Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17
News In General.

Brown City firemen are recognizing.
Port Huron has 20 saloons this
year.
Algonac hotels are opening for the
season.
The new elevator at Brown City is
completed.
The Port Huron gold cure institute
has eight patients.
There will be ten graduates from the
Marlette school this year.
st. Clair has now first class restau-
rant, Il long felt want supplied.
Arthur Vanorman, of Brockway, is
building house in Port Huron.
Port Huron city band willhelp Lake
port citizens to celebrate July 4th.
About dozen of Port Huron people
have left in body to visit Europe.
+. G. Recor. of st. Clair, is erecting
two story brick block in that city.
The citizens yachting association, of
Detroit, will have races at Algonac
July 4.
During the month of May 1851 inn
migrants entered the Uuited States at
Port Huron.
Burglars are numerous III Port HUI
ron at present. Many petty thefts are
being reported.
Michael Kelly has been foreman in
Sheldon's tannery at st. Clair for 43
years. A good record.
Thos. Simmons, an old resident of
Goodland, recently choked to death
while eating his supper.
A new sect calling themselves the
"Children of God" are becoming quite
numerous in the county.
A Sunday School convention is to be
held ut Grant Centre Saturday, June
18th for organizing Il township associa-
ton.
The Oakland & Somerville Hotels at
st. Clair are fast becoming full this
season. The Oakland has already over
90 guests.
The graduates of the Marine City
high school will now be admitted TO
the University of Michigan without
examination.
The races at Port Huron last week
were very successful. The next ones
will be held July 1 when 81 900 in
purses will be given.
John Adams was seriously injured
in Port Huron on Monday by getting
his head caught between two dumping
coal buckets at the coal dock.
Frank Lamotte, of Port Huron, while
drunk, has beaten his wife so it is fear
ed she will not recover. She has en-
dured rough treatment from him for
l3 years.
Ten charcoal kilns have been built
near Calkins, on the Gladwin branch
of the NJ. G.. X. r., where 1000 cords
of wood are cut ready for converting
into charcoal.
Two young men were fishing near
Mayville recently when one of them
fell out of the boat and WAS drowned.
His name was Merton Harris and he
leaves wife and one child.
w. III. Acker, of Richmond, is buy
ing wool this season at New Haven,
Adair, Richmond, Memphis, Emmett,
Yale, Brown City, Burnside, Decker
VILE, Jeddo and Sand Beach.
Burglars entered Frank Wolfstyn' S
house in Port Huron and when Mr..
Wolfstyn got after them, shot him in
the arm. Two suits of clothes, one
containing 800 in cash, which was taken
from the house, were dropped in an
other door yard.
On account of Military and Seventh
st. bridges in Port Huron being so often
blocked by teams crossing on II walk
it has been ordered that people may
drive as fast on the bridges as on the
streets. Heretofore there has been II
50 fine for driving faster than walk.
4 sad bereavement occurred in
Armada last week in the death of
Capt. Ii. Barrows, one of the towns
oldest and most highly respected citi-
zens, who died Sunday, June 5, also in
the death of his only daughter who
died the day previous. The double
funeral was held on Wednesday and
the town is in great mourning.