Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-20
Darius Thompson, OF East Tawas,
was killed by train at Prescott.

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Suddess, near Alden.
The Woodward Avenue Baptist
church, Detroit has celebrated its
thirty-fifth anniversary.
Chas. Pfander, of Bedford, com.
mitted suicide by taking morphine.
Failure of crops the cause.
Herman Jordan, teamster at the
Detroit Sulphite Fibre works, was
drowned in the River Rouge.
Lewis Solomon was fined 500 and
costs at Port Huron for illegal fishing
with nets in the st. Clair River.
Charles Friedman, married, aged 81,
employed at Cooper's pavilion at Reed S
Lake, was drowned while bathing.
Forest fires are raging in the vicinity
of Round Lake. A large amount of
timber has already been destroyed.
J. r. Spooner was arrested at Grand
Rarids charged with catching trout by
using dynamite. He was fined SO.
ALBERT Weisgarver was caught in the
water works excavation cavern at
Worthwhile and died from his injuries.
Matthew Mackison, an Ohio printer,
had his leg broken at Howard City
while riding on the bumper of freight
car.
drowned while bathing. He was
I found with head and shoulders buried
in the mud.
The first class graduated from the
Z. of NJ. just 90 years ago. The only
member now alive Is Edmund Fish, Of
/ Hillsborough, Ill.
Jesse Angel was thrown from his
buggy at kalcmo, ralyzing one side
and breaking several ribs. He is in a
critical condition.
Sarah Corbett, of Saginaw, was con-
victed of keeping young girl pris-
oner in house of ill-fame, and was
merely fined $3.50.
Chas Willis, aged 35, was convicted
at Detroit of assaulting 4-year-old
Bessie Perry. judge Chaplin sentenced
him to jackson for life.
Rev. j. Bergman tried to suicide
with table knife at the dit ner tai BILE
while visiting his mother at Grand
Rapids. He will recover.
Benzonia college, founded in 1868,
has graduating class this year, for
the first time in its history. The
''class" consists of one girl
Calvin DeForest was acquitted at
Saginaw on the charge of man
slaughter. He was on trail for the
killing of his brother George.
Frank Cobb, aged seven years, was
drowned in Fisk S Lake nea4' Grand
Rapids, by falling out of a small boat
in which he was riding alone.
Mrs. Henry Gcetz. young woman
received fatal injuries at Saginaw
caused ly the explosion of gasoline,
with which she was filling a stove.
The American Seed Trade associa-
ton held its thirty-frst annual meet,
ing at Detroit, discussing matters III
interest to seed growers and dealrs
Charles kinney got-czl&ht N the
capstan while working at rollway at
Thompsonville, and his entire clothing
was torn off. He was not much in
jured.
The seventh quarterly meeting of
the saginaw Valley Spiritual associa-
tion will be held at ChesanIng on June
22-23. Many noted mediums will be
present.
Rev. Lewis c. Archer. the parson
who kissed Mrs. John II. Walters in
yohnstown, Barry county, will medi-
tate over the breach of etiquette for
60 days in Jail.
During ball game between Allegan
and Otsego, at Otsego, Will Suthard
was hit by ball just above the eye
and was severely injured. Ferris, the
Allegan cat her, was run into and also
ser ously hurt.
Vassar officers discovered a gang OF
10 or T. girls of respectable families
who have been syStematica shop
lifting from the jewe.ry and dry goods
stores of that place. Large quantities
of goCIs were found.
Robert Smith, factory hand, res.
cued the three year-old child of Gus.
tave Jacobs from the second stor- of a
burning building at Owosso and was
seriously cut and burned.
An eastbound freight on the D., L. &
N, broke in two near Sunfield and one
section crusted into a westbound train
at the depot, smashing two cars and
damaging lot OF furniture.
A committee sent out to Il. =. Stead
mans farm near Manistee, reported
large quantities of oil in sight, and
there are prospects of $4,000 stock
company to sink test well.
The trustees of the school for the
deaf at Flint has reappointed Supt. +.
ID. Clarke, about whom there has been
such kick recently. and raised his
salary from 81, 500 to 81, 500 per year.
Grand Rapids people have formed a
scholarship association to assist nigh
school graduates in getting an educa
ton at the state University. Members
pay $50 in annual installments of $40
viii Carleton, the poet, attended a
reception at his old home, Hudson.
The high school alumni assembled &c
do him an honor. In the evening he
gave lecture and later there was q
banquet.
Judge Burlingame says he proposes
to do all he can to stop bicycle thefts
which are becoming prevalent in Grand
apds. John Hayes. Henry powder
and William Isbell got two years each
at lonia.
Mrs e. II Reed of Traverse Citv