Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13
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News From Here and There Condensed
For Our Readers.

us again and few more April showers
will bring out the frogs.
1t is thought that all the amend.
ments to the state constitution voted
on at the recent election were carried.
Judge Morse of Ionia has been ap-
pointed member of the state board OF
mediation and arbitration by Gov. Pin
gree.
Governor Pingree has designated
Friday April 2S as Arbor day, and it
will be in order to plant IA tree, pro-
viding blizzard is not on tap and the
frost is out of the ground.
Farmers are anxiously waiting for
the frost TO get out of the ground to
admit of plowing. Last year at this
time spring blowing was well advanced
and in many cases completed.
The injunction case which was argued
last week before Judge Daboll, of St.
Johns, was closed Friday and the
judge is considering the matter His
decision will be rendered this week it
is expected.
John Zeigler and family have moved
up near Wyman where he has pur-
chased fine farm. John had run the
Mrs. Nj. r. Weter farm for the past
five years and concluded he would get
one Of his own.
The man who has so little knowledge
of human nature as to seek happiness
by changing anything but his own dis
position, will waste his life in fruitless
efforts, and multiply the griefs which
he proposes to remove.-Colton.
BY a bill which past the legislature
last week the salary of Game and Fish
Warden Grant Nj. Morse has been in
creased from 81 200 to $1,000 Grants
many friends in this section again con-
gratulate him on this added good for
tune.
The Mayor OF Lansing has vetoed an
order for plank sidewalks. He says
the city has had to pay so many hun
dreds of dollars for damages on defec-
tive plank walks that be does not think
another foot OF them should be put
down.
DR.. o. r. Long of the state asylum
at Ionia appeared before the house
ways and means committee at Lansing
and urged the purchase of 100 acres OF
land to be cultivated by the inmates Of
that institution. They are already
working 20 acres. The land will cost
about IS 800
w. j. Clixby, of Grand Rapids, a
young married man, died at his home
there Saturday night from the effects
of dose Of carbolc acid taken by mis-
take for other medicine. He recently
insured his life in the New Era Life
Insurance Company for $4,000 He
leaves young wife and child.
1t looks as though Democrats were
ungrateful Prof. Gill, the Hubbard
ston Republican who worked so hard
to elect Democratic school commits
sioner, failed to be elected school in
spector in his own township; and Il, A.
Steadman in this township would have
been justice of the peace If he had
Loyalty supported the other candidates
on his own ticket.-Muir Tribune.
The Citizens Light Co., of this place
put in a bid before the common coun-
Gil of the city OF Greenville to light
that city at their meeting last week.
Greenville it seems is having troubles
Of its own over the lighting question
as an injunction had been previously y
granted restraining the city from enter
ing into a contract, on compliant OF ii,
w. Riley one fits tax payers with local
companies already established there,
An exchange says: "A Lansing
business man who has been annoyed by
friends p who wheedled him into buy
ing rattle tickets for one thing on
another has fixed things now so he will
probably not be bothered any more in
that way. He has fixed up lot oI
tickets for the railing off of an old
stove, the amounts running from one
cent to two dollars, and when he is
asked to buy ''chance" on anything
he promptly agrees-providing the
other fellow will buy one OF his tickets
Not single ticket has he had to buy
since thus placing himself in the defen
sive."
Keep the ball rolling. Belding Ii
all right The people are all right
And more factories are certainly al
right. But don't expect one man OF
two men or three men TO do IT all
Shove little yourself. Push little
Let us do what we can. Some can dc
more than others. That's no reason
the little we can do is not appreciated
Far from IL. The story of the widow
mite ought to be remembered here
We can use some more factories in ou
business. We are all happy when W.
read that there is another one located
But any man would feel better L