Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-22
News In General.

in Armada July 20.
Only few vacant houses are to be
found in Port Huron.
Capac wants its business men to sub
scribe for street sprinkler.
The Port Huron Engine and Thresher
Works employ over 200 men.
The Simpson park camp meeting will
be held at Romeo Aug. to IA.
No addition will be built to the city
! hall in Port. Huron as proposed.
Over 100 names are enrolled at the
teachers institute at Lexington.
Croswell boys are making nuisances
of themselves by bathing in sight of
people.
Wordens roller process flour mill
has been moved from Falcon toNalley
| Centre.
About 100000 pounds of wool has
been bought and shipped from Port
| Huron this season.
O. A. Tuck, of Detroit, will locate in
Brown City with stock of gents fur
nishings and notions.
Edward Cutcher, of Belle River,
died last week of creeping paralysis,
at the age of So years.
The cost of supporting st. Clair
county poor for the quarter ending
July LIST was S4,046.l4.
Mrs. C. Roberts has been appointed
postmaster at Roberts Landing, III place
of w. &. Roberts, deceased.
Four children of III. T. Rood, of
China township, have died within the
last five weeks, of diphtheria.
With a large amount of time, labor
and money expended, Capac people
now can be proud of their good roads.
w. l.. Mathews, of Marlette, offers
his flour mills, oat and pea mills,
elevator, cooper shops and warerooms
for sale.
Burglars secured a large amount of
plumber from Martin Bros store and
VIM. Changers tailor shop in Port HUI
ron last week.
Bina West has organized hive of
Lady Maccabees at Beryille with "a
charter members who call themselves
starlight hive"
The Grand Trunk and Chicago q
Grand Trunk railways have oyer 900
men in their employ i'll Port Huron
and Fort Gratiot.
The young ladies of the NJ. +. church
at Lexington have raised oyer $50 this
year for pastors salary, home mission
and church debt.
Napoleon Roberts, of Port Huron,
has become insane and been taken to
the asylum, where it is expected he
will soon recover.
Port Huron citizens are busy trying
to find site for the soldiers monu-
ment which Mr.. Bachelor, of Saginaw
willed $4,000 for.
The farm team of Geo. Frantz, of
Capac, ran away with the moving ma
chine, breaking the machine and in
juring one horse badly.
The celebrated whaling barque Pro-
gress of New Bedford which will be
on exhibition at the Worlds fair, pass
ed Port Huron last week.
QuaiPs elevator ut Croswell caught
fire from the engine of a train passing
but quick aid extinguished the flames
before much damage was done.
Hugh Pagan who has been employ
ed by George Henry at Lexington for
10 years, has bought farm at Sanilac
With last weeks issue the Capac
Journal opened its sixth year. The
Journal Is prosperous, gives its town a
good paper and we are glad to note it.
Disputes arose among the members
of the Sand Beach band in reference
to the leaders salary, when the said
leader withdrew and Sand Beach is
without an organized band.
The Albion House at Port Huron is
closed. The proprietor refused to pay
his license and skipped, the rent be-
came due and the furniture has been
removed on a chattel mortgage.
James Macklem, and Lora Huckins
of Lexington got into quarrel when
Huckins struck Macklem with crow
bar. 1t is reported that Macklem has
died from the effects of the blow.
A three year old boy, son of A. Memo,
of st. Clair, fell off the dock into the
river, when Newfoundland dog,
belonging to the family, Immediately
jumped in and brought the boy to
land.
The man who robbed several stores
in Port Huron, the depots at Jeddo
and Croswell and n jewelry store and
restaurant at Minden, has been cap
tured by Port Huron police. His name
IL Chas. Norman, wire fence agent,
so years of age and has a family in
Toronto. A quantity of plumber was
found in his room at the Germania
house.
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