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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
VILLAGE OFFICERS.

We can justly congratulate our
selves, as II village, for our good for
tune in being so united on the issue of
good and honest village government.
fractional fights over village matters
are sure to result unfavorably to the
community. No good can come out
of them. But where every citizen
recognizes the best good of the men to
manage our municipality, there good
government is assured.
The record of the past year is a
worthy tribute to our officers. The
work they have done is one which will
bear good results for years to come.
The policy pursued has been on the
whole an economical one, but by no
means stingy one. What has been
accomplished has been done in II thor
ough workmanlike manner.
But their honest effort has not thor
oughly accomplished its end. There
is much yet which the village really
needs for its welfare. Above all is
some means of fire protection. Owing
to the great expense of sewerage last
year, it was unreasonable to expect
that anything could be done in this
line then. However, this year it seems
the one great problem to solve. That
this is needed is beyond Il doubt.
There is hardly village of half the
size of Yale in the county, which has
not an engine or other means for
throwing water upon Il fire. Our con-
dition is no exception to the rule.
The buildings in the village are
equally vulnerable to fire with any
other village. \ great many are made
of wood: and those which are not are
connected in some manner by wooden
structures. \ fire under circumstances
at all favorable, might sweep away
our whole village. When considered
from the point of possibilities, there
can be no doubt that the village
should have, and that at the earliest
opportunity, fire department. The
EXposIToR has taken the trouble to
find out whore an engine, which has
the record of being the bestin the state,
can he bought at It very low Inquire.
The engine, which was formerly used
ut st. Louis, together with hose
cart, hose and the whole outfit can
now be bought for about $500, war
ranted TO he in good condition. This
is Il great bargain, we believe if all Is
~ represented. Moreover, if we had
Il good engine, ~ the one is claimed to
be, the young men of the place waHld
take pride in forming an efficient fire
company. The drill which this would
afford, would he instructive and en-
tertaining.
This is proposition we would re-
spectfully present to the village oifici-
ais. Their record of the last year was
II worthy one, and if they attend to
this need they will add not only to the
honor of their record but to the Sc
curity of the village.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
THE RAILROAD CONTEST.

In regard to the recent controversy
arising from the decision of the F. d
p. NJ. management to abandon the old
track between this point and Zion, we
have not considered it advisable to say
much. In fact the contest does not
interest Yale in any manner whatever,
more than as a simple contest where
the rights of neighbors were apt to be
sacrificed. Still, in that the Fargo and
Zion people have been victorious, ac-
cording to the recent decision of Judge
Garfield, we owe it to the people to
extend them our hearty congratula-
ton. There can be no doubt of the
Justice of their claim. 1t was
agreed to give them a railroad for
twenty years at least in return for the
liberal bonus offered. 1t was Il real
contract, and the courts could not
justly annul it merely because by
reason of the action of the company
in putting in the more direct line, the
old line was no longer paying.
However, the case becomes quite
intricate for these wronged people
when considered from the standpoint
of expediency. We are at once faced
by the question, can the management
be compelled to keep the road i'll Il
safely passable condition? If not the
road will hp nractipc llV useless. and
the money which has been spent in
litigation will be entirely lost. If this
fear should prove dangerous i'll this
particular, and the railroad author
tiles are able to place the track in such
perlous condition that the public
would be afraid to pass over it, then
the aggrieyed people would have done
better TO have allowed the road to he
abandoned and have sued for dam
ages. In this way they would have
most probably received back their
money, and the damage inflicted upon
them would not have been greater
than we fear it may he under the pres
ent circumstances. Nevertheless, if
the management can be compelled to
keep the road in Il passable condition,
the towns will still receive their old
time benefit and continue to prosper.
We wish Fargo success in its
further struggle, for doubtless it will
not end here.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13

and in the name of justice and our
rights it should be done.
Great care should therefore be taken
in selecting men for this responsible
position. Minor differences and local
iealousies should be entirely forgotten.
There is only one real issue before the
people: to reduce this burden of tax
alton. We are paying just one-half
more state and county tax than we
should in all the rural townships.
The country districts have been pay
ing three-fourths of that tax when
they should pay but one-fourth. We
want men who will remedy this. The
complaint is the same throughout the
county. A delegation should be re-
turned from the country this spring
which will fight the city faction tooth
and nail. Let great care be exercised
everywhere, and such will be the case.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
PERSONAL.

