The Yale expositor., 1896-01-31
NEWS OF A WEEK.
A Budget Of Happenings In and Around st
Clair County.

The new Sanilac Centre roller pro-
cess mill is completed and now in run
ming order.
The Hoyt Dry Goods Company, q
big firm of Saginaw, will move to
Cleveland, o.
Luther G. Cummings, one of the
best known lumber and log scalers in
Saginaw valley, died last week.
A new postoffice established in the
northeastern part of Lamotte township,
Sanilac county, is given the name of
Koko.
A new M. E. parsonage will be built
in Armada. 1t is promised that the
building will be credit to the church
and town.
S. B. Coddington, of Capac, lost a
horse last week by its getting its head
fastened in the hay crib where 1t
choked to death.
Francis Jarvis, an old resident of
Armada since 1865, died at the home
of his brother in Detroit last Saturday
at the age of "a years.
Someone entered the barn of Benj.
Golding, at Capac, one night recently,
and carried off eighteen skunk skins,
worth from $50 to $50.
Thomas Shannahan died recently in
the st. Clair county poor house. He
had been there for IL years and came
originally from Brockway.
At North Branch leap year associa-
ton has been organized, the object be-
ing to get all the members married Off
before the end of the year.
The stock of general merchandise of
Stewart & Streeter, of Memphis, has
been sold by Deputy Sheriff Batty for
$1.5O oyer and above the mortgages.
John Neeper, an old and respected
citizen of Armada, died last Friday at
the age of II years. Mr.. Neeper had
been we'll known funeral director for
many years.
Lenox is now protected against fire,
q company having been organized and
hose cart and 600 feet of hose turned
over to the department by the upper
town of Richmond.
DR.. D. McNaughton, of Argyle Gen.
tre, and DR.. Totten, of Downington,
have plead guilty to selling drugs
without the necessary diploma of q
registered pharmacist and were each
| fined $40 and costs.
Fire destroyed the entire plant of
the Michigan Heading and Hoop Co.
at Coleman, January %. This was the
principal industry of the village and
puts forty men out of work. The loss
Is $4,000. Insurance $4,000.
| c. Oakes, blacksmith at Berville,
was rudely awakened from his sleep
by the explosion of bomb thrown in
to his room by some malicious person
unknown. Mr.. Cakes was fortunately
not hurt but things were considerably
shaken up.
In the heat of passion Eddie Nye, of
Romeo struck down Fred Eldred with
the runner of his skate. The blow cut
a deep cash in Eldred's head rendering
him unconscious for some time and
nearly being the death of him. Nye is
now repentant.
While Fred Koepfgen. keeper of the
st. Clair county poor house, was max
ing some repairs around the wind
mill recently, he was struck III the face
with an AK he was using. His upper
jaw was broken, also one tooth, and u
bad cut received on his chin.
There are sos native born inhabitants
OF st. Clair county above 10 years of
age who can neither read nor write.
There are 1908 foreign born inhabi-
tants who can do neither. In the
county there are S3l people above q
years OF age who can neither read nor
write.
Alfred Kinna, who killed George
Belts in Port Sanilac saloon row, was
Friday last found guilty of murder in
the second degree in the Sanilac coun-
ty circuit court. Judge Beach senten-
ced him Saturday morning to seventeen
years at Jackson. Kinna took his
sentence much more calmly than the
Jurors verdict when he sobbed pitiful-
ly. His only request to the court was
that he be allowed to see his sick wife
and family before being taken away.