The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-01-28

General News.
An oil war is ON at Metamora.

Another newspaper will be started
at Orion.
The Port Huron Presbyterian church
row has been renewed.
The Michigan Sugar Co. will locate
its factory in Essexvile.
At Holly there are three factories
manufacturing wire fence.
DR.. Fred Hope has moved his Office
| from Port Huron to Berville.
There is a good location at Croswell
for machine shop, so the Democrat
says.
A new parsonage for the German
Evangelical church at Capac will soon
be built.
1t has cost st. Clair county over SO 900
for the support of its poor during
the past quarter.
Croswell people are Lying in hopes
of having their narrow guage railroad
widened in the spring.
The Conaton House and Fred Con-
der's grocery store in Casevile were
burned to the ground last week.
For failure to stop two passenger
trains at Metamora recently, the Mich
igan Central has had to pay $40.
Mrs. George Kennedy. of near Brown
City, died last week of blood poisoning
leaving q husband and three children.
Andrew Crouch, of Sarnia. was ar
rested at Port Huron Saturday night,
while attempting to smuggle fur
cape.
Frank Dates, brakeman whose
home is in Port Huron. had foot
taken off by the cars ut Fraser last Sat-
urday.
George Caldwell, of near INLAY City,
cut cash in his ankle to the bone,
while splitting wood. 1t is danger
Gus wound.
J. w. Alslop, proprietor OF the new
Hotel st. Clair, Port Huron, fell
through an open hatchway and spraln-
ed his ankle badly.
Joseph Powley, yagrant, stole an
overcOat from the sheriff's office in
Port Huron, and pawned it for 81. He
was afterward arrested.
Orastus Hulett, of near Armada, re-
ceived terrible cut in the hand while
butchering hogs, An artery was seyer-
ed which bled profusely.
1t is said that there are 600 old sold
lers in st. Clair county who are receiv-
ing pensions. At an average of $40
each month the total is $4,000.
Brit Clarke, Roe Burt and Harry
Cane, young Port Huron lads were
arrested last week for chicken stealing
and locked up in the county jail.
Rev. Burchard Brundage, pastor of
the Ross Memorial Church in Port
Huron, will resign on account of i'll
health and will travel year or so.
Mrs. Elizabeth Titus, an old lady of
76 years, living near Mayyille, fell
from the top of a flight of stairs break
ing her neck, causing instant death.
While engaged in storing ice at Cusic
Lake near Romeo last week, the ice
gave way and "A team of horses went
into the water. One horse drowned.
Elbridge DeLong, formerly Brown
City barber and Nj. V. Fox have pur-
chased the Bingham hotel at Gage
town. They took possession on Mon
day.
The editor of the Inlay City Times
gives an interesting account of the
| Journey "down south" on the Press
Association excursion which left Janu-
airy lth.
The Samberg brewery in Port Huron
was destroyed by fire early last Thurs
| day morning. The loss will nearly
reach $4,000. The fire started in the
boiler room.
There was rear-end collision OF two
/ freight trains at Worthwhile Saturday
night. A caboose and one freight car
filled with dressed poultry and eggs,
were demolished.
Rev. J. 5. Macarthur, Of Cass City,
took dose of tinctuTe of Iodine, mis-
taking it for medicine he was in the
habit of taking. A doctor brought him
through all right.
| At Detroit, last week, Owen Roberts,
of Port Huron, was given S4 1000 DANA
ges against the firm of L. II. Eaton 81
Co. Roberts face was frightfully dis
figured with sulphuric acid in 1893.
Mrs. d. Hutchinson, of Cass City,
was cleaning some shelves above her
head when she knocked off bottle of
pure nitric acid which splashed over
her face, burning her badly. She may
lose one eye.
1t would be good experiment for
all the nearby base ball clubs to play
strictly amateur players this coming
season. Besides the games being more
interesting the financial question
would be easier settled. Try it.
Elmer Seeley, of Otsville, recently
married wife in the person of Miss
Matte Jaxson. After the ceremony the
wife returned to her parents home and
Seeley is driven away and not allowed
by the parents to see his wife.
Some farmers around Caro- bring
loads of wood to town, sell it and go
to saloons where they generally spend
the whole day or night, leaving their
horses unprotected and unfed on the
streets. The marshal now takes care
of the horses and fines their owners.
Charles DAVIS, of Port Huron, man
of 81 years of age, was instantly killed
by electricity at the 1T Huron Engine q
Thresher Co.'S works on Friday after
noon of last week. Mr.. Davis was
assisting in putting in an electric bell
from the street platform into the Of
fee and was on the roof when in some
way he slipped and the bell wire be-