Jas. /. Vincent is now in Flint.
CEas. Black spent Sunday in Beown
City.
Pearl Mathews spent Tuesday in Port
Huron.
w. w. Grinnel was ut Marletts on
Tuesday.
Grant McArtllur IL assisting im d.
Mil store.
Dan Smith went to Bay City on Tzes-
day morning.
Chas. f. MiohaeIs went to Saginaw
on Wednesday,.
Ed. Michaels llgs returned hCme
from Mississippi.
Mrs. Carter spent Sunday with
friends in Melvin.
John Mathews, of Roseburg, left Dor
EBarris on Tuesday.
Mary Brown was home from Port
Huron last sunday.
DIR. Watson, of Brown City, was. in.
the village on Thursday.
Mrs. Lankin and daughter went to
Detroit Thursday snorning.
Grant Holden and Howbert Billroan
spent sunday i'll. Brown City.
w. III. Ballentine, of Brockway, was
i'm the village ona Saturday last.
Bert Rollins left for West Branch ON
Tuesday TO join his father there.
Mrs. Robt. Menerey has been making
a soiourn in Port Huron since Tuesday
Jennie Palmer and Chas, Palmer
went to Port Huron Wednesday morn
ing.
James Foster and j. T. Waterman
of Peck, were in the village on Tues
day.
.Chas. Emery, of Croswell, was in
Yale last Sunday and Monday, visiting
his family.
Mrs. James Weston and family left
for Pinconning on Saturday, on route
TO Mt. Forest.
Blanch Manning left for Port Huron
on tuesday, where she will remain
during the spring.
Ross Oatman, of Mayville, and
daughter, of Clifford, arrived i'm the
village last Tuesday.
Herbert Hennessey, Henry Maury
and j. A. Rapley, of Brown City, were
IN Yale over Sunday.
nnie Rix returned from Port Huron
st Monday evening where she ha
been engaged recently.
II. 3. Moore, of Roseburg, was in tn,
9 villa ge on Saturday and made thu
r ExPJsIToR Office call.
I Among those who were in Port IIu
ron last Saturday were Sect'y Law
, Miss Cole and Miss Grinnell.
John McDougall is now using Phi
$ McDougaIPs new machine for cutting
}, axles on the road, and is meeting witt
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
AN IMPERATIVE DUTY.

1t is an old saw that she sins great
est who sins Willingly" This is of
notable import at this particular time.
1t soon will become necessary To elect
supervisors again throughout the
county. We have all seen just how
unfaithful certain of our supervisors
have shown themselves. 1t is un-.
necessary to rehearse the catalogue Of
indignities they have wrought the
bubble. However, the whole of the
story has not been told yet. We have
only exposed a few of the more fa-
Grant abuses. There are numerous
more of hardly less importance. But
it is impossible to retain all of them
in mind at once. 1t is enough to
remember that 10y corrupt influence
Port Huron is not paying one quarter
of its Just taxesand other smaller cities
of the county are shirkirking their just
burdens in lesser proportions. This one
fact alone should stir every bosomin the
county TO righteous Indignation. This
if nothing more should rouse every
inhabitant of the country districts in
the county to a protection of their
rights.
Now the question is presented to
them TO answer by their franchise
whether these corrupt party heelers
and boodlers, who sell themselves tC
further the interests of city capitalists
shall be graciously rewarded by being
left ut home for the next year. 1t II
hut right. If they dare offer the ex
cuse of ignorance of the scheme, they
do not know enough TO he supervisors
If thew offer none, as most have done
they confess their completely in the
scheme and most assuredly deserve 8
prompt rebuff at the polls.
svet, of course, the decision is no
TO he given at the polls but in thu
urinary caucuses. The followin!
week will he taken mp probably to
large extent with these. Here is reall,
the first point of attack. If this is ~
evil, and no one has denied it, oppo
it by the nomination Of men who ar
irreproachable and will moreove
carry on the investigation and fight
to the end on its very stampng-ground
the sessions of the Board. 1t Wi
take brave man and conscientiou
man to do this. But it must he done
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13

