Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04


CALCULATIONS.
At the Teachers Association to be
held in Ionia, February 6, 1897, the
following program will be presented:
FORENOON.
Devotional. .............D Dr. ID. +. Barnes Ionia
Music. ..'...'.'.'..
Writing ....... Nv. ID. Chamberlain Ionia
How to Interest School onicers and Patrons
81. -. ............. Levi Burhans, Orleans
Discussion. ...............G Geo Rogers, Portland
Discussion Frank Robinson, Chadwick; Bes-
sic Foster, Easton; Hugh Welfare Dandy
Music. ........... ............ ..,.... ...,.
AFTERNOON.
when and How to Begin Geography, ~.
......... ..... Miss Edna Kimball, Portland
Discussion ................M Miss Anna Cox, Ionla
Music. $3.50. q.
school Progress. &C Freeman, Lake Odessa
Discussion. .......... ...... ...... Thomas
Sattler Clarksville Otto Taylor, Portland.
Physiology in District Schools" '.........
-. .......... l.. f. Grieves Ronald
Discussion. ........ Jennie LYDIA, Orange
Election OF Offcers. Observation-Disclosures.
Following the craze spreading over
the land, OF compelling by law the re-
moval of hats during public perfor
mances, is a determination in many
places to abolish the filthy, abominable
habit of splitting on the floor in public
buildings. A man can do what he
likes in that line at his own house or
on the streets, but to be standing
about public building, or sitting in a
theatre, or other places OF amusement,
and planting ''gobs" OF tobacco juice
on the floor, is disgusting to say the
least, and with public sentiment edu-
Gated to the proper point, could be
largely ecreased.-Pioneer Big Rap
ids.
Representative Shlsler has a bill
before the legislature for a bridge
across the Grand River in the township
OF Ada, at a cost not to exceed $4,000.
1t provides that the city OF Grand Rap
ids and townships OF Vergennes, Graf
tan, Cannon and Grand Rapids shall
contribute to the expense. Ada pays
s.. 900, and the other townships and
Grand Rapids city, pay $1,000 each.
Ada, however, pays whatever sum In
excess of $4,000 the structure may
cost: one-half the amount to be raised
by taxation in 1897 and the rest In 1898.
The practice of hiding money in the
house for safe keeping is foolish in the
extreme Almost every week the
newspapers relate the misfortune Of
people who, being suspicious OF saw
ings bank, hide their money in their
houses and forget its existance unit
fire has destroyed it, or robbers have
entered the house and robbed them o
their life sayings, and perhaps muir
dered portion OF the family. Trus
your money with the banks rather thar
hide it in your house and run the risl
of being robbed or murdered.
Miss Carrie Holmes entertained the
Stratford Club Monday night at he
home in Orleans There was BIZ
sleigh load OF them and her hospitalit,
was enjoyed very much. Elegant re
rreshments OF coffee, cake, ice cream
etc, was served and the club returne,
home at o'clock.
Theodore Leach will have an auction
sale one half mile west and one hal
mile south OF Shiloh, Tuesday, Feb
ruary Q, at 10 o'clock a. IN. Horses
cows, colts, corn, corn fodder, hay, far
ming utensils and many other article
will be sold. Washington Heth Is tn
auctioneer.
The Republican county conventio
to choose delegates TO the state conver
ton to nominate a justice OF the 81
preme court and regents OF the Uni
versity, will be held at Ionia on Fet
18th. This convention also nominate
candidate for county school commits
sioner.