Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03
Grattan.

Kitty Lessiter has the whooplng
cough quite hard.
John Rodgers is again confined TO his
bed. His wife is now better.
Venus Chapter, o. +. s., held their
regular meeting last Saturday night.
Fred Matice is helping Mr.. Norton
in the mill so that Jay Norton could
go To Dakota.
John Earl, the two days old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Howard, died July
26 Bur. al at the Catholic church.
Will Lessiter began the weeks work
Monday, by killing a rattlesnake with
eight rattles few rods from tie house.
John Randel, who has been suffering
from capillary bronchitis, is improving,
and Lon Smith is able TO ride quite IA
distance.
1t will pay all interested in Sunday
school work To attend the convention
to be held at Ashley church, August
9th. AS it is an all day session those
from a distance will be provided with
dinner.
Rev. l.. b. Albert preached an elo-
quent sermon Sunday at Ashley on the
power of Gods love manifested in the
Son, taking several texts, and Tor one
illustration read st. Luke 1880, por-
trayed with great tenderness.
1t is TO be regretted that the Grattan
Creamery has closed. The work has
been successful as far as good butter
making was concerned and the want ca
success lay IN the lack of patronage
d. Lawrence, employed there several
months, has gone To Dakota.
Besides a number OF young men who
went 10 South Dakota on Tuesdays eX
curslon, &. NJ. Slayton and wife took
advantage of the low rates to ylsl'
friends, also Nehemiah Smith, 81 years
of age, surprised all by taking the trip
but these many years OF active lille az
not seem to rest heavily upon him, ant
he was around, as active as the boys
bidding his friends good bye.
Over week ago a certain Grattal
young man wheeled almost to BeldlnI
Sunday night to see his best girl, bu
when il came to the wee small hour
; he couldn't see his wheel, neither wa
il seen by those most interested unit
: the following Friday, when 1t wa
2 found Just where he left it-either
5 case of second eyesight or mysteriou
D disappearance.
5 The Grattan ball team goes To I'D
q more, August 10, and Sheridan, Al
o gust II, to meet the teams there, bot
$ with "A record of strength, having d.
o feat,d l}eldiug and Grand Rapid
teams. Excursion rates for these play
will no doubt bring many friends Il
!, both sides. Belding, Greenville an
n sheridan wish to engage Grattan in
! series 4 games, but this Is not y
n decided.
d Visitors from Grand Rapids, Miss
e Ethel Pasco, Lottie Macarthur, Bird
: Green. Susie Bresnahan and Bess
l. Driscol. from Greenville, Miss "
l. Alger aud brother, A. j., Mrs. A.
n Derby aud daughter Eleanor, and Nj
IL Allie Lowe: Mrs. Cora Mckenzie fro
IN South Dakota and sisters. Mrs. Carr
er Neff aud Mrs. Loie Durrand from Mi
tie neapolis, MINI. Miss Blanche Fish
n. visited friends Mt Greenville; Mrs.
OF /. Weekes is with Lowell friends: CT
I'd Norton, wife and daughter May,
l Alton. were at f.. l.. Brooks and &c
sy Whttcu's, July %, 30; +. Il. Lessltc
! Claude Becker and Miss Maud Beck
DIS visited over Sunday at Grand Rapi'
us IA picnic at Wheeler Ponds grove Ju
ty % was attended by some friends from
ng distance: Miss Mae Clark, with Nj
NJ. A. Lesslter, was called TO her hol
M in Oakfeld by her mother bel
= thrown from buggy last Sunday,
N. ceiving injuries by having the muse
m torn from her right elbow, even woI
ha than fracture; Mrs. Roxy Pond, W
:, Mrs. VIM Lessiter several weeks,
~. tends the marriage of her niece, Nj
in Bcrridge to Mr.. Smith OF Belding,
N. day, August ,, and will then return
on her home at Howard City.