Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13

convicted at saginaw OF kllllng his
brother and sent to Jackson for 25
years, was affirmed by the supreme
court.
Dick Brotherson, of ST. Joseph, fell
from a ladder, which stood on "A scow,
into the canal at Benton Harbor while
painting on the steamer City of Louis
vile, and was drowned.
After rs men had been examined,
jury was finally obtained at Muske-
gon and the trial of Mrs. Henry Hugh
son on the charge of murdeping her
second husband, Nathan Douglas, has
begun.
Mrs. Harriet Evans. of Owosso, was
put in Jail at Lansing for safe keeping.
She was arrested after making several
Intellectual attempts to purchase poison
and confessed to the officers that she
intended to commit suicide.
A frame building adjoining Smith,
Claggett & Co. IS stave mill, at st.
Louis, was burned, and only by the
prompt work of the fire department
was the mill saved. Three firemen
were injured by falling roof.
Bridgeport claims the oldest pen
sioner in the state in the person of
Daniel Smith, born in 1890 When
over 80 he enlisted and served in the
Mexican war, receiving the wounds
for which he now draws pension.
The famous Petoskey sea serpent
now turns out to be cedar log which
was partly buried in the sand. This
does not explain how Detroit paper
secured very life-like picture of the
monster ''by an artist on the spot"
| A silver convention has been called
for June 25 at Grand Rapids for the
purpose of effecting an organization
on the lines embodied in the American
Timetable League. All silver clubs in
the state are invited to send delegates.
At dress parade at West Point mill
tary academy the standing in general
merit of the Michigan cadets was ana
nounced as follows: Two, Harry
Burgess; three, J. A. Quincy; thirteen,
n. X. Averill; eighteen, M. o. Bigelow;
thirty, M. f. Smith.
During a thunder storm at Paw
Paw the house of Sim Morton was
struck. The fluid passed through both
floors Of the house and killed dog
which was sleeping under a bed in
which Mrs. Morton was lying. She
was slightly shocked.
Mrs VIM. Emery, wife of promi-
nent farmer near Caro-, attempted sui
eide Nv taking acid. A little son saw
Mrs. Emery take the dose and when he
was made to understand its effects he
begged his mother to give him a dose
SO he might die with her.
For over year farmers about
Allegan, have been losing horses,
cattle and sheep. Officers have come
to the conclusion that there is an
organized gang. Elmer Wells, a re-
spected farmer, was apprehe nded near
Paw Paw, and bound over.
State Salt Inspector Hill reports the
following inspection of salt for May;
Manistee county, 1916 bbls; Mason
county, 71,030; Bay county, 62,035; st.
Clair county, 49,941; Saginaw county,
LOGS; losco county, 1871; Midland
county, 1000. Total, 3s9,09
Commencement at Albion college
will begin June 10. President l.. K.
Fiske will preach the baccalaureate
sermon. There will be sermons tv
Rev. George Whitaker, Detroit; Rev.
+. b. Bancroft, Adrian, and Rev. j. p.
Mccarthy. Chancellor w. +. Nc
Dowell, of Denver university, will
deliver the commencement day
address.
The officers elected by the Michigan
W. c. Il. u. in convention at Battle
Creek were as follows: Mrs. A. s. Ben
jamin, of Portland, who had been fill
ing the vacancy caused by the death
of President Mrs. Mary Lathrop, was
elected president; the other officers
are: Mrs. Julia Parish, of Bay City,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Lizzie
Johnson, of Flint, recording secretary;
Mrs. Jennie VOORHEES,, Ann Arbor,
treasurer
Barney Freeman and Will McGill, of
Constantine, aged Is years, were
drowned in the mill pond while bath
while fishing, found their clothes lying
on the bank of the bond, and went to
the village and gave the alarm. The
citizens made search and found the
bodies in 80 feet of water. John Sv-
mons dove down and got the bodies.
They were exemplary young men and
residents Of Constantine,
The salt-lifters of the State Lumber
company, at Manistee, struck for 81. 35
per 100 barrels to S1.50. The demand
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to work. A strike of the packers for
an advance of from 10 to Is per cent
followed, and the men are still out.
Salt-workers at the Eureka Lumber
company, at Manistee, have also
struck, and it is expected that the
strike will extend to all the salt plants
in this region.
Rev. Vim. Mcknight, of Saginaw, is
again on the warpath. 1t will be re-
membered that he recently fled GER
tain charges against the mayor who
sued him for libel. This was dropped
The minister says that he has not with
drawn the charges against the police
department and still says that they
are corrupt. One of the police com
missoners, he says, is a visitor at dis
reputable house and deputy sheriffs
protect the houses.
The Michigan Masonic Home will
not be closed. Funds sufficient to paw
the running expenses of the institution
for at least three months have been
received. The home will be maintained
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