Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-07

The new Berrien county Jail at St
.Josenh Is finished and the prisoners
have been transferred from Berrien
Springs.
Andrew Wyse, a young man of En-
pire. while out driving with a couple
of ladies. was thrown from the buggy
and killed.
Lizzie Strasser, aged IL, was burned
to death while burning brush near
Ecorse. When found she was in an
attitude of prayer.
The water in the Saginaw river is
lower than ever before, and is still
falling Several mills have been
obliged to shut down.
Nearly 400 deer licenses have been
issued in Emmett county. Nine deer
were brought into Harbor Springs the
| first day of the season.
j. Il. Wheelock, farmer near Rich
| field Centre, has been arrested on the
charge of selling cheese which mace
IL of his customers Ill.
The Michigan Free Will Baptists
met at Caro- with Rev. j. ID. McColl, OF
| Ortonyille. in the chair and a. j. May,
of Capac, as secretary
| High society at Benton Harbor is in
ferment over suit begun by Monroe
n. Lord retired minister ana
wealthy lady, for SANDER
DIR. Joel A Thomas was convicted at
Kalamazoo of manslaughter in per-
forming a criminal operation which
caused the death of Helen Bos.
Perry Grim, aged Is, ran away from
his home at Grand Rapids and two
DAYS later was killed by falling from
freight train at South Bend, Ind.
Conrad Frisch. Ricksville farmer,
was run into by Nj. G. train. His
buggy was wrecked and the horse
killed. but Frisch cannot be found.
C. w. Dunn, farmer near Adrian,
lost three horses, a quantity OF grain
and other contents of his barn by hre.
Loss s., 200; probably incendiarism.
Forest fires destroyed large tract
of valuable timber, the farmhouse OF
Mrs. Caswell and numerous cornhelds
and farm outbuildings, near Azalia'
The State Teachers association will
meet at Lansing Dec. 26-s. Prof. u.
Stanley Hall, of Clark university, Will
probably deliver the principal address
The water was never so low at South
!; Haven as at the present time. Inc
large boats have all been forced to
abandon that port owing to low water
Little Indian lake, near Niles, has
entirely dried up the first time In "a
wears. Large bass and other fish are
/, being carted away by the wagon loau
While Hudson man was travelling
under tremendous jag bad boy
painted his face black. The Negro
hater signed the pledge as soon as h'
sobered up.
Virgil Hall, of Coldwater, while
c bringing home load of straw begaI
to smoke a pipe. The straw ignlte'
and he narrowly escaped dying on TN
q funeral pyre.
Fire at Gagetown destroyed /
a Toohey 4, Sons roller mills, with
loss of Slv>OOO, insurance $4,000. IN
n llessees. Heller Bros, lost $4,000, wit
small insurance.
8 The youngest daughter OF Hon
Thomas +. Barkworth, of Jackson
has been stricken with dipntherla
u His only son, lrvina, died OF that ol'
ease but recently.
W Semelink hall, erected by &. SEINE
link. of iceland, at cost OF $40, 900 1
IS memory of his parents, has been ded
Gated by the Western Theologica
= seminary at Holland.
n. John Tina, sailor, got drunk
ManiStee and wandered into Buckle
Y & Douglas sawmill, fell on the maj
d. belt and was crushed to death betwee
ot the belt and the pulley.
o. Canada Southern surveyors are sal
Of TO be marking out new route fro
ly st. Thomas To Courtright, ont, with
view of extending the Michigan Gel
- trail road to Port Huron.
IN The Champion mine proprieto
have started 20 build another crushe
m and will open another shaft as soon
n the water is out. They are shippir
about $50 tons of ore per day.
ed lover 500. 900 feet of lumber al
re / 900. 900 lath were burned on Church,
Bros mill dock at Alpena and the e
nd tire plant narrowly escaped. Inc 10
or was S25 ,O00 insured for $500.
w. r. Porter and Miss Lulu Smi'
as were arrested at CharlevoiX charg
at with living together as man and w!f
Porter has wife and two childr'
90 and formerly lived at Fennville.
ID The first conviction under the ne
pure food law was that of l.. ]. Halse
To- agent for the Aldine Vinegar Co.,
we last Tawas, who sold an inferior ar
Gle for cider vinegar. Fined $40
Id Albert Price, aged 35 years, was r
Oss ing home on his bicycle at Grand IA
ids when he collIded with Sylves'
.ba Tobin. riding in the opposite directc
vas Price received injuries from which
died.
.or Raw Sias, aged 1s, while hunt
30, re- near 81. Louis, slipped from the top
a stump, striking his gun, which I
ploded. his clothes caught fire and
sed received injuries which will pre-
ar fatal
A company of hunters from Bat
1ch Creel, will soon start for Virginia. o
ers hunting expedition. 1t is claim
that deer and partridge are m
his abundant there than in north'
an, Michigan.
A 2-year-old son of Isaac podd Y