The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19
THURSDAY. November ~, 1914
HERE AND THERE.

Two or three ladies have joined the
band recently organized in Marlette.
Lexington village put 565 loads of
gravel ON its main streets last week.
Brown City has numerous cases of
whooping cough among the children.
The st. Clair county Republican is
preparing to issue big Christmas
edition
A big grading bee was held in Almont
last week to liX up the new athletic
playground.
The Brown City Savings Bank has
Installed a burroughs Adding Subtract
ing machine.
Chicken and grain thieves are tx
tremely busy III the vicinity of st.
Clair this fall.
James O'COnnor of Bad Axe has
purchased half interest in the Palms
elevator aud will take the active man
agement of IT.
The NJ. f. church people at Brown
City find they need more room and are
considering the advisability of building
a new church.
st. Clair people will give an old fash
ioned dance on the 10Th. Nothing but
the dances used before the late new
steps came in will be danCei
The steamer Hazel which has been
making the shore towns between Port
Huron and Harbor Beach is now in
winter quarters at Port Huron.
The canning factory NAV not remove
from Lexington after all. Perhaps if
Lexington builds new dock it may
conclude to settle down and be good.
Jas. Mckenzie, a well known resi-
dent of Kingston, met instant death
last week when team ran away with
him. He was thrown out, breaking
his neck.
Bert Virgins, a Sanilac county man,
could not be induced to send his chill
dren to school. He was therefore ar.
rested by the truant officer and fined
$500 or 20 days in Jail Virgins took
the lookup.
The Mussey Township Boys Crop
Growing Association are planning on
two meetings month, to be held in
Capac opera house. n, One meeting will
be social, the other will have speakers,
discussions, etc.
Marine City has new Timber firm
to be known as the "Marine Lumber &
Coal Co." with four substantial bust
ness men as co.partners. 1t is expect
ed the new enterprise will he a boom
to Marine City.
Croswell is having her time with the
burglarizing of business places. The
latest is that of the Helm hotel, which
was entered the other night by some
one who was frightened away before
securing any booty.
Sanilac county farmers are very much
interested at present in traction plow
recently purchased by b. +. Scouten, of
Moore 10" uship which is run by gas
oline engine This is the first traction
pIow to be used in Sanilac county.
Bay City business men and members
of the Board o. commerce are making
trip down into the Thumb today,
the 19th, on the ID b. G. IL w R'y and
are callin. on the citizens of Akron,
Caro-, SnoVeT, Sandusky and possibly
other IOwns.
harles Fish, Of Croswell, was tried
| last week in Circuit Court, on the charge
OF setting fire 10 his stock of goods
He WAS acquitted, the charge not being
proven by any witnesses and now. be
gins two suits against the companies
who insured his goods to collect t he
insurance.
A big road bee was held Wednesday
of this week by farmers of Cottrellville
and China townshi ps and the merchants
Of Marine City, and the old plank road
west of the latter city was improved
by the addition Of 600 loads of cinders,
and the consequent crushing, leveling
and grading for proper highway.