Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-08-06
1t has been rather cool during the
past week.

Wednesday morning for trip up tn
lakes.
Elder j. III. Patton will preacl
Sunday morning at II O'Clock in a. &
chapel.
Go TO w. II. Wear & Co.'S fol
your boys clothing. They are closing
1t out.
w. IL. Wear & Co have lot o.
whips which they will sell regardless,
of cost.
The business places in town will
be closed on Saturday afternoon from
l o'clock to 4.
Miss Kittie Carroll has been visit.
ing her many frend9'in town during
the past week.
Correspondence from Melvin and
Wales received too late for publica'
tion in this issue.
We are pleased to see the smiling
countenance of Elder II. Il. Brown
once more in our midst.
Mrs. Mary White has our thanks
for IA handsome bouquet Of flowers for
which we return our thanks.
Quite a number from this place
have been out huckleberrying during
the past week and report having good
success.
1t has been splendid weather dur
ing the past week to indulge in roller
skating and good many have taken
advantage of 10.
The latest patterns of Remington
military rifles are sighted to shoot one
mile, although they are really effective
at a much greater distance.
Anderson e. Co., in change of
adv. set forth the many points of ad-
vantage possessed by 1.-THE Studebak-
err wagon. You should not fail to
read the adv.
The Dutch rule is, that if it rains
on the first day of August we will
have rain every day in the month. 1t
started out in good shape having rain
ed the first four days.
The following ladies and gentle
men from this township are in atten-
dance as the Normal School at TT.
Gratiot :-MollIe Nj. Brown, Jessie
Allison, Mrs. B. Brown, Bertha Came
ron, Nellie Merritt, Minnie Newkirk.
Annie Rix, Theresa Wilt, Mary Golden.
ID. L. Macarthur and w. Il. Wells.
Every preparation is being made
to make the coming soldiers and sail
ors' reunion complete success. Do
not forget the date Aug. 27 and 2S.
Visitors may be assured that, as Ro-
meo never does anything by halves,
they will be handsomely entertained
by our citizens. Romeo Hydrant.
-Shep. Beebe, of Richmond, was
brought before Justice Reed last Sat-
urday on the charge of stealing $25
from Mr.. Fisher of Columbus. st.
Clair county, while intoxicated.
Beebe withdrew his plea of not guilty,
pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to
the house of correction, for sixty days.
The Panorama of the Battle of
Gettysburg, on exhibition in Chicago,
is considered by everybody the greatest
attraction of the Garden City. 1t is
visited daily by hundreds Of people,
and everybody says it is the greatest
exhibition they ever saw. we can
only say that nobody should fail to
visit it while in Chicago.
Now is the season of the year
when the country newspaper man is
hurried for copy. AS great drops of
sweat fall from his forehead, while he
is trying to rake something out of his
brain. he is filled with desire to ex-
change places with the proprietor of
some summer resort, especially as long
as the hot weather lasts.-Borrowed
"A great deal of opposition is
shown toward all guns having maga-
zines on account of danger that the
cartridges will explode in the maga-
zine. This danger is wholly obviatel
in the Lee system of detachable maga-
zine. The Lee rifle can be fired fifty
times in minute. 1t is made by the
Remingtons, of lion, N. Y. and has
been furnished by them to the Chinese
government.
General Grants mortal remains
will be laid away in their last resting
place Riverside Pork, New York, on
Saturday, August Sth, and as fitting
tribute 10 the memory OF the nations
hero, memorial services will be held
i'm A. G. chapel. Brockway Centre, on
that day at o'clock. Elders Holmes,
Patton and Gray will be present to
conduct the services. Elder Patton,
one of the Boys in Blue, will deliver
the grafton.
The last quarterly meeting of the
M. p. church, Brockway circuit, will
be held at the church in Brockway
Centre next Saturday and Sunday,
Aug. and o. Rev. j. II. Chaplin of
Jeddo will assist in the services,
preaching OH Saturday afternoon at 2
O. clock. Quarterly conference i'm
mediately after the sermon. Love
feast at 80 Sabbath morning; preach
ing at 10 80; communion Immediately
after preaching.
The case against Jas. Kerwin for
stealing twine from the barn of VIM.
Emery one night last week, came off
on Saturday last and tie jury rendered
verdict of not guilty. 1t seems the
twine belonged to Hickey & Kerwin
and the latter named party asked Mr..
Emery the night in question to open
the barn and allow him to get some Of
the twine, which he would not do, con-
sequently Kerwin together with others
went to the barn and took it out.
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