The Yale expositor., 1897-01-01
General News.

black bear was seen near CrosWell
last week but was not captured.
The next Sanilac county Farmers
Institute will be held at Minden City in
February.
The light houses and life saving sta.
tons along the shore have been closed
for the season.
Henry 7. Gilbert, of Sand Beach. a
cripple, was thrown out of his cart and
received serious injuries.
One case of scarlet fever at Marlette
has closed all public gatherings until
such time as danger is past.
Nathan Mcclure, an orphan 10 years
old, OF Lexington, has been sent to the
reform school for stealing horse.
Alonzo Avery, of Elkton, fell out OF
his wagon while riding home and sus.
tained serious injuries. He was intox-
icated.
Prof. j. NJ. Tice, superintendent of
Richmond public schools, was married
last week to Miss Minnie Patterson
also of Richmond.
A movement is on foot to celebrate
Edison's 50th birthday in Port Huron
OAA viz AANll dtJ VI EulSOu
will be In the city on that day.
Rev. ID. II. Cooper, pastor of the
First Baptist church in Port Huron for
the past three or four years, preached
his farewell sermon last Sunday.
John Grill's shoe shop at Elkton was
broken open and shoes and rubbers
taken. The thief left an old pair of
shoes and rubbers as a memento.
Another case of careless handling of
guns. At Marlette Nealy Award loses
a foot by being accidentally shot by
Gray VanWagoner. Both are boys.
James Mcdonald, an l1-year-old boy
of Port Austin, has been sent to the
Industrial school at Lansing until he is
IL because he stole $500 from his
school teacher.
A 3-year-old boy of James Ii. Hall
of Port Austin, was so frightfully burn.
ed by his clothes catching fire from the
stove that death ended his dreadful
sufterings in few hours.
Lee Kelley, baggageman on the p. o.
d n. fell from train in passing flag
station north of Clifford and was in.
jured so severely that he soon died
He was son of the late John Kelley
of Dryden.
Employees of the Bradley Bros. cigar
factory at Romeo have organized O
benevolent society for the purpose OF
detraying expenses of any member
who may be taken ill. Each employe
contributes 10 cents week.
The State Salt Inspector reports thai
there are six salt companies in st. Clair
county, with one steam and five par
blocks, and with q manufacturing ca
pacity of 100000 barrels of salt annu
ally. The actual production of salt in
the county for the present year will
reach BIC, 900 barrels. The total for the
state will be about S,96S, ,344 barrels.
A tragedy occurred near Millingtor
last week. Two strangers entered the
farm house of James Brown, shot him
knocked down and chloroformed hi:
wife and drove the son away by shoot
ing as he attempted to enter. The
murderers were tracked and both cap
tured. 1t is supposed they were after
money, James +. Lawson is the name
of one of the men and Howard s
Hawley the other.
One of the most outrageous crimes
eyer committed in st. Clair county i:
now on record. Last Saturday night
Archie McCollum, aged 40 years, liv
ing in Kimball, came home drunk and
attempted an assault on his mother
aged 81, who keeps house for him. In
the struggle McCollom bit and pound.
ed his mother numerically and she is
now in a critical condition. The brute
is in the county jail where even the
prisoners will have nothing to do with
him. Neighbors have no good words
to say of McCollum as a man.
The old lady was right when she
said, the child might die if they waited
for the doctor. She saved the little
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