Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-03

The farmers institute in lonla last
week was very successful althoug h
more would undoubtedly have attended
had the weather been more favorable.
President LOOMS and Secretary Bemis
were made their own successors.
DR.. &. A. Munich, the noted special
list, who comes to Bedding monthly,
will visit Belding, February 8. The
doctor is we'll known and so needs no
recommend. The inducements offered
are sufficient. People speak of his
wonderful success. Read their adv.
Pay when cured.
Rev. u. Gates has accepted a call ex-
tended to him by the Baptist churches
of Houghton and Kimble Lake. He
left with his family the first Of the
week for Houghton, where he will re-
side. He says he has very promising
field and "a good membership. The
church here has not decided as yet
what they will do in the matter of a
pastor.-Saranac Advertiser.
Levi Loveland leaves tomorrow for
Seattle, Wash, where he will remain
until March |, when he will start for
Dawson City, Alaska. Levi is very en-
thusiastic over the Klondike dscov-
cries, and all wish him good luck and
hope he may return with his pockets
full OF great big nuggets Of gold. He
will join party OF Michigan prospect
ors at Seattle.-Ionia Sentinel.
Hugo Fales, a four year old "chip
off the old block" E. E. Fales, will
certainly make Sunday school teacher
when he grows up. The Sunday school
lesson last Sunday was on the "Beata-
tudes, blessed are the peacemakers,
ETC." His mother asked him on his
return home what the Golden text was
and he replied, ''the superintendent
told US it was blessed are the dress
makers"
Several persons in the vicinity of
Greenville have been victimized by
buying what they supposed were cleo
trio belts An examination Of the belt
proves that the shock is caused by a
layer of dry mustard beneath a strip of
gauze. When the wearer perspires a
little the mustard is moistened and
sets up a Burning sensation and the
victim believes that it is electricity
going through him.
Every enterprising man is help to
his town. The more money he makes,
if he uses it, the better for the com
munity. A place cannot build up
without him, and a wide-awake, grow
ing town is benefit TO the surround
ing country. Hence it is TO the ad-
vantage of all to encourage enterpris-
ing men in all walks of life and frown
on the efforts of the petty, envious
individuals who are ever ready to
thrust their more successful neigh ors
in the back on the slightest provocatiou
in attempts to injure them and destroy
their usefulness.
The business men have been making
an effort for some time to organize an
association to promote the welfare OF
the town, and last Thursday evening it
was consumated by the formal organ
ization of the Lowell Improvement
Association. During the preliminary
proceedings to this end an effort has
also been made to some manner assist
the Michigan Buggy & Cutter Co,
which burned out some time ago, to
again start in business here, but these
efforts have failed, owing mainly to an
unwillingness on the part of our citi-
zens to make an absolute gift or bonus.
There is a willingness TO provide a
building or site and retain ownership
Of it, but this did not meet the APP
prevail of the M. b. & &. Co., so nego-
tiations with them seem to have fallen
through.-Lowell Journal.
The Coming Woman