Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-12-31

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-Amasa Brown, of Evergreen, is
visiting friends in these parts.
w. Scott, the baker. is the happy
father Of II bouncing baby boy.
E. F. Haight is spending his holi-
days with friends in New Baltimore.
-Jno w. Lamon is putting nice new
shades in the front windows of his
bank.
DR.. G. S. Ney spent Christmas in
Canada among his friends and rela-
tives.
Have you paid your taxes yet? If
not you will be obliged TO pay the eX
ira percent.
Harry l. HOwse, principal OF the
Valley Centre schools, made us pleas
ant call last week.
Christmas passed off very quietly
and all enjOyfd the turkey and other
good things OIL that day.
WIN. Hisey. of North Branch. WIS.
tied with his brother and other friends
in this place the past week.
E. p. HunLoon. of Marine City,
spent his holidays with his daughter,
Mrs. Levi Morrill,, Jr., in this place.
- Miss Kittie A. Carroll will give a
! % per cent. dircpunt on hats during
January. A nice line of easels in stock.
-E. +. Law. our principal in the
| public schools, is attending the State
| Teachers Association at Lansing this
week.
About 20 couple attended c. +. |
Michaels ball and oyster supper Christ
mas night and IA quiet aud pleasant
time was had.
Our merchants were chuck full of |
business the past week. Nav they be
blessed with "a continuance of the same |
during the year 1886.
While fooling with target gun /
Christmas day, Johnnie Grinnell acci.
dentally shot himself through the foot. |
He is slowly improving.
The new cheap edition of tire most
popular story ever published, Uncle
Toms Cabin" for sale at the EXPOSE
TOR Bookstore. Only S1.O0.
&C. Andreae & Sons wish to buy
SEQ cords of wood at their woolen mills |
in Brockway Centre. All kinds of |
lumber and shingles wanted.
Miss Hattie Howay who has been
in Port Huron for the past year, has
returned home TO spend the winter
with her parents in this place.
The next meeting of the Literary
Society will be held oae week from to-
morrow (Friday) evening. 1t has been
decided To omit New Years night.
Saws gummed in first class order
aud OH shurt notice at j. ID. Grinnell's
foundry, Brockway Centre. Call If
you are in need of such work. 29 81
We are indebted to w. ID. Wear
for sprigs of mistlet0e and holly, d
box Of which was sent TO him from
Tennessee. and grown OH his place
there.
John Hallock who has run the
spinning machine at the woolen mills
in this place the past season, left for
Columbiaville this week Monday where
he has secured winters job.
Ed. johnson. son of jeremiah
johnson of. this vicinity, left for Port
Huron this week to accept position
in the custom house. He is u young
man of good habits and We take
pleasure in congratulating him on re-
ceiving this important position.
THE dwelling of Henry Sleight. Of
Lynn township was destroyed by ire
on the night of Wednesday, Dec. .23rd.
Cause unknown. Loss $500; insured
in the Home of New York for 5000.
Also the dwelling of stephen Malloy
AT Saginaw juno on Christmas night.
j. w. Stratton was the lucky
party in guessing on the number of
seeds contained within the shell of the
pumpkin at c. a Wells u Co.'S DRUG
store. The number of seeds counted
by the committee was 761. he guessing
765. There were one or two Others
very near as close. The case is 4 hand
some one and was well worth trying
for.
Both the Christmas trees Thursday
evening last were interesting affairs
and largely attended. The preser Is.
which adorned the trees. were useful,
valuable and many and were received
with delight by those who received the
same. At the M Z. church G. Cooper
presided and gave the presents to their
respective owners. Jos Effrck did the
same work at the NJ. p. church. Both
made very efficient Santa Claus's.
-Robt. Kicks wishes to contradict
the statement made by that party in
last issue In regard TO the Presbyterian
minister who canvassed and delivered
those Bibles in these parts. He wish.
es 10 say that the item is base fabri-
cation and that the said minister de-
livered the Bibles according to agree
ment. He says he accompanied the
said minister to good many places
aud found him to be man of his word
lead the public and injure the man.
We hope the party who inserted the
item will in the future learn 10 tell the
truth.
Bogus butter is bad enough, but
bogus eggs are worse. A New Yorker
has just been convicted at Pattel son,
". j.. of selling artificial eggs. His
fraudulent wares were bogus through !
out, shells and all. Tie shells were
made of some sort of composition, and
were filed with cheap albumen aud a
vnlk composed of carrots and saffron.
These eggs. IL il said. We're verv near
like the genuine article when "scram-