The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-07-22
General News.

spend the next year in Paris, France.
There are now over 60 students at
tending the summer school in Port
| Huron.
Rroad guage cars are now running
over the Port Austin division of the
f. q p. M.
Sanilac Centre will purchase its old
school house for council room, engine
house, etc.
Port Huron and Sarnia Grocers will
hold their annual excursion to Saginaw
on August IL.
Gates will be placedat the approach
es of Military and Seventh Street bridges
in Port Huron.
Thos. Myron, q pioneer resident of
Grant township, was found dead in bed
on Saturday morning.
Burglars entered number of Capac
residences last Sunday night, securing
some cash at each place.
The Sanilac County Search-Light
gave quite an extensive write-up of
Carsonyllle business men last week.
Chas. A. Lindeman, an employee
on the st. Clair Republican for a num-
Der of years, died recently of typhoid
fever.
The printing office at Metamora was
rotten-e gged one night recently. The
Cross Roads Weekly seems to have
many enemies.
Joseph Scott, n Sanilac County old
gentleman of "A years, is serving Il 80
days sentence for obstructing Black
River with fish nets.
w. Winterstein. of Nc rlette, owns a
promising young horse which he has
named David f.. in honor of ID. +. Hub
bell, editor of the Leader.
George Mckay, of Brown City,
thought he had planted lot of cucum-
Der seeds, but they have all turned
out muskmelons. His friends have
the laugh on him.
VIM. Inman, OF Romeo, met with
the serious injury of broken leg in
runaway accident, which may result
fatally. The leg was amputated. Mr..
Inman is 81 years old.
Gov. Pingree has appointed DR.. NJ.
b. Dennis, of Port Huron, a member of
the state board of Dental Examiners,
to succeed George II. Mosher, of Jack
son, whose term Of Office has expired
George Ennest, of Croswell, a young
married man, was killed July 18th
while unloading hay. He was struck
! by gin-pole, which crushed his skull.
! He lived several hours but did not re-
gain con sciousness.
Workmen at the Drying Park in
Richmond found bag with 80 pairs
of children's rubbers in it under the
grand stand. They were probably
stolen goods but none of Richmond $
merchants have met with such loss.
One Minnie Crawford was arrested
near Valley Centre for stealing cloth
ing from Marlette woman for whom
she had worked. She had been tramp
ing around the country looking for
work. She claimed her home as near
Saginaw.
In row at the road house near
! Wadhams, kept by Ferdinand Hotf-
man, between Port Huron parties and
those belonging to the house, Thomas
Walker received bullet in his stomach,
from which he died. Steve Allen was
arrested and others will be.
Five Deckervile boys Wheeled to
Forester, and after a short row on the
the lake, went in bathing. They were
very warm and some of them were soon
in a helpless condition. The others res
cued them but one was dead from heart
disease. The names of the boys were
Elton Paige, Lance Clark, } ohm Thorn
as, Will Mervin and Will Neighorn,
the last named meeting his sad fate.
J. b. Eastman, farm hand on the
farm of Fred Lawson, near Brown
City, gets ten years at Jackson, for at
tempting u criminal assault on Law
sons little FIVE year old girl. He also
set fire and burned Lawson's barn,
with loss of $4,000. Eastman is the
man who placed distractions on the
Z. o. d y. railroad near Kings Mills
in 1898 and was sent to Ionia for Is
months. He has also been in the In
sane Asylum.
On Monday afternoon the members
of the st. Clair County Bar association
will 60 to Capac for the purpose of
spending the evening with Judge ID. c..
Walker, who will be Sc years of age to-
morrow. Judge Walker was born IN
Vermont, where he grew to manhood.
He came to Michigan in 1886, settling
at Romeo. In 1857 he moved to Capac
and plated the town. He donated the
grounds for three churches in the viii
lage and was president of the first
council and has been for the greater
portion of the time since the organi-
zation of the village. Judge Walker
was several times a member of the
Michigan legislature and was after
| wards elected state senator, represent.
! ing Macomb, st. Clair, Sanilac, Huron,
Saginaw, Mackinaw and all of the
upper peninsula. lie has been regent
of the state university, was a member
of the constitutional convention il
1850 that framed the present constitu.
ton of the state OF Michigan, and wa;
l elected judge of probate in 1862, hold
ing the Office for four years. He was
, at one time quite extensively engaged
in the milling and manufacturing bust
ness. In 1856 he built saw and grist
mill and was actively engaged in bust
ness until the same was destroyed by
fire in 1866. The Judge has always
= been active in politics and has attend
) ed nearly every Democratic county
convention in this city for the last 81
, years. lie is at present in fair health
notwithstanding his extreme age.-Por
Huron Times, July 10.
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Discovered by a Woman.
Another great Discovery has beer