Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-12-26
YALE, ST. Clair County, THURSDAY, &C.
Last Friday was Forefathers day.


days last week.
Lansing Sponenburg visited in Gage
town the past week.
Judson Black and family are in On
tario visiting friends.
The new year is at hand. Make
your good resolutions.
Mrs. Carter is visiting relatives at
Valley Centre this week.
Chas. F. Emery ate turkey at his home
in this village yesterday.
+. G. Boice and wife, of Port Huron,
visited relatives here this week.
w. n. McKenna and family visited
j. f. Holden at Brown City, Christmas.
Jno. Holden & Bro. shipped 5000
pounds ofpoultry III two days last week.
Simeon Hamilton, of West Branch,
visited among friends here the past
week.
VIM. Smith, of Belding, is the guest
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Smith.
John w. Hayes and family were in
Port Huron this week visiting among
friends.
Andrew DePeel is occupying his own
house on North street having moved
last week.
Remember the great overcoat sale at
A. Siegel & Sons, 2ll Huron ave-, Port
Huron, Mich.
Mrs. Jefferson, of Ailsa Craig, Ont,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. &. Robin
son, at present.
DR.. &. V. High and wife, of Morley,
are spending the holidays with j II.
High and family.
Mr.. Payne, who kept saloon here at
one time, and wife, are in the village
visiting this week.
Compare the EXPosTToR with any
other local paper and send us your
opinion for publication.
The oldest inhabitant says he has
not seen such rainy time or the roads
in as bad condition in ten years as at
present.
The EXPOSIToR is q little late this
week but we trust our readers will find
enough more news to make up for our
hardness.
Thieves stripped John w. Gustin's
clothes line Monday night. John says
he thought there was no one here mean
enough to do the like.
Rev. Ira Billman will preach in the
Brick Chapel next Sunday evening at
Z o'clock. a cordial invitation is given
to all to come out and hear him.
The Richmond Review presented its
readers with l2-page paper last week.
Bro. Sutton is hustler and is giving
his patrons rafting good paper. We
wish him continued prosperity.
For sale. at a bargain. eighty acres of
land described as follows: the north
of the northwest / of section 6, Brock
way township. For terms and further
particulars address G.. II. HUSTON. 151
GriswOld St, Detroit. Mich. 30-5
by reports received from other places
we should judge that an immense
gathering will be present at the in
stallation exercises and oyster supper
to be held in Masonic hall Friday even
ing. All are cordially invited.
Thos. Carless, one of our industrious
and prosperous farmers living south of
here on fine farm, took the train for
Midland Tuesday morning where he
will join his brother-in-law and togeth-
er they will take a trip to California.
If Mr.. Carless likes the country he will
sell his property here and move out
there.
Burglars entered the office of the T.
u Il. NJ. R'y. at Bad Axe, Saturday
morning and blew open the safe. Very
little of value was obtained, except two
watches which had been just received
by express. The agent deposited sew
eral packages of express matter in the
bank, previous to the robbery, one of
which contained $700
We desire to express our sincere
thanks to Messrs John Holden 4 Bro.
for fine turkey to make the parsonage
table groan, and hearts merry on
Christmas day. We also desire to ex-
press our gratitude to the friends who
so kindly remembered us on Christmas
eve. in the presentation of an elegant
study lamp to adorn and light the par
sonage. ~ copy of "Blue Bird Notes"
from Rev. Ira Billman is another pres
ent which we prize very highly.
j. j. Tickner and family.
Tunnel workmen encountered their
first difficulty since the work of tunnel
ing commenced. on Saturday. when they
struck vein of liquid clay in the head
ing. For about thirty-siX hours they
were kept busy shoveling the pasty
stuff without being able to make foot
of headway. The ground over the spot,
part of the street and con-
siderable space on the common to the
west of the tunnel sank several feet.
The trouble was overcome ON Monday
last, and the work has been going on
since. with its accustomed regularity. |
The tunnel is now over 500 feet from
the portal, on this side.-Sarnia OBJ
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