Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-16

Harry II. Holden rode to Port Huron

WI Hlo olNgblV itos -'.'4hldN-
Mrs. Chas. McKinnon is visiting rel
atiycs and friends at Port Huron.
Mrs. o. W. Mills, of East Saginaw. is
visiting among relatives and old friends
in this place.
For SALE.--We have a set of Com
mentaries on the Holy Bible which we
will Il cheap. Call at the EXPOSITOR
office.
We are in receipt of a complimentary
ticket of admission to the Northeastern
Fair, to be held at Flint, Mich, Sept.
18th to 2lst, for which we return our
thanks.
y special train with l. r. Wadsworth
and commissioner OF railways John 7.
Rich on board passed over this division
of the PHI. & n. W.. on Friday, 3rd
inst, on tour of inspection.
LoST.--A promlssory note given
about December 18th, 1887, by Darius
Duval to Leslie Rose. The finder will
be rewarded by leaving the same at the
ExPosIToR Office, Brockway Centre. IA
The copy for the premium list of the
Brockway Centre Agricultural Society
is in the hands of the printer. The fair
will be held this year on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 25, 20
and 27.
The campers, who have been at Case
vile, eturned TO Their homes in this
village last Friday evening. They re-
port a very pleasant time and only re-
gret that they couldn't remain away
longer.
Ayers Sarsaparilla. by purifying and |
enriching the blood, improves the ap-
petite, aids the assimilative process,
strengthens the nerves and invigorates |
the system. 1t is, therefore, the best |
and most thoroughly reliable Alternative
that can be found for old and young.
Mrs. Cleveland has resumed her bus
tle--and the ladies breathe freely again.
Her appearance without the improver, |
winch led to the report that she had !
discarded it, is attributed to the fact |
that Grover wanted TO read all the pa |
pers for the election news that week.
c. c. Praker's partner, Noble Hunter.
of the Capac Journal, has followed the
example set by the former and taken
unto himself a wife. This is as it |
should be. The lady in the case is Miss
Adell Allen. well and favorably known
here. We wish them all much happi- |
ness.
\ young man in Michigan is III great
trouble about his vote. lie was born
on the eth of November, 1867. at nine
o'clock in the evening. If the polls
close at o'clock he will still lack five
hours of being twenty-one years old.
He wants to know what he is to do
about it.
Look out for the new comet, discov-
cred Tuesday night of last week, by
Prof. Brooks. Look near the star
Lambda, in the foremost hind foot of
the Great Bear, and there's your comet.
1t isn't the biggest thing in the sky, has
a short, stubby tail, which appears to
have been docked, and has the aforesaid
tail turned toward the sun.
The latest swindle on farmers, perpe-
trated by agents" is done as follows:
The farmer objects to giving his note
and having it discounted for cash. The
sharper says: "Oh, We'll keep the note,'
and writes across the face, Not trans
ferable." In short time it is found in
the hands of another party, with an 80"
added to the mot" which makes it
read: "Note transferable" The scheme
hasn't reached Michigan yet, but is
headed this way.
A certain married lady in a neigh
boring town sat up until IL o'clock one
night last week, waiting for her hus-
band to come home from the lodge. At
last weary and worn out with her long
waiting she went to her sleeping room
to retire and there found the missing
husband sound asleep. Instead of go
ing to the lodge he had gone to his
room and had never left the house.
Such are the troubles some poor mar
ried women have to contend with in
this life.
The Michigan monthly crop report
was issued from the Office of the secre-
tary of state last week, and is made up
from reports of 86l correspondents.
The yield of wheat promises to be much
in excess of the earlier estimate, and
will probably exceed 100000 bushels
as total yield. The quality of the
berry is fully up to the average. Oats
promise yield of 36 bushels per acre
in the southern counties, 20 in the
central and 2l in the northern. The
condition of corn is about 92 per cent,
potatoes 92, meadows and pastures IS,