Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-03-02
Interesting Items
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From The BsIdns Home News ;

Literary exercises tomorrow even.
ing at the school house, precisely at
1890 p. IN. -
Miss Jennie Carr is on visit to her
home at Lowell.
w lie Knott is brave little tenn
perance worker
Mr. Il S Moulton is so far improv-
ed in health as TO be again at his post
Of duty.
w. c. Spicer, of Otisco sold short
horn calf, nine months old to Melvin
Sprague of the to Snship of Easton,
which weighed 760 lbs. The price was
$40.
The next Spiritualist and Liberia
list Social will be held at Mrs. Wheel
ers in Smyrna on the llth st
Speaking at Cooks G rners on the
l4th by Mrs. J. 5. Durham
Fremont F, Higgins of Otisco, and
Miss Moy Z Weaver, of Merely Nc
costa Co, we're married by G, l.
Smi b, Justice OF the peace of Smy-
rna, ON Thu LAY Afternoon, Feb %
rbe young couple will begin life upon
MIR Higgins farm miles southeast
of Bedding. May good luck attend
them in their every undertaking.
Rev. D. f. Barnes. now located at
Battle Creek, was in our village yes
erday. He is getting in logs from
mis- lands near Kiddyille.
Mr.. Aaron Weaver aged 70 years,
at Che temperance meeting on Mon
day evening, gave thrilling picture
OF the drinking hab Is prevailing in
his early life
Y. w. Gooding is soon TO start for
Dakota Territory, there to locate q
soldiers claim of 100 acres of Lad
he served four and a half years in rhe
ar ny and hence will be compelled to
re rain on he land olly six months to
secure full title We wish him sue
.ess in he und rtaking.
Fred A LOOMS, son Of Mrs. a. NJ.
Looms, who resides about two miles
oulh-east OF this place, will start
Monday ming tor the west he
will spend little time in Chicago.
after which be will contiLue bis jour
neo Yves word, V sitting several places,
and finally locate at Fredona, Kan,
where he has two brothers engaged in
business.
The horse car was piled to its ut
most capacity on its outward trip on
Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Ola King is home from Grand
Rapids, her cousin, Mrs Sparrow of
Grand Rapids accompanies her.
Log running is now the order of the
dao. Already the work has commenc-
ed on the upper waters OF Flat river.
j. G. Russell's only son, Guy about
g years Old. was at his uncle's G.
Cblcker.ng, on-a visit recently, and
on investigating things about the
premises he found steel-trap which
was set for skunk and had been laid
in box His cries Of distress called
his father, who found that lit Guy
was caught in the tap by both hands.
His first words upon being released
we're, ~ don't want uncle TO leave his
trap loaded when / come to see him.
Rev. d. Il. Willard is expected 10
occupy the pulpit at the Ceristlan
church on the 2lst. and 2Sth days Of
the current month. ~
The horse barn of ID. Z. Wilson is
n Nv nearly enclosed. II is model f
excellence, and is erected by F. Nc
Kenzie and c. I. R1nney.
MIR. and Mrs. A. l.. Smith, who have
been spending some time listing in
this place, left for their home at
Geneva, N, Y. on Tuesday. They
were accompanied on their return by.
Misses Mary and Jnlia Luther, who
for the past two years have been re-
siding with their brother, w. A. Luth-
er. These ladies have endeared them.
selves to a large circle of friends by
teeir amiobihty of character and
their Christian department. We ex-
ceedingly regret the NJ cessity which
influenced them to return to the En-
pre- State.
A temperance meeting will come of
at the church tonight Those who
have had experience as drinkers will
be 1.-THE principal speakers. Among
these witl-be numbered BENZ Modes
and Charles Malley, who are ost en-
thusiastic wor kers in the cause of
temperance.
Monday afternoon the horse car had
80 many passengers that the conduct
or was obliged to put nearly half. of
them on top AMI in starting, the car
jumped the track.
Prof l.. A Trowbridge and Supt.
A. l. Spencer, both of Bedding, were
welcome visitors at our school on the
Goth ult.