Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-28

OF Grand kaplus, nus ~ "'. Pos
ton and disappeared TO avoia paying %
a month alimony to ms divorced wite'
Jed Deerinr. his wife and a three
vear-old boy died of typhoid fever
within three weeks at Tekonsha.
Three orphans, under years of age,
are left.
The Queen mine at Negaunee has
resumed operations with 100 men.
There are few idle men on the Mar
quette iron range and wages are on
the rise.
John Clarke has been cultivating
cranberries at Whitetish Point % years
and has made fortune. One week
this wear he sold 2,200 bushels at 81. So
per bushel.
A spike embedded in a log caused
havoc in the Reitz sawmill at Adrian.
When it was struck the saw flew into
a million pieces. Fortunately no one
was injured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob limerick, of
Ypsilanti celebrated the fiftieth ami
versary of their wedding. The former
is "A and the later 65 years of age and
were pioneers.
burglars enltTcu VIC pOS0oiiNC 50
Schoolcraft and robbed the safe of $50
in money and 500 worth OF stamps.
They obtained tools to enter the build
ing from a blacksmith shop.
Miss Georgia Elliget, aged IS, was
frightfulIy burned at Adrian while
| lighting gasoline stove in the home
of A. ID. Walker. She spilled gasoline
on herself when filling the stove.
w. G. Lathrop, sign painter from
Chicago, was fatally hurt at Owosso by
graphing hook and tackle, used in
hosting a ladder-scaffold, falling from
n roof and striking him on the head.
Robbers entered the house of Law
renee Conroy, farmer near Farming
ton, aged so, and at the point OF re-
volver forced him to disclose the hiding
place of $500 in cash and numerous
valuatles.
Tim Thompson and George Bryant,
colored men, living near Whitaker,
got into trouble over line fence and
Bryant slashed Thompson in the head
and on the shoulder with an ak and
he may die.
Kalamazoo college and the Chicago
University have completed plan of
utilization by which graduates of the
former may take postgraduate
course in the latter and receive the de-
grees of both.
A big row in the Congregational
church at Matteson, Branch county,
has resulted in the death of f. ).
Whitney, from heart disease, and the
pastor, Chas NJ. Arthur has become
mentally deranged.
Lewis Manning, travelling cigar
maker, Who was elected from the
Dibble house, Flint, for making him
self obnoxious, sought revenge by
butting his head through two panes OF
glass. He was badly cut.
Mrs. Clara Schram, who, with Chas.
Hambleton, of Saginaw, is charged
with adultery, says that Hambleton
exercises strange power over her and
she could not resist him. Hambletor
is a boy of 20 and the woman is 30
Fire destroyed the farm house and
barn belonging to George Commen'
ator near Sturgis. The family is left
with no clothing, all their property
being wiped out. The total loss viii
amount to $40, 900; insurance s., 500.
Ex-Secretary of State Jochim ha'
paid State Treasurer Wilkinson S40'
balance due from him on account o
excessive salary drawn under th'
fraudulent amendments of 1893 liz
had previously sent a check for $500.
The forty third semi-annual mission
airy meeting and diocesan church con
ference of the Protestant Episcopa
church for western Michigan, met a
; Newaygo for a three days session
Twenty-three clergymen were present
The car barn of the Marquette cleo
trio railway. saloon and dwelling o
William Nesbitt, and dwelling of Joh
, Miliour were destroyed by fire at Mar
quette. The fire started in the ca
barn from electric wires. Loss s ,00(
5 Property owners along the new Dc
: troit q st. Clair River railroad are yer
warm over the proposition to operat
the road by steam instead of electriclt
The farmers fear that steam woul
make the road unsafe for other trave
: Mrs. Il. O. Turbush, who resides o
her farm about one mile east of Yves
Bav CITY. is a widow so years of ag
and well off. During her lifetime sh
has adopted 81 friendless children, all {
S whom have made honorable names fc
themselves.
l. Oscar Smalley brought to Michiga
from the wilds of oklahoma, as trai
robber suspect. has been released froi
> custody at Allegan. His arrest wa
made without the slightest investig'
is ton as to his whereabouts at the tim
of the Fennville robbery.
n All negotiations between the Rapi
Transit and Interurban railroads, lool
!, ing To consolidation, have been abal
- doned, and it looks as if two roaC
would be built between Bay City an
y Saginaw. This means war to III
r. knife and the survival of the fittest.
TO The Port Huron Times has secure
NJ control of the Commercial-Tribur
printing establishment, and by cor
"a bining the two offices now has mo-
~ complete and extensive printing otiic
o The deal includes the contracts f.
printing the Michigan Maccabee, he
s. Hive and the l.. o. L. NJ. Review.
~ The steamer Michael Groh lost h
rudder on Lake Superior and WI
ly driven on the rocks at Miner Castl
Id She soon pounded to pieces, and is
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