Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-23
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Mider weather the latter part of last

Potatoes wanted at the EXPosIToR
office.
Yesterday "wednesday was Wash
ington's birthday.
w. Cowing has been on the sick list
for the past week.
Miss Lydia Holder spent Sunday last
with her parents at Port Huron.
John Mcdonald, of this place, has
been granted an increase of pension.
f. G. Boice, of Port Huron, was in
the village last week also VIM. Boyce.
II. J. Bradbeer, of Fort Gratiot. visi-
ted ID. NJ. Church aud family on Thurs
day last.
Bert Braidwood is now stopping with
his brother and expects to remain for
some time.
Mrs Samuel Grey. of Peck. is visiting
Mrs j. ID. Grinnell and other friends in
this place at present.
\ runaway was INDUCED in on one of
the back streets of the village last Fri
day. No damage done.
Ed. McFadden who has been up in
the north woods for some time past, re-
turned to this place last week.
BENZ. Hebner, who was injured in the
north woods some time ago, is improy
ing as fast as could be expected
Amasa Brown .Jr.. OF Evergreen, is
here visiting his grandfather, Lansing
Bidleman, and other friends at present.
The Oddfellows Lodge in this village
is in a fourishing condition. New
members are being added nearly every
meeting.
Jas IIsey is making preparations to
erect an upright part to his dwelling
house. lie will commence operations
in the spring.
Holden Bros. have just received
large stock Of ladies, gents and misses
fine shoes which they are selling at
prices away down.
Mrs. Mckay. Miss WicEs. Andrew
Braidwood and Byron Wicks, Of Al
mont. were guests of \. III. BrSidwOod
and wife the past week.
Miss Mason will occupy the position
of trimmer the coming season in the
millinery and dressmaking establish
ment of X. a. Carroll & Co.
Years have not seen and time will
not see." the people to sit down quietly
to suffer pain. when enterprise can sf-
ford such a panacea as Salvation Oil.
David Orser. p. f. Hickey, w. ".
Grinneli and Samuel White attended
the funeral of DR.. Stone at Almont
conducted by the Oddfellows Of that
place last week.
Invitations are out announcing the
wedding of James l. Cooper, of Port
Huron and Miss Mary G. Richardson at
the NJ. +. church in this place on Tues
day, Feb. %. 1883, at o'clock p. m.
II per cent discount on Canadian
! money at Brockway Centre, and yet
some of the towns dealers say they
would rather have the sawed-off money
than bogus checks.-St. Clair Republi-
can
r Lutz Bros. are getting material on
the ground preparatory to putting up Il
brick store in the spring. VIM. y. Nc
Kenna and Geo. w. Waring IL Co. are
also making arrangements to build
bricks next spring. Our village con-
tinues to boom in the building line as
well as in other ways.
No charge whatever is made for the
insertion of marriage notices in tie En-
PosIToR and we will take it as a special
favor if ministers anywhere III the
county will furnish us with all such
events to which they are party. Send
them on post card if you like. Birth
and death notices are always inserted
free.
ID. X. Locke or better known as Pc
troleum V. Nasty, the political satirist
of the Toledo Blade. died at his home
on the 18th inst. lie welded a power
full pen, and did much to sustain the
Union cause in the civil war. and lat
terly has done much to 'pulveriZe the
rum power" He was genial COM
panion, a hard worker and successful
newspaper and business man.
"IIugging Socials are becoming popu-
lar all around us, and are said to he a
great success in swelling the funds for
paying off church debts. The scale of
price is as follows: Girls under Is
years of age 35 cents for each hug of
two minutes; from l6 to ~. IS cents;
school maams. 40 cents: widows &c
cording to looks and style 10 cents to
SO; old maids cents each or 2 for a
nickle, with no limit of time: married
ladies, whoes husbands are not present
free for all. Ministers and editors are
not charged. These socials are quite the
rage at Brockway Centre, Fargo, Tyre
and other inland places. and rumor says