Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-07-03
BROCKWAY CENTRE, ST. Clair County, Mich, JULY 3,

Get your machine oil at Mills
Hardware.
--Thos Beadle returned from Fllion
this week.
VIM II. Scott has new sign. 1t
is a heat one.
Isaac lowry has returned to this
place from Bad Axe.
j. III. Bartlett. of Spring Hill,
was in town this week.
We had some more Florida wea-
ther the fore part of the week.
j. d. Vivian made flying visit to
his friends in this place last week.
Mark Grandy has accepted posi-
tion in Knills drug store at Pt Huron.
Mrs. A. G. Brown has returned
home from her visit TO friends in Ca
NADIA.
DIR Mills, of Richmond, is visiting
with his brothers and other friends in
this place.
Parties indebted to us please call
in as soon as possible and pay up as
we are in need of the money.
Miss Annie Brennan started for
Custer, Mason Co., this week and will
remain there during the summer.
The annual fair of the Brockway
District Agricultural Society will be
held in Brockway on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, Sep "a, 25 and 26.
The band have been practicing of
late and you may expect to hear them
discourse some fine music on the
Fourth.
&C. L. Michaels hall will be the
centre of attraction for dancing on the
Fourth of July. Dancing all day and
evening.
We were kindly remembered by
Mrs. VIM j. Morgan who brought us
fine lot of strawberries, for which we
return thanks.
The Richmond Review says that
the Armada Telegraph goes up the
golden tlue this week as it did not
equal Barnum's show as a bonanza.
- ut Il OIJ I1ulOll i cIlJo VI Iuc N.
o. Il. Ms. will have grand celebra-
tion at the above named place on July
4th, winding up with dance in ths
evening.
From the present outlook there
will be but very little wheat and oat
straw in this vicinity this season. The
stalks now stand from one TO two feet
high and the wheat is all headed out.
The attention of our readers is
called to the change Of adv. for ii. f.
Leonard in this issue. He has large
stock of Haying and Harvest Tools on
hand which he is selling at bottom
prices.
Elder J. Ii. Patton, of AlmonU,
will preach at Peck Saturday evening
and Sunday morning and In the A. G.
chapel in this place Sunday afternoon
and evening. Come out everybody
and hear him.
The wife of C. r. Morrill, died
very suddenly at her home on Wednes-
day morning, July and. She leaves
family of small children and a husband
who sadly mourn her loss. The SIM
pathy of the whole community is with
them in this their sad bereavement.
Miss Corner, daughter of o. T.
Corner, of Jeddo, died on Wednesday
morning last. Deceased is well known
in this place and neice of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiram Allen. A large attendance
was present at the funeral as she was
loved and respected by all who knew
her.
j. w. Gustin, census enumerator,
with his assistant Franklin Barker,
have completed their work in this
township. They find the population
of the township to be 2,160, in the vii
lage Of Brockway Centre 671. The
number of families in Brockway Cen
ire 1876, the number of dwelling houses
129. There are 303 families in the
township.
Eugene Law, of the firm OF
Rogers 81 Law, Marlette. has just
finished surveying three drains for this
township. One drain commences in
Silverthorn's land and passes through
Williams, MorrilPs and Remington's
and empties into the north branch of
Mill Creek. The second drain COM
mences in Jas HowelPs land, section
IS and passes through Phillips and
Mclean in sec 10 crossing the road in
to Bueps land across the section line
into 80 and empties into Mill Creek.
The other commences in S. O. Welch's
land In section 23 passes through his
sons land across sec 13 into ID through
IL. y. Il
empties into the Duval drain in Green
wood. Mr.. Law is good surveyor
and it is needless to say COED job has
been done. These drains when CON-
pleted will be great addition to the
town of Brockway.