excellent success. Filling as it does, Il
long felt want, it is meeting with a
hearty reception 10y everybody. For
l.j0 he can fit the axles on a buggy so
they are as good as new.
Jas. Newell, Hiram Allen, George
Menerey and Peleg Soule went to Port
Huron on Thursday morning.
Daniel Millethaler, who has been in
Capac for the past few months teach
ing, returned home last Tuesday.
f. j. ellis, Il former resident of Old
BrOckway but now of Bay City, was in
the village last week shaking hands
with old friends. He returned from
Detroit where he had been on business.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
Money In Ii.

\ good farm Of 40 acres. mile
west and IL miles south OF Peck. OF
this 40 acres lies on the west side of the
road and so acres on the east side.
There are 80 acres of improved land.
loo fruit trees and a good spring-well.
For terms and further information
inquire at this Office or write the EX-
POSITOR, Yale, Mich. Sims
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
Vu1kt,u,s Aru,ca save.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers. salt Rheam. Fe
yer Sores, letters. Chapped Hands
Chilblains, Corps. and all Skin Erup
tons, and positively cures Piles, or III
pay required. 1t is guaranteed TO give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded
Price Is cents per box. For sale b,
Grant Holden Il Bro.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
Farm For Sale.

The undersigned offers a G0-acre
farm, situated J mile from Yale, and q
40-acre farm miles from Yale, fol
sale cheap. Terms, part cash and the
balance in payments to suit the pnr
chaser. Address,
4lmI JOHN MITCHELL, RosEBURG.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
Wanted! Wanted!!

Every woman m the village Of Yale
and vicinity to cali at the store of ID. G..
Williams and get a free sam pie cake of
Biecheles magic anti-washboard soap
for trial. Best soap on earth, requires
no dashboard, saves time, saves your
arms, and bleaches your clothesat the
same time, Do not fail to cali. Ask
for circular and follow directions, and
you will never use any other JAS.
Biechelc Soap Co.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13

A UCTIONEER, Peck, Mich, is prepared
"A attend all kinds of sales on short notice an
ut reasonable rates. Correspondence solicited
Orders sent either by mil or telephone TO ID
Toal at Peck Will be promptly attended to.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
RAPlEY HOUSE.

A GENERAL INVITATION is extended to
~ all To call and see me when in town. Good
accommodations for commercial travellers and
farmers. choHe selection of wines, Liquors.
and cigars always on hand Thomas Rapley,
proprietor, Yale.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
w. d. RuITERElEip.
AVERY a. AVERY.

A RCHlTECT. Room y, Stewart block, Port
~ Huron. Parties intending building should
send and get estimates and plans.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13

TONSORIAL ARTIST, Yale. IL you want a
i fiIst class hair cut, shave, shampoo or sea
foamr don't fail to give him "a call. Charges
moderate.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
GEO VA BELL

A UCTIONEER, Yale. Real estate, personal
N property or any kind of sales promptly at
tended to- Orders left mt the EXpostor office
will receive prompt attention. Correspondence
solicited.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
DRAKE q GlIlEII.

A TTORNEIS and COunselorS-at-Law. COllec-
~ tons u speciality. Marriage Licenses OBJ
tanned. Onice-NeXt tn ENPosIToR office. Up
stairs in RapleY Block. Yale.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
GEO. Il. BROWN. DDS.
VIM. CONAN.

