Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-12-15
THIS AND THAT.
News From Here and There Condensed
For Our Readers.

stated.
1t is reported that Co. |, 34th Michi-
gan Volunteers will be mustered out of
service at Ionia, Friday, December l6.
Chas. Quick of the Lowell Journal
slipped upon the sidewalk and un-
capped his knee which will lay him up
two months anyway.
Birth, in Lowell, December 2, a son
to G. M. Highly and wife. Mrs G. II.
Spencer, of Charlotte, sister OF Mr..
Highly, is with them.-Ledger.
The BANNER Office makes a specially
of printing wedding invitations and
announcements. makes young peo-
Pile want TO get married when they see
our samples of wedding stationery.
Gen. J. H. Kidd states that the re-
union of the old Sixth Michigan caval-
ry has been postponed for year. They
are always held on January /, but this
time that date falls on Sunday. The
meeting was to have been held in Ionia.
Sam Jones asked the following perth
nent question: "Do you know that
boys are much more particular whom
they go with than girls?" You may
think it a strange statement, but it is
so. A girl will go on the streets in
open day with a boy that gets drunk,
but the minute boy finds out that a
girl gets drunk he won't 60 with her.
wish our girls would be as particular
with whom they go as the boys are.
Heaton's big Touring mill at Lake
Odessa burned ar o'clock Monday
morning. The mill had been running
night and day for the past year The
fire started in the lower floor of the
mill, and famed by the high wind at
that time blowing, the structure was
soon mass of flames. The boiler and
engine was in an adjoining building Of
brick, the roof only burning off of this
and the engine will come out all right
Loss about 81 900, with insurance for
about half.
The Episcopal church at Lyons
burned Monday night. The church is
the one donated the society by 5. w.
Webber and moved across the flats
year. 1t was forme.sss curing SHJSe Ins Ras eh 7
OF Muir, but since located in Lyons had
been remodeled and fitted up in good
shape for an Episcopal edifice. Work
men were in the building Monday
cleaning it out. They had stove
there but took it out when they were
through so that no fire was in the
building during the evening. The fire
was discovered at IL p. m. The society
had $500 insurance in the building.
Creditors Of the defunct Greenville
| City National bank met there last
week with TIA. +. Weadock, receiver.
A settlement can be effected If they
will agree to ST 900 compromise with
ex- Directors Anderson and Foster, in
cluding the $4,000 in the hands OF
Trustee Il. j. Potter, or S27 900 in all.
Otherwise creditors must wait indei-
nitely for a judgment for more or less
than the S27 900 mentioned. If the
settlement Is effected the creditors will
have received q per cent. in dividends
as final adjustment. Nearly per
cent. has been expended in receivers
fees, etc. Without doubt the creditors
will agee to close up the banks ac
count.
Some months ago we mentioned the
fact that project was brewing for the
establishment OF railroad from
Grand Rapids to Saginaw by way o
Belding, Carson City, etc. Recently
articles of incorporation of the 'Grant
Rapids, Belding e. Saginaw Railwa!
Co. were filed with the secretary o
state by Congressman William Alder
Smith. 1t is proposed at present t.
construct stub from Freeport, Barr.
county, to Greenville, and presumabl.
later on, the main line from Gram
Rapids to Saginaw. An air line be
tween those places strikes Belding, Car
son City and Ithaca, without the varia
tion of sixteenth of an inch.-Gratio
Co. News.
Only a few are now working in tn
furniture factory. and they are simpl
packing up what goods there are o
I hand, which when shipped out wi
: wind up the business 80 far as the pres
: ent company is concerned, The cour
{ has ordered the business closed up,an
: the receiver is ready to make his fint
D report, which will show a loss urde
a his stewardship, What will become
: the plant and the men who worke
: there, no one seems TO know. Th
3 final windup of the company will be
serious blow to the business interesi
o of the city, as well as several who al
/. interested in financial way, who wi
n be called upon to assume burdens
e the shape OF big debts, caused by ei
n dorsing the company's paper, whic
e they can lily afford to stand.-Ion