The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05
General News.

ltis understood that another news
paper will be started at Romeo.
\ fine new store is being erected at
Omard 10y Dugal Mcclellan.
n. 5. Boynton refuses TO be a candi-
date for mayor OF Port Huron again.
Hbe brick and t7ie making establish
ment at Minden City will be moved to
| Cr0swell.
Nm Assembly O. Ladies Of the Order
of lluritans was organized in Port Hu-
ron last week
The evangehsts Voight and McGlone
! have begun "a series OF meetings i'm the
Presbyterian church at Lexington.
Twenty dollars worth of damage was
! done by fire to the house OF MalOn
Bigger. in Fremont township, last
week.
Ransom Miller aged 81, pioneer Of
! MetamOra, died October p He was
married 5S years ago. His wife sur
wives him
The death rate in Port Huron during
! the month of October has been the
lowest for any month during the past
! hve,Pears.
Charles Wise. who murdered Post
master Paul, Of Appin, has been SEN
! Itenced to Jackson state prison for life,
by Judge Beach.
The electric light poles at Romeo
have been painted and will be stenciled
allowing no bills to be posted thereon
or horses hitched thereto.
Alex Black. young man who was
employed on the Dwight farm east of
Sanilac Centre, was suddenly taken
insane and confined in the county jail.
4 l5-year-old Rochester girl com
mitted suicide recently by taking
dose OF strychnine. Her parents had
forbidden her to he on the streets
evenings.
Captain Andrew YAK, an old resi-
.dalt OF Marine City. and at one time a
most successful tug captain, died at
the Pontiac asylum last week of soft
ening of the brain.
Ten Misses of the tenth grade of the
Romeo school call themselves The Au
Fait and meet every third Saturday
Tor literary and musical program fol
lowed by refreshments.
Richmond is waking Up and wave
of enterprise has struck the village.
Some new brick blocks will soon be
erected and business generally is re
eeiying decided push.
Cora Robinson, who has lived in
North Branch for the past ten years
went TO Detroit recently, purchased
suit OF mems clothes. dOnBed them and
started for California where she VIII.
work her way ia life in the gUise of a
man.
Harry Plaisted, of Port Huron, met
with a serious and painful accident
while out shooting last Saturday. His
comrade accidentally shot him, the bull
let passing through his arm and into
his body. Hopes are entertained of
his recovery.
Marshall ID. Frink has resigned his
| position as messenger at the tunnel
and Joseph Keofgen, of Wales, has
been appointed by Collector Avery to
the place. Mr. KeOfgen is well
| known and influential republican,
whose appointment will receive APP
proval.
| j. W. Clark, young man, started
| from his home in Bronson. Mich, a
year ago wagering that he could travel
$4,000 miles III one year without funds
and pay all his own way. He was
home again two days ahead of time.
having travelled all over the United
States and some distance into Canada
and Mexico. He had 60,207 miles to
his credit. Mr.. Clark is sign painter
and worked his way by his trade.
VIM. w. Cook, of Worth township,
'has been fleeced TO the amount Of $3.50.
A stranger claiming to be Peter NJ
| Carroll. a conductor in Detroit, former
ly of Elk township called on Cook for
loan, which he secured by mort
gage on real estate in Elk, on which he
showed an abstract. The money was
paid on May 10Th. Last week the real
Peter NJ. Carroll appeared and was
surprised to find that Cook held a
mortgage on his property. Mr.. Carroll
is well known in Sanilac County and il
seems strange how an impostor could
have worked his scheme so well. Cook
will have to discharge the mortgage
and will be the loser.