Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-11
TUESDAY. NOV. IL. 1897.

yanWyck leads for mayor OF Greater
Wv York with 235, 900 votes; Low is
cond with 10000; Tracy third with
a, 600; George fourth with 10000. In
be municipal assembly the Democrats
iii have as now appears, "a votes TO
he Republicans 4, and in the council
to the Republicans II. The Low
nd Tracy vote, had it been combined,
ould have beaten VanWyck by $4,000
Whereabouts. The Henry George
pie dwindled sadly, after the death OF
be leader, his son being unable TO hold
AS Henry George was supposed TO
raw chiefly from the ranks of Tam
lany, his followers probably returned
the regular Democratic column and
yelled VanWyck's plurality. The re-
pit tallies pretty closely with the pre-
ection figures issued by the Tammany
aders, who claimed that George S
bte could be not more than 10000 and
anWyck's would be greater than
owls and Tracy's together, which it
me within $4,000 CT being
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The board of supervisors last week
vote of 10 to 5, accepted 30 acres
land in Evergreen township rs pay
ent in full on the Willett notes of
500, turned over to the county by
k-County Treasurer Douglass. This
cans up all but about $500 of the
mount the county lost in the Chaplin
INK failure. A motion was made to
Irce collection from Mr.. Douglass and
Is bondsmen of the balance of about
700. nearly all of which the county
81 by the failure Of the Greenville
,lnk This motion was lost by vote
8 to 10, and shows that in spite of
-e efforts of few old chronics, the
|nntiment OF the people is strongly
opposed to running an honest, faithful
hcial and his bondsmen to make good
sum of money which the county lost
bank failure and through no fault of
r. Douglass. -Montcalm Herald.
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In spite OF all sorts OF persuasion and
en- threats on the part OF the Demo-
ats, Governor Boies states that he
II no longer support the free-and-un-
hited-coinage-of-silver plank OF the
icago platform. He has given out
publication letter stating that
pile he wants to see silver in use as
currency, he is convinced that any
Dposition for the free and unlimited
mage of the metal at ratio so widely
variance with the market value
buld be suicidal.
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Good, healthy, decent fun is all right
The Observer enjoys seeing every
1y have it and hope they will con-
ne; but when this takes on the form
vandalism and wanton destruction of
bperty, as was done on Hallowc en-
Eht right here in Portland, the
enders should be given taste OF the
in a red hot manner.-Portland
server.
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The only thing that causes the sill
rites to abstain from coming out flat
ted for pure paper money, is the
certainty whether il would be pop
~ al mi faR
nry Georges scheme Of single tax
also being seriously considered, as
other fallacies. It's votes they
bit rather than practical results
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woman recently recovered three
usand dollars damages from a Gem
ry company in New York, for being
soned with poison ivy growing il
grounds. Thus civil law upholds
I OF the social and intellectual life
1 we are responsible not only FOL
products which we cultivate, bu
those we fail TO root out.
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When a citizen of Mexico wants u
ne trip costing 800 he must need
> together $3.50 in Mexican money
p'ry dollar OF which he works as hare
as an American citizen works for
d dollar, and this is free-silver pros
ity. The people of the Unitet
btes will be long while accepting
kind OF prosperity.
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e Nbama is furnishing 100, 900 tons o
ID , Mexico for her railroad locomo
4 n competition with English coal
Re is another important America
nstry finding a foreign market
fish coal cannot successfully com
with the products Of the rich field
he south.
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he primary school money appor
ed November 10th to the schools G
state is record breaker, being 8
Is per capita of the school popula
Last May it was "a cents pc
blar. The great increase is occas
ID by the fact that the railroad
since paid their taxes. Taxpay
will not kick.