Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-08-01
Short Items of Interest Re
Lating TO the Toqvn and It's
People, told in a Single
Paragraph.
Local ~
BreVities.

"A uduS utCT WdS DOlH SATURDAY "
DIR. |. S. Morris and wife.
DIR. A. w. Nichols of Greenville
was in the city Wednesday.
Warren NJ. Williams gets his pen
sion increased to So per month.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL. Miller have re-
turned to Howard City to reside.
S. Tapley and wife of Cedar Springs
have been guests of their son CLAIR
ence.
Mrs. w. M. Reynolds visited her
people, G.. Richardson's, in CORTLAND
last week.
Miss Allie Sabin left Tuesday morn
ing for Petosky to remain two or
three months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Brown and
daughter of CORTLAND spent Sunday
with friends here.
f. w. Wheeler of Cedar Springs
was guest at Fred Harding's Tues
day and Wednesday.
Jay Leonard run nail into his foot
and that is the reason he is of duty
and wears slipper on one foot.
Editor A. w. Tucker of the Star
and wife leave today for Petoskey
where they will put in couple of
weeks.
II. A. Lamb and wife and daughter
Marguerite expect to leave Saturday
for visit in Lowell, Richland and
Ypsilanti.
II. l.. VanBenschoten and son
Morris went to Sebewa Saturday. FL.
l.. returned Tuesday but Morris re-
mains for longer period.
An addition has been built to the
America Express Co. Office making it
more commodious and convenient for
the transaction of business.
Greenville and Portland ball clubs
met again at Ionia and a fine game
was the result. Score to , in favor
of Greenville. A special train was
run and about thirty went from here.
The fire alarm last evening at about
nine O'clock was caused by the burn
ing of Ed. Orser's barn in the south
east part of the city. 1t was com
plete loss but most of the contents
were saved. Loss not heavy.
Just to show their good will and sub
stantial sympathy for her misfortune,
the employees at Bedding Bros. & Co.
silk mill raised a purse of 5000 and
presented it to Mrs. Mary Wright,
who met with quite loss at the Ern-
est Moore residence fire recently, she
being also an employee there.
j. w. Fleming has decided to con-
tinue his egg, butter and poultry
warehouse business alone, the same
as before and the stock company deal
is of. The stock could have been
placed but he decided it would be
more satisfactory to himself to con-
tiuue to operate independently.
The remains of Mrs. j. T. Stebbins
of Covington, Mich, arrived here by
train Tuesday and were met by
friends and conveyed to Orleans
where the funeral was held at 10
o'clock Wednesday morning. She was
the only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry LaDow and sister of Chas.
LaDow of Orleans. She leaves a hus-
band and two little sons besides a
large circle of friends to mourn her
loss.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. Hetherington
have had as their guests the past
week, his uncle BENZ. f. Hetherington
and wife of Indianapolis. Mr.. Heth.
erington has had an active business
life and now as advancing years are
telling upon him he has practically
retired, having acquired a comfort
able fortune. He has been engaged
in the manufacture of structural iron
for large buildings, and more recently
in the manufacture of large portable
machine for putting down asphalt
pavement. He has been a resident Oh
the city of indianapolis for fifty-one
years.
Fred LaDu, formerly a passenger
brakeman on the Pere Marquette anC
passing through Belding daily, also
known here through his marriage L
Claudia Sparks, was caught between
a couple or cars and severely squeez
ed at Grand Rapids Saturday. He
was in the employ of the G.. II. & |. "A,
switchman and the G.. II. Herald give,
the following account of the accident
LaDu was employed coupling cars anC
was between two of them on a curve
when the accident happened. Tn,
curve radius brought the inner cor
ners of the cars almost together and
LaDu, by presence of mind, droppe,
as he felt the first squeeze. He mar
nowly escaped the wheels. but sus
tanned only severe bruises to the arm
and back. He is p years old and wa
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