Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-02-08
THIS AND THAT.
News From Here and There Condensed
For Our Readers.

For Our Readers.
Hon. J. M. Earle will engage in the
commission business in Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. ALI. Richmond OF Sar-
anac, formerly of Belding, are the
parents OF IA baby daughter.
John Cowan, the Fenwick school
teacher, has been arrested, charged
with completely in burglarzing stores
at Edmore and other towns in that
vicinity.
Art Coles and John Skedgell have a
contract for cutting and hauling a lot
of timber for the Ranney Refrigerator
Co. to be delivered at their mill in
Greenville.
The estate OF the late Mel Stewart
OF Oaktield mas been appraised at $97,-
600. The appraisers appointed by the
probate court were Chas Ii. Carlyle
and Simon Peterson.
Rev. j. T.. Patt of Fenton has been
called to the pastorate of the Oakield
church. He was in the city Tuesday
and returned to Fenton to arrange for
moving to his new field of labor.
Special meeting OF Fortuna lodge
No. 120 knights OF Pythias to be held
in their castle hall Tuesday night
February l3. Business of Importance
will come before this meeting and it is
necessary that we have a full attend
ance. A. B. HULL, G. G..
The winter meeting of Ionia County
Teachers association will be held at
the court house, city of Ionia, on Fri
day and Saturday Of this week. Supt.
A. l.. Marvin of this city is on the
program, his subject being, How
Success Is Won.n
d. K. Black g. Co. who have leased
the property OF the Greenville Tele-
phone Exchange are under contract to
furnish telephones at 50 and SI2 to
stockholders and Sl2 and SIS to non
stockholders and cannot under the
terms of their contract charge any
more.
Leo Ranger, for number OF years
faithful and valued employee of the
BANNER Office left last Friday evening
for Bluffton, Ind, where he had been
offered and acceped lucrative posi-
ton Ia the Chronicle Office. A No. l
Joung man and we most heartily wish |,
him success.
Beware of the sin of gossiping, for a
sin it certainly is. Gossip has made
many home hell upon earth. Gossip
has parted man and wife. Gossip has
blackened and sullied the character OF
many a poor girl. Gossip has parted
lovers who would have been happy |
had it not been for gossip. One little
mistake or one little indiscretion will
cause gossip to rise and start on her
mission.
The public is invited to use the tele-
phone more in sending news to the |
BANNER-either Bell or New State |
line, our office being connected with |
both. If you have company or are go
ing away for journey, or anything
else happens that we are liable not to
learn about, call US up and give us par
ticulars. We pay for the phone for
the purpose OF using it and having our
friends use it.
The pulp trust is just now causing
newspaper publishers considerable
anxiety. The prices on ordinary white
print paper have advanced 80 per
cent, and no one knows how much
higher they will go. Many newspaper
proprietors are advancing the sub
scription price of their papers from
Sl.00 to 81 l.25 and $l50 per year, and
those subscribers who are getting
their paper at the old price may con-
slider themselves lucky. Prices on EN-
velopes and all other job printing stock
are going up likewise, and the end is
not yet. II the printer has to charge
you little more for you printing, you
will understand he is not trying to rob
Won