Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31
Our annual January thaw is up

Our annual January thaw is up
on us.
Has your subscription expired
II so. please call in and renew.
j c. McKenna is hauling lumber
and other materials preparatory to er.
ecting a dwelling house OH his farm
| next summer.
of Brockway on Tuesday morning,
Jan. Goth, Carrie, eldest daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Rix.
The Masons of this place have bar
gained for ground north of the Duffie
Block where thev intend 20 build a
large new hall next summer.
We again request of any citizen
knowing of items of interest about
town to be kind enough to hand them
in at this office for publication.
The same old thing over again.
Yesterday we wrote an item regarding
our January thaw, to day it is froze
up tighter than blaZes-we don't mean
the item but the ground.
We are informed that VIM II Scott
has purchased the store and lot op-
posite the Duflie Block from Mrs. Nc
Pherson. MIR. Scott will open up "a
furniture store in the building soon.
Brockway Centrs will then be well
supplied with furniture stores, having
two already.
The lecture given In Dulles Hall,
on Friday evening last, under the aus
pices of the Library Association. by
Rev. w. III. Poole, LII. D., of Port
Huron, entitled "IIow the Harp OF
David came tc be on the Royal British
Standard" was quite We'll attended.
The lecture was grand. Mr.. Poole
will deliver another of his popular
lectures next week Wednesday evening
entitled THE Odd Man and his Oddi-
ties" Don't fail to attend. you will
never regret it. See small bills.
The circulation of the Detroit
Evening Journal has increased SO rap
idly that its managers have found 1t
impossible to promptly meet the de-
mands for it from all parts Of the state
but in a few weeks it will be able to
supply all Michigan readers without
delay. One of the famous Scott per-
fpcting presses, with all the latest im-
provements. was ordered several weeks
ago. and will lie completed about the
middle of February. sTho Evening
Journal will then have the fastest
press in Michigan, and be able to meet
its rapidly increasing circulation with
out difficulty.
-MenZies, of the Brockway Centre
EXPosITOR, thinks Of a man who re-
fuses to donate to the Det. 4 LeXing-
ton R'y. (to be- that his "poor. con-
tracted little soul has more room to
play on the point of a cambric needle.
than there is for frog in Lake Huron.
There is no use of Brockway CenLre
making a fuss over getting the road.
as the projectors are only using that
town rs catspaw 10 rake the ches-
nuts out Of, Old Brockway. This is
straight up-and- up official. LIT Grati0t
Sun. This, we presume, settles ii; but
we would like to see your papers for
this statement
The r. 81 =. NJ. Lodge at Peck
will dedicate their new hall on Friday,
Feb. %. Dedication services will be-
gin ut one clock p. N. At five O'clock
tables will be set in the lower hall
where oysters will be found in abun-
dance. a good program will be pro.
vided consisting or vocal and instru-
mental music also Masonic orations.
The dedication services will be con-
Quoted by A. M. Clark, of Lexington.
Bill for oyster supper 75cts per couple
or 40 cts each. There VIII also be a
grand Masonic ball in the evening
Music by first-class string band. All
are invited to attend.
The following officers Of the grand
lodge of Frcg aud Accepted Masons
were elect ed at Kalamazoo Wednesday,
January %: NJ. w. G. NJ, Arthur
NJ. Clark, Of Lexington; II. w. ID. e.
NJ, Jamas H. Farnum, of CassopDlis;
II. w. &. >. w. Michael Shoemaker.
of Jackson r w. G j. w, Samuel
II. Morton, of Pontiac; II. w. G.. II.
H., Shaw Noble, of Monroe; r. W. s..
VIM. III. Innes. of Grand Rapids; Il.
w. G V and L., George w. Robert
son, of Grand Rapids; r. w. G.. G.,
Salmon H. Street, of Northport; w.
ID. d., w. ii. Wilson. of Muskegou;
w. j. D., II. c. Rockwell, Of st. Joseph
w G. NJ. John Robertson. of INLAY
City; w. G. T., Alexander Mcgregory,
of Detroit.
Detroit was chosen as the place of
holding the next session.
The new officers were duly installed
and the lodge WAS then closed in due
form