Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-06-08
THIS AND THAT.
News From Here and There Condensed
For Our Readers.

street lights the OLD oil lamp system
having been suspended last week with
new electric plant.
Mrs. Harry Hill has been entertain
ing her brother, West Smith, OF Bel
ding for few days past, and Mrs. s.
Zimmerman visited her daughter in
Belding from Friday until Monday
night.-Sheridan Advertiser,
Our neigbboring village of Green
Vile has through it common council
granted franchise To the same parties
for an electric railroad from Grand
Rapids who secured one in this city re-
recently Messrs j. +. Rice, Huntly,
Russell and A. ID. Plumb.
James Ca, roll, aged about 40, who
formerly lived near Duplain, was in
stantly killed by lightning last Satur-
day morning. He was driving to his
field when the flash came. He formerly
lived near DuplaIn and leaves several
brothers besides wife and several
children.
Game Warden Morse, in his monthly
report to the secretary of state, says no
arrests were made curing the month of
May for violations of the game laws.
There were 50 convictions during the
month for violations of the fish laws
and total of $4l6 IS in fines has been
collected Fish and fishing apparatus
to the value Of S456 was seized and con-
demned.
The stove swindler is said to he
abroad in the land again; but he
doesn't swindle those who don't give
him q chance We also add this: there
is not hardware dealer in this county
who cannot sell you a stove or range
just as good and just as cheap as the
transient peddlar. Besides, the home
dealer does not ask you to sign any
gauzy papers that afterward turn up
as promissory notes.
August Thurman went to Belding
TUESDAY,. He has rented brick store
in good location and will carry a
large line of goods. Starting in How
ard City in 1884, Mr.. Thurman followed
the trade of shoemaker until 1894 when
he engaged in the boot and shoe trade.
His business has steadily increased
since then, but he thinks there is a
better opening for him in Belding,
hence the change.-Howard City Rec
ord.
Some unknown patriot poet gets off
the following wall: "I've licked doz-
en- stamps today for kilograms | sent.
licked and stuck one on bill with
which 10 pay my rent. | licked a
stamp 10 paste upon a note which re-
newed, and then | licked another one
TO make my mortgage good. I've licked
those stamps to show that respect
my countrys Will, and now I'd like to
lick the man that introduced the
bill
Manager Mckee of the creamery,
says he paid out last month to the
farmers around Portland more than
$3.50 for milk, which is "A remarkably
good showing for the first month s bus
mess He is so busy inside that it is
impossible to do much in the way Of
organizing milk routes and he would
deem it favor il the farmers would
do this themselves. Those who have
been selling TO the creamery have
found il more profitable than dispos-
ing of their milk in the old way.-Port-
land Review
Some philosopher has said that man
kind is dissatisfied with life. One man
struggles for justice, while another
fees from IT, One man saves all his
money To build an awful nice house
while another is trying to sell his for
less than cost. One man spends his
money TO buy his girl flowers and
theatre tickets to cinch her for wife,
while another man spends $50 for an
attorney TO help him get divorce.
One man gets through battle with
out scratch in or6er to be killed in a
railroad accident, another escapes all
human i'll TO be murdered. Another
man starts on the road to heaven and
winds up country editor. This is a
hot old sphere and experience in it is
as checkered as a crazy quilt.
The local option bill which recently
passed both houses OF the Legislature
will become law ninety days after
adjournment OF that body. The two
most important provisions OF the bill
are that elections on the local option
question must be held at the general
election in the spring, thus saving the
cost OF special elections, and that drug
gists must report to the prosecuting
attorney each Monday the names and
addresses OF purchasers of liquor during
the previous week, the amount and
kind OF purchase, and the purpose for
which liquor was bought. These re-
ports are To be open for inspection to
everyone at the Office OF the prosecut-