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ton, died last week.
William Lewis, of Mt. Salem, is re-
ported to be insane.
ID. Mericle is talking of building n
new hotel at Avoca.
The Gamble House at Brown City is
now open and ready for business.
The Sherman Company s new county
directory is about ready for delivery.
Mrs. Amelia Wolfe, of Port Huron,
has been sent TO the Pontiac asylum.
1t is reported that w. X. Mason will
start morning newspaper in Port
Huron.
The band boys at Brown City will
give grand ball on the evening of
| November 30.
| Port Huron consumes about 500 bar
rels of kerosene oil monthly for light
ing purposes.
The Ladies Quintette, of Romeo, are
to give an entertainment at Marlette,
November 30th.
Joseph Nehman, one of the oldest
pioneer settlers of Capac vicinity, died
very suddenly recently.
Two valuable COWS belonging to Thos.
/
last week, of no known disease.
1t is thought that from present indi-
cations great man calls for aid will
be made IN the county this winter.
A branch of the Standard Savings
and Loan Association, of Detroit, was
organized in Port Huron last week.
The st. Clair County Pomona Grange
will meet Wednesday, December 20tn,
1893, at the hall in Fremont Centre.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brabb, of Romeo,
have been married fifty years and last
week held their golden anniversary.
Recently the saw mills at Washing
ton, Macomb county, were burned.
Now the creamery goes up in flames.
The st. Clair county annual Sunday
school convention will be held in Port
| Huron the second week in December.
A st. Clair boy accidentally struck a
playmate IN the back with knife in
tiicting wound over two inches deep.
Martin Bros store at Memphis was
entered by thieves last week Wednes-
day night and small amount taken.
Burglars visited two business places
in st. Clair last week, getting tools at
one place and fifteen dollars at the
other.
Guards recently, Joseph Walsh was
elected Captain and Lieutenant Duff
first lieutenant.
Charles Roberts, a st. Clair compost
or, while in Marine City, was accident
ally shot in his leg and very painful
wound was made.
Charles Ford, who robbed the mails
in Port Huron, has been sentenced to
nine years Imprisonment in the Detroit
House of Correction.
A l4-year-old boy of Robert Cochran,
of Emmett township, has his first finger
torn OFT by a charge of shot from a gun
which he had, and he also received a
shot in his upper lip.
The Memphis postofiice was entered
by burglar last week and $500 worth
of stamps taken. William Blair was
arrested and lodged in Jail at Port Hur-
on. lie had the amount of stamps on
his person.
Frank Whipple, of Port Huron, John
f. Gooding and DR.. Smith, of st. Clair,
have been appointed members OF the
soldiers commission for st. Clair coun-
the old soldiers.
Sneak thieves got in some work at
Carsonyille one night last week. The
Nj. +. church was entered and some
damage done, also store where few
things were taken and cellar where
they destroyed numerous articles.
Croswell has new industry. 1t is
that of manufacturing a syrup with a
maple sugar flavor. White sugar is
used and decoction made from the
bark of trees is the flavoring. 1t is said
to be delicious. Sweet & Streavel are
the manufacturers.
The steamer Lowell, which had just
tied up at st. Clair, was discovered to
be on fire and when il was found that
it could not be saved, it was cut adrift.
The time was evening and the burning
boat made beautiful sight. The own
er is Detroit man.
A suit has been brought against Mark
Hopkins, owner of Somerville Hotel
st. Clair, for $50 900, by the attorneys
of Mrs. Matilda Hart, who was severely
injured in a mangle while at work in
the hotel last spring. She has lost the
use of both her hands.
a spcCldl COlNenllOll Oh Ine supreme
, Hive of the Ladies of the Maccabees OF
the World was held in Maccabee Tenn.
pie, Port Huron, last week Friday and
officers elected. Important amend.
ments to the laws were adopted and
other business transacted.
A drunken man attempted to force
his way into the house of Mrs. Frank
Forbes, at Algonac, the other highland
when he would not leave when order.
ed Mrs. Forbes shot him, the ball en-
tering his face passing to the back of
his head. He is not expected to live.
Conductor Scott and Engineer Wool.
ey have been charged with the Battle
Creek wreck by the coroners jury.
The verdict given was that they were
guilty of criminal negligence in run
ming past their meeting point at which
they had positive orders to stop. Both
men are residents of Port Huron.
Mrs. George Mackie, of st. Clair, at
tempted to serve "a capias on w. ).
Hopkins, st. Clair's millionaire, claim
inn thaf no fornil.lty nioofoh har from,