Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02

A6-year-old boy played with matches
in Mrs. Henry Mitchelrs barn at Te-
konsha. Loss 81, 200.
Mrs. Hugh Jones, a farmers wife
near Dowagiac, had her right cheek
torn out by mad dog.
Charles Pullen, of Milan, had two
coal kilns and about roo cords of wood
destroyed by fire near Milan. Loss
81, 500.
The Commercial hotel, together with
the contents, burned at Williamson.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
Loss, $4,000.
of Negaunee, is constructing large
charcoal kilns and chemical plant at
Cooks, Schoolcraft county.
James Thompson, aged so. of Grand
Rapids, jumped into the mill race at
Chelsea with suicidal intent and may
die from the effects of his bath.
The Planter house and barns at
Highland Station burned. Twelve
horses were consumed. The loss is
Sc, 900, with insurance of 81, 200.
Benton Harbor thinks that some one
had designs on the city because a pile
of rags and jute soaked in oil was
found behind the Hotel Benton.
The common council of Flint has
granted "A thirty-year franchise to
John A. Nolan, of Saginaw, who will
build and equip an electric street rail
way.
The young wife of Sherry Laprese
made an attempt to commit suicide at
Casnovia by taking an ounce of chloro-
form, but physician succeeded in
saving her
Owosso supposed it had nearly got
rid of It's floating debt of Sill, 900, but
was much surprised to learn that, on
the contrary, the debt had increased
$1,000 during the year past
Some villain placed a dynamite
bomb on the steps of the home of Rev.
Arthur Metcalf at Bancroft, but it
failed to explode. No cause is apparent
as he has no known enemies
The committee soliciting for the
SIS, 900 bonus to secure the construc-
tion of the railroad from Port Huron
to Lexington have failed to raise the
required amounted and it is probable
that the project has met its final
death.
James McDonough, supervisor of
West Bay City, was reported as dead
and the Masons and A. o. u. w. began
making preparations for the funeral,
but were surprised upon calling to con-
dole with the widow to find Mr.. Nc
Donough in fairly good health.
A disrcputable house kept by Maggie
Murphy was DESTROYED bv fire at Man
| istee under unmistaKable evidence of
| incendiarism; loss, So 900. This is the
! second place of the same character to
be burned within a week, Kate Burns
house, valued at 81, 500, being the first.
Engineer Mack Griffin was caught
in the machinery in the engine room
of the Cedar Springs milling company
at Cedar Springs and the life pounded
| out of him. The steam was running
down, and employees went to the en-
| CINE room 90 see what was s=1s@, q,
\ epay s~.-nd- Ga I'm .a5oaly -mangled and
| dead.
| The King Hughson murder examina-
ton was completed at Muskegon, and
Justice Collins bound the two defend
ants over to the next term of the cir
cult court without bail The latest
theory is that King hypnotised Mrs.
Hughson and had her completely
under his control. This theory is
backed up to a certain extent by some
of the testimony already introduced.
The Maccabee commission appointed
to try Valley tent, Grand Rapids. for
| INSTRUMENTATION, it is learned, will re-
quire Valley tent to eX-punge from its
records everything pertaining to the
Boynton- Boughton controversy. The
| tent is to deal with its belligerent
members as it sees fit. As the bellig-
erent members are in majority, it is
not believed they will be severely pun
ished by the tent.
Hyacinth Charrom, of Grayling. re-
Gently put down drive-well about "a
feet deep. Upon pumping the noticed
yellow particles with the sand. The
! jeweler pronounced the particles gold
and sent samples to an assayer at Chi
cago. Everybody in the village is
awaiting the result of the analysis,
and if the gold is pure several shafts
may be sunk. Visions of untold
wealth dazzle the people.
Auditor-General Turner in the adj
vance sheets of his report commends
the general tax law. The receipts of
| the state treasurer during the year
ending June 30, 1894, were 5000
619.2s, and the disbursements S3,669,-
305.75. The disbursements exceed the
receipts by S25, 6s6.47, which deducted
from the balance at the close of the
previous year, which was S547,511.74,
leaves balance in the treasury June
30, 1894, of 1921, s25.27.
The Bay View assembly this year
will enjoy lectures by such men as
Prof. John Fiske, Prof. Hjalmer III.
Boyesen, Col. Homer III. Sprague, John
| X. Clarke, III. III. Raglan, George Ken
nan, Chaplain McCabe, Bishop Charles
Il. Galloway, Rev. Russell ii. Conwell,
Frank G.. Carpenter, DIR. John b. De
Motto, Prof Graham Taylor, and
others. President John NJ. Coulter, of
Lake Forest university, will be at the
head of the summer school, with As
instructors.
Over a dozen French Canadians of
/ the vicinity of Houghton have re-
turned from Vernon, Canada. They
swear vengeance on FIR. Paradis for
deceiving them They say the land is
all rocks and swamp and the swamps