The Yale expositor., 1897-10-29
General News.

locate in Richmond.
Bicycles are being stolen in quicl
succession at Marine City.
The Truman Moss Bank has been es
r tablished at Sanilac Centre.
The new State Telephone will be il
operation in Croswell this week.
Cyrus Kear, of INLAY City, caught {
very large black mink which he will
tame.
Miles J. Christie, of Capac, was mar
ried to Martha Buscard, of INLAY City
recently.
Port Huron dock owners offer free
dockage to boats that will LAY up
there this winter.
The creamery at Marlette will be
operated all winter. 1t seems to be q
paying investment.
Bella w. jerks, resident of st. Clair
county since 1913, died at his home IN
the city of st. Clair Saturday morning
Two cases of diphtheria were discov-
cred in Brown City last week, but both
are recovering and no more cases have
occurred.
Men at work cementing in the st.
Clair tunnel the other afternoon were
nearly overcome by gas. a hasty exit
was made.
w. II. Ernest, principal of the Car
sOnville schools, has been reelected q
member of the board of county school
examiners.
The total assessed valuation of st.
| Clair county is $15,744,6S9 and the
board of supervisors has equalized it at
Sl7,Sg0000.
There are 63 inmates III the ST. Clair
county poor house. Thursday is the
day appointed for receiving callers at
the poor farm.
A I4-year-old daughter of Joseph
Perrick, of Parisville, was Shot i'll the
leg by boy across the street, who did
it accidentally. 1t is bad wound.
Here is the meanest kind of man.
While Z. a. Billiard, of Vassar, lay
dead in his house, some one stole fifty
chickens from his poultry yard adJoin-
| ing.
Thomas Blacks barn in Goodland
was struck by lightning during the re-
cent storm and burned to the ground
with all its contents, including two
horses.
Port Huron fremen had lively time
Wednesday night last week, responding
to the call of four fires in three hours,
two of which were caused by live cleo
trio wires.
4 skating club of ten young men has
already been formed in Cass City, the
members each providing themselves
with two pairs of skates, one pair for
the fairer sex.
Five thieves who have been working
in and around Lexington, have been
landed III Jail. Hen roosts, cellars,
| granaries, etc, suffered in various parts
of Sanilac county.
There is some dissatisfaction in the
Richmond Fire Company in regard to
the bylaws and it may be that the COM
pany will dissolve and the council be
asked to draft new one.
4 Marine City company will purchase
the gas well recently struck in that
vicinity and pipe the gas to the city
where 1T will be used for lighting, heat
ing and manufacturing purposes.
Samuel Delmage, of Port Huron, was
badly hurt at Block ! shops while oil
ing some machinery. He fell from a
scaifolding and received broken wrist
and it is thought serious internal in
juries.
st. Clair county supervisors closed a
two weeks session Saturday evening
last Chairman Streeter was presented
with neat silver set by the Board OF
Supervisors as slight token of their
regard for him.
The jury, in the Jacob Vanduser
trial for burning Wesley Schlichster'S
slaughter house at Brown City, brought
in verdict of guilty. The case was
tried in Sanilac county circuit court
before Judge Beach.
The two suspects lodged in the jail
at CroSwell last week on suspicion OF
being murderers, were set free on Fri
day. The authorities are again after
these men and it seems strange that
they should have been released before
thorough investigation was made.
At Forestville, recently, Charles Loss
was trying TO pass team on the dock
with his own team when he went over
: board. Loss was rescued with one
horse, buggy and other articles, but the
other horse was drowned. a pocket
book, containing $50 in paper money
, was also lost
| lightning SJruch ana Durleu Jnt
, large 36x72 feet barn belonging to JOS
Kelly during the recent storm. The
barn was on the farm three miles west
, of Peck, and contained about 80 tons OF
; hay, large quantity of oats and peas
1t was with much hard work that the
house, pig pen and granary were saved
A new binder belonging to John Sma
field was also burned. Loss about
$1,000; insurance 500.
The contest of the will of Mary Ben
nett. who recently died at Memphis
has been dropped. Chas. Bennett, The
principal beneficiary under the will of
fered for probate, agrees to pay the
Methodist and Congregational churches
each 81 900. They were allowed 81 ,50t
! each by the first viii, which they pro
! posed to stand by as Mrs. Benefits
real will. There is talk now of tn,
Protestant orphan asylum (alsO bene
: liciary under the first wil) moving t
reopen the case by an appeal to th'
! circuit court.
: The first Protestant meeting hous,
: J in ~ Clair cpuptV was hnilf in IS30 a