MENTAL ROOMS. Opposite Post Office, Por
~ Huron Latest modes of operating, includ
ing bridge work or artiflc. al teeth without plates
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13

SERVICES alternately at 1890 a. IN. and 7.3O
- pm. Rev +. Il. Bennett, pastor. At home
Thursday of each week. Sabbath school at 2 p.
m. James III. Moore, Supt.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13

COUNSELORS and AttOrneys-at-Law Stew
- arc block, Port Huron. All legal business
given prompt attention.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13

Lost time is never found again; and
what we call time enough always
proves little enoUgh.-Franklin
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
CHURCH OF CHRIST.

AT a. G. CHAPEL. Services ut II a. m.
~ Prayer meetings every Thursday evening
at o'clock.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
CHAS. s. RORTHUP

A TTORNEY and Counselor-at-Law. Rooms
N in the McKenna block. Probate business
and collections promptly attended 10.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
nR q c NEX

physician AND SURGEON. Office on
i Main street, opposite Duille block, Yale,
Office hours from IL to 80 each day.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
COMMERCIAL HOUSE.

DORT HURON, w. +. Ballentne, proprietor
Il Good accommodations for the travelling pub
lie ut reasonable rates.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
zvsI1-ES5 DrREcroR--
DIR. BENZ. CLYNE.

physician AND SURGEON. Graduate of
Il the department of medicine and surgery at
Ann ArbOr ONCE on Main street, first build
ing south of dustin Block Yale
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
CHURCH. DIRECTORY.
METHODIST PROTESTANT
METHODIST EPIsCOPAL.

- ERVICES alternately at 1890 o'clock a. m.
- ana 80 ?. N. Rev w. +. Perkins, pastor
sunday School at p. m. A. GOheen. Supt.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
CHURCH OF CHRIST.

A T Menereys Corners. Worship Lords Day
~ morning at 1890, and preaching every alter
nate Sunday evening at o'clock.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
w. w. LORD.

A TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Stevens Block, Por
"A Huron, Mich.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13
soc1zr= DIREcroRx.
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~, 49,, 4 DNANCE LODGE, No. 10.
.%s2 ~ Meets every Friday evening at
their hall Inv Chamberlain block,
"'""' Yale. Members of the order are
cordially invited 90 attend. j. G. Holden. N g..
Harmony Lodge. No. ia. ID. OF H., meets every al
ternatc Wednesday. Matte Jones N.G.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-13

VIM. Il Harris,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-07-15
A Bull-Fight With Funin 1t.

In ordinary accounts of bull-fghts
you hear Of the sickening sight of dis
emboWeled horses, and bleeding men,
and butchered bulls. This went on
with ever-changlng fun, shouts, and
laughter, bat no one was either hurt
or got the cocardes. Whoever thinks
it is merely a joke to go down into one
OF these enormous arenas and snatch
the tiny rosette from between the
horns OF d beast who has been trained
all his life to keep him from getting it,
will find that he has a large piece OF
work cut out for him. For fun a
Provencal bull-fght beats a panto-
mime. For. danger and experiences it
is far ahead of anything | ever saw.
As it goes on every Sunday in the
summer time all over Provence,
Frenchmen regard it as too common
an affair to be worth description.
Foreigners never going there at the
proper season, - the summer and au-
tumn, never or scarcely ever see it.
And even down in La Camargue, on
the banks of the Rhone, inlittle towns,
all of which save Argues Mortes are
unknown, the courses, like baseball
matches, are held every fete-day.
They are the sport Of the people, and
have much more character in the
small towns Century
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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-07-15
When Playing Cards Were First
Used.

The French are believed to be the
first people in Europe to use playing
cards, and, as first made, cards were
supposed to represent the different
classes of persons in the kingdom.
The heats were the "choir-men, or
ecclesiastics, and early cards OF this
suit have a cope which, in form, some
what resembles heart. The. figure
by us called spade was originally a
pike head, and typiield the nobility
and soldiery; the artisans were re-
presented by stone tile, now known
as diamond, while the formers were
symbolized by the trefoil or clover
leaf, by us called a club. The four
kings were originally David, Alexander,
Caesar and Charlemagne, representing
the four great monarches, while the
queens were Argine, Esther, Judith,
and Pallas, typical OF birth, piety,
fortitude and wisdom, Argine being
an anagram of Regina. The knaves
were either knights or servants to
knights, but which is uncertain, though
the former conjecture is the more
probable, from the fact that on cards
OF an early date appear the names Of
famous knights. The French cards
OF the present day retain the names
already mentioned of the kings and
Observation-Disclosures.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-07-15
INDIAN FACES. {
To Most People Indians Look Very Much
Alike.

