Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-06-25

with st. Louis in celebrating the
Fourth of July. Hon. Rowland Con-
nors will be the speaker of the day.
Frank =. Carr, a tramp arrested al
Stevensville for drunkenness and in
sulting girls, set fire to the village Jail.
He was nearly suffocated Wien found.
Frank Hoffman, aged -, near Per-
rinton, led the horses to water, but
did not return. He had been kicked
by a horse and lived only few hours.
During the short absence of the
mother, the one-year-old daughter of
Henry Boeslxool, farmer near Hol-
land, fell into a tub of water and was
drowned.
Samuel Bray, a brakeman, while
shunting cars in the G. q G.. i. yards
at Port Huron was knocked from the
top of one of them, and probably IA
tally injured.
Curley Walker, agent for patent
fence, was held up at Hudson and rob-
bed of SIS. He displayed a roll of bills
in a saloon and was attacked on his
way to the train.
During the races at Vicksburg the
rider of Mrs. Myrtle L. IIotfman's run
ming horse was injured and she pro-
ceeded TO ride the animal herself, get
ting second place.
VIM. Bradley, aged 40, was instantly
killed while working on scaffold 40
feet high at Grand Rapids. He fell
and his face and head were crushed be-
yond recognition.
The new Peoples church at Glenwood
was dedicated with appropriate eXer-
cises under the direction of Rev. Caro-
line j. Bartlett, pastor of the Peoples
church at Kalamazoo.
Over 1000 Swedes attended the an
nual picnic of the Norden brothers at
Muskegon. There was a big parade.
an address by ID. =. Lindstrond, of
Chicago, ball games, etc
Potatoes are now six cents per bushel
in Lapeer county and farmers are hast
ened to unload their stocks at that fig
ure, which is expected to decline still
further before long.
The Standard Oil Co. S warehouse
including us barrels of oil and 125
empty barrels, was destroyed by fire
at Cadillac. Frank Adams, an employee,
was nearly suffocated.
Decatus citizens appointed commit.
tee to investigate the Benton lIarbor
& Eastern electric railway scheme,
which is to run through Berrien, Cass
and Van Buren, counties.
Missaul1ee county people have offered
right of way and ties if the G. K. & l.
will extend its line from Lake City to
Moorestown, via Stittsville. The prop
osition viii probably be accepted.
Matt Lima, a miner in the Quinn
mine at Negaunee, was instantly killed
by falling down shaft. lie fell dis
lance of 90 feet. lie leaves a young
wife and child eight months old =,
-.-ai.e llpsn isss g. rsA5SAr~yw,dsn4 h
lcross the river has cut off I'll travel
between Muskegon and North Musl1e-
ron, except by ferryboats. 1t will
AXE several days TO repair the loss.
During heavy thunderstorm at Mu-
nth lightning struck and killed AZ val
liable sheep belonging to Eugene Nc.
Intyre. The wind and rain did con-
siderable damage to the corn and bean
.rops.
The Hancock Business Mems asso-
cation has decided to donate site for
-he proposed Finnish seminary TO be
erected there. Finnish citizens have
already subscribed 5000 towards the
project.
Experts reported to the Port Huron
council that ex-Controller Yates total
shortage is 81 ,053.7s. The speculations
began June 1, 1898, and continued till
April 81, 1895. Besides, there are miss
ing about 81 900 of taxes.
The 7-year-old son of Thomas Jones,
of Waterford, while riding
A horse near Pontiac was thrown off.
and was dragged long distance.
There is no hope of his recovery.
The biennial assembly of the Ma
tional Union of Michigan was held at
Owosso w. Il. Beals, of Detroit, and
C. II. Devlin, of Bay City, were re-
elected senators to attend the union
senate at Niagara Falls July II.
Samuel Mitchell. president and man
ager of the jackson and Negaunee
mines, has purchased the big rolling
mill at Negaunee from Geo. l.. Beecher,
Of Detroit, and will reopen the prop
erty which has been idle some Is years.
Advices received from Damascus say
that the Druses have revolted and have
four companies of Turkish
troops and captured several guns.
Twelve battalions of troops will bc inn
mediately dispatched from Salonica to
Syria.
The twelfth annual reunion of the
Eighth Michigan infantry, at Mason,
was attended by nearly $50 veterans.
Officers elected: President, John II.
Dougherty, of Lyons; ice-president,
O. T. Hendee, of Collins; secretary and
treasurer, Frank L. Gleason, of Lyons
Judge Buck, having denied the mo-
ton to dissolve the injunction placed
on the issuance of Viclsburg's water
works and electric lighting bonds by
20 N CON Of irrc ri ties Of the counci1,s /