The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-09-28
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, I91l

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Armada school has thirty nine foreign
pupils.
There's scarcity of houses to rent i'm
Croswell.
The Grant Elevator Co. at Jeddo has
been organized.
The postal savings bank at Marlette
VIII he open October II.
The Merchants of Marlette will close
their business houses ut & p H., after
October LIST.
T.. j. Ottoway, of st. Clair, has been
appointed by Governor Osborn, as a
delegate to the Good Roads convention
to he held in Chicago.
The land that is being reclaimed in
Sanilac county 10y the thirty one drains
which have been established. will soon
make that country flourish.
The annual state conference of the
Daughters of American Revolution is
to he held in Detroit Wednesday and
Thursday, October 18th and 18th.
Lee Wright, of Amadore, had his leg
broken as he was cutting corn recently.
Something about the machine broke
and apiece of heavy iron struck the leg.
At a meeting of the citizens of Cass
City recently "The Cass City Improve
ment Association" was organized and
adopted. Now watch Cass City climb.
j. b. Swift, of Ubly, jumped from a
moving train at Croswell one day last
week and was hurled to the ground,
but almost by miracle he was not
seriously injured.
Cass City is in want of a slogan and
the firm of n. Bigelow 81 Sons offer a
valuable prize to the man, woman or
child who makes the most suitable
word, phrase or sentence to fit the needs
of a wide awake town.
In order to thoroughly advertise its
fair, which is on this week, Bad Axe
sent out II automobiles last week with
its representative citizens and pretty
generally covered the Thumb territory
in one day. The idea was good one.
James Stanton, of Duluth, came to
Sandusky last week, and was introduce.
ed to his brother jeff Stanton, of Moore
township. The two brothers had not
met for twenty.eight years and when
face to face, did not recognize each
other.
a six-year-old gypsy boy in the band
which is touring this section Of the
country at present, has tuberculosis
and is in a pitiable condition. At
Croswell the child was taken to a doctor,
who said that nothing could be done
for him.
+. G. Babcock, well known Sanilac
county lawyer, and at one time pro-
scouting attorney, is recovering from
serious illness at his home in Sandusky,
but it is thought he will never be able
to resume his practice to any great ex-
tent. Mr.. BabcOck has been a prOmi-
nent politician.
Three glasses of Mrs. Adam Keller's
homemade wine drank by her husband
made a-beast of him and he nearly
killed his wife, smashing i'm her face
and hammering her SO that it is uncer
tain whether she will live or die. The
Keller's live near Algonac. Keller was
taken to the county Jail.
Capac young people, or certain ones,
are fond of the sport of cooning melons
and other good things and have done it
| to their hearts content without molesta-
ton other years. This year it was de-
cided they should pay for their fun
and Sheriff Wagenscil was called to
boss the affair. Confessions were made
and after this the gardens will probably
be let alone.
John Smith jr. owned beautiful
farm residence and several fine barns
just north of Romeo, and recently his
grandson, for some unaccOuntable
reason, set fire to and destroyed all the
buildings upon the farm. He then hied
himself away to Trombley mountain,
when after a search he was arrested by
sheriffs. He was taken to Mt. Clemens.
but would not plead to the charge and
examination was set for Sept. q.
Some excitement over in the neigh
boring town of Capac. The cellar of
Frank Burch's store was broken into
OF, Thursday night of last week, but
the owner was there and awake and
| fired two shots at the marauders, who
made good their escape. Friday night
Otto Prey's hardware store was entered
and rifles, reyolvers, ammunition and
a small amount of money was taken.
| The sheriif's Office at Port Huron was
notified and the country is being secured.