Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-07
THIS AND THAT.
News From Here and There Condensed
For Our Readers.

News From Here and There Condensed
For Our Readers.
lonia county Farmers Institute will
be held at Ionia Jan. IL and Is.
VIM. Howe and son Fred, who are
employed at Belding, spent Thanks
giving with Coleman relatives.-Cole-
man Independent.
special election has been called by
the village council OF Saranac for Dec.
le TO vote on the question of bonding
the village for $4,000 for a water
works system.
The wise advertiser will want to be
represented in the Christmas number
OF The BANNER next week, and as the
amount OF space to be devoted to adver-
tisements will be limited, contracts
should be made without delay.
In Keene township they evidently
believe in good roads. In district No.
they recently turned out and in addi-
tion to their regular road work, grav-
elled nearly mile on The road leading
east from Potter's Corners. Harvey
Russ is the overseer in this district and
Is evidently trying to earn his salary.
Neuman Deal, former resident of
Belding, who was connected with the
whitney Acrobatic and Speciality Co.
and Ben:ley's Worlds Pavilion shows
during the past season, has Joined |
hands with the Adells of Elkhart,
Ind. They intend putting on an An
cient Roman Statuary Act during the
coming season.
Pay to advertise? Well we should |
gness so. Monday Henry Hill OF Or
leans brought to the BANNER office a |
notice that gold watch had been |
found by him. Not more than half an
hour afterward Will Knott called us
up by telephone and announced that
the watch was his and the notice could
be withdrawn. IL was fortunate for
him that it fell into such honest hands.
The ladies of the Women's Club be-
lieye in demonstrating their 'ttheor-
les" AT the recent program on
Household Economy" they responded
to roll call by favorite receipts. At
the next meeting the hostesses Mrs.
Ellen Gregg and Mrs. Mary Gregg
tested those receipts and the result a
dainty feast, prettily served awaited
tb9 surprised lat delighted members.
The D., G. r.. & w. Co. is putting in
at North Greenville, west of the sta
tion Y. This seemingly indicates
that the ID. G. II. q w. trains will con-
tinue to run from Greenville via Sher.
idan to Edmore after is opened the
new route to Grand Rapids via Beld
Ing, Lowell and Elmdale to
Our people will surely be as
pleased il this route to Stanton via
Sheridan is retained. In
dependent
The BANNER has positive inlorma-
tion that the Sheridan-Stanton route
will be the one used.
Carrier Guy Conner, of Route |, free {
nail delivery for Ionia county, left at ,
$50 this morning on his first daily 25-
nile trip. He had good load OF mail
though the system is yet in its infancy.
The first fifty boxes, made by ii. b.
Webber q Co, went like hot cakes,
Ind as farmer said today, as be came '
% change his address to the new route, !
posts are being set all along the line |
Ind on every corner" In fact farmers !
IRE coming as far as a mile on the cross Y
oads to place boxes on the corners ad- T
dining the route, indicating that there
will be at least 200 houses to deliver
nail Tor. The system is TO all appear (
Inces being enthusiastically taken ad-
'antape of