Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-01
THIS AND THAT.
News From Here and There Con-
densed for Our Readers.

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Judge Newman on Saturday grant
ed the motion of the defense for
change of venue in the McGarry
case and ordered it to Allegan coun.
ty.
The Grand Rapids, Saginaw & Bel
ding electric railroad has secured
right of way for the whole distance.
f.. A. Durkee gave the right of way
through his property in Crystal town
ship last week.
Chauncey Talcott, pioneer of
Ronald township, is dead. He was
an old soldier, and has for many years
been commander of the Grand Army
post at Palo He leaves to mourn his
loss, widow and two daughters.
Peter Sells, the circus man is com
ing in for extensive praise because he
changed the route of his parade
half dozen blocks to give poor bed
ridden girl chance to see it. Barnum
is dead, but the trick of circus adver-
tising goes marching on
Mr.. Elon Murray of near Belding,
and Miss Viola Thornbury of Dandy
were united in marriage on the 23rd
of April by Rev ID. II Shelby of Ionia
at his residence on Yeomans st. Miss
Lydia and Lena Shelby furnished
good music for the occasion.
The Robert Smith Printing Co.,
Law Book Publishers, of Lansing,
Mich, are putting out very useful
book entitled "Abridgment Compiled
Laws of Michigan" Every farmer.
business man and student should have
one. Read advertisement in this pa
per. The price of the book is only
81 30.
A very quiet and pretty wedding
took place at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. F. Beebe at high noon We'd
nesday. Mr. Irving Davis of Belding
and Miss Mabel Smith of Midland
were united in marriage by Rev.
Partridge. A number of valuable
presents were presented to the happy
couple Edmore Journal.
a gang of swindlers are canvassing
in various parts of the country for So
called business directories or state
gazetteers, and have recently struck
this state, They never published any
thing. Their scheme is to collect
money in advance or procure sigma
lures TO contracts, which by altering
are converted into promisory notes
Mrs. John Leonard and son, Glenn.
went to Belding last Tuesday.
Clara Stoddard returned home Mon
day from Belding, where she has been
visiting the past week. Clarence
Tucker returned home from Sault Ste
Marie Monday. He left "Wednesday
for Belding where he has secured en-
ployment in barber shop.{Stanton
Herald.
VIM III. Waite, who spent most of
the winter with Ionia county relatives
writes from Oklahoma that he arrived
home on April 6. He found plowing
and planting in full operation and
peach and apricot trees in blossom
He says the prospects are for large
crop in the eastern part of the state,
and that live stock of all kinds is
bringing high prices and in good con-
dition.
IF person who neglects to pay
his bills only knew how often he is al
luded to as 'deadbeat' and how many
times he is exchanged in the course
of days conversation he would GER
tainly make an extra effort to pay
what he owes. 1t must be very un-
pleasant for person to be walking
along the street and be spotted by
the business men as a person who will
not pay. This does not allude to per-
sons who, through sickness or misfor-
tune are unable to pay"
a boy was asked to write an essay
on Masonry, and this is what he
wrote; "King Solomon was man
who lived so many years in the coun-
try that he was the whole push. He
was an awful wise man, and one day
two women came to him, each hold
ing the leg of baby and nearly pull
ing it into, and each claiming it.
And King Solomon wasn't feeling
right good and he said: why couldn't
the kid have been twins and stopped
this bother?' And then he called for
his maehete and was going TO Weyler.
ize the poor little baby and give each
woman a piece of it, when the reai
mother of IL said: stop, Solomon
stay thy hand let the old hag have it
if can't have a whole baby | won't
have any. Then Solomon told her tC
take the baby and go home and wash
its face for he knew it was hers. He
told the other woman to go chase
herself. King Soloman built Sol