The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-22

Civil service examination will be held
this year in Port Huron, May %.
Woodbridge y. Ferris lectures in
CrOswell the 2Sth or Goth of March.
Plans are being made for the fine
large hotel TO he erected in Decker
vile this spring.
II. II. Firman and Mrs. Ella Curry,
both of Brown City, were married in
Sarnia, March II.
The annual report of the village of
Deckerville shows a snug sum of
$355.I7 on the right side of the books
ii. A. Hopkins, ST. Clair postmaster,
has become IA chicken fancier and is
buying up some prize birds and other
good bloods.
On account OF an extra amount of
advertising and local matter the ST.
Clair County Press issued supple
ment last week.
II. Clair city is authorized to bond
itself in the sum of $4,000 for a new
high school building, conditional on its
adoption by the people.
W. III. Hunter, rural carrier of Bad
Axe, has started a $1,000 suit against
Dwight township, Huron-eounty, on
account of defective bridge.
Gil r. Lovejoy, of Lenox, has been
stricken with apoplexy and is in a crit
zeal condition. Mr.. Lovejoy has been
in failing health for some time.
Herman Hirschiield, of Bay City,
has purchased the stock and store fix
lures of Frank Dean in Sandusky and
opened up for operations on Monday
last.
William Callen, a young man of Jed
do, was fined $50 or 80 days in the De-
troit House of Correction, after plead
ing guilty of assaulting Charles Gard
ner of same place.
Port Huron people are looking for
scandal. 1t is said that a prominent
society woman is being watched as it
is believed that she is feeding strychnine
to valuable pet dogs.
W. j. Moore, of Caro-, is at the head
of an enterprise to furnish electric
lights to the city of Sandusky for
reasonable amount. The company is
backed by local capital.
The st. Clair tunnel is the only
known submarine tunnel in the world
to be equipped with electric power.
The total cost of putting in electricity
will exceed Sl,O00,OO0.
Mis-.
county candidate for school commits
sioner, is a graduate Of the L. of NJ,
she does not have TO stand any exam
nation for certificate.
PC. Mcclure, an eccentric charac-
ter who has we'd near North Branch
for many years. persisted in fire in
his log hut in Deerlield township, last
week. lie was about seventy years
old.
The bill allowing Croswell to vote on
bonding the city for street improve
ments has just passed both houses, and
because of this delay it will have TO be
placed before the people at special
election.
Bert Kemp, the Smiths Greek man
who has been i'm the jail for some time
on charge of killing his day old baby,
was acquitted of the charge by jury
OF Friday last after trial lasting
eight days.
Charles Oleson, of Croswell,. for the
past nine years cashier of the Truman
Moss State Bank of Croswell, left on
Monday for Detroit to accept posi-
ton as general manager of II. j. An
ketell's business.
The Capac News was not issued last
week on account of the death of the
only child of the editor, +. B. Clark.
The little one was nearly two years old
and died from an attack of pneumonia.
The parents have our deepest sympa-
thy.
Wesley Smith, the man who was
taken from his home at Abbotsford TO
the st. Clair county Jail, several weeks
ago, partially insane, has entirely re-
covered his reason and will probably
be taken home instead of to the asy-
lum.
The strike situation is but little
changed i'm the st. Clair shipyards. Ii
is being pushed in a very feeble, halt
hearted way. The large majority of
the men have no cause for striking and
would rather be working, but their
connection with the union forces them
out.
Port Huron boys are having fun
placing torpedoes, such as are used by
trainmen in stopping trains, on the
Pere Marquette tracks where they are
exploded when train passes. Two
persons have been injured by pieces of
the cartridges, and the boys will be
looked after.
Supt. Gass, of North Branch, is siren
uously working to have another teacher
placed in the high school. Although
there are ~ pupils enrolled, but two
teachers are employed. He contends
there is plenty of money in the treas
ury to hire one, and that there is
great need.
New Spring Jackets at the Bon Ton,
also a beautiful line OF skirts and