Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
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lating TO the 7oqvn and It's
People, told in a Single
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Sunday in Bedding.
The dog catcher with his little
wagon is coming around soon after al
unlicensed CANNES.
Mr.. David Moore, the new foreman
of the BANNER Office, has been joined
by his wife and baby.
Arthur Coleman expects to leave
soon to join his mother and other
relatives in Mex Mexico.
Miss Edith Dimmick is now employ
ed as bookkeeper in the Office of Will
son, Dimmick & Sinclair.
Store fronts recently improved 10y
painters have been N. Lapham's, w.
f. Bricker's and +. r. Spencer's.
A decree of divorce was granted i'm
the circuit court Friday in the case
of Anna Bailey VS.. Arthur Bailey.
Mrs. c. A. Rowley of Cooks Cor
ners is enjoying visit from her sis
tiers from Lansing and Carson City.
Mr.. II. b. Hallack expects to leave
in few days for Nevada. The fami-
ly remains here until he gets located.
Miss Ella Armour and Mrs. Forrest
Fish expect to leave Saturday on a
visit to the formers sister, Mrs. Roy
Ecker, in Chicago.
Z. f. Fales is rapidly replacing his
livery stock. He has received eight
new carriages and has three more or
dered. He now has ten horses.
The silk mill girls are gradually
thinning out for the summer vaca-
ton. Both mills close down the last
of next week for about ten days.
Another very heavy rainfall We'd
nesday evening. Farmers would be
glad to have it cease long enough for
them to work their crops a little.
The plans have been received from
architect Glare Allen for the enlarge
ment of the opera house and bids are
now being received from contractors.
1t is expected to have the work under
way soon.
Mrs. Joiner, Mrs. +. B. Lapham's
mother, has purchased a lot just east
of the Lapham residence and if she is
able to arrange plans and details sat
isfactory, will build nice residence
thereon this season.
AS a result of the late visit of Prof.
Taylor examiner on approved schools,
our High School will maintain its
present position Yin the list of ac-
credited schools so that graduates
from Belding can enter the IT, of NJ.
without examination.
Hon. w. F.. Bricker, wife, and two
children, left Tuesday for TT. Wayne,
Ind, to attend the funeral of his UNI
Gle David Bricker, an old engineer
upon the G. r. & l. Ry. From there
they will 90 to Ada, Ohio, to revisit
the scene of WHIPS early boyhood
days.
New ads this week: a. & d. Fried
man, Penny Store, Nine. Rhodes, G.
q. Schefiler, Holmes Bros, Geo. w.
Dewitt, Spencer q Lloyd, w. |. Ben
edict, w. +. Bricker, DR.. Fenner, DIR.
w. b. Bessey, Grand Rapids, w. G.
Nelson, Greenville, A. G. Bedford,
Ionia.
1t now looks as though there might
be legal battle over the Fleming
warehouse deal. The sale of all the
personal property was advertised UNI
der the chattle mortgage on Wednes-
day, but Mr. Fleming had legal talent
engaged and proposed to serve an in
junction and stop it. When informed
of this Mr.. Sandell voluntarily had
the sale postponed Mr.. Sandell has
engaged Nichols & Sheldon to look
after his interests, while Mr.. Fleming
has engaged Judge A. b. Morse, f. A..
Miller and Ii. l.. VanBenschoten.
a very heavy electric storm passed
over the city Tuesday morning, doing
much damage to most everything Of
an electricalnature. Both telephone
companies suffered severely, large
number of phones being put out of
business. The Citizens Light Co. had
couple of coils burned out of their
dynamo, in consequence of which
they could furnish no lights Tuesday
night. The city fire alarms were all
burned out so that none of them
would work. Taking it all around it
was one of the worst experienced in
some time.
Will Knott had a lucky runaway
Monday evening if such an affair can
be called lucky. A couple of men
wanted to drive into the country and
he sent out rig i'm charge of a young
lad named Shocks as driver. In the
vicinity of Chas. Russell's place they
have been working a road grader and
some rails have been put beside the
road, to keep rigs in the track. The
horses became frightened at these,