Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-08-18
THIS AND THAT.
News From Here and There Condensed
For Our Readers.


Lake Odessa will have waterworks.
The village decided to bond for that
purpose in the sum OF not more than
Sl2, 600 10y vote of 206 to 26.
The Ionia gun club has been reor'
eanized with A. II. Locke as president.
They will go into regular practice at
once with an idea of entering into Il
contest with Greenville and Belding.
At the Sunday school rally to be
held in Ionia August oath the execu-
tive committee offer "A banner valued
at ten dollars to the Sunday school
having the largest percentage OF en-
rolled membership in the parade.
Chas. Kent, a young man whose home
| is in Grecnville and quite well known
here, stole two dollars of lady in lonia.
He was caught and would have been
sent to prison for term OF years had
not his father and mother interceded
with Judge Burlingame OF Grand
Rapids for IA light sentence.
Miss Hattie MacOmber of Greenville
is coming to the front as writer OF
children's 5 history. She is employed
by IA large publishing house. She is at
present in the northern part OF the
state gathering Indian legends which
she will publish in book form. Miss
MacOmber is teacher in the Green
Vile schools.
The fourteenth annual union harvest
picnic will be held at Saranac, We'd
ncsday, Aug "A. Prof. l.. II. Taft OF
the Agricultural College, X. a. Haw-
ley of Ionia and others will address the
meeting. Gov. Pingree will be at the
picnic if possible for him to attend
The Clarksville and Smyrna bands
will be present and grand balloon as
cension in the evening.
1t will be called to mind that last
summer several settings of eggs of the
Mongolian pheasants were produced,
which were afterward hatched under
hens, raised and finally turned out to
"oCN'S ~
this vicinity. 1t is known now that at
least one Of the birds thus liberated
has brought out brood of chicks this
season, and that they are progressing
nicely towards maturity, and it is like
Inv that the species have been success
fully planted here-Evart Review,
| al I,1 a N
! business with the probate court requlr'
ing legal advertising would confer
/ favor on us by requesting Judge May
4 nard To have the notices fnserted -ir
( this paper 1t is the right and prlvl'
: lege of heirs to estates to have such
notices printed where they wish in the
+ county, and Judge Maynard will re
: spect the requests of heirs in this
: matter-Grand Ledge Independent
n Must be the Probate Judge of you
: county has different views from Judg'
o Wilson of Ionia county, as the latte
d positively denies the right of choic
e where such printing shall be done
a unless such choice comedies with his
e The Banner is on the prohibited lisi
e Mary Bradin of Grattan township be
II ran suit in the circuit court OF Ken
n county last week to obtain decree {
divorce form Robert j. Bradin on tn
grounds of extreme cruelty. Sh
~ charges that they were married in loe
N and lived together until 1898, and haV
\ five children. That he has meaI
, uglv temper, has called her vile name
80 threatened to kill her and ut one tim
struck her on the head with a head
cabbage. At another time, comm
ris home from Belding, he ran his hors'
over bitches and rough ground so reel
j, lessly that she was thrown TO the bo
tom of the wagon and so bruised ar
>le shaken up that she was confined to IN
ed bed for six months. She asks for a.
~ mony, expenses of suit and the custoC
ed of her children.
The Prohibition county conventi'
which met in Ionia Monday was n
ted very largely attended. The followil
ker we're elected delegates to the state &C
leo vention To be held at Lansing, Aug
Lemuel Clute, Ionia; Harvey Knc
Portland; f.. NJ. Jeffers, Ionia; A.
ed Knight, Ionia: Il. II. Nudge, Ionia.
Ter d. Ballou, Belding; &. G. Freemf
ar Lake Odessa; Mrs. =. }. Fellows, La
es- Odessa: John Dobson, Palo: O.J.Bre
md Saranac. A county committee v
vas chosen and members OF the congr
Ir. sional and senatorial committees
vas lected, and fnll county ticket will
A. named in September. Fred f.. Britt
out state chairman, addressed the conv
tien. and said he had organized
not party in ~ counties, ouly having fai
the in one He predicts a big convent
e at Lansing August p.
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