Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-10-13

Local Brevities.

Get your tickets for the lecture
course at once.
Mrs. Will j. Knott is entertaining
her sister from Detroit.
Bert Hill is working for Z. l.. Car.
penter in the candy and fruit store.
Adam Wagner is making quite ex-
tenslve improvements to his dwelling
house.
City Attorney Roosevelt was in Ionia
and Shiloh Monday on professional
business.
M. IL. Moore went to Chicago this
week, taking advantage OF the $500
rate there and return.
Mrs. f. II. Nudge, who spent several
days visiting here and in Otisco, re-
turned to Lyons Monday.
Mrs. c. o. Bishop left Tuesday
morning for months visit with her
parents at Webb City, Mo.
The Ladies Literary Exchange club
will meet Thursday, Oct. 20, at 2:3O p.
m. with Mrs. Eliza Parker.
The friends OF Mrs. M. r. Weter will
be glad to know that she is recovering
| from her recent serious illness.
Mrs. b. c. Stone returned Saturday
from Marion where she had been spend
ing several weeks with her husband.
Mrs. Chas. Fetch is visiting friends
in Battle Creek and other southern
Michigan points for two or three
weeks.
VIM. X. Clute and Dwight Sheldon
will address a Republican meeting to
be held at Smyrna next week Friday
evening.
New ads this week: II. Frank Ire
land, w. l. Benedict, Kingsley * Co.,
Miss H. f. Power, FL. J. Leonard and
j. T. Weber.
Mrs. ID. G. Epson returned last week
from visit Of several weeks in Rock
ford and that vicinity with relatives
and old friends.
Rev. w. M. Puffer, presiding elder
of this district was in the city Monday
attending quarterly conference and
was the guest Of Rev. Carman.
A fair sized audience for disagree
able night laughed at the absurdities
of and enjoyed "a Breezy Time" at
the Opera House last Monday night.
The Ten O'Clock Club will inaug-
urate series of weekly dances in the
Avery block, corner Bridge and Con-
gress streets, next Saturday evening.
w. A. Mcintyre has the agency for
the new war book, .sAmerica's War
for Humanity" by John j. ingalls, and
is soliciting subscriptions. 1t is a fine
work.
II. Frank Ireland, DR.. VIM. Bell and
Royal Palmer were in Lansing yester-
day attending the exercises of unveil-
ing the statute of Ex-Governor Austin
| Blair
II. A. Waldron has returned from
Hart and is clerking for Henry A.
Smith, taking the position OF G. A.
Crib who has gone to work in the
factory.
Geo. Benedict and wife of Portland
visited at James Cramer's over Sun
day. Mrs. Benedict is cousin to Mr..
Cramer, and an old schoolmate of Mrs.
Chickering.
The board of supervisors are in ses-
sion this week and our supervisors j.
T.. Angel, G.. Eddy and w. A. Wilder
together with Frank l.. Moon of Otisco
left Monday for the county seat.
The school board have decided to
vacate the Trail building in the second
ward and move the school into the east
store of the Bedding Bros. block. II
is being fitted up and school will begin
there next Monday.
Lecture course opens with grand
concert Oct. q. The tickets for the
course are now on sale at Benedict's
and everyone should avail themselves
of the opportunity of securing one and
take in the whole course.
The first game OF foot ball this sea
son in Bedding is announced for next
Saturday upon the Ellis park grounds
between Iona and the home team. A
hot contest is expected. Turn out and
give the boys good send off.
a mothers meeting will be held a.
the schoolhouse Friday afternoon a
, o'clock. DR.. [. S. Morris will lead
Subject Foods The questions to be-
taken up and discussed are good ones
ard the ladies should attend.
Mrs. ]. A. Crawford OF Grand HaveI
is visiting her parents, MIR. and Mrs
j. A. Spencer. Diphtheria has CLOSED
o the Grand Haven schools and Mr.
9 Crawford is in Olivet this week wher'
y Mrs. Crawford joined him yesterday
" The real estate agency OF Charlie
. Brown reports the sale OF house an,
y l.. D~1ltno anI Elli