Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-18
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS
Milan has electric lights now.

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Milan has electric lights now.
Gov. Rich now rides bicvcie.
The creamery at Pigeon has burned.
Loss 81, 600; no Insurance.
Escanaba is talking municipal own
ership of the electric light plant.
The farmhouse of /. 5. Sharpsteen
was burned near Harbor Springs.
Andrew Hitler, an aged German sui
cided at Ann Arbor. Dependency.
An unknown old man was killed by
freight train near North Bradley.
A dairyman's association for Livings-
ton county was organized at Howell.
Someone shot and killed horse in
the pasture of l.. Conklin, near Law
ton.
/ John Nordhouse, of Grand Haven, is
now Secretary Morton's private secre-
tary.
| The residence and barns of Addison
| Coryell burned near Ypsilanti. Loss,
1000.
Thieves stole $500 from the safe 81
the rectory of Holy Cross church at
Marine City.
Leonard Merveene, aged Is, was
fatally injured in bicycle collision at
Grand Rapids.
Patrick Conroy, aged rs, was killed
near Corunna by being dragged by
runaway team.
| The annual meeting of the State
| Funeral Directors ASSOCIATION was held
at Grand Rapids
Fire DESTROYED the sawmill plant
A. Petit, near Perrinton, with loss of
| s., 900 and no insurance.
Gertie Andree, aged o. was burned
fatally at Holland. Her clothing
caught fire from cook stove.
The second trial of DIR. Seaman ~
the famous Emily Hall Case at DetrdA
resulted in verdict of guilty.
w. j. Kemp, of South Haven, became
insane from grieving over the loss of
his little boy, who was burned.
The dwelling of Cornelius Traas
was burned at Holland. The family
had narrow escape Loss $1,000.
Alexander Briggs, proprietor of the
| American hotel at Romeo, was
drowned in Nolan lake while fishing.
The main building of the Greenville
| Implement company was completely
destroyed by fire. The loss is SIS, 900.
Hon. ID. ID. Aitken, of Flint, has an
nounced himself as a candidate for
governor of Michigan in 1896 on the
| Republican ticket.
The manufacturers of plaster in
| Michigan and Ohio met at Grand
Rapids and decided to raise prices by
restricting output
The Michigan Commercial Travellers
| Mutual Accident association was in
| corporated at Grand Rapids with about
40 charter members.
The Port Huron city council has
ordered all Bell telephones taken out
of the city offices and Harrison tele-
| phones substituted.
Cannon Ball, 3-year-old colt owned
| by G. Gauntlet, of Milan, dropped
| dead during a race at Fostoria, .. He
was valued at $1,000.
A Reuben Miller struck William Askey
| at Onondaga, knocking him down. In
| falling Askey struck his head on the
steps, fracturing his skull
| A horse became frightened at a
merry-go-round at Vassar and Runaway
throwing Cora Hanley, aged is, out
and causing fatal injuries
Policeman Hamilton. of Battle Creek.
found Jack Pickle on the street appar-
] emily very drunk lie was locked up
and next morning was dead.
[ Carl Topping. aged seven, fell into
1 the st. Joseph river at Niles and was
drowned. A brother two years older
narrowly escaped like fate.
| The schooner Naiad was totally dis
masted i'm squall on Lake Michigan
and was taken to Charlevoix by tug.
She lost her mate and a sailor.
| by the bursting of large grindstone
in the Detroit Steel and spring works
two men were probably fatally injured
by being struck by flying pieces.
Bishop Ninde, of Detroit. and Pre-
siding Elder Whalen. of Saulte Ste.
Marie. were rendered reception and
elaborate banquet at Menominee.
The solvay Process company, of
Delray, has filed amended articles of
association, Increasing its capital
stock from 81, 900, 900 TO "a, 600, 600.
Israel Giles, aged 8, fell from load
of wheat in field near Napoleon.
The wagon passed over him, breaking
his neck and killing him instantly.
Forty stonecutters working on the
new courthouse at St Joseph struck for
nine hours work for 10 hours paw.
They were paid off and discharged
The village of Dewitt is excited over
the disappearance OF Omar Dills, a
prominent citizen who went to Detroit
June "a to sell a valuable span of h orses.