Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-07-04

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BrevitieS.

Bert Cole of Ionia was in the city
Monday.
Tom Griffith is home from Big Rap
ids for the Fourth.
Guy Weeks is home on a vacation
visiting his people.
Miss Annie Wright is visiting
friends at Freeport.
Fred Harding and wife are at Cedar
Springs visiting friends.
Albert McPhee and wife have been
visiting friends at Evart.
Jay Leonard, wife and baby are at
Stanwood for a brief visit.
Mrs. c. w. Crosby has gone to Bat
tie Creek to visit relatives.
viii Peck and family and Mr.. and
Mrs Fred Peck are at Pierson.
The sale of the shoe factory was
postponed to Friday of this week.
Mrs. Gerald Kimberly is at McCords
to spend few days with his sister.
Rev. A. O. Carman and family have
gone TO Edmore to visit friends a few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Atwood and baby
of Marion have visited friends here
this week.
Claude Pope of New York City is
spending a week with relatives and
friends here.
Miss Josephine Honey of Dexter
was the guest of Bedding friends sew
eral days last week.
Henry Gilmore and family are
spending their Fourth with his broth
er at Paris, Mecosta Co.
The first story walls of Fales new
livery barn are completed and the
second story is now rising.
j. w. Bolenbaugh and son Guy left
Monday for a two weeks visit with
his relatives at Warsaw, Ind.
Lew Pierce having graduated from
Yerrington's business college, st.
Louis. is back to business again at the
old stand.
Mrs. Grace Ryerson and children
arrived Monday from Tennessee for a
lengthy visit with her parents and
friends here.
Mrs. Alfred Wright, accompanied
by her friend, Miss Grace +. Allen, of
Grand Rapids, are visiting relatives
and friends in this city.
Mrs. DR.. Ferguson and children are
on a several weeks visit to friends in
Detroit and Port Huron, and st.
Thomas and Port Stanley, Ont.
Mrs. Lew Sagendorf and baby of
Slocums, Muskegon Co. arrived Tues
day on visit to her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Len. Weeks, and other friends
here.
Bids are advertised for by the COM
mittec from the city council for the
construction of extension to the water
mains as voted recently by the city
fathers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Stocum and
Misses Grace Hyde and Artie Depew,
Of Rockford, made brief visit here
Monday on their return home from
Grecnville, where they spent Sunday
with friends.
As a result of family row over the
water from a well between the Ter
bees and Fred Gessler's, over in the
first ward, two arrests have been made
for assault and battery. Zerbee is
charged with assaulting Mrs. Gessler,
and a brother of Mrs. Gessler is
charged with assault by Zerbee.
Mrs. j. f. Weaver returned from
Edmore Monday, the attending physi-
clans stating at that time that Mrs.
Morehead would recover unless new
complications arose. This seems al
most miraculous, as hope had been
abandoned by all the fore part OF last
week, and the BANNER expected at
any hour before going to press to re-
ceive word that she had passed away.
In spite of her frailness she has raj
lied which news is very pleasing to
her large number of friends here.
w. $. Garfield has been in poor
health for some time past and has de-
cided to take a vacation and see if he
cannot recuperate. Himself and wife
leave today for Pine Lake, near Kali
amazoo, where they will remain for
snort time and later they will go to
Bay View. Business will go on at the
store as usual, Dan Skellenger having
charge of the business during MIR.
Canfeld's absence. Mr.. Wiley and
Roy Reynolds continue as assistants,
Mr.. G. +. Shaw will deliver and Hub
VanBuskirk will do the baking.
The weather for over a week past
has been most extremely hot. In the
cities large number of prostrations
from the excessive heat have been re-