Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-01-09
County Column.
Conservative. RESPONSIBLE and Relable.

The Board of Supervisors are in
session at Port Huron.
Nelson King, of Port Huron, left his
family to starve. He is now under ar
rest.
VIM. G.. Labland and Sarah Lempke,
both of Emmett township, were married
last Christmas.
VIM. Connor, of Port Huron, was
arrested last Thursday for stealing $25
from his sister.
Dyphtheria, which has been raging
in Port Huron, is subsiding. Two
cases alone are reported
At Walker, of Port Huron, would
like to be eternally separated from his
wife, Harriet A. Walker.
VIM. Richardson sold watches which
were taken to him for repairs. He is
now awaiting trial by the circuit
court
The receipts at the county treasurers
Office for December amounted to S11,-
37517. Disbursements amounted to
Sl5, 5,7S3.42.
Sheriff Bernatz has appointed Can
non r. Smith, of Marine City. under
sheriff and Britain Clark, of Fort
Gratiot, deputy sheriff.
1t is expected that Postmaster Spring
er, of Port Huron. will be offered snap
by Gov. Winans at the capitol. His
term of office expires there soon.
Ira II. Butterfield has been appointed
by the state board of agriculture to fill
the vacancy in the board made by the
resignation of Hon. Ii. G. Spencer of
Flint.
Joseph Walsh has been admitted to
partnership in the law firm of Avery
Bros. of Port Huron. HencefOrth the
firm will be known as Avery Bros. &
Walsh
People in Port Huron are tired of
hearing church bells. They think they
make too much noise. Still Port Hu-
ron is not afflicted with either churches
or religion.
Chas. Engler. workman in the fibre
works at Port Huron, was caught be-
tween revolving shaft and belt and
beaten to death against a brick wall on
last Thursday.
Mrs. Salisbury of China became Graz
ed upon religion. She was transferred
to the county Jail; but it took several
men to put her in hack as the boat
landed at Port Huron.
Port Huron's Chief of police, Petit,
has been sued for 5000 by Thos. IL.
Murphy, because said policeman used
unnecessary roughness in ejecting him
from the police station.
Martin Waltz, of Capac, is genius
He has done something new. He rails
ed the hammer of his gun with his foot
nd loc rhaa NJ
of the hammer" moreover.
1t looks as if Port Huron would have
more street-railways. A committee
appointed by the council have advised
the granting of such a franchise to
John 4. Sanborn and others.
County Treasurer Marx has filed his
bond with the County Clerk for $780,
900. 1t is signed by Henry Howard,
VIM. Jenkinson. Jas. Goulden, VIM.
Canham and Harrison G.. Barnum.
The Port Huron-Sarnia Ferry COM
pany are making some great renova-
tions since the recent change in the
ownership. The landings will be REAR
ranged and ates built on either side.
w. B. Hopkins of st. Clair induced
several New York capitalists to invest
They now sue him for making false
assertions to them about the business.
Mrs. Lawrence Seabald, who pretend
ed to be niece of Post-master-general
Wanamaker, but who has been draw
ing on the county poor fund for some
years, died last Monday in Port Huron.
On Wednesday of last week boy
entered a store in Port Huron and pre-
sented note signed by VIM. Springer
for $50. The dodge did not work how
ever. and the note has since proven to
be a forgery.
The next legislature will be given an
opportunity to grant Port Huron a
change of charter. This growing city
would like enough more territory add
ed to the city to make their population
count 10000.
Some local Democrats have purchas-
ed the Marine City Magnet and will
run it henceforth in the interests of -
- nothing in particular, but will
find as much fault as possible with
Republicanism.
Capt. James Moffatt, the pioneer
ferryman of Port Huron who has run
ferries between that city and Sarnia
Ioi niNy yoaiS, Hdo Juo1 ooiu nlo ihtolcsI
TO Nelson Mills of Marysville, and will
retire from the business.
Some demon inspired person attemp-
ted to wreck train on the Almont
division of the +. IL L. M. railroad last
Saturday by placing an obstruction on
the track. 1t was noticed. however, in
time to prevent serious consequences.
Edward Smith is farmer and is not