Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-16
General News.


Port Huron police made fifty-five
arrests during January.
Two Port Huron boys have been ar.
rested as chicken thieves.
st. Clair would like society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals.
Charlie Graves, of Vassar, has put
u new jewelry store in at Brown City
The friends of VIM. F. Bacon, of St
Clair, will have him sent to the insane
asylum.
st. Clair is having an epidemic OF
scarlet fever. All the schools have
been closed.
Mt. Clemens can have cracker fac
tory to employ 10 or II hands if she
puts up 81 900.
Mrs. w. F. Praker, for twenty-nint
years a resident of Capac, died last
week Thursday.
f. NJ. Thatcher, a Chicago lawyer
will succeed to d. c. Walkers law
business in Capac.
Sixteen new members were taker
into the M. E. church at Brown City
recently on probation.
William Fox, of Mayville, met with
an untimely death by being kicked in
the stomach by horse.
Steps will be taken to build another
school house in Port Huron. More
room is needed for the scholars.
A large amount of business property
was recently destroyed by fire at La
peer, the work of an incendiary.
The Renommee Dramatic Company
of Brown City, played "Out in the
Streets" at North branch last Friday
night.
The station hotel at Lenox burned
last week with loss of about 5000,
insurance $500. Lovejoy & Allen own
ed the building.
Great interest has been manifested
at recent revival meetings held in
Mayville and many souls have been
led into the right way.
The high school in Port Huron will
have ali elaborate program on the
evening of February Dist for the cele-
bration of Washington's birthday.
Rev. p. Loughran, of Hastings, has
been appointed to the charge of the
Catholic church at Kenockee to fill
vacancy caused by Rev. FIR. Lynch's
death.
A colored man by the name of Rod
ney, of Port Huron, has been gradually
changing color until last fall he was
just about as white as any one. Now
he is turning dark again.
S. l.. Merriam, Port Huron's mayor
will remove from that city and with
his family locate in the south, on &C.
count of his poor health. Mr.. Merriam
has made a good mayor and will be
missed.
Two large barns belonging to Frank
Booth, of Attica township, near INLAY
City, were burned to the ground las
week, with Ga sheep, 40 tons of hay
and farming implements. Supposed tC
be the work of tramps.
John Stolliker, of near Sanilac Cen
tire, was tail-sawing in mill when by
accident he was thrown directly upon
the circular saw and nearly cut in two
the saw penetrating his left side to hi:
lung. 1t is probable that he will die.
w. f. Davidson, of Port Huron, will
sue the Detroit Evening News fol
900 damages on account of untruth
full and sensational reports sent to the
News by the Port Huron reporter and
published. concerning Mr.. ID. and Other
citizens.
A girl baby, two or three days old
was left by unknown persons at the
front door OF the Johnson House in
INLAY City, one cold morning last week
There is no clue to its parentage. Mr.
and Mrs. John j. Newman are caring
for the child.
The Mt. Clemens Monitor offers a
years subscription free to that paper
for anyone who will send the name of
the Oldest resident of Macomb county.
The Romeo Observer gives the name of
Mrs. Susan Perry, who is go years old
and hasresided in the county SO years.
Charles Baer, Port Huron's we'll
known capitalist, has been arrested
upon the charge, "Breach of promise
to marry and seduction and procuring
the fraudulent marriage of the plaintiff
to third person. Mrs. Amelia Roll
Rebeke is the woman in the case and
she sues for $4,000.
The large clothing store and tailor
shop belonging to G. M. IL w. A. Old
field at Port Sanilac, was destroyed by
fire one nightrecently. Loss on stock
$4,000; insurance $500. The books
and records of village clerk, township
treasurer, the l. 0. f. lodge and the
library of the young mems reading
room were also destroyed. Total loss
about $1,000. The fire is mystery
Hard work was required to save the
rest of the town.
The scamps who have been commit.
ting burglaries in Port Huron so mum.
erously of late were recently run down
and captured in Sarnia, where they
were locked up. Upon their removal
from the city lookup to the county
jail they managed to escape and have
not been recaptured. Detective Buck
eridge, of Port Huron, is much dis
gusted over it. Watches, rings, pins,
ETC., had been taken from the rascals
One of them belonged to a gang which
had been setting fire to Sarnia houses.