Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-08

The doctor is nicely located, owns a
fine residence and has a charming wife.
Grain, flour and ore are the princi-
pal items of export here, but the recep-
tion of coal from Ohio, Pennsy ylvania
and Illinois for transhipment to all
parts of the Northwest forms perhaps
the largest single industry.
left the party for few hours and
took run over to South Superior on
an electric car for brief visit with a
cousin whom | had not met in many
years. Mrs. f. A. Mobiles, wife of the
secretary and treasurer of one OF the
numerous large manufacturing estab-
lishments of that hustling part of
Superior and at dinner ate delicious
wild straw wberry short cake such as
mother used TO make Mrs. Mobiles hav-
ing been out that morning and picked
a quart or two from the fields.
At West Superior we met Prof. w.
T. Langley, superintendent Of the
schools, graduate of the NJ. A. G. in
the same class with Prof. l.. b. Hall,
and in conversation found there were
several other M. a. C. boys holding
official positions in the city.
Eight-thirty p. m. found us all on
board the Monarch and as it began to
move away from the dock the associa-
tion yell was most heartily given.
The Monarch is Canadian boat ply
ing between Sarnia and Duluth, touch
ing at points on the north shore OF
Lake Superior. There were about 200
passengers aboard and the four days
on the water was delightful eXper-
fence.
The boat stopped at Port Arthur
Sunday noon, giving us an hour to
look about the city in the Queen
dominion and take breath of British
air on terra firma AS we steamed out
into the lake hundreds of sea gulls fol-
lowed long distance. Messrs. Hunter
and Crosley, the noted Canadian evan
gelists from ST. Thomas, were aboard
and Sunday evening at the usual church
hour divine services were held in the
ladies' cabin. Mr.. Hunter is fine
speaker and Mr.. Crosley an excellent
singer. On ship board there is IA com
mon interest among travellers, a sym
pathy and good will which appears to
commingle in happy unison and makes
f,.tn IL Of ha ht,V
the grave and the gay and it is not
difficult if monotony appears to be
drawing apace, to organize for defence
against it. Impromptu programs of
speech, song and music were arranged
for evening and day. Two court
scenes were held which afforded much
amusement and were ludricous in the
extreme, in which ye editor presided
as Judge Chase 5. Osborne of the
$500 News made complaint that his
stateroom had been burglariously en-
tered by one 5. G. Rowlson of the
Hillsdale Standard and portion of
his wardrobe, commonly known as
pants, was with malice aforethought,
feloniously stolen and carried away by
the said culprit. Hear ye. Hear We.
The high court under the jurisdiction OF
the Monarch is now in session, F." roared
the Judge, as he raped for order, and
when silence reigned, he sweetly sang
the verse heading this article. The
state game warden bowed his acknow-
Judgements to the court. Rowson was
brought in handcuffed to b. b. Scherm-
erhorn of the Hudson Gazette, acting
sheriff and pleaded not guilty, demand
ing trial by a jury of ladies. Mrs.
Thos. S. Applegate of the Adrian
Times, Mrs Moore of ST. Claire, Mrs.
F. Il. ellison and Mrs John Owen Of
Benton Harbor, Mrs. II. G. Blackman,
of Hillsdale, and Mrs. Strong were
summoned and sworn TO do their duty
in the case. Jimmy Slocum of the
Holly Advertiser was prosecuting at
torney and f. X. ellison defended the
prisoner. Numerous witnesses were
sworn and Mr.. ellison made a very
pathetic plea for his client. Prosecutor
Slocum made fatal mistake as the
sequel will show in referring to the
wearing apparel alleged to have been
stolen, and also in objectng to the
Jury, stating that some OF them were
antiquated and possessed of very little
knowledge. Rowlson was convicted,
the jury thought the evidence insufiic-
lent but brought in verdict of guilty
on general principles.
Sequel: The following day Mrs.
Appleg ate brought suit against Slocum
for $4,000, feeling that she had been
damaged TO that amount by his state
ments and despite the fact that Slocum
surrounded himself with eighteen
children, five of whom were on his lap
at one time, and the eloquent and
touching plea of Mr.. ellison, his attor-
ney, bringing tears to the eyes of pris-
oner, court, jury and spectators, to
snare him and save the nrouenv from