The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-02-14

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A potato famine existed last week
in Port Huron.
Ralph ID. Harris has been e-appointed
postmaster at Almont.
\ Romeo man is looking up the pros.
poets for operating a Creamery at
Almont.
VIM Wark, jr of Melvin started for
Washington recently where he will enter
the employ of the government, having
passed an examination of the civil
service commission.
The entertainment course at Rich
mond has closed for this winter with
the best of feeling, both over the finan.
cial success and the high quality of the
different entertainments.
T. Oliver Huckle, of st. Clair, has now
taken up his position as business mana
ger of the Cadillac Evening News and
Express. a daily newspaper published
by Hon. Perry +. Powers.
Polite Blake Harris, who would have
been l02 years of age, had she lived Is
days longer, died at her home near
Dryden, where she had lived most of
her life, one day last week
This week the Marlette Leader pro-
duces the picture of bachelor ID. G. Mer
ril and as an extra inducement, the
new house Dan is building. Both the
face and the home ought to appeal to
the fair ones.
Fred +. Burton, a Marlette lawyer,
known throughout the Thumb. died at
his home last Friday, after an illness of
several weeks. He leaves a wife and
four children. Mr.. Burton was mem
Der of the Elks, Odd Fellows and Masons.
The launching of the new Steamer
Normania was effected at 1t. Clair last
week Wednesday afternoon. Mrs.
Oscar OlesOn, wife of the Captain, chris
tened the boat. Few people witnessed
the pretty sight on account of the in
clemency of the weather
Hereafter all of the saloonkeepers in
the city of Port Huron must live up to
the laws or suffer the consequences.
Chief of Police Marx and Sheriff David
son have made an agreement TO enforce
these laws. The agreement was not
acceded to by Mayor Bell and he is left
out of it entirely.
William Landon, the Brown City man
in Sandusky jail awaiting trial OH a
charge of assault with attempt to kill his
sister, attempted to end his own life
by drinking some liniment, with which
a fellow pri oner was bathing his hand.
Landon was sick for some hours, but
finally recovered. He will have his trial
February 26.
After being wanted by the police for
over two months, GUY Hill, aged 20
years, of Capac, was found and arrested
at his home. Hill and Archie McDougall
took possession of the two hotels in Ca
pac and painted the whole town red,
and while McDougall was arrested and
paid S25 fine, Hill escaped to Texas,
as he said, but was found last week
and captured.
The annual meeting of the Inlay
City Agricultural Society held recently
was very satisfactory one, inasmuch
as the financial affairs were in the best
of shape, there being a nice balance in
the treasury after all debts were paid.
1t was voted to expend 5000 on inn
proving the buildings and grounds of
the society. Election of officers were as
the follows: President l.. Steele; Sec
rotary F. Rathburg; Treasurer DIR,
Jones.
AS the blizzard prevented any other
business the employees of the Farmers
Elevator Co. yesterday converted the
buildings into sparrow trap. The
pests were enticed through the open
door by little chaff thrown on the floor
and when good flock was inside the
doors were pushed shut and the birds
killed with sticks. The bounty will buy
tobacco for month"; Richmond Review
This is what they do over at Richmond
when the time hangs heavy. How cruel
some men can be.