Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-02-08
Local Brevities.

tuesday.
l.. f. Green and wife we're in Grand
Rapids Tuesday.
Miss Bertha Eayes OF Palo is visit
ing Bedding friends.
Chas Mclaughlin has been laid up
with an attack OF grippe.
Miss Georgia Ross Of Ionia visited at
+. f. Fales' over Sunday.
Regular meeting OF Bedding lodge f.
& A. M. Monday night Feb. II.
Simpson g. Peer of Ionia have sold
out to Lyon & Pond of Owosso.
John Hulburt is home from Grand
Rapids for few days this week.
Mrs. G. r., Cowdin has been visiting
Rockford friends for couple of days.
Ada Ingalls, of Smyrna is employed
in Walkers new bakery and restaur-
ant.
II. l.. Van Benschoten has been at
his farm in Sebewa "A few days this
week.
The Woman's club will meet with
Mrs. G. II. Milard Tuesday Feb. ID,
at 2:30.
Rev. G. III. Beal of Boston, was guest
OF Rev. J. j. Steley Friday night and
Saturday.
The Grattan Foresters will give a
dancing party Friday night Feb. Is
at Madison hall
The Pere Marquette Ry. has placed
a Waterman at the Main street cross
ing, as promised.
A Washington dance will be given
at the Smyrna hotel Wednesday eve
ming, February 2lst.
DR.. and Mrs. Geo. F. Smith enter
tanned her father, S. A. Stone OF
Romeo, over Sunday.
Miss Pearl Bedding of Kalamazoo,
has been visiting relatives and friends
here for several days past.
Mrs. E. E. Fales entertained the
members OF the Bay View club Tues
day by giving them sleigh ride.
B. H. Blakeslee, the hustling agent
OF the New York Life Insurance COM
pany, has been in the city this week.
The w. S. Garfield Co. will treat
each Of their customers to a sack Of
hot peanuts next Saturday Feb. 10th.
Chas. B. Nye expects to go to Texas
about the Goth on prospecting trip,
and if he likes it may decide to move
there.
Robert Wilson and wife left today
for Chicago to remain few weeks
with their daughter Mrs. Carlton
White.
John Chamberlain and wife of Car
son City spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. w. F. Sandell, Mrs. Sandell be-
ing his sister.
w. F. Bricker and Chas. G. O'Bryon
went to Detroit Tuesday evening, re-
turning today, and purchased new
stocks of goods.
Mrs. VIM. Polhemus spent several
days last week in Ionia. Her husband
joined her over Sunday and both re-
turned Monday.
Holmes Bros. announce their tenth
annual clearing sale, which is now on
at their store. Buyers will take no.
tice accordingly.
Doric Chapter O. f. S. will hold
regular meeting Tuesday evening Feb.
l3. After business literary program
will be carried out.
The Baptist ladies of the third ward
will serve ten cent tea at the home of
Mrs. Campbell next Wednesday D. m.
Everyone welcome.
II. A. Lamb returned Friday even
ing from ten days trip which includ-
ed Detroit, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor,
Charlotte and Grand Rapids.
G. r. Cowdir OF the BANNER was in
Detroit Tuesday and Wednesday at.
tending the meeting of Republican
newspaper association. Report next
week.
w. Il. Tebbel, who owns the Smyrna
grist mill, and all available men were
at work all last night striving to avert
damage to his mill dam from ice and
high water.
Merry dancers will trip the light
fantastic toe Friday night, Feb. 8, a.
the opera house, with the Forester'
and with the Wood men at the same
place Feb. Is.
A number of nigh school young mer
got hustle on themselves Tuesday
night and gave their young LADY
friends sleigh ride to Ionia. There
were eighteen in the party.
w. II. VanBenschoten Of Yves
Park, N. Y, has been a guest OF hi