The Yale expositor., 1895-11-22
NEWS OF A WEEK.
A Budget OF Happenings In and Around:st
Clair County.

A Budget OF happenings In and Around.St.
Clair County.
Scarlet fever seems to be spreading
in Marine City.
ID. L. Ballentine is now proprietor of
the Port Huron Saturday Press.
There is talk of changing the name
of the town of Deckeryille to Beloit.
st. Clair county's share of the prl-
mary school money amounts to
$l5,04707.
The Detroit street car company sold
100 horses in Port Huron last week for
one dollar head.
Editor Sutton, of the Marine City
Reporter, has gone to Atlanta, Ga, to
attend the exposition.
Evangelist Chas. Black, of Deanville,
has finished series of meetings at
Highlands, Macomb county.
A fro at George Yokums electrical
works in Port Huron destroyed consid-
erable property Sunday night.
George Vrooman, of Port Huron,
committed suicide at the Stringer
House last week by taking dose of
laudanum.
Alfred Kinney shot George Belts at
Port Sanilac last week in drunken
row. Belts died and Kinney gave
himself up.
1t is said that William Tierney, a
resident of Emmett, is insane and roam
ing at large. The people want him
taken care of.
On the Lester farms near Capac over
1000 bushels of grain were raised this
year, including oats, peas, spring
wheat and bucKwheat.
The corner stone of the new building
of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton will be laid on Thanksgiving Day
with appropriate exercises.
Gilbert Hathaway, of New Baltimore,
suddenly left that village recently,
and he is now charged with forging
notes amounting to $4,000.
John Cannis, pioneer and well-to-
do farmer living near Capac, died last
week of heart failure, superinduced by
intlammatory rheumatism.
Thieves stole 81 bushels of potatoes
from Mrs. Jane Jackson. of Croswell
1t would seem as though most any one
could buy their potatoes this year.
A new railroad is being constructed
through Arenac county, beginning at
Emery junction and extending south
to Bay City, TO be known as the ID. q NJ.
Twenty of the Port Huron customs
officials have had their salaries raised
and now receive 1921 year more
salary than they have been receiving.
A scheme now being talked of in
Sanilac county is that of each farmer
putting his name on his barn, so that
every one who passes may know who
lives there.
John Thompson, one of Port HUI
rons first policemen, died last week of
paralysis. Mr.. Thompson had suffered
from softening of the brain for a num-
ber of years.
Birdie Mabel Kimball, of Riley town.
ship, deserted her nine-months-old
baby in Port Huron last week, leaving
it upon the doorstep of William Gar
rison's residence.
Port Huron's truant officer finds
children in that city who can not go to
school on account of not having neces-
sary clothing. Charitable people will
look after the cases.
Luther II. Beecher, of Detroit,
gTHDuSOn Ol the lhl6 Luther DeeCUer,
was run over by the Detroit train on
the Michigan Central four miles south
of Lapeer on November 10.
Horace Perkins, of New Baltimore,
aged % years, shot himself in the
breast last week and at last reports he
was not expected to live. The shooting
is said to have been accidental.
VIM. Cruise, German of Clyde, has
been locked up for the past month on
q charge of being insane. Some
friends claim that he is. not insane and
Will have him re-examined.
Daniel Webster, of St Clair, has be-
gun suit in the circuit court against
Constance Terney for 81 900 damages,
claiming that Terney has large
amount of farming utensils which he
wont give up to him (Webster.)
G.. w. Wilkinson, of Sanilac town.
ship. left last week with his family
with two covered wagons and teams,
expecting to reach his destination in
the southern part of Georgia in about
30 days, where he will settle with
new colony.
Governor Rich has pardoned John
Diem, of Port Huron, who was senten-
ced in 1892 for five years and six
months for killing Captain David Ge-
nav, his adopted father. Both men
had been drinking and engaged in
drunken quarrel. Diem is q young
man and now has a chance to become
good citizen.