Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-23

Caro- citizens are investigating sn-
sational charges against the keeper of
the county poor house. Cruelty is he
principal allegation against him.
Mrs. Port Allen, aged Go. attempted
suicide by jumping from the Johnson
street bridge at Saginaw, but vas
seized by Bridge-Tender Lemcke.
Luke Reilly. Bay City sailor, was
slugged in a saloon, robbed and left
unconscious on the sidewalk, because
he refused TO treat the saloon gang.
Frank Foster. conductor of switch
engine in the Michigan Central yards
at Ypsilanti had both legs cut off by
falling under his train. lie cannot re-
cover
Henry Anderson, an insane Swede.
who wanted to tell Pres ident Cleveland
how To save the country, stranged
himself to death in his prison cellat
Washington.
While attempting to run a belt on a
revolving pully in an ElSton mill, l. c.
Stiff slipped and fell. his head falling
into the arms of the pulley, causing
fatal il ries.
| La pan w OOu was SlTuCh ny llPnL-
ming while working in his garden at
Palmyra and instantly killed. The
bolt pierced his skull, followed down
the boGy and divided on each limb.
Fire in the Houck furniture factory
at Battle Creek burned the entire
plant To the ground. 1t was owned by
a stock company. The building and
machinery cost $50. 5O0 insured for
| s.. 500.
The four-year-old son of Gideon
Bettner. near Reed City, was fatally
injured by the kick of horse while
spending the day with his parents at
the farm home of w. A. Smith at
Grape.
Charles 5. Hampton, of Petoskey,
has issued call for the Democratic
editors TO meet in Detroit the day be-
fore the Democratic state convention
for the purpose of forming an editors
association.
While Samuel Van Wey, Palmyra
blacksmith, and wife were driving at
Adrian, they collided with another
team. Their horse ran away, and they
were both thrown out. Mr.. Van Wey
is very badly hurt. ~
Chas. L. Hills, cashier of the BE &sg
Savings bank has disappeared "a
preliminary examination of the books
shows a shortage of $500. Hills was of
a good family and was good business
man, but drank little.
Mrs. Ii. Havenga was found dead at
her home at Spring Lake. The body
was found hanging directly over the
bed. The rope had been passed
through staple in the ceiling and her
! knees nearly touched the bed.
The threatened discharge of 7oOmen
at lsh peming Nav l is followed by the
announcement that the allotment of
ore for this season made by the Lake
Superior Bessemer ore pool at Cleve-
land has been cut 100000 tons.
Ionia citizens are being stirred up
by repeated charges of city officials
being lak in their dptieSapd Of J asst sSy
t10 y athe fowtt:ss classes Use Of the inSabi
2 tants-and som.- of the upper circle
, also.
An electric light wire set fire to tn
Boston clothing store at Traverse Cit
and the guests of the Hotel Within
turned out in their night clothe,
Julius johnson attempted to cut liv
wire and was severely, but not fatally
shocked. The fire was put out with
loss OF only $1,000.
r The three principal mining compar
les of lshpeming, Lake superior
Cleveland Cliffs and Lake Anpelin
will make considerable reduction il
r their working forces. IT is though
that between 500 and 1000 men vii
be let out. Overproduction is assigne
as being the cause of the curtailmen
in forces.
Supt. A. j. Murray, of the state pub
lie school at Coldwater, announce
that children under two years Of ap
: may now be admitted TO the school
There are many line boys there from
) two 10 10 years of age still waiting 70
homes. But very few girls are in tn,
school and only IL boys over 10 year
of age at present.
Henry III. Rosenlrans. formerly
well-known miller at Byron. wa
found dead on the floor at his home
in Lansing. The discovery was mad,
by Mrs Rosenkrans upon her return
to the city. after an absence of abou
a week The body must have beer
uead TWO or three days, as IL was in
very bad state of decomposition.
The labor exchange recently cstab
} lished at Saginaw is doing big bust
ness. Members out of work take an,
goods which they may manufacture 4
headquarters, and receive in exchanp,
the goods they want Checks ar,
issued which are accepted at othel
stores, and in this way the burdens o
many are made light. A laundry i.
proposed.
In the woods near Charlotte. a rifIef
mail pouch was found. Ii contained I;
large quantity of mail, among which
were notes, drafts, money orders. etc
amounting Co $4,000 The mail wa,
mostly from Bay City. Saginaw ano
surrounding points for Detroit. dated
May "A and -, 1895. The letters hac
all been opened, apparently in search
of currency.
A special session of the state grand
lodge of Odd Fellows will be held in
Battle Creek April %, for the purpose
of eXemplificatiou Of the unwritteu
work to the lodges OF southern Nicbi.
gan and for the comforting of the past
grand's degree. As this Is the occa.
sion of the seventy-Seventh anniversary
! of the order in America a.. p..I.