The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-09-21
FRIDAY, SEPT. 81, 1905.

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Thirty-nine prisoners are confined in
st. Clair county Jail at present.
There are siXty-two inmates in the
IT. Clair county poor house at present.
Peter j. Carson, of Fremont town
ship, died of consumption Sept. Is at
the age of 80 years.
The Nassar Times is in the hands of
Charles J. Bradford, of Flint, who re-
Gently purchased it.
+. i. Southworth, a leading merchant
OF Croswell, and Alta Arnot, of same
place, were married on Tuesday of tins
week.
The high school building i'm Port HUI
ron burned about the first of June and
q new building has not as yet been
! started.
Thomas Mclaughlin, dealer in gen
eral merchandise in Capac, has made
an assignment for the benefit of his
| creditors.
William II. Bump, for a number of
years keeper OF the toll gate out Pine
Grove avenue. Port Huron, died sud
denly last week.
Mrs. ChaS. Stimson. of Brown City,
was seriously injured by being knocked
down and trampled upon 10y a COW rs
she took the tie rope from its neck.
Rev. Avery Brugh, pastor of the NJ.
+. church in Lexington, has composed
and had published new hymn, which
his choir and congregation sang last
Sunday.
Ella Sullivan, the Il year old Emmett
girl who ran away without her parents
knowledge, was finally located at
Grand Rapids and brought back to her
home. Ii seems she objected to going
| to school.
A six year old boy named McNeven,
near Brown City, was stung on the
bottom of his foot by bee and his
whole body began to swell until his
eyes were nearly closed. A doctor re-
lieyed him after time.
Lewis Bielfeld and Carl Davis, of
the Higer store, Port Huron, attended
dance in Capac and afterwards found
they had missed the train back. They
started to walk the % miles and ar
rived in Port Huron at . a. m.
Sheriff Moore delivered three desert
ers from the L. ;. army to the officers
at Fort Wayne, last week. Two of
them deserted from Fort Terry, n. Y.
the third from Fort Wadsworth, y. Y.
All came to Port Huron. Sheriff
Moore will receive handsome reward
for capturing the men.
Twenty-Five years ago the first week
in september occurred the big fire
which swept Huron and Sanilac coun-
ties and above. Last weeks Sanilac
Jeffersonian gives partial rewrite of
the fire as ii was described in the JEFF
fersOnian a quarter of century ago.
The scenes were horrible and destruc-
ton of property and lives fearful.
George Percy, gang boss stopping
at the Union Hotel, Port Huron, called
Lawrence Wilson, bell boy, into his
room early in the morning and accused
him of stealing his money. Wilson de
MED it, when Percy assaulted him and
drew a knife. The screams of the boy
brought help. The mans money was
found under his pillow where ne had
placed it the night before.
To be or not to be is the question at
issue i'm Marlette over poolroOm in
connection with the bowling alley. A
license was issued without action by
the trustees duI TWO ptIlllOllS dlt iloW
out, both nam ronsly signed, one To re-
woke and The other to let the license
stand ~ order of the council the Ii
cense was revoked, but the pool room
still tlOurishes, and war is ON.
Neal Fenton, IA Ii year old Port HUI
ron boy, picked up live wire from
the pavement, believing the insulation
to be shock proof, and knowing the
wire TO be in dangerous position, but
was knocked down and horribly
burned. The right hand is almost en-
tirely burned Oft and the left burned to
the bone. The left leg is also severely
burned and part virtually cooked. He
may recover.
William ;. Frank, of Sarnia, foreman
of Grand Trunk section gang, was at
work last week in the interior of the
tunnel, making some repairs to the
track when train was heard coming.
The other men climbed the ladders
placed for the purpose, but it is sup
posed that Frank thought by crouching
close against the wall he would be out
of the way. He was caught and
dragged under the wheels of the train
and instantly killed. lie was unmar-
ried and 81 years of age.