Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-05-04
General News.

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closed for the season.
Richmond citizens have decided t.
enlarge and improve their cemetery.
Romeo bicyclists have arranged 9
lantern parade for Saturday evening
There is talk of building three new
brick blocks ut Capac the coming sum
mer.
Romeo is contemplating thepurchas
ing of team of horses for village
work.
| Thompson Bros, of st. Clair, shipped
5000 barrels of salt to Chicago las
week.
! An Epworth League society was or
gained last week by the NJ. K. church
at Capac.
A civil service examination takes
place at the customs house, Port Hu.
ron, on May II.
Port Huron Police Commission have
refused to accept Chief of Police Stod
dard's resignation.
Romeo is being afflicted with tramps
lately. From three to six occupy the
village Jail each night.
John III. Brabb, OF Romeo, President
of the First National bank, died last
week at the age of 70 years.
The passenger conductors recently
suspended on the Grand Trunk line,
have all four been re-instated.
On May 25th Sells Bros circus will
exhibit in Port Huron, on the corner
of Chestnut and Eleventh streets.
Chicago & Grand Trunk passenger
trains will hereafter run no farther
into Port Huron than the tunnel depot.
Teachers in the city schools of Port
Huron are talking of giving a recep-
ton and banquet to county teachers
May 18th.
A little Richmond girl was knocked
down by bicycle rider on the side.
walk the other evening and seriously
injured.
Fire destroyed the cheese factory at
Croswell, last week, owned by John ii.
Murdaugh. Loss about 50 900; insured
for 81 400.
A house belonging to George Wilds,
south of Lexington, was destroyed by
fire while the family were all absent.
No insurance.
Charles Conat, aged q years, flag
man at Richmond, died last week of
pneumonia. He held 81 900 insurance
in the Foresters lodge.
II. Egabroad, editor of the Sebewa-
ing Blade, died recently at the age of
II years. Deceased was we'll known
among Michigan publishers.
John Demhoff, of Marine City, has,
it is reported, new born Jersey calf,
black and white, the black spots being
wool like sheep and the white spots
hair.
j. X. Burgess, of Port Huron, has
invented heating and cooking stoye
which only burns one-half the fuel
and throws out twice the heat of or
binary stoves.
Marlette finds it has to do one of
two things, either build a larger school
building or dispose of some of the
surplus kids. The town hasn't de-
cided the question yet.
A barber shop at Lenox was burg
larized last week of nearly all its tools.
Suspicion rests on w. II. Bowen, q
tramp barber from Port Huron, who
will be arrested when found.
A male mulatto child was found in
a basket near the Oakland house, st.
Clair, last week, nearly dead from ex-
posture. The mother of the child has
been found to be white woman.
The customs department seized over
$500 worth of lace curtains last week
from DR.. Dixon, Of Alpena who claims
that he was moving ard that they were
a part of his household goods The
officials did not believe him.
There are IA liquor dealers in st.
Clair county, l2S of whom took out
full licenses the past year. The total
amount of tax collected was S54 ,940.33,
about 200 more than was ever col |
lected IN any one year before.
Patrick j. Breen, of Emmett, has
commenced $4,000 suit against the
G. d G. Il. R'y Co. While employed |
by the company in 1892, Mr.. Breen lost
an arm and lately modification has set
in on the stump and he now lies at the
point of death.
Wildman Mills, of Croswell, who has
been ailing some time, suffered from n
paralytic stroke last week and it is |
feared he will notrecover. Later-Mr. |
Mills died Tuesday evening. lie was |
one of the popular men OF Sanilac Co.
and once ran for Governor of Michigan |
on the Peoples ticket.
A little boy named Randall was kill |
ed by the electric cars in Port Huron |
on Thursday of last week. He was |
playing in the street with dog and |
started across the track Just as the car |
was upon him. At the inquest held |
the jury brought in verdict that the |
boys death was accidental.
Mrs. G. B. Hubbard, of Marysville, |
attempted suicide some time ago, be- |
cause she wasn't allowed to become an |
actress. She appeared in Wonderland |
last week and captured the audience
with her singing. She has now an
engagement with Ten Nights in
Bar room Company and will carry out
her ambition of becoming an actress.
Bucklen's Arnica SaIve.