Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-08-01
Local Exposifions.

The rain came on and one fiunEed, and then
there were only five.
Five little village boys sat and rode all night,
Got down To MarySville at early morning light;
Some held the fishing lines, others piled the oar
But one died for want OF sleep, and then there
were only four.
Four little village boys toilinG in the sun,
Worked so hard to catch fish but never captur-
Bought swash-tub full of fish, took them all home
Swore they caught the whole lot; who believed
them?-nOne.
John Brink. of Capac, was in town
Saturday last.
b. r. Noble attended the races at
Detroit last week.
Al. Ward has placed new awning
in front of his beer hall.
Misses Libbie and Jennie Merrick, of
Memphis, Sundayed at w. ii. Rollins.
j. c. Holden and brother viii, visit
ed their brother Jesse at Brown City
/ last Sunday.
L. p. Currier ST., of Almont, is vlsi-
ting relatives and friends in this vicin-
ity at present.
\. w. Ferguson drove over to Al
mont Saturday last and returned with
his family on Monday.
Miss Margaret Mckay, of Buffalo. y.
Y, visited her sister, Mrs. Jas. Newell,
of this township the past week.
Misses Lora Jarvis and Belle Macau-
! lay. of Armada, were the guests of ye
editor and family the past week.
Smith McGregory and wife, of Cass
City, were the guests of Frank Nc
Gregory and family the past week.
James Newell informs us that the
hail storm Monday, July %, which
passed west of this place did consider
able damage to crops.
Edwin T. Pratt offers 5000 reward
for the conviction OF the party who
broke his street lampSaturday night last
The scoundrel who did it should be
punished.
The premium lists and other print
ing of the Brockway Centre Agricultu-
raj Society for the fair this fall are in
our hands for printing. The large
posters will soon be issued.
VIM. Mcdonald, wife and child, of
Strathroy, Ont, have been visiting the
family of Nicholas Hayes in this town
ship the past week. They also visited
among friends in this village.
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There is no drink quite so delicious
and sparkling, pure and wholesome, as
that made from Hires Improved Root
Beer Packages. Did you ever try it -?
1t is one of the good things of this life.
Albert Lutz was wearing an unusual
bright smile one day last week and up
on inquiry we learned that a little girl
had arrived at his home few days be-
fore. Albert passed the cigars around
freely.
a heavy rain, accompanied by wind,
thunder and lightning, visited this Sec
tion Saturday evening last. Lightning
struck the barns of Gus Wiley in
Greenwood burning the same with all
the contents. Loss not known.
Alex, two-years-old son of Geo. V.
Reid, of this place, accidentally got
hold of bottle of laudanum and drank
part of the contents. BY hard work
and the use of antidotes the little fell
low was brought out of danger. He is
now rs lively as ever.
John H. Murdaugh, manager of the
Croswell cheese factory, has purchased
! 12,000 pounds of cheese from the Yale
factory, 5000 from Amadore, 5000 from
Roseburg, and 5000 from Grant Centre,
which together with $4,000 pounds of
his own manufacture, he will ship to
London, Eng, this week.
The Michigan crop report for July
1889, reports 1,455,556 acres of wheat on
the grounds. The estimated value per
acre is 15 bushels. The grain aphis or
louse was found in immense numbers
in every county, and on nearly every
farm, in the southern and central sec
tions of the State. and in many of the
more northern counties.
Duval 81 Rapley, the new proprietors
of the Mansion House, took possession
Monday. They contemplate making
several improvements about the premi-
ses at once This is one of the best and
most commodious hostelries in the
county and the new proprietors should
do well. Mr.. Rapley is an old hotel
man and is well known throughout
this eastern portion of the state.-Im-
lay City Optic. The above named par
ties were residents of this village at
one time. May success attend them in
their new venture.