The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-06-28
Local and Otherwise.

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last.
City treasurer McKeith expects [,
have the assessment roll i'm his hand
by July LIST when he will commene col
lecting taxes.
The year old little son of Mr.. ant
Mrs. James Shaw who has been sicl
for about month, is somewhat i'm
proved but yet il is very sick child.
Nicholas Owens has been suffering
with stiff neck the past week caused
by some trouble in the back of his head
1t is impossible for him to rubber neck
The rains of the past week has help
ed the crops wonderfully. Vegetation
is making rapid strides and we lool
for an abundant crop the coming har
vest
Elder j. III. Patton will preach il
Brick Chapel Sunday, June Both at
and 1870 D. m. Subjects of importanc,
will be presented for your cOnsidera
ton.
After all the work of raising fund:
for 4th of July celebration at Yal,
the matter has been dropped and on
citizens will celebrate in their owl
quiet way.
Wool is coming to market quite free
ly aud the price is holding firm at 20 anC
"a cts per pound for unwashed. Whar
ton K Fletcher have purchased close t.
2S,0O0 pounds this season.
Isaac Menerey's house one-half mile
west of Yale was struck by lightning
during the electrical storm last Friday
Considerable damage was done, and al
though the family was in the house al
the time no one was injured.
Bert Desmond, well known in Yale
filed a cross bill for divorce from hi:
wife, Althea Desmond. He charges
that she has run him in debt, does moi
take care of her children, has beer
guilty of extreme cruelty, etc. Mrs
Desmond will be remembered as Al
thea Clark.
+. f. Fead, cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank, has been "A very sick man
the past week and his friends were
alarmed at his condition for time
The trouble was stOppage of the
bowels. He Is still confined to the
house but we are pleased TO announce
that the doctors believe the danger il
over.
This week we publish the annua
| financial statement of school district
No. |, Brockway township. All inter
ested should read it carefully and he
come posted as to what has been done
with the school taxes collected. The
annual school meeting will he held in
the high room on Monday evening
July Sth.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
will give supper on the church lawn
weather permitting, if not, in the din
ing room next Tuesday night, July
The public cordially invited. A gooC
supper will be served and ice cream
and cake will be sold during the even
ing. Watch for dodgers Tuesday morn
ing for menu and price.
Thos. Wharton raised a fine large
barn on his farm near Melvin Tuesday
of this week. About 100 men took
part in the work and the frame was
placed in position without an accident
| The barn is 66x44 feet with two thresf
floors and stands on an eight foot stone
| foundation. The ladies furnished {
hearty meal in the evening and all en-
joyed the feast.
A novel baseball game is slated fol
| Tuesday of next week to come off a
L IL N
here have challenged the business mel
of Yale to play friendly game fol
nine little pigs and three barrels of su
gar. You may look for an interesting
time as the lineup is composed OF
cracker jack players and we expect The
score to be 3 and 2 in favor of Yale.
On Wednesday morning Prof. +. W
| Wheaton and family took their depart
IRE for their new field of labor a
Rochester, Mich. where Mr.. Whe ton
has secured the superintendency Of the
public schools at Il fine salary While
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheaton have only been
here little over a year, yet they have
made number of warm friends whC
will regret to lose them from our midst
We wish Mr.. Wheaton much success il
his new position.
The Port Huron Herald has the fol
lowing to say about Ernie Baxter whC
is workin in W. A. Williams store il
that place:-"And while we're passinl
down the list we must not forget BaX
ter, who plays shortstop for the Chron
icles. Baxter is one of those countr!
youths and nearly everyone who comes
from the country is a good ball playe
because they haven't much else To do
there. Baxter is one of the best gronnC
scoopers in the business aud is really {
credit to the City League"
A meeting of the Business Mems AS
ISOLATION of Yale was held Monday ev
ening to consider the ACCESSIBILITY oi
our city uniting with the business mer
of Mayvlle, Marlette and Brown Cit,
in all excursion on the 3lst of July tC
some point OH IT. Clair river or to De
troit. A committee consisting of Chas
ii. Palmer, j. |. ROsenthal and j. G
Holden was appointed TO canvass
the city and report how the citizens
felt in regard To the matter We be
lieve that every person who possibly
can should join in this outing and give
them he arty cooperation.
The LBS of the T. esbyterian church
had a social afternoon in the church on
Wednesday and got up picnic supper
This was i'm honor of Mrs. A. X. Park
who with her family, left OH Thursday
for their new home in Detroit. TIL,
affair was To have been held i'm the
grove, but the cool, threatening wealth
or prevented. However a good time