Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-09-24

sowing their fall wheat.
Fancy and plain box paper at TIL
EXPosIToR Book Store.
Eugene Kiely and family, of Ros
common, are visiting friends IN these
parts.
-Chas. Leonard, of Burlington
Iowa, is sojourning with her brothel
in this place.
Emerson Welch and wife, o.
Whittimore, are visiting at ). o.
Welch's at present.
Mrs. Peck, of Clyde, has beer
visiting her mother, Mrs. Rodock,
during the past week.
We return thanks to the Capac
Agricultural 4 Society for complllien'
tary to their fair October IA, Is and 16.
Prime family mess pork at Z e cts.
per pound at Rollins 81 Hisey's, also
sugar cured hams and shoulders at
lowest prices.
j. =. Niggeman and Daniel Clarke
with their wives were the guests OF G.
III. NIggeman and other friends In
town on Sunday.
Miss G. Boice will offer great
bargains during fair week in millinery
and fancy goods. BE sure you read
her new adv. in this issue.
Call and look over Leonard's i'm
stock of heaters. He has the
finest line ever on exhibition in this
place. Notice his change of adv.
CLANCY Kelley caught pike in
Mill creek the other day which dressed
three and one-half pounds. He says
there are others in the creek larger
still.
&C. Robinson, jeweler and watch
maker, intends closing out his busi-
ness in the next thirty days as he is
going out of the business. Read his
change of adv. in this issue.
To anybody who has disease of
throat or lungs, we will send proof
that Piso's Cure for Consumption has
cured the same complaints in other
cases. Address, L. II. Hazeltine,
Warren, Pa.
&C. ii. Niggeman, our new jeweler,
has an ad. in this Issue. He has a
splendid stock of watches, clocks,
iewelry, silverware, books. stationary,
sc. Give him call and look over
his stock.
-Thos. Weston left a curiosity at this
office last week. 1t is about half dozen
potatoes all grown into one and weighs
Two and one-half pounds. Another
similar, which grew in the same hill,
two pounds.
John Rath, who is now 05 years
bid. dug G5 bushels of potatoes and
picked them up in one day and the
next day dug IS bushels but did not
pick them all up. We think this rath-
,r good work for a man his age.
-Mrs. Oliver, of Grand Rapids, who
has been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
R. w. Rix. for the past three months,
las during that time. pieced five quilts,
Zach containing 5000 pieces. This is
extraordinary for woman 70 years of
ige.
The Prairie Farmer, published at
Chicago each week, is Just received aud
numerous valuable hints for
he farmer. Its editorials are original
.nd practical and we advise all farmers
who want good reliable farm paper
20 subscribe for it.
--Chas. Dewey, Melvin's enterpris-
ng merchant, has new adv. In this
ssue in which he informs his many
customers that he is still at the front
With full line of seasonable goods for
he fall trade and will sell the same at
'ock bottom prices. Call and examine
lis stock.
John Brink informs us that he has
sunfower which measures 0 feet in
liameter and is on stalk 20 feet high
md feet in diameter ut the butt.
Vhew Great Scottl He offers to wag-
,r ten dollars with any man that this
S so. Bring it over to the fair and
place it on exhibition.
The following is a supreme court
lecision: No town or city has a right
20 give a man license or permit to
veil any ware or merchandise on the
sidewalk or on the street in front of
,he property Of another person. The
street in front OF a mans place of
business is held to be an appurtenance
20 the lot upon which his store is erect.
I'D and situated, and belongs to him as
against all others. except only the
right to travel thereon.
Miss Klttie Carroll has opened a
millinery and fancy goods store, in the
building owned by Thos Youngs, north
Of Nj. Z. Aliens store on front street,
where she intends keeping full stock
IF everything in her line. She has all
the latest and newest styles Of hats
and bonnets. She will also have a
establishment in connec-
tion and having had considerable ex-
perience in this business will surely
give good satisfaction. We predict
for her a prosperous trade.
Detective Shannon, of Ft. Gratiot,
has done some good work in ferreting
out nest of thieves near Melvin. He
was up there on Saturday and sue
ceeded in capturing young lad named
Wilson who stole the boots from w.
III. Wear & Co. This nest has COM
mitted numerous depredations in these
parts and are the same parties who
broke into Chas. Dewey's store at
Melvin sometime ago. The boots
stolen from w. III. Wear Il Co.'S were
found, but the soles had been cut from
The uppers and completely ruined.
They were watched so close that they
did this to conceal them about their
person in order to get them away from
the house and hide them. Mr.. Shannon