Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-01-09
Local II
Brevities.

Miss Ora Bushert OF Lansing Is tnt
city this week.
A. w Demorest of Lansing visited
here last week.
Last dance of the winter at f.. j
Mason's Feb. 18th.
Born to Fred Deitz and wife We'd
nesday, Jan. s, boy.
Miss Lizzie Annable Of Ionia is visit.
ing her sister Mrs. f. II. Hudson.
Miss Elsie French returned Monday
from a two weeks visit at Sparta.
John Thompson and wife of Court
land spent Sunday at Jacob Weaver's.
The Whist Club will meet at For
ester hall tomorrow (Eriday) even
ing.
Mrs. French of Morley is guest at
her daughters, Mrs. Geo. w. Moul-
TOMS.
Miss Edith Dimmick is entertaining
her friend Miss Marie Cutter of
Luther.
Albert Smith and wife, of the Graf
tan hotel, have gone south to spend
the winter.
Matthews Bruer has purchased a
place at Evart, Mich, and leaves for
there this week
f. f. Hewitt, Grand Rapids whole
sale dealer in fruits and produce. was
in the city Monday
The fire department was called out
last Friday evening, but it was only
a chimney burning out.
VIM. HubbelI of Salt Lake City ar
rived in the city today. He is great
ly pleased with the West.
John Noel of Grand Rapids has been
engaged as assistant bookkeeper in
the Belding-Hal Mfg. Co. Office.
Miss Maude Roose and brother re-
turned Monday evening from two
weeks visit with relatives at Allegan.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Carten returned
Tuesday from a several days visit
with their sons and daughter at Ionia.
F. D. Lincoln announces a big re-
moval sale. Must close out the goods
to save expense of moving them to
his new location. Call there for bar
gains,
N. j. Lloyd has moved his shoe re-
pair shop into the rear of Edwards
shoe store. He found he could not
stand it to go up and down stairs so
much.
Seymour Waldron was called to
Council Bluffs, Iowa, last week on ac-
count of the dangerous condition of
his mother who is suffering from a
cancer.
Miss Marion Callahan of Green
vile accompanied by her cousin, Miss
Marguerite Callahan of Cleveland,
Ohio were guests of Mrs Il. Trail,
Saturday.
Students and teachers of Bedding
who were home for the holidays, have
returned to their work, at the U. of
M state normal, and various other
institutions
The X. O. T. Nj. Of this city will at
tend the installation of that order at
Smyrna next Tuesday evening. Fred
Cutter of lonia will be present and act
as installing officer
The fifth and sixth grades in the
city schools have been SO large it has
been deemed advisable to divide the
room they have occupied by parti-
ton and the board will engage an
other teacher TO help in the work.
Again the meeting to organize the
local branch of the American Fedora
ton of Labor was postponed, this time
to Saturday evening next. 1t was to
have been Tuesday evening but Mr..
Cheney, the organizer, from Ionia
could not be present.
Clayton Foster. who has had charge
of the winding room at the Bedding
Bros. q Co. silk mill, has been com
PEELED torelinquish his position on ac-
count of his health. He intends to
leave next Tuesday for Albuquerque,
N. M. to spend the winter.
Addison Patterson. who resides in
Grattan township, was gathered in
Wednesday for drunk and disorderly
conduct, and was sentenced by JUS
tice Moulton TO spend 30 days at
Frank l.. Moons hotel in Ionia. He
was taken there by Under Sheriff e.
Il. Fales this morning
Mrs. A. DuMon. Of Nome, Alaska,
was in the city the first of the week.
She is related by marriage to Mrs. NJ.
Unger and is in Michigan visiting rel
atives and looking after some proper
ty interests. She conducts large
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