Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-18

Tor nearly week Dut Is IN Iull ENJOY
ment of the member now.
Mrs. p. G.. Jameson entertained
company of about thirty at her home in
honor of her birthday, Monday night.
The hours until IL o'clock were very
pleasantly spent and on leaving she
was presented with beautiful china
salad dish.
Peter Hill OF Shiloh was in the city
Monday. He will have an auction at
the farm of his sister, Mrs. Jane Gould,
Wednesday, February "a, at 10 o'clock.
Twenty acres of land and a lot of stock,
farm tools and household furniture will
be sold. They expect to move 10 Ten
nessee.
Mr.and Mrs. M. Stocking of Claremont,
South Dakota, have been guests Of A.
S. Dimmlck. They are making visit
OF several weeks in Michigan. Mr..
Stocking once lived here and in Graf
tan. He went to Dakota fifteen years
ago and is now engaged in business in
Claremont.
Mrs. b. G.. Curtis says she is now
thoroughly convinced that Barney isn't
a good driver and almost declares she
will never take another sleighride
with him. They were driving to
Greenville the other day and he let the
horses and sleigh run up into snow
bank and dumped the whole party.
Messrs. VanVickle and Cellar, who
have the contract for cutting the wood
on the LeValley land have six teams
hauling and about dozon choppers in
their employ. They will cut about
1000 cords which will all be taken by
the Richardson Silk Co., the Bedding
Bros. & Co, and the Ballou Basket Co.
Mrs Levi Loveland has advertised
an auction sale of stock and farming
utensils at her farm in Bedding, Satur-
day, February q, at one o'clock in the
afternoon. Horses, a new mich COW,
colt, lumber wagon, moving machine,
drags, and other farm tools are on the
the bills. N. f. Gould is the auc-
tioneer.
Florence Clark of Smyrna has had
her husband, Harry Clark, arrested for
assault and battery. She claims he
abuses her and recently pointed a re-
volver at her and threatened to shoot.
Deputy Sheriff Knott arrested him
this morning. He pleaded not guilty
before Justice Lapham and will be
tried next Wednesday at 8 O'Clock a. IN.
At the Observation-Disclosures
Silver party's convention held in Ionia
last week Thursday, Clay Tallman
was nominated for county school com
missi oner, and from the Democratic
ranks in Belding, II. l.. VanBen-
schoten, w. |. Wood and Frank Con-
nell were elected delegates to the state
convention, and from the silver ranks
H. A. Smith and w. ID. Sinclair.
Portland has girl that will not go
to bed while the"Portland Observer" is
in her room. A Bedding high school
girl refuses to walk up the hill to the
school building for fear her breath will
come in short pants. A Sunfield girl
will not take bath in the same room
where there are potatoes without first
picking out the eyes. Grattan Cen
ter maiden refuses TO have watch
attached to her person because watch
has hands. A Lyons girl locks herself
in her room when she hears band APP
preaching and VOWS she will never
look at any drummer when he parades
beating his bear skin. Saranac has a
young lady that will not sit at the
table where lettuce is served undressed,
and Greenville lady made trousers
for her table legs.
A meeting of delegates from each of
the G.. A. r. posts Of the Ionia county
battalion was held at VIM. II. Borden
post room Friday afternoon, the follow
ing posts being represented: Lyons,
Portland, Saranac, Lake Odessa, Hub
bardston and Ionia. 1t was voted to
hold the annual battalion meeting at
Lyons, on Thursday, August IL, 1897
The matter OF attending the national
encampment at Buffalo August % was
also discussed, arrangements being
made for committees from each post in
the county, to confer together and re-
port names Of all comrades and people
going, so that accommodations can be
secured together at Buffalo. President
f. II. Chase Of Smyrna presided over
the meeting and VIM. j. Just was sec
rotary .-Ionia Sentinel.