Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-09
Mrs. Hendrika Geukes, of Kalama-
ZOO. aged 81, hanged herself.

James Golfer, aged 16, was drowned
while bathing in Muskegon river, near
Muskegon.
Woodruff Parmalee was held for
trial for the murder of Julia Curtiss at
Trav erse City.
Algonac's village council refused
| licenses to the four saloons, but granted
one to a druggist
| L. C. Warmer, principal of the Bat
| tie Creek high school, has accepted
similar position at Saginaw.
John b. Corliss, of Detroit, has OBJ
tanned franchise for an electric road
/ from jackson TO Vandercook lake.
John Mcclellan, aged 81, stole his
| fathers chickens at Battle Creek and
now takes his meals at the Detroit
house of correction.
Peter Iederdam, aged 70, was found
dead in his dirty little room at Muske-
gon. He was n miser worth 10000,
and lived alone. Over $4,000 was
found in his room.
Adam C. Arnold, who has been on
examination for numbering his son
George at Battle Creek was held for
trial to the circuit court on the charge
of murder in the first degree without
bail.
The Michigan Trust company, of
Grand Rapids, has been appointed re-
ceiver of the buchanan Power and
Light company on the ground that the
assignee is not properly managing the
property The liabilities are S67, 900;
the assets, Sl60, 000
Wvandotte citizens were Justly in
dignant when it was reported that the
bodies of two victims of small poX had
been brought from lockwood and
taken to the Old Western hotel on the
orders of an undertaken. The hotel
has been quarantined.
A. p. Crell, of Ionia, claims to have
perfected an electric mail car which
will revolutionize the present system
of transporting the mails. He says
the car will travel 200 miles an hour,
making the trip from New York City
to Chicago in five hours.
The poultry department is something
new at the Agricultural college and is
attracting much attention. Before
, the season closes there will be SOC
, lively incubator-ha Matched chicks, and in
, another year 200 will be raised. 1t
is the design to show the farmers that
there is money in the business.
In Monitor township, five miles from
West Bay City, five wells have been
sunk to determine the extent of the
body of coal that was discovered there
l last fall. In each hole evidences of
gas were discovered and in the last
l hole pocket of gas was entered that
= made a blaze as large as barrel.
The law giving villages the option OF
4 suppressing liquor business within
S their limits will be tested in the SUI
preme court by Chas. Il. Shafer, pro
prietor of a hotel at Worthwhile, whose
LIQUOR bonds were refused by the vii
IL, lape council. Mr.. Shafer contends
that hotel with barroom attached
r is not a saloon.
i jackson is in the midst of a Francis
Murphy temperance revival. The
:, police and the Liquor Dealers associa
e ton united in ordering all saloons
:. closed on Sunday, and Jackson wa
, dry. The few saloonkeepers who solo
= liquor will be prosecuted. This is the
= first time in years that Jackson has
had dry" Sunday.
The latest grand jury at Bay City
q has returned "a indictments. Th'
i "
e poor who, it is alleged, have conducted
their business loosely and sold man.
d goods to themselves contrary to law
v Judge Maxwell instructed the count.
N treasurer to collect from each superin
tendent the $50 fine which the Law
specifies
= The residence of Mrs. Oscar Allen
q an aged Coopersville widow, was bur
glarized during her absence. TIL
D thieves got $1,000 in gold and ban
If bills, $3.50 in negotiable notes, a lot o
lie silverware, pair of gold-rimme
t. glasses, two pairs of ladies' shoes an
re a dress waist. Mrs. Allen did not be
leve in banks and kept her money i
TO the house.
et A post norton examination and a
VI investigation into the death of JUL
" Curtiss, who was found dead in tn
n woods near Traverse City reveal tn
fact that the girl was about TO becom
rs a mother and that she had been choke
r. TO death, instead of having suicided a
4 at first supposed. Wood Parmalee, a
- old resident, was arrested on a charg
of murder.
a Remnants tailor shop, the CONNER
~ cial house and keystone hotel were do
= stroyed by fire at Manistique Will
nc Thompson's meat market had to b
torn down in order to prevent tn
spread of the flames The tot;
Id loss is about S25, 000 The wind wa
re blowing a gale, and for time til
ly entire business portion of the tow
IS, was threatened.
- John +. Adrian, of Bedford Station
ed was arrested on the charge of assau
IS, with intent to do great bodily harm
n The complainant is Miss 10 NJ. Week
nd who recently caused the arrest I
ly Adrian's brother and had him fined O
the charge of leaving dead horse nj
a buried. lie drew out a pocket-kni'
a and stabbed her in the sidI. But f.
st her corset she might have receive
ed fatal injuries.
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Over $500 factory workers are OF
~ on strike at Sheboygan, Wis.
re The 400 coatmakers of Baltimor