Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-02-01
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For Our Readers.
Ionia kids turn in the fire alarm fot
the fun of seeing the department
hustle.
Mrs. Rose Almy and Miss Pearl
Woody OF Belding Sundayed with Mrs.
Emma Bandfeld and mother, Mrs.
Robert Rowe. Portland Observer.
Mrs. Major Arthur Loomis presented
her husband with son last Thursday.
The major says this is one more Ferry
man" added to those who are daily
rallying to his chiefs standard.
Fire in b. Cohen's general store at
Lake Odessa Monday morning caused
loss OF So, 500 on stock by smoke n d
water. The fire caught near a big oil
tank in the stairway, supposedly by a
dropped cigar stub.
The Warren Featherbone Co of
Three Oaks, Mich, desire to buy all
the turkey quills and feathers they can
get, and will pay fair price for the
same. Those having quills or feathers
for sale should write this firm for full
instructions in regard to selecting,
packing and shipping.
Mrs S. j. Mcdonald and daughter
Bernice OF Lansing, are visiting rea-
tives here. They go from here TO Bel
ding, where they spend a few days,
after which they will return to Lansing
and complete arrangements TO 90 TO
their new home in Pittsbure, Pa,
where Mr.. Mcdonald already has
position Carson City Gazette.
Register of Deeds c. l. Goodwin has
completed the compilation of live real
estate mortgages in Ionia county up to
January l., 1900, and forwarded the
same to the state tax commission.
The total number is 4,240 These are
classified and returned to the various
supervisors of the state for use next
spring in making their assessments.
The non-advertising merchant con-
tributes nothing to the growth of
town because he does nothing TO bring
business to it. 1t may be true he gets
his share of the business that comes TO
the town, just as bee drone gets his
full share OF the honey the working
bees bring in. But it is the steady ad-
,yertiser that brings people from the
Country for trade. '-
County Clerk Lawess has issued the
circuit court calendar for the February
term, which opens Monday, February
3, 1900. The jury is to report at p. IN.
There are Ill cases on the calendar
II criminal, "a issues of fact, Jury: 7
issues OF fact, non jury: and 40 chan
cery causes. or the latter Is are di-
vorce cases. The criminal calendar
contains six liquor cases, four assault,
one breaking into house and one lar
ceny.
1t seems to be the general impress
sion among our exchanges along the
route of the Old Coldwater & Marshall
railroad that the new combination Of
roads under the Pere Marquette sys-
TEN is the death blow to the alleged
extension Of that road from
Marshall to Bay City, from the fact
that the Pere Marquette, reaching by
its various branches the immeQiate
Of places touched by the Mar
shall q Coldwater, will not allow the |
latter to be built and become COM
petitor.-Portland Observer.
The knights of Pythias of the world
are to meet in Detroit next August |
and in order to entertain them proper
ly quite sum of money will be re-
CURED, $4,000 being the amount the
Detroit lodges OF that order have set |
out TO raise. For this purpose they |
have arranged grand carnival and |
fair TO be held in that city the week OF
February 18th. The building formerly |
occupied by the Wonderland Musee
aud theatre has been leased and it will |
be conducted on magnificent scale.
Seven thousand dollars worth OF prizes
have been donated by business men OF
the city and are to be given to ticket
Special rates have been
promised on rairoads.
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