The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-05-13
GENERAL News.

City.
Streeter q Co. will open up a general
store IN Memphis.
Richmond will be supplied with
another bank soon.
Mock graduating exercises are quite
the go in towns surrounding.
There's fine lot of new residences
being put up in Sanilac Centre.
Almont village will put down 500
worth of cement walks this year.
B. Gamble will return from Saginaw
and take charge of his own hotel at
Brown City.
VIM. Church, of Brown City, had his
hand badly crushed at John Morgan's
barn raising.
II. McNair, of Brown City, takes for
partner in his business Fred Kerslake,
of Lexington.
Arson Gilbert, an old resident of
Berville, died suddenly of heart dis
ease last week.
Eben Curtis, of Almont, an old pio-
neer of Lapeer county, died last week
of cancer of the stomach.
Cass City will haye u special election
for raising the necessary funds for
waterworks and electric lights.
Phil Eichhorn has retired from the
Union hotel, Port Huron, and Gus
Grieb will continue the business
w. A. Mills, attorney at Marine City.
was stricken with paralysis last week.
II lie is 90 years of age but will recover.
Sam'l Johnson, of Walkerville, Ont,
died from stroke of paralysis ut the
home of John Ard in Capac last week.
A military company has been organ
lied in Richmond called The Richmond
Guards. There are already 80 mem
bers.
Rudolph Papst has discovered that
petroleum exists on his farm south Of
Lexington and test we'll will soon be
sunk.
FIVE of Cass City young men went 10
Detroit to enlist in the regular army
but only one of the number passed the
examination.
Croswell is supposed to be a dry
town but certain individuals are seen
on the streets in more or less drunk
en- condition.
f. A. Buzzell, of Inlay City, fell
through an open hatchway in the rear
of a store and quite badly hurt and
bruised himself.
j. l.. Benjamin, who has resided on
his farm property just south of Romeo
for the past % years. has sold the same
to Thaddeus Hazelton for $4,000.
Hal Harrington, of Brown City, had
bicycle collision with Lon Fisher the
other evening and was picked up un-
conscious and with many bruises.
Chris. Wagner, 60 years of age, fell
on the streets at Capac, from Il stroke
of paralysis and died in few days at
his home one mile north of the village
Simpson Park camp meeting will be
held this year from July 81 to August
s. Sunday School rally day will be
the opening day. Aug. will be Ep.
worth League day.
The Orion Assembly opens on July
18th in the evening with concert, and
continues until July 20. There will be
camp meeting after the assembly
and after that several big days.
Richard Schroeder, of Burns, Kim.
ball township, is at n hospital in Port
Huron with his throat cut. He went
to see his sweetheart and found her en-.
tertaining another young man. He cut
his throat with his jack knife but will
recover.
Thirty Italians who were working on
the Detroit and River st. Clair railroad
struck last week complaining that they
had too many bosses. AS their work
was not satisfactory they were allowed
their pay and took tie pass to Mt
| Clemens.
The following is clipped from thai
old reliable the Marine City Reporter
Chester Wansey, who owns an or
chard near this city, for some time pas
has been experimenting to find a new
way to grow potatoes. This spring he
grated poplar tree with potato peel
ings, and now has fine crop of new
potatoes, which are already grown tC
about the size of small goose egg and
the tree promises to yield about three
and one-half bushels. Chester says he
will graft all his trees, as he claims this
way of raising potatoes will do away
| with the destructive DotatO hllp