Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-11-08

Local Brevities.


Spencer Crib who has been quite
i'll is able to be out again.
Make an entry in your dairy-frsi
snow of the season Wednesday Nov. Z.
Platt Green visited friends and rel.
atives here few days the past week.
The Lamb Bros. entertained their
brother John from Ypsilanti over Sun
day.
Guy Atwood and wife OF Marion
have been guests of Bedding friends
this week.
Mrs. VanBenschoten and children
returned from their visit at Collins
Wednesday.
Meeting of the o. u. S. next Tues
day evening. All members requested
to be present.
Miss Olive Burshaw OF Lakeview has
been spending a couple of days with
friends in town.
Mrs. Angelina Green of Grattan visit
ed over Sunday at her nephew's George
Green and family.
The funeral OF John Coyle, an old
soldier, was held at Green's church in
Orleans Wednesday.
Cummings ~ Alexander's UncleTom's
Cabin Company at Bedding Opera
House, Monday evening, Nov. 10Th.
The Bedding Woman's Club will
meet with Mrs. Mae Gregg, Tuesday,
Nov. b. Subject-James w. Riley,
Club Newspaper.
Reserved seats for the Fadettes, the
first attraction in this years Concert
course will 90 on sale ut Benedict
next Wednesday at noon.
Rev. J. w. Buell. of Orleans will
speak at the M. f. church next Sun
day morning on the Twentieth Cen
fury Forward Movement.
A house and lot, on the North Park
addition has been purchased by Thos.
Evans of the Building and Loan Asso-
citation through A. Wagner agent.
A special meeting of Belding F. &.
A. M. will be held on Monday evening
Nov. II, to confer the Master Mason's
degree. Refreshments will be served.
Mrs. Trail has been entertaining
this week Mr.. and Mrs. Cottondale of
Ionia, Mr.. and Mrs. Callahan OF
Greenville, and her sister Mrs. Shrien-
er of Lowell.
Lew Pierce came home from the
Warrington college at ST. Louis Satur-
day and remained over until Tuesday
so as to get in his vote for Mckinley
and continued prosperity.
MIR. Henry Humphrey, the able state
accountant in the auditor generals
Office at Lansing, was in the city Mon
day and Tuesday, putting in a vote for
four years more OF Mckinley prosper
ity, Tuesday.
News has been received that Martin
Cusick, son-in-law of Mrs. Eli Smith
of Grattan, was killed recently by be-
ing blown up with charge of dyna'
mite which was used in putting down q
well, upon which he was working.
An evening of fine readings will be
given by Miss A. Allene WILDER at the
Congregational church Friday even
ing Noy. 9, under the auspices OF the
Ga.t,1 Cf,n1a 1nei. mi ha ,
feature of the entertainment. Admis
sion ten cents.
, David higgins Great Southern pla!
AT Piney Ridge, Will be the attrac
tion at the opera house Tuesday even
log. The scenes Of the drama are laiC
amid the rugged mountains of Tenne
ss9e. The plot is said to be an intense
ly interesting one, and the scener.
, and effects beautiful.
1 The Portland and Bedding poultr.
clubs arranged, last year, TO hold thei
next meeting together, at Belding, bu
the two organizations have given thi
up and will 90 to Lansing instead. Tn
. Lansing show is Dec. 1914 Detroi
has one on the 4th of January, Green
Vile will have a show Dec. 24.2S.
Hampton Rich, former well-knowi
resident of Ionia, and one of the earli
est settlers of the county, died in Chi
) cago on Monday Of this week, aged 8
years He was delegate to the frs
convention which nominated Abraham
Lincoln for the presidency and repre-
= sented this district two years in tn
state senate.
The following is the vote in GrattaI
township: Bryan, 1863; Mckinley, lbs
!, Maybury, 100; Bliss, 1877. Mcknight
r 1863; Smith, l40. Adsit, los; Jewell
n l46. Kennedy, III; Chapman, l3l
i Hulst, IT'S; G. Smith, 125; McCrath
1885, Cook, 1873; Brown, 1856. Tower
l59; Nash, 40.
634 was the total number OF vote
y polled in Bedding was probably prett
. close to the full vote. The three ward
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