To Most People Indians Look Very Much
There is quite as much diversity Of
character among the individuals that
represent the various tribes Of those
people as there is to be found among
the whites or Indo- Europeans, says DIR.
Shufeidt In Natures Realm, writing on
the physiognomy of Indians. And, as
character determines cast of counte-
nance, we find an equally diversified
physiognomy among them. Some In
dams show in their faces moro or less
intelligence, honesty of purpose, good
nature and evenness of temper; others,
the moment they look at us repel and
revolt for their features bear alone
the impress of cunning, cruelty and
savage depraVty. Among the tribes
in the southwest, where they enjoy
sort of crude form of civilization of
their own, which has long existed, the
physiognomy in many cases becomes
still more distinctive. Here other
factors come into play to help mold
the countenance and to insure its in
heritance. Not only has the periodical
conduction of war and all that war
means, for generations, had it's in
fluence in this way, but to this ele-
ment must be added others.
For instance, many of the Navajos
exhibit a genuine taste for the accu-
mutation of wealth and worldly goods.
Numbers of them are rich in the pos
session of great herds of sheep, and
they have a very fair understanding of
the value of money and its advantages.
The elements of their civilization
and the impress of our own civiliza-
ton have no doubt produced their ef-
fects. and where such factors are most
actively at work, and have been ap-
piled the greatest length of time, there
can be no question that the Indian
character has been Influenced by those
means. and in certain instances we may
detect it in their physioguomy.
Those who have ever comps ID the
features of typical representatives of
the sedentary Indians with the physi-
ognomic characters as presented in
the countenances of similar individuals
among the field tribes, can not fail to
have seen the marked differences.
People who have lived for ages as
have the Moquis and Zunis in their
peculiar, semicivilized state must of
necessity in time produce a very diff
ferent appearing class of men as COM
pared with individuals selected from
such tribes as the Navajos, already
mentioned, or from the even still
iercer Apaches.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-07-15

business at Dubuque for some time, W.re
arrested on the charge of impersona,ing
United States revenue officers.
The Sheriff endeavored to arrest two.
men for burglary at Oakley while they were
hiding in box car. One was caught and
the other got away. They are thought to
belong to a gang that has oflate committed
numerous depredations in this vicinity.
Tom HIKES, young tough who has al
ready earned considerable notoriety in POI
lice circles here, is in jail for assaulting one
Kane with beer! bottle on the Fourth.
kane's injuries are very severe and he lies
in precarious conditions:
Louis A. Sirovey, a well-to-do farmer
living in College township, near Cedar
Rapids, committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head with a revolver
1t is supposed he committed the act duri ng
fit OF temporary insanity.
AS a large crowd was standing in ]. II.
Colver's grocery store, at Mason City, some
thief went to the safe and secured in drafts,
checks and cash $500. Stephen Ham mond,
OF Meservey, is under arrest, and there is
strong evidence against him.
D. W. Wood, an attorney of Kingsley,
one time famous as the prosecutor of sa-
looms in Sioux City at the time of the Had
/ dock murder, was arrested under an in
dictment for obtaining money under false
pretenses. Bail in the sum of$1 900 was fur
nished
The extensive clothing house of Plat
Bros, one of the oldest clothing firms in
Dubuque, gave chattel mortgage for $32,-
600 to secure the First national bank of Du-
buque and Others Their embarrassment is
caused by dizziness of trade and loss by fire
sustained year and half ago. They have
been in business in this city for nearly 30
years. 1t is thought that arrangements
may be made by which the firm will be en-
abled to continue in business