The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-02-26
BROCKWAY.


Newsy Items Picked Up In the
Little Town South OF Us.
John Shannon is now Knight of the
Maccabees.
NJ. j. Bourke spent Friday at the
county capitol.
Thomas Cavanagh, of Lynn. was in
town Wednesday.
Late mass in the Catholic church this
place next Sunday.
Michael Magner spent Friday and
Saturday in. Port Huron.
Geo. Martin gave a wood bee and
dance one day last week.
The Davey House is being papered.
Chas. Hays is doing the job.
Michael McNerney left on Tuesday
for Saginaw to visit relatives.
Mrs. Thos. Lewis and son are at
present visiting friends in Wales.
VIM. Jolley, of Port Huron, spent
Saturday with his brother Fred in this
place.
d.. Davidson spent Saturday, Sun
day and Monday with his family in this
place.
Mrs. j. Glassford and Mrs. J. Cava-
nagh spent part of last week In Lynn
visiting relatives.
Revival services at the Presbyterian
church in the near future. We Will
give date when announced.
Mr.. Clumfoot, of near Capac, now
occupies the Hanna house. There is
now not vacant house in town.
Two candidates are in the field for
the Brockway postmastership-Arthur
| Vanorman and Martin j Bourke.
Miss Annie Reidy returned to De-
| troit on Friday after spending the past
month with her sister, Mrs. NJ. Magner
at this place.
Mable Davey, of Port Huron, spent
Saturday, Sunday and Monday with her
parents at this place, returning TO Fort
Huron Tuesday morning.
Many persons from this place at
tended the wedding of VIM. Shepard
and Margaret Breen at the residence of
| Henry Flood OH Wednesday.
Some evenings since load of our
| young people drove several miles to a
prospective dance. On arrival at the
place they found it was hoax.
What might have been serious fire
occurred last week in the store of w. j.
McKenney. 1t seems that they had
cotton placed on one of the lower
shelves. Some one dropped a match on
the pile and if it was not for the pres
ence Of mind of Fred Jolley in u few
minutes the store would have been on
fire. He picked up the burning heap
in his arms and threw it outside, Sc
verely burning his hands.
We have good reason to believe that
from current report that our pet
prophecy will be realized and that be-
fore one year has gone and past Brock
way will have an electric railroad
What is to prevent it? Passing through
one of the richest farming communities
it would pay and pay well. Granted il
would not benefit the small towns
along the route but it would certainly
increase the value of farming property
and thus increase the wealth of ouT
county, and would il not do for SanilaC
Centre? Immediately it was put in
connection with Michigan's metropolis
it would take bound forward and up
ward, and in a few years, instead of be
ing a backward town, il would assume
its rightful place as county seat anC
leading town in Sanilac county.
We understand from current talk
among the Catholics that a mass meet
ing was held in Yale recently with the
avOwed intention of removing the
Catholic church from this place to Yale
and that $500 was raised for that pur
pose. The Catholics in this section
view it as rank piece of imposition Il
say that the handful of Yale, Speaker
and Lynn Catholics would have the
cheek to talk of moving the Brockway
church, and they want it thoroughly
understood that their church will no
go to decorate Yale without a struggle
They point to the recent legal decision
i'm reference to the Church Farm case
of Detroit (St. Charles parish), which
upholds corporate ownership Of church
property as their authority. Tht
Brockway people have fine church
and one that was out of debt before i
was ever given to divine service
and If the Yale and Speaker people
are so anxious to have Catholic
church in Yale, the Brockway Catholics
say, go and build one as we did anC
then you will be better able TO enjoy it.