Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-01-12
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commissioner again.
There will be an inspIrational insti-
tute held in Ionia February 3rd and 4th.
! All teachers are requested to be
present.
Ionia grocerymen and dry goods
merchants have entered into an agree
ment to close their stores at o'clock
p. m. until April l.
Money and time are the heaviest
burdens of life, and the unhappiest OF
all mortals are those who have more OF
either than they know how TO use. =
The fourth series of stock in the ST.
Johns Building and Loan Association
will mature and be paid January l..
The fifth series will probably mature
in March.-St. Johns Republican.
E. d. Johnson of Grand Rapids, an
old soldier and at an early day a res
ident of Smyrna, was buried 10 Cascade
Sunday. He was seriously hurt while
in Libby prison during the war and
soon became paralyzed in his limbs,
being obliged to use a wheel chair for
nearly thirty years.
l.. b. Hall has changed his location
frop Saginaw TO Grand Rapids. He
has had supervision over eight coun-
ties In the eastern district OF the state
10 Tho Nntu VArlz ifa W
but this move will give him a larger
field for operations He is now with
the Prudential Life Company.
The back bone OF the tramp industry
seems to be broken in Ionia. For the
first time in several years the people OF
Ionia are not overrun with the weary
willies," though there is an occasional
one in town But six or eight are in
the Jail and the local police push is not
doing the usual thriving business in
that line.-Ionia Sentinel.
RIVE Chase OF Ionia fell from a tele.
phone pole while in the employ OF the
Bell Telephone Co. about year ago
and was permanently injured. One OF
the cross arms on the pole broke and
let him fall to the ground. He claimed
the accident was the result OF careless
ness on the part OF the company and
brought suit getting verdict of 81, 900.
The company appealed to the supreme
court.
The Ionia District Fair Association
last week elected the following officers
and directors for the ensuing year:
President, John E. Morrison; Vice
President. Fred Graf; Secretary, Glenn
L. Williams; Treasurer, Eldon +.
Mains; Directors, Watson Merchant,
Portland; Robt McKendry, Ionia; NJ.
J. Allen, Shiloh; N X Brooks, Ronald,
to fill vacancy caused by the death of
II. l.. Bailey.
A party of Ionia business men who
went to Grand Rapids last week re-
ceived little encouragement from Cen
eral Manager Heald in regard to the
ubW ldlllOGQ cCACulGs hC iAONCll ~
Hastings road is projecting the pro-
posed line TO Belding, although that
extension Is not an assured fact The
D., G.. r. &. w officials doubt the
feasibility of running a line through
from Lowell to Ionia parallel with the
D., g. II. & NJ, because of the compe-
/, hat mould ,app1t Tfthn / nxual1
& Hastings road is made to connect
with the ID. g. Il. g. w. at this end, the
junction will probably be at Bedding
Ionia Standard.
Miss Lena Leonard assisted in re-
cital given in st. Johns recently and
the Republican has this to say of it:
"The recital given by Miss M. Marie
White, assisted by Miss Lena Leonard,
OF Belding, Miss Emmons, Mrs. f. A..
Travis aud the Amphion Quartette, OF
St. Johns, at the M. f. church Monday
evening, was very satisfactory enter
tainment. Miss White, of course, was
the star attraction, and the expecta-
tions of those who came to hear her
were more than realized. She has a
magnificent contralto voice, and her
manner is no less charming than her
voice. Miss Leonard also sang very
sweetly and generous applause was ac-
corded her.
Several years ago j. j. Granger OF
Saranac loaned Joseph Post OF Clarks-
Vile sum of money and took insur'
ance security on the property. The
insurance was carried in the Manches-
ter Fire Assurance Co. After the In
surance was put on Post assigned the
property to his wife without giving
either Granger or the insurance com
pany notice to that effect The build
ing burned more than four years age
and the company refused to pay the
| loss because no notice OF transfer had
been given them; and because the pol
icy did not cover the property that was
destroyed, in that the number OF the
lots on which the building stood was
not correctly given. The circuit cour
gave GranUpr a INDIGNANT of 4l9O an(