Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-07-31
Local Exposifions.

Get your machine oil at Mills
Hardware.
w. III. Rollins has returned to
this place from Tennessee.
Mrs. III. +. Leonard has returned
from her visit at st. Clair.
Miss Carrie Rapley made visit
tn her friends and relatives at Strath-
roy the past week.
Frank Holden, Of Detroit, made
his parents and many friends in this
place visit the past week.
Miss Flora Bowers has returned
to this place from a short visit to
friends and relatives in Canada.
"A Republican Caucus will be held
i'm this place tomorrow for the purpose
of electing delegates TO the county
convention.
Mrs. A. Bowers and daughter
Belle. of Port Huron, have been the
guests of Mr.. and. &. n. Turner dur
ing the past week.
We omitted the names of Misses
Mary McKeith and Genevie Bump in
our report OF the young ladies from
this town attending the Normal School
at TT Gratiot.
-Thos. Macarthur has cleared up
the rubbish left by the late fire on his
lot and will have another building
erected on the site of the one burned
before SLOW flies.
johnnie the tailor has new ad.
in this weeks issue and we invite our
readers to read il, then go and leave
your order for suit. First-class
work at low prices is his motto.
Those boys who threw the stones
and broke the windows i'm the M. L.
church are known and are requested to
pay G. Cooper S1.25. In So doing they
will save further costs and trouble.
And now comes John Rath with
Hanson Head of lettuce which meas
ures eft u inches in circumference
and being just 1T > inch larger than
Mr.. Cooper's. How is this, ell! Next.
Capt. +. B. Shepherd will give u
grand harvest ball ut the Brockway
House in Old Brockway. on Tuesday
evening, August 10th. Music by Jack
sons full string band. \ first class
time anticipated. Everybody invited.
The splendid weather for haying
and harvest we have been having has
not been experienced by the farmers
of this country in many years, and
more desirable condition of hay and
grain is not remembered by the oldest
farmers.
Peter Hickey in the employ of
Anderson & Co., of Port Huron, sold
S1,575 worth Of farm machinery in
Wa 10 l~aI sa
another agent in the country can beat
it. Pete is a trustworthy fellow and
no doubt his employers have found it
out before this.
VIM Beals the courteous and oblig-
ing conductor on the 1T. III. & n. w.
II X has been away on a vacation,
which he justly deserves. We are
also informed that he has taken to
himselfa helpmeet. The BRIDES name
is Miss Anna O'Leary of Bay City.
William we wish you and yours
pleasant as wei! as prosperous married
life.
John B. Wedge one of the Old pio-
neers. having come from Canada and
settled in this place some thirty years
ago and now in his slst year, went
out the other day and shingled the
roof of hog house, making his own
scaffolds, and carrying the shingles
onto the roof. The frame part of tho
building which is 14x1s with SIT posts
was Constructed by VIM Strong. This
is something unusual for one SO old to
attempt.
AT a temperance meeting held at
Roseburg last Friday evening, several
speakers being present, this great cause
was ably represented. We haven't
space to describe fully each speaker.
j. =. Duffie was in one of his best
moods and made a grand speech. Rev
j. II. Baird made one of those fianking
speeches that made the moral law a
terror To evil doers. Our village black
smith. G. Cooper. spoke with no un-
certain sound. AS the hour was late
Rev A. j. Holmes made few remarks
and a call for Names was made and 20
male and 22 female signatures were
received making total of 81 support
ems for Prohibition.