Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-11-27
County Column.

In district No. 5, Clyde, school is be-
ing held in a private house.
August Korth, of Capac, raised ,l25
bushels of turnips this year.
Port Huron will probably be divided
into s or 10 wards before long.
Twenty-four carloads of hay were
shipped from Avoca last week.
w. w. Bridges, of Detroit, will open
Il jewelry store in Marine City.
John Il. Oakum, of the township of
Burtchville, has become insane.
ST. Stephens church and school at
Port Huron will be heated by steam.
A lodge of the Accumulative Frater-
nifty has been organized in Port Huron.
ID. Hilliker, of Thornton, has sold
his farm and will reside in Port Huron.
+. b. Thatcher, Marine City's marble
dealer, is talking of moving to Port
Huron.
Rev. w. b. Willard, of ST. Clair, is
giving a series of sermons on the Lord s
Prayer.
VIM. Gibson, of East China, was late
ly kicked by "a COW and quite severely
| bruised.
Mr.. Presley, of Goodells, was recent
ly struck by a freight train and instant
! ly killed.
James Banfill, jr., of Capac, is laid
up with sore foot caused by running
a nail in it.
Port Huron is having numerous new
fire hydrants placed in different parts
of the city.
Elevator men are being greatly IN
convenienced by the shortage of cars
in Port Huron.
Adair people think they need sta
ton in place of the platform which
they now have.
Fort Gratiot is trying to dispose of its
water works system to the Grand Trunk
Railway Company.
Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of
the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. c..
Pomeroy, of Capac.
The Herald Publishing Company
will commence the publication of u
daily about May LIST.
Charles Gates, of Emmett township,
planted large potatoes this season
and harvested 1 bushels.
The Glover Leaf Club, of st. Clair,
gave their first grand ball of the season
at the Oakland last evening.
+. j. Kendall, of Port Huron, will
publish wages table book for the con-
venience of sailors and others.
Willard Mckay, the young Marine
City mesmerist, is giving exhibitions of
his powers in different places.
The receipts from the Baptist church
fair, bazaar and supper held i'll st. Clair
last week amounted to S256.62.
An opening ball is to be given at the
National hotel, Memphis, Dec. 4th, by
the new proprietor, j. +. Inman.
jim Farwell, the man who brutally
assaulted little Maude Scott, has Jump
ed his bail and cannot be found.
A meeting was held in Port Huron
last Saturday to effect the organization
of county Horticultural Society.
A Sunday school convention was
held i'll Smiths Creek on Saturday
when an interesting time was spent.
The Carleton store, on Water Street,
Port Huron, is being fitted up as no.
tel, to be called "The Merchants Ho-
tel"
A very large cinnamon bear was pass
ed by the customs officers at Port Hur-
on last week. 1t goes to Des Moines,
Iowa.
The fifth anniversary of the Marine
City Presbyterian church occurred last
Saturday. Appropriate services were
held on Sunday.
James Caldwell, of Fort Gratiot, re-
Gently whipped little girl living in his
house until she was unconscious. 1t il
feared she will die.
The members of the Athletic Club
of work lately Many are the bloody
noses and big bumps received.
A noted horse thief has been captur.
ed at Marine City. His late operations
have been performed in Reed City,
Owosso, Flint, Port Huron, st. Clair
and Marine City.
The Port Huron X. o. T. NJ. band
has been boycotted by all the German
societies in the city on account of that
band disappointing the German Aid
Society at picnic.
An appropriation of $40, 900 for the
further Improvement of Black river nj
Port Huron, has been recommended
by General Poe, and will be presented
, TO Congress next month.
A road running through the Hillikel
farm at Thornton has lately been taken
up and Thornton people are wroth, as
they will be obliged to go Il longer dis.
lance to reach the railroad.
Geo. w. Nelles, who has been freight
agent for the q. Il. and c. q G.. II. R'y
in Port Huron for the last five years
has been removed to Muskegon, where
he has the same office for the same
/, company.
The Cooley-Gould manufacturing
company has been organized in Port
Huron and will erect a three story
: building where they will manufacture
: organs, mantels, burial Baskets and
special furniture.
Mrs. Christina Flagg, of Lakeport
, has been awarded $1,000 damage,
against the Chicago, Detroit d Canada
| Grand Trunk junction R'y company
. for injuries received on the depot
= grounds in Fort Gratiot in 1891.
50 900 has been subscribed in st. Clail
for the purpose of building a batl