Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-02

The Loyal Temperance Legion
meets at the M. L. church Sunday al
ternoon at o'clock.
The Ladies' Literary Exchange club
will meet with Mrs. j. Il. Angel,
Thursday afternoon, May 9th.
Glenn Pope went to Grand Rapids
Wednesday to attend meeting OF the
state window trimmer's association.
The Ladies Social Circle Of the Con-
gregational church will meet with
Mrs Gregg next Wednesday afternoon
at 2:3O.
w. K. Polhemus, formerly clerk at
lreland's, more recently OF Ionia, has
gone to Battle Creek where he has Sc
cured a situation.
The Bedding Savings Bank received
half column write up in Wednesdays
Detroit Tribune with a cut OF Cashier
Charles 5. Felch.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Sheldon who
have been stopping for several months
with their sons here, left this morning
for their home at Grand Haven.
Mrs. VIM. Anderson is in Grand
Rapids looking up styles for the seas
on. She also goes to take special in
structions on the Worlds Fair prem
ium chart.
The subject for discourse at the Con-
gregational church next Sunday morn
ing will be-"Entrance into the King
DOM" In the evening-''Fishing and
Fishermen.
The night of the Fales barn fire, the
fire alarm was sounded at Greenville
and the fire department got out and
made run for the fire. They didn't
reach it however.
The Odd Fellows held an annivers-
airy celebration at Edmore last Friday.
A number from Bedding intended to
attend but gave up the train on account
of poor train facilities.
Secretary Fowle of the Farmers Mu-
tual on April "a adjusted the loss on
L. ID. Wheeler's house in Otisco at
$500. The house was occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. r. ID. Chickering whose loss
was $500, insurance OF $500 paid by
same company. The fire was April is.
A telegram received at Ionia an
the 6nath IF Mice Elnrnpn0
Putney at Missoula, Mont, where she
fell down an elevator shaft. No par
ticulars are received. She was an
Ionia girl, daughter of G. H. Putney,
formerly OF the firm of Cooper & Put
ney.
Arthur Fitzjohn who has only been
able to walk with great difficulty with
the aid OF pair of crutches, has dis
carded them and claims the change is
wrought by his conversion to the Free
Methodist doctrine and strong faith in
the Lord. The change has naturally
attracted much attention here.
From letter received by the BAN
MEX from rTeu L olniJll, SA-Slby OlCih
OF Belding, we learn that he has been
transferred from Green Bay to Apple
ton, Wis, by the Continental Clothing
Co., with which concern he is engaged,
giving him better position and an adj
vance in salary. Good for Fred.
County Clerk Lawless has issued the
circuit court calendar for the May term
which opens May 8 at a. m. There
are but seven cases on the criminal
! calendar. There are Is issues OF fact,
and 40 chancery cases. The only
branch OF litigation that seems to be
thriving is in the line Of divorces, Is OF
the chancery cases being OF that
nature.
The Ballou Basket Works met with
quite loss this week in the burning
of over 200. 600 feet of lumber belong
ing to them at Murphys Hill, near
Blanchard. No ineurauce. 1t would
all have been shipped to Bedding be-
fore this but for the scarcity OF cars.
1t is reported that the Belding- Hall
Mfg. Co. also had an interest in some
lumber burned at the same time, but
we have been unable to confirm the
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