Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-07-14


t Americans receive many recruits lk,
this.
Rev. w. NJ. Puffer, presiding elder
will hold quarterly conference at tn,
M. f. church Friday and preach ;
sermon in the evening.
Ed. Lamb and family left YESTERDAY
for two weeks outing at Long LAX e
|. l. Hubbell and wife and Chas. Nc
Laughlin and wife are also in tn,
party.
The subscriptions to the new wal
bonds Saturday aggregated 1890, O35, 900
OF this amount S59, 500, 900 is in sums o.
500 or under and the rest above tina,
amount. The subscriptions will close
July IA at 3 o'clock.
Clyde Sinclair, while pumping water
from their cistern Saturday, got the
little finger of his left hand caught
between the handle and pump and gave
it bad smash. DR.. Pinkham has
fixed it in good shape.
T. Frank ireland arrived home from
Illinois today, having been gone over
two months. He made the trip In a
box car, bringing household goods and
horse and carriage. His mother and
a sister will follow later and reside here.
The Epworth League will take
charge of the services Sunday evening.
The delegates who attended the dis
trict convention will give their repor Is.
Every one interested in the work of
young peoples societies will be well
come.
Mrs. M. M. Moore and daughter,
Daisy, have gone to Milwaukee. The
little two year old daughter of Mrs
Powers, the unfortunate woman burned
to death, will live with them, it being
in accordance with the request OF the
dying mother.
w. A. Chave and wife left Monday
morning for Brantford, Ont, to remain
for week visiting relatives and
| friends. They were accompanied by
Mrs DR.. Ferguson and baby who will
visit Mr.. Ferguson's relatives in Port
Stanley and other places for several
weeks.
DR.. A. b. Spinney, formerly of De-
troit. now proprietor of the Reed City
Sanitarium, will be at Phelps House,
Greenville, Friday, July Is, and at
Hotel Bedding in Belding, Friday, uly
80 He will give consultation upon all
forms OF chronic diseases. See adv. in
another column.
The Kalamazoo Daily Telegraph
sends us circulation statement cover
ing the last six months. 1t shows a
higher average than in any six months
previous. The Telegraph's exclusive
war reports from the Associated Press
and special correspondents are eagerly
read by everybody in this part of Mich
igan. The Telegraph reaches here
every afternoon Except Sundays) and
costs only six cents week.
The attempted flight of Cervera,
viewed from almost any point, was
miserably executed maneuver. Had
Cervera deployed his cruisers as Dewey
did off Cavite instead of running them
straight into the terrible fire Of our
ships he might have got away with
boat or two. But the unlucky admiral
probably felt that his doom was sealed,
and that the quicker he got licked the
sooner the agony would be over with.
The most comical lawsuit we have
heard OF is about to be tried in Ionia il
the plaintiff gets the security for costs
which is necessary to be filed in the
case before trial. Mrs. James Fuller
of this city had an old setting hen
seven or eight years ago and loaned it
to Ed. Webster lad Of ten years, son
of o. f. Webster, for the purpose OF
Matching brood of chickens, Mrs.
Fuller selling him the setting OF eggs.
During year or more past Mrs. Full
Ter has had differences of opinion with
Mr.. and Mrs. Webster regarding fam
cied wrongs she had received in the ID.
OF Fl. lodge and occasionally she would
resurrect the old setting hen in argu-
ment, claiming it had never been re-
turned. A few weeks ago she began
suit before Justice Foote claiming that
old biddy was worth S25. The squire
ordered security for costs but Mrs.
Fuller did not acquiesce and the case
went down. Now she seeks justice at
the county seat, hence the suit.