The Yale expositor., 1894-12-28
General News.

The hotel building at Smith was de-
stroyed by fire recently.
Ezra Hazen, of Memphis, will spend
the winter in Tennessee.
Almont high school had fourteen
foreign pupils last term.
New Haven expects to see brick
block erected there before long.
Mt. Clemens parties will probably
start newspaper at Lexington.
William Matthews. aged los years,
died in Sarnia township last week.
Capac citizens would like to have an
electric light plant in their village.
The Port Huron Desmond Club
House will be re-opened as saloon
and restaurant.
Charles Hastings, of Amadore, has
been taken to the reform school until
he is IL years old.
The Foresters celebration, oyster
supper and ball at Deckerville last
week was grand success.
1t is said that seven hundred dollars
will be spent this year on repairs to
the court house and st. Clair county
Jail.
Charley Dewolf. of Brown City, has
been arrested for disturbing revival
meetings. He was taken to the county
Jail.
Fire at Memphis December 10 de-
stroyed the livery barn of Alex Hunt,
with considerable grain and hay. Loss
81 900.
The editor of the Romeo Observer,
Merton b. Smith, was married last
week to Miss Grace Millen, of same
place.
The Deckerville and bennington
base ball boys expect to have the best
ball ground in their county next season.
They are now busy blowing, scraping,
rolling and seeding it.
Several farmers of Wales and Ke-
mckee are wondering where the pay
for their hay which they sold to Mr..
Mccormick, of Smiths Creek, iscoming
from. They are out from 500 to $3.50.
Nathan Rowley, of Capac, has lost
his l5-year-old son, and offers u re-
ward of $25 for information as TO Hugh
+. Rowley's whereabouts. The boy
has been missing since the 18th of
September.
The total receipts from advertising
and sale of papers of the Women's ed
ition of the Port Huron Times will
reach $500. The money is to be
equally divided between the Hospital
and Home, The Kings Daughters and
the Port Huron Institute.
S. S. Brooker, general merchant of
Capac, made an assignment last week
c. s. Warn, assignee. NJ. NJ. Christie
and H. c. Siegel, of Capac, and Ballen-
tine, of Port Huron, are the largest
creditors. Liabilities $500. Assets
not known.
The mysterious ancient buried wall
in Evergreen township, Sanilac county,
is attracting great deal of interest.
1t has been tracked for about five
miles, the heavy fires during the sum-
mer and fall exposing it to view in
different places.
The whereabouts of John Dingwell,
of Port Huron, had not been known by
his family for some time. Dingwell
had shipped on the Coffinberry and ii
now appears that i'll Cleveland he got
drunk, was arrested and sent to the
work house for 20 days. Meanwhile
his family has suffered from destitu-
ton.
VIM. j. McPhee, son of Ii. j. Nc
Phee of Brown City, secured check
through the mail of 1886 in favor of
his father and going to Marlette forged
his fathers name, cashed the check
and went on bum, taking the train
for Port Huron. His father learned
the news, and telegraphed Cor his
sons arrest, which was made and he
was brought back to Brown City. His
father recovered all but about $50 and
buying VIM. ticket for Virginia,
sent him Off, promising to be better
boy. The last seen of him he was
drinking and playing cards in Sag
NAV, which looks like a speedy re-
form. The kindness of his parents
has kept him from prison.