The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-09-03
Ge neral News.

General News.
<>per ~ Inlay City, home peaches
xor6 ID the market last week.
fhoro N a movement on foot at
Brown Civ to hold fall fair.
j oaeDh ade, respected citizen of
Valley (op tire, died recently OF peri
~ D. Cwen, of Brown City,, has
flre men Employed making his patent
hax<eea maps,
~ arren, of Capac, was kicked in
fbo sitle by horse while on a Lynn
farm and MAS badly hurt.
rhe 81. blair hotel at New Baltimore
hna becn closed and sheriff has
seized every article of furniture.
I4hor day will not be celebrated in
Port {4uroh but several of the labor or
ganizatiops will go to Saginaw.
The Marlette ball club played with
the Saeinaw travelling men last week
and beat ID EN- by a score of II to III.
Marine City women gave cake
walk and Advertised fine cake as the
prize. The prize was cake of soap.
Since Mhden City's recent big fire
the town Is being built up wonderfully
and will noon be handsomer than be-
tC;roswell has new base ball nine
connposedDf employees of the flax mill.
The Club Is known as the "Flax Pull
ors.p
Tho dred ging of Black River at Port
Hrroa has been finished. The middle
ground in st. Clair river is now being
dredged.
Mary Freeman, aged 40, of Milling
ton. an insane woman, fired her broth
er 8 barn, lbcked herself in and burned
TO DEATH.
Felix Ha sler, second engineer on the
steamer ,Sawyer, walked off the steam
err while IA port at Marine City and
was drowned.
jacob Denler, one of Port Huron's
best, known German citizens died last
week from cancer of the neck. lie
was 80 wears of age.
'rhreshermen are filling their tanks
from Marlette hydrants without per-
mission ard are now being warned
that the water is not free.
I. II. Sells, of Port Huron, is the
lowest BIDDER for building the new
HE saving static at LakeYiew Beach.
His bid Bis 1854. There were 10
bidders.
Robert Al. Davidson, an old and re-
specfed farmer living two miles north
OF DeckerSille, has disappeared and
fears are entertained that he has
killed himself.
q. ~ paton, of Almont, had "A large
English n,astitf dog which he kept tied
Ion his porc.. Someone poisoned the
dog and NJ +. Patton offers Il reward OF
S25 for eytlence against the offender
Thomson Bros salt block at St
lsClair hasbeen obliged to shut down
on Account of scarcity of fuel which is
Ioccasioned by the coal strike. Thi:
shut down throws so men out of en-
ploy1nent and the delay is vexatious
There are thirty women lighthouse
Keepers Id the employ of the United
states at present and some of them
have beenin the service for forty years
Harriet r.. Colfax, keeper of the light
Fat Michigan City, Lake Michigan, was
appointed in 1861.
several Inlay City young men be
came baaslly intoxicated and caused ;
row on their streets Saturday night
They we're arrested and locked up TO
the night. Later complaints were en-
tered apainst them and they will an
, swer TO The charge of being drunk anC
/ ldiSorderly.
3 John Hawk is in st. Clair count,
Jail charged with not supporting hi
family. He must either put up $40
Ibond or 20 80 days to the Detroit hous
tof correction. Hawk was formerl.
,resid.>t,t of the BARRIERS union in Por
Huron IN the BARRIERS haYe no sym
n1thv WITH him in not taking care o
his family.
George Ross, station agent at Min
den CITY, was held up by tramps as h
was sealing loaded freight cars, VIII
hound HIM tightly with his own sus
blenders, Ragged his mouth and pre-
ceeded TO rifle his pockets. They 60
1920 IN express orders and his gol'
watch and skipped. Ross, in abou
1.-Two hours removed the gag from hi
mouth and called for help. Officer
are looking for the criminals.
: An effort is being made to abolis
1.-The Iapeer avenue plank road leadin
out of Port Huron and remove the tol
: patos. Tho road was built in 1S49 an
Che franchise was for 60 years.
rood plank road should have bee
Ifaainfained which has not been don
. land nlcfty of witnesses can testif
that the road is and has been in hol
q riblc condition.. Prosecuting Attorne
Walsh has commenced the suit in tn
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