The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22
General News.

North side Port Huron!tes want q
new opera house.
Inlay City too, wouldn't mind hav-
ing Il beet sugar factory.
Millington has second paper, the
Gazette, owned by the Caro- Advertiser.
st. Clair county has 95 licensed liquor
dealers, 80 of whom are in Port Huron.
Thirty-six years ago the Meisel dry
goods store in Port Huron was opened.
/ Lady Maccabees at Armada will give
minstrel entertainment during the
holidays.
Oyer 1900, 900 bushels of grain is now
in the bins of the several elevators IN
Port Huron.
INLAY City Masons are negotiating
for the erection of three story build
ing in that place.
n. w. Holmes and wife, formerly of
Peck, will locate IN Sanilac Centre and
run the Lavere House.
Mrs. Mary A. Pearsall wants $4,000
from the Port Huron city electric rail-
way for injuries received.
A nine-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. j. Leonhard, of Peck, died Decem-
Der IA of spinal meningitis.
The X Rays, Port Huron, has chang
ed from seven column folio to SIX
column quarto. The change is for the
better.
In Sanilac county the question is
being considered of selling the old,
worn out poor farm and buying a new
one more centrally located.
England's war Office has been push
ed to the extremity of its resources.
Two hundred million dollars will not
pay England's expenses in the Trans
vaal war.
1t is expected that u grindstone
quarry will soon be opened near Cass
City. Upon lands here there is found
suitable stone. extensive beds Of mari
and plenty of clay.
George Crandell, of Sanilac Centre,
is the principal to take the place at
Peck, vacated by ID. w. Mclean, who
| through trouble with one of his former
pupils, Ada Smatield, has been arrest
ed.
Port Huron has an opportunity to Sc
cure the largest salt plant in the Unit
ed States. If the citizens will join and
promptly pledge $1,000 to purchase the
site, work will begin on the factory
within 80 days.
The baby boy 10 months old of Will
liam Mcclure, living near Peck, was
scalded to death by kettle full OF
boiling water falling on it. The family
are deeply sympathized with by all IN
the loss of their child.
Herbert VanZandt attempted to es.
cape from the county Jail last Thurs.
day by using his eating knife for saw
and cutting the bars of the window
Sheriff Names caught him at the Job
and placed him in a cell.
Margaret Shier, daughter of VIM
Shier, large farmer and prominent
citizen of Marlette, went to her death
by drowning herself in the barn cisterr
December II. No known motive il
there Tor Vic act. Miss Shier was 81
years of age.
A Port Huron man named Bradley
shot at his son who came home late il
an intoxicated condition, thinking hC
was q burglar. The shot went wide
of the mark and the young man was
escorted to Jail to spend the Remainder
of the night.
In 1880 Tim. Carey, of Marine City
became insane and for some reason
was sent to st. Joseph's retreat in De
troit instead of to Pontiac and ever
since st. Clair county has paid hi
board amounting to nearly 81 900. Fol
the first two years a patient is county
charge, after that he becomes a stat,
charge upon application. Prosecuting
Az 0rney Walsh will take steps to re
cover n, I'm the state about So, 400.