Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-20

Benton Harbor ministers have com,
bined against the Sunday Morning
News as "a needless encroachment OF.
the Lords day." They will publish no
notices in the paper.
The Grand River ]. o. o. +. picnic
association, comprising the counties of
Eaton, Ionia, Clinton, lngham and
Shiawassee will hold their fifth annual
picnic on the Seven islands at Grand
Ledge, July is.
lCarl Lambrecht's residence at Bay
City was partially destroyed by fire.
The family was attending an enter
tainment and left lighted lamp on
the organ, and it is thought the fire
originated from that
The common council of jackson de-
cided to call special election on July
s to vote on the proposition to bond
the city for $50 900 To provide addi-
tional fire protection for large manu-
factories in the suburbs.
Louis Dawes, an inmate of the
Soldiers Home at Grand Rapids, was
found dying in an alley in that city
minus his pension money which he
had received that day. 1t is thought
he was drugged and robbed.
The two-year-old child of William
Rumsey, at OwoSso, was attacked by a
game rooster, which fastened its spurs
in his temple, knoc ked him down, tore
his face and would probably have
killed him had not help arrived.
Fifteen Eastern capitalists and lum-
| Der buyers at Menominee several DAYS
| looking over the stock of the largest
| concerns. They represent that this
is the best market to procure large
quantities of tine grades in lumber.
| A disastrous confagration ragged sew.
eral hours in the lumber yard of Henry
| Stephens & Co., at ST. Helen. The loss
will reach S25, 900. A fire engine sent
65 miles, from Bay City, worked all
night The town narrowly escaped.
Ex-Superintendent w r. Bryan has
begun suit for $40, 900 damages agais~i
the board of education of Utica. Each
member is sued individually for Sic, 900
Bryan claims an illegal dismissal fIy9
service and defamation of charactef
| The chamber suit manufacturerd <
the country met at Grand Rapids 4 Z
recommended that the price of gol \
| be placed up at not less than 10 ~
cent profit on the actual gross q 81
based upon a system adopted at =
meeting. ~
j. ii. Johnson's elevator at Nets.
mora, was destroyed by fire entailing
IA loss of S12 900. The entire town had
a narrow escape. The insurance was
| $500. NJ. n. Kelley had 900 bushels
of wheat stored in the building Mr..
johnson will rebuild.
The Ohio Southern Tilroad has prac-
tically decided to extend it's line from
Lima ~ TO Adr1ah where it will co
meet with the Wabash and thus gain
tne shortest poute by 20 miles between
Osii ~, pld Detroit. Senator Bricer
Oh ohlo' ~ back of the project.
W. K. Kibbe, sentenced to ninety
| oays in the county Jail at Harbor
| CErings for petty larceny, and another
Dprisoner, made their escape by saving
hole through the floor. A silver
table knife was made into a saw.
kibbie was recaptured at Aver.
Batws.n 4, 600 and :. 900 people cA-A
brated the opening day of the new
electric light plant and glove and nit
| ten factory. A wheelmen's tourna-
ment was held, with about 100 wheels
in line. In the evening the electric
light company gave fine display, fol-
lowed by a tiremen's dance.
Joseph strobel, Charles W. Cannon
| AMI Eudebe CroIe have been arrested
charged with keeping saloons open at
| Houghton on Sunday. The Law and
order leag ne has succeeded in closing
saloons sundays in calumet, Laurium.
| ued Jacket, Lake Linden and South
Linden, and has now begun operations
at Houghton.
The regents of the University made
the following appointments in the
homeo~ athic college: DIR. Leseure, De-
troit, surgery; DIR. G. X. Long, Ionia,
therapeutics; Dr. Copeland BAY City,
,apids, materia medica. 70 action
was taken on the removal of the col
lege to Detroit
Mrs. c. Grove and Mrs. William Os-
borne attempted to cross the ID. Il VI.
tracks near Pewamo in front of the
through freight. The engine struck
the rear end of the carriage, throwing
the ladies down the embankment.
Mrs. Grove tied few moments after
the accident. Mrs. Osborne is in a very
critical condition.
A M. c. train struck rig containing
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Cousino, at a cross
ing near Monroe. The occupants of
the rig were thrown about 40 feet and
the buggy was splintered. The horse
escaped unhurt. Mrs. Cousino sus-
tanned probable fatal internal injuries,
and triple fracture of her arm. Mr..
Cousino was also badly injured inter-
nally, and his recovery is doubtful
They are each nearly 20 years old.
When Will Davidson, clerk in the
county treasurers office at Bay City
lighted the gas in the vault. IN ex-
plosion followed. One of the windows
was blown ont Davidson was burned
about the head and hands, and Deputy
ID. Hawkins lost his hair and mus
tacne, besides being burned on the
face and hands. Register of Deeds
Lew Andrews was burned on the hand.
The papers in the vault were scorched.
A leaking gas jet caused the trouble.
Fred Plate, colored man from
Battle Cree K, made "a balloon ascension
at Marcellus. lie hung on the bar