Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-02-20

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The molders of the Enterprise Foun-
dry Co, at Muskegon Heights, struck
for raise of 10 cents day.
A l4-year-old daughter of John Nc
Kane, a well-known farmer at Gaines,
has given birth TO twin girls.
| A brutal assault case is reported
from Algonac. The alleged assailans
is Emmett Richie and the victim Floyd
Harzen, little l0-year- old girl.
| Fire consumed the large ware. house
of Lamb & Spencer, grocers, at Char
lotte, causing loss of about 8, 900. 1t
is supposed to have been done by
tramps.
| has been mustered into the state serv-
ice. 1t will be known as Co. +, Fifth
regiment, and succeeds the Menominee
| company.
The Michigan Carbide Co., a new
| concern which manufactures acetylene
gas, will build plant at Sault Ste.
Marie. The product is a very cheap
portable gas.
The fruit growers of western Michi-
gan are endeavoring to secure better
transportion for their products to
eastern markets. They show that
they shipped 1873 cars of fruit last
season.
During a friendly snowballing at
Charlevoix, Editor w. A. Smith hit
the village marshal, and the later at
once arose on his official dignity and
arrested the pencil shower, who was
fined 81.
Fireman Fred Hosford was killed
and Engineer Thos. Webb and Fire
man Wood, the latter of Detroit, were
fatally injured in the wreck of a
freight train collision near Fairport,
New York
Marinus Hoogerhyde, aged 70 years,
an inmate of the Holland home for the
aged, committed suicide at Grand
Rapids by taking rough on rats. He
was dependent because his hearing
began to fail
The Beauvais Boat & Canoe Co., of
CharlevoiX, lost paint shop and ware
house by fire ana over $1,000 worth of
boats were burned and the building
was completely DIES troyed. There was
no insurance.
John Thody, of Lakeport, was SEN
fenced to Jail for 60 days and to pay a
fine of $3.50 for selling liquor without
a state license. John Carroll got
caught for $50 for keeping his saloon
open on Sunday.
VIII Young and wife left their home
near Watervliet for drive, leaving a
fire in the kitchen stove. Soon after
the alarm of fire was given and the
town turned out just in time TO save
the contents. Loss, $500.
Mr.. Hoffman, of Port Huron, is suing
Loud 81 Son, of Oscoda, for cutting
logs off land purchased under tax title
Thousands of acres owned by non-resi-
dents have been stripped of pine on
the strength of such titles.
Mrs. Rhoda Reed, an elderly lady of
Onsted, who had been visiting rela-
tives at Addison, boarded the wrong
train fGg home and OF. discovering her
mistake, grew wildly excited and
jumped from the train and was killed
The bodies having control of the
Michigan Masonic home at Grand Rap
ids have decided not to ask the grand
lodge again to take the property, it
having been rejected four times. They
will provide for its support independ
emily.
Reports were received at Menominee
concerning big wreck on the Chicago,
Milwaukee q st. Paul railroad about
six miles from Iron Mountain. Six
teen cars loaded with logs ran off
bridge over a small creek. The loco
motive passed over all right
The state military board has recon-
mended to the commander in-chief
that the next encampment of the
Michigan National Guard be held at
Island Lake, beginning Aug. 10. No
man will be eligible to go to camp
who does not enlist prior to May Is.
A Michigan Central engine struck
sleigh load of children while the party
was attempting TO cross the track near
Saginaw resulting in George Brandt
more, and Fred and Louis Martin be-
ing injured. Five of the other chill
dren were thrown out but escaped un-
hurt.
The agricultural college board has
elected Prof. j. l.. Snyder, of Allie
gheny, Pa, as president of the Michi-
gan Agricultural college to succeed
Prof. Gorton. The new president was
principal of the schools at Allegheny.
He has accepted the new position and
will begin his work soon.
The scrap between the palladium
fraternities and the independents at
the U. of NJ. over the Junior hop" re-
suited in the palladiums holding their
ball in Toledo while the independents
occupied the Waterman gymnasium
at Ann Arbor Both events were well
patronlzed and were big successes.
The township of Grattan, Kent
county, is suffering a scourge of diph-
liberia. A young man named Doyle
died of the disease, and as no precau-
tions were taken everybody in the
neighborhood was exposed. Now
about 80 families in the township have
it. The schools are closed, churches
suspended, and the district is under
| quarantine until the danger passes.
The Masonic Home association met
at Grand Rapids to discuss the future
of that institution in view of the re-
fusal of the grand lodge to take it
under its wing. 1t was decided to
keep the home open as long as possible
without running into debt. The asso-