Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-20
General News.

| ldSl week.
Capac has 10 nonresident pupils in
its school.
The Sand Beach p&ces were tinan-
cial failure.
The Capac Agricultural society has
337 members.
The creamery at Almont will soon
be put in operation.
Lexington's new postmaster is John
Bell. Peck's, A. Toal.
The Catholic church at Columbus
will be dedicated Oct. 30.
The Board of Supervisors were pho
tographed last week Friday.
Margaret Walker, of Kenockee will
be sent to the insane asylum.
Many vessels. went ashore during the
storm on the lakes last Saturday.
Friedrich Stern, an Inlay City farmer,
recently committed suicide by hanging.
1t is reported that big seizure of
struggled goods will soon be made by
the customs officials.
Victoria Hall, at Sarnia, was set on
fire last week, causing loss of several
thousand dollars.
All of the Marlette school teachers
excepting the principal went to the
Chicago Fair last week.
The large saw mills of II. r. Hazel
ton, at Washington, Macomb county,
were destroyed by fire last week.
An award for table salt on exhibition
at the Worlds fair was given the
Diamond Crystal Salt Co. st Clair.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. Pearsall, of Coleman,
lost their baby recently by the child
falling into boiler of scalding water.
J. Sturdevan, Sndth's Creek farmer,
while digging a we'll struck oil. He
claims he would rather have found
water.
Will Law, of Elnnet, and Ed. Nc
Kinnan, of Avoca, have engaged in the
painting and granting business in Port
Huron.
Miss Lena, eldest daughter of Editor
Marvin, of the Utica Sentinel, was
married recently to ii. X. Mason, of
Ypsilanti.
John Meter, a pioneer of st. Clair
county, living near st. Clair, died last
week aged y years. A wife and
twelve children are left.
Jos. Griffin and family, of Brown
} City, hayed moved to Valley Centre,
where Mr.. Griffin has position as
miller in the flour mills.
A freight car loaded with stone on
the G.. q G.. T. R'y. broke in two at
| Thornton last week and came near
t derailing the entire train.
While Bert Spencer, of Inlay City,
, was sinking large rock, 1T fell upon
, him crushing his legs, one of which
will have to be amputated.
{ 1t is proposed to place in the circuit
court room life sized portraits of all the
men who have served as circuit judges
! since the county was organized.
Frank Parish, of Port Huron, has
J been arrested on charge of being an
accomplice of Chas. Ford, who is in
Detroit Jail for robbing the mails.
/ While workmen were digging q sewer
in st. Clair last week, the wall of the
ditch suddenly caved in and one man
, narrowly escaped being buried in the
dirt.
There have been Is st. Clair county
people sent to the insane asylum dur
ing the past year. Twelve are still
there, FIVE are discharged and one
dead.
Sulphuric acid was thrown into the
face of man named Gleason, at
Capac recently, and he was terribly
burned. Said that the assailant is
Richard Powers.
Mary Jungbluth, of Germany aged
AZ, arrived in Detroit last week where
she was met by G.. A. Schmidt, of
Adair, aged 40, and the couple were
married the next day.
The Oakland House, st. Clair, has
been sold to syndicate of capitalists
from Chicago, Detroit and other cities,
who will form club to be composed
of about 1000 members from all parts
of the country.
Two young kids from Marine City
made up their minds to go to the
Worlds fair without the permission of
their parents. They started with about
$50 between them but were headed off
at Detroit and sent home.
A while ago Allen Brown and Hiram
Graham of Berville, were friends. Last
! week they quarreled over some barbed
wire and Brown called Graham q liar
, and was knocked down for it. Now
Graham has Brown arrested.
A special train was wrecked at
! Helena near Sand Beach last week by
colliding with two cows. The fireman
Albert Daw was scalded about the limbs
and cut on the head. The engineer
was also hurt and the passengers
Y shaken up. The engine was left lying
!, in the ditch until Sunday when it was
taken to the shops.
|, About one o'clock Tuesday morning
2 fire was discovered in LAWYERS we'll
4 known livery stable in Port Huron.
. The flames snread ranidlv and II uae
3 with some difficulty that all the horses
t were saved. The whole stock of car
{ riages, coaches, cutters and harness
2 was destroyed with exception of three
| buggies. 1t is not known what caused
the fire. Loss fully $4,000 with
small insurance. The building was
one of the oldest in the city, part of it
being once used by the Congregation
alistS 40 n church