Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-05

solid silver after-dinner-coffee spoons
during the past eight months, all OF
them carried away by guests. If you
have partaken of the Downey's hospi-
tality any time during the past few
months you need not acknowledge II
as no man can be compelled to give
testimony that may convict himself.
A new line of hot water bottles just
received at Wortley & French's.
A young lady in Carson City attend
ed the wedding of girl friend re-
Gently and when she retired that
night put piece of the wedding cake
under her pillow to dream over, as Is
customary in some places, After she
was asleep her kid brother stole the
cake, ate it, and put piece OF linn
burger cheese back in place OF the
cake. The young lady dreamed that
she died and was buried near glue
factory.
Rubber goods that are all rubber at
Wortley & French's
Allegan has been trying to secure
box factory, but when the company's
demands became known the Efforts
Immediately ceased. All the company
asked was $4,000 cash within 80 days.
a deed TO fine site for a building, and
the subscription of s25, 600 of stock, by
Allegan citizens The people were
afraid that if they gave the company
what it wanted this time 1T might
take the remainder of the town some
day without asking.
Lightner's latest fads in perfumes
Raiah's Rose and Wild Lily bells, at
Wortley & French's.
The ladies of the Congregational
church will hold rummage sale Tor
the two weeks beginning Monday,
March 9th Those having articles OF
any kind cast aside which are COM
paratively good and might be of value
to others, please notify the ladies or
deliver at the store next to Leonards
as early in the week as possible.
New aprons of all kinds will be on
sale. An excellent dinner will be
served each Saturday afternoon be-
thinning at five O'Clock. A table will
be reserved for the business men.
Buy your Finch cards at Wortley
!, q French's.
There are now So unfortunates in
the county house-said to be the
largest number ever quartered there
at one time Every sleeping room in
the mems department large enough
has two beds in it; there are four beds
in the halls and it is now considered
necessary to put up two beds in the
sitting room. The hospital has six
patients now which renders that un-
comfortably crowded. The necessity
of building a suitable annex for the
, convenience of the poor is daily be-
coming more apparent. Verify, the
) poor we have always with US.
Buy your rubber goods on positive
5 guarantee, Wortley & French.
; Stewart Edward " hite has written
a series of "Blazed Trail stories for
McClure's, in which will again appear
{ many of the characters that made
his "Blazed Trail" the big book it is.
| The first of the stories, "The Scaler,"
: appears in the March number. Here
: we meet again the crafty and un-
scrupulous, but capable woods firm OF
Morrison q DAILY, and two new ac'
simultaneously "Rough Red" and
: the "Scaler" Fitzpatrick-and read
ers of the book will not be disappoint'
ed in them. The Michigan Jack is a
Y man White knows as no other writer
today.
See our line of Ladies shoes at 81 0C
81 % and up. NJ. f. PECK, Cash shoe
house.
The wife of Senator LaFlamboy has
begun proceedings for divorce against
her husband, and the case will come
on in the March term of Montcalm
circuit court unless settled before
that time to avoid so much publicity
Mrs LaFlamboy asks separate main
taiuance, and charges her husband
with desertion and the late junket
, trip with Miss Stenographer is men
, ed.-Portland Observer. Thi:
Senatorial district has no reason tC
feel proud of its representative ir
the State senate and Montcalm coun'
ty should blush for shame in proposing
his name in the convention which
: nominated him Ionia county also
had a hand in it and threw down q
good man for bad one.
Spring Styles Dorothy Dodd Shoes
now in Nj. f.. PECK, cash shoe house
: A week ago the insurance compan
les had man re-rating the town will
, a vewof raising the rates which have
been raised several times before dur
, ing the past few years. Simultane
. on ly with this action comes the re