Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-28
County Column.

A new Street railway Will be con-
structed in Port Huron.
George Scott, formerly of Capac,
died at Bay City last week.
The new Burt hotel at Capac holds
its opening to-day, the 28th.
John Asman, jr., and Hattie Davis,
OF Port Huron, were married last week.
A lock factory will locate at Port
Huron if proper inducements are held
out.
OBJ. j. Atkinson and wife, of Fort
Gratiot, have returned from Saratoga
trip.
Upton people believe that within
two years they will have 1000 inhabit-
ants.
A farmers picnic was held on the
Bunce farm near Port Huron last
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rev. Hunt, of Column
bus, have gone to Connecticut to visit
their sons.
The high school building at Marine
City is being greatly improved for the
fall term.
Ira J. Weeks, of st. Clair, has bought
the grocery store of NJ. ID. Frink, in
Port Huron.
The kindergarten school held in PIT.
Huron by the Misses Palmer of st.
Clair, has closed.
The Ross patent tire bolt wrench is
now being manufactured III Port Hur-
on by Nj. Baldwin.
A. Werner, of Columbus, is putting
up large fruit dryer in connection
with his cider mill.
Judge Granger, OF Fort Gratiot, has
received the appointment of school
census enumerator.
Port Huron pays out this year for
public Improvements and salaries to
officials about $1,000
The Oakland Orchestra, of St. Clair,
gave their first annual bail at Royal
Rink, Tuesday evening.
st. Clair people want system of
electric lighting and it probably will
not be long before they get it.
Mrs. Bruso, of st. Clair, lost a line of
clothes in the small cyclone which pass
ed through that town recently.
The wife of Capt Darius Cole, the
managing owner of the Detroit and
Port Huron boats, died recently.
Bay View Park, on Sarnia Bay, lust
south of Point Edward, was opened to
the public Wednesday of last week.
Port Huron is to have new hotel
90X90 feet and four stories high on the
corner of Huron Avenue and Park
Street.
The Board of Health, of Port Huron,
will invest in large number of sulphur
and charcoal bricks to be used in disin-
tectlng houses.
The formal opening of the tunnel
will occur on Saturday September 10.
The details of the affair have not as
yet been settled.
DR.. John ;. Gray, the head of the
medical department of the Oakland
House, st. Clair, died Tuesday, Aug.
Is, aged % years.
Capac is havlnga dealof trouble over
the question whether certain streets
should be opened to the public or clos
ed for private lanes.
John Mcconnell, of Detroit, line
man working in Port Huron, received
Il shock from live wire which render
ed him unconscious for some time.
A. r. Sutherland is manager of the
Memphis Cooperative company which
has been organized for the purpose of
carrying on general mercantile bust
ness.
Dan Hogan, of Port Huron, driving
IN express wagon, came in collision |
with a train, which killed the horse, |
demolished the wagon and threw Dan
INTO sand bank
Meyer d Keller, of st. Clair, got the
frame up for barn, when they were
stopped by complaint that the build
ing was fifteen feet in the street. The
structure had to be removed.
James Marks, a strong, healthy-look-
ing man, 80 years of age, of Port Hur-
on, barber by trade, has been sudden
ly afflicted with paralysis and no hopes
are given of his ever being well again.
Hammond Marsh, of Port Huron,
has received $1,000 from the l.. O. T. NJ.
of which his wife, who died Aug. 3rd,
was member. This is the first death
claim paid since the hive was organized.
A family gathering was recently held
in Kimball, at the residence of c. J.
Mallory. There were 4S children and
grandchildren present. J. NJ. White,
of Port Huron, took a photograph of
the whole family.
DIR. McDermid, who has been prac-
Using at Smiths Creek for the past five
years, will go to New York where he
will spend several months in special
study. From there he goes to Windsor
where he will make his home.
Chas. A. Daley, express messenger
from Port Huron to Chicago for the
Express company, is insane,
and has been confined at Pontiac. For
the last three or four weeks Mr.. DALEY
has been at work writing n new Bible.
claiming that God had so instructed
him.
The editor of the Marine City Report
er was assaulted by Alderman Shaw
last week and given some severe cuts
and blows. 1t seems that Mr.. Sutton
had said something in his paper that
had offended Shaw. A suit for SO, GOO
damages will probably be begun by the
editor.
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