Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-12
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is positive there Is oil or
coal or both In the ground there abouts.
That prosperity for the farmers"
about which the silver orators were SO
anxious last year has come, and that
too without the laid or consent" OF the
silver trust.
Oscar Sylvester made business trip
to Grand Rapids last Thursday to buy
goods for the J. S. McElroy store which
is to be re-opened under the manage
ment OF Mr.. Sylvester. -Clarksville
Record.
A man took city paper because he
could get more reading matter than In
his country paper and read an adver-
tisement of pocket fire escape. He
sent on a dollar and in a few days re-
ceived new testament.
The election OF new captain for the
Ionia light guard kicked up duce Of
a rumpus, as result of which the
state military board has ordered the
company disbanded and the property
turned over to the quartermaster Of
the state.
The farmers day excursion to the
Agricultural College at Lansing is
Thursday, August 10. 1t will be a
basket picnic excursion to all farmers
and their friends. Sixty acres of parks
and groves to take comfort in. Half
rates on railroads.
A conservative business man OF Caro-
is of the opinion that the village loses
about $2O, 900 per year in trade, which
goes elsewhere on account of long
stretch of heavy sand on one of the
roads leading into the town. A better
argument in favor of good roads could
not be made.
Geo. Sorenson and Cora Bradfield,
the pair who were picked up last week
in the house west OF the city past the
railroad crossing, where they were liv-
ing togeather, were married Saturday
night by Justice Curry. The case is
still pending against them however,
Ionia Sentinel.
Hezekiah Wolff and Abimeleek
Hope, two aged Mormons, have been
PROSECUTING in Muir and Lyons this
week for converts to the Mormon faith.
They represent the Joseph Smith fac,
ton which disavows polygamy. Ac.
cording to Wolff three converts were
obtained in Saranac, and two in Ionia.
Muir Tribune.
Frank Noyes of South Boston, while
working near where his old house
stood, found souvenir OF the campaign
OF 1874. 1t was about the size Of a ST.
gold piece, on one side was the word.
maj. Gen. VIM. II. Harrison, 1874,
on the other side go it Tip, Come i,
Tyler" 1t was used during that cam
paign as badge.
Holly village has purchased severa
thousand paving brick and are putting
in new crosswalks where they are
needed. The bricks make very fine
and durable walk and the village
fathers are to be commended for their
course in the matter. If there is any
thing that is annoying to pedestrians
it is old and dilapidated mud-sunker
board cross-walks.
The man who advertises stands be
fore the public in the full, legitimat,
and dignified prominence of one whC
is proud of it, is doing a lot of it anC
wants to do more of it; and he is tn,
kind of man that everybody want
TO do business with, for just so long a
the moth is attracted by the candl,
light, so long will buyers swarm
around the advertising light OF bust
ness.
Those who are killing squirrels thes,
days had better watch out or they MAJ
get caught at it and run up against tn,
following, which is section ten of tn,
new game laws: operson or person
shall injure, kill or destroy by an,
means whatever any wild fox squirrel
black squirrel or gray squirrel, say,
only from the first day of October Il
the first day OF December both inclu
sive in each year.
A Caro- father who is not over indul
gent, answered his sons request for
bicycle in this way: ayes my son yor
shall have one. You'll find it at tn
front end Of that wheelbarrow, an,
there is big pile OF coal ashes back o
the house that will have to be moved
The handle-bars are of white ash an,
are adjustable so you can get any styl
OF hump on that suits your fancy. /
is regulated largely by the load yov
put on. The bigger the load the NOR,
you have TO hump yourself. BE care
full and don't mar the enamel on tn,
frame and keep the ball bearings vel
oiled, so they won't cut into the cones