Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-09-23
THIS AND THAT.
News From Here and There Condensed
For Our Readers

Sunday school rally day at Ionia
Saturday, held at the fair ground.
Clara Miles is home from Bedding
for three weeks visit.-Coral News.
Greenville expects to have big day
there tomorrow friday with its Good
Roads League meeting.
The facilities for getting rich in the
Klondike are only surpassed by the ia
cilities for starving or freezing to death.
The st. Johns village council asked
the marshal 10 resign and avoid being
removed for neglect OF duty.
Mrs. f.. 5. Stebbins has been visiting
friends in Langston and Bedding this
week.-Stanton Herald.
Miss Hattie Workman of Belding,
has been spending the past week here
and in this vicinity visiting friends
Palo Post.
After thorough investigation of
the Ludwig Herman supposed murder,
the sheriff and officers have decided
that it was a case of suicide.
Mrs. Ann Hall, of lonia, died Tues
day. She was IS years of age and was
the widow of Hon. Frederick Hall.
She was probably the wealthiest per-
son in the county.
The Merchants and Manufacturers
exchange of Detroit at their last meet
ing jumped onto the interchangeable
mileage book adopted by the railroads,
and done it hard too.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. l.. Lewis of Iona
and their three children were taken
violently i'll with symptoms of poison
ing Monday morning. The family ate
peaches for lunch Sunday night and
some physicians ascribe their illness
to the fact that probably the fruit was
affected by yellows. All five will re-
cover.
G.. S. Linderman, an aged widower
who lived alone, was found dead in his
bed Saturday morning at Muir. APP
pearances indicate that he had been
dead at least two days. He had been
on the decline for several weeks, DR..
ID. G. Smith being his attending physl-
clan. The doctor and others tried to
persuade him to have house-keeper
and nurse. Although he was a man of
considerable means he declined to
incur the expense.
State Oil Inspector S. w. LaDue, of
Coral, was in town Thursday. If he
had remained here until after dark
and undertook to made his escape by
artificial light made from oil peddled
around by the Standard Oil Co, he
would have paid for "A nights lodging
before he left town. The "cheap
John" oil is enough to make saint
swear, who-allowing us to Judges
in outer darkness in consequence of
miserable poor oil.-Edmore Journal.
Getting pretty late in the season for
fish stories but the Muir Tribune
springs this G. b. Halsted caught "A
pickerel few days ago that had evil
IDENTIFY been having fun with the boys.
1t was a big fellow that in health
would have weighed fifteen or sixteen
pounds but which in reality only
weighed about four pounds. Four
fish hooks in its stomach and gills rep
resented the failure of four fishermen
to land him, and prevented him from
eating, so that he was slowly starving
to death.
Oscar Lane and Andrew Canavan
living near Long Lake were arrested
Monday on complaint of John Sayler, Il
neighbor. Sheriff Jordan served the
warrants and this morning they were
arraigned before Justice Curry charg-
ed with being drunk ond disorderly.
La the case OF Caravan, who is an old
man and pensioner, plea of"guiltyo
was entered and he was allowed to go
on suspended sentence. Lane pleaded
"not guilty. and his examination will
be held on Oct. 5 Sheriff JORDAN, in
his search for testimony in the Her
man case, ran onto this gang at the
home of Harry Clark near Long Lake,
and he says it was a pretty drunk
crowd. Neighbors complain of the
goings on at Clark's, and the arrest of
Canavan and Lane is only prelimi-
nary steps toward stopping the nuis-
ance. The old man had just drawn
his pension and had gallon of whiskey
in the house besides pretty good skin
full when picked up by the sheriff.
lonia Sentinel.
Philosophical citizens of Grand
Rapids are making arrangements for
season of fun unprecedented in the his
tory OF that or any other city Four
days-Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, October 26 to 20 inclusive
are TO be given up to festivities.
The arrangements for the affair are in
the hands of large committee OF we'll
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