounted to S27 ,43l.3l during
the month of November. The disburse-
ments were S26, 363.77.
The United States government will
detail physician from the regular
army to act as medical Inspector at the
Grand Trunk crossing in Port Huron.
T. II. Bottomley, of Capac, has been
appointed by the state Worlds Fair
committee, Il member of a special COM
mittee on paints, chemicals, colors,
etc.
Mrs. Shanahan, of Grand Rapids,
was visiting her son in Columbus last
week when she was taken suddenly i'll
and died. She was over 90 years of
age.
Mrs. 5. Isadore Miner, formerly Miss
:. Isadore Sutherland, who graduated
from the st. Clair schools some years
ago, is now one of the associate editors
of the Toledo Daily Commercial.
Rufus Moran and Carrie Johnson,
of Wales, and Daniel NJ. Robinson and
Ella Frost, of China, were married by
Police Justice II. j. Robeson, in Port
Huron on Thursday OF last week.
An attempt was made to break into
X. 5. Patterson's store at Port Huron
the other night, but a man sleeping in
side gave an alarm and the policeman
caught one of the burglars who gave
his name as Albert Cottrell and his
home in Mt. Clemens.
A gang of counterfeiters have been
arrested in Port Huron and the outfit
captured, consisting of two large bat
teries, one small one, case of acids,
five pounds of metal, 81 ladle, ETC., be-
sides lot of gold and silver pieces not
quite ready for circulation.
Chris Yarger. one of the counter
feiters arrested in Port Huron, is the
same one arrested some time since on
the same charge and he is again acting
the insanity dodge. 1t will he remem-
bered that before he was sent to Pom
tiac asylum, but he will not fool the
officers again.
Jason +. Inman, Memphis hotel
keeper, is in trouble. The members of
the w. c. L. L. have brought four diff
ferent charges against him, viz: Sell
ing liquor without Il license, selling beer
without license, keeping his place
open on Thanksgiving day and selling
liquor to n minor.
Bert Clark, of Port Huron, an en-
ploye of the telephone exchange, while
at the top of pole received severe
electric shock, which rendered him I'M
conscious, and he would have fallen to
the ground if his foot had not caught
in the cross arms and wires. He was
soon rescued but in a bad condition.