Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-02-13
MICHIGAN NJ EWS.

700 To CONSTRUCT nunlcipdl wafer
works system
Revival services at Albion resulted
in 323 new members being added to
the various churches.
Henry Garripe. an old French Cana
dian surveyor, was found dead near
Lake Linden, on the road to his home.
Being thinly clothed, he persisted from
cold.
John King, an Evart youth, was
fined only 10 cents for disturbing a
religious meeting by throwing cayenne
pepper on the stove, but had to pay SIS
costs.
The Christian Endeavor society of
the. state are preparing for their con-
vention at Ionia, April 13. Free en-
tertainment will be provided for / 200
guests.
A large force of men are laying steel
rails on the Ann Arbor road from
Dundee to Ann Arbor The improve
ment will cost the company $4,000
the coming year.
Nathan TomplSins pleaded guilty at
Big Rapids TO beating ms three-year-
old daughter with a stick of wood
The justice gave him all the law per-
mits, 500 fine.
Jerry Scott, colored, of jackson, ar
rested on the charge of beating his
six-year-old daughter to death, mar
rowly escaped lynching while being
taken from court TO the jail.
Bauschlze Bros, of Benton Harbor,
who spent 81 900 on horseless car
riage, admit the invention is failure
The gas engine make as much noise
as a steamboat and causes much ridi-
cule.
A. Keppen, aged 81 years, was struck
by an electric car at Grand Rapids,
and instantly killed. He was walk
ing on the track and was not seen by
the motorman until the car was almost
upon him.
Adelbert Lyon, aged 81, was ar
rested at Benton Harbor for swearing
that Bertha Coulterman was Is of age
when he went to get a license to
marry. She is only Is. Her brother
made the complaint.
Ray Harris found dynamite cart
ridge on the railroad track at Grand
Rapids and began series of expert
ments with it. He is now minus sew
eral fingers on his right hand, and
has deep cash over his eye.
Before the physics classes In the u.
of NJ. Professor Carhart and Assistant
Professor Reed performed the feat of
photographing through heavy paste
board box and several sheets of paper,
by means of Roentgen cathode rays.
Food Commissioners Storrs reports
that during last month the number of
adulterated foods found upon the mar
ket showed marked falling off. He
roasts the numerous coffee substitutes
upon the market, saying they are
practically of no value.
Mrs. Albert Allen. near Goblevllle,
went the barn to gather eggs, and dis
covered the body of her father, Elijah
Billiard, lying face downward. He
was dead, and had probably been
frozen to death. He had recently been
released from the insane asylum.
The old Dewey & Stewart roller
process Touring mill at Owosso was
almost totally consumed by fire. Loss
on building and machinery, about
So, 200. The lessees, Miller ~ Hoxie,
will lose about So, 900 with SO, 500 in
surance. The mill was one of the old
est landmarks of Owosso.
Jerry Scott, colored man of Jack
son, was arrested by Sheriff Peek, at
the suggestion of Coroner Slenou, and
held on suspicion of having whipped
his 6-year-old daughter so brutally
that it caused her death. 1t was also
alleged that Scott laid the little one
on the stove and burned it badly.
Poormaster Bush, of Kalamaz 30, who
was removed by the supervisors be-
cause Of cruelty to applicants for aid,
refuses TO turn over the books and will
continue to hold his office. County
Clerk Forbes has. however, notified
the grocers and butchers that the
county will not pay for Mr.. Bush's
orders.
The common council of Grand Rap
Ids met i'm special session in honor of
ex-Mayor Edwin f. Uhl President
Ball announced the selection of Mr..
Uhl as ambassador to Germany and
eulogized him highly. Others made
brief addresses and committee was
appointed to draft resolutions officially
expressive of the joyous sentiment in
the city toward Mr.. Uhl and the APP
pointment.
Jerry A. Hill. of Brent Creek, Gene
see county, has invented dead-sure
gunboat destroyer. 1t consists of a
round brass ball five feet around,
stuffed with dynamite. There's sort
of alarm clock which eXplodes cap,
while FIVE magnets draw the ball
close to any steel-clad gunboat it may
approach. They are expected to chase
a BOAT 100 yards distant.
There was large gathering at
Traverse City to perfect the organiza-
ton of the Michigan Maple Lumber
Co. Fifty hardwood lumber manufacC-
uring concerns in the shore towns
from Manistce to Little Traverse
signed the articles of association. The
membership will be extended to IN
GLIDING :he railroad points in north
western Michigan. The general offices
are located at Traverse city.
The pumps have been stopped at the
Davis mine at Negaunee and the
miners will propably attach the prop
erty TO secure unpaid wages. About
three months ago ii was announced
that the property had been sold to
Marquette and Chicago capitalists.
The former owners still insist that