Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-12-15
Local Brevities.
The wheeling is first-class.

Poverty party at the opera house
tomorrow night.
j. G. Mabbitt who has been seriously
i'll is recovering.
Rev. ID. E. Hills of Greenville was in
the city Monday.
IN. l.. Osterhout spent Sunday in
Alma his former home
w. l.. Jackson OF Petoskey was in the
city Tuesday and Wednesday
ID. E. Hall has returned from Cali
fornia to Michigan and will reside in
Vergennes.
lsThos. Welsh has sold out his stock
OF boots and shoes in South Lyon and
returned to Belding.
Ionia has been having bad scare
over small outbreak OF scarlet fever
and the city schools are closed.
Mrs. John Crawford of Grand Haven
arrived in the city last Saturday to
spend the holidays with her parents.
The Bedding Whist Club will join the
State League and send team to take
part in the monthly contests at Grand
Rapids.
Mrs. Maud Fales Unger OF Detroit
will spend the holidays with her par
ents in Orleans and other relatives in
this vicinity,
\ DR.. Covllle was officially notified
last week that he had been elected one
OF the staff OF physicians at st. Luke's
hospital, Niles.
H. l.. Page is entertaining DR.. La
Fever, wife and son, OF Charlevoix.
They are on their way to spend few
months in the south.
Skating on the pond and river has
been excellent all the week and the
young people have improved the OPP
portunity to get their skates on.
J. ii. Luce wishes to announce to all
of his old customers that he is again
shoeing horses in company with John
Carten at the latter's old stand.
New ads. this week: H. ]. Leonard,
Robinson g. Hudson, Chas. Eddy & Co.,
Kingsley & Co, Holmes Bros. Will II.
Ricaby, w. A. Wilder, t. Frank Ire
land. w. l. Benedict, Penny Store, j.
L. Webber, Ionia.
E. f.. Lessiter announces a Christmas
party at his hall in Grattan on Mon
day night, December 26. He has got
out some fiue invitations. Mr.. Lessi-
ter has fitted up his hall in fine shape
and the dances given there are always
well attended.
II. l.. VanBenschoten has procured
degree OF divorce this week for Leona
Mitchell from Austin Mitchell A d.
vorce was also granted for Kate G.
Rich from Ralph G. Rich. On the
same day marriage license was grant
ed to o. P. Taylor OF Columbus, Ind,
and Kate G.. Rich.
= The Silver Grays' pedro club has
begun operations for. the winter in
pleasant rooms over McLaughlin's
blacksmith shop. The club is COM
posed OF all gentlemen OF leisure aud
what they do not know about the game
isn't according to Hoyle."
Our merchants are getting in the
best stocks of goods they have ever
carried and the stores were never so
full at this season OF the year. For the
approaching holidays buyers will find
this city one OF the best places to do
trading in hereabouts. Prices in all
lines are down TO rock bottom.
The first entertainment in the con-
test to be given by the members of
Doric Chapter o. +. s. this winter
was given by the ladies Tuesday night
and they furnished whole lot OF
amusement. The counts on their side
ran up into the hundreds and the gen.
tlemen will certainly have TO hustle If
they win out and eat supper at their
expense.
r Dwight Sheldon recently from the
law Office OF Nichols 81 McGarry of
lonia will open law Office in this city
January /, 1899. He has leased Office
rooms in the Wallace block and will
have them fitted up nicely and con-
veniently for his Office business. The
firm name will be Nichols & Sheldon.
Mr.. Sheldon will also reside here hav-
ing leased house on Broas street.
1t was science and educational day at
the Bedding Woman's Club, Tuesday,
and the following topics were presented
and discussed: "Woman's need of
science;" "The breath OF life;" mice
things in science;" american educa-
tion;" "Mary Lyon, etc.; )" "Liquified
air." Current events" Mrs. j. H..
Luce was the hostess. Adjourned to
meet next Tuesday, December Goth,
with their president, Mrs. DR.. Coville,
when a special program will be pre-
sented, after which they will adjourn
for the holidays.
The case OF the People VS.. Frank
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