Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-05-12
THIS AND THAT.
News From Here and There Condensed
For Our Readers.

The examination of f. A. Sessions is
to be held May lS
Ionia city fathers have approved
thirteen saloon bonds.
Hon. A. b. Morse will deliver the
Decoration Day address at Ionia.
Fruit prospects have rarely, il ever,
been more promising at this season OF
the year than now.
The farmer who has wheat and beans
these days has no need of going to the
Klondike for wealth.
Ralph G.. Richmond, who has been
running the hotel at Lyons, has re-
moved to Shepherd and will operate
one there.
A teachers association will be held
at Ionia, May 18th; Eighth grade ex-
aminations will be held at Portland,
Lyons, Palo, Hubbardston, Belding,
Saranac, Clarksvlle, Lake, Odessa and
Ionia, May 10 and 20.
The Michigan Bridge Company of
Portland was last week awarded the
contract for building new iron bridge
on the town line between North Plains
and Lyons across Maple river. The
contract price is 81, 800.
John H. MITCHELL of Ionia, recruit
ed a company of over one hundred men
for the army but the state military
board said nit Glenn Lawless was
however given authority TO raise a
company. The two compani es have
since been consolidated.
The war has even affected the whist
ling you hear on the street. A short
time ago all we could hear was Hot
Time in the Old Town" "My Coal
Black Lady," or something similar.
Now, it's 1.-THE Star Spangled Ban
ner," or some other patriotic melody
Alexander, the horse buyer who
fleeced Lyons farmers and passed a
forged Toledo check at Dougherty' s
bank, and who pleaded guilty was SEN
fenced TO three years in the State
House of Correction. He is wanted in
both Ohio and Illinois for the same
offense. On being taken back to jail
he said he had a hi of time while
the money lasted, but made a grand
stand play Of meekness when before the
court.
An Ipishrian in Illinois by the name
o. . Cfbck Is tiie father of thiitees
children. After finding names fol
eight of the offspring, as they made
their appearance with a regularity
that was all but phenomenal, the par
ents began to designate them accord
ing to their consecutive number, az
| Nine, Ten, Eleven, etc. One OF the
sons has recently been appointed post
master for his town, and he now signs
his official papers tTen O'Clock, Z. NJ.
The practice of requesting bids OF
printing jobs of triaing amounts il
evidently the target aimed at by the
Three Rivers, Mich, Reporter, in the
! following neat extract, and it must be
said that the shot hits the bulls eye
1.-THE publisher of this paper is soon t.
buy a shirt. Strange and eXtravagan
as this may seem, we are determined
so to do, aud, with this end in view
we wish the dealers to submit sealed
bids, so that the job may be given t.
the lowest bidder. Quality or style
don't count. Any old thing will do
Send in your bids.
A writer in the Review of Reviews
sums UP the attributes of the week.!
as follows: Each copy is read no
only by the five people usually credited
to the ordinary paper, but by twice OF
thrice that number in many instances
for many subscribers pass their paper
on and on to the inmates OF more for
tunate home. The publications are
pre-eminently the home papers o
newspaperdom. They are not super
ficially scanned while men travel Il
business and then left for brakemen Il
gather up. They go directly Int
homes and the reading of them is
duty as we'll as pleasure. Henc'
their peculiar value to advertisers AM