Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
Local Brerities.

| AT AuureW Miller s-h slIi-rF luhy
morning.
AtPerry Heald's Tusday morning
a baby girl.
A. Traub was In Grad Rapids Mon
day and Tuesday.
Mrs. A. b. Stevens 5 visiting her
daughter at Lyons.
Grove Waldron lief this week for
Hart to join his parens.
f. E. Ranney has eturned from a
ten days trip in the est.
Claude PETER OF Grad Rapids, Wis.,
tied his mother Saturay.
Chas. r. Foote and wife spent Sun
day with friends in ST Johns.
City treasurer Wager reports that
taxes are being paid quite we'll.
Mesdames f. r. Spncer and f. G.
Lloyd we're in Grand Rapids Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. WillHarroun are the
happy parents OF SCI born Dec. oth.
Attorney |. L. Huibell was in Grand
Rapids Friday and /. Ionia over Sun
day.
The next number upon the lecture
course will be Elias Day, characterize,
Jan. I'd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franz Holmes of Grand
Rapids, are visiting Belding friends
this week.
Chas. Felch was Il Carson City over
Sunday, being callei there by the ill
ness of relative.
Mrs. NJ. r. Weter is nursing badly
sprained wrist as the result OF fall
she received Mondsy.
Mrs. Anthony Martin who has been
very seriously i'll with appendicitis is
now recovering rapidly.
Stuart Stone who has been visiting
his sister, Mrs. G. F. Smith, returned
home to Romeo, Saturday.
Mrs. Bartlett, of,Alleghany county,
New York, is here TO spend the winter
with her daughter Mrs. G. B. Nye.
The two little sons of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Moore of Lyons, are at their
uncles's John +. Stevens for visit
Mrs. Anna Camp and daughter Dora,
spent Sunday and Monday with Raleigh
Camp and other relatives near Lowell.
Miss Marguerite Mason OF Grand
apids, has been visiting Mrs. J. +.
Lamberton OF this city, the past week.
Miss Winnie Morris, who has resided
with Mrs. Frank Mason for year and
a half, has returned to her home pear
Reed City.
The silk mills both shut down for the
holiday vacation and semi-annual in
ventory Saturday. Open again first
Monday in January.
The K. OF P's. closed their years
work last Tuesday evening by confer
ring the third degree on Rev. Staley
and Hubbard McElroy.
Born, TO Mrs. Edna Bowman, on De.
cember 18th, at the home OF Mrs. j. f.
Weaver, a u pound daughter Dr. Stan
ton reports all doing well
Il. f. Barry is feeling pretty good
over his success at the Lansing poultry
show, taking four premiums on his
buff cochins, besides specials.
Lynn Lowry the new proprietor of
up for week with tonsilitis. Frank
Nj. Pierce OF Petoskey, is his assistant.
Bedding merchants have outdone
themselves this year with elaborate
show windows, displaying their hand
some and attractive stocks OF Christ
mas goods.
Court Stewart held very enjoyable
meeting last evening, and initiated a
class OF candidates, after which a social
hour was passed and light refreshments
were served
George G. Gardiner OF Nebraska
after two weeks visit with his neph-
ews w. B. and John Travis, left last
Thursday for New York state, accom-
panied by the latter.
Mr.. and Mrs G F. Smith are enter
tanning Miss Mabel Gibbs OF Carson
City. Miss Adah Stone OF Washing
ton, d. G. was also their guest Tues
day, being on her way to the Alma san
itarium.
Herbert A. Sprague, the imperson-
ator, portrayed the leading characters
in Irving's rip Van Wrinkle" in a
very pleasing manner at the opera
house last Thursday evening. There
was fair sized audience present.
VIM. B. Travis, who represents the
r. w. McCreedy Cork Co., OF Chicago,
and covers large part of the United
States 10 the course of a year, is at
home for his annual holiday vacation,
which lasts until the first Monday in
January