Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-11-13
County Column.

Chas. Baade, of Capac, will move to
Detroit.
A. A. Smith of Belle River, has
moved to Inlay City.
Belle River p. of |. held u successful
oyster supper recently.
Bill Nye, the humorist, recently
lectured in Port Huron.
G. Lister, of Capac, will have sys-
tenn of cash carriers in his store.
The water in st. Clair River is lower
than it has been for many years.
Chas. Piersall, of Kenockee, died
Tuesday of last week, aged 81 years.
Thomas Waltz and Kittie Campbell,
both of Capac, were married last week.
During the past three months seven
new saloons have been started in Port
Huron.
Thieves stole 40 chickens and turk
eys from Hoesa Meabon, of Columbus,
one night lately.
The post-office at Capac has been
moved in more commodious and con-
yenient quarters.
About the 10Th of this month will
see the new steam barge building at
Marine City, launched.
Jennie Granger, of Belle River,
caught her fingers in clothes wringer,
seriously smashing them.
George Marshall, of st. Clair, has
invented pillow which works to per-
lection in heavy clay ground.
A public boiler shop has been estab-
hshed in connection with the Port Hur-
on Engine and Thresher Cos works.
1t is rumored that St. Clair will get
Radike Bros Belle River Touring
mills Il some inducements are put
forth.
Mrs. o. Rathburn, st. Clair county
pioneer, died at Algonac recently,
aged SO years, having lived in that sec
ton over 40 years.
Thieves visited f. c. Adams, of TT.
Gratiot township, the other night and
stole several bushels of oats and
number of cans of fruit.
The Postal telephone company's of
fee located in st. Clair for the last
month, has been discontinued on ac-
count of the scarcity of business.
Bina VI. West, who has been organic
ing lodges in northern Michigan, is
now at her home in Capac. She ST.
gained four lodges in two weeks.
Canaan L. Smith, has resigned as an
attache of the Auditor Generals office
at Lansing, to accept the position of
deputy treasurer of st. ClaiI County.
On December LIST the Port Huron
Engine and Thresher company will
start up with 100 men at work again.
Only the iron department is now
running.
The fourth annual convention of the
st. Clair County Sunday School Associ-
alton held at st. Clair last week was
very interesting and instructive. About
40 delegates were present.
A dwelling house at Grant Centre,
owned by j. Keeroham and occupied
by Mateland Lent, was recently de.
stroyed by fire while the family was
absent. Everything was lost,
Thos. II. Mills, of the firm of Camp
bell & Mills, Port Huron druggists,
died suddenly of heart disease last
Sunday morning, sged % years. He
was son of DR.. III. X. Mills.
Last weeks Marine City Magnet
comes out under the management of
F. G.. Buzzell, as democratic paper.
1t is said that G. l. Seely, the retiring
editor, will start real estate Office in
Marine City.
The family of Geo. Fish, of Thorn
ton, are being badly afflicted with
diphtheria. One daughter, Is years of
age, died last week. Two other
daughters and one son are now down
with the same disease.
During the month of October Post
master McElroy, of Marine City, sold
over 100000 worth of stamps and
papers. Marine City thinks at this
rate it will soon be entitled to have a
free delivery Office.
Mile Whiting and Worthy McElroy,
two of st. Glars young ladies, have
taken a novelway of making money
for the Methodist church in that city.
They manufacture delicious taffy
which they have placed on sale at one
of the stores and by this means hope
to gain quite sum.
Everett Arnold, of Romeo, working
in st. Clair, is musical genius. Be
sides performing on all the different
instruments, he makes beautiful mus
ic by taking bowls, milk crooks,
tumblers, soup plates and other dishes
striking each with a small stick or lead
pencil. 1t is said to be worth hearing