Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-08-30

bullet into it. The corn Is gone and
SO is the toe.
Locals
A fine and acceptable shower on
Monday night.
Mrs. Nudge and children are visit
ing in Vergennes.
l.. Broas left for Lansing on Mon
day to visit his son and his sons
wife, but more especially his little
grandson.
p. j. Jersey played cornet solo at
an open air band concert on the pub
lie square, Ionia, Saturday evening,
August z.
H. H. Belding stopped over here
from Saturday until Monday en- route
home from his trip to New England
and New York.
The Democratic caucus held on
Saturday last appointed the follow
ing as delegates to the county con-
vention held the 10th inst, viz: III.
A. Jersey, w F.. Bricker, VIM. Kidd,
Geo. Fish and HI. C. Tallman.
On Friday while Mrs. Carol was
picking huckleberries north of Green
vile, near Hunters lake, she discov-
cred the skeleton of man and the
fact was reported to the proper au-
thorities. Saturday morning Coro-
ner Slawson, accompanied by others,
repaired to the place and in the brush
lay the bones and clothing, the flesh
and hair having disappeared. The
body was identified as that of Jaures
Cole, who on the 9Th of last January,
went to the cupboard, took from a
bottle dose of laudanum and start
ed for the Dane settlement, since
which time he had not been seen, nor
heard Of. The coroner's jury render
ed verdict in accordance with these
facts. The wife of Cole, her mother,
and brothers, recognized the body as
has sister, Msr. Oakley, living near
King.
Dell Cobb has been very sick with
typhoid fever.
C. Chadwick has been charging his
wheat house at Chadwick
Miss Eva Wilson returned, ycster-
day. from a weeks visit at Almont
in this state.
Miss Stella Curtis, of Otisco, has
been visiting at E. w. Howe's in the
town Of Orleans.
The finest Red Astrachan apples
we have seen this season were from
Robert Howe's, Orleans.
Charles o. Malley has completed
his dwelling on his lot on the north
side and now occupies it.
The Ionia Daily Sentinel carries the
following big word at the top of one
of its columns: "TrainleaveIoniasta
tionasfollows."
When at Greenville, yesterday, we
made the Bee Office a Gala regular
"bee"-hive of industry. Thanks for
fraternal courtesies.
Miss Hovey's phaeton was pur-
chased of Leonard e. Divine, not of
Greenville parties as stated in "Otis-
co Offerings" last week.
Prof. Mills still holds forth nightly
al Franklin House hall. The attend
ance has been quite large and much
interest has been manifested-.espec-
tally in his demonstrations in mag
netism. AS a magnetizer he has very
few equals. The last of the series
will be tomorrow evening.
Mrs. f. r. Ellis. of Detroit, mas
been visiting with the family Of c. ID.
Ellis since Monday last.
There will be a Greenback meeting
held at Smyrna on next Saturday
evening, August 18th at z O'Clock. Dr.
Nichols, of Greenville, will speak and
music will be furnished by the Beld-
ing bad boys.
We learn that Mr.. ]. B. Willard has
been employed as principal Of the
Relding school for the ensuing school
year. Mr.. Willard is a man Of fine
education, is an excellent citizen, and
has the reputation of being sue
cessful school manager.
Jacob King has rented his fine
farm to Jasper N Smith, who has
served him as faithful farm hand
for the past nine years. Mr.. X. con-
tinues numbering and his family will
elnove to town and occupy The. An
sci Smith house on Pearl street.
The body of George Rich, who was
drowned as stated last week, was
found on Monday. August ID. about
40 miles below where he was drowned
ut Frog Point. on Red river. and 16
miles above Big Forks. Mr.. F. r.
Chase arrived at Saranac with it on
Monday morning. Aug. 9th. 1t was
taken to the homestead and a very
large concourse of friends attended
the remains and the deeply afflicted
family to the place Of burial at Smyr-
ma.
In the town of Ashfeld, Mass, on
the old homestead where was born
DR.. John Ellis, of New York City,
formerly a well known physician in
Detroit) is an apple tree which meas
ures ten feet six inches in circumfer-
ence four feet above the ground. 1t
is estimated to bear this year rs
bushels of apples and parties now liv-
ing say that 60 years ago it produc-
ed $50 bushels of fruit. The age of
the tree is unknown, but it is suppos-
ed to have been planted by the great
grandfather of DIR. Ellis, who was the
first settler on the homestead, so
years before the Revolution.
Burglary
On Tuesday night large pane of
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