The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-08-07
NEWS OF A WEEK.
A Budget OF Happenings in and Around st.
Clair County

A Budget OF Happenings in and Around st.
Clair County
Chas. Grieb, ST., of Port Huron, died
this week.
Inlay City's new electric light plant
is in running order.
The Simpson Park camp meeting
commenced Wednesday Aug. 9th.
\ large number of logs came ashore
at Lakeport during Saturday nights
storm.
A balloon passed over Algonac last
Tuesday going III Northeasterly d.
rectiOn.
Capac fair dates are Sept. 20, 80 and
Oct. /. A double wedding will be the
attraction.
The brick work on the new Catholic
Church and rectory will be completed
in two weeks.
The Custom House at Port Huron
is to be thoroughly repaired. Sheldon
Bros. have the contract.
Mrs. John Brown, of Lynn, was
shocked by lightning during the
electrical storm OF last week.
The banner races will be held at
Port Huron August IL, II, IL and l4th.
The entries closed August 4th.
Earl, the four year old son of Alvin
Reside, of Blacks Corners was kicked
10y colt and killed last Saturday.
The smoke from the heavy forest
fires in the Upper Peninsula is making
the navigation of the 500 river very
difficult.
Ed Stinson, of Memphis, was robbed
of Sl2 Tuesday night by burglars who
entered his house and took the money
from his pocket.
Harvey Halls little two year old
daughter was seriously bitten by q
bull dog last Monday at Port Huron.
The child's face was badly lacerated.
w. J. Coffron, former resident of
Sanilac County, but for number of
years past Lying in Montmorency
county has purchased and put in Peck
u large hardware store.
A barn belonging to II. w. Veltch, at
Capac, was struck by lightning on
Wednesday and burned to the ground,
together with this seasons crops. The
loss is 81 900, insurance 500.
1t is expected that the work of over
hauling the front of the court house at
Port Huron will commence dext week.
The centre of the building will be
made TO correspond with the wings.
A new potato pest has made its ap-
pearance at Alma and is doing more
damage to the potatoes than the bugs.
1t is similar to the tomato worm in APP
pearance. and is called the "hawk
moth.'
Grasshoppers are devastating fields
in some parts of Mecosta county.
Eight miles from Big Rapids five acres
of healthy, vigorous potatoes were
cleared to the ground in two days and
one night.
When half way between Port Huron
and Lakeport the schooner Minch,
in tow of the tug Merrick was dis
covered on fire. In the effort to put
out the fire the mate fell overheard
and was drowned. lie leaves a family
in Chicago.
James Beard, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank +. Beard, of Port Huron, was
drowned on Tuesday evening while en-
Toying tour on the Vulcan. He was
Is years of age, a bright boy, and just
branching out i'll life with happy pros
poets. The body was found early
Monday morning by Canadian fisher
men floating in the river below Marys-
vile. The body was taken to his par
ents residence, where the funeral was
held Monoay afternoon.
Alva and Corey Leach, of Lynn,
sustained u heavy loss last week by
their threshing engine going through
the bridge. The engine rolled over on
its smoke stack in the ditch. Luckily
no one was hurt. 1t took one dozen
men all day TO get it out and put 1t
right side up again. They have secur-
ed the broken parts from the Upton
works and viii repair the engine.
Meanwhile the town will build new
bridge and will probably have to make
the damage good.