The Yale expositor., 1898-07-22

A cook wanted at once. Apply to
Hotel Jackson.
Marlette and Sand Beach are to hold
street fairs this fall.
Miss Lura McKenna is quite i'll at
the residence of Lew Cady.
Wanted, girl for general house
work. Apply to Mrs. w. G. Wight.
For Sale-A young horse, five years
old. Terms, one year credit.
James Brown.
Mrs. Caroline Holden is now occu-
plying the rooms in Mrs. Mathews
house, recently vacated by Kate Hayes.
Girl Wanted-To do general house
work in small family. Apply to Dr..
Rapley Block, Yale.
The balance of our present wall
paper and window shade stock to go at
unheard of low prices to make room
for our new fall stock, don't miss it.
A nice shower slightly refreshed dry
mother earth on Tuesday, but much
more rain is needed. Berries and gar
dens are suffering from the drouth.
DR.. Holden ex-president of Trenton,
Mich, was married last week Tuesday
to Miss Letitia Foy. Mr.. Holden is
son of Mr.. and Mrs. James Holden
of this place. The Expositor extends
congratulations.
Sixteen hundred and tifty-six couples
divorced in the state of Michigan dur
ing the last year. What an army vo-
ting marriage failure. Some one has
said our divorce law needs revision.
Say rather our morals need stitfening
up little.
The Eastern Star Lodges of Mayville,
Marlette, Brown City and Yale will
give grand excursion and basket
picnic to Port Huron and Stag Island
on Wednesday, July q. The train
leaves Yale at $40 q. m. and returning
leaves Port Huron at $50 p. m. Fare
for round trip from Yale, so cents.
Having closed my store in Avoca for
the season, l have small stock of
millinery goods left which 1 will dis
pose of at my home on Mechanic street,
Yale. Anyone in need of ribbons,
flowers, chiffon, sailor hats etc., may
get them of me at greatly reduced
prices. Mrs. Eva Black.
Here is the way an exchange goes
after news: aft your wife whips you
let us set you right before the world.
If you have company tell us-if you
are not ashamed of your visitors. If
a youngster comes to your home, call
on us and we will furnish a name for
him or she, as the case may warrant.
If you have a party or social gather
ing of any kind, bring around q cake,
seven or eight pies, and side of ham,
not necessary for us to eat, but Just to
show your friendship. You needn't
mind asking us as 1t may be too cool
for our wardrobe. We want the news.
Work on the wells is progressing
steadily, and still the water flows from
the three first finished. In the 4th we'll
the men struck the clay hard pan at
depth of about As feet, and have gone
nearly 20 feet into the clay. If water
is struck at the usual depth another
"gusher" will soon be added to the list.
The 9th we'll is being dug by F. Mar
quette & Co. on the east side of the
lots owned by the village. Here the
hard-pan was struck nearer the sur
face, so that at depth of 30 feet the
drill is working steadily into the clay.
If no accidents occur to delay the work
the wells will be finished as soon as is
necessary to begin operations on the
rest of the system.
One very surprising local item escap-
ed us last week and all because we di-
rected our enquiries too far from home
and failed to discover that the clue led
to Charlie Brown, one of the Republi-
can force. Charlie has done many as
tonishing things but his marriage on
Wednesday evening of last week to
Miss Maggie Chisholm, of Laurel, was
an event that his intimate acquaint-
ances found it hard to believe. He has
our good-sized wishes for their happi-
ness, but il is hard to forgive him for
not having us announce the fact last
week We assure our readers that
hereafter our Office force will berequir-
ed to furnish us prompt announce.
ment of such events for we cannot af-
ford to have them wreck our modest
reputation for furnishing the news.
The ceremony was performed at the
M. E. parsonage by Rev. Gordon. Char
lie says he took this brief route just to
rob the Mother Grundys of the pleasure
of lot of surmises.-Sanilac Republi-