Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
THIS AND THAT.
News From Here and There Condensed
For Our Readers.

Christmae exercises will be held at
Brink school house Saturday evening
instead of Christmas eve. A Christ
mas tree will conclude the neatly ar
ranged program.
Thomas Sparks will be the new dep
uty county treasurer to succeed Hon.
John Mick, who retires on Jan. /, TO go
to the legislature. Mr. Sparks is
well-known Campbellite.
Eggs are higher and there is no re-
lief in sight. Every cheap old hen in
the country has joined the trust and is
| busily engaged In restricting the out
put. Atleast, that's the way ii looks.
The corn husking machines seem to
be particularly fatal TO the operators
Accidents are reported from all parts
of the state where hands and arms
have been torn off by this kind OF OF a
machine.
Judge of Probate Webster will have
the assistance of his son, Montgomery
Webster, as register Of probate, in
that Office after Jan. |. Mr.. Webster's
law Office will be open aud in charge
OF his daugh ter.
The donation TO Rev. d. T.. Hills at
Smyrna amounted to over $500, over
$40 % being cash. Thanks TO outsiders
who have so generously contributed
and who were the prime movers and
had the entire matter in charge.
The cases in which judgment was
recently given against the estate OF
the late Geo w. Webber, will not be
appealed. Both judgments were paid
in full, $4, ,753, ,96 to Mrs. Jennie Web
Der Fox, and S5, 107 63 to Herbert b.
Webber
Early 10 bed and early TO rise does
very well for preachers and guys, but
makes man miss all the fun till he
dies, and joins all the angels that are
up In the skies. Go TO bed when you
please, and lie at our ease, and you'll
: die just the same of Latin disease.
Saranac has a mystery. Last week 's
Local says: 1t is now claimed that the
nightwatch has caught the myster-
; lOus yelled person that has been roam.
ing the village late at night but refuses
to reveal the identity further than that
it is "a woman-and now the mystery IL
deeper than ever.
= - \. rJur5vui -OONs =
p. a wagon and some other property OF
Bert Stanton, who resides three miles
a northwest Of this city, about Dec !
!. and afterward sold IT, Bert thought
it was not just the right thing to dc
. aud had him arrested on the charge ol
+ grand larceny Stanton Clipper
;. There are lots Of fakes going through
the country now, and the farmer
e should give them a wide berth as the!
: particularly like 10 work the farmer
t. because they have better chance t
!. get away before being discovered thal
= they would have in town whore ther
are so many people The best way is t
buy from those you know and then
not as represented you have some re
y dress.
, The jury in the circuit court rendered
verdict Of S2l0 in favor OF John Z
Bricker OF Grattan Center against Viii
" liam Donovan of the same place, TO
malicious prosecution. Donovan ha(
: Bricker arrested last summer on
: charge OF keeping his saloon open afte
hours. He was acquitted and turned
about and sued for false Imprisonment
- which was afterward changed to ma
licious prosecution Grand Rapid
: Democrat.
:. The arc lights were burning again
> Monday night after darkness of thre,
n week sand three days occasioned by the
n breaking of the water wheel at thu
a plant. The long delay in getting
q started again was due to the non
Il arrival OF the repairs, getting lost ol
a the road. The freight service seem
a TO be in bad shape. 1t is believed tha
10 the water wheel was broken by larg
NJ stone thrown into it by some person
o. with evil intent as one was found II
n. the wheel. 1t was not supposed tha
a the plant had any enemies in tha
n neigh borhood, but the opening through
=, which the stone was thrown has bee
% closed up, thus locking the door be
fore the new horse is stolen.-Lowel
Ledger.
There has been trouble for SOM
70 time in the Bozlng neighborhood /
IN Keene and the trouble Eliminated thi
)t week in the arrest Of Peter Bozung, sr
10 on the charge of using indecent lar
III guage in public. The complaint wa
" made by Falkert Wiser and the lar
" guage iu question was alleged to hav
IL been used in the presence of Mr.. Wis
ie ser, his wife Efie and Peter Bozune
81 jr. BoZung, sr. announced his inter
ge tion of putting up fight and said
~ had an Ionia attorney engaged by th
OF year, and In order to give him a chsnC