Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-09-27
Local Brevities.



home this morning.
DR.. A. l.. Corey of Stanton was in
the city over Sunday.
M. II. Moore returned last week
from a trip to Chicago.
Miss II. L. Power is in Grand Rapids
purchasing more millinery
Geo. Learned of Detroit is visiting
his parents at Hotel Bricker.
Mrs. Chas. II. Foote returned Mon
day from her trip to Milwaukee.
John Deatsman entertained his "best
girl" from Saginaw over Sunday.
f. ID. Lincoln and wife returned
from their eastern trip last week.
Mrs. M. A. Filkins has gone to Luth-
er to assist in careing for sick relative.
j. M. Earle of Detroit has been in
this city and vicinity several days the
past week.
Chas. Church has been receiving a
visit of few days from his daughter
of Howard City.
Sold through Wagner's agency,
house aud lot, No A Bedding addition,
to Robert jerks.
Miss Edith Spicer has taken a posi-
ton as assistant book-keeper at the
Peoples Savings Bank.
The laughing event-Oct. 9th at the
Bedding opera house, Fitz & Webster
in McCarthy's Mishaps.
Rev. G. b. Landon. OF p leasantville,
n. Y, is making his daughter, Mrs.
W. ID. Ballon, two or three weeks
visit
Sold through Charles Brown, Real
Estate agency, house and lot on cor
ner of Pleasant and Division streets, TO
Elgia Garfield.
New ads. this week; w. |. Bene-
dict, w. S, Garfield Co, Bricker &
Moulton, A. & d. Friedman, j. T.
Webber, and A. G. Bedford, Ionia.
Ben Horner of Portland, was in
town Wednesday. He is going to In
diana to take charge of a Tontine In
yestmen Co., similar TO the Ionia con-
Germ.
f. Dwight Denny and wife are pre-
pairing TO return to Chicago to reside.
G.. w. Dewitt and family expect TO oc-
cupy the residence they vacate on
Front ST.
Fortuna lodge No. l20, X. of p. will
hold their first meeting for the fall and
winter term at their hail next Tuesday
evening. All members are requested
to be present.
M. A. Reed, cashier OF the Peoples
Savings Bank, left Monday for we'll
earned vacation of week or more.
He joins his wife who is visiting at
Gladstone and Minneapolis.
County Clerk Glenn Lawless informs
the BANNER that he will be in Bedding
Saturday and those wishing hunters
licenses can get them that day and
save themselves a trip to Ionia.
The state fair is in progress at
Grand Rapids this week and has been
well patronized by the Belding people
there being probably two or three
hundred from here who have visited
the same
Carlton Wasburn and Rufus Morse
returned TO Ann Arbor Tuesday TO be-
gin their second year at the University.
Sumner and Gertrude Wilson, gradu
ates from Bedding school last spring,
also went there to enter upon higher
educational study.
Mrs p. G.. Jameson met with quite
an accident Monday evening which
has been quite painful. She was in
the cellar, and it being quite dark she
stumbled over a jar and fell, striking
one of her wrists upon the edge OF
box. 1t was not broken but was bad
ly cut and bruised.
Tuesday evening a residence on
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Slayton of Grattan, and occupied by H.
l.. Beebe was damaged about $500
worth by fire. The building was in
sured but Mr. Beebe had none on his
household goods. 1t originated from
attempting to fill a lighted lamp and
getting gasoline instead of kerosene.
1t is always dangerous to fill lamp
when burning.
DR.. Bell and wife returned from Ann
Arbor last week where she has been
for some months on account OF break
ing her hip last spring. They have
taken rooms and expect to make their
home this winter with her sister, Mrs.
G. b. Coleman. The doctor says he
does not desire to enter into a general
practice, being away from home con-
siderable, but those who wish to consult
J him can do so.
James Taylor, of Eureka, an old re-
sident OF this section, and one most
, highly respected and esteemed, died