Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-09-19
Local ~
BreVities.

Mr.. J. f. Hall. of Chicrgo has beer
in the city this week.
Miss Elsie French spent Sunday
with her parents at Morley.
Fred Williams, attorney, of Cedar
Springs, was in the city Wednesday.
Guy Weter and w. b. Reed made a
trip to Pellston, Emmett Co. last
week.
+. Luck and wife of Belmund, Iowa.
are visiting relatives and friends in
this city.
a. Traub has secured another bar
gain lot of refrigerators and will sell
them cheap.
Lester Grant and wife went to
Greenville Saturday for brief visit
with relatives.
Mrs, Geo. w. Dewitt is receiving a
visit from her mother Mrs. S. M.
Nichols of Chicago.
Reuben Dunton of Cedar Springs is
visiting his daughters Mrs. f. Weaver
and Mrs. Fred Harding.
Mrs. b. A. Parker went to Portland
Saturday to spend a few days with her
daughter, Mrs. NJ. b. Divine.
The beautiful yard of dahlias of
Mrs. ID. Calkins in the first ward are
the admiration of all beholders.
Mrs. Marcus Dow of Detroit nee
Miss lnez Earle, spent few days the
guest of Belding friends the past
week.
Miss Theo Wardwell of Lansing was
the guest of her friend Miss Allie
Arnwine few days, returning home
Monday.
VIM. Waters fell from step-lad-
der last Thursday and broke one of
the bones in his left wrist. DR.. Wilson
attended him.
A Furhman and wife went to How
ard City Tuesday to attend the we'd
ding of relative and will remain for
few days visit.
Miss Jennie Wagner left Saturday
for Alma to resume her duties as one
of the instructors in the music depart
ment of the college there.
Miss Jennie Mccullough received
word that her sister residing near
Saginaw was very sick, and left for
there Wednesday morning.
+. ID. Lincoln has been in New York
city the past ten days purchasing fall
goods in millinery, ladies furnishings
and dry goods for the Bedding Bargain
House.
Chas. Felch has continued to gain
slowly but steadily and expects to
leave today for Albuquerque, New
Mexico. His friends all sincerely
hope for his complete restoration to
health.
w. A. Little of Cannon, brother of
DR. f. w. Little of this city, took the
train from here Wednesday morning
for Ann Arbor, to complete his final
years work in dentistry at the Uni
versity.
c. r. Herrick of Lyons, the casket
manufacturer, formerly of Belding
was in the city on business Saturday.
He purchased while here second
hand boiler of A. Traub to give him
more power for his factory.
Negotiations are in progress for the
purchase of the Wilson Il Friedly
furniture and undertaking stock and
business by Ben Friedly an employee
of the firm for a number of years, ana
Clarence Staley. Two popular and
hustling young men.
Two bicycles were stolen upon Main
st. Monday evening, one belonging to
Morris Crib and the other to a
Young man named Russell. Under
Sheriff Fales reported from Ionia
Wednesday that he had recovered
one but not the thief.
The Citizens Light Co. have their
lights running again after long and
tedious delays, greatly annoying both
themselves and patrons. Mr.. Lowell,
the expert electrician from Pitts
burgh who has been here several
weeks, returned Wednesday.
Rev. A. o. Carman and wife re-
turned Tuesday evening from the M.
E. conference at Muskegon. As will
be seen by the list of appointments in
another column, Elder Carman is re-
turned to this charge for another
year which is just as was desired and
expected by Belding people.
Rev. f. f. Sprague and wife OF East
Jordan are visiting his parents Mr..
and Mrs. Jared Sprague and other
relatives, for a week. He has been
attending the NJ. +. conference at
Muskegon, by which body he was re-
turned to East Jordan for another
year as pastor of the M. +. church.
All business will be suspended in the