Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16
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ton across the county line in Clinton
county with Warren Nj. Hundy anC
will move there in couple OF weeks
City Treasurer w. Lee Cusser made
his returning and settled with the
county treasurer for the collection o
taxes for 1893, Monday. He returned
as delinquent $5S37 state, and $42 81
county taxes.
Chase S. Osborne of Sault Ste Marie
has received the appointment of rail
road commissioner and Grant Nj. Morse
of Portland that of state game warden
Gov. Pingree sent in the nominations
to the senate yesterday.
j. Nj. Kidd who went TO Chicago sew
eral weeks ago to visit his son writes
back that he is feeling much better
than when he first went there, that
saturday was a warm and pleasant day
with the thermometer SO degrees above
zero.
Claud Peifer, who recently resumed
his position as night clerk at the
Bridge street house, after an illness,
was taken with hemorrhages of the
lungs again and yesterday he was
taken to his home in Belding.-Grand
Rapids Herald.
DR.. Vim. Bell who has practiced
medicine for 80 years and the past Ii
years of which he has been located AT
Smyrna is about to retire from prac-
tice there and desires settlement oI
all outstanding accounts for profes
sional service. He expects to move
about the first Of May.
Portland wants it's charter amended
so as to give the council authority TO
grant free electric power to factories
locating there. The people think il
will be an inducement for new in
dustries to come their way, and as
the city owns its plant they are certai n
it can be done to an advantage.
IL. A. Waldron recently completed a
fine well at his residence in the south
part OF the town. 1t is fortv-two feet
deep and has an aboundant supply OF
water. Fred Duffy did the work.
Mr.. Waldron said he had travelled
over 1900 miles dIrtug the past eight
years lngettiug water from an adjacent
lot.
Local Masons who are actively con-
nected with the work OF the order are
pleased with the action of the Grand
lodge in calling in all demits by Feb. /,
1900 A prominent Mason said the
other day that the order would effect at
least II. 600 Masons in this state Last
week Mason who had carried his
demit and who had not associated with
any lodge for SO years applied to the
relief department. Such case as that
will not be possible one year from now,
as all members who are holding demits
will be suspended unless they ally
themselves to some lodge. Last week a
man who took his degrees In China was
admitted to one OF the local lodges. =
G. r. Herald.
A l3-year.old girl broke up the
school in district No. s, Windsor town
ship, Eaton County. Commissioner
Wagner sent Frank Sekell there to
straighten things out and continue the
school. The disturber thought that
because she was a girl Mr.. Sekel
would not be so ungentlemanly as tc
strike her. Mr.. Sekell believes that
a case OF insubordination in boy or girI
needs attention, and proceeded to
trounce the young miss right lively
He was arrested, tried in Dimondale
and cleared of all charges. A grea
ovation was given him by the district
dads One official presented him
with fine whip and told him to gC
back and finish teaching the school,
School Moderator.
Alma college, the Youngest of The
colleges OF Michigan, is rejoicing in ;
great triumph. The first step towarC
permanent and enlarged usefulness ha
been taken. The most skeptical viii
no longer question that Alma has come
to stay. Thirteen years ago it was {
dream. Twelve years ago it began 1T
work. II now has i've buildings on it
spacious campus. 1t has seventeen pro
fessors and teachers. 1t has unusua
facilities in the way OF library, gym
nasium, musium, laboratories, and al
attendants OF between 200 and 800 stud
ents. But the keystone has just beer
placed in the arch OF its life by the en-
dowment of S225, 600. This is the gif
OF eleven ladies and gentlemen OF Mich
igan, all with one exception from tn
Saginaw valley. These people hav
surely done well TO place in the centr
OF the state home for Christian learn
iug-a tree OF life, the fruit OF whicI
generations Of young people may plucl
and eat.
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