The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-03-16
THURSDAY, MAR. Is, 1911.

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The city hall in Port Huron is in
constant danger of fire from inefficient
and bad wiring.
Fire in Masonic Hall, Marine City
recently, destroyed Tegalias of several
lodges and also the carpets, etc.
There are % young men in the Warn.
er Pharmacy class at Marlette, larg
er number than at any one time before.
Two more cases of smallpox in
Memphis, but all cases are mild. The
quarantine has been lifted from the
hotel
The Harbor Beach school building
few years since amply large, is now too
small and the problem of the hour at
Harbor Beach is in regard to charging
II. L. Cork, Oft Wayne, Ind, and
Lee Cork, of Melvin, have purchased
the foundry in Almont, of Il. f. Lee
and have taken possession. They will
move their families to Almont.
Colin b. Mckenzie, a prominent and
highly successful physician of Harbor
Beach for the past nineteen years, died
at his home last week, after few days
illness from erysipelas, aged 80 years.
Neil Crofoot, of Croswell, has pc
culiar trouble. His vocal chords sud
denly became paralyzed and he was ut
terly deprived of speech. He went at
once to Lansing for treatment from a
specialist.
The Sanilac Jeffersonian thinks that
il the Business Mems Association
would get busy Croswel might bank
on a new depot the one the town calls
such now being about the poorest in
the whole state.
Fred E. Hungerford, of st. Clair, is
the local manager of the Michigan
Telephone Exchange, to fill the vacan-
cy caused by the death of Il. II. Walk
er who was accidently drowned last
week in st. Clair river.
Smith Brothers, of Lexington, made
catch of over 400 pounds of lake
trout last Friday, some weighing over
20 pounds. They found ready sale
among the villagers. My wouldn't
fresh caught fish taste good.
The making of maple syrup has been
occupying the attention of Thumb
farmers during the past week or more.
1t is estimated that fully 81 600 worth
of maple syrup and sugar is manufact-
ured in the Thumb section each year.
Capt Phineas Kerigon, of st. Clair,
born in New York in 1882, died March
4, 1911, probably being about the oldest
pioneer in this section of the state.
The veteran captain was well known
and respected throughout the lake
region.
A startling discovery to the inhabit-
ants of Sanilac county seat was the
finding of barrels and boxes in the base
ment of the court house filled with
empty beer bottles, also jugs which
evidently once contained whiskey. Now
watch what will happen.
The oldest resident of SANTIAGO coun-
ty is supposed to be A. X. Gardner, of
Worth township, who is 81 years of
age. Mr.. Gardner came to the town
ship in 1851 and has owned the one
farm ever since. Sixty years seems a
long time to live in one place.
Edison Carr, an old and respected cit
iZen of Carsonville, received such injur-
les, by being thrown from car, where
he was helping unload beans, which
shunted into by the Sandusky train,
that he is in precarious condition.
Many state that the accident was the
result of carelessness of the railroad
cluplOyccS'
Mrs. Mary Landon, of near Decker
vile, who was recently charged with
the murder of her sister Laura Case,
whose skull she fractured by hitting
her with bottle, has been examined
and adjudged insane, and will proba.
bly, be sent to Pontiac, where she has
been confined once before and dis
charged as cured.
The future of the hospital in st. Clair
hangs in the balance. 1t has been de-
cided by the hospital board to offer the
whole proposition to the city to be con-
Quoted as municipal affair, it is hop
ed that the matter will be voted on at
the spring election. Meantime the hos.
pital must lie idle, for lack of funds to
operate it.
Although new Pere Marquette de-
pot may not be a possibility this year
at Court street, Port Huron, other i'm.
portant changes will be made by the
railway company. The round house at
Sixteenth street, which has been always
too far away for practical purposes will
be moved to Court street. Also rail
road yards will be constructed at Tap.
pan junction, the yards at Court street
being INADEQUATE.