Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-24

General News.

Port Huron.
Rev. Jerome. of Croswell, goes TO
Florida in search of health.
A Patrons of Industry store has been
established at Riley Centre.
A society has been organized in Port
Huron called Daniels Band"
The postoffice at Wadhams was quite
badly damaged by fire last week.
Tive children of Joseph Kimoall. of
Romeo, died last week Of diphtheria.
The out look is quite bright for fairs
to be held in Sand Beach in the flu
ture.
A movement is on foot to establish a
lodge of the order of Elks in Port
Huron.
Bell +. Barry, Fargo citizen has
had paralytic stroke, but is some inn
proved.
Mrs. Joseph Kirkham, of Almont,
is 60 years old and cutting teeth for
the third time.
There will be some sport in Capac if
people continue to take fish from Mud
Lake with spears.
There are q number of cases of diph-
liberia in Mt. Clemens two of which
have proved fatal.
Mr.. and Mrs. OBJ. j. Atkinson are
in Florida, where Mr.. Atkinson owns
an extensive orange grove.
The Huron County Farmers Insti-
tute held in Bad Axe last week was
most interesting and well attended.
The engine room in Perkins & Co.'S.
stave mill, New Baltimore, was recent
ly destroyed by fire with loss of 81 900.
A bull dog bit two Capac livery
horses about the legs so badly that
they had to be laid up for some time.
Chas. Hudson, of Thornton, will
give up his blacksmith business and go
into the hotel business in Port Huron.
Levi wager, of Lynn, who has only
just recovered from the effects of cut
ting his foot, has now cut the other
one.
| Mud Lake, near Capac, has been a
scene of great sport lately, enormous
quantities of fish being taken from the
spot.
The Lady Maccabees of Richmond
and Armada have visited each other
frequently during the fine sleighing
this winter.
An attempt is being made in Rich
mond to start a stock company for the
manufacture of the Stoddard lock and
other articles.
Mrs. Catherine Schultz, nurse in
Port Huron, has invented and patented
q convertible chair. A few years ago
she invented a fire escape.
Lexington's old school buildings
have been donated to the Sanilac
county Ag'l society to be used as a
floral hall, grand stand etc.
The Croswell Democrat entered up
on its l4th year last week. The Demo-
crat is first class paper for all its on
the wrong side of the fence.
Mrs. King, of Capac, wants $500
damages from that village claiming to
haye received serious injuries by fall.
ing on a defective sidewalk.
JAY Mattesot,, of Armada, while
scuffling, dislocated his elbow and
broke one OF the bones. He will not
scuffle again for several months.
A genuine case of faith cure is re-
ported near Marlette. Mrs. Manly
Rogers claims to have been cured from
a long illness by the prayers of several
Mennonite elders.
Gen. Hartsuf fell on some smooth
| ice at his home in Port Huron last
week and injured himself considerably.
He was on the point of starting for
Florida for few months trip but had
to defer his journey.
Jim Grinnell, who has been employ
ed in st. Clair barber shop for some
months, has lately skipped out, taking
with him from his employers shop
everything needful to start in business
for himself.
There will be three race meetings
held in Port Huron the coming season.
The first on June 6, Z, s and Q. The
second on July 3, and 4. The third on
September 5, 6, and s. 1t is not yet
decided whether fair will be held or
not.
George II. Kidder, for several years
a citizen Of INLAY City, died at his
home February Is. The direct cause
of his death was q fall which he re-
ceived about two weeks before when
he was picked up unconscious. Mr..
Kidder was carpenter, member of
the Masons and Maccabees.
Capt. Andrew Mckenzie, formerly
of Sanilac county, committed murder
twelve years ago acting in self defense,
and was sent to prison for life. At the
time of the affair Mckenzie was with
his boat at Buffalo. One of the men
violently attacked him for some cause
and the Capt. knocked him down with
an iron bar instantly killing him.
Hardly knowing what he did the Capt.
threw the body in the water and hid
all the effects belonging to the man.
Several efforts have been made to have
him pardoned but none have been
successful until recently Arthur NJ.
Clark, of Lexington, has succeeded in
securing pardon for the unfortunate
man, who will soon return to Michigan.
He had always led an honest, upright
life and was highly respected before
the offense. 1t is supposed he will re-
ceive warm welcome from his old
friends.