The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-09-10
YALE County SEPTEMBER TO- 1897
General News.

"The Croswell" is the name of the
big new hotel in Croswell.
Big bicycle races were held in Sani-
lac Center yesterday (Thursday.)
| subscription is going the rounds
| to secure a grist mill at Deckerville.
John Colyer, Il st. CLAIR blacksmith has
gone insane and will be sent to the
asylum.
II. Waterman is putting up a new
building at Peck which will be filled
with hardware.
The Croswell cheese factory this
year made So cheeses per week as
against 40 cheeses per week last year.
A base bali tournament will be held
in Romeo on Sept. ID and l6. Eight
teams are expected with three games
day.
1t is estimated that the farmers of st.
Clair county have raised between 750,-
600 and 100000 bushels of wheat this
year.
On the marsh farms southwest of
Capac about 5000 pounds of pepper
mint oil has been distilled so far this
season.
A damage suit of $1,000 has been
of Port Huron, by Burnham, Stoepel q
Co., of Detroit.
The Michigan Forester, official organ
of the |. o. +. has been sold by G. +.
Patterson, of Millington to c. +. b.
Stowell, of Mayyille.
A bell boy stole three diamond rings
of Mrs. w. +. Stewart, at the Harring-
ton house in Port Huron on Saturday.
He was put into the Jail.
Nettie Grawburg, of Brown City, took
a dose of eyewater containing atrophine
sulphate by mistake for medicine. A
physician promptly brought her out of
danger.
The new Catholic church at Brown
City will be dedicated Sept. l4th. A
picnic will be held on the same day.
A harmonized choir of clergymen will
furnish music.
John McElroy, brother of Barney
McElroy, died the same day as his bro
ther at the age of 90 years. The for-s
mer was resident of Marine City, the
latter OF Wales.
The postolice and hotel ut New
Haven were entered by burglars one
night last week but not much was TAX
arrested next day.
Romeo will make an effort to have
the Detroit Annual Conference Of the
Methodist Church meet in their town
next year. Romeo held this confer
ence in 1868 and 1874.
Barney Mcllhon, Michigan's oldest
citizen, Is dead. He was born l07 years
ago in Ireland but has resided in Mich
fnr 10 Ia.
but had made an immense fortune.
II. w. Wilson, of Marlette, has an
immense bean picking establishment.
He already had twelve machines and
recently put in twenty-four more.
Twelve pickers are given steady work.
Thomas Doner, who has lived in st.
Clair town for 45 years and has been a
justice of the peace for 27 years, has
never in all these years visited Detroit.
He has been the father of 10 children.
Weter q Fannings Office and the
Commercial House at Richmond were
burglarized one night last week. Three
dollars in cash were taken from the
former and about 81 from the hotel
Office.
Duncan McNaughton, of North St.,
a prosperous farmer, 63 years OF age,
met with q sad accident q week ago,
which caused his death Saturday last.
He was using a ditcher on his farm
when his horses became frightened and
ran away dragging him tangled up in
the lines. When found he was uncon-
scious and his face was bruised beyond
recognition, and he died from his in
juries in few days. He leaves wife
and three children.