The Yale expositor., 1895-01-18
General News.

The next state tair VIII be held IN
Lansing.
Port Huron has number of cases of
scarlet fever.
Richmond is agitating n business
mems association.
S6,326.30 run the st. Clair county
poor house last year.
LOUIS Streyel, Croswell boy, was
accidentally shot in Chicago.
The NJ. f. Ladies' Aid of Capac, will
undertake the building of a parsonage.
1t will take one year to complete
the dredging at the foot of Lake HUI
ron.
The INLAY City postoffice has been
made an international money order
Office.
Jabez IIebblewhite, resident of Ar
mazda since 1856 and 70 years of age,
died last week.
Sandy Wiley, of Melvin, has been ar
rested charged with clubbing Station
Master Burt recently.
William Wastell, the oldest druggist
in Port Huron, has sold his store and
retired from business.
The we'll for the waterworks ut eros.
well is down 400 feet, the water being
within 80 feet of the top.
To support the st. Clair county poor
during the three months ending De-
cember 81, it cost 50, 046.O3.
Pontiac citizens want the state en-
campment of Knights of Pythias held
there this coming summer.
The corner stone of the new Masonic
temple in Detroit will be laid January
oath with grand ceremonies.
little daughter of Alex Bradley,
of Port Huron, was seriously injured
by catching on to u bob sleigh.
Clark Warren and Ernie Parker,
two of Capac's popular young people,
The Romeo Observer is talking up
the ACCESSIBILITY of holding Fire
mems tournament in that town about
next June.
Captain Joseph Walsh, of Port Hur-
on, has received the appointment of
Inspector General and is now called
General Joe.
The S-year-old daughter of Herman
Kerstin, of Sand Beach. had her hand
completely severed above the wrist by
feed cutter.
Dryden's school-house was robbed of
set of Baynard Taylor's works. No
clue to the thief but he must be the
meanest person in those parts.
J.P. Golf, one of the oldest citizens
of Caseville, was arrested for drunken
ness and disorderly conduct. He was
formerly II most respected man but by
financial troubles became his ruin.
Mrs. John Il. Hough, pioneer res
ident of Almont, died last week, aged
90 years. Deceased was the last sur
viving charter member of the Cong'l
church society, organized over 90 years
ago at that place.
Mayville has smallpox scare. One
of her families having visited in
house at Fowlervlle about 10 min
utes, where there was u young man
supposed to be sick with measles but
which turned out to be smallpox.
Flora Austin, of Elmer City, took
two tablespoonfulls of paris green be-
cause she had offended her lover by
going with another fellow. A doctor
soon relieved her of the dose and she
is now much chagrined by her rash act.
/. ID. Carleton, a we'll known figure
of Port Huron, died last week Tuesday
aged SO years. Deceased had resided
in Port Huron since 1852, was county
and city surveyor for number of
years and plated the greater part of
the city.
Recently while n Mrs. Howes, living
Just west of INLAY City, was walking
OH the G.. d CT. T. R'y, she found two
bars of iron wedged between the rails
so that the first train passing would be
wrecked. She managed with difficulty
to get the irons out thus preventing a
catastrophe.
Rev. John McEldowney, pastor of
the NJ. f. church at st. Clair, is II
years of age and is as active as boy.
On New Years day he made % calls.
He has never been absent from his
pulpit for the past 80 years on account
of illness. In fact he never has been
i'll, and meyer has taken any particular
care of his health.
Mr.. and Mrs. PARROT, of Romeo,
narrowly escaped horrible death one
day last week while driving to Disco.
They were Just about to cross the rail
road crossing mt Lambs Corners when
they became aware that a tram was
upon them. The engine struck the
horse and threw the buggy and &C.
cupants into an adjoining field. Mr..
and Mrs. Parrott were severely injured
and the morse was shot to end its
miseries.