Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
General News.

eiuCc 1000, uleu idSJ Wcek.
The young people of Minden City
Will SOON produce u drama.
Ira F. Pratt, a prominent business
man OF Romeo, died Jan. 20.
The Dryden school is closed on ac-
count of prevailing scarlet fever.
1t is very probable that Port Huron
and Fort Gratiot will soon be one.
VIVA. Sutherland, of Richmond, has
been taken to the Pontiac asylum.
It. Clemens BARRIERS are petitioning
for the Sabbath closing of their shops.
The Port Huron Guards have orga-
nized social club, called the Canteen
club.
Port Huron has between 5000 and
1900 taxpayers of which about 800 are
women.
A brick store at Richmond belonging
to b. r. Doty, has been sold at public
auction.
a petition will be circulated in Mar
lette bearing upon the erection of "a
town hall.
John T. Brink has sold his livery
business at Capac to Ed. Dickson, OF
INLAY City.
John Nj. Robertson, of Algonac,
recently distributed 5z pairs of shoes
among the poor people.
The Marlette Leader has placed in
its office new Franklin typewriter and
now all hands are happy.
There are no cases OF diphtheria in
CrOswell at the present tune. The
schools have been re-opened.
The Northeastern District Medical
society held its 4lst annual meeting
in Port Huron last Thursday.
George Beach, st. Glars inhuman
wife beater, will appear before the
circuit court under S0JU bonds.
The recent calico ball held i'll Port
Huron for the benent of the Hospital
and Home realized IL proht of about
S4UO.
The Port Huron Engine and Thresh-
er Co. have done great business dur
ing the past year. he sum of 1888 ,30I.
~ was paid for labor alone.
William Elliott, 20 year old son of
II. Il. Elliott, of the Roberts House, at
oanilac Centre, was accidentally shot
in the leg while out hunting recently.
J. IL. Bantill, of Capac, will next
summer cut up large quantities of pine
stumps into wood for the engine room
OF MS mill, doing the work IN the saw
mill.
Geo. F. Howse, living in Canada, a
brother of the editor OF the Brown City
banner, took a dose OF llnlmentrecent-
ly, mlstaklng 1t tor cough medicine. lie
barely escaped with MS life.
e.. III. Slocum, of the Caro- Democrat
has been sued for $4,000 tor alleged
libel supposed to have been publlsned
du.ilg the recent Campaign against
the snerlu of IuscOla county.
Prof. Crawford, OF the Richmond
schools, will present Il dictionary wortn
$40 10 the member OF the graduating
class who receives the hlgnesG stand
ing on teachers examination THIS year.
Nellie Coptain, of Lapeer, has had
Fred Mckenzie, advance agent OF tnI
~ hltney Falnlly's snow, arrested
charging him with being the fatner uI
her enid. MchenZie declares ms IN
nocenCe.
julius Harmed, of Port Huron, threw
nls wlte and baby out OF doors III the
ram and heavy WIND. Ine m.n w4s
ngntng drunk bu mas PROMISED
slgn the pledge and his wire has gone
back 20 hlnI.
Robert Wall, Joseph Ferreber,
Alex. Mckenzie, Walter Marks, Frank
newell, Chas. McNeIll, Albert De,
ridge and Jonn Gurskl, nave declared
tnelr intentions OF becoming clIlzens ".
Cne United states.
1t has been discovered by his wife
that Chas. sullivan, OF Port huron,
has two other wives living, one in 81.
Clair and another III 81. homas, Ont.
neither of whom have been divorced.
Sullivan has been arrested.
A terrible blizzard ragged about
Houghton on Friday, with the Their
mometer registering from SO,to ~ de-
grees below zero. The copper mines
are shut down for lack of fuel and
the stamp mills for lack of rock. 1t is
the worst storm known in that section
of the county in Il quarter ola century.
The snow drifts are as high as the tops
of passenger coaches.
Fate seems to be going against "Little
Jake" Seligman, of saginaw. On
Thursday Jake connected the name of
E. Reinheimer, of Pontiac, with that
of Mrs. Seligman from whom he is
seeking divorce Reinhelmer, who
was present, slapped Seligman in the
face and threw HIM out into q snow
bank. Seligman has had Il warrant
issued for Reinheimer's arrest.
An old L. 5. Patent was recorded in
the register of deeds office on Monday.
1t was government deed of 40 acres
of land in the township of Kenockee
20 Harry Abbott, private in a Massa.
chussett's company in the war 1872,
and afterwards assigned to Lawrence
.OLaughlin. The patent is printed on
parchment, is dated 1854 and is signed
by Franklin Pierce, President of the
United States. Mr.. O'Laughlin died
last week and the document was found
among his effects.