Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-05-03


friends visit the past week.
Rev. Samuel Riley, Of Lapeer, will
occupy the pulpit in the NJ. L. church
next Sunday evening at the usual hour.
Joseph Collins has built a shed in the
rear of Jas. Pearce's shoe shop where
he will handle agricultural implements
this season.
G. G.. Meisel Il Bro. of Port Huron,
quote some cut prices In change of
adj i'm this issue Don't fail to carefully
peruse the same, as it will be beneficial
to you.
II. G. Maloney has been visiting
friends at his old home in AMHERST
burg, Ont. the past week. Wm. f..
Schoulte. of Port Huron, filling his
place in this office during his absence.
! Thos. Emerys little child met with
what might have been a fatal accident
on Tuesday. While playing with n
broken rung of a chair eccidehtly fell
the rung entering the roof of its mouth,
leayinga a bad CASH
Mrs. f.. r. Beecher, who has been
quite i'll with pneumonia is slowly re-
covering. Her aunt. Mrs. :. Hines, who
has been with her the past winter. has
returned to her home at Lowell. Mich.
accompanied 10y Mrs Carrie Clark.
The C9th anniversary of Oddfelow-
ship was celebrated IN fine style by the
members of Advance lodge.in their hall
last Thursday evening. \ large num-
ber were present and feasting and
other enjoyments were the order of the
evening.
The ease with which people can be
swindled nowadays was illustrated
this week by fellow who canvassed
the entire city selling carpet stretchers
at Sl25. The same article exactly is
retailed at the hardwares at 30 cents
Inlay City Optic.
Mason & Johnson have moved their
millinery and fancy goods establish
nent to the building north of the Duiic
block where they will be pleased to
meet all their old customers and friends.
We understand that the building vacat-
ed by them will be occupied by some
person as "a grocery.
The latest scheme being worked on
the public is thus described by an
exchange. \ person visits town and
calls from house to house. asking to see
sewing machines: and if the machine is
a Singer. they take out the shuttle and
put it into their pocket, refusing to
give it up unless the owner pays them
for an alleged infringement on their
patent.
When Il mans associates accord to
him the position of leader in any move
ment a position to which he is fairly
entitled and honestly aspires-hc should
not and has no right to shirk from any
responsibility of the position. AS
many people are of the same general
build this coat can be put on by several
but it is carefully cut and will fit only
those for whom it was intended
A new machine for applying the
mucilage to envelopes has been invent
ed by which it is claimed that 100000
to 10000 envelopes can be gummed in
ten hours and less mucilage, space and
fewer operators be needed. Its differ
ence lies in a peculiar preparation of
the mucilage. which need two small
hy-wheels to do all the drying, discard
ing the large ventilator commonly used.
At the Democratic caucus held in
Duties hall last Saturday afternoon,
the following delegates and committees
were elected Village, DR.. i. Clyne.
}. T.. Lutz and ii. II. Merritt. Town
ship, J. W. Gustin. Jerry Johnson and
VIM. Gowan. Village committee,
Thos. Emery, VIM. Gowan and David
Brown. Township committee. j. w.
Gustin, Jerry Johnson and Levi Nor
rill, Jr.
The gypsy camp, which has been To-
Gated for the past week mile west and
half mile north of the village. was
the scene of great interest last Sunday,
nearly the whole town visiting the spot
Judging from the gypsies fine outfit,
we should say thata great many people
crossed the palms of the hands
with silver, and received from them
their past. present, and II vision into
the far future.
The Detroit Journal says: James 5
Teeple has been at st. Clair seeking
evidence in his pension case. The
pension department was asked to give
him pension on the ground of blind
ness, but knocked him out on the
ground that he was made blind by the
explosion of n certain steamboat on
the St. Clair river after the war. The
facts are, however, that the steamer
blew up in 1859, and as Teeple served
a