Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-11

city Tuesday.
G. M. Wise made trip to Crane
Rapids, Tuesday.
Good sleighing again-snow las
night patched it up.
Robt. Mclaughlin is clerking at f
X. Spencer's shoe store.
The Misses Belle and Rose Rice ar,
home from Grand RAPIDS.
w. F.. Lount OF Detroit is the new
drug clerk at w. A. Quits.
VIM. +. Sandell is receiving visit
from his mother from Lowell.
A brother OF Simpson Craig was
here from the north, Tuesday.
Charley and Ralph Miller of Green
vile, were in the city, Sunday.
Hon. j. Nj. Earle of Lansing was in
this city several days last week.
Local physicians report vast deal
of sickness in the city and county.
Miss Jane Warren is sick with ty.
phoid fever in hospital in Chicago.
Mrs. Emma Newman has suffered
another slight shock and is very sick.
Will Trott of Big Rapids former
resident here was in the city this week.
The X. p. IS will give another pedro
party at their castle hall Friday night.
Brinton f. Hall and Guy Weter
have been north looking after lumber
and logs.
Thos. Welch is of this week on q
collecting tour for the Bedding Shoe
Company.
Attorney Chas. X. Foote has been
in lonia and ST. Johns couple OF days
on legal business.
Elmodam Weaver has been granted
a pension ana James Granger has re-
ceived an increase.
H. I'll. Gooding and daughter, Mrs.
Blystone, visited his brother at Good
ing station last week.
1t is hard for counterfeiters in these
days to escape the eagle eyes OF the
government "Sleuth."
Mrs. C.S. Ford and daughter, Berta,
OF South Lyons, have been guests OF
j. A. Spencer this week.
Another change of time went into
effect on the d., G.. r. IL w. road
Tuesday. See corrected card.
H. Fl. Belding and family are again
quartered at Hotel Bedding having re-
turned from Chicago last week.
Bruce Fales and Miss Edna Freeman
OF lonia have been guests OF friends
and relatives in this city this week.
New advs. this week: Will Ricaby,
Wilson & FREELY, Kingsley & Co, II.
j. Leonard, Benedict q Co., w. A.
Wilder, Faust"
Miss Blanche Haynor and Mr.. Herb.
Perrine, of Ionia, drove up to Bedding
Sunday and spent the day with Miss
Sarah Mcdonald.
Don't forget the cake sale at Spencer
& Lloyd's, Saturday, buy one and give
your husband a change. They will be
sold at low price.
Mrs. Mandy Seaman of Greenville
visited her sister, Mrs. w. A. Knott
last week. Mrs. 5. Youngs another
sister visited her this week.
The skating rink is in excellent con
dition and the ice was never finer
Open every day and night. Masque.
rade Saturday night, with prizes.
Harry Curtis and wife OF Ionia were
up spending Sunday and Monday with
his brother, Nell Curtis, and at JOE
Cobb's. Harry was lately married.
County school commissioner, Hale
was in town last Friday. There is NJ
doubt but the county convention mex
week will nominate him as his owl
successor.
Queen Esther Chapter o. f. ). o.
Grattan have been invited to visi
Doric Chapter February 23rd, ant
members of the latter are preparing
TO receive them.
Edgar Hollingshead, who was tried
in the circuit court last week for arson
attempting TO set fire to Dell Purdy'
barn near Smyrna, was found no
guilty by a jury.
The potato market has been brisl
this week. Yesterday afternoon ther'
were over thirty teams waiting to b.
unloaded, prices ranging from twelve
TO seventeen cents.
Adam Wagner reports that the los
on Mrs. n azzard's house and content
was adjusted and paid in five days iron
the time OF fire, S2l05 80 on househol,
goods, and 1856. 80 on house.
School Commissioner +. Il. Hal
announces an eighth grade teachers
examination TO be held in Portland
} Lake Odessa and Ionia, February 2O-2l
All teachers should take note.
Republican county convention a