Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-07-22
ood weather for haying and harvest.

III. \. Spencer, of Cadillac. is ona visi
70. friends in these parts.
Ernie Perkins, of Port Huron, visit
ed in town Saturday last.
Ovens q Braidwood keep full lin
of crOckery at bottom prices.
W. II. Palmer returned from his tril
up the lakes on Saturday last.
Jos. Rose is building IA house and barn
on his farm. one mile west of here.
Thos. Hickey having built house il
now putting up barn on his farm.
Miss Walker, of Wallaceburg, Ont, il
visiting Harry Thorn and wife at pres
ent.
Wm. Lackie, of Port Huron, has open,
ed a cigar factory in the room over Mat
Miller's saloon.
VIII Welch is building him a house
on his place one mile south and one-halt
mile east of here.
Mrs. ID. &. Williams and children re-
turned home from visiting Port Huron
friends this week.
Mrs. O. Chamberlain and daughter, of
Petrolia. are guests of W. III. Palmer
and family at present.
Crops are looking fine since the rain.
This makes the farmers feel good natur-
ed, and also the merchants.
Henry Turner has returned from his
southern trip and looks as though the
country there agreed with him.
The EXPosIToR'S horse is languish-
ing for the want of oats Can't some
one bring in few bushel on subscrip-
ton.
Remember the ice cream social ut
Central Hall this (Thursdav) evening.
All are invited and good time is an
ticipated.
Wm. Wear sailed, Thursday last, for
Pt. AUX Barques; where he will spend
few days vacation with his old friend
Jerry Paisley.
Mr.. Paisley who was recently thrown
from his buggy and seriously injured, is
not able to be up yet, but we hope to
see him around in few days.
What adds to the unpopularity of the
cyclone is that while it blows away al
most everything OH the farm, it has
never been known to take the mortgage.
Francis Smith brought to this office,
Tuesday last, a stalk of clover, grown on
Isaac McLaughlin's farm. measuring 81
inches. Rather long story, but it is
all true.
We are prepared to furnish, OH short
notice, blank books for threshers. All
threshers will find it to their advantage
to use them, as they are very convenient
and cost but little.
Sd. Welch has repaired and painted
his house on the farm one mile east of
here, and also the one on the farm, for
merly owned by Mr.. Wedge, which adds
very much to their appearance.
The Free Methodists have pitched
their tent in this place and will hold
protracted meetings under the canvass
for the next six weeks. Mr. Stone of
Sandusky, will conduct the services.
The Brockway Centre Base Ball team
will play matched game with the
Brown City's next Saturday. The game
will be played at Brown City. Boys
bring home all the laurels you can.
VIM. Barrett is ornamenting and
identifying the Commercial House and
is doing his level best to please his
guests, and is making a success of it.
lie has added a barber shop to the ac-
commodations of the house.
The Sanilac County Republican pub
lished at Sandusky, by G. +. Patterson.
has reached us. 1t is a six column folio
neatly printed and ably edited. May
its editor enjoy peace and prosperity in
/ his new field is the wish of the EXPOsI-
| TOR.
\ fraud is working some of the towns
of the state and gathering i'll consider
able money. lie represents himself as
agent of the state board of health. and
pretends to make an examination of
buildings, for which he exacts 30 cents.
Now is an excellent time to practice
with shot gun.
Work has begun on our streets with
more energy than usual. We hope to
see the prevailing idea, that it isa crimi-
nal offense for a man to sweat while do
ing roadwork, pass out of existence, and
a new rule instituted. making it crimi-
nal offense if he don't do good square
days work, regardless of favOrites; SO
that the greatest possible amount OF
work may be done with our limited
amount of money.
a country editor in Illinois lately
sued thirty subscribers in arrears fol
his paper. lie obtained judgment
against each for the full amount of his
claims. About half of them came ul
and made oath that they had no more
property than the law allowed them as
exempt from exception. lie had this
lot arrested and sent to Jail. The new
postal law makes it larceny to take {
paper and not pay for it.
This week we are in receipt of th'
Isabella County Enterprise published
at Mt. Pleasant and welcome it to on
exchange list We clip the following
from, fro columns. .A"\Ve have now em