Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-06-24

were i'm town over Sunday.
Miss Elliott, of Grant Centre, is visi
ing with Phil McDougall at present.
Fred A. Baker, of Port Huron, mad
flying visit to friends in this place o
Monday.
Mrs. r. II. Bales and son, of Vassal
are at present visiting w. ID. Wear an
family and other friends in this place
Miss May Dinsmore, of Port IIuroE
visited with Miss Ada Lugsdin and he
many other friends in this place owe
Sunday.
BE sure and attend the NJ. +. ;.
excursion to the delightful grove o
Abernethy, Moore Town on the Cana
da shore, to-day Thursday.
W. ID. Wear, Will Brown and IIenr!
Turner left on Monday for short visi
to the Sunny South. They Will visi
several parts of Tennessee before the!
return.
a. +. Jackson will give. a grant
opening ball in his hall in this place OF
Monday evening, July 9th. All are in
yited to come and enjoy II fine time
First-class music and good supper.
Chas Snider our station agent brought
to this office on Monday two stalks o1
wheat which he picked from Jas Keye'
farm at Brockway which measure si>
feet long. Mr.. Reyes has whole field
just like it.
W. III. Palmer has moved his family
to his farm east of here for the SUM
mer. He intends moving his house
from where it now stands in the rear OF
the store, back to the west end of his
lot, facing the NJ. +. church.
Rev. Ira LeBaron and family return
ed home last week from their visit to
Wisconsin and occupied the pulpit in
the NJ p. church on Sunday evening.
We are glad to see the pleasant face OF
our pastor again in our midst.
Our old friend Gustavis kimball,
Professor in the Commercial Depart
ment of the Ohio Wesleyan University,
Delaware, Ohio, with his family are
visiting MIR. and Mrs. Roht Guy and
many other friends in these parts at
present.
Frank Brooks found his colt in DR..
O'Brien's barn at Lexington one day
last week. Frank valued the colt very
highly as it is well bred and worth over
500. He has evidence against certain
parties who took the colt and intends
making it warm for them.
c. +. AIichaels has cards out an
nouncing lirst-class Fourth of July
Ball in his new hall on Monday even
ing, July 9th to which all are invited.
There will he good music and you can
expect a nice time. Dancing in the
hall all day. Don't fail to attend.
Frank Holden, of Ludington, is visit
ing his parents Mr.. and Mrs. Jas Hold
Ell ut present. lie has secured more
desirable situation at INLAY City where
he will go on his return. We are pleas
ed to here of Frank rising i'll the busi-
ness III which he is engaged and wish
him all manner of success.
Remember that Brockway Centre i'll
tends to celebrate the glorious fourth"
OH the 9Th this year i'll good style. Post
ers are out containing the races and
other sports and all who attend can de-
pend OH it they will enjoy themselves.
\ sufficient Marshal force will be in the
village to keep everything quiet.
The drama rendered by the Brockway
Centre Amateur Dramatic Company at
Lexington last Friday evening was
well received by the citizens of that
place. We are informed that all play
eel their parts better than they did here
and that the laughable farce "IIow to
pay the Rent" brought the house down.
The receipts amounted to over $40.
The Sunday School Institute to he
held in the N. +. church in this place
Tuesday and Wednesday, June 20 and
80 promises to be very interesting
affair. Many able and talented speak
ers will be present and much benefit
may be derived from the meetings. All
should take enough interest in the pro-
motion of Sabbath School work and at
tend each day and evening.
Jas. Ferguson and we editor took
drive through the country Sunday
morning and found crops badly set
back by the frosts and cool evenings
we have had this spring. Hay will be
q very light crop and the prospects for
small grain is anything but encourag-
ing. The fruit crop promises to be
rather fair. There are some as fine
farms in this vicinity as you will find
anywhere in Michigan.
The Alba Haywood combination
made its first appearance in this village
at Central Hall, Monday and Tuesday
evenings to fair and appreciative audi
ences.. We can say for Mr.. Haywood as
a character impersonator he has but
few if any equals. The program in
cluded many pathetic and humorous
Characterization, which were well rem
dered and received. The Cuckoo" and
Laughing" songs were fine, and "Sa-
mantha Allen" and "Silly Billy threw
the audience into convulsions of laugh
ter Another very pleasing feature
wae Mr. Davis' finite ond uiccaln solos