Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-02-22

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A. 0. U. w. masquerade tonight.

new Wing piano.
w. q. Meach went to Elmdale Sat
urday to visit his sister.
Edward Pahlen attempted suicide a
lonia but did not succeed.
GChas. B. Nye left Monday for TRIP
OF several weeks TO Texas.
Ben Kitson and wife of Easton visit
ed Bedding friends Friday.
ALI. Richmond of Saranac was il
town Friday and Saturday.
Chas. Ireland had important business:
in Grand Rapids Wednesday.
Mrs. Robt. PEBBLES has been in Grand
Rapids this week, also last week.
Mrs. Geo. Enbody died Saturday.
She was daughter Of Elijah Arris.
1t is stated that Smyrna commences
to get mail by the new railroad today.
Homer Cutler and wife of Baldwin
are guests this week at A. S. Dim
mick's.
E. K. Whitford has received his COM
mission and is now a full fledged deputy
sheriff
Many Beldingites are in Greenville
today attending the Washington club
annual.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Il. Watson of Cedar
Springs were guests Of their son Fred
over Sunday.
The Palace bakery has put out
milk white delivery wagon which
looks very nice.
City Attorney G. S. Roosevelt has
been confined to the house several days
by severe illness.
Attorney H. l.. VanBenschoten has
been in Grand Rapids several days this
week on business.
The Ladies' Literary Exchange club
will meet Thursday, March lst, with
Mrs. w. d. Sinclair.
Geo. l.. Richardson of Chicago has
been in the city the past week looking
after business interests.
w. F.. Sandell left Wednesday eve-
ming on short business trip to
Detroit and New Baltimore.
Uriah Buttermore has sold his work
team to Greenville parties and pur-
chased fine span of three-year-olds,
City Clerk Geo. w. Moulton has en-
gagged with w. f. Bricker, and has
been placed in charge of the Peoples
shoe store.
Thos. Welsh and wife OF Gaines,
visited friends here over Sunday. Tom
S proprietor of general store there
md says business is good.
Henry S. Candee, district manager,
md b. FL. Blakeslee, local agent for the
New York Life ms. Co., both of Grand
Rapids, have been in the city this week.
Quite blizzard yesterday and last
hight. Snow enough to have made
rood sleighing only that there are so
many places where it blew off entirely. |
Edgar Stanton has purchased the
'acant lot on the corner of Front and |
Liberty streets and intends moving his |
house thereon, which will make him a
rood piece of property
q. +. Webster and John w Stanton
lave been in Detroit this week on ac-
count of the Grand Lodge of the A. O.
J. w. The latter was the regular rep
esentative of the Bedding lodge.
An employee OF the Belding- Hall
Mfg. Co., factory "a" by the name of
Green, was caught between two cars
n the dry kiln last Friday and pretty
veil squeezed. No serious injuries.
New ads this week: The Variety
store, w. A. Wilder, City Laundry,
d Hudson, A. q d. Fried
nan, w. S. Garfield Co., w, M. Rey-
Odds w. l. Benedict, Bedford, Ionia,
". G. Nelson, Greenville.
The distributing car of the State fish
commission was here Saturday and
eft 10000 lake trout which were placed
n Big Wabasis, and 10000 brook trout
Which were divided between Cannon,
)ickerson and Seeley creeks.
At the meeting OF the State Court of
ionor in Ionia last week, /. l.. Hub
ell OF this city was elected Chancellor
Or the ensuing year, which is their
ead officer within the state. He was
lso chosen a delegate to the Supreme
odge to be held at Peoria, Ill.
The expected has arrived. Instruc-
ions have been received at both local
telephone Offices that all contracts
ereafter made must be at the rate Of
"a for business places and SIS for resi-
ences. The rates have been SIS and SO.
t is understood that unexpiring con-
racts are not effected.
Our Smyrna correspondent chron-
cles the death of Miss Brink who was