Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-07
Local Brevities.

his father this week.
A big, bouncing, ten pound boy at
Ed. Riker's Tuesday
Mrs. G. r. Cowdin was In Grand
Rapids Friday and Saturday.
Frank Snow of Albion College has
been at Chas. Eddy's this week.
Mrs hos. Cannon visited her daugh-
ter in Grand Rapids Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. f. Sandell are en-
PERTAINING his mother from Lowell.
H. j. Leonard has been in Chicago
this week buying spring dry goods.
w. f. Broker and wife were in
Grand Rapids Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. A. M. Stebbins of Ionia visited
Mrs. VIM. Dorman Monday and Tues
day.
Mrs. A. A. Conklin of Maple Rapids
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. F. G.
Kimberly.
Mrs. Henry Buttolph went to Grand
Rapids Wednesday for a three days
visit with friends.
ID. G. Crawford and wife of Ionia are
stopping with their son George during
his wife's absence.
The Congressional club will meet
with Mrs. Maurice Reed Thursday af-
ternoon, March l4th.
G.. S Brown and wife, who have been
visiting here the past week returned
TO Charlotte this morning.
G. M. Kingsley's family are moving
to Hart this week. He has taken a
position as book-keeper there.
Ed. Meade left Monday for Memphis,
Tenn, where he had good situation
in casket factory awaiting him.
Every voter-no eptions-must
register this spring or they will be un-
able to vote at the coming election.
Mr.. w. Fl. VanBenschoten of West
Park, N. Y, was guest at II. L. Van
Benschoten's twoor three days last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mason enter
tanned as their guests last week, his
uncle, Mr.. A. S. Mason and his wife, of
Big Rapids.
Sold through Chas. Browns Real
Estate Agency House, lot No. II,
block No. /, Bedding 2nd addition to
Hannah Tower.
No need of calling your attention to
Holmes Bros special sale. You
couldn't help seeing their big adv. in
this issue if you wanted to.
Mrs. Geo. Crawford went to Grand
Rapids last Friday to remain for a
month with her relatives. Her moth
er is suffering from cancer.
The Ladies Literary Exchange Club
will meet with Mrs. l. l.. Hubbell,
March 18th at $50 p. m. Quotations
from James Whitcomb Riley.
The X. P's give their last pedro
party of the season at their castle hall
Friday tomorrow evening. Lunch
and music. All go. $50 sharp.
Miss Helen A. Newman who has
been away for the last two months has
returned. She visited Washington,
D. c., Kalamazoo and other points.
Mrs. Lyman Covey, who has been in
poor h ealth for year or more had a
delicate surgical operation performed
last week by DR.. Smith of Grand Rap
ids. She is getting along very nicely.
G. w. Dewitt and family will occu-
by the rooms over his furniture store
which will make it very convenient
for anyone so unfortunate as to have
to make night call for an under
taker.
Wheels are about as common now as
runners, the thaw OF last week having
pretty nearly fixed" the sleighing.
There is lots Of snow in the country
yet but it is not where 1t will do the
most good for sleighing purposes.
L . LIE bSlhlhS vi OIOIOu, oOuOh Doh .,
and his daughter Mrs. j. w. Perrin OF
Minneapolis, Mimi, who have been
visiting with relatives and friends in
this city and vicinity for the past two
months, left here last Monday for their
homes.
The case against Jas. w. Craft for
threatening to take the life OF his wife
came to a sudden termination in JUS
tice Laphams court Tuesday, the
woman withdrawing the charge and
paying up the costs, which gave him
his liberty
Ed PecH who left here about a year
ago to take a position with the large
grocery house OF Lamb q Spencer
Charlotte, has returned and engaged
with the w. S. Garfield Co. All are
D glad to welcome Mr.. Peck and hi'
} amiable wife back TO our midst.
Tuesday was probably the most dis
2 agreeable day OF the season for man OF
, beast cOmpelled ~ no outdoors