The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-11-30
THURSDAY, NOV. 80, 1911.

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The work on the Lake Huron canal
is nearly finished
The Rapid railway is being double
tracked between Mt. Clemens and De-
troit.
+. M. Mark, of Deckervile, was the
successful bidder at the sale of the big
Schram " Baker stock at Minden City.
The postoffice at North Branch has
been designated as q postal savings de-
| poSitory and service will be started
December 8.
VIM. Diflloe, wife and son, of Capac,
are preparing tor trip to Germany to
spend their Christmas. Mr.. Diflloe left
there 20 years ago.
Most Of the schools in Lamotte town
ship, Sanilac county and some in Elmer
township, are closed OH account of an
epidemic of scarlet fever.
by the accidental discharge of his
gun Guy Coleman, of near Croswell, is
dead. The boy was Is years of age and
a son of William Coleman.
Roy McPhail, the motorman on the
Rapid R'y, who was so badly injured in
the recent collision, died at the hospital
in Port Huron last Sunday.
Deckerville will consider a bonding
proposition to build additional room to
the present school building, which has
become inadequate to the needs of the
students.
L. f.. Warner, for IL years druggist
in Marlette, has sold his business to W.
b. Gleason jr, of same place. Mr..
Warmers pharmacy institute will now
occupy his whole time.
J. W. Cawood, the Brown City Ban
ner editor, suffered another attack of
appendicitis recently and was taken to
Detroit, where an operation was per-
formed in Harper hospital, and it is
hoped he will soon be well again.
Between $500 and $500 worth of
goods that people have attempted to
bring into this country without paying
the duty, and which have been seized
by the customs officers, were put on sale
on Wednesday of this week at the l..
:. court room. These articles are kept
one year, and if not claimed are put up
at public auction.
Nathan Eldred, of near Almont, got
out of feeding his pig for go days but
piggy wasn't up to standard weight
when his brothers and sisters were sold.
The day that Mr. Eldred threshed his
grain, the pig was missed. Sixty days
later as the cattle were eating around
the straw stack the pig was uncovered
as thin as a match, but alive and ready
for food and drink.
The Minden City editor like all 9th
ers, has his trials and although the fol-
lowing may be and is laughable, still it
has "a serious side, and of course the
editor found it so. lie was obliged to
print some wedding invitations on a
day when it was raining hard, and a
very leakY roof compelled him to have
an assistant hold an umbrella over his
person and work while he was so en-
gagged. At the other end of the room
which serves as barber shop, the barber
was shaving customer while an
umbrella was being raised over them.
However these people are thankful be-
cause the roof is in the way of being re-
paired.
The Sparkling mystery at Ubly, SAM
lac county is receiving some enlight-
ment. In July 1908 John Sparkling died
ascribed to heart failure. In July 1910,
his son Peter aged % died, death ascrib-
ed to blood poisoning. In May 1911,
Albert another son, aged % years, died
from fall. In August 1911, Cyril,
third son aged 20 years, died and
suspicion being excited, the funeral
was haulted and organs sent to the u.
of M. for examination. 1t was found
that Cyril's death was due to arsenic
poisoning. The body of Albert was
exhumed, organs examined and arsenic
found present. DIR. Robert
A. MacGregor, the family physician
who attended all these cases, has been
charged with murder. Mar
garet Gibbs, Port Huron and London
nurse, is also under arrest, charged with
knowing more about the cases than
she told. The outcome is looked for
ward to anXiously.