Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17


hard drinking. not of whiskey, but of
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup, and now he
walks over the very slenderest dudes,
and don't care at all.
There will be quarterly meeting SER
vices in the NJ. +. church next Sunday
morning. Jan. 20. Rev. Jacob Horton,
presiding elder will preach in the even
ing. Miss Coats, of England. lady
Evangelist. will hold a series of two or
three weeks meetings. All are cordial
ly invited to attend and take part.
SUBSCRIBERS those who did not
pay up by Jan. /, 1889, we are giving
one more month to straighten their ar
rearages in. Now if you do not pay
up by Feb. 1, 1889, you viii certainly be
compelled to pay $3.50 and if you owe
for two years or more it will cost you
quite an item. This is your last chance
as we do not intend extending the time
any longer.
Last Monday morning while Robert
Sibbald from Roseburg was unloading
a grist at s. o. Welch & Sons mill his
team took fright at the train coming
in from Port Huron and ran away, but
were stopped by one of those ornamen-
tai naples in front of IIickeys grain
house catching the front wheel of the
wagon and holding them solid. No
serious damage beyonda broken harness
and neck yoke.
The wrestling match which was in
dulged in by G. l.. Jackson. Of Lynn,
and f. ID. Cutcher, of Armada, in Cen
trail Hall, Saturday evening last was
quite an interesting affair and large
attendance was present to witness the
sport. Mr.. Jackson won the first
fall. the other two being taken by
Cutcher. Another match will take
place, Saturday, Feb. 2, in same place
for S25 a side.
While Miss Mary Holmes was get
ting out of her fathers wagon in front
of II. NJ. Lothian's grocery one day
lately her dress caught throwing her to
the ground and striking the back Of
her head on the edge of the sidewalk
cutting deep cash which was dressed
by DIR. Clyne. She was unconscious for
a few minutes and has not been able
to SIT up since and is suffering from a
severe pain in the head.
The population of Brockway Centre
is about 900, and we would say at least
one-half are troubled with some affec.
ton of the throat and lungs. as those
complaints are. according to statistics
more numerous than others. We would
advise all our readers not to neglect the
opportunity to call on their druggist
and get bottle of Kemp's Balsam fol
the throat and lungs. Trial size free
Large bottles soc. and 81. Sold by all
druggists.
DR.. G.. S. Ney met with quite mis-
hap Saturday evening last. While
near Moore's Corners the horse took
fright and jumped to one side. upset
ting the cart and the doctor into the
ditch and made for home. Our in.
former says that he noticed pills scat
tered for miles in the wake of the horse
No serious damage was done to horse
or driver but the cart was demoralized
The doctor secured another conveyance
and returned home.
"1f we were to put a two-line local
in the most obscure corner of the paper
which stated that certain business
man charged more for his goods, and
kept poorer grade than his competi-
tors. that man would employ bull
headed slugger to come around and kill
us next morning. But were we to ask
the same man for an advertisement of
his wares. he would say: mo, don't
believe in advertisements. no one reads
advertisements. .'-Ex.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. w. Bradshaw. died at the home of
her grand parents, W. +. Green, Jan.
10th, at the age of one year and a few
days with Inflammation of the lungs.
The funeral was held Sunday morning,
Jan. 18th. in the NJ. L. church, at Rose
burg, Rev. G. W. Darnum conducting
the services, and was attended by a
large number of friends and acquain-
tances of the bereaved parents. who
sympathlZe with them in their loss
which they have sustained.
Very soon it is said, new postal cards
will be issued TO all the postofIices. and
put in general use. The card will have
the advantage Of furnishing privacy
to the correspondence contained upon
1t. II is much like double card OF the
old pattern, the back fold being split
diagonally from all four corners and
opens square ont. The four corners
are joined together in the center, when
the card has been written upon, with q
piece gummed paper. The card weighs
less than half an ounce, and will con-
tain no more writing than those now
in use