Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-05-19
THIS AND THAT.
News From Here and There Condensed
For Our Readers.

For Our Readers.
Muir ladies are going to give min
strel show.
The BiJou Stock Company, Opera
House tonight.
Awful dry at Stanton. No saloon
open since May l.
Chef Colburn, "a former Bedding boy,
is in the navy on board the cruiser
Detroit.
Mayor Ellis OF Ionia wouldn't sleep
for month IL he couldn't make some
kind of trouble. Journal.
Ben Backus, who was arrested on
charge OF burglarizlng store at Seb-
eva, has been discharged for lack of
evidence.
The Local News published at Muir
by T. E. Jackson has been launched on
the sea of journalism. 1t is newsy
little sheet.
Nancy Miller, widow Of r. G. Miller,
died Monday at Greenville, at the age
of 70. She was an old resident and
highly esteemed.
A certain Mr.. Lord has started suit
against the city OF Ionia for $1,000
damages. He wanted to build feed
barn but there was clash somehow.
Coral women not satisfied with the
meager patriotic demonstrations OF the
men organized torch-light procession
of their own and marched through the
streets singing patriotic songs, re-
Gently.
A Sunday school convention will be
held at WEIGH school house, Easton
township, on Sunday, May % A good
program has been arranged and cor
dial welcome is promised to all who
attend.
Are our farmers aware that the law
allows them to pay one-fourth of their
highway tax by putting out trees in
front OF their property, and that %
cents will be allowed on highway taxes
for each tree so planted.
John G. Dooling of ST. Johns, at one
time an attorney practicing in this
city, was married Tuesday in Niles to
Miss Anna A. Lormey. Rev. A. A.
Doollng, brother OF the groom, per-
formed the ceremony.
Is it fair always to forget all the
good or kindness shown to us by those
with whom we live, for the sake of one
little pain which they may have caused
us, and which, most likely, was unin-
territorial on their part?-Gold Dust.
Chas. B. Ingersoll, who purchased
the Lewis Marshall farm on the state
road in Greenbush, has nearly COM
buildings, making very attractive
home. He has discontinued business
in ST. Johns and moved upon the farm.
st. Johns Republican.
King q Smith purchased OF III. +.
Powell of Ronald about 1000 pounds Of
Shropshire wool, probably the best
clip grown in Ionia county. Mr.. Powell
has added some fine imported stock TO
his flock this year. Our breeders will
do well to see his stock, as Ionia coun-
ty is getting TO be noted for her flocks.
-Ionia Sentinel.
There is a new song going the rounds
of the newspapers and it runneth in
this wise: 1--WE don't want to buy at
your place, we don't trade there any
more; you'll be sorry when you see us
going to some other store. You can't
sell US any stale goods, we have opened
up our eyes; we don't want to trade at
your store, cause you do not adver-
tise."
The encampment of the troops at Is
land Lake has proven a strong card for
the Sunday excursion business on the
ID. G. r. & w. Ry. For three Sundays
in succession they have been run there
and well patronized each time. Bel
ding may be said to have done her
share. Al tickets were sold here last
Sunday and 60 on each of the preced-
ing occasions, making 16l in all.
Judge Davis has taken upon himself
the task of seeing that the stars and
stripes float over the court house. He
started out and almost in less time
than it takes to tell it, had raised $50
for large banner, the county officials
and attorneys contributing literally.
The board of supervisors will furnish a
pole and next Saturday there will be a
flag raising in Ionia that the whole
county is interested in. The staff will
be placed on the court house square,
and the event will be made interesting
and patriotic by speeches, music, etc
An advertisement Offering to pay at
the rate of 81 per 1000 for distributing
circulars was read in one of the cheap
papers by one OF our young lads not
long since. Being wide-awake youth
and DESTROYS OF making little of the
coin of the realm for his own use, he an