Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-04-16

The best and 10 cent cigars for
sale at the EXPosITOR Book store.
Anderson & Co., have n change of
ad. in this issue. BE sure You read it.
Miss Eva Smith, of Elk, is visit.
ing with her cousins at VIM Williams.
&C. Apdreae a. Sons have lately
erected new barn on their wooden
mill lot.
johnnie Sexton received serious
injury by being thrown from buggy
on Thursday last.
The scholars and teachers in the
schools here are enjoying a two weeks
vacation at present.
Money wanted on subscription.
Cannot some OF those who owe us
come i'll and settle up?
Fred Poole is at present in the
employ of l.. ii. Hale and Is acting in
the capacity of clerk. Fred makes a
good Que.
"A heavy snow storm on Saturday
| last. Ii TINS weather does not let up
soon the farmers will have TO make
hay while the SNOW flies.
ID. G. Williams IS fixing up the
granery on his rall property for a
dwelling house and as soon rs complet-
ed will move his family here.
The Richmond Review says that
the Bohemian oats men are operating
| in that section. 1t would be we'll for
the farmers in this section TO look ont
for them and let the alone.
j. c. McKenna has men engaged
digging a well for him on his farm
south of here. He informs US that
they were obliged to dig through five
feet of frozen ground and were two
days doing it, the ground being frozen
SO solid.
Mr.. Cobb, of the agricultural i'm
plement firm of Cobb & Comstock Pt.
Huron, was in town on Monday look
ing after their interests here. He IN
forms us that they have already re-
ceived SIX orders for binders and are
having good trade in other farming
implements. Glad to hear Of it.
We, the undersigned. have been
informed that the parties who have
opposed Incorporation intend to put
our names upon their tickets for trus-
tees and as they have had no authority
to DO SO we most einphatically decline
to allow our names To run on said
tickets. II. +. LEONARD,
1oHN HOLDEN.
RUDOLPH ANDREAE.
On Thursday night last some part
les broke into Chas. Dewey's store at
Melvin 1t seems they made their en-
trance through the front door by the
use Of "A sledge hammer. Mr.. Dewey
who lives in the rear Of the store,
| heard them and at once arose and
started out tO see who WAS there but
on hearing him coming the thieves
made their escape without securing
any plunder.
The bear hunt which Emmet IIol-
comb and Ed. Smith took part in and
published in the EXPoSITOR WAS
wrong. When they saw the bears
Emmet said "Ed take my rifle and /
will take the shotgun and you shoot
the bear" When Ed killed the bear
he looked around for Emmett and
found him about forty feet up tree
so that il the bear should get away and
come at him he could shake him off,
Communicated.
The Dutlie Block is nearing COM
pletiou. Mr.. McF Fadden has succeed
ed in replacing the parts Of the build
ing blown out by the explosion and
after he gets coat or two of paint on
the same it will hardly be known that
anything had happened to it. The
hall has been re-arranged and now ex-
tends the whole length of the north
side OF the building, the other half
being cut up into offices. The store
will soon be ready for occupancy.
We wish to thank w. II. Palmer,
our once respected townsman, for the
compliment we received at his hands
on Tuesday evening last at the incor-
poration meeting held by few of our
citizens in Leonard's hardware store,
in regard to us running a "one-horse
sinking little paper" and debating TO
the people how they should vote and
presenting an individual ticket compos.
ed Of dudes" as he calls the respected
ticket ana are honorable and in every
way qualified to fill the offices for
which their names were presented.
We wish TO inform him that the ticket
which appeared in the ExPosIToR was
not our own selection, but was hand
ed US by one Of our citizens for publ.
cation, only as suggestion and not
for nomination as his weak brain sup
posed. The party who handed in the
ticket thought, we presume, it would
do no harm to present the said ticket
just for discussion and possibly would
bring out other suggestions equally as
good and thereby bring forward a
ticket which would be endorsed by the
masses of the people, and also a set of
officers. who would work for the best
interests of the tax payers and others
interested in the village. would be
elected next Monday. In publishing
this ticket we are abused 10y the above
named ordained minister of the gospel,
who carries the idea in his own con-
tracted little mind, that no man has a
right to his own opinion, AMI that
everybody should think as he does and
give him all the say, for he owns a
, good deal of property and has done
more for the town than any other man.
you know. He does not sympathise
with the laboring classes, only con
suits his own selfish interests. looks
down on men who have to earn their
living by the sweat of their brow, and
: believes In keeping their noses on the
grindstone ahd not allow them to be.