Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-07
THIS AND THAT.
News From Here and There Condensed
for Our Readers

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for Our Readers
March came in moderate enough so
look out for the ending.
Captain Chapple and Mrs. George
Skedgell are visiting in Belding.-Cor.
al News.
The man who wanted TO sec "a good
old fashioned Michigan winter with
plenty of snow" has had his wish
granted.
Mrs. Frank Tucker, wife OF the act
or, both well known in Belding was
stricken with paralysis last week while
at Albion.
NJ w. A. lodge OF Saranac Initiated
% members in 80 days. Four hundred
Woodmen recently sat down TO ban.
given by Muir camp.
There are three sorts of people in
the world nowadays; those who have
the grip, those who have had it, and
those who expect to have it.
Riley N Wilson, overseer of the
county poor.house, retired March lst
on account OF i'll health. w. H. Galf-
ney of Berlin township is his successor.
Mrs. o. f. A. Spinning died last
Friday at her home in Grass Lake.
Mrs. Spinning was the wife of 0. L. A.
Spinning, a former pastor of the Bap-
tist church in this city,
Ex-Judge Allan b. Morse and George
f. Nichols of Ionia received $4, 900 for
their services in the franchise tax case
brought by the city of Detroit against
the street railway companies Of that
city.
The Pere Marquette railroad is be-
ginning to deposit in North Greenyille
materials for its air line section be-
tween Greenville and Stanton on the
Grand Rapids and Saginaw line. This
looks as if work will begin when spring
opens. q
The Northrop case against the Ionia
Tontine company has been carried TO
the supreme court by Mr.. Northrop,
who asks for an order requiring udge
Stone TO show cause why the case
should not come TO trial. The order
was made as requested on Feb. 26.
Mrs. Maud Ward came home from
Bedding Friday on account of ~5hs ~ n
ness os ks. liant son. She returns to- |
morrow. Mrs John Jennings Of Beld-
ing, came Tuesday for visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Hought
aling. Bert LaDue and Elsie Evans
returned Saturday TO their work in
Belding Carson City Gazette.
f. j. Eagle, president of the Ionia
District Fair association. and one OF
the well-to do farmers OF Berlin town
ship, died MONDAY morning from
chronic disease from which he had suf-
fered for many years. He was 62 years
OF age. He came to Ionia in the early |
70's. He made a recent trip TO Mexico
for his health, returning only few
weeks before his death.
There were three deaths at Portland |
the past week, each OF them removing |
one OF the pioneers. George Lloyd the
oldest resident in the township, died
at the age of SS years. He had resid-
ed in Portland since 1886, having gone
there from Bridgewater, N. Y, when
Michigan was little else than forest
Oliver Hitchcock, another pioneer, |
died at the age OF II years. He had
lived in Portland since 1855 and his
death was due to paralysis. Mrs. Har
ley Bradley was the third. She was
20 years OF age. Her father, George |
Marcy, was one OF the early settlers OF
Michigan, having lived in Portland |
from 1898 until his death number of
years ago.
Fred I. e. Crane of Shiloh was
volunteer for Cuban service but did
not get further than the southern
states. He later enlisted at Grand
Rapids and is now serving with Co. A l., |
Seventeenth U. S. infantry, at Manila,
and ia letter written home, says date |
OF Jan 9, 1901 "I am we'll and am at
the capital OF Luzon. Since | enlisted |
Aug. 4, 1899, have seen some fighting
and hardships. | have been in nine
battles and am glad it is about over as
it is not so much fun to hear lead fly |
as / thought it was | wish you could /
come to Manila and see the natives /
and the way they dress. Some of them
are very good looking that is the
girls are. Although the natives are
small they are strong aud good runners
when there Is some one after them
with gun. Pork is one dollar per
pound here and beef is about the same.
Board is $40 month, rooms go
month, so you sec / can't leave my
company very much. About all they
raise here is rice aud dogs; each fami-
ly has from 10 to 20 dogs and about five
families in each hut"