The Yale expositor., 1912-03-14
TIL URSDAI, MAR. II, 1912.
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The small poX scare ut 81. Clair has
about died out.
After April list shavcs in Port Huron
will cost - cents.
There were II prisoners at the St.
Clair county Jail last week.
NJ. \. Currier Of Almont has purchas.
ed Baldwin $ general store at Capac.
Preliminary details for the construc.
ton of Il sugar factory at North Branch
have been completed.
| Chas. Morton. of Amont, was "a
| years old Monday March LIST. Orson
| Ingalls, will be same age next fall.
Mudon Rockefeller of Shabona, was
instantly killed one day last week
while he was walking on the u. .. &
\. track. snow pillow hit him.
\ poultry association has been form
eel at Marlette and ocers elected. A
poultry show will be held next winter
at the farmers institute round up.
Port Huron will try the motor vehicle
in place of the ordinary horse drawn
fire wagon and if it seems best the
old system will he replaced by the
new.
Almont village council purchased
and used whole page in the Herald
last week in placing the matter of the
proposed bond issue before the people
in its true light.
Mrs. j. NJ. Ferguson, gave birth to a
son last week Friday What is pecilar
about that is that her own birthday
is the same date and also that of her
two year old daughter
Ilarbor Beach has been without
show house since the fire last fall but
an enterprising citizen has remodelled
and opened motion picture house
which the citizens are largely patroniz
ing.
The sugar plant at Marine City is
employing a large force of men and in
the near future expect to refine sugar,
as the company has about 100000 lbs
of the raw material 1t is good news
for Marine iCty.
The Odd Fellows of Inlay City had
"A big day last Friday when a number
of candidates were given degrees
Lodges at Capac. Lapeer and Almont
were represented and go persons en-
iOyed a banquet.
T.. G. Boyce, the well known Port
Huron merchant Of thirty years, has
given II trust mortgage on all his prop
erty to Geo. G. Corwin of Burnham,
Stoepel q Co., of Detroit, for the bcne-
fit of all his creditors.
lnterurban ears are not allowed to
cross Military street bridge in Port
Huron any longer in its present con
dition. Repairs are being made to the
bridge and probably a new bridge will
be voted by the people.
A venture for Il small city like Cros-
well is an industrial agency launched
by ID. +. Wise. This new enterprise
viii buy and sell real estate, bonded
insurance, loan money, Civ Informal
ton, sell or exchange or most anything
any one might want.
\ petition to abolish the Board of
Public Works and place the electric
light and water Soris of St Clair
directly under the control of the COM
mon council, will be submitted to the
qualified electors Of st. Clair ut the
coming spring election.
The famous State Bank of Decker
vile for the past 90 years prominent
among banks, has increased the capital
stock TO $4,000 and in addition has
included eleven more stockholders, all
prominent business men and farmers.
The bank will now begin the erection
of a new bank building at Deckerville,
two stories 30x50 fet.
When James Marks is released from
jackson prison, where he has spent the
past l3 years and where the law says
he is TO spend his lifetime, he will come
back to his old Port Huron home.
James Marks is serving life sentence
for the murder of his child wife, a
crime which he declares yet he never
committed. He is now old and broken
in health but happy over the good news
Of a pardon. The wife S death will
probably ever remain mystery.
An occurrence perhaps a little I'M
usual but mighty pleasant and interest
ing was the gathering to gether, upon
invitation of John n. Dec, of North
Branch, of class mates of the first
district school in North Branch town
ship organized in 1855. A fellow stud
ent had returned from Mexico City
after an absence of 30 years and this |
suggested the reunion An even dozen
all men, were present and one can
scarcely imagine the good time they
had recalling incidents and discussing