Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06
General News.

There are so colored people IN Port
Huron.
The Croswell fair was a financial
success.
The Armada fair last week scored
another success.
Several Sarnia citizens are taking the
gold cure in Port Huron.
There are quite a number of cases of
diphtheria In Port Huron.
The Port Huron car shops have
again started up with GO additional
men.
There are over twenty six hundred
students in attendance at the Port
Huron schools.
The Oakland house, st. Clair has
been closed for the winter, the first
time in seven years.
Two men were arrested last week in
Marine City for horse stealing in Mt
Clemens where they were taken.
Articles of association of the Marine
City Wheelmen' S association have been
filed. The capital stock is 81 800.
The Hospital and Home, Port Huron
has filed articles of association with
the county clerk. There are II men,
bers.
Horatio Pratt, at one time editor OF
the Croswell Democrat, now has charge
of the editorial department of the
Daily News, Ashland, Wis.
1t is said some fine farms could now
| be made east of Sanilac Centre as the
swamp there has burned over and
| from 6 to II inches of the muck is now
in ashes.
Z. B. Taylor, of Port Huron, who
has been in the planning mill business
for the past - years, has sold out his
interest and gone for trip to the
| Pacific coast.
John Dilworth, ST.. an old and highly
respected citizen OF Columbus, died
last week of acute paresls. The father,
mother and son have all died within
a few months.
Fire in the Lynn marsh last week
destroyed numerous stacks of hay,
most of which belonged to parties in
Capac. The loss amounts 20 several
hundred dollars.
Tunnel City Five were lately sur.
prised by a visit from some knights of
the lunp ell City tent who presented
the ladies' with two dozen regulation
badges as a gift from the tent.
John Mcdonald, of Port Huron, has
been arrested accused of setting fire
, - Rev. VIM. Simmons house, in his
absence, the nn,nuse being totally DIES.
troyed together with SI,our worth OF
books.
A house owned and occupied by Ezra
TORY, of Armada, vas totally destroy
ed by fire last week with most its con-
tents. Loss about $1,000. Insured.
The origin of the fire is complete
mystery.
Articles of association of new cor
poration at Port Huron have been filed
with the county clerk. The new COM
pany will be known as the Anderson
Cart d Carriage Co. The works will
soon be started up with a full force of
men.
A big fire at Marlette recently wiped
Peck Opera house Taggart's drugs tore
and an Office. The fire originated in
the opera house, caused by an explosion
of lamp. The loss is considerable to
all parties, partially covered by in
surance.
Hattie Corbishley, of Port Huren,
tration for some time. While teach
ing school in Duluth, an insane woman
entered the building and slashed and
hacked the janitor in horrible man
ner with II knife. She then entered
Miss Corbishley's room, who managed
to evade the woman, but her nerves
had received such terrible shock
that she was obliged to give up her
school.
A plucky woman is Mrs. VIM. Wells,
of Marine City. A drunken man tried
to gain admittance to her house at
night. The man was told that if he
did not leaye she would shoot him, he,
however commenced to batter the door
when Mrs. Wells shot through the
door but with no effect in making him
leave. She shot once more, the ball
penetrating his forehead, ploughing
through the scalp across the top of his
head. The william was arrested and
put in the lookup until the prosecuting
attorney was notified, who ordered his
release.