Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-07-07
THIS AND THAT.
News From Here and There Condensed
For Our Readers.

For Our Readers.
John Skedgell OF Bedding has moved
his family to this place. He is now
employed In the Touring mills of j. III.
Frout & Co.-Howard City Record.
Landlord Mosgrove OF Bedding was
in town few hours last Saturday.
He reports that he is doing good bus
mess in the silk city.-Edmore Journal.
Mrs. Smith OF Bedding, sister OF
Chas. Harris, Cornelius and Harry
Hill, has been visiting them and their
families this week-SheridaD Adver-
tiser.
While Irving Benton, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. A. G. Benton, was playing on his
grandfather's farm near Lakeview, he
fell on the moving machine, cutting
his leg so badly that it will lay him up
all the mmer.-Greenvill Democrat.
A resident Of Saranac wrote to the
seed department at Washington for
some tobacco seed. He told the secre-
tary TO send him Battle AK if he had
1t, but if not TO send Climax, and if he
was out of both of those to send Spear
Head
Arthur ID. Judd, son of Rev. VIM.
Judd. has been at home for some two
months quite sick with consumption.
He is now confined TO his bed and is
failing rapidly.-Howard City Record.
1t is with surprise and regret that his
Bedding friends learn the above fact.
Arthur was formerly an employee in
the Star office.
The farmers living between Oxford
North oxford and Whigville will soon
begin the construction of private tel
phone line, connecting with each house
on the road. The intention of the en-
terprise is TO enable farmers TO ascer-
tain the latest market reports. The
more enthusiastic OF the promoters
claim that the benefits derived in one
day would pay the cost of service for IA
whole year.
Belding had Mrs. Vernly barrow,
a clairvoyant and spiritualistic me-
dium-a ghost chaser. Last Wednes-
day night she was calling up spirits
for the benefit OF her audience, when
Lily Adams, the form of medium.
said TO have died in New York appeared
and G. S. Fetch grasped the form and
called for lights on 1t was buXom
woman, Vernly barrow. Not IA bad
grasp" after all. Foolish freaky
frauds.-Cedar Springs Clipper.
The Frank Tucker Comedy Company
disbanded while playing an engage
ment at Mendon last week. On We'd
nesday MIR. Tucker called physician
to dress his limb which was giving
him considerable trouble. The phys
ician informed him that blood poisoning
had set in and advised complete rest as
soon as possible. Mr.. Tucker and his
wife left at once for their home in
Decatur and the company disbanded.
Mr.. fuckers condition is considered
dangerous and his chances for recovery
very slight.-Plainwell Enterprise.
Both Lowell newspapers the Journal
and Ledger, have signed the following
pledge "After July /, 1898, the under
signed will charge the uniform rate OF
five cents per line for notices of all
church and society entertainments,
suppers, socials, fairs, etc, at which
an admission fee is charged or which
have financial gain as an object.
We feel that we have been doing much
more than our share OF public work;
and hereafter will make our contribu-
tions in cash, and expect our pay in
the same. No supplementary tick
cts desired.
During the first four days in August
the city of Detroit will entertain from
one to three thousand mayors, council
men and city officials, who will journey
thither for the purpose OF discussing
the numerous and complex problems
involved in the management of muni-
cipal business. The occasion will be
the second annual convention OF the
League Of American Municipalities,
which is composed of large number
of the most progressive cities and towns
in the United States and Canada.
This league was organized last Sep
TENDER at Columbus, Ohio, where AIS
mayors and councilmen from lOl cities
and % states got together for the pur-
pose of devising some way to advance
the interests of good government.
Persons troubled with diarrhna will
be interested in the experience of MIR.
w. NJ. Bush, clerk of Hotel Dorrance,
Providence, X. /. He says: "For sew
eral years / have been almost u con-
slant sufferer from diarrhna, the fire.
quent attacks completely prostrating
me aud rendering me unfit for my
thic hntpl a bnut txyn wears