Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-25
Local Brevities.

iiiohus Monuay.
First excursion OF the season, to De-
troit next Sunday.
Mrs. III. S. Campbell has gone to
Chicago TO visit friends.
Arbor day Friday. Plant a tree or
get somebody else to do 1t.
ID. F. Elkerton of Alaska, Kent Co.,
has been In the city this week.
The water mains in the first ward
are to extended two blocks to the west.
The Bedding Woman's club will meet
with Mrs. Will Case, Tuesday, Apr. 30.
Mrs. T.. X. Webster has been to
Coldwater on ID. OF II. business this
week.
Mrs. Byron Brown is spending ten
days with relatives and friends at
Owosso.
Miss Fanny PEBBLES OF Grand Rapids
is visiting at her brothers., Robt.
PEBBLES.
Edwin Webster put in several days
very pleasantly at Detroit and Ypsi.
lanti last week.
Fred Samain, who has been at Mt.
Pleasant for some time past, returned
to Bedding Wednesday.
F. E. Moffatt, editor OF the Stanton
nj in A
city Monday to visit his parents.
Mrs. M. H. Hawkins and two childen
OF Grand Rapids, are visiting Bedding
and Ionia friends few days this week.
L. G.. Crothers and Miss Allie Arm
wine are two Of the latest victims TO
the mumps. The cases are getting
numerous.
VIM. b. Travis, one OF Belongs
Knights of the Grip has been spending
few days with his family. He made
a trip to Chicago Tuesday.
Chas. B. Nye has engaged with the
Weter-Wise Co., commencing his du-
ties last Monday morning. He will be
on the road the most OF the time.
The interiors OF the grocery stores
of Lamb Bros. and Underwood Bros.
have been reprinted, making quite an
improvement in their appearance.
The funeral services OF Mr.. Frank
Jones' child were held today at 10 a.
IN. at his home II miles west OF Smyr-
ma, Rev. A. o. Carman officiating.
Miss Clara Hogle, daughter OF Mrs.
Thos. Cannon, for a couple OF years a
nurse at Butterworth hospital, Grand
Rapids, is dangerously i'll with typhoid
fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. B. Hale have be-
come residents Of Belding, occupying
rooms in the Leonard block. He is
going on the road for a Cincinnati
house.
Married at the Methodist parsonage
on Wednesday evening April "a, Mr..
Bert LaDue OF Bedding and Miss
Mable G. Oyler OF Carson City, Rev.
A. o. Carman, officiating.
The local chapter of the Eastern
Star has received an invitation to at
tend the anniversary OF Princess Chap
ter, at Greenville May 2Sth and confer
the degree work upon two candidates,
and has accepted.
A letter was received by w. j. Will
son Monday from Bert Allen, saying
that his father who recently removed
from Bedding to Lansing was very sick
and recovery not expected. No word
has been received since.
Mrs, Chas. M. Moore and children,
late of Lyons, have been visiting rel
atives and friends here for several
days, leaving Wednesday for their
new home at Coopersville, where Mr..
Moore is cashier in bank.
Four Greenville gentlemen, G.. L.
Rarden, ID. X. Black, G. B. Rarden
and John Larsen, came down last
Thursday evening and were entertain
ed by an equal number OF Bedding
gentle men at Hotel Bedding with q
session OF duplicate whist.
The bonds for three Bedding saloons
were before the city council at their
last meeting and all approved. w. j.
Mosgrove has sold out to Chas. II.
Kinney OF Howard City. The parties
who proposed starting new saloon in
the Spicer building have given up the
idea.
+. B. Lapham and B. f. Harrington
have made deal whereby the former
becomes the owner of the residence Of
the latter, Mr.. II. taking In the deal a
vacant lot in the first ward. 1t Is un'
derstood that Mr.. Harrington and
family will remove to either Marcellus
or Chicago. Many friends will regret
to see them leave.
Rev. A. B. Curtis OF Greenville occu
pied the pulpit OF the Congregations
church last Sunday and gave two ex
cellent sermons. Although compare