Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-05-18
THIS AND THAT.
News From Here and There Condensed
For Our Readers.

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The people of Lyons will endeaver
TO get the August meeting OF the Cen
tral Michigan Band association.
Burglars cracked the safe in the
depot at Portland Sunday morning
very early and took all the money,
about $40.
Ed. Higbee of Ionia bought lot OF
Frank Stocking last week and this
week he has sold To John Rossman a
lot with the barn on for 500.
Teachers examinations in eighth
grade will be held May 25-26 in Bel
ding, Ionia, Muir, Saranac, Portland,
Palo, Hubbardston, Clarksville and
Lake Odessa.
Burglars blew open the safe in the
store of l.. E. Lott in Elmdale, Friday
night, and secured $3.50 in cash and
also carried off quantity of dry goods
from the place.
About the hardest person to corall
nowadays is man To hang few rolls
of paper. Everybody wants their work
done first and consequently paper
hangers have their hands full.
The Antrim County Sentinel was
established at Bellaire last week and
the first number is we'll filled with
local news and good editorials. Ray
* Anderson are the publishers and
should be literally supported.
1t is now sure thing that the Sagi-
nav trains will be taken of from this
route in few months A new road
will be built to Belding, and all trains
will go that way, which is shorter by a
number of miles.-Sparta Leader.
The Iona Sentinel is being repre-
sented at the Woman's Press Associa-
tion in Detroit this week by Mrs. Mary
f. H Coville with a paper on "How
can active newspaper women he of
practical assistance TO women's clubs?"
Carson City Gazette. Miss Carrie
Evans of Belding is spending few
days with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. G.
j. Evans. Miss Nellie Evans was home
from Belding Ago days this week and
returned to her work yesterday.-Will
Chamberlin went to Belding yesterday
TO visit his aunt Mrs. w. f. Sandel
The liquor dealers of the county so
far number 81 besides the brewery, hav-
ing contributed TO the county treasurer
Sl6,065. They are divided as follows:
Ionia city thirteen, Portland five, Pc
wamo and Belding three each, Saranac,
Lake Odessa and Hubbardston two
each, and Muir and Lyons one each.
Grattan, as usual, is at the front in
base ball matters and strong team
has been organized to play this season.
The Jakeway brothers are the battery,
Byrns brothers first and second base,
Fred Tower right field, Will Lessiter
center field, f. Mattice short stop,
Will Hessler third base, Wilbur Arm
strong left field.
The board of review will meet Mon
day and Tuesday, May % and "A, and
if any one has kick coming because
his assessment is too low, he should
appear and have it increased. The
members OF the board would probably
faint to have any such thing happen,
but public duty should not be put
aside because it is unpleasant.
That the good school work of Prof.
A. l.. Marvin is known far and wide is
demonstrated by his being appointed
conductor OF a teachers institute TO be
held at Grayling and lasting three
, weeks. Mr.. Marvin has also been APP
pointed conductor of a two week:
institute OF similar character to be
held at Alpena. The teachers OF these
localities can rest assured that then
institutes will be ably and successfully
5 conducted.-Sparta Leader.
In Newaygo county an experiment IL
. to be tried this summer which proved
! quite successful on the railroads OF the
: southwest last year. This is the
sprinkling Of the railroad tracks will
crude petroleum to prevent the hyinl
OF dust which is great annoyance Il
; passengers on passing trains. The
Chicago q West Michigan has severa
carloads of the petroleum stored at Ne
waygo and will use it on the section o
the road between Newaygo and White
Cloud, where the dust is particular an
noying.
The summer resort craze Is In ful
blast all along Grand River and Ioni;
! is apparently going to keep up will
\ the procession. A scheme Is on foo
Q and in the hands OF Ionia capitalist
and leading men interested in the town
welfare, to dam the river near the fai
grounds and thus make boating facili
ties during the summer available a
:. this point. IL is estimated that
would cost something like $1,000 T.
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