Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27
General News.

500 day.
There are 10000 lady Maccabees in
this country.
Avoca Presbyterians are talking of
building church.
Croswell cheese received the prize
at the Worlds fair.
The receipts of the Capac fair
amounted to 81 ,276.43.
The Sanilac County Republican has
resumed its regular size.
Mrs. Simon Langell, resident of
st. Clair since 1868, died last week.
A first class orchestra of local musi-
clans has been organized at Croswell.
The soldiers monument arrived in
Port Huron last Saturday on eight
cars.
An Epworth League society has been
formed in the NJ. +. church, Carson
VILE.
Lapeer hopes the school for the
feeble minded will be located at that
place.
Cass City people are discussing the
ACCESSIBILITY of putting in an electric
light system.
The Port Huron Sub-district meeting
of the NJ. p. church has been held in
Capac this week.
The F. & p. NJ. R'y will shortly re-
sumo its two train day service on the
Almont division.
Wilbur Patton, of Almont, has grown
sweet potatoes and peanuts this season
with good success.
The cars which were wrecked and
burned near Battle Greek, were taken
to Port Huron on Sunday.
John Brown, Il prosperous farmer of
China for the past forty two years,
died last week aged "A years.
The Brown City creamery has been
leased to Henry A. Bell, of Bay City,
who will take possession Nov. lst.
David Harris, brakeman in the tun-
mel yard got his right arm smashed
from the elbow down while coupling
cars.
Mrs. A. Worden, of Fort Gratiot
township, was severely hurt by Il street
car running into her buggy and throw
ing her out.
Mrs. 5. Aldrich, of Capac, lost her
pocketbook last week between her
home and the depot. She was starting
for Chicago.
A five year old child of Mr. and Mrs.
p. Sullivan, of Minden City, was
severely scalded by falling into a dish
pan of boiling water.
d. E. Bottomley, of Capac, poured
some kerosene oil on u bed of Goals to
start his fire, when he was severely
burned by Il small explosion.
c. S. Warns new house in Lynn
township was recently destroyed by
fire. Loss 500. 800. VIM.
Cooley occupied the building.
Laura Moore, daughter of the pub
Usher of the st. Clair Republican. now
has charge of the local work and bus
mess management of that paper.
The G. & G.. T. R'y has leased a num-
Der of coaches from the +. d p. NJ.
R'y to use in transporting its passen-
gers TO and from the Worlds Fair.
A tramp broke into the depot at
Minden City the other night and built
fire to make himself comfortable, it
is supposed. Nothing was disturbed.
John McGregor, brakeman on the
Air Line, had his right arm badly
crushed while coupling cars at Armada
last week. His home is in Port Huron.
The project for building new court
house has fallen through, Port Huron
aldermen not agreeing upon any
proposition to make the supervisors.
Burglars are thick at Armada.
Someone entered the general store of
L. ID. Lathrop d Son one night last
week and helped himself to numerous
articles.
A Marlette girl walking home on the
railroad track, met a tramp who insist
ed on taking possession of her pocket
book. Her screams brought assistance
and the tramp fled.
Edward Poole, of Sanilac Centre,
convicted of the charge of seduction,
will spend the next two years at the
Iona House of Correction. Poole is
twenty eight years of age.
The Worlds fair will formally close
Oct. 81 but will be re-opened Nov.
and the gates kept open as long as
any money is made. 1t will take at
least three months to strip the build
ings of their contents.
Mrs. John Harrison, of Tuscola, was
recently burned to death by her
clothes catching fire from n stove.
About a year ago she had been badly
burned from the same stove and q few
years ago her mother met her death
in q similar manner.
Patrick Casey and man named
Brandon, of Emmett, while drunk,
entered the house of Mrs. Rynd, in
Emmett, and attempted an assault up
on the feeble old lady. She was quite
badly injured, Casey was arrested and
taken to Port Huron where he will be
tried.
Auction bills printed on short notice