The Yale expositor., 1899-01-20
GENERAL News.

Diphtheris is reported at Mt. Salem.
II costs about Sl75, 900 year to run
the city of Port Huron.
Electricity is now being used for
lighting purposes in Sand Beach.
At present only four prisoners are
confined in the st. Clair county Jail.
Andrew Niles, Sr., one of Croswelps
oldest citizens, died last Sunday of la
grippe.
A lump of soft coal has been found
on the farm of VIM. Inwood, south
west of Romeo.
1t is the opinion of a Port Huron
physician that there are 600 cases OF
grippe in that city.
! V. A. Saph, who is Marine City's yet
eran lawyer, was county treasurer for
st. Clair county thirty years ago.
VIM. Flemming, of Kimball, raised
during the past season 10000 pounds
of sugar beets on an acre OF land.
Arrangements are being made to
haye Mullen & Co.'s chicory plant, OF
| New York, moved to Port Huron.
l.. O. Patterson, u son of Editor Pat
| terson. of the Almont Herald, is the
new publisher of the Dawson Gazette.
Homer Rutledge, of Grant township,
has been appointed assistant janitor
of the house of representatives at
Lansing.
George Marion, Of Flynn, committed
suicide by taking poison last week.
Domestic and financial trouble caused
/ the rash act.
At the spring election circuit court
| Judge and county school commissioners
will be elected by the people of St.
Clair county.
Asa II. Brown, of Port Huron, has
secured a clerkship at Lansing, which
position pays him $500 per day while
| the legislature is in session.
An annex is needed to the county
house for the care of the insane poor
| and the superintcndents are consider.
! ing the question of building one.
The "Orion NJ. q. & c. club" was
organized i'm Croswell last week. The
object OF the club is to develop the
musical instinct among the young
| people.
The soldiers banquet given in Port
! Huron on "Wednesday evening was n
! happy success. Covers were laid for
500 and the program of toasts was ex-
ceIlent.
Ed. Kessel, of the defunct st. Clair
| County Democrat, is hunting for an
other newspaper to manage. He is
not particular what the politics of the
paper may be.
MIR. and Mrs. VIM. Kyle, of Sturgis,
are the oldest married couple in the
state. They have recently celebrated
their Gath wedding anniversary and
are 81 and 90 years of age respectively
At DeckeryilIe, Elmer Freel, while
out hunting rabbits last week Monday
was accidentally shot through the lee
by John Dumas. Freel died on Thurs.
day from the shock. lie was l6 years
of age.
Cameron and Fred Hicks, of the
township of Berlin, have been bound
over to the circuit court for trial on n
charge of assaulting Fred Rosseau
with intent to do great bodily harm
less than murder.
Last Saturday morning one of the
boilers at Davidson q Wonsey's salt
block in Marine City blew up, terribly
scalding Wilson Wonsey, the fireman
and engineer, whose injuries caused
his death soon after.
John McGill, the veteran banker OF
Marlette, tells the Leader that he ha:
a razor which he has used for 80 years,
and which was old when he got It.
1t Is in good shape yet and Mr.. McGill
would not take small fortune for it.
The first ice palace ever built in
Michigan will be constructed at Mar
quette this winter. A mass meeting OF
citizens was held and the work wa:
decided upon and committee APP
pointed to look after it. A grand car
niyal is to be arranged during Feb
ruary.
Two of st. Clair's young people
Miss Josie STREET. and Fred Schoumau,
had narrow escape from drowning
last week. They were skating anC
went into the water where the ice had
disappeared. They were in the water
six minutes before rescued in nearly
an unconscious condition.
The Port Huron police have made
an important arrest. Andrew j. Con
over, Lying In Port Huron, has fol
some time been suspected as a leader
of band of bank swindlers in lows
and other western states. Last Friday
the house was surrounded and Conovel
taken. His daughter. Mrs. Rose, who
attempted to shoot Chief Petit, wa
also arrested.