The Yale expositor., 1897-11-26
YALE St. Clair County, Mich FRIDAY NOVEMBER ae 1897
General News.

GGIlGI dl NEWS.
Barber's itch is again prevalent at
Marlette.
The Graphic Office, Armada, has a
new engine to run its presses.
Whooping cough is so prevalent i'm
Armada that the school will be closed.
Fred Shafer. of near Richmond, aged
30 years, died last week of typhoid
fever.
C. j. Cudworth, of Armada, has pur-
chased the well-known Jennings store
at Lapeer.
Dr. j. III. Downie and family, of
Romeo, have gone to Texas to make
their home.
Marine City thinks she is likely to
have two or three railroads anyway
before long.
In Sanilac county number of cattle
are dying from eating cornstalks cover
ed with smut.
John Windsor has sold his handsome
residence in Brown City to John
Kearns for $4,000.
George w. Dafoe will be the new
postmaster at Brown City to take the
| place or FRANK snyder.
Ex-County Treasurer, Samuel X.
Smith, of Sanilac Centre, died of con-
sumption November 10.
Joseph Keofgen has been appointed
a messenger in the custom house at Pt.
Huron, at S720 per annum.
The ladies of the Baptist church at
Capac will hold bazaar for the sale of
fancy goods, December 10 and IL.
Arrangements have been perfected
whereby Port Huron will be in the In
ternational Base Ball League next
year.
Glenn Spencer, of Carsonville, was
shot in the leg, badly shattering his
knee, by Garfield Benedict, while out
hunting.
The Marlette Leader puts one page
of its last issue in red, the whole page
being an advertisement for Marin
thal's store.
Ed. Royal of Brown City, had one of
his horses killed and narrowly escaped
death himself by attempting to cross in
front of freight train.
The subject of good roads is creating
considerable interest throughout st.
Clair county. \ movement is on foot
to help the project along.
Ten years ago last week the first issue
of the Mayville paper was published.
Terry Corliss takes the postmastership
as sort of birthday gift
Herman Burose, publisher of the
Star at New Haven, iammed his hand
in one of his presses so badly that he
will not work for some time.
Congressman Horace G.. Snover has
been i'll st. Clair this week talking over
the post-ollice situation. There are
three very anxious candidates.
While Frank Hanson lies in Jail at
Port Huron awaiting trial on a charge
of burglary, his wife and four children
live in an almost starving condition in
a bum boat on the river.
a close examination and test shows
the black sand i'll Lexington vicinity to
contain large percentage of the finest
quality of steel ore. 1t could be mined
and cast with large profits.
Huron county is headquarters for
quail, partridge and other small game
and hunters from Detroit and all parts
of Michigan have been having great
sport there the past few days.
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contempt of court by Judge Vance at
| the forenoon session of the circuit
court last week Thursday. 1t is rather
expensive to "sass" the court.
Edgar Winn, of Blacks Corners, near
INLAY City, jumped from the morning
train at Flint Tuesday and received
such injuries as to cause his death in a
few hours. Deceased was "a years old.
Many Port Huron citizens were i'm
posed upon by persons who represented
themselves as being delegates to the
Sunday School Convention held there
last week, and who got free entertain
ment.
The oil we'll on Judge Stevens prop
erty on Military street in Port Huron
is down 254 feet. A big vein of water
has been struck and operations have
been suspended until extra piping can
be secured.
The jury in the case of Elizabeth
| White who sued Riley township for
$4,000 damages for injuries received
owing to an alleged defective bridge,
was out 30 hours. 1t gave Mrs. White
verdict of 81 800 damages.
The badly decomposed body of man
was found in thicket about ten miles
west of Port Huron by boy hunters on
Sunday. 1t is believed TO be that of a
German named Liefried, who disap-
peared from his home at Campau six
weeks ago.
The ng-fought Fisher drain case in
Huron county has finally come to an
end, unless those who oppose it should
take the matter to the Supreme Court
The Circuit Court has decided that the
ditch, which will drain large amount
of land, must go through.
Geo. II. Mann, of Port Huron, cadet
! III the revenue marine service, now at
Port Tampa, Fla, with the United
States steamer Forward, has just pass
ed his final examinations and will be
commissioned second lieutenant some
| time before congress meets