Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-09

Local Brevities.
%~~&~~ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

+. E..Fales and wife were in Ionia
Saturday.
Ed. Trowbridge left Monday morning
for Detroit.
j. w. Flemming has returned from
Battle Creek.
Sheriff Frank l.. Moon OF Ionia was
in the city Wednesday.
VIM. o. Webster of Ionia was in the
city Tuesday on legal business.
II. L. Page is entertaining DR..
La Fevre and wife of Charlevoix.
Remember the NJ. w. A. dance at
the opera house March 18th. Bill soc.
Earl Vincent went to Detroit We'd
nesday via Lansing, taking in the ex-
cursion.
DR.. and Mrs. w. A. Dutt attended
the funeral of IA relative IN Keene,
Tue sday.
A. B. Hull has been confined to his
room several days the past week by
sickness.
E. H. kings photograph gallery
will open not later than Saturday,
March 18th.
Mrs. Ed Whitford left Tuesday for
Lincoln Lake to visit and care for her
people who are sick.
Mrs Mabel EcKert of Chicago was a
guest of her sister, Miss Ella Armour,
few days last week.
Mrs r. z. Lawrence is visiting her
husbands sister in Orange, Mr.. and
Mrs G.. II. Rintenburgh.
Miss II. E, Power, who is in Grand
Rapids, will return next week with a
fine stock of millinery goods.
The Congressional Club are holding
their regular meeting at the home of
Mrs. w. F. Sandell this afternoon.
Carl Granger, Art Bradish, Grant
Blystone and Art Gals left Tuesday
morning for Groton, South Dakota.
Mrs. Frank Cassidy who has been
the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
FREELY returned to Detroit Monday.
The excursion to Lansing Wednes-
day was big one, ll3 tickets were sold
at this station and Greenville turned
out l26.
G. l.. Staley returned home from an
extended trip for the Ranney Refrig-
orator Co., covering a number of DIFF
ferent states.
l.. A. Burhans OF Portland, nominee
for county school commissioner was in
the city Wednesday and looked in on
the convention.
The hearing OF the injunction case
last week was put over until Saturday
of this week at which time it will be
argued before Judge Davis.
Miss Jessie McVean of Stanton was
the guest of Mrs. Fisk Bangs over
Sunday; the latter's sister from Lam
sing is visiting her this week.
Hotel Belongs barber shop is under
going repairs and Mr.. Crothers has
moved his chairs into the billiard room
while the good work is going on.
Miss Anna Empey has returned from
her home in Muskegon where she has
been seriously i'll tor the last two
weeks from the effects Of an abscess on
her left side.
At the Congregational parsonage
Saturday, March 4, by Rev. b. v.
Child, O. j. Skinner Of Gowan and Miss
Nellie l.. Peters OF this city were unit
ed in marriage.
Ii. l.. VauBenschoten, who was call
ed TO Sebewa the first OF the week sent
word Wednesday of the death OF his
father. Mrs Van Benschoten left this
morning to attend the funeral.
The silk mills are experiencing some
difficulty in securing girls enough in
this vicinity for their present business
needs and half dozen from Chicago
arrived for the Richardson mill last
Monday.
DR.. G.. G. Perkins entertained K. H..
Hunt and w. d. Mckinney OF Saginaw
over Sunday. They are prominent
business men of that city and were
very favorably impressed with the
thrifty appearance OF Belding.
Jesse h. Hall and G. E. Rollo OF Chi
cago, and j. G. Lilly of New York were
in the city few days the past week in
the interests OF the Belding-H Mfg.
Co. They all report the business out
look for 1899 exceedingly good.
Miss Elizabeth M. Decker is giving
a demonstration this week at Lam
Bros. grocery Of the superior qualities
of the Calumet baking powder. The
ladies are especially invited to call and
each one doing so will receive SOU
venir.
Andy Fyfe expresses strong hopes
that he will be able to finish up securing
the right OF way for his Grand Rapids,
Bedding & Saginaw railroad this week.