Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-09-09

Chase.
Races next Saturday-Belding driv'
ing park.
Willard Peck has gone to Evart on
his wheel.
Geo. w. French of Ionia was In the
city Tuesday.
Rev. FIR. Muer OF Miriam went to st.
Johns, Tuesday.
Miss Belle Roberts returned to
Adrian, Monday.
Joe V. Worden and wife have return
ed from Jackson.
We are now having some delayed
August weather.
w. b. Reed made business trip to
Eaton Rapids, Tuesday.
f. B. Hale, commissioner of schools
was In the city Tuesday.
George Moulton, the poultry buyer,
will ship carload today.
Henry Horrigan, attorney of Ionia,
was in the city Wednesday.
Chris. Pearl succeeds o. III. Green as
cutter at the Model Market.
Fred Elkins of Grattan and Eta
Baxter of Sand Lake are married.
Geo. Hauck left this morning to buy
stock. He is picking up lots of it..
Miss Wagner has returned from her
vacation and has resumed her teaching.
Mrs. +. K. Fales is entertaining her
cousin, Miss Edith Reed of Grand
Rapids.
Pastor Munger will be absent three
Sundays visiting his mother and sister
at ST. Paul.
Sheriff Jordan of Ionia and Attorney
Chas. Locke was in the city on legal
business, Tuesday.
Miss Irma Grant of Elmdale has re-
turned to Bedding and will attend
school another term.
f. A. Berry and wife returned last
week from their visit to Ithaca, Port
land and other places.
Mrs. Grace Ryerson is at the home
of her parents, MIR. and Mrs. M. A.
Filkins, sick with bilious fever.
Robert Hill and Fred Crane Of
Worthwhile are in this city, the form
er is brother of Geo. w. Hill.
Mrs. Geo. G. Spencer, who has been
a guest of her brother, VIM. G. Spen-
Ger, returned to South Lyon yesterday.
Some good sport is promised at the
matinee at the driving park next Sat-
urday. You want to be sure and be
there.
Miss Edna VanSlyke has gone to
Chicago for couple of weeks to learn
the new fashions in millinery and pur-
chase stock.
Robt. PEBBLES was in Lakeview over
Sunday where his wife is visiting. He
expects to return there soon to remain
several weeks.
Miss Addie Warren has taken the
position of Hello" girl at the centra,
telephone station. In Miss Warren,
Mr.. Wilder has good assistant.
Peaches are not very good crop
around here this season, but one tree
in +. S. Moulton's lawn bears goOdly
number of large early Crawfords.
Frank Holmes and Arthur Menden-
hall are getting to be expert artists in
kodak snap shots. They use the cy-
clone and have developed a number of
fine pictures.
Wilson g. Co. have loaded the first
car OF new potatoes this week. They
paid 40 and As cents. They have also
purchased up to this week over 1000
bushels of beans.
Uria Emmons and family have re-
turned from Adrian, Mo-, to reside.
He reports crops badly dried up in
that part of the country. Mr.. En-
mons has lived there several years.
Rev. r. A. Mcconnell officiated at
the funeral services of Emerson Kinds
in the church at Smyrna, Wednesday.
Mr.. Kinds was an old resident of the
township, whose obituary will appear
next week.
Smith Lapham and sister Miss Kate
Lapham of Evart have been guests of
their uncle, f. b. Lapham several
days. They are making trip on a
tandem and will visit Rockford and
Big Rapids also.
A Gypsy camp has been located just
outside the city limits on the North
Side. Horse trading, fortune telling
and begging is their profession. Sew
eral of their women have canvassed
the city already.
G. G. O'Bryon met with an accident
Saturday, though bad enough might
have been worse. He was on tall
step-ladder adjusting electric light
wires and the thing slipped letting him
fall heavily TO the floor, striking on
his left hand anI o.., fraafnrinn the