Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-27

engineer of the steamer Oscar, while
| at Cleveland, received a terrible blow
from the rocker arm which knocked
tho top of his skull completely off.
3Prospects are that at least 200 stu
dents will attend the summer school
at the University. The term will
| Seventy-eight courses will be offered.
The tenth University instructor Ia
resign this spring to accept a more re.
| munerative position is Charles A. Ko-
fold. He goes to the University of
Illinois as assistant professor at 81, goo
a year.
Alice Anderson fell from the balcony
| of the second story of the Occidental
hotel at Muskegon. Her head struck
the two-inch glass sidewalk. shatter.
ing the glass to pieces. Her injuries
are fatal.
Mayor Leahy, c. A. Hackley and
other Muskegon citizens have made
arrangements to purchase the late A.
j. Shaw interest in the Shaw Electric
Crane works, SO as to keep it from
being moved.
The 6-year-old daughter of Alfred d.
Lavelle of Saginaw had her right eve
nearly torn out by falling upon a
toasting fork, one of the prongs enter
ing beneath the eyeball and prying it
partically out
Fred ID. Johnson, of Lapeer, has
been appointed by Supt. Polglase to
the position of steward and bookkeeper
of the new feeble minded home. Mrs.
G. A. Wean, of Grand Rapids, has been
appointed matroD of the same institu-
ton.
The Inter-Urban Street railway com
paDy has graded its line between
saginaw and Bay City, and has re-
ceived l,200 tons Of rails. Rail-laying
will begin at once. A fine steel bridge
will be built across the river seven
miles from Saginaw.
The Michigan grand lodge, Inde-
pendent Order of Good Samaritans,
and Daughters of Samaria, a colorod
organization, met at Adrian and
elected John $ Martin, of Detroit,
worthy grand chief.
One of the dry l1ilns at the Bousfeld
Woodenware works burned at Bay
City, and for time it looked as if the
portion of the city. A general alarm
brought out every fire company in the
city. The loss is about $l2 200.
Robert Stephenson. employed at the
saw mill of Col. A. II. Bliss, In Carroll
ton, was driving team drawing a
heavy load when he fell off. striking
in such manner that the wheel
passed over his heal, crushing it to
pulp. 1t is supposed he tainted.
The body of a well-dressed young
man about Is years of age was found
at the side of the Michigan Central
railroad, near oxford. The head was
crushed in terrible manner. The
body was identified as Eugene Wright,
of Dayton, o., who was etealinga ride.
st. Johns citizens voted to help Mr..
Steel, of the recently burned st. Johns
Manufacturing company, to rebuild
the plant, by bonding the village in
the sum of $50, 900 to be expended in
the purchase of the electric light
plant and IL acres of land for park
purposes.
,..Tbs renqrt-a$ the geological syrTs .g z
on precious stones of the United
pleted by Special Agent George /
the principal developments of the year
was the finding of a 10T karat dia-
mond at Dowagiac.
The cornerstone of the new womens
gymnasium at Ann Arbor was not laid
as was intended, because of the SIS, 200
which the young ladies pledged them
selves to raise only about 81 900 is as
yet available. The co-eds are not dis
heartened, and each will try to raise
S25 during the summer vacation.
George Frederickson, near Petoskey,
chased bear cub up tree. Then he
wished he hadn't, for the old mother
bear came tearing after him. George
up tree, only to find a cub
snarling over his head, while the
mother growled at his feet. He yelled
for several hours before help arrived.
Ernest, Gustav and Louis Kanitz,
triplets, received their final citizenship
papers in the county clerks office at
Detroit. They live in the same house,
worked at the same trade. and have
never in their lives been separated for
any length of time. The three were
OOIh
z, 1874.
A mob of 100 indignant citizens as.
sembled in front of the Central house
at Milford and requested Harry
Meurice to pack his grip and leave
town on the next train. said Meurice
is a Snowman of African hue whose
character, it is alleged, matches the
complexion, and the mill pond awaited
him had he refused their demand.
The tri-state dental meeting which
was held in the dental department Of
the Detroit College of Medicine, i'm
cludes the dental associations of In
diana, Ohio and Michigan. Aside
from the members of these three asso-
Citations. however, there were a mum
Der of dentists from Illinois, Missouri,
Kentucky and Wisconsin in attendance.
i he first colored graduate at the
dental department of the University,
or in fact of any dental school, is Fred
H. Scott, who came to Ann Arbor two
years ago, ana has since supported
himself and family by barbering even
ings and saturdays. He has also built
himself coy little home. although
two years ago he hadn't a cent to his
name.