The Yale expositor., 1905-12-15

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Cyrus Kear, of INLAY City, captured
six skunks last Saturday. all out of one
hole.
Cameron & Co. dealers in building
material in Port Huron are bankrupt.
Liabilities $4,000.
A sale and supper held by the NJ. T..
ladies of Marine City last week cleared
them about $4,000.
The Roseburg creamery which was
recently closed, promises the patrons
of the factory 100 cents on the dollar.
The jurymen who are excus d so
often are Directing to being sent home
every week unless they receive mileage.
Andrew Carnegie has given to Sarnia
another $1,000 for an addition to its
library for which he gave $4,000 before.
James Laidlaw, the boot and shoe
merchant of Sandusky, sold his bust
ness last week to III. +. Congleton, of
| Clio.
Fred Kempf, of Capac, who has built
the miniature model city, has it on ex-
hibiti0n in Port Huron for short
| time.
The new bank at Deckerville is a
branch of the Farmers State Bank i'm
that place, of which Ira Arnot is presi-
dent.
The salary of the st. Clair county
new truant officer has been fixed at S3
per day and expenses while actually
employed.
Michigan Christian Endeavor day |
has been set for March II, 1906. The |
day will be observed by all societies in |
Michigan.
Robert p. Young, a janitOr for 33
years in Washington school, Port HUI
ron, has resigned because he is no long /
er able TO do the work lie is "a years |
of age.
b. f. Kessler, the contractor who h
been unloading beets Tor the Marine !
Sugar Company, has skipped the town,
leaving unpaid bills from 500 TO
Sl000
Henry Pettis aged 81 and Mary p.
Phillips aged 90 years, both of Riley
township were recently married. Pettis
has been married twice before and Mrs.
Phillips once.
Eugene Mccarthy, an old pioneer Of
the W OGDEN Track. died December 6,
at the age of % years. He was born
Huron 40 years ago.
A number of buildings will be erect
ed on sugar Island by the White Star
Line. A dancing pavilion with 10000
feet of floor space will make the largest
dancing pavilion in the state.
Port Huron's Chamber of Commerce
is taking active steps to provide free
dockage TOR vessel owners at Port HUI
ron this winter. 1t is claimed that the
business and profits will repay amply
the expense.
In the case of Egan VS. the township
of Kimball no less than eleven cripples
have been called as witnesses. If these
are samples the townships of st. Clair
and Kimball must have a lot of badly
used up men.
1t has been definitely decided that
the tunnel under st. Clair river will be
operated with electricity. A contract
has been let to install complete equip
ment to cost $6S0,000. Power houses
will be built at each end of the tunnel.
The First Congregational Church in
Port Huron owns 40-acre farm in the
township of Kimball. None of the
officers have ever visited il. 1t is said
that only ten acres is under cultivation
and the rest is under water most of the
time.
Matthew Morgan, a Chicago travel
ing man, was held up at the tunnel
depot at midnight one night last week
and relieved of 1872 in cash. The tran
sacti II was made within one hundred
feet of Chief of Police Names and
Special Officer Howard, but neither
knew of it.
We noted short time since in this
column that Fred Standel of Capac
had had his legs crushed under log
train near Gaylord. The boy who is
only Is years old died in the hospital
soon after and was brought back to his
home to be buried. This was his first
venture out into the world, and he
went to earn money to help pay off a
mortgage on his parents farm.