Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-06
THIS AND THAT.
News From Here and There Condensed
For Our Readers.

News From Here and There Condensed
For Our Readers.
Herbert Sprague at the Opera
House next Thursday evening.
Were it not for the tell tale almanac
people would think we were now en-
ioying beautiful October weather.
Mr.. Fred Cornell and cousin, Miss
Mary Cook, of Belding, visited B. f.
Stevens on Thursday.-Muir Tribune.
Seymour White and wife went to
Belding, Tuesday, for Thanksgiving
and weeks visit with their three
daughters there. Carson City Ga.
zette.
Miss Louise Nelson, a Greenvlle
young lady, fell down cellar at her
brothers. in Grand Rapids last Friday
evening and received injuries from
which she died.
Mrs. Orson A. Page, of this town
ship, has been dangerously from pneu.
monia for the past week but at the
present she is reported as being some
what better.-Saranoc Local.
Our merchants are making their
show windows very attractive with
holiday goods The display is so COM
plete that there is something for every
member of the family, and there is no
need-to 90 to any other csSy TO find
the desired articles for children
The ladies of the Otisco Church So
ciety will hold fair at the home of
Mr.. aud Mrs w. II. Hanks on Friday
afternoon and evening, December IA,
1900, for the purpose of repairing the
church. Refreshments which consists
of Ice cream and cake, friedcakes and
coffee will be served at all times dur
ing the fair.
A proposition is under consideration
in Ionia for the erection of large
Touring mill on the site of the old
Novelty mills, corner oil Dexter and
Main streets. 1t is understood that
the Messrs Hale, of Lyons, are anx-
ious to go into the venture, and provid-
ing they get bonus of something like
So, 600 will erect something like s25,-
900 plant, putting in mill that will be
modern in every way, and with ca
pacity of at least 200 barrels of flour
per day.
Mr.. Wallace Davenport of Keene
sends communication to the BANNER
under date of December lst regarding
that horse he wanted to bet on Bry an 8
election. You are too slow Mr.. .Daven-
port. This whole matter is ancient
history now, election took place a
month ago, and we can see no good in
entering into discussion over that
matter at this late date. Had your
communication reached us within a
reasonable time after the publication
of the original article, we should have
printed it and let the parties that Wis.,
tied your place speak for themselves II
they had any exceptions to take to it.,
but it is too ancient to take up now.
The Belding- Hall Co. have big
camp at Williamson, where they have
tract of 90S acres to clear OF hard
wood timbe this winter. At present
40 men are employed tn ere, and near
ly half of them are from Portland.
Chas. Staley superintends the work
there in a general way, but Frank
Lowery is the foreman of the job
Things are conducted there on the
same scale as in the north woods The
men eat at a boarding shanty, and
sleep in the woods. They have rural
free delivery in Williamson, and the
Belding- Hall camp is on the line, SO
the men get their mail every day,
though they are Al miles from William.
ston. Mr.. Staley says he will have 10C
men at work before the season is over
He has charge of the Belding- Hall Co. i
interests between Belding and Howell
Portland Review.