The Yale expositor., 1894-12-07
YALE, St. Clair County Mich, FRIDAY DECEMBER T. 1894
General News.

Venison retails in Port Huron at IS
cent per pound.
A w. G. T. L. was organized in Car
sonville last week.
Miss Gilbey, of Port Huron, has or
ganized II dancing class in Capac.
The Almont hunters captured live
porcupine and brought it home with
them.
The dredging operations at the foot
of Lake Huron have stopped for the
season.
Experts claim to have found coal
on the farm of Hiram Yake, north of
Lexington.
A scheme for the organization of
non -partizan honest money club is on
foot at Armada.
S. Leon Ewell has purchased half
interest III the milling business of
Geo. +. allen at Romeo.
The First Presbyterian church Of
Port Huron have extended call TO
Rev. w. Beamer, of Marine City.
A Marine City lady suddenly be-
came insane while on the dock and at
tempted to walk off into the water.
Mrs. Maddox, of Pontiac, 6S years
old, was murdered on the streets of
that city last week by unknown parties.
The brown sandstone found in great
lodges near Caseville is said to be near
ly If not quite as good as Ohio sand
store.
Gus Bahm has commenced $1,000
suit against the village of Inlay City,
| for rough treatment which me received
in the village lookup.
Thieves stole several bushels of
wheat from the barn of John Hagaman
of Leonard. Two suspects were ar
rested at Armada next day.
An immense bed of peat extends
out into the bay south of Caseville and
every storm washes ashore large pieces
which make excellent fuel.
Davidson d Wonsey's salt block at
! Marine City has closed down for the
winter after manufacturing about l05,-
600 barrels during the season.
Thomas Clegg, Memphis business
man will put in an electric light plant
at Richmond, without IA bonus, if the
people will promise to use the lights.
A 3-year-old child of Nicholas
Reumnapp jr., living near Richmond,
in some manner got caught by its neck
in gate and died before assistance
came.
Fred Lock wants $1,000 damages
| from Capac village on account of re-
celving broken leg on defective
sidewalk. The village will fight the
claim.
No person will hereafter be admitted
to the county house unless they have
resided in st. Clair county for one year
previous and are also accompanied by
certificate of health from physician.
Vol. l, No. of the Casevlle Critic
reached us last week, bright, read
able paper, devoted to the interests of
the town. II is sent out by the Critic
Publishing Company. We wish it due
| success.
There are five living generations of
a family in Flynn. They are Sarah
PomerOy, who is 8S gears of age, Mrs.
Amos Babcock, Mrs. A. Beals. Warren
Beals and Baby Beals, just arrived in
this world.
George s. Perry, of Pontiac, known
rs "Texas George" and who had
travelled some years with Forepaugh's 3
show, died last week, aged 40 years.
Deceased was known through the
state as crack shot.
Highwaymen attacked Frank Dar-
ling, of Romeo, one night last week as
he was returning to hts home with a
horse and cart. Mr.. Darling applied
the whip and got out of reach before
any damage was done.
Willard Parker, of Detroit, 7S years
of age, took morphine at the Com
mercial hotel i'm Richmond and died
from an overdose. The old man was
getting childish and probably took the
dose with the intention of ending his
life.
Justin l.. Paldi, who was elected
county surveyor by nearly 1000 ma
jOrity, says he did not want his name
on the ticket, did not spend cent to
be elected, and will not qualify. He
says the county cannot expect to Sc
cure the services of n good engineer
for the salary attached to the office.
Jno. Tiee, of near Sand Beach, had
just completed handsome new brick
residence and moved with his family
from the old log house. Mr.. Tice then
visited Sand Beach to have the prop
erty insured, when he was informed
by telephone that both houses had
been destroyed by fire, with nothing
saved and no insurance. The loss is a
heavy one.
Arthur Hollister, of Grant Centre,
has disappeared mysteriously. He was
sailor on the City of New York and
while at Chicago, walked up town.
Nothing more has been heard of him.
Later-IIis remains were found in the
Chicago river and sent to his home
where the funeral was held on Thurs
day. He was Forester and that or
der will bury him.
II. p. Lawson, of st. Clair, who has
been a trapper of game for 40 years,
predicts that the weather up To the
first of February will be about what
we are having now occasionally cold
days followed by mild weather.
Through February it will be milder
yet but in March we shall get some
thorough winter weather and hard
blizzards. He draws his conclusions
from the habits of raccoons and musk
rats. Time only will tell who comes
the nearest right in their